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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 85
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 85
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Luke Evans: "At certain points, the loyalty to the original 25-year-old animation is staggering"
CBS News: Luke Evans wants more musicals, fewer superhero movies
You also have “Beauty and the Beast” next year, in which you play Gaston. How intimidating was it, going out for that part?
Amazing. Quite a responsibility, I have to say. But loads of prep. I rehearsed for quite a few weeks because it’s quite choreographed and took plenty of time to get into the character. I mean, my hair is longer than Emma Watson’s in it, I think. And also because I’m a singer, I finally got to do it. I finally got to sing on screen in such a brilliant role, so it’s gonna be great.
Do you often have people saