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Eastern Company negotiates with foreign tobacco companies to add new products to middle price segment - Daily News Egypt
Business Eastern Company negotiates with foreign tobacco companies to add new products to middle price segment
Eastern Company negotiates with foreign tobacco companies to add new products to middle price segment
Company produced 62m cigarettes in last FY with a market share of 72%, says Haroun
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Eastern Company is negotiating with a number of foreign tobacco companies located in the market to add new products in the middle price segment through partnerships.
The first consumption segment is priced with a maximum of EGP 18 per pack, middle segment between EGP 18 and EGP 30, then the third segment priced at over EGP 30.
Chairperson, and CEO of Eastern Company, Mohamed Haroun, said that the company has signed a partnership with Al-Mansour Holding Company for Financial Investments to produce West through targeting production of 3mcigarettes per day.
He added that the company has produced a total of 62bn cigarettes during the previous fiscal year (FY), an increase of 1bn cigarettes on the budget estimates with a market share of 72%.
Haroun explained that the total number of produced cigarettes in 2017/2018 reached EGP 83bn, likely to increase this year to 87bn with a growth of 0.5%.
Chairperson, and CEO of Eastern Company, Mohamed Haroun
Additionally, he pointed out that the company contracted earlier on five new production lines from Europe at a cost of €8m, which includes new machines and overhauling others. Two of those lines have been received. He said that the company is seeking in the coming period to develop Mondial and Black Label to produce 4m Mondial cigarettes this year, up from 1.5bn last year.
The company is considering the use of a new mechanism in production to lower costs, where the new study is expected to be completed within three months. He pointed out the difficulty of producing electronic cigarettes now, in light of their declining market share, along with the counterfeit products that affect their investment feasibility, Haroun added.
Moreover, he also said that the company produces 1.3m cigars per year and plans to maintain the same quantity, especially after the new price hikes that reached 10%. Also, the company produced a type of cigar known as Brontē at a cost of EGP 500 for 10 cigars, and the company produced only 40 packs.
Notably, the company received written requests from UAE companies to enter the Egyptian market to manufacture their products in the market.
He noted that the company is currently considering the size of the company’s production capacity to determine the possibility of UAE companies’ entry into Egypt, whereby he pointed out that 85% of the company’s exports are in Mu’assel (tobacco used in smoking shisha), especially Salloum—most popular brand—against 15% for Cleopatra.
Haroun said that the recent decision to increase the price of cigarettes by EGP 0.75 per pack was due to the issuance of the new Comprehensive Health Insurance Law on 11 January with a six-month grace period.
Also, he noted that the company’s profits in the first 11 months of FY 2017/2018 reached EGP 4bn, which will reach EGP 4.25bn by the end of the FY, against EGP 3bn in the FY before.
He pointed out that the tax law, according to the latest amendments, imposes a flat tax of EGP 3.5 on the first segment of cigarettes and EGP 5.5 on the second, along with a tax of EGP 6.5 on packs more than EGP 30, which comes in addition to the 75 piasters as a health insurance tax, and 1 piaster for students.
Minister of Finance Mohamed Moeit had issued a ministerial decree No. 288 for the year 2018 of prices of cigarettes after imposing the new insurance law, setting the price of Marlboro, Kent, and Davidoff at EGP 37, up from EGP 35. The price of Merit and Dunhil reached EGP 40 and Camel tagged at EGP 34.
LM and Lucky Strike are now selling at EGP 29, Rothman, Gauloises, and Winston at EGP 27, while Next and BS were priced at EGP 25 per pack.
Moreover, Pall Mall and Viceroy were priced at EGP 24, Cleopatra Black Label and Time Golden West at EGP 22, while Super and Target, as well as Black Box, Red, and Gold Cleopatra, were set at EGP 17.
The decision included the prices of Cleopatra King at EGP 15.5, Queen at EGP 16, and Mondial Red, Blue, and Lite, as well as Boston and Belmont, to EGP 16.5.
According to Haroun, the existence of three segments of cigarettes products enables all companies to compete in the presence of differently priced products. He said that the recent ministerial decision on cigarette prices contributed to solving the price distortions between the various segments and creating a balance in financial burdens resulting from the imposition of taxes and fees.
He explained that a period of three months is needed to measure the impact of price hikes on cigarettes, as some clients could reduce their intake or downgrade to a lower price segment.
Achieving sales revenues of the company helps in the promotion of some products in the event of stagnation in markets through commodity or financial incentives, he added, pointing out that the success of companies is usually measured by one of two things: to increase market share or collect large cash from traders.
Moreover, he said that they target exports to $10m in the coming years, up from $4.7m at the end of the last FY.
He explained that the company is coordinating with the Chemical Industries Holding Company to exploit untapped areas in Manstrali, Dahab Island, Faisal, and Salloum, along with completing licenses procedures. Adding that it is difficult to implement residential or administrative projects on land with industrial licenses. Therefore, it is necessary to change the activity first and then determine the mechanism of exploitation by selling, leasing or partnership.
The company is stable with no need to borrow, he noted. Adding that the company is working to create a balance between costs and revenues to maintain profitability rates in view of the high cost of production. He added that the company will be affected by the high prices of Mu’assel due to the presence of unlicensed plants to sell counterfeited products.
The decrease in the company’s production of fruit-flavoured mix represents a weak point for the company, hence they consider partnering with companies that produce flavours to export to Arab and Gulf countries, he explained, adding that the market share of Mu’assel amounts to 20%, with plans to reach 30%.
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Cemetery of the Week #74: Woodlawn Cemetery
Posted on September 5, 2012 by Loren Rhoads
Woodlawn’s entry off of Woodward Avenue
Size: 140 acres
Number of interments: 71,000
Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Far from the center of Detroit when it opened at the end of the 19th century, lovely Woodlawn Cemetery is now an oasis not far from the notorious 8 Mile Road, which once served as the boundary between the inner city and the wealthier suburbs.
Woodlawn Cemetery has one of the largest collections of private mausoleums in the country. These run the gamut of architectural styles from classically Grecian to Egyptian Revival to Art Nouveau and styles even more modern. In fact, Woodlawn appears to be a cemetery of tombs more than a cemetery of graves, so its decorations are different than the statuary you find in most graveyards of the Victorian age.
The view across the lake in Woodlawn
In The Last Great Necessity, David Charles Sloane talks about the paradigm shift represented in lawn-park cemeteries like Woodlawn. As Americans retreated from Victorian sentimentality, the appearance of cemeteries changed to “combine the beauty of the lawn with the artistry of the monument.” Cemeteries became “a private, permanent burial place that honored rural values and celebrated lot-holder families [and reflected] the distancing of the living from the dead.” Woodlawn features over 150 private estates.
Now managed by the Midwest Memorial Group, which operates 29 cemeteries in Michigan (13 in the Detroit area alone, including the last Cemetery of the Week, Woodmere), Woodlawn seems in good shape to move into the future. Maintenance crews were busy when I visited in August.
The Dodge mausoleum
Among the permanent residents of Woodlawn are several titans of the auto industry, including the Dodge brothers, John and Horace. In 1901, they opened a machine shop in Detroit that built motors and steering gear for the earliest Ford cars. Eventually they owned 20% of the Ford Company. They used money from their stock sales to finance their own car company. The brothers died within a year of each other and are entombed in an Egyptian Revival mausoleum guarded by sphinxes.
The Ford sarcophagus
Also buried here are Edsel Ford and his wife Eleanor. Edsel, son of Henry Ford, served as president of his father’s company for 24 years. He was also deeply involved with the Detroit Institute of Arts, underwriting the amazing murals painted by Diego Rivera. Edsel Ford’s simple black sarcophagus seems to comment on the more ostentatious monuments of lesser-known men.
Perhaps not well known outside of Michigan, J. L. Hudson opened a men and boys’ clothing store in Detroit in 1881. It expanded into a department store that was the third largest in the nation by 1927. Eventually the flagship store contained 49 acres of floor space, but as the city died around it, it could not hang on. The building was spectacularly demolished in 1998.
Inside the Chapel Mausoleum lies Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. In December 1955, Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat in the designated “colored” section of a city bus so that a white man could sit down. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, spanning over a year, and resulted in a US Supreme Court case that called segregation on public transit unconstitutional. She died in Detroit in 2005.
A couple of books capture the beauty of Woodlawn in glorious black-and-white photographs:
My review of A. Dale Northrup’s Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery is here.
My review of Richard Bak’s Boneyards: Detroit Underground is here.
Woodlawn Cemetery’s homepage
Some lovely photos and a list of locally famous people buried in Woodlawn
A tour of Woodlawn
The Hidden Gems of Detroit video tour of Woodlawn
GPS info, care of CemeteryRegistry.us
Other Detroit Cemeteries on Cemetery Travel:
Cemetery of the Week #12: Elmwood Cemetery
Cemetery of the Week #73: Woodmere Cemetery
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What a beautiful place! Recently a blogger posted something new for QR in cemeteries. You probably already know about it but I am providing the link if you are interested.
http://sharechair.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/qr-codes-in-cemeteries-an-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1878
Loren Rhoads says:
Thanks for sharing the link! I wish more gravestones had QRs, and columbarium spaces, too. The stories of people in graveyards are so fascinating. I wish there was an easier way to discover them.
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Top 25 Animated Films of the Decade: Part 1
The list-athon continues here at Cinematropolis, as we get closer and closer to year’s end. Last week I took a look at the top 15 Asian films of the decade, and today I’ve got animation on the roster. One of the things I learned from the last list, is that 15 is just too brief a number to really capture some of the decade’s best in a given category. I’m a HUGE animation fan and to even suggest that the achievements of the last decade can be distilled into even just 25 choices, let alone 15, is difficult. As it has to be limited, I have settled for a two-part list: one for the first ten, and one for the second, with 5 choices for honorable mention. Altogether that’s 25, and the honorable mentions and numbers 20-11 are up first. Enjoy! Continue reading →
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Trailer Round-Up: Solomon Kane, Princess and the Frog, Descent 2, Up in the Air, more…
Hey everyone. I hope your week has gone well and that the weekend is even better. Here were are again with a new bunch of trailers. There’s a new look at Disney’s latest 2D animated film and one more trailer proving that George Clooney never stops working. Best of all, there’s finally a peek at Solomon Kane, the fantasy adventure based off Robert E. Howard characters. Lets start first with the followup to Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror classic The Descent… Continue reading →
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‘Alice’ Looks Curioser and Curioser! A trailer for Wonderland finally arrives!
Fantasy seems to be in the midst of it’s second wind here in America, finally recovering from the glut of Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter imposters; not completely though, afterall what WAS that new Chris Columbus trailer in front of Potter 6? Part of this new re-birth includes a return to stories and ideas that while fantastical, are a little more difficult to translate to screen. Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are looks to be one of the best movies of the year, but I don’t see any kind of epic structure there. Alice is like that too. The trailer is full of recognizable imagery, especially if you are a fan of the books and not just the Disney film, but the actualy story is rather loose when it comes to narrative. Will Burton work around that by focusing on the characters and the creatures of the world, and letting Alice play tour guide? It looks that way so far. Hey, Im just glad that we have a Cheshire Cat that isn’t just Whoopi Goldberg’s face in Zoobilee Zoo make-up. Continue reading →
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Movie Review: Pixar’s ‘Up’ soars in 3-D
Pixar’s Up is a grand adventure and a heart-warming drama that reaches new emotional heights for the animated film team. It’s not surprising that Up works as a superb family entertainment; after-all Lasseter and gang have yet to really miss. What is surprising is that Up, similar to last year’s brilliant Wall-E, manages to raise the bar for Pixar and gives us a film that exceeds both our expectations and the boundaries of its own premise. Like its protagonist Carl Fredrickson, Up takes off early and heads into the stratosphere, floating with ease for its entire running time and finally coming down to bask in the glow of the voyage.
For Pixar, Up marks a more adult journey than its predecessors. After Toy Story, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2, Pixar had cornered the market on wonderful children’s films that appealed to both young tykes, their parents and everyone else in between. However, they were still, essentially, “kid’s films’. With Monster’s Inc. this began to change. The world of Monsters was a complete original and it took childhood imagination and married it to working class comedy and embedded something at the heart; a parent/child bond between Sully and little Boo. It was an enticingly complex and poignant relationship for a mere children’s film and it signified the move to a broader genre camp–the ‘family’ film. Andrew Stanton’s Finding Nemo boldly launched the company forward into that kind of family epic, and Brad Bird improved it with The Incredibles. And then, using the enjoyable Cars as a transition piece, the Pixar films changed. Ratatouille, Wall-E and now Up all share the fact that they don’t have a simple or easily marketable idea at their core; a rat who wants to be a French chef, a little worker robot who doesn’t speak and spends the first half of the movie puttering around an abandoned Earth, and now, the story of an old curmudgeon sailing his house to South America via thousands of balloons anchored through his chimney.
The new Pixar films aren’t limited to being simply kiddie or family pictures but are capable of functioning simply as ‘good movies’. Up(directed by Monsters helmer Pete Doctor) is like that, starting with an emotionally charged set-up and moving into a captivating lost world adventure worthy of a 30’s fantasy serial. The animation has reached such a level of sophistication that Pixar can combine stylized representations with nearly photo-real imagery and it all blends together perfectly. Some of the visual enchantments include a floating house lifted into the sky by thousands of shimmering balloons, a massive air-ship releasing canine-piloted planes, and characters who represent their own brand of animated evolution; an old man squared down by age and experience and a small, round little asian boy who has yet to encounter the defining and shaping events of life. All of it looks spectacular and there is a mesmerizing beauty to the soaring sky sequences and the passages that occur in South America.
Up’s strongest feature is the writing and character development. Carl Fredrickson is an old, house-bound widower who has ceased making contact with the outside world. The house that he bought and fixed up with his loving wife is still intact, but all around high-rises and skycrapers have cropped up and businessman are pursuing Carl’s property. Shortly after meeting the young and determined Russel, an overweight and clingy boy scout, Carl is faced with the possibility of losing his house and all the memories of his beloved wife along with it. His solution is the massive clot of balloons he attaches to the house which propel it airborne, tearing it from its foundation and floating away towards Paradise Falls, a lost world in South America that he and his wife had long dreamed of going to.
To say more of the journey, or how exactly Carl and Russell happen to be stranded in the floating house together would be to rob the film of some of its best moments. What is important is the way in which the filmmakers imbue Carl with a heartfelt quest and a desire to have one more great adventure for the sake of his wife. Their relationship is presented to us in the first fifteen minutes of the movie, when a young boy meets a hyperactive tomboy dreaming of far-off lands and exciting travel. That fifteen minutes, nearly as silent as the early parts of Wall-E, are the most emotional of the film; I was in tears half-way through. Ed Asner as Carl brings a weight to the role that carries all of that emotional currency with him through the fast-paced adventure segments. Russell, the little boy that accompanies Carl is primarily a bundle of energy but his home life has issues and he has latched onto this old man in a way that forces Fredrickson to consider something besides his own loneliness for the first time in years.
The theme of Up is refreshing as well. In the face of time and tragedy, which moments of our life are the ones that gave it meaning? The wide-eyed thrills or the smaller pieces? What Up does is give care and craft to both; the human drama is stronger here than it is in any ten live-action Hollywood dramas. The adventure in South America has a high-flung, good natured excitement to it and the action scenes in the air are far more rousing than anything in the last Indiana Jones film.
How about the 3-D? For the first time, I was enthralled by its use. When it requires dropping an extra four dollars to see a film in three dimensions instead of two, it really needs to work if I’m going to recommend seeing something that way. I totally recommend Up in 3-D. Instead of focusing on a series of “set pieces’ the animators have painstakingly designed each sequence of Up in a way that it immerses the viewer into the world of the movie. The 3-d only accentuates and deepens this immersion. Whether its seeing Carl’s house sail under darkening storm clouds or watching Russell dangle thousands of feet above the jungle, the 3-D opens up the animated world like a cinematic version of a pop-up book. There is a weight and texture to the flawlessly concieved art.
In any form, Up is worth a look. It stands at the forefront of this year’s most ambitious movies and so far it’s the best.
Tags: 3-D, animation, best films 2009, cinema, Disney, Ed Asner, fantasy, film, Finding Nemo, flying house, glasses, John Lasseter, Monsters Inc, movies, old man, Pete Doctor, Pxar, Toy Story, Up!
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Carolingian Times & the Catholic Church
By Alex Carpenter ; Updated September 29, 2017
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Charles Martel led the Franks prior to the Carolingian dynasty.
The relationship between the Carolingian Empire and the Catholic Church was one of mutual benefit and political expediency: the papacy gave spiritual legitimacy to the the rule of the Frankish kings, while the kings in turn provided the Church with military protection and might. Together, the Carolingian rulers and the Catholic Church strove for the political and religious unification of western Europe.
Establishing the Carolingian Dynasty
Pepin the Short, with the pope's sanction, began the Carolingian dynasty.
In 754, Pepin the Short, the son of Charles Martel, was made king of the Franks by Pope Boniface, establishing what would become the Carolingian dynasty and empire. In quid pro quo fashion, Pepin helped the papacy establish the Papal States around Rome, and freed Rome from the Byzantine Empire's control. The political merger of the Frankish kingdom and the papacy opened the door for the so-called Carolingian Renaissance -- the cultural revival and spiritual unification of western Europe.
Charlemagne, Defender of Western Christendom
Charlemagne conquered much of western Europe while establishing the Carolingian Empire.
The ascendancy of Charles the Great, better known as Charlemagne, in 771 marked the advent of the Carolingian Empire. At this time the Catholic Church was struggling against the Lombards in southern France, the Frankish kingdom was in political and spiritual disarray, and northern Europe was largely pagan. Charlemagne conquered and Christianized the pagan north, subdued the Lombards and brought order to the Frankish kingdom. Ultimately, Charlemagne sought to recreate a Christianized western empire in the tradition of the Romans, according to The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies. To this end, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800 by Pope Leo III.
Charlemagne and the Church
Charlemange advocated the standardization of the practices of the Catholic Church.
With Charlemagne's help, the Catholic Church was able to consolidate its power and unify its practices in the new western empire. According to the New Advent website, Charlemagne was deeply dedicated to the Roman Catholic Church, and regarded himself, in his own words, as the "devoted defender and humble helper of the Holy Church." In tandem with the Church, Charlemagne sought to elevate the status of Rome as a spiritual center, and pledged to be the protector of Jerusalem, the holiest city of Christendom. He also helped to facilitate the standardization of Church practices, including the establishment of Gregorian chant as the main body of the Church's musical liturgy.
Charlemagne paved the way for the development of what would become modern Europe, and was a key unifier of church and state. His well-organized and highly effective government bureaucracy provided not only civil structure, but also supported and enhanced the authority of the Church, as he ran the empire through a system of lay and ecclesiastical governors. Charlemagne's close relationship to the Catholic Church -- his support of the papacy, his advocacy of education for priests and monastic learning, his insistence on tithes for the support of the clergy and church institutions, his passion for church music, and his conquest and conversion of European pagans -- made him and the Carolingian Empire pivotal to the development of western Christendom.
Qantara: The Carolingians (AD 751-987)
New Advent: Catholic Encyclopedia: Charlemange
UCLA Humanities: The Historical Charlemange (742?-814)
History.com: Charlemange
Alex Carpenter has worked as a music, history and culture writer since 1998. He has contributed to a range of scholarly journals, online databases, websites, newspapers and encyclopedias, including the "All Music Guide" and the "Charlottetown Guardian." Carpenter holds master's degree and Ph.D. in music.
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DOF to BPOs: Don’t just rely on gov’t perks
By: Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:37 AM April 28, 2018
The Department of Finance (DOF) insists the proposed second tax reform package is constitutional, noting there are no vested rights in granting fiscal and other perks to investors.
In a statement on Friday, Finance Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Paola Alvarez said tax incentives were “mere statutory privileges, and as such, its granting may be modified or withdrawn at the will of the granting authority, that is, the Congress.”
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) earlier claimed House Bill No. 7458, which contained the DOF’s proposed new corporate income tax regime, would go against a constitutional provision that protected existing government contracts.
The Department of Trade and Industry-attached investment promotion agency had explained the second tax package would remove the tax incentives currently enjoyed by existing Peza-registered firms, even though these perks were promised in their agreements with the government.
But according to Alvarez, the nonimpairment of contracts cited by critics does not hold water, noting previous cases settled by the Supreme Court.
“In Republic of the Philippines vs. Caguioa, the Supreme Court held that while the tax exemption contained in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority certificates of registration of private respondents may have been part of the inducement for carrying on their businesses in the Subic Bay Freeport, this exemption, nevertheless, is far from being contractual in nature in the sense that the nonimpairment clause of the Constitution can rightly be invoked,” Alvarez explained.
She said the government’s police power and power to tax were paramount over their claims that the sanctity of contracts can’t just be revoked.
As for the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which had also expressed concern over the second tax package, Alvarez said that “while the government recognizes its major contribution as a driver of economic growth, export generation and job creation, the best way for this sector to grow is not to rely on incentives and exemptions but to begin to raise their productivity.”
“The government believes that tax subsidies are not the best way to help the industry move forward. Instead, the government will labor to ensure that complementary measures are put in place to improve productivity and ease of doing business, such as through targeted training and skills development. In the end, a person, a firm or an industry grows and becomes prosperous, not because of exemptions and subsidies, but because of higher productivity,” she said.
Also, under the second tax reform package, “incentives are not being removed, but being made more fair and accountable,” Alvarez said.
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Amazon Billionaire Jeff Bezos to Buy Washington Post for $250 Million
Bezos, who is worth an estimated $25 billion, said the newspaper's values "will not change"
By Sam Gustin @samgustinAug. 05, 2013
Andrew Kelly / Reuters
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a New York charity benefit in May 2012
Billionaire tech titan Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, has struck a deal to buy the Washington Post, one of the most legendary publications in American journalism, the Post reported Monday. Bezos has agreed to pay $250 million in cash for the paper, which earned glory in the 1970s for breaking the Watergate scandal, but has struggled in recent years to adapt to the Internet revolution.
Amazon has no role in the purchase, the Post said. Instead, Bezos, who is worth an estimated $25 billion, will become the paper’s sole owner. The tech billionaire’s Post buyout stunned the media world and immediately prompted comparisons to other famous moguls who have purchased newspapers, dating back to William Randolph Hearst.
News of the Bezos deal to buy the Post comes amid a rapidly shifting media landscape. Over the weekend, the New York Times sold the Boston Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry, and IAC, Barry Diller’s Internet conglomerate, sold the Newsweek brand to IBT Media, the publisher of the International Business Times.
Boutique investment bank Allen & Co. assisted in the Post’s sale to Bezos, and the deal was clinched at Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley retreat just weeks ago, according to Reuters. “I named a price and Jeff agreed to pay it,” Donald Graham, the Post Co.’s chief executive, told the wire service.
“We were certain the paper would survive under our ownership, but we wanted it to do more than that. We wanted it to succeed,” Graham wrote in a letter to employees announcing the sale of his family’s newspaper business. “Our revenues had declined seven years in a row. We had innovated, and to my critical eye our innovations had been quite successful in audience and in quality, but they hadn’t made up for the revenue decline.”
Initial reaction from Post staffers was cautiously optimistic. Ezra Klein, the paper’s star economic policy blogger, wrote that he was “shocked” but “hopeful.” Rajiv Chandrasekaran, senior correspondent and associate editor at the paper, tweeted: “Thank you, Don Graham, for not selling us to a blood-sucking hedge fund. Bezos knows how to invest in transformation.”
“Every member of my family started out with the same emotion—shock—in even thinking about” selling the Post, Graham told his paper in an interview Monday. “But when the idea of a transaction with Jeff Bezos came up, it altered my feelings.” Graham added: “The Post could have survived under the company’s ownership and been profitable for the foreseeable future. But we wanted to do more than survive. I’m not saying this guarantees success but it gives us a much greater chance of success.”
Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Ryan Chittum described the Bezos Post buyout as a “truly landmark event in newspaper history.” Chittum wrote: “We’ve now officially entered the Billionaire Savior phase of the newspaper collapse—for good or ill.”
Bezos is widely considered to be a tech visionary par excellence. The 49-year-old New Mexico native got his start selling books on the Internet in the 1990s. Two decades later, he presides over an e-commerce empire that has redefined the consumer experience for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
“I understand the critical role the Post plays in Washington, DC and our nation, and the Post’s values will not change,” Bezos said in a statement. “Our duty to readers will continue to be the heart of the Post, and I am very optimistic about the future.”
Post publisher Katharine Weymouth will remain as publisher and chief executive of the paper under Bezos’s ownership, and executive editor Martin Baron will remain in that position, the paper reported, which added that “no layoffs are contemplated as a result of the transaction among the paper’s 2,000 employees.” Online publication Slate and political magazine Foreign Policy are not part of the Bezos sale, the company said.
In a note to Post employees cited by the paper, Weymouth wrote, “This is a day that my family and I never expected to come. The Washington Post Company is selling the newspaper that it has owned and nurtured for eight decades. ”
Here’s the letter from Jeff Bezos to Post employees:
To the employees of The Washington Post:
You’ll have heard the news, and many of you will greet it with a degree of apprehension. When a single family owns a company for many decades, and when that family acts for all those decades in good faith, in a principled manner, in good times and in rough times, as stewards of important values – when that family has done such a good job – it is only natural to worry about change.
So, let me start with something critical. The values of The Post do not need changing. The paper’s duty will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners. We will continue to follow the truth wherever it leads, and we’ll work hard not to make mistakes. When we do, we will own up to them quickly and completely.
I won’t be leading The Washington Post day-to-day. I am happily living in “the other Washington” where I have a day job that I love. Besides that, The Post already has an excellent leadership team that knows much more about the news business than I do, and I’m extremely grateful to them for agreeing to stay on.
There will of course be change at The Post over the coming years. That’s essential and would have happened with or without new ownership. The Internet is transforming almost every element of the news business: shortening news cycles, eroding long-reliable revenue sources, and enabling new kinds of competition, some of which bear little or no news-gathering costs. There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment. Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about – government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports – and working backwards from there. I’m excited and optimistic about the opportunity for invention.
Journalism plays a critical role in a free society, and The Washington Post — as the hometown paper of the capital city of the United States — is especially important. I would highlight two kinds of courage the Grahams have shown as owners that I hope to channel. The first is the courage to say wait, be sure, slow down, get another source. Real people and their reputations, livelihoods and families are at stake. The second is the courage to say follow the story, no matter the cost. While I hope no one ever threatens to put one of my body parts through a wringer, if they do, thanks to Mrs. Graham’s example, I’ll be ready.
I want to say one last thing that’s really not about the paper or this change in ownership. I have had the great pleasure of getting to know Don very well over the last ten plus years. I do not know a finer man.
Sam Gustin @samgustin
Sam Gustin is a reporter at TIME focused on business, technology, and public policy. A native of New York City, he graduated from Reed College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. Goodnews Art
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Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Scripture Art
Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.read more. Scripture Verse Christian Image
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"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. "As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.read more. Goodnews Art
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Historic Homes in Alpharetta, GA
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Touring Alpharetta, GA? If you’re a history buff, visit these treasured homes. Who knows, you might also get design ideas, if you are, by any chance, planning a renovation.
Norman House. Built in 1910, the only persons to live in this Alpharetta house is the Norman family. That consists of Clifford, his wife Anne, and their three daughters. The Queen Anne-style house is built with brick and wood, has heart pine floors and a fireplace in each of its six rooms. The original mahogany mantels and tile surrounds can still be found in the property.
Lewis-Manning House. Built in 1895, this five-bedroom house is still standing proud. The owner was an Attorney, Colonel Tom Lewis. You’ll see rock foundations, heart pine floors, and a fireplace in every room. What makes the Queen Anne Style-house remarkable is the pasture found behind it. In 1905, three siblings lived in the house. And in 1948, Alpharetta Mayor Slim Manning and his family moved in here.
F. Shirley House. Built in the1910 by B.F. Shirley, this house is massive with nine rooms. The house pattern used was Sears Roebuck. It features a veranda and exterior stairs. The original building structure is still intact although renovations have already been done. In 1962, the Alpharetta Woman’s Club purchased the property. They used funds they pooled from community projects.
Skelton-Teasley House. Two of the early families in Alpharetta are the Skeltons and Teasleys. The Skelton-Teasley house was constructed in 1895 for Dr. Oliver Skelton and his family. It has four rooms and heart pine flooring. Dr. Skelton helped treat people during a smallpox outbreak. He was also the first postmaster to be elected in Alpharetta. Their Greek Revival Style House can be found in one of the highest points in Alpharetta.
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It’s wonderful how once private homes last for centuries and become a part of the local history. Take a glimpse of how life was back then by viewing these historic homes in Alpharetta, GA. Satisfy the history and home design buff in you.
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COCHIN SHIPYARD LTD (CSL) SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION FOR OPERATION & MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE DOCKYARD, PORT BLAIR AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHIP REPAIR ECOSYSTEM FOR THE ISLANDS.
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has entered into an Agreement with the Andaman & Nicobar Administration to commence its operations at Marine Dockyard, at Port Blair, a facility that is currently being operated directly by the A&N Administration. Under the ambit of this Agreement signed on 28 Nov 2019, CSL shall assist the Administration to set up a Ship repair ecosystem at Andaman & Nicobar islands, shall associate in Augmentation and Modernization of the facility and shall also focus efforts towards Skill Development in the Islands in consultation with the Administration and Technical Institutions located in the Islands.
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) will be entitled to a management fee of ?15 crores per annum. A profit share of 7.5% of PAT shall be payable by CSL to the Administration for profit generated by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) through providing Ship Repair Services at the Marine Dockyard facility. Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) shall assist the Administration in the preparation of DPR for Augmentation and Modernisation of the facility for which the Company would charge 3% of the project cost (as per approved DPR). Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has also offered to provide procurement services on a Cost plus Mark-Up basis, in case the Administration so desires.
The Agreement was signed at Port Blair on 28 Nov 2019 by Shri Sudhir Mahajan IAS, Secretary (Shipping), Andaman & Nicobar Administration and Shri. Madhu S Nair, CMD, Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL).
The Agreement is for a period of 30 years, during which Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) is expected to spruce up the operational efficiency of the dockyard as well as improve the overall ship repair eco system in the island to ensure faster turnaround and minimise downtime of the vessels, which are the lifeline for the Islands
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) already has an existing MoU (since 2017) with Andaman & Nicobar Administration for repair of large sea going vessels of Andaman & Nicobar Administration at its facility in Kochi, which is being successfully executed, which has in turn led to the conclusion of this Agreement for long term association.
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Will veto really ‘export foreign policy to trail lawyers?’
Congress voted Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of a bill to give the families of 9/11 victims a chance to sue Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
As the U.S. Congress votes this week to override a presidential veto for the first time in President Obama’s tenure, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) says the country is exporting its foreign policy to trail lawyers and warned that U.S. personnel might find themselves dragged into lawsuits abroad over American drone use in Pakistan and Afghanistan, or even its support for Israel.
At issue is a law that would allow victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia over any potential role in those attacks. The president and others say such a law would invite similar action against the United States. Sen. Corker is one of several members who argue the bill is so broad that it could expose the United States to retaliation in foreign courts.
The Washington Post says that the move is a “… a sign that Saudi Arabia’s fortunes are waning on Capitol Hill. The Saudi government has denied it had any ties to the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks and has lobbied fiercely against the bill. But victims’ families have pushed for the legislation so they can press their case in courts, and lawmakers who support the measure argue Saudi Arabia should not be concerned if it did nothing wrong.”
Also from the Post: “This is not a time when U.S.-Saudi relations have much popular support on either side,” said F. Gregory Gause, head of the international affairs department at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. Just as the Saudis think the administration has tilted too closely to Iran, he said, many U.S. politicians blame Saudi Arabia for the globe spread of Sunni extremism. “I think that’s really simplistic.”
Read the WaPo report here:
Congress overrides Obama’s veto of 9/11 bill
Filed Under: Events, National Tagged With: 9/11 victims, drones, foreign relations, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, US Congress
Immigrants on their way to Ellis Island in New York for a naturalization ceremony last week. Credit John Moore/Getty Images
One of the more thoughtful deep-dives into the immigration reform issue is making the rounds via The New York Times. Written by Eduardo Porter, it is one of the few to note that U.S. immigration policy and enforcement may not drive a person’s decision to come to the United States. He also notes the huge population differences brought about by the current trends:
“What the U.S. government is doing in terms of border enforcement, mass deportations and other restrictive policies just isn’t relevant to the decision to stay home,” noted the Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Program of the University of California, San Diego, which has interviewed thousands of immigrants and potential immigrants in communities across Mexico.”
“Immigrants, their children and grandchildren have accounted for 55 percent of the country’s population growth since 1965, according to the Pew Research Center. Then, the country was 84 percent white, 4 percent Hispanic and less than 1 percent Asian. Today it is 62 percent white, 18 percent Hispanic and 6 percent Asian. Unauthorized immigrants, brought close to zero after the legalization wave of the 1980s, are back at an estimated 11 million.”
Immigration Reform: Disparate Ideas, Disparate Futures
Filed Under: Border Kids, National, Refugee Children Tagged With: Border Enforcement, Border Kids, border patrol, child immigration, immigration reform
U.S. Dodges International Move To Free Refugee Children
22 women who are being held at Berks County Residential Residential Center started a hunger stike on August 8. They are asking to be released from detention as their cases for asylum move through the courts. Credit: Valeria Fernández/PRI
The New York Times coverage of this week’s United Nations discussion about refugees, which includes a “summit” hosted by President Obama, including spotlighting that ” … the U.S. and a number of other countries also objected to language in the original draft that said children should never be detained, so the agreement now says children should seldom, if ever, be detained.”
That may be because the U.S. has more than a half-million pending Immigration Court cases backed up for years and has detained some refugee families for more than a year. The detention camps have been found illegal by a federal court, and some moms have resorted to hunger strikes. Some 45 countries are expected to agree to new, non-binding goals for the international refugee crisis this week.
In the U.S., immigration regulation is enforced at immigration courts as s “civil matter,” meaning those under detention do not have the same rights as criminal defendants, which would include the right to representation by a lawyer.
Read about the hunger strikes here:
Moms go on a hunger strike to get themselves and their kids out of immigration detention
Filed Under: Border Kids, Events, National Tagged With: Border Kids, detention camps, ICE, immigration court, us immigrations and customs detention center
Shackles In A Civil Case? With Immigration, That’s The Deal
PhotoCredit, Boston Gobe report, 8/29/16
A Boston Globe report has detailed that many detained immigrants show up in immigration court in shackles – even without any criminal record. The Globe reports that “… when detained immigrants have their day in immigration courtrooms in Boston and in many other courts around the nation, they almost always spend it in chains. Some of the immigrants have criminal records, but some do not, and the controversial practice has ignited protests from Connecticut to California. Critics say detainees in the civil immigration system are treated more harshly than people accused of violent crimes in state and federal courts. But others say shackling preserves public safety in the courts, where security is limited.”
We would background that immigration courts are not actually U.S. federal courts, but are actually run by the U.S. Justice Department. Those facing the courts do not have a right to an attorney, as they would if criminal charges were being considered, because the cases are considered “civil” actions.
Read the Globe report here: In Boston immigration court, chains are a familiar sound – The Boston Globe
Filed Under: Events, National Tagged With: detainees, discrimination, immigration court, US Justice Department
California Lawyer-Oversight Bill Leads To Attorney Fee Request
The California State Bar is supposed to protect consumers, but a recent state audit found the agency put people at “significant risk” after failing to keep watch over attorneys across California. NBC Bay Area Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban reports in a story that first aired February 24, 2016. (Published Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016)
The NBC affiliate in California’s San Francisco area is reporting that the state bar of California is, for the first time in almost 20 years, asking the state Supreme Court for authority to collect attorneys’ dues. The report backgrounds that “… the announcement comes after a bill aimed at reforming the bar failed to pass through the state’s most recent legislative session… the bill, SB-846, sought to divide the bar into two agencies, since it currently serves as both a trade group for lawyers and a regulatory body that is supposed to discipline attorneys.”
The potential legislation comes amid concerns that the California bar should be run by people who do not practice law. The NBC report noted that “… the California State Bar has come under harsh criticism in recent months over mismanagement and misspending. Last week, the Investigative Unit revealed that a recent state audit shows the agency is overpaying its employees, all while the bar’s fund to repay victims of corrupt lawyers is millions of dollars short.”
The NBC affiliate, perhaps one of the most aggressive local news in the nation, said that the Investigative Unit revealed how the bar was accused of failing to keep watch over some of the state’s worst attorneys. According to a separate state audit released in June 2015, in trying to clear its backlog of consumer complaints against attorneys, the bar allowed some lawyers to continue practicing, even though they should have been disciplined or disbarred.
Source: Bill to Reform California State Bar Fails to Pass Through Legislature | NBC Bay Area http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bill-to-reform-California-State-Bar-fails-to-pass-through-state-legislature-392199531.html#ixzz4K9qbxtjM
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Filed Under: Cases, Community Tagged With: backlog reduction, California State Bar, corrupt lawyers, court reform
Study: Miami Immigration Court Is Most Lenient In Nation
The clearinghouse that tracks immigration court backlog says that some places are better than others for immigrations hoping remain in the United States. The Miami Herald reports that’s “… because judges at the Miami immigration court are deemed among the most lenient toward immigrants in the country… the report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University says that the Miami immigration court is in the top five immigration courts in the country whose judges are more likely to allow immigrants to stay in the country despite deportation orders sought by government trial attorneys representing the Department of Homeland Security.
According to the TRAC study, the Phoenix immigration court ranks No. 1 with “the highest proportion of individuals who were allowed to stay.” In second place was the New York immigration court, followed by Denver in third, San Antonio in fourth and then Miami in fifth, according to the study.
See the TRAC research here.
Read the newspaper’s story here: How lenient are Miami immigration judges? A study ranks the court
Filed Under: Border Kids, Community, Courts Budget Tagged With: border crisis, Border Kids, court, immigration, immigration courts, immigration reform
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More on Harman, or what’s outside the system of relations?
The level of discussion following my review/critique of Harman’s Prince of Networks, along with Harman’s brief but welcome response, has encouraged me to post a few more thoughts about this difference between “relationalism” and “objectology” (my term for a central part of his object-oriented philosophy or ontology), that is, between a view that holds that the world is constituted by “relations all the way down”, and a view that admits the world is characterized by relations (of all sorts) but asserts that each entity has an essential non-relational essence. (Thanks to Mark Crosby for his eloquent summary of the dispute in the comments to the last post.) Harman’s reply raises a couple of issues I’d like to address at a little more length.
GH writes: “But that doesn’t mean that people and things only are what they are by virtue of the specific relations in which they are now involved.”
Relationist responds: It’s not just the relations in which a thing is now involved, but the relations that have shaped those relations, and back, all the way down. And because the relations that have shaped ‘me’ at any given moment are different from the relations that have shaped ‘you’ at that moment, it doesn’t all wash out in a big holistic stew (as GH would have it). Identity, or object-constancy, is still possible because the set of relations at a given nodal point can retain enough consistency to maintain a certain sense of sameness over time. But this is a perception that’s conditional on maintaining certain relations over time. (In this sense, the self is a temporal and historical construct, devoid, as Buddhists would say, of intrinsic or inherent identity. By no means does this suggest that we do not carry forward certain memories, understandings, sensibilities, and so on, for long periods of time, and that these can’t “disappear” and “reappear” to our consciousness.)
GH concludes his reply by saying that “Only because something in me is not fully expressed by anything that happens can anything new ever happen to me.” To which Relationist replies: that “something in me” may be “not fully expressed” does not negate the relational nature of those “things in me”. Things making up “me” are carried through moment-to-moment — some of them get expressed in a manifest way, others get expressed — or perhaps “impressed” is a better way of putting it — in a ‘latent’ way, for instance, as a longing, a desire, a feeling of unfulfillment, and the like. (These don’t need to be consciously felt, since a ‘person’, and all the more so a non-personal object, is always more, perhaps much more, than what they may grasp in their ‘consciousness’ at any given moment.) These ‘gaps,’ if you like, build up so that when an opportunity for a certain kind of new relation arises, there’s a sort of pressure that shifts things in that direction, and you have novelty.
So perhaps the dispute here is between those (like Whitehead, Deleuze, Connolly, et al) who hold that novelty comes from within the system of relations (and then proceed to define what that system of relations is, how it works, what its relative insides and outsides are, e.g. Deleuze’s virtual/actual, etc.) — versus those who hold that novelty arises from outside that system of relations. The latter group includes GH’s non-relational (or not-reducible-to-relations) objectology, as well as psychological essentialisms, transcendentalist theisms, et al. From a relationalist perspective, the onus should be on these more-than-relationalists to specify what is outside the system and how it interacts with what’s inside. Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age provides a good example of a transcendental theism which, in my reading, fails to define transcendence in a satisfying and coherent way, but rather hints at it with words like “fullness” and (when he’s being honest) “God.” Similarly, Harman doesn’t, to my satisfaction, define what his non-relational essence is. If it’s non-relational, is that because it’s never been related to anything? In that case, where does it come from? Obviously, it can’t be that – so what is it? Where is it? And how does it relate with the relational?
There are those, like Derrida, or Heidegger in his poetic earth/gods/self-withdrawing moments, who admit they can’t say anything positive about what the outside-the-system is — and yet still proceed to point to it in evocative ways. Derrida might even claim that there is no outside, even as the system is always said to be slipping as if into a black hole that neither is there nor isn’t there. This is all consistent with the venerable tradition of apophatic thought or ‘negative theology.’ In my reading, there’s a Harman who leans in this poetic-deconstructive direction as well, the Harman of ever-withdrawing tool-being and of ‘time, space, essence, and eidos’ — let’s call him Harman-x — and the interesting question for me is how the relationship between Harman-x and Harman-o, the objectologist, will unfold.
The better relationalists, however, like Deleuze and Whitehead, don’t need an ‘outside-the-system’ because their systems are already bursting full of radical openings in every moment. Neither Deleuze nor Whitehead can reasonably be accused of trying to make it impossible for novelty to arise (can they?); both, of course, were obsessed precisely by novelty and creativity, which is what makes them so exciting to those who haven’t found a satisfactory source for novelty/creativity in traditional (dualistic, transcendental, Kantian, et al) metaphysical systems.
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subjects & objects, together or apart…
relations vs. objects, part x
ontologizing
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on September 11, 2009 at 7:23 pm | Reply kvond
You put the case quite well…”Things making up “me” are carried through moment-to-moment — some of them get expressed in a manifest way, others get expressed — or perhaps “impressed” is a better way of putting it — in a ‘latent’ way…”
What comes to mind to me is Bishop Berkeley’s “esse est percipi”, wherein it is not God that keeps everything in existence, but rather the perceptual relations of all things to all things (granting some degree of informational panpsychism). Nothing exists that does not make a difference somehow, somewhere to some other thing or aspect.
What you are asking for of the object-ones is to explain the necessity of a the difference that makes NO difference, with a negating nod to Peirce and Bateson.
What is interesting about how you frame the debate, Spinoza seems to straddle both positions. The change comes within and without the system. Or to put it another way, “the system” is ever expressive in the context of an infinite expressivity.
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Martin scores 21, Arizona St. beats Prairie View A&M 88-79
By JACK MAGRUDER - Dec. 12, 2019 01:50 AM EST
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State guard Alonzo Verge Jr. found his groove Wednesday.
Coach Bobby Hurley is waiting for some of his other outside shooters to follow suit.
Verge, a juco transfer, had a season-high 20 points and made his first 3-pointer — after going 0 for 13 from behind the arc to open the season — in an 88-79 victory over Prairie View A&M on Wednesday night.
“It was big relief, a big weight off my shoulders,” said Verge, who averaged 30.9 points a game at Moberly (Mo.) Area Community College last season.
“I know I can shoot the ball. My teammates did a good job of just believing in me. I’m just trying to let the game come to me.”
Remy Martin had 21 points, Romello White had 14 points and set a career high with 16 rebounds and Rob Edwards had 14 points for the Sun Devils (7-2), who have won seven of their last eight. Arizona State’s only losses are to No. 9 Virginia and No. 24 Colorado.
Darius Williams kept Prairie View in the game with a season-high 26 points and five 3-pointers off the bench.
Arizona State withstood 45.1% shooting, 5 of 17 from 3-point range, by making 37 of 51 from the free-throw line. White made 10 of 14 and Martin hit 9 of 11. The Sun Devils had not shot more free throws since taking a school-record 57 against Utah on Nov. 27, 2002.
Martin made both his 3-point attempts, but the rest of the team was 3 of 15. The Sun Devils are shooting 31.3% from 3-point range.
“We’re getting to the point where are going to be evaluating if we should take those shots, or who should be taking them,” Hurley said. “Not only did they take them, but they were open shots, wide open shots, that were not made.”
The Panthers (3-6) committed 20 turnovers and 32 personal fouls, but Arizona State could not shake them even after an 18-3 run fueled by nine points from Verge made it 72-54 with nine minutes remaining.
Devonte Patterson, who had 12 points, hit two free throws with 1:16 remaining to trim the lead to 85-78, but the Panthers were never closer.
"It was a crazy game." White said.
There were 57 fouls in the game.
“I want to keep my job. I don’t want to get fined,” Prairie View coach Byron Smith said of the free throw disparity.
“Ray Charles is dead and blind and could have seen it. There was definitely a disparity in the calls. I think the refs are fair guys. I think they called it like they saw it.”
Prairie View: Do not judge the Panthers by their early season record. Their annual preseason marathon-across-America competition lets them face quality completion and build team chemistry … and it works. The Panthers were 1-11 on 12-game road run last season before winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles. They are to play at least two road games in each of the four U.S. time zones by Dec. 22.
Arizona State: The Sun Devils are the only Pac-12 team to make the NCAA tournament in each of the last two seasons, and they have a chance make it three in a row if they can find some complimentary weapons behind point guard Remy Martin, big man Romello White and wing Rob Edwards.
Prairie View will play the ninth game of an 11-game road stretch at Loyola Marymount on Friday before concluding the tour with games against Colorado and No. 22 Seton Hall.
Arizona State will play host to Georgia in the first of a competitive stretch that continues with games against Saint Mary’s and Creighton.
More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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Amid Palestra downer, Big 5 may have a TV future
By Mike MillerSep 2, 2011, 8:45 AM EDT
St. Joseph’s decision to move its Big 5 games out of the Palestra next season may not sit well with college hoops purists, but it’s hard to blame the Hawks.
They’re just trying to win games.
For the first time in Big 5 history, St. Joe’s will play Philadelphia rival Villanova at Hagen Arena, then do the same with Temple during Atlantic 10 play. The Owls have won nine straight meetings between the two. ‘Nova has won 11 of the last 14. And last season, St. Joe’s was 0-5 vs. the Big 5.
Coach Phil Martelli figures this gives the Hawks a chance to boost waning fan interest and win a few. If the fans aren’t there, what’s the point?
“I’m making a real concerted effort to get that student season-ticket body back to a thousand strong,” Martelli told the Philadelphia Daily News. “It impacts our play. It impacts our recruiting. It impacts the image of the program.
“I am loud and clear on my love of the Palestra. I’m loud and clear on my love of the tradition, Philadelphia basketball. At this moment in time, if somebody wants to say that this is a selfish act or it’s two-faced, at least they’re talking about us.”
However, the future of the Big 5 appears to be bright.
The Daily News also reports that a local businessman is leading an effort to have Big 5 schools – St. Joe’s, Temple, Villanova, La Salle and Penn – have a tournament-style, made-for-TV event with New York City schools such as Fordham, Manhattan, Iona and Columbia. (I’d hope St. John’s also is involved.)
The hope is to attract corporate sponsors, then get the whole thing on TV, possibly on ABC or NBC.
That, fellow hoopheads, would be delightful TV. Games in the Palestra, Madison Square Garden and other venues, featuring basketball-first schools? Sign me up.
Jay Wright, Katy Perry and a flash mob
Blogger Spotlight: Talking NY hoops with Big Apple Buckets
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On Target: Scientists identify the cytokine IL6 as a new chemotherapeutic target for Ras-driven cancers
In an upcoming Genes & Development paper, Dr. Christopher Counter and colleagues at the Duke University Medical Center have identified IL6 as a new target in the battle against Ras-induced cancers.
Ras is a key intracellular messenger protein that directs, among other things, cell growth and proliferation. Over-expression of the Ras oncogen, or of its growth-promoting pathway, is an integral step in the development of a number of human cancers, particularly pancreatic and lung cancer. Unfortunately, though, attempts to target Ras for inhibition in a clinical setting have proved unsuccessful.
"We knew Ras was really important for cancer, but time after time it defied attempts to be inhibited in the clinic. So we decided, why not go after something that you can make a drug against that Ras activates?" explains Dr. Counter. Dr. Counter and colleagues sought to identify other proteins that are secreted when Ras is activated, and evaluate them as potential therapeutic candidates. One factor, in particular, is receiving a lot attention.
Interleukin-6 (IL6) is an inflammatory cytokine (growth factor) that stimulates the immune system in response to injury. Dr. Counter’s team has demonstrated that Ras induces the secretion of IL6 in a number of different cell types. The scientists then showed that IL6 promotes tumorigenesis by encouraging new blood vessel growth.
Dr. Counter and colleagues were able to successfully fight tumor formation in a preclinical model by suppressing IL6 activity. While further research is needed to determine the effectiveness of IL6 targeted cancer therapies, these initial results are encouraging. "Targeting secreted proteins that Ras activates has opened the door to inhibit the oncogenic signal of Ras via druggable proteins," states Dr. Counter.
Genes & Development is a publication of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, non-profit, basic research and educational institution. Scientists at the Laboratory conduct groundbreaking research in cancer, neurobiology, plant molecular genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. The Laboratory is recognized internationally for its educational activities, which include an extensive program of scientific meetings and courses that attract more than 8000 scientists to the campus each year. For more information about the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, visit http://www.cshl.org or call the Department of Public Affairs at (516) 367-8455.
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What is GDPR? Wired.com
08 Feb What is GDPR? Wired.com
Posted at 08:11h in Blog, Fact Sheets by Eoin Heffernan 0 Comments
by Matt Burgess for Wired.com
General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, will overhaul how businesses process and handle data. The Wired.com need-to-know GDPR guide explains what the changes mean for you
In May this year, Europe’s data protection rules will undergo their biggest changes in two decades. Since they were created in the 90s, the amount of digital information we create, capture, and store has vastly increased. Simply put, the old regime was no longer fit for purpose.
The solution is the mutually agreed European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force on May 25 2018. It will change how businesses and public sector organisations can handle the information of customers.
The regulation has spawned a raft of GDPR experts who want to help businesses prepare for the changes GDPR will bring – and make a tidy sum for their expertise.
Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s information commissioner, who is in charge of data protection enforcement, says she is frustrated by the amount of “scaremongering” around the potential impact for businesses. “The GDPR is a step change for data protection,” she says. “It’s still an evolution, not a revolution”. She adds that for businesses and organisations already complying with existing data protection laws the new regulation is only a “step change”.
Still, plenty of confusion remains. To help clear things up, here’s WIRED’s guide to the GDPR.
What is GDPR exactly?
The GDPR is Europe’s new framework for data protection laws – it replaces the previous 1995 data protection directive, which UK law is based upon.
The EU’s GDPR website says the legislation is designed to “harmonise” data privacy laws across Europe as well as give greater protection and rights to individuals. Within the GDPR there are large changes for the public as well as businesses and bodies that handle personal information, which we’ll explain in more detail later.
After more than four years of discussion and negotiation, GDPR was adopted by both the European Parliament and the European Council in April 2016. The underpinning regulation and directive were published at the end of that month.
After publication of GDPR in the EU Official Journal in May 2016, it will come into force on May 25, 2018. The two year preparation period has given businesses and public bodies covered by the regulation to prepare for the changes.
GDPR SUMMARY
WHEN DOES THE NEW REGULATION START?
WHO WILL ENFORCE IT IN THE UK?
The Information Commissioner’s Office
There are new rights for people to access the information companies hold about them, obligations for better data management for businesses, and a new regime of fines
DOES BREXIT MATTER?
The UK is implementing a new Data Protection Bill which largely includes all the provisions of the GDPR. There are some small changes but our own law will be largely the same
Don’t we already have data protection laws?
Each member state in the EU operates under the current 1995 data protection regulation and has its own national laws. In the UK, the current Data Protection Act 1998 sets out how your personal information can be used by companies, government and other organisations.
GDPR changes how personal data can be used. Its provisions in the UK will be covered by a new Data Protection Bill which has now been published by the government. As noted by data protection expert Jon Baines, the UK’s data protection plans include everything within the GDPR – although there are some minor changes.
The UK government’s new data protection legislation, which will implement the vast majority of GDPR was published on September 14, 2017. The bill must pass through the House of Commons and the House of Lords before it becomes law.
The government says the law sets out a number of exemptions from GDPR, which include added protections for journalists, scientific and historical researchers, and anti-doping agencies who handle people’s personal information.The bill is currently passing through the legislative bodies but has been subject to some amendments. In one instance, cybersecurity researchers were concerned the bill would make it impossible to research improper anonymisation of data. A new ammendment covers “effectiveness testing” and says that researchers must inform the ICO within three days if they can identify people from anonymised data.
Once the new bill is passed and becomes an Act of parliament, the 1998 Data Protection Act will be repealed.
Is my company/startup/charity going to be impacted?
In short, yes. Individuals, organisations, and companies that are either ‘controllers’ or ‘processors’ of personal data will be covered by the GDPR. “If you are currently subject to the DPA, it is likely that you will also be subject to the GDPR,” the ICO says on its website
Both personal data and sensitive personal data are covered by GDPR. Personal data, a complex category of information, broadly means a piece of information that can be used to identify a person. This can be a name, address, IP address… you name it. Sensitive personal data encompasses genetic data, information about religious and political views, sexual orientation, and more.
These definitions are largely the same as those within current data protection laws and can relate to information that is collected through automated processes. Where GDPR differentiates from current data protection laws is that pseudonymised personal data can fall under the law – if it’s possible that a person could be identified by a pseudonym.
So, what’s different?
In the full text of GDPR there are 99 articles setting out the rights of individuals and obligations placed on organisations covered by the regulation. These include allowing people to have easier access to the data companies hold about them, a new fines regime and a clear responsibility for organisations to obtain the consent of people they collect information about.
Helen Dixon, the data protection commissioner for Ireland, who has major technology company offices under her jurisdiction, says the new regulation was needed and is a positive move. However, she adds that while large businesses are aware of the upcoming changes there needs to be a lot more knowledge in smaller companies, including startups. “One of the issues with startups is that when they’re going through all the formalities new businesses go through, there’s no data protection hook at that stage,” Dixon says.
So, if you’re only just hearing of GDPR, here are some of the bigger changes to be prepared for.
Accountability and compliance
Companies covered by the GDPR will be more accountable for their handling of people’s personal information. This can include having data protection policies, data protection impact assessments and having relevant documents on how data is processed.
In the last 12 months, there’s been a score of massive data breaches including millions of Yahoo, LinkedIn, and MySpace account details. Under GDPR, the “destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to” people’s data has to be reported to a country’s data protection regulator – in the case of the UK, the ICO – where it could have a detrimental impact on those who it is about. This can include, but isn’t limited to, financial loss, confidentiality breaches, damage to reputation and more. The ICO has to be told about a breach 72 hours after an organisation finds out about it and the people it impacts also need to be told.
For companies that have more than 250 employees, there’s a need to have documentation of why people’s information is being collected and processed, descriptions of the information that’s held, how long it’s being kept for and descriptions of technical security measures in place.
Additionally, companies that have “regular and systematic monitoring” of individuals at a large scale or process a lot of sensitive personal data have to employ a data protection officer (DPO). For many organisations covered by GDPR, this may mean having to hire a new member of staff – although larger businesses and public authorities may already have people in this role. In this job, the person has to report to senior members of staff, monitor compliance with GDPR and be a point of contact for employees and customers. “It means the data protection will be a boardroom issue in a way it hasn’t in the past combined,” Denham says.
There’s also a requirement for businesses to obtain consent to process data in some situations. When an organisation is relying on consent to lawfully use a person’s information they have to clearly explain that consent is being given and there has to be a “positive opt-in”. A blog post from Denham explains there are multiple ways for organisations to process people’s data.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DATA CONTROLLER AND PROCESSOR?
THE DIFFERENT TERMS
Not everyone that handles the personal data of individuals is the same and data protection laws allow for this by having two different terms: controller and processor. Here’s what they mean.
A controller is an entity that decides the purpose and manner that personal data is used, or will be used
The person or group that processes the data on behalf of the controller. Processing is obtaining, recording, adapting or holding personal data
Access to your data
As well putting new obligations on the companies and organisations collecting personal data, the GDPR also gives individuals a lot more power to access the information that’s held about them. At present a Subject Access Request (SAR) allows businesses and public bodies to charge £10 to be given what’s held about them.
Under the GDPR this is being scrapped and requests for personal information can be made free-of-charge. When someone asks a business for their data, they must stump up the information within one month. Everyone will have the right to get confirmation that an organisation has information about them, access to this information and any other supplementary information. As Dixon points out, big technology companies, as well as smaller startups, will have to give users more control over their data
As well as this the GDPR bolsters a person’s rights around automated processing of data. The ICO says individuals “have the right not to be subject to a decision” if it is automatic and it produces a significant effect on a person. There are certain exceptions but generally people must be provided with an explanation of a decision made about them.
The new regulation also gives individuals the power to get their personal data erased in some circumstances. This includes where it is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected, if consent is withdrawn, there’s no legitimate interest, and if it was unlawfully processed.
GDPR fines
One of the biggest, and most talked about, elements of the GDPR is the power for regulators to fine businesses that don’t comply with it. If an organisation doesn’t process an individual’s data in the correct way, it can be fined. If it requires and doesn’t have a data protection officer, it can be fined. If there’s a security breach, it can be fined.
These monetary penalties will be decided upon by Denham’s office and the GDPR states smaller offences could result in fines of up to €10 million or two per cent of a firm’s global turnover (whichever is greater). Those with more serious consequences can have fines of up to €20 million or four per cent of a firm’s global turnover (whichever is greater). These are larger than the £500,000 penalty the ICO can currently wield and, according to analysis, last year’s fines would be 79 times higher under the new regulation.
But Denham says speculation that her office will try to make examples of companies by issuing large business-crippling fines isn’t correct. “We will have the possibility of using larger fines when we are unsuccessful in getting compliance in other ways,” she says. “But we’ve always preferred the carrot to the stick”.
Denham says there is “no intention” for overhauling how her office hands out fines and regulates data protection across the UK. She adds that the ICO prefers to work with organisations to improve their practices and sometimes a “stern letter” can be enough for this to happen.
“Having larger fines is useful but I think fundamentally what I’m saying is it’s scaremongering to suggest that we’re going to be making early examples of organisations that breach the law or that fining a top whack is going to become the norm.” She adds that her office will be more lenient on companies that have shown awareness of the GDPR and tried to implement it, when compared to those that haven’t made any effort.
THE KEY TERMS
GDPR and other data protection laws rely on the term ‘personal data’ to discuss information about individuals. There are two key types of personal data in the UK and they cover different categories of information.
Personal data can be anything that allows a living person to be directly or indirectly identified. This may be a name, an address, or even an IP address. It includes automated personal data and can also encompass pseudonymised data if a person can be identified from it.
SO, WHAT’S SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA?
GDPR calls sensitive personal data as being in ‘special categories’ of information. These include trade union membership, religious beliefs, political opinions, racial information, and sexual orientation.
How to prepare your business for GDPR
When implemented, GDPR will have a varying impact on businesses and organisations: for instance, not every company will require a data protection officer. To help prepare for the start of GDPR, the ICO has created a 12-step guide.
The guide, which is available here, includes steps such as making senior business leaders aware of the regulation, determining which info is held, updating procedures around subject access requests, and what should happen in the event of a data breach. In Ireland, the regulator has also setup a separate website explaining what should change within companies.
The ICO says that “many of the GDPR’s main concepts and principles are much the same as those in the current Data Protection Act (DPA)”. It adds for businesses already complying with the current data protection law, its highly likely they will be meeting many of the GDPR principles.
As well as this guidance, the ICO says it is creating a phone service to help small businesses prepare for GDPR. The service will provide answers about how small companies can implement GDPR procedures and starts at the beginning of November 2017.
What big tech is doing
Facebook and Google are preparing for GDPR by giving customers more access to their information.
Facebook has revealed it is going to roll out a global privacy setting hub. We don’t know what this will look like yet but chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has said the company will “put the core privacy settings for Facebook in one place and make it much easier for people to manage their data”. The company has also revealed what it is calling its privacy principles. These set out the ways it intends to handle personal information.
Meanwhile, users of Google’s services have been prompted to update and review their data. Google has updated its ad settings and people have been seeing notifications saying they should review their privacy settings. A specific page for GDPR and the businesses Google works with has also been set up.
We don’t claim to have all the answers. In between a lot of GDPR hype there are some incredibly useful resources that have been published on the regulation. Here’s where to go if you’re looking for more in-depth reading:
– The full regulation. It’s 88 pages long and has 99 articles.
– The ICO’s guide to GDPR is essential for both consumers and those working within businesses.
– EU GDPR is the Union’s official website for the regulation. It details all you need to know and has a handy countdown clock for when GDPR will come into force.
– The EU’s Article 29 data protection group is publishing guidelines on data breach notifications, transparency, and subject access requests.
GDPR, Wired.com
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Military contractors Perception Management Propaganda
How Does the Pentagon Keep Fooling Reporters About Its Tech Research Agency?
… Leslie Stahl used the coveted first segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes to do a puff-piece on the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Her story, which included a minor scoop about the agency’s work on cyber security, was covered all week in the tech press and gave DARPA another opportunity to strut its stuff on the national stage.
But it was a shameful piece of self-promotion, and adds another dud to the illustrious program’s list of failures that includes a widely discredited 2013 report on Benghazi. That’s unfortunate, because 60 Minutes has historically been at the forefront of investigative reporting, as theshocking and untimely death of Bob Simon Wednesday night reminded us.
DARPA is widely known to the public as the inventor of the Internet and the developer of a long list of military products used widely in the civilian world, from drones to robots to the Siri voice on your iPhone. It’s also been a favorite topic for the national security and tech press for years because of the many dog-and-pony shows it puts on for the media. Opportunities like that can really get reporters’ blood pumping (maybe that’s why the web version of the DARPA story is sponsored by Viagra).
Stahl was just the latest to fall in DARPA’s honey trap. In her twenty-minute segment, which included interviews inside the agency’s glassed-in headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, she carefully avoided any mention of the agency’s near-total dependence on private contractors and universities. Worse, she allowed agency officials to falsely obscure their past and their close working relationship with the National Security Agency and other elements of the surveillance state.
Her story focused on Dan Kaufman, director of DARPA’s Information Innovation Office, also known as I2O. “DARPA Dan,” as she called him, is “the man the Department of Defense has put in charge of inventing technology to fight [our] new Internet war.” Kaufman told Stahl how his agency is using artificial intelligence—particularly a search program called Memex—to help US intelligence and law enforcement agencies identify and combat human traffickers, hackers and other criminal elements that use the “dark web” to spread and exploit misery.
The segment concluded with Stahl driving a Chevrolet Impala around a giant DARPA parking lot while an agency technician, guided by an amused Kaufman, hacked into the car’s Guidestar system to steer, stop and otherwise control the vehicle. Throughout the experience, Stahl could hardly contain herself. “I cannot—oh, my God. I can’t operate the brakes at all,” she blurted when DARPA took control. “Oh, my word. That is frightening.”
Frightening indeed. There’s no question that thwarting dangerous hackers and ending the scourge of human trafficking are righteous tasks, and it’s commendable that the Department of Defense is funding programs to unmask the organized criminals engaged in these sordid practices.
But Stahl’s piece, like too many other reports on DARPA, left the false impression of a benevolent agency doing what government does best: working behind the scenes to develop technologies that will protect American citizens, defend the nation and help the oppressed. It’s exactly the image DARPA cultivates, and why it devotes enormous efforts every week to public relations.
The problem is, it’s an extremely misleading picture. Let me count the ways.
DARPA is a feeding trough for the private sector
It’s true that DARPA is part of the Pentagon and funded by Congress—but it’s essentially run and managed by contractors. And in contrast to the 70 percent spent on contractors by most agencies, close to 100 percent of DARPA’s budget goes out to the private sector, including defense contractors (large and small) and dozens of universities scattered around the country.
One hundred percent? Yes—and that’s according to Kaufman himself. A year ago, Kevin Baron, the editor of Defense One, a Washington publication sponsored in part by Northrop Grumman, interviewed “DARPA Dan” for a live web telecast about the “DoD for the Future.” Midway through, they had this revealing exchange (Baron’s question is slightly edited; the italics are mine):
Baron: When you look at the private sector, do you see [things] that they’re doing that you think are kinda dead on?
Kaufman: Well, so first of all, right; remember everything DARPA does is actually done all through contract, so we’re not a lab. So everything we do is—is money that we give out to the private sector or to universities or other public things, so all, all the work is done out there.
In fact, DARPA was a pioneer in the use of private contractors. As I wrote in my book Spies for Hire, when US intelligence budgets and personnel rolls were slashed at the end of the Cold War, DARPA became a conduit for the first big wave of contractors to work for the NSA, the CIA and other agencies.
DARPA’s research programs marked the first “shift of people in the private sector actually doing intelligence,” William Golden, a former NSA officer who started one of the first recruitment companies for contractors, once told me. (In his first term, during those halcyon years of comparative peace, President Clinton persuaded DARPA to drop the “D” for defense; it was restored in 1996.)
Take Memex, the data-mining program highlighted by Stahl. It’s “being developed by 17 different contractor teams,” cyber expert Kim Zetter reported in Wired this week. The prime contractor for Memex is a relatively obscure company called IST Research founded by Ryan Paterson.
In classic revolving-door fashion, Paterson, now CEO of IST, spent much of his military career at DARPA and “established DARPA’s first full-time presence in an active conflict since the Vietnam War” by setting up military research programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, his official biography states (more on DARPA in Afghanistan later).
Universities also get a big piece of the Memex pie. On January 13, Carnegie Mellon University announced a three-year, $3.6 million contract from DARPA to work on the human trafficking project. It explains:
The contract is part of DARPA’s Memex program, a three-year research initiative to develop software that will enable domain-specific indexing of open, public Web content and domain-specific search capabilities. The contract is administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y.
Other major DARPA contactors include SAIC (a major NSA contractor), Leidos (which was spun out of SAIC’s national security division, Raytheon and Data Tactics. The latter was recently acquired by L-3 Communications, another major NSA contractor that’s been in a hiring spree for students with “an interest in data analysis” for DARPA’s “annual summer camp” for the Memex program. At this agency, they like to start them young.
In its solicitations, DARPA makes it crystal clear that its work is only intended for profit-making—with one exception. “Government entities must clearly demonstrate that the proposed work is not otherwise available from the private sector,” the agency’s RFP for the Memex program states.
Again, there is nothing wrong with a government agency tapping the capabilities of leading-edge private firms, particularly in the areas of high tech. But at DARPA, the unusually close ties between the agency and its many contractors have led to almost laughable conflicts of interest that don’t seem to faze the government.
Last year, for example, the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General reprimanded Regina Dugan, DARPA’s former director, saying that she had “essentially promoted her former defense contracting company to Pentagon colleagues in violation of the department’s ethics code while leading the agency.” Because she was gone, however, no action was taken.
Moreover, the investigation only came about because the Project for Government Oversightbrought the extensive ethical problems between DARPA and its partners to the Pentagon’s attention in a detailed letter in 2011. “Dugan’s continued financial and familial relationship with [the contractor] RedXDefense raise concerns as to whether DARPA effectively prevents conflicts of interest,” POGO wrote.
DARPA shows off inventions at GEOINT, the largest unclassified conference held by the Intelligence-Industrial Complex, 2008. (Credit: Tim Shorrock)
The real story of “DARPA DAN”
Another major flaw in the 60 Minutes story was its portrayal of Dan Kaufman. In the piece, he’s described as having magically dropped into DoD from the California gaming industry, where heworked for years (one of his products was Spongebob Squarepants). Here’s how the 60 Minutestranscript reads:
Stahl: Before DARPA, Kaufman made a fortune running several cutting-edge videogame companies. His only military experience is make-belief. He helped invent the popular war-game series “Medal Of Honor.”
Kaufman: And then 9/11 happened. And it shocked me to my soul. And I thought, “I’ve lived incredibly well off this country and I want to give something back.” But I have no idea how to work for the government. I mean, I had never thought about it. I’d never been to Washington, D.C. And I did what all nerds do. I went to Barnes and Noble. And I got a big book. It said “Government Jobs.” It was a big book. And I thumbed through it. And I said, “I will find something and I will donate some time.” And I decided I would hunt serial killers…
Nice story, Dan; but apparently Stahl’s research skills are pretty thin. Kaufman is actually part of the Silicon Valley intelligence mafia that’s been working with the CIA since the 1990s to fund companies that can produce products for surveillance and other uses.
Ever hear of In-Q-Tel? It’s the venture capital firm founded by the CIA during the Clinton administration to finance small and emerging companies with spying capabilities. Just before he came to DARPA, Kaufman represented In-Q-Tel for a spooky company called Auratio Consulting (try finding it on Google). And long before 9/11, he had close business relationship with Gilman Louie, In-Q-Tel’s first CEO (he was hired by George Tenet).
Louie, too, got his start in the gaming industry, and among his first investments were two companies called Spectrum Holobyte and Microprose. According to The Agile Mind, a blog published by technology writer Anne Laurent, Kaufman helped finance a buyout and merger of the two companies in the late 1990s. At the time, he was working for Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, a Palo Alto, CA, law firm (since bankrupt), where he had “the largest game company representation in the United States.”
The law firm also happened to be a major player with In-Q-Tel. In August 2001, for instance, it helped engineer In-Q-Tel’s investment in a wireless sensor company called Graviton. And in his article on Kaufman’s time with Brobeck Phleger, Laurent concludes with this: “Oh, and the CIA’s venture catalyst In-Q-Tel once commissioned him to look into how gaming could help the CIA train, too.” Unless Kaufman defines the CIA’s fund as a private company, his “experience” with government goes way back before the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Yes, DARPA works with the NSA
But perhaps Kaufman’s the most egregious misrepresentation in his interview with Stahl is his response to this question:
Stahl: How much of your time is spent inventing things for the NSA?
Kaufman: Almost none, actually.
Stahl: Because a lot of this stuff could be used by them.
Kaufman: Yes.
“Almost none”? Please; that’s really splitting hairs. DARPA has long been a source of important research for the NSA and its massive surveillance programs, and data-mining programs such as Memex are eagerly sought by the NSA to deepen its abilities to find and search for national security risks and help the military and the CIA target potential or proven terrorists.
Take Chris White, whom Stahl identifies as the man who “invented Memix.” In his official biography, he’s also described as the creator of “DARPA’s leading program in big data, XDATA, which is part of the President’s Big Data Initiative.” Yes, it is; XDATA is also relied on extensively by the NSA in its surveillance programs, according to contract documents I’ve obtained about SAIC, one of DARPA’s prime contractors on XDATA.
In one of its XDATA proposals to DARPA, SAIC notes that its model “for the framework will be our prior experience in DARPA/IARPA Research and Development Experimental Collaboration (RDEC) program, which introduced a model for building a comprehensive, structured yet flexible framework for evaluation.”
IARPA is the intelligence equivalent of DARPA and develops “analytical programs” for NSA. IARPA’s website describes its relationship to the NSA in detail. And one of Kaufman’s I2O’s recent solicitations seeks research in “game-changing technologies” in various domains, including “cyber and other types of irregular warfare.”
The latter is another DARPA specialty. At the height of President Obama’s counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan in 2011, according to documents I’ve seen, DARPA’s XDATA program was part of a surveillance net supported by NSA that was used by US forces and contractors to identify and hunt down the Taliban and other groups fighting the central government. White was part of that effort, and was later recognized with a “Joint Meritorious Unit Award for support in a combat environment” by then–Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
Maybe Leslie Stahl should start again. I’d be happy to help with her research.
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Obit.: Operation Mockingbird’s Austin Goodrich, Cold War CIA Officer and CBS Correspondent
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Cloud telephony sector to scale new heights in coming years
Posted on June 16, 2015 by Editor's Desk
From providing midday meal data collection for state government programs, to maintaining smooth interaction with customers in the e-commerce sector, to providing various solutions to SMEs and startups, cloud telephony registers every request.
Cloud telephony, or the interactive voice response system (IVRS), often interchangeably used, refers specifically to voice services, and more specifically the replacement of conventional business telephone equipment (such as a private branch exchange) with third-party VoIP service. The replacement of conventional business telephone equipment, such as a PBX, with third-party VoIP service has proved the most productive and cost-effective system for many sectors.
The shift in clientele from mainly tech startups to a mixed bunch of e-commerce companies, radio taxis, and local doctors, vouches for the available market for this sector in the country. To meet demand, many startups have also forayed into the market. However, only some have emerged as serious players, such as Ozonetel, Exotel, VoiceTree, Knowlarity, Sonetel, MyOperator and Sipper Global Informatics.
“In the past six years, since these players began entering the market, both the technology and the sector have been overhauled. The possibility of cloud telephony as we know it today did not exist then. It has also changed the way businesses now look at voice communication, especially customer communication,” says CSN Murthy, Founder and CEO, Ozonetel.
The rising acceptance of the technology in various sectors has opened up a huge business opportunity for the cloud telephony industry in the country. Though there are no track reports by research firms like Gartner or Frost & Sulliven available to assess the size of the sector in the country, with about two million SMEs in India, the industry players estimate the domestic market size to be around $6 billion.
The IVR sector also sees a lot of opportunity in the burgeoning domestic BPO market in the country. According to an Ernst & Young report, the domestic BPO market size is at $6 billion with five to seven million workforces employed in the sector. Besides, the Indian government is also coming out with a policy that encourages domestic BPOs, using incentives, to move to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to create employment thereby pushing upward the estimated size of the market and the workforce. The expected growth in the domestic BPO market will prove a boon for the cloud telephony sector in the country.
A quick look at the growth of startups in the IVR space tells an interesting story about the growing sector. One of the prominent companies in the cloud telephony sector, Ozonetel, claims to have handled 1.5 billion calls addressing customers across 20-plus verticals in the past four years. The platform has also created a world record by handling over 700 million missed calls in the last nine months for its customers.
The revenue of Ozonetel this fiscal year clocked at around Rs 20 crore. With annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $300 per customer, the venture is looking at a potential market size of $3000 million on a recurring annual basis. It counts Shaadi.com, Goibibo, Wipro, Zomato, Manipal University, Indiamart, Housing and Foodpanda among its clients.
Another competitor in the space, Bengaluru-based Exotel, has more than 700 companies that trust them. The client list includes Barbeque Nation, Godrej, Groupon India, Ola and CommonFloor among others. “We have set up about 700 call centres since inception. We handle about a million calls a day and mark our presence in six states in India,” says Shivakumar Ganesan, Co-founder, Exotel.
Meanwhile, Knowlarity, the largest player in the field, claims over 12000 paying customers worldwide from over 66 countries with a majority of them from India. The client list of the venture includes Airtel, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Colgate, P&G, Pepsi, Unitech, Hotel Radisson, Park Plaza, General Motors, Adobe, Noida Police, Fortis Healthcare, and JeevanSathi.com.
During March this year, the venture had expected to close this fiscal with revenue of Rs 75 crore.
During the Nepal quake disaster, Knowlarity made the headlines with its missed call campaign. The venture connected people over IVR. It patched the first two free of charge.
Fund raising and acquisitions in the sector
Last year, Exotel acquired Croak.it, a voice-based social media app. The company sees the move as a step closer to being a one-stop voice solution. In 2012, Exotel raised Rs 2.5 crores in its Series A funding from Blume Ventures and Mumbai Angels in return for a 25% stake.
“When we invested, the product was still in beta. We typically invest in good founders, and products that have a big market. Exotel had both of these,” says Adit Parekh, Blume Ventures.
In January 2014, Knowlarity acquired Unicom Techlabs, a startup in the same sector. Unicom had more than 200 customers whom it handed over to Knowlarity along with all the intellectual property it had developed.
In July 2014, the company had raised $16 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital and Mayfield Advisors. Previously, in January 2012, it had raised Rs 34 crore from Sequoia Capital. The Gurgaon-based company has also received funding from Emergic Venture Capital in the past.
In August 2014, Ozonetel acquired Yantra Software’s speech recognition vertical in a pay-out model. In February 2013, Ozonetel signed a strategic partnership with Resolvity Information Technologies in order to acquire the customers of Resolvity’s VoiceGain product.
Ozonetel is currently in touch with Singapore-based VCs regarding raising funding for the venture. However, it declines to share any further information on it.
Future of the sector
With the concomitant challenge of full discoverability by industries, the industry players say that cloud telephony has not even managed to scratch the surface of its potential in India yet.
The industry denies the threat of consolidation in the sector. “I haven’t seen any serious consolidation. I admit the fact of acquisition by global players, but deny the possibility of major M&A happening within Indian players the way it is in the e-commerce sector. The big players are concentrating on acquiring niche technology companies, which align with their respective products’ roadmap,” says CSN.
CSN added that the space is wide and big enough to accommodate more startups. With the growing trend of digital entrepreneurship, and surge in SMEs, cloud telephony is all set to grow and prosper.
“Depending on how the developer ecosystem plays out in India, this kind of product can become something similar to Twilio, where the developers become evangelists of the product and implement the solution in the enterprise that they work in,” says Adit from Blume Ventures.
He also added that the possibility of another offshoot from this product line is a marketplace for apps that independent developers create to sell to the SME segment, based on the maturity of the SME. This kind of platform is what Exotel might become in the future.
The global market is also lucrative to Indian cloud telephony players, as it offers very competitive price-points compared to their European and US counterparts.
Going forward, the cloud telephony market may see new startups offering tailor-made solutions catering to specific industries. In the past, I have noticed IVR solutions dedicated to political parties. On the same lines, forthcoming startups can choose a particular vertical, like manufacturing, real-estate, healthcare and entertainment etc. to start with.
Read more at http://yourstory.com/2015/06/cloud-telephony-india/
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HIST 405 (01) - History of Early America
History of Early America
Term: Spring 2020 - Full Term (01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020)
America from the early era of European discovery through the American Civil War. Emphasizes the interaction of European, Native American, and African peoples; the separation of the English colonies from Great Britain; and the establishment and early history of the United States. Course meets the History major requirement for Group 1.
Equivalent(s): HIST 403, HIST 405H, HIST 405W, HIST 503
Attributes: Historical Perspectives(Disc)
Instructors: Eliga Gould, Benjamin Remillard
1/21/2020 5/4/2020 MW 10:10am - 11:00am HORT 210
1/21/2020 5/4/2020 W 11:10am - 12:00pm HORT 422
Additional Course Details:
About Professor Gould: Eliga Gould s a senior member of the History Department at UNH, as well as an award-winning historian of the American Revolution. History 405 is one of his very favorite courses to teach. You can watch a broadcast of a recent talk that Professor Gould gave at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia on C-SPAN’s American History TV. The talk, which begins at the 14 minute mark, is available here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?464897-1/lead-1783-treaty-paris
Click to see: Booklist Syllabus
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Marking the Start of Concord Academy’s 98th School Year, Convocation Focused on Learning as Individuals and in Community
On the morning of September 3, 2019, the Concord Academy community gathered in the Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel for Convocation, the official start to the school’s 98th academic year. Head of School Rick Hardy warmly welcomed 100 new students and seven new faculty and staff members, as well as returning students and adults.
Encouraging students to embrace the opportunity that the beginning of this new year presents, “to listen, to learn, to make friends, and to try things you have not tried before,” Hardy discussed CA’s tradition of senior chapel talks. He also shared the school’s newly revised mission statement:
We are a community animated by love of learning,
diverse and striving for equity,
with common trust as our foundation.
Honoring each individual, we challenge and expand
our understanding of ourselves and the world
through purposeful collaboration and creative engagement.
We cultivate empathy, integrity, and responsibility
to build a more just and sustainable future.
“Explicit in our mission is the idea that learning is not a solitary pursuit; it is a process that is enriched, made better and more meaningful, by the differences in our views and our personal histories,” Hardy said.
Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65 (left), president of the Board of Trustees, and Vedika Sharma ’20 (right), student head of school, speaking at Concord Academy’s 2019 Convocation.
In her remarks, Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65, president of the Concord Academy Board of Trustees, reflected on some feedback her geometry teacher offered her when she was a freshman at CA: Her first test of the semester was returned with “See me!” written on it in red ink. Far from the reprimand she feared it might mean — Shutzer had come from a school where, she said, she was afraid to be wrong — the comment was actually an invitation to converse and collaborate. “Those two simple words turned out to be an invitation that changed how I thought about CA — and for that matter, about education,” Shutzer said.
She urged students to remember that they too can start such conversations — they aren’t expected to have everything figured out — and that CA itself is dedicated to learning. “This is a place, a community,” Shutzer said, “in which we want to see you and for you to truly be seen.”
Student Head of School Vedika Sharma ’20 encouraged her fellow students to try their hands at something new, and when they inevitably encounter difficulties, to lean on the community for support. She explained the Student Council’s responsibility to “speak on behalf of the student body” and invited all students to participate in its open meetings. As she told the community, “Whenever we’re in doubt, we should always turn to our foundational principles and be reminded of the value in listening to others and being open-minded. Common trust started as an idea, but we are the ones who brought it to life and continue to do so every day.”
“Your own struggles will help you learn — slowly — how to have kindness and compassion for others and their struggles. Seeing that everyone struggles, you’ll learn, I hope, to have compassion for yourself.”
– Jon Waldron, 2019 Commencement speaker,
coach of CA’s cross-country and track and field teams
The Convocation address from Jon Waldron, coach of CA’s cross-country and track and field teams, argued against a prevalent notion of education as a “steady climb, a progression from success to success, and an enterprise that, like running a race, rewards the speedy.” Instead, Waldron presented a case for learning slowly, over time, with patience for the many ups and downs along the way.
“Don’t mistake difficulty for failure,” he said. “Difficulty is exactly the raw material you need to begin learning the really important stuff.” And that important stuff, as he detailed, includes “kindness and compassion for others and their struggles” as well as “compassion for yourself.” It includes learning how to listen, to both self and others.
“When you listen, you might hear things that make you sad or angry or uncomfortable, but hearing them will make you grow,” Waldron said. CA teachers, he continued, “will encourage you to explore beyond what you thought were your limits. Not only will you begin gathering clues about where your own interests and passions lie, you’ll also develop the habit of exploration that will fuel your self-discovery long after you’ve left this school.”
Waldron talked about his own education, formal and informal, and his early years in the world of high tech. His love of running led him to dream an ambitious dream: He trained hard for many years to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. It was a goal that, in the end, he didn’t reach.
But the slow process of learning about himself did not stop. Upon seeing how his daughter took to cross-country running in high school, he set out on the most fulfilling leg of his career, as a coach. With a determination to focus not solely on the strongest runners but rather on the whole team, he later came to CA, where he has been a remarkable coach and mentor ever since.
“Now, if I were offered the choice of running in the Olympics, inventing the next iPhone, or having the opportunity to coach at CA, I would choose the absolute coolest thing I could think of: I would choose coaching at CA,” Waldron said.
“The most important learning you’ll do here can only happen slowly,” he advised. “Let’s try to help each other respect slow learning and the process of figuring out what it is we love, how to pursue it, and how to share it with others — and if it’s not asking too much, let’s try to do that with kindness, compassion, and perhaps even a little patience.”
Convocation Remarks
Convocation speaker Jon Waldron, cross-country and track and field coach
Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65, president of the Board of Trustees
Vedika Sharma ’20, student head of school
More School News
Test of Emergency Mass Notification System
During the afternoon of Friday, December 20, we will be conducting a test of our emergency mass notification system. During the test of this system, called Alertus, will activate both the emergency beacons across campus and the associated app that some have downloaded. While we will change the alert notification language to explicitly reflect the fact that it is a test, we want to let you know in advance so that you will not be surprised by any notice you may receive or activity you may observe on campus. If you have any questions, please be in touch with Michael McSorley at michael_mcsorley@concordacademy.org.
Assembly and Master Class on January 16
The Concord Academy Dance Program welcomes Illstyle & Peace Productions on Thursday, January 16, for an assembly performance at 2:25 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, followed by an open master class in the dance studio from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
Illstyle & Peace Productions is a multicultural, Philadelphia-based dance company founded in 2000 by Brandon “Peace” Albright. The company creates work rooted in contemporary, West African, old-school and new-school hip-hop, blended with an eclectic mix of dance and performance disciplines including locking, popping, breaking, tap, ballet, hip-hop & house dancing. Its members have toured to critical acclaim nationally and internationally and are committed to delivering positive messages, inspiration, and education to all audiences. Illstyle & Peace Productions were the 2013 U.S. Culture Ambassadors picked by the U.S. State Department and have toured Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Snow day closure announcements are shared no later than 6:00 a.m. on the morning of a snow day through the following sources:
You will receive an email and text message;
It is posted to the CA homepage;
It is posted to Concord Academy’s Facebook and Twitter accounts;
WBZ-TV News Channel 4, 7 News NBC/Channel 56 (CW), and WCVB-TV Boston NewsCenter 5, are notified; and
An email will be sent to All-School Official.
Learn more about CA’s winter weather procedures here.
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Showrunners of the Year: The Americans’ Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg Shattered Hearts With History
FX's outstanding drama came to an end we all knew was coming but never wanted to reach
by Allison Shoemaker
on December 24, 2018, 12:00am
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans (FX)
There’s a sense that the ending to The Americans has been determined from the start. The Soviet Union is no more. The mission to which Philip (recent Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) and especially Elizabeth (Keri Russell) Jennings have devoted so much of their lives, the cause for which they’ve fought and bled and lost and killed, fails. That’s not narrative. That’s history.
But in another sense, the Cold War is just a tool used to get us into this garage:
The Americans doesn’t have a single bad season, but now that the dust has settled — the wigs packed away, the bodies pulled out of the suitcases, poor old Henry finally made aware of exactly how much he’s missed — it’s obvious that the final season was among the best, if not actually at the top of the heap. The sharp, incisive writing of showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, and the rest of the show’s writing staff, has always balanced the political and the personal, using the geopolitical to reflect on the internal with deceptive ease.
But in Season Six, the undercurrents of meaning and metaphor grew even more apparent, and the taut spy drama wrapped around a tense exploration of family vibrated at an even more subcutaneous frequency. What does it mean when Philip Jennings finally square dances, his face shining with joy, but also oddly empty? What do we learn when Elizabeth burns a painting, watching each inch alight? What moves through Paige’s (Holly Taylor) fist when it connects with the square chin of some dick in a bar, and why does Stan’s lowered gun feel like a loss and a gift, all at once?
The Americans (FX)
The answer, of course, if that they all mean lots of things, because human beings are full of contradictions. A cruel act can also be the kindest option possible. A friend can be a friend and a enemy spy, all at once. A marriage can be a lie that’s also true. A daughter can be lost and somehow freed in the same moment. And it’s possible that, as the song goes, it’s impossible to live, with or without her.
Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) found nothing in the Jennings’ garage at the end of The Americans’ excellent pilot but a false sense of security; he didn’t hear Philip’s terrified breath around the corner. They return to a garage in the show’s finale — one of the great series finales of the century — and he hears it, then. Everyone tells the truth at last, except for when they’re lying. That’s spy shit, but it’s life shit as well. And above all else, it’s damn good writing.
Weisberg and Fields are our showrunners of the year not because they steered this ship so securely into harbor, but because with or without a perfect finale, The Americans would still be lingering with us, like the sting of a fist that met a jaw, like a raised voice in a parking garage, like the gust of air from a train that just left a station. Pain and love have this in common: They stick around for a long, long time. That’s not narrative, either. That’s human nature.
We spoke with Field and Weisberg about the ending to their terrific series, which scenes and choices have lingered with them, and the ghosts of characters past. Yes, we also asked if Renee is a spy.
Joe Weisberg: Hello! We are calling you from a very green farm in New Zealand, which we are hoping is doubling well as Wyoming.
Well, that sure sounds better than cold and snowy Chicago.
Joel Fields: Oh, that is why we’re not in Chicago or New York.
Do you mind if I ask what you’re working on down there?
Fields: We’re doing a show called Breckman Rodeo that a former assistant of ours wrote, about teenage rodeo riders.
That sounds terrific.
Fields: Yeah, it’s a pretty good project.
Well, speaking of good projects, thanks for six seasons of The Americans. It was such a pleasure, to write about and to watch.
Fields: Oh, thank you.
Weisberg: That is kind.
Fields: That means a lot. What we do, we generally do in a vacuum — even though it’s highly collaborative, so it’s often a vacuum with a lot of wonderful partners — but it really means a lot when it lands for the audience.
How did actual historical events—David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty disappear, the Washington Summit, and so on—make their way into the narrative of The Americans? Were they signposts toward which you navigated, or did they inject themselves into the proceedings?
Weisberg: Well, you bring up two things that existed on very different sphere. When you’re talking about the Summit, you’re talking about a really fundamental, historical event and series of actions that were very important. In a way, the whole show revolved around historical events like the Summit, and so many others throughout the run of the show.
We’re dealing with characters who were very ideologically motivated. Politics and history were central as to who they were, and how they saw the world, and really how they were shaped as children. So really big events like that were central to character, and therefore central to all of our stories. They became inseparable. We always thought when we were making the show that it was really a benefit [to us] that historical events were able to play such an important role in the show, because [those events] were so important to our characters and who they were.
And then there was a different tier of [historical events], like the Statue of Liberty disappearing. Those weren’t exactly as central in the same way, but they were able to play a role in individual episodes— they grounded an episode, or came in and made everything feel real, or just centered you in the time period. We wouldn’t necessarily know ahead of time what effect they were going to have [on the story].
But the example you gave just now [was] a perfect example. It just had an almost magical influence on an episode, maybe working from our unconscious mind in a certain way. We would write an episode, and then walk ourselves back afterwards to see what it has done, all the tentacles it has spread out in the story.
Fields: We had this big wall in the office that we, every year, would cover with research material from the period in which the story was taking place. The purpose of it wasn’t to find things that we were going to jam into the show, but rather just to put them into the consciousness of all the writers, so that we’d be walking past it every day.
And your example of David Copperfield is such a good one, because I really remember vividly how as a kid I loved those magic specials. So I kept saying, “You’ve got to put those up, remember when [Canadian magician] Doug Henning did this, remember when David Copperfield did that?” So they were always up on the wall.
But for that episode [Season Four’s “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”], we had not thought at all about putting David Copperfield in. But we were struggling with a big story problem—there was this big time jump in the episode—and we kept trying to find cinematic ways to make the time jump work. You start with a bad idea, pages flying up the calendar, and then you start asking how you could do it differently, and we really struggled. We had a lot of good stuff that was working in that episode, but we didn’t have the time jump working.
How exactly David Copperfield’s magic trick with the Statue of Liberty got off the wall for that year and entered that story remains a magical mystery [to us], but as soon as that idea presented itself, we found ourselves re-watching the David Copperfield special, and of course, you find that David Copperfield is talking about all of the themes that we were exploring in the episodes. Suddenly, it became this beautiful added layer that not only solves the question of making the time transition work, but just elevated the whole story.
Weisberg: It was actually very funny because… When we started out that season, there were all these incredibly important historical events that took place during the year [in which season four was set]: Marine barracks had been bombed, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Lebanon, the shooting down of the KAL Airliner. We thought that these would all play huge [roles] in our season, because they were all very important to U.S-Soviet relations, and would be important to the spying on the United States.
But the way our season shook out, every one of them ended up landing right in the middle of that time jump. So we actually didn’t cover any of them during the show. And it was one of those moments where as people running the show, you think, whoa, those had loomed so large for us in what we thought would be an important part of our storytelling, but the storytelling did not want to go that way. The storytelling, and the chronology of our story, and our characters [wanted] to skip all of it. And you just have to go with that flow.
Fields: If we learned anything, you have to follow the characters. You can’t leave them.
Sometimes the characters don’t seem to leave the story, either. Characters like Young-Hee, and Gregory, and Lois Smith’s character from “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?”, they seem to linger in the story long after they’re gone. What’s the secret to filling your story with characters so potent, they leave behind ghosts?
Fields:: I think sometimes we did this more successfully and sometimes we did it less successfully, but when the characters ended up having some really, really vital, emotional intersection with the main characters, it’s not enough that they’re some kind of foil, and it’s it not enough that they have a plot intersection. It only really, really worked in the deep way you’re talking about when they have a very deep emotional intersection.
So Young-Hee wasn’t just there servicing the story as the person Elizabeth needed to use to get to Young-Hee’s husband. Young-Hee had to also be the person who was going to be, in a funny sort of way, Elizabeth’s first close friend. And once she became that, then she took on that depth. And even though she was playing that role for Elizabeth, it turned out that [it also] made Young-Hee dimensional as a character. We found that over and over and over again.
One character who cast an especially long shadow over the series is Martha. When you sat down to write the pilot, was it planned that Martha, and thus also and Alison Wright, were going to play such a key role in the series?
Fields: Well, I remember as we were finishing out the first season and were talking about what deals we’re going to be making for actors going forward, [someone from FX] said, “Well, are you going to need Alison Wright at all for next year?” And we said, “Oh yeah, we need a series deal for her. She’s going to stay with the show. We have years worth of story for that character.” And it was interesting because we hadn’t really broken that whole story, but to us, from pretty early on, we knew that there was going to be a very long, emotional run for that character.
This last seasaon, the character of Erica Haskard [played by Miriam Shor] exerted a similarly inexorable pull on the characters and the story. Why in this season was it important that Elizabeth be challenged Erica’s art, of all things?
Weisberg: That was a really interesting question for us. We thought a lot about how [Elizabeth] grew up, and where she grew up, and the role that art would have in her upbringing. What would she have exposed to [as a child]? She would have been exposed to socialist, realist art. It’s not that she would not have been exposed to art at all, but she would have been exposed to art with the idea that it had a solely, purely political purpose. So the idea was that she would have spent all these years in America, and yet never really crossed paths with art with any other function, or grappled with the idea that there was art that had any other meaning.
[Then Elizabeth encounters] this woman who would suddenly present this idea: “Well, hey, there is art that doesn’t have a political purpose. It has a purpose tied to emotion, and tied to the world of feeling,” which is exactly the place where Elizabeth struggles. That’s not to say that Elizabeth doesn’t have feelings about, of course she does, but her feelings are all tied into the world of politics and ideology, and of course, [she has feelings about] her children as well, but that’s also tied up with politics and ideology.
So someone who could say, if you ever went to Elizabeth and said, “Let’s talk about politics, and then let’s talk about a world of feelings divorced from [politics],” it wouldn’t make any sense to her. But what if she ran into art—it all has to be unconscious—so she runs into art, and it just starts to penetrate into her. She’s just staring at these things, and it makes her feel. It seemed like something that could make her feel. And she wouldn’t have words for it, it would just start happening. And then it would happen with a relationship, and with art. You always ask yourself: “What would be a way to penetrate her shell?” And it just seemed like a beautiful way to do that.
Is there a scene or an episode that you remember watching and thinking, Wow, we really nailed that, that’s the perfect realization of that idea?
Fields: That’s a tough one. So many people came together and did such a good job on the show, so you can point to a lot of really well-realized moments, a lot of well-realized scenes, and a lot of well-realized episodes. But for some reason, especially with the last season fresh in my mind, I find myself coming back to this moment where Elizabeth came home and she brought Philip zharkoye [a Russian dish made with meat and potatoes]. It was a trespass for her to do that, to bring something into the house, something connected to their Russian heritage.
They’re never supposed to do that, because of their cover. But it was important enough for her to connect with him, and to bring him something special like that, something that she’d never done before. He appreciated it, but told her, “Oh, that’s so sweet. I really appreciate it, but I’m full, I just ate all the Chinese food,” and she understood that, but also was sad and hurt. Then [Philip] realized his mistake, that he should have eaten it anyway, and he said, “Oh, here, here. Give me a bite,” and he took the bite, and she appreciated that.
[But it was] too late. The moment had passed. And she went and she threw it down the sink. I found that to be the most heartbreaking moment. It just says something about marriage, and how precious these little intimate gestures are that we make to each other. They both wanted to connect with each other, and they both wanted to show their love for each other, and everybody’s intentions were so good, and just because this little moment was missed for no real reason, they can’t quite get it back.
The way those two [Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys] acted that, they were just little moments, but they were also transcendent little moments. It was all so perfectly realized by the two of them, and by Chris Long [who directed the episode], and my heart still breaks every time I think of it.
I fully recognize that it’s far more interesting to not know the answer to this question, and I’m certain you won’t answer, but I have to ask you all the same: Is Renee [Laurie Holden’s character] a spy?
Weisberg: Noah Emmerich [whose character, Stan Beeman, is married to Renee] has a great answer to that, which is that, really, that’s not our question to answer anymore. The show’s done, and anybody can answer that question now. What we think is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter. What matters is how it played during the show, and it’s great that those questions still loom, because it means that the characters still live on some level. And that’s a really good feeling.
Father Andrei [played by Konstantin Lavysh] was key to one of the most moving moments of the series, which is when Philip and Elizabeth get married in a Russian Orthodox ceremony, using their real Russian names [S5 E10, “Darkroom”]. When that scene happened, and they weren’t in disguise, did you have any sense that that decision would play a role in the finale? That their choice to use their real names and to be themselves with this person briefly, was going to come with such a cost?
Weisberg: No. We had no idea. None whatsoever, and I think we’re glad we didn’t. Who knows how it could have interfered with our ability to write that, and their ability to act and direct it, with a purity of honest, open, happy emotion? Had anybody known it was going to serve that dual purpose [that could have been lost]. That’s a good television question-and-answer moment in a way. Working on TV, that’s how it unfolds.
Fields: A piece of that, which is the A side of that, is that the scene of them getting married for real was one that we had come up with and [had] planned to include in season one. It was going to be two thirds of the way through season one, and [then] it was going to be the end of season one, and then we knew for sure [it] was going to happen in season two, and it just kept not quite settling in.
Eventually we gave up on it, but there we were in a later season, and Father Andrei’s character presented itself, and the choice to pretend to get married finally landed. Instead of trying to lead the characters to this moment, the characters led us to the time when it was going to be right.
I cannot imagine anyone watching this show could’ve thought, “Well, The Americans was definitely going to have a really happy, sunny ending”. But the way in which it ended, with the bloodshed being mostly metaphorical, was surprising. How did you go about making those decisions, and deciding the fates of Henry and Paige in particular? And how are you feeling about them, months after the fact?
Weisberg: It was the first and clearest story that came to us. That was the story we wanted to tell. So then we examined it a lot, and even thinking that was our story, we ran through a lot of alternatives. That’s our job in a sense, to do our due diligence and see if there’s a better story. So we certainly ran through stories of all kinds, of bloodshed and violence, and every iteration that you could just possibly imagine. We didn’t like any of them better, we liked them less.
This felt like the truest story, it felt like what would really happen, it made us feel the most. When we thought about it, because we think about these things a lot, what we realized is that this story had tremendous violence. It was just emotional violence. The bloodshed was just not literal bloodshed. The bloodshed was all emotional.
That was in keeping with this whole series, not that there wasn’t a lot of angst and bloodshed, but it really was a story about a marriage, and a story about a family. To have the ending be about the horrible, painful toll that took on them, with the parents essentially losing their children was the right way to end it. It’s horrible, it’s horrifying. How could it even be more painful?
Fields: It all felt right to us. And it felt a little bit scary, because there’s so many expectations about how stories end, and so many things we thought the audience might expect, but we were pretty confident this was how the story had to end. I think now, and I’m sure I speak for both of us, we just feel better than ever about it because it was so well received. That’s the real anxiety: Will the audience like it as much as we do? Now it’s later, and the answer seems to be yes, so we’re dancing on clouds.
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An Outlook for Private Equity and Other Alternatives – New York Summit insights with David Rubenstein
At the 2019 New York Summit Mr. David Rubenstein gave a presentation and on-stage interview about private equity, his career as co-founder of the Carlyle Group and his role as host on “The David Rubenstein Show” on Bloomberg TV, where conducts peer-to-peer conversations with guests like Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Stephen Schwartzman, to name a few.
In this interview recorded at the New York Summit, Mr. David Rubenstein shares the main points from his presentation about private equity investments:
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Mr. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. He is a 1970 graduate of Duke University and a 1973 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.
He served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy during the Carter Adm. Mr. Rubenstein also practiced law in both NYC and in DC. He is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art, the University of Chicago, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Brookings Institution, & the World Economic Forum; a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; & President of the Economic Club of Washington.
Mr. Rubenstein has been a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, the Kennedy Center, the National Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, & the National Museum of African American History and Culture, among other historic sites.
He has also provided to the U.S. government long-term loans of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment, & the first map of the U.S.
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Too bad! Mass shootings will backfire on gun-grabbers
David Brockett
Liberal gun-grabbers and their kissing cousins in the Republican establishment salivate every time they hear of a mass shooting. “This is it! Gun confiscations are the only answer. Congress can’t ignore us now.”
Unfortunately, they are partially correct. Mitch McConnell and his clucking lieutenants probably will cave—to some extent. But whatever legislation they agree to won’t be nearly as sweeping as the gun-banners are hoping…it never is enough, right? The Republican so-called leadership knows the backlash from their base would be ten times worse than the howling from the left.
What no one is considering is the huge wave of new gun owners who have also been paying attention to how dangerous society has become. These recent fans of the Second Amendment aren’t just coming from white conservative ranks.
Minorities purchasing self-defense firearms have risen steeply. NBC news (Nov 2016) tried to convince their readers that these purchases resulted from fears of white supremacists associated with President Trump’s supporters, but attitudes regarding gun ownership had begun improving by 2012, right after Obama’s second election.
Any intellectually honest person would acknowledge that members of minority communities had a lot more to fear from local violence than some imaginary uptick in racism. If you remember, in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, blacks were using firearms to fend off looters (until they were disarmed by the government).
In addition to minorities, one in five women are now packing heat. In 2013, The Well-Armed Woman” was formed by a female NRA shooting instructor. Today there are chapters in almost every state; they have their own Facebook page and website. AS a side-note, this group was kicked off Instagram until their members set up such a ruckus Instagram had to bring them back. (note to self: don’t piss of a group of well-armed females).
In 1973, women represented 2 percent of enlisted forces and 8 percent of the officer corps. Today that number has grown to 16 percent of enlisted, and 18 percent of officers. That’s a lot of females who are comfortable with firearms.
What about liberal gun owners?
An organization named the Liberal Gun Club had a 10 percent increase in membership after Trump’s election. According to this group, they have chapters in nine states and members throughout the US. Their stated concern is that President Trump will “dismantle key constitutional rights and create a fascist government.”
By the way, my question to the Liberal Gun Club is what excuse for owning guns were you using before Trump’s election?
It’s a dangerous world and you ain’t taking my gun!
So far, the gun-grabbers and their cohorts in the media have failed to convince the majority of the public that gun laws are the answer to crime and violence. Also, very few people believe the police will arrive in time to protect them if they are in danger.
As violence in all its forms has increased in society, gun ownership increased accordingly across every social, racial, gender, and political sector. Once people learn to rely on themselves for protection, fewer and fewer of them will be willing to surrender those protections to the anti-gun element in the US.
So, the uptick in mass shootings actually works against the interests of gun confiscation proponents. What a disappointment I’m sure.
David Brockett is a Vietnam veteran, former USMC officer and pilot. As a civilian, he worked in healthcare as a counselor and hospital administrator. He also writes articles on politics, religion, and current events. He and his wife divide their time between their home state of Texas, and Idaho.
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Democratic Romanticism and Its Critics
Everything you thought you knew about fixing American politics might be wrong.
from Spring 2015, No. 36 – 17 MIN READ
In December 2014, in the must-pass legislation known as the “CRomnibus,” Congress raised the limit on contributions that political parties could accept for their conventions and their headquarters. Good-government organizations such as Common Cause, and their allies at every newspaper editorial board, issued familiar denunciations, decrying yet another opening to big money and corruption, and noting the sticker-shock sums that a single wealthy donor would now be able to give to influence the process: $777,600 a year, or $1.5 million over a two-year election cycle. Others pointed out that another controversial provision in the bill—a rollback of a key Wall Street regulation, reportedly drafted by lobbyists for Citigroup—showed precisely the influence of the massive political spending that the first provision would invite even more of.
To an increasingly influential group of scholars and journalists, though, the higher contribution limits were a welcome development: Letting political parties raise more money should not be seen as driven solely by “the petty motives of the party hacks,” as one political scientist, Ray La Raja of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, put it, but as a positive social good. La Raja and others were not embracing Senator Mitch McConnell’s argument that all limits on political money trample the First Amendment, but making a modest and more pragmatic claim: There’s going to be money in politics, and for government to function, it’s better for that money to go through parties—even if, or perhaps because, they are “hacks”—than through other channels such as the ideological super PACs that have proliferated since 2010.
La Raja’s argument fits into a more comprehensive challenge to many of the assumptions and unexamined verities of those who aspire to reform the American political process, whether from the left, center, or even the Tea Party right. This school of skeptics is less interested in an idealized democracy—“democratic romanticism,” as one of them, NYU law professor Richard H. Pildes, calls it—than in effective governance. They worry less that government is pulled away from the public interest by money and concentrated power than that it can’t address problems in even the messy, transactional, and imperfect way that it once did.
The idea that American democracy should be more transparent and more inclusive, that it should put the broad public interest ahead of partisanship or local or private interests, is so benign that it’s hard to find a coherent argument against those aspirations. Who speaks for partisanship, patronage, corruption, or secrecy? The main obstacles to reform would seem to be the inertia of the political system itself, and the power of partisans, lobbyists, and donors who benefit from the existing campaign finance system, from patronage, and from “crony capitalism,” rather than any cogent political theory. (One exception is the First Amendment argument against campaign finance limits, which is a serious claim, but the Supreme Court’s recent decisions presume that corruption doesn’t really exist outside of quid pro quo deals, not that corruption is healthy.)
But the new skeptics of reform are not hacks, and they raise valuable critiques that deserve a hearing, even if they are sometimes vulnerable to romanticism, naïveté, and nostalgia of their own. Besides La Raja and Pildes, whose recent article, “Romanticizing Democracy,” in the Yale Law Journal is the strongest summary of the skeptical case, doubters include Bruce Cain of Stanford, author of the 2014 book Democracy More or Less; Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution, who was brave enough to make an explicit “Case for Corruption” in The Atlantic last year; and Jason Grumet of the Bipartisan Policy Center, author of 2014’s City of Rivals: Restoring the Glorious Mess of American Democracy. These books and articles vary greatly in tone and depth, ranging from Cain’s cool-eyed analysis of paradoxes in dozens of aspects of political reform at the state and federal level, to Grumet’s nostalgia for the era when handshake agreements were made in adjoining chairs in the Senate barbershop. But these authors share a belief that fixing politics would be a lot easier if we just learned to love the messy and selfish motives of transactional politics—though even the mess may be harder to achieve than they recognize.
The Skeptics’ Arguments
The skeptics generally share at least four specific arguments, although they approach each differently. First, they worry that transparency, an objective of many reformers, actually precludes the quiet backroom deals that allow politicians to back down from hard ideological pledges and find common ground. Second, they argue that eliminating earmarked appropriations took away from congressional leaders a kind of currency that had allowed them to buy off members and induce them to compromise. Third, they claim that restrictions on campaign money, particularly the “soft money” run through party committees that dominated campaigns in the late 1990s, have weakened parties and led to the dominance of ideological extremists. Finally, they express concern that the alternative solution favored by campaign reformers—systems that encourage small donors—will further increase polarization because small donors tend to hold more extreme positions.
Common to all of these arguments is the goal of strengthening parties, and in particular the power of party leaders to discipline members and manage the political and legislative process. In theory, this will weaken the hold of ideological extremists—or “intense policy demanders,” in the language of political science. The desire for strong and disciplined political parties is an old one among political scientists; in 1950, a task force of the American Political Science Association published a call for “responsible parties,” by which they meant parties with enough of a coherent policy agenda that they would present voters with a distinct ideological choice. (It was really about civil rights: They envisioned a Democratic Party that could stand forthrightly for justice, rather than being constrained by the Southern conservative Democrats who held disproportionate power in Congress.) But the reform skeptics see something different: They see parties as essential to mediating citizens’ engagement in democracy. And they see strong parties as an alternative to ideology that can center and stabilize the political system, because parties’ job is to win elections, which pulls them toward the views of the average voter.
Here is Stanford’s Cain, with the mildest statement of the skeptics’ theory of parties, which may sound familiar from your Poli Sci 101 textbook:
[Parties] provide cognitive assistance to voters looking for electoral shortcuts.… There is at least a reputational incentive for these information brokers to be reliable, which puts limits on their incentive to mislead. Politicians heed public opinion fairly closely, and despite party polarization they have so far managed to act when they have had to. In the end…the American politics system has produced an imperfect but stable and sufficiently effective government.
What Pildes calls “democratic romanticism,” Cain calls “populism,” by which he means not the redistributive economic policies advocated by, say, Senator Elizabeth Warren, but rather a naïve vision implicit in many reform strategies—including campaign finance reforms and visions of using the Internet to improve civic participation—of citizens who are deeply and directly engaged in all the issues of the day. Citizens have extraordinary capacity, and experiments in deliberative democracy have shown that they can master and reach consensus on the most complex issues. But most don’t have the time or interest, and reformers often hold an idealized view of democracy in which everyone is as absorbed and informed as they are. Whether it’s old urban political machines, parties, or interest groups, reformers often seem to disparage the very institutions that make meaningful participation possible and have—at times—produced an “imperfect but stable” system. Cain’s “reform pluralism” is a useful corrective.
But the second half of Cain’s description of political parties doesn’t sound much like the actual parties in our world, particularly the current Republican Party, which Thomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein have described as “an insurgent outlier in American politics.” If politicians and parties “heed public opinion fairly closely,” it’s hard to explain how a party whose congressional wing had a 71 percent disapproval rating shortly before the 2014 election could nonetheless gain seats and expand its majority. (Congressional Democrats had a 65 percent disapproval rating.) There seem to be few “limits on their incentive to mislead” on issues such as the Affordable Care Act. The rule of thumb that parties and politicians gravitate toward the views of the median voter—which Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson have skeptically called the “master theory” of American politics—has been put to the test and proven obsolete. A combination of identity politics, partisan redistricting, ideological media, money, and the use of aggressive tactics to control who votes and who doesn’t makes it possible for an extremist party or an ideological faction to gain control and hold it. The median voter has become little more than an angry spectator. The mechanisms that should stabilize American politics and pull it back toward the center don’t seem to be working, and the inequalities of power in the economy and politics only seem to reinforce one another.
Parties and Politics
At best, then, the parties as imagined by the reform skeptics should be considered aspirational—what we want parties to look like—rather than descriptive. Some of the skeptics, notably Pildes, acknowledge this, which is why he minimizes “polarization” as the issue and focuses instead on “fragmentation”: The parties are okay, but they have too weak a core to control their members, and thus extremists such as Senators Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren (yes, Pildes sees them as parallel; they’re not) dominate the agenda because they have their own base of donors. For Pildes, as for Rauch, the purpose of letting parties raise more money is to give party leaders the power, by withholding or providing campaign funds, to pull their members back toward the center, where they can negotiate and compromise with the other party.
While this logic is appealing in the context of some specific situations, such as Cruz’s role in nearly forcing a government default in 2013, it’s less persuasive as a general theory. For one thing, even in times of more productive government, there have been freewheeling legislative entrepreneurs, some destructive and others vital. Before there were Cruz and Warren, there were Jesse Helms, whose National Congressional Club, a direct-mail operation, could out-raise the Republican Party itself, and liberal Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum, who, like many legislators, was wealthy enough that he didn’t need any help from the party. (And, no, Helms and Metzenbaum weren’t parallel either, except in that both sometimes annoyed their colleagues.) Other legislative entrepreneurs have been centrists, defying their party’s leadership to cut deals across the aisle. If the Senate has any value, it is precisely its openness to political entrepreneurs of all stripes, who can demand votes on amendments and force new ideas and perspectives onto the agenda, often building new coalitions, things that are harder to do under tight party control.
Further, the parties aren’t nearly as fragmented as Pildes suggests. As Seth Masket of the University of Denver has argued, they are better described as “networked,” made up of organizations, especially fundraising vehicles, well beyond the official party committees. A recent profile of Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus, for example, reported that rather than fighting with the funders and organizations outside the party, “Priebus has found a role in their ecosystem,” encouraging donors to give to his committees first and only then to deliver their millions to the supposedly independent groups. Parties are not nearly as marginalized in the fundraising business as the skeptics suggest, and even the Tea Party is a fully integrated component of the Republican network.
The skeptics’ case in favor of earmarks, despite its appealing contrarianism, is a good example of losing sight of the deeper changes in American politics. Earmarks—specific decisions about where and how to spend money written into legislation rather than left to administrative agencies—were not widely used except by the most powerful members of Congress until 1996, when Newt Gingrich made them available to his newly elected Republican members, so they could use pork-barrel spending to strengthen their re-election chances, much as Democrats elected to competitive districts in the 1970s had mastered the art of intensive constituent services. The number of earmarks quintupled between 1996 and 2005, but it was hardly the most productive decade in modern politics, and the practice was renounced after the 2010 elections. The swing of earmarks in and out of fashion, and now back in, illustrates one of the many dilemmas of political reform that Cain identifies: On the one hand, we want technical decisions about spending to be made by dispassionate professional agencies focused on the public interest; on the other hand, we want members of Congress to be responsive to their constituents.
But as a potential solution to the problem of governance, the key fact about earmarks is not that they aren’t available. It’s that junior members of Congress don’t want them anymore. House Speaker John Boehner and his deputies would surely like to have that currency to lure back reluctant members, but a currency has no value if members don’t want it. And they don’t want it because they don’t need what it buys—they can win re-election without bringing home pork-barrel spending projects. Governors have turned down multibillion-dollar federal infrastructure projects in the depths of the recession—and won re-election. Some members of Congress even renounced standard constituent services, declaring that they would not help anyone navigate the Affordable Care Act—and they, too, won re-election. The rules in this political world are unfamiliar, and simply restoring earmarks won’t bring a return to the customs of 1975 or 1995.
The skeptics bring a similar contrarian instinct to transparency, arguing that well-intentioned laws such as the federal Open Meetings Act or the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), along with C-SPAN coverage of congressional proceedings, have the perverse effect of preventing negotiation, as legislators play to the cameras or take hard-line positions that they can’t back down from behind closed doors. But while not all disclosure is useful and some is harmful, the case that transparency is to blame for government dysfunction is unpersuasive. Transparency can be an invasion of privacy: Disclosure of small campaign contributions, for example, tells us less about politicians and influence than about the ordinary citizens who give modest amounts, and La Raja has found evidence that such disclosure might deter participation. Other forms of transparency increase public cynicism without giving citizens or journalists much useful information, and dump so much information that more is buried than is revealed. And, yes, some transparency may indeed make it hard to reach quiet bargains. But “transparency backfires” is as naïve a position as the familiar Louis Brandeis quote, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” which it isn’t always. There is plenty of room for middle ground. For example, in their 2007 book, Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency, Archon Fung and two colleagues from the Harvard Kennedy School suggest principles of “targeted transparency” that are based in how citizens, consumers, and journalists actually use information for constructive purposes.
Transparency rules are an exceptionally weak explanation of congressional dysfunction, as Gary D. Bass, Danielle Brian, and Norman Eisen pointed out in a paper published by the Brookings Institution, since there are ample opportunities for members of Congress to negotiate behind closed doors, and laws such as FOIA don’t apply to Congress. (Complaints about congressional negotiations breaking down because of transparency often cite leaks intended to stir up opposition, but leaks are not transparency. They’re a breach of an agreement to negotiate quietly.)
A Changed Washington
Members of Congress don’t sit down together to find common ground because they don’t want to, not because they can’t. Why don’t they want to? For two reasons: One, as noted above, they don’t need to. They can accomplish nothing and still win re-election, and nothing is often exactly what their financial backers prefer them to accomplish. Two, it’s issues, not just institutions, that can form a ground for compromise—but there are now almost no issues on which there is broad agreement on the need to do something, with only different views about how to do it.
Health care used to be one of those issues; it no longer is. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is one of the last great cross-partisan compromises; a decade and a half later, education is now much more divisive, marked by the backlash against Common Core standards. Immigration reform and legislation to address climate change once seemed likely candidates for cross-partisan bargaining; both have fallen from the agenda. President Obama’s eagerness for a “grand bargain” on taxes and spending can be seen as a bid to revive what had traditionally been a locus for negotiation that often went well beyond fiscal policy, as in the 1990 budget talks at Andrews Air Force Base or in Gingrich’s pact with President Bill Clinton. But that avenue, too, has been closed. If the goal is a government that can get things done, then it’s useful to look at some of the particular things that should be getting done and consider why they’re not.
Often, the reform skeptics fall into the same trap as reformers, seeing a literal cause and effect between a procedural reform and a governmental result: If transparency or campaign finance limits coincide with an undesirable outcome, the reform must have had an unintended consequence. But all reforms fit into a bigger context of a changing political culture, and have different effects as that culture changes. Neither reformers nor skeptics pay enough attention to the role of race, region, and identity in shaping partisanship and politics. In particular, the reemergence of a one-party, conservative South, after four decades of more fluid and competitive politics in the region, has had a bigger impact on our politics than any procedural reform.
There’s a great deal of value in the skeptics’ overlapping arguments. In particular, it’s good to put the goal of having a government that gets things done at the forefront, rather than a utopian vision of a wholly equal, participatory process of democratic deliberation. Many campaign finance reform laws and proposals, especially those based primarily on limits, merely shift money around and, being poorly designed, may invest more power in those who pull the system away from consensus. Transactional politics has its uses. Transparency is not an end in itself and needs to be focused on the information that’s genuinely useful to democracy.
But is this a set of correctives, or an alternative way of looking at how American politics could work, a new set of reforms-in-reverse that would unleash the “glorious mess” of democracy? Most don’t go that far, but Grumet seems to, arguing that all that’s needed is to devise more ways for legislators to spend time together—in those closed rooms and that iconic Senate barbershop.
This nostalgia is romanticized in its own way. History suggests that a political system that is closed to outside scrutiny and tightly managed by party and committee leaders, one that is also awash in unregulated and unknown money and driven by quiet deals for votes that benefit parochial interests, not only falls short of a democratic ideal, but also fails by any measure of government effectiveness. That describes American politics in the Gilded Age of the 1890s or the Congresses of the 1950s, which were paralyzed in dealing with the urgent cause of civil rights. Meanwhile, the most productive period in American government, from about the mid-1970s through the bipartisan achievements of the early George W. Bush years, followed the post-Watergate reforms that opened the process to scrutiny, gave individual members more freedom to operate on their own, and put restrictions on money in politics. (The first part of this era was chronicled in a book by Ira Shapiro titled, accurately, The Last Great Senate.)
The question that books like Cain’s or articles like Pildes’ should lead us to ask is, how do we reform American politics so that their pluralistic vision—“imperfect but stable,” messy, unromantic—might actually describe reality, rather than the conditions of another era? How do we make voters matter again, so that politicians and parties feel the obligation to respond to the average citizen, whether of their own districts or the whole nation? How do we ensure that the inequalities of political and economic power, which are unavoidable, are not continually reinforcing each other in a cycle that will lead to societal stagnation? These questions, informed and inspired by these thinkers, could lead to a new and far more productive era of political reform.
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The Purpose of Life From a First Principle View
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“Consumers buy products whose advertising promises them value for money, beauty, nutrition, relief from suffering, social status and so on.” The idea is simple, the underlying message profound, and David Ogilvy built a marketing legacy…
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“And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved,” Niccolò Machiavelli pondered some 500 years ago. “It might perhaps be answered that we…
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Washburn | Crime & Court
Sarona Woman Charged With 6th OWI After Traffic Stop For Driving Wrong Way on HWY 53
Ben Dryden
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 | Updated Jun 12, 2018 10:40 am CDT
A Washburn County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a vehicle for traveling the wrong way on State Highway 53, and felony OWI 6th Offense charges have now been filed in Washburn County Circuit Court against the driver, Nancy Baker, of Sarona, WI.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Washburn County Circuit Court, a Washburn County Sheriff’s Deputy saw a vehicle traveling the wrong way on State Highway 53 on June 4, 2018, just before 11p. The Deputy conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and immediately observed signs of intoxication in the driver, identified as Nancy Baker, of Sarona, WI.
Baker was slurring her words and when the Deputy told her that she had been stopped because she was driving the wrong way on the highway, she stated that although she had grown up in the area, she had not driven the roads in some time and was unfamiliar with them.
Although Baker was hesitant to exit her vehicle, according to the criminal complaint, she did, wearing only one shoe. The Deputy asked her if she would like to retrieve her other shoe prior to attempting the field sobriety testing, however, Baker instead kicked off the one shoe she was wearing and walked towards the Deputy. The criminal complaint goes on to state that Baker also told the Deputy she had suffered a concussion in 2017 and suffered from Multiple Sclerosis. She was not able to complete the field sobriety testing successfully.
The criminal complaint goes on to state that when asked how much alcohol she had to drink that evening, Baker told the Deputy she had two ‘vodka 7’s’ a while ago. A preliminary breath test conducted with Baker returned a result of .23 and Baker was placed under arrest for Operating While Intoxicated.
When the Deputy checked the contents of Baker’s purse, he located a ‘one-hitter’ pipe for smoking marijuana along with 1.5 grams of marijuana. The Deputy asked Baker why she had a pipe and marijuana in her purse; she replied that those items belonged to someone else who had likely placed them in her purse because they believed she would get in trouble and get caught with them.
Baker refuses to provide a voluntary evidentiary blood sample to test the alcohol content of her blood, and so the Deputy applied for a warrant to obtain a sample of her blood. Baker was transported to the Shell Lake Emergency Room for the blood draw. The criminal complaint states that the Hon. Eugene D. Harrington met with the Deputy at the Shell Lake Emergency Room shortly after midnight to review the warrant, and the warrant was granted.
Five previous convictions of operating while intoxicated were listed in the criminal complaint filed against Baker: February 10, 1995 in Barron County Circuit Court; February 7, 2008 in Washburn County Circuit Court; April 27, 2010 in Rusk County Circuit Court; July 21, 2010 in Barron County Circuit Court; and March 30, 2011 in Barron County Circuit Court.
Baker is charged with Class G Felony Operating While Intoxicated - 6th Offense, for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a maximum fine of $10,000, or both. She is also charged with Misdemeanor Possession of THC (Marijuana), and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The maximum penalty for those misdemeanor charges is 9 months confinement in county jail, or a maximum fine of $500, or both.
Online circuit court records show that Baker is scheduled to make an Initial Appearance on her felony charges in June 2018. No details were listed as to any bail bond that Baker may or may not be subject to at this time.
Pursuant to the direction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicly, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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2009 PG-13 2h 18m Blu-ray / DVD
In this follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Catholic Church officials call upon Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon to help foil a bomb attack on the Vatican by a secret society looking to retaliate for centuries-old persecutions.
Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco
Thrillers, Mystery, Crime Thrillers, Suspense
Exciting, Suspenseful
Blu-ray• DVD
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.40:1
English, French, French-Canadian
English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French-Canadian: Dolby Digital 5.1
PG-13 - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Common Sense rating OK for kids 14+
Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that this adaptation of Dan Brown's pre-Da Vinci Code novel about ancient religious conspiracy theories and a secret society has more deaths than the first movie. The action starts with a gruesome murder and theft, and the violence continues throughout, as cardinals are taken hostage and killed in public, shocking ways. Plus, it's implied that prominent priests and the Vatican's Swiss Guard conspire to commit murder and cover up scandals. Language is generally mild, and there's no sex to speak of; some characters smoke.
As in the previous film, the movie has a great deal of violence -- and it actually has more deaths than the first movie. Cardinals are literally branded, and three are killed gruesomely. A character is shot, and his eyeball is torn out; characters are routinely shot or stabbed to death. One lights himself on fire, while another is burned a la Joan of Arc.
Mostly mild; words include "hell," "damn," "goddamn it," "go to hell," etc.
Messages are mixed. In general, the film is packed with conspiracy theories, cover-ups, and manipulation.
Prominently featured vehicles include a fancy SUV and Mercedes Benzes.
Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
Some of the cardinals are shown smoking cigarettes, as is a member of the Swiss Guard.
Not an issue
Depends on your child and your family
Not appropriate for kids of the age
This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.
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DZone > Java Zone > Is Android Poised To Overtake iPhone's Mobile Dominance?
Is Android Poised To Overtake iPhone's Mobile Dominance?
James Sugrue
Mar. 31, 10 · Java Zone ·
The first quarter of this year has been dominated by the mobile market - in particular the success of the iPad launch, even though no one has had the chance to use it yet, and Android positioning itself as a worthwhile competitor the Apple's mobile OS.
Now it looks like Android is set to overtake the iPhone sooner rather than later, at least according to this mobile traffic graph from James Governor's blog.
Android enthusiasts are bound to be excited about this and they're right to be. For the average Java developers, writing an Android application is much easier than an iPhone application. With these statistics, it's a fair assumption that the Android marketplace could generate a healthy income for your application, once you have the right idea.
All the iPad hype has helped to fuel tablet sales too - a market that never quite found its feet before now. The biggest fuss in the Android space is the WePad, which looks like it's going to give the iPad a run for it's money.
To me the most important thing isn't that Android overtakes iPhone, or vice versa. It's that the software industry is an exciting and dynamic industry to be in, as noted in a recent TechCrunch story written by Marc Benioff:
The future of our industry now looks totally different than the past. It looks like a sheet of paper, and it’s called the iPad. It’s not about typing or clicking; it’s about touching. It’s not about text, or even animation, it’s about video. It’s not about a local disk, or even a desktop, it’s about the cloud. It’s not about pulling information; it’s about push. It’s not about repurposing old software, it’s about writing everything from scratch (because you want to take advantage of the awesome potential of the new computers and the new cloud—and because you have to reach this pinnacle). Finally, the industry is fun again.
I would go as far as saying that now is the best time to be developing software. There's so many technology opportunities out there, and the rise of the mobile industry means that you can reach more people than ever with your applications.
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Encountering the Mongol: The Delhi Sultanate during 13th Century
DOI: 10.5176/2382-5650_CCS13.19
Authors: Dr. Roohi Abida Ahmad
The present article examines the establishment of two political powers - the Sultanate of Delhi, and of Mongols under Changis Khan in central Asia. It also analyses how the rise of the Mongol powers became a serious threat to the Delhi Sultanate. Generally, the Indo-Mongolian relations is seen in the context of continual warfare for more than a hundred years, but there are other aspects too, which has not, yet, been analysed by the historians, are unrestricted trade and commerce carried on by the merchants between these two empires, the flight of princes and political dignitaries from one empire to the other due to court intrigues. Besides, it also examines the exchange of gifts and diplomatic relationship between the two rival powers. This article also compares the basic structure of Indian polity and Mongol institutions and society in the 13th century that helped them in becoming the greatest conquerors of the world. What were the reasons that the early Turkish rulers lagged behind, in strategy and enforcement of discipline amongst their soldiers, has also been debated.
In the course of conquest, the Mongols had devastated and destroyed all the great centres of Muslim civilization and culture like Samarqand, Bukhara, Khwarazm, Naishapur, Merv. From Samarqand, Chengiz Khan marched to the bank of the Indus; no one along the route of his march was allowed to survive. However, India was the only country where the victims of the Mongol disaster could find refuge, security and livelihood. A large number of refugees belonging to distinguished families came to India and got absorbed in the administration of Iltutmish’s empire.
The present article is based on primary sources of the period such as “Tabaqat-i Nasiri” by Minhaj-i Siraj, “Tarikh-i Jahan Gushan” by Ata Malik Juwainis, and “Jami-ut-Tawarikh” by Rashiduddin fazlullah. Almost in all the sources whether they are in Persians, Chinese or Indian, all of them have commented very elaborately on the rise of the Mongols, the extent of destruction by them and their success as well as their effect on posterity. This article re-examines the outcome of Indo- Mongolian relationship and its significance to social, economic and political developments.
Keywords: Chengiz Khan, the Mongols, Delhi Sultanate, warfare, trade and commerce, Culture
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Windsor police solve five decade old murder of six-year-old girl
Trevor Wilhelm
A veteran homicide cop fought back tears Friday as he described finally cracking one of Windsor’s oldest and most horrific cold cases — the kidnapping, sexual assault, savage beating and murder of six-year-old Ljubica Topic.
The terrible mystery, which stood out for its shocking barbarity, had baffled a succession of frustrated investigators over five decades.
“This case has been part of the fabric of this city for close to 50 years,” said lead investigator Det. Scott Chapman, who repeatedly fought to keep his emotions in check during a media conference.
“I’ve talked to people who remember the effects it had on them, even if they were children. After it happened they weren’t allowed out of the house.
“It had a tremendous impact. Parents were concerned — is this person still out there? And for 48 and a half years, we didn’t know. But now we do. We know exactly who it was.”
Ljubica Topic was snatched in May 1971 as she played outside her Drouillard Road home. Police discovered her lifeless remains — face and body covered in blood — early the next morning.
It was an emotional news conference at Windsor Police Service headquarters on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, held to announce that the killer had been identified and a cold case closed in the nearly 50-year-old murder investigation into the violent death of Ljubica Topic, 6, in 1971. Windsor Police Chief Pam Mizuno is shown during Friday’s announcement. Dan Janisse / Windsor Star
Detectives comb the area where the body of Ljubica Topic was found on May 15, 1971. Files / Windsor Star
While police now know who the killer is, they won’t reveal his identity. Chapman said police are keeping the killer’s name a secret for privacy reasons, because he’s dead and they can’t charge him. In the interest of keeping his identity a secret, police also would not say exactly when he died, except that it was “recently.”
The man was 22 years old when he took Ljubica. He lived in the same neighbourhood as her family, but Chapman said he was a stranger to them.
The perpetrator also spent time out west during the 1970s before finally settling there.
Chapman said investigators don’t believe he is responsible for other attacks in the Windsor area, but there is the potential that police elsewhere will look at him for crimes in their jurisdictions.
Windsor murder victim Ljubica Topic, who was sexually assaulted and severely beaten in 1971. (Handout / Windsor Star) Image courtesy of the Topic family / Windsor Star
At one point, police had more than 500 persons of interest in the Topic case. The actual killer was never one of them.
He was never even on investigators’ radar until a new lead in the last several months put him there.
Chapman would not reveal what the lead was but said the case was ultimately solved with a DNA test for which police received the results on Monday.
He said doubling the reward to $20,000, which police also did Monday before getting the DNA results, was not a factor in solving the case.
After the results of the test, Chapman personally notified the Topic family.
“Probably the most significant moment in my career,” said Chapman, again struggling to find his words. “It was very meaningful.”
Paula Topic holds a portrait of her daughter Ljubica Topic, who was murdered, at her home in Windsor on April 17, 2015. Police have released the fact that a tooth was found at the scene of the murder in hopes someone will come forward with new information in the 44-year-old case. Tyler Brownbridge / Windsor Star
The Topic family sent a letter to police expressing its “immense gratitude” for the investigators’ “strategic vision and enduring efforts.”
Police Chief Pam Mizuno read the letter aloud during the media conference.
“Your compassionate service represents the best of humanity. You have done yourselves, your profession, the community, and justice proud.
“We never gave up hope, and you never gave up. Our family owes you a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
Mizuno said Friday’s announcement was “truly about the victim.
“Ljubica Topic was a little girl who had her entire life ahead of her,” she said. “That life was stolen and it can never be returned.
“This brings resolution to a family that deserved answers. It brings answers to a community that has always wondered what happened to an innocent little girl on our streets.”
While elated at solving the murder, it is bittersweet for the officers who dedicated years to the case, knowing the killer escaped justice. Chapman, who picked up the case in 2015, would have liked to have put the man in handcuffs.
“We held that hope for a long time,” he said. “Obviously, that’s what we do. We like to catch people and bring them to justice, and we wanted to do that for the family.
“But given the age of this case, we recognized that this was a very real possibility. I think the focus had to become, at that point, let’s get some answers. And we did in the end.”
Windsor police Det. Scott Chapman speaks during a news conference at police headquarters on Friday to announce the closing of a nearly 50-year-old homicide cold case. Police said the killer of Ljubica Topic, 6, recently died without ever having been charged for her brutal murder. Dan Janisse / Windsor Star
It was a crime of depravity that police in Windsor at the time had not yet seen the likes of.
“It was a very different animal,” said Chapman. “It kind of became the Holy Grail of cases. It was handled with caution by every investigator from the time it happened until today, recognizing the incredible significance of losing a six-year-old.”
Ljubica was murdered on May 14, 1971, about five years after her family moved to Windsor from Yugoslavia. She and her eight-year-old brother, Michael, were playing outside around dusk in a parking lot near their home at 1290 Drouillard Rd.
Ljubica’s mother, Paula Topic, said in 2015 the little girl ran inside the house asking for a candy.
She was absolutely brutally, violently attacked.
Her mom gave her one, and Ljubica ran back outside. That was last time her mother saw her.
A little while later, Paula Topic called her children inside. Michael was there, but Ljubica was gone.
Michael told her a man had approached the kids from a restaurant across the street. Ljubica was lured away with the promise of $8 for help with a job. She walked away holding hands with her killer.
The man gave Michael a dime to ride his bike in the other direction. He last saw his sister between 8:30 and 9 p.m.
One of the biggest manhunts in Windsor history ensued. The officers and civilians frantically scouring the area didn’t know their search was hopeless from the start.
Police believe she was likely attacked and killed or left to die an hour after she disappeared.
Around 1 a.m. on May 15, an officer scanning yards with a flashlight found her behind the home at 1690 Hickory Road. The killer left Ljubica’s battered body near a garage, not far from a gate to the back alley.
She was beaten so viciously that her right leg was broken and her teeth were smashed. Police found two of them in the dirt near her body.
In April 2015, police revealed for the first time they had found a man’s broken front tooth near Ljubica’s body. Investigators said at the time they thought the tooth could be the killer’s, and potentially the puzzle piece that could finally solve the decades-old mystery.
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Chapman said Friday the first officers on the case actually found several sources of DNA, the items collected at a time when the technology to test them for genetic fingerprints didn’t even exist.
“This man’s DNA matched separate sources of DNA from the crime scene,” he said. “Based on the nature of the DNA and where it was located, we are certain that he is the person responsible.”
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The body of Ljubica Topic is shown being removed from the crime scene. files / Windsor Star
This is the alley behind the back yard on Hickory Road where the battered body of sex-slaying victim Ljubica Topic was found early this morning on May 15, 1971. files / Windsor Star
The rear of victim Ljubica Topic’s home is pictured. It is the last place she was seen before slaying. Files / Windsor Star
Flowers lie in front of the final resting place of Ljubica Topic, 6, at Windsor Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium, shown Dec. 13, 2019. Dax Melmer / Windsor Star
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The Single-Channel Photometer at the ESO 1-m
The Single-Channel Photometer was mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the ESO 1-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile, in the 1970s. This photometer was designed to allow fast daytime changeovers of photomultipliers and cold boxes, allowing an observer to choose the photomultiplier most suitable for their programme from a range of tubes. Strömgren and Johnson photometry were possible with the Single-Channel Photometer.
It was a conventional instrument that allowed for the intensity of light to be measured and was built of several components that were positioned along the optical axis. As light travelled through the photometer, it first encountered a viewfinder with a field of view of 7 arcminutes. This allowed astronomers to focus on the desired star from a relatively large field of view. The light then passed through a diaphragm wheel, which constricted the field of view of the instrument to a single star. In total, there were 10 diaphragm wheels available, which had a diameter range between 4 arcseconds and 88 arcseconds. Finally, light passed through a filter wheel and a photomultiplier, which together transformed the starlight at a certain wavelength into an electrical signal. Two filter wheels, each with 12 positions, were available. The photomultiplier tubes operated at ambient temperature but could be cooled either thermo-electrically or using dry-ice to minimise the impact of noise counts.
The Single-Channel Photometer, together with the telescope, was controllable through an HP 2100 computer from a single CRT console in the dome.
The stars to observe should not be brighter than V = 7.0 for UBV photometry, and V = 5.0 for uvby photometry. The purpose of these limitations was to avoid damage to the multiplier.
The observations could be stored on magnetic tape, paper tape, and/or line printer. The data saved on magnetic tape and paper tape used ASCII. In some cases, the magnetic tape could be edited and the data reduced at the observatory.
The Single-Channel Photometer was decommissioned in the 1990s.
The Single-Channel Photometer at the ESO 1-m telescope
This table lists the global capabilities of the instrument.
Location: Decommissioned
Telescope: ESO 1-metre telescope
Focus: Cassegrain
Type: Photometer
Wavelength coverage:
Spatial resolution:
Spectral resolution: 4 arc-seconds
First light:
Science goal:
Star photometry
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September 9, 2012 by ellefersan
Lebanese Migration (1880–Present): “Push” and “Pull” Factors
Lebanese Migration (1880–Present): “Push” and “Pull” Factors (published in Viewpoints Special Edition, Migration and the Mashreq, The Middle East Institute – Washington DC, April 2010, pp. 13 – 17.) Middle East Institute, Washington DC
The earliest traces of modern Syro-Lebanese[1] migration date to the 1850s with Anthonius Al-Bishalani, who migrated to the United States. However, scholars consider the 1880s to be the beginning of a larger migration phenomenon. A few decades after Al-Bishalani set foot in America, Michel Chiha asserts that “we could not be able to live without emigration, but if emigration became too vast, it would be the end of us.”[2] After five waves of migration, Lebanon today faces just such a dilemma.
The First Wave: 1880-1914
According to Charles Issawi, migration from Lebanon to the New World began to intensify during the second half of the 19th century when Mount Lebanon was the scene of several regional and international conflicts that led to civil wars, notably between Maronite Christians and Druses in 1840 and 1860.[3] After 1861, peace also had its share in promoting migration: Missionaries founded dispensaries and schools that helped reduce mortality and raise the level of education to meet the needs of a flourishing tertiary sector. This led to a demographical boom in the Mountain, spurring an “internal exodus,” mainly to Beirut, while the number of educated people outnumbered the available jobs pushing those who were less educated to seek employment outside Lebanon. Furthermore, Beirut’s population, which had quadrupled between 1830 and 1850, doubled between 1865 and 1920, as a result of the internal exodus from the over-populated Mount Lebanon.[4]
The Mutasarifiate brought new challenges: The new political regime allowed free trade, which led to an influx of European goods into the Lebanese market. As a result, Mount Lebanon’s economy shifted rapidly from an autarchic regime to enmeshment with the world economy, which required the use of cash while Lebanese relied on barter and exchange of goods. Peasants tried to compensate for this deficiency by taking personal loans to buy mulberry trees, necessary for the production of silk production ― then the backbone of the Lebanese industry, accounting for 82% of Mount Lebanon’s exports.[5] At that time, 40% of cultivated lands were allocated to growing mulberry trees. This resulted in the “mono-production” of exportation,[6] as Mount Lebanon had to resort to importing raw foodstuffs such as wheat in a period of demographic expansion and heavy debts. In 1890, 18 years after the silk boom, the economy was heavily challenged: A “silk crisis” occurred, as cheaper and better quality Chinese silk products flooded European markets, previously the main destinations for Lebanese silk.
This crisis corresponded with the 19th century coastal revival, “owing to growth of trade with Europe following the industrial revolution and the development of steam navigation.” At least ten steam navigation lines operated regularly from the port of Beirut. Migrants could thus easily go back and forth, carrying home success stories from America and harvesting more young, ambitious but unskilled men seeking wealth and prosperity in the New World.[7]
However, seeking a better life was not the only motive for migration; a large number of young men fled conscription. Hitti asserts that every steamer heading to the Americas was full of young men seeking to avoid military service.[8] Here Christian residents of the wilayets of Beirut, Saida, and Tripoli were the direct targets, as Christians of the Mutassarifiate were granted a special status guaranteed by the Règlement Organique.[9] “It was like a gold rush,” as steamship agents ― usually returning migrants who marketed their success stories in the New World ― “recruited passengers for the ships in form of cheap labor for America’s industries.”[10] High-interest credit facilities were offered for those who could not afford to buy a ticket.[11]
Red-tiled Italian houses were seen all over the mountain, everywhere signs of prosperity and wealth encouraged young men to emigrate leading to an “emigration fever.”[12] About 45% of Mount Lebanon’s population is said to have emigrated between 1860 and 1914; Mount Lebanon’s population in 1913 is estimated to have been 468,714.[13]
The irreversible occidental orientation of Lebanon, as described by Karam Rizk, also was encouraged by the teachings of the missionary schools, which introduced Western culture to Lebanese society. Meanwhile, foreign languages were taught and spoken in the streets of Beirut,[14] attracting more of Lebanese youth to the West.
Egypt was the first destination for Syro-Lebanese, who were drawn their by its prosperous economy and freedom of speech promoted under British tutelage. Later on, two large exhibitions held in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Chicago in 1893 had a significant influence on migration, as the Porte favored wider participation and representation of the Sultanate in these exhibitions and therefore encouraged Syro-Lebanese to participate.[15]
It was the economic growth in the Americas that had a direct impact on migration: Syro-Lebanese were “pulled” by the opportunities that were offered in the United States, which had the highest growth rate of income per capita among industrial countries (4.3% per annum) between 1879 and 1913.[16]
The rubber boom in Brazil attracted migrants in the 1890s. Demography was an essential catalyst, as the under-populated American continent offered opportunities for both skilled and unskilled migrants. In Brazil, the abolition of slavery allowed Lebanese to find work as peddlers, who sold their goods in the hinterlands.[17]
Freedom of speech also was an essential “pull” factor ― attracting migrants to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and other Latin American countries. Lebanese migrants, according to Hitti, “hardly […] fail to refer to [their] desire […] to live [a] life free and unhampered from political restraints as the chief motive for [their] coming into the United States.”[18] This could be the reason behind the founding of several magazines in Arabic in the host country’s language addressing Mount Lebanon and issues of the homeland. The number of newspapers and magazines surpassed that of their counterparts in the Mutasarifiate.[19] Chiha attributes Syro-Lebanese emigration to “the ingenuity of the Near Easterner [which] is a basic element in his assets ― an integral part of his stock-in-trade; and this ingenuity becomes effective only outside or above regulations and restraint.”[20]
This first wave of Syro-Lebanese migrants ― most of whom were illiterate, unskilled, and single males ― remitted large sums of money that helped balance the Mountain’s economy and contributed to the decongestion of the cities by reducing the toll of unemployment, which is the direct outcome of rural exodus.
The Second Wave: 1915-1945
The First World War sea blockade halted emigration for three years (1915-18), but the outflow of Lebanese resumed as soon as the siege was lifted and continued until the third quarter of 1920 and the proclamation of the French Mandate over Lebanon. Thereafter, a series of factors dramatically reduced the number of emigrants: the US quota for emigration, the stability brought to Lebanon by the French Mandate, and the international economic crisis that swept through the United States and Europe. The French Higher Commissioners report a significant number of returnees in 1924, 1927, and 1928.[21] This new trend, however, did not last. The year 1925 saw an increase in migration, as the Druze insurrection in Syria quickly spread to Lebanon and resulted in clashes, notably in the Christian Beqaa town of Rashaya. These incidents reminded the Christians of the 1840 and 1860 massacres. It also undermined their trust in the French mandatory powers to help them secure an independent Lebanese entity. Yet, despite these incidents, the toll of migration again decreased. Lebanon’s economy continued to suffer from the destruction and high mortality rate of the First World War, while France itself faced an enormous economic crisis, which prevented the mandatory powers from investing in the building of Lebanon’s economy and attracting Lebanese successful migrant capitalists.
This wave of migration included a significant increase in the number of women, who migrated primarily on the basis of family reunion. This wave also included new destinations for Lebanese migrants, such as Australia and West Africa.
The Third Wave: 1943-1975
Although migration waned immediately after Lebanon achieved independence, this trend did not prevail. Starting in the 1950s, political unrest, a high cost of living, and a high rate of unemployment drove more Lebanese to migrate. Further spurring migration were the 1956 Suez crisis, political persecution, discrimination following the unsuccessful coup attempt by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, the Arab-Israeli War, and Israel’s daily raids in South Lebanon in an attempt to crush Palestinian guerrillas attacking Northern Israel.
As a result of instability, 164,000 Lebanese fled the country between 1973 and 1974: 72,000 to the Arab countries, 64,000 to Europe, 21,000 to the United States, 1,600 to Australia, 61,000 to Africa, and 17,000 to Asian countries.[22]
Yet, despite the amplitude of the number of migrants in 1973-1974, emigration during this period was far less impressive than the first wave. At the same time, however, the migrants’ profile changed significantly: Young men and women seeking better education migrated to the United States, Canada, and Europe, while those who sought employment opportunities migrated to the Gulf in the “oil boom” era.[23]
The Fourth Wave: 1975-1990
During this 15-year period, which was marked by civil war, approximately one million Lebanese fled the country.[24] Labaki asserts that at the beginning of the civil war, most migrants returned as soon as the situation returned somewhat to normalcy (in 1976), while a large number continued to go back and forth. After 1985, however, migration became permanent.[25]
It is not surprising that war and its effects were the major “push” factors during this period. According to the Centre Catholique d’Information, over 800,000 families were displaced.[26] This massive internal exodus was followed by an economic crisis, the devaluation of the Lebanese lira, and a dramatic rise in the unemployment rate, which reached 35% in 1987.[27] The breakdown of the educational system prompted youth and family migration, as Lebanese families traditionally accorded great importance to high-standard education.[28]
Reunion Acts pulled many families to join their relatives abroad. However, terrorist attacks in Beirut led to worldwide scrutiny and control on all Lebanese subjects; consequently, visa procedures became much more difficult. This prompted all those who had relocated temporarily to work to acquire new nationalities. Lebanon thus lost these migrants for good.[29]
The Fifth Wave: 1990-present
Nowadays, Lebanese migration is mainly a process of “brain drain” whereby the most educated men and women seek better jobs and opportunities abroad. During the period of Syrian hegemony over Lebanon (1990-2005), corruption, inflation, an increase in public debt, and political persecution prevented many Lebanese from returning and prompted many among those who had stayed to leave. Unemployment eviscerated the middle class, which adversely affected the Lebanese economy as a whole. Twenty-eight percent of Lebanese families lived below the absolute poverty line.[30] Meanwhile, each year 50,000 new job seekers competed in the Lebanese labor market for a mere 35,000 new jobs.[31]
The repeated Hizbullah/Israel clashes resulted in continuous political and security unrest. The most recent conflict, which occurred in 2006, sowed doubt among young men and women that a safe and prosperous Lebanon is achievable. In her latest field research, Choghig Kasparian demonstrates that obtaining work accounts for 52.4% of those who decide to migrate, education 8.8%, family reasons 25.4%, and other factors, including security and politics 13.4%.[32] The number of migrant men (22.9%) is slightly more than double that of women (11.5%),[33] which is widening the demographical gap between the sexes.
Recently, the Lebanese government has devoted more attention to migrants’ needs. Lebanese politicians are constantly making visits in the Mahjar, taking into account that the remittances are undoubtedly the strongest bulwark against the collapse of the Lebanese economy in the face of the worldwide economic crisis.
[1]. The early migration from the Ottoman occupied lands was mainly from Lebanon. However, Lebanese were first registered in official records of ports of entry as Turks, for they held Turkish passports. Therefore, the term “Syro-Lebanese” is the proper term to refer to the pre-Mandate era, taking into account that the majority of migrants originated from modern day Lebanon.
[2]. Michel Chiha, Lebanon at Home and Abroad, translated from the French by Leo Arnold and Jean Montegu (Beirut: The Publications of the Cenacle, 1966), p. 114.
[3]. Charles Issawi, “The Historical Background of Lebanese Emigration: 1880-1914,” in Albert H. Hourani and Nadim Shehadi, eds., The Lebanese in the World: A Century of Emigration (London: I.B. Tauris, 1993), pp. 13-31.
[4]. Leila Tarazi-Fawaz, Merchants and Migrants in Nineteenth-Century Beirut, Harvard Middle Eastern Studies, No. 18 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983), pp. 2-3.
[5]. Akram Khater, “ ‘House to Goddess of the House’: Gender, Class and Silk in the 19th Century Mount Lebanon,” International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1996), pp. 326-327.
[6]. Boutros Labaki, “L’émigration libanaise en fin de période ottomane (1850-1914),” Hannon Revue Libanaise de Géographie, Vol. 19 (1987), p. 9.
[7]. Leila Tarazi-Fawaz, Merchants and Migrants in Nineteenth-Century Beirut, p. 2.
[8]. Philip Hitti, The Syrian in America (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924), p. 51.
[9]. Abdallah Al-Mallah, Mount Lebanon Mutassarifate Between 1903 and 1915: The Global Political and Sociological Reality, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Fanar, Lebanese University, Section II, 1990, p. 11.
[10]. F. Kleem, The Cleveland Maronite Lebanese and Education, Ph.D. dissertation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1986, p. 20 cited in Louis Ferkh, Conflict and Migration: The Lebanese Emigrants’ Potential Role in the Development of Lebanon, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Limerick, 1991, p. 84.
[11]. Philip Hitti, The Syrian in America, p. 53.
[12]. Louis Ferkh, Conflict and Migration: The Lebanese Emigrants’ Potential Role in the Development of Lebanon, p. 84.
[13]. Youssef Courbage & Philippe Fargues, La situation démographique du Liban, Analyses et données, publication du Centre de Recherches de l’Institut des Sciences Sociales de l’Université Libanaise, Beyrouth, 1974, cited in Boutros Labaki, Op. Cit., p. 8 and 15.
[14]. Rev. Karam Rizk, “Vie spirituelle et culturelle au Liban de 1845 à 1870,” in Parole de l’Orient, Vol. 15 (1988/89). pp. 321-322.
[15]. Alixa Naff, “Lebanese Immigration into the United States: 1880 to the Present”, in The Lebanese in the World: A Century of Emigration, United Kingdom, The Center for Lebanese Studies, Oxford, 1922, p. 144.
[16]. Boutros Labaki, Op. Cit., p. 14.
[17]. Jeff Lesser, “From Peddlars to Proprietors: Lebanese, Syrian and Jewish Immigrants to Brazil”, in The Lebanese in the World: A Century of Emigration, United Kingdom, The Center for Lebanese Studies, Oxford, 1992, pp. 395 – 401.
[19]. Philip Hitti, The Syrian in America, p. 135.
[20]. Michel Chiha, Lebanon at Home and Abroad, p. 119.
[21]. M.A.E., rapport à la SDN pour l’année 1927, p. 53. M.A.E., rapport à la SDN pour l’année 1925, p. 95. M.A.E., rapport à la SDN pour l’année 1927, p. 89. M.A.E., rapport à la SDN pour l’année 1928, p. 94.
[22]. Al-Minbar, No. 49, March 1990, p. 16.
[23]. Nabil Harfouch, The Lebanese in the World, Documents and Censuses, Vol. III, Beirut, 1978, p. 24.
[25]. Boutros Labaki, “L’émigration libanaise en fin de période ottomane (1850-1914), p. 607.
[26]. Joseph Khoreich, Results of the Lebanese War 1975-1997, Liban, Centre Catholique d’Information, p. 7.
[27]. Salim Nasr, “The Political Economy of the Lebanese Conflict,” in Nadim Shehadi and Bridget Harney, eds., Politics and the Economy in Lebanon (Oxford: The Center for Lebanese Studies, 1989), pp. 42-50.
[28]. Louis Ferkh, Conflict and Migration: The Lebanese Emigrants’ Potential Role in the Development of Lebanon, pp. 90 – 95.
[29]. Louis Ferkh, Conflict and Migration: The Lebanese Emigrants’ Potential Role in the Development of Lebanon, p. 100.
[30]. Antoine Haddad, “The Poor in Lebanon,” The Lebanon Report, No. 3 (1996), p. 1.
[31]. Kamal Hamdan, “Economist Slams Policies,” Alternative-Online, Lebanon, Vol. 1, Issue 7 (2003), p. 3A.
[32]. Choghig Kasparian, “Les jeunes libanais dans la vague d’émigration de 1992-2007,” L’émigration des jeunes libanais et leurs projets d’avenir, Vol. 2, PUFJ, Beyrouth, 2009, p. 24.
[33]. Choghig Kasparian, “Les jeunes libanais dans la vague d’émigration de 1992-2007,” p. 15.
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Catherine of Aragon – she rules!
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When we were at Cybher everyone was challenged to write a blog post arguing for a woman to be on a banknote.
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CATHERINE OF ARAGON!
El likes to read a lot of historical fiction and there was a series written from the perspective of servants to all of Henry VIII’s wives. The first two books focus on Catherine Of Aragon’s struggle to marry Henry after her first husband (his older brother, Arthur) died and she was left in England, a widow. She could have gone home to Spain but she was determined to marry Prince Henry and become Queen Of England.
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Even that quick over view was quite long. Sorry. But just don’t get me started because I could be here forever. It’s why this blog post has been taking so long! (Sorry…) But instead I’ll skip to here end. She was left alone with just a very loyal servant, growing ever more ill, away from her husband and her only daughter. She was hated by the man she loved most and she was utterly abandoned after a life devoted to him as the Queen of England she was now just Dowager Princess. After someone asked Henry if she could move to a more comfortable castle he merely sent her to an even damper, colder castle. She eventually died aged just 50.
And what really makes me sad is that most people don’t know what she went through. All that kids at school learn about her is that she was the 1st wife of Henry VIII, she was divorced, that she gave birth to Mary I and that she couldn’t give Henry a son. That’s true but there’s so much more to her than that.
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Zhang Lizhu is a Chinese gynecologist and researcher. For most of her career, she worked in the Peking Medical College Third Hospital, renamed in 2000, Peking University Third Hospital. There, she led a team of researchers and physicians in the study of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET) technology. Zhang and her colleagues contributed to the birth of the first test-tube baby in Mainland China in 1988.
Karl Ernst von Baer's Laws of Embryology
In 1828, while working at the University of Konigsberg in Konigsberg, Germany Karl Ernst von Baer proposed four laws of animal development, which came to be called von Baer's laws of embryology. With these laws, von Baer described the development (ontogeny) of animal embryos while also critiquing popular theories of animal development at the time.
Adib Jatene (1929–2014)
Adib Jatene in Brazil was the first surgeon to successfully perform the arterial switch operation in 1975. The operation corrected a heart condition in infants called transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Left untreated, infants with TGA die, as their blood cannot supply oxygen to their bodies. Jatene’s operation became widely used to correct the condition. Aside from medical research, Jatene worked for years in politics and education, serving as Brazil’s minister of health and teaching thoracic surgery at the University of São Paulo.
The French Flag Model
The French flag model represents how embryonic cells receive and respond to genetic information and subsequently differentiate into patterns. Created by Lewis Wolpert in the late 1960s, the model uses the French tricolor flag as visual representation to explain how embryonic cells can interpret genetic code to create the same pattern even when certain pieces of the embryo are removed. Wolpert's model has provided crucial theoretical framework for investigating universal mechanisms of pattern formation during development.
Subject: Processes, Theories
The Guthrie Test for Early Diagnosis of Phenylketonuria
The Guthrie test, also called the PKU test, is a diagnostic tool to test infants for phenylketonuria a few days after birth. To administer the Guthrie test, doctors use Guthrie cards to collect capillary blood from an infant’s heel, and the cards are saved for later testing. Robert Guthrie invented the test in 1962 in Buffalo, New York. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a congenital birth abnormality in which toxic levels of the amino acid phenylalanine build up in the blood, a process that affects the brains in untreated infants.
"Veterans and Agent Orange Update 1996: Summary and Research Highlights" by the US National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine
In March 1996, the National Academy of Sciences of the United States released 'Veterans and Agent Orange Update 1996: Summary and Research Highlights,' which summarized research on the health effects of Agent Orange and other herbicides used in the Vietnam War. In their 1996 report, the National Academy connects Agent Orange exposure with two health conditions: spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spinal cord develops improperly, and peripheral neuropathy, a nervous system condition in which the peripheral nerves are damaged.
Experimental Studies on Germinal Localization (1904), by Edmund B. Wilson
At the turn of the twentieth century, Edmund B. Wilson
performed experiments to show where germinal
matter was located in molluscs. At Columbia University in New York City,
New York, Wilson studied what causes cells to differentiate during
development. In 1904 he conducted his experiments on molluscs, and he modified the
theory about the location of germinal matter in the succeeding years. Wilson and others modified the
theory of germinal localization to accommodate results that showed
“Sex Limited Inheritance in Drosophila” (1910), by Thomas Hunt Morgan
In 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan performed an experiment at Columbia University, in New York City, New York, that helped identify the role chromosomes play in heredity. That year, Morgan was breeding Drosophila, or fruit flies. After observing thousands of fruit fly offspring with red eyes, he obtained one that had white eyes. Morgan began breeding the white-eyed mutant fly and found that in one generation of flies, the trait was only present in males.
The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity (1893), by August Weismann
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann published Das
Keimplasma: eine Theorie der Vererbung (The Germ-Plasm: a
Theory of Heredity, hereafter The Germ-Plasm) while
working at the University of Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany in 1892.
William N. Parker, a professor in the University College of South
Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, UK, translated The
Germ-Plasm into English in 1893. In The Germ-Plasm,
Weismann proposed a theory of heredity based on the concept of the
“Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk and Resilience” (2012), by Ann S. Masten and Angela J. Narayan
In 2012 Ann S. Masten and Angela J. Narayan published the article “Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk and Resilience” in Annual Reviews in Psychology. The authors conducted their study at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the article, Masten and Narayan review a number of articles to examine and compile the research made since the twenty-first century on the psychological impact of mass trauma, such as war, terrorism, and disasters, on children.
"Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations" (1959), by James G. Wilson
The article Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations was published in the Journal of Chronic Diseases in 1959. The author, James G. Wilson, studied embryos and birth defects at the University of Florida Medical School in Gainesville, Florida. In his article, Wilson reviewed experiments on birds and mammals from the previous forty years to provide general principles and guidelines in the study of birth defects and teratogens, which are things that cause birth defects.
Dennis Lo (1963- )
Dennis Lo, also called Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, is a
professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong,
China. In 1997, Lo discovered fetal DNA in maternal
plasma, which is the liquid component of a pregnant woman's
blood. By 2002, Lo distinguished the DNA differences between pregnant women
and their fetuses, enabling scientists to identify fetal DNA in pregnant
women's blood. Lo used his discoveries to develop several
non-invasive and prenatal genetic tests, including tests for blood
The China-US Study on the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects using Folic Acid (1999)
From 1993 to 1995 researchers led by Robert J. Berry from the US Centers for Disease Control headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and Zhu Li from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China, conducted a collaborative study in China on the prevention of neural tube defects or NTDs using folic acid supplements. NTDs are birth defects in which openings in the spinal cord or the brain that occur during early development remain after birth. Neural-tube formation occurs in early pregnancy, often before a woman knows she is pregnant and therefore before she has begun taking prenatal vitamins.
Sidney Q. Cohlan (1915-1999)
Sidney Q. Cohlan studied birth defects in the US during the twentieth century. Cohlan helped to discover that if a pregnant woman ate too much vitamin A her fetus faced a higher than normal risk of teratogenic effects, such as cleft palate. A teratogen is a substance that causes malformation of a developing organism. Cohlan also identified the teratogenic effects of several other substances including a lack of normal magnesium and prenatal exposure to the antibiotic tetracycline.
Julia Barlow Platt's Embryological Observations on Salamanders' Cartilage (1893)
In 1893, Julia Barlow Platt published her research on the origins of cartilage in the developing head of the common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) embryo. The mudpuppy is an aquatic salamander commonly used by embryologists because its large embryonic cells and nuclei are easy to see. Platt followed the paths of cells in developing mudpuppy embryos to see how embryonic cells migrated during the formation of the head. With her research, Platt challenged then current theories about germ layers, the types of cells in an early embryo that develop into adult cells.
Subject: Experiments, Theories, Processes
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The following is a guest post by David Gleason, Silicon Valley veteran and storyteller extraordinaire.
Disrupting the Enterprise Experience by Starting with the User
After 30 years in the high-tech industry, I’ve come to believe that one of the great disruptions has been the transformation of the computer user, from someone who needed assistance, to the one who is calling the shots. No longer the passenger, the user is now in the driver’s seat and is setting the course. Successful entrepreneurs are those who, like the old joke about leadership, see a parade and run to the front of it, yelling, “follow me!”
In today’s enterprise, the user has evolved from being the source of input to the recipient of any desired output, anywhere, anytime without “directions.” This is part of what makes enterprise software so sexy at this stage – you can do almost anything with it, and you don’t need hand holding to get your work done.
When I entered this world as a technical writer in the 1980s, a knowledgeable friend, Rich Miller, told me: “The best way to create software is to start with the user manual — write what the program is supposed to do first, and then make the software conform to that.” He emphasized that this almost never happens, but it should — and the result would be a wonderfully easy-to-use product.
Today, the manuals are mostly gone, and in their place we are seeing an incredible explosion of user-centered design in areas that have long been hostile to the non-technical user. Giants like IBM, Oracle and SAP are improving the user experience on their systems, hosting content and forums on their websites, and releasing smart phone apps that are snappy and cool and easy to use.
Small companies are carving successful businesses out of niche markets that once were the hidden domain of IT departments, like the help desk (Zendesk), travel and expenses (Concur), file sharing (Box), social collaboration (Jive) and many others.
Three decades ago, the question an entrepreneur was likely to ask was: Which markets or functions are most underserved by enterprise software?
Today those wishing to disrupt the enterprise software world are asking: which users are underserved by this same software, by the user experience, in fact, by the overall methodology used by the big enterprise software providers?
My personal experience tells me that the user has been put in control with the rise of the Internet, the browser and most recently, the smartphone with its apps, ecosystem, and “always on and at hand” availability.
Making Sense of Command-line Applications
My first job in the early 1980s was as a technical writer at ASK Computer Systems, a disruptive company in Silicon Valley that provided software for manufacturers to track costs, parts and projections. Customers included startups Compac, Sun Microsystems and Kurzweil. The product, called ManMan (for manufacturing management), ran on HP 3000 and VAX 750 mini-computers which you accessed through terminals. Mini-computers were the disruptive hardware of their day, requiring far less expense than mainframes.
Using the ManMan system involved command-line data entry and multiple choice options, and the documentation was critical to understanding the product, how to use it and also how to track the constant software upgrades. Our pubs group cranked out thick binders of documentation, and we shipped updates to customers with individual pages containing edits that could be inserted into the binders.
In those days, the IBM PC was still a very new thing, underpowered and also command-line based. There were very few apps – unless you wrote them yourself. A big part of the tech writer’s job was to understand the user as someone who was mystified by technology. This meant explaining things in clear and simple language that most anyone could understand. Good documentation and training courses were essential to making enterprise software work.
The Rise of the GUI
The next disruption came with the rise of the graphical user interface (GUI) as a new and exciting approach to making computers both more visually rich and much easier to use. The operative word became “intuitive,” meaning you didn’t need to read the manual … at least in theory.In fact, Apple’s first Macintosh User Guide actually showed the reader how to “click and drag” with red arrows and detailed written instructions, since most users had no idea what it meant.
“Click and drag” in the first Macintosh User Guide
Microsoft was converting command-line DOS to visually richer Windows as the computing choice for millions of enterprise workers, growing its developer platform and providing programming tools that encouraged software engineers to create thousands of powerful and useful apps that were easier to use, better at displaying information, and more timely than anything that ran on mainframes or mini-computers and required dumb terminals for display.
In 1992 — 3 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall — I attended Esther Dyson’s East-West High Tech Forum in Prague, along with hundreds of excited young entrepreneurs and engineers turned business people from Eastern European countries like Poland and Hungary. Their world had been disrupted, state enterprises were being privatized and markets were being created in front of our eyes.
At a lunchtime presentation, Bob Epstein, VP of Sybase, showed the audience a database screen full of numbers, then converted it to a map of an oil pipeline where he clicked on a location and pulled up the information on flow and volume. He said, “we have to stop making the work look like the data, and make the data look like the work.” Now this was revolutionary! And very disruptive — you could actually make data look like something in real life.
David at the 1992 East West Conference
Soon, all the big database companies including Oracle, Sybase, IBM and others, were moving to a rich GUI for easier use but also to be able to display more data.
The World-Wide Web
By 1995, we had shed the terminals, command lines and binders. It was all about the PC, shrink-wrapped applications and paperback books as Windows 95 took center-stage. Tim Berners-Lee had created the HTTP protocol and the World Wide Web; the Internet is poised to become the next engine of disruption.
What I find most interesting is the way so many pieces came together and coincided with key turning points in hardware, software, business and even the fall of empires and the rise of new nations and markets. A new generation of users was accustomed to computing technology from their earliest years, so software developers could keep adding features and functionality. As the Web expanded, the skills learned on the PC were transferred to the browser and the desktop computer was the single device for most users most of the time.
Everything at Your Fingertips
Today, the shrink-wrapped boxes of application software are largely a thing of the past. PC sales are flat and smart phones and tablets are growing at many multiples faster rate. Users are demanding much more than easy-to-use apps; they want massive amounts of dynamic, meaningful data at their fingertips — data that is relevant to whatever they are doing, and where ever they are, right now.
The enterprise services that power these apps have become quite amazing in their scope and power, but once again, we are seeing the best and most successful services are those that provide the easiest, most intuitive experience to users. A great new service like Box.com is much more than file sharing — it’s an easy-to-learn experience because it builds on what most users already understand — the Web model of file access integrated with Tasks, Message, Chat and Group Collaboration — and lets you do things that you otherwise couldn’t do, and you can do them on any device or platform.
This time around the focus isn’t so much on teaching the user, but more on catching up with what the user has been wanting now for a while. So while the User Experience is still central, it’s a much more experienced, mature and sophisticated user that is demanding these new accommodations.
Twenty five years ago, Apple created a model of what the user experience could be like when data was abundant and accessible. It was called the Knowledge Navigator and the user simply told the computer what he wanted, and the system figured out where to find what was needed.
If you look at the trajectory of the past 3 decades, it’s hard not to conclude that the power of the user will grow, perhaps exponentially. I can see a future where the user no longer has to navigate applications or websites. Rather, we could be entering an age where the user simply tells a system or network of systems what she wants to do and the smart system finds the right tool for the job. It’s the realization of the Knowledge Navigator vision, an extension of making the data look like the work – and in an age of rich, dynamic, smart data, what could be more logical and useful than a system that can take your command and execute your wishes?
What are your thoughts on where the user experience is going?
David is a writer and senior content manager specializing in developer marketing and technical content creation for platforms, APIs and mobile. He has a life-long interest in the dynamics of change. His greatest thrill was meeting Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov in Moscow in 1988 with Apple executives on the 20th anniversary of the publication of Sakharov’s unauthorized book, Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom. Sakharov’s book was a starting point for the social, political and economic upheaval that led to the fall of the Soviet Union, certainly a major disruption in world history.
This entry was posted in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, enterprise on February 13, 2013 by Gretchen DeKnikker.
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:"Trailer" can also mean: extra blank film at the end of a film strip for winding it off in a camera or projector; extra blank film at the beginning is called "leader".Trailers or previews are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end of a film programme. [cite web
url=http://straightdope.com/mailbag/mtrailers.html
title=Why are they called "trailers" if they're shown before the movie?
author=Gfactor
publisher=The Straight Dope
date=2007-11-06] That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the theater after the films ended, but the name has stuck. Trailers are now shown before the film (or the A movie in a double feature program) begins.
Besides in front of theatrical releases, movie trailers have now become extremely popular on the internet. Of some 10-billion videos watched online annually, movie trailers rank #3, after news and user-created video. [cite web
url=http://awfj.org/2008/05/07/awfj-opinion-poll-all-about-movie-trailers/
title=AWFJ Opinion Poll: All About Movie Trailers
publisher=AWFJ
date=2008-05-09]
The first trailer shown in a U.S. movie theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical "The Pleasure Seekers," opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Loew adopted the practice, which was reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln (NE) "Daily Star" describing it as "an entirely new and unique stunt," and that "moving pictures of the rehearsals and other incidents connected with the production will be sent out in advance of the show, to be presented to the Loew’s picture houses and will take the place of much of the bill board advertising." [“Movies Score on Legit in New York;” Lincoln (NE) "Daily Star"; November 9, 1913; Page 25] Granlund was also first to introduce trailer material for an upcoming motion picture, using a slide technique to promote an upcoming film featuring Charlie Chaplin at Loew's Seventh Avenue Theatre in Harlem in 1914. [Blondes, Brunettes, and Bullets, Granlund, N.T.; Van Rees Press, NY, 1957, Page 53]
Up until the late 1950s, trailers were mostly created by National Screen Service and consisted of various key scenes from the film being advertised, often augmented with large, descriptive text describing the story, and an underscore generally based on the musical score from the film. Most trailers had some form of narration as well. Those that did have narration used voices.
In the early-1960s, the face of motion picture trailers changed. Textless, montage trailers and quick-editing became popular, largely due to the arrival of the "new Hollywood" and techniques that were becoming increasingly popular in television. Among the trend setters were Stanley Kubrick with his montage trailers for "Lolita", ', and '. Kubrick's main inspiration for the "Dr. Strangelove" trailer was the short film "Very Nice, Very Nice" by Canadian film visionary Arthur Lipsett.
In 1964, Andrew J. Kuehn distributed his independently-produced trailer for "Night of the Iguana", using stark, high-contrast photography, fast-paced editing and a provocative narration by a young James Earl Jones. His format was so successful, he began producing this new form of trailer with partner Dan Davis.
Kuehn opened the west coast office of Kaleidoscope Films in 1968 and Kuehn and his company became a major player in the trailer industry for the next three decades. As Hollywood began to produce bigger blockbuster films and invest more money in marketing them, directors like Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Barbra Streisand began to depend on Kuehn and Kaleidoscope for their ability to create the best trailers theater-goers could see.
Kuehn alumni include leading trailer makers and marketing creatives. Top trailer companies have all been run by former Kaleidoscope creatives, like The Cimarron Group (Chris Arnold), Ant Farm, Aspect Ratio (Mark Trugman), Trailer Park (Benedict Coulter) and Motor Entertainment, run by Greg McClatchy, who previously managed the film marketing division at 20th Century Fox. Michael Camp headed the trailer department at Paramount Pictures, Tom Kennedy at MGM, Jeff Werner and Vince Arcaro all started their own successful trailer companies and Bob Harper began his career as a messenger at Kaleidoscope before becoming a producer and quickly Vice-Chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment and, in 2007, Chairman of Regency Entertainment. Top industry trailer composer John Beal credits his career success to his thirty-year collaboration with Kuehn. [ [http://www.ajkfoundation.org/ajkbio1.asp ajkfoundation.org: Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. biography] ]
In earlier decades of cinema, trailers were only one part of the pre-feature entertainment which included cartoon shorts and serial adventure episodes. These earlier trailers were much shorter and often consisted of little more than title cards and stock footage. Today, longer, more elaborate trailers and commercial advertisements have replaced other forms of pre-feature entertainment and in major multiplex chains, about the first twenty minutes after the posted showtime is devoted to trailers.
Trailers consist of a series of selected shots from the film being advertised. Since the purpose of the trailer is to attract an audience to the film, these excerpts are usually drawn from the most exciting, funny, or otherwise noteworthy parts of the film but in abbreviated form and without producing spoilers. For this purpose the scenes are not necessarily in the order in which they appear in the film. A trailer has to achieve that in less than two and a half minutes, the maximum length allowed by theaters. Each studio or distributor is allowed to exceed this time limit once a year, if they feel it is necessary for a particular film.
Some trailers use "special shoot" footage, which is material that has been created specifically for advertising purposes and does not appear in the actual film. The most notable film to use this technique was "", whose trailer featured elaborate special effects scenes that were never intended to be in the film itself. Dimension Films also shot extra scenes for the "Black Christmas" trailer, but these scenes are similarly absent from the theatrical release. A trailer for the 2002 blockbuster "Spider-Man" had an entire action sequence especially constructed that involved escaping bank robbers in a helicopter getting caught in a giant web between the World Trade Center's two towers. However, after the September 11, 2001 attacks the studio pulled it from theaters.
One of the most famous "special shoot" trailers is that used for the 1960s thriller "Psycho", which featured director Alfred Hitchcock giving viewers a guided tour of the Bates Motel, eventually arriving at the infamous shower. At this point, the soft-spoken Hitchcock suddenly throws the shower curtain back to reveal Vera Miles with a blood-curdling scream.
The people who create trailers often begin their work while the movie is still being shot. Since the edited movie does not exist at this point, the trailer editors work from rushes or dailies. The trailer may be created at agencies (such as The Cimarron Group, MOJO, The Ant Farm, Aspect Ratio, Trailer Park) while the movie itself is being cut together at the studio. Thus, the trailer may contain footage that is not in the final movie, or the trailer editor and the movie editor may use different takes of a particular shot. Another common technique is including music on the trailer which does not appear on the movie's soundtrack. This is nearly always a requirement, as trailers and teasers are created long before the composer has even been hired for the film score — sometimes as much as a year ahead of the movie's release date — while composers are usually the last creative people to work on the film. For instance, "Forrest Gump" used music from "" for its trailer while the 2008 superhero film "Iron Man" featured the song of the same name by Black Sabbath in its promotion.
Some trailers that incorporate material not in the movie are particularly coveted by collectors, especially trailers for classic films. For example, in a trailer for "Casablanca" the character Rick Blaine says, "OK, you asked for it!" before shooting Major Strasser, an event that does not occur in the final film.
Parts of a trailer
Trailers tell the story of a movie in a highly condensed fashion that must have maximum appeal. In the decades since movie marketing has become a large industry, trailers have become highly polished pieces of advertising, able to present even poor movies in an attractive light. Some of the elements common to many trailers are listed below.
Most trailers have a three-act structure similar to a feature-length film. They start with a beginning (act 1) that lays out the premise of the story. The middle (act 2) drives the story further and usually ends with a dramatic climax. Act 3 usually features a strong piece of "signature music" (either a recognizable song or a powerful, sweeping orchestral piece). This last act often consists of a visual montage of powerful and emotional moments of the film and may also contain a cast run if there are noteworthy stars that could help sell the movie.
Voice-over narration is used to briefly set up the premise of the movie and provide explanation when necessary ("In a world..."). Since the trailer is a highly condensed format, voice-over is a useful tool to enhance the audience's understanding of the plot. Some of the best-known, modern-day trailer voice-over artists are Don LaFontaine, Harlan Rector, Andy Geller, Hal Douglas, Mark Elliot, George DelHoyo, Peter Cullen, Ashton Smith, John Garry, Jim Cummings, Ben Patrick Johnson, and Bill J. Lloyd. Classic voice-over artists in movie trailers of the 1950s and 1960s included Art Gilmore, Knox Manning, Reed Hadley, Fred Foy, Karl Weber, and Bob Marcato. Hollywood trailers of the classic film era were renowned for clichés such as "Colossal!", "Stupendous!", etc. Some trailers have used voice over clichés for satirical effect. This can be seen in trailers for films such as "The Comedian" and "". [ [http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=comedian movie-list.com: "Comedian" trailer] ] [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=aobZEIf-wcE YouTube: "Tenacious D in: the Pick of Destiny" trailer] ]
Music helps set the tone and mood of the trailer. Usually the music used in the trailer is not from the film itself (the film score may not have been composed yet). The music used in the trailer may be:
*Music from the score of other movies. Most-used titles include "Come See the Paradise" by Randy Edelman, "Aliens" by James Horner, "Stargate" by David Arnold, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" by Wojciech Kilar, and "Backdraft" by Hans Zimmer. [ [http://soundtrack.net/trailers/frequent/] ]
*Popular or well known music, often chosen for its tone, appropriateness of a lyric, or recognizability. The most often used of these is "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. [ [http://soundtrack.net/trailers/frequent/] ]
*"Library" music previously composed specifically to be used in advertising by an independent composer. Some big trailer music companies are X-Ray Dog, Immediate Music, Pfeifer Broz. Music, Brand X Music, Audiomachine, Future World Music and Epic Score.
*Specially composed music. One of the most famous Hollywood trailer music composers is John Beal, who began scoring trailers in the 1970s and, in the course of a thirty-year career, created original music for over 2,000 movie trailer projects, including 40 of the top-grossing films of all time, such as "Star Wars", "Forrest Gump", "Titanic", "Aladdin", "Braveheart", "Ghost", "The Last Samurai" and "The Matrix".
*Songs, which may include knock-offs of recognizable (but expensive to license) songs.
Cast, crew, and studio information
*A cast run is a list of the stars that appear in the movie. If the director or producer is well-known or has made other popular movies, they often warrant a mention as well. Most trailers conclude with a billing block, which is a list of the principal cast and crew. It is the same list that appears on posters and print publicity materials, and also usually appears on-screen at the beginning (or end) of the movie.
*Studio production logos are usually featured near the beginning of the trailer. Until the late 1970s, they were put only at the end of the trailer. Often there will be logos for both the production company and distributor of the film.
Technical elements
*Sound mix: many movie trailers are presented in Dolby Digital or any other multichannel sound mix. Scenes including sound effects and music that are enhanced by stereophonic sound are therefore the focus point of many modern trailers.
*Video resolution: movie trailers are presented in the same resolution as the feature film (namely 35mm film). On HDTV channels (such as Universal HD) movie trailers are presented in HDTV and Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound.
United States MPAA rating cards
These rating cards appear at the head of movie trailers in the United States. For information about the MPAA ratings, see Motion Picture Association of America.
A green band is an all-green graphic at the beginning of the trailer, usually reading "The following PREVIEW has been approved for ALL AUDIENCES by the Motion Picture Association of America," and sometimes including the movie's MPAA rating. This signifies that the trailer adheres to the standards for motion picture advertising outlined by the MPAA, which includes limitations on foul language and violent, sexual, or otherwise objectionable imagery.
A yellow band is a yellow graphic that reads "The following PREVIEW has been approved ONLY for AGE-APPROPRIATE internet users by the Motion Picture Association of America" (for example, the trailers for "Halloween", "Burn After Reading" and "The Strangers"). The MPAA also mandates that trailers not exceed two minutes and thirty seconds in length, and each major studio is given one exception to this rule per year.
Trailers that do not adhere to these guidelines may be issued a red band, which reads "The following PREVIEW has been approved for RESTRICTED AUDIENCES ONLY by the Motion Picture Association of America," and may only be shown before an R-rated, NC-17-rated, or unrated movie. ("The Amityville Horror", "Pineapple Express", "Superbad", and "Not Another Teen Movie" carry this banner.) [IMDb.com Amityville trailer] Thanks to the rising popularity of red band trailers, Regal Entertainment Group announced on March 2008 that they would begin allowing red band trailers to play in their theaters. [cite web|url=http://www.canmag.com/nw/10721-regal-ok-restricted-red-band-trailers|Publisher=CanMag|accessdate=2008-03-17|title=Regal to Allow Red Band Trailers] With the demand for restricted trailers on the rise, the MPAA had to quickly decide how to control red band trailers that appeared online. Like they do for video game trailers, the MPAA requires that all red band trailers open to an agegate, which prevents underage users from watching.
Use of trailers in other media
The concept of the trailer format has spread to other non-cinema media as well. Trailers for computer games have especially become popular, sometimes the video game trailer are better than most movie trailers.Comic Book trailers have also become very popular among comic book fans. Marvel Comics have have been on the forefront of this type of marketing on the web site www.marvel.com.
Awards for trailers
Every year there are two main events that give awards to outstanding movie trailers: The Key Art Awards, presented by the "Hollywood Reporter", and The Golden Trailer Awards. While the Golden Trailer Awards allow only trailers to be entered in the competition, the Key Art Awards pick winners in all creative parts of movie advertising, from trailers and TV spots to posters and print ads. The yearly Key Art Awards ceremony is often held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/keyarts/index.jsp Key Art Awards]
* Golden Trailer Awards [http://www.goldentrailer.com/index.html]
*Teaser trailer
*Re-cut trailers
*Trailer (book)
* [http://www.trailerstats.com TrailerStats - an online trailer credit database]
* [http://get-trailers.com Get-Trailers.com - Download Latest Trailers]
* [http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/trailermaker An Online Interactive Trailer Maker for Students]
* [http://www.whatyousay.tv/movietrailer The World Famous Movie Trailer Maker]
* [http://www.movietrailertrash.com/views/history.html A Comprehensive History of the Form]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0795358/ Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006)]
* [http://www.ajkfoundation.org/ajkbio1.asp Biography, Trailer Producer Andrew J. Kuehn]
* [http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/beal.asp Film Score Monthly: The Art of Scoring Trailers]
* [http://www.trailersmotion.com TrailersMotion.com - Watch both new and old trailers]
* [http://www.upcoming-movies.org Upcoming Movie Trailers]
* [http://www.cinematrailers.net Cinematrailers.net: Arthouse and Commercial Movie Trailers]
* [http://www.cinema.ch Cinema.ch - Trailer & Teaser Library]
* [http://kinovorschau.org/index.php?option=com_trailers&Itemid=3&lang=en Trailer Database]
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A synagogue (from Greek: _gr. συναγωγή, transliterated "synagogē", "assembly"; _he. בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of assembly"; _yi. שול or _he. בית תפילה beit tefila, "house of prayer", shul; _la. אסנוגה, esnoga) is a Jewish house of prayer.
Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer (the main sanctuary), smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study, called the "Beit midrash" — _he. בית מדרש ("House of Study").
Synagogues are not consecrated spaces, nor is a synagogue necessary for collective worship. Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews (a minyan) assemble. A synagogue is not in the strictest sense a temple; it does not replace the true, long since destroyed, Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
Many Jews in English-speaking countries use the Yiddish term "shul" in everyday speech. Spanish and Portuguese Jews call the synagogue an "esnoga." Persian Jews and Karaite Jews use the term "Kenesa", which is derived from Aramaic, and some Arab Jews use "knis". Reform and some Conservative congregations in the United States sometimes use the word "temple."
Before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, communal prayers centered around the "korbanot" ("sacrificial offerings") brought by the "kohanim" ("priests") in the Holy Temple. The all-day Yom Kippur service, in fact, was an event in which the congregation both observed the movements of the "kohen gadol" ("the high priest") as he offered the day's sacrifices and prayed for his success.
During the Babylonian captivity the Men of the Great Assembly began the process of formalizing and standardizing Jewish services and prayers that did not depend on the functioning of the Temple in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, one of the leaders at the end of the Second Temple era, promulgated the idea of creating individual houses of worship in whatever locale Jews found themselves. This contributed to the saving of the Jewish people by maintaining a unique identity and a portable way of worship despite the destruction of the Temple, according to many historians.
Synagogues in the sense of purpose-built spaces for worship, or rooms originally constructed for some other purpose but reserved for formal, communal prayer, existed long before the destruction of Solomon's Temple. [http://www.pohick.org/sts/index.html Second Temple Synagogues ] ] The earliest archaeological evidence for the existence of very early synagogues comes from Egypt, where stone synagogue dedication inscriptions dating from the third century BCE prove that synagogues existed by that date. [http://www.pohick.org/sts/egypt.html Egypt ] ] A synagogue dating from between 75 and 50 BCE has been uncovered at a Hasmonean-era winter palace near Jericho. [ [http://www.archaeology.org/9807/newsbriefs/israel.html Israel's Oldest Synagogue ] ] [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8390/edition_id/159/format/html/displaystory.html] More than a dozen Second Temple era synagogues have been identified by archaeologists.
Throughout Jewish history, synagogues have been constructed by all types of people. They have been constructed by wealthy patrons; by ethnically-bound groups of people (such as the Sephardic synagogues established by Sephardi refugees to large cities that had already established congregationsFact|date=June 2008); and by any like-minded group of Jews. Eastern European Jewish communities were characterized by the presence of "kloizen" (literally, "gathering places") in which worshippers belonging to the same profession prayed together. Thus there was the tailors' "kloiz", the water-carriers' "kloiz", etc. One "kloiz" that still bears that name today is the Breslov synagogue in Uman, Ukraine, which accommodates thousands of worshippers at the annual Breslover Rosh Hashana kibbutz (prayer gathering). It is called the "New "Kloiz" to distinguish it from the "Old "Kloiz", which was built by Nathan of Breslov in 1834. [ [http://www.breslov.org/roshhashana.html Rosh Hashanah in Uman] ]
There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural shapes as well as interior designs of synagogues vary greatly. In fact, the influence of other local religious buildings can often be seen.
Historically, synagogues were built in the prevailing architectural style of their time and place. Thus, the synagogue in Kaifeng, China looked very like Chinese temples of that region and era, with its outer wall and open garden in which several buildings were arranged. structures.
The emancipation of Jews in European countries not only enabled Jews to enter fields of enterprise from which they were formerly barred, but gave them the right to build synagogues without needing special permissions, synagogue architecture blossomed. Large Jewish communities wished to show not only their wealth but also their newly acquired status as citizens by constructing magnificent synagogues. These were built across Europe and in the United States in all of the historicist or revival styles then in fashion. Thus there were Neoclassical, Neo-Byzantine, Romanesque Revival Moorish Revival, Gothic Revival, and Greek Revival. There are Egyptian Revival synagogues and even one Mayan Revival synagogue. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century heyday of historicist architecture, however, most historicist synagogues, even the most magnificent ones, did not attempt a pure style, or even any particular style, and are best described as eclectic.
Some synagogues used the swastika as a decorative element, usually without religious significance, before it took on sinister connotations in twentieth-century Nazi Germany.
In the post-war era, synagogue architecture abandoned historicist styles for modernism.
Most synagogues of almost every era and region, however, were modest buildings using the inexpensive vernacular architecture of their era and region. Most still are.
Chabad Lubavitch has made a practice of designing some of its Chabad Houses and centers as replicas of or homages to the architecture of 770 Eastern Parkway [http://www.shmais.com/pages.cfm?page=photo_gallery&ID=191] .
Interior elements
Orthodox synagogues
Orthodox synagogues usually contain the following features:
*An arkndash called the "Aron Kodesh"ndash ארון קודש, the Holy Ark by Ashkenazim and "heikhal"ndash היכל [temple] by Sephardimndash where the Torah scrolls are kept.
The ark in a synagogue is positioned in such a way that those who face it, face towards Jerusalem. Thus, sanctuary seating plans in the Western world generally face east, while those east of Israel face west. Sanctuaries in Israel face towards Jerusalem. Occasionally synagogues face other directions for structural reasons; in such cases, some individuals might turn to face Jerusalem when standing for prayers, but the congregation as a whole does not.
The ark is reminiscent of the Ark of the Covenant which contained the tablets with Ten Commandments. This is the holiest spot in a synagogue, equivalent to the Holy of Holies. The ark is often closed with an ornate curtain, the " _he. parochet" - _he. פרוכת, which hangs outside or inside the ark doors.
*A large, raised, reader's platform called the " _he. bimah" ( _he. בימה) by Ashkenazim and " _he. tebah" by Sephardim, where the Torah scroll is read and from where the services are conducted in Sephardi synagogues.
*A continually-lit lamp or lantern, usually electric, called the " _he. ner tamid" ( _he. נר תמיד), the "Eternal Lamp," used as a reminder of the western lamp of the menorah of the Temple in Jerusalem, which remained miraculously lit always.
*A candelabrum specifically lit during services commemorating the full Menorah.
*A pulpit facing the congregation for the use of the rabbi, and a pulpit or "amud" - _he. עמוד (Hebrew for "post" or "column") facing the Ark where the "Hazzan" stands while leading the prayer service.
* A partition ( _he. mechitzah) dividing the men's and women's seating areas, or a separate women's section located on a balcony.
A synagogue may be decorated with artwork, but in the Rabbinic and Orthodox tradition, three-dimensional sculptures and depictions of the human body are not allowed, as these are considered akin to idolatry.
Synagogue windows are sometimes curved at the top and squared at the bottom, recalling the popular depiction of the shape of the Tablets of Stone which Moses received from God at Mount Sinai. There is also a tradition to install twelve windows around the main sanctuary to recall the Twelve Tribes of Israel, underscoring the importance of unity and brotherhood as a result of the communal prayersFact|date=May 2008.
Until the 19th century all synagogue interiors were laid out with both a spiritual and a communal focus. In an Ashkenazi synagogue, all seats faced the " _he. aron kodesh" (Ark) in which the Torah scrolls were housed. In a Sephardi synagogue, seats were arranged around the perimeter of the sanctuary, but when the worshippers stood up to pray, everyone faced the Ark. The Torah was read on a reader's table located in the exact center of each sanctuary, echoing the manner in which the Children of Israel stood around Mount Sinai when they received the Torah. The leader of the prayer service, the " _he. Hazzan", stood at his own lectern or table, facing the Ark.
The United States has well over 1200 Orthodox congregations, including over 1000 affiliated with the Orthodox Union (OU), and 150 with the National Council of Young Israel, as well as many associated with Agudath Yisrael, a widespread movement often identified with Orthodox Judaism, especially Chassidim.
Reform synagogues and temples
The German Reform movement which arose in the early 1800s made many changes to the traditional look of the synagogue, keeping with its desire to simultaneously stay Jewish yet be accepted by the host culture.
The first Reform synagogue, which opened in Hamburg in 1811, introduced changes that made the synagogue look more like a church. These included: the installation of an organ to accompany the prayers (even on Shabbat, when musical instruments are proscribed by halakha Fact|date=March 2008), a choir to accompany the "Hazzan", and vestments for the synagogue rabbi to wear [http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_54_-_Reform_Movement.asp] .
In following decades, the central reader's table, the bimah, was moved to the front of the Reform sanctuary — previously unheard-ofFact|date=April 2008 in Orthodox synagogues. The rabbi now delivered his sermon from the front, much as the Christian ministers delivered their sermons in a church. The synagogue was renamed a "temple," to emphasize that the movement no longer looked forward to the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.Fact|date=April 2008
Conservative synagogues
The Conservative movement, which also developed in Europe and America in the 1800s, rejected Reform as being too liberal and Orthodoxy as being too outdated. However, like other varieties of Judaism, its synagogue design is not consistent. Some Conservative synagogues resemble Reform temples, complete with organ [http://www.bethyeshurun.org/organ.htm] . Others resemble Orthodox synagogues, but usually without a mechitza, the dividing barrier between men and women. There are approximately 750 Conservative synagogues in the United States today.
Reconstructionist synagogues
The Reconstructionist movement, which arose in America in the latter half of the 20th century, counts fewer than 100 synagogues worldwide. In keeping with a Reconstructionist Jewish spirit of liberalism, the movement's synagogues are not as traditionalist in design as are synagogues of Conservative Judaism, and do not use the mechitza. The congregation decides communally how much traditional Judaic imagery and symbols are appropriate. Reconstructionist Jews generally do not call their houses of worship "temples".
ynagogue as community center
Synagogues often take on a broader role in modern Jewish communities and may include additional facilities such as a function hall, kosher kitchen, religious school, library, day care center and a smaller chapel for daily services.
ynagogue offshoots
A related place of worship is the "{ _yi. [shtiebel] }" ( _yi. שטיבל, pl. " _yi. shtiebelekh" or " _yi. shtiebels", Yiddish for "little house") that is frequently used by and preferred by Hasidic and Haredi Jews. A " _yi. shtiebel" may sometimes be a room in the private home of a Hasidic Rebbe, or a place of business which is set aside for the express purpose of prayer. It may or may not offer the communal services of a synagogue.
Another type of communal prayer group, favored by some non-Orthodox Jews, is the "chavura" (חבורה, pl. "chavurot", חבורות), or prayer fellowship. These groups meet at a regular place and time, usually in a private home. In antiquity, the Pharisees lived near each other in "chavurot" and dined together to ensure that none of the food was unfit for consumption. [ Alan F. Segal, "Rebecca's Children: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World", Harvard University Press, 1986, 125.]
Orthodox Jews, who must collect a minyan or quorum of ten men before certain communal prayers can be recited, do not require a consecrated space and commonly assemble at pre-arranged times in offices, living rooms, or other spaces when these are more convenient than formal synagogue buildings.
World's largest synagogues
Ranked by number of seats:
* The largest synagogue in the world is probably the Belz World Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, whose main Sanctuary seats 6,000. Construction took 16 years.
* The next largest may be the Satmar synagogue in Kiryas Joel, New York state, which is said to seat "several thousand." [ [http://www.jpi.org/holocaust/hlchp7a.htm Jewish Professionals Institute (JPI) - Holocaust Thesis Chapter 7 ] ]
* The largest synagogue in Europe is the newly constructed Bratzlav Centre at the Graveside of Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav in Uman (Ukraine), which seats up to 5,000
* Other very large synagogues are Dohány Street Synagogue or Great Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary , which seats 3,000. (there were larger synagogues before World War II) and Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, a Reform house of worship located on Fifth Avenue, New York City, with an area of 3,523 m², seating 2,500.
* Other large synagogues include Kehilas Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), the Great Synagogue of Rome and the Great Synagogue in Plzeň, Czech Republic; the Orthodox synagogue in Košice, Slovakia; the Novi Sad Synagogue in Novi Sad, Serbia; the Synagogue of Szeged [1340 seats, the synagogue is 48 meters long, 35 meters wide, 48,6 meters high.] in Hungary, and the Sofia Synagogue in Sofia, Bulgaria.
World's oldest synagogues
* The oldest Samaritan synagogue dates from at 150 to 128 BCE, or earlier and is located on the island of Delos. [ [http://www.pohick.org/sts/delos.html Delos ] ]
* The oldest securely dated mainstream Jewish synagogue in the world was built between 70 and 50 BCE at a royal winter palace near Jericho. [ [http://www.pohick.org/sts/jericho.html Jericho ] ]
* The oldest synagogue fragments are stone synagogue dedication inscriptions stones found in middle and lower Egypt and dating from the third century BCE.
In Israel
* In Israel and regions of the Jewish diaspora archaeologists have uncovered many ruins of synagogues from thousands of years ago. The small ruined synagogue at Masada is one of the most well-documented; it dates from the time of the Second Temple.
* The oldest synagogue in Israel which is currently in use is probably the Ari in Safed, which dates from the 16th century. There were synagogues in the Old City that are older, but, like the Rashi Shul, they were razed by anti-Semites and the present buildings are reconstructions.
* The Ramban Synagogue, founded by Nahmanides in 1267 and rebuilt after 1967, is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. The present building is a reconstruction on foundations of the ancient building destroyed during the Jordanian occupation of Jerusalem. "See also: ."
* The oldest synagogue in Europe uncovered in an archaeological dig to date is in the ancient Roman port of Ostia. The present building, of which partial walls and pillars set upright by archaeolgists remain, dates from the fourth century CE. However, excavation revealed that it is on the site of an earlier synagogue dating from the middle of the first century CE, that is, from before the destruction of the Temple. [ [http://www.pohick.org/sts/ostia.html Ostia ] ]
* The oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing is Santa María la Blanca, built in Toledo, Spain in 1190. It was consecrated as a church upon the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in the 15th century, but no major renovations were done. While still a consecrated church, it is no longer used for worship and is open as a museum.
* The oldest active synagogue building in Europe is the Alteneushul (Old-New Synagogue) in Prague, Czech Republic, which dates from the 13th century. The Altneushul was the pulpit of the great Rabbi Yehuda Loew, (the Maharal), and his creation, the golem of Prague, is rumored to be hidden within the synagogue.
* The third century CE Dura-Europos synagogue (in today's Syria) is better preserved than other, older synagogues that have emerged from archaeological digs. It is often called the world's oldest preserved Jewish synagogue.
* In Kochi, the South Indian State of Kerala, Paradesi Synagogue is believed to be built in 1568. It is the oldest Jewish synagogue in India.
* The Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue in Recife, Brazil, was the first Jewish synagogue erected in the Americas, in 1636. Its foundations have been recently discovered, and the twentieth century buildings on the site have been altered to resemble a 17th century Spanish and Portuguese synagogue.
* The Curaçao synagogue, Congregation Mikvé Israel-Emanuel, built in 1732 is the oldest still standing synagogue building in the Western Hemisphere. [ [http://www.forward.com/articles/a-birthday-celebration-for-curacao-s-historic-sy/ A Birthday Celebration for Curacao’s Historic Synagogue - Forward.com" ] ]
Oldest synagogues in the United States
* Congregation Shearith Israel, 1655, is the oldest congregation in the United States, its present building dates from 1897.
* The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in North America that is still standing. It was built in 1759 for the Jeshuat Israel congregation, which was established in 1658.
Other famous synagogues
* The Rashi Shul, built in 1175 and razed on Kristallnacht in 1938, was painstakingly reconstructed using many of the original stones. It is still in use as a synagogue.
* The Synagogue of El Transito of Toledo, Spain, was built in 1356 by Samuel HaLevi, treasurer of King Pedro I of Castile. This is one of the best examples of mudejar architecture in Spain. The design of the synagogue recalls the Nasrid style of architecture that was employed during the same period in the decorations of the Alhambra palace in Granada as well as the Mosque of Cordoba. Since 1964, this site has hosted a Sephardi museum.
* The Hurva Synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, was Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue from the 16th century until 1948, when it was destroyed by the Arab Legion several days after the conquest of the city. After the Six-Day War, an arch was built to mark the spot where the synagogue stood. A complete reconstruction is now underway in keeping with plans drawn up by architect Nahum Meltzer.
* The Great Synagogue of Oran.
* The Barbados Nidhe Israel Synagogue ("Bridgetown Synagogue"), located in the capital city of Bridgetown, was first built in 1654. It was destroyed in the hurricane of 1831 and reconstructed in 1833 [http://www.planetware.com/bridgetown/synagogue-bar-mi-syn.htm] .
* The Amsterdam Esnoga is a Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam built on pilings. It was founded by ex-Marranos (Portuguese Crypto-Jews) in 1675.
* The Snoa in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles was built by Sephardic Portuguese Jews from Amsterdam and Recife, Brazil. It is modeled after the Esnoga in Amsterdam. Congregation Mikvé Israel built this synagogue in 1692; it was reconstructed in 1732.
* The Bialystoker Synagogue on New York's Lower East Side, is located in a landmark building dating from 1826 that was originally a Methodist Episcopal Church. The building is made of quarry stone mined locally on Pitt Street, Manhattan. It is an example of Federalist architecture. The ceilings and walls are hand-painted with zodiac frescos, and the sanctuary is illuminated by convert|40|ft|m|sing=on stained glass windows. The bimah and floor-to-ceiling ark are handcarved.
* The Great Synagogue of Florence, Tempio Maggiore, Florence, 1874-82, is an example of the magnificent, cathedral-like synagogues built in almost every major European city in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
elected images of synagogues
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*cite book |last=Levine |first=Lee |title=The Ancient Synagogue - The First Thousand Years |origyear=2000 | origmonth = February 9 | edition = 2nd. ed. |year=2005 |month=October 24 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, CT |id=ISBN 0-300-10628-9
* [http://www.dinur.org/resources/resourceCategoryDisplay.aspx?categoryid=794&rsid=478 Resources>Jewish Culture and Folklore>Synagogues and Cemeteries] The Jewish History Resource Center, Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* [http://www.musevicemaati.com/index.php?contentId=25 Chief Rabbinate of Turkey ]
* [http://www.jewishtraveladvisor.com/jewish-synagogue.php?ac=Prague Index of Prague Synagogues] List of still active Synagogues in Prague with contacts and addresses
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1212&letter=S&search=synagogue 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article on Synagogue]
* [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/SUS_TAV/SYNAGOGUE_avvaywyii_.html 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Synagogue]
* [http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/publicat/schwartz/shul/index.html Picture Gallery - Visit over 100 synagogues, past and present]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14379b.htm 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article on Synagogue]
* [http://www.chabad.org/centers/ Global Chabad-Lubavitch Centers and Institutions Directory]
* [http://www.GoDaven.com GoDaven.com - Find an Orthodox Synagogue Anywhere in the World]
* [http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=74339 Who Invented the Synagogue?] chabad.org
* [http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/prevsyns.aspx Synagogues around the World] at Beit Hatefutsot (The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora)
* [http://www.chabad.org/365929 The Synagogue Companion]
* [http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/ MavenSearch Worldwide Comprehensive Synagogue Directory]
* [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=1152 Aerial photographs: Synagogue - Budapest - Hungary]
* [http://ayunt.murcia.googlepages.com/home] Murcia Spain comunidadjudia
* [http://www.worldrabbi.com Synagogue & Rabbi Index]
* [http://www.ljc.org The Great Synagogue Challenge-Try to Locate a Synagogue]
* [http://www.slovak-jewish-heritage.org Guide to synagogues and other Jewish heritage sites in Slovakia]
* [http://www.guidepostusa.com/Listing.aspx?58538 B'Nai Israel Synagogue on GuidepostUSA]
* Joseph Tabory, [http://www.daat.co.il/daat/bibliogr/tavori-2.htm A list of articles on Synagogues (in various languages)] , in [http://www.daat.co.il/index.htm the DAAT site]
* [http://www.manhattansynagogue.com/ Eldridge Street Synagogue]
* [http://www.torahindex.com/sites/RavPealim/en/shul.htm picture of Aron Kodesh in Rav Pealim Beit Knesset]
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SYNAGOGUE — La maison de l’assemblée, beth hakenneseth , destinée à la prière avec la participation de tous les fidèles, marque une révolution dans la conception orientale du sanctuaire. Celui ci, considéré comme lieu de la présence, réservé par définition… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Synagogue — • The place of assemblage of the Jews. This article will treat of the name, origin, history, organization, liturgy and building of the synagogue Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Synagogue Synagogue … Catholic encyclopedia
synagogue — SYNAGOGUE. s. f. l Assemblée des Juifs reunis en une mesme religion, en une mesme croyance, On ne l a appellée ainsi que peu avant la venuë de Nostre Seigneur. Saint Paul, avant qu il fust converti, avoit beaucoup de zele pour l a synagogue.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Synagogue — Syn a*gogue, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring together; sy n with + ? to lead. See {Syn }, and {Agent}.] 1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
synagogue — late 12c., from O.Fr. sinagoge (11c.), from L.L. synagoga congregation of Jews, from Gk. synagoge place of assembly, synagogue, lit. meeting, assembly, from synagein to gather, assemble, from syn together + agein bring, lead (see ACT (Cf. act)).… … Etymology dictionary
synagogue — [n] church abbey, cathedral, chapel, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, mosque, parish, shrine, shul, tabernacle, temple; concepts 368,449 … New thesaurus
synagogue — Synagogue, Synagoga, Congregatio, Coetus … Thresor de la langue françoyse
synagogue — ► NOUN ▪ a building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious observance and instruction. ORIGIN Greek sunag g meeting … English terms dictionary
synagogue — [sin′ə gäg΄, sin′əgôg΄] n. [ME sinagoge < OFr < LL(Ec) synagoga < Gr(Ec) synagōgē < Gr, a bringing together, assembly < synagein, to bring together < syn , together + agein, to do: see ACT1] 1. an assembly of Jews for worship… … English World dictionary
Synagogue — Vitrail de la synagogue Sixth and I, Washington D.C. Une synagogue (du grec Συναγωγή / Sunagôgê, « assemblée » adapté de l hébreu … Wikipédia en Français
SYNAGOGUE — This article is arranged according to the following outline. origins and history until the first century first century c.e. middle ages modern period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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“‘Because you went to Walter Reed Medical Center,'” Trump said his wife Melania Trump said. “That’s where we go when we get the physicals.”
But he said he had been there for a very short time. He only visited the family of a wounded soldier, who was to be operated on. Trump said that he returned home soon, and was greeted with news that he has had severe chest pain.
“These people are sick. They’re sick and the press really in this country is dangerous,” he said. “We don’t have freedom of the press in this country. We have the opposite. We have a very corrupt media and I hope they can get their act straight now, because it’s very, very bad and very, very dangerous for our country.”
White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said Saturday that the American leader was “anticipating a very busy 2020” and decided to take advantage of his free weekend to begin part of his planned annual medical checkup. To do that, he went to the Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland. Following Trump’s visit to the medical institution, Grisham noted that the president feels energetic and has no health complaints.
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Germany's First Muslim Car Sharing Service
''We Are Protecting Marriages''
Selim Reid set up Germany's first Muslim car sharing service to spare his mother disparaging remarks and to reduce the number of extra-marital affairs. Cigdem Akyol spoke to the entrepreneur about his concept and his motivation
Mr Reid, you set up a Muslim car sharing service last December. Where did you get the idea for "Muslim-Taxi"?
Selim Reid: Many Muslim sisters and brothers were complaining that they weren't able to use conventional car sharing services on their own because the gender separation required by Islam is not maintained by such services. After hearing more and more sisters and brothers bemoan this state of affairs, I came up with the idea for "Muslim-Taxi".
So you were motivated purely by love and concern for your fellow Muslims?
Reid: I was also motivated by a very personal experience. I once organised a lift for my parents, who were travelling from Hamburg to Berlin. When people hear me speak, they can't tell that I am an immigrant. When I brought my parents to the pick-up place, I saw the ice-cold expression in the faces of the driver and the other fellow passenger. It was absolutely clear that they didn't like foreigners. During the trip, they began to talk disparagingly about foreigners in general and about my mother's headscarf in particular. Of course, my parents couldn't get out of the car in the middle of the motorway, so they were forced to listen to all of this. They assumed that my parents were not able to speak German, but they were wrong.
You are talking about discrimination and are critical of the ignorance of majority society. But by setting up a car sharing service for Muslims, are you not fostering the very segregation that has given rise to this ignorance?
Reid: We are not doing anything that Christian Church communities who support each other wouldn't do. Moreover, the car sharing organised by our service is also open to non-Muslims too. So, if anyone is looking for dialogue, they will find it with "Muslim-Taxi".
What exactly are you offering your clients that they can't get from other car sharing services?
Reid: The fact that Muslims – both male and female – are supposed to seek the segregation of the sexes means that Muslims cannot use car sharing services where they cannot chose the driver and passengers with whom they travel. This meant that it was very difficult for Muslim women in particular to use conventional car sharing services without being accompanied by another person.
A counter-reaction to the increasing harassment of women in public transport: A women's taxi company in Tehran, which has been in existence for ten years in the Iranian capital, employs women drivers
With Muslim-Taxi, these problems don't arise, alhamdulillah (thank God – ed.), because those who are looking for a suitable car on the site can see at a glance whether the person offering a lift is a man or a woman. In this way, we are protecting marriages too. I have often heard of married people who have gotten to know someone when sharing a car and later had an affair with that person, and that partnerships have broken down and families have been torn apart as a result.
So you see it as your job to protect marriages?
Reid: I am just offering a service where I have virtually ruled out the chance of people meeting someone with whom they end up having an affair. The care that I offer is also motivated by Islam: we Muslims look out for one another; we are sisters and brothers in faith and we support each other.
Care? At the end of the day, it's all about earning money, isn't it?
Reid: "Muslim-Taxi" is, alhamdulillah, the first Muslim car sharing service in Germany and in all of Europe that allows Muslims to organise lifts and share car trips. You could compare my concept with that of a furniture shop. Some specialise in kitchens; others in sofas and armchairs. I am also operating in a niche market, hopefully to make a little money out of it. Think of it like this: fans of Hamburg SV don't share cars with fans of Bayern Munich. This is not about a parallel society; it is just about people with different interests, and I am serving one of these interests.
Apart from the segregation of the sexes and nurturing marriage, is there anything else that you are trying to achieve?
Reid: The best thing about Muslims travelling with Muslims is undoubtedly the Da'wa, the mission. When two or more people have just met and start to chat and the only thing they have in common is their religion, what are they going to talk about? About Islam, of course. Apart form that, it is a way of introducing people of different faiths to Islam. I would like to help Muslims come together, stand up for each other, and to share the strengths of Islam together; to help non-Muslims become enthusiastic about our faith and perhaps even come to share it.
So you are trying to proselytize a little on the side too?
Reid: It is an invitation to Islam; it is the task of every Muslim to extend such invitations. I am convinced that Islam connects all religions and that there is only one true God.
Your idea seems a little out of date. How contemporary is it to segregate the sexes in the society in which we live?
Reid: An increasing number of people are converting to Islam; the majority of these converts are women. They willingly wear the headscarf; no one is oppressing them. The segregation of the sexes is part of our faith, and Islam is part of Germany, so the question is superfluous.
But Islam is changing. In some Arab countries, women are fighting against the strict segregation of the sexes...
Reid: Islam will not change; the principles will remain the same; women will still want to wear the headscarf in 1,000 years time. We are convinced that Islam is the true religion and that God is immaculate. The religion that he has given us as a gift is also immaculate and, consequently, it is also everlasting.
What has been the reaction to the service so far?
Reid: In the first two days, we had over 2,000 hits; our brothers and sisters are delighted. Many of them have expressed their gratitude by sending e-mails or calling us up.
Have you also been criticised for "Muslim-Taxi"?
Reid: Of course. But I was expecting that. Being criticised doesn't automatically mean that you are doing something wrong. Do you think Einstein was never criticised? As long as it doesn't go beyond the verbal, each to his own.
Interview: Cigdem Akyol
© Die Tageszeitung / Qantara.de 2013
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
SELIM REID
is 24 years of age and is a student of mechanical engineering and aviation technology in Hamburg. He came to Germany from Iraq with his parents in 1996. The Muslim car sharing service is free of charge for users; Reid finances the project via advertising.
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In mathematics, the gradient is a multi-variable generalization of the derivative. [1]
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Affine variety
In algebraic geometry, an affine variety over an algebraically closed field k is the zero-locus in the affine ''n''-space k^n of some finite family of polynomials of n variables with coefficients in k that generate a prime ideal.
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Atlas (topology)
In mathematics, particularly topology, one describes a manifold using an atlas.
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Banach space
In mathematics, more specifically in functional analysis, a Banach space (pronounced) is a complete normed vector space.
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Cartesian coordinate system
A Cartesian coordinate system is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length.
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Chain rule
In calculus, the chain rule is a formula for computing the derivative of the composition of two or more functions.
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Christoffel symbols
In mathematics and physics, the Christoffel symbols are an array of numbers describing a metric connection.
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Composition operator
In mathematics, the composition operator C_\phi with symbol \phi is a linear operator defined by the rule where f \circ\phi denotes function composition.
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Conservative vector field
In vector calculus, a conservative vector field is a vector field that is the gradient of some function, known in this context as a scalar potential.
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Curl (mathematics)
In vector calculus, the curl is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal rotation of a vector field in three-dimensional Euclidean space.
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In geometry, curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved.
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Del, or nabla, is an operator used in mathematics, in particular in vector calculus, as a vector differential operator, usually represented by the nabla symbol ∇.
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The derivative of a function of a real variable measures the sensitivity to change of the function value (output value) with respect to a change in its argument (input value).
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In calculus (a branch of mathematics), a differentiable function of one real variable is a function whose derivative exists at each point in its domain.
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Differential (mathematics)
In mathematics, differential refers to infinitesimal differences or to the derivatives of functions.
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Differential form
In the mathematical fields of differential geometry and tensor calculus, differential forms are an approach to multivariable calculus that is independent of coordinates.
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Differential operator
In mathematics, a differential operator is an operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator.
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Directional derivative
In mathematics, the directional derivative of a multivariate differentiable function along a given vector v at a given point x intuitively represents the instantaneous rate of change of the function, moving through x with a velocity specified by v. It therefore generalizes the notion of a partial derivative, in which the rate of change is taken along one of the curvilinear coordinate curves, all other coordinates being constant.
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In vector calculus, divergence is a vector operator that produces a scalar field, giving the quantity of a vector field's source at each point.
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Dot product
In mathematics, the dot product or scalar productThe term scalar product is often also used more generally to mean a symmetric bilinear form, for example for a pseudo-Euclidean space.
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Dyadics
In mathematics, specifically multilinear algebra, a dyadic or dyadic tensor is a second order tensor, written in a notation that fits in with vector algebra.
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Einstein notation
In mathematics, especially in applications of linear algebra to physics, the Einstein notation or Einstein summation convention is a notational convention that implies summation over a set of indexed terms in a formula, thus achieving notational brevity.
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Euclidean distance
In mathematics, the Euclidean distance or Euclidean metric is the "ordinary" straight-line distance between two points in Euclidean space.
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Euclidean space
In geometry, Euclidean space encompasses the two-dimensional Euclidean plane, the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry, and certain other spaces.
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Euclidean vector
In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector (sometimes called a geometric or spatial vector, or—as here—simply a vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction.
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Exterior derivative
On a differentiable manifold, the exterior derivative extends the concept of the differential of a function to differential forms of higher degree.
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Four-gradient
In differential geometry, the four-gradient (or 4-gradient) \mathbf is the four-vector analogue of the gradient \vec from Gibbs–Heaviside vector calculus.
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Fréchet derivative
In mathematics, the Fréchet derivative is a derivative defined on Banach spaces.
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Function (mathematics)
In mathematics, a function was originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity.
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Grade (slope)
The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.
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Gradient theorem
The gradient theorem, also known as the fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals, says that a line integral through a gradient field can be evaluated by evaluating the original scalar field at the endpoints of the curve.
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Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Texts in Mathematics (GTM) (ISSN 0072-5285) is a series of graduate-level textbooks in mathematics published by Springer-Verlag.
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Graph of a function
In mathematics, the graph of a function f is, formally, the set of all ordered pairs, and, in practice, the graphical representation of this set.
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In mathematics, the Hessian matrix or Hessian is a square matrix of second-order partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function, or scalar field.
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Hypersurface
In geometry, a hypersurface is a generalization of the concepts of hyperplane, plane curve, and surface.
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Inner product space
In linear algebra, an inner product space is a vector space with an additional structure called an inner product.
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An isosurface is a three-dimensional analog of an isoline.
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Jacobian matrix and determinant
In vector calculus, the Jacobian matrix is the matrix of all first-order partial derivatives of a vector-valued function.
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Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with a goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students.
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Level set
In mathematics, a level set of a real-valued function ''f'' of ''n'' real variables is a set of the form that is, a set where the function takes on a given constant value c. When the number of variables is two, a level set is generically a curve, called a level curve, contour line, or isoline.
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Levi-Civita connection
In Riemannian geometry, the Levi-Civita connection is a specific connection on the tangent bundle of a manifold.
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Line integral
In mathematics, a line integral is an integral where the function to be integrated is evaluated along a curve.
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Linear approximation
In mathematics, a linear approximation is an approximation of a general function using a linear function (more precisely, an affine function).
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Linear map
In mathematics, a linear map (also called a linear mapping, linear transformation or, in some contexts, linear function) is a mapping between two modules (including vector spaces) that preserves (in the sense defined below) the operations of addition and scalar multiplication.
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Linearity is the property of a mathematical relationship or function which means that it can be graphically represented as a straight line.
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Magnitude (mathematics)
In mathematics, magnitude is the size of a mathematical object, a property which determines whether the object is larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind.
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In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
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Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.
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Metric tensor
In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor is a type of function which takes as input a pair of tangent vectors and at a point of a surface (or higher dimensional differentiable manifold) and produces a real number scalar in a way that generalizes many of the familiar properties of the dot product of vectors in Euclidean space.
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Musical isomorphism
In mathematics, the musical isomorphism (or canonical isomorphism) is an isomorphism between the tangent bundle TM and the cotangent bundle T^* M of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold induced by its metric tensor.
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Nabla symbol
∇ The nabla symbol The nabla is a triangular symbol like an inverted Greek delta:Indeed, it is called anadelta (ανάδελτα) in Modern Greek.
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Open set
In topology, an open set is an abstract concept generalizing the idea of an open interval in the real line.
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Orthogonal coordinates
In mathematics, orthogonal coordinates are defined as a set of d coordinates q.
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Orthogonality
In mathematics, orthogonality is the generalization of the notion of perpendicularity to the linear algebra of bilinear forms.
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Parametric equation
In mathematics, a parametric equation defines a group of quantities as functions of one or more independent variables called parameters.
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Product rule
In calculus, the product rule is a formula used to find the derivatives of products of two or more functions.
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In differential geometry, a (smooth) Riemannian manifold or (smooth) Riemannian space (M,g) is a real, smooth manifold M equipped with an inner product g_p on the tangent space T_pM at each point p that varies smoothly from point to point in the sense that if X and Y are differentiable vector fields on M, then p \mapsto g_p(X(p),Y(p)) is a smooth function.
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Row and column vectors
In linear algebra, a column vector or column matrix is an m × 1 matrix, that is, a matrix consisting of a single column of m elements, Similarly, a row vector or row matrix is a 1 × m matrix, that is, a matrix consisting of a single row of m elements Throughout, boldface is used for the row and column vectors.
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In mathematics and physics, a scalar field associates a scalar value to every point in a space – possibly physical space.
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Skew gradient
In mathematics, a skew gradient of a harmonic function over a simply connected domain with two real dimensions is a vector field that is everywhere orthogonal to the gradient of the function and that has the same magnitude as the gradient.
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In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line.
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Spatial gradient
A spatial gradient is a gradient whose components are spatial derivatives, i.e., rate of change of a given scalar physical quantity with respect to the position coordinates.
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Standard basis
In mathematics, the standard basis (also called natural basis) for a Euclidean space is the set of unit vectors pointing in the direction of the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system.
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Submanifold
In mathematics, a submanifold of a manifold M is a subset S which itself has the structure of a manifold, and for which the inclusion map S → M satisfies certain properties.
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In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point.
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Tangent space
In mathematics, the tangent space of a manifold facilitates the generalization of vectors from affine spaces to general manifolds, since in the latter case one cannot simply subtract two points to obtain a vector that gives the displacement of the one point from the other.
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In mathematics, tensors are geometric objects that describe linear relations between geometric vectors, scalars, and other tensors.
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Tensor product
In mathematics, the tensor product of two vector spaces and (over the same field) is itself a vector space, together with an operation of bilinear composition, denoted by, from ordered pairs in the Cartesian product into, in a way that generalizes the outer product.
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Total derivative
In the mathematical field of differential calculus, a total derivative or full derivative of a function f of several variables, e.g., t, x, y, etc., with respect to an exogenous argument, e.g., t, is the limiting ratio of the change in the function's value to the change in the exogenous argument's value (for arbitrarily small changes), taking into account the exogenous argument's direct effect as well as indirect effects via the other arguments of the function.
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In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) are functions of an angle.
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Unit vector
In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) of length 1.
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In vector calculus and physics, a vector field is an assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of space.
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Vector-valued function
A vector-valued function, also referred to as a vector function, is a mathematical function of one or more variables whose range is a set of multidimensional vectors or infinite-dimensional vectors.
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Grad operator, Gradient (calculus), Gradient Operator, Gradient of a scalar, Gradient vector, Gradients.
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Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; "Great Charter"), is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. [1]
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Abbot of Abingdon
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Abbot of Battle
Abbot of Battle was the title given to the abbot of Battle Abbey in Sussex, England.
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Abbot of Peterborough
A list of the abbots of the abbey of Peterborough, known until the late 10th century as "Medeshamstede".
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Abbot of St Albans
This is a list of abbots of St Albans Abbey up to its Dissolution in 1539.
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Abbot of Westminster
The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.
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Abbotsbury Abbey
Abbotsbury Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter, was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England.
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Absolute monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.
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Administration of Estates Act 1925
The Administration of Estates Act 1925 is a law passed in 1925 in England and Wales that changed the historical rules of inheritance for example gavelkind and primogeniture to that of modern-day norms.
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Alan Basset
Alan Basset (died 1232 or 1233) was an English baron.
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Alan of Galloway
Alan of Galloway (born before 1199; died 1234), also known as Alan fitz Roland, was a leading thirteenth-century Scottish magnate.
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Albert Pollard
Albert Frederick Pollard (16 December 1869 – 3 August 1948) was a British historian who specialized in the Tudor period.
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Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, in southern France.
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Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland.
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The American Bar Association (ABA), founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.
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Ancient constitution of England
The ancient constitution of England was a 17th-century political theory about the common law, used at the time in particular to oppose the royal prerogative.
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Angevin kings of England
The Angevins ("from Anjou") were a royal house that ruled England in the 12th and early 13th centuries; its monarchs were Henry II, Richard I and John.
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The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
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Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)
The Archbishop of Dublin (Ard-Easpag Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the Archdiocese of Dublin.
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Archdeacon of Hereford
The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford.
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The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency.
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Arthur Hall (English politician)
Arthur Hall (1539–1605) was an English Member of Parliament, courtier and translator.
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Article One of the United States Constitution
Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.
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Barnwell chronicler
The Barnwell Chronicle is a thirteenth-century Latin chronicle named after Barnwell Priory, near Cambridge, where the manuscript was kept.
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Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary.
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Baronial Order of Magna Charta
The Baronial Order of Magna Charta ("BOMC") is a scholarly, charitable, and lineage society founded in 1898.
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Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines, was a medieval battle fought on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders.
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Battle of Lincoln (1217)
The Second Battle of Lincoln occurred at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 20 May 1217, during the First Barons' War, between the forces of the future Louis VIII of France and those of King Henry III of England.
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Battle of Sandwich (1217)
The Battle of Sandwich, also called the Battle of Dover took place on 24 August 1217 as part of the First Barons' War.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
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BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.
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Beeswax (cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis.
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Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir.
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Benedict of Sausetun
Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
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Bill of Rights 1689
The Bill of Rights, also known as the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.
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Bishop of Bath and Wells
The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.
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Bishop of Chichester
The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. On 3 May 2012 the appointment was announced of Martin Warner, Bishop of Whitby, as the next Bishop of Chichester. His enthronement took place on 25 November 2012 in Chichester Cathedral. The bishop's residence is The Palace, Chichester. Since 2015, Warner has also fulfilled the diocesan-wide role of alternative episcopal oversight, following the decision by Mark Sowerby, Bishop of Horsham, to recognise the orders of priests and bishops who are women.
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Bishop of Coventry
The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Ely
The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Exeter
The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Hereford
The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of London
The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Salisbury
The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bishop of Winchester
The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England.
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Bishop of Worcester
The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England.
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Blanche of Castile
Blanche of Castile (Blanca; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII.
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The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.
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Brian de Lisle
Brian de Lisle (died 1234) was an English soldier.
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The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the largest national library in the world by number of items catalogued.
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Bury St Edmunds is a historic market town and civil parish in the in St Edmundsbury district, in the county of Suffolk, England.
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Bury St Edmunds Abbey
The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
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Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England.
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Cardigan, Ceredigion
Cardigan (Aberteifi) is a town in the county of Ceredigionformerly Cardiganshirein Wales.
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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Castle-guard
Castle-guard was an arrangement under the feudal system, by which the duty of finding knights to guard royal castles was imposed on certain manors, knight's fees or baronies.
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Cerne Abbey
Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 in the town now called Cerne Abbas, Dorset, by Æthelmær the Stout.
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Chained library
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Charles I of England
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A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.
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Charter of Liberties
The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter, was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his accession to the throne in 1100.
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The Charter of the Forest of 1217 (Carta Foresta) is a charter that re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
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Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
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Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.
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Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and thus the head of the United States federal court system, which functions as the judicial branch of the nation's federal government.
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Chronica Majora
The Chronica Majora is an important medieval illuminated manuscript chronicle written in Latin by Matthew Paris, a Benedictine monk living in the Abbey of St Albans.
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The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex.
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Cirencester Abbey
Cirencester Abbey or St Mary's Abbey, Cirencester in Gloucestershire was founded as an Augustinian monastery in 1117 on the site of an earlier church, the oldest-known Saxon church in England, which had itself been built on the site of a Roman structure.
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The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.
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Civil liberties in the United Kingdom
Civil liberties in the United Kingdom have a long and formative history.
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Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879
The Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict c 59) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Classical Latin
Classical Latin is the modern term used to describe the form of the Latin language recognized as standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
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Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth was the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649.
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Conservation and restoration of parchment
The conservation and restoration of parchment constitutes the care and treatment of parchment materials which have cultural and historical significance.
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Constitution of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom does not have one specific constitutional document named as such.
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Cornelia Ann Parker OBE, RA (born 1956) is an English sculptor and installation artist.
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A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.
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Court (royal)
A court is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.
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Crown Proceedings Act 1947
The Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed, for the first time, civil actions against the Crown to be brought in the same way as against any other party.
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
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Darnell's Case
The Five Knights' case (1627) 3 How St Tr 1 (also Darnel's or Darnell's case) (K.B. 1627), is a case in English law, and now UK constitutional law, fought by five knights (among them Thomas Darnell) in 1627 against forced loans placed on them by King Charles I in a common law court.
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David Carpenter (historian)
David Carpenter (born 1947) is an English historian and writer, and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London where he has been working since 1988.
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David Ross (businessman)
David Peter John Ross (born 10 July 1965) is an English businessman and one of the co-founders (with Charles Dunstone and Guy Johnson) of Carphone Warehouse.
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David Mark Rubenstein (born August 11, 1949) is an American financier and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, January 2014 a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C. He also currently serves as chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution, and President of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. According to the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in America, Rubenstein has a net worth of $2.9 billion.
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The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England, sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism, and also associated with agrarian socialism and Georgism.
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Divine right of kings
The divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.
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Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.
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Dover Castle
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England.
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A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter.
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Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person.
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The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, United Kingdom, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham.
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Earl of Albemarle
Earl of Albemarle is a title created several times from Norman times onwards.
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Earl of Cardigan
Earl of Cardigan is a title in the Peerage of England, currently held by the Marquesses of Ailesbury, and used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to that Marquessate, currently David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan, son of the 8th Marquess.
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Earl of Chester
The Earldom of Chester (Welsh: Iarll Caer) was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire.
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Earl of Essex is a title in the Peerage of England which was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England.
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Earl of Gloucester
The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Hereford
The title of Earl of Hereford was created six times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Norfolk
Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Oxford
Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Edgar the Atheling and held by him from 1066 to 1068, and later offered to Aubrey III de Vere by the empress Matilda in 1141, one of four counties he could choose if Cambridgeshire was held by the king of Scotland.
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Earl of Suffolk
Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Winchester
Earl of Winchester was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England during the Middle Ages.
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Sir Edward Coke ("cook", formerly; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
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Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
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Edward II of England
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.
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Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
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Edward Jenks
Edward Jenks, FBA (1861–1939) was an English jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history.
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The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.
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English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Estates of the realm
The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the medieval period to early modern Europe.
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Eustace de Vesci
Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216) was an English lord of Alnwick Castle, and a Magna Carta surety.
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Eustace of Fauconberg
Eustace of Fauconberg was a medieval English Bishop of London from 1221 to 1228 and was also Lord High Treasurer.
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Evesham Abbey
Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 AD following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof.
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Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments.
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Exemplified copy
An exemplified copy (or exemplification) is an official attested copy or transcript of a public instrument, made under the seal and original pen-in-hand signature of a court or public functionary and in the name of the sovereign, e.g., "The People of the State of New York".
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Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).
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A facsimile (from Latin fac simile (to 'make alike')) is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible.
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Faversham is a market town and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England.
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Feudal relief
Feudal relief was a one-off "fine" or form of taxation payable to an overlord by the heir of a feudal tenant to license him to take possession of his fief, i.e. an estate-in-land, by inheritance.
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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and, among other things, protects individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in criminal cases.
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First Barons' War
The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter and supported by a French army under the future Louis VIII of France, waged war against King John of England.
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Fishing weir
A fishing weir, fish weir, fishgarth or kiddle is an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap fish.
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.
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Francis Burdett
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury manor, Wiltshire, and grandson of Sir Robert Burdett, Bart.
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Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street.
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Frederic William Maitland
Frederic William Maitland, FBA (28 May 1850 – 19 December 1906) was an English historian and lawyer who is generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.
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Fundamental Laws of England
In the 1760s William Blackstone described the Fundamental Laws of England in Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First – Chapter the First: Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals as "the absolute rights of every Englishman" and traced their basis and evolution as follows.
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Gascony (Gascogne; Gascon: Gasconha; Gaskoinia) is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution.
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Gérard d'Athée
Gérard D’Athée was a mercenary captain employed by King John of England from 1211 to 1215 to control southern Wales.
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Geoffrey de Saye (1155–1230) was an English nobleman, and a Magna Carta surety.
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Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex and 4th Earl of Gloucester (c. 1191 – 23 February 1216) was an English peer.
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George Ferrers
George Ferrers (c. 1500 – 1579) was a courtier and writer.
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George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.
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Gerrard Winstanley
Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.
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Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester
Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare (1180 – 25 October 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), from whom he inherited the Clare estates.
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Giles de Braose
Giles de Braose (or Giles de Bruse; died 1215) was Bishop of Hereford from 1200 to 1215.
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The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.
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Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn.
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Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade.
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Great Charter of Ireland
Magna Carta Hiberniae 1216 (or the Great Charter of Ireland) is an issue of the English Magna Carta (or Great Charter of Liberties) in Ireland.
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Great Seal of the Realm
The Great Seal of the Realm or Great Seal of the United Kingdom (known prior to the Treaty of Union of 1707 as the Great Seal of England; and from then until the Union of 1801 as the Great Seal of Great Britain and Ireland) is a seal that is used to symbolise the Sovereign's approval of important state documents.
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Guala Bicchieri
Guala Bicchieri (1150 – 1227) was an Italian diplomat, papal official and cardinal.
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Guildhall, London
Guildhall is a Grade I-listed building in the City of London, England.
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Habeas corpus (Medieval Latin meaning literally "that you have the body") is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.
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Harleian Library
The Harleian Library, Harley Collection, Harleian Collection and other variants (Bibliotheca Harleiana) is one of the main "closed" collections of the British Library in London (formerly the library of the British Museum).
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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, (born 2 May 1933) is a British life peer, and retired barrister and judge.
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Helmsley Castle
Helmsley Castle (also known anciently as Hamlake) is a medieval castle situated in the market town of Helmsley, within the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England.
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Henry Care
Henry Care (1646–1688) was an English political writer and journalist, or "Whig propagandist", whose speciality was anti-Catholicism.
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Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176 – 1 June 1220) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.
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Henry de Loundres
Henry de Loundres (died 1228) was an Anglo-Norman churchman who was Archbishop of Dublin, from 1213 to 1228.
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Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death.
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Henry II of England
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England and Lord of Ireland; at various times, he also partially controlled Wales, Scotland and Brittany.
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Henry III of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death.
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Henry Spelman
Sir Henry Spelman (c.1562 – October 1641) was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils.
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Henry VI of England
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453.
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Henry VII of England
Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.
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Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.
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The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079.
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Hereford Mappa Mundi
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a medieval map of the known world (mappa mundi in Latin), of a form deriving from the T and O pattern, dating from c. 1300.
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Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject.
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History of democracy
A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power.
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History of human rights
While belief in the sanctity of human life has ancient precedents in many religions of the world, the idea of modern human rights began during the era of renaissance humanism in the early modern period.
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Homage (feudal)
Homage in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture).
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Hornby Castle, Lancashire
Hornby Castle is a country house, developed from a medieval castle, standing to the east of the village of Hornby in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England.
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House of Stuart
The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a European royal house that originated in Scotland.
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Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1170 – before 5 May 1243) was Justiciar of England and Ireland and one of the most influential men in England during the reigns of King John (1199–1216) and of his infant son and successor King Henry III (1216–1272).
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Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
Hugh Bigod (– 18 February 1225) was a member of the powerful early Norman Bigod family and was for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk.
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Hugh de Neville
Hugh de Neville (died 1234) was the Chief Forester under the kings Richard I, John and Henry III of England; he was the sheriff for a number of counties.
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Hugh Foliot
Hugh Foliot (c. 1155 – 7 August 1234) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.
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Hugh of Northwold
Hugh of Northwold (died 1254) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.
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Hugh of Wells
Hugh of Wells (died 7 February 1235) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.
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Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Humphrey (IV) de Bohun (1204 – 24 September 1275) was 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex, as well as Constable of England.
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Hyde Abbey
Hyde Abbey was a medieval Benedictine monastery just outside the walls of Winchester, Hampshire, England.
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Igor Judge, Baron Judge
Igor Judge, Baron Judge (born 19 May 1941) is a former English judge who served as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the head of the judiciary, from 2008 to 2013.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies.
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Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without having made a valid will or other binding declaration.
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Investiture Controversy
The Investiture controversy or Investiture contest was a conflict between church and state in medieval Europe over the ability to appoint local church officials through investiture.
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Isle of Axholme
The Isle of Axholme is a geographical area of North Lincolnshire, England.
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J. C. Holt
Sir James Clarke ("Jim") Holt, FBA (26 April 1922 – 9 April 2014) was an English medieval historian, known particularly for his work on Magna Carta.
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J. G. A. Pocock
John Greville Agard Pocock ONZM (born 7 March 1924) is a historian of political thought from New Zealand.
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James Morice
James Morice (1539–1597) was an English politician.
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James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
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Jocelin of Wells
Jocelin of Wells (died 19 November 1242) was a medieval Bishop of Bath (and Glastonbury).
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John de Baalun
John de Baalun or Balun (died 1235), was a justice itinerant and baron.
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John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
John de Lacy (– 22 July 1240) was the 2nd Earl of Lincoln, of the fourth creation.
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John Fitzalan, 3rd Lord of Oswestry
John FitzAlan, 3rd Lord of Clun and Oswestry (1200–1240) in the Welsh Marches in the county of Shropshire.
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John FitzRobert
John FitzRobert (ca. 1190–1240) (de Clavering) is listed as one of the Surety Barons in Magna Carta (1215) where he is described as Lord of Warkworth Castle.
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John Lilburne (161429 August 1657), also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642–1650.
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John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
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John of Fountains
John of Fountains (died 6 May 1225) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.
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John of Monmouth
John of Monmouth (c. 1182 – 1248) was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord of Breton ancestry, who was lord of Monmouth between 1190 and 1248.
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John Pine
John Pine (1690–1756) was an English designer, engraver, and cartographer notable for his artistic contribution to the Augustan style and Newtonian scientific paradigm that flourished during the British Enlightenment.
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John Rastell
John Rastell (or Rastall) (c. 1475 – 1536) was an English printer, author, member of parliament, and barrister.
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John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer who serves as the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States.
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John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law.
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John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist, and politician.
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John, King of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
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Justiciar
In Medieval England and Scotland the Chief Justiciar (later known simply as the Justiciar) was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister.
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Kent County Council is a county council that governs most of the county of Kent in England.
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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.
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King's School, Bruton
King's Bruton is an independent fully co-educational secondary day and boarding school based in Bruton, Somerset, England.
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Knight's fee
In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight.
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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar or simply as Templars, were a Catholic military order recognised in 1139 by papal bull Omne Datum Optimum of the Holy See.
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Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, in north Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames, 400 yards south-east of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Houses of Parliament, on the opposite bank.
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The phrase law of the land is a legal term, equivalent to the Latin lex terrae, or legem terrae in the accusative case.
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Legion of Honor (museum)
The Legion of Honor (formerly known as The California Palace of the Legion of Honor) is a part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF).
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The Levellers was a political movement during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
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The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.
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Lincoln Castle is a major Norman castle constructed in Lincoln, England during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress.
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Lincoln Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, and sometimes St.
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Lincoln Cathedral Library
The Lincoln Cathedral Library is a library of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England.
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Lincoln, England
Lincoln is a cathedral city and the county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England.
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Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.
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Linda Colley
Linda Colley, CBE, FBA, FRSL, FRHistS (born 13 September 1949 in Chester, England) is a British historian of Britain, empire and nationalism.
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List of lord mayors of London
List of all Mayors and Lord Mayors of London (Leader of the City of London Corporation and First Citizen of the City of London – from medieval times).
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List of manuscripts in the Cotton library
This is an incomplete list of some of the manuscripts from the Cotton library that today form the Cotton collection of the British Library.
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Little Dunmow
Little Dunmow is a village situated in rural Essex, England, in the vale of the River Chelmer about east-southeast of the town of Great Dunmow.
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London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales.
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Lord High Constable of Scotland
The Lord High Constable is a hereditary, now ceremonial, office of Scotland.
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Louis IX of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis, was King of France and is a canonized Catholic and Anglican saint.
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Louis VIII the Lion (Louis VIII le Lion; 5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226) was King of France from 1223 to 1226.
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Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is a 2015 work by English installation artist Cornelia Parker.
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Magna Carta of Chester
Magna Carta of Chester, or Cheshire, was a charter of rights issued in 1215 in the style of the Magna Carta.
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Magnum Concilium
In the Kingdom of England, the Magnum Concilium, or Great Council, was an assembly convened at certain times of the year when church leaders and wealthy landowners were invited to discuss the affairs of the country with the king.
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Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
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Marquess of Hertford
The titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Massachusetts Body of Liberties
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties was the first legal code established by European colonists in New England.
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Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Master of the Rolls
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second-most senior judge in England and Wales after the Lord Chief Justice, and serves as President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and Head of Civil Justice.
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Matthew Paris
Matthew Paris, known as Matthew of Paris (Latin: Matthæus Parisiensis, "Matthew the Parisian"; c. 1200 – 1259), was a Benedictine monk, English chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.
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Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange, as the liturgical language of Chalcedonian Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church, and as a language of science, literature, law, and administration.
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Milton Abbey School
Milton Abbey school is an independent school for day and boarding pupils in the village of Milton Abbas, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, in South West England.
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Minor (law)
In law, a minor is a person under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood.
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Natalie Fryde
Natalie M. Fryde is an historian of medieval England.
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives.
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The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to the United States Constitution.
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The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX) to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
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Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.
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Norman language
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Norman yoke
The Norman yoke refers to the oppressive aspects of feudalism in England attributed to the impositions of William the Conqueror, his retainers and their descendants.
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Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.
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Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.
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Occupy London
Occupy London was a movement for social justice and real democracy in London, England, and part of the international Occupy movement.
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Offences Against the Person Act 1828
The Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4 c. 31) (also known as Lord Lansdowne's Act) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Old Sarum Cathedral
Old Sarum Cathedral was a Roman Catholic and Norman cathedral at old Salisbury, now known as Old Sarum, between 1092 and 1220.
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Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.
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Oriel College, Oxford
Oriel CollegeOxford University Calendar 2005–2006 (2005) p.323 has the corporate designation as "The Provost and Scholars of the House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford, commonly called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of famous memory, sometime King of England", p324 has people — Oxford University Press.
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Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.
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Pandulf Verraccio
Pandulf Verraccio (died 16 September 1226), whose first name may also be spelled Pandolph or Pandulph (Pandolfo in Italian), was a Roman ecclesiastical politician, papal legate to England and bishop of Norwich.
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Papal bull
A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Papal legate
A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the pope's legate. A papal legate or Apostolic legate (from the Ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the pope to foreign nations, or to some part of the Catholic Church.
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Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.
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Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Parliamentary sovereignty
Parliamentary sovereignty (also called parliamentary supremacy or legislative supremacy) is a concept in the constitutional law of some parliamentary democracies.
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Peace treaty
A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties.
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Peel's Acts
Peel's Acts (as they are commonly known) were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Peter de Maulay
Peter de Maulay or Peter de Mauley (died 1241) was a nobleman and administrator who was one of King John of England's "evil counsellors".
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Peter des Roches
Peter des Roches (died 9 June 1238) was bishop of Winchester in the reigns of King John of England and his son Henry III.
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Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front.
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Petition of Right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
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Philip d'Aubigny
Philip d'Aubigny, sometimes Phillip or Phillipe Daubeney (c.a. 1166 – c.a. 1236), a knight and royal chancellor, was one of 5 sons of Ralph d'Aubigny and Sybil Valoignes, whose ancestral home was Saint Aubin-d'Aubigné in Brittany.
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Philip II of France
Philip II, known as Philip Augustus (Philippe Auguste; 21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223, a member of the House of Capet.
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The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular uprising that began in Yorkshire in October 1536, before spreading to other parts of Northern England including Cumberland, Northumberland and north Lancashire, under the leadership of lawyer Robert Aske.
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Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.
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Political myth
A political myth is an ideological narrative that is believed by social groups.
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Pontefract (or, Pomfret) Castle is a castle in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England.
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Pope Clement V
Pope Clement V (Clemens V; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth), was Pope from 5 June 1305 to his death in 1314.
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Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III (1150 – 18 March 1227), born as Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death in 1227.
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Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III (Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni) reigned from 8 January 1198 to his death in 1216.
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The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Provisions of Oxford
The Provisions of Oxford were constitutional reforms developed in 1258 to resolve a dispute between the English barons and King Henry III.
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Public Record Office
The Public Record Office (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as the PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based at Kew.
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Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.
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A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.
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Ralph Neville
Ralph Neville (or Ralf Nevill;Clanchy From Memory to Written Record p. 90 died 1244) was a medieval clergyman and politician who served as Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England.
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Randulf of Evesham
Randulf of Evesham was a medieval Bishop of Worcester-elect and Abbot of Evesham.
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Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1170–1232), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester (in the second lineage of the title after the original family line was broken after the 2nd Earl), was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours.
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Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.
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Reginald de Braose
Reginald de Braose (died June 1228) was one of the sons of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Matilda, also known as Maud de St. Valery and Lady de la Haie.
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Remand (detention)
Remand (also known as pre-trial detention or provisional detention) is the process of detaining a person who has been arrested and charged with a criminal offense until their trial.
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Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a "solid or highly viscous substance" of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.
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Richard Cosin
Richard Cosin (died 1596) was an English jurist.
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Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan (–1217), was a powerful Norman nobleman with vast lands in England and Wales.
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Richard de Montfichet
Richard de Montfichet (or Richard de Munfichet) (died 1267) was a Magna Carta surety.
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Richard de Percy
Sir Richard de Percy (c. 1170-1244), 5th Baron Percy, was a Magnate from the North of England, and a participant in the First Barons' War.
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Richard Overton (Leveller)
Richard Overton (fl. 1640–1664) was an English pamphleteer and Leveller during the Civil War and Interregnum (England).
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Richard Poore
Richard Poore or Poor (died 15 April 1237) was a medieval English clergyman best known for his role in the establishment of modern Salisbury and its cathedral at their present location, away from the fortress at Old Sarum.
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Richard Pynson
Richard Pynson (1448 in Normandy – 1529) was one of the first printers of English books.
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Rights of Man
Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people.
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The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.
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Robert Beale (diplomat)
Robert Beale (1541 – 25 May 1601) was an English diplomat, administrator, and antiquary in the reign of Elizabeth I. As Clerk of the Privy Council, Beale wrote the official record of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, to which he was an eyewitness.
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Robert Brady (writer)
Robert Brady MD (1627–1700) was an English academic and historical writer supporting the royalist position in the reigns of Charles II of England and James II of England.
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Robert de Ros (died 1227)
Sir Robert de Ros (died about 1227) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron, soldier, and administrator, who was one of the Twenty-Five Barons appointed under clause 61 of the 1215 Magna Carta agreement to monitor its observance by King John of England.
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Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford
Robert de Vere (after c. 1165 – before 25 October 1221), hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, was son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and Agnes of Essex.
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Robert de Vieuxpont
Robert de Vieuxpont (died 1227/8) (alias Vipont, also Veteripont Latinized to de Vetere Ponte ("from the Old Bridge")) was an Anglo-Norman landowner and administrator in the north of England.
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Robert FitzwalterAlso spelled FitzWalter, fitzWalter, etc.
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Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.
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Robert Worcester
Sir Robert Milton Worcester, KBE, DL (born 21 December 1933) is the founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International Ltd.) and a member and contributor to many voluntary organisations.
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Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk
Roger Bigod (– 1221) was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and his first wife, Juliana de Vere.
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Roger de Montbegon
Roger de Montbegon (Roger de Mumbezon, Roger de Mont Begon) (died 1226) was a landowner in northern England (especially or particularly Lancashire), Baron of Hornby, and one of the Magna Carta sureties.
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Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American business magnate and former politician.
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A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.
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The Royal Mint is a government-owned mint that produces coins for the United Kingdom.
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Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, and just over west of central London.
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Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester
Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 1170 – 3 November 1219) was one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against John, King of England, and a major figure in both the kingdoms of Scotland and England in the decades around the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
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Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.
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A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for another food type.
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Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England.
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Scribal abbreviation
Scribal abbreviations or sigla (singular: siglum or sigil) are the abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in Latin, and later in Greek and Old Norse.
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Scutage
Scutage is a medieval English tax levied on holders of a knight's fee under the feudal land tenure of knight-service.
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Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made.
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Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material) forming a bond that is difficult to separate without noticeable tampering.
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Second Barons' War
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son Prince Edward, the future King Edward I. The war featured a series of massacres of Jews by Montfort's supporters including his sons Henry and Simon, in attacks aimed at seizing and destroying evidence of Baronial debts.
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Selby Abbey is an Anglican parish church in the town of Selby, North Yorkshire, England.
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A seneschal was a senior court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period, historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval great house, such as a royal household.
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Septennial Act 1716
The Septennial Act 1716 (1 Geo 1 St 2 c 38), also known as the Septennial Act 1715, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin at Sherborne in the English county of Dorset, is usually called Sherborne Abbey.
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A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.
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Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet (1598–1644) was an English antiquary and politician.
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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/1 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England,Kyle, Chris & Sgroi was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.
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Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions.
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Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
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In both moral and political philosophy, the social contract is a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment.
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Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London (a building owned by the UK government), and is a registered charity.
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Somme (river)
The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.
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The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.
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St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans.
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St Augustine's Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England.
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St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London.
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Staines-upon-Thames is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England.
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A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.
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Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872
The Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c 98) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed, as to Ireland, certain Acts of the Parliament of England which had been extended to Ireland royal writs or acts of the Parliament of Ireland down to Poynings' Law (1495).
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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Statute Law Revision Act 1863
The Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict c 125) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Statute of Marlborough (52 Hen 3) was a set of laws passed by King Henry III of England in 1267.
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Statutes of Mortmain
The Statutes of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 and 1290, by Edward I of England aimed at preserving the kingdom's revenues by preventing land from passing into the possession of the Church.
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Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of absolute monarchy).
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Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228.
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Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.
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Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land.
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Supreme Court of California
The Supreme Court of California is the court of last resort in the courts of the State of California.
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The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their sub-divisions (such as Crown dependencies, provinces, or states).
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The English Historical Review
The English Historical Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly Longman).
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The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.
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The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.
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Thomas Berthelet
Thomas Berthelet (died 1555) was a London printer, probably from France.
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Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, (1540 – 15 March 1617), known as 1st Baron Ellesmere from 1603 to 1616, was an English nobleman, judge and statesman from the Egerton family who served as Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor for twenty-one years.
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Thomas Moulton (knight)
Sir Thomas Moulton (died 1240) was an English landowner, knight, admiral and judge during the reigns of King John and King Henry III.
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Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In the old calendar, the new year began on March 25, not January 1. Paine's birth date, therefore, would have been before New Year, 1737. In the new style, his birth date advances by eleven days and his year increases by one to February 9, 1737. The O.S. link gives more detail if needed. – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary.
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Tom Denning, Baron Denning
Alfred Thompson “Tom” Denning, Baron Denning, (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge.
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), originally known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn, but later as Tony Benn, was a British politician, writer, and diarist.
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Treaty of Lambeth
The Treaty of Lambeth of 1217, also known as the Treaty of Kingston to distinguish it from the Treaty of Lambeth of 1212, was a peace treaty signed by Prince Louis of France in September 1217 ending the campaign known as the First Barons' War to uphold the claim by Louis to the throne of England.
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Triennial Acts
The Triennial Act 1641 (16 Cha. I c. 1) (also known as the Dissolution Act) was an Act passed on 15 February 1641,, Accessed 7 May 2008 by the English Long Parliament, during the reign of King Charles I. The act requires that Parliament meet for at least a fifty-day session once every three years.
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Two pounds (British coin)
The British two pound (£2) coin is a denomination of the pound sterling.
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Uncodified constitution
An uncodified constitution is a type of constitution where the fundamental rules often take the form of customs, usage, precedent and a variety of statutes and legal instruments.
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Union of South Africa
The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.
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United States Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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United States Bullion Depository
The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located within the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government.
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The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Virginia Company
The Virginia Company refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered under James I on 10 April 1606 with the goal of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.
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The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (abbreviated as "Virginia MOCA") is a contemporary art museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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W. L. Warren
Wilfred Lewis Warren (24 August 1929 – 19 July 1994) was an historian of medieval England.
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Walkern ('Walchra' in Domesday) is a village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire.
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Walter de Gray
Walter de Gray or Walter de Grey (died 1 May 1255) was an English prelate and statesman who was Archbishop of York from 1215 to 1255.
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Ward (law)
In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian.
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Warkworth Castle
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in the village of the same name in the English county of Northumberland.
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, associated with a red rose, and the House of York, whose symbol was a white rose.
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Water-meadow
A water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity.
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Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.
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Whig history
Whig history (or Whig historiography) is an approach to historiography that presents the past as an inevitable progression towards ever greater liberty and enlightenment, culminating in modern forms of liberal democracy and constitutional monarchy.
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Whigs (British political party)
The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey.
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A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died.
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William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century.
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William Brewer (justice)
William Brewer (alias Briwere, Brigwer, etc.) (died 1226) of Tor Brewer in Devon, was a prominent administrator and judge in England during the reigns of kings Richard I, his brother King John, and John's son Henry III.
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William Briwere
William Briwere (died 1244) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
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William d'Aubigny (rebel)
William d'Aubigny or D'Aubeney or d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir (died 1 May 1236) was a prominent member of the baronial rebellions against King John of England.
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William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, also called William de Albini IV, (before 1180 – 1 February 1221) was an English nobleman, a favourite of King John, and a participant in the Fifth Crusade.
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William de Beauchamp (1185)
William de Beauchamp (c.1186–1260) was a British judge and High Sheriff.
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William de Blois (bishop of Worcester)
William de Blois was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
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William de Cornhill
William de Cornhill (or William of Cornhill; died 1223) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.
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William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
William II de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 – c. 1247) was a favourite of King John of England.
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William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (died 26 March 1242) was an English nobleman.
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William de Lanvallei
William de Lanvallei III (died 1217) was an English landowner, governor of Colchester Castle, and a Magna Carta surety.
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William de Mowbray
William de Mowbray, 6th Baron of Thirsk, 4th Baron Mowbray (–) was a Norman Lord and English noble who was one of the twenty five executors of the Magna Carta.
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William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (died 27 May 1240) was the son of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel, daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey.
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William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
William fitz Geoffrey de Mandeville (died 1227) was the third Earl of Essex of the second creation from 1216 to his death.
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William Hardell
William Hardell was a Mayor of London and a Magna Carta surety.
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William Lambarde
William Lambarde (18 October 1536 – 19 August 1601) was an English antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician.
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William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c. 1176 – 7 March 1226) ("Long Sword", Latinised to de Longa Spatha) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, primarily remembered for his command of the English forces at the Battle of Damme and for remaining loyal to his half-brother, King John.
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William Malet (Magna Carta baron)
William Malet (''fl.'' born before 1175–1215), feudal baron of Curry Mallet in Somerset, was one of the guarantors of Magna Carta.
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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman.
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William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French:Guillaume) (1190 – 6 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of Magna Carta sureties.
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William of Huntingfield
William of Huntingfield (d 1219/1) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the Magna Carta sureties.
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William of Sainte-Mère-Église
William of Sainte-Mère-Église was a medieval Bishop of London.
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William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was the son of Sir William Penn, and was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania.
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William Stubbs
William Stubbs (21 June 1825 – 22 April 1901) was an English historian and Anglican bishop.
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Winchcombe Abbey
Winchcombe Abbey is a now-vanished Benedictine abbey in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, this abbey was once in the capital of Mercia, an Anglo Saxon kingdom at the time of the Heptarchy in England.
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Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
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Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon gewrit, Latin breve) is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court.
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1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England.
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1939 New York World's Fair
The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair), was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St.
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Bruce Benderson
Bruce Benderson (born August 6, 1946) is an American author, born to Jewish parents of Russian descent, who lives in New York. He attended William Nottingham High School (1964) in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University (1969). He is today a novelist, essayist, journalist and translator, widely published in France, less so in the United States.
In 2004, Benderson's lengthy erotic memoir Autobiographie érotique, about a nine-month sojourn in Romania, won the prestigious French literary prize, the Prix de Flore.[1] The book was published in the United States (Tarcher/Penguin) and the United Kingdom (Snow Books) in 2006 under the title The Romanian: Story of an Obsession.
Benderson's book-length essay, Toward the New Degeneracy (1997), looks at New York’s Times Square, where rich and poor once mixed in a lively atmosphere of drugs, sex, and commerce. Benderson argues that this kind of mingling of classes has been the source of many modern avant-garde movements, and he laments the disappearance of that particular milieu.[2] His novel User (1994) is a lyrical descent into the world of junkies and male hustlers.[3] He is also the author of James Bidgood (Taschen, 1999), about the maker of the cult film Pink Narcissus.
A book-length essay by Benderson, Sexe et Solitude, about the extinction of urban space and the rise of the Internet, was published in French in 1999. A collection of his essays, published under the title Attitudes, appeared in French in 2006. These essays, along with 'Sexe et Solitude' and 'Toward the New Degeneracy,' were printed in America in a nonfiction anthology of Benderson's writings entitled Sex and Isolation (University of Wisconsin Press, 2007), which was cited as one of the 10 best university press books of the year by the magazine Foreword. The year 2007 also saw the publication in French (Editions Payot & Rivages) of a new novel by Benderson called "Pacific Agony," a caustic satire of life in America's Pacific Northwest, as well as Benderson's personal illustrated encyclopedia of the 60s and 70s, Concentré de contreculture (Editions Scali), published in French only. The novel Pacific Agony was published in English by Semiotext(e)/MIT Press in fall 2009. In 2014, Semiotext(e))/MIT Press also published Benderson's controversial 60-page essay, Against Marriage, as part of a collection exhibited at the 2014 Whitney Museum Biennial.[4] A French edition of the book has been planned.
Benderson's shorter literary efforts have been published in Between C & D, 3:AM Magazine, American Letters and Commentary, Men on Men and Flesh and the Word.[5]
As a journalist, he has written on squatters for the New York Times Magazine,[6] boxing for the Village Voice, unusual shelters for nest, the art of translation for The Wall Street Journal, and film, books, and culture for various other publications, including "Paris Vogue," "Vogue Hommes," French "GQ," "Libération," Out, The Stranger, New York Press, BlackBook magazine, and Paper. He has translated numerous books of French origin, including Virginie Despentes' novel Baise Moi[7] (which was later adapted into a controversial film); the writers Robbe-Grillet, Pierre Guyotat, Sollers, Benoît Duteurtre, Grégoire Bouillier, Philippe Djian, Martin Page and Nelly Arcan; and, though it is quite far away from his usual subject matter, the autobiography of Céline Dion. In 2007, his translation of Tony Duvert's Le bon sexe illustré (Good Sex Illustrated) was published by Semiotext(e)/MIT Press. A second book by Duvert he has translated, entitled Diary of An Innocent, was released by the same publisher in 2009. His translation of David Foenkinos's novel, Delicacy, was released in December 2011 by Harper Perennial. In 2014, Benderson began working on the translation of a 1,000-page biography of the filmmaker Jean Renoir by Pascal Mérigeau.
Benderson is the literary executor of the deceased novelist, Ursule Molinaro. He is mentioned in Frédéric Beigbeder's most recent book, Windows on the World. In 2006, he became a publishing associate at Virgin Books USA and later worked developing projects and editing proposals for the literary agent David Vigliano. He has taught at the maverick ranch college, Deep Springs, on three separate occasions. From 2008 to 2013, he wrote a monthly column, in French, for the magazine, Têtu. For his French publisher he completed a book about the future interfacing of biology and technology and the notion of The Singularity, as developed by Ray Kurzweil. The book is called Transhumain and was published by Editions Payot & Rivages in late October 2010.[citation needed]
LGBT culture in New York City
List of self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers
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^ http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4398.htm
^ http://www.asjournal.org/50-2007/the-landscapes-of-gay-outlaw-writingiting/
^ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/213094.Bruce_Benderson
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/magazine/l-squatter-chic-023990.html
^ http://www.groveatlantic.com/?title=Baise-Moi+(Rape+Me)
Bruce Benderson's Facebook page
Interview with Bruce Benderson from 2001
Review of Benderson memoir in LA Times
Fluctuat.net interview from 2005
Interview with Bruce Benderson in Apartamento
Interview with Bruce Benderson in LitPark
Interview with Bruce Benderson on France Culture (in French)
Articles about Bruce Benderson in Le Monde (in French)
Bruce Benderson in Le Nouvel Observateur (in French)
Bruce Benderson reviewed in Liberation (in French)
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Disposable camera
Kodak Ultra disposable camera with inbuilt flash
A disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera meant to be used once. Most use fixed-focus lenses. Some are equipped with an integrated flash unit, and there are even waterproof versions for underwater photography. Internally, the cameras use a 135 film or an APS cartridge.
While some disposables contain an actual cartridge as used for loading normal, reusable cameras,[1] others just have the film wound internally on an open spool. The whole camera is handed in for processing. Some of the cameras are recycled, i.e. refilled with film and resold. The cameras are returned for "processing" in the same fashion as film cameras.
In general the one-time-use camera represents a return to the business model pioneered by Kodak for their KODAK camera, predecessor to the Brownie camera; it is particularly popular in situations where a reusable camera would be easily stolen or damaged, when one's regular camera is forgotten, or if one cannot afford a regular camera.
2 Common uses
3 Digital
4 Other uses
Fujifilm QuickSnap, 2003
A company called Photo-Pac produced a cardboard camera beginning in 1949 which shot eight exposures and which was mailed-in for processing. Cameras were expensive, and would often have been left safely at home when lovely scenes presented themselves. Frustrated with missing photo opportunities, H. M. Stiles had invented a way to enclose 35mm film in an inexpensive enclosure without the expensive precision film transport mechanism. It cost $1.29. Though incredibly similar to the familiar single-use cameras today, Photo-Pac failed to make a permanent impression on the market.[2]
In 1966, a French company called FEX introduced a disposable bakelite camera called "Photo Pack Matic", featuring 12 photos (4×4 cm).[3]
The currently familiar disposable camera was developed by Fujifilm in 1986. Their Utsurun-Desu ("It takes pictures"[4]) or QuickSnap line used 35 mm film, while Eastman Kodak's 1987 Fling was based on 110 film.[5] Kodak released a 35 mm version in 1988,[6] and in 1989 renamed the 35 mm version the FunSaver and discontinued the 110 Fling.[7]
In Japan, the Utsurun was released in 1986 for 1380 yen and became widely accepted. Because of the immediate appeal, companies like Konica, Canon and Nikon soon produced their own models. To stay competitive, Fuji introduced advanced features to its original model such as panoramic photography, waterproofing and the inclusion of a flash. Some cameras even have a manual zoom feature which works by shifting two lenses in front of the shutter.
By 2005 disposable cameras were a staple of the consumer film camera market and flash-equipped disposables were the norm.[citation needed]
Common uses[edit]
Disposable cameras are popular with tourists and people traveling around the world to save pictures of their adventures.
Since the late 1990s, disposable cameras have become increasingly popular as wedding favors. Usually they are placed on tables at wedding receptions to be used by guests to capture their unique perspective of the event. More commonly they are available in colors to match the wedding theme such as ivory, blue, white, gold, etc.[8]
So-called "accident camera kits" containing film-based disposable cameras[9][10] are increasingly being carried in vehicles to take images as evidence after an accident.[11] The absence of batteries allows instantaneous usage even after extended storage, for example in a glove compartment.
They often have cheap plastic lenses, questionable film quality, fixed focal lengths but quick and 'point and shoot' ease make the disposable camera popular with many photographers who enjoy the 'less than perfect' style these cameras provide, in a move away from digital imagery,[12] which can also be seen in the rise in popularity of 'lomography'. This has also led to a number of 'lost art' type projects where disposable cameras are left in public spaces with a message for anyone finding the camera to take some images and then post the camera back, or pass it on to another person.[13] The low cost of the cameras makes them a perfect tool for these sorts of projects.[14]
Digital[edit]
Digital one-time-use cameras (and also digital one-time-use camcorders) are available in some markets; for example the US saw the introduction of a digital camera in 2004.[15] Digital disposables have not had the success of their film based counterparts, possibly from the expense of the process (especially compared to normal digital camera use) and the poor quality of the images compared to either a typical digital camera, or a disposable film camera. Usually, the display shows the number of shots remaining, and once this is completed, the camera is returned to the store. The digital files are then extracted from the camera, and in return for keeping the camera, they are printed out or stored to CD (or DVD in the case of the Video Camera [16]) for the customer. Almost all digital 'single use' cameras have been successfully hacked[17] to eliminate the need to return them to the store. The motivations for such hacking include saving money and, more commonly, the challenge of overcoming artificial impositions (such as a 25 shot limit on an internal memory that can store 100 images).
Other uses[edit]
The high-voltage photo flash capacitors in some cameras are sometimes extracted and used to power devices such as coil guns,[18] stun guns, homemade Geiger counter projects [19] and "RFID zapper" EMP devices.[20]
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^ "Throw-Away Cameras Gain A Loyal Following in Japan". The New York Times. 1993-01-01. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ "Kodak: History of Kodak: Milestones 1980 - 1989". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ Grundberg, Andy (1988-03-20). "CAMERA; This Newcomer Is Disposable". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ "KODAK: History of KODAK Cameras: Tech Pub AA-13". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ "DISPOSABLE CAMERAS — VARIOUS-COLOURS". Archived from the original on 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
^ "Accident Camera Kit". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
^ "Collision.kit". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
^ "Federal Consumer Action Center — Auto Insurance — Insurance Tips". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
^ "Discovering beauty with disposable cameras / Korea Times". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "disposable memory project". Retrieved 2009-09-12.
^ "Lose your camera and watch it travel the world". Retrieved 2009-09-12.
^ Graham, Jefferson (2004-08-19). "A disposable digital camera enters the market at $19.99". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
^ "CVS One-Time-Use Video Camcorder Review — CVS Camcorders". Camcorderinfo.com. 2005-06-27. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ "Pure Digital / CVS Disposable Digital Camcorder". Maushammer.com. 2005-06-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ http://www.instructables.com/id/Disposable-camera-coilgun/
^ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/GeigerCounterEnthusiasts/message/17648
^ https://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/static/r/f/i/RFID-Zapper%28EN%29_77f3.html
Science Channel's The Making Series: #11 Recycling of Single-Use Cameras (video)
The Kodak Fun Collection, single use cameras page by Remy Steller
The Collection, single use cameras page by Christophe DUCHESNE
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Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women
By Vanessa V. Friedman
Updated June 17, 1994 at 04:00 AM EDT
Christina Hoff Sommers (Simon & Schuster, $23) Don’t be fooled by the title, Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women. This is not a mystery. It is, rather, a concise, clearheaded call to rationality and moderation-a breath of cool air in what has become the overheated genre of books known as ”Women’s Studies.” Christina Hoff Sommers, an associate professor of philosophy at Clark University, has systematically set about to demythologize the claims of what she calls the ”gender feminists”-i.e., those women (Naomi Wolf, Susan Faludi, Patricia Ireland, Catharine MacKinnon, and Gloria Steinem) who believe not that women should get equal treatment, but that women should get special treatment. It’s not that Sommers believes women should just shut up and sit down, it’s that she believes that by antagonizing and intimidating most men, and employing questionable studies as proof, the gender feminists are doing more harm to their cause than good. Whether or not you ultimately agree with Sommers’ conclusions, this is a very readable, well-reasoned representation of today’s moderate feminist — a voice that, despite its inherent moderate volume, deserves to be heard. A-
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Fatal Crash at Lukla
14 Jun 19 10 Comments
Exactly two months ago in Nepal, a Let L-410 Turbolet veered off the runway while taking off from Tenzing-Hillary (Lukla) Airport and crashed into two helicopters.
On the 14th of April 2019, there were three crew on board the L-410. The first officer, who appears to have been the pilot flying, was killed in the impact with the spinning rotors of the first helicopter, a Manang Air H125, which had just landed. Two police officers who were providing security to the helicopter passengers were also killed.
The captain of the L-410 and the captain of the Manang Air helicopter were both injured and taken for treatment. There were no passengers on the aircraft and the helicopter passengers, government officials, had just disembarked. This video of the impact was taken by airport CCTV (if you can’t play the videos, try clicking through to the post)
The aircraft was departing for its third flight of the day to Manthali Airport to pick up trekkers and climbers who had flown in from Kathmandu hoping to scale Mount Everest.
As the gateway to Mount Everest, Lukla Airport is the busiest short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) airports in the world. It’s also considered one of the most dangerous.
The runway (06/24) is just 527 metres long (1,730 feet) and almost 10,000 feet above sea level (2,845 metres). The airport has the parking capacity for four small aircraft. Despite this, the airport had over 10,000 flights transporting over 60,000 passengers in and out in 2016 and that number is increasing every year.
The Let L-410 Turbolet is well-suited for such an environment: the twin-engine transport aircraft can operate in extreme conditions and can take off in just 510 metres and land in 500 (1,640 feet). Aviation Herald lists 116 hull-loss accidents (where the aircraft was destroyed) with 474 fatalities, the majority of which were passenger flights. However, this is partially because of the L-410 is in common use in hostile terrain where other aircraft are not able to fly.
Based on preliminary information, the first officer was the pilot flying and may not have been qualified for flying at Lukla Airport. The Nepalese CAA has specific requirements: pilots must have completed at least 100 short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) flights with over one year of STOL experience in Nepal as well as at least ten flights into Lukla with a certified instructor.
However, the Kathmandu Post claims to have information that the first officer had only 18 months flying experience and should not have been in control of the aircraft. This has not been confirmed but officials have stated that they are investigating his qualifications and that the fact that there were no passengers on board may be persuaded the captain to allow the first officer to act as Pilot Flying.
Even if this is true, however, there’s no reason to believe the first officer was incompetent. None of this explains why the aircraft suddenly veered to the right.
The flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered but no further details have been released.
An eyewitness described the scene to the Kathmandu Post:
The plane started to roll with its nose down from the end of the runway where the airport terminal is located. After rolling for about 30 metres in full speed, the aircraft lost control and suddenly turned right before hitting the Manang Air helicopter.
The aircraft first hit Manang Air helicopter standing on the upper helipad which had its rotors spinning, and was dragged downwards before it hit the Shree Air helicopter parked at the lower helipad.
At first, I was afraid to enter the Manang Air chopper because there was smoke coming from the back of the plane. After a while, when I entered the chopper and tried to pull the helicopter captain out of his seat, he told me he could not move because of severe back pain. I asked him whether the main fuel was shut off. He told me it was.
Below is the full video from the CCTV camera, showing the helicopter landing and the passengers disembarking before the L-410 veers off the runway.
Nepalese airlines have a poor safety record and, in 2013, the ICAO added Nepali airlines to their Significant Safety Concern list. Nepal was removed from the blacklist in 2017; however in 2018 the European Commission stated that all Nepali airlines were still banned from EU airspace, as they saw no evidence of change in the country’s air safety oversight. There were three fatal accidents in 2018 and the Nepali Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
I have previously written about two fatal crashes in Nepal, both aircraft landing at Kathmandu:
The Database Error And The Turkish Airlines Airbus in 2015
The Reckless Final Approach of US Bangla Flight 211 in 2018
Everest and the climbing industry brings US$300 million to Nepal every year, through tourism and the $11,000 fee for a climbing permit. Nepal has come under fire for not limiting the number of permits it issues or overseeing the pace or timings of the expeditions. No climbing experience is required; the only prerequisite for a climbing permit is a doctor’s note confirming the applicant is physically fit (and money).
Deaths Rise on Mount Everest as Nepal Issues Additional Permits:
On May 22, a climber snapped a photo from a line with dozens of hikers in colorful winter gear that snaked into the sky.
Climbers were crammed crampon-to-crampon along a sharp-edged ridge above South Col, with a 7,000-foot (2,000-meter) drop on either side, all clipped onto a single line of rope, trudging toward the top of the world and risking death as each minute ticked by.
You can click through on this Tweet to see the photo.
#ProjectPossible update. I summited Everest at 0530 and Lhotse at 1545 despite heavy traffic. I am now at Makalu base camp. Will be going directly for summit push from base camp. I will update once Makalu is complete. Thank you for my support especially my sponsors. pic.twitter.com/mAiLTryEln
— Nimsdai (@nimsdai) May 23, 2019
Yesterday, in a moment of confusion, I posted this crash as breaking news with a link to a badly-written article. I also quoted the article that the aircraft was a Twin Otter.
To my credit, telling the difference between an L-410 and a Twin Otter isn’t all that easy, especially when it is all crumpled and you can’t see the landing gear.
Twin Otter by Timo Breidenstein vs L-410 by Stradalova
Anyway, this piece is my penance to those following on Facebook who quickly and politely pointed out my error. I’ll write a follow-up once the final report is released.
Category: Accidents and Incidents,
Yikes… I’m a plane buff from way back and I would have confused the two… That Twin Otter needs invasion stripes… :)
Rudy Jakma says:
The altitude of the airport alone would have presented a challenge. Combine this with an ultra-short runway and it becomes clear why only experienced pilots will be allowed to control an aircraft taking off or landing there, and why insufficiently experienced pilots can only fly there with an instructor.
Sadly, as it appears, the first officer was not sufficiently experienced and the captain obviously did not have the skills necessary to take control in time to prevent the crash.
Which still leaves the question: what caused the aircraft to swerve? Was there a loss of power on an engine?
Mike Scirocco says:
The poor person clipped by the landing gear.
Harrow says:
A careful examination of the amateur video shows some jerky, almost violent right displacement of the rudder just before the aircraft leaves the centerline. It looks almost as if someone accidentally stomped on the right brake pedal for a moment.
I wonder if brake applications are included on the flight data recorder.
As a non-pilot, this comment seemed weird at first until I learned that brake and rudder are combined in airplanes: you tilt the pedal for braking, and shove it to apply rudder. Proper foot position seems to be an issue between pilots, and at least one documented crash (YK42 at Yaroslavl) has been caused by this.
Another possibility is that the flight crew neglected to switch the powered nosewheel steering to takeoff mode.
You pilots know how easy it is to step on the rudder pedal while lightly tapping the brakes. The FO may even have considered this unimportant, since the rudder has no authority that early in the takeoff roll.
But with nosewheel steering still in taxi mode, the aircraft might suddenly build some yaw momentum before the FO could react. If he then spent precious seconds trying to belatedly set the nosewheel steering mode, he would just never catch up with the plane.
I hope the surviving officer was paying attention and can eventually tell us what happened.
The Let 410 has a mode selector for either MANUAL or PEDAL nosewheel steering. Manual steering is via a tiller on the left-seat control column. The rudder pedals must be “neutral” when switching to pedal mode, or the light won’t come on (and apparently the mode won’t engage). There’s also a third, self-steering mode mentioned in the “L410 Flight Manual” (which would be the nose wheel castering?).
In light of this, it seems improbable to me that the nose wheel could have been turned as much as it apparently was while being steered with the pedals. The plane simply doesn’t have a “taxi” mode controlled by the pedals.
But if there was a failure of the pedals to connect to the nose wheel, and the nose wheel was in “self-steering” mode, it may have been bumped as the plane transitioned from the “flat” bit of the runway to the sloped bit (the plane, as well as the previous plane on the CCTV footage noticable rotate downwards as the pass this point), leading the plane off the runway, and leaving the pilots with no means to control the nose wheel, and hence, no effective means of immediately steering the plane.
I was referring to this CCTV footage: https://youtu.be/nYwqfNqy9GU
The comment about the accidental application of brake certainly does make sense. I do not believe that the flight data recorder in what is after all a basic, simple and older design, will record this.
It still does not explain the abrupt application of rudder – assuming that this was what had been intended.
In the short video taken from behind, the aircraft definitely yaws left a bit before going sharply right and off the runway; the move to the right could be the PF overcorrecting — possibly with the nosewheel in PEDAL mode when it should have been castering? Or maybe PEDAL mode is correct for those conditions, but the PF didn’t realize he was driving the nosewheel as well as the rudder? Absent a working ouija board, I doubt we’ll ever find out; it happened so quickly the captain wouldn’t have had time to see and process if the PF was doing something untoward.
If I were the ICAO, I would seriously consider whether to discipline Nepal until that hump in the runway is flattened — adding that to the altitude and STOL conditions, and maybe random gusts, seems like asking for trouble on takeoff — and as for landing….
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The Eichmann trial
Frederik Jensen
Postby Frederik Jensen » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:14 am)
I think those testimonies you refer to were made with the intention of prooving the holocaust story, as for example when he talks about an "geyser of blood". Of course these stories are incoherent just like the holocaust story itself. Do you think Eichmann would have said such things? No, the trial was a set-up.
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Postby Haldan » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:26 am)
Of course Eichmann could have said those things - just look at what Rudolf Höß said. Perhaps it wasn't Höß who said those things, maybe it was a stand-in too?
I'll drop out of this thread until someone comes up with something more concrete for these weird theories.
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Of course Eichmann would have said that he had killed millions of people? With torture, and there isn't the least sign of it.
_Mads_
Postby _Mads_ » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:51 am)
jnovitz wrote: Frederik
You could always try search Yad Vashem for Richard Klement
You might be on to something here, considering the circumstance that this could very well have been the actual real name of the person "caught" in Buenos Aires.
Haldan,
Why do you consider it appropriate to sound like a "holocaust" believer talking to a denier?
This case bears no resemblance to the Höss case.
There is plenty of "concrete" evidence in everything I and others have posted. You yourself, on the other hand, imagine that a person who is fluent in Hebrew and Yiddish, but cannot speak correct German, is Adolf Eichmann.
That´s just one aspect of the issue, of course. Contrary to other aspects it has been mentioned in the thread itself and so I assume that you have noticed.
Postby Haldan » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:16 am)
Frederik Jensen wrote: Of course Eichmann would have said that he had killed millions of people? With torture, and there isn't the least sign of it.
Ever seen Rudolf Höß at Nuremberg giving his testimony? No signs of torture at all. Seems calm, but speaks in a robotic-monotonic type of way - but does not seem the least bit distressed from my understanding.
Just because someone doesn't look like they have been tortured it doesn't mean they weren't tortured. Now, I am not saying that Eichmann was tortured, but given the conditions and laws of Israel it would not strike as something amazing if Eichmann infact was in one way or another, tortured.
Postby Frederik Jensen » 1 decade 2 years ago (Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:23 am)
Speaking in a "robotic-monotonic kind of way" as well as saying openly that one has been tortured are some very strong signs of having been tortured.
Now, (pseudo) Eichmann does, in fact, not only openly cooperate with the Israelis in court, he seems balanced emotionally and only becomes distressed as the prosecutor becomes angry because (pseudo) Eichmann can't remeber the names of the cities. I just saw a picture from the trial in a book, where he actually smiles, and that in a very telling way!
Another thing is his problems with speaking German (it would fit with this Czech or German Jew from Praque, Richard Klement).
Postby _Mads_ » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:49 am)
I would like to say a few things about this discussion.
First of all, I´m sorry to see that it has not really taken place in a mutually respectful atmosphere, as it should have. Let´s not dwell on who´s to blame – it does not matter.
I hope that we will see a debate be carried out on the basis of a friendly, co-operative spirit, a debate in which the truth is found only by means of logical reasoning.
Let me note once again that the picture issue is not essential to the discussion. Even if it could be proved that the person on the photo in video 2 at 00:08 is the same as the person in the glass case, it still wouldn´t change anything in regard to what is the truth about the entire trial. It also should be said, however, that nothing has been posted to support the opinion that it is the same person.
Nobody needs to get upset about this topic. If I am wrong, then, well, then that will be it. But if the person in the glass case actually is an actor, an agent, and is not Adolf Eichmann, then this wouldn´t just be "another step forward for revisionism": it would probably mean the end of the "holocaust", given the general state of things today. That is the possibility we are looking at here, and isn´t that what we all want?
Claudia, jnovitz and Frederik: thank you for the positive contributions.
- This is a video showing Rudolf Höss at the Nuremberg trial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGpXg7qSQko
What we see here is something very different. Höss is sitting motionlessly on the chair, his stony face expressing shock and disbelief, as far as I can see. The general atmosphere seems hostile.
Postby Frederik Jensen » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:41 am)
Mads,
I don't think it would be the end of "holocaust", but it probably could go a long way in creating an understanding for all those hoaxes which the Jews have later made, those small games and actors, and that, of course, could be the beginning of something very important, given that such an understanding could have a strong impact on public debate. Then, we would have other things to think about, because given the probable state of mind of some of the Jews, the whole thing might just explode, and that's why what you write about the friendly and cooperative spirit is so important if revisionism wants to get anywhere. Then, perhaps, we can build up a new world. Thank you for the videolink.
jnovitz
Postby jnovitz » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:31 pm)
Now, (pseudo) Eichmann does, in fact, not only openly cooperate with the Israelis in court, he seems balanced emotionally and only becomes distressed as the prosecutor becomes angry because (pseudo) Eichmann can't remeber the names of the cities.
I agree. If this is the result of torture induced brain-washing it is the kind of brain-washing of the type depicted in the Manchurian Candidate, a fictional Hollywood film, rather than a pain induced obediance.
I have no idea if Richard Klement of Winterburg Sudatenland, Czech is the man who stood up in Jerusalem or not. It would explain why he spoke German with a strong accent and Hebrew fluently.
Here is a photo of the claimed recently discovered passport of Eichmann
http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/74357012.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193FDE3AF4FFC4B70CF92A776F7729EDEB6
It seems curious that there is no stamp over the photo onto the document which was the simplistic means to prevent identity document fraud back then. As it appears anyone could simply lift the photo off and staple a new one on.
Postby Moderator » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:42 pm)
jnovitz,
Your above image link does not work.
FYI use: [img]imageurlhere[/img]
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Only lies need to be shielded from debate, truth welcomes it.
Its a clickable link, the file address that the site uses does not support hotlinking (at least not on other sites). However clicking the link works - on my computer.
Incidently people who are interested in the Eichmann and his family could always contact his son in Berlin.
Prof. Dr. phil. Ricardo Eichmann
Orient- Abteilung
Vorderasiatische Archäologie
Telefax: 01888-7711-189
Postby _Mads_ » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:58 pm)
Your link does not work for me, either.
Regarding the German language, I will maintain that he does not speak correct German, rather than merely speaking with a strong accent. As I have written, I don´t see native speakers making the mistakes he makes. Impossible, in my opinion.
As to Ricardo Eichmann, there are two possibilities:
1. This is actually the son of Adolf Eichmann. In that case, the man in the glass case would have been Adolf Eichmann. If the family in Buenos Aires were the actual Eichmann family, they would have noticed it if the accused in the television aired trial were somebody else than the husband and father, and they would have spoken out.
2. This is not the son of Adolf Eichmann. Would that be impossible? No. First, a zionist agent wouldn´t mind a "mission" like this one, because it wouldn´t matter to him anyway what he was percieved as in the "goy" communities. Secondly, he would not be the first to live an entire life using a fake or assumed name in the "goy" communities: they often seem to have other names, real names, which they use when they are among their own people.
Which is it? Only further investigation can tell.
Of course, I wouldn´t have to hide what I believe. Ricardo Eichmann according to his own words has no emotional ties to his alleged father; one source says that he often refers to him as "the man of my mother". In 1995, he "spoke out":
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/mo ... story.html
"Jewish News Weekly":
BONN -- The son of Adolf Eichmann has gone public, saying he harbors no resentment toward Israel for executing his father and would like to visit the Jewish state.
Ricardo Eichmann, 40, said he is glad he does not have to confront his father. But 33 years after the execution, he still carries the burden of his father's actions.
"I tend to compare our family history to that of a multi-stage rocket. My father was the part that was dropped to the sea shortly after takeoff, while we continue flying," Eichmann said. "I am glad I do not have to live with him.
"There is no way that I can explain what happened [during the Holocaust]. I just cannot understand it."
In an interview published in the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, Eichmann said he was glad that he would never have to confront his father.
"I am glad that the trial and sentence took place then, and that as a grown up, thinking man I don't have any contact with him," Eichmann said.
Asked whether he thought Nazism could return to Germany, Eichmann said: "I don't believe so. I promise you one thing, though: If the Nazis came to power in Germany, I would pack a small suitcase for each of my children, and get out of here."
The problem about all this is that the crimes his alleged father was allegedly convicted and executed for never happened. Even if he had never talked about it to the children, his wife would have known. Why didn´t she tell them that their father was innocent?
On the other hand, if you want people to believe in the "holocaust", what could be better than letting a phoney Adolf Eichmann as well as a phoney son support the story with their own words?
Don´t forget that Germany has since 1945 been an occupied country. Zionists control the United States and most other (or all) countries in Europe, too, but it is a very different kind of control, resting to a large degree on the co-operation (and naivety) of the non-Jewish host peoples. In Germany they acquired power by means of military conquest, i.e. open violence, and that means that after 1945 more or less every possibility has been open to them. There is no reason why they could not, or would not, have done this.
By the way, concerning the pictures you originally posted, what I objected to regarding the picture below, which I had already seen, was that it seemed different, in my opinion, to what I referred to as photo 1 and 2, as well as the photo in video 2. Maybe it is different to the man in the glass case, too. In any case, there has been too much talk about pictures in this discussion, so we wouldn´t have to continue that now.
Postby Frederik Jensen » 1 decade 2 years ago (Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:06 am)
Well, the investigation shouldn't be about if or not some Jew under the name of Ricardo Eichmann is walking around in Berlin claiming to be the son of Eichmann and bad-mouthing him, because that would be difficult to prove with certainty. However, with the evidence brought forward about the trial, it would probably have to be that way (that is, Ricardo Eichmann is the son of Richard Klement or some other Jew).
The claimed recently discovered passport apparently is lacking some kind of stamp and appears to be nothing more than all those other recently discovered items: recently discovered forgeries.
Postby jnovitz » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:52 am)
For those unable to access the image of the passport I have uploaded it to a hosting site.
Edit to add an additional photo to address the post below by Hannover. Getty mark not so distracting in this version.
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Postby Hannover » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:58 am)
If that is supposed to be Eichmann under a different name, and in spite of the 'Getty' marking, it certainly doesn't look like this:
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Interview with Matthias Ziegler
Mark Xiao · Sep 14, 2018 ·
Matthias Ziegler is a Professor of Flute at the Zurich University of the Arts and is one of the world’s most versatile and innovative flutists. He is committed both to the traditional literature for flute as well as to contemporary music and concepts that cross the boundaries between classical music and jazz. Matthias also composes his own works that make full use of his unique arsenal of instruments. His two most popular recordings on YouTube, Maschad and Recercada Primera are only small tasters but great examples of what he is capable of.
I had the privilege of studying with Matthias for four years, completing two Master’s degrees in the process. Matthias was, and continues to be an enormous inspiration, both as a musician and as a human being. We are extremely excited to welcome him to the Australian Flute Festival in 2019 and to help you get to know him a little more, we would like to share with you this interview.
Mark Xiao: When did you start playing the flute and what made you choose it?
Matthias Ziegler: I started at age 4 with the recorder and at age 9 with the flute. At age 7, I heard a concert of flute and organ and my grandparents (who had taken me to this concert), told me afterwards that I stood up with the first note of the flute and would not sit down until after the concert. Obviously, I was most fascinated by the flute and I still am after all these years.
MX: What do you love most about the flute?
MZ: The flute is the closest instrument to the voice and has, unlike other instruments, no physical elements like hammers, strings, reeds etc. between the breath and the sound. Therefore, the player is very much connected to the sound. It is a light instrument which unfortunately in my career was constantly getting heavier with all the bass and contrabass flutes.
MX: What flute do you play on and what made you choose it above other brands and models?
MZ: I am playing a Louis Lot, number 2030 and change between the original headjoint and one made by Miguel Arista. Both heads allow a light, but highly saturated sound and a rich middle register. For contemporary music, in particular for my low flutes, I collaborate with Eva Kingma. The Kingma System Flute and her newly designed Alto flute, in collaboration with Bickford Brannen himself, are all wonderful creative tools.
MX: As someone who has had a number of different flutes, what made you choose a new one each time? Was it always an improvement or did you just want something a little different?
MZ: I had different flutes while I was still studying, and it was a Jack Moore flute that helped me to define my sound. Once I had a clear picture of how I wanted to sound it was a small step towards a Louis Lot. Once you have a clear idea of a sound, you are able to reproduce it on different flutes. Of course, the scale of a flute has to be good. I always needed a lot of time to judge different flutes. I can’t just pick up an instrument and give an immediate feedback on it.
MX: How much do you think the player impacts the result and how much difference does the instrument make?
MZ: Most of it is the player if we compare the same class of instruments (silver, handmade etc.). The instrument can help to enhance the player’s ideas.
MX: Have you had formal training on the flute through a conservatorium or university?
MZ: Yes, it was through the Zurich University of Arts which at that time was still called the Zurich Conservatory.
MX: How important do you think that is for a career in performance and/or teaching?
MZ: Studying at a Conservatory or University gives you a lot of structure. A lot of this work is pure training where it is the amount of hours you spend with your instrument.
However, this is not enough. In classical music, it is important to know the whole history of your instrument and its music. You first discover the world of music through your instrument. When your studies at the university include analysis, history of music, ear training, piano playing and chamber music, you get the tools to understand what you discovered. Sometimes it is hard to develop your own voice. I have been lucky with my teachers. They were very generous and open minded and let me develop my own view on the music without disconnecting from the music itself. In a society which doesn’t have a common sense anymore about “qualities” of music, you have to come up with your own criteria of what you consider to be important qualities in a performance. There are musicians who develop their own voice without having ever seen a conservatory from inside. I am always fascinated by individual musical characters.
The other important point of going to a University is the network you build with your fellow students. All my first projects of my freelance career started with ensemble playing at the university. Your time at university is the best ground for networking, communicating in different languages and becoming active in developing projects. The time during your studies should act as a creative motor for all your life.
MX: How important is teaching of others for you as a process?
MZ: When you first start teaching, you refer to how you have been taught. Having had several teachers, I learned different styles of flute playing. Even today I know exactly where my ideas in teaching come from. There are also things I developed myself but even then, I know which idea they refer to. André Jaunet was only interested in musical structures and not in flute technique and he was a counterpart to Geoffrey Gilbert who strictly taught you how to play the flute. William Bennett opened a huge window of imagination and creativity in music, like a wake-up call to let your imagination lead you. Very interesting was my first teacher Conrad Klemm who was also trained as a teacher of Alexander Technique as well as having been former principal flute of Santa Cecilia Rome. He would just interfere when an interpretation was not convincing. He would never force a student to play with a distinct musical expression. But he wanted to be convinced by what the student played.
There is another aspect of teaching. You have to be able to analyse what you hear from your students. It might not be something that has been a problem in your own playing but by looking at it through the eyes of a coach it becomes your problem for that moment until you manage to solve it. This situation can affect your own playing if you are not aware of it and if you don’t manage to switch gear from performing into teaching mode.
MX: Did you have any musical or even non-musical heroes that you looked up to?
MZ: The way I was brought up was in a world without heroes. You could look up to people you admired but the reference point was always human life and creativity.
MX: As a composer as well, do you feel composing has affected the way you play the flute?
MZ: I am hesitating to call myself a composer. I am rather a collector and hunter. But putting your ideas on paper makes you look at composed music with a deeper understanding. It is the process from an idea to a piece of artwork which is fascinating.
MX: Do you have some favourite pieces of music?
MZ: There are some pieces of music which became landmarks in my memory:
Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps
Schubert: Tod und das Mädchen
Dvorak: American Quartet
Luigi Nono. Prometeo
B.A, Zimmermann: Die Soldaten
Jethro Tull: Aqualong and Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd: Atom Hard Mother
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, In a silent way
MX: Do you think of yourself separate from the flute or do you think being a musician defines who you are?
MZ: I am not defining myself through the fact of being a musician. But I can’t separate being a musician from my personality. For further information, please contact my wife…
MX: What has been the highest point of your career?
MZ: There have been several high points in my career. However, I never thought of a highest point. Looking back at many years of flute playing, the high points become episodes in a longer story and therefore lose some of their unique singularity. A career is not what you plan, it is what you leave behind, and it finishes the day you leave this planet.
MX: What advice do you have for someone wanting to pursue a career in music performance?
MZ: Don’t plan a career, be open for unexpected changes. Following a planned career step by step is the most uncreative path you can go. I am not saying that you shouldn’t have goals but don’t pre-determine the whole path.
Practising an instrument is the perfect metaphor for the career. You set goals and you constantly compare with your personal limits. It is a continuous working process in developing your personality to get to know yourself better and better.
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Effective Date for Implementation of Interim Regulation Amending the Infant Meal Patterns for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program
On November 15, 1999, we published the subject interim regulation, and established the effective date as December 15, 1999, because (1) the customary effective date for regulations is 30 days after publication and (2) given the health and reimbursement implications, we wished to implement the regulation as soon as possible.
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Modification of the "Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for Child Care Programs Extension of Public Comment Period
Modification of the "Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for Child Care Programs Extension of Public Comment Period.
Proposed Rule: Modification of the "Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for the NSLP, SBP, SFSP and CCFP
The proposed rule entitled Modification of the ‘‘Vegetable Protein Products’’ Requirements for the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program was published in the Federal Register (64 FR 38839– 38844) on July 20, 1999.
Automatic Eligibility of State-Funded Pre-Kindergarten Participants for Free Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the School Breakfast Program (SBP)
In response to inquiries from three regional offices, we are issuing the attached guidance with regard to the eligibility for free meals of children participating in State-funded pre-kindergarten programs.
Proposed Rule: Modification of the "Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for the NSLP, SBP, SFSP and CACFP
The Food and Nutrition Service is proposing to update the requirements on using ‘‘Vegetable Protein Products’’ in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (the Child Nutrition Programs) given changes in food technology since the current provisions were adopted.
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Verulamium was one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. It was established on the location of a late Iron Age settlement and a major centre of the Catuvellauni tribe. Its ruins now stand in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, 33 km north west of London. The excavations have uncovered parts of the city walls, a hypocaust under a mosaic floor, but the most spectacular find was the Roman theatre. Since much of the modern city has been built upon the ancient town, a large portion of Verulamium remains unexcavated.
Coordinates: 51° 45′ 0″ N, 0° 21′ 14.04″ W
Verulamium was founded on the ancient Celtic site of Verlamion (meaning ‘settlement above the marsh’), a late Iron Age settlement and major center of the Catuvellauni tribe. After the Roman invasion of AD 43, the city was renamed Verulamium and became one of the largest and most prosperous towns in the province of Britannia. In around AD 50, Verulamium was granted the rank of municipium, meaning that its citizens had “Latin Rights”. It grew to a significant town, and as such, was a prime target during the revolt of Boudicca in AD 61. Verulamium was sacked and burnt to the ground on her orders, but the Romans crushed the rebellion and the town recovered quickly. In its heyday, Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain.
By AD 140, the town had doubled in size, covering 100 acres, and featured a forum with a basilica, public baths, temples, many prosperous private townhouses and a theatre. Despite two fires, one in AD 155 and the other around AD 250, Verulamium continued to grow and remained a central Roman town for the next four hundred years until the end of the Roman occupation.
Today the site of Verulamium sits in a beautiful public park. Archaeological excavations were undertaken in the park during the 1930s during which the 1800-year-old hypocaust and its covering mosaic floor were discovered. Further large-scale excavations uncovered the theatre, a corner of the basilica nearby and some of the best-preserved wall paintings of Roman Britain. On the outskirts of the park is the Verulamium Museum which contains hundreds of archaeological objects relating to everyday Roman life.
The Roman Theatre, built in about 140 AD, is unique. Although several towns in Britain are known to have had theatres, this is the only one visible today.
The theatre could accommodate several thousands spectators on simple wooden benches and had an almost circular orchestra in front of the stage where town magistrates and local dignitaries were seated. By AD 160-180, the theatre was radically altered with the stage enlarged.
The theatre was built close to the site of an earlier water shrine and was linked to two temples dedicated to Romano-British gods: one stood immediately behind the theatre and the other on the opposite side of the river a short distance outside the town. Today the remains of these temples lie buried.
The theatre was lined with shops with storage spaces behind the main shop area and even sleeping quarters. When the shops were excavated in the 1950’s, broken crucibles and waste metal showed that most of the shops had been occupied by blacksmiths and bronze workers.
Around AD 170, a large townhouse was built behind the shops part of which can still be seen. The house had a hypocaust and an underground shrine.
The Hypocaust and Mosaic. During the 1930s excavations, archaeologists uncovered a 1800 year old underfloor heating system, or hypocaust, which ran under an intricate mosaic floor. This floor is thought to have been part of the reception rooms of a large town house built around AD 180.
The mosaic is of great size and contains around 200,000 tesserae. The floor is composed of a central section with 16 square panels, each containing a circular roundel with a geometric design. The borders are bands of single and double interlaces and strips of wide and thin dark and light material.
The city walls were constructed around AD 270 and were over 3m thick at foundation level and over 2m high.
The walls were built as a complete circuit round Verulamium with a total length of 3.4 km (2.25 miles) and enclosing an area of 82 ha (203 acres).
The city walls of Verulamium.
The surviving foundations of the London Gate. Large gateways controlled the four main entrances to the town of Verulamium. The best preserved is the London Gate on the south side of the town.
Reconstruction drawing of the London Gate.
The Verulamium Museum
The Verulamium Museum in St Albans. Located in Verulamium park, the Verulamium Museum was established following the 1930s excavations carried out by Mortimer Wheeler and his wife Tessa Wheeler.
The Mosaic Room.
The Oceanus Mosaic, AD 160-190. The figure could be the god Oceanus – or it might be Cerunnos the god of the woods.
The Shell Mosaic, dated to c. AD 15.
The Dahlia Mosaic with flower motif, AD 175-200.
The reconstructed painted plaster walls dating to about AD 180.
Wall painting with imitation columns and panelling, ca. AD.
Verulamium Museum.
The reconstructed dedicatory inscription from the Basilica inscription, dated to AD 79 or 81. The inscription is notable because it mentions Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the Roman governor of Britain from AD 77-84, who is otherwise known from a biography written by his son-in-law Tacitus.
The Lion and Stag Mosaic.
Links & references:
Verulamium Museum
VERULAMIUM – The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
March 7, 2019 by followinghadrian Categories: BritainTags: Britain, Britannia, Roman Britain, St Albans 2 Comments
2 thoughts on “Verulamium”
ritaroberts says:
Hi Carole, Thank you so much for these stunning photo’s of Verulamium. I love the Roman pottery displayed in the museum. Its a fabulous archaeological site.
James Lillie says:
First Roman City I visited with my school in the 1950’s. as I did not live far away, got me into Roman history which I have been an avid follower of ever since then having visited many Roman sites. Great photos and article. Lots more to learn there need more excavation there are still areas there that have not been touched and are not under the modern town. Lots of building materials from the Roman city incorporated in the St Albans Cathedral which can be clearly seen.
Next archaeological trip
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Fairytalez.com » Joseph Jacobs » Tom Tit Tot
Tom Tit Tot
Joseph Jacobs March 15, 2015
Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies. And when they came out of the oven, they were that overbaked the crusts were too hard to eat. So she says to her daughter:
“Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave ’em there a little, and they’ll come again.”—She meant, you know, the crust would get soft.
But the girl, she says to herself: “Well, if they’ll come again, I’ll eat ’em now.” And she set to work and ate ’em all, first and last.
Well, come supper-time the woman said: “Go you, and get one o’ them there pies. I dare say they’ve come again now.”
The girl went and she looked, and there was nothing but the dishes. So back she came and says she: “Noo, they ain’t come again.”
“Not one of ’em?” says the mother.
“Not one of ’em,” says she.
“Well, come again, or not come again,” said the woman “I’ll have one for supper.”
“But you can’t, if they ain’t come,” said the girl.
“But I can,” says she. “Go you, and bring the best of ’em.”
“Best or worst,” says the girl, “I’ve ate ’em all, and you can’t have one till that’s come again.”
Well, the woman she was done, and she took her spinning to the door to spin, and as she span she sang:
“My darter ha’ ate five, five pies to-day.
The king was coming down the street, and he heard her sing, but what she sang he couldn’t hear, so he stopped and said:
“What was that you were singing, my good woman?”
The woman was ashamed to let him hear what her daughter had been doing, so she sang, instead of that:
“My darter ha’ spun five, five skeins to-day.
“Stars o’ mine!” said the king, “I never heard tell of any one that could do that.”
Then he said: “Look you here, I want a wife, and I’ll marry your daughter. But look you here,” says he, “eleven months out of the year she shall have all she likes to eat, and all the gowns she likes to get, and all the company she likes to keep; but the last month of the year she’ll have to spin five skeins every day, and if she don’t I shall kill her.”
“All right,” says the woman; for she thought what a grand marriage that was. And as for the five skeins, when the time came, there’d be plenty of ways of getting out of it, and likeliest, he’d have forgotten all about it.
Well, so they were married. And for eleven months the girl had all she liked to eat, and all the gowns she liked to get, and all the company she liked to keep.
But when the time was getting over, she began to think about the skeins and to wonder if he had ’em in mind. But not one word did he say about ’em, and she thought he’d wholly forgotten ’em.
However, the last day of the last month he takes her to a room she’d never set eyes on before. There was nothing in it but a spinning-wheel and a stool. And says he: “Now, my dear, here you’ll be shut in to- morrow with some victuals and some flax, and if you haven’t spun five skeins by the night, your head’ll go off.”
And away he went about his business.
Well, she was that frightened, she’d always been such a gatless girl, that she didn’t so much as know how to spin, and what was she to do to-morrow with no one to come nigh her to help her? She sat down on a stool in the kitchen, and law! how she did cry!
However, all of a sudden she heard a sort of a knocking low down on the door. She upped and oped it, and what should she see but a small little black thing with a long tail. That looked up at her right curious, and that said:
“What are you a-crying for?”
“What’s that to you?” says she.
“Never you mind,” that said, “but tell me what you’re a-crying for.”
“That won’t do me no good if I do,” says she.
“You don’t know that,” that said, and twirled that’s tail round.
“Well,” says she, “that won’t do no harm, if that don’t do no good,” and she upped and told about the pies, and the skeins, and everything.
“This is what I’ll do,” says the little black thing, “I’ll come to your window every morning and take the flax and bring it spun at night.”
“What’s your pay?” says she.
That looked out of the corner of that’s eyes, and that said: “I’ll give you three guesses every night to guess my name, and if you haven’t guessed it before the month’s up you shall be mine.”
Well, she thought she’d be sure to guess that’s name before the month was up. “All right,” says she, “I agree.”
“All right,” that says, and law! how that twirled that’s tail.
Well, the next day, her husband took her into the room, and there was the flax and the day’s food.
“Now there’s the flax,” says he, “and if that ain’t spun up this night, off goes your head.” And then he went out and locked the door.
He’d hardly gone, when there was a knocking against the window.
She upped and she oped it, and there sure enough was the little old thing sitting on the ledge.
“Where’s the flax?” says he.
“Here it be,” says she. And she gave it to him.
Well, come the evening a knocking came again to the window. She upped and she oped it, and there was the little old thing with five skeins of flax on his arm.
“Here it be,” says he, and he gave it to her.
“Now, what’s my name?” says he.
“What, is that Bill?” says she.
“Noo, that ain’t,” says he, and he twirled his tail.
“Is that Ned?” says she.
“Well, is that Mark?” says she.
“Noo, that ain’t,” says he, and he twirled his tail harder, and away he flew.
Well, when her husband came in, there were the five skeins ready for him. “I see I shan’t have to kill you to-night, my dear,” says he; “you’ll have your food and your flax in the morning,” says he, and away he goes.
Well, every day the flax and the food were brought, and every day that there little black impet used to come mornings and evenings. And all the day the girl sat trying to think of names to say to it when it came at night. But she never hit on the right one. And as it got towards the end of the month, the impet began to look so maliceful, and that twirled that’s tail faster and faster each time she gave a guess.
At last it came to the last day but one. The impet came at night along with the five skeins, and that said,
“What, ain’t you got my name yet?”
“Is that Nicodemus?” says she.
“Noo, t’ain’t,” that says.
“Is that Sammle?” says she.
“A-well, is that Methusalem?” says she.
“Noo, t’ain’t that neither,” that says.
Then that looks at her with that’s eyes like a coal o’ fire, and that says: “Woman, there’s only to-morrow night, and then you’ll be mine!” And away it flew.
Well, she felt that horrid. However, she heard the king coming along the passage. In he came, and when he sees the five skeins, he says, says he,
“Well, my dear,” says he, “I don’t see but what you’ll have your skeins ready to-morrow night as well, and as I reckon I shan’t have to kill you, I’ll have supper in here to-night.” So they brought supper, and another stool for him, and down the two sat.
Well, he hadn’t eaten but a mouthful or so, when he stops and begins to laugh.
“What is it?” says she.
“A-why,” says he, “I was out a-hunting to-day, and I got away to a place in the wood I’d never seen before And there was an old chalk- pit. And I heard a kind of a sort of a humming. So I got off my hobby, and I went right quiet to the pit, and I looked down. Well, what should there be but the funniest little black thing you ever set eyes on. And what was that doing, but that had a little spinning-wheel, and that was spinning wonderful fast, and twirling that’s tail. And as that span that sang:
“Nimmy nimmy not
My name’s Tom Tit Tot.”
Well, when the girl heard this, she felt as if she could have jumped out of her skin for joy, but she didn’t say a word.
Next day that there little thing looked so maliceful when he came for the flax. And when night came, she heard that knocking against the window panes. She oped the window, and that come right in on the ledge. That was grinning from ear to ear, and Oo! that’s tail was twirling round so fast.
“What’s my name?” that says, as that gave her the skeins.
“Is that Solomon?” she says, pretending to be afeard.
“Noo, t’ain’t,” that says, and that came further into the room.
“Well, is that Zebedee?” says she again.
“Noo, t’ain’t,” says the impet. And then that laughed and twirled that’s tail till you couldn’t hardly see it.
“Take time, woman,” that says; “next guess, and you’re mine.” And that stretched out that’s black hands at her.
Well, she backed a step or two, and she looked at it, and then she laughed out, and says she, pointing her finger at it:
“NIMMY NIMMY NOT, YOUR NAME’S TOM TIT TOT!”
Well, when that heard her, that gave an awful shriek and away that flew into the dark, and she never saw it any more.
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The Stone Tower of Silas Paine
May 7, 2012 · by kihm · in Mail, Personal, Silver Bay · Leave a comment
It would be inappropriate to tell you why I was so afraid and so angry, but I was, rocking from the one emotion to the other like a boat tilting and rolling on the waves of Lake George, where I was supposed to be on vacation in July of 2004. By the third day, the fear had painted everything, every breath in, every breath out. So even when relief came with welcome news, I was still afraid, afraid of everything, and almost paralyzed with it.
At last it came down to a kayak and the Stone Tower. I have collected postcards of the Stone Tower at Silver Bay for years, but assumed the tower was no longer standing. But a morning walk to Slim Point and a look across the water revealed the unmistakable profile of the Stone Tower on the far point. I could only imagine that trees had been cut down in the past year or so, and now the tower was visible.
I wanted to see it up close, but I was pretty sure the only way was via water. The land route would take me through cottage owners’ yards, and I was not comfortable with trespassing. I was afraid of shouting. All that was left for me to do was sign out a kayak at the Boathouse, turn left and paddle to Stone Tower Point. Except I was afraid.
I had passed the kayak test four years earlier, but hadn’t been in a kayak since. I was afraid they wouldn’t let me take one out. I was afraid I wouldn’t remember how to get in. I was afraid I wouldn’t remember how to turn or avoid getting tipped into the jade green waters of Lake George, losing my glasses (I was afraid of losing my glasses), having to swim the kayak back to the Boathouse in disgrace, where the Boathouse crew would not meet my eyes. I was afraid I would get tired and out of breath and feel sudden chest pain and keel over dead, dead, dead.
But it seemed to me that if I didn’t at least try, I’d never forgive myself. I would never get in a kayak again. I’d be as good as dead, just waiting for the next thing I couldn’t do anymore because I was too old, too afraid. Better to die trying, I thought, and after Tom Henry’s class (held providentially in the Boathouse), I walked downstairs to the dock and said, “I’d like to take a kayak out.” And the gentleman behind the counter said, “Sure.” Well, that was one hurdle cleared.
“I don’t want to lose my hat,” I said. I was afraid of losing my hat.
“I’d keep it for the sun,” the man said, “but you might want to tighten it up.”
And so with a tight hat and bare feet, wrapped in a life preserver and carrying a kayak paddle, I walked over the sun-warmed wood planks to a gently rocking blue plastic kayak and got in, wobbling in a manner that might have raised eyebrows among the staffers charged with protecting my life. But they let me shove off and after a few false starts, I got pointed in the right direction and began paddling for open water.
A sign in the boathouse had advised me to go out against the wind and come back with the wind at my back, but the Stone Tower was downwind and that’s where I was going, even if it killed me. My mouth was dry. I didn’t think I’d been exerting myself that much, but I then I realized it was fear that was drying my mouth out. But the Stone Tower was dead ahead, and suddenly I wasn’t afraid or angry anymore.
I was wet and windblown and the lake was washing away the rust and the junk and the darkness, and I was going to see the Stone Tower with my own eyes, here and now. The tower is beautiful. I sat and drifted and caught my breath and took it in. The wooden platform at the top was long gone, but I could see the holes where the rafters had gone into the stonework. And then I decided to paddle back to the Boathouse. I’d promised Laurie I’d be back in 20 minutes or so, and she was secretly worried that I would keep going, up the lake, into Champlain and all the way to Vermont.
Crossing the water, my left shoulder began to talk to me, but my right was fine and I was digging in, the kayak gliding over the water faster with every stroke, rolling a bit with the waves but it was becoming clear that survival was a real option, a viable option, even a probability. Not quite a lock yet, but then the Boathouse was in view and I saw Laurie and it was ‘Kihm 1, Fear 0’ as I crawled out, sprawling onto the dock and stood up and walked back to the counter, peeling off the life jacket, breathing unencumbered, smiling, talking, alive.
Silas Paine was an interesting man. With his wife, Mary, he spent a vacation at Judge Wilson’s “Silver Bay House” in July of 1892, and they fell in love with the area. One day, they walked out to “Point Lookout,” now known as Tower Point. Looking up and down the lake as far as he could see, Paine said, “If I can, I will buy all of this.”
Because Silas Paine was an executive with Standard Oil, working for John D. Rockefeller, this was no pipe dream. Starting in 1892, Silas Paine did buy Silver Bay, including Judge Wilson’s hotel, and most of the next bay over — known as Van Buren’s Bay then and Oneita Bay today — and he built what is now Paine Hall, with cottages, outbuildings and gardens. The stone tower went up some time around 1896.
More about Silas and Mary Paine can be found in Charles G. Gosselink’s terrific book, Benjamin Van Buren’s Bay (Silver Bay, Boathouse Books, 2002). To order a copy by mail, contact the author, Charles Gosselink, via the Web.
And of course, there’s The Dark Side of Silas Paine.
The postcards, from top to bottom: 1) A detail from a Private Mailing Card, undivided back, postmarked Silver Bay, 1906, 2) an unused postcard, No. 1228 from Paul C. Koeber & Co., 68 Beaver Street, New York, printed in Germany, 3) a “Phostint” card from the Detroit Publishing Co., postmarked at Silver Bay, 1908, 4) a white bordered, tinted card from C.T. American Art Colored (Chicago), photo by J.S. Wooley, Balston Spa, New York, postmarked Lake George, N.Y., 1931, and 5) A small “snapshot” from an album of 12 images of Silver Bay, most probably by Wooley as well; note the leaves on the trees; the women in the canoe are probably the same, and the photos were probably taken minutes apart.
Above, another J.S. (Jesse) Wooley postcard of the Stone Tower, also known as the Spoon Holder or Spooning Castle; this one can also be found on page six of Silver Bay Association: A Pictorial History 1900-1935 (Silver Bay Association, 1992).
Above, a real photo postcard, the photo taken from inside the Stone Tower through an arched window, by J.S. Wooley. The caption reads, “Black Mt. and Landing at Silver Bay from Stone Tower.” The Landing, of course, is where the steamboats docked; today it is the ERC (Employee Recreation Center). It can be seen across the water, in the center.
My thanks to the Lutheran Summer Conference, which has drawn me to Silver Bay, the YMCA’s Northeastern Conference Center, almost every July since 1986, and which still tolerates me even though I am an Episcopalian.
For lots more Silver Bay, do visit my Silver Bay blog.
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The top icon of fashion design, Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890, in Italy. After working at a boutique in New York, Schiaparelli moved to Paris, where she began designing her own clothes. Her work and sense of style shaped the look of fashion in the 1920s and ’30s, and her clothes were worn by some of the world’s most famous women, including American actress Greta Garbo. Schiaparelli died in Paris on November 13, 1973.
A mother-of-four, Downie clearly has a knack for “accidental” success having initially touched upon the fashion scene via a short stint making jewellery at her kitchen table which was selling at hip Covent Garden store Koh Samui in the late Nineties - before “one day I was cooking fishfinger sandwiches and [Net-A-Porter.com founder] Natalie Massenet calls up to ask if she can buy some for this new online thing she was doing”. Whether professionally trained or not, she’s keen that fashion illustrators are worthy of being called artists regardless of their status in relation to photographers. Certainly her own work is now bought by collectors all over the world at prices akin to fine art, regardless of what her subjects are depicted wearing. Citing the work of her Gucci collaborator Ignaci, as well as that of Kelly Brennan and Jill Button, “it crosses the line of design and fine art”, she says. “Whatever that umbrella term can be called. It shouldn’t be relegated to just fashion illustration.”
“Photography has long been considered superior to illustration when it comes to selling magazines” says Downton. “But it’s like asking what an apple can do that a banana can’t. I think they have a symbiotic relationship. Illustration changes the pace of a magazine as you read it; and you project your own finish onto the story which gives a different sense of satisfaction to the reader.”
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Consider, for accessory-only pieces, what sort of information you’d like the viewer to understand without seeing an associated figure. For instance, if you’re only drawing shoes and a handbag, coordinating the two based on material or design may tell a story of a well put together person. Or a pair of sneakers and a backpack would tell the story of a student or young person.
Son of Russian working class immigrants, Ralph Lauren has transformed himself into the sophisticated billionaire. His classic and preppy designs all draw upon an image of old world wealth and luxury, and he pioneered the concept of clothes as part of a lifestyle environment. Lauren worked in retail before developing a line of neckties. The brand he established, Polo, is now one part of an empire that includes fragrances, home furnishings and luxury clothing. Today, his five billion dollar business includes several clothing lines as well as perfumes, house ware, furniture and paint.
Sketch the clothes boldly. Since the purpose of a fashion drawing is to showcase your design ideas, use a bolder hand when you’re drawing the clothing. Sketch the clothes so that they appear to hang on the croquis in a realistic way. There should be creases around the elbows and at the waist, as well as near the shoulders, ankles and wrists. Think about how clothing hangs on a person and replicate that on your model.
Klein received his education at the renowned Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. His Calvin Klein underwear line, as well as his array of successful perfumes, helped him to build his empire. His ability to choose the sexiest, hippest stars for his ad campaigns also revealed his tremendous savvy and perceptiveness: celebs such as musician/actor Mark Wahlberg and supermodel Kate Moss also benefited from his uncanny ability to read the zeitgeist.
Really interesting. Didn’t know the term “croquis”. I love using tracing paper when starting a painting. I used to get heat from a peer in art school about how tracing paper and graphite paper was “cheating”. I think it’s an essential tool if you want to get through a stage of sketching and then elaborate and change later. Let it be your friend! Thanks, Elsie!
As illustration has emerged as a tool for cutting through the visual noise of social media, it has itself benefitted from social media’s own disruption of the traditional barometers of quality. Just as David Bowie prophesied in his famous 1999 Newsnight interview that the internet would demystify the relationship between artist and audience, social media has “smashed down the gatekeepers”, says Downie, who doesn’t consider a picture finished until it’s given a “moment of birth” by being published on her Instagram account. “I cried when I saw that Bowie interview,” she says. “It’s so profoundly right, and it’s exactly what happened with my work.”
Full name is Jagsharan Jit Singh Ahluwalia. JJ Valaya needs no introduction. Another eminent name, a couturier from New-Delhi and has an incredible bridal collection and master of hand-embroideries! He originated the “House of Valaya” along with his brother TJ Singh, in 1992, a lifestyle and luxury fashion house. It has revived and redefined age! In 1994, Valaya became 1st Indian couture-label to have a SOLO SHOW in India. He’s celebrated world-wide in London, Dubai, NewYork, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and Johannesburg. It is said about him that he has combined future with past in the present. His pioneering and innovative designs guarantee that the majestic epoch of regal India will remain in power even in the present!
Vintage T-Shirts, ripped jeans and leather jacket – three words that describe the rocker look. It is one of the most versatile style of fashion which keeps changing depending on the genre of music, the band and the person who choose to wear it. Be it heavy metal giant Megadeth’s T-Shirt or grunge rockers Nirvana’s hoodie, the selection seems to be uncountable. There are no baggy apparels in this style. Most of the clothes chosen are a tad bit smaller in size. It all depends on the wearer and what music they love and support.
Sure, it’s a green dress, but is it silk, tulle, or a heavy woven material? The way it’s drawn, the way it drapes around a figure, and even the way it’s colored or painted should give the viewer an idea of the sort of textile being depicted. At the very least, I want to understand what a garment may feel like when worn. If I’m being sold clothing from an illustration, for instance, I should be able to figure out if the clothing is warm and cozy or light and breezy. You’ll want to viewer to understand if the textile is smooth and soft or stiff and itchy.
Yves Saint Laurent became popular in fashion circles due to his creativity in redesigning the clothes considered to be masculine into beautiful, feminine wardrobe for women. Perhaps, one of the most famous fashion designers in France, Yves was the first one to introduce power dressing for women in the form of “power suits” in the year 1966. He is also credited with designing the men’s smoking jacket. The most important fashion legacy which he has left behind is the “ready-to-wear” fashion clothing.
A big hello to my intimates! Here I have another article of great consequence, yeah it is pertaining to the best Indian fashion-designers. As the time is eluding, trends are changing and we’re getting slaves to fashion! It’s an era of style and vogue, where dressing well is considered a form of good manners! Therefore every year , in every season fashion designers launch their prêt-line. Designers endeavor to design dresses that are both functional and aesthetically satisfying. The fashion-industry of India is flourishing by leaps and bounds and has got successful in achieving fame and popularity through the world as a fashion-centric-nation! Previously , not many people knew about India and it’s fashion but it’s emerging and mounting industry has made it’s mark not only in the neighboring countries but in the international fashion-industry as well! And it is because of it’s designers that India is now in the top list of countries. Specially Indian fabric and it’s attire called “Saree” is well liked and admired throughout the world.
In the fashion world, new designs are presented in the form of hand-drawn sketches before they’re actually cut and sewn. First you draw a croquis, the model-shaped figure that serves as the base of the sketch. The point is not to draw a realistic-looking figure, but a blank canvas of sorts on which to display illustrations of dresses, skirts, blouses, accessories and the rest of your creations. Adding color and details like ruffles, seams and buttons helps to bring your ideas to life.
Make sure that these works incorporate a range of different types of styles or approaches to fabric and materials. You shouldn’t include more than two pieces from one style or approach. For example, maybe you have two pieces that showcase your ability to work with leather. You should also include one to two pieces that show off your ability to work with a different material, like silk or jersey. This will illustrate that you are able to work with several different materials and in several different styles.
Most of the illustrators I spoke to studied design in some capacity. Rodgers, who has worked with everyone from Cartier to Coach to Disney, studied industrial design at Carnegie Mellon and went on to work in apparel design, illustrating in her spare time. Jenny Walton, a part-time illustrator who has worked with Harper’s Bazaar and InStyle, studied fashion design at Parsons, and says that her figure drawing classes were immensely helpful. “To be good at drawing, it takes a lifetime of drawing for hours and hours and hours,” she says.
Additionally, hair can be a main focal point of a fashion illustration. If the story of the illustration is to depict a hairstyle or show off various hair accessories, the hair may be what drives the composition of the piece or even holds all of the action within it as a dress in a larger, full-body illustration would. Many of the tips for clothing apply for hair as well: form, texture, composition, movement, and style are all relevant points when featuring a hairstyle within your fashion illustration.
Additionally, if you have two or more objects together in a small scene or even floating about in space, you’ll likely want to show that they’re interacting. This means showing they’re on the same plane and subjecting them to the same style of perspective as well as overlapping objects, using similar lighting, and using the same design style to illustrate both (unless you’re making a purposeful statement or telling a story by not doing so).
With the elegant fashion style, refinement and glamour is key. The woman with this type of fashion style won’t step foot outside without looking her best, and pays close attention to creating a wardrobe filled head to toe with the most glamorous and classy pieces. She is a lover of all things that dazzle and wouldn’t be caught without her diamonds and jewels, as well as a very stunning outfit that makes heads turn. She’s the perfect combination of sophisticated and sexy!
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CJEU - T 593/11 / Judgment
CJEU - T 593/11 / Judgment Al-Chihabi v Council
ECLI (European case law identifier):
ECLI:EU:T:2015:249
Deciding body:
General Court (Seventh Chamber)
Article 41 - Right to good administration
APPLICATION for annulment of Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP of 2 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 16), Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 1), Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/273 (OJ 2011 L 319, p. 56), Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation No 442/2011 (OJ 2012 L 16, p. 1), Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP of 29 November 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/782 (OJ 2012 L 330, p. 21), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2012 of 29 November 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation No 36/2012 (OJ 2012 L 330, p. 9), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 363/2013 of 22 April 2013 implementing Regulation No 36/2012 (OJ 2013 L 111, p. 1), and Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2013 L 147, p. 14), and any subsequent legislation to the extent that it maintains or replaces those acts in so far as those acts concern the applicant,
Results (sanctions) and key consequences of the case:
The General Court (Seventh Chamber hereby:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Fares Al-Chihabi to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
Paragraphs referring to EU Charter:
The first point to be borne in mind is that respect for the rights of the defence, enshrined in Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), includes the right to be heard and the right to have access to the file, subject to legitimate interests in maintaining confidentiality (see Joined Cases C‑584/10 P, C‑593/10 P and C‑595/10 P Commission and Others v Kadi [2013] ECR, ‘Kadi II’, paragraph 99 and the case-law cited).
37. Moreover, the right to effective judicial protection, affirmed in Article 47 of the Charter, requires that the person concerned be able to ascertain the reasons upon which the decision taken in relation to him is based, either by reading the decision itself or by requesting and obtaining disclosure of those reasons, without prejudice to the power of the court having jurisdiction to require the authority concerned to disclose that information, so as to make it possible for the person concerned to defend his rights in the best possible conditions and to decide, with full knowledge of the relevant facts, whether there is any point in his applying to the court having jurisdiction, and in order to put the latter fully in a position to review the lawfulness of the decision in question (see Kadi II, paragraph 100 and the case-law cited).
38. Article 52(1) of the Charter nevertheless allows limitations on the exercise of the rights enshrined in the Charter, provided that the limitation concerned respects the essence of the fundamental right in question and that, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, it is necessary and genuinely meets objectives of general interest recognised by the European Union (see Kadi II, paragraph 101 and the case-law cited).
97. Secondly, as regards the argument relating to the alleged infringement of the right to property, it must first of all be noted that the right to property is one of the general principles of EU law and is enshrined in Article 17 of the Charter.
98. Furthermore, according to settled case-law, the rights enshrined in the Charter do not, under EU law, enjoy absolute protection, but must be viewed in relation to their function in society. Consequently, the exercise of those rights may be restricted, provided that those restrictions correspond to objectives of public interest pursued by the European Union and do not constitute, in relation to the aim pursued, a disproportionate and intolerable interference, impairing the very substance of the rights thus guaranteed (Makhlouf v Council, paragraphs 97 to 101 and 105).
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December 4, 2017 December 4, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
Title: The Defector
Silva, Daniel (2009). The Defector. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
PS3619.I5443 D44 2009
Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character)–Fiction.
Terrorism–Prevention–Fiction.
Intelligence officers–Fiction.
Date Posted: December 4, 2017
Reviewed by Jerry Harkavy[1] Associated Press Aug 30, 2009
Gabriel Allon’s big mistake at the close of Daniel Silva’s 2008 spy thriller, Moscow Rules, was to spare the life of Ivan Kharkov, the ruthless Russian oligarch and arms supplier to al-Qaida.
But it was an astute decision for Silva, one that set the stage for another confrontation between the two mortal enemies and demonstrates anew that the collapse of the Soviet Union doesn’t leave authors short of material to craft suspense-filled conflicts between Russia and the West.
The Defector is the perfect book for fans of well-crafted thrillers, the kind of page-turner that captures the reader from the opening chapter and doesn’t let go.
It’s Silva’s 12th novel and the ninth to showcase the brilliance and daring of Allon, the noted art restorer who occasionally takes an assignment from the Office, Israel’s secret warfare agency modeled after the Mossad.
Allon gets his marching orders while on an extended honeymoon at an Italian villa, where he also is restoring a 17th-century altarpiece for the Vatican. He learns that Col. Grigori Bulganov, the Russian intelligence officer who saved his life and then defected to the West, has gone missing and faces the prospect of execution and burial in an unmarked grave.
The stakes grow higher when Kharkov’s thugs kidnap Allon’s wife, Chiara, herself an Israeli Special Ops agent, from the villa in Umbria, where her two security guards are found dead.
Allon’s assignment takes him at warp speed to the Russian exile community in London, a little-known bank in Switzerland and a villa on Italy’s Lake Como to which he lures Bulganov’s wife to obtain details of her husband’s abduction.
The globe-trotting continues with a visit to a lodge in New York’s Adirondacks that provides sanctuary for Kharkov’s wife and children, then to a dacha in a snowbound birch forest in Russia that offers haunting testimony to Stalin’s butchery 70 years earlier.
Allon and his team get help from the Israelis’ well-placed contacts in Britain’s MI5, which at first suspected that Bulganov was a double agent who defected yet again, this time back to Russia, and in the CIA, which plays a key role in the daring rescue.
As the Cold War becomes a distant memory, spy novels have been forced to adapt.
Silva draws from undisputed master John Le Carré, but without the British author’s projection of moral ambiguity. Silva’s readers can always tell the good guys from the bad.
There’s also a smidgen of James Bond.
Silva, a former wire service correspondent and CNN producer who’s known for the research that informs his novels, spent some time in Russia while working on Moscow Rules. That book and its sequel indicate that the country has a way to go to come to terms with its KGB past.
Review by Kate Ayers[2]
“For Gabriel Allon—a child of Holocaust survivors, a gifted artist and restorer, an assassin and spy—life had been anything but normal.”
How could life possibly be normal, when he possesses the skills of 20 men and the courage to use them? He started young and, from the outset, has fought for what he believes in, winning battles against crushing odds. And he has lost much of what he loved.
Now, months after Gabriel’s daring feats in Moscow Rules[3], in which he rescued the world from a terrifying future, he and his team deserve a well-earned respite. So Gabriel retreats to the rented villa in Umbria, picking up the paint brush once again to continue his art restoration, and taking time to enjoy his wife, Chiara, an Italian woman of striking beauty. She is also a deadly agent for the same Israeli organization Gabriel works for, referred to as simply the Office. Their last harrowing assignment has them both thinking of retirement. Maybe they could settle in, start a family and try to capture a life that at least borders on normal.
Amid such pleasant dreams comes news that Russian defector Grigori Bulganov has vanished from his safe house in London. Grigori saved Gabriel’s life as they fled Russia together. There has been speculation that he returned to his homeland, but Gabriel cannot believe Grigori would go back—at least not voluntarily. That means that he has been snatched or coerced somehow.
The Office gives Gabriel strict orders to stay out of it, but Gabriel owes Grigori. Big time. If not for Grigori, Gabriel might never have been reunited with Chiara, and the world might be a very different place. As always, Gabriel plays by his own rules, following an intuition so keen it could be said he has a sixth sense. He starts with a simple plan, one that should yield maximum benefit for minimum risk.
Grigori’s disappearance starts to look like a form of revenge. He should have kept a low profile, but his craving for attention got the better of him. And he got attention, only not the kind of attention he wanted. Gabriel’s information points him toward Ivan Kharkov, a more than formidable foe. The big problem is that Kharkov is in Russia, and Russia is forbidden ground for Gabriel. Of course, that never stopped him before, nor will it now. It’s all a matter of time. But time is running out.
“Always the waiting…Waiting for a plane or a train. Waiting for a source. Waiting for the Sun to rise after a night of killing. And waiting for Ivan Kharkov…”
There is no question that Gabriel will go after him. But will he succeed? Kharkov is not your average bad guy. This fellow is rich, cunning, well connected, spiteful, malicious, plain nasty, and downright mean. And it’s no surprise that he doesn’t take well to being crossed. The tiniest slight sends him into a dangerous, sometimes fatal, rage. Gabriel may have to retire after this, if he survives. It’s touch and go. Last assignment? Daniel Silva’s fans hope not.
The Defector blends the worst of Russia’s past with the best of her future. Put your hopes on the women. And sidestep the politicians. Loyal citizens, particularly those with extraordinary abilities and tenacity, will get things done. Especially if they’re anything like Gabriel Allon. But beware; this may be his toughest case yet. It certainly is his most thrilling.
[1] Jerry Harkavy Associated Press, “Book Review: Daniel Silva’s ‘Defector’ is well-crafted thriller,” Billings Gazette (Aug 30, 2009), downloaded January 6, 2017
[2] Kate Ayers at Book Reporter, accessed December 3, 2017 at https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-defector
[3] Silva, Daniel (2008). Moscow Rules. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
October 17, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
The Secret Servant
Title: The Secret Servant
Silva, Daniel (2007). The Secret Servant. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
PS3619.I5443 S43 2007
Israelis–Netherlands–Amsterdam–Fiction.
Sequel to: The Messenger[1].
Review by AmyVirshup[2]
Daniel Silva brings back the Israeli secret agent and art restorer Gabriel Allon for his seventh appearance. In this novel, Gabriel is sent to Amsterdam to go through the files of a Dutch professor and secret asset of the Office (as the Israeli spy forces are called) who has been murdered. “Just try not to kill anyone,” a fellow agent admonishes him at the start of the mission. “Dead bodies have a way of spoiling an otherwise uneventful trip.” But Gabriel can’t seem to help himself: He stumbles onto a terrorist cell planning an attack on London, and the dead bodies quickly start to pile up. To keep Elizabeth Halton, the beautiful young daughter of the United States ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, from becoming one of the stack, Gabriel and his team are soon giving chase across northern Europe. Mr. Silva once covered the Middle East for United Press International, and between shootings and explosions he traces the roots of terror back to the slums and prisons of Egypt.
[1] Silva, Daniel (2006). The Messenger. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
[2] Amy Virshup, “Books: Newly Released,” New York Times (July 19, 2007), accessed at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/books/19newl.html
Prince of Fire
Title: Prince of Fire
Silva, Daniel (2005). Prince of Fire. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
PS3619.I5443 P75 2005
Israelis–Italy–Fiction.
Art restorers–Fiction.
Bombings–Fiction.
Israel–Fiction.
Italy–Fiction.
Reviewed by Anna Dogole[1]
After a horrific suicide bombing at the Israeli Embassy in Rome, the famed art restorer, Gabriel Allon, is called out of retirement and is reenlisted in the Israeli Secret Service. For years Allon had served the Israelis as a free-lance spy and assassin, but he thought he’d put that part of his life behind him. During the investigation of the bombing, it became apparent that his enemies had discovered his whereabouts and had been tracking his movements, as well as those of his fiancée, Chiara Zolli, the daughter of the Chief Rabbi of Venice. With his professional dossier exposed, it is no longer safe for him to continue life “in the open” and he is recalled to Israel and set to work tracking down the terrorists who had mastermind the Rome bombing.
His return to the world of espionage is heart-wrenching for Allon. Art restoration was his passion and he was one of the best restorers in the world. Returning to the secret service would mean that this aspect of his life was most likely dead forever. In addition, he had been planning on marrying Zolli, once he divorced his wife. Like leaving his work as a restorer, leaving his wife is harder than most would expect. His wife had been severely burned and disfigured in a car bombing that also claimed the life of their son. The murder of her son caused her to have a mental breakdown, and for the last thirteen years she has been living in a psychiatric hospital. Although she doesn’t recognize Allon, or even seem aware of her surroundings, Allon feels it only right to tell her that he has fallen in love with another and that he wants to divorce her so he can remarry. This is one task, however, that he might not be able to accomplish. Allon still loves Leah, and he is still plagued by guilt over the bombing.
The main focus of this story is Allon and his team’s efforts to track down Khaled al-Khalifa, a terrorist who has made it his life’s work to seek revenge for ancient wrongs. Khaled has been living for years under the guise of Paul Martineau and working as an archaeologist. Periodically, he takes time off from his excavations to carry out deadly acts of vengeance to commemorate what he sees as past wrongs. As Allon hunts Khaled, Khaled is also hunting Allon, and at times it is hard to tell just who is the mouse and who is the cat in this deadly hunt.
Prince of Fire is Daniel Silva’s fifth novel featuring Gabriel Allon, and it follows A Death in Vienna[2]. Within the pages of this book, Silva offers the reader a well-plotted and suspenseful spy thriller that has an unexpected and hair-raising ending. The characters are well defined, Allon is fantastic as the tortured hero, and the story is believable. Intertwined with the main story line, Silva also examines the reasons behind the long-standing animosities between the Israelis and the Palestinians. He also looks at the role that Yasir Arafat has had in keeping these long standing angers smoldering—for his own political objectives. Prince of Fire is another fine addition to the Gabriel Allon series, and I highly recommend it. It is a riveting spy thriller, and while I recommend that your read the Allon books in order, this book can be read independently of the other books in the series.
[1] Anne Doigole, in The Jewish Eyes. Accessed at http://www.thejewisheye.com/dsilva5.html.
[2] Silva, Daniel (2004). A Death in Vienna. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
May 9, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
The Black Widow
Title: The Black Widow
Silva, Daniel (2016). The Black Widow. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
OCLC: 973883288
PS3619.I5443 B35 2016
IS (Organization) — Fiction.
IS (Organization)
Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character) — Fiction.
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again. They call him Saladin, a terrorist mastermind whose ambition is as grandiose as his nom de guerre, a man so elusive that even his nationality is not known. Shielded by sophisticated encryption software, his network communicates in total secrecy, leaving the West blind to his planning — and leaving Gabriel no choice but to insert an agent into the most dangerous terror group the world has ever known. She is an extraordinary young doctor, as brave as she is beautiful. At Gabriel’s behest, she will pose as an ISIS recruit in waiting, a ticking time bomb — a black widow out for blood.
Date Posted: May 9, 2017
Reviewed in The Intelligencer[1]
Another international thriller that finds Gabriel Allon, an art restorer, spy, and assassin, poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service, suddenly grappling with an ISIS mastermind. On the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
[1] The Intelligencer (22, 2, Fall 2016, p. 142 ).
May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
Title: The English Teacher
Author: Yiftach Reicher Atir;
Reicher Atir, Yiftach (2016). The English Teacher: A Novel. New York: Penguin Books
PJ5055.39.E42 M6713 2016
“For readers of John Le Carre and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army. After attending her father’s funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent’s assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all. In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time”.– Provided by publisher.
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim–Fiction.
Women spies–Israel–Fiction.
Intelligence officers–Israel–Fiction.
FICTION / Espionage.
After attending her father’s funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent’s assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of the investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all.
January 9, 2017 October 17, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
Title: The Messenger
Silva, Daniel (2006). The Messenger. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
PS3619.I5443 M47 2006
Israelis–England–Fiction.
Date Updated: October 17, 2017
Miscelleanous reviews
Israeli secret agent Gabriel Allon would rather just restore fine art, but he can’t seem to retire from espionage. In Prince of Fire (2005)[1], Allon returned to work when a Palestinian bombed the Israeli embassy in Rome. This time, Allon suspects that Saudi terrorists are targeting the Vatican. When they damage St. Peter’s Basilica, murder innocent bystanders, and almost kill the Pope, Allon, sanctioned by the U.S. and Israel, becomes enmeshed in a deadly game. He must hunt down an al-Qaeda mastermind and the Saudi billionaire who finances terrorism, penetrate the organization, assassinate its leaders, and save a beautiful American art expert from certain death.
Baltimore Sun 4 of 5 Stars
“Being a spy is already a glamorous enough occupation in the fictional realm, but Gabriel Allon … has extra cachet because of his cover as one of the world’s leading art restoration experts. … How it’s resolved is what makes The Messenger so entertaining, much in part to Allon’s ingenuity and Silva’s ability to spin a spider web of a plot.” Sarah Weinman
Denver Post 4 of 5 Stars
“Daniel Silva reaches the pinnacle of world-class spy thriller writing with his most recent novel. … The characters have nuance and depth, which affects their actions and makes them more human even as they tackle an inhuman goal.” Leslie Doran
Orlando Sentinel 4 of 5 Stars
“For Silva fans, getting there is always half the fun. … [He] drives home his thesis that Saudi money keeps global terrorism afloat while moving the action from the Mideast to Europe and Washington and the Caribbean.” Ann Hellmuth
Philadelphia Inquirer 4 of 5 Stars
“One of the things that is most remarkable about Silva’s books is that, after reading them, you’ve probably learned something, and maybe even had your eyes opened a little wider, but you’re never quite sure what Silva himself believes. … But by allowing his intelligent, insightful characters to argue it out, it’s hard for us not to be moved in one direction or another.” David J. Montgomery
USA Today 4 of 5 Stars
“Readers who are looking for serious novels that reflect the growing threat of global terrorism need look no further . … The Messenger’s blood-spattered, true-to-life backdrop pumps up this thrill ride of a story, but its underlying messages about fundamentalism, revenge, oil dependency and cultural differences are what will keep you awake at night.” Robin Cook
Washington Post 3.5 of 5 Stars
“It is written in broad strokes, with villains more loathsome, terrorist attacks more spectacular, and a plot more melodramatic than he’s given us in the past. … It’s a good read, but I kept finding annoying flaws in the telling.” Patrick Anderson
Critical Summary
The five previous spy thrillers featuring Gabriel Allon addressed topics including the Munich Olympics massacre, Yasir Arafat, and the Vatican. The Messenger, about global terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, resounded just as loudly with critics. Fortunately, Daniel Silva has also written an ingenious, thrilling, and entertaining book with complex characters and settings, from London and Jerusalem to Rome, that serve the plot well. While one critic cited Silva’s bias toward Israel, the majority felt that the author created characters with different perspectives and left readers to form their own opinions. In the end, they agreed that “Gabriel Allon remains one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
[1] Silva, Daniel (2005). Prince of Fire. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
January 8, 2017 fredslibrary Israel
The Rembrandt Affair
Title: The Rembrandt Affair
Silva, Daniel (2010). The Rembrandt Affair. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons
PS3619.I5443 R46 2010
Date Posted: January 8, 2017
Reviewed by Kate Ayers[1] on January 23, 2011
“In the aftermath of the affair, all those involved agreed that no quest for a stolen masterpiece had ever begun in quite the same way.”
Since his last assignment, Israeli spy–make that ex-spy–Gabriel Allon has retreated to a bucolic retirement on a stretch of peaceful coast in England. But his retirement is interrupted by an old acquaintance, art dealer Julian Isherwood. Julian owns a fashionable gallery in London that those in the art world describe as never boring, and that’s in his worst times. Now Julian has a problem, a big and definitely unboring problem. It seems that a newly discovered Rembrandt entrusted to him for restoration has gone missing, leaving him holding the bag for $45 million.
Naturally, at first, Gabriel resists Julian’s impassioned pleas for help, but he can’t do so for long. While retirement has so far suited Gabriel and his beautiful wife, ex-agent Chiara, the temptation to get back in the game, even for a brief time, is simply too much. Besides, he reasons, this should be a straightforward task, one that need not involve the Office, nor one that should take a whole lot of effort on his part.
However, this particular Rembrandt hides a deadly secret, and Gabriel soon finds out that there are people willing to kill to keep that secret safe. For Gabriel, the introduction of danger into the mix only adds intrigue, for it is something that he always handles extremely well. But when he and Chiara follow a lead to Buenos Aires and barely escape with their lives, they decide it is time to enlist the aid of their fellow agents. What they have uncovered proves much bigger and carries much more widespread risk than anyone could have imagined. In fact, it is blockbuster.
The search for the painting alone would be quest enough for most people, but it quickly becomes obvious that the history surrounding this Rembrandt is explosive and has the potential to devastate some highly influential people. Its background encompasses Swiss banks, Holocaust survivors, philanthropists, even the Vatican. And what Gabriel and his team discover portends a terrifying future if something is not done to head off a disaster of immense proportions with worldwide implications.
With nonstop action bouncing from England to Amsterdam to South America and back, the pacing here is whirlwind. Gabriel and Chiara and, in fact, everyone involved will need a long respite once this affair is over. That is, if they survive it. Then, can Gabriel once again retire, this time forever? Let’s hope not.
The Rembrandt Affair is Daniel Silva’s best thriller to date, and that’s saying a lot, for all of the books in the Gabriel Allon series have been stellar. Silva has an uncanny handle on world politics and how they affect the global population, not to mention an entertaining forum for getting his audience to pay attention to current affairs. There couldn’t be a much more time-appropriate plot than this one, nor one that can so touch its readers’ hearts. This is definitely a novel not to be missed!
[1] Kate Ayers, on January 23, 2011, at BookReporter web site. Downloaded January 8, 2017
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David Albert - Board Chairman, Friendly Water For the World
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April 17, 2016By Web Admin Democratic Republic of Congo 0
A combination of malnutrition, lack of health care access, and, above all, lack of access to clean water, means that the camp is full of orphans, while at the same time mortality rates among children under five is extremely high.
In late 2014, Friendly Water for the World Medical Officer Dr. Kambale Musubao traveled to one section of the camp, where he conducted HIV testing. He found 63 families (with a total of 378 children) impacted by HIV. In the year prior to the testing, these families lost 80 children under the age of five from waterborne illnesses. Through a small grant from Friendly Water for the World’s Card Fund ($2,920 to be exact), all 63 families were provided with BioSand Water Filters, as well as basic education in sanitation and hygiene.
In December, Dr. Kambale returned to conduct an epidemiological survey of the families. He found that, among adults, there was not a single death from waterborne illnesses – not one - and HIV-related deaths were reduced by 70%. Under-five mortality was reduced by 75% (it likely would have been reduced more, except that in the very close quarters of the camp, children visit other children and families who continue to consume contaminated water.) Dysentery and diarrhea among the children went from being a near-universal condition to a rarity. School attendance had radically increased. And among the adults infected with HIV, chronic illness among the 63 was reduced from 51 people to 12. Cholera cases were reduced from 23 cases to 2; typhoid cases from 20 a month to an average of one. Dr. Kambale believes reductions would be even greater if more attention were paid to sanitation and hygiene, and if participants didn’t sometimes pour overly chlorinated water, obtained from other non-government organizations, into the Filters, destroying the bio-layer and reducing Filter efficiency.
“After the death of my husband from HIV,” said Mwenge, “I had no energy for my daily routine. But now after the use of the BioSand Filter, my health has improved a lot, and I can work. I almost forgot that I am an HIV person”. Mwenge is now selling filtered water to her neighbors (at approximately one-sixteenth the cost of bottled water), and in the past several months, has earned $108.
Her neighbors Aline and Jean said that before the use of the BioSand Filter, they were in constant fear of death. But today, they have hopes for normal lives, health, and life expectancy. "BioSand Filters are not just helping reduce the spread of disease," notes Dr. Kambale, “but also lift the people’s spirits and gives them hope for a better life.”
Friendly Water for the World is now expanding the program and the hope is that, during the next year, as part of our Building New Lives Campaign, people with HIV will be trained to fabricate, distribute, install, and maintain BioSand Filters, as well as conduct community sanitation campaigns inside the refugee camp
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THIS is What Success Looks Like – NOTHING HAPPENS
There – when “nothing happens”, it is often a revelation. While surrounding communities are experiencing disease and even death, when “nothing happens” in the community because of a health intervention, there is much rejoicing. There is even more rejoicing, and a feeling of great pride, when not only are our new friends surviving and even healthy when the periodic epidemics sweep through, but when they do this for themselves and for their neighbors - without governments (local, national, or foreign), banks, churches, white missionaries, huge NGOs and charities, political parties. Sometimes, even without doctors or nurses (because there aren’t any!) They make “nothing happen” with their own intelligence, ingenuity, pent-up energy, generosity, and caring. (And a little knowledge sharing and training, in the case below all secondhand, tools, and some cheerleading – perhaps our biggest asset - from us.)
So there is great excitement outside of Gisenyi, Rwanda. Early this year, our Friendly Water for the World affiliate God in Us-Africa trained a group of 20 HIV-positive widows – of different ages, religions, and tribal affiliations - in building BioSand Water Filters, and in teaching community sanitation and hygiene. They called their group “Tunyamazimeza”– meaning “Use Clean Water” in Kinyarwanda, elected a President, and set up a bank account. They started by building and installing Filters for themselves and their children, and, as we’ve seen virtually everywhere, within less than a month waterborne and opportunistic infections disappeared, and the women got stronger. No typhoid, no cholera, no bacterial dysentery, no ambiasis, no Rotavirus. They made “nothing happen”!
Then they went to work. Over the past four months, Tunyamazimeza has built and installed 164 BioSand Water Filters, many of them ordered by local schools who have seen how much “nothing happens” when the kids have access to clean water. They made a profit of $835. They spent the first $225 to buy health insurance for 56 children, who can now access health care at government health clinics when they need it, and free pharmaceuticals (the bane of health care in many subSaharan environments.) Of course, most of them don’t need much of it anymore, as “nothing is happening”.
They are using the rest of the funds to rent land for next year to cultivate fruit and vegetables, both for the market, and for their own families to supplement their limited diets. These are now some very happy people! (And of course they are continuing to build BioSand Filters.)
Now, people are streaming in from other districts, pleading with God in Us-Africa and Friendly Water for the World to start programs in their communities. And local governments, too. We have 12 projects now, and a team that does nothing but monitoring and evaluation. I expect we will triple that in the next year, perhaps to include Friendly Water soapmaking, and training in building eco-friendly latrines.
Of course, that means we need more help from all of you. Please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge (you can do that through our website at www.friendlywater.net ); even $5 a month can make a huge difference in people’s lives.
Help us make “nothing happen”!
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Report from the Kahororo, Congo project - Two years in background
He chose the village of Kahororo, in a low-lying area halfway between Uvira, Congo, and Bujumbura, Burundi. It is a Batwa/Pygmy village – really a reservation. The Batwa/Pygmy people are a highly oppressed minority, rather like American Indians, making up less than 1% of the total population, who were once forest dwellers and hunters, but now gathered into small areas of mostly non-arable land.
Kahororo is surrounded by water and marshes. There was no school, no health clinic, no road, no significant buildings of any kind. Unemployment is essentially 100%. The people remember only a single outside intervention in their past, when United Nations troops passed through in 2004, raped some of the women, and gave them HIV. Life expectancy is under 35, and more than half of the children died before the age of five, almost all the result of waterborne illnesses.
The Intervention
With the funds received, Friendly Water for the World provided two steel molds and a toolkit under our long-term loan agreement for use in producing BioSand Filters, and enough materials to build the first 30-35 Filters. Eliphaz trained a group of 16 women and 14 men for six days in fabricating, distributing, installing, and maintaining the Filters, as well as providing training in community sanitation and hygiene.
In 38 days, 31 BioSand Filters were built and installed. A formal BioSand group was formed, and leader elected. More materials were requested and provided, so that Filters could also be sold outside of the community. Over the next six months, 85 BioSand Filters were build and installed in Kahororo.
Major improvements in health were seen within three weeks. Over the course of the next year, under-five child mortality was reduced by more than 90%, from as many as one child death every three days, to as few as one every six months. Longevity increased among adults as well. A school was started. The group began selling Filters to surrounding communities.
A World Bank committee charged with improving the conditions of Batwa/Pygmy people heard about the “miracle of Kahororo” and visited Kahororo in January 2015. The residents told them they wanted to spread the work to other Batwa/Pygmy communities.
One person trained – Konka Shindano – became a BioSand technician. In September 2015, at Friendly Water for the World’s request, he traveled almost 500 miles away, to Beni and Butembo in the far northeastern corner of the Congo to train other Batwa/Pygmy communities. He had never traveled more than 15 miles away from Kahororo before. It turned out he spoke the same languages (Kimpute/Killesse), and the fact that he could teach technical skills was seen as extraordinary. His presence and expertise was much sought-after by village leaders and the length of his trip had to be doubled. He is likely to return there to assist with future trainings in 2016.
Kahororo village leader Anania Shigira says, "Water is Life, and is a fundamental life. As one of the fundamental rights, life can now be returned to my community and my people are revitalized because we now have access to clean water through BioSand Water Filters. Thank you! We note that the sustained action of Friendly Water for the World is the first intervention toward the development of Kahororo since the world began. We were yesterday forgotten, discriminated against, and marginalized, but today we now have become proud and worthy thanks to the BioSand Filter program."
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People with Albinism
Groups trained by Friendly Water for the World – frequently made up of HIV+ people, widows, formerly unemployed youth – as well as our country representatives, often take up the conditions faced by even poorer members in their communities. God in Us-Africa, our Friendly Water for the World partner in Rwanda, supplied us with the photos below, of their work in providing clean water to albino children. In the DRC-Congo, we are exploring setting up a workshop in the production of BioSand Filters with an albino rights group, which will provide its members a means of earning a living even at the same time as contributing greatly to community health. We dream of the time that, instead of being among the most stigmatized, they are valued for the important contributions they make to the life of their communities.
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Kids were taken out of school to walk up to 5.5 kilometers each day, twice a day, to fetch dirty water for their sick parents.
Research has shown that, with consistent access to clean water, the life expectancy of a person living with HIV can be extended from 5-8 years. With clean water and anti-retroviral drugs, life can be extended indefinitely. But taking anti-retroviral drugs without clean water can reduce their effectiveness by up to 80%, as the body cannot resist opportunistic infections.
Last year, Friendly Water for the World's Uganda Country Representative Richard Kyambadde (who is openly HIV positive, and wants you to know it), trained the group Kasaana People Living with HIV to build 59 BioSand Filters, as well as to undertake spring protection activities. Health improved almost immediately, and massively.
But, especially in the dry season, the people still had to walk up to 5.5 kilometers to fetch water. As part of a large grant from One Day's Wages based in Seattle, Washington, Rotary Clubs based in Luxembourg, and Rotary International Foundation, the people of Kasaana have been trained to build rainwater catchment systems using ferrocement tanks that they fabricate themselves. Ten have been built thus far. Now these folks - most of whom were "fixing to die" - have a ready source of employment, building such systems for their neighbors and in neighboring communities. Their skills are going to be incorporated into the new Friendly Water for the World Center for Clean Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. Thanks to all who made it possible.
The "muzungu" (white person) in some of the photos is John Bailey, a retired engineer, living in Hubbardsville, New York. John came to our Friendly Water for the World training in Anacortes, Washington last July, and is now putting his skills to good use! (which isn't to say that he didn't before - LOL!)
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The University of Oxford is widely considered to be one of the world’s great Universities, and is routinely ranked amongst the very best Universities in the world. The University currently stands 1st amongst all UK Universities in Quality of Research Outputs (UK REF 2014). Oxford is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading science universities.
The scale of research activity at Oxford is substantial, involving the four Academic Divisions, Continuing Education, Academic Services and University Collections (ASUC), more than 70 departments, the Colleges, 1632 academic staff (teaching and research), 3507 research and research support staff, and 4,637 postgraduate research students, supported by Oxford’s research administrators.
The University has been successful in gaining the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award. The award recognises the systems and practices we have in place to support researchers’ career and professional development in line with the national Research Concordat.
The group with which the consortium will collaborate will be carrying out the research is Bhaskaran’s Lab in the Oxford Materials Department within the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLSD). The Department has an outstanding record for world class research. In the UK Government’s most recent assessment of research excellence in UK universities, the 2014 REF, Oxford Materials was one of the top-rated materials departments in the country Its vibrant research school consists of around 25 academic staff, approximately 150 research students and about 80 post-doctoral staff.
The University of Oxford is committed to equality and diversity and the Department of Materials was awarded Silver Athena SWAN status in August 2012. This is a UK initiative that recognises and celebrates good employment practice for women working in science, engineering and technology in higher education and research.
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Prof. Harish Bhaskaran is presently Associate Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford, is an EPSRC Fellow in Manufacturing and leads the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Exeter. Having worked in the industry (IBM Research – Zurich) and in four different countries, his network of professional collaborators and contacts has a global reach. He holds many patents, and achieved the current world-records with his design and fabrication of atomic force microscopy type probes with the highest current density as well as the lowest recorded wear. One of his inventions (PtSi Tips1) is now commercialized, and his experience in aspects of translating research to products would be of value to the proposed programme of work. He has won many invention achievement awards and an early career award as a research scientist at IBM. He serves on the EPSRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research, and at Oxford supervises several doctoral students, three postdoctoral fellows and one Marie Curie Fellow. He obtained the PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park.
The proposed project is directly based on several ideas led by him and his collaborators (both Prof Wright and Prof Pernice who are on this consortium). His original proposal of the photonic memory concept with Prof Pernice was ranked among the 20 most read articles in Applied Physics Letters in 2012, and an Editor’s 50th anniversary pick – and since then been demonstrated (Nature Photonics, 2015) collaboratively with Prof Pernice and Wright. His work on phase change displays was one of the most widely profiled articles with features in Wired, The Economist, BBC and hundreds more (Nature 2014), and has since been spun-out into a new company with a significant investment (Bodle Technologies Limited). He serves as both the Founding Director and Chief Scientific Officer of this company, while also collaborating extensively with semiconductor and display firms around the world. His work has won numerous awards, including the IDTechEx Academic R&D award (Santa Clara, USA 2014) and the EPCOS Best Presentation (2009 and 2015).
He holds over 25 patents, of which over half have been licensed.
Prof Bhaskaran will be assisted in Fun-COMP by Dr. Nathan Youngblood and Dr. Zengguang Cheng, along with PhD student Xuan Li.
Dr. Zengguang Cheng joined Bhaskaran’s group in September 2015 to work on flexible electronics based on Phase Change Materials. He obtained his PhD degree in China with researches on synthesis and fabrication of Graphene FET and its biological applications (09/2009-01/2015). From Jan. 2013 to Sep. 2014, he was a visiting scholar in Harvard University to work on syringe injectable electronics and nanowire devices. He has broad research interests from low dimensional materials, novel device fabrication to flexible and wearable electronics.
Dr. Nathan Youngblood is working on smart window technology and photonic devices using phase-change materials. He received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota with research focusing on the integration of 2D materials with silicon photonics for optoelectronic applications. His research interests include integrated photonics, high-speed optoelectronics, novel computing methods, and nanoelectronics
Ms. Xuan Li is PhD student who obtained a Masters Degree (topping her class in Engineering) from the prestigious National University of Defense Technology in China, whilst working on a project on phase change memories.
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Top 10 Things to do in Beverley
With its mix of cobbled lanes and elegant Georgian and Victorian terraces, Beverley is a fabulous example of a traditional market town. If you only have a short time to visit, you'll need to make sure that you pack in the most important sights so I've compiled for you the ten most popular places to visit in Beverley.
1. Experience Beverley Minster
Your visit to Beverley is not complete without paying a visit to Beverley Minster, regarded by many as one of the most beautiful churchs in England. The minster is one of the largest parish churches in the UK but has the architectural grandeur of a cathedral rather than a church. The stained glass windows are exceptional and the organ stands grandly in the centre of this peaceful oasis.
The Minster is situated just off the main pedestrian thoroughfare. When you get to Wednesday Market, just keep going and the Minster will be visible in front of you. The church is free to enter and there is a small cafe inside selling tea and refreshments. Regular services are held at the Minster every Sunday and the Beverley Minster choir sing at the major services on Sundays and on Thursday night at Choral Evensong. Many of the church buildings around the Minster are available for hire and the Minster is also a popular wedding destination.
Beverley Minster welcomes thousands of visitors a year and is usually open every day however it is worth checking the church website before you visit. Members of the church staff are usually available to answer questions or to address special needs. Leaflets are available in several languages just inside the main door which provide a self guided tour of the building. Visitors can also download an app from the church's website which gives you a self guided tour of the Minster, identifying the important points of interest.
2. Browse Beverley's Markets
Beverley is famous for its traditional markets which take place on both a Saturday and a Wednesday, every week; in fact, a thriving market has existed in Beverley for centuries as it sold the produce from the local farmers. The two main squares at either end of the pedestrianised shopping streets of Butcher Row and Toll Gavel are named Saturday market and Wednesday market respectively, depicting the day on which the market runs.
Beverley’s Saturday market dates back to its charter in the Middle Ages and has a vibrant and friendly atmosphere which has encouraged a mix of traditional and modern stalls, selling food to household goods and everything in between. Saturday market occupies a large area in the town centre and has around 140 stalls. The square of Saturday market, on which the market resides, is surrounded by traditional stores, national chains, public houses and cafes, giving it a busy, bustling feel all week long. The properties around Saturday Market have a huge variety of roof top styles including Victorian and Georgian as well as several more modern styles. The Saturday market opens for business at 8:00am and runs through to 4:00pm.
The smaller of the two markets is Wednesday market which (confusingly) is also open on a Saturday. It is within easy walking distance of Saturday market and lies at the the heart of the Town Centre. As with Saturday market, Wednesday market also has its fair share of coffee shops and bars so you can relax here too.
Both markets are within easy reach of the bus and train stations and there is parking nearby too, so if you fancy the chance to buy fresh local produce, garden ornaments, flowers, handbags, clothes, speciality food and drink or any of the other myriad of things that are available here then why not pay the Beverley markets a visit?
3. Enjoy Beverley Westwood
Enjoy the outdoor space of Beverley Westwood, just a short walk from the town centre. Here you'll find a large expanse of pastureland - popular with locals and visitors alike - where you can walk, picnic, fly kites, play football, ride horses and partake in all manner of other leisure activities. In the summer months cows and sheep roam freely on the pastures and golfers from Beverley Golf Club play their game here too. If you're lucky you may also see model aircraft being flown by the Beverley And District Model Aircraft Club who fly from the Westwood.
The views from Beverley Westwood are spectacular, taking in the town of Beverley, Beverley Racecourse, Beverley Minster and the local countryside. The Black Mill is a popular focal point on the Westwood. It is an old windmill tower dating back to the 1650's and is a popular meeting point for the local cows.
There is an infinite number of walking possibilities through the rolling pastures of the Westwood. There are woodlands to explore on either side of the Westwood, namely Bluebell Wood (which is nearest to Beverley Racecourse) and Burton Bushes (towards the town on York Road). Bluebell wood comes alive with bluebells (hence the name) in Spring and Burton Bushes has lots of rope swings for the younger and older 'kids' to play on.
You can walk to Beverley Westwood quite easily from the town centre. If you're in Saturday Market then face towards the bar. Take any of the streets to the left and you'll eventually come onto the Westwood. Visitors with cars can park on the Westwood free up to a maximum of 4 hours.
4. Experience a Day at the Races
Nothing beats a day at the races. Enjoy the hospitality and atmosphere, collect your winnings and celebrate in style at Beverley Racecourse. Set in the stunning surroundings of Beverley Westwood, Beverley Racecourse hosts horse racing between April and September every year, and has been doing so for over 300 years.
There are 19 race meetings in total per year, 11 of which feature extra entertainment and fun, from the family-themed May Day with a petting zoo and funfair rides to the glamour of Ladies' Day. For the racing fan, the Very British Raceday in June sees some of the country's best two-year-old horses battle it out in their preparations for Royal Ascot in a fast and furious contest up our infamous uphill 5 furlong sprint (a furlong being about 660 feet for the as-yet uninititated.)
If you haven’t been racing before, there is nothing like the thrill of seeing your horse pass the winning post – particularly if you have had a bit of a flutter with the bookies. First class racing views and dining is available on site, just book in advance to ensure a prime position.
There's always a warm welcome at Beverley, and whether you prefer to bring the family with a picnic and a rug or your friends for an afternoon of fun and catching up, you'll find lots of like-minded people enjoying the day and the excitement of watching your horse thundering home.
Tickets in advance are much the cheapest way to visit and can be bought from the racecourse along with lots more information about all racedays.
5. Visit St Mary's Church
St Mary's church sits in Beverley's Georgian quarter near to the town's North Bar. It is one of the most beautiful parish churches in England although it is often missed by visitors who head straight for Beverley Minster. The church has Norman origin and was founded in 1120. St Mary's is most famous for a carving of a rabbit, which is said to have been the inspiration for the March Hare in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
Other things of interest to see in the church include the unique ceiling of Kings painted in 1446 which represent the Kings of England before that time and the highly decorated ceiling of stars and constellations. The West front of St Mary's is a fine example of late fourteenth century work and may well have influenced that of the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, which was built more than half a century later.
On special occasions or through advance booking you can see the "priest's rooms" accessed through a small door and spiral staircase and containing all sorts of unusual treasures.
6. Take a walk along Beverley Beck
This pleasant 1.5 mile stroll from the centre of Beverley takes you along the banks of Beverley's historic waterway, up to the River Hull and back. This kilometre long waterway was once the heart ofBeverley’s thriving industrial centre. Along the way you'll find moorings, old barges, a boatyard and opportunities for fishing in the Beck.
To start the walk, go out of the town centre, behind the new Flemingate retail development. Here you'll see the beck in front of you. As this is a circular walk, you can start from the left bank or the right bank. Set off walking towards the bridge. If its moored up, you may see the Syntan barge on the right bank. This floating museum is also available for day trips on the River Hull. Carry on under the bridge until you reach the far end of the beck, where it joins the River Hull and winds its way to Hull and onto the Humber. Here you can cross over the lock and return to Beverley along the opposite bank.
7. Shop til you drop at Flemingate
Within walking distance from the centre of Beverley is Flemingate. one of East Yorkshire's largest shopping destinations. Flemingate adds big name stores to the already impressive range of smaller independent stores that sit on Beverley's main pedestrianised shopping streets. Stores situated on Flemingate include Debenhams, River Island, H&M, Outift and Wilko. There are many places to eat here too including Patisserie Valerie, the Gourmet Burger Company, Riva Lounge, Starbucks amd Costa Coffee.
Flemingate also has its own cinema (the Parkway Cinema) and 500-space multi-storey car park. For those wanting to extend their stay, Beverley's Premier Inn is just around the corner.
8. Explore the Georgian Quarter
No visit to Beverley would be complete without taking in the town's Georgian Quarter where the mix of independent shops and businesses makes it a must for locals, regular visitors and tourists alike. Beverley's North Bar Within and North Bar Without form one of the East Riding of Yorkshire's most famous landmarks and are situated in the centre of the Georgian Quarter which starts just outside the bar and finishes just past the historic St Mary's church.
The fascinating streets of the Georgian Quarter contain the largest number of listed buildings in one street in the region. Also this part of Beverley is home to St Mary's Church a stunning building that stands proudly over the streets and is must see for any visitor to Beverley.
Historically, the area has been a thriving retail, leisure and business centre as well as a popular tourist destination. Its premier location, street scene and grandeur have meant that specialist retailers, boutique shops, quality restaurants, cafes and traditional pubs have all become well established in Beverley's Georgian Quarter.
To find the Georgian Quarter, start at the main Saturday Market square and head away from the busy pedestrianised street that is Toll Gavel. After a few minutes walk, you'll see St Mary's church on the right and you'll find yourself in the Georgian Quarter. There are a host of places to eat and drink here including the Michelin star rated Whites Restaurant, Grants Bistro 22 and Lucias Wine Bar.
If you fancy a pint then the Royal Standard Inn is a good choice with a super selection of real ales and light bites. Across the road from the Royal Standard is St Mary's Arcade which is a little hidden away and has a few independent shops that are definitely worth checking out. After all that eating, drinking and shopping, weary travellers may want to take a rest at the Coronation Gardens which is situated on the left, just before you reach the historic Beverley Bar, and is a relaxing area, and a great place to sit down and rest for a while.
So instead of staying in the town centre, why not take a short walk out to the Georgian Quarter and explore a hidden part of Beverley that is refreshingly old fashioned.
9. Step back in time in Nellies
The White Horse Inn (Nellies) is one of the oldest pubs in Beverley, dating back to 1666. Its nickname comes from Nellie Collinson, the landlady who resided here until 1976 when the pub was sold to Samuel Smiths Brewery. Walking into Nellies is like stepping back in time. There are labyrinths of stone corridors, lit up by gas lights, leading to a central bar which is well stocked with a variety of Sam Smiths ales.
There are lots of rooms (or snugs) dotted around the ground floor, some which have their own fireplaces and chandeliers. In these small individual rooms you can find lots of curios and paintings from Beverley's past. Upstairs is a large function room with comfortable chairs and a roaring log fire to while away the hours in front of.
10. Discover Beverley's Outdoor Art
Whilst exploring the streets of Beverley, you'll probably notice paintings that are on display on exterior walls around the town. These paintings are part of the 'Painting the Town Fred and Mary' exhibition which features paintings from local artists Fred and Mary Elwell. There are 22 paintings in total, forming a trail around the town which is popular with visitors to Beverley.
The trail includes sites at Beverley Minster, the Treasure House and Saturday Market and an interactive map of the trail can be found below. The works of art are high quality replicas of 22 paintings by Beverlonians Fred and Mary Elwell and provide a wider audience for their work. The paintings can now be seen in the settings that provided the inspiration for them and can be viewed by everyone.
The interactive map below shows the locations of each painting on the trail along with brief details of each painting. Using the link provided, open the map up on your mobile device in Google Maps and follow the trail around town.
Date Sun 14 May 2017 Category Beverley Tags beverley
Article by Gary Hall
A teacher with a background in technology and marketing based in Beverley, England. Enjoys walking, travelling, reading and writing interesting content to help others. Feel free to comment below.
Discover the Listed Buildings in Beverley
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A walk around the Millenium Orchard
Explore Beverley's Georgian Quarter
Take Part in Beverley's Festivals
A Walk along Beverley Beck
Browse Beverley's Markets
Hunt for Beverley's Outdoor Art
Beverley the Dining Room of East Yorkshire
Antiques Shopping in Beverley
About Gary Hall
Gary Hall is a Teacher based in Beverley, England.
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Genre Film Festivals in the USA, Sorted by Date
The table below is a scrollable directory of genre film festivals in the United States of America, organized by date (the date that the event begins).
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State (full name)
State (postal abbreviation)
Regular Submission Deadline
Event Beginning Date
Event Ending Date
Eerie Horror Film Festival Eerie Horror Fest Film Festival Erie Pennsyl-vania PA 03/01/17 10/13/17 10/15/17
Flagler Film Festival Film Festival Palm Coast Florida FL 07/01/17 01/12/18 01/14/18
Indie Horror Drive-In Film Festival Film Festival Pittsburgh Pennsyl-vania PA closed 02/09/18 02/09/18
Arizona Underground Film Festival – Phoenix AZUFF Film Festival Chandler Arizona AZ 01/15/18 02/22/18 02/24/18
Atlanta Independent Film Festival AIFF Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 10/15/17 04/13/18 04/22/18
LA WebFest Los Angeles Web Series Festival Film Festival Hollywood California CA 07/10/18 04/27/18 04/29/18
Northwest Animation Festival NW Animation Fest Film Festival Portland and Eugene Oregon OR closed 05/23/18 06/03/18
Intendence Film Festival IFF Film Festival Denver Colorado CO 03/16/18 06/08/18 06/09/18
Cosmic Film Festival Film Festival Orlando Florida FL 01/31/18 06/15/18 06/17/18
Art All Night – Trenton AAN Film Festival Film Festival Trenton New Jersey NJ 04/15/18 06/16/18 06/17/18
New York Asian Film Festival NYAFF Film Festival New York New York NY closed 06/29/18 07/15/18
International Academy of Web Television Awards IAWTV Awards Awards Competition Los Angeles California CA 05/31/18 08/24/18 08/24/18
Kraken Con Animation Fest Film Festival Oakland California CA 08/01/18 09/28/18 09/30/18
Laughlin International Film Festival LIFF Film Festival Laughlin Nevada NV 05/13/18 10/04/18 10/07/18
Cleveland Comic Con Film Showcase Film Festival Middleburg Heights Ohio OH 09/15/18 10/06/18 10/06/18
Devil's Night Gallery Film Festival Oak Park Michigan MI closed 10/12/18 10/12/18
Damnationland Film Festival Portland Maine ME 07/01/18 10/12/18 10/14/18
Hammond Horror Festival HHF 48 hr Film and Horror Shorts Fest Film Festival Hammond Louisiana LA closed 10/19/18 10/20/18
Milwaukee Paranormal Film Festival Film Festival Milwaukee Wisconsin WI closed 10/19/18 10/21/18
DamnDance Film Festival Portland Maine ME 07/13/18 10/26/18 10/27/18
Ithaca Fantastik IF Film Festival Ithaca New York NY 08/15/18 11/02/18 11/11/18
EyeCatcher International Film Festival EFF Film Festival McAlester Oklahoma OK 06/01/18 11/08/18 11/10/18
Kite Film Fest Film Festival Destin Florida FL 09/01/18 11/10/18 11/10/18
Chicago International Genre Film Festival CIG Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 06/18/18 11/16/18 11/18/18
Days of the Dead – Chicago Film Festival Schaumburg Illinois IL rolling 11/16/18 11/18/18
Jekyll Comic Con – Hyde Horror Film Festival Jekyll Island Comic Con – Horror Film Festival Film Festival Jekyll Island Georgia GA closed 12/08/18 12/09/18
Medusa Underground Women's Film Festival Film Festival Henderson Nevada NV 06/16/18 01/12/19 01/13/19
Green Bay Film Festival GBFF Film Festival De Pere Wisconsin WI 07/22/18 01/16/19 03/03/19
Albuquerque International Film Festival AIFF Film Festival Albuquerque New Mexico NM 10/31/18 01/18/19 01/20/19
Macabre Faire Film Festival Film Festival Ronkonkoma New York NY 08/27/18 01/18/19 01/20/19
Days of the Dead – Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA rolling 01/25/19 01/27/19
Harrisburg-Hershey Film Festival HHFF Film Festival Harrisburg Pennsyl-vania PA 02/28/18 01/25/19 01/27/19
Cabin Fever Film Fest CFFF Film Festival Warren Ohio OH 07/31/18 01/26/19 01/26/19
One-Reeler Short Film Competition Awards Competition Los Angeles California CA closed 02/01/19 02/01/19
Love Your Shorts Film Festival Film Festival Sanford Florida FL 09/16/18 02/07/19 02/10/19
Mad Monster Party Carolina Film Festival Film Festival Charlotte North Carolina NC 12/21/18 02/22/19 02/24/19
15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival Film Festival Cocoa Beach Florida FL 10/31/18 02/23/19 02/24/19
Copa Shorts Film Fest CSFF Film Festival Maricopa Arizona AZ 08/31/18 02/23/19 02/24/19
Durango Independent Film Festival Film Festival Durango Colorado CO 09/01/18 02/27/19 03/03/19
DC Independent Film Festival DCIFF Film Festival Washington District of Columbia DC 11/30/18 03/01/19 03/10/19
Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema IIFC Film Festival Idyllwild California CA 09/01/18 03/05/19 03/10/19
Omaha Film Festival OFF Film Festival Omaha Nebraska NE 09/10/18 03/05/19 03/10/19
Nevermore Film Festival Film Festival Durham North Carolina NC 11/30/18 03/08/19 03/10/19
Pasadena International Film Festival PIFF Film Festival Pasadena California CA 10/12/18 03/12/19 03/21/19
FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles Film Festival North Hollywood California CA 11/19/18 03/14/19 03/17/19
Fargo Film Festival FFF Film Festival Fargo North Dakota ND 09/01/18 03/19/19 03/23/19
Annapolis Film Festival AFF Film Festival Annapolis Maryland MD 10/01/18 03/21/19 03/24/19
Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival MiSciFi Film Festival Miami Florida FL 10/31/18 03/22/19 03/24/19
Irvine International Film Festival IIFF Film Festival Costa Mesa California CA 08/30/18 03/22/19 03/25/19
Boston Underground Film Festival BUFF Film Festival Cambridge Massa-chusetts MA 09/25/18 03/27/19 03/31/19
Cleveland International Film Festival CIFF Film Festival Cleveland Ohio OH 09/30/18 03/27/19 04/07/19
Deep in the Heart Film Festival DitHFF Film Festival Waco Texas TX 11/15/18 03/28/19 03/31/19
Garden State Film Festival GSFF Film Festival Asbury Park New Jersey NJ 10/15/18 03/28/19 03/31/19
HollyWeb Festival Film Festival Universal City California CA 11/16/18 03/28/19 03/31/19
Global Independent Film Awards GIFA Awards Competition 08/31/18 03/29/19 03/29/19
NanoCon International Science-Fiction Film Festival Film Festival Longview Washington WA 12/01/18 03/29/19 03/30/19
Global Shorts Awards Competition Los Angeles California CA 03/31/19 03/31/19 03/31/19
Aspen Shortsfest ASF Film Festival Aspen Colorado CO 10/29/18 04/02/19 04/07/19
Indie Series Awards ISA Awards Competition Burbank California CA 11/30/18 04/03/19 04/03/19
Beverly Hills Film Festival BHFF Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 11/01/18 04/03/19 04/07/19
Atlanta Film Festival ATLFF Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 09/27/18 04/04/19 04/14/19
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival IHSFF Film Festival Phoenix Arizona AZ 10/26/18 04/04/19 04/14/19
Clean Shorts Film Festival Film Festival Choctaw Oklahoma OK 11/30/18 04/05/19 04/06/19
Media Film Festival MFF Film Festival Media Pennsyl-vania PA 11/16/18 04/05/19 04/06/19
MoviePark Action Adventure Horror Thriller Film Festival Online Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 10/16/18 04/05/19 04/06/19
Highway 61 Film Festival Film Festival Pine City Minnesota MN 12/15/18 04/05/19 04/07/19
Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival Film Festival Milwaukee Wisconsin WI 11/30/18 04/05/19 04/07/19
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival MBIFF Film Festival Myrtle Beach South Carolina SC 11/15/18 04/09/19 04/13/19
Arizona International Film Festival Film Festival Tucson Arizona AZ 01/29/19 04/10/19 04/21/19
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival Film Festival Columbus Ohio OH 09/28/18 04/11/19 04/13/19
Kansas City FilmFest KC FilmFest Film Festival Kansas City Missouri MO 10/05/18 04/11/19 04/14/19
Boston International Film Festival BIFF Film Festival Boston Massa-chusetts MA 09/07/18 04/11/19 04/16/19
Cinedelphia Film Festival CFF Film Festival Philadelphia Pennsyl-vania PA curated 04/11/19 04/20/19
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival CRIFF Film Festival Marion Iowa IA 02/01/19 04/12/19 04/13/19
Chattanooga Film Festival Film Festival Chattanooga Tennessee TN 12/15/18 04/12/19 04/16/19
Florida Film Festival FFF Film Festival Winter Park and Maitland Florida FL 10/19/18 04/12/19 04/21/19
BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film Festival BBFF Film Festival Seattle Washington WA 03/01/19 04/13/19 04/13/19
Boomtown Film & Music Festival Film Festival Beaumont Texas TX 12/01/18 04/18/19 04/20/19
Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival HCSFF Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 01/11/19 04/19/19 04/22/89
Hang on to Your Shorts Film Festival Film Festival Asbury Park New Jersey NJ 11/01/18 04/20/19 04/21/19
Milledgeville + Eatonton Film Festival ME Film Festival Film Festival Milledgeville and Eatonton Georgia GA 10/31/18 04/23/19 04/28/19
Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival Film Festival Muskogee Oklahoma OK 10/31/18 04/23/19 04/29/19
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival JDIFF Film Festival Dubuque Iowa IA 01/14/19 04/24/19 04/28/19
Artemis Women in Action Film Festival Film Festival Santa Monica California CA 10/31/18 04/25/19 04/28/19
Bad Film Fest Film Festival Brooklyn New York NY 12/31/18 04/25/19 04/28/19
Hill Country Film Festival HCFF Film Festival Fredericks-burg Texas TX 12/31/18 04/25/19 04/28/19
Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival JTIFF Film Festival Jim Thorpe Pennsyl-vania PA 01/19/19 04/25/19 04/28/19
Miami Web Fest Miami Web Series Festival Film Festival Miami Beach Florida FL 08/01/18 04/25/19 04/28/19
Newport Beach Film Festival NBFF Film Festival Newport Beach and Costa Mesa California CA 12/21/18 04/25/19 05/02/19
Blackbird Film Festival Film Festival Cortland New York NY 06/14/18 04/26/19 04/28/19
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival MCNFF Film Festival Novi Michigan MI 02/14/19 04/26/19 04/28/19
Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival Film Festival Seattle Washington WA 02/01/19 05/03/19 05/05/19
End of Days Film Festival EOD film fest Film Festival Maitland Florida FL 03/04/19 05/04/19 05/04/19
FantaSci Short Film Festival Film Festival Maitland Florida FL 12/31/18 05/04/19 05/04/19
ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Awards Competition New York New York NY 02/15/19 05/05/19 05/05/19
New York City Independent Film Festival NYC Indie Film Fest Film Festival New York New York NY 11/30/18 05/05/19 05/12/19
IndieFEST Film Awards Awards Competition La Jolla California CA 03/29/19 05/07/19 05/07/19
American Movie Awards Awards Competition Los Angeles California CA 11/30/18 05/09/19 05/09/19
Longleaf Film Festival Film Festival Raleigh North Carolina NC 12/01/18 05/10/19 05/11/19
Comicpalooza Film Festival Film Festival Houston Texas TX 03/01/19 05/10/19 05/12/19
OutlantaCon Short Film Festival Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 03/06/19 05/10/19 05/12/19
HAUS Film Festival Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 02/15/19 05/11/19 05/11/19
Hoboken International Film Festival HIFF Film Festival Greenwood Lake New York NY 02/01/19 05/17/19 05/23/19
Cinema Soup Film Festival (part of CIL-CON) Film Festival Gatlinburg Tennessee TN 11/30/18 05/18/19 05/18/19
First Contact Film Festival Film Festival Jefferson New Jersey NJ 03/01/19 05/18/19 05/18/19
Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival LA Crime & Horror Film Festival Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 12/22/18 05/18/19 05/19/19
Independent Filmmakers Showcase IFS Film Festival Film Festival Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica California CA 09/14/18 05/22/19 06/02/19
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest Film Festival North Charleston South Carolina SC 01/15/19 05/24/19 05/26/19
Escape Velocity Film Festival Film Festival Oxon Hill Maryland MD 02/01/19 05/24/19 05/26/19
Balticon Short Film Festival BSFF Film Festival Baltimore Maryland MD 03/31/19 05/24/19 05/27/19
MisCon International Short Film Festival Film Festival Missoula Montana MT 04/01/19 05/24/19 05/27/19
Accolade Global Film Competition Awards Competition La Jolla California CA 03/31/19 05/28/19 05/28/19
Cine Gear Expo Film Series Screening Film Festival Hollywood California CA 03/04/19 05/30/19 06/02/19
Overlook Film Festival Film Festival New Orleans Louisiana LA 02/11/19 05/30/19 06/02/19
Independent Horror Movie Awards Awards Competition rolling 05/31/19 05/31/19
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival LANNEFF Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 01/31/19 05/31/19 05/31/19
Northwest Horrorfest Film Festival Olympia Washington WA 04/23/19 05/31/19 05/31/19
ConCarolinas Short Film Festival Film Festival Charlotte North Carolina NC 03/31/19 05/31/19 06/02/19
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Film Festival Brooklyn New York NY 02/15/19 06/01/19 06/09/19
Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 11/04/18 06/02/19 06/03/19
International Horror Hotel Film Festival and Convention Film Festival Hudson Ohio OH 02/15/19 06/06/19 06/09/19
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival CFIFF Film Festival Wilmington North Carolina NC 03/24/19 06/07/19 06/08/19
Days of the Dead – Las Vegas Film Festival Las Vegas Nevada NV rolling 06/07/19 06/09/19
Hollywood Horrorfest HHF Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 03/30/19 06/07/19 06/09/19
Houston Horror Film Festival Film Festival Katy Texas TX 02/28/19 06/07/19 06/09/19
Film Invasion Los Angeles Film Invasion L.A. Film Festival Sherman Oaks California CA 01/15/19 06/07/19 06/16/19
Happenstance Horror Fest Film Festival Haverhill Massa-chusetts MA 05/01/19 06/11/19 06/11/19
Origins Film Festival (at the Origins Game Fair) OFF Film Festival Columbus Ohio OH 03/15/19 06/13/19 06/15/19
Cinepocalypse Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 03/31/19 06/13/19 06/20/19
Dances With Films Film Festival Hollywood California CA 02/13/19 06/13/19 06/23/19
Etheria Film Night Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 12/15/18 06/15/19 06/15/19
Best Shorts Competition Best Shorts Awards Awards Competition La Jolla California CA 05/20/19 06/18/19 06/18/19
Depth of Field International Film Festival DOFIFF Awards Competition Nassau Delaware DE 02/03/19 06/18/19 06/18/19
Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival Palm Springs California CA 01/07/19 06/18/19 06/24/19
Imaginarium Comic Con Film Festival (at Wisconsin Comic Con) Wisconsin Comic Con Film Festival Film Festival Milwaukee Wisconsin WI 02/01/19 06/28/19 06/30/19
Days of the Dead – Indianapolis Film Festival Indianapolis Indiana IN rolling 07/05/19 07/07/19
International Independent Film Awards IIFA Awards Competition Encino California CA 05/09/19 07/06/19 07/07/19
Open World Animation Festival Film Festival Allentown Pennsyl-vania PA 03/31/19 07/11/19 07/14/19
Atlanta Shortsfest Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 12/31/18 07/12/19 07/13/19
Crypticon Kansas City Horror Film Festival Crypticon Shockfest Film Festival Film Festival St Joseph Missouri MO TBD 07/12/19 07/14/19
G-FEST Video Contest Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 06/25/19 07/12/19 07/14/19
Imaginarium Comic Con Film Festival (at Atlanta Comic Con) Atlanta Comic Con Film Festival Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 02/01/19 07/12/19 07/14/19
Long Island International Film Expo LIIFE Film Festival Bellmore New York NY 01/21/19 07/12/19 07/18/19
Brainwash Drive-In Bike-In Walk-In Movie Festival Film Festival Oakland California CA 05/01/19 07/12/19 07/21/19
Love Horror Short Film Festival Film Festival Sacramento California CA 09/01/18 07/13/19 07/13/19
Alaska International Film Awards Awards Competition Alaska AK 11/15/18 07/15/19 07/15/19
LA Shorts International Film Festival LA Shorts Fest Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 04/19/19 07/17/19 07/25/19
Northern Horror Fest Film Festival Bergenfield New Jersey NJ 03/19/19 07/18/19 07/18/19
Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival CCI-IFF Film Festival San Diego California CA 02/01/19 07/18/19 07/21/19
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase Film Festival Fort Worth Texas TX 01/25/19 07/18/19 07/21/19
Negative Fest Florida International Horror & Genre Film Festival Film Festival Lake Worth Florida FL 03/31/19 07/19/19 07/20/19
New Hope Film Festival Film Festival New Hope Pennsyl-vania PA 12/14/18 07/19/19 07/28/19
Naked Edge Science Fiction Film Festival Film Festival San Francisco California CA 05/01/19 07/20/19 07/20/19
Hamilton International Film Festival Film Festival Hamilton New York NY 01/15/19 07/22/19 07/28/19
Action on Film International Film Festival AOF Festival Film Festival Las Vegas Nevada NV 01/31/19 07/25/19 08/03/19
Gen Con Film Festival Film Festival Indianapolis Indiana IN 02/20/19 08/01/19 08/04/19
Brightside Tavern Shorts Film Festival Film Festival Jersey City New Jersey NJ 05/30/19 08/02/19 08/04/19
Imaginarium Comic Con Film Festival (at Tampa Bay Comic Con) Tampa Bay Comic Con Film Festival Film Festival Tampa Florida FL 02/01/19 08/02/19 08/04/19
Indie Horror Film Festival Film Festival DeKalb Illinois IL 02/28/19 08/03/19 08/03/19
Flickers' VORTEX Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival Film Festival multiple cities Rhode Island RI 05/15/19 08/06/19 08/11/19
Oceanside International Film Festival OIFF Film Festival Oceanside California CA 04/14/19 08/07/19 08/11/19
Indie Gathering International Film Festival Film Festival Hudson Ohio OH 04/24/19 08/08/19 08/11/19
HollyShorts Film Festival Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 04/05/19 08/08/19 08/17/19
Atlanta Underground Film Festival AUFF Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 02/28/19 08/15/19 08/17/19
North Bend Film Festival NBFF Film Festival North Bend Washington WA 02/20/19 08/15/19 08/18/19
Black Cat Picture Show Film Festival Augusta Georgia GA 04/26/19 08/16/19 08/18/19
Imaginarium Comic Con Film Festival (at Michigan Comic Con) Michigan Comic Con Film Festival Film Festival Detroit Michigan MI 02/01/19 08/16/19 08/18/19
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (short film screenings at NecronomiCon Providence) HPLFF Film Festival Providence Rhode Island RI 03/15/19 08/22/19 08/25/19
Liberty Massacre Film Festival Philadelphia Pennsyl-vania PA 01/08/19 08/23/19 08/25/19
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival Film Festival Depew New York NY 04/23/19 08/23/19 08/29/19
Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival Film Festival Long Beach California CA 03/15/19 08/28/19 09/01/19
GenreBlast Film Festival Film Festival Winchester Virginia VA 02/03/19 08/29/19 09/01/19
Dragon Con Independent Film Festival Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 05/10/19 08/29/19 09/02/19
Creature Feature Weekend Film Festival Gettysburg Pennsyl-vania PA 04/30/19 08/30/19 09/01/19
Days of the Dead – Louisville Film Festival Louisville Kentucky KY rolling 08/30/19 09/01/19
Hollywood Dead Film Festival Film Festival Tonopah Nevada NV 05/31/19 08/30/19 09/01/19
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Film Festival Santa Ana California CA 05/01/19 08/30/19 09/01/19
Imaginarium Comic Con Film Festival (at Indiana Comic Con) Indiana Comic Con Film Festival Film Festival Indianapolis Indiana IN 02/01/19 08/30/19 09/01/19
Austin Revolution Film Festival ARFF Film Festival Austin Texas TX 05/29/19 09/03/19 09/07/19
Burbank International Film Festival BIFF Film Festival Burbank California CA 02/28/19 09/04/19 09/08/19
Milwaukee Short Film Festival Film Festival Milwaukee Wisconsin WI 04/30/19 09/06/19 09/07/19
Central Florida Film Festival CENFLO Film Festival Mount Dora Florida FL 04/15/19 09/06/19 09/08/19
HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival H2F2 Film Festival Indianapolis Indiana IN 06/30/19 09/06/19 09/08/19
Northeast Film Festival NEFF Film Festival Teaneck New Jersey NJ 03/27/19 09/06/19 09/08/19
FilmQuest Film Festival Provo Utah UT 05/06/19 09/06/19 09/14/19
Audience Awards Horror Shorts Film Festival Awards Competition Montana MT 06/30/19 09/09/19 09/09/19
Film Festival of Columbus FFOCOL Film Festival Columbus Ohio OH 04/19/19 09/11/19 09/14/19
Atlanta Horror Film Festival Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 04/30/19 09/12/19 09/15/19
Arizona Underground Film Festival – Tucson AZUFF Film Festival Tucson Arizona AZ 06/12/19 09/13/19 09/13/19
Down East Flick Fest DEFF Film Festival Greenville North Carolina NC 05/17/19 09/13/19 09/14/19
Coney Island Film Festival Film Festival Brooklyn New York NY 03/01/19 09/13/19 09/15/19
KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival KaPow IFF Film Festival North Hollywood California CA 05/15/19 09/13/19 09/19/19
Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival ASCIFFF Film Festival Atlanta Georgia GA 06/17/19 09/13/19 10/13/19
Grindhouse Nights Film Festival Film Festival Dunellen New Jersey NJ 07/27/19 09/14/19 09/14/19
Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival BNFF Film Festival Niagara Falls New York NY 03/15/19 09/18/19 09/21/19
Golden Door International Film Festival Film Festival Jersey City New Jersey NJ 02/02/19 09/19/19 09/22/19
Fantastic Fest Film Festival Austin Texas TX 04/25/19 09/19/19 09/26/19
DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition Film Festival Washington District of Columbia DC 02/28/19 09/19/19 09/28/19
Great Lakes International Film Festival GLIFF Online Film Festival Erie Pennsyl-vania PA 06/08/19 09/19/19 09/28/19
Animation Block Party Film Festival New York New York NY 05/24/19 09/20/19 09/22/19
Halloween Horror Picture Show Film Festival Tampa Florida FL 04/30/19 09/20/19 09/22/19
Local Sightings Film Festival Film Festival Seattle Washington WA 06/15/19 09/20/19 09/29/19
IndieWise Convention Film Festival Las Vegas Nevada NV rolling 09/24/19 09/29/19
Catalina Film Festival Film Festival Long Beach and Catalina Island California CA 01/10/19 09/25/19 09/29/19
Charlotte Film Festival Film Festival Charlotte North Carolina NC 06/30/19 09/26/19 09/29/19
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival HHM Film Festival Bay City Michigan MI 02/01/19 09/26/19 09/29/19
Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival HSHFF Film Festival Hot Springs Arkansas AR 03/31/19 09/26/19 09/29/19
Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival Film Festival Jerome Arizona AZ 12/01/18 09/26/19 09/29/19
Minnesota WebFest Film Festival Minneapolis Minnesota MN 04/15/19 09/26/19 09/29/19
NOLA Horror Film Fest NOLAHFF Film Festival New Orleans Louisiana LA 04/15/19 09/26/19 09/29/19
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival FFFF Film Festival Fargo North Dakota ND 06/21/19 09/26/19 09/28/29
Chicago Horror Film Festival CHFF Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 02/28/19 09/27/19 09/29/19
Days of the Dead – Charlotte Film Festival Charlotte North Carolina NC rolling 09/27/19 09/29/19
Indie Fest USA International Film Festival Film Festival Garden Grove California CA 06/14/19 09/27/19 09/29/19
FEARnyc Film Festival New York New York NY 05/01/19 10/01/19 10/31/19
Colorado International SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival CISFFF Film Festival Denver Colorado CO 03/21/19 10/03/19 10/05/19
Fayetteville Film Fest Film Festival Fayetteville Arkansas AR 04/30/19 10/03/19 10/05/19
Halloween International Film Festival Film Festival Kill Devil Hills North Carolina NC 04/30/19 10/03/19 10/05/19
Nashville Film Festival NashFilm Film Festival Nashville Tennessee TN 02/28/19 10/03/19 10/12/19
Horror Movie Freaks Film Festival HMF Film Fest Film Festival Clemmons North Carolina NC 07/01/19 10/04/19 10/05/19
Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo Film Festival Strongsville Ohio OH 08/04/19 10/04/19 10/06/19
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Portland, OR HPLFF Film Festival Portland Oregon OR 04/15/19 10/04/19 10/06/19
Midwest Horror Fest Film Festival Logansport Indiana IN 04/01/19 10/04/19 10/06/19
Death's Parade Film Festival Film Festival San Jose California CA 05/01/19 10/05/19 10/05/19
Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival Film Festival Apopka Florida FL 05/31/19 10/05/19 10/05/19
Northeast Wisconsin Horror Film Festival Film Festival Oshkosh Wisconsin WI 06/01/19 10/05/19 10/06/19
Druid Underground Film Festival DUFF Film Festival multiple cities multiple states 03/31/19 10/05/19 10/19/19
Lancaster International Short Film Festival LISFF Film Festival Lancaster Pennsyl-vania PA 06/05/19 10/10/19 10/12/19
Louisville's International Festival of Film LIFF Film Festival Louisville Kentucky KY 05/15/19 10/10/19 10/12/19
BendFilm Festival Film Festival Bend Oregon OR 04/26/19 10/10/19 10/13/19
Official Latino Short Film Festival Film Festival Coachella California CA 03/24/19 10/10/19 10/13/19
Buffalo International Film Festival BIFF Film Festival Buffalo New York NY 05/08/19 10/10/19 10/14/19
Glendale International Film Festival GIFF Film Festival Glendale California CA 04/01/19 10/10/19 10/20/19
Halloweenapalooza Film Festival Film Festival Ottumwa Iowa IA 09/06/19 10/11/19 10/12/19
El Dorado Film Festival Film Festival El Dorado Arkansas AR 06/14/19 10/11/19 10/13/19
Imaginarium Convention Film Festival Film Festival Louisville Kentucky KY 06/15/19 10/11/19 10/13/19
New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival Film Festival Atlantic City New Jersey NJ 07/22/19 10/11/19 10/13/19
Flint Fright FilmFest Film Festival Flint Michigan MI 08/14/19 10/12/19 10/12/19
Animation Nights New York Best of Fest ANNY Best of Fest Film Festival New York New York NY rolling 10/12/19 10/13/19
Apocalypse Later International Fantastic Film Festival ALIFFF Film Festival Phoenix Arizona AZ 07/15/19 10/12/19 10/13/19
Marina del Rey Film Festival Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 08/07/19 10/14/19 10/21/19
New Orleans Film Festival NOFF Film Festival New Orleans Louisiana LA 03/15/19 10/16/19 10/24/19
Chicago International Film Festival—After Dark Program Chicago Film Fest Film Festival Chicago Illinois IL 06/17/19 10/16/19 10/27/19
LUSCA Caribbean International Fantastic Film Fest LUSCA Film Fest Film Festival multiple cities Puerto Rico PR 07/01/19 10/16/19 11/06/19
Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival MIFF Film Festival Melbourne Florida FL 06/03/19 10/17/19 10/19/19
Idaho Horror Film Festival IHFF Film Festival Boise Idaho ID 05/30/19 10/17/19 10/20/19
Knoxville Horror Film Festival KHFF Film Festival Knoxville Tennessee TN 08/30/19 10/17/19 10/20/19
LA Femme International Film Festival Film Festival Los Angeles California CA 05/01/19 10/17/19 10/20/19
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Film Festival Brooklyn New York NY 05/14/19 10/17/19 10/24/19
Orlando Film Festival Film Festival Orlando Florida FL 04/01/19 10/17/19 10/24/19
Creature Feature Competition (at Necronomicon) Film Festival Tampa Florida FL 09/15/19 10/18/19 10/18/19
Fear Fete Horror Film Festival Film Festival Biloxi Mississippi MS 04/12/19 10/18/19 10/19/19
Cinema at the Edge Film Festival CATE Film Festival Santa Monica California CA 08/30/19 10/18/19 10/20/19
Freak Show Horror Film Festival Film Festival Orlando Florida FL 03/11/19 10/18/19 10/20/19
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Conor Brennan signs until end of the season
18th January 2018 by GMFC
We are pleased to announce that goalkeeper Conor Brennan has joined the club until the end of the season, subject to receiving international clearance.
The 23-year-old Northern Irish shot-stopper secured his release from NIFL Premiership club Ballymena United on Tuesday and has now penned a contract that will keep him at Cappielow until the end of the campaign.
Brennan, who started his career at Leicester City and enjoyed spells with Kilmarnock, Stranraer, and Raith Rovers here in Scotland, trained with the squad at Parklea this morning.
He will be available to take part in Saturday’s William Hill Scottish Cup tie against Dunfermline Athletic should his registration be approved in time, and gaffer Jim Duffy is thrilled to add a second new recruit to his squad.
Duffy told gmfc.net: “We’ve made no secret of the fact we’ve been trying to get a goalkeeper for a good number of weeks now, once we found out Jamie McGowan had to get an operation on his shoulder.
“We looked around and took our time, and we’re delighted to be able to get a goalkeeper of Conor’s ability, and, although he’s still a young guy, he’s got good experience behind him.
“We’re thankful to Ballymena as well for allowing him to take the chance to come back into full-time football, which they didn’t have to do, because he was contracted there. That’s why it took a wee bit longer.
“We’d have liked to have had him in last week, but he had contractual obligations to Ballymena. We’re really grateful to them for allowing him to join us and delighted to have him on board.”
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THE WAY TO CORRUPT TO DEFEAT OUR COUNTRY IS THROUGH THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUNG THE MOST EASILY INFLUENCED OF ALL AMERICANS
USA Today recently reported that the number of Americans taking antidepressants is soaring. This could possibly be in direct connection to the controversial Teen Screen survey given to children as young as 9 years old in public schools. Teen Screen has been responsible for policing the mental health of children over the past decade. It is significant that this mental-screening process usurps parental rights over the care of their own children.
There used to be a day in America when parents loved their children enough to chastise them, because they taught them to know the difference between right and wrong – which is love. They understood that “foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him” (Proverbs 22:15).
But today, the pharmaceutical companies and their minions in government are at work trying to convince you that spanking your child is abuse rather than love. And their resolve is to label your child mentally ill (ADHD, ADD, etc.) and put them on dangerous psychotropic drugs.
Though not in the same class as antidepressants, these psychotropic drugs can lead to the use of antidepressants. Read the antidepressant black-box warning for yourselves and read the side effects on the inserts of antidepressant boxes. Some of the side effects include:
Depersonalization
Manic reactions
Feeling drunk
Homicidal ideation
More and more public schools have brought in TeenScreen, a manipulative survey for children that sets them up for a prescription. For example, one of the questions asked is: “Has there been a time when you felt you couldn’t do anything well or that you weren’t as good-looking or smart as other people?” Another question is: “In the last year, has there been any situation when you had less energy than usual?” Who hasn’t felt that way in their life at some time or another?
Nearly 20 percent of students who take the survey are labeled mentally ill, which leads to a prescription for drugs. This process is being sold as suicide prevention; however, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found “no evidence” that screening for suicide risk reduces suicide attempts. In the meantime, pharmaceutical companies are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a day while our children are used as political and medical guinea pigs.
Another interesting fact: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has never been proven. Dr. Edward C. Hamlyn, a founding member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, in 1998 stated, “ADHD is fraud intended to justify starting children on a life of drug addiction.”
I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOU ATTENTION TO THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM,WHO CONTROLS IT AND THEIR AGENDA BASED ON NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS, TEACHER CURRICULUM, STATEMENTS,AND THEIR SOCIALIST AGENDA.
THIS INFORMATION ENFORCES WHAT WAS JUST COVERED IN THE USA TODAY PIECE,IT GOES A LONG WAY IN EXPLAINING WHY MOST BOYS IN AMERICA TODAY ARE LOOKED AT BY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AS TROUBLE MAKERS
1896. John Dewey’s “educational laboratory” opened at the University of Chicago. Called the Dewey School, it would pioneer experiments with behavioral psychology.
1897. My Pedagogic Creed by John Dewey was published. In it, Dewey states, “I believe that the schools is primarily a social institution…. Examinations are of use only so far as they test the child/s fitness for social life…”
1912. The NEA saw sex education as a useful tool in their values-changing process.
1921. The Psychological Corporation (“concerned with… promoting the extension of applied psychology….”) was founded with “progressive educators” such as G. Stanley Hall, Edward Thorndike and other ‘Deweyites’ as Directors.
1948. B.F. Skinner (1972 Humanist of the Year) described a society in which children are reared by the State. (As most liberals think and were taught “IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RISE A CHILD”
1970. Chester Pierce, Professor of Education and Psychiatry at Harvard tells the Association for Childhood Education International in Denver that “every child in American entering schools at the age of five is insane because he comes to schools with certain allegiances toward our founding father, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being, toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity… “
1967. The NEA Journal published “The New Social Studies,” which said, “…the most obvious change occurring in the social studies is a breaking away from the traditional dominance of history, geography and civics. Materials from the behavioral sciences. …sociology, social psychology…are being incorporated into both elementary and secondary school programs.”
1970. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), the curriculum arm of the NEA, published To Nurture Humaneness: Commitment for the ’70’s. The visionary statements of its authors are coming true in our times: “Vital questions of values, beliefs, feelings, emotions and human interrelationships in all forms must be integral parts of the curriculum.
1988. The ASCD (the curriculum arm of the NEA) published “Tactics for Thinking,” a framework for teaching a new way of thinking which was developed at the Mid-continent Regional Eduational Laboratory (McREL).. Critics equated it with brainwashing.
SOME OF THE GOALS SET FORTH BY THE NEA IN YEARS PAST WHICH LEADS UP TO TODAY’S CHILDREN AND THEIR COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT FOR AMERICA
NEA’s Revolutionary Goals
1962. An editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times states: “…real control over the nation’s children is being shifted rapidly to the NEA. That organization has about completed the job of cartelizing public schools education under … an organization known as the National Council for Accreditation of Teachers Education, an agency whose governing council is tightly NEA controlled. … The manner in which the NEA is usurping parental prerogatives… is…very simple: control the education and hiring of teachers.”
1967. Working with the educational establishment, Carl Rogers (1964 Humanist of the Year) wrote a book called “A Plan for Self-Directed Change in an Educational System:” “…the goal of education must be to develop individuals who are open to change… The goal of education must be to develop a society in which people can live more comfortably with change than with rigidity.”
“The school will need to be supplemented by neighborhood family centers which provide infant care and developmental activity…. Education may well begin at birth in cooperative family centers. (Francis Chase, Professor Emeritus of the University of Chicago)
“Many daily decisions and value judgments now made by the individual will soon be made for him… How to plan for one’s children’s education will be partially taken out of his hands. (John Loughary, Professor of Education at the University of Oregon.
“Those who rose highest in the public schools establishment and the NEA were those most strongly committed to secularism and statism,” wrote Blumenfeld. Those two complementary philosophies fueled the vision of NEA leaders who sought an utopian world, freed from Biblical constraints and ruled by humanist politicians and taught by progressive educators. Parental rights and religious freedom would be swallowed up by the surpassing rights and rules of the greater community — the controlled collective.
1880. The National Council of Education (NCE) was established. An exclusive forum for leaders in position of influence and power, in included John Dewey, G. Stanley Hall, Charles Eliot and James Russell. Here they would discuss progressive ideas, blend psychology and evolutionary ‘science’ into a new vision of human progress, and lay the foundation for America’s planned transformation. B-43 Samuel Blumenfeld described their aims in NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education:
BOTTOM LINE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BASED ON THE FOLLOWING
1948. B.F. Skinner (1972 Humanist of the Year) described a society in which children are reared by the State rather than their parents, are never punished, and learn only “desirable” characteristics from birth.
1952. In Crowd Culture, Dr. Bernard Bell warns: “To the Dewyites, a sound education is one which accustoms the pupils to discover group convictions and then conform to them. This is known as ‘becoming socially adjusted’. … they assume that … the group is always more trustworthy and wise than anyone within it.”
1952. National Training Laboratories (NTL) becomes a part of the NEA. In 1986, it will be separated under the name NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science.
1967. The NEA Journal published “Helping Children to Clarify Values” by Louis Raths, Sidney Simon and M Harmin. It said: “The old approach seems to be to persuade the child to adopt the ‘right’ values rather than to help him develop a valuing process….”
Professor Sidney Simon went a step further. His book, Values Clarification-A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Teachers and Students, added a more intrusive note to the vast selections of manipulative values-changing strategies used to speed the social transformation. Among the classroom exercises which soon filtered into textbooks and schools everywhere was a tactic called “values voting.”… For example, “How many of you
think there are times when cheating is justified?
regularly attend religious services and enjoy it?
would choose to die and go to heaven, if it meant playing a harp all day?”
1968. NEA president Elizabeth Koontz tells the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education that “The NEA has a multi-faceted program already directed toward the urban school problem, embracing every phase, from the Headstart Program to sensitivity training for adults– both teachers and parents.”
PUBLIC SCHOOLS INDOCTRINATION CLINICS
1969.Today’s Education, an NEA publication, contains “Forecast for the ’70s,” by Harold and June Shane. They wrote, “…ten years hence it should be more accurate to term [the teacher] a ‘learning clinician.’ This title is intended to convey the idea that schools are becoming ‘clinics whose purpose is to provide individualized psychosocial ‘treatment’ for the student, thus increasing his value both to himself and to society.” Children would “become the objects of [biochemical] experimentation.”
1969. In Schools without Failure, psychiatrist William Glasser wrote: “We have to let students know there are no right answers… and may alternatives to certainty and right answer.”
To understand this planned rebellion against biblical values, consider Schools Without Failure, which introduced a manipulative strategy for turning the class into an encounter and counseling group: Children would share their feelings and air their complaints under the guidance of a trained facilitator with a politically correct answer.
They learned to empathize with another’s lust and respect each other’s feelings. Soon, they had traded God’s moral standards for self-made choices. No longer would authoritarian parents impose their values on submissive children. They would write their own rules! Or so they thought.
NEA tactics manipulated students into yielding individual choice — along with privacy and family loyalty…. A child’s “honest” sharing about family activities gives school officials the needed data about family values. It enables them to monitor every family member — not just the kids in the classroom.
Rather than adding my voice to those who urge us to go “back to the basics,” I would argue that we need to move ahead to new basics… Certainly, cross-cultural understanding and empathy have become fundamental skills of human relations and intercultural rapport… the arts of compromise and reconciliation, of consensus building, and of planning for interdependence, a command of these talents becomes “basics”… As young people mature, we must help them develop… a service ethic which is geared toward the real world… the global servant concept in which we will educate our young for planetary service and eventually for some form of world citizenship. Harold Shane, “America’s Next 25 Years: Some Implications for Education,” Phi Delta Kappan (September 1976).
There you go Mom and Dad, Mr and Mrs America, plain as the nose on your face, the National Education Association in conjunction with our public school system is a conduit for Socialism/Marxism,control of your children.
The USA today piece reports on just one aspect of what our public schools are up too, if you read the piece and then read all the statements,publications etc listed on this blog you will come to understand why our children,our country, our politicians, our media are they way they are, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND why the Democrat Party supports the National Education Association and why the NEA supports the Democrat Party———————–THEY ARE ALL SOCIALIST and their agenda is to change this country to meet the goals of their agenda that was laid out a long time ago…
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4-Day Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel, and Loire Valley Tour from Paris - 4 Days
Our 4-Day Normandy and Loire Valley tour from Paris includes visits to Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, Gardens of Villandry, and 5 Loire Valley chateaux.
4-Day Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel, and Loire Valley Tour from Paris
• Visit the D-Day Beaches of Normandy
• Guided tour of the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel
• Discover Saint-Malo
• Guided tours of Chateaux Langeais, Chenonceau, and Chambord
• Gardens of Villandry
• Special visit to Chateau du Clos Luce, where Leonardo da Vinci spent his last years
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Paris - Rouen - Honfleur - Caen
We’re going to take the Normandy motorway, stopping at Rouen for a walking tour of Old Town before going on to Honfleur, where you’ll have free lunch time.
We will proceed to the Normandy beaches and Omaha’s American Landing Beaches, then visit Saint-Laurent’s American Cemetery.
The evening accommodation is in Caen.
Caen - Saint Malo - Mont Saint-Michel - Angers
We’re going to leave Caen and head towards Brittany. First up is Saint Malo’s guided tour. We will leave for Mont Saint-Michel after free time for dinner for a guided Abbey tour followed by free time in the village. In Angers we’re going to spend the night.
Angers - Chateau de Langeais - Chateau du Clos Luce - Gardens of Villandry - Tours
Château de Langeais is located about 100 kilometers from Angers, the first stop on your Loire journey. Your Langeais guided tour will bring you on a trip through the history of France.
After that we will bring you to Amboise for dinner at a restaurant of your choice (own cost), about 45 minutes from Langeais.
Touring Chateau du Clos Luce, a ten-minute trek from Chateau d’Amboise, will be spent the early evening. Built in 1500 and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, Leonardo da Vinci spent his last years in this French castle. On the guided tour you’ll learn about this Renaissance genius ‘ personal life, who spent the last three years of his life as Francis I’s guest at Chateau du Clos Luce.
The next stop is Chateau de Villandry, 60 km from Amboise. Your guide will guide you through the Gardens of Villandry. Magnificent trails lined with linden trees distinguish the different sections of the garden with its numerous terraces and topics.
You will go on a guided tour of the historic district of Tours before dining and settling in for the night at the Mercure Tours Nord (or similar). Located 30 minutes from Villandry, Tours will delight you with its ancient town center and beautiful half-timbered houses.
Tours - Chateau de Chenonceau - Chateau de Cheverny - Chateau de Chambord - Paris
We will leave Tours and drive to Chenonceaux for an indoor tour of Chateau de Chenonceau, followed by a visit to the royal and imposing Chateau de Cheverny, featuring exquisitely decorated royal residences and a magnificent park with an impressive pack of hounds that still engage in hunts. At the Saint Hubert Cour Cheverny, lunch will be served (beverages not included).
The journey ends with a tour of the Loire Valley’s most magnificent chateaux: Chateau de Chambord, approximately 20 kilometers from Cheverny. You will be impressed with its intriguing architecture during your guided tour of Chambord. Be sure to admire the impressive, complex double-helix staircase and visit the ancient royal chambers and other rooms on the many levels of the castle. Take from the huge terrace, adorned with impressive chimneys, the panoramic view of Chambord’s park.
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Category: Remarks, Messages, & Writings
The next year promises to be a busy and exciting one, a time for collaborating more with one another and with the local community to move our university into the future.
Aloha and Happy New Year!
The spring semester will be a busy one at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo: we will be working on searches to stabilize our administrative staff and we will be moving into the planning stages of our new strategic plan.
Four major searches will be underway soon: a permanent vice chancellor for academic affairs, deans for the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Natural and Health Sciences, and also a dean of students. All of these positions will bring us increased stability and help us to improve our support for students.
This month we welcome on board a new director of institutional research, thereby doubling our staff in this area! I am pleased to announce the appointment of Bradley Thiessen, Ph.D., as our new director of institutional research effective Jan. 2. Dr. Thiessen has over fifteen years’ experience in higher education. He has established offices of institutional research twice in his career and has led institutional assessment efforts at three different institutions. He also has served as a faculty member in statistics, earning tenure at two institutions and advancing to the rank of professor in 2014.
Brad’s extensive background and experience will be extremely valuable to our university as we move UH Hilo into the future. This is especially important this year, as we move from the pre-planning stage to the planning stage of our new strategic plan. We’re going to move forward driven by our values—notably diversity and collaboration—but also informed by data. And Brad will be instrumental in analyzing the data to identify emerging trends and prioritizing goals and tactics.
Too often strategic plans remain merely plans, sitting on a shelf or posted on a website and soon forgotten. For that reason, in addition to building on our foundation blocks of values and data, the new UH Hilo plan will be organized around “strategic doing,” the process of collaborative, action-oriented planning that moves us toward measurable outcomes, all the while making necessary adjustments along the way.
Further, and perhaps most importantly, the main areas of focus will be on people, namely our students, and in our sense of place, meaning that strong identity we share with our local community and our island home. In other words, our students and the incredible place in which we live will be at the center of everything we do in the strategic planning process.
The plan will also be informed by the many conversations that have taken place over the last year or so—the listening tour headed by our strategic planning project manager Kathleen Baumgardner. The listening tour was a series of meetings with various stakeholder groups from across and beyond campus, with sessions that engaged people with diverse perspectives, and encouraged robust conversations that sparked fresh ideas.
In addition, the plan will be informed by what I have learned on my own listening tour, which I began as soon as I arrived in July and will continue through at least February. What I have learned so far:
Almost every promising practice regarding student success exists somewhere on our campus, but few of them are institutionalized.
Everyone at UH Hilo genuinely cares about students, even if we practice that care in different ways.
There are many good ideas on how we might improve what we do.
There is a craving among people to find ways to work together, across the boundaries of academic disciplines and across the divisions of the campus.
Our common ground is larger than our differences.
The biggest challenge may not be what we do next, but what we stop doing in order to free up some time and energy for the initiatives we want to undertake.
The next year promises to be a busy and exciting one, a time for us to take stock, gather and analyze the data, connect with one another in meaningful dialogue, and to think of innovative ways to collaborate more with one another and with the local community to move our university into the future.
I wish you all a Happy New Year. Be well, stay safe, and do good work in the world.
Header photo: Flowering tree on the UH Hilo campus. Photo credit: Raiatea Arcuri.
Na ka maluhia a me ka ‘oli‘oli o nēia kau e hō‘olu‘olu a ho‘opūmehana iā kākou a pau.
May the peace and joy of this season bring comfort and warmth to us all.
Photo by Bonnie D. Irwin: Koki‘o ‘ula‘ula, a native species of hibiscus in Hawai‘i. This bloom was photographed in the award winning Native Garden at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i, an educational outreach center on the campus of UH Hilo. The center’s garden is a living exhibit of endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian introduced plants often called “canoe plants.”
Message: Composed by Lei Kapono, Interim Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, and Larry Kimura, Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies.
Group of candidates outside the venue before commencement. Click photos to enlarge.
Graduating class stands at their seats before ceremonies start at the Vulcan Gym.
Student Speaker Gabriela Aguilar Lawlor delivers her remarks.
Graduate as she leaves the dais after receiving her diploma. Photos by Raiatea Arcuri/UH Hilo Stories.
Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin was keynote speaker at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo 2019 Fall Commencement held Dec. 21. Here is a transcript of her remarks.
Whenever I see a bunch of people dressed in academic regalia, I feel that someone should say something weighty in Latin. Unfortunately, I could not really find a Latin quotation that I liked well enough, but I did find some words by the French playwright Moliere that I thought might be appropriate: “Once you have a cap and gown all you need to do is, open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom.”
I hope my remarks today will be more than nonsense, but I also hope that by wearing my cap and gown, I can communicate two things to you. First, I work at a university, and I take that work seriously indeed because it is a great privilege to come to work every day at a place where I can make a contribution to your success. Second, even though I have been a professor and a dean and a provost and now a chancellor, I started exactly where you are now. I understand many of the anxieties, expectations, and dreams that you have, and I and all the faculty and staff are so very proud of you, proud of what you have accomplished, and confident that you can and will go out and do great things in the world as responsible citizens, ethical human beings, and skilled professionals.
Commencement speeches, with rare exceptions, are meant to be inspiring or entertaining. All I remember about the one I heard nearly 40 years ago is that I thought it was funny at the time. I don’t remember what the speaker said, why I thought it was funny, or whether or not it was relevant to my life.
What I do remember are strange moments in my college career. I remember the 8 AM 18th century Spanish literature final where my professor brought Oreo cookies to class, a rare occurrence in those days. He meant the cookies to be a treat, but he did not think to open the package ahead of time, so he tried to open the crinkly wrapper with his keys without making any sound. He failed. Throughout the three-hour exam, he would periodically get up with the tray of Oreos, and walking up and down the aisles of the classroom, offering us cookies. It seemed rude not to take one, even though we did not have the all-important milk to dunk those cookies in!
If that is the kind of thing I remember, what does it say about my education? With all due respect to my Spanish professors, I did not find 18th century Spanish literature very engaging, but I remember a professor who cared about us. Education is not always measured by what you learn, but by what you are able to do with that knowledge. I never had to teach 18th century literature, but I always tried to make my students know I cared, whether that was through spending time with them in my office or bringing treats to the final exam.
If we at UH Hilo have been truly successful, you may not remember what we have taught you, but you will be able to acquire knowledge when you need it, and you will want to seek knowledge whether you need it or not. If we have been successful, you know how to think for yourselves. If we’ve been successful, you know how to communicate what you think. If we have been successful, you may not remember us, but you will treat other people with respect and generosity and aloha and leave every relationship, especially your professional ones, having contributed more than you’ve expected to gain. In the end the particulars don’t matter because your memory of them will fade away as new experiences, people, and places take the place of those that seem so important to you now.
Continue readingFull text of Chancellor Irwin’s keynote address at UH Hilo 2019 Fall Commencement
We have a wonderful ‘ohana here who cares deeply about students and about bettering the community in which we live. Thanks to each of you for your many contributions to our mission over the last several months.
When I first arrived at UH Hilo this summer, I came full of hope for the future of our campus, our students, and our community, and I am happy to say that my many meetings with people both on and off campus have only strengthened that hope and made me even more optimistic. We have a wonderful ‘ohana here who cares deeply about students and about bettering the community in which we live. Thanks to each of you for your many contributions to our mission over the last several months.
As we near the end of the year, and our attention begins to turn to commencement and the holidays, I’d like to share with you just a few of my favorite highpoints of this semester.
Attendees of the Grand Opening for the new UH Hilo College of Pharmacy building gather for blessing and then tours of the facilities, Dec. 4, 2019. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri.
Construction is finished on the new building for the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy! It took many people working together for many years to bring this beautiful building to fruition. The modern facilities beckon students to come here to study in a unique rural environment with an incredibly supportive community. Seeing the pride in the faces of our pharmacy students at the grand opening was such a joy. I have all confidence they will be top performers in their field, helping make the world a better place.
Members of the first cohort of doctor of nursing students at their commencement. Courtesy photo.
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education reaccredited our Doctor of Nursing Practice program through 2029, the maximum 10-year term. The program currently has 28 students, and has graduated 39 students since 2015. The DNP is a terminal degree in nursing and provides training to become a family nurse practitioner. There also is a leadership track. The doctoral level education focuses on primary care, cultural diversity, health disparities, health promotion, and disease prevention in rural communities to raise the quality of health for the people of our island and state.
The Vulcan 2018-2019 women’s soccer team had seven Division II Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award recipients. Courtesy photo from Athletics Dept.
Thirty-one UH Hilo student-athletes received Division II Academic Achievement Awards. The honorees for 2018-2019 are three more than the previous year. The program recognizes the academic accomplishments of Division II student-athletes; our student-athletes’ grade point averages are higher than they have ever been. This is quite an accomplishment! Awardees have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, attended school a minimum of four semesters, and been an active team member during this past academic year. Congratulations to all!
UH Hilo’s fall 2018 freshman class. Courtesy photo from University Relations.
We started the fall semester with U.S. News and World Report ranking UH Hilo as most ethnically diverse campus among national universities. In the 2020 report of college rankings, UH Hilo received a diversity index of 77 percent. We are proud to serve such a diverse group of students—the assets they bring to UH Hilo enrich our community and help us provide an inclusive, high-quality education for all our students.
Two students at the new Library Lounge in the lobby of Mookini Library enjoy a new seating area with furniture made from local woods. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri.
Our university ‘ohana returned from summer break to find a newly furnished lanai and lobby at Mookini Library. With an innovative design connected to nature, the library entranceway now immerses patrons in natural elements with comfortable seating made with local woods, tables shaped like rivers, images of ‘ōhi‘a blooms, and the aroma of fresh brewed local coffee. It’s a comfortable and welcoming place to study, meet up, or sit quietly to collect one’s thoughts. I have seen students gathered there from dawn to well into the evening hours.
Last semester at the “soft opening” of the food pantry, staff stocked the shelves. From left, Fred Dela Cruz, Building and Maintenance Worker; Eric Rodrigues, Plumber; Shay Hara, Auxiliary and Facilities Services Officer; Kapena Desa, Building and Maintenance Worker. In back is Calvin Fukuhara, Building and Maintenance Supervisor. Courtesy photo.
Hale Pa‘i ‘Ai food pantry is now officially opened and has food available to any UH Hilo student in need of food assistance. Following guidance from the UH System Food Insecurity Committee, our pantry helps those in need, relieving some of the stress of tight budgets and limited resources. We want all our students to be fueled up and ready to learn, not distracted by trying times and nagging hunger. All UH Hilo students in need of food assistance are encouraged to stop by the food pantry during hours of operation!
Hosting the first wala‘au.
I teamed up with Hawai‘i Community College Chancellor Rachel Solemsaas to host the first wala‘au, a public conversation, about a collective vision of the future. Dialogue and listening were the main goals at the lunch session; Chancellor Solemsaas and I share a passion for community engagement and shared kuleana between the two institutions. Faculty, staff, and administrators from both campuses shared their insights, concerns, and vision of the future for Hawai‘i Island’s students, particularly transfer students, and about how we can work together to build strong pathways between our campuses for student success. College and university leadership is now working to build on the ideas shared at that session.
UH Hilo also hosted a strategic planning summit. The Seeds of Opportunity Summit gave the campus community and general public a chance to share their mana‘o about the future of the university. The summit capped our strategic pre-planning stage of collecting information for the strategic planning process. Every participant at the summit had a voice, and the conversations, along with those from the recent listening tour with faculty, staff, students, alumni, community members, and business partners, will help move the university forward into the important strategic planning stage.
Mahalo to the university ‘ohana for your hard work in making these and many other accomplishments possible. I wish you all a productive end of the semester and wonderful holiday season. I’ll see you at 2019 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 21, 9:00 a.m. at the UH Hilo Vulcan Gym.
Header photo: New building for the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Photo credit: Raiatea Arcuri.
Chancellor’s Monthly Column, Dec. 2019: Expressing gratitude for what the community does for UH Hilo
Published December 2, 2019 by admin
Above: Interns, mentors, alumni, and staff from the Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science, known as PIPES, celebrate winning the Outstanding Leadership Award at the 26th Annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference held in Honolulu, July 10, 2019. PIPES is a wonderful example of professionals and experts in the local community providing some of the best learning experiences for students. Courtesy photo.
By Bonnie D. Irwin
One of the things I love most about the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is the way the community is so intricately woven into the university’s success. This is the beauty of regional universities: the community and university are interconnected, so the people are interconnected, and all are working together to help everyone move successfully into the future.
As we near the end of the year, a time to celebrate the holidays, I’d like to take this opportunity to express gratitude for what the community does for UH Hilo, especially for our students.
For example, a mainstay to the university’s success is the many partnerships we have with businesses, schools, organizations, agencies, and community groups across the island that provide some of the best learning experiences for our students. One area where this is especially effective is in internships.
Internships put students in real-world situations that give them the opportunity to use the skills and knowledge they are developing in their academic work. Many of our students are working with local groups to conduct research and do community outreach that befits everyone and, in many cases, the environment. None if this would be possible without the successful business people, exemplary professionals, and dedicated public servants who mentor and support our students.
For example, a cohort from our tropical conservation biology and environmental science graduate program has recently completed internships on the island at several different organizations: Hawai‘i Island Hawksbill Sea Turtle Recovery Project, the Big Island Invasive Species Committee, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Hui Mālama I ke Ala ‘Ūlili, and Hawai‘i Natural Area Reserve System. In each of these projects, experts in their field mentor our students in research and/or community service projects—on behalf of the university, let me say mahalo to each and every one of you for taking these students under your wings.
About 35 of our business students did or are doing internships in the community in 2019. Some of these are with local businesses such as HPM Building Supply (owned by the Fujimoto family, who also has established an endowment that benefits students in the College of Business and Economics) and Suisan, Hilo’s commercial fishing hub. These internships are established by longtime Hilo families who care about our students and who value our students’ contributions to their companies—our appreciation to the owners and employees of these businesses is immense.
Over the years, marine science students have interned with several local businesses in both professional and research-based positions: Kampachi Farms, Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System, Ke Kai Ola of The Marine Mammal Center. Quite a few of the interns have been hired at the place where they interned such as at the Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center, Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm, Kona Diving, and Hawai‘i Wildlife Center. At each of these places our students found dedicated mentors who not only guided them in the task at hand, but also helped them find the path to their future—mahalo to you.
These are just a few examples of members of our community who dedicate their time and expertise to our students and to whom we feel much gratitude—mahalo all.
I would be remiss in writing a column on gratitude to not include two groups of people who are foundational blocks of UH Hilo.
I send a big aloha to our Vulcan Booster Club. The club receives donations from alumni, friends, and family to provide student-athletes with the support they need—through scholarships and other funding—to succeed in sports AND in their academics. And Boosters are the biggest, most enthusiastic fans at the games! A big mahalo to all members of the club.
Before I close, let me send a big aloha and mahalo to the many donors who contributed to UH Hilo this year. Behind every donation is someone who really cares about our students. Some donors see it as an investment in the future. Alumni donors may see it as a way to pay it forward. All see it as a way to expand access to higher education and help students get their degree so they can successfully move into the future to change the world.
From the bottom of my heart, mahalo to all for your support of UH Hilo.
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The Mystery of Robin Williams: Reflections on a Life
By Mark T. Harris in Commentary, Health Care on September 21, 2014 December 28, 2014
In the wake of the sad news of entertainer Robin William’s recent suicide, news and social media outlets were flooded with a predictable flurry of stunned reactions and commentary.
How could a man with such fame and wealth, admired and loved by millions, be unhappy enough to actually want to kill himself? If only Williams had “reached out” in his final moments, some despaired. Others reminded us of the availability of suicide hotlines, anti-depressant medications, and counseling. Everyone was shocked, and puzzled.
It’s always struck me how incurious many people are after someone commits suicide. How incurious to delve into the roots of pain. It’s as if something so inexplicable has occurred that it’s too uncomfortable, too futile, to even attempt to understand. Indeed, even with the upheaval of news that followed William’s death, there has been little in the way of a coherent picture to emerge of just how to explain his final, desperate moments.
In fact, Williams had reached out in the final weeks of his life. In July he returned from several weeks as an in-patient at the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Minnesota. It was not his first visit to Hazelden, which offers treatment programs that utilize a mix of psychotherapy, 12-step programs, and medications. Williams was reportedly there not because he was using drugs or alcohol again, which he had done as a young man and again from 2003 to 2006, but for help in maintaining his “long-term sobriety.”
At the time of his death, Williams was said to be struggling with several issues, including a diagnosis earlier this year of Parkinson’s disease. Certainly the news of the diagnosis must have been hard to take. Like tremors and rigidity, clinical depression itself can also be a symptom of Parkinson’s. Williams had also undergone open-heart surgery in 2009 for aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, and to address an irregular heartbeat (possibly atrial fibrillation). For many reasons, it’s not unusual for lingering post-operative depression to occur following open-heart surgery. Finally, Williams was reportedly weighed down by the financial obligations of multiple divorces, enmeshed in an expensive lifestyle he could no longer quite afford.
The Roots of Pain
Much of the commentary in recent weeks on Williams’ psychological troubles has focused on references to the impact of “brain disease,” how chemical imbalances in the brain, low levels of neurotransmitters, will often precipitate depression. With his manic stage presence, some have also wondered if Williams had ever been diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Perhaps there were other medical problems? Like Parkinson’s, a thyroid disorder or chronic inflammation are among medical conditions that can negatively affect mood. Sometimes even just chronic lack of sleep in an elderly person can push them into a hopeless mental state.
And yet often there is another story, a hidden story unfolding a chapter at a time over the course of many years. For some it is a story told in the pages of unresolved early childhood trauma. In one study, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found 58 percent of suicide attempts in adult females linked to adverse childhood experiences. The latter included physical and sexual abuse. Overall, 54 percent of cases of adult depression had roots in traumatic childhood experiences. The consequences of early adverse experiences include a host of unfavorable health outcomes, from depression and heart disease to diabetes, cancer, and early death.
Obviously, it’s difficult to trace a coherent line in a person’s life story or health history all the way back to the beginning. Outside of more obvious traumas, such as remembered sexual abuse, how do you show current health problems are rooted in early childhood experiences, or even in the womb? Among psychotherapists a few maverick thinkers such as Alice Miller and Arthur Janov have probed more deeply into these issues. In “The Drama of the Gifted Child” and other books, Miller’s sensitive gaze saw psychological trauma in much of what many considered “the normal childhood.” In particular, the traditional practice of spanking children as a disciplinary measure was strongly condemned by her.
To the extent he talked about it, William’s gave the impression of a somewhat emotionally remote upbringing in an upper-middle-class home. As he once told People magazine, in his family “the ideal child was seen, not heard.” He described himself in childhood as “short, shy, chubby and lonely.”
Writing on his blog (Aug. 14), Janov, the founder of primal therapy, remarks that Williams’ recent return from “another round of in-patient care at a rehab center should inform us of the ineffectiveness of rehab but it doesn’t. Rehab is big business and it goes on uninformed by strict science so that anything goes.”
Since the 1960s, the now 90-year-old Janov has treated mental health problems with therapy that looks for the imprint of early trauma, including pre-birth trauma. From there the therapy seeks to dislodge repressed feeling locked in the body, and hopefully gradually resolve its hold on the individual. “Clearly Mr. Williams had deep-lying imprints that could overwhelm any later imposed ideas such as ‘see or focus on the positive,’” Janov writes.
In fact, there’s new evidence to suggest that very early trauma can significantly influence later patterns of ill health in adults. From Yale University comes research exploring the role of a single gene, called HSF1 or heat shock factor, that works to protect brain cells from prenatal injury. Affected by traumatic or environmental stressors during pregnancy, researchers see indications genetic changes related to HSF1 are associated with later psychiatric disorders. A Science Daily report from 2012 describes how the trauma of child abuse creates risk for long-term dysregulation of the stress hormone system. Interestingly, there is evidence post-traumatic stress related to early childhood trauma can exist even without conscious memory of the trauma.
Feeling Man, Unfeeling World
Paradoxically, when it came to battling mental illness, perhaps Williams’ success in life in the long run may have worked against him? After all, what dreams remained for this man who had already achieved so much? Was there any material possession, any grand accomplishment, left for him to pursue? You have to wonder what did he think of himself, having such a privileged life and yet still finding himself so unhappy.
In interviews I always found it hard to get a sense of who Williams really was. The wired mania was always lurking nearby, like a thief of the true self. Who was this person in real life? But in this case the thief was also a talented professional entertainer, and so for the most part we all just went along for the laughs. In a 2010 interview with The Guardian’s Decca Altkenhead, Williams comes across as a man whose “overwhelming impression” is one of sadness. He describes his three-year relapse into alcoholism that began in 2003, hinting that his behavior was at times “shameful” and “hard to recover from.”
In an atomized, de-politicized culture such as ours, there’s a tendency to consider people who acutely feel the world’s pain as somehow unbalanced or dysfunctional. At the very least, such individuals risk being labeled “oversensitive.” If, for example, they respond to human suffering and injustice by becoming dedicated political activists, driven by their idealism for a better world, they further risk being categorized for their “fanaticism.”
Of course, not everyone fights the world’s wrongs in the same way. For Williams, making people laugh, touching their hearts, was the way he expressed his connection with the larger world. In a sense, he was a “fanatic” about bringing happiness into other people’s lives. Indeed, from most reports he was a sensitive, compassionate, and generous man. Perhaps his intense drive to use humor to lighten up our world was motivated by an underlying sense that the world—his world—was actually not such a light and funny place. In humor and public adulation he found an emotional counterweight, at least temporarily, to the extremes of lurking darkness he felt.
It may not have been coincidence that his most powerful movie roles (e.g., Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, What Dreams May Come, The Fisher King) often involved tender portrayals of wounded souls seeking liberation from the world’s cruelty and heartache. But in the real world the equilibrium he sought through his work and relationships proved in the end unsustainable. The world let him down. The medical profession let him down. Contending with an unresolved pain that came from somewhere deep within, the life force could no longer be nourished. And, finally, tragically, time and energy began to run out for this tender-hearted man.
Published by Mark T. Harris
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By Mike Rankin
Make it three — three consecutive months when hay prices have pushed higher, according to USDA’s Agricultural Prices report released last week.
But should that excite hay market sellers and depress those on the buying side? Let’s take a deeper look.
The all-hay price bumped to $143 per ton, up $11 per ton from the previous month and only $1 lower than April 2016. Hay other than alfalfa was up $5 per ton from $127 to $132, which is $7 per ton higher than April 2016. The positive sign here is that hay prices are at least holding steady with 2016. Year-to-year hay prices have been in a continual decline since 2014, and the last time the April hay price was higher than the previous year was 2013.
The month-to-month alfalfa price was up $13 per ton in April to $148 per ton, which is $6 per ton less than one year ago. After hitting a low of $128 per ton in January, the alfalfa hay price has climbed $20 per ton over the past three months. Last year, over that same period, the hay price raised only $13 per ton.
The USDA price averages account for all qualities of hay sold, and the final U.S. estimate is a volume-weighted average rather than a simple average of state values. Those states with the most volume sales will impact the final U.S. dollar value more than those states with fewer sales.
The largest alfalfa price gainers in April were New York (plus $25 per ton), New Mexico (plus $20), Colorado (plus $20), and Nevada (plus $15). Illinois led price decliners at minus $15 per ton, followed by Montana and Oregon, both at minus $10 per ton.
The highest alfalfa hay prices are being reported from New York ($240 per ton), Kentucky ($215 per ton), New Mexico ($190 per ton), California ($180 per ton), and Pennsylvania ($180 per ton).
The lowest prices can be found in Minnesota ($76 per ton), North Dakota ($80 per ton), and Nebraska ($81 per ton).
Where will we go from here?
Historically, the monthly average alfalfa hay price peaks in May as supplies tighten before new crop is made (see chart below). It then falls through the growing season and into winter as inventories are replenished. Last year, the USDA alfalfa hay price climbed from $137 in February to $154 per ton in April, then plummeted to $129 per ton by the end of the year.
So, is there reason to be optimistic that hay prices will strengthen in 2017 even though the recent upward movement is not atypical from years gone by? I think there is cause to be hopeful, but there are also reasons to temper that optimism. Let’s take a look at both.
Factors to support a glass half full outlook:
· The year-to-year free fall in hay prices appears to have tempered.
· U.S. May 1 hay stocks were down 3 percent, the first such year-over-year decline since 2013. Some large hay producing states were down considerably more than 3 percent.
· Initial reports of new crop hay sales in the West are $20 to $25 per ton more than was seen last year.
· Alfalfa winterkill was more widespread in the Upper Midwest in 2017 than in the recent past.
· Excessive rainfall and flooding in several regions this winter and spring caused damage to existing stands, wilting forage, or, in some cases, stored hay.
· Milk prices may have hit bottom and are expected to climb through the remainder of 2017. At the same time, the nation’s dairy herd continues to grow.
· Beef prices have shown recent strength, and the cow herd continues to expand.
· Acres of new alfalfa seedings were down in 2016, and that trend is expected to continue in 2017. U.S. acres harvested for dry hay are also expected to drop by 650,000 acres compared to 2016.
· Export markets remain strong, and there is no indication that it will slow down. Total hay exports set a new single-month record for volume in March, eclipsing the previous March’s total by over 95 metric tons.
· Commodity prices will be higher in 2017 as many acres of corn and soybeans will be planted late or have to be replanted. Higher forage livestock rations may be desired.
Factors to support a glass half empty outlook:
· Hay prices climb every year from January to April. In fact, the U.S. 2017 average alfalfa price for April remains below last year.
· Though May 1 hay stocks are down 3 percent, they are still historically high. Only 2015 and 2016 had a larger May 1 inventory during the past 10 years.
· Inventories of haylage are excellent on most dairy farms. For many dairy farms, winterkilled fields can be replaced with new seedings before feed shortages become a problem.
· Currently, only 3 percent of the nation’s hay acreage is within an area experiencing drought. It was 8 percent one year ago.
· More than adequate rainfall in many areas of the U.S. has allowed for excellent pasture growth and the ability to make more hay from pasture acres for future feeding.
· Though beef prices are on an upswing, price volatility remains a big concern.
· Dairy producers are still feeling the effects from a long run of low milk prices. Some may remain unwilling to pay a premium price for dry hay.
The margin for hay-supply error has certainly narrowed, and there is good reason to believe that prices have hit bottom. But how much upside is there going to be relative to 2016? That’s really the pertinent question. I believe it will mostly hinge on Mother Nature and livestock prices, though other factors will play supportive roles in specific regions. For example, both export and dairy markets compete for available hay resources in the West.
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HomeInterviewsAnything on Earth: The Story of “Controversial” Glenn Catley
Anything on Earth: The Story of “Controversial” Glenn Catley
April 15, 2019 Paul Zanon Interviews
Interview with Glenn Catley by Paul Zanon. See more Hannibal Boxing interviews >>
Drama, controversy, and a “have passport, will travel” mentality pretty much sum up Glenn Catley’s time in world championship boxing.
But how was the “Catman” first enticed to step into the prize ring? “This is going to sound really big headed and I don’t want it to come across that way, but I’ve always been naturally very strong from a young age. Whether it be lifting weights, grappling, arm wrestling—I was good at it. Being strong meant that I was naturally good at fighting. Even when I was at primary school and a gang fight would break out, people would want me in their team, because I could take out two or three people.
“In terms of my interest in boxing, the fight I remember watching that stood out for me was in 1980, when Alan Minter fought Marvin Hagler. I probably remember part of the fight for the wrong reasons because of the rioting that night [at Wembley Arena], but either way, that fight got me interested in boxing. Between that and my natural strength, I kind of knew one day I might start boxing.”
It would take three years before his window of opportunity opened. “I was eleven at the time. One day, my dad was in conversation with one of his work colleagues, Graham Gapper, and expressed my interest in boxing. Graham, who’s sadly no longer with us, said to my dad, ‘If you want, I’ll come along, pick him up and take him to the gym with my son Richard’, which he did. He used to pick me up every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and take us to the local amateur boxing gym in Bristol called ‘The Empire.’ I took to it like a duck to water. It was a proper spit and sawdust gym, a great place to learn the game and cut my teeth on—but also my eyes, my nose, my lips and everything else!”
Catley would go on to have fifty amateur fights, losing only eight. The closest he got to national honors was at the ABA (Amateur Boxing Association) light-middleweight final on 6 May 1992 at the iconic Royal Albert Hall. His opponent that day went on to become one of British boxing’s all-time greats. Catley recalled the contest. “One thing about Joe Calzaghe, even throughout his professional career, what he always brought to the table was incredible stamina. Whatever pace you set, Joe could match you and some. He had incredibly fast hands, but I wouldn’t say he was the biggest puncher I’ve ever shared the ring with, far from it in fact. However, if you hit him with one, he’d hit you with six. In my opinion, he’s the best boxer the UK has ever produced.
“In our fight, I got stopped seconds from the final bell on a nose bleed. I was gutted. Listen, make no mistake whatsoever, if it had gone the extra few seconds, Joe was no doubt well ahead on points and would have got the decision anyway, but I was really frustrated after this six-month tournament, to have got stopped seconds before the final bell.”
The Calzaghe fight signified the end of Catley’s amateur career. “When I got beaten by Joe at the Albert Hall, I was twenty-one years old at the time, had just come to the end of my electrical apprenticeship and thought, ‘Catley, you’re twenty-one years of age, you’ve come as far as you can as an amateur, it’s obvious the England squad has no interest in you. Time to earn a few quid and turn professional.’ So I turned pro with Chris Sanigar.”
Catley made his debut on May 27, 1993, losing only once in his first twenty-one outings, but bouncing back from that sole defeat to stop the likes of Kirkland Laing, a veteran who had once beaten Roberto Duran. In his twenty-second fight, on January 21, 1997, he stopped Benin’s Georges Bocco in four rounds to become the WBC International middleweight champion and was made mandatory challenger for the coveted British title. Catley expressed his nostalgic excitement. “I can remember a good friend of mine and stablemate, Ross Hale, boxing Andy Holligan for the British and Commonwealth light welterweight titles. This was May 25, 1994, and I was fighting on the undercard against Chris Davies. I watched the fight and Ross stopped Andy in three rounds. Everything I experienced that night with Ross becoming the champion, the adulation, the jubilation, the celebration, the congratulations—let me tell you—I had never in my entire life experienced or witnessed anything like that. I remember thinking, ‘I want some of that. I want to be the next British champion.’ That was my first dream, my first mission as a pro.”
The opportunity to fight British champion Neville Brown didn’t happen overnight, and it was suggested in the interim that Catley fight the Hungarian middleweight champion Andras Galfi on June 5, 1997, putting his WBC International strap on the line. Unfortunately, preparations didn’t go as planned. “I’d started taking creatine monohydrate, and a week before the fight, I was struggling to lose weight, living on lettuce leaves and water. I was nine pounds over the weight on the day of the fight and had to lose it, otherwise, I’d lose everything.
“I put myself in the sauna and on the exercise bike, and after two hours I poured nine pounds out of my body. Crazy, stupid thing to do. Out of ignorance for not checking about this creatine stuff, although I looked a million dollars, it made losing weight unbelievably tough.” Catley was stopped in seven rounds and was now seen as cannon fodder for the sturdy Brown. Coming off a loss and stepping up in competition, Catley knew he had his work cut out for him. “Everyone was saying about how Brown hadn’t been beaten by a British fighter in seven years and I’d just got spanked by a complete nobody from Hungary. Then three months after losing to Galfi, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) made their decision for me to fight Brown. Let me tell you, in those three months, Glenn Catley was not in a particularly good place. I thought my career was done and was concerned that my mandatory position had also gone. I was embarrassed and humiliated in the way that I got beat by Galfi and didn’t want to see my friends or family.
“Then I got that call from the BBBofC and they said, ‘You got beat by Galfi, but he’s not British. Therefore you’re still mandatory challenger to fight Neville Brown.’ Well, that was it. That was all the news I needed. When the fight was announced, the writers and critics wrote me off. Nobody gave me a chance to beat Neville Brown, which you could understand after Galfi. Back then, I was Steve Collins’s sparring partner for when he fought against Brown and also his fights against Eubank and Benn. Steve was undergoing hypnosis and from sparring with him on a day-to-day basis, I could see the difference. He was quicker, sharper, stronger and was almost impenetrable.
“So here I was after a loss and now fighting Brown to redeem and resurrect myself. I picked up the ‘Yellow Pages’ and there were loads and loads of hypnotherapists, and I literally put my finger on the middle of the page and it landed on the name of David Newton, from Bristol. Ironically, he’s now one of the best practitioners in the world.
“I phoned him up and explained I was a local boxer, my confidence was shot because I’d got beaten in my last fight, the reasons why, and that I had the biggest fight of my life for the British title coming up. I’d explained how I thought hypnotherapy seemed to be working for Steve and wondered if it could the same for me. The following week I went round, had our initial consultation and went to work on the British title fight straightaway. Not in the gym, not on the road, but on the couch.
“When I walked out to meet Neville Brown in January 1998, this is no word of a lie, you could have put three Mike Tysons in front of me and someway, somehow, I felt like I would have smashed all three of them. The confidence I had that night, especially after everyone had written me off, is something I can never fully put into words. I often say to people now when I’m taking a hypnotherapy session (Catley is a fully-qualified hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner), ‘How confident are you that you’ll wake up tomorrow morning?’ and they always say, ‘Of course.’ That’s how confident I was of beating Neville Brown that night.
“Confidence is something you need for success. You can’t give it or take it. It has to come from within. I knew I wasn’t a gifted or talented fighter. I was a short, squat, powerful come-forward fighter, who was limited with what he could do. I knew that I couldn’t outbox Brown, because he’d play with me, so I jumped on him and made a fight without giving him the space. I took control of the fight from the very first round. Hypnotherapy gave me that confidence, and that’s why I did so well that night.” Brown retired in the eighth round.
After Brown, Catley was faced with a period of inactivity. Thankfully the light at the end of the tunnel proved to be bright. “I beat Neville Brown, the biggest fight of my life. I’m now the British middleweight champion. I got paid £7,000 to fight Brown and cleared about £3,000. I had to borrow money to feed the wife and kids for that fight, but as British champion, I’m thinking, ‘Surely things can only get better?’ Sadly, that wasn’t the case. For the next nine months, I didn’t get a chance to defend the belt. Instead, I was working in a sweet shop [candy store] as a security guard, on the outskirts of Bristol, in a place called Long Ashton, kicking out kids for nicking Mars bars and cans of Tango. Once again I was at a low point in my career. So low in fact, I picked up the phone to Chris Sanigar to tell him that I was retiring because boxing was a joke and I was returning to my job as an electrician. He never answered.
“The weekend went by, and on the Monday, Sanigar phoned me and said, ‘I’ve got a big fight for you!’ I replied, ‘Listen Chris. I’m retiring. I’m skint and on my ass. I’m sick of being a security guard, and I’ve got bills to pay.’ He then said, ‘It’s against Richie Woodhall for the WBC super-middleweight world title.’ I’ve said, ‘What?’ I’ve let that set in for a few seconds and then said, ‘When’s the fight?’ and he says, ‘Eleven days’ time.’ I then asked Chris, ‘What do you think?’
“Chris replies, ‘Listen Catley. There’s £30,000 on the table. You might not win, but you won’t get hurt because Woodhall’s not a big puncher.’ I was skint and of course took the fight. I put the phone down, and the first person I called was my hypnotherapist. I went round and saw him straightaway. There was only so much I could do to get myself physically fit in eleven days, and with this being at super-middle I was only about seven or eight pounds over at the time. I was never a natural super-middleweight fighter. I’m only five foot eight and a half, but I stepped up because that’s where my opportunities would consequently lie.
“I went up to Telford to fight Richie, as confident as I was against Neville Brown. I was a massive underdog, but I went in there and started winning rounds. I remember at the end of the eleventh round Saingar said, ‘Go out there and continue what you’re doing for the final round and you’re going to come back world champion.’
“I did pretty well in the final few minutes, and when the bell went, Richie walks over, who’s about six foot two inches, bent down and whispered in my ear, ‘Well done, kid. You’re the new world champion.’ Remember, eleven days before I was kicking kids out for nicking Mars bars and here I was now being told I was WBC super-middleweight champion of the world. I’d been given the opportunity, prevailed and done it.
“I’m celebrating in the ring with my family and friends and then suddenly we hear rumors circulating that they were giving it to Richie. I thought, ‘You must be joking.’ Then the rest is history.” Woodhall was awarded a majority decision and retained his title. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be the last time the Bristol favorite would be on the rough end of a bad decision.
Only five weeks later, Catley avenged his loss to Andras Galfi, picking up the WBO super-middleweight Intercontinental title for his trouble; then, a mere six weeks later, he beat Andy Flute for the IBF version. He may have lost against Woodhall, but his global stock had risen rapidly in the following three months, with his next fight launching him back into title contention. “We’d parted company with Frank Warren and went to fight Eric Lucas in his backyard as a final eliminator for the WBC world title. The fight took place at the Molson Centre, Montreal, Canada, which was their national ice hockey stadium. It was a very partisan crowd with predominantly French-speaking fans. Lucas had never been stopped in his thirty-seven fights at that point and, of his three losses, two were challenging for world titles, one against Roy Jones Jr. [the other Fabrice Tiozzo]. Of course, once again, I was written off by the media.
“Like with Richie Woodhall and Neville Brown, the intention was to jump on Lucas, which wasn’t going to be hard because I knew he’d come for me. I was hurting him with shots, then in the twelfth round I caught him with a good right-hand-left-hook and really rocked him bad. The referee stepped in, looked him in the eyes and waved it off.
“I totally lost control and was celebrating like a lunatic. There was only two fans in the crowd there for me, my brother and my therapist. That was it! I dropped onto my knees and shouted, ‘Show me the money!’ because I knew my next fight was going to be for the world title and a half-decent payday.”
Catley’s second crack at the WBC world super-middleweight crown was set for May 6, 2000, against the Markus Beyer, who boasted an undefeated record of 18-0 at the time. Catley shared his memories of the encounter. “After Beyer beat Richie Woodhall [October 23, 1999], we went to see him in his first defense [against Leif Keiski] and he bashed the guy from pillar to post, stopping him in the seventh. He was a very awkward southpaw puncher who was precise and punched very hard with both hands. After that fight, he had to fight the mandatory, and that was me.
“When Beyer hit his opponents, they knew all about it. Very hard puncher. I told my therapist that and said, if I get wobbled, I need to be prepared, put my hands up and make out like everything is okay.
“Thank God I did that, because the moment Beyer hit me in the second round around the temple, it was so hard it rocked me down to my boots. I had double vision for about three rounds. Beyer must have thought, ‘Take that ya bald bugger,’ when he landed that shot but must have thought straight after, ‘Christ, he’s alright.’ In reality, I wasn’t; I was gone. If he knew that, he would have jumped on me with a flurry of shots and finished the show soon after. But he didn’t, because my hypnotherapy allowed me to prepare for the scenario and continue until I’d recovered.
“The whole fight was a bit tit-for-tat because we both knew we could take each other out with one punch. I came back at the end of the eleventh round, sitting on my stool in front of Sanigar and he said, ‘It’s dead even on the judges’ scorecards. We’re fighting in Germany and we ain’t gonna get any favors from the judges. If you want to win this fight, if you want to become a world champion, go out there, forget your boxing and have a fight, like you’re on the street. Don’t stop throwing punches!’
“I remember looking at Beyer and thinking, ‘I’m going to have to be carried out of this ring, either because I get knocked out trying or because I knock him out.’ I caught him with the best right hand I ever threw and he went down. He got up, but I could tell he was on co-pilot. I jumped on him, didn’t let him recover and that was it. I remember thinking, ‘Catley. You are now the WBC champion of the world.’
However, the moment of realization took a few hours to set in. “My wife and kids were staying at a different hotel and were exhausted, so I told them to go back, and I had a drink at the afterparty and then went back to my room about 3 a.m. My room was about eight floors up and I pulled the curtains back and opened the window to let a bit of fresh air in. I left the WBC belt behind me on the bed and was on my knees looking out the window, with my chin resting on my arm on the window ledge, breathing in the fresh air as I was gazing out into the view. I kept looking back at the belt on the bed, then looking out of the window. This went on for a few minutes. All of a sudden I said to myself, ‘Fucking hell, Catley. You’ve done it!’ When I woke up in the morning, I looked over at the belt and the first thing I thought was, ‘It’s still there. It wasn’t a dream.’ That’s when it really set in.”
Four months later, on September 1, 2000, Catley traveled to South Africa to defend his title against Dingaan Thobela. Unfortunately, he would contentiously lose the crown. Catley explained. “The first jab he hit me with, I don’t know why I compare it to this because it’s never happened to me, but it was like being hit by a big glass ashtray. Something solid. I had my therapist with me, and we’d already prepared ourselves that if anything negative came into my head to push it to one side. But as the fight went on, I became scared of being hit by his jab. I’d never felt anything like that in my life.
“I’m a come-forward fighter who’s willing to take a shot to give one, but that night was tough. I put him down in the twelfth round, but he got up. The ref didn’t give him a count and I walked straight into a punch. That was it. End of fight.
“I woke up in the morning and knew something was wrong. You’re going to get bruises fighting, but not welts. My face looked like I’d repeatedly walked into the sharp edge of a door and that’s impossible to get that from a boxing glove. I had my suspicions but had no evidence to follow through.
“About six weeks after, my uncle phoned me up and said, ‘Have you seen the fight yet?’ I said, ‘No I haven’t.’ He then said, ‘You want to see his bandages when his gloves were off. It looked like he had a mobile telephone strapped to the front of them,’ referring to the sharp edges.
“I watched the fight and that backed up my suspicions. A photograph was printed off of him in his bandages, and it blatantly showed the bandage shape was square, which is impossible to get when you take a glove off. We then employed a group of forensic experts who Scotland Yard also use, and they came back and agreed that it was impossible to make that bandage shape. It measured 3.6-centimeters-thick with a square edge. I was left unattended for forty-five minutes before the fight after the wraps had been signed, and no doubt so was Thobela. I’m sure that’s when he added something to his bandages.”
The WBC took note of Catley’s case, but Thobela was not stripped of his title. Instead, he lost it to Dave Hilton three months later, and soon after the title became vacant. Catley would have to wait ten months to have his third crack at world honors. “I was made mandatory to fight for the title again and went back to Canada to fight Eric Lucas. However, after the Thobela fight, I was never the same. The way and the manner I got beaten by Thobela, I lost the desire and the passion for the sport. Everything you need to step through those ropes for a championship fight was not there the same as it was for Markus Beyer. When I got stopped by Lucas in the seventh round of the second fight, I just didn’t care. That kind of said it all.”
Despite falling out of love with boxing, Catley fought for the European title eight months later against Danilo Haussler and once again was on the sour end of a debatable majority decision in his opponent’s backyard. “The intention was to fight for the European title, win it and the WBC would give me another crack. I went to Germany, but mentally still wasn’t the same fighter as before. I could still beat him with 70 percent of the passion I had, but my mindset had changed. After this fight, I started to get a nickname of ‘Controversial Catley’ because of all the decisions that went against me!”
Eleven months later they had a rematch and after an accidental cut, Haussler was the beneficiary of a technical decision victory. “I got robbed twice against Haussler and that was pretty much it after that.” After two domestic victories on British soil, he hung up the gloves on 24 February 2007.
Catley qualified as a hypnotherapist in 2007 and has successfully delivered sessions to individuals, schools, colleges, prisons, and companies all over the UK. Using his life as a vehicle to explain the power of confidence in life and business, he’s helped many to overcome obstacles and negativity to reach their ultimate goal of success. “I’m often asked to what extent boxing has given me the mindset to achieve my goals outside of the ring, but you can flip it the other way. To what extent has my mindset in hypnotherapy allowed me to become world champion?
“I always say this at every talk I deliver. I wasn’t the best, but with guts, dedication, desire, confidence, and a little pinch of this hypnotherapy stuff, I became WBC champion of the world. I truly believe that anything on this earth is achievable with confidence.”
About Paul Zanon 20 Articles
Paul Zanon has written eight books, with almost all of them reaching the number-one bestselling spot in their respective categories on Amazon. He has co-hosted boxing shows on Talk Sport and has been a pundit on London Live Boxnation. He is a regular contributor to Boxing Monthly and a number of other publications. Paul is member of the British Boxing Writers Club. Paul is the author of the forthcoming book, The Ghost of Johnny Tapia, published by Hamilcar Publications. Connect with Paul on Twitter.
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Launch of management book ‘Everything Transaction’: the future of digital transactions
The management book ‘Everything Transaction’ by Shikko Nijland, Douwe Lycklama and Chiel Liezenberg will be available as an English-language hard copy and e-book from October 15th. In the book, the authors address themes such as platforms, digital trust and data sharing. The authors’ intention with ‘Everything Transaction’ is to support business leaders in achieving better navigation in the digital world. They do this based on the vision that trust and cooperation between companies are the key to a sustainable solution for digital transactions in the future.
Issues such as data, privacy and platforms have an increasing impact on both business and society. How do we maintain control, with the massive increase in data and transactions? And how do we organise trust in a world in which security and privacy are no longer self-evident? The book ‘Everything Transaction’ provides answers to these questions. From the perspective that everything is a transaction, the writers distinguish hypes from reality when it comes to technology-driven developments. This includes aspects such as blockchain, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and biometrics. The book is also an appeal to business leaders to start working together today on the future of digital transactions.
The Dutch version of the book was awarded the title ‘Management Book of the Year 2019’ in April. According to the jury: “Because of the social and economic importance of the subject, because of the need for every organisation to understand it, because of the thorough analysis, because of the clear development direction and because of the agenda that points out their responsibilities to a multitude of stakeholders”.
The authors are experienced fintech pioneers. Nijland is CEO and managing partner of INNOPAY. Lycklama and Liezenberg founded the consultancy firm 16 years ago. Through INNOPAY, the authors bring different parties together to think about sustainable solutions for managing the exponential growth of digital transactions. “Certainly in Europe, there is an opportunity to change the current market conditions to a situation in which end users get more digital self-determination,” says Shikko Nijland. “In this situation, data stays at the source and users have insight and control over who has access to their data.”
The book is available via www.everythingtransaction.com
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The Somme is a department full of surprises and beautiful places to visit. Located in the northern part of France in the Hauts-de-France region, the Somme takes its name from the major river that flows through it and its main city is Amiens. Depending on your requirements and your needs, HomeCamper has various hosts in store for you that are going to be able to make you enjoy your stay like never before. Lovers of vanlife, roadtrips, and outdoor camping will be delighted!
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The underground city of Naours is already a first unusual visit. It is in fact a real underground city with a total of 28 galleries, also known as "muches". This underground city could accommodate around 2000 people, and had the organization of a real village with its squares, wells and its chapel.
The Samara park also reveals the daily life of several centuries ago. With a total of 1200 sqm of exhibitions including several gardens as well as reconstructions of houses over the centuries. Many craft demonstrations also take place if you want a total immersion.
The château des Rambures, dating from the 12th century, is a pleasant visit to make, especially for its interiors or its 15 hectares of park. Its rose garden reveals nearly 450 species of roses.
Blangy-sur-Bresle is home to the Museum of Glassmaking, which alone accounts for 75% of world production in the field of luxury perfumery.
Amiens is the capital of the Somme. Its 13th century Gothic cathedral has been classified by UNESCO. 145 metres long, it is the largest Gothic cathedral in France. It also contains many treasures, including the oldest comic book in the world and the reliquary of St. Firmin. In Amiens, the house of Jules Verne and the zoological park (esplanade de la Hotoie) are to be discovered. We also recommend that you take a walk in the Quartier Saint Lieu, which is particularly pleasant.
The village of Doullens is also a must to visit in the Somme. Its citadel of Doullens is a legacy of the village's military past, with its ramparts and women's prisons.
The village of Picquigny contains the remains of its castle. Yet another must-visit site in the department.
The Somme also contains some remarkable natural sites, the most magnificent of which is the Baie de Somme. This bay extends over 70km2 and offers remarkable panoramas. It is not uncommon to spot seals and many migratory birds.
Finally, the Somme is also a fishermen's paradise with many fishing areas such as the domain of the Islands in Offroy, the Narvik Blue or the "domaine des Vaches".
When to go to the Somme department?
Being close to the English Channel means that the winter months can become pretty cold and windy, so we can only advise you to plan your trip around the months of May until the month of september if you can be skittish when low temperatures hit.
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Croatian Authorities are Under Fire for Wrongly Deporting Two Nigerian Students to Bosnia
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by MT December 10, 2019, 3:54 pm
The students and table tennis players were in Croatia for a tournament when they were picked up by police and sent to a refugee camp in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Abia Uchenna Alexandro and Eboh Kenneth Chinedu, Nigerian table tennis players and students at the University of Technology Owerri, were wrongfully deported to Bosnia after taking part in a sports tournament in Pula, Croatia, The Guardian reports. Organizers of the event are now demanding that the students be immediately returned to their home country.
Chinedu and Alexandro, both 18, were reportedly picked up by Croatian authorities on November 18—the night before they were scheduled to return to Lagos—in the country’s capital Zagreb. They had visited for the fifth annual World InterUniversities Championships, which took place outside the capital in the city of Pula, and competed in the table tennis tournament. They were exploring the city afterwards and say they were approached by two officers while getting on a train and asked to provide identification.
“On entering the tram we were stopped by the police. They took us to the police station,” Chinedu told Bosnian news site Žurnal. “We tried to explain who we were and that our documents were in the hostel. They did not pay attention to what we were saying.”
In an interview with Žurnal, they described feeling scared and helpless after they were accused of being undocumented immigrants, and told they were being sent to Bosnia. “We don’t know what time it was, but it was dark,” added Chinedu. “They took us out of the station and put us in a van. They drove us to an unknown place. Two police officers told us ‘you are going to Bosnia’. I’ve never been to Bosnia. I came by plane to Zagreb, I told them I didn’t know Bosnia. They told us no, you are going to Bosnia. After a while, the van stopped and we were pushed into the bushes. I refused to go into the woods, then the cop told me if I didn’t move he was going to shoot me.”
The young men, who first traveled to Croatia on November 12, were forced across the Bosnia-Herzegovina border and sent to a refugee camp in Velika Kladuša, where thousands of refugees are stuck living in substandard conditions that are worsening as the weather gets colder. International Organization for Migration (IOM) volunteers at the camp confirmed that the young men were in Croatia legally and possessed the correct visas. Upon learning Chinedu and Alexandro’s story, they contacted representatives at World InterUniversities to inform them of the situation, reports Al Jazeera.
The Croatian Interior Ministry has defended its officer’s actions, claiming that race wasn’t a factor in the young men being targeted and deported. “Statements that Croatian police discriminate [against] individuals based on the colour of their skin are unacceptable,” a spokesperson told Al Jazeera.
Bosnian authorities claimed that the actions of the Croatian officers were, in fact, illegal. “Those people are victims of illegal acts of the Croatian side,” Dragan Mektić, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Minister of Security, told Al Jazeera. “Respecting legal procedures, we now have to take them back to Croatia…It is obvious that they have Croatian visas, that they are in Bosnia and Herzegovina illegally. From their statements, it is obvious that Croatian police forcibly displaced them and we have to bring them back there.”
Several online are calling out the Croatian government for its human rights abuses, and are accusing them of racial profiling. “A lot of things stand out when it comes to this, but one thing to really recognise is the dehumanisation,” wrote journalist and analyst Samira Sawlani on Twitter. “[Two] young, Nigerian, Black men- not being given the opportunity to make their case/show their documents etc. Because they cannot be human, it’s impossible.”
You know- a lot of things stand out when it comes to this, but one thing to really recognise is the dehumanisation.
2 young, Nigerian, Black men- not being given the opportunity to make their case/show their documents etc.
Because they cannot be human, it’s impossible.
— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) December 5, 2019
Croatia has been constantly criticized by human rights organizations for its treatment of migrants, and has often been accused of illegally sending people attempting to cross the border back to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Boris Miletic, the mayor of Pula, where the tournament took place, denounced the actions of Croatian police.”The actions of the Croatian police who condemn people based on their skin colour in a 21st-century European country are shameful and deserve every condemnation.”
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Posted on December 7, 2019 by howesdubai
Even in these troubled, times there are still many Dubai properties being sold for over US$ 2.72 million (ten million dirhams). According to statistics from Data Finder, the leading locations were Downtown (34 deals), Palm Jumeriah (31), Business Bay (five) Jumeirah (four), JBR (four) and Dubai Creek Harbour (four) over the first ten months of the year. Two projects accounted for 31 of these deals – Il Primo in the Opera District of Downtown, with 18 transactions, and the Palm Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences making up 13 of the total. The most expensive apartment sale so far has been for US$ 20 million at The One at Palm Jumeirah.
Villa sales fared even better, with 157 deals in the top five locations – Dubai Hills Estate (47 deals), Palm Jumeirah (43), MBR City (32), Emirates Hills (22) and Jumeirah Golf Estates (13).The average price for villas sold in Emirates Hills was estimated at US$ 7 million.
October figures from STR indicate the Middle East hotel construction pipeline stands at 434 projects and 120k rooms; no surprise to see that the UAE accounts for 38.3% of the total, with 52.8k rooms, followed by Saudi Arabia’s 38.9k.
Capri Palace becomes the latest property to be added to the Jumeriah Group’s portfolio of managed hotels, due to reopen next April, after major renovation work. Founded by Tonino Cacace in the 1960s, it has 68 guest rooms and is home to three of the island’s Michelin stars, including the hotel’s signature restaurant L’Olivo. The Dubai government-owned company operates other properties in Europe including in London, Mallorca and Frankfurt, as well as in the Middle East, China and the Maldives.
Having just opened its third hypermarket, near Burjuman Metro Station, and its fifteenth branch in the emirate, Lulu is planning a further six more outlets for Dubai. The Abu Dhabi-based retail group now has 74 outlets in the country, having opened fourteen this year, compared to nine in 2018 – an indicator of its confidence in the local economy, as are its plans for twenty-two new projects in the near future.
Following its recent agreement with Careem/RTA, Canada-based PBSC Urban Solutions announced more details about its upcoming launch of an electric bike-share network, starting with its deployment of 3.5k E-FIT electric pedal-assist bikes and 350 smart stations throughout the emirate. This is the Canadian company’s first regional foray, following several successful launches including in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Monaco and Santiago, involving 84k bikes and 6.8k stations.
Whilst placing Kuwait as the bottom of their table in the Expat City Ranking 2019 by InterNations, Dubai found itself, rather surprisingly, rated 34th of the 82 cities surveyed, behind other regional locations such as Abu Dhabi (15th), Manama (21st) and Muscat (28th). Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore were the four leading destinations for expats to reside, whilst Rome, Milan and Lagos propped up the table with Kuwait. Dubai’s position was not helped by being placed 71st for its “work life”, with less than half polled said they were happy with their work-life balance (cf 60% globally), and 45% feeling insecure in their job (cf 59%).The only conclusion is that such surveys should be taken with a very large pinch of salt.
Another study ranks Dubai 7th when it comes to most visited global cities with 16.3 million visitors. As in the past the top positions were dominated by Asia, with Hong Kong, Bangkok, Macau and Singapore taking the top four positions.
Dubai-based AquaChemie Middle East is planning a US$ 40 million spend to build a chemical terminal facility at Jebel Ali Port to be used as a strategic petrochemical gateway hub. Mott MacDonald has been appointed for the design, engineering and project management work and the project is expected to take eighteen months. The company will be able to utilise the facilities at the port including multiple jetty pipelines, along with other crucial existing utility and building support infrastructure. It is expected that 100 new jobs will be created, with that number doubling by 2025.
DP World added to its ever-expanding portfolio by acquiring a 77% stake in Singapore-based Feedertech Group, via its subsidiary Unifeeder, for an undisclosed sum but less than 1% of the parent’s net value; the seller will retain the remaining 23% shareholding. The aim of the exercise is to build an end-to-end logistics capability, soon culminating with a dedicated and efficient India-Gulf region service. Feederetch, with annual revenues of over US$ 100 million and movement of 600k TEUs (20’ ft equivalent units), will help in this regard as it operates two business units – one that moves containers from smaller ports to larger container terminals and the other that operates short sea networks.
Just like DP World, dnata continues to expand its global reach – this time announcing that it had bought the remaining 50% share in its UK in-flight catering JV, Alpha LSG, from the LSG Group. The seven-year old company, employing 3.5k across fifteen airport catering units and two central production facilities, posted annual revenue of over US$ 375 million. This acquisition follows several others already this year, with dnata having opened new facilities in Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver which have seen its expanding catering division now employing over 10k.
The Majid Al Futtaim Group is planning to invest over US$ 1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, (including a US$ 866 million mall in Cairo), over the next three years as it ramps up its expansion drive. Over the past four years, Dubai-owned MAF has spent over US$ 2.2 billion in Egypt whilst much of the Saudi investment will be in cinemas, as part of its five-year US$ 4.3 billion investment plan, where it already has one hundred cinema screens since the ban on commercial cinemas was lifted just two years ago. Later this month, the Group will open a Carrefour in Uganda and plans to open seven next year in Uzbekistan.
Over the past two months, it is reported that Emirates NBD has shed 500 jobs, about 4% of its 12k employment numbers, because of the need to cut costs in a slowing economic environment. Its retail and technology operations faced the brunt of these job losses. This comes despite Moody’s Investors Service indicating that the operating conditions for GCC banks remain favourable, being underpinned by solid economic growth, and by the banks’ solid liquidity and strong capital buffers; furthermore, the ratings agency expects the region’s average non-hydrocarbon GDP growth to push higher to 2.6% next year.
So far this year, total volumes, at 21.9 million and valued at over US$ 400 billion, on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) are on track to easily beat last year’s figure of 22.3 million. For November, the best performing asset class was again the Indian rupee which showed a YTD 17.0% improvement, with the best performing being the exchange’s flagship Gold Futures product, with YTD volume growth 94%.
With collaboration between UAE and Chinese police, more than 28k fake luxury items, worth US$ 257 million and destined for sale in Dubai, have reportedly been seized. 75% of the goods were in Dubai where police raided ten locations and arrested twenty people. A further 37 were charged in China where police found 7k counterfeit luxury handbags in Guangdong Province. Along with the fake goods, it seems that certificates, invoices, receipts and gift wrapping were also being produced.
Sunday, 01 December, saw the UAE’s Federal Tax Authority include sweetened drinks, electronic smoking devices and tools, and the liquids used in these devices, added to the list of products now subject to excise tax. They now join products such as tobacco and tobacco products, energy drinks, and carbonated beverages which have had tax levied since October 2017. Khalid Ali Al Bustani, director general of the FTA, commented that “Implementing the new decision is in line with our wise leadership’s directives to further enhance the UAE’s competitiveness, build a healthy community by curbing consumption of harmful products, mitigate damages and costs incurred while combatting diseases that result from consuming these products, and supply the resources necessary to support the government’s expansion and upgrade of its services.”
The bourse opened on Wednesday 04 December, following the extended National Day holidays, and, having shed 22 points the previous fortnight, regained 16 points to 2695 by 05 December 2019. Emaar Properties lost the US$ 0.1 gained the previous week to close on US$ 1.12, whilst Arabtec, down US$ 0.23, over the past six weeks, was US$ 0.03 higher at US$ 0.34. Thursday 05 December saw continuing dismal trading of 134 million shares, worth US$ 37 million, (compared to 147 million shares, at a value of US$ 59 million, on 28 November).
By Thursday, 05 December, Brent, having, shed US$ 0.68 (1.1%) the previous week, closed US$ 0.58 (1.0%) lower at US$ 63.97. Gold, having declined US$ 12 (0.9%) the previous fortnight, gained US$ 22 (1.8%), closing on Thursday 05 December at US$ 1,483. Brent ended November on US$ 63.32 – up US$ 3.09 (5.1%) from its November start of US$ 60.23 and 17.7% higher YTD by from its 01 January opening of US$ 53.80. The yellow metal was down on the month by US$ 35 (2.3%) – from US$ 1,515 – but up US$ 199 (15.5%) YTD from its year opening of US$ 1,281.
It seems likely that OPEC will agree to an extension of its current round of production cuts, of 1.2 million bpd, maybe for the whole of 2020, at their two-day meeting starting in Vienna today. The cartel, to be joined by non-member countries such as Russia, Oman and Bahrain, may even increase that figure with Iraq supporting further cuts of 400k barrels. As usual, the main issue will not be the scale of cuts but members’ future compliance; recently, Saudi Arabia has helped with this problem by actually cutting more than it has been required to do, so that the total cut number was achieved. It is reported that the likes of Nigeria, Ecuador, Malaysia and Brunei have had problems meeting their quota. If disagreements do arise and no agreement reached, oil prices could drop by as much as US$ 20 in the short-term.
The Aramco 1.5% regional IPO, hoping to raise US$ 25.6 billion, was oversubscribed by 234%, pointing to the fact that shares will be valued at the top end of earlier expectations. Of the 3 billion shares on offer, two thirds were allotted for institutions (with six billion subscribed for) and the remaining one billion were for the retail sector which was 1.5 times over the number of shares offered. Although the issue was favourably met by the market, it was nowhere near the interest of that for Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank in 2014, where the retail portion was 23 times oversubscribed. It is thought that the share value will be in the region of US$ 8.00 to US$ 8.50, which would value the energy titan at up to US$ 1.7 trillion. Any dip in the oil price could see this value decline 25% in the short-term – another reason why the government is willing to support a continuation of oil production cuts into 2020.
Daimler is the latest big-name car maker to announce global job cuts – at least 10k, coming days after Audi said it would lose 15.5% of its current 61k German workforce.; the main reason given was to raise more finance for the switch to electric cars, with the industry going through “the biggest transformation in its history”. Daimler expects to save over US$ 1.5 billion by introducing the personnel cuts and reducing the number of management positions worldwide by 10%.
In a move to boost profitability, Energy firm Npower, owned by E.On, is to cut up to 4.5k UK jobs, including three call centres, as it plans to merge computer systems to save money; this restructuring plan is set to cost Npower US$ 640 million and would result in small businesses and consumers being served by the same computer systems and customer service teams. The big six industry players have not been helped by the energy price cap and, at the other end of the scale, there have sixteen small energy companies going out of business since 2018. So that leaves those mid-sized companies picking up business because they tend to have newer computer systems and are better able to serve their customer base. Two years ago, they held 18% of the household energy market, rising to its current 30% level which could rise to 50% over the next four years.
London-listed Network International will focus on regional expansion rather than looking for new markets. The payments solutions company, with H1 revenue and profit both heading north, by 12.4% and 13.9%, reckons that the MENA region has huge untapped potential; it has recently renewed contracts with two of its largest customers, Emirates NBD and Emirates Islamic. Since its April IPO, NI has posted low double-digit growth from its two main business lines — merchant and issuer solutions – driven by selling additional services and expanding its customer base.
No country seems to be immune from what is happening in the global High Street and Australia is no exception. The latest retailer there to go into voluntary administration is popular women’s fashion brand, Bardot. The 23-year old women’s fashion brand has gone into voluntary administration, joining an ever-growing list of struggling Australian retailers.; it has 72 stores employing 800. Over the past year, the likes of Karen Miller, Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics, Shoes of Prey, Ed Harry and Roger David have entered into administration. The main factor behind its demise is that, despite double digit growth in online sales, it is operating in a highly competitive retail environment and having to compete in a “highly cluttered and increasingly discount-driven market”. Fashion rivals include Country Road, H&M, Sportsgirl, Top Shop and Zara.
Relying on solar energy can present its own problems as can be seen In Perth where over a third of all houses has a solar installation; now this solar capacity is far greater than that of an ageing 854-megawatt coal-fired power station and this is where the problem begins. There is a fine balance between the two energy sources and there is a tipping point that could result in regular black-outs for this part of Western Australia, which is probably the most advanced in the world when it comes to alternate energy supplies. Because Perth is considered the most isolated city in the world, it cannot rely on “neighbours” to help if there is a supply shortage. Solar works best when, on mild, sunny days in spring or autumn, consumers are not using air conditioners, leading to an excess of solar power piling into the system and thus reducing the power needed from the grid. In short, high levels of solar output tend to go hand in hand with low levels of demand, so there is surplus capacity when not really needed. If that happens the obvious solution is to scale back or switch off the coal- and gas-fired power stations. However, most power stations are not equipped to be turned on and off at a whim. Now experts are trying to work out on how best to integrate solar and storage and, if no progress is made, authorities warn of a “real risk” of a system-wide blackout, especially when soaring levels of renewable energy periodically overwhelm the system.
Those who thought that the Australian economy would start turning north again got a rude awakening, as the Q3 GDP growth dipped from 0.6% to 0.4%, quarter on quarter, with a marked shift in household consumption, with an increasing number of households apparently saving more of their tax return rather than spending it; indeed, discretionary spending was at its weakest growth of only 0.1% since the GFC, whilst the household saving rate rose to 4.8%. Most of the growth was attributable to government infrastructure spending and increased exports, contributing 0.2% to the GDP growth. Other indicators, that added more gloom, were dwelling investment being 1.7% lower, (its fourth consecutive decrease), and November new car sales 10.0% lower from a year earlier. The RBA’s latest 2.3% annual growth forecast for this year would mean that Q4 would have to have an 0.7% rise which seem highly unlikely.
There was no surprise to see India’s economy posting its weakest growth, at 4.5%, since 2013 and down from the 5.0% annualised growth recorded in the previous quarter; October saw core infrastructure industries’ output posting its biggest contraction since 2005, declining 5.8%. The three main drivers, behind Asia’s third largest economy recording worrying results, include export demand faltering, weaker consumer demand and business investment slowing. Many of the problems seem to be self-inflicted. with much of the blame laid at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s door. He has aimed to steer the economy in a positive direction by slashing corporate tax rates, introducing more privatisation of public entitles and setting up a special real estate fund. India’s 14th prime minister, six months into his second five-year term, was overseeing quarterly growth rates of 9..4% as late as 2016 – now he has his work cut out to reverse the downward spiral, not helped by the fact that because of a boost in spending and lower tax revenue (because of the recent cuts), he will fail to hit his fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP.
With sales of over US$ 7.4 billion, Black Friday saw the second biggest ever US online sales day, behind Cyber Monday, as an increasing number of shoppers are now using mobile devices rather than computers; Friday posted a record US$ 2.9 billion of sales via smartphone. The ongoing transition from the traditional computer, as a purchasing vehicle, encourages potential customers to shop three days earlier and not wait for the following Monday. It is estimated that 20% of the total holiday season spend will occur over the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday. with an increasing amount being diverted from in-store buying.
The Bank of England’s Canadian governor, Mark Carney, is leaving the post next month and has been appointed United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance; he swaps his current annual US$ 1.3 million package for a nominal remuneration of US$ 1. The 55-year old was an apparent avid opponent of Brexit claiming, at the time of the 2016 referendum, that it was the most significant risk to the country’s financial stability, that had “pushed up uncertainty to levels not seen since the euro crisis”, only to apologise later for getting it wrong. Accused of scaremongering at the time, the former Goldman Sachs banker had to admit months later that “financial stability risks are greater on the Continent than they are in the UK”. In October, he had supported the new Brexit deal as “welcome” and a “net economic positive” – but this was rejected by the shambolic British parliament – the supposed home of democracy.
All is not well in the eurozone as manufacturing activity dipped for the tenth straight month, albeit the November figure of 46.9 was up on the previous month’s 45.9; any figure below 50 indicates contraction. One sign of optimism was a 3.4 jump in the future output index to 55.3, whilst new orders, employment, raw materials purchases and backlogs of work all declined – but at a reduced rate. Germany, the bloc’s biggest economy, saw its manufacturing sector also grow at a slower rate but should still post a miserly 0.2% growth in Q4, following a 0.1% improvement last quarter and an 0.2% contraction in Q2.
China’s factory activity in November surprised even the most optimistic of analysts, as it surged to a three-year high and comes on the back of upbeat government data released earlier in the week. The Caixin/Markit manufacturing rose 0.1, month on month, to 51.8, with the market expecting a lower 51.4 reading. Although lower, month on month, total new orders and factory production remained at buoyant levels in November; a month earlier, both readings had grown at their fastest rate in six years and almost three years respectively. Furthermore, a recovery in the labour market saw companies adding workers for the first time in eight months. These figures indicate that the country’s 2019 growth will come in marginally above 6.0% – and although acceptable on the global stage, it will be the country’s worst return in thirty years.
There are problems – other than the ongoing US trade war – that face the world’s second largest, but soon to be first, economy, including deflation, with input costs rising as output charges head in the other direction. With slowing export levels, declining profit margins and weakening business confidence, the country needs a major economic boost. Even though the past year has seen major tax cuts, and much higher infrastructure spending, the government has fallen well short of its target and, to date, has gained little traction. In a bid to attract more public works, it has brought forward US$ 142.0 billion of the 2020 local government special bond quota and has cut some of its key lending rates to reduce corporate financing costs. The problem for the government is if it were to be more aggressive with tax cuts and public spending, it may well heighten financial risks and add to a mountain of debt – a risk that it is evidently not willing to take. On top of that, there are the fallouts from the US tariffs and increasing tensions in Hong Kong.
Argentina and Brazil have been warned that President Trump is considering restoration of up to 25% tariffs, which were initially imposed, and then waived, on steel and aluminium imports arguing that their respective weaker currencies, following, “a massive devaluation”, have made it harder for US food exports to compete. Brazil is the world’s tenth biggest steel exporter and accounts for 3.7% of the country’s exports. The US president, with next year’s elections in mind, has to protect the farming interests in his home base where the sector witnessed a 24% increase in bankruptcies over the past year.
Monday saw the country celebrating its 48th National Day, with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stating that the national economy had made “great strides” thanks to the UAE’s resilient and flexible legislation. The Dubai Ruler highlighted the government’s strategy to take advantage of the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as the UAE, with the aid of AI, positions itself as a “model for interactive cities”. He reiterated that “We will continue to deliver the future for our generations to come. The occasion we are celebrating today is teeming with a myriad of lessons that we have learned from our founding fathers, who instilled in us an ambition and will to cope with the changes in the world and to utilise our full potential.” Sheikh Mohammed also mentioned that the word “impossible” is now void, after the achievements of the country and its progress in recent years. The Impossible Dream.
Slow An' Easy
Posted on November 29, 2019 by howesdubai
Slow an’ Easy 28 November 2019
Signs that the property slump may have bottomed out, after four years, continue with the average monthly loss, in capital values, falling 0.8%, compared to the average 1.0% decline so far this year. The latest ValuStrat report shows that the declines were felt in all locations, except for International City, ranging from Palm Jumeirah’s 0.4% to Discovery Gardens’ 1.3%. It also noted that, with two months to go to the end of the year, overall sales volume has already surpassed the whole of 2018. Furthermore, the weighted average residential price per sq ft has slumped 32.2% since its 2014 peak, dropping below the important Dhs 1 million level – US$ 272k.
Last Sunday, 24 November, saw the DLD deal with a record 515 realty transactions, (valued at US$ 241 million) – the highest one day number since the giddy heights of 2008. According to Data Finder statistics, the most expensive transaction, at US$ 9 million, was a five-bedroom penthouse on the 45th floor of The One JBR. Three quarters of all transactions were for off plan properties, with 248 of the 387 total, for apartments. This is yet another indicator that the sector may be finally climbing off its bottom, after a long four-year bull market.
Citing a “supply-demand imbalance,” S&P reckons that the local real estate market may not see much of an improvement in the near future, after shedding a further 10% in value since February. It reports that the quarter ending December will remain weak, as new supply comes online but that Expo 2020 may ease the pressure somewhat, but it will not be the panacea many had hoped for. The current property glut is one of the main factors behind Dubai’s H1 GDP faltering to 1.9% (from 3.1% a year earlier) to US$ 56.7 billion.
Nakheel saw two openings this week with Nakheel Mall on Jumeriah Palm and a US$ 46 million, four-level retail complex and multi-storey car park (for 900 vehicles) at Dragon City. Encompassing 118k sq ft, it will house 150 shops and kiosks and this addition will surely see the annual number of annual visitors increase from its current number of 40 million. At its Dragon Mart, there are 1.7k Chinese workers operating in 5k outlets. One of its biggest tenants, Sun Tour, occupies the entire retail area, with a wide a range of products on offer including clothes, household goods, electronics, luggage etc. Reckoned to be the world’s biggest Chinese trading hub outside mainland China., Dragon City houses Dragon Mart 1 and 2, along with two hotels – ibis Styles and a Premier Inn – whilst Dragon Towers, the community’s first residential development, is under construction
The Landmark Group is to invest US$ 272 million in constructing a warehousing and distribution facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone which will be the biggest, at 700k sq ft, in the region. The Group, with revenues of US$ 5 billion, from its 48 brands and 2.2k regional stores, is also hoping to tap into the ever-growing e-commerce sector, as well as managing the warehousing needs of non-Landmark Group distributors/retailers. A new company, Omega Logistics, has been formed to operate the high-tech distribution facility.
Summer proved a boost for Dubai tourist numbers, as the total of international visitors, for the first nine months of the year, was 4.5% higher on the year to 12.1 million, despite a 5% decline in the emirate’s leading source of arrivals from India; UK numbers were 2% lower. There were welcome increases in visitors from Saudi Arabia, (2% higher), Oman (28%), and China (14%). The top five source markets were India, Saudi Arabia, UK, Oman and China with numbers of 1.39 million, 1.25 million, 851k, 778k and 729k respectively. With Expo fast approaching, and now less than year to opening, the pipeline of new hotel rooms is, as expected, beginning to fall, now at 5.7% year-on-year. By the end of Q3, Dubai had 716 hotels and a 119.8k room portfolio, with an average occupancy level of 73%. The most recent data from STR shows that revenue per available room in August had declined 12.6% to US$ 73 as “hotel rooms are being competitively priced in an effort to stimulate demand and keep up with accelerating room supply”.
It can only be Dubai when the latest addition to the police vehicle fleet is a Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S that can go from 0-100kmh in 3.2 seconds and has a top speed of 315 kph; it is powered by a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8, generating 639 horsepower This brings the number of luxury patrol cars to fifteen, all of which are used in tourist areas – such as Burj Khalifa, MBR Boulevard, JBR and La Mer – to help enhance the force’s security presence. The next supercar to be added to the fleet is set to be a Tesla Cybertruck.
Emirates has become the first international carrier to sign a code-sharing and interline agreement with India’s SpiceJet. This will enable passengers to take advantage of many more flight options on routes common to both airlines, as well as access to a more extensive route network. It will enable travellers to book just one ticket to any of Emirates’ nine points across India and connect onwards to 172 domestic routes that are part of SpiceJet’s network. Interestingly, SpiceJet is also in talks with potential investors in Ras Al Khaimah for equity partnership for its proposed airline venture, with it holding a 49% stake in the proposed airline venture, with the remaining 51% equity to be taken by one or multiple potential local investors in RAK.
Meanwhile, Emirates has ordered 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, a new addition to its fleet, as the airline continues to review its route network and make-up of its future fleet, as its A-380 jumbos slip out of service over the next decade. The new package comes with a list price of US$ 8.8 billion, with Emirates exercising its rights to replace some of its 777X orders with the 787; now that order has been reduced to 125 planes. With a US$ 16 billion order for fifty A-350-900 earlier in the week, it is evident the Emirates is moving to more flexible and smaller aircraft to lead its expansion into the next decade.
Flydubai has been successful in raising a five-year US$ 500 million term loan to refinance its expiring first sukuk issued in 2014 for “for general corporate purposes and refinancing”. Emirates NBD and Noor Bank acted as global coordinators on the deal. The budget carrier has been hit by the fact that its Boeing 737 Max fleet has been grounded for nine months, losing the airline “at least two or three periods of good revenue and profit,” according to its chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. If there is no resolution going into Q1, then this would have a “significant” impact in the second half of its fiscal year, with Christmas, New Year and Easter holiday coming up. To add extra capacity over the holiday period, flydubai has leased four next generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft from the Czech airline Smartwings on a wet lease until the end of January; with its 737 Max fleet still grounded, the carrier is fully utilising the remaining the forty 737-800 jets
There is a possibility that the US will not have a pavilion at next year’s Expo, as there is a struggle to find construction funds, with federal government financing for capital expenditures or operational expenses, associated with US pavilions or exhibits at World Expos, being legally prohibited. Even Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is concerned, saying there is “too much at stake” for the country not to participate in the event. If funding from private sources is not forthcoming, the country’s international reputation would be damaged, and it would have no chance of hosting similar events in the future. There is some hope for a last-minute reprieve, as the House of Representatives has approved a bill, requesting that the government waive those regulations, and provide emergency funds. This now has to pass through the Senate and, if successful, then signed into law by President Trump.
There was no surprise to see DEWA name a consortium, led by ACWA Power and Gulf Investment Corporation, as the preferred bidder to build and operate the 900 MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. It proved to be a world record, at US$ 0.016953, as the lowest bid per kilowatt hour (kW/h). Starting from Q2 2021, the fifth phase will become operational in stages and, when completed, the solar park will be the largest global single site facility, with a production capacity of 2.863k MW.
According to the latest UBS and PwC Billionaires Insights report, there are still seven billionaires living in the country, whose total wealth diminished 18.3% to US$ 19.6 billion last year. On a global stage, billionaires’ wealth dipped 4.4% to US$ 8.5 trillion, driven by a strong greenback and volatile equity markets; the fall followed five years of annual growth during which time their wealth almost quadrupled. However, US tech tycoons bucked the trend with a slight increase over the year.
Indian billionaire, Rizwan Sajan, whose 26-year old empire includes Danube Building Materials, Danube Home, Danube Properties, Milano and Alucopanel Middle East, has no current plans to expand further, focussing on consolidation instead. He recently invested US$ 5 million, launching Danube Hospitality Solutions but commented “this is not the time for expansion, I’d rather consolidate. Definitely we will be launching one or two projects, but nothing major. I would much rather my bottom line remains intact and my top line I don’t have to worry about.”
The global digital banking and payments platform, Bankable, is opening a regional hub in the Dubai International Financial Centre that will service around fifty MENA markets. The nine-year old company has made Dubai its third international location, following London and Brussels. Backed by Visa, which has also made an undisclosed financial investment in the firm, the new entrant provides digital payment solutions, and software , that allows its clients, (such as banks, electronic money issuers and insurance companies), to streamline their payment processes. The fact that the UAE is one of the top global remittance countries, with a total of US$ 46.2 billion leaving to overseas destinations last year, should prove a fruitful business opportunity for Bankable. Other rival firms, such as TransferWise, have already established a local presence to capitalise on opportunities with financial institutions, global corporates and FinTechs all looking for more advanced methods to streamline, and reduce costs of, their payment processes. Indeed, the country is drawing more FinTech investment from both regional and global players, particularly in the payments space.
So far this year, ports operator, DP World, has listed two sukuk (one at US$ 1 billion and the other for US$ 500 million), and two conventional bonds, all valued at US$ 2.3 billion, on Nasdaq Dubai. With listings, now totalling over US$ 9.0 billion, it is the largest UAE debt issuer by value on the region’s international exchange. Majority-owned by the Dubai government, it will use the money raised for debt refinancing and to fund “growth opportunities”. By the end of 2018, it carried US$ 10.5 billion debt on its books.
Next month, Dubai Islamic Bank will seek shareholders’ approval to acquire Dubai-based Noor Bank, following regulatory approval from the Central Bank. The deal will see the UAE’s biggest Islamic Bank issuing 651 million shares, with each share worth the equivalent of 5.49 Noor shares,
Earlier in the month, Amanat Holdings posted credible results for the first nine months of the year, with all indicators heading north – profit 38.0% to the good at US$ 9 million and operating income quintupling to US$ 6 million on revenue of US$ 24 million. The company, that invests in the healthcare and education sectors, plans a further regional spend of US$ 245 million over the next few years, focussing on companies with strong growth potential; of that total, only US$ 109 million will have to be via bank loans, as it has cash reserves of US$ 136 million, having only utilised 80% of the US$ 681 million raised through its 2014 IPO. The company currently has seven assets in its portfolio, three of which are healthcare and four in education.
Union Co-op posted a 16.3% hike in Q3 profit to US$ 105 million, with revenue 2.0% higher at US$ 572 million. Over the next four years, the country’s largest consumer cooperative is planning to invest US$ 572 million in new retail projects.
The bourse opened on Sunday 24 November and, having shed 17 points the previous week, dipped 5 points to 2679 by 28 November 2019. Emaar Properties, having lost US$ 0.10 the previous four weeks, closed up US$ 0.01 to US$ 1.13, whilst Arabtec, down US$ 0.19, over the past five weeks, lost a further US$ 0.04 to end the week on US$ 0.31. Thursday 28 November saw continuing dismal trading of 147 million shares, worth US$ 59 million, (compared to 64 million shares, at a value of US$ 54 million, on 21 November). In the month of November both Emaar and Arabtec lost ground – down from their month openings of US$ 1.16 and US$ 0.48. – by US$ 0.03 and US$ 0.17 respectively; YTD, Emaar was flat (with exactly the same balance at the beginning of the year as at the end of November) with Arabtec losing US$ 0.03 over the past eleven months. For the month of November, the index fell from its 01 November opening of 2745 but YTD was 149 points (5.89%) higher from its year opening of 2530.
By Thursday, 28 November, Brent, having gained US$ 2.69 (4.4%) the previous week, shed US$ 0.68 (1.1%) to US$ 63.97. Gold, having declined US$ 10 (0.7%) the previous week, was down US$ 2 (0.1%), closing on Thursday 28 November at US$ 1,461.
This week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visited the UAE which saw four new policy initiatives, including the possibility of a joint tourist visa for residents of both nations and an agreement to enhance cyber security efforts to prevent attacks in both countries. The eyecatcher was a US$ 70 billion investment, spearheaded by Saudi Aramco and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, to construct a joint oil and petrochemicals refinery in India, with a 1.2 million bpd daily capacity. With Saudi Arabia being the host country for the November 2020 G7 meeting, Prince Mohammed took the opportunity to invite the UAE to attend.
2019 has been an “annus horribilis`’ for Boeing, with the fatal crashes of two of its 737 MAX aircraft earlier in the year, followed by the grounding of the whole fleet for more than eight months and no hope of returning to the skies until Q1. Now it has been reported that the fuselage of one of Boeing’s new 777X aircraft completely ruptured in pressure tests in September and this could lead to a further delay to its launch; there are reports that the body structure supporting the door also ruptured during the tests, as well as damage to one of its wings. Only last month, the plane maker indicated that the pressure test result would not impact on the plane’s flight test schedules, but further delays are inevitable, as there will have to be design changes and perhaps the need to reinforce sections of the aircraft body; it could now be late 2021 before the first delivery of the new plane. Emirates is the lead customer for the 777X and is not happy with the lack of progress being made and has already cancelled 20% of its original 150-plane order, replacing them with the 787 Dreamliner.
Tata Steel has announced that it will retrench 3k jobs, with 1k expected from its UK operations, with the Netherlands bearing the brunt losing 1.6k jobs. Two thirds of the job losses will be from management and office-based roles, with this restructuring coming just months after EU regulators blocked a JV with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp. To say that the steel industry is on its knees is an understatement, with the sector beset by surplus capacity and high costs, with big names such as ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, idling several plants and British Steel going into liquidation in June; subsequently, there has been a provisional agreement with China’s Jingye to take over operations.
Despite the lorry windows shattering in front of him on stage, Elon Musk had a successful launch of his Cybertruck, with early reports of 146k orders; 42% of that number were for dual, 41% tri and 17% single motor models. Although no timetable was given, it is unlikely that the revolutionary designed vehicles, covered in stainless steel alloy, will be on the road before early 2022; another feature is that it will be able to go from 0 to 100 kmh in about three seconds.
In what is the largest luxury-goods deal ever, LVMH has agreed to buy Tiffany & Co. in a US$ 16.2 billion all cash deal, by paying US$ 135 a share, aimed at raising the French conglomerate’s jewellery profile and broadening its customer base access in the US and Asia; this acquisition valued Tiffany 37% above its 26 October market price. LVMH is a global leader in the fashion and cosmetics sectors, (with 75 brands including Christian Dior), and this deal will see it more than double its current jewellery market share, with an estimated 18% off the total.
In 2007, eBay acquired StubHub for US$ 310 million and, twelve years later, it is planning to divest it to the secondary ticketing firm Viagogo for a reported US$ 4.0 billion, in a move it claims will create more choice for customers. Viagogo has had a chequered past and only last September, the Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s competition authority, suspended legal action against the firm after it made changes to the way it operates. In May 2018, the then Digital Minister, Margot James, said that if fans had to use a secondary site to buy tickets, “don’t choose Viagogo – they are the worst”. Coincidentally, Eric Baker, Viagogo’s supremo, cofounded StubHub but left the organisation prior to the eBay sale.
US private equity firm Silver Lake has acquired a 10% stake in City Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City, for US$ 500 million, valuing it at US$ 5 billion – a record in global sports valuations. Earlier in the year, Brooklyn Nets basketball team became the highest valued US sports team, at US$ 2.35 billion, after Alibaba’s co-founder, Joe Tsai, bought a controlling share.Apart from owning the Manchester club, the Abu Dhabi group has interests in seven other clubs in the US, Australia, Japan and China. The ways in which football clubs are run have changed somewhat over the past decade, with an increasing emphasis on converging entertainment, sports and technology rather than just focussing on the football side.
Victoria Beckham Limited has continued posting deficits, ever since its 2008 launch, with the latest 2018 loss of US$ 29 million, as revenue dipped 16% to US$ 45 million, with demand for the former Spice Girl’s high-end clothes, having “plateaued”. The company, which sells fashion and accessories, in more than 400 stores around the world., is to introduce several measures to firm up future sales, including launching its own cosmetics range, striking a partnership with Reebok and cutting prices. The business is controlled by Victoria and her husband David Beckham, via their company Beckham Brands Holdings, which itself made its first ever loss, at US$ 2 million, following a US$ 16 million profit the previous year.
Just days after Uber lost its new licence to operate in London, following repeated safety failures, Indian ride-sharing firm Ola is planning to launch its ride-hailing services in the UK capital; it has operations in other parts of the country but has already begun signing up drivers. Earlier in the year, Ola was granted a licence from Transport for London and has built a “robust mobility platform for London which is fully compliant with TfL’s high standards”.
The consequence of an October 25% hike in sales tax to 10% was that Japan’s retail sales slumped 7.1% on the year, to its lowest level since March 2015, as consumers cut spending in the month., indicating a marked weakening in domestic demand. The tax hike was prompted by the government to reduce Japan’s public debt, equivalent to more than twice the country’s GDP and the highest in the industrial world. Seasonally-adjusted retail sales fell 14.4% month-on-month in October. The economy is also being hit by declines in exports and production and the odds are that the trend will continue into 2020.
Australian stocks hit record highs on Wednesday, with the benchmark ASX climbing to 6,879 points on the back of the possibility (once again) of the US and China signing an interim trade deal before year-end. At the same time, the Aussie dollar slipped to US$ 0.6764, attributable to the strengthening greenback. Meanwhile, there was more disappointing economic data from the September quarter, despite rates being at historic lows, with little chance of them moving higher in the foreseeable future. With private sector investment falling again – now 1.5% lower on an annualised basis – along with tepid retail and construction results, Q3 GDP growth will inevitably be heading south, even though net exports have moved higher. It is apparent that the low interest rates have yet to make a meaningful impact on boosting spending and the question is if – and not when – they will do so?
The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that October borrowing reached US$ 14.4 billion, 25.8% higher than a year earlier, as the total for financial year (starting 01 April) was up 10% at US$ 59.4 billion. At the same time, national debt climbed 1.8% to US$ 2,308.1 billion, equating to 80.4% of GDP. It is inevitable that come year end, on 31 March 2019, last year’s US$ 6.4 billion current account surplus will disappear because of the rise in borrowing in recent months. So, whoever wins the December election will have difficulty in fulfilling all their promises, with public spending set to grow to its highest level since the 1970s.
The OECD has called for urgent action from governments, stating that extreme weather events may result in disruption of economic activity that could lead to long lasting damage on capital and land. The world body reiterated that the lack of government involvement to date has already had a negative impact on business investment and this can only deteriorate unless positive action is taken.
The OECD is yet another world body indicating that the world’s economic prospects have steadily deteriorated, forecasting global growth will be around the 3% mark. Their latest downbeat report blames, among other factors, lack of direction on climate policy for holding back business investment. In many countries, the weakening economic performance has arisen because of lack of investment and slowing trade. Another major threat is that China is rapidly turning into a more services-oriented economy, which will see a downturn in the country’s demand for imported goods for its industries to process.; the other Chinese factor, adding to the global malaise, is that the rate of annual growth has steadily headed south over recent years and the days of 8%+ figures could well be halved in the future. The best the rest of the world can hope for is that the slowdown is controlled and not too abrupt – and is Slow an’ Easy.
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The World’s A Mess
The World’s A Mess 21 November 2019
The latest Knight Frank report shows that for the second straight quarter, Dubai prime property prices registered an 0.2% rise, following an 0.3% jump in Q2 – an indicator the downturn may be coming off its four-year bottom. Despite this glimmer of hope, annual prices had fallen by 3.7% and Dubai was ranked 40th out of 45 global real estate markets surveyed. The average annual price rise was just 1.1%, with Moscow topping the table and Seoul at the other end.
With limited details available, Emaar has announced it will majority-own a build-to-sell property development, The Valley, in a US$ 6.8 billion JV, located on the Dubai – Al Ain Road. Earlier in the month, the developer reported a 17.1% decline in nine-month profit to US$ 564 million, but a 25% hike in property sales to US$ 3.4 billion. YTD, its nineteen new residential developments totalledUS$ 2.8 billion and it also has a US$ 9.8 billion sales backlog; it has also handed over 4.7k units so far this year.
With no new local launches expected for the foreseeable future, and still 37k units under development, troubled Damac is looking for expansion in new overseas markets, including resorts in the Maldives, Seychelles, Bali and Marrakech, rather than adding to the “large oversupply problem” in the UAE. The developer, having sold over 8k units over the past two years, with a further 4k expected in 2020, is only going to sell what they have launched to date and will not start anything new into the local market which they believe is over-supplied and have called for a freeze on future developments.
There will be a new addition to Dubai’s retail sector – with four-year old b8ta set to open its first international venture in the emirate. The retail-as-a-service company, with sixteen US locations, provides retailers with a space to showcase their products, with its aims to make physical retail accessible for product makers and exciting for consumers.
Nakheel Mall is set to open next Thursday, 28 November, in time for National Day celebrations. Located on Palm Jumeirah, the mega retail destination, costing US$ 327 million, will host over three hundred shops, restaurants, entertainment outlets and services, split over five levels. Along with a 14-screen Vox Cinemas complex, it will have car parking for 4k vehicles and will also serve as an access point for The View at The Palm, a public observatory on top of the 230 mt The Palm Tower.
The RTA and Careem signed a fifteen-year agreement for the Dubai-based ride-hailing firm to initially operate 1.75k bicycles across 175 docking stations and becoming the region’s first bicycle-pool phased program. The project will double that figure over the ensuing five years. Riders will be able to take advantage of the extensive network of cycling tracks that have sprung up over the past decade to 274 km and this will more than double to 632 km by 2023.
With the Sunday start of the Dubai Air Show, Boeing has spent time, with both of Dubai’s airlines. With the delivery delay (again) of the Boeing 777x, there is need for a schedule review of the 150 aircraft on order, especially as the plane-maker is still having its problems with the embattled 737Max. Furthermore, there is still the possibility of a 787 deal.
Boeing confirmed that it was working with flydubai to ensure that its grounded fleet of fourteen 737 Max aircraft is “preserved well”, ahead of its return to the skies. There will be an inevitable financial settlement for losses incurred by the Dubai airline, but no details have yet to be given; earlier in the year, chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum indicated that the airline had a “right” to ask for compensation over the Max groundings. Boeing also confirmed that live pilot evaluation will soon take place which is a precursor for full certification so that the plane may be back in the skies by early Q1.
By the second day, Airbus had scored two major deals – an Emirates order for fifty A350-900s, with a list price of US$ 16 billion, and Air Arabia’s US$ 14 billion order for a mix of A320 Neos, the larger A321 Neos and the longer-range A32XLRs, to be delivered starting in 2024. The Emirates agreement replaces an earlier US$ 12 billion February outline deal that was for thirty A350s, which also included A330 Neos; negotiations are on-going between both parties relating to forty A330 Neos. Boeing did not fare as well but did reach an agreement from Turkey’s SunExpress for 10 additional 737 Max jets, exercising options on top of its existing order of 32 Max aircraft, as well as 787-9 Dreamliners to Biman Bangladesh Airlines in a deal worth a reported $585 million.
The third day started with orders worth US$ 6 billion for fifty 737 Max from two airlines. Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s national carrier, weighed in with a thirty-plane order, valued at US$ 3.6 billion list price, along with an unknown airline placing a US$ 2.3 billion order for ten Max 7 variant and 10 of the larger Max 10. Ghana’s newly launched airline, 10% owned by the government, made an order for three Boeing 787-9 wide-bodies, worth US$ 878 million. Senegal, signed a preliminary order with Airbus for eight A220s worth US$ 732 million. Other orders reported included EasyJet’s US$ 1.3 billion spend on twelve Airbus A320 neos, Turkish carrier SunExpress’s US$ 1.2 billion investment in ten Boeing 737 MAX. It wrapped up on Thursday with orders totalling US$ 54.5 billion, 71% of which emanated from sales orchestrated by Emirates and Air Arabia, and a record attendance of 84k, with 1.3k exhibitors; total sales from the last event in 2017 was more than double at US$ 113.8 billion
The five-day event has also seen plenty of activity from the defence sector particularly when one sees that seven of the top ten biggest spenders, (as a proportion of GDP), are located in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). All the leading global companies – including Lockheed Martin (the largest in the world), BAE and Dassault –are showing their wares. Top of the rankings is Oman, which spends 11.0% of its annual economy on defence, followed by Saudi Arabia’s 10.8%; this is three times more than the 3.1% US figure and five times more than the less than 2% spent by some NATO members.
The UAE’s Ministry of Defence invested US$ 1.9 billion on the first day, signing deals with ten different local and international companies, with the two biggest being for US$ 954 million, with UAE-based Global Aerospace Logistics, and US$ 463 million with French aerospace company Dassault Aviation for enhancements on its Mirage fighter jets. Halcon, a unit of the UAE’s new defence giant EDGE, signed a US$ 1 billion contract to deliver its Desert Sting-16 range of precision guided weapons to the UAE Armed Forces
ON.DXB is a new regional festival that aims to further stimulate Dubai’s growth as a global platform for companies and talent in film, gaming, video and music – sectors that are being driven by digital technology. There is no doubt that content is primarily driven by western media but there is increasing demand for more local original content from gaming to music to TV; this event is but one initiative to drive the strategy forward and put Dubai firmly on the global creative map. Major gaming industry leaders, including – Hiba Muhareb, co-founder of Shanab Games; John Lacey, MD and founder of Power League Gaming; influencer Ahmed Al Nasheet; MC Baraa Andullah; Mohammed Alturkistani, the MENA Director at Tentacle Gaming; and RobocomVR founder Karim Ibrahim – will be attending the event. In October, the emirate hosted Insomnia Dubai, the region’s largest gaming festival, and next month it will be the location for Girlgamer Esports Festival, the world’s leading esports event for women.
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has enacted a new DIFC Intellectual Property Law, encompassing a wide range of subjects including patents, utility certificates, industrial designs/drawings, copyright, trademarks, trade names and trade secrets. The new legislation sees the creation of the new office of the Commissioner of Intellectual Property which will have the responsibility for administering the law, resolving disputes and imposing fines. The law covers all related DIFC affairs and is in line with global standards befitting the world’s eighth ranked international financial centre.
Sheikh Mohammed also issued Law No. (10) of 2019, which partially amends Law No. (24) of 2009 on the establishment of the Dubai Financial Support Fund. Under the new regulations, the Director General of the Dubai Department of Finance is authorised to supervise all administrative, technical and financial affairs of the Fund. He will be also responsible for approving the Fund’s organisational structure and budget and submitting them to the Executive Council of Dubai for final approval.
DP World is nearing the completion of a major Egyptian expansion and, when Basin 2 is completed by the end of next June, it will nearly double the capacity at the port to 1.75 million TEUs per year. This particular US$ 520 million project has seen the Dubai company’s investment in the country top US$ 1.6 billion. The expansion of DP World’s Sokhna, the only port in the country capable of handling the largest container ships, cost US$ 520 million. As an aside, there was a bilateral agreement signed this week between the UAE and Egypt for a US$ 20 billion joint strategic platform to invest in a range of vital sectors and assets.
The latest legislation sees a new insolvency law that lifts the threat of criminal sanctions for clearing bad debts by decriminalising their financial obligations, whilst offering them an opportunity to work to resolve their financial dilemma. The new law will prove the ease of doing business in the country and will be beneficial for all stakeholders – the business community, the banking sector and the local economy. The law, to be introduced in January, will enable debtors resolve their liabilities, through court-appointed advisers, who will liaise with lenders on their behalf to reach a settlement, by rescheduling liabilities with an option to receive “new concessional loans”, probably with more relaxed repayment terms. However, it should be noted that bounced cheques will not be decriminalised under the new insolvency law.
A unit of Arabtec Holding has been awarded a US$ 100 million Emaar Misr contract to build a residential project at Greek Village in Egypt, comprising 42 town houses, 18 residential buildings and seven bungalows. This is the second contract this year for Arabtec Properties following an August US$ 111 award from the same developer to construct two projects in Cairo.
It was a disappointing Q3 for Arabtec reporting losses of US$ 109 million (compared to an US$ 18 million profit a year earlier), with revenue declining 31.0% to US$ 441 million; its Dubai-based fitout contractor Depa increased its YTD deficit to US$ 68 million following a quarterly loss of US$ 13 million. Over the nine months of the year, both revenue and profit declined – by 18.0% to US$ 1.6 billion and from a US$ 49 million profit to a US$ 103 million loss. The troubled developer attributed three factors for its problems – tight liquidity, a continued decline in the real estate sector and delays in handing over legacy projects. Employing 45k, it still remains the biggest publicly listed contractor in the country, with total assets of US$ 2.9 billion, net equity of US$ 324 million and a US$ 3.7 billion backlog.
Union Properties posted a Q3 29% slump in revenue to US$ 29 million, as its loss worsened 31.9% to US$ 22 million, driven by revaluations on financial assets declining from US$ 2 million to US$ 10 million. It now plans to focus on developing its land bank to create assets with recurring cash flows; finance costs rose 41.1% to US$ 13 million. Over the nine-month period to 30 September, revenue was 19.0% lower, at US$ 85 million, with a US$ 45 million loss, compared to a US$ 40 million profit a year earlier. The Motor City developer has incurred cumulative losses of US$ 567 million, following a 2017 write down in the value of its land by US$ 327 million and taking a further US$ 188 million hit, by reporting that about two million sq ft of its 14 million sq ft site to be undevelopable. Its September net assets came in 5.8% lower at US$ 798 million.
The bourse opened on Sunday 17 November and, having nudged up 2 points the previous week, dropped 17 points lower to 2684 by 21 November 2019. Emaar Properties, having lost US$ 0.09 the previous three weeks, closed US$ 0.01 lower at US$ 1.12, whilst Arabtec, dived US$ 0.13 and now has lost US$ 0.19, over the past four weeks, to end the week at US$ 0.35. Thursday 14 November saw continuing dismal trading of 64 million shares, worth US$ 54 million, (compared to 101 million shares, at a value of US$ 73 million, on 14 November).
By Thursday, 21 November, Brent, having shed US$ 1.01 (1.6%) the previous week, regained all those losses, and more, US$ 2.69 (4.4%) higher at US$ 63.97. Gold, having gained US$ 7 (0.4%) the previous week, was down US$ 10 (0.7%), closing on Thursday 21 November at US$ 1,463.
The preliminary valuation on Aramco has been set at between US$ 1.6 – US$ 1.7 trillion as the state oil company tries to sell 1.5% of its shares on the local bourse for US$ 25 billion – this is short of the initial US$ 2 trillion target and also lower than the 5% that was thought going on offer. At that time, it was expected that 2% would be issued on the kingdom’s Tadawul bourse, and a further 3% on an overseas exchange. Nevertheless, it will still potentially be the world’s biggest IPO and would value the world’s most profitable company north of US$ 25 trillion – slightly higher than the amount raised in 2014 by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
With future plans of focussing on mega projects, Exxon Mobil is planning to divest itself of some US$ 25 billion worth of assets, including oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and Africa, as it attempts to free up cash to pay for these future projects. The oil giant has come late to the game as its main rivals, Shell and BP, have sold off major assets, totalling US$ 30 billion and US$ 65 billion respectively, since the 2014 energy market crash. The end result is that Exxon now has a negative US$ 9 billion cash flow, whilst Shell has already generated cash of over US$ 21 billion so far this year. The plan seems to be the Texas-based company to quit its upstream oil and gas business in eleven countries, so they would have cash to invest in new developments in Brazil, Guyana, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea and the US.
Two of Australia’s richest people, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest, are investing in an ambitious project to export solar power from a giant 10-gigawatt plant in Australia to Singapore, via a 4.5k km transmission cable. The project has already raised tens of millions of Australian dollars that will allow developer Sun Cable to undertake development work. If successful, the project would meet almost 20% of the city-state’s energy needs.
Continental confirmed it would slash 5.5k jobs (2.3% of its current workforce of 240k) by 2028, as the demand for combustion engines slows and global vehicle sales continue to head south. According to its CEO, Elmar Degenhart, it urgently needs technological transition to strengthen its competitiveness and future viability. The move is expected to save US$ 600 million a year from 2023 and help finance new technology.
By Thursday, Bitcoin had had seven straight days of declines to fall below the US$ 8k mark for the first time in a month and also slipped below its 200-day moving average line; some analysts consider this to be a pointer to sell. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has witnessed fairly low trading volumes since August, as no new money entered the sector, and has seen stocks/bonds/gold all up in double-digits YTD. So far in November, it has shed 14% of its 31 October value.
Despite closing all but three of his twenty-five UK restaurants, and falling into administration, last May, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to open twenty-one new Jamie Oliver-branded overseas restaurants by the end of 2020; currently, there are 70 restaurants, all of which are run as franchises, in 27 global markets. The first two – Jamie Oliver Kitchen restaurants – will open this month in Bali and Bangkok. Although annual profits of the Jamie Oliver Group fell sharply, he paid himself a US$ 4 million dividend in 2018, although he had invested a lot of his own money to support his then failing restaurants.
In a bid to stem its US$ 1 billion H1 loss, WeWork is to slash almost 20% of its current 12.5k workforce, calling the cuts “necessary” in order to “create a more efficient organisation”, following the dramatic collapse of its September failed IPO. Earlier in the year, its major investor, Softbank, valued the company, which rents office space to freelancers and businesses, at US$ 47 billion – it has since pared this estimation to just US$ 8 billion.
Sheikh Mansour’s Manchester City posted a 6.9% hike in revenue last season to US$ 692 million, driven by a 20% jump in broadcast revenue, leading to a net US$ 13 million profit; since the Abu Dhabi 2008 takeover of the club, its revenue has risen more than six-fold. The 2017-18 season saw the club win an unprecedented quadruple of England’s domestic trophies – the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield – whilst Liverpool lifted the big European trophy. Its revenue steam was still well behind Manchester United’s US$ 785 million but the “noisy neighbours” will probably surpass that, as it has signed a record ten-year kit deal with Puma, worth an annual US$ 85 million. However, it is being investigated by FIFA for allegedly flouting FFP regulations, by inflating the value of sponsorship deals – if found guilty, the club could face bans on transfers and from the lucrative Champions League.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is concerned that scandal-prone financial giant AMP appears to still be charging already dead customers, after the financial services royal commission had exposed over 3.1k deceased customers still paying their life insurance premiums. The authority’s chair, James Shipton, commenting on one recent case said “One thing I will say and unfortunately this is a vignette, an example of where their system is … their systems are obviously failing and there isn’t a magic, quick solution.” AMP was also found to be lying to regulators and charging hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called “fees for no service”. Since the royal commission, AMP has lost its chairman, chief executive and half of its board. What happened to the other half?
Another bank in trouble again is Westpac, with theAustralian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre accusing it of an incredible 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws; not surprisingly, Australia’s second largest bank is “reviewing Austrac’s statement of claim” for what the financial crime watchdog deemed “serious and systemic non-compliance”. It is alleged that the bank failed to properly report more than 19.5 million international funds transfers, amounting to US$ 8 billion over a five-year period to 2018. Probably the most damaging revelation that came to light was that its LitePay service was used by paedophiles, without raising any red flags within the bank’s systems, to pay for child exploitation in the Philippines.
Westpac’s competitor Commonwealth Bank paid a US$ 500 million fine for similar breaches last year. The royal commission report, issued in September 2018, concluded that the abuse and misconduct within Australia’s banks and financial institutions were driven by a culture of greed.
Meanwhile, the NAB also finds itself in hot water and has agreed to pay US$ 35 million in compensation to tens of thousands of customers who were sold junk personal loan insurance and credit cards. The case was brought before the High Court by Slater, alleging the bank and its subsidiary MLC engaged in unconscionable conduct in selling consumer credit insurance (CCI) to customers, and was the first settlement of a class action taken as a result of the royal commission. The lawyers argued, successfully, that the policies were “next to worthless” to many of the customers they were sold to.
What seems to be a continuing monthly occurrence of disappointing jobs and wages data is worrying Australian economists. It is estimated that nearly 1.9 million Australians are either out of work or looking for extra work. There are very few analysts who consider that the current slackness in the labour market will suddenly tighten or that any meaningful wage growth will gain traction over the next two years. To solve the problem, the government has to take action whether it be two more rate cuts early in 2020 and/or the introduction of quantitative easing – bond buying maybe in the region of US$ 40 billion. (QE is indeed making a comeback for many global central banks. This can be seen that the global total for net central bank assets stood at US$ 77 billion, with the figure set to rise to over US$ 1 trillion by the end of 2020). The RBA will see it as another weapon to keep rates low, liquidity up and core inflation nudging higher.
It is now expected that India’s Q3 growth will be lower than 4.5%, following a 5.0% reading the previous quarter. Any reading less than 4.2% would be the lowest since authorities adopted a new base year for GDP data in 2012. It does appear that the economy is suffering from weak global demand and ongoing tight domestic credit conditions, with most economic indicators pointing down. This situation has arisen despite five rate cuts this year (with another one, perhaps as high as 0.5%, before the end of 2019) as well as US$ 20 billion reductions in company taxes. The problem facing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is whether the slowdown has bottomed out, or there is worse to come, despite the steps already taken by the government, along with whether new investments, from the private sector, have started to materialise.
The Institute of International Finance estimates that the total of global debt will touch a massive US$ 255 trillion by the end of the year, having risen 3.1% in H1 and nearly 40% over the past decade, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. The debt, for which the US and China account for over 60% of the increase, now equates to 320% of global GDP and has been spurred by looser financial conditions. Non-financial sector debt – borrowing by governments, households and other businesses – accounts for $190tn, (76%) of total debt, with government debt – driven mainly by the US – expected to reach US$ 70 trillion. Global bond markets have jumped nearly a third since 2009 to US% 115 trillion, with government bonds accounting for 47% of that total and rising. With high debt burdens, 60% of the world’s countries expected to see below-potential growth next year, a global manufacturing recession, trade wars, threats of deflation and record low rates (to try and boost borrowing), it is all but inevitable that some sort of recession is on the cards. The first thing that will happen is the bond market bubble bursting and the outcome will not be pretty. When it comes to debt, there is no doubt that The World’s A Mess.
Set Fire To The Rain 14 November 2019
The latest launch from Azizi Developments, designed towards the younger generation, is Miraj in Dubai Studio City. The 444-unit development will house 253 studios, 155 1 B/R and 36 2 B/R apartments. As with recent releases, the developer will be offering “affordable and flexible payment plan options.” Currently, Azizi has fifty-four on-going projects, scheduled for completion by 2023, and a further 130 projects in planning, that are projected to be delivered by 2025.
Fam Properties has closed out a US$ 173 million deal at Dubai Creek Harbour – one of the largest real estate deals recorded in Dubai in recent years. The forty-floor property, Creek Edge, located in Dubai Creek Harbour, will house 388 units and be completed in 2023.
BackLite Media has been awarded a ten-year, US$ 272 million advertising contract to transform signage in Dubai, with a mix of digital and traditional outdoor platforms across twenty-six locations along SZR. The out-of home advertising company advised that it would be utilising technology and visual solutions that are “far ahead of the systems used in global hubs across the world”. The company was responsible for introducing its distinctive unipole signs to Dubai, as far back as 1996.
Amway’s APAC Leadership Seminar 2019 will see 6.5k of its top management flying into Dubai, with Emirates, as the world’s largest direct selling business holds a meeting at DWC next month. The sixty-year US-based multi-level marketing company, with sales of US$ 8.8 billion in 2018, represents a major boost for the local MICE sector (meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions) and is but one of 118 successful bids engineered by Dubai Business Events (DBE) —the emirate’s official convention bureau – that will bring in 75k overseas delegates over the course of the year. Furthermore, such events provide much needed revenue for the economy – especially in the travel, retail and hospitality sectors.
US$ 47.1 billion has been added to the assets of UAE-based conventional banks, bringing its total to US$ 670 billion, of which 19.7% is owned by the eight Shariah-compliant banks in the country, with the balance by the 59 conventional banks. The total assets of all fifty-nine banks totalled over US$ 817 billion, as deposits over the nine months grew by 3.9% to US$ 398.0 billion, although Islamic banks’ assets contracted 2.9% to US$ 154.1 billion. Retail loans totalled US$ 481.2 billion, of which 80.3% was provided by conventional banks.
Following the May launch of the government’s Golden Card scheme, 2.5k scientists and researchers, from varied academic backgrounds, have been granted permanent residency this week. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum tweeted “we welcome them among us – the UAE will always be open to scientists, investors and entrepreneurs.” The Ruler’s son, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, attended the ceremony at which visas were handed out.
Dubai’s October Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) points to business growth in the emirate’s non-oil private sector, rising 2.0 to 54.6, driven by improving new order growth, (most notably travel and tourism firms), and higher demand. On the flip side, there was weaker growth reported in the construction and wholesale and retail sectors. Continuing price competitiveness resulted in an increase in sales activity, as selling charges reduced for the eighteenth straight month – declining at their quickest rate since February 2016. Furthermore, the rate of job growth was at its highest level in twenty-one months, with the amount of new work moving upwards.
The seventh annual State of the Global Islamic Economy survey estimates that there will be a 45% hike in Islam-inspired ethical consumption to US$ 3.2 trillion over the next four years. The UAE, along with Malaysia, Bahrain Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, continue to dominate the sector which comprises 73 countries. The survey reports on seven sectors including Islamic finance (the largest at US$ 2.5 trillion), halal food (US$ 1.4 trillion), modest fashion, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, media/recreation and Muslim-friendly travel. Although Malaysia topped the Islamic finance and Muslim-friendly travel categories, UAE leads the field in the other five. There is no doubt that the creation of the 2014 Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre has helped move the UAE inexorably closer to the top of the ladder.
So far this year, there has been a 2.3% decline in Q3 passenger numbers to 22.6 million, with a YTD 4.5% fall to 64.5 million, not helped by the 45-day runway closure earlier in the year and the continuing grounding of flydubai’s thirteen 737 Max jets. The top destination remains India, with 8.8 million passengers, followed by Saudi Arabia and the UK, with numbers of 4.8 million and 4.6 million. The world’s busiest hub for long-haul flights also posted a 5.9% Q3 fall in cargo to 637k tonnes and 4.1% to 1.9 million tonnes YTD.
The UAE aviation regulator will decide when the Boeing 737 Max can return to fly once the US Federal Aviation Administration decides it is fit to return to commercial service; this is expected to be in January, ten months after two fatal crashes grounded the aircraft. The GCAA will conduct its own safety checks, in conjunction with the FAA assessment but it is expected that Max deliveries will restart next month. Boeing’s second largest customer for the 737 Max is flydubai, with a 250 aircraft order.
Last year, UAE foreign direct investment rose 8.0% to US$ 140.3 billion, boosted by government efforts to implement reforms and attract foreign capital, despite a dismal worldwide economic environment which saw a 19.0% decline in global inflows; the biggest declines were seen in the EU, developed countries and ‘transition economies’ declining 73%, 40% and 8% respectively, whilst developing countries witnessed a 3% increase. Asian countries came first in new funds introduced into the country. By H1 this year, Dubai had attracted US$ 12.7 billion – an impressive 135% increase on the same period a year earlier.
DP World continues its global expansion plans, as it announces an agreement with Namibia’s Nara Namib Free Economic Industrial Zone to establish a free zone in the country. The Dubai port operator already has an African presence in several countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal and Somaliland, and sees this Walvis industry and logistics free zone as an important regional hub. The first phase, covering just 50 hectares (expandable to up to 1.5k hectares), will create 3k jobs, with an initial investment of US$ 237 million.
Trukker, a three-year old digital freight platform, has secured US$ 23 million in a Series A funding which will be utilised to expand regionally and enhance its infrastructure; currently, it operates in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, with plans to open in Egypt, Jordan and other regional countries. The online service matches hauliers (with up to 15k trucks) and its 200+ client base, allowing them to bid for jobs, as real time supply matches current demand.
Following its recent merger with Abu Dhabi Financial Group, Shuaa Capital posted a Q3 profit of US$ 6 million, with ADFG contributing profits of US$ 8 million. The merger was the result of an all-share reverse takeover deal, with the larger entity being rebranded as ‘ADFG’. In H1, Abraaj posted losses of US$ 15 million, driven by its exposure to the disgraced, and now bankrupt, Abraaj along with certain merger-related one-off costs.
DXB Entertainments is still struggling as indicated by a Q3 loss of US$ 73 million – a marginal 2.5% improvement, compared to a year earlier; over the first nine months of the year, the loss reduced by 3.6% to US$ 195 million. Both Q3 and nine-month revenue declined by 24% to US$ 21 million and US$ 90 million, attributable to lower visitation from the resident market with visitor numbers declining by 8.2% to 1.8 million. The company behind Dubai Parks and Resorts has so far lost US$ 1.4 billion and has put strategies in place to increase the number of international visitors and reduce costs – a move that is easier said than done.
Once flying Damac Properties has had its wings trimmed and has been hit by a double whammy of declining revenue – down 42.0% to US$ 244 million – and rising costs, including a 126% hike in selling costs to US$ 73 million; the end result was that Q3 profit slumped some 78% to US$ 14 million. For the first nine months of 2019, net income was 87.8% lower at US$ 36 million, along with falls in cash/bank balances, down 20.6% to US$ 1.1 billion, and total assets sliding 2.8% to US$ 64.9 billion. Hussain Sajwani, chairman of the developer, is confident of reaching his 4k delivery target for this year.
Some analysts predict that with 21k residential units completed in H1, a further 38.4k could be finished in H2. In the unlikely event of this happening, the 2019 total would be about the same number as handed over in the past four years from 2015-2018. If there were a problem at the beginning year, that being the case, we are in for a turbulent 2020.
All of Emaar Properties’ financial indicators headed north during Q3, with a 14.0% hike in revenue to US$ 1.6 billion and profit 20.0% to the good at US$ 354 million. Over the nine-month period to 30 September, sales were 25.0% higher at US$ 3.4 billion, revenue by 1% to US$ 4.8 billion and net profit 2.0% at US$ 1.2 billion. The main drivers behind the stronger revenue stream were from foreign investors plus new, first-time home buyers entering the local property market.
Emaar Malls also recorded positive nine-month results, with 6.0% increases posted for both revenue at US$ 926 million and net profit to US$ 463 million. With a credible 92% occupancy level, it welcomed 99 million visitors to its assets – including The Dubai Mall, Dubai Marina Mall, Gold & Diamond Park, Souq Al Bahar and the Community Retail Centres. Along with Emaar Malls, its hospitality & leisure, entertainment and commercial leasing business posted a 30.0% increase in revenue to US$ 1.4 billion with its hotels’ occupancy rate at 78%. The international property development operations recorded a 22% increase in revenue to US$ 708 million, contributing 15% of the total group revenue.
Emaar Development posted an 11.0% hike in Q3 revenue to US$ 924 million, with profit 1.0% up at US$ 187 million, with selling, marketing, general and administrative expenses 63.0% higher at US$ 110 million. UAE’s largest listed property company has an impressive sales backlog of US$ 9.8 billion, which will boost revenue streams in the years ahead, driven by the launch of nineteen new residential developments, valued at US$ 2.7 billion, this year.
The bourse opened on Sunday 10 November and, having lost 85 points (3.1%) the previous two weeks, nudged 2 points higher to 2701 by 14 November 2019. Both Emaar Properties and Arabtec shed US$ 0.01. The former, having lost US$ 0.08 the previous fortnight, closed at US$ 1.13, whilst Arabtec, down US$ 0.05 the previous two weeks, traded at the end of the week on US$ 0.48. Thursday 14 November saw dismal trading of 101 million shares, worth US$ 73 million, (compared to 157 million shares, at a value of US$ 43 million, on 07 November).
By Thursday, 14 November, Brent, having gained US$ 4.42 (7.6%) the previous five weeks, shed some of those gains, down US$ 1.01 (1.6%) to US$ 61.28. Gold, having shed US$ 45 (3.7%) over the previous week, was up US$ 7 (0.4%), closing on Thursday 14 November at US$ 1,473.
On Sunday 17 November, Saudi Aramco will open its IPO to investors and, as yet, two days before the event, the size of the stake (probably 5%) and the pricing range (around US$ 1.7 billion) are yet to be revealed; it will offer as much as 0.5% of its shares to individual investors, along with a plan to incentivise its 73k staff via a share scheme. The 650-page prospectus confirms that the energy conglomerate will not be allowed to list further shares within six months and for the company’s owner, the Saudi government, that period is for one year after the start of trading. The final pricing will be revealed on 05 December. In a bid to boost interest ahead of the issue, Aramco has seen its taxes cut for the third time and has introduced measures to encourage investors not to sell their newly acquired shares.
Toyota Motor Corp plans a US$ 1.8 billion share buy-back, following news of a more-than-expected Q3 profit at US$ 6.1 billion (up 14.4%), driven by better global sales and a 5.6% improvement in its North American business; the profit figure beat market expectations. It saw quarterly vehicle sales 26.1% higher at 2.75 million. By the end of March, the carmaker is planning a 34 million share buy-back, costing US$ 1.8 billion, with rival Honda also in buy-back mode paying US$ 915 million. However, the company has had a tough time and has cut its annual profit forecast by 10.4% to US$ 6.3 billion, (and revenue by 3.8% to US$ 71.7 billion), as global vehicle demand remains moribund and specific supply issues continue. Quarterly profit came in on US$ 2.0 billion.
Nissan posted disappointing Q2 (ending 30 September) results, with declines in both revenue – down 7.0% to US$ 24 billion – and profit by 54.6% to US$ 541 million. The main drivers include falling global vehicle sales and the loss of confidence in the brand power, following the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn; he faces various allegations, including under-reporting promised compensation in documents and breaching trust in making dubious payments. The car maker has started to improve much-needed governance, corporate culture and ethical standards which, in turn, will result in additional costs at least in the short-term.
As part of its strategy to cut costs by up to US$ 1 billion by 2022, Mercedes-Benz is to shed 1k jobs. The German company is not the only carmaker facing costly challenges from new, tougher emissions targets. Not only do the new CO2 targets require high investment but costs fly north when it comes to investing in plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars.
After a two-year agreement, Nike has decided to invest in “distinctive” partnerships with other retailers and platforms, as it stops using Amazon as a vehicle for selling directly to customers. The trial seems to have convinced the sportswear giant that it should seek greater control of its brand and ensure that it deals more directly with its customer base, by investing in strong, distinctive partnerships with other retailers and platforms.
Following the lead of its tech competitors, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Uber, Google is set to announce a new financial product for users. The service, launched via Google Pay, will utilise the expertise of banks and credit unions in the US to offer “smart checking” accounts; users will be able to add Google’s analytic tools to traditional banking products. Google has teamed up with Marcus, (Goldman Sachs’ new consumer arm), as part of its Apple Pay and Wallet service. There is no doubt that US regulators will take a close look at Apple’s entrée into this new market segment, with all the tech giants already facing probes related to competition, data protection and privacy.
The co-founder of the Nusr-Et steakhouse, Nusret Gokce, and the other co-owners, Mithat Erdem and billionaire Ferit Sahenk, are considering selling a stake in the business, known as Salt-Bae. As a stand-alone entity, Nusr-Et could be worth up to US$ 1 billion and undoubtedly, if a part sale occurs, much interest would be generated. The three also operate steakhouses and burger joints in New York, Miami, Dubai and on the Greek island of Mykonos. Sahenk, a 51% shareholder, as well as a real estate developer, has struggled, in line with the fall in the Turkish lire and having a US$ 2.5 billion of debt to be repaid; he has been divesting stakes in hotels and restaurants and could be a likely part-seller.
Although Vodafone shipped US$ 2.7 billion in H1 losses, it was a major improvement on the US$ 10 billion+ deficit posted over the same period last year. The dismal reading was brought about mainly by “a loss at Vodafone Idea, following an adverse legal judgement against the industry by the (Indian) Supreme Court, partially offset by a profit on the disposal of Vodafone New Zealand.” If these items had been taken out of the equation, the UK telecom would have showed a positive operating profit. Last month, Vodafone was one of several beleaguered Indian telecoms companies ordered by the courts to pay a total of US$ 13 billion in unpaid bills.
There has been an offer from private equity group KKR to buy out Boots’ parent company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, which, if successful, would be the biggest ever of its kind. Whether the current time is best suited to such a deal remains to be seen. Only three years ago, the private equity group sold its final shares in Walgreens which, although it has an estimated market value of around US$ 56 billion, is US$ 17 billion in debt. Operating in twenty-five countries, it is currently trying to save US$ 2 billion a year and has indicated that it would close 200 UK outlets. Prior to the latest news, its share value had dipped over 20% YTD.
It is no surprise to see that a disgruntled shareholder has taken WeWork to court over the US$ 1.7 billion leaving package approved for ousted co-founder Adam Neumann. Although the company called the claims “meritless”, there would be many who would agree that this sum is “beyond comprehension” and is “improper”. It was only two months ago that the company, that had previously been valued around US$ 50 billion, saw a stock market floatation collapse in disarray, with latest valuations coming in at a lot less than US$ 10 billion.
A growing problem in Australia (and probably the same in many other countries including the UAE), is that of so-called payday loans. A local study estimates that 1.8 million households there have taken out 4.7 million such loans over the past three years. There is increased concern that those taking out payday loans were “those doing it toughest in society” and were easy pickings for the “predatory” practices of lenders. Evidently, 41% of female borrowers are single mothers, with women accounting for 23% of borrowers, the number having risen 62.1% to 287k over the past three years. In 2016, the federal government announced plans to tighten laws around small consumer loans and leases but, in true Ozzie style, no progress has been made in the ensuing three years, so that the financial vultures are still charging exorbitant rates, whilst making mainly the poorer even poorer.
The Australian Big 4 banks’ woes continue with both CBA and Westpac hauled before regulators, denying charges that they levy a so-called loyalty tax, forcing existing mortgage customers onto higher interest rates to fund lower rates for new customers. It seems that CBA dispute the concept of a loyalty tax, arguing different loan rates reflect supply and demand for mortgages over time and that the bank did not discriminate between “old” and “new” clients. Westpac indicated that competition would be destroyed if all loans were at the same price. Another area of concern was the fact that none of the banks have passed on the full benefit of recent rate cuts and are being accused of profiteering at the expense of millions of home loan customers.
There are further signs of continuing weakness in Australian workers’ wage growth, as average pay packets have only risen 2.2% on the year – below long-term expansion rates. The latest quarterly 0.5% rise, down from 0.6% the previous period, will probably see interest rates cut again. Public sector growth, at 2.5%, came in at a faster rate than the private sector’s 2.2%. but returns were expected to be higher as during the quarter, new enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) were introduced plus the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review. The situation was not made any better with Australia’s October unemployment rate jumping back to 5.3%, with the number of unemployed at 726k.
China produces about 22% of global cotton supplies and the Xinjiang region (with 84% of that total) is the focus of Chinese cotton production; the region has been in the news with allegations of its Uighur minority being persecuted and recruited for forced labour. Now there is increasing pressure on the many global brands that directly or – more probably – indirectly source cotton products from there to boycott the region. It is reported that the likes of H&M, Esprit and Adidas, along with Japan’s Muji and Uniqlo, are at the end of supply chains from the Chinese region.
Monday 11 November saw Singles Day (11/11), an annual event, that is the world’s busiest online shopping day, adopted by Jack Ma’s Alibaba, and has now become a marketing tool not only in China but also in other Asian countries. In the first eighteen hours of the day, Alibaba had surpassed last year’s total, with a 25.2% increase, to reach US$ 38.3 billion, with rival JD.com posting sales of US$ 25.6 billion by mid-afternoon. Alibaba’s normal daily sales average US$ 2.3 billion and Ma had expected a bigger number this year, blaming the fact that it fell on a Monday and the weather was too hot. There is no doubt that China is one of the most “switched-on” counties in the world with 85% of the population using the internet for everyday use, including payments, driven by a lack of traditional retailing networks. Many of the country’s richest entrepreneurs owe their wealth to e-commerce including the likes of Jack Ma, Colin Huang (Pinduoduo), Zhang Jindong (Sunng) and Richard Liu (JD Com).
With Q3 growth of 0.3%, the UK economy managed to avoid recession, following an 0.2% contraction in the previous quarter. (The technical definition of a recession is two straight quarters of negative growth). The main driver behind the uptick was the services sector, with help from an improved construction contribution; production was flat and the manufacturing sector continued to fall in most industries except car production. On an annualised basis, the 1.0% reading is the weakest such quarter in nearly a decade and the outlook is more of the same.
As October UK inflation rates nudged lower by 0.2% to 1.5% – its slowest pace in three years – it seems that this could be a third factor to swing the BoE into cutting interest rates again; the other two, Brexit uncertainty and slowdown in the global economy, in themselves are strong indicators for further cuts. The good news is that there could be a boost in household spending, with wages rising at a faster rate (3.6%) than inflation. With lower energy prices -gas and electricity 8.7% and 2.2% lower month on month – there is every possibility that it could go as low as 1.2%, before climbing back to reach the BoE’s 2.0% target, and more, by the end of 2020.
Winter came with a vengeance after a long, hot and never-ending summer saw Dubai hit by heavy rains and storms on Sunday, leading to localised flooding, huge traffic jams, some property damage and minor disruptions at Dubai International. Notwithstanding the usual suspects, motorists heeded warnings to take extra care and avoid unnecessary trips outside. The week has seen Venice and parts of England reeling from floods, whilst the east coast of Australia and the US west coast of US have witnessed catastrophic fires. These events have been happening for ages and were seen as natural and expected occurrences; the problem is that the world has become more aware and that it appears that they are increasing in their severity. In 2019, this should not be happening. Set Fire To The Rain.
Posted on November 8, 2019 by howesdubai
A Change Is Gonna Come 07 November 2019
There could be a welcome boost for the local real estate sector with reports that the Central Bank is considering new rules that will loosen the cap on bank lending; currently, it is 20% of customer deposits that can be lent to the property industry. Any amount above the 20% threshold will incur a capital charge but any loosening is bound to have a positive impact. If it were to go through, banks will have to be cautious, bearing in mind that latest Q3 figures show that UAE banks’ non-performing loans stood at 6.4%, compared to 5.7% a year earlier.
In a bid to accelerate construction at its four-phased residential mega project, Riviera in MBR City, Azizi Developments has added a total of 6k workers to its payroll, as its own Year of Construction, (dedicated to the swift construction of its ongoing projects), rolls to an end. This massive project encompasses 16k residences spread across 71 mid-rise buildings. The developer estimates that phases 1, 2 and 3 are 54%, 36% and 22% completed.
According to Knight Frank, average office rents have declined 8.2% over the past twelve months, with citywide office rents down 9.2% to US$ 30 per sq ft per year. The main driver continues to be lower demand in line with reduced business confidence, as the local economy reports 2019 growth of 1.9%, compared to 3.1% a year earlier.
A US$ 102 million infrastructure project, that involved construction work on 1.4 km of tunnels and 7 km of roads, leading to the Jewel of the Creek development, has been completed. The ground and basement access points of the Jewel of the Creek project have been linked with Baniyas Street to the north, and Al Ittihad Street to the east. An 80 mt footbridge over Baniyas Street, along with other work including lighting, will be completed by the end of Q1 2020. The mega 126k sq mt development encompasses 756 serviced apartments (in four towers), three hotels with 1.2k rooms, twenty restaurants, a man-made lake, and a waterfront promenade and marina for 65 berths; it will also have parking for 6k vehicles.
One tyre manufacturer is introducing a new concept to Dubai by introducing its Pirelli Tyre Hotel, located close to Dubai Autodrome. The temperature-controlled facility, allowing drivers to store their premium tyres to optimise performance, is fitted with custom-designed racks made to enhance the longevity of such tyres. The emirate becomes its fourth location in the world, following Munich, Monte Carlo and Los Angeles.
The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has tied up with Tencent Games to develop The Map, featuring Dubai within the successful online game application. Lego Cube is free to download and allows players to experience many of Dubai’s landmarks; the aim of the exercise is to attract more Chinese tourists and is the first time that TenCent has partnered with an oversees entity.
With the start of the cruise season, Dubai is expecting to welcome up to one million visitors on over 200 ship calls – last season saw a 51% increase in numbers to 850k, arriving on 152 liners. The first ship arrived last month at Dubai’s Mina Rashid Cruise Terminal. – TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 5, carrying 6k passengers.
Monopoly has finally arrived in Dubai and was launched at a ceremony at the Burj Al Arab on Monday. The iconic hotel is one of the places on the board that includes iconic Dubai sights such as Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Atlantis The Palm, Dubai Frame, Dubai Opera and Global Village. Surprisingly, Nord Anglia International School was featured, whilst the likes of The Dubai Mall and Palm Jumeirah did not pass ‘Go’. The two top positions were taken by the Burj Al Arab and Bluewaters.
Kibsons has expanded its 130k sq ft head office and cold storage warehouse in Dubai Fruit and Vegetable Market and has plans to quadruple its daily home deliveries to 10k.; its work force will increase by a further 200. The family-owned 38-year old online fruit, vegetable, dairy and meat distributor will also triple its distribution capacity, both distribution capacity of fresh produce, which currently stands at more than 250k kg, and also its meat processing capabilities. The company plans to expand into other parts of the region before the end of 2021.
There have been calls from some operators in Dubai’s hospitality sector for a review of taxation on adult beverages, served in bars and restaurants, claiming that the current tax on adult beverages is having a negative impact on a struggling industry and perhaps hurting tourism numbers.
An NBK report on the UAE sees its growth prospects remain “relatively solid”, backed up by 3.5% 2019 hike increase in the oil sector this year, leading to a modest average 2.2% expansion over the three years to 2022. It estimates that this year’s growth in the non-oil sector will be 1.0%, almost doubling next year to 1.8%, boosted by “the impact of structural reforms, the fiscal stimulus package and the Expo 2020 begin to be realised”. Going forward, the economy is expected to weaken to 1.5%, as the impact of the Abu Dhabi stimulus and Expo 2020 eases. With property rentals still heading south, it is expected that there will be 1.9% deflation this year, but this is a short-term feature with inflation returning to “normal” levels of around 2.4% by 2022.
There was even more bullish news from the IMF espousing that the UAE’s non-oil growth would exceed 1% this year and rise to 3% in 2020 – at the fastest rate since 2016. The UAE GDP will reach 2.5% in 2020., helped by Expo 2020 and UAE government policies. The world body noted that the economy has been helped by the government taking “a number of important steps”, including allowing 100% foreign ownership in certain sectors, reducing fees/penalties, a new insolvency framework and the promotion of greater financial inclusion.
According to a Ministry of Finance official, the UAE has no plans to introduce income tax and the country will not see any VAT hikes for at least another three years. This is welcome news for many and comes on the back of increasing rumours that VAT would double to 10% and that income tax was just around the corner. There are some analysts who think that any future tax will be forced on the government by outside bodies such as the World Bank or IMF. Initial estimates made when VAT was introduced to the UAE in January 2017 were for revenues of US$ 3.3 billion; the first year of operations saw the actual figure more than double to US$ 7.4 billion.
Despite all the doom and gloom hanging around the economy, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation indicated that Dubai added 90.3k net new jobs in the year to June – up 21.9% on the previous year.
The GITEX Technology Week Economic Impact Assessment highlighted revenue across direct, (spending in ancillary sectors such as accommodation, F&B, retail, entertainment, travel), indirect and induced economic levers, (including higher employment and consequent disposal income growth); this equated to US$ 250 million being added to the emirate’s GDP.
Landmark Group has launched e-commerce apps for iPhone and Android and an e-commerce website for its Centrepoint brand in Kuwait, an e-commerce market expected to grow to US$ 1.1 billion by the end of 2020. The Dubai-based retail and hospitality conglomerate expects that with a population of 2.6 million internet users, of which over 92% already shop online, will be a lucrative market. Kuwait customers will have instant access to over 25k product lines from its range, including Babyshop, Splash, Lifestyle and Shoemart, and be able to shop for over 200 homegrown and international brands. Landmark has had over seven years in the e-commerce sector and has witnessed exponential compound annual growth of 140%.
It seems inevitable that 2019 will see new record highs for the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, as after nine months of trading, it has posted 20.3 million contracts (valued at US$ 373 billion); its twelve-month total in 2018 was 22.3 million. Last month, its daily trading was at 72.9k and its monthly total of 1.68 million deals was 11.5% higher than a year earlier. Gold Futures showed a YTD 70% jump in trades as both INR Quanto Futures (116% higher on the year) and Brent Crude Oil Futures, up 38%, were notable performers.
DP World’s expansion plans seem never-ending, with the latest being a 34-year concession (with French container operator Terminal Link – PortSynergy Group) to run two berths in Le Havre; the world’s largest port operator already has operations in berth 5 in the French port. Once completed, this addition will add one million TEUs (20’ Equivalent Units) to its portfolio and will cover an area of 42 hectare, with a 700 mt quay.
As the much-troubled Drake & Scull continues to restructure its business, it is also still investigating the actions of its previous management; Shuaa Capital is assisting to “support our restructuring, to transform DSI and bring it back to profitability”. The current chairman, Shafiq Abdelhamid, commented “it is our duty to protect the rights of our shareholders who trusted us and invested in this company.” The contracting firm has already lodged fifteen complaints against former company board members and executive management, with further criminal complaints having been added. The company now claims that between 2009-2017, annual losses were hidden from shareholders. In 2015, DSI posted a US$ 256 million loss, rising to US$ 378 million two years later, by which time retained losses had risen to US$ 858 million. Its shares were suspended on the DFM in November 2018.
The region’s biggest aviation lessor, state-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, posted a 10.3% decline in nine-month profit to US$ 260.5 million, driven by marked increases in depreciation, increasing by US$ 12 million, and finance costs grew. 12.0% to US$ 281 million. In September, the company received a mandate from an unnamed investor to acquire and manage aircraft worth about US$ 1.4 billion. As at 30 September, the lessor had a fleet of 358 aircraft (84% owned, with the balance managed planes) with 111 customers in 56 countries; the book value of its owned planes is US$ 11.9 billion. Emirates is the company’s largest customer, contributing 14.1% of lease revenue during the nine-month period – its other four top lessees accounted for a further 14.5% of the revenue stream.
Meanwhile, Emirates saw its H1 profits (to 30 September) 382% higher to US$ 235 million, despite a 3.0% decline in revenue at US$ 12.9 billion; the main drivers were a US$ 545 million fall in oil prices, offset by a US$ 320 million exchange loss and a 45-day closure of the southern runway earlier in the year. However, there are still a few canaries in the mine, including an uncertain and slowing global economic environment, socio-political problems in certain locations of the airline’s market and increasing competition, biting into margins Consequently, the airline has decreased capacity and rationalised routes, whilst expecting “flattened” growth going forward. During H1, there was a 2% fall in the number of passengers carried to 29.6 million, as capacity was reduced by 5% due to the runway closure; however, passenger yields and passenger seat factor both headed north – up 1% and by 2.3% to 81.1% respectively.
Dnata – its airport and travel services arm – saw revenue dip 2% to US$ 14.5 billion, with an 8.0% profit decline at US$ 327 million, partly due to its exposure to the UK’s bankrupt tour operator, Thomas Cook; to date, there has been a US$ 23 million impairment cost. Dnata posted a 64% decline in profits to US$ 85 million.
In line with global trends, freight volumes at the world’s largest international cargo airline fell 8.0% to 1.2 million tonnes and yields by 3.0%. (In September, IATA reported that global air freight had fallen 4.5% – the 11th consecutive month of decline in freight volumes and the longest period since the 2008 GFC). With ongoing trade tensions, and the US/Chinese tariff war, conditions are not expected to improve in the short-term.
This week the Emirates chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, has been requested to temporarily oversee Dubai Holding and Meraas, replacing Abdulla Al Habbai, who had been in charge of both government entitles since March 2017; during that time, he launched several projects, most notably Downtown Jumeirah and Madinat Jumeirah Living. His Highness will assume further responsibility for some of Dubai’s most important entities with Dubai Holding, owning the likes of the Jumeriah Group, Tecom, Dubai Properties, Dubai Asset Management and Arab Media Group; it is estimated it has 20k employees and an asset value of US$ 35.4 billion. Meraas has recently agreed a US$ 1.4 billion retail JV with Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management and is responsible for some of the emirate’s major developments including Bluewaters Island, City Walk, La Mer and The Beach.
Furthermore, Sheikh Ahmed is also Second Deputy Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, president of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports and chairman of Dubai World.
Although its property income rose 4.0%, to US$ 54 million, for the nine months to 30 September, Equitativa’s posted an 81.0% decline in profit to US$ 6 million. The fund manager, that runs the Nasdaq Dubai-listed Emirates Reit, is now looking at reducing costs and focusing on operational improvements. Results were not helped by a US$ 1 million revaluation loss, “influenced by market conditions”, compared to a US$ 20 million gain posted in the same period last year. The company’s portfolio stands at US$ 1 billion and, although its net assets per share is at US$ 1.67, its latest market value of US$ 0.66 shows trading at a substantial discount.
Amanat halved its losses to US$ 463k in Q3, whilst operating revenue more than quintupled to over US$ 4 million, with finance income 24% higher at just under US$ 3 million. Over the nine-month period, profit was 38% up at US$ 9 million on revenue totalling US$ 24 million, with operating income almost five times higher at US$ 6 million. Two of its assets, Middlesex University Dubai and North London Collegiate Schools, performed well with revenue streams of US$ 5 million and US$ 6 million respectively.
Emaar Malls reported a 6.0% hike in profits for the nine months to 30 September to US$ 472 million on the back of a 5.6% revenue increase to US$ 929 million. On a quarterly basis, both profit and revenue headed north by 12.1% to US$ 164 million and 5.4% to US$ 323 million respectively. Its wholly owned on-line subsidiary also posted positive results, with nine-month revenue 14.0% up at US$ 188 million, with Q3 figures 19.7% higher at US$ 73 million. Its flagship, Dubai Mall, welcomed 61 million visitors out of the 99 million that shopped at all their malls over the nine months, whilst Q3 occupancy levels remained at a credible 92%.
The bourse opened on Sunday 03 November and, having lost 39 points (1.4%) the previous week, shed 46 points (1.7%) to 2699 by 07 November 2019. Emaar Properties, having lost US$ 0.06 the previous week shed a further US$ 0.02 to close at US$ 1.14, whilst Arabtec, down US$ 0.04 the previous week, was US$ 0.01 lower to US$ 0.49. Thursday 07 November saw dismal trading of 125 million shares, worth US$ 65 million, (compared to 157 million shares, at a value of US$ 43 million, on 31 October).
By Thursday, 07 November, Brent, having gained US$ 3.72 (6.4%) the previous four weeks, continued in positive territory, up US$ 0.70 (1.0%) to US$ 62.29. Gold, having gained US$ 20 (0.5%) over the previous fortnight, lost that and more, down US$ 45 (3.7%), closing on Thursday 07 November at US$ 1,466.
Ahead of a partial IPO, Saudi Aramco’s nine-month profit dipped 18.0% to US$ 68.2 billion, as revenue slipped 6.9% to US$ 217.0 billion on the back of lower energy prices – with average Brent crude declining by 11.0% over the same period. Despite the fall, these figures are still way ahead of the total 2018 profit of the most profitable global publicly traded company.
Meanwhile Sunday saw the start of the company’s IPO – with potential tax cuts and dividends to lure investors – that will probably value the energy giant at a lot less than the touted US$ 2 trillion only three months ago. Sixteen banks have offered valuation guidance, ranging from US$ 1.1 trillion to US$ 2.5 trillion – it looks as if the final decision may result from a toss of a coin.
An industry report intimated that there was a massive 22.9% Q3 jump in mobile consumer spend on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, to US$ 21.9 billion. Of the world’s two largest distribution channels, App stores earned more than 60% of that total (US$ 14.2 billion) with Google Play, supported by Android devices, lagging some US$ 6.5 billion behind in earnings; however, Google Play does have a larger number of apps in its library (2.47 million) compared to the 1.8 million held by its rival. Interestingly, whilst App Store posted a 5.3% growth in first-time app installations, with its main rival almost tripling their number in Q3. The total number of apps being downloaded is expected to grow by 26.8% to 260 billion over the next three years.
It seems highly likely that Jingye Group will buy British Steel out of insolvency, after initial frontrunner, Turkey’s Ataer pulled out late in October. The utility, currently being run by the UK government since May, employs 5k in its Scunthorpe plant, with a further 20k in the supply chain. The chairman of the Chinese steelmaker, Li Ganpo, visited British steel sites last week and held discussions with Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin and Andrew Percy, representative for the Brigg and Goole constituency.
After 58 years of trading, and unable to find a buyer, Mothercare has announced plans to put its UK business into administration, with the loss of a possible 2.5k jobs. Its overseas business remains intact, with countries such as India, Indonesia and Russia not subject to administration. In line with many of its peers, the retailer has been struggling from increased competition, including the big UK supermarkets, fast fashion brands and the internet.
Under Armour is being investigated by US federal authorities for accounting irregularities, including shifting sales from quarter to quarter to appear healthier; the company, which has been struggling with staling growth, has been under investigation since 2017. When the news broke this week, along with Q3 results showing a 1.0% decline in sales to US$ 1.4 billion, its shares slumped 16%.
Yet again, both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices hit record highs after opening up about 0.3% each on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up 0.5%, following reports that both China and the US would rollback tariffs in phases. Whilst discussions are taking place, both parties have agreed to cancel further tariffs in different phases. However, it seems that a November meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could be delayed a month.
Judgement Day may have finally arrived for the Big 4 Australian banks – ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westapc – with all of them posting lower annual profits. The last one to post results was NAB whose profits have declined 13.6% to US$ 3.3 billion. A KPMG report shows that that these four banks saw their combined cash profits, for the year ending 30 June 20 19, 7.8% lower compared to a year earlier. What is sure is the banks have to change from their previous past poor, oft illegal and unethical behaviour and that they will have to introduce new processes which will take years to actually fully implement: this will impede further revenue (and profit) growth. In addition, it is inevitable that all will be in line for heavy penalties for their previous “misdeeds”. and higher costs as new processes are introduced. They also face the double whammy of shrinking margins in a low-interest-rate environment.
The Australian retail sector is going through tough times, with one analyst stating that the September figures were “the weakest retail spending in 28 years” and this despite the fact that 60% of tax refunds had been processed and in the hands of consumers. YTD retail volumes are 0.2% lower, as there have been three 0.1% quarterly declines over the past twelve months. The last time volumes fell on an annual basis was in the early 1990s – the last time Australia experienced a recession. There is no doubt that consumers are cutting back on spending, despite successive interest rate and tax cuts but low wage growth is another problem. However, what is most worrying for the macro economy is that consumer spending accounts for 67% of the country’s economic activity and this will not help the lucky country from slipping into recession.
October 2019 could be the month that the Dubai property market finally moved off its four-year bottom. It is reported that last month witnessed 4.8k sales of land, residential and commercial properties – its highest monthly number since January 2008. It is estimated that by July 2019, villa/apartment prices had declined by 12% over the previous two years and were 4% down on December 2018 prices. The sales jump has been driven by several factors, apart from the fact that all cycles have to change and go through ups and downs – and now may be the time to head north. With the help of banks being forced to remove the 3% early settlement fee, a change in maximum age requirements and lower prices, among other factors, the market dynamics are finally starting to shift. A Change Is Gonna Come.
Turning Japanese
Turning Japanese 31 October 2019
Danube Properties is to launch a US$ 409 million residential community— its biggest ever project— comprising over 2k homes, with unit prices starting US$ 79k to US$ 327k for a 3 B/R property. Its launch will take place before year-end and will be completed by 2023. This would be the biggest development this year by any private company, at a time when there are some in the industry, such Hussain Sajwani, who advocate a freeze on new developments for up two years; there are others who hold back sales until the project has gone past the 70% stage of build. Danube is selling at launch date and they seem to be announcing that for them at least, it is business as usual, with their sales plan backed with its innovative 1% monthly payments.
Following comments from Damac’s founder Hussain Sajwani that all new home constructions should be halted for eighteen months, and that the main culprit for the current property over-supply was Emaar, its chairman, Mohammed Alabbar, retorted “Maybe if your Q2 profits were down by nearly 90 percent, it’s difficult to focus. I know what I am focused on, which is delivering the results Emaar customers and shareholders expect.” Damac’s Q2 results showed that the developer had seen slumps in both its revenue and profit streams – by 46% to US$ 264 million and 87% to US$ 14 million; over the same quarter, Emaar posted sales of US$ 965 million.
Damac’s founder was also in the news as he finally acquired troubled Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, via his Dubai-based Vision Investment Company; this follows a Milan court approval of a debt restructuring agreement. Earlier in the year, when the company filed for bankruptcy in Italy and the US and closed all of its American stores, reports put its value at US$ 179 million. There were several high-profile companies in the bidding, including US-based Marquee Brands, Bluestar Alliance and Only the Brave. Two years ago, the two companies had signed a deal to build a number of “Just Cavalli” villas in Dubai and another one to provide the interior design for at least five luxury hotels.
The opening of the new Address Sky View Hotel in Downtown Dubai should open tomorrow, 01 November, but this has been delayed so as to complete the finishing touches to the twin tower structure, with 169 hotel rooms and 551 apartments. The property is distinguishable by its a floating sky bridge, connecting the two structures, and a 70 mt long infinity pool located 220 mt above ground level. For the adventurous, it also boasts a glass slide which takes guests down, outside, from the 53rd floor to the Sky Views observation deck, as well as an adventure walk (with a harness) on the outside of the structure.
MAF is to open seven Carrefour stores in Uzbekistan over the next two years, becoming the first international grocery retailer to enter that country’s market. The Dubai-based conglomerate, which holds the exclusive rights to operate Carrefour in 31 countries in Mena and Central Asia, currently operates 285 stores in fifteen countries; it hopes to double that number by 2023. H1 figures for MAF’s retail arm posted a 1% rise in profit to US$ 4.0 billion.
Majid Al Futtaim has refuted reports that it owes any money to Will.i.am’s tech company i.am+ and that it has yet to fill its financial obligations to the US firm with regards to a partnership to build a firm the size of Amazon in the UAE. In February, a deal between the two parties was signed to bring its Omega technology to MENA customers and to build a firm the size of Amazon in the UAE, and that the lack of funds has been the cause for the nine-month delay since then. The Dubai-based retail giant indicated that it had fulfilled all its financial commitments to date. US reports show that US federal government had filed a lien showing i.am+ owes US$ 1.8 million in delinquent taxes and interest.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of both Emirates and flydubai, has commended the two-year partnership between the two airlines saying “the strategic partnership has been a success, generating benefits for travellers, for both airlines, and for Dubai.” During the two year, the partnership has carried 5.3 million passengers and having initially started with codeshare arrangements, now share more routes, schedules and airport operations. It is a win-win situation for both parties using Dubai as a hub, Emirates’ passengers can connect to 94 destinations on the flydubai network whilst flydubai passengers can access 143 Emirates locations.
There was good news for Emirates this week with a Mexican court ruling that the airline could commence flying to the country (via a ‘fifth freedom’ flight from Barcelona) starting in December. The case – brought by Aeromexico – is still on-going, with the judge agreeing that the local carrier can appeal the verdict. The bilateral air services agreement was signed by both countries in July.
Dubai ports operator DP World has put its UK expansion plans on hold due to uncertainties over Brexit, having already invested upwards of US$ 1.9 billion in the country; most of the investment has been made in the London Gateway port and logistics park.
For the third consecutive month, fuel prices will go down in November, as set by the Fuel Price Committee. Special 95 will be US$ 0.008 lower (1.4%) at US$ 0.569 per litre.
Work has started on phase 1 of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation’s construction for its new US$ 52 million plant in Dubai Production City. Empower expect this phase to be completed within twelve months and when the final and when finished, it will add 47k Refrigeration Tonnes to its capacity. The company currently provides district cooling services to more than 1.1k buildings, comprising more than 100k customers.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers approved the country’s 2020 US$ 16.5 billion deficit-free budget. The budget covers three main sectors – social development, government affairs and infrastructure/economic resources/living benefits – all allocated roughly a third of the total.
Du saw its Q3 profit level (after royalty payments) decline by 13.5% to US$ 104 million, as revenue dipped 7.9% to US$ 817 million. Over the period, mobile subscriptions dropped 10.6% to 7.7 million, although fixed-line customers grew 1.5% to 771k. Over the nine-month period to 30 September, the telecom posted a 7.9% fall in like-for like profit after royalty to US$ 351 million, with revenue 6.2% shy at US$ 2.6 billion. Capex, at US$ 218 million, was 82.0% up on the corresponding period in 2018.
The bourse opened on Sunday 27 October and, having nudged 4 points higher the previous week, shed 39 points (1.4%) to 2745 by 31 October 2019. Emaar Properties, having gained US$ 0.01 the previous week lost US$ 0.06 to close at US$ 1.16, whilst Arabtec was US$ 0.04 lower to US$ 0.50. Thursday 31 October saw lower trading of 157 million shares, worth US$ 43 million, (compared to 219 million shares, at a value of US$ 50 million on 24 October). For the month of October, Emaar, having opened the month on US$ 1.26, closed US$ 0.10. lower on US$ 1.16, with Arabtec US$ 0.02 higher from its opening of US$ 0.48.
By Thursday, 31 October, Brent, having gained US$ 3.52 (6.1%) the previous three weeks, kept in positive territory, up US$ 0.20 (0.3%) to US$ 61.59. Gold, having gained US$ 7 (0.5%) over the previous week, was up US$ 13 (0.9%), closing on Thursday 31 October at US$ 1,511. For the month of October, both commodities were up – Brent from month openings of US$ 60.68 and the yellow metal from US$ 1473.
Thanks to an almost 25% lift in sales to China Jaguar Land Rover posted a quarterly profit of US$ 200 million, with revenues climbing 8.0% to US$ 7.6 billion. Sales of JLR’s new Range Rover Evoque were almost 50% higher and the improved returns helped to reduce its parent company’s losses with Tata Motors posting a Q3 79.3% reduction to US$ 31 million.
Australian regulators have taken to the courts, alleging that Google has been misleading consumers about the personal data it collects, uses and keeps. The ACCC, in a world first action against the tech giant, is seeking fines and compliance orders against Google, which has a US$ 880 billion market value, in a crackdown on digital platform disclosures.
To the surprise of some, Microsoft has been awarded a ten-year, US$ 10 billion Pentagon contract to replace its ageing computer networks with a single cloud system; Jedi (Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure) will bring the US defence department right up to date with its technology and give the military better and quicker access to data. Oracle and IBM were also involved in the process, along with Amazon who for some time were favourites to win the bid. However, in July, President Trump, who has had his run-ins with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, questioned the integrity of the contract process indicating that other companies had told him that the contract “wasn’t competitively bid” and that his administration would “take a very long look” at the deal. Other parties seemed to side with the President claiming that the bidding process had been rigged to favour Amazon, the world’s biggest provider of cloud-computing services.
Although Alphabet’s Q3 revenue was 20% up on last year at US$ 40.5 billion, its profit slumped over 23% to US$ 7.1 billion, as the internet search leader continued to pump money into R&D for artificial intelligence (25% higher at US$ 6.6 billion), cloud infrastructure and new Pixels smartphones; sales and marketing expenses were also higher – up 20% at US$ 4.6 billion. The tech firm has seen its tax provision almost double its effective tax rate to US$ 1.6 billion, equating to 18%.
It seems that LVMH may bid up to US$ 14.5 billion for jeweller Tiffany & Co on a possible takeover; the offer price is 22% higher than its 25 October closing price. The French company, that owns the Bulgari jewel and watch brand, Sephora cosmetics stores, Hublot watches and Dom Perignon Champagne, is looking for extra penetration in the jewellery sector. If the sale were to go through, it would help LVMH compete against companies such as Swiss rival Richemont SA, the owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. On the news, both companies’ shares were up – LVMH by 1% with Tiffany jumping by 22%.
HSBC’s Q3 pretax profit fell 12% to US$ 5.3 billion., missing market estimates; 90% of that total emanated from Asian operations. Global banking and markets reported a 30% decline to over US$ 1.2 billion, while retail banking and wealth management saw an 18% drop to US$ 1.7 billion. The bank estimates that it will spend US$ 17 billion updating its technology platforms and expanding its business in mainland China. The new management realised that some of its business units needed to change and that there was an urgent need to accelerate plans to remodel them and move capital into higher growth. The bank will try to sell its French retail bank and exit stock trading in some developed Western markets.
In the wake of its banking scandal, Australian regulators are looking at banning the big audit firms doing both auditing and consultancy works for clients. It was noted that auditors avoided scrutiny at the royal banking commission, despite being a significant part of the problem. There is no doubt that public confidence in the profession is at a low ebb and it is time for a wakeup call to confront concerns about independence and conflicts of interest. The country’s second auditing profession, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), wants to “clarify and strengthen” prohibitions on audit firms providing often-lucrative consulting services to companies they audit. Better late than never.
After two tumultuous weeks of unprecedented nationwide protests, that have crippled Lebanon, Saad Hariri announced he was submitting the resignation of his government. The prime minister’s decision “in response to the will of many Lebanese who took to the streets to demand change” was inevitable after tension mounted between protesters and security forces. There is no doubt that the populace has grown tired of incompetent and corrupt politicians who have brought the country to economic chaos, with networks of cronyism, patronage and nepotism depleting the treasury and gutting public services.
It is hoped that a change in government may placate protestors at a time when the economy was “days” from collapse. Such a move may restore business confidence and ensure that banks reopen (after being closed for the past two weeks) so as to ensure that expat remittances do not dry up. It is expected that the currency will struggle to continue to be pegged to the greenback and there are also fears that if the political situation does not improve there could be a run on the banks with dire consequences. The economy was in a mess, well before these protests started, with rising unemployment and one of the highest debt ratios in the world at US$ 86 billion, equating to a worryingly high 150% of GDP.
Due to a statistical error, it seems that the UK budget deficit was up to US$ 2.0 billion less than initially reported. The Office for National Statistics has indicated that there was “an error in the measurement of local government social benefits” and that last month’s shortfall was almost US$ 12.0 billion and that the YTD budget deficit, excluding public-sector banks, was US$ 53.0 billion.
Although weakening in Q3, the 1.9% growth was better than market expectations, with consumer spending, although slowing from the previous month’s 4.6%, the highlight at 2.9%. Some of this weakening is attributable to the waning impact of last year’s US$ 1.5 trillion tax cut and the ongoing spat with China. Although there were disappointing results, with a fall in business investment and lower public spending, the stronger than expected returns for housebuilding and consumer spending, that accounts for 67% of the country’s economic activity, points to the fact that any short-term recession is unlikely.
According to speakers at this week’s Success 2020 Arabian Business forum, the UAE is fast becoming a cashless society, driven by several government initiatives and on-going support. The country is helped by the fact that it has a young and dynamic population that embraces new technology – this is supported by traders and merchants keen to make the appropriate infrastructure available. The benefits of going cashless are manifold and could boost the economy by some US$ 2.2 billion, by saving time needed to handle cash.
Strangely, Japan still appears to rely on cash for many transactions, as witnessed at this year’s successful Rugby World Cup. What they do well is to manage big sports events almost to perfection and Dubai would do well to see how they manage to carry this out, with Expo just around the corner. The only minor hiccoughs (apart from the Final’s score that saw South Africa demolish England) were 20-minute toilet breaks for spectators and patchy Wi-Fi. The country is well prepared for the Olympics next year and once again the sports world will be Turning Japanese.
Hey Ho Silver Lining!
Don't Stop Me Now!
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Stephen's Revenge?
By JohnO
At first, I wasn't going to waste time answering Stephen's latest blurb, but after some thinking (within my foggy sub-conscious), the whole matter troubled me. Something, I felt, was wrong with this scenario and with the two inputs he's made. Even though I'm not interested in a nit-picking back and forth exchange, I still felt that here was something that just didn't click.
Psychologically, there's invariably something wrong when a person spins a sob story (be it real or imagined), and then shoves a barb (Barb #1; Barb #2) into everyone at the end of his article with an insult to everyone's personal character. One of the earlier contributors to the site also said as much of Stephen's previous article, and indicated that, he too felt this guy needed some sort of "guidance."
If Stephen's stories are real, and not enhanced fiction, then there's no need for attacks at the end of the narration. This is a very childish sting. Sincere people do NOT do this. The purpose in telling tales, as sad as these both are, is to share with others one's grief, maybe vent a little, to inform others of the mental and physical damage done by the Worldwide Church of God cult, and to help others who can see such a scenario coming into their own lives in the future. None of these reasons justifies the ugliness of a punch in the mouths of sincere contributors who have been "hooked in" by such sad tales.
My conclusion: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." (Hamlet. Act I, Scene IV.)
There appears to be no doubt that Stephen exists - in some form. The Editors have confirmed this, but I have no way of knowing if his stories are part fiction or real. Since I read both accounts of his life before and after Worldwide Church of God, I'm a little surprised that he did not mention the young lady (later article) in his first article. If she was indeed such an obvious part of his life, then I wondered why he didn't mention her name - at least in passing. Certainly, she had a huge continual impact on Stephen, and from his second story, he's obviously appears to be still in love with her. But there was no mention of the earlier hard times she had to endure in the first article, which would have tied in perfectly with the discussed Worldwide Church of God treatment of people. So, it's rather strange that her presence was completely omitted from Stephen's first input.
Possibly, there are some conclusions that could be made here that pertain to the validity of these articles. While I'm NOT saying they're untrue, I still feel uncomfortable with the syrupy style, the literary coloring, and way the tales are depicted. Something doesn't "click" right to me. But, I'm still trying not to be over skeptical.
FIRST thing is the situation of two sad stories followed by the insults. As mentioned, anyone who has a sincere story to tell doesn't finish up with hurling insults at the reader for the above reasons mentioned. This denotes insincerity, rudeness, disrespect, and a crass approach to the reader. A writer doesn't start off with one style and completely switch to another unless it's done deliberately to shock, anger, or cause resentment to those who are saddened by the stories.
SECOND is something that surprises me. Here, Stephen is a married man now, but he's sharing with the whole world about his love for someone else. Presumably, since he didn't say anything about his own marriage breaking up, he is seemingly happy in that relationship. So, why is he now claiming his love for this girl for all to see? At the same time, he's stating that she apparently loved him too. Reference the tattoo on her hip. (A "fading" heart? - Come on, guys!). If I were in the position of his wife, I'd feel hurt and insulted that my husband is telling the whole Internet of his affection (past and present) for this young lady. His friends must also wonder (if the whole story is true and not embellished), as to why he would offer this insult to his wife and family by telling the world he still cares for another woman. There is not one word of praise or love for his wife. He describes this young lady as: " . . . one of the most inherently compassionate people I ever known . . . " so his feeling for her is obvious and this personal insult to his wife must really hurt.
THIRD was the fact that he stated he came to the site to find out the whereabouts of this lady. After the first article, he apparently heard the unfortunate news of her incarceration. So, why didn't he ask about her in the first article? Others have asked for lost friends, both on the site and in the PT Forum. Why didn't he give her name and ask everyone if we knew her, or knew of her whereabouts? The "411" page is clearly marked. Everyone's willing to help, so why did he ignore this simple step in order to help him locate her, as he claimed he was trying to do?
FOURTH in order is his claim that he cannot reach her. This is rubbish. Since he's been on the Internet to the Florida Department of Corrections site (I checked it out) and made application (assuming he has the correct "DC" number which he must have in order to see her mug-shot), he now knows the prison, her number, the city of the prison and the zip code. All he has to do from this point is sit down and WRITE. A letter will always get to the person involved, even if that person is behind bars. Over the years, in and out of Worldwide Church of God, I've written to inmates, and while in Worldwide Church of God, I visited them, even though I was not a relative. These were at maximum security prisons, and I didn't get in there just because I was a "minister." No one at the prison knew who I was. I simply entered on visiting days, filled out the paperwork, showed my driver's license, was searched for weapons, and allowed to pass for visiting. Anyone can contact an inmate - relative or not - IF they really want to.
FIFTH brings up the point of getting attention. After the first article/letter, Stephen certainly got a lot of backlash. People responded, and certainly, major attention was paid to this gentleman. However, if the intent was not to get attention, with the first sad story followed by insults, then why did he repeat the same performance? Hey, if it worked once . . .???? Certainly, this "insult" methodology will get attention - as with the first article - but I can only hope that "attention getting" is not a major purpose behind the two articles. Insults are always guaranteed to get noticed, so if the intent is not to get attention, then why did he continue the insults?
SIXTH allows us to wonder if Stephen is not psychologically "baiting" us. If anyone does this, then obviously, they're not sincere. This is only one of the reasons (others mentioned above) as to why I do not feel that these articles are written in the spirit that they appear to be. If anyone writes an article to bait people, to get attention, or insult well-intended folks, then what's the motive? Besides the attention aspect, there is another possible answer. Although Stephen may be real, he could also be using the name of Stephen as a cover for a current Worldwide Church of God+ member or hireling. We could be the target of a Worldwide Church of God+ prank. It certainly would be a big joke for any current Worldwide Church of God+ member to play games with the PT Site (something which they loathe) and make dancing fools of us. Let's face it. Worldwide Church of God+ cults would do anything to discredit this site. While sincere letters and articles to the site are always taken as true, what a prank Worldwide Church of God+ers could be playing on us if they were generating these letters, watching our response, and laughing among themselves at our sincere attempts to answer their games! Since the previous and current articles' insults already indicate insincerity, then the foregoing scenario is certainly not out of the question.
At the very least, the whole situation with Stephen - as I see it - is somewhat confusing. Seeming sincerity with the stories on one hand, with insults to follow? What sort of logic is this? Sure, Stephen may be bitter, and I fully empathize with him if all this correspondence is for real. But also, if Stephen is for real, then there are better ways to get your point across and not alienate people who can be real friends. The questions are - does he want friendship? Does he honestly want to share? Is he just playing with us? Or does he want to lay blame?
Laying blame is something this whole world does now. It's a world nowadays where people blame everyone else for their problems. Granted, there are exceptions, but in general, people don't have the courage to accept responsibility for their mistakes, and try to pass the blame for their own blunders onto someone else. For example, just recently, O.J. Simpson was quoted as saying that his deceased wife Nicole was really responsible for her own death. Oh???? This is the type of insanity thinking in which our world swims. Granted, only the mindless and/or racists could believe such lunacy, but this depiction of transference continually happens. Blame someone else for our own problems, the world thinks, and we'll "feel" better when we can point our fingers elsewhere. This is what I see Stephen doing in his last communiqu,.
While there are many who don't believe in God being some little old man in the sky anymore, we still suffer problems in this world, and this is not the result of some angry God "zotting" the lawbreakers, but it's the result of universal reciprocity. We dictate our own trials and punishment. There is no God to punish us. We do that ourselves, by breaking universal laws. What goes around - comes around, is a truism, both spiritually and physically. Please check out Newton's Third Law of Motion. Therefore, if blame is to be laid somewhere, it must come right back to ourselves as the originating cause. We pass through hardships and trials (as ugly and unwelcome as they may be) to balance the cosmic laws of our own personal universe. And as tough as it may be to believe, we have to accept that we - and we alone - are responsible for everything that happens to us in life.
In Stephen's case, if the stories are true, then he must realize that, however painful, whatever happened is for his own "balancing," and to point the blame elsewhere is simply living in denial. We are NOT responsible for his life.
As far as I'm concerned, I can't be bothered with trying to answer someone if they're simply looking for attention, embellishing facts, are bitter to the point of insulting folks, or simply baiting people. I did so this time, because of the discomfort I felt about these articles and their acidic conclusions. If Stephen wants to take up an argument with me on the subject, then I have a lot more loaded questions, and he can communicate and insult me privately. The email's below.
Everyone, I'm sure, wishes all ex-WCGers the best of luck and the least of hardship. But many of us have very difficult times. Many of us have some hideous trials when we leave the cults, but in the end, they do strengthen us. No one wants the situation for any of us to be as dramatic as Stephen's purported stories have related. But if he wants friendship from people for his own life's journey, he'll gain a lot more friends and helpers by the serving of a sugar dialog rather than throwing acid in our faces.
Wanna chat? The email is Enlyten@hotmail.com
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"Lost Prophecy"
Prophecies they should have made.
Douglas Becker
Here we are 7 years later at the anniversary of the first one and a second hurricane has been battering New Orleans. The Armstrongists are delighted at the death, destruction, devastation of the “sinners” being punished as being the descendants of a Lost Tribe of Israel who are not obeying God. It would seem like a fulfilled prophecy of some sort, but it just isn’t. In fact, it’s worse than a false prophecy from false prophets — it’s lost prophecy.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
God did nothing to reveal much of anything to the Armstrongists claiming to be His servants — whether they claimed to be prophets, End Time Apostles or mere Evangelists and bungled future news entirely, signing the prognostications “In Jesus’ Name”. One would think that Christ would be mighty irritated with those who claimed to speak in his name and gave false prophecies.
But it’s worse than just being a false prophet with these bottom feeding losers: They lost the prophecies they should have made.
Sure, it’s bad enough to claimed that the United States and British Commonwealth would lose World War II and be taken off radio by the United States Government until things were sort of sorted out. It’s really bad to come out with a booklet in 1956 called, 1975 in Prophecy, claiming that end time events would lead to the return of Jesus Christ by the mid 1970s. It’s terrible for Roderick Meredith to be a false prophet for over half a century and predict the horrible events to happen in the next decade in 1962 of famine, floods, drought and be completely wrong about it. Yes, Ronald Weinland is not called Rotten Ronnie without reason with his spectacular failed prophecies, written in a book and quite specific, all to fail. It was a terrible mistake to predict for Herbert Armstrong to predict that Mussolini was going to be the Beast Dictator of Revelation fame, but when Mussolini died, Herbert had to move on to Hitler. World War II came and went and so did the Beasts of that era. The next biggie became Franz Josef Strauss (embarrassing because he paid Ambassador College Pasadena a visit and certain materials had to be hidden from view). Then Otto von Hapsburg became the next favorite, but, alas, he seems to have died too. Gerald Flurry has favored Edmund Stoiber, but that seems to have also gone the way of all flesh — at least as far as prophecy has gone. There was even a second Italian candidate in the past Millennium, whose name is lost. The latest incarnation of the Beast of Revelation before the third coming of Christ is Baron Karl zu Guttenberg proclaimed by Robert Thiel of the Living Church of God.
Some of these gems get lost. For example, in the Plain Truth, February 1965 on Page 48, in the article, Religious Martyrs, Roderick Meredith confidently proclaims:
Frankly, literally dozens of prophesied events indicate that this final revival of the Roman Empire in Europe–and its bestial PERSECUTION of Bible-believing Christians–will take place in the next seven to ten years of YOUR LIFE!
He also prophesied that the Pope would resurrect Hitler.
Now there’s something we bet that he’d like to take off his resume!
There are dozens of false prophecies which have fallen flat.
Herbert Armstrong said, “Prove us wrong and we will change!”. He was proved wrong. He never changed: Yet another false prophecy, indicative of the level of integrity of the ravenous wolf parading in sheep’s clothing (in this case, a carefully tailored $1,200+ Armani Suit). I have more confidence in chicken entrails and casting runes.
But what of the lost prophecy of significant world events which actually happened which were never prophesied by the Armstrongists?
There was that Six Day War of June 1967: The Jews claimed some important real estate. Certainly, God would have been interested in that and told his prophets, the Armstrongists. But no, alas, God had to keep it a secret so it would succeed, not that anyone would have believed Herbert Armstrong and his pathetic Myrmidons, mind you. They just didn’t get it! In a hilarious irony, Herbert Armstrong had negotiated an exclusive contract with the Jordanian Government for the broadcast of The World Tomorrow from Jerusalem, but the Six-Day War aborted the contract when Israel seized both sectors of the city. I guess God just didn’t have the time to warn Herbert after all that negotiation with Jordan would be completely pointless and his crowing about being to go forth from Jerusalem went up in so much smoke.
No really — smoke! There didn’t seem to be a way to slip a semi-Christian Yahweh past the Israelis. Perhaps, God was protecting them from yet another false prophet. It’s understandable, though, that Herbert Armstrong would miss out on prophesying this, since the Plain Truth Magazine in 1965 said that east Jerusalem would remain in Gentile hands until Christ’s coming.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was sorely missed by the Armstrongists. Assuredly, after predicting that Germany would rise again and be reunited, one would think that God would have revealed the obvious, but, again, alas, no.
Long before the Soviet Union fell and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dissolution on December 25th, 1991, one would have thought that the WCG would have been able to predict the event. In fact, so pathetic is Armstrongism, that it failed to predict the dissolution of the WCG itself less than a decade later. One would have thought that the WCG would have been able to foresee that, but sadly not.
Maybe it’s a Mayan Calendar thing — the Mayans weren’t able to see their disappearance either, apparently, but here the whole world seems intent in believing that they could predict the end of the world in December 2012. What’s with that? Even Bob Thiel knows better, and that’s saying a lot, what with the rise of his secret sect and all. Herbert Armstrong said shortly before his death that “If this church is God’s only true church on earth today the gates of hell can not prevail against it!” We’re not sure about hell, but the WCG didn’t survive the Tkaches.
For an ever amusing look at failed prophecy, one should not miss Garner Ted Armstrong’s “Fifty Years of Warning”. Someone should have warned GTA that he would be on television and not in a good way. Not to put too fine a point on it, the legacy has pretty much ended, except it still lurches along like a zombie under the care of his son. Some warning: None of it is true and nothing like that is going to happen… ever.
The fave of all time is September 11, 2001. Just before this day, the United Church of God, an International Association minister, flew out to Tacoma to give a sermon about “Tipping over the Barrel” to chastise the couple who was suffering from a stalker in the UCG for considering getting a restraining order in court. He thundered on (or is that droned) in that church daylight basement about how the United States was going to have its “barrel tipped over” and so would any rebellious recalcitrant church members who did not fall in line with the Home Office. He shook my hand after services and pretended he didn’t know who I was, when we both knew perfectly well, he did. Again — and this is probably the biggest example of Lost Prophecy ever — the Armstrongists missed what came just 4 days later. They didn’t hint at it and they didn’t have a clue. [He went on to be a part of the formation of the CoGWA.] In the interest of full disclosure, and considering the dictum to mark those who cause division, although his immediately preceding paternal ancestry cannot be verified confidently, he is of Italian extraction, but the specifics of the kennel in which he originated is beyond our ken.
My friend from IBM helping to install LINUX on the IBM Mainframe at Pierce County and I were up late Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday Morning and came in late to the County-City Building to continue the install. We were puzzled by the long lines by the door going through security. I had identification which should normally allow me into the premises, but this particular day, I had to go through the metal detector and my stuff was xrayed. It took awhile. We found out what all the fuss was when we entered the computer center where my colleagues were watching the news live on television. We were all in shock. Flights were cancelled and grounded for several days (except for 400 flights for the children of Arab leaders of oil countries). The atmosphere had significantly less pollution in that short week as a result of a reduction of jet exhaust reaching the ozone layer.
We also remember the transformation of the assault upon the United States and the rest of the world: The economy took a really big hit; bigger though, was the impact that American citizens could no longer feel safe in a way never anticipated.
Security in airports made flying a drudge rather than a joy. We have never been the same or even close to it.
And the Armstrongists predicted none of it: They aren’t just late to the party, they missed the boat entirely!
So here we are: Hurricane Isaac hits New Orleans exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina. I remember the Feast that year, especially since the hotel where I was staying, had a family who had fled Katrina and stayed there in the hotel. They were checking out: It was a husband and a wife with their son in his twenties. I overheard them and their angst. They were not certain whether or not any of their home had survived and looked forward to rebuilding it and their lives. They were some of those fortunate enough to get away and have enough resources to stay in a nice hotel while the hurricane passed. As a side comment, they did not look or sound particularly evil to me and did not seem to have merited God’s punishment. I was happy that they had as much as they did at the time. Maybe my justice meter is off or something. The Armstrongist god is terribly vengeful. I would not particularly like to get to know him. He seems rather merciless and strict — sort of like Roderick Meredith.
So there you have it. Certainly, there are far more examples of Lost Prophecy on the books. Feel free to add your own. It will be amusing.
We all wonder if Jesus Christ would say to the Armstrongists on his return: “I never knew you”.
Would he be wrong?
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Grades Are In: States with the Smartest Drivers
Coveted good driver discounts rely on good grades. So which states have the best GPAs for those savings?
Pencils down! While students covered by auto insurance policies are not evaluated directly on their driving, their grades do matter. GPA is used as a proxy for risk, and high marks could save you a pretty penny.
The school year is winding down and summer is fast upon us. While the most critical aspects of an education are the skills and relationships gained along the way, the grades one earns can have financial consequences beyond just prospective post-grad salaries.
Many insurance companies use high GPAs as indicators that one is a safe driver, and therefore less likely to file a costly claim in the future. Once they predict that a driver will be less expensive to insure, they offer them a coveted good student discount.
Young adulthood is a minefield of exorbitant expenses running the gamut from student loans to first apartments. There’s no reason not to jump at every opportunity for savings during this time, which is why it can be wise to compare car insurance policies to maximize available discounts on sites like Insurify. So with that in mind, let’s check out the states with the strongest showings for good student discounts.
National averages. Nationwide, the average grade point average is 3.23. On a four-point scale, a 4.0 represents a student whose coursework earned straight As, and a 3.0 indicates a pupil who earned a B average. Additionally, the national average graduation rate is 84.6 percent, the mean ACT score is 20.8 out of 36, the average SAT score is 1068 out of 1600, and the national truancy rate is seven percent.
ACT and SAT are regional giants. There is a moderate inverse correlation between mean scores on the SAT and ACT per state. This means that states with a high average score on one test tend to perform somewhat less optimally on the other. However, this is not due to the fact that these exams test markedly different skill sets—individual students who perform well on one tend to score highly on the other as well. It is a result of each standardized assessment being popular in separate regions. The SAT has historically dominated the coasts while the ACT has held favor in the Midwest. The gap in state averages on these evaluations likely reflect different relationships with one test compared to the other and not a gulf in aptitude.
Performance is a package deal. All of the factors reported here—GPA, standardized test scores, graduation rates, and school attendance—are interrelated. Those states with higher graduation rates and lower truancy also witness relatively stronger grades and standardized test scores. Successful schools require strong investment in students on multiple fronts.
To determine the states whose drivers have the strongest GPAs and therefore the best standing in terms of good student car insurance discounts, the data science and research team at Insurify, an auto insurance quotes comparison website, turned to their database of over 1.6 million insurance applications. In applying for coverage, motorists identify if they or any other driver on their policy is a student, and if so, report their corresponding grade point averages. These were then aggregated and averaged by state. Alaska was excluded from analysis for insufficient data. Statistics on graduation rates originate from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics 2017 report, ACT scores are from the 2018 Condition of College and Career Readiness report, 2018 SAT statistics are reported by the College Board, and 2017 truancy rates are disclosed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center. Truancy is defined as the rate of teenagers aged 16-19 neither attending school nor working in each state.
10. Idaho
Average GPA: 3.259
High School Graduation Rate: 79.7%
Average ACT Score: 22.3
Average SAT Score: 1001
Percentage of teens who are neither working nor in school: 6%
Kicking off our list is Idaho, with an average GPA of 3.259. Home to only 15 colleges and universities, Idaho is nonetheless here to prove its academic merit by ranking within the top 10 states with the highest grades nationwide. However, this strong average GPA does not translate to stellar scholastic statistics across the board. Idaho ranks within the bottom 10 states for graduation rate and within the bottom five for average SAT scores.
9. North Dakota
We proceed to North Dakota, a state that boasts one of the highest average GPAs in the country at 3.26. Not only that, but the Roughrider state also claims the highest mean SAT score on this list and the third highest in the country overall, trailing only fellow northern states, Minnesota and Wisconsin. To round out these impressive accomplishments, North Dakota also has the lowest truancy rate nationwide along with Massachusetts and Minnesota.
8. Colorado
Following the noteworthy performance of North Dakota’s students, Colorado’s statistics are more of a mixed bag. On the one hand, the state is within the top 10 in the U.S. for GPA, high ACT scores, and low rates of truancy. However, on the other, it is also within the bottom 10 for average SAT scores and high school graduation rate, the latter being the lowest on this top 10 ranking.
Home to two of the 15 oldest universities in the nation, Princeton and Rutgers, New Jersey has a long legacy of top-tier education. Continuing that legacy, the Garden State claims the eighth position on this list. Not only does New Jersey fall within the top 10 states in America for mean GPA, but it also possesses the second highest graduation rate in the country. Nine out of 10 New Jersey high school students go on to graduate—ranking it the highest of any state in this top 10.
New York is known as a state of opportunity, and that opportunity begins in the classroom. Along with an impressive GPA, the state also touts the fourth highest average ACT score in the United States. This is an interesting accomplishment, as the vast majority of students in New York take the SAT as their standardized test of choice. When New Yorkers go out of their way to take the ACT, it appears that they mean business.
Average SAT Score: 999
Percentage of teens who are neither working nor in school: 11%
West Virginia is known for scenic roadways that wind through beautiful Appalachian landscapes. But how smart are the drivers who traverse them? It depends on which statistics you consider. The state has one of the highest mean GPAs in America along with one of the top 10 graduation rates in the country. That being said, the Mountain state also has the second lowest SAT score and the highest truancy rate nationwide.
As one of the states in the direst need of road repair according to TRIP, Hawaii drivers have to be smart when navigating unmaintained rural roadways. Luckily, their reported average GPA ranks them amongst the top five smartest states in the country. Unfortunately, the good news ends there. Hawaii has the lowest mean ACT score on this list and the fifth lowest in the United States. Additionally, the state has one of the highest truancy rates in America—nearly 30 percent higher than the national average.
3. New Hampshire
Students in New Hampshire have a great deal about which to be proud. Not only do they have one of the highest average GPAs in the country, but they also have the third highest ACT scores, one of the lowest rates of truancy, and the tenth highest graduation rate nationwide. In fact, their average ACT score is a full 21 percent higher than the national mean and their share of teenagers who are neither working nor in school is almost 30 percent lower.
The Beehive State is the first on this list to break a B+ average GPA. Not only that, but Utah’s graduation rate, SAT scores, and truancy rate are all better than the national statistics. That being said, there is far from universal support for standardized evaluations in the state. This report comes in the midst of controversy over parents increasingly opting students out of end-of-the-year exams and new legislation that allows educators to incentivize students’ effort and participation in response.
Massachusetts is an academic giant, with nearly 100 colleges and universities located within 50 miles of Boston alone. Living up to this lofty reputation, the Bay State also reports the highest average GPA in the country. Not only this, but the state’s mean ACT score, 25.5, is the second highest nationwide at 23 percent higher than the national score. Moreover, Massachusetts has a truancy rate of only four percent—57 percent lower than the national share and the lowest in America overall.
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Jon M. Foster
President – American Group
Jon M. Foster is President - American Group of Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. He is responsible for 80 of HCA’s hospital operations in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Northwest Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
Prior to his current role, Foster served as President for the HCA Central and West Texas Division from January 2006 to February 2011. He joined HCA in March 2001 when he was appointed President and CEO of St. David’s HealthCare in Austin, Texas. Foster served in various executive capacities with the Baptist Health System, Knoxville, Tennessee and The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas.
Foster has served on a number of national and state-level governing boards including having most recently served as Chairman of the Texas Hospital Association Board. In addition, he has served on the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board, the Tennessee Hospital Association Board, the Texas Quality Coalition, The University of Texas College of Pharmacy Advisory Board and the United Way of Greater Austin. He is a member of the YPO International, a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and serves as an adjunct professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
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China is source of 43% of world’s patent applications; 60% of trademark apps
March 13, 2019 Bruce Berman Data, Litigation, News, Places, Research, Transactions, Uncategorized Leave a comment
China may not yet be on an equal footing with the leading industrialized nations in terms invention quality and brand recognition, but according to a recent study by the World Intellectual Property Organization, it is feverishly trying to show it is.
In 2017 China filed more than twice the number of U.S. patent applications globally; more than ten times the number of trademarks; and about 14 times the number of design patents.
China was responsible for 43.5% of all patent applications and about 60% of trademarks filed worldwide. It is responsible for 90% of the growth in trademark filings. It also filed about 70% of the industrial design patents.
This is according to a report published by WIPO, the UN-supported World Intellectual Property Organization, “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018.”
IP rights have become something of a numbers game in China, encouraged by the government, which is eager to compete in technology and commerce and willing to offer attractive incentives.
IP quantity can only take businesses so far, and there are many weak or questionable patents and trademarks held by Chinese entities, including universities, that never should have been issued. However, it is clear that China no longer wants to be considered a “copycat” nation and is taking what it believes are the right steps to assure that. It means to catch up with global leaders and quickly.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations: “The Chinese government has launched ‘Made in China 2025,’ a state-led industrial policy that seeks to make China dominant in global high-tech manufacturing. The program aims to use government subsidies, mobilize state-owned enterprises, and pursue intellectual property acquisition to catch up with—and then surpass—Western technological prowess in advanced industries.”
Chinese companies and universities are likely to have at least some quality patents and marks and, unlike Japanese IP holders which were high active U.S. filers starting in the 1980s, are more likely to enforce them.
Asia Tops Global IP Activity
According to the WIPO report, China recorded the highest application volume for both patents and trademarks inside the country, as well as among other nations, and seeks to protect and promote their work in one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies.
Asia has strengthened its position as the region with the greatest activity in patent filings. Offices located in Asia was responsible for 65.1% of all applications filed worldwide in 2017 – a considerable increase from 49.7% in 2007 – primarily driven by growth in China.
While China claims more patents than any other nation, Bloomberg News says that “most are worthless.” The lapse rate is extremely high, with more than 50% of the five-year old utility patents abandoned and 91% of design patents.
“The high attrition rate,” says Bloomberg, “is a symptom of the way China has pushed universities, companies and backyard inventors to transform the country into a self-sufficient powerhouse.”
Subsidies and other incentives are geared toward making patent filings, rather than making sure those claims are useful. So the volume doesn’t translate into quality, with the country still dependent on others for innovative ideas, such as modern smartphones.
Bloomberg’s analysis may not be entirely fair. IBM, for example, consistently the top annual U.S. patent recipient, permits a huge number to lapse. Many of those that remain are quite valuable. Some patent strategists in tech believe that it is effective to patent broadly to prevent some inventions from becoming proprietary and then pare back as sectors and products evolve.
A handful of great patents can be more valuable than thousands of mediocre ones, as the pharmaceutical companies have proven. It takes a lot of work – and some luck – to identify them. China is still learning what IP is and how to use it. Japanese companies patented very aggressively in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s when they were being sued by American tech companies, sometimes with the threat of injunction. Many of the patents were said to be of questionable quality but they were able to generate more IP respect for Japanese companies and made them somewhat less vulnerable to U.S. enforcement.
China Foreign Filing Up 15%
China reported a 15% growth in filings abroad, which is far above that of Japan (+2.1%) and the U.S. (+2%). Both Germany (-0.6%) and the Republic of Korea (-4.1%) had fewer filings abroad in 2017 than in 2016.
Total patents in force worldwide grew by 5.7% to reach 13.7 million in 2017. Around 2.98 million patents were in force in the U.S., while China (2.09 million) and Japan (2.01 million) each had around 2 million.
No data was provided about the percentage of foreign patent applications in China.
The IP office of China had the highest volume of trademark filing activity with a class count of around 5.7 million, followed by the U.S. (613,921), Japan (560,269), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO; 371,508) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (358,353).
The top 10 patent applicants worldwide, based on total number of patent families from 2013 to 2015 were Canon (Japan); Samsung Electronics (South Korea); State Grid Corporation of China; Mitsubishi Electric (Japan); International Business Machines (US); Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan); Huawai Technologies (China); Toshiba (Japan); LG Electronics (South Korea); and Robert Bosch (Germany).
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation. A specialized agency of the United Nations, WIPO assists its 191 member states in developing a balanced international IP legal framework to meet society’s evolving needs.
For the full WIPO report, World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018, go here.
For the summary, interactive charts and key facts and figures, go here.
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RFMD® Scheduled to Present at Upcoming June 2014 Investor Conferences
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GREENSBORO, N.C., May 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, today announced that Company executives are scheduled to present at two upcoming investor conferences:
Stephens Spring Investment Conference, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in New York, NY, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2014 Global Technology Conference, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 in San Francisco, CA at 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time (1:45 pm Eastern Time)
A live audio webcast of both presentations will be available on the Company's web site at the following URL: www.rfmd.com (under "Investors").
About RFMD
RFMD (Nasdaq:RFMD) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions. RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity, and support advanced functionality in the mobile device, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN or Wi-Fi), cable television (CATV)/broadband, Smart Energy/advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and aerospace and defense markets. RFMD is recognized for its diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred supplier to the world's leading mobile device, customer premises, and communications equipment providers. RFMD is an ISO 9001-, ISO 14001-, and ISO/TS 16949-certified manufacturer with worldwide engineering, design, sales and service facilities. For more information, please visit RFMD's web site at rfmd.com.
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Great Purge
Partial view of a plaque with photos of victims of the Great Purge who were shot in the Butovo firing range near Moscow. The photos were taken after the arrest of each victim.
Mass Repression in the Soviet Union
Economic repression
Collectivization
Soviet famine of 1932–33
Political repression
Red Terror
Ideological repression
Ethnic repression
NKVD Polish Operation
Population transfers
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (Russian: Большо́й терро́р) was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938.[1] It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership, and widespread police surveillance, suspicion of "saboteurs", "counter-revolutionaries", imprisonment, and arbitrary executions.[2] In Russian historiography, the period of the most intense purge, 1937–1938, is called Yezhovshchina (Russian: Ежовщина; literally, "Yezhov phenomenon",[note 1] commonly translated as "times of Yezhov" or "doings of Yezhov"), after Nikolai Yezhov, the head of the Soviet secret police, NKVD. It has been estimated between 600,000 and 3 million people died at the hands of the Soviet government during the Purge.[3][4][5][6]
In the Western world, Robert Conquest's 1968 book The Great Terror popularized that phrase. Conquest's title was in turn an allusion to the period called the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution (French: la Terreur, and, from June to July 1794, la Grande Terreur, the Great Terror) .[7]
3 Moscow Trials
3.1 First and Second Moscow Trials
3.1.1 Dewey Commission
3.1.2 Implication of the Rightists
3.2 Third Moscow Trial
3.2.1 Bukharin's confession
4 Purge of the army
5 The wider purge
5.1 Intelligentsia
5.2 Ex-kulaks and other "anti-Soviet elements"
5.3 Campaigns targeting nationalities
5.4 Western émigré victims
5.5 Mongolian Great Purge
5.6 Xinjiang Great Purge
5.7 Timeline of the Great Purge
6 End of The Great Purge
7 Western reactions
8 Rehabilitation
9 Number of people executed
10 Stalin's role
11 Soviet investigation commissions
12 Mass graves and memorials
13 Historical Interpretations
16 References and further reading
16.2 Film
Excerpt of NKVD Order No. 00447
A list from the Great Purge signed by Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich, Voroshilov, Mikoyan, and Chubar.
The term "repression" was officially used to describe the prosecution of people considered counter-revolutionaries and enemies of the people by the leadership of the Soviet Union. The purge was motivated by the desire to remove dissenters from the Communist Party and to consolidate the authority of Joseph Stalin. Most public attention was focused on the purge of the leadership of the Communist Party, as well as of government bureaucrats and leaders of the armed forces, most of whom were Party members. The campaigns also affected many other categories of the society: intelligentsia, peasants and especially those branded as "too rich for a peasant" (kulaks), and professionals.[8] A series of NKVD (the Soviet secret police) operations affected a number of national minorities, accused of being "fifth column" communities. A number of purges were officially explained as an elimination of the possibilities of sabotage and espionage, mostly by a fictitious "Polish Military Organisation" and, consequently, many victims of the purge were ordinary Soviet citizens of Polish origin.
According to Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 speech, "On the Personality Cult and its Consequences," and more recent findings, a great number of accusations, notably those presented at the Moscow show trials, were based on forced confessions, often obtained through torture,[9] and on loose interpretations of Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code, which dealt with counter-revolutionary crimes. Due legal process, as defined by Soviet law in force at the time, was often largely replaced with summary proceedings by NKVD troikas.[10]
Hundreds of thousands of victims were accused of various political crimes (espionage, wrecking, sabotage, anti-Soviet agitation, conspiracies to prepare uprisings and coups); they were quickly executed by shooting, or sent to the Gulag labor camps. Many died at the penal labor camps of starvation, disease, exposure, and overwork. Other methods of dispatching victims were used on an experimental basis. One secret policeman, for example, gassed people to death in batches in the back of a specially adapted airtight van.[11][12]
The Great Purge was started under the NKVD chief Genrikh Yagoda, but the height of the campaigns occurred while the NKVD was headed by Nikolai Yezhov, from September 1936 to August 1938, hence the name Yezhovshchina. The campaigns were carried out according to the general line, and often by direct orders, of the Party Politburo headed by Stalin.
See also: Purges of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
From 1930 onwards, the Party and police officials feared the "social disorder" caused by the upheavals of forced collectivization of peasants and the resulting famine of 1932–1933, as well as the massive and uncontrolled migration of millions of peasants into cities. The threat of war heightened Stalin's perception of marginal and politically suspect populations as the potential source of an uprising in case of invasion. He began to plan for the preventive elimination of such potential recruits for a mythical "fifth column of wreckers, terrorists and spies." (Hagenloh, 2000; Shearer, 2003).[13]
Leon Trotsky, in 1929, shortly before being driven out of the Soviet Union.
The term "purge" in Soviet political slang was an abbreviation of the expression purge of the Party ranks. In 1933, for example, the Party expelled some 400,000 people. But from 1936 until 1953, the term changed its meaning, because being expelled from the Party came to mean almost certain arrest, imprisonment, and often execution.
The political purge was primarily an effort by Stalin to eliminate challenge from past and potential opposition groups, including the left and right wings led by Leon Trotsky and Nikolai Bukharin, respectively. Following the Civil War and reconstruction of the Soviet economy in the late 1920s, veteran Bolsheviks no longer thought necessary the "temporary" wartime dictatorship, which had passed from Lenin to Stalin. Stalin's opponents on both sides of the political spectrum chided him as undemocratic and lax on bureaucratic corruption. These tendencies may have accumulated substantial support among the working class by attacking the privileges and luxuries the state offered to its high-paid elite. The Ryutin Affair seemed to vindicate Stalin's suspicions. He enforced a ban on party factions and banned those party members who had opposed him, effectively ending democratic centralism.
In the new form of Party organization, the Politburo, and Stalin in particular, were the sole dispensers of ideology. This required the elimination of all Marxists with different views, especially those among the prestigious "old guard" of revolutionaries. As the purges began, the government (through the NKVD) shot Bolshevik heroes, including Mikhail Tukhachevsky and Béla Kun, as well as the majority of Lenin's Politburo, for disagreements in policy. The NKVD attacked the supporters, friends, and family of these "heretical" Marxists, whether they lived in Russia or not. The NKVD nearly annihilated Trotsky's family before killing him in Mexico; the NKVD agent Ramón Mercader was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplatov, under the personal orders of Stalin.[14]
Leningrad party leader Sergei Kirov with Stalin (and his daughter Svetlana) in 1934.
In 1934, Stalin used the murder of Sergey Kirov as a pretext to launch the Great Purge, in which about a million people perished (see § Number of people executed). Some later historians came to believe that Stalin arranged the murder, or at least that there was sufficient evidence to reach such a conclusion.[15] Kirov was a staunch Stalin loyalist, but Stalin may have viewed him as a potential rival because of his emerging popularity among the moderates. The 1934 Party Congress elected Kirov to the central committee with only three votes against, the fewest of any candidate, while Stalin received 292 votes against. After Kirov's assassination, the NKVD charged the former oppositionists, an ever-growing group according to their determination, with Kirov's murder as well as a growing list of other offences, including treason, terrorism, sabotage, and espionage.
Another justification for the purge was to remove any possible "fifth column" in case of a war. Vyacheslav Molotov and Lazar Kaganovich, participants in the repression as members of the Politburo, maintained this justification throughout the purge; they each signed many death lists.[16] Stalin believed war was imminent, threatened both by an explicitly hostile Germany and an expansionist Japan. The Soviet press portrayed the country as threatened from within by fascist spies.[17]
From the October Revolution[1] onward,[18] Lenin had used repression against perceived enemies of the Bolsheviks as a systematic method of instilling fear and facilitating social control, especially during the campaign commonly referred to as the Red Terror. This policy continued and intensified under Stalin, periods of heightened repression including the deportation of kulaks who opposed collectivization, and a severe famine in the Ukraine. A distinctive feature of the Great Purge was that, for the first time, members of the ruling party were included on a massive scale as victims of the repression. Due to the scale of the terror, the substantial victims of the purges were Communist Party members and office-holders.[19] The purge of the Party was accompanied by the purge of the whole society. The following events are used for the demarcation of the period.
The first Moscow Trial, 1936.
1937, introduction of NKVD troikas for implementation of "revolutionary justice".
1937, passage of Article 58-14 about "counter-revolutionary sabotage".
Moscow Trials
Main article: Moscow Trials
First and Second Moscow Trials
Grigory Zinoviev speaking.
Between 1936 and 1938, three very large Moscow Trials of former senior Communist Party leaders were held, in which they were accused of conspiring with fascist and capitalist powers to assassinate Stalin and other Soviet leaders, dismember the Soviet Union and restore capitalism. These trials were highly publicized and extensively covered by the outside world, which was mesmerized by the spectacle of Lenin's closest associates confessing to most outrageous crimes and begging for death sentences.
The first trial was of 16 members of the so-called "Trotskyite-Kamenevite-Zinovievite-Leftist-Counter-Revolutionary Bloc",[citation needed] held in August 1936,[20] at which the chief defendants were Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, two of the most prominent former party leaders. Among other accusations, they were incriminated with the assassination of Sergey Kirov and plotting to kill Stalin.[citation needed] After confessing to the charges, all were sentenced to death and executed.[21]
The second trial in January 1937 involved 17 lesser figures known as the "anti-Soviet Trotskyite-centre" which included Karl Radek, Yuri Piatakov and Grigory Sokolnikov, and were accused of plotting with Trotsky, who was said to be conspiring with Germany. Thirteen of the defendants were eventually executed by shooting. The rest received sentences in labor camps where they soon died.
There was also a secret trial before a military tribunal of a group of Red Army commanders, including Mikhail Tukhachevsky, in June 1937.
Some Western observers who attended the trials said that they were fair and that the guilt of the accused had been established. They based this assessment on the confessions of the accused, which were freely given in open court, without any apparent evidence that they had been extracted by torture or drugging. The British lawyer and Member of Parliament D. N. Pritt, for example, wrote: "Once again the more faint-hearted socialists are beset with doubts and anxieties", but "once again we can feel confident that when the smoke has rolled away from the battlefield of controversy it will be realized that the charge was true, the confessions correct and the prosecution fairly conducted". Others, like Fitzroy Maclean were a little more astute in their observations and conclusions.
It is now known that the confessions were given only after great psychological pressure and torture had been applied to the defendants. From the accounts of former OGPU officer Alexander Orlov and others, the methods used to extract the confessions are known: such tortures as repeated beatings, simulated drownings, making prisoners stand or go without sleep for days on end, and threats to arrest and execute the prisoners' families. For example, Kamenev's teenage son was arrested and charged with terrorism. After months of such interrogation, the defendants were driven to despair and exhaustion.
Zinoviev and Kamenev demanded, as a condition for "confessing", a direct guarantee from the Politburo that their lives and that of their families and followers would be spared. This offer was accepted, but when they were taken to the alleged Politburo meeting, only Stalin, Kliment Voroshilov, and Yezhov were present. Stalin claimed that they were the "commission" authorized by the Politburo and gave assurances that death sentences would not be carried out. After the trial, Stalin not only broke his promise to spare the defendants, he had most of their relatives arrested and shot.[22]
Dewey Commission
The chief executioner of the NKVD, Vasili Blokhin, carried out some of the high-profile executions during the purges.[23]
In May 1937, the Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials, commonly known as the Dewey Commission, was set up in the United States by supporters of Trotsky, to establish the truth about the trials. The commission was headed by the noted American philosopher and educator John Dewey. Although the hearings were obviously conducted with a view to proving Trotsky's innocence, they brought to light evidence which established that some of the specific charges made at the trials could not be true.[24]
For example, Georgy Pyatakov testified that he had flown to Oslo in December 1935 to "receive terrorist instructions" from Trotsky. The Dewey Commission established that no such flight had taken place.[citation needed] Another defendant, Ivan Smirnov, confessed to taking part in the assassination of Sergei Kirov in December 1934, at a time when he had already been in prison for a year.
The Dewey Commission later published its findings in a 422-page book titled Not Guilty. Its conclusions asserted the innocence of all those condemned in the Moscow Trials. In its summary, the commission wrote: "Independent of extrinsic evidence, the Commission finds:
That the conduct of the Moscow Trials was such as to convince any unprejudiced person that no attempt was made to ascertain the truth.
That while confessions are necessarily entitled to the most serious consideration, the confessions themselves contain such inherent improbabilities as to convince the Commission that they do not represent the truth, irrespective of any means used to obtain them.
That Trotsky never instructed any of the accused or witnesses in the Moscow trials to enter into agreements with foreign powers against the Soviet Union [and] that Trotsky never recommended, plotted, or attempted the restoration of capitalism in the USSR.
The commission concluded: "We therefore find the Moscow Trials to be frame-ups."
Implication of the Rightists
In the second trial, Karl Radek provided (or more accurately was forced to provide)[citation needed] the pretext for greater purge to come on a massive scale with his testimony that there was a "third organization separate from the cadres which had passed through [Trotsky's] school"[25] as well as "semi-Trotskyites, quarter-Trotskyites, one-eighth-Trotskyites, people who helped us, not knowing of the terrorist organization but sympathizing with us, people who from liberalism, from a Fronde against the Party, gave us this help."[26]
By the "third organization", he meant the last remaining former opposition group called the Rightists, led by Bukharin, whom he implicated by saying:
I feel guilty of one thing more: even after admitting my guilt and exposing the organisation, I stubbornly refused to give evidence about Bukharin. I knew that Bukharin's situation was just as hopeless as my own, because our guilt, if not juridically, then in essence, was the same. But we are close friends, and intellectual friendship is stronger than other friendships. I knew that Bukharin was in the same state of upheaval as myself. That is why I did not want to deliver him bound hand and foot to the People's Commissariat of Home Affairs. Just as in relation to our other cadres, I wanted Bukharin himself to lay down his arms.[25]
Third Moscow Trial
NKVD chiefs responsible for conducting mass repressions: Yakov Agranov, Genrikh Yagoda, Stanislav Redens. All three were themselves eventually arrested and executed
The third and final trial, in March 1938, known as The Trial of the Twenty-One, is the most famous of the Soviet show trials, because of persons involved and the scope of charges which tied together all loose threads from earlier trials. It included 21 defendants alleged to belong to the so-called "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites", led by Nikolai Bukharin, the former chairman of the Communist International, former premier Alexei Rykov, Christian Rakovsky, Nikolai Krestinsky and Genrikh Yagoda, recently disgraced head of the NKVD.
The fact that Yagoda was one of the accused showed the speed at which the purges were consuming its own. Meant to be the culmination of previous trials, it was now alleged that Bukharin and others sought to assassinate Lenin and Stalin from 1918, murder Maxim Gorky by poison, partition the U.S.S.R and hand her territories to Germany, Japan, and Great Britain, and other preposterous charges.
Even previously sympathetic observers who had stomached the earlier trials found it harder to swallow these new allegations as they became ever more absurd, and the purge expanded to include almost every living Old Bolshevik leader except Stalin. No other crime of the Stalin years so captivated Western intellectuals as the trial and execution of Bukharin, who was a Marxist theorist of international standing.[27] For some prominent communists such as Bertram Wolfe, Jay Lovestone, Arthur Koestler, and Heinrich Brandler, the Bukharin trial marked their final break with communism, and even turned the first three into fervent anti-Communists eventually.[28][29] To them, Bukharin's confession symbolized the depredations of communism, which not only destroyed its sons but also conscripted them in self-destruction and individual abnegation.[27]
The preparation for this trial, which took over a year, was delayed in its early stages due to the reluctance of some party members to denounce their comrades. It was at this time that Stalin personally intervened to speed up the process and replaced Yagoda with Nikolai Yezhov.
Bukharin's confession
Nikolai Bukharin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary executed in 1938
On the first day of trial, Krestinsky caused a sensation when he repudiated his written confession and pleaded not guilty to all the charges. However, he changed his plea the next day after "special measures", which dislocated his left shoulder among other things.[30]
Anastas Mikoyan and Vyacheslav Molotov later claimed that Bukharin was never tortured, but it is now known that his interrogators were given the order, "beating permitted," and were under great pressure to extract confession out of the "star" defendant. Bukharin initially held out for three months, but threats to his young wife and infant son, combined with "methods of physical influence" wore him down. But when he read his confession amended and corrected personally by Stalin, he withdrew his whole confession. The examination started all over again, with a double team of interrogators.[31]
Bukharin's confession in particular became subject of much debate among Western observers, inspiring Koestler's acclaimed novel Darkness at Noon and philosophical essay by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in Humanism and Terror. His confessions were somewhat different from others in that while he pleaded guilty to "sum total of crimes", he denied knowledge when it came to specific crimes. Some astute observers noted that he would allow only what was in written confession and refuse to go any further.
The result was a curious mix of fulsome confessions (of being a "degenerate fascist" working for "restoration of capitalism") and subtle criticisms of the trial. After disproving several charges against him, one observer noted that Bukharin "proceeded to demolish or rather showed he could very easily demolish the whole case."[32] He continued by saying that "the confession of the accused is not essential. The confession of the accused is a medieval principle of jurisprudence" in a trial that was solely based on confessions, he finished his last plea with the words: "the monstrousness of my crime is immeasurable especially in the new stage of struggle of the U.S.S.R. May this trial be the last severe lesson, and may the great might of the U.S.S.R become clear to all." [33]
Romain Rolland and others wrote to Stalin seeking clemency for Nikolai Bukharin, but all the leading defendants were executed except Rakovsky and two others (who were killed in NKVD prisoner massacres in 1941). Despite the promise to spare his family, Bukharin's wife, Anna Larina, was sent to a labor camp, but she survived to see her husband rehabilitated by the Soviet state under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.
Purge of the army
Further information: Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
The first five Marshals of the Soviet Union in November 1935. (l-r): Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Semyon Budyonny, Kliment Voroshilov, Vasily Blyukher, Aleksandr Yegorov. Only Voroshilov and Budyonny survived the Great Purge.
The purge of the Red Army and Military Maritime Fleet removed three of five marshals (then equivalent to five-star generals), 13 of 15 army commanders (then equivalent to three- and four-star generals), eight of nine admirals (the purge fell heavily on the Navy, who were suspected of exploiting their opportunities for foreign contacts),[34] 50 of 57 army corps commanders, 154 out of 186 division commanders, 16 of 16 army commissars, and 25 of 28 army corps commissars.[35]
At first it was thought 25–50% of Red Army officers had been purged; the true figure is now known to be in the area of 3.7–7.7%. This discrepancy was the result of a systematic underestimation of the true size of the Red Army officer corps, and it was overlooked that most of those purged were merely expelled from the Party. Thirty percent of officers purged in 1937–39 were allowed to return to service.[36]
The purge of the army was claimed to be supported by German-forged documents (said to have been correspondence between Marshal Tukhachevsky and members of the German high command).[37] The claim is unsupported by facts, as by the time the documents were supposedly created, two people from the eight in the Tukhachevsky group were already imprisoned, and by the time the document was said to reach Stalin the purging process was already underway. However the actual evidence introduced at trial was obtained from forced confessions.[38]
The wider purge
Eventually almost all of the Bolsheviks who had played prominent roles during the Russian Revolution of 1917, or in Lenin's Soviet government afterwards, were executed. Out of six members of the original Politburo during the 1917 October Revolution who lived until the Great Purge, Stalin himself was the only one who remained in the Soviet Union, alive.[1] Four of the other five were executed. The fifth, Leon Trotsky, had been forced into exile outside the Soviet Union in 1929, but was assassinated in Mexico by Soviet agent Ramón Mercader in 1940. Of the seven members elected to the Politburo between the October Revolution and Lenin's death in 1924, four were executed, one (Tomsky) committed suicide and two (Molotov and Kalinin) lived.
However, the trials and executions of the former Bolshevik leaders, while being the most visible part, were only a minor part of the purges. A series of documents discovered in the Central Committee archives in 1992 by Vladimir Bukovsky demonstrate that there were quotas for arrests and executions as for all other activities in the planned economy.[39]
1938 NKVD arrest photo of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who died in a labor camp.
The NKVD photo of writer Isaac Babel made after his arrest.
Theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold's photo, taken at the time of his arrest.
Botanist Nikolai Vavilov's photo, taken at the time of his arrest.
In the 1920s and 1930s, 2,000 writers, intellectuals, and artists were imprisoned and 1,500 died in prisons and concentration camps. After sunspot development research was judged un-Marxist, twenty-seven astronomers disappeared between 1936 and 1938. The Meteorological Office was violently purged as early as 1933 for failing to predict weather harmful to the crops.[40] But the toll was especially high among writers. Those who perished during the Great Purge include:
Pianist Khadija Gayibova, executed in 1938.
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Paleontologist and geologist Dmitrii Mushketov, executed in 1938.
Poet Osip Mandelstam was arrested for reciting his famous anti-Stalin poem Stalin Epigram to his circle of friends in 1934. After intervention by Nikolai Bukharin and Boris Pasternak (Stalin jotted down in Bukharin's letter with feigned indignation: “Who gave them the right to arrest Mandelstam?”), Stalin instructed NKVD to "isolate but preserve" him, and Mandelstam was "merely" exiled to Cherdyn for three years. But this proved to be a temporary reprieve. In May 1938, he was promptly arrested again for "counter-revolutionary activities".[41] On 2 August 1938, Mandelstam was sentenced to five years in correction camps and died on 27 December 1938 at a transit camp near Vladivostok.[42] Pasternak himself was nearly purged, but Stalin is said to have crossed Pasternak's name off the list, saying "Don't touch this cloud dweller."[43]
Writer Isaac Babel was arrested in May 1939, and according to his confession paper (which contained a blood stain) he "confessed" to being a member of Trotskyist organization and being recruited by French writer André Malraux to spy for France. In the final interrogation, he retracted his confession and wrote letters to prosecutor's office stating that he had implicated innocent people, but to no avail. Babel was tried before an NKVD troika and convicted of simultaneously spying for the French, Austrians, and Leon Trotsky, as well as "membership in a terrorist organization." On 27 January 1940, he was shot in Butyrka prison.[44]
Writer Boris Pilnyak was arrested on 28 October 1937 for counter-revolutionary activities, spying and terrorism. One report alleged that "he held secret meetings with (André) Gide, and supplied him with information about the situation in the USSR. There is no doubt that Gide used this information in his book attacking the USSR." Pilnyak was tried on 21 April 1938. In the proceeding that lasted 15 minutes, he was condemned to death and executed shortly afterward.[44]
Theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold was arrested in 1939 and shot in February 1940 for "spying" for Japanese and British intelligence. His wife, the actress Zinaida Raikh, was murdered in her apartment.[45] In a letter to Vyacheslav Molotov dated 13 January 1940, Meyerhold wrote:
The investigators began to use force on me, a sick 65-year-old man. I was made to lie face down and beaten on the soles of my feet and my spine with a rubber strap ... For the next few days, when those parts of my legs were covered with extensive internal hemorrhaging, they again beat the red-blue-and-yellow bruises with the strap and the pain was so intense that it felt as if boiling water was being poured on these sensitive areas. I howled and wept from the pain. I incriminated myself in the hope that by telling them lies I could end the ordeal. When I lay down on the cot and fell asleep, after 18 hours of interrogation, in order to go back in an hour's time for more, I was woken up by my own groaning and because I was jerking about like a patient in the last stages of typhoid fever.[44]
Georgian poet Titsian Tabidze was arrested on 10 October 1937 on a charge of treason and was tortured in prison. In a bitter humor, he named only the 18th-century Georgian poet Besiki as his accomplice in anti-Soviet activities.[46] He was executed on 16 December 1937.
Tabidze's lifelong friend and fellow poet, Paolo Iashvili, having earlier been forced to denounce several of his associates as the enemies of the people, shot himself with a hunting gun in the building of the Writers' Union.[47] He witnessed and was even forced to participate in public trials that ousted many of his associates from the Writers' Union, effectively condemning them to death. When Lavrenty Beria chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Stalin and subsequently head of the NKVD, further pressured Iashvili with the alternatives of denouncing Tabidze or being arrested and tortured by the NKVD, Iashvili killed himself.[48]
In early 1937, poet Pavel Nikolayevich Vasiliev is said to have defended Nikolai Bukharin as "a man of the highest nobility and the conscience of peasant Russia" at the time of his denunciation at the Pyatakov Trial (Second Moscow Trial) and damned other writers then signing the routine condemnations as "pornographic scrawls on the margins of Russian literature". He was promptly shot on 16 July 1937.[49]
Jan Sten, philosopher and deputy head of the Marx-Engels Institute, was Stalin's private tutor when Stalin was trying hard to study Hegel's dialectic. (Stalin received lessons twice a week from 1925 to 1928, but he found it difficult to master even some of the basic ideas. Stalin developed enduring hostility toward German idealistic philosophy, which he called "the aristocratic reaction to the French Revolution".) In 1937, Sten was seized on the direct order of Stalin, who declared him one of the chiefs of "Menshevizing idealists". On 19 June 1937, Sten was put to death in Lefortovo prison.[50]
Poet Nikolai Klyuev was arrested in 1933 for contradicting Soviet ideology. He was shot in October 1937.
Russian linguist Nikolai Durnovo, born into the Durnovo noble family, was executed on 27 October 1937. He created a classification of Russian dialects that served as a base for modern scientific linguistic nomenclature.[51]
Mari poet and playwright Sergei Chavain was executed in Yoshkar-Ola on 11 November 1937. The State prize of Mari El is named after Chavain.
Ukrainian theater and movie director Les Kurbas, considered by many to be the most important Ukrainian theater director of the 20th century, was shot on 3 November 1937.
Russian writer and explorer Maximilian Kravkov was arrested on a charge of his alleged participation in the "Japanese-SR Terrorist Subversive Espionage Organization". He was executed on 12 October 1937.
Russian Esperanto writer and translator Nikolai Nekrasov was arrested in 1938, and accused of being "an organizer and leader of a fascist, espionage, terrorist organization of Esperantists". He was executed on 4 October 1938.
Playwright and avant-garde poet Nikolay Oleynikov was arrested and executed for "subversive writing" on 24 November 1937.
Yakut writer Platon Oyunsky, seen as one of the founders of modern Yakut literature, died in prison in 1939.
Russian dramaturge Adrian Piotrovsky, responsible for creating the synopsis for Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, was executed on 21 November 1937.
Boris Shumyatsky, de facto executive producer for the Soviet film monopoly from 1930 to 1937, was executed as a "traitor" in 1938, following a purge of the Soviet film industry.
Sinologist Julian Shchutsky was convicted as a "Japanese spy" and executed on 2 February 1938.
Russian linguist Nikolai Nevsky, an expert on a number of East Asian languages, was arrested by the NKVD on the charge of being a "Japanese spy". On November 24, 1937 he was executed, along with his Japanese wife Isoko Mantani-Nevsky.
Ukrainian drama writer Mykola Kulish was executed on 3 November 1937. He is considered to be one of the lead figures of Executed Renaissance.
Ex-kulaks and other "anti-Soviet elements"
On 2 July 1937, Stalin sent a top-secret letter to all regional Party chiefs (with a copy to NKVD regional chiefs) ordering them to present, within five days, estimates of the number of kulaks and "criminals" that should be arrested, executed, or sent to camps. Produced in a matter of days, these figures roughly matched those of "suspect" individuals already under police surveillance, although the criteria used to distribute the "kulak and criminal elements" among the two categories are not clear.
On 30 July 1937 the NKVD Order no. 00447 was issued, directed against "ex-kulaks" and other "anti-Soviet elements" (such as former officials of the Tsarist regime, former members of political parties other than the communist party, etc.). They were to be executed or sent to Gulag prison camps extrajudicially, under the decisions of NKVD troikas.
The following categories were systematically tracked down: “ex-kulaks” previously deported to “special settlements" in inhospitable parts of the country (Siberia, Urals, Kazakhstan, Far North), former tsarist civil servants, former officers of the White Army, participants in peasant rebellions, members of the clergy, persons deprived of voting rights, former members of non-bolshevik parties, ordinary criminals, like thieves, known to the police and various other "socially harmful elements". However, many were also arrested at random in police sweeps, or as a result of denunciations or simply because they happened to be relatives, friends or just acquaintances of people already arrested. Many railwaymen, workers, kolkhoz peasants, and engineers were arrested in the course of the Kulak Operation just because they had the misfortune of working in, or near, important strategic factories, railway or building sites, where, as a result of frantic rhythms and plans, many work accidents had occurred in previous years. In 1937–1938, the NKVD reopened these cases and systematically ascribed them to "sabotage" or "wrecking" (Werth, 2009).
Yevgeny-Ludvig Karlovich Miller, one of the remaining leaders of the White movement, was kidnapped by the NKVD in 1937 and executed 19 months later.
The orthodox clergy, including active parishioners, was nearly annihilated: 85% of the 35,000 members of the clergy were arrested. Particularly vulnerable to repression were also the so-called “special settlers” (spetzpereselentsy) who were under permanent police surveillance and constituted a huge pool of potential “enemies” to draw on. At least 100,000 of them were arrested in the course of the Great Terror.
One “sub-operation” targeted “the most vicious and stubborn anti-Soviet elements” in Gulag prison camps; they were all "to be put into the first category" – that is shot. Order no. 00447 decreed 10,000 executions for this contingent, but at least three times more were shot in the course of the secret mass operation, the majority in March–April 1938 (Junge and Binner, 2003).
As soon as the Kulak Operation was launched (5 August 1937), regional party and NKVD bosses, eager to show their zeal, demanded an increase in the quotas. Accordingly, the quotas were increased. But this was not only the result of demands from below. The largest new allowances were distributed by Stalin and Yezhov on their own initiative: on 15 October 1937, for example, the Politburo passed a secret resolution increasing the number of people "to be repressed" by 120,000 (63,000 "in the first category" and 57,000 "in the second category"); on 31 January 1938, Stalin ordered a further increase of 57,200, 48,000 of whom were to be executed.
Memorial events in Bykovnya Graves reserve.
The police organized sweeps and round-ups of markets or railway stations where marginals and other social outcasts were likely to be found. To carry out a growing number of arrests, the State Security personnel of NKVD – approximately 25,000 officers – were supplemented by ordinary policemen, sometimes by civilian Party or Komsomol (Young Communist League) members.
Every NKVD local unit had a "casework minimum" of arrests to perform, and also of confessions to extract to "unmask conspiracies." The NKVD used uninterrupted interrogation for days on end and merciless beatings to force prisoners to confess their alleged "counter-revolutionary" crimes. To speed up the procedure, prisoners were often even forced to sign blank pages of the pre-printed interrogation folios on which the interrogator later typed up the confession.
After the interrogations the files were submitted to NKVD troikas, which pronounced the verdicts in the absence of the accused. During a half-day-long session a troika went through several hundred cases, delivering either a death sentence or a sentence to the Gulag labor camps. Death sentences were immediately enforceable. The executions were carried out at night, either in prisons or in a secluded area run by the NKVD and located as a rule on the outskirts of major cities.[52][53]
The Kulak Operation was largest single campaign of repression in 1937–38, with 669,929 people arrested and 376,202 executed, more than half the total of known executions.[54]
Campaigns targeting nationalities
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Polish-born Soviet politician Stanislav Kosior, a contributor to the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine, was executed in 1939.
A series of mass operations of the NKVD was carried out from 1937 through 1938 until the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 targeting specific nationalities within the Soviet Union, based on NKVD directives against the so-called diversionist element, according to the notion of the "hostile capitalist surrounding" as defined by Nikolai Yezhov. The Polish operation of the NKVD was the largest of this kind.[55] Over 111,000 of arrested Poles were executed. Their wives and children were dealt with by the NKVD Order № 00486. The women were sentenced to forced labour for 5 or 10 years.[56] Their minor children were put in orphanages. All possessions were confiscated. Extended families were purposely left with nothing to live on, which usually sealed their fate as well, affecting up to 200–250,000 people of Polish background depending on size of their families.[56]
The NKVD national operations were conducted on a quota system using album procedure. The officials were mandated to arrest and execute a specific number of so-called "counter-revolutionaries," compiled by administration using various statistics but also telephone books with names sounding non-Russian.[57] The Polish operation claimed the largest number of the NKVD victims: 143,810 arrests and 111,091 executions according to records. Snyder estimates that at least eighty-five thousand of them were ethnic Poles.[55] The remainder were 'suspected' of being Polish, without further inquiry.[58]
Western émigré victims
Some victims of the terror were American immigrants to the Soviet Union, who had emigrated at the height of the Great Depression to find work. At the height of the Terror, American immigrants besieged the US embassy, begging for passports so they could leave the Soviet Union. They were turned away by embassy officials, only to be arrested on the pavement outside by lurking NKVD agents. Many were subsequently shot dead at Butovo Field near Scherbinka, south of Moscow.[59] In addition, 141 American Communists of Finnish origin were executed and buried at Sandarmokh.[60] 127 Finnish Canadians were also shot and buried there.[61]
Mongolian Great Purge
Main article: Stalinist repressions in Mongolia
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Monument dedicated to the victims of the repressions in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
During the late 1930s, Stalin dispatched NKVD operatives to the Mongolian People's Republic, established a Mongolian version of the NKVD troika, and proceeded to execute tens of thousands of people accused of having ties to "pro-Japanese spy rings."[62] Buddhist lamas made up the majority of victims, with 18,000 being killed in the terror. Other victims were nobility and political and academic figures, along with some ordinary workers and herders.[63] Mass graves containing hundreds of executed Buddhist monks and civilians have been discovered as recently as 2003.[64]
Xinjiang Great Purge
Main articles: Xinjiang War (1937) and Sheng Shicai
The pro-Soviet leader Sheng Shicai of Xinjiang province in China launched his own purge in 1937 to coincide with Stalin's Great Purge. The Xinjiang War (1937) broke out amid the purge.[65] Sheng received assistance from the NKVD. Sheng and the Soviets alleged a massive Trotskyist conspiracy and a "Fascist Trotskyite plot" to destroy the Soviet Union. The Soviet Consul General Garegin Apresoff, General Ma Hushan, Ma Shaowu, Mahmud Sijan, the official leader of the Xinjiang province Huang Han-chang and Hoja-Niyaz were among the 435 alleged conspirators in the plot. Xinjiang became under virtual Soviet control. Stalin opposed the Chinese Communist Party.[66]
Rocket engineer Sergei Korolev shortly after his arrest, 1938
Timeline of the Great Purge
Main article: Timeline of the Great Purge
The Great Purge of 1936–1938 can be roughly divided into four periods:[67]
October 1936 – February 1937
Reforming the security organizations, adopting official plans on purging the elites.
March 1937 – June 1937
Purging the elites; adopting plans for the mass repressions against the "social base" of the potential aggressors, starting of purging the "elites" from opposition.
July 1937 – October 1938
Mass repressions against "kulaks", "dangerous" ethnic minorities, family members of oppositionists, military officers, saboteurs in agriculture and industry.
November 1938 – 1939
Stopping of mass operations, abolishing of many organs of extrajudicial executions, repressions against some organizers of mass repressions.
End of The Great Purge
In this famous image, Nikolai Yezhov is shown with Voroshilov, Molotov, and Stalin inspecting the White Sea Canal
In this second image, Yezhov, having been purged, has been replaced by a stretch of the canal bank and canal
In the summer of 1938 Yezhov was relieved from his post as head of the NKVD and was eventually tried and executed. Lavrentiy Beria, a fellow Georgian and Stalin confidant, succeeded him as head of NKVD. On 17 November 1938 a joint decree of Sovnarkom USSR and Central Committee of VKP(b) (Decree about Arrests, Prosecutor Supervision and Course of Investigation) and the subsequent order of NKVD undersigned by Beria, cancelled most of the NKVD orders of systematic repression and suspended implementation of death sentences. The decree signaled the end of massive Soviet purges.[citation needed]
Nevertheless, the practice of mass arrest and exile continued until Stalin's death in 1953. Political executions also continued, but, with the exception of Katyn and other NKVD massacres during World War II, on a vastly smaller scale. One notorious example is the "Night of the Murdered Poets", in which at least thirteen prominent Yiddish writers were executed on 12 August 1952. Historians such as Michael Parrish have argued that while the Great Terror ended in 1938, a lesser terror continued in the 1940s.[68]
In some cases, high military command arrested under Yezhov were later executed under Beria. Some examples include Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Yegorov, arrested in April 1938 and shot (or died from torture) in February 1939 (his wife, G. A. Yegorova, was shot in August 1938); Army Commander Ivan Fedko, arrested July 1938 and shot February 1939; Flagman Konstantin Dushenov (ru), arrested May 1938 and shot February 1940; Komkor G. I. Bondar, arrested August 1938 and shot March 1939. All the aforementioned have been posthumously rehabilitated.[69]
When the relatives of those who had been executed in 1937–38 inquired about their fate, they were told by NKVD that their arrested relatives had been sentenced to "ten years without the right of correspondence" (десять лет без права переписки). When these ten-year periods elapsed in 1947–48 but the arrested did not appear, the relatives asked MGB about their fate again and this time were told that the arrested died in imprisonment.[70]
Western reactions
Although the trials of former Soviet leaders were widely publicized, the hundreds of thousands of other arrests and executions were not. These became known in the West only as a few former gulag inmates reached the West with their stories.[71] Not only did foreign correspondents from the West fail to report on the purges, but in many Western nations (especially France), attempts were made to silence or discredit these witnesses; according to Robert Conquest, Jean-Paul Sartre took the position that evidence of the camps should be ignored so the French proletariat would not be discouraged.[72] A series of legal actions ensued at which definitive evidence was presented that established the validity of the former labor camp inmates' testimony.[73]
According to Robert Conquest in his 1968 book The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, with respect to the trials of former leaders, some Western observers were unable to see through the fraudulent nature of the charges and evidence, notably Walter Duranty of The New York Times, a Russian speaker; the American Ambassador, Joseph E. Davies, who reported, "proof...beyond reasonable doubt to justify the verdict of treason"[74] and Beatrice and Sidney Webb, authors of Soviet Communism: A New Civilization.[75] While "Communist Parties everywhere simply transmitted the Soviet line", some of the most critical reporting also came from the left, notably The Manchester Guardian.[76] The American journalist H. R. Knickerbocker also reported on the executions. He called them in 1941 "the great purges", and described how over four years they affected "the top fourth or fifth, to estimate it conservatively, of the Party itself, of the Army, Navy, and Air Force leaders and then of the new Bolshevik intelligentsia, the foremost technicians, managers, supervisors, scientists". Knickerbocker also wrote about dekulakization: "It is a conservative estimate to say that some 5,000,000 [kulaks] ... died at once, or within a few years."[77]
Evidence and the results of research began to appear after Stalin's death. This revealed the full enormity of the Purges. The first of these sources were the revelations of Nikita Khrushchev, which particularly affected the American editors of the Communist Party USA newspaper, the Daily Worker, who, following the lead of The New York Times, published the Secret Speech in full.[78]
Main article: Rehabilitation (Soviet)
Posthumously rehabilitated, Tukhachevsky on a 1963 postage stamp of the Soviet Union
The Great Purge was denounced by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev following Stalin's death. In his secret speech to the 20th CPSU congress in February 1956 (which was made public a month later), Khrushchev referred to the purges as an "abuse of power" by Stalin which resulted in enormous harm to the country. In the same speech, he recognized that many of the victims were innocent and were convicted on the basis of false confessions extracted by torture. To take that position was politically useful to Khrushchev, as he was at that time engaged in a power struggle with rivals who had been associated with the Purge, the so-called Anti-Party Group. The new line on the Great Purges undermined their power, and helped propel him to the Chairmanship of the Council of Ministers. Starting from 1954, some of the convictions were overturned. Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other generals convicted in the Trial of Red Army Generals were declared innocent ("rehabilitated") in 1957. The former Politburo members Yan Rudzutak and Stanislav Kosior and many lower-level victims were also declared innocent in the 1950s. Nikolai Bukharin and others convicted in the Moscow Trials were not rehabilitated until as late as 1988. Leon Trotsky, considered a major player in the Russian Revolution and a major contributor to Marxist Theory was never rehabilitated by the USSR. The book Rehabilitation: The Political Processes of the 1930s–50s (Реабилитация. Политические процессы 30-50-х годов) (1991) contains a large amount of newly presented original archive material: transcripts of interrogations, letters of convicts, and photos. The material demonstrates in detail how numerous show trials were fabricated.
Number of people executed
According to the declassified Soviet archives, during 1937 and 1938, the NKVD detained 1,548,366 persons, of whom 681,692 were shot – an average of 1,000 executions a day (in comparison, the Tsarists executed 3,932 persons for political crimes from 1825 to 1910 – an average of less than 1 execution per week).[3]
Several experts believe the evidence released from the Soviet archives is understated, incomplete, or unreliable.[3][79][80][81] For example, Robert Conquest claimed that the probable figure for executions during the years of the Great Purge is not 681,692, but some two and a half times as high and cited a figure of 1,750,000 given by both the Head of the Russian Archives and a spokesman for the Security Ministry. He believes that the KGB was covering its tracks by falsifying the dates and causes of death of rehabilitated victims.[4][82] A common practice of falsification for lowering the execution numbers was disguising executions with the sentence ten years without the right of correspondence. All of the bodies identified from the mass graves at Vinnitsa and Kuropaty had received this sentence.[83] However, the lower figure did roughly confirm Conquest's original 1968 estimate of 700,000 "legal" executions and in the preface to the 40th anniversary edition of The Great Terror, Conquest claimed that he had been "correct on the vital matter—the numbers put to death: about one million"."[84]
Historian Michael Ellman claims the best estimate of deaths brought about by Soviet repression during these two years ranges from 950,000 to 1.2 million, which includes deaths in detention and those who died shortly after being released from the Gulag, as a result of their treatment therein. He also states that this is the estimate historians and teachers of Russian history should use.[5] Soviet Professor Iosif G. Dyadkin estimated 1.42 million unnatural deaths were brought about by the Great Purge during 1937-1938 in his demographic study on unnatural deaths in the Soviet Union under Stalin.[85] Jonathan Brent and Vladimir P. Naumov were less specific simply saying "Millions perished in the Yezhovshchina."[86]
The extent of the Great Purge has been questioned by revisionist scholars in the West, especially after the (partial) opening of the relevant Soviet files of the period in the early 1990s.[87][88][89] Jerry F. Hough claims, regarding the numbers executed in the Great Purge, "a figure in the low hundreds of thousands seems much more probable than one in the high hundreds" and that a lower figure of only "tens of thousands" was "even probable".[90] Sheila Fitzpatrick also placed the numbers executed in the "low hundreds of thousands."[90] Robert W. Thurston allows for 681,692 executions.[91]
Stalin's role
A list from the Great Purge signed by Molotov, Stalin, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, and Zhdanov
Historians with archival access have confirmed that Stalin was intimately involved in the terror. Russian historian Oleg V. Khlevniuk states "…theories about the elemental, spontaneous nature of the terror, about a loss of central control over the course of mass repression, and about the role of regional leaders in initiating the terror are simply not supported by the historical record."[92] Stalin personally directed Yezhov to torture those who were not making proper confessions. In one instance, he told Yezhov "Isn't it time to squeeze this gentleman and force him to report on his dirty little business? Where is he: in a prison or a hotel?" In another, while reviewing one of Yezhov's lists, he added to M. I. Baranov’s name, "beat, beat!"[93]
In addition to authorizing torture, Stalin also signed 357 lists in 1937 and 1938 authorizing executions of some 40,000 people, and about 90% of these are confirmed to have been shot.[94] While reviewing one such list, Stalin reportedly muttered to no one in particular: "Who's going to remember all this riff-raff in ten or twenty years time? No one. Who remembers the names now of the boyars Ivan the Terrible got rid of? No one."[95] Stalin's alleged remark may be compared with Hitler's famous admonition to his generals in 1939: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"[96]
Soviet investigation commissions
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Opening of monument to victims of political repressions, Moscow, 1990
At least two Soviet commissions investigated the show-trials after Stalin's death.[citation needed] The first was headed by Molotov and included Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Suslov, Furtseva, Shvernik, Aristov, Pospelov, and Rudenko. They were given the task to investigate the materials concerning Bukharin, Rykov, Zinoviev, Tukhachevsky, and others. The commission worked in 1956–1957. While stating that the accusations against Tukhachevsky et al. should be abandoned, it failed to fully rehabilitate the victims of the three Moscow trials, although the final report does contain an admission that the accusations have not been proven during the trials and "evidence" had been produced by lies, blackmail, and "use of physical influence". Bukharin, Rykov, Zinoviev, and others were still seen as political opponents, and though the charges against them were obviously false, they could not have been rehabilitated because "for many years they headed the anti-Soviet struggle against the building of socialism in USSR".
The second commission largely worked from 1961 to 1963 and was headed by Shvernik ("Shvernik Commission"). It included Shelepin, Serdyuk, Mironov, Rudenko, and Semichastny. The hard work resulted in two massive reports, which detailed the mechanism of falsification of the show-trials against Bukharin, Zinoviev, Tukhachevsky, and many others. The commission based its findings in large part on eyewitness testimonies of former NKVD workers and victims of repressions, and on many documents. The commission recommended rehabilitating every accused with the exceptions of Radek and Yagoda, because Radek's materials required some further checking, and Yagoda was a criminal and one of the falsifiers of the trials (though most of the charges against him had to be dropped too, he was not a "spy", etc.). The commission stated:
Stalin committed a very grave crime against the Communist party, the socialist state, Soviet people and worldwide revolutionary movement... Together with Stalin, the responsibility for the abuse of law, mass unwarranted repressions and death of many thousands of wholly innocent people also lies on Molotov, Kaganovich, Malenkov....[citation needed]
Mass graves and memorials
Main article: Mass graves in the Soviet Union
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous mass graves filled with executed victims of the terror were discovered.[97][98][99][100] Some, such as the killing fields at Kurapaty near Minsk and Bykivnia near Kiev, are believed to contain up to 200,000 corpses.[101][better source needed]
In 2007, one such site, the Butovo firing range near Moscow, was turned into a shrine to the victims of Stalinism. Between August 1937 and October 1938, more than 20,000 people were shot and buried there.[102]
Kuropaty mass grave site near Minsk, Belarus
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Butovo firing range near Moscow
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Memorial cemetery Krasny Bor near Petrozavodsk, Russia
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Memorial to Polish victims of Stalinist repression, Tomsk, Russia
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Monument to victims of political repressions in Donetsk, Ukraine
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Memorial to victims of Stalinist repression in Tomsk, Russia
Historical Interpretations
The Great Purge has provoked numerous debates about its purpose, scale and mechanisms. According to one interpretation, the Stalin’s regime had to maintain its citizens in a state of fear and uncertainty to stay in power (Brzezinski, 1958). Robert Conquest emphasized Stalin's paranoia, focused on the Moscow show trial of "Old Bolsheviks", and analyzed the carefully planned and systematic destruction of the Communist Party. Some others view the Great Purge as a crucial moment – or rather the culmination – of a vast social engineering campaign started at the beginning of the 1930s (Hagenloh, 2000; Shearer, 2003; Werth, 2003).[13]
Index of Soviet Union-related articles
History of the Soviet Union (1927–53)
Alexander Samoylovich
Armenian victims of the Great Purge
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries
Doctors' plot, a 1952–53 purge directed against mostly Jewish doctors, officials and others.
Night of the Murdered Poets, the 1952 execution of thirteen Soviet Jews arrested in 1948–49.
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Juraj Sipko (Sipko J. Etnopsyholingvisticke predpoklady slovensko-ruskych a rusko-slovenskych porovnavani, Presov, 2003) comparing Russian and Slovak languages, points out that in Russian the suffix -shchina (in meaning 1 given by Efremova) most commonly bears openly negative or derisive connotations.
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On June 13, it was announced at a press event that Yukirin will appear in NHK’s current Taiga Drama “Segodon”. 10 new cast members were revealed at the event for the second half season. The drama is about the historic Samurai, Saigo Takamori, who was from Kagoshima. Yukirin will play Saigo Sono, the wife of Saigo Kichijiro, the younger brother of Takamori. Sono was known as a very supportive wife who found joy in everyday life even though life was tough in the poor Saigo clan. When the Chief Producer was asked why Yukirin for the role, he answered that her aura and overall feel really fits the character and it’s perfect that she’s from Kagoshima. Yukirin mentioned she was super nervous for the filming. Yukirin started filming in early May and will first appear in the episode airing on August 5th.
A bit of history lesson….
Saigo Kichijiro had two children, one son and one daughter, with a previous wife. Sono married into the Saigo family at the age of 25. Sadly, the two were only married for less than 2 years when Kichijiro died in one of the battles. Sono stayed in the Saigo family to help take care of his two children.
And also a bit of time capsule…
In an AKBingo episode in 2014 (Episode 274 January 21, 2014), where the lucky members ranking was revealed, Yukirin landed in #176. Fortune teller Getters Iida said Yukirin would make a great actress, appearing in a taiga drama one day so she should quickly practice acting more. His was right!!!!! (I think it’s pretty amazing as no one would predict such a thing for Yukirin)
When the Bunshun article came out last week, I was super excited. While at that time, the news is not considered confirmed, I knew that Yukirin appearing in the taiga drama is true. (There is always a bit of truth in any bunshun article). I think it’s really amazing that Yukirin gets to be part of a taiga drama. She would be the second AKB member to appear in a NHK Taiga drama as Acchan appeared in Ryomaden in 2010.
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Georgia's Public Broadcaster (GPB) has announced that Grigol Kipshidze will represent the country in the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday 26th November. Grigol was selected by an expert panel and his song will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Grigol Kipshidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in August 2005 and he studied at the National Centre for Folklore between 2011 and 2015. In 2014 he was accepted at the city's Vocal Academy. Grigol has participated in several musical competitions and in 2017 he was a finalist of The X-Factor Georgia.
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She received her BS and MS degrees from Azad University graduating 2nd in her BS degree class & 1st in her MS degree class in Agricultural Engineering & Plant Pathology. Her Masters research was on the benefits of silicon, salicyclic acid and calcium on plant health in soils with high levels of cadmium. She published eight manuscripts and abstracts on her research and presented her findings at several national meetings. She graduated 1st in her Masters Degree program.
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Anna Curtis fans rejoice! She’s back, this time on the other side of the legal system, as she fights to prove her sister’s innocence when the beloved football coach from their high school turns up murdered. When Anna first arrives in town, she’s confident that her sister could have had nothing to do with the coach’s death. As she becomes involved with the investigation though, she begins to wonder if she knows her sister as well as she thought.
Be prepared to lose sleep as you find yourself turning page after page to get to the startling finish.
This month, The Big Thrill caught up with author Allison Leotta to talk about her what inspired A GOOD KILLING, and her process for writing the book.
You write about the complexities of the sister relationship with authority, and you’ve dedicated this book to your own two sisters. How much do your sibling relationships affect your stories?
A lot. Anna has a little sister named Jody and although she is a very different person than my two sisters, I used our fights, our shared interests, and most of all the fact that we always have each other’s backs as a guide to Anna and Jody’s relationship. Jody played a more minor role in my first three books. Fans have been asking for “more Jody,” and this is really her book.
You alternate between Anna’s and Jody’s points of view. Did you feel more of a kinship with one over the other?
I am intimately familiar with Anna’s job. We were both sex crimes prosecutors in Washington, D.C. But I have written three books about her before this.
I felt a freshness that came from writing a new POV, Jody’s. The chapters from her perspective came very easily. With Anna, I work hard to get the legal details right. It is definitely work. Writing Jody was pure pleasure. I wrote the chapters from her POV in two weeks—the fastest writing I’ve ever done.
Your descriptions of Detroit and the problems facing the city are so authentic. Do you hope to inspire others to take an interest in the city?
I grew up near Detroit and was fascinated by the city: its beauty and its problems, both of which are world-class. Detroit has been the symbol of the best and the worst that America can be. And right now, it’s at a historic brink, poised between utter ruin and creative people who see an exciting, unprecedented opportunity to try new things. Cooper embodies that optimism, and I love him for that. I hope my book will have a positive impact on the city and get people thinking about the possibilities and creative solutions.
If you’re interested in reading more about Detroit, I’d recommend two terrific non-fiction books: Detroit: An American Autopsy, by Charlie LeDuff, which chronicles the city’s decline in wry, devastating prose, and Detroit City Is The Place to Be, by Mark Binelli, which explores the radical sense of possibility that comes when a city hits rock bottom.
There is often a conflict between moral justice and legal justice. I think everyone can relate to actions that while not legally justifiable, seem morally so. When you were a prosecutor, was there ever a defendant that you wished you didn’t have to try?
No. The luxury of being a prosecutor is always striving to do the right thing. If I didn’t believe a defendant should be prosecuted, I wouldn’t bring a case against him. But I handled sex crimes. In homicide cases, bad victims make for tough cases. I was talking to a friend of mine, the former chief D.C. homicide prosecutor, who was trying a case with a victim who was a very bad man—he’d committed many crimes before someone else killed him. It was difficult for my prosecutor friend to get witnesses to testify, because they kept saying “that man deserved a good killing.” That’s where the title of my book came from.
Jody tells Anna “You believe in working within the system, changing things from the inside.” Do you think Anna is right or is the system broken?
I think we have one of the best legal systems in the world. And yet there are serious flaws, and things we could be doing much, much better. So both sisters are right. The question is how do you work within such a system? What’s the best way to change things? The two sisters take very different approaches to this.
Your story highlights the legal inequities in poorer cities such as evidence not being processed due to lack of resources. Do you hope to draw more attention to these issues with your writing?
Absolutely. The rape kit backlog is an especially important issue, and that is why I made it a plot point in my book. It is an issue that doesn’t just face poor cities, but almost every city in America.
The title, A GOOD KILLING, seems to imply that the murder was justified. Was that your intention?
I will leave that to the readers to decide.
How are the experiences you’ve had as a federal prosecutor reflected in your writing?
I try to take the most interesting parts of my real cases and make them elements of my stories. Some of the most implausible plot twists are things that actually happened in D.C. Superior Court! I am also pulled by the emotions that come with these incredibly personal cases. There’s terrible heartbreak and tragedy, but also moments of real courage, love, and healing. I was inspired by the people—victims who had the courage to come forward, police officers devoted to helping their community, prosecutors working late into the night to try to make a difference. It’s very satisfying when I write a scene and feel like I’ve captured that.
Tell us about your writing process.
I feel very lucky that I can concentrate on writing full-time now. When I wrote my first two books, I was still working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and could only write from 5:00 a.m. till 7:00 a.m., before heading in to my day job. Now that I’m a full-time writer, I can sleep a little later! But I also have to be extremely disciplined with how I use my time.
Being a published author is like running a small business out of your house. I generally write in the morning, and use the afternoon for the business side of things. Blogging, social media, public speaking, opining, networking, and generally “building your platform.” That’s one of any modern author’s biggest challenges—balancing the writing of the books with the promotion of them.
Tell us about some of your favorites—movie, drink, dessert
I’m obsessed with Game of Thrones. Preferably watching with a glass of Pinot Noir and a bowl of chocolate covered pretzels.
What are you currently reading
Missoula by Jon Krakaur.
My kids.
What do you consider the biggest compliment you’ve received as a writer?
A fan named his dog “Anna” after my series’ heroine.
The fifth Anna Curtis book. It deals with sexual assaults on college campuses.
Where can readers connect with you?
My website, Facebook and Twitter. And I periodically blog about what TV crime dramas get right and wrong on The Huffington Post.
Allison Leotta was a federal sex-crimes prosecutor in Washington, DC, for twelve years. In 2011, she left the Justice Department to pursue writing full time. She is the acclaimed author of Law of Attraction, Discretion, and Speak of the Devil, and founder of the award-winning blog, The Prime-Time Crime Review. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she has provided legal commentary for CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and others. Leotta lives with her husband, Michael, and their two sons outside of Washington, DC.
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Lebanon’s Sesquicentennial was an occasion for elaborate celebration with parades, orations, singing, sports, dancing, a clambake and fireworks. The village was decorated with bunting and flags to celebrate’ the Fourth of July and the town’s 150th anniversary.
On April 6, 1917 the United States declared war on Germany. There were 373 from Lebanon who served in World War I, and 11 of those died in service. Townspeople found Armistice Day, 1918 an occasion for thankfulness and joyful celebration.
The Carter Community Building was built by Mr. & Mrs. William Carter in 1918 and was turned over to the community for the use of the young people of Lebanon. The building’s facilities have been used continually by various organizations over the years. (F-8)
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Descent and Distribution
The area of law that pertains to the transfer of real property or Personal Property of a decedent who failed to leave a will or make a valid will and the rights and liabilities of heirs, next of kin, and distributees who are entitled to a share of the property.
Origin of the Law
The passage of property from ancestors to children has been recognized and enforced since biblical times. As a general rule, the law, and not the deceased person, confers the right of succession—the passing of title to a decedent's property—and determines who shall take intestate property. In the United States, such law is derived from the Civil Law and English statutes of distributions, rather than from the Common Law, which preferred the eldest male, under the doctrine of primogeniture, and males over females. Statutes in every state prescribe the order in which persons succeed to a decedent's property if he or she dies intestate, which means without a lawfully executed will. These statutes provide for an orderly administration by identifying successors to a decedent's, also called an intestate's, estate. They seek to implement the distribution that most intestates would have provided had they made wills, on the theory that most persons prefer that their property pass to their nearest relatives rather than to more remote ones. An order of preference among certain relatives of the deceased is established by the statute. If there are no relatives who can inherit the property, the estate escheats, or reverts, to the state.
The terms heirs, next of kin, and distributees usually refer to the persons who by operation of law—the application of the established rules of law—inherit or succeed to the property of a person intestate on his or her death. Statutes generally confer rights of inheritance only on blood relatives, adopted children, adoptive parents, and the surviving spouse. Line of descent is the order or series of persons who have descended one from the other or all from a common ancestor, placed in a line in the order of their birth showing the connection of all blood relatives. The direct line of descent involves persons who are directly descended from the same ancestor, such as father and son, or grandfather and grandson. Whether an adopted child can be regarded as in the direct line of descent depends upon the law in the particular jurisdiction. The collateral line of descent involves persons who are descended from a common ancestor, such as brothers who share the same father or cousins who have the same grandfather. Title by descent differs from title by purchase because descent involves the operation of law, while purchase involves the act or agreement of the parties. Usually direct descendants have first preference in the order of succession, followed by ascendants (persons in the collateral line of ascent), and finally, collateral heirs. Each generation is called a degree in determining the consanguinity, or blood relationship, of one or more persons to an intestate. Where the next of kin of the intestate who are entitled to share in the estate are in equal degree to the deceased, such as children, they share equally in the estate. For example, consider a mother who has two daughters, her only living relations, and dies intestate, leaving an estate of $100,000. Since the two daughters occupy the same proximity of blood relationship to their mother, they share her estate equally, each inheriting $50,000.
Issue has been defined as all persons in the line of descent without regard to the degree of nearness or remoteness from the original source.
Law Governing
If at the time of death, the intestate's estate is located in the state of his or her domicile or permanent residence, the law of that state will govern its descent and distribution. Local laws that govern the area where the property is located generally determine the descent of real property, such as land, houses, and farms, regardless of the domicile of the deceased owner. The succession to and the disposition and distribution of personal or movable property, wherever situated, are governed by the law of the domicile of the owner or intestate at the time of death, unless a statute in the state where the property is located provides otherwise.
Since the privilege of receiving property by inheritance is not a natural right but a creation of law, the legislature of a state has plenary power, or complete authority, over the descent and distribution of property within the borders of the state subject to restrictions found in constitutions and treaties. The disposition of the property of an intestate is governed by the statutes in force at the time of death.
Property Subject to Descent and Distribution
As a general rule, property subject to descent and distribution includes all vested rights and interests owned by the deceased at the time of death. However, rights or interests that are personal to the deceased, and not of an inheritable nature, ordinarily are not subject to descent and distribution. Examples are a personal right to use land or a statutory right to contest a will.
If a seller dies prior to the completion of the sale of real property, the legal title to land that the seller contracted to sell vests in the heirs at law on the owner's death, subject to their obligation to convey the land to the purchaser according to the contract. A few states authorize the distribution of property among different persons according to whether it is real or personal, but this is not the general rule.
Representation, Per Stirpes, Per Capita
Representation is the principle of law by which the children, or their descendants, of an heir to an estate, who dies without leaving a will, have a collective interest in the intestate's share of the property. Taking by representation means taking per stirpes. For example, Robert, who only has two daughters, Ellen and Pam, dies intestate, leaving an estate of $200,000 after the payment of debts and charges. Under a typical statute, Robert's daughters are his distributees, each receiving $100,000. However, Ellen predeceases her father and leaves two sons, David and George. Since Ellen is not alive to take her share, there would be a per stirpes division of Robert's estate, which means that Ellen's share of $100,000 would be divided equally between David and George, and each would receive $50,000. Pam's $100,000 share of her father's estate remains unaffected. Since they are brothers, the degree of blood relationship between David and George is equal; therefore, they take per capita, or equal, parts of Ellen's share. However, they have taken per stirpes shares of Robert's estate. Assume that George also died before his grandfather and left two daughters, Ruth and Janet, but his brother David was still alive. David would take $50,000, but Ruth and Janet would have $25,000 apiece. Pam, who is still alive, would still be entitled to $100,000, her share of Robert's estate. The degrees of consanguinity among David and Ruth and Janet are unequal, since David is Robert's grandchild, while Ruth and Janet are his great-grandchildren. David and Ruth and Janet share Ellen's portion of Robert's estate per stirpes. David takes 50 percent, or $50,000, whereas Ruth and Janet each take 25 percent, or $25,000, because of the unequal degrees of blood relationship to Ellen. David is one generation removed from Ellen, while Ruth and Janet are two generations removed from her.
Kindred of the Half Blood
The term kindred of the half blood refers to persons who share a half blood relationship with the intestate because they have only one parent in common with each other. As a general rule, kindred of the half blood inherit equally with kindred of the whole blood who have the same parents, unless expressly prohibited by statute. For example, A and B shared the same father with C and D but had a different mother. If A dies, leaving no surviving spouse, children, or parents, C and D share equally with B in A's estate, even though C and D were of the half blood in relation to A, since they had only one parent in common. C and D inherit as if they had both the same parents as A and B.
Necessary or Forced Heirs
The law of forced heirship gave certain relatives, besides the spouse, an absolute legal right, of which they could not be deprived by will or gift, to inherit a certain portion of the decedent's estate. Ordinarily, a person has no right to prevent another from disposing of his or her property by gift or will to someone else. The law of forced heirship in effect in only Louisiana limits the disposition of a decedent's property if his or her parents or legitimate children or their descendants are alive at his or her death. Such persons are expressly declared by law to be forced heirs, and a decedent cannot deprive them of the portion of an estate reserved to them by law unless there is Just Cause to disinherit them. Anyone else who received the property can be legally obligated to return it or to make up the portion of which the forced heirs have been deprived out of his or her own property.
Designated Heirs
In some jurisdictions, statutes permit a person, the designator, to name another to stand in his or her place as an heir at law in the event of his or her death. Anyone can be a designated heir, even a stranger to the designator. The statute does not grant a designated heir any status until the designation becomes effective on the death of the designator. The designator can revoke the designation until the time of his or her death and then designate another. After the death of the designator, a designated heir has the status of an heir at law, and under the statute, the status of a legitimate child of the designator. For example, H designates his wife W as his heir at law. H and W are childless. H is the only child of F. F dies intestate after H's death. The applicable statute of descent and distribution gives all of F's property to his lineal descendants. W will inherit all of F's property since she was H's designated heir at law and is, for inheritance purposes, considered a child of H. She is, therefore, a lineal descendant of F. If the designated heir dies before the designator, his or her heirs generally will not have a right of inheritance in the designator's intestate estate.
Subject to the rights of the surviving spouse, children have superior inheritance rights compared to those of other blood relatives. In many jurisdictions, the same principle applies to adopted children of the intestate. Once the debts of the estate have been paid and the surviving spouse has taken his or her legal share, the remainder of the estate is apportioned in equal distributive shares, the portions specified by the law of descent and distribution, among the number of children of the decedent. The rights of the decedent's child or children are greater than not only those of the deceased's brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, and other collateral kindred but also of the deceased's parents.
Posthumous Children A posthumous child is one born after the death of its father or mother (as, for example, by Caesarean section). Both at common law and under various state statutes, a posthumous child takes as an heir and a distributee as long as it is born alive after a period of fetal existence that indicates that it was conceived before the death of the intestate father, usually a period of nine months. Some statutes require that a child be born within ten months after the death of the intestate in order to be regarded as a posthumous child. The technique of Artificial Insemination, through which a woman can be impregnated with frozen sperm months or even years after the death of the father, poses problems for courts interpreting posthumous child statutes.
Children of Successive Marriages On the death of an intestate who had children by different marriages, all of his or her children take equal shares of the estate once the estate debts have been paid off and the surviving spouse has taken the legal portion. This method of distribution applies unless barred by statute, such as in cases where the property of an intestate was received from a deceased spouse of a former marriage. In that instance, only children of that particular marriage would inherit that property to the exclusion of children of other marriages. In a few states, a slightly different distribution is made of Community Property of the first marriage—one half of that property belonging to the deceased spouse going to the children of that marriage in equal shares, and those children together with the children of the second marriage dividing equally the other half, subject to any rights of the surviving spouse.
Issues of Children who Predecease Intestate The share that a child who dies before the intestate would have inherited if he or she had survived the intestate parent is inherited by his or her children or descendants by the right of representation in per stirpes shares. Grandchildren have better inheritance rights than brothers and sisters of the intestate and their children. However, they do not inherit unless their parent, the child of the intestate, is dead.
Illegitimate Children At common law, an illegitimate child was a filius nullius (Latin for "child of no one") and had no right to inherit. Only legitimate children and issue could inherit an estate upon the death of an intestate parent. This is no longer the case as a result of statutes that vary from state to state. As a general rule, an illegitimate child is treated as the child of the mother and can inherit from her and her relatives and they from the child. In some jurisdictions, the illegitimate child is usually not regarded as a child of the father unless legitimated by the subsequent marriage of the parents or acknowledged by the father as his child, such as in affiliation proceedings. A legitimated child has the same inheritance rights as any other child of the parent. Many statutes permit a child to inherit from his or her father if the Paternity is judicially established before the father's death. In the case of Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 97 S. Ct. 1459, 52 L. Ed. 2d 31 (1977), the Supreme Court of the United States decided that it is unconstitutional for states to deprive an illegitimate child of the right to inherit from his or her father when he dies without leaving a will, especially in cases where paternity is already established in state court proceedings prior to the father's death.
Some statutes permit one or both parents of the intestate to inherit, to some extent, the property of a child leaving no issue or descendants subject to the rights of a surviving spouse. Provisions differ as to whether one or both parents take, whether they take exclusively or share with brothers and sisters, and as to the extent of the share taken. Frequently, if one parent is dead, the surviving parent takes the entire estate, both real and personal, of a deceased child who dies without issue. Some statutes provide that a surviving parent shares with the brothers and sisters.
Stepchildren, Stepparents
Ordinarily, a stepparent does not inherit from the estate of a deceased stepchild. Similarly, stepchildren do not inherit from their step-parent unless the terms of a statute grant them this right.
Brothers, Sisters, and Their Descendants
Brothers and Sisters If an intestate dies without a surviving spouse, issue, or parents, the decedent's brothers and sisters and the children of deceased brothers and sisters will inherit the estate. Brothers and sisters inherit when and only when there are no other surviving persons having priority by virtue of statute. Their inheritance rights are subordinate to children and grandchildren and the parents of the intestate in a number of jurisdictions.
Nephews and Nieces Nephews and nieces usually inherit only if their parent is deceased and would have inherited if he or she had survived the intestate.
Grandparents and Remote Ascendants
Generally, where paternal and maternal grandparents are next of kin to the decedent, they share equally in the estate of an intestate. Some statutes provide that where the estate descended to the intestate from his or her father, it will go to a paternal grandparent to the exclusion of a maternal grandparent. State statutes vary as to whether the grandparents all inherit, or where there are surviving aunts and uncles, as to whether they are excluded by the grandparents. There is a similar division of authority as to whether great-grandparents share with surviving great-uncles and great-aunts.
Remote Collaterals
A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased but comes from a collateral line, such as a brother, a sister, an uncle, an aunt, a nephew, a niece, or a cousin of the deceased. People are related collaterally when they have a common ancestor, such as a parent or grandparent. Where the property in question is within a statute directing the course of descent of property that came to the intestate by gift, devise, or descent from an ancestor, as long as they are the nearest heirs, the remote collateral heirs (for example, cousins) who share that common ancestor are entitled to inherit to the exclusion of collateral heirs who do not.
Operation and Effect of a Will
Rights under intestacy laws are only taken away by a properly executed will disposing of the testator's entire property. These laws can, however, operate in case of partial intestacy where part of the decedent's property is not disposed of by will.
The right of a surviving spouse to share in the estate of a deceased spouse arises automatically from the marital status and not from any contract, conveyance, or other act of the spouse. Statutes conferring such rights on a surviving spouse make the spouse a statutory heir. Some statutes regulating the rights of inheritance of a surviving spouse treat property acquired by the decedent prior to the marriage differently than that acquired during the course of the marriage. Others relating to the descent of ancestral estates and property acquired by gifts do not, ordinarily, exclude a surviving spouse.
Right of Surviving Wife As a general rule, modern statutes confer rights of inheritance on a widow. At common law, the wife was entitled to Dower, which was a fixed interest in all the land owned by her husband during the marriage. This interest in the lands of her husband was inchoate during his life. She had to survive her husband before she could take possession of her interest in the property. Most states have abolished common-law dower and have replaced it with statutes allowing the surviving widow to take an elective share prescribed by statute, usually one-third or what would have gone to her by intestacy or the provision made in her spouse's will. The extent of and the method for computing the inheritance depends on the terms of the statute applicable to the facts in the particular case. Her rights attach only to property that her husband owned at the time of death. The right of a wife to share in the estate of her husband is qualified by his right to make a valid will. The widow, however, will be given a Right of Election to choose between the elective share, which is usually her share under the laws of intestacy, or the provision in the will, whichever is larger.
Right of Surviving Husband At common law, a surviving husband had an estate by curtesy in his wife's real property to which he was absolutely entitled upon her death. Curtesy has been abolished by many jurisdictions. As of the early 2000s, a husband's rights of inheritance are regulated by statute applicable to the facts in the particular case. As a general rule, a widower's rights of inheritance attach only to property that his wife owned and possessed at the time she died.
Rights in Case of Remarriage
Unless a statute provides otherwise, a surviving spouse's rights of inheritance are not affected by a later marriage after the death of the decedent. The rights of a survivor of a second or subsequent marriage of the decedent are the same as though he or she were the survivor of the first marriage. In a number of states, the rights of a survivor of a second or subsequent marriage of the deceased or of a surviving spouse who subsequently remarries are, or have been, governed by statutes specifically regulating descent in cases of remarriage.
Waiver or Release of Right
A spouse can waive the right of inheritance to the estate of the other spouse by an antenuptial agreement, which is fairly entered into by both parties with knowledge of all the relevant facts, such as the extent of the spouse's wealth. This is frequently done by couples who remarry late in life, in order to protect the inheritance rights of their children by previous marriages. For example, an affluent couple executes an antenuptial agreement by which they both agree to surrender their inheritance rights in each other's estate. This insures the inheritance rights of their children from prior marriages in their respective estates, without having the estate reduced by the share given to the surviving spouse under the laws of intestacy. To be effective as a bar, the agreement must, in clear terms or by necessary implication, relinquish the surviving spouse's right of inheritance. It must affirmatively appear that neither spouse took advantage of the confidential relation existing between the parties at the time of its execution.
Unless there are statutory provisions to the contrary, a husband or wife can waive, release, or be estopped (prevented) from asserting rights of inheritance in the estate of the other by certain acts or conduct on his or her part during marriage. As a general rule, a spouse can waive his or her rights in the estate of the other by an express postnuptial agreement. Such an agreement is effective only if it manifests a clear and unmistakable intention to trade away such rights, and it must be supported by a valid and valuable consideration, freely and fairly made; be just and equitable in its provisions; and free from Fraud and deceit. In one case, the assent of a wife to cohabit with her husband only upon his execution of a release of any claim on her property did not constitute sufficient consideration for his agreement, since she was under a legal duty as his wife to live with him.
A separation agreement can provide for the mutual release of the rights of each spouse in the other's property, including an inchoate or potential right of inheritance that will not vest until the death of one spouse. The rights of inheritance in the property of the husband or wife are not to be denied the surviving spouse unless the purpose to exclude him or her is expressed or can be clearly inferred. A Property Settlement agreement conditioned upon a Divorce cannot bar a spouse's statutory share in the other's estate where the divorce was never finalized because of the death of the spouse. A mere agreement between Husband and Wife in contemplation of divorce, by which specific articles of property are to be held by each separately, is no bar to the rights of the surviving spouse, if no divorce has in fact been granted.The surviving spouse, however, is not prevented from asserting his or her rights in the estate of the deceased spouse by an agreement entered into as a result of ignorance or mistake as to his or her legal rights.
Forfeiture of Rights
As a general rule, a surviving spouse's misconduct, whether criminal or otherwise, does not bar his or her rights to succeed to the deceased person's estate where the statute of descent and distribution confers certain rights on the surviving spouse and makes no exception on account of misconduct.
Abandonment, Adultery, and Nonsupport Unless there are statutes to the contrary, the fact that one spouse abandoned or deserted the other, or even the fact that he or she abandoned the other and lived in Adultery, does not bar that spouse's rights of inheritance in the other's estate. However, in a number of jurisdictions express statutory provisions do not permit a surviving wife to succeed to her husband's estate if she has abandoned him or left him to live in adultery. A surviving husband similarly loses his statutory right to inherit from his wife's estate where he abandoned or willfully and maliciously deserted her or neglected or refused to support her. In order to constitute a Forfeiture of inheritance rights, such conduct must be deliberate and unjustified and continue for a period of time specified by statute. Mere separation is not necessarily Abandonment or desertion if the parties have consented to the separation or there is reasonable and justifiable cause for the action. The fact of one spouse's subsequent meretricious conduct is not abandonment if a separation agreement does not provide for forfeiture of that spouse's right to share in the decedent's estate.
Murder of Spouse There is no uniform rule as to whether a person who murders his or her spouse can succeed to the decedent's estate as the surviving spouse. Some jurisdictions refuse to recognize the murderer as a surviving spouse. In others, a statute that confers certain rights on the surviving spouse does not strip the spouse of that right because he or she caused the death of the intestate spouse by criminal conduct. Different states have enacted statutes that preclude any person who has caused or procured the death of another from inheriting the decedent's property under certain circumstances. An intentional killing will bar an inheritance, but a death that occurs as a result of Negligence, accidental means, or insanity will not have this effect. For example, where conviction is essential to create a forfeiture under the statute, a surviving spouse who is not convicted but is committed to a state hospital for the legally insane is not excluded from the rights of inheritance. A conviction of Manslaughter might be sufficient to satisfy the statutory requirement of conviction, but it is insufficient if the statute requires actual conviction of murder.
Bigamous Marriage In some jurisdictions, a spouse who commits bigamy, marrying while still legally married to another, can be denied any rights of inheritance in the estate of his or her lawful spouse. This is true even if the bigamous marriage had been terminated long before the death of the lawful spouse. In a few jurisdictions, the fact that one who was legally married to the decedent contracted a bigamous marriage does not bar his or her rights of inheritance in the decedent's estate.
Divorce Generally, a person who has been divorced can claim no share in the estate of the former spouse. Under some statutes, a divorce a mensa et thoro (Latin for "from bed or board"), which is a legal separation, can abrogate any right of intestate inheritance in the spouse's estate, even though the decedent and spouse remained lawfully married until the death of the decedent.
Rights and Liabilities of Heirs
No one is an heir to a living person. Before the death of the ancestor, an expectant heir or distributee has no vested interest but only a mere expectancy or possibility of inheritance. Such an individual cannot on the basis of his or her prospective right maintain an action during the life of the ancestor to cancel a transfer of property made by the ancestor.
Advancements An advancement is similar to an absolute or irrevocable gift of money or real or personal property. It is made in the present by a parent to a child in anticipation of what the child's intestate share will be when the parent dies. An advancement differs from an ordinary gift in that it reduces only the child's distributive share of the parent's estate by the stated amount, while a gift diminishes the entire estate. The doctrine of advancements is based on the theory that a parent is presumed to intend that all his or her children have equal rights not only in what may remain at the parent's death but in all property owned by the parent. Statutes of descent and distribution can provide for consideration of advancements made by a deceased during his or her lifetime to achieve equality in the distribution of the estate among the children.
An advancement can also be made by grandparents and, where statutes permit, by spouses and collateral relatives. A parent's gifts to a child cannot be deemed advancements while the donor is alive, since they are significant only in relation to a decedent's estate. Several statutes provide that no gift or grant of realty can be deemed to have been made as an advancement unless expressed in writing by the donor or acknowledged in writing by the donee. A transfer based on love and affection or a nominal consideration can constitute an advancement, while a transfer for a valuable consideration cannot, since as a gift, an advancement is made without consideration.
Release, Renunciation, or Acceptance of Rights An heir can relinquish his or her rights to an estate by an express waiver, release, or Estoppel. Generally, the release of an expected share, fairly and freely made to an ancestor in consideration of an advancement or for other valuable consideration, excludes the heir from sharing in the ancestor's estate at the time of death. It is necessary that the person executing the release be competent to contract at the time, that the release not be obtained by means of fraud or Undue Influence, and that the instrument or transaction in question be sufficient to constitute a release or renunciation of rights. In one case, a daughter gave her father a receipt acknowledging payment of money that she accepted as her "partial" share of all real estate left by him. The court held that she was not barred from sharing in the remainder of the real estate left upon her father's death, since the word partial indicated that the money received was merely an advancement.
At common law, a person could not renounce an intestate share, but modern statutes permit renunciation. A renunciation or a waiver sometimes requires the execution and delivery of a formal document. Renunciation is frequently employed by those who would incur an increased tax burden if the gift were to be accepted.
A simple acceptance can be either express or implied. A person can be barred from accepting his or her rights to an estate by a lapse of time, as specified by statute. Once a person accepts an intestate share, he or she cannot subsequently renounce the share under most statutes. A person who renounces the succession cannot revoke the renunciation after the other heirs have accepted the property that constitutes his or her share. However, that person can accept his or her share if the other heirs have not yet done so.
Gifts and Conveyances in Fraud of Heirs
A person ordinarily has the right to dispose of his or her property as he or she sees fit, so that heirs and distributees cannot attack transfers or distributions made during the decedent's lifetime as being without consideration or in fraud of their rights. For example, a parent during his or her life can distribute property among his or her children any way he or she wants with or without reason, and those adversely affected have no standing to challenge the distribution.
One spouse can deprive the other of rights of inheritance given by statute through absolute transfers of property during his or her life. In some jurisdictions, however, transfers made by a spouse for the mere purpose of depriving the other of a distributive share are invalid. Whether a transfer made by a spouse was real or made merely to deprive the other spouse of the statutory share is determined by whether the person actually surrenders complete ownership and possession of the property. For example, a husband's transfer of all his property to a trustee is void and illusory as to the rights of his surviving wife if he reserves to himself the income of the property for life, the power to revoke and modify the trust, and a significant amount of control over the management of the trust. There is no intent to part with ownership of his property until his death. Such a trust is a device created to deprive the wife of her distributive share. Advancements or gifts to children, including children by a former marriage, which are reasonable in relation to the amount of property owned and are made in Good Faith without any intent to defraud a spouse, afford that spouse no grounds of complaint. Good faith is shown where the other spouse knew of the advancements. If a spouse gives all or most of his or her property to the children without the other spouse's knowledge, a rebuttable presumption of fraud arises that might be explained by the children.
Title of Heirs and Distributees
Inheritance rights vest immediately on the death of an intestate, and the heirs are usually determined as of that time. The title to realty ordinarily vests in an intestate's heirs immediately upon his or her death, subject, under varying circumstances, to certain burdens, such as the rights of the surviving spouse or the debts of the intestate. The title obtained by the heirs on the death of their ancestor is subject to funeral expenses, the expenses, debts, or charges of the administration, and the charges for which the real property is liable, such as liens and encumbrances attached to the land during the lifetime of the intestate.
At common law and under the statutes of most states, the title to personal property of a deceased person does not ordinarily vest in his or her heirs, next of kin, or distributees on his or her death. Their title and rights, therefore, must generally be obtained or enforced by virtue of administration or distribution. Legal title to personal property is suspended between the time of the intestate's death and the granting of the Letters of Administration. On distribution, the title of the distributees relates back to the date of the intestate's death. While the title to personal property does not immediately vest in the heirs, their interest in the estate does. The heirs have a vested equitable right, title, or estate in the personal property, subject to the rights of creditors and to charges and expenses of the administration. The personal estate of an intestate goes ultimately to those who are next of kin at the time of the intestate's death as opposed to those who are next of kin at the time that the estate is to be distributed. If a person who is entitled as a distributee dies after the death of the intestate and before distribution, his or her share does not go to the other persons entitled as distributees, but instead passes to his or her own heirs.
Debts of Intestate Estate
Heirs and distributees generally receive property of their ancestor subject to his or her debts. The obligation of an heir or distributee to pay an ancestor's debt is based upon his or her possession of the ancestor's property. All property of an intestate ordinarily can be applied to pay his or her debts, but, generally, the personal property must be exhausted first before realty can be used.
Rights and Remedies of Creditors, Heirs, and Distributees
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Brashier, Ralph C. 2004. Inheritance Law and the Evolving Family. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple Univ. Press.
Condon, Gerald M., and Jeffrey L. Condon. 1994. Beyond the Grave: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children. New York: HarperInformation.
Daly, Eugene J. 1994. Thy Will Be Done: A Guide to Wills, Taxation, and Estate Planning for Older Persons. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus.
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW
56-267. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law or federal waiver to the contrary, the state shall amend its state plan to expand medicaid eligibility to include those persons under sixty-five (65) years of age whose modified adjusted gross income is one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the federal poverty level or below and who are not otherwise eligible for any other coverage under the state plan, in accordance with sections 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) and 1902(e)(14) of the social security act.
(2) No later than ninety (90) days after approval of this act, the department shall submit any necessary state plan amendments to the United States department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services to implement the provisions of this section. The department is required and authorized to take all actions necessary to implement the provisions of this section as soon as practicable.
(3) Eligibility for medicaid as described in this section shall not be delayed if the centers for medicare and medicaid services fail to approve any waivers of the state plan for which the department applies, nor shall such eligibility be delayed while the department is considering or negotiating any waivers to the state plan. The department shall not implement any waiver that would result in a reduction in federal financial participation for persons identified in subsection (1) of this section below the ninety percent (90%) commitment described in section 1905(y) of the social security act.
(4) If section 1905(y) of the social security act is held unlawful or unconstitutional by the United States supreme court, then the legislature shall declare this section to be null, void, and of no force and effect.
(5) If federal financial participation for persons identified in subsection (1) of this section is reduced below the ninety percent (90%) commitment described in section 1905(y) of the social security act, then the senate and house of representatives health and welfare committees shall, as soon as practicable, review the effects of such reduction and make a recommendation to the legislature as to whether medicaid eligibility expansion should remain in effect. The review and recommendation described in this subsection shall be conducted by the date of adjournment of the regular legislative session following the date of reduction in federal financial participation.
(6) The department:
(a) Shall place all persons participating in medicaid pursuant to this section in a care management program authorized under section 56-265(5), Idaho Code, or in another managed care program to improve the quality of their care, to the extent possible; and
(b) Is authorized to seek any federal approval necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection.
(7) No later than January 31 in the 2023 legislative session, the senate and house of representatives health and welfare committees shall review all fiscal, health, and other impacts of medicaid eligibility expansion pursuant to this section and shall make a recommendation to the legislature as to whether such expansion should remain in effect.
[56-267, added 2018, Init Measure, No. 2, sec. 1; am. 2019, ch. 318, sec. 2, p. 945.]
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Don’t mention the ‘C’ word.
Posted by Jacqui Durrant in Aboriginal, Beechworth, Convicts, Squatters, Uncategorized, Wangaratta
Ben Barber, Benjamin Warby, Charles Cropper, Convict Ship Brittania, David Reid, Dhudhuroa, George Edward Mackay, George Grey, John Chisholm, Joseph Docker, Mogullumbidj, Mount Dispersion Massacre, Pelican Lagoon, Sir Thomas Mitchell, Waywurru, William Brodribb
Lately I’ve been wondering what kinds of people were living around the Beechworth area when gold was first discovered in early 1852. By this time, the local Aboriginal peoples had been reduced to small bands of survivors who had witnessed an horrific genocide of their families and clansmen and women — a genocide wrought by the first European settlers. While it cannot be said that every single white settler was directly involved in this genocide, the killers were thick among them — and so it’s worthwhile asking, in a broad sense, who were these people? The answer is, in fact, reasonably simple; even though generations of local historians almost never mention it.
Image: courtesy National Museum of Australia.
WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this blog post includes subject matter that may cause sadness or distress, particularly to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
While researching this period of early European invasion and settlement of North East Victoria (broadly mid-1830s to mid-1840s, although most of the settlement happened in a single year — 1838), I’ve come across a number of glaring ‘myth-conceptions’, which are perpetrated in just about every history book concerning the region. It’s perhaps understandable how such errors came about: the well-to-do early European settlers who continued to stay living in the region and who went on to have descendants who in turn stayed locally, became the people who were remembered best in local histories. (If you read local history, you’ll be familiar with names like David Reid and Thomas Mitchell). As a consequence, their experiences were taken as indicative of the whole picture of early European settlement in North East Victoria. And yet, numerically, these men were very much in the minority.
Conversely, the people whose involvement in settling the North East Victorian region was either comparatively brief, or those who did not go on to become ‘pillars’ of local society, were barely remembered at all. Thus local history became slanted in favour of the ‘stayers’, who would be forever memorialised as ‘our pioneers’ — as if the only early settlers of the region were free men who came here of their own volition, with the ‘heroic’ intention of single-handedly converting ‘virgin’ countryside into productive grazing land. To say that this picture is at odds with the truth on numerous counts is an understatement.
Several of the largest misconceptions perpetrated about the early European settlers of North East Victoria are ones of omission, and in this post I will tackle but one of them. To illustrate this point, I will for now avoid narrating historical events, if only to present a simple characterisation by way of examples.
It should be obvious that none of the ‘pioneers’ who ‘settled’ North East Victoria (the ‘squatters’ who took out licenses to ‘despature flocks and herds’ on Crown Lands, establishing the first pastoral stations of the region) did so single-handedly. When they first arrived in search of grazing lands, invariably with a few thousand head of sheep and/or hundred head of cattle in tow, they arrived in territory which was already fully occupied by Aboriginal peoples of the region: local groups of the Waywurru (Waveroo), Dhudhuroa, and the so-called ‘Mogullumbidj’ peoples [1]. They not only had to establish head-stations and out-stations from which stock could be managed, but do so while simultaneously dispossessing the original inhabitants. Such a feat could only be managed with the assistance of a labour force.
Each station commonly had a manager or overseer, and various stockmen, shepherds, bullock drivers, and sometimes their wives (who worked as hut-keepers). This workforce, which comprised the majority of non-Aboriginal people in North East Victoria from the late 1830s through to perhaps the gold rush of 1851-2 — people who have remained largely invisible in most local history books — were convicts, comprising either those who had been allocated as ‘assigned servants’ while still serving out their sentences, those who had been given a ‘ticket-of-leave’ (akin to being ‘on parole’), or those who had finished their sentences.
The predominance of convicts can be found in any description of the first overlanding parties to settle in North East Victoria. Among the earliest to attempt to settle were the Faithfull Brothers. After their ‘Convoy of sheep and Cattle’ was attacked and seven men killed by Aborigines at Winding Swamp (Broken River, present-day Benalla), in April 1838, Governor Gipps lamented to Lord Glenelg ‘These men (who were chiefly convicts) did not defend themselves, but ran at the first appearance of their assailants’. [2] The partnership of Morrice, Wilde and McKenzie, who would take up Kergunyah station, was rare among squatters in that they had decided to employ a free man, George Kinchington, as their station manager. Nevertheless, their overlanding party, which arrived with 200 head of cattle on the Murray in June 1838, also had an ‘ex-convict for stockman, and two convict prisoners, one acting as bullock-driver, the other as helper with the cattle.’ [3] Likewise, when David Reid Junior reached the Ovens River on 8 September 1838 (settling on what would become ‘Carraragarmungee’ station), he had been equipped by his father Dr David Reid with 500 head of cattle, 2 bullock wagons and teams and 6 assigned servants. [4]
Not only were members of the convict class to be found among the labourers of the pastoral runs; but emancipated convicts were, on occasion, also to be found as station holders in their own right. Among their number were George Grey and his family, at ‘Pelican Lagoons’ (a small run neighbouring George Faithfull’s, situated in the wedge of land between the Ovens and King Rivers, after which the property ‘The Pelican’ on the Oxley Flats Road is named today). While touring the North East of Victoria in the Autumn of 1840, Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, and Assistant Protector James Dredge, met the Greys. Robinson said of them, ‘These people have, I believe, been convicts… They are in middling circumstances and have commenced dairying, but appear not the most efficient’, [5] while Assistant Protector James Dredge, added dryly, that they were ‘a large family, apparently not remarkable for cleanliness or industry.’ [6] Before going to North East Victoria, Grey had operated a station in the Monaro district in association with Benjamin Warby, and it is likely that he came over with cattle from the Monaro to Wangaratta at the same time as, and in association with the Warbys, who took up land at Taminick Plains. [7] While Robinson wrote that, ‘One of the Warby brothers, I have been informed, has been transported for cattle stealing,’ [8] it seems that is it was Benjamin’s father, John Warby, who (with William Deards) had been convicted of stealing two asses in October 1790 and had been sentenced to seven years transportation. [9]
On the face of it, stealing two asses is not the worst crime known to man, but before you gallop away with the romantic notion that most convicts were downtrodden souls cruelly incarcerated for stealing a loaf of bread or a packet of sewing needles, let me impress upon you the findings of eminent academic historian Alan Frost:
‘It is one of the abiding myths of Australian history that many of those sentenced to transportation… were hapless victims of a savage penal code and an uncaring, class-driven society. It seems not to matter how often or with what clarity the real situation is explained… It would be silly to claim that there were never miscarriages of justice, or that harsh penalties were not given for what we should now consider minor offences. … However, the plain fact is that the majority of 18th century convicts sentenced to transportation were convicted of crimes that we continue to consider serious.’ [10]
This is to say, most convicts arrived in Australia after committing either violent crime, theft of a substantial criminal nature (often with threats of violence), or very occasionally, political crimes. For example, on Oxley Plains, one of George Faithfull’s original stockmen (and longest surviving — he would die a centenarian at Edi in the King Valley in 1903), had been transported for beating a man to death in a fist fight. [11]
And like all convicts, these people also had been subjected to a harsh penal system, which may have reinforced their worst tendencies. Squatter George Grey had been given a conditional pardon for what was originally a life sentence (he was an Irish rebel, convicted as a member of the agrarian-terrorist movement, the Defenders), and he also had been given three hundred lashes for his role in an attempted mutiny aboard the convict ship Brittania in 1797 — a voyage which in itself became infamous for the cruelty of its sadistic captain, Thomas Dennott. [12] In other words, the convict servants (and some of the lower-tier squatters) working on the stations of North East Victoria, were people who, for the most part, were either brutal before they hit the penal system, or had been brutalised by it.
Making matters worse, the region’s ‘Border Police’ force had been established ‘on the cheap’ by using soldiers who had been transported from South Africa to New South Wales as convicts. [13]
It’s an unstated fact, but the ability to undertake wanton acts of brutality was a payable skill on frontier. Brutality was of practical use in dispossessing Aboriginal peoples of their land, and many convict labourers were — in their day — notorious for their violent attitudes and actions towards local Aboriginal peoples. Writing many years later of the years 1839-44, during which he had overlanded through Yackandandah, Barwidgee and the King Valley with a group of stockman, James Demarr recalled, ‘the white men had been flowing into this newly-discovered country with their flocks and herds… and many of the men they had brought with them were the scum of the earth, so that collisions with the blacks were inevitable.’ Demarr continued:
‘The blacks were driven away from their ancient positions, their hunting grounds taken possession of, their game either destroyed or driven away, and they themselves driven back into mountain fastnesses; the consequence was the black sort every opportunity of revenge, killing the solitary shepherd and stockman whenever they had the opportunity of doing so, and scattering, and partly destroying the flocks and herds. The settlers retaliated in their own way, and old colonists know what that means. … Many of the settlers were well-disposed towards the blacks, and there were men [i.e.: labourers] also like-minded, but the ruffian element mixed up with them, brought on conflicts with the blacks that the kindly disposed were powerless to prevent.’ [14]
Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, and Assistant Protector, James Dredge, were among those who came face-to-face with such ‘ruffian elements’ at ‘Myrhee’ station on the west bank of the King River, owned by absentee squatter John Chisholm (yet another station neighbouring George Faithfull) — ruffian elements which by May Day of 1840 had been inflamed by the fact that a shepherd on their run had been ritually murdered by Aborigines only days before. [15] Robinson wrote, ‘Harry Broadribb, a man who has been a prisoner, acts as overseer.’ [16] Dredge noted with displeasure, ‘His wife got some refreshment for us, but raved an swore awfully against the blacks.’ [17] Robinson provided more detail: ‘Mrs Broadribb is a low hard woman, been I imagine a prisoner. She was not acquainted with us and went on about the blacks in a most strange manner. She would have them all burnt, hung, drowned or any death, provided they were got rid of. She applied the vilest epithets to them and would shower out of volley of abuse upon Broadribb [not her husband Harry, but another squatter, William Brodribb on the Broken River] for harbouring the wretches.’ [18]
Two stockmen who worked for Dr George Edward Mackay at ‘Whorouly’ (on yet another station that bordered George Faithful’s ‘Oxley Plains’), became notorious for their violence towards the Aboriginal population, particularly after another attack made by a band of Aboriginals resulted in the death of one of Whorouly’s stockmen. Writing his anonymous reminiscences for the Border Post in 1875, one old station hand recalled Mackay’s stockman, named Bill Thomas — a ticket-of-leave man, who had served as a bullock driver on two of Major Thomas Mitchell’s expeditions into the interior, including the Third Expedition during which Mitchell and his party killed seven Aborigines near Mount Dispersion. [19] According to this writer in the Border Post, Thomas ‘was a most diabolical fellow – a perfect tiger – who was determined to have his revenge on the natives, and, indeed, there were others amongst us that thirsted for satisfaction. Some advised poison, but Thomas met them with the quotation – “Whose sheddeth man’s blood, by blood shall his blood be shed”.’ [20] Thomas clearly escaped any form of repercussions for his actions, but when word got back to Governor Gipps that ‘acts of cruelty had been committed on the aborigines’ of the Ovens district, none could overlook rumours and suggestions regarding the actions of stockman Ben Reid (no relation to squatter David Reid), whose ‘conduct toward the aborigines was complained of by Robinson’ and who subsequently had his ticket-of-leave cancelled and was returned to Sydney. [21] Ben Reid was no doubt among those who, in squatter Joseph Docker’s words, was responsible for the ‘considerable amount of black men’s blood which has already been shed.’ Robinson’s chief complaint against him was that, ‘Reid has had several collisions with the natives, it is feared many have been of fatal character to the aborigines.’ [22]
This characteristic aspect of the early settlement of North East Victoria — it’s settlement in the main either by seasoned absentee pastoralists or by inexperienced young sons of the same, who were in turn supported by a crude if not wholly brutal convict labour force — ranks among the factors which combined to make it possible for the European invaders to kill large numbers of local Aboriginal peoples, and to keep the facts of the matter sufficiently secret from government authorities so that effectively nothing could or would be done to stop it.
It would be disingenuous to suggest that every convict labourer was blood-thirsty and wanted to destroy local Aboriginal people — indeed at least three local squatters Joseph Docker (‘Bontharambo’), Ben Barber (‘Barnawatha’) and for as long as he was there, William Brodribb (who held a station on the Broken River which became known as ‘The Junction’, [and who was no relation to the manager of ‘Myhree’]), were notable for the way in which they all employed local Aboriginal people as labourers in the very early days of ‘settlement’. [23] In the Autumn of 1840, George Augustus Robinson ruminated in his journal on why some stations suffered from what was commonly termed ‘depredations from the blacks,’ including substantial losses from having stock either speared or chased away; whereas other station holders suffered almost no losses of stock at all. ‘Mr Broadrib said yesterday that the blacks had speared more of Mr Faithful’s cattle, than of any other person. … There must be some cause for this’ he pondered. ‘Mr Christie lost one or 200 cattle, yet these people say they never allow blacks to come to their stations.’ Conversely, the stations which employed Aboriginal people, and allowed them to travel and camp on the land, had few problems. [24] All is suggestive of a ‘top down’ attitude being responsible for the treatment of Aborigines: that whereas every station employed a brutal and brutalised labour force, on some stations these convict labourers were encouraged by their employers to slaughter Aboriginal people; whereas on other stations they were encouraged to act towards them with tolerance. And the Aboriginal peoples responded accordingly.
[1] Concerning the Waywurru (Waveroo), Dhudhuroa, and so-called ‘Mogullumbidj’ peoples, the best works I have read on the nation-boundaries and naming for these Aboriginal peoples, which take into consideration all previous work on the North East area (E.M. Curr (1883), R.B. Smythe (1878), A. Howitt (1904), R.H. Matthews (1905), N. Tindale (1940, 1974), D. Barwick (1984, plus manuscript material produced shortly before her death in 1986, now held in the State Library Victoria), M.H. Fels (1996, 1997), S. Wesson (2000), et al), are by Dr Ian Clarke. Clark has written his papers with a knowledge of the various professional limitations associated with earlier works — those written especially prior to access to critical primary source materials such as the Journals and collected papers of George Augustus Robinson, the journals of William Thomas, and the private papers of Alfred Howitt.
Clark, Ian, ‘Aboriginal language areas in Northeast Victoria: ‘Mogullumbidj’ reconsidered.’ Victorian Historical Journal, Volume 81 Issue 2 (Nov 2010), 181-192.
Clark, Ian, ‘Aboriginal languages in North-east Victoria – the status of ‘Waveru’ reconsidered’, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 2011, Vol. 14(4): 2-22
Clark, Ian, ‘Dhudhuroa and Yaithmathang languages and social groups in north-east Victoria – a reconstruction,’ Aboriginal History, 2009, VOL 33, pp.201-229.
[2] SIR GEORGE GIPPS TO LORD GLENELG. (Despatch No. 115, per ship Superb; acknowledged by Lord Glenelg, 21st December, 1838.) in: Australian Aborigines: Copies or extracts of despatches relative to the massacre of various Aborigines in Australia, in the year 1838, and respecting the trial of their murderers; compiled by the British Colonial Office, 19 August 1839.
[3] ‘YACKANDANDAH IN 1838. SOME REMINISCENCES. BY MR. GEORGE KINCHINGTON,’ Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 16 September, 1899, p.8.
[4] Reminiscences of David Reid: as given to J.C.H. Ogier (in Nov. 1905), who has set them down in the third person, type-written manuscript, p.21.
[5] Ian D Clark (ed), Journals of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Protectorate, issued in 6 parts, Heritage Matters, Melbourne, 1998-2000, this entry from Volume 1, entry for Friday 1 May 1840, p.273.
[6] James Dredge, Assistant Protector, Goulburn Protectorate, Three volumes and one transcript of the diary, a letter book and a note book are in the La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection of the State Library [MS 11625 and MS 5244 (transcript) Box 16]. The diaries contain daily and weekly entries from 1817 to 1833 and 1839–1843. This entry: Friday 1 May 1840.
[7] Harry Stephenson, Cobungra Station and Other Mountain Stories, published for the Mountain Cattleman’s Association, Omeo, 1985, p.3.
[8] George Augustus Robinson, Vol 1, 2 May 1840, p.275.
[9] For information on Benjamin Warby’s father John Warby, see entry on the well-researched website called ‘Australian Royalty’.
[10] Alan Frost, Botany Bay — The Real Story, Black Ink, Melbourne, 2012, p.54.
[11] ‘DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN AT EDI.’ Euroa Advertiser, Friday 27 February 1903, p.3.
[12] On George Grey, see entry on the well-researched website called ‘Australian Royalty’.
On the voyage of the convict ship Britannia, see Charles Bateson, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1959.
[13] John Conner, The Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838, UNSW Press, 2012.
[14] Demarr, James, Adventures in Australia fifty years ago: being a record of an emigrant’s wanderings through the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland during the years 1839-1844, Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1893, p.132.
[15] George Augustus Robinson, op cit. Volume 1, p.273, 1 May 1840, also 7 May, p.280.
[16] George Augustus Robinson, ibid. Volume 1, p.276, 2 May 1840.
[17] James Dredge, op cit., diary entry 2 May 1840.
[18] George Augustus Robinson, op cit. Vol 1, p.276, 2 May 1840.
[19] D. W. A. Baker, ‘Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (1792–1855)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-sir-thomas-livingstone-2463/text3297, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 12 January 2019.
[20] ‘The Blacks,’ Border Post, Albury, NSW, 7 August 1875, p.2.
[21] Copy of Despatch No. 90, Gipps to Lord John Russel, 9 April, 1841, in British Parliamentary Papers, Despatches of Governors of Australian Colonies, illustrative of Condition of Aborigines, House of Commons Paper Series: House of Commons Papers, Paper Type: Accounts and Papers Parliament: 1844, Paper Number: 627, p.106-7.
[22] Joseph Docker to Governor George Gipps, 31 December 1840; and Enclosure 2 in number 25, Report of George Augustus Robinson to Charles Joseph LaTrobe; in British Parliamentary Papers, ibid., p.108.
[23] For Brodribb, George Augustus Robinson, Vol 1, p.232, entry for Monday 20 April; for evidence of Aboriginal people working on Docker’s and Barber’s stations, see their submissions to the NSW Legislative Council’s Select Committee Enquiry into Immigration, 1841.
[24] George Augustus Robinson, op. cit. Vol 1, entry for 9 May, 1840, p.283.
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Prince Philip of England’s upbringing was far from normal. He was born June 10, 1921, on a kitchen table on the Greek island of Corfu in a house that had no electricity, hot water, or indoor plumbing. The only son and fifth and final child of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was christened Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark. The platinum blond toddler learned sign language to communicate with his deaf mother.
Prince Philip (center) with parents, ca. 1923 (Lisa’s History Room)
Prince Philip of Greece’s father was a professional soldier in the Greek Army. When Turkey invaded Greece in 1922, Prince Andrew was accused of treason; he was tried, convicted, and jailed and faced possible execution by firing squad. Princess Alice (known as Princess Andrew to English speakers) appealed to her British relative, King George V, for help. Remembering what had happened to his Russian cousin the Tsar when he had refused his cry for rescue, the King quickly dispatched the HMS Calypso to remove Andrew, his wife, their four daughters, and Baby Philip from Greece. Prince Andrew boarded the ship carrying his 18-month-old son in an orange crate. They sailed for France.
For the next eight years, Prince Philip’s family lived in exile in Paris. Philip learned to speak English, French, and German, but no Greek. His family was royal – but not rich – and depended upon the charity of relatives and friends to feed, house, clothe, and educate them while in exile from their mother country.
Prince Philip of England’s family poses for a photograph October 1928. A young Prince Philip stands to the right of his mother, Princess Alice and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. From left to right are Philip’s sisters, all Princesses of Greece & Denmark: Margarita, Theodora, Sophie, and Cecilie.
In 1930-31, the family fell completely apart. All four of Philip’s sisters, who were educated in Germany, married German noblemen and moved to Germany. Then Prince Andrew abandoned his wife and Philip and ran off to live with his mistress on her yacht anchored in the Mediterranean off Monte Carlo where Andrew quickly became addicted to the gaming tables.
Philip’s mother collapsed under the strain. She suffered a nervous breakdown and was institutionalized in Switzerland at the famed Bellevue Sanatorium. That left little Philip all alone in Paris, with no one to care for him. He was only nine.
Philip was then sent to England to be cared for by his maternal grandmother. But then she died. Next he moved in with his Uncle George, who, by 1938, was dead also. Philip was 17 at the time.
Then another of his maternal uncles, Lord Louis Mountbatten, British sea lord and the last Viceroy of India stepped in and took Philip under his wing. “Uncle Dickie” took an intense interest in his promising nephew. He made grand plans for him.
Prince Philip as a young midshipman in the Royal Navy, ca. late 1930s
Even though Philip was a Greek citizen, Uncle Dickie pulled a few strings so that Philip could join the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Then Uncle Dickie began to pave the way for Philip to marry the future Queen of England. In 1939, he arranged for Philip to entertain King George VI‘s two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, while the King and Queen Elizabeth toured Dartmouth Naval College.
When Princess Elizabeth met Philip, she was only 13. She fell head-over-heels in love with the tall, handsome, and athletic young man. The two became pen pals and wrote constantly to one another during the next six years of world war. He celebrated the Christmas of 1943 with her and her family at their Scottish estate, Balmoral. The press hailed the romance as the love match of the century.
In this July, 1951 photo (a year before King George VI’s death and Princess Elizabeth’s ascension to the British throne), Princess Elizabeth and her mother, Queen Elizabeth, arrive at Westminster Abbey to attend the wedding of Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott to Mr. Ian Hedworth Gilmour. Princess Elizabeth’s mother – who styled herself “Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,” after her daughter became Queen Elizabeth II – had a fussy, overdressed sense of fashion. Her hats were generally broadbrimmed, trimmed in lace or swaths of chiffon, or piled high with feathers. Her neckline was often V-shaped and adorned with her trademark triple strand of pearls. Her dresses were feminine, flirty, and accented by enormous brooches and rings. As she aged, she dressed in fruity colors like pink, lime, and yellow. Her dresses and hats always matched in color. Her girlish style, peaches-and-cream complexion, pudginess, and sunny smile suggested a sweetness and wholesomeness that made her extremely popular at home and abroad. The Queen Mother, nee Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, died in her sleep in 2002 at the age of 101. (Lisa’s History Room)
It was no surprise when, on July 9, 1947, the Palace announced that Prince Philip of Greece and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain were officially engaged. Philip was 26; Elizabeth, 21. The wedding was set for November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. The King and Queen were not wild about the idea of Elizabeth marrying before the age of 25, but it didn’t matter what they wanted. Elizabeth wanted Philip and she was going to have him.
Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain and Prince Philip of Greece announce their engagement, July 9, 1947. (Lisa’s History Room)
Buckingham Palace shifted into high gear planning the royal wedding:
“This was not simple a marriage ceremony, but an affair of state that would focus world attention on the British monarchy. Consequently the King and Queen told him [Prince Philip] that his sisters and their German husbands, some of whom had supported Hitler’s Third Reich, could not possibly be included. So they remained in Germany and listened to the service on the radio.” (1)
Still focused on the guest list, the Queen addressed the issue of Philip’s mother, Princess Andrew, whom she considered “pleasant but odd.” Although Philip’s mother had had nothing to do with Philip since he was 9, Princess Andrew had nevertheless been quite busy while others raised her son. After several years of Swiss therapy in the early 1930s, she had rejoined society and taken up charitable works. During WWII, she saved a Jewish family named Cohen from being sent to the death camp by sheltering them in her Greek home.
After the war, Princess Andrew founded a religious order called the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary dedicated to helping the sick and the needy in Greece. Princess Andrew became a nun, taking a vow of celibacy, although she had born 5 children. She had a habit – a nun’s habit – that she wore all the time. It consisted of a drab gray robe, white wimple, cord, and rosary beads. She was commonly referred to as “Sister Andrew.”
Queen Elizabeth was understandably terrified that Princess Andrew would show up at the wedding at Westminster Abbey wearing her nun’s habit and embarrassing the family in a large way. The Queen pressed the issue with Philip. As a result, Princess Andrew appeared at her son’s wedding wearing a demure hat and a simple silk dress, which the Queen later described as “very pretty and most appropriate.”
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip marry on November 20, 1947
Six years later King George VI was dead. Elizabeth and Philip returned to Westminster Abbey for Elizabeth to be crowned Queen.
The coronation was held on June 2, 1953 and televised, at Elizabeth’s request, so that all her subjects could see her crowned. Twenty million viewers watched the seven-hour BBC-TV marathon. The ceremony began as the guests began their stately procession down the long aisle of Westminster Abbey, ahead of the Queen, to take their seats.
Prince Philip’s mother was among the guests. She turned heads as she processed up the aisle wearing a long grey dress and a flowing head-dress that looked remarkably like a nun’s habit! She had had it especially made for the coronation.
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip’s mother (bottom left) processes down the aisle of Westminster Abbey for her daughter-in-law Elizabeth’s coronation as Queen Regnant of Great Britain. June 1953. Princess Andrew is dressed in an outfit resembling her usual attire – a nun’s habit. (Lisa’s History Room)
Princess Andrew, 1965
Princess Andrew died at Buckingham Palace in 1969. According to her wishes, she was buried in Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. On October 31, 1994, Princess Andrew’s two surviving children, Prince Philip and Sophie, Princess George of Hanover, went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, in Jerusalem to witness a ceremony honouring their mother. Princess Andrew was called “Righteous among the Nations” for having hidden a Jewish family in her home in Athens during WWII.
(1) Kelley, Kitty. The Royals. New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1997.
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on July 1, 2010 at 10:14 PM | Reply Winston
I knew Phillip’s role as Queen’s Consort would understandably make him a bit obscure within Britain and the House of Windsor, but I had no idea his youth was so detached from normalcy– even a royal variation of normalcy.
on July 2, 2010 at 8:22 AM | Reply lisa waller rogers
His rootlessness gave him social skills that complemented the shyness of the Queen, who, prior to ascending the throne, had led such a sheltered life. Good to hear from you, Winston.
on March 28, 2017 at 8:22 AM | Reply J Bigger
we are making a film about the royal wedding 1947. Please could you tell me where you found this photo of Prince Philip’s family ?
grateful for your help – best wishes Jane Bigger, Archive Producer Oxford Film & TV, London
on March 29, 2017 at 6:02 PM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
I have searched and searched online for a source for this image yet to no avail. I suggest that you follow this link http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f118/ and pose this research question on the forum. There is so much knowledge here. Other than that, contact The Royal Collection Trust, Picture Archive at https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/about/royal-collection-trust/contact-us. Best to you! Lisa
on May 15, 2015 at 3:55 AM | Reply Mario
Hi! There is an excellent documentary you can watch on youtube about Princess Alice. I seem to recall the title being something like ‘The Queen’s Mother-in-Law.
on May 30, 2015 at 10:21 AM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
Mario, I saw it. It sensationalized Princess Alice’s institutionalization – insensitive and certainly not very politically correct. Best, Lisa
on September 23, 2010 at 1:38 AM | Reply Fran
Being a grandmother I suddenly wondered about the Queen’s childrens grandparents on Phillip’s side…I had no idea about this history and about Phillip’s life before Elizabeth. The story touched my heart.
on September 23, 2010 at 10:38 PM | Reply Winston
I was re-reading this post and suddenly I was struck by the contrast of Phillip’s life before marriage into British royalty with the childhoods of others who married into British royalty– namely, Diana and Fergie. I’ve never known of Phillip complaining of “the Royal way” as those two did. He must have been awed as a young man how he, such a thrown away child of such a dysfunctional household, could have become the great love of the heir to the British throne.
on September 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
Philip was grateful for whatever handout he got!
on December 10, 2010 at 2:53 PM | Reply Laura America
Very well done portrait of Prince Phillip. It also seems to account for his terrible parenting style, as he apparently had no good role model to copy.
on December 10, 2010 at 6:46 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
He didn’t seem to have any family structure growing up.
on June 27, 2016 at 12:07 AM | Reply Sherrod Shiveley
Not always such a rotten parent, I remember his hands-on support of his grandsons as they walked together in Diana’s funeral procession…
on January 8, 2011 at 4:08 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
Norma, I think I am not alone in believing that Princess Alice – in a nun’s habit – called quite a bit of attention to herself at Elizabeth’s coronation. I have met quite a few women like Princess Alice, steeped in the public glory of helping the world’s poor while neglecting their own flesh and blood. I feel sorry for Phillip, who got a rotten set of parents. Princess Alice was mentally ill but her charitable works and claims of mystical experiences made people think she was “holy” rather than severely deranged and lacking judgment.
on July 31, 2011 at 9:24 PM | Reply Katy Montgomery
I do believe that the above story indicates that Princess Alice wore a simple silk dress and hat to the Royal Couples’ wedding. Whatever her reasons for desiring a simple life in later years…I do not believe she can be held respon sible for her mental breakdown after her husband’s infidelity.
on August 1, 2011 at 8:09 AM | Reply lisa waller rogers
Katy, we all make choices and Prince Philip’s mother did, too. The ones she made were selfish. I feel sorry for the childhood misery she inflicted on Philip. I feel resentment for her abandonment of her family in favor of taking on more public causes that reaped her public acclaim. Raising a family well is quiet business with precious few public rewards. There are many among us who neglect that critical work and Alice was one of them. She sought the limelight. Why else would she put on a martyr’s outfit and appear at the coronation so dressed? She was an attention-seeking hound with delusions. It was Elizabeth’s day to shine. No wedding attendee in good conscience wears an outfit that distracts from the bride’s. And Alice was Elizabeth’s mother-in-law! She knew better.
on February 13, 2012 at 9:19 PM | Reply lovingandlaughing
Lisa, above in the original post you wrote that she wore the strange outfit to the coronation, not the wedding. Read through the post again. Remember at the wedding she wore a “demure hat and a simple silk dress” that Elizbeth approved of. I am not saying the woman was or was not a kook, just wanted to point out the conflicting info.
Fascinating read regarding Prince Philip.
on February 14, 2012 at 8:03 AM | Reply lisa waller rogers
That’s funny you should mention that. Over the weekend, I noted that in a book I was reading on Philip. I will change that right away. Good eyes, “loving and laughing,” and thank you.
on October 12, 2014 at 9:18 PM | Reply Alessandra Shepel
I enjoyed the article but not your comments about Princess Alice. She was a remarkable woman and did a lot of good to her adopted country, Greece, feeding the poor and nursing the wounded during World War I and I believe World War II. She did not abbandon her family since all her daughters were married and it was actually her husband who left her and her son! When she decided to convert to the Orthodox faith, common in Greece, rumors of her mental illness were spread and her own mother plotted to take her by force into an institution in Switzerland, while her young son was away. She tried to escape but was kept like a prisoner. She suffered much in Greece due to the Balkan wars, WWI and finally they had to leave Greece in exile, so it is only natural that in her circumstances she suffered of post-drammatic stress system like many soldiers or people in similar circumstances…
Sorry I mean post-drammatic stress symptom! Thanks.
on October 20, 2014 at 5:34 PM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
Alessandra, I have mixed feelings about Princess Alice. I appreciate your comments. Best, Lisa
on February 4, 2013 at 12:59 AM | Reply Gl
Alice the nun was excellent l
Parent. Andrew and girls and alice ‘s. mom were the. Cruelest to destroy alice and separate her beloved son Philip!!! She still had loved him to her death and she inspired to the world. ThAt she got her calling . She is 100 percent sane princess! Stupid. Alice’s hubby and daughters did not care about her ! I admired alice for her silence and gave a heart to help withthe charity. Philip should be proud of his beloved mom !
Princess Alice was hospitalized against her wishes, almost by force. She never chose to be away from her children. After being ‘treated’, as was usual in those days, with electric shock, cold water baths and similar ‘remedies’ she felt too damaged to return to ‘normalcy’. Her charity was like an outlet of sorts to her, yes, but seems to have been genuine.
Also, a slight correction – she wore an habit, maybe it would be more proper to call it a costume, of a nun, but she was never actually a nun, i.e., took no vows (btw, nuns take a vow of chastity, as do monks, not celibacy) and was never technically a member of any congregation. She could never join a Greek Orthodox convent for two reasons: she was a widow and mentally ill. The first obstacle could be set aside for a Princess, but the second never could. Also, she was a convert and she would not be received into any convent with open arms. But, as she was a Princess, she was allowed her little eccentricities. Note that she was addressed Sister, not Mother, as Orthodox nuns are usually addressed.
Mario, thank you for your input. Princess Alice is fascinating. Imagine, also, that she was deaf. Best, Lisa
on February 21, 2011 at 8:08 PM | Reply Vicky
Anyone else think Prince Harry looks like his granddad Prince Phillip? I wish there were more photos of young Phillip to compare.
Supposedly Harry looks more like the Spencer clan.
on August 1, 2011 at 5:43 PM | Reply les
if you look back on the spencer side … harry does look alot like that family…. and many red heads too.
on March 31, 2011 at 9:25 PM | Reply Fran Farmer
I find little resemblance between Prince Harry and his brother Prince William. There’s been speculation of Prince Harry not being Prince Charles’ son, so I have wondered about that, also.
I placed a head shot of Prince Harry alongside that one of the young Prince Philip, and the resemblance is remarkable, to say the least. Try it, you’ll see what I mean.
No more speculation for me, especially when that of Prince Harry’s red hair enters the picture. It is a genetic strain on his mother’s side and not attributable to one of Princess Diana’s lovers.
As for Prince William, it then can be determined that it is he who bears little facial resemblance to the rest of the Royal Family, even though his parentage is not under question.
on February 4, 2013 at 1:01 AM | Reply Gl
I thought. Harry. Resemble. Diana’s brother charles spencer! Thus charles is the father!
on March 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM | Reply Vicky
So I have read else where, yet somewhere I saw a photo of a very young Prince Phillip and it reminded me of Harry. And not too long ago I saw a picture of Prince Phillip’s father and his brothers and I’m not sure if I remember correctly which one it was, but I think it was Phillip’s dad who looked a bit like Harry. Though he does seem to get his coloring from his mum’s family. Though it is funny, I’ve always been told,since I was a very small girl that I look like my Dad.We have the same coloring, eyes and hair, yet a few years ago I bumped into an old neighbor who I hadn’t seem in years and he told me how he couldn’t get over how much I look like my mum. This totally startled me because my mum is much darker in eye and hair coloring than me. Yet in the last few years I’ve noticed I do have mum’s facial expressions and I can now see how some folks see me as looking like mum. Though it does still amaze me a bit. So I guess at some point each of us looks a bit like one or another of our relatives.
on November 24, 2019 at 8:57 PM | Reply Deirdra Wilson-Anderson
Yep, I have seen online a black and white photo of phill when he was 11 years old. I thought it was Harry but then had to check myself because it was an old black and white photo and it couldn’t be possible.
on April 28, 2011 at 10:50 PM | Reply N
wow! i learned a lot in reading this. thanks for an interesting bit of history!
on April 30, 2011 at 5:40 PM | Reply les
i am happy i found your interesting blog….its fun when others share my interest in history… alot of new things i learned about phillip…thx
on June 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM | Reply snowprincess09ph
Happy Birthday to Prince Philip today, he is now 90 years old. He is one of my favorite members of the British royalty.
on June 10, 2011 at 10:04 PM | Reply vic rollon
what a touching story about the Prince’s life. This made me cry with a smile in my heart!!! May you live long… you’re my IDOL. – Vic Rollon, PHP
on June 12, 2011 at 3:06 PM | Reply Carole Khan-White
I loved reading about Prince Phillip’s early years although I was 10 years old when he and Princess Elizabeth married and have read as much as I could find about the the family. I knew that there was some Nazi scandal about his family, but I never understood what it was or that his sisters were married to German military/aristocracy. Nor did I know about his kookie father and his brave though mentally problemed mom. I can sympathize with her because I have known that same kind of hurt of being abandoned by a so-called life partner.
If you look at Prince Phillip’s smile in the engagement photo with Princess Elizabeth I think you will see William’s smile reflected there. I can see both Elizabeth, Phillip, Charles and Diana in William.
I do see both the Montbattens and the Spencers in Harry. He’s so darned cute that he doesn’t have to resemble anyone except himself! I know it will never happen but I would so like to see Harry marry Pippa! (OK, I’m a crazy fairy-tale believer. LOL)
on June 13, 2011 at 1:41 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
Carole, I love your comments, esp. the ones regarding family resemblances. I particularly see Prince Philip’s looks in William.
on January 10, 2012 at 2:09 PM | Reply Adrienne Bliss Brown
I think it should be noted that the Sisterhood of Martha and Mary was founded, after the assassination of her husband, uncle to the last Tzar, in 1905 by Grand-Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, sister to Phillip’s grandmother –both princesses of Hesse of the same era like the last Tzarina — and thus Princess Alice’s aunt. “Ella” like her husband was brutally assassinated east of the Urals by revolutionaries, with other members of the Russian imperial family near the same time as the Imperial family.
A loyal follower was eventually able to remove her body and accompany it to the same resting place in Jerusalem as Princesse Alice chose so we see the connection. The Grand Duchess was considered very beautiful and we can see the same in the earlier pictures of Princesse Alice, even when she was no longer in the first flush of youth during Prince Phillip’s infancy.
In case we Americans feel we have no connection to aristo’s, royals and semi-royals, the Grand Duchess helped to raise her nephew whose son became the much-liked and respect mayor of Palm Beach who has only recently passed away(in terms of my 69 years) , a lovely man and former US Marine in whose company I was only priviledged to be once.
If we will think back before the time of women working and to the isolation of both aristos and the deaf, and consider a royal princess in her “forties,” impaired in her hearing and deserted by a feckless husband, virtually on the dole from cousins, perhaps we would feel more charitable towards the prior Princesse Alice of Battenberg, great grand-daughter to Queen Victoria, who was herself deprived of her mother at a young age and yet was recognised as a Righteous Gentile for the very great risk she assumed to save a family during the Hollocaust. How could this bravery and commitment to right-thinking few of us would reach out to in peril of our lives exist in a “kook”? (It was another member of the Hessian family by marriage, Mafalda of Savoy and Hesse, who perished in a concentation camp largely because of only her identity.)
It is good that the questions persons might ask about Prince Phillip’s early life, during the Queen’s year of celebration of her great length of time and achievements on the throne, are being made easier to answer by a recent book publication and blogs such as this.
on January 12, 2012 at 7:22 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
I’ve been criticized for my harsh assessment of Prince Philip’s mom before. Sorry, everyone; I just have a hard time with her wearing that garb to Elizabeth’s coronation.
on August 16, 2013 at 1:16 PM | Reply Mary
Lisa, the lack of depth in your analysis of Princess Alice is quite astonishing. I LOVE Adrienne Bliss Brown’s compelling account of the life of this remarkable woman who was Deaf and had many challenges. You have a hard time with her “wearing that garb to the royal wedding”? Please !!!
on September 1, 2013 at 3:26 PM | Reply Damein Noble
You mean the Coronation.. In the article she wore the garb/ habit to the Coronation and a long silk dress and simple hat to the wedding.
on September 9, 2017 at 7:29 AM | Reply carusonegirl
Why does this keep being said? Remember…per your piece, she wore a “demure hat and simple silk dress” to the wedding. The weird outfit was at the CORONATION. But either way, yes, it was an attention-seeking act. She wore appropriate attire to the wedding, so she could’ve done the same for the coronation, in my opinion.
Enjoyed your piece!
Carusonegirl, good eye! My comment has been corrected. Thanks for the visit to Lisa’s History Room. Lisa
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on January 29, 2012 at 9:37 AM | Reply Fabio
hello, in the photo of princess alice leading her family out of the abbey at the coronation, who are the people behind her? were they philips sisters and their husbands? because i didnt think they would be invited? regards
on February 11, 2012 at 3:37 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
on February 17, 2012 at 6:52 AM | Reply Bhargavi
No, I believe those in that picture are not Prince Philip’s sisters and / or their husbands. In the official biography of the Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth) released by Buckingham place, it says that due to the growing tensions between Britain and Germany at that time, all of Philip’s sisters and Brother-in-laws were not invited, as they feared a public outcry. Also, they believed that the emergence of new kind of journalism which was seen during Edward VIII abdication, was not something that they were used to, and hence they did not want to jeopardize the Royalty by feeding fodder into this Britain-German tensions by inviting his relatives (Hope this helps :-))
Yes, I believe you are right, Bhargavi.
on July 1, 2015 at 7:19 AM | Reply Mimi
Yes, they are his surviving sisters and their husbands, along with some of their children. I’ve seen the picture identified as such in Prince Philip’s biography.
on March 3, 2012 at 7:14 AM | Reply Jett
Prince Philip’s mother was obviously catholic if she went by the name of “Sister Andrew”, & most likely the Queen Mother didn’t want people to think her daughter was marrying into a catholic family since Catholics we’re barred from marrying a British Monarch at that time, even though Philip converted from Greek Orthodox to the Church of England. And quite frankly, I would have worn it to their wedding as well. Plus I would have put the Queen Mother in her place.
on March 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
Jett, why are you mad at the Queen Mother?
on May 23, 2012 at 9:30 PM | Reply RoderickA
Interesting read. I wonder though, why was it only Philip who seems to have been “lost” in the parents’ drama? Was the family life ok before Philip came into the picture?
Was it a happy family life with just the daughters? Did, perhaps, the four daughters help keep the house-hold or family unit together? Could it have been the loss of her four daughters, married and out of the house, that began a down-ward spiral for Princess Andrew? And that that in turn sent her husband into the arms of another?
And was a despondent Princess, once sent away, to lose interest in a son? But I think I’ve read that she missed her son desperately when she was first “put away”?
on June 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM | Reply Teri Howden Freedman
There are orders of nuns in the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, as well as in the Episcopal church (Church of England). Not all nuns are Roman Catholic (you’re right, that would have ruffled British feathers, had Princess Andrew been a Catholic nun — but she wasn’t). Interestingly, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband invited Princess Andrew to live with them in her final years, which she did. Her remains were later moved from Windsor to Jerusalem to be with those of her beloved Aunt Ella at the Mt of Olives church.
on August 18, 2012 at 6:04 AM | Reply Pat
I think Philip had a sorry life but came a very good man enjoyed reading this story like the royals
on September 13, 2012 at 8:54 PM | Reply Roberto
The article implies that Philip’s maternal grandmother died some time before 1938. That is not correct. His maternal grandmother, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (neé Princess Victoria of Hesse), died in 1950.
on October 8, 2012 at 1:16 AM | Reply Trish
It is my understanding that Alices daughters met and married there partners while Alice herself was instatutionalised, at the request of her mother (that was the day she was seperated from Philip), she did not attend any of the weddings because of this, she was a very smart and clever lady and did not abondon her children,she was taken away because anyone who did not appear normal [she was deaf] in thoes days were removed from society, this happened when she no longer had the support of her husband whome she was quite able to communicate with through lip reading and sign, she spoke four languages and has a great knowalge of the history of the world and an understanding of poor and surffering and people in need, she had no way to care for philip and nowhare to live when she discharged herself from the hospital, which was not the only one she was in and was not the only treatment she recieved, she still recovered from those terrable ordeals and against all odds made a life for herself (be it a little different from the norm, but i think if we went through what she did we may look at things a little differently too) philip had also made a life for himself too and she could not interfear with that. I know tthe outfit was a bit odd looking but she did not (nor did philip) have the same wealth as other royals and she was not about pretence, she always tried to stand her ground, speak her mind and believed in people regardless of the way she was treated, she was not really going to be accepted at that ceramony anyway, so she may as well have gone just as herself, and who was going to listen to her, no one, but she was very proud of her son and i think she had the confidance and courage to be there as her humble self with no shame. She regarded her work as very important, she did,t just save a jewish family, she was a nurse to the solders in the war and spent her life helping others, how many of us can say that. It was Prince Philip who got her remains moved from winsor to jeruselem as were her wishes, i admire this lady and im sure Prince Philip is proud of her, she would never have left him if it had been her own choice, she loved him dearly.
on July 22, 2013 at 10:19 PM | Reply Julie Jackson
Amazing that Prince Philip is as good as he is…what a wretched childhood!
I think its in correct to say Prince Philip had bad parenting skills because of his bad childhood. His own children remember bath times with dad and some of the photographs show his affection and fun nature..
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on February 26, 2014 at 4:22 PM | Reply Paula
Have just watched the film on Princess Andrew go Greece and Denmark an it has whetted my appetite to read more about this woman and her family. Also have just found your page and will stay reading it as I found many interesting articles, thank you. We could however do with less of Diana, who tried so hard to bring down our monarchy. If not for the 2 boys, she was their mother after all, we should leave Dina in her final resting place at Althorpe and be grateful she cannot do any more damage. She knew what she was doing. Our Queen should have been allowed to protect her grandsons, the publics behavior was disgusting, those 2 boys were put in a position they did not have to be.
on April 20, 2014 at 10:26 PM | Reply melphs
can any one tell me if king philip is really from England? does he has a father that is related to him? or is he from a Faraway land? because in Vanuatu roumass has been going around that he is from Tanna……………………………… Thanks……….
on April 21, 2014 at 3:41 PM | Reply lisa waller rogers
He is from Greece.
on December 10, 2014 at 3:11 AM | Reply german
Prince Philip never gave up his rudimentary Greek. Since most English and German words come from Greek anyway, he decided to use a more internationally modern language English, as well as a small amount of Greek. Which brings me to my final point and that is the eagerness with which English writers on the royals are always willing to suggest Prince Philip’s disdain for Greece and Greeks when in fact Prince Philip only despises the communists which ruined Greece and not so much the culture or people.To most Greeks he is the quintessential Greek.True he is of Danish German stock but Germans and Danes are Greeks with fairer hair and eyes.
on June 3, 2015 at 5:19 PM | Reply Ave
Wow I didn’t know a lot of this information about this poor woman. Here are some things I thought about: mental illness was little understood in the early part of the century. Many men and woman were involuntary committed, sometimes for life, and suffered physical and mental abuse in the “hospitals”. Ice bath, shock treatment, drugs abuse from the doctors. I’m sure even in a very high end treatment center, she still suffered these abuses. Maybe Prince Phillip was the lucky one not to be raised by a mental unstable woman. Gosh knows how he would have been treated being raised by her in an unstable state. He might not have survived the ordeal. Like today we laugh at the hats and outfits some princess wear but the bride and Queen are never upstaged.
on June 12, 2015 at 7:38 AM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
Ave, I have enjoyed your comments. Thanks for sharing. Best, Lisa
on August 4, 2015 at 9:36 AM | Reply Chris Ashbridge
I think it is inaccurate to suggest that Prince Philip communicated with his mother by sign language. She was born only partially deaf and was able to speak well.
Chris, my source is Kitty Kelley’s The Royals.
on April 21, 2016 at 1:43 PM | Reply esclarmonde1
Kitty Kelley’s The Royals is an inaccurate portrait and a sensational reading of the Royal Family. My late husband was an equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh and I got to know him very well. The Duke has been an excellent husband to Her Majesty and an excellent father except to Prince Charles whom I think he resents as heir to the throne whereas he has to walk two steps behind his wife, Her Majesty the Queen.
on April 17, 2017 at 9:26 AM | Reply Stunned and mystified
My goodness! To all the people who think this nun was just being weird and seeking to attract attention to herself by wearing her habit to the wedding have no basic understanding of Orthodox monasticism. An Orthodox nun wears her habit all the time, it’s not weird – it’s their norm. It’s not designed to attract attention to herself. If people noted it because it was unusual, that’s fine – but don’t assign such horrid motives – as well as to the fact that she decided to devote herself to helping the poor. It is actually a highly unusual move on her part to honor the Queen’s wishes to dress in something other than her habit, which is really a mark of humility and willingness to please the bride on her wedding day. I suggest you all go visit an Orthodox monastery where you will see that yes, indeed, all of these women wear habits all day long, it’s not done to draw attention to themselves, and they are in fact, completely normal and wonderful people. Don’t be so judgmental and prejudiced against cultures and people and customs you are unfamiliar with. Truly these responses make me sad.
on May 5, 2017 at 2:50 PM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
It is highly unusual, you would agree, that a mother would enter a monastic order.
on December 11, 2017 at 8:25 PM | Reply Erika
Not quite; having mothered grown children is not an impediment to becoming a nun. However, being married is, so I assume her husband was dead. Of course, I’m not too clear about her actual status as a nun from the comments, but she really sounds as if she merits our charity rather than our disgust. Perhaps it’s her religious bent that seems to have rankled your feathers: that’s how it read to me under it all.
on December 17, 2017 at 9:16 PM | Reply Roderick Alvernaz
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/From-high-society-to-a-higher-calling-The-San-2689543.php
on November 4, 2017 at 4:50 PM | Reply Julia cook
Not entirely factually correct! Philip’s maternal grandmother, the Marchioness of Milford-Haven, did not die until 1950. She played an enormous part in his upbringing.
on November 6, 2017 at 9:02 AM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
Julia, point out what facts you consider incorrect and I will recheck them. Thanks for the info on his Philip’s maternal grandmother. Best, Lisa
on April 10, 2018 at 1:51 PM | Reply ZZBAR
“During WWII, she saved a Jewish family named Cohen from being sent to the death camp by sheltering “it” in her Greek home.” Please correct this error. Comes off most offensive.
on April 17, 2018 at 10:13 AM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
on April 17, 2018 at 1:10 PM | Reply MakeupOfCourse
*Attempting to reply to Lisa. 🤦 I just wanted to apologize to you because it seems that people want to pick on every little thing, although UNINTENTIONAL as they may be. Thanks for all you do and share!
on April 24, 2018 at 12:48 PM | Reply Lisa Waller Rogers
Dear Makeup of Course, I am very glad to have open and civil discourse here. Thanks for your kind support. Cordially, Lisa
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on August 8, 2019 at 4:48 AM | Reply Adelphi
Writing as an Orthodox Nun: I know numerous women who, after bearing children and their husbands either dying or separating from them, were accepted into Orthodox Monasticism. Similarly, Orthodox priests, if their wives die or separate from them, must, in Orthodox practice, be monks. They are free to be elected to the episcopacy if they are called. There is no impediment to Orthodox Monasticism implied in having been married and born children.
Previous posters are correct: A nun (including me) doesn’t possess worldly, unmonastic clothes, demure or otherwise; she wears what she wears every day. A nun’s clothing is her ‘uniform’, and like almost all the men in the Coronoation procession, the Princess wore her ‘uniform’. A uniform identifies a person as belonging to some entity: an army, staff of a supermarket, the Church, etc.
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25 Marvel Endgame Facts to Know Before Watching The Movie
by Theodoros II April 12, 2019, 6:00 am
With a couple of weeks left before it arrives in theaters, you’re probably anticipating the following 25 Marvel Endgame Facts to Know Before Watching the Movie. So what exactly are we going to see in this new film?
The remaining heroic Avengers saving the universe hopefully, or what’s left of it. Following the catastrophic events of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos destroyed over half of life in the universe. However, hope never dies.
With the surviving universe in ashes, the remaining Avengers and their allies will do everything to stop the evil Thanos. They have to bring peace back to the universe. Are they going to make it? We don’t know yet.
However, from the 10-minutes footage we watched, we managed to collect this list for you. So, without further ado, here are 25 Marvel Endgame Facts to Know Before Watching the Movie.
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The film has yet to be released and it’s already breaking records. One of the records the film has broken; becoming the first official trailer in YouTube history to reach over a million likes in less than four hours.
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Endgame also broke the record for being the film with the most pre-sale tickets sold within 24 hours. The crazy thing is that it didn’t even need 24 hours to accomplish that. It broke the record in only six hours.
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The Endgame trailer amassed an incredible 289 million views in the first 24 hours, beating its predecessor Infinity Wars. The former record holder had a total of 230 million views in its first 24 hours.
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Endgame will be three hours and two minutes long, or 182 minutes if you prefer. To put it simply, it will be the longest Marvel movie in history.
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Belhaven University is partnering with Woz U, a computer coding school that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (pictured) launched in 2017, to offer an online computer-coding and software-development course at the university. Photo by Gage Skidmore
Belhaven University is partnering with Woz U, a computer coding school that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launched in 2017, to offer an online computer-coding and software-development course at the university.
Belhaven began developing the Powered by Woz U partnership in December 2018, and the first classes will begin in August 2019, Belhaven University President Roger Parrott told the Jackson Free Press.
The 35-week, 16-hour program is exclusively online and provides technical training in programming languages such as HTML, C# Foundations, JavaScript and more.
Students who complete all 16 credit hours before Jan. 1, 2021, will be eligible to receive a tuition scholarship for the remainder of their associate or bachelor's degree studies at Belhaven, and can also take additional Woz U continuing education refresher courses at no cost, Kevin Russell, vice president for enrollment at Belhaven, told the Jackson Free Press.
"We are excited to offer this program because students that complete the training with Woz U through Belhaven will have accumulated computer-based skills that are immediately marketable," Russell says.
The total cost of enrollment in the Powered by Woz U program is $13,200. For more information about the program, visit woz-u.com/Belhaven.
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The nonprofit National Center for Teacher Residencies developed the Mississippi Teacher Residency program, and the Mississippi Department of Education will administer it.
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Alfred Duckett, a Greenville, S.C., native who has served as associate professor of music at Jackson State University since 2014, will perform as a guest conductor for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Falcon at the Omar Hurtado Theater in Coro, Venezuela, on Friday, July 12. Coro is the capitol of the Falcon state on the country's western coast and is one of the oldest cities in the region.
The Orquesta Sinfonica de Falcon is a production of El Sistema, a nonprofit music education program that the late Jose Antonio Abreu, a Venezuelan orchestra conductor and politician, established in 1975. El Sistema launched the Orquesta Sinfonica de Falcon in 2002.
Duckett previously attended a conducting symposium in Venezuela in summer 2018. The orchestra has also already invited Duckett to return as a guest conductor in 2020, a release from JSU says.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story stated that Harvard and Yale were also partnering with Woz U. Woz U is not partnering with those institutions. We apologize for the error.
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"With Great Power, comes Great Responsibility."
―Uncle Ben [src]
Benjamin "Ben" Parker was Peter Parker's uncle and husband of May Parker who was killed spurring Peter on to become Spider-Man.
Ben Parker was the husband of May Parker and the legal tutor of Peter Parker, adopted when his brother Richard and his wife died. Ben has become, with the years, a father figure for the boy, who has grown up following his teachings and his values. He's been a chief electrician for 35 years, now retired, searching for a job in order to gain some money for Peter's school. He appears quite worried for Peter's strange behavior and talks with May about it. When Peter has a fight with Flash Thompson, Ben tries to talk with him about it, teaching him that "With great power comes great responsibility", but Peter doesn't want to listen to him since he has to do a wrestling match, though he said Ben that he was going to the library. While Ben is waiting outside the library, he's approached by Dennis Carradine, a thug who hasn't been stopped thanks to a revengeful Peter. Trying to take Ben's car, Carradine kills him and leaves him on the street. When Peter arrives, he finds him laying on the pavement, trying to say something, but ending up dying in his nephew's arms.
When Peter decides to quit his superhero activity, Ben appears to him in dream, encouraging him to continue his fight for justice and telling him again that "With great power comes great responsibility". Peter, crying, refuses, and leaves Ben, having decided already to give up as a hero.
Ben appears in Peter's imagination, killed brutally by Flint Marko, while Carradine was trying to stop him. Later, when the truth about Ben's death is revealed, in a flashback Flint is seen talking with Ben, who tries to reason with him. Marko just wanted the car, but Carradine, startling him, made him pull the trigger by mistake, thus killing Ben.
Ben was a good man, a father figure to Peter Parker and the major responsible of his personal philosophy, the golden rule of Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility". He's shown to be a very wise and sensitive person, worried about his nephew's future, ready to give good advice every time it's needed, and he showed sympathy to Flint Marko, a criminal. He was also a good husband to May, eternally in love with her.
May Parker - Wife.
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James Swallow is a British author, journalist, and scriptwriter.
Swallow is the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series, having written the original story premises for "One" and "Memorial", two episodes of the series Star Trek: Voyager; he also wrote the script for the videogame Star Trek: Invasion.
His writing includes "Closure", a story for the Voyager 10th anniversary anthology Distant Shores and "Ordinary Days", a story for the Star Trek: The Next Generation 20th anniversary anthology The Sky's the Limit. Swallow's story, "Seeds of Dissent", features in Infinity's Prism, book one of the Star Trek: Myriad Universes series.
Swallow also wrote Day of the Vipers, the first novel of the Star Trek: Terok Nor mini-series, which was released in March 2008, and for which he was awarded a Scribe Award from the International Association of Tie-In Writers for Best Novel – Original (Speculative Fiction). He followed up on this award with a "Best Media Tie-In Novel" Dragon Award nomination in 2018 for his first Star Trek: Discovery novel, Fear Itself, in addition to his second Scribe Award nomination, neither of which won however.
His 2009 contributions include the short story "The Black Flag" in the Mirror Universe anthology Shards and Shadows, and the sixth Star Trek: Titan novel, Synthesis.
Swallow's short story "The Slow Knife", focusing on the Cardassians, appears in the 2010 anthology, Seven Deadly Sins. 2011 saw Swallow contribute his first Original Series novel, Cast No Shadow.
In 2013, he wrote the eBook novella The Stuff of Dreams and his novel The Poisoned Chalice, the fourth in The Fall mini-series, became a New York Times bestseller.
As a journalist, his work has appeared in several different official Star Trek publications in several languages (including Star Trek Monthly, Star Trek Fact Files, The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, Star Trek: The Collector's Edition, Comlink (magazine) and Star Trek: The Magazine).
His first (credited) work in Star Trek Monthly was in Star Trek Monthly issue 22 of that publication.
In Star Trek Monthly issue 46, Swallow listed the following as the best episodes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's first six seasons:
"Emissary"
"Necessary Evil"
"The Adversary"
"The Visitor"
"Trials and Tribble-ations"
"Tears of the Prophets"
Career Edit
Along with his work on the Final Frontier, he is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as scripts for videogames and audio dramas.
Outside of Star Trek, he has written several Doctor Who stories: the Big Finish audio dramas Singularity, Old Soldiers, Kingdom of Silver and the Cyberman 2 miniseries, the novel Peacemaker and stories in the anthologies Short Trips: Dalek Empire, Short Trips: Destination Prague, Short Trips: Snapshots, Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership and Short Trips: ReCollections. He has also worked on fiction in the worlds of Stargate, Blake's 7, 2000 AD and Warhammer 40,000.
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Picciotto to be Recognized with Marion Spencer Fay Award
The Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine will award its 2020 Marion Spencer Fay Award to Marina Picciotto, PhD, Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine.
The national award annually recognizes a woman physician or scientist who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to health care as a practitioner, medical educator, administrator, or research scientist. It is named for Marion Spencer Fay, PhD, Dean and President of Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1963.
Picciotto, who was nominated for the award, is being honored for her groundbreaking research on the role of nicotine in addiction, memory and behavior, and the biology of drug addiction. She studies basic neurobiological processes relevant to both normal behavior and psychiatric illness.
Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD, Chair of the Marion Spencer Fay Award Committee, and Lynn H. Yeakel, MSM, Director of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, wrote that Picciotto has “demonstrated excellence in educational innovation, exceptional leadership skills, and a sustained dedication to mentorship and innovation in training.”
Picciotto will receive the award, which includes a $10,000 honorarium, in Fall 2020 at a reception in Philadelphia. She will present the annual Marion Spencer Fay Award Lecture, during which she will speak about her work and her personal professional journey.
She is Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry and Deputy Director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale. She joined the Yale faculty in 1995 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and earning a PhD in molecular neurobiology at The Rockefeller University in New York City.
She has received numerous honors for her work. In 2000 she was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering by President Clinton and in 2007 was recognized with the Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism by the Society for Neuroscience. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2012. She is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Neuroscience and was President of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco from 2018-19.
In 2007, the first Yale faculty member to receive the Marion Spencer Fay Award was Women's Health Research at Yale Director Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women's Health and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology.
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Marina Picciotto, PhD
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology; Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry; Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
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Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women's Health Research and Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology; Director, Women's Health Research at Yale
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Max du Preez’s latest book brings spring early to SA
Shaun De Waal
Winnie arrived here just now, Max du Preez tells me when I meet him at the Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Three or four big black 4x4s, he says. Blue lights. "And she's just an ordinary MP!"
When he saw her coming, he slipped out of the way, he says. He had a confrontation or two with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in the 1980s. That's when he was editing Vrye Weekblad, the radical Afrikaans paper that exposed apartheid hit squads, got its offices bombed, and finally succumbed after being sued for defamation by an apartheid general.
Since then, and with detours through the SABC and the Sunday press, Du Preez has been writing often provocative commentary and a series of books, of which A Rumour of Spring is the latest.
The book is a penetrating look at where South Africa is today and how we got here. As well as lining up the stats and reaching some startling conclusions about, for instance, organised crime, Du Preez draws on significant historical threads to explain tendencies in the present governing party.
The best parts, though, are where he sums matters up in his characteristically blunt and pungent fashion. For example: "South Africans are like a bipolar patient with Tourette's syndrome."
As with his earlier book, Pale Native (published in Afrikaans and in an expanded edition as Dwars), history and autobiography overlap for a journalist who was present at so many key events – in Soweto in 1976, as a cub reporter, or travelling around Africa and Europe with Mbeki and others in the early stages of connection between white intellectuals from inside the country and the then exiled liberation movement.
As a result, Du Preez has many anecdotes up his sleeve, which are useful for illuminating events and, especially, the personalities involved. When he says, in A Rumour of Spring, that he thought the ANC in power would resemble the post-colonial government of Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara more than that of Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, he's speaking as one who chatted with (and sang Sarie Marais! to) Sankara shortly before the charismatic Burkinabé leader was assassinated.
Du Preez has so many good stories, paired with insightful conclusions on the people involved, that it's easy to get off any one particular track – and many of his tales are too scurrilous to be printed, anyway.
On living in East Germany for a time: "There was such solidarity among the people. Then I discovered why there was such solidarity – it was the people versus the government."
On Pallo Jordan: "He's a clever guy; he's too clever in a way." On a minister who "went the extra yard" for Jacob Zuma: "He has that effect on people. He would charm anyone." On Zuma's political style: "He's the perfect traditional chief. He's certainly not the president of a modern democracy."
We talk about the role alcohol has played at key moments in South African politics, including the famous bottles of whisky that Mbeki used to lubricate the "talks about talks" of the late 1980s. (This is a time, and a relationship, that Du Preez revisits in the new book, taking issue with Mbeki biographer Mark Gevisser's account of the "seductive" Mbeki and those who fell for him, such as Du Preez and the liberal Afrikaner politician Frederik van Zyl Slabbert.)
Du Preez, of course, having been a reporter since the 1970s, knows a great deal about alcohol and the last apartheid regimes.
He compares the former presidents John Vorster and PW Botha: "Vorster was a heavy drinker, but not PW. Everyone around him was, though – Barend du Plessis, Magnus Malan, those guys were complete pisscats.
"It's a nice little piece I might do one day, the story of the role alcohol played in making peace in the subcontinent. The whole Angola-Namibia issue, for instance, was sorted out between [then foreign minister] Pik Botha and the Cubans, who drank themselves silly on rum at Nyala or one of those bosberade [bush meetings].
"Theuns Eloff [one of the negotiators] told me this story. He says if it hadn't been for the fact that those guys got drunk together and then fell over and had to help each other up they wouldn't have seen the humanity in each other.
"They bonded around being hopelessly drunk. The next morning, they were patting each other on the back like he-men, and they did a quick political deal."
Jumping to today's politics, Du Preez bemoans the level to which its rhetoric has sunk. He mentions a Twitter attack on him by his (former) friend and "homeboy", actor Fana Mokoena, who joined Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters and was threatening Du Preez, in successive tweets, that they knew where his farm was and they'd be coming to seize it.
"I really, really, don't have a farm," says Du Preez, shaking his head sadly.
Whatever one bemoans in South Africa today, though, there's reason for hope. So Du Preez argues in the conclusion to A Rumour of Spring, in which he wonders whether we're in for "a long winter or an early spring".
Generally, he goes with journalist John Carlin, who wrote: "This is not Zimbabwe. This is not, for that matter, Russia, which arrived at democracy at the same time."
Du Preez writes: "I have witnessed the suppressed but still tangible tensions in Rwanda, and the dark anger, even hatred, among many Serbs, Croats, Albanians and Bosnians in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. We are doing splendidly in comparison."
Shaun de Waal has worked at the Mail & Guardian since 1989. He was literary editor from 1991 to 2006 and chief film critic for 15 years. He is now editor-at-large. Recent publications include Exposure: Queer Fiction, 25 Years of the Mail & Guardian and Not the Movie of the Week.
Max Du Preez
Drawn Lines: About the place of work in the struggle
Njabulo Zwane - 21 Jan 2020
In this response to Judy Seidman, Njabulo Zwane defends a Black Radical Tradition of refusing the notion of work itself
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Mood: disappointed
taking a stand?
Tonight was our big chance. Tonight was the chance we had to prove something.
Tonight we lost.
I am not referring to the result of the presidential election which for the second time in this millennia will be debated in a court of law.
We, is referring to the country that at one time could call itself the United States of America. One can simply recognize it for what it is. A corporate driven, capitalistic machine that utilizes the joint democrat and republican machine to polarize people in the name of fear and hate.
Tonight, we had the chance once again to make our voices heard. Tonight we had a chance to vote for all those antiquated terms that politicians tell us we don't understand: Liberty, Justice, Freedom.
Tonight we watched a slew of southerners and middle americans prompted by their churches vote against the godless liberals. Tonight we watched a crusade of defensive intellectuals prompted by the 'other team' to vote against the establishment simply because it's them.
We have turned the words liberal and conservative into racial slurs. Only we've almost been able to do so without bringing race into it anymore. Four years ago, I heard screams (yes, literally screams) of NEVER AGAIN. And yet, four years later not only is the map unchanged.... but the networks all agreed, "The reds got redder and the blues got bluer"
And those in the middle? Those that actually hoped their country would remember what it stood for and what freedom and liberty meant? What of them?
Not less than 10 different people considering emigration. I have watched already abject depression and detachment from people. If you didn't think your vote counted in 2000, you probably think it even more now. The media almost said it, and John Stewart of the daily show did. The country tonight consisted of 9 states. The rest.... no one cares.
I for one am making a declaration. If the political machine of the two major parties wishes to turn the elective process into a polarizing challenge of US GOOD, THEM BAD... so be it. But my declaration is that THERE IS NO LONGER A </i>UNITED</i> STATES OF AMERICA.
From this day forth they shall be known (by me and anyone else who agrees) as
THE STATES DIVIDED BY AMERCA. (sic)
SDA if you must.
The first half is obvious. If we were to be foolish enough to call this collective a nation anymore we would have to agree it would have to be called a nation divided. And no matter how many times Peter Jennings tells you that the polarization of the vote doesn't represent the polarization of the people; check the numbers. In almost every state, the numbers were divided by less than 10%. Typically less then 3%.
The word Amerca, I picked for several reasons. One... it's a mispronunciation that I have heard in both the urban centers as well as the most rural. (And I've lived in both). Further, it rather poetically removes the "I" from America. Lastly, it makes it sound more like a corporate name than a country. I find this nomenclature more apropos. Ooh, sorry, that last sentence may be too cerebral for the likes of half the country. I'll try again. Ah, find th' new name, more fittin'.
There are some that will run up and call me unamerican. Which I will find ironic. I did my duty. I voted. And I voted for the candidate that I felt most represented my views. I believe in a nation that protects the rights of all its citizens. I believe that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are not mutually exclusive ideals. I also believe that I have not seen a whole lot of happiness in the past 10-20 years in this nation.
Tonight, some partisans are crying and other people are preparing to gloat. Some are preparing to fight, some feel there is no fight necessary. Primarily because their team did or didn't win. Some, because they still think they can win this one for the gipper. (Who incidentally wasn't on their team, but details details) Tonight the brainwashed fundamentalists that are electors prepare to be let off their chain by their masters so they can push the button they've been told to. Tonight the two major political parties won... and you lost.
Tonight, I would weep. But how do you shed a tear for a group of people that were a nation and now have no soul to weep for. When the two sides become religion with no spirituality and intellectualism with no wisdom.
I for one... I shake my head.
It is my belief that evils like superstition, tyranny, and oppression must not merely be fought against, but utterly vanquished. Destroyed if you will. The human will must be preserved, defended, and fought for. But it must be done with a combination of brains, wisdom, faith, and philosophy. And when the issues bump up... you must find out what is the deeper core of the issue.
As long as I am a citizen of this land where they say I can speak as I will (As long as I don't incite to panic or make threats against our administration; of which I do neither).... I will speak as I will. I will speak until I am hoarse. I will keep speaking even when they have told me to stop. I will fight both sides of the issues until they bloody well shake hands and say, "Ah, that was it."
I will fight, rip, tear, shred, rend. Until polarization is a thing of the past. I will NOT allow the politicians to neatly stack up buzzwords like chess pieces until they can build the perfect stalemate that renders the voice and will of the people undone.
If you cared enough to vote, than Damn you all if you don't care enough to figure out what you really care about and fight for it until you have sucked the marrow out of life.
If you want to call yourself Americans... Than by anything you hold holy, divine, or the lack there of....
Start acting like americans. Stop acting like puppets.
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Tag Archives: Suzy Bogguss
Album Review: The Forester Sisters — ‘Come Hold Me’
Leave a comment Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on June 19, 2019
The girls released their seventh album in 1990 amidst an upheaval of change in the commercial country music landscape. Longtime acts from the 1980s were seeing their commercial fortunes diminish as a wave of hot, young, and mostly excellent talent became the focus of music row.
That being said, the lead single was a version of John Hiatt’s “Drive South” as a duet with Bellamy Brothers. While the song itself is excellent, Suzy Bogguss took it to #2 in 1992, it fails as a duet, couldn’t recapture the magic of “Too Much Is Not Enough,” and peaked at #63.
They rebounded creatively with the next single, “Nothing’s Going to Bother Me Tonight,” which is delightful, bluegrass-infused, and wonderfully uptempo. It, too, stalled at #63. One final single “Old Enough To Know,” a beautiful ultimatum, failed to chart.
In terms of the album cuts, I truly can’t praise them enough. The title track, a brilliant torch song led by the sisters’ exquisite harmonies, is spellbinding. “I Struck Gold” and “You’ll Be Mine” are both delightful mid-tempo ballads. “Between My Heart and Me” and “Better Be Some Tears” give the album some pep, Martina McBride subsequently recorded “Born To Give My Love To You,” a slower ballad, in 1995, and “You Can’t Have A Good Time Without Me” is a striking take on Western Swing.
The most notable aspect of Come Hold Me, in addition to its exceptional quality, is how it updates The Forester Sisters’ sound for the new decade. The arrangements, complete with steel, fiddle, and twangy guitars are perfectly early 1990s but still manages to sound fresh to modern ears. I wouldn’t categorize this as a commercial country album, but more in the alternative vein popularized by Kelly Willis.
I very strongly suggest seeking it out if you’re only familiar with the girls’ more popular work from the 1980s.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist John Hiatt, Martina McBride, Suzy Bogguss, The Bellamy Brothers, The Forester Sisters
Album Review: Lee Greenwood – ‘A Perfect 10’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on May 20, 2019
The winds of change swept through country music in the late 1980s, with younger stars reviving more traditional sounds. Lee Greenwood’s singles were getting less radio play than they had earlier in the decade, and he must have realised that if he wanted to stay relevant he needed to make some changes. In 1990 he moved from his longstanding label MCA to Capitol, and for his second album for that label (then using the Liberty name), in 1991, he released a duet album with ten female vocalists. They were mainly newcomers the label wanted to promote with a few of Lee’s contemporaries.
The only single was ‘Hopelessly Yours’, a duet with Suzy Bogguss, who was about to make her breakthrough. It peaked at #12 but deserved better, as it is a beautiful song written by the great Keith Whitley and Curly Putnam with hitmaker Don Cook, sung by both vocalists with a wistful tenderness, and tastefully produced with some lovely steel guitar.
One of the label’s biggest stars at the time was Tanya Tucker. ‘We’re Both To Blame’ is a traditional sounding waltz about a couple whose marriage is breaking down – another really lovely track.
All-female bluegrass-country group Wild Rose collaborate on the vibrant up-tempo ‘The Will To Love’, which I enjoyed a great deal.
Karen Staley was better known as a songwriter, but released a couple of excellent albums herself in the 90s. I don’t believe she was ever formally signed to Liberty or Capitol (she certainly didn’t release anything for them), but label boss Jimmy Bowen had produced her 1989 MCA album Wildest Dreams. She has an distinctive and unusually deep voice for a woman, and almost overpowers Greenwood on the brassy ‘I’m Not Missin’ Anything’. Cee Cee Chapman, a Curb artist with another deep alto voice, has a boring song for her duet with Lee, ‘You’re Not Alone’.
Carol Chase has an excellent voice and is well matched to Lee on the enjoyable mid-paced pop-country ‘Looking At A Sure Thing’. ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’ is a cover of an R&B classic sung with Donna McElroy, who has provided backing vocals on many country records but is predominantly a gospel singer herself. This version of the song pays not the slightest attempt to sound country, but is pleasant enough listening in its own vein, with a strong soulful vocal from McElroy.
Of the older artists, Lacy J Dalton is wasted on ‘From Now On’, a nice enough but bland MOR ballad which just does not showcase her. Previous duet partner Barbara Mandrell joins Lee for ‘I’d Give Anything’, another dull ballad. Marie Osmond’s pristine vocal on ‘It Wasn’t Love Before’ has phrasing from musical theater.
This is generally a fairly strong album with something for everyone.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Barbara Mandrell, Carol Chase, Cee Cee Chapman, Curly Putman, Don Cook, Donna McElroy, Karen Staley, Keith Whitley, Lacy J Dalton, Lee Greenwood, Marie Osmond, Suzy Bogguss, Tanya Tucker, Wild Rose
Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Somewhere Between’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on May 1, 2019
Classic Rewind Suzy Bogguss
Album Review: Dixie Chicks — ‘Fly’
1 Comment Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on April 12, 2019
NOTE: This is the second time we’ve done a feature on Fly. Check out Chris’ take on the album from March 2009, which was formed as a discussion around whether or not the album deserved to be legendary, by clicking HERE. Also, his post promoted a 27 comment discussion well worth reading.
Dixie Chicks built on the phenomenal success of Wide Open Spaces with Fly, their second album for Monument Records. It was released in late August 1999 and established them as the foremost superstars of the era, on par with Shania Twain.
The ambitious set redefined how a country album could sound both melodically and lyrically. This is when they began courting controversy, painting outside the lines, and rewriting the rules of Nashville. There wasn’t a single artist at the time or since that has perfected or improved upon the formula they perfected with Fly — a solid foundation of traditional country mixed with a pop sensibility with a collection, and this is the key, of intelligent well-written songs. Fly is an album of talent and substance absent of fluff or filler.
A sign that the Dixie Chicks were heading places came in June 1999 when the album’s lead single “Ready To Run” was subsequently featured as a single from the soundtrack to the Julia Roberts/Richard Gere RomCom Runaway Bride. The Celtic flavored tune, co-written by Martie Seidel and Marcus Hummon, hit #2.
They shot back to the top of the charts with the album’s instantly iconic second single “Cowboy Take Me Away,” also co-written by the pair. The title was inspired by the slogan used in commercials for Calgon and the lyric was in tribute to Emily’s marriage to Charlie Robison. It’s a brilliant record from start to finish, with Sediel’s gorgeous fiddle riffs and Robison’s banjo licks proving the perfect backdrop for Natalie Maines’ passionate vocal. It’s one of the band’s signature songs and rightfully so.
What followed was a black comedy detailing the saga of Marianne and Wanda, the latter of who met and married a man named Earl, who physically abused her. The song, written by Dennis Linde, brings the women’s fight for justice to the forefront as they murder Earl and bury him in a shallow grave. The subject matter of “Goodbye Earl” proved a tough pill for country radio to swallow and the track stalled at #13.
They rebounded with their version of Richard Leigh’s “Cold Day In July,” which was originally recorded (separately) by Suzy Bogguss and Joy Lynne White in 1992. Commenters on country blogs have favored the other women’s versions more, but since I’m only intimately familiar with the trio’s take on the song, which hit #4, and it’s the version I heard first, it’s the one I’ll always prefer.
“Without You,” the album’s second #1, is purely pop with country instrumentation. Maines co-wrote it about the demise of her first marriage, and while it isn’t as sharp as “You Were Mine,” it still soars with heartache. Maines’ vocal, which allows her stretch and use her lower register, is a revelation.
You’re forgiven if you’ve forgotten any of the remaining singles released from the album. Although it hit #3, their take on Matraca Berg’s “If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me” isn’t terribly memorable. The album’s eighth and final single, “Some Days You Gotta Dance,” has a nice groove and works well live, but falls into the same territory. It hit #7.
Sandwiched between them is arguably one of the strongest songs they ever sent to country radio. “Heartbreak Town” is Darrell Scott’s take on making it in music city and tells the story of a couple and their baby heading to Nashville and getting rejected by the industry. The record, which hit #23, is a masterpiece:
Hugged your friends
Kissed your mama goodbye
Baby in your arms and a tear in your eye
Twelve hundred miles and you never asked why
Me and the baby and you side by side
We all knew we was in for a long hard ride
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide it seemed
We honked the horn when we crossed the
State line
Woke up the baby and she started to cry
She must’ve known
What we were going to find
This ain’t nothin’ but a heartbreak town
Square people in a world that’s round
And they watch you dancin’ without the sound
It ain’t nothin’ no nothin’
You take your number and you stand in line
And they watch to see how high you’re gonna climb
Pat on the back and better luck next time
It ain’t nothin’ no it ain’t nothin’ but a heartbreak town
Stardust well it’s a funny thing
It can make you cuss
It can make you sing
And the need to touch it gets hard to explain some days
I’ve seen ’em rise
I’ve seen ’em fall
Some get nothin’
And lord some get it all
Some just run
While others crawled away
Hold my hand baby don’t let go
I’ve got some front money
And I’ve got a next show
And I’m, I’m gonna need you
Down this yellow brick road
The album tracks are almost as iconic as the singles, especially “Sin Wagon,” which got its origins from the movie Grease. The film is one of Maines’ favorites, and she co-wrote the bluegrass barnburner with Emily Erwin and Stephony Smith. The lyric caught the attention of the trio’s record label, who objected their use of the term ‘mattress dacin’ in the second verse. Maines doubled down and repeated the line for emphasis, a sign that as far back as 1999 she wasn’t going to make nice with anyone.
“Hello Mr. Heartache” is the album’s most traditional number and another masterful record. “Let Him Fly” is their first association with Patty Griffin, Maines’ favorite singer-songwriter of all time. “Hole In My Head” was written by Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller and showed off their Americana leanings.
Fly is simply one of the greatest contemporary commercial country records ever made. It rightfully won them both the Grammy for Best Country Album and the CMA for Album of the Year. It’s gone on to sell more than ten million copies and inspired their first headlining trek in 2000, the year they were crowned CMA Entertainer of the Year. They richly deserved every accolade that came their way.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Buddy Miller, Charlie Robison, Darrell Scott, Dennis Linde, Dixie Chicks, Emily Robison, Jim Lauderdale, Joy Lynn White, Julia Roberts, Marcus Hummon, Martie Maguire, Matraca Berg, Natalie Maines, Richard Gere, Richard Leigh, Suzy Bogguss
Album Review: John Conlee – ‘Fellow Travelers/Country Heart’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on March 20, 2019
John Conlee’s career was one of the casualties of the wave of young stars emerging in the late 80s swept away the old guard. Columbia having dispensed with his services, he signed a deal with prominent independent label Sixteenth Avenue, which had also recently picked up superstar Charley Pride.
He decided to ‘Hit The Ground Runnin’’, a nice upbeat tune about moving on with some cheerful accordion. Next up was the reflective ‘River Of Time’, written by Larry Cordle and Jim Rushing (although iTunes miscredits it having confused it with the Judds’ song of the same name). This song looks at the changes in attitude brought as one grows up and older:
I was 16 and strong as a horse
I didn’t know nothin’ ‘bout nothin’
But I knew everything of course
I turned 21 totin’ a gun
And losing some good friends of mine
I was crossing my first dreams of sorrow
On the way down the river of time
This river rolls like a rocket
It don’t meander and wind
Ain’t a power on earth that can stop it
We’re all swept up in the grind
So find your companion
The one that will love you
All the way till the end of the line
It’s the dearest of dreams
In the great scheme of things
Goin’ down the river of time
I woke up at 30 and started to worry
About the glaring mistakes of my past
I still had high aspirations
But I knew that I’d better move fast
Now I’m starin’ at 40 and oh Lordy Lordy
I’m still a long way from the top
I’ve still got the heart but I’m fallin’ apart
Reachin’ the hands of the clock
Both tracks received enough airplay to chart in the 40s.
The third single was ‘Hopelessly Yours’ written by Keith Whitley, Don Cook and Curly Putman. It had been cut a few years earlier by George Jones, and was a bona fide hit a few years later for Lee Greenwood and Suzy Bogguss. Conlee’s version is melancholy and very effective, but despite its quality it got little attention from country radio. The final, non-charting, single was even better. ‘Don’t Get Me Started’ is an emotional ballad written by Hugh Prestwood which portrays the lasting sadness of lost love:
Well, thank you for askin’
I know you mean well
But friend, that’s a story I’d rather not tell
To even begin it would take all night long
And I’d still be right here and she’d still be gone
So don’t get me started
I might never stop
She’s just not a subject that’s easy to drop
There’s dozens of other stories I’ll swap
But don’t get me started on Her
You see, deep in my heart is a dam I have built
For a river of tears over love I have spilled
And the way I make certain that dam will not break
Is to never look back when I’ve made a mistake
Prestwood contributed a number of other tunes to the set. ‘Almost Free’ is about a relationship on the brink:
Last night you pushed me a little too far
I was not coming back when I left in the car
There was a time, an hour or two
I was feeling so free – from you
I picked up a bottle and drove to the Heights
Parked on the ridge and I looked at the lights
The engine was off and the radio on
And the singer sang and I sang along
And I was almost free
There almost wasn’t any you-and-me
I was almost free
Whole new life ahead of me
Sunrise rising over the wheel
Bottle’s empty and so is the feel
This car knows it’s the wrong thing to do
But it’s driving me home – to you
Maybe I’m too much in love to be strong
Maybe you knew I’d be back all along
If I could be who you wanted, I would
If I could forget I’d be gone for good
It’s just too hard to walk your line
Maybe baby I’ll cross it next time
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Bob McDill, Charley Pride, Curly Putman, Cuy Clark, Don Cook, Don Williams, George Jones, Hugh Prestwood, Jeff Knight, Jim Rushing, John Bicknell, John Conlee, Keith Whitley, Kenny Beard, Kent Robbins, Larry Byrom, Larry Cordle, Lee Greenwood, Michael Grady, Sam Hogin, Scott Wiseman, Shelby Lynne, Steve Dean, Suzy Bogguss, The Judds, Thom Schuyler, Verlon Thompson, Wayland Holyfield, Wayland Patton
EP Review: LeAnn Rimes – ‘Re-Imagined’
1 Comment Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on June 25, 2018
While the craze of mainstream country stars collaborating with mainstream pop acts has garnered major attention, and rightfully so, another trend has been making waves but leaving far too little a wake. In August 2016, Suzy Bogguss released Aces Redux, a complete re-recording of her classic album in the lush acoustic style she favored in recent years. Dixie Chicks completely overhauled the arrangements on their songs for their MMXVI tour and companion concert album. Mary Chapin Carpenter reexamined parts of her back catalog on Sometimes Just The Sky this past March. Rodney Crowell has Acoustic Classics coming out the middle of next month.
Artists re-recording their hits have been going on since the beginning of recorded music. A recent cause for this is a little-known fact that when artists switch record labels, they don’t get to take the masters and rights to their discography with them. In other words, the artists entire back catalog is the sole property of their former home, especially if it was a major label.
Those re-recorded songs are typically sung as facsimiles of the original hit recording with the hopes a gullible music buying public won’t be able to tell the difference. Very often it’s those re-recordings that make their way onto digital platforms, especially if the artist’s original music hasn’t been licensed by their record label for release in that format.
What’s going on here is entirely different and completely by choice. These albums aren’t merely gimmicky cash grabs but thoughtful reexaminations of songs, and in this case of Rodney Crowell different songs entirely. For his new album, he completely re-wrote “Shame On The Moon.” He felt his original composition, which was a massive hit for Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band in 1982, wasn’t composed with the depth and complexity he would bring to the song today.
In the case of LeAnn Rimes and her new five-track EP Re-Imagined, she reworked these songs for her Remnants tour last year and decided to commit them to record. Although I’ve been somewhat of a rabid fan of her music since the very beginning, I haven’t been paying too much attention to her lately. This release broke the short drought, which I’m also sure it was intended to do.
She opens the collection with “How Do I Live.” Her original version, from 1997, is still one of the cleanest and most masterful pop records I’ve ever heard. She transforms Diane Warren’s lyric into a piano ballad, which might work for some people, but it didn’t work for me. I really don’t care for Rimes in this style, which always comes off heavy, slow and prodding.
I had actually forgotten what the original version of “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” sounded like, the one featured on the Coyote Ugly soundtrack in 2000. Listening to it again, it’s clearly influenced by Britney Spears’ debut from a year earlier. I’m more familiar with the dance remix, which worked on an international scale as I’m sure Curb intended at the time. This new version, taken live from a concert, has more in common with the remix but features actually instrumentation.
Rimes’ original version of “Blue,” from 1996, is arguably still the greatest record she’s ever made. She gave it new life, in collaboration with The Time Jumpers, on Lady & Gentlemen in 2011. For this version, also taken live from a concert, she goes full-on jazz but doesn’t sacrifice the trademark yodel or the song’s traditional country roots.
The revelation, as far as her hit records are concerned, is “One Way Ticket (Because I Can).” Rimes gives the song a gorgeously soft acoustic arrangement stripping the song of any smoke and mirrors. It’s truly impressive what she does with the song, alone, without backup singers to give her a lift. Rimes still has it more than 22 years later.
The final track is one of the two songs from Spitfire that elude to the cheating scandal that soured her reputation with the public and ended her first marriage. “Borrowed” was originally produced by Rimes’ long-time collaborator Darrell Brown, who also oversaw this EP. The track was already in this style so nothing about the arrangement really changed.
However, this version is a duet with Stevie Nicks. Rimes and Nicks harmonize throughout the song, which is a mistake given the lyrical content. I’m also a huge fan of Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, so I’m saying this with love, but Nicks’ voice isn’t what it used to be but either is Don Henley’s. The age on Nicks’ rasp, which is far too low now, is just unappealing.
The majority of this EP feels utterly unnecessary and in place of new music, not really worth much of anyone’s time. Rimes’ voice has changed, too, which she claimed in a 2013 lawsuit was the result of botched dental work. She still has incredible range, which I noted when I reviewed “How To Kiss A Boy” in November 2016, but the clarity is gone.
I still recommend checking it out, especially if you’re a fan of Rimes’ work, to hear this new addition to her musical legacy.
Album Reviews Britney Spears, Darrell Brown, Diane Warren, Dixie Chicks, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac, LeAnn Rimes, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rodney Crowell, Stevie Nicks, Suzy Bogguss, The Time Jumpers
Album Review: Moe Bandy – ‘Live in Branson MO, USA ‘
Leave a comment Posted by Paul W. Dennis on February 26, 2018
Back in 1993, Delta Music issued four albums in their Live in Branson MO, USA series. While I think the intent was to go farther, only albums on Johnny Paycheck, Faron Young, Connie Smith and Moe Bandy were ever released.
Live albums are always a bit of a gamble; some of them are quite good, others are a waste of material. Moe Bandy Live in Branson MO, USA is a pretty decent album; moreover, at the time it was issued it was the only live recording available of Moe as a solo artist (I believe that is still the case).
Moe is accompanied by the following musicians on this recording from June 26, 1992. The album was recorded at the Moe Bandy Americana Theatre, so which of these musicians were members, if any, of these were members of Moe’s road band, I cannot say:
Phil Coontz – leader & steel guitar
John Clark – fiddle, accordion, steel & acoustic guitar, mandolin
Scooter Hill – acoustic guitar, harmonica, keyboards & harmony vocals
John Parmenter – accordion, fiddle & harmony vocals
Kris Spencer – harmony vocals
Ed Synan – piano, synthesizer & harmony vocals
Shawn Tull – guitar & harmony vocals
Tony Walter – bass & harmony vocals
Terri Williams – vocals
Whatever the case, these musicians do a nice job of presenting Moe in a country context.
The album opens with “Another Day, Another Dollar”, the Wynn Stewart classic which is used to give the band a chance to show off. Moe sings the first verse and the chorus.
Next up is Ian Tyson’s “Someday Soon” which hit #21 for Moe in 1982. The song was long familiar to audiences through the Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins and Chris LeDoux recordings (plus it was an album track on countless albums by other artists). Suzy Bogguss would have a slightly bigger hit with the song a few years later.
“Hey Joe” was written by Boudleaux Bryant and was initially a hit for Carl Smith, the father of Carlene Carter and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Carl took the song to #1 for eight weeks in 1953, the first of many #1 records written by Boudleaux Bryant. Moe &Joe (Stampley) reached the top ten with the song in 1981. This version is an up-tempo straight ahead version that I like better than the Moe & Joe duet.
“It’s A Cheating Situation” written by Curly Putman and Sonny Throckmorton, was one of Moe’s two #1 singles (Record World & Canada RPM). Terri Williams fills the Janie Fricke role here – she’s not as accomplished a singer as Fricke but acquits herself quite well.
“Rodeo Romeo” a typical Bandy song that reached #10 in 1981, is up next, followed by the first of two Moe Bandy compositions in “Many Mansions”, about a down and out homeless person’s faith in what is to follow:
Hope is a thing with feathers that perches on the soul
Said the homeless young man standing there strong against the cold
I reached into my pocket, said a penny for your poetry
But when I handed him a dollar bill he was shaking his head at me
And he said these words to me
In my Father’s house are many mansions
Though tonight some make their beds along the streets
Where I’ve seen lives still by winters bitter chill
In my Father’s house there’s a mansion for me
“The Horse You Can’t Ride” is an interesting song composed by Blake Mevis. Moe had this song on one of his albums, so it has not been widely heard but I think it is a compelling song. I think maybe Garth Brooks should hunt down this song and record it.
His boots were all beat up from the dust and the weather.
His face and hands were tanned like sun dried leather.
He rolled a Bull Durham reefer, as he thumbed my diesel down.
He said he had just blew Dallas on the first wind out of town.
He must have read my face, I didn’t think it was showing.
Anyway that old cow poke had a way of knowing.
He said judging from the way your broken up inside.
My guess would be that you just found that horse that you can’t ride.
We all find that horse that we can’t ride.
He kicks you in the heart and leaves you laying in your pride.
But every cowboy worth his salt knows its worth a little hide.
To fall and get back up on that horse that he can’t ride.
He said son now I have done an awful lot of living.
It’s too late for me to ever be forgiven.
The devil holds the mortgage on my saddle and my soul.
‘Cause I left heaven crying on a ranch in El Paso.
We split a pint or two by the time we got to Austin.
He told me how he loved it and then he told me how he lost it.
When nothing meets nowhere with nowhere.
I stopped and let him down.
He said son now this is where you are headed,
If you don’t turn this rig around..
To fall and get back up on that horse that he can’t ride
This is followed by “Hank Williams You Wrote My Life”, a quintessential Moe Bandy song if ever there was one.
Moe Bandy didn’t seem to write a lot of songs but the ones he did right were quite good. “My Wish For You” is about a father’s wishes for his child’s well-being.
The album closes with three of Moe’s later, less hard-core country hits, plus an early hit. The later hits are “You Haven’t Heard The Last of Me” (#11 – 1987), “Till I’m Too Old To Grow Young” (#6 – 1987) and Moe’s last top ten hit “Americana” (#8 – 1988). Because Moe did not have an orchestra, these recordings have a more solidly country sound than the post-Columbia albums from which these songs were taken. Sandwiched in between these numbers is an early GRC hit, written by Lefty Frizzell, “Bandy The Rodeo Clown.”
The only real criticism I have of this album is that on a few songs, I would have preferred that Moe’s voice be a little more front and center in the mix. A few of the tracks, most notably “My Wish For You” have a quasi-acoustic setting.
This is a really fine and enjoyable album that shows off the range of Moe’s talents, and is the only exemplar of Moe’s live show of which I am aware.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Blake Mevis, Boudleaux Bryant, Carl Smith, Chris LeDoux, Connie Smith, Curly Putman, Faron Young, Garth Brooks, Hank Williams, Ian & Sylvia, Ian Tyson, Janie Fricke, Joe Stampley, Johnny Paycheck, Judy Collins, Lefty Frizzell, Moe & Joe, Moe Bandy, Sonny Throckmorton, Suzy Bogguss, Terri Williams, Wynn Stewart
Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)’
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Christmas Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘You’re A Mean One Mr Grinch’
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Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Night Rider’s Lament’
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Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Someday Soon’
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Album Review: Joy White – ‘Between Midnight And Hindsight’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on February 22, 2017
Billed simply as Joy White (she incorporated Lynn later), the redhead from Arkansas and Indiana had a sound as striking as her appearance. Signing to Columbia Records in 1992, no doubt the label had great hopes for her debut album, filled as it was with great songs and Joy’s distinctive vocals, by turns fierce and vulnerable, in a way which presages the mainstream music of the Dixie Chicks with Natalie Maines half a decade later. It is unsurprising that they even covered songs Joy did first. Paul Worley and Blake Chancey produced the set, and would go on to work with the Chicks.
Unfortunately country radio was not quite ready for Joy’s intensity, and none of the album’s three singles reached the top 40. First up was ‘Little Tears’, an up-tempo tune about defying the pain of heartbreak written by Michael Henderson and Mark Irwin.
‘True Confessions’, the closest Joy came to a hit single, peaked at #45. Written by Marty Stuart with hitmaker Kostas, it is a very good song given a compelling performance. Stuart has been quoted saying Joy’s voice “could make time stand still”, and she commits to a passionate tale of falling in love despite the man initially not being in it for the long run:
He only wanted my shoulder to cry on
He only wanted my love for a while
I was lookin’ for someone to rely on
I traced his heart from his smile
The stars were fallin’ in every direction
The moon was rockin’ back and forth in the sky
Modern day lovers with true confessions
Written in their eyes
The last single from this album, ‘Cold Day In July’, which was also recorded around this time by Suzy Bogguss, and was later a hit for the Dixie Chicks, was written by Richard Leigh, known for his songs for last month’s Spotlight Artist Crystal Gayle. A graceful subdued ballad about the shock of a breakup, Joy’s version shows her vulnerable side.
Another song which may be familiar is ‘Wherever You Are’, which Highway 101 had included on their Paul Worley produced Bing Bang Boom – an album on which in turn they had recorded a Joy White penned tune, ‘Big City Bound’.
Joy continues the assertive dealing-with-heartbreak up-tempo theme with songs like ‘Wishful Thinking’, written by the team of Michael Henderson and Wally Wilson. The same pair contributed the more positive ‘Let’s Talk About Love Again’, a catchy number which might have been a good choice for a radio single. ‘Hey Hey Mama’ has a rockabilly feel.
Slow and intense, ‘Those Shoes’ (written by Kevin Welch and Harry Stinson) is an excellent song addressed to the woman her ex left her for, and who has now shared the same fate:
I’ll bet you don’t know what went wrong
Why has your darling gone with her
You’re half wild
You wanna track him down
You think you can bring him round again
There’s nothing that you’d love more
Than to tear her in two
I know how close I came
Coming after you
Yes, I’ve walked in those shoes
I know where you’re headed
There’s still time to turn around
Don’t follow in my footsteps
Cause it’s a long way down
I’ve come back here tonight
To give you the news
You might think you’ve lost it all
But there’s a lot more you can lose
My favorite song, and the one whose lyrics provide the album title, is the beautifully constructed story song ‘Why Do I Feel So Good’, written by the great Bobby Braddock. It relates the tale of a young girl persuaded to marry the boring rich guy rather than her working class true love, and regretting every second:
Mom and Dad didn’t like her boyfriend
Cause working in a factory
Just wasn’t satisfactory
They said he’s too rough and a little too wild
They knew all the reasons she should leave him
She just smiled
“If he’s so bad
Why do I feel so good?
Why am I walking on air
Dropping his name everywhere?
Tell me Mom and Dad
Now she lives in a 40 room mansion
With a man so boring
That Mom and Dad adore him
She lost in the big bed where she lies
And somewhere between midnight and hindsight she cries
“If he’s so good
Why am I chilled to the bone
Wishing I’d never left home
And if I should feel so good
Then she runs home to Mama
And she cries to her Dad
“Why did you talk me out me out of
The only chance for happiness I ever had?
Why did I feel so good?
Why was I walking on air
And dropping his name everywhere
Joy wrote a couple of the songs herself, both ballads. ‘Bittersweet End’, a co-write with Sam Hogin and Jim McBride, is a reflective song about the aftermath of a relationship where “the taste of forever still lingers”. Some lovely fiddle augments it beautifully. The delicate ‘It’s Amazing’ is a gentle love song given a string arrangement to close out the set.
I was always sorry this album did not help Joy to break through. It is well worth checking out.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Blake Chancey, Bobby Braddock, Crystal Gayle, Dixie Chicks, Highway 101, Jim McBride, Joy Lynn White, Joy White, Kostas, Marty Stuart, Michael Henderson, Natalie Maines, Paul Worley, Richard Leigh, Sam Hogin, Suzy Bogguss, Wally Wilson
Single Review: Vince Gill – ‘Take Me Down’
6 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on February 9, 2016
Vince Gill has reached the stage in his career when he can record pretty much what he wants with no particular need to pander to commercial considerations. Sometimes that’s a good thing for an artist, at others it may lead to self-indulgence.
While I wouldn’t call this new single self-indulgent, it does represent a side of Vince’s artistry which isn’t my favourite. A mellow mid tempo ballad, it is beautifully sung with Vince’s vocals at their warmest and sweetest. The lyric is both romantic and sexy, lauding an existing relationship which has lost none of its fire. The production is understated and allows the voice to shine. The downside for me is that the admittedly pretty melody and arrangement are country at its most sophisticated, AC leaning.
Vince co-wrote the song with Nashville based former pop star Richard Marx, with whom he has worked before, and with Jillian Jacqueline, an aspiring artist Marx is producing. You may possibly remember her as a child back in 2001, billed just as Jillian, when she contributed to a low-charting single by Billy Dean and Suzy Bogguss called ‘Keep Mom And Dad In Love’.
It’s pleasant enough to listen to, and if not viewed through my traditional-leaning country fan ears would be a very fine offering. But it doesn’t really appeal to me viscerally. Little Big Town add harmonies, but if anything they flatten out the emotional impact for me.
This is hard to review, because objectively it is extremely well done and there is no substantive criticism I can make. If it falls short for me, that feels more like a failure on my part to appreciate it.
Grade: A-/B depending on whether it’s judged as a country song.
Single Reviews Billy Dean, Jillian, Jillian Jacqueline, Richard Marx, Suzy Bogguss, Vince Gill
Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss and Billy Dean – ‘Something Up My Sleeve’
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Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Wayfaring Stranger’
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Album Review: Kevin Moon – ‘Throwback’
8 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on December 9, 2015
When reviewing the year’s releases for my end of year lists, I realised that I never reviewed this album properly. As the album’s title hints, Alabaman Kevin Moon is a thorough going traditionalist who could have been a big star if he had been around in the late 80s or early 90s – the era of most of the songs on this album. He has a fabulous country voice with rich tones and characterful inflections, and he stands up well against the stars who guest on this album.
He teamed up with Ken Mellons (who he sounds very like) to rework the latter’s ‘Honky Tonk Teachers’. It’s an appropriate choice with its loving tribute to the great country singers of the past, and this version is great.
Kevin pays tribute to the late Keith Whitley a number of times, starting with a nice version of ‘Til A Tear Becomes A Rose’, with Rhonda Vincent taking Lorrie Morgan’s duet part. This is one track where the original is better, but it is a beautiful song with a lovely melody. Whitley wrote ‘Hopelessly Yours’, recorded by John Conlee, George Jones, and Lee Greenwood/Suzy Bogguss. Moon’s cover is an emotional duet with young singer Mary Sarah. The heartbreaking ‘Tennessee Courage’ serves as tribute to both Whitley and to Vern Gosdin, and is performed with two artists who should have been stars, Wesley Dennis and Kevin Denney, and a younger singer I hadn’t previously come across but who bears further investigation, Billy Droze.
Another star not currently available to help out is Randy Travis, so Travis’s one-time protégé Daryle Singletary helps out on an excellent version of ‘The Storms Of Life’. Conway Twitty’s son Michael assists on the sentimental ‘That’s My Job’.
John Anderson guests on his early 90s comeback hit. ‘Straight Tequila Night’ – again, I prefer the original, but this is still good. Marty Raybon’s voice blends beautifully with Moon’s on a lovely version of Shenandoah’s ‘Moon Over Georgia’. Doug Stone still sounds good on a version of his ‘I’d Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)’. ‘You’ve Got To Stand For Something’ features Aaron Tippin, but is less forceful than the original.
A couple of new songs are included. ‘Low Key’ dreams about a much-needed beach vacation, mixing a steel guitar dominated arrangement with Spanish-influenced guitar, and is nicely done. The title track strings together quotes from a selection of great country classics and calls for some throwback country, “with some drinkin’, cheatin’ lyin’, leavin’”, and is quite clever.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable album from a young man with a lot of talent. The lack of originality in making most of the material cover songs is ameliorated by making them duets with, in most cases the original stars.
Album Reviews Aaron Tippin, Billy Droze, Conway Twitty, Daryle Singletary, Doug Stone, George Jones, John Anderson, Keith Whitley, Ken Mellons, Kevin Denney, Kevin Moon, Lee Greenwood, Lorrie Morgan, Marty Raybon, Mary Sarah, Michael Twitty, Randy Travis, Rhonda Vincent, Shenandoah, Suzy Bogguss, Vern Gosdin, Wesley Dennis
Christmas Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem’
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Album Review: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard – ‘Django & Jimmie’
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Django & Jimmie is the latest endeavor by the ageless comrades Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. While the title suggests an album of songs made famous by Django Reinhart and Jimmie Rodgers, the Django part of the equation would be impossible to pull off since Django was a Gypsy guitarist whose musical compositions were instrumentals, “Nuages” being the most famous.
Instead what we have is an album of interesting songs, mostly new but some old, and taken from a variety of sources.
The Django connection for Willie Nelson is quite strong; you can hear it every time Willie plays his guitar. While Willie is an excellent guitar player, he is not in Django’s class (almost no one is) but listen to some Django recordings and you will know why Willie’s guitar playing sounds like it does.
As for Merle’s connection to Jimmie Rodgers, Merle and those such as Lefty Frizzell who influenced Merle, grew up with the music of Jimmie Rodgers. At the height of his commercial prowess in 1969 (he released six albums in 1969), Merle felt strongly enough about the music of Jimmie Rodgers that he recorded a two album set that he got Capitol Records to release. Ken Nelson, Merle’s producer must have cringed at the idea of releasing a two album set of blues, yodels, thirties pop music, Hawaiian music and parlor songs but release it he did. Nelson also put Rodgers’ “California Blues” as the B side to “Hungry Eyes”.
Surprisingly, the title song “Django and Jimmie” was not written by either Willie or Merle, coming instead from the pens of Jimmy Melton & Jeff Prince. In this jog-along ballad, Willie and Merle discuss where their styles came from
illie I’m a kid with a guitar
Trying to play “Nuages”, when they ask
Where does your style come from?
Merle I know what you mean
‘Cause I learned to sing
Listening to blue, yodel number one
Willie We love Hank and Lefty
Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, and Johnny Cash
But if we had to pinpoint
The start of who we are
Or who we go by
Both The Django and Jimmie
Paris, Mississippi
A young singing brakeman
A jazz playing gypsy
Might not have been
A Merle or a Willie
If not for a Django and Jimmie
The rest of the album really has nothing to do with Django or Jimmie, except to the extent that Django and Jimmie flavor all of their music.
“It’s All Going To Pot” has nothing to do with marijuana but instead comments on the general state of the world and the state of their own lives. The song was written by Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson and Larry Shell with Jamey joining Merle and Willie in vocalizing. The song is very upbeat in tempo with some Mariachi horns (played by Jamey Johnson):
Well, it’s all going to pot
Whether we like it or not
The best I can tell
The world’s gone to hell
And we’re sure gonna miss it a lot
All of the whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee
It just couldn’t hit the spot
I gotta hundred dollar bill, friend
You can keep your pills
‘Cause it’s all going to pot
“Unfair Weather Friend” is a gentle ballad about friendship. Penned by Marla Cannon-Goodman and Ward Davis, the song is the flip of the concept of fair weather friends.
“Missing Ol’ Johnny Cash” is a recent Merle Haggard composition on which Merle and Willie and Bobby Bare swap lyrics and stories about Johnny Cash. The song is an affectionate look back at their departed friend. This is another jog-along ballad that probably cannot be covered in a believable manner by anyone else. Here’s one of Willie’s verses:
Well now Johnny Cash wore black attire
And he fell into that Ring of Fire
He came up swinging like a Boy Named Sue
And he married June Carter and he [?] too
He wrote his songs from deep within
And he hit the stage with a crooked grin
He and I were both Highwaymen
And that record became a smash
Well I’m missing ol’ Johnny Cash
Here’s Bobby Bare’s verse:
Johnny Cash never walked no line
Johnny Cash never did no time, but
When he sang a Folsom Prison Blues
You knew good and well he’d paid his dues
True, he always dressed in black
But he loved folks and they loved him back
Carried his pills in a brown paper sack
Well I don’t care if they found his stash
I’m missin’ old Johnny Cash
Shawn Camp and Marv Green wrote “Live This Long” and I suspect that they wrote it specifically for this album. Another slow ballad, this song look backward at life and what might have done differently if the narrators had known that they would live this long.
“Alice In Hula Land” is a Willie Nelson-Buddy Cannon co-write. As performed here, the song is yet another slow ballad, but with a very Hawaiian sound. As best as I can tell, this song is about a groupie, although I may be very mistaken in my interpretation.
Alice in Hulaland
Come sit here on the front row
And get close to the sound
As close as you can
Are you there for the melody?
There for the lyrics?
Or just for the boys in the band?
“Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” is the Bob Dylan classic from treated as a straight-ahead country ballad with steel guitar featured prominently (Mike Johnson &/or Dan Dugmore) and harmonica by Mickey Raphael featured at points in the song also.
“Family Bible” was one of Willie’s first successful songs. Willie sold the rights to the song so the songwriter credits read Claude Gray, Paul Buskirk and Walt Breeland. Merle sings the verses on this song while Willie limits himself to playing the guitar and singing harmony on the choruses. THis is a very nice recording, perhaps my favorite recording of the song.
WIllie Nelson and Buddy Cannon collaborated on “It’s Only Money”. I don’t know who Renato Caranto is, but his saxophone work. Mike Johnson’s dobro and Jim “Moose” Brown’s keyboards really shine on this up-tempo song.
“Swinging Doors” was a huge Merle Haggard hit in 1966. If you ever wondered how Willie Nelson would tackle the song, here’s your chance to find out. Willie and Merle swap verses on this one.
“This Is Where Dreams Come To Die” is yet another Willie Nelson – Buddy Cannon composition. This slow ballad would make a lovely single in a less brain-dead musical environment.
This is where dreams come to die
Then they fly back to heaven
But this is where dreams come to die
They’re fun when you dream them
Everyone is laughing at you
And it’s fun, watching them wonder
And all of the dreams are coming true
“Somewhere Between” is a old Merle Haggard song from 1967, an album track from his 1967 album Branded Man. Suzy Bogguss had a nice recording of the song about twenty years ago, but the song never has been a big hit for anyone, being mostly relegated to being an album track on countless albums. Willie sings the vocals on this one.
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There’s a window that I can’t see through
There’s a wall so high that it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
I love you so much, I can’t let you go
And sometimes, I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There’s a door without any key
Yet another Willie Nelson-Buddy Cannon song is next, a cowboy western ballad titled “Driving The Herd”. The subject matter seems self-explanatory, but the song can be interpreted either as a song about a cattle drive, or a song about a singer gauging his audience.
The album closes with “The Only Man Wilder Than Me”, another recent Merle Haggard composition that could be about either Merle or Willie in their younger days. The tempo is that of a slow ballad.
This album is fine – although older, Willie’s voice is in better shape than Haggard’s, but the band is tight, the songs are very good and the songs are treated with proper respect. It’s pretty clear that neither artist has an ego problem because the ebb and flow between Willie and Merle couldn’t be better
Album Reviews Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Buddy Cannon, Claude Gray, Dan Dugmore, Django Reinhardt, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Jamey Johnson, Jeff Prince, Jim "Moose" Brown, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Melton, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Ken Nelson, Larry Shell, Lefty Frizzell, Marla Cannon-Goodman, Marv Green, Merle Haggard, Mickey Raphael, Mike Johnson, Paul Buskirk, Renato Caranto, Shawn Camp, Suzy Bogguss, The Highwaymen, Walt Breeland, Ward Davis, Willie Nelson
Concert Review: Suzy Bogguss in Natick, Massachusetts
2 Comments Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on April 27, 2015
Towards the end of her majestic set at the Center For The Arts (TCAN) in Natick, MA April 16, Suzy Bogguss declared her Midwestern roots have led to a life of running, always heading somewhere. It’s been a subtle thematic presence in her music since the beginning, only growing stronger the more fully realized her catalog becomes.
Flying by the seam of her skirt, Bogguss and her band mates (which included Charlie Chadwick on upright bass) let inspiration guide the evening and erase the fourth wall, gifting the audience a rare intimacy. We were as much a part of the show as the trio on stage, proving the essential need to help tiny venues (TCAN, housed in a firehouse built in 1875, has just 270 seats in its performance room) prosper for the sake of feeding hungry souls craving the authenticity of genuine performers singing and playing real music.
Bogguss ran through her hits, opening with the one-two-punch of “Outbound Plane” and “Aces,” the latter of which she admits is so open to interpretation she doesn’t try and explain its meaning anymore. She gave an all-to-brief shout out to her friend and co-writer Matraca Berg before “Hey Cinderella” and spiritedly performed “Drive South.”
She spent the majority of the evening reflecting on Merle Haggard and Garrison Keillor, the separate inspirations behind her two most recent projects. It was those Haggard and folk tunes that stole the show, from the angelic “Today I Started Loving You Again” to the playfully wordy “Froggy Went A ‘Courtin.'” Bogguss stunned with “Shenandoah” and turned in a masterful rendition of “Wayfaring Stranger.”
She referenced hallowed company before “I Always Get Lucky With You,” which had George Jones covering Haggard before he then recorded the ballad himself. When talking about Haggard, she reminisced about wanting to return to country, looking for a Haggard song to include on the album and choosing to end up with a whole record of his songs.
Bogguss grew emotional talking about her 20-year-old son Ben, a college sophomore, and the empty nest he left behind. She celebrated the highs of reconnecting with her husband Doug through her tantalizing version of “Let’s Chase Each Other ‘Round The Room” and the lows with her own “Letting Go,” one of the greatest off-to-adulthood songs in country music history.
“The Night Rider’s Lament” kicked off a detour into her penchant for Western themed songs and displayed how much she’s grown as a storyteller since first recording that track twenty-five years ago. “Someday Soon” fit in nicely, too, with Bogguss encouraging the audience to sing along. Bogguss opened the encore yodeling away on “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart,” a 90 year old tune that sounds as at home in her hands as it did when Patsy Montana took it up the charts in the 1930s.
Bogguss and her band relied on the power of their voices for “Red River Valley,” coming off their microphones to give an already intimate performance another level of closeness between singer and audience. She came full circle with the theme of escape through Haggard’s “The Running Kind” and confessed she isn’t confrontational; she just wants people to like her.
If anything, Suzy Bogguss doesn’t have to worry about being liked. She’s easily one of the warmest artists I’ve ever seen live, a homey presence on and off the stage. By leading with her heart, she rewards her audiences with a transparency that once defined the essence of a country singer. She’s a mother and a wife who just so happens to spend her life making records and singing live. She shares her emotions and leaves us feeling like we’re friends gathering in a coffee shop to catch up. In addition, she’s genuinely grateful whenever someone comes through the meet-and-greet line with a bunch of her records to sign.
As if that isn’t enough, what makes Bogguss truly special is her innate ability to separate from the big machine and create passion projects that allow her to further the legacy she’s been cultivating since the beginning. That enthusiasm for her work allowed her to effortlessly glide between the Merle Haggard Songbook, timeless folk tunes, the Wild West and distinct nods to her hit making heyday with confident ease and sophistication. Bogguss may be a woman on the run, but she’s found a home at every pit stop along the way.
Live Reviews Charlie Chadwick, Garrison Keillor, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Suzy Bogguss
Album Review: Gretchen Peters – ‘Blackbirds’
2 Comments Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on February 10, 2015
In the months leading up to the release of Blackbirds Gretchen Peters was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and she also performed as part of the Poets & Prophets series at the Country Music Hall of Fame with her husband Barry Walsh. The follow-up to her 2012 masterwork Hello Cruel World, Blackbirds is the most personal album of her illustrious career.
Peters began the songwriting process for Blackbirds in the summer of 2013, drawing inspiration from a week where she attended three funerals and a wedding. Thus, she explores mortality from varying perspectives, through transcendent bouts of vivid poetry, compositions commanding the listener’s attention without letting go.
The exquisitely bleak “Pretty Things,” co-written by Peters and Ben Glover, serves as the promotional single. A raw meditation on the fleeting lure of beauty, “Pretty Things” is a stunning battle cry about gratitude, and our need to appreciate what we have, while it’s still here.
Peters co-wrote two other tracks with Glover, a musical partner with which she feels both kinship and safety. The songs couldn’t exude a sharper contrast thematically, running the gamut from murder in Southern Louisiana to an account of a snowy winter set in 1960s New York City. The cunning murder ballad is the title track, a vibrant tale of destruction soaked in haunting riffs of electric guitar. A second version, recorded more soberly, closes the album. The wintry anecdote is “When You Comin’ Home,” a dobro drenched Dylan-esque folk song featuring singer-songwriter Johnny LaFave.
Peters, who often does her best work by herself, penned half of the album solo, including the album’s timely centerpiece, “When All You Got Is a Hammer.” The tune masterfully paints the mental conflict raging inside veterans as they readjust to life on home soil. Peters investigates another facet of darkness with “The House on Auburn Street,” set where she grew up. Framed with the image of a house burning down and recounting memories with a sibling, the track beautifully captures quite desperation, but the dragging melody could use a bit more cadence to get the story across most effectively.
Peters takes us to California to examine the mysteries of death on “Everything Falls Away.” She asks the questions that remain enigmatic while gifting us a piano based production that stretches her voice to an otherwordly sphere she rarely taps into, allowing it to crack at the most appropriate moments. Her vocal on “Jubilee” taps similar emotional territory, with a story about surrendering once death is near. Like “The House on Auburn Street,” the melody here is slow, and could’ve benefited from picking up the pace a little.
Her final solely written tune is “The Cure for the Pain,” which she wrote after a weekend in the hospital with a loved one. The acoustic guitar based ballad doesn’t offer much hope, and rests on the idea that the only cure for pain is more pain.
The only outside cut on Blackbirds comes from pop singer-songwriter David Mead. His “Nashville” is a track she’s loved for more than a decade, and she gives it a beautifully delicate reading. In searching for Mead’s version of the song, I was surprised to find a live cover by Taylor Swift, who apparently sang it a couple of years ago in her shows.
“Black Ribbons” reunites Peters with her musical sisters Matraca Berg and Suzy Bogguss, for a tune about a fisherman who lays his wife to rest in the aftermath of the BP oil spill. One of the album’s strongest tracks, thanks in a large part to the inclusion of tempo and the background vocals by both Berg and Bogguss, “Black Ribbons” is a brilliant illustration of despair that serves as a reminder of the pain the fisherman in the gulf went through during that time.
Blackbirds is masterfully lyrical, setting pain to music in a myriad of different contexts that put the listener at the heart of each story. The end result leaves that listener emotionally exhausted, which is why Blackbirds should be taken in small doses in order to fully appreciate all the goodness found within. Peters has been one of Nashville’s strongest female singer-songwriters for well over two decades now, but she’s only gotten better as she’s amassed more life experience and concentrated on creating soul baring masterworks. Like Hello Cruel World before it, Blackbirds is an album not to be missed.
Album Reviews Barry Walsh, Ben Glover, David Mead, Gretchen Peters, Johnny LaFave, Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss, Taylor Swift
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2016 MTV Movie Awards Winners List
Kevin Winter, Getty Images for MTV
Tonight (Sunday, April 10) is the night of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, airing on MTV at 8 PM ET — a night to honor film, kisses and, most likely, some awkward and embarrassing onstage shenanigans.
To help ring in the occasion, the hosts of the evening — The Rock and Kevin Hart — will be joined by some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Common, Seth Rogan and Gigi Hadid, as well as performances by Ariana Grande and Halsey.
Find out who won at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards below.
Movie of the Year
–The Hunting Ground
–What Happened, Miss Simone?
-Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
-Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2
-Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
-Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
-Morena Baccarin, Deadpool
-Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
-Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
-Matt Damon, The Martian
-Michael B. Jordan, Creed
-Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
-Will Smith, Concussion
Breakthrough Performance
-Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
-Brie Larson, Room
-Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
-John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton
Best Comedic Performance
-Kevin Hart, Ride Along 2
-Melissa McCarthy, Spy
-Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2
-Will Ferrell, Get Hard
Best Action Performance
-Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
-Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
-Vin Diesel, Furious 7
Best Hero
-Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Paul Rudd, Ant-Man
Best Villain
-Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Ed Skrein, Deadpool
-Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max: Fury Road
-James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsman: The Secret Service
-Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Best Virtual Performance
-Amy Poehler, Inside Out
-Andy Serkis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda 3
-Lupita Nyong’o, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Seth MacFarlane, Ted 2
–The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
Best Kiss
-Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, Trainwreck
-Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
-Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, Vacation
-Margot Robbie & Will Smith, Focus
-Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
-Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2
Best Fight
-Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein), Deadpool
-Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear, The Revenant
-Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), Mad Max: Fury Road
-Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri), Spy
See all the looks from the 2016 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet:
Next: More Photos from the 2016 MTV Movie Awards
Source: 2016 MTV Movie Awards Winners List
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And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work. He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same. He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. ... Christian Gifts
"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Bible Scripture Art
He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
“You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ...
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains of prey. The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands. ... Christian Gifts
You can have your favorite Heart Verse in the size and color you choose! At Wallpraise.com you can pick from one of our many pre-made designs with over 40 colors to match your Home, Office, or Church, and if you still can’t find what you want, we will work with you personally to create Custom scripture wall decals just for you, FOR FREE! Request a Free Design Bible Scripture Art
Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Bible Scripture Art
"If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Bible Scripture Art
While I may be a “leader,” I certainly don’t fit the mold. I’m soft spoken, introverted, and don’t exactly share a physique with the superheroes we know and love. But when I started crafting designs featuring my favorite verses and quotes and sharing them, I began to see an unexpected impact. I received emails from team leaders who let me know how the prints had been motivating their employees. Teachers, who had been hanging them in their classrooms. And caring people who had gifted the artwork to friends battling cancer. Christian Canvas Art
"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Share Your Faith Products
The Bible is full of encouraging scriptures that are such a blessing to read and memorize. Here are ten of my favorite scripture quotes for encouragement. Feel free to share these with others as these encouraging Bible verses will brighten anyone’s day. The Scriptures used are filled with hope, comfort and inspiration. These famous Bible quotes are from the Old and New Testament.
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father. Christian Canvas Art
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.
Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them. At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” They also asked them this: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?” But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it. ... Bible Scripture Art
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord. The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. And he made for the house windows with recessed frames. He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around. ... Share Your Faith Products
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He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. Christian Gifts
“Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.” And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning, so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” ... Bible Scripture Art
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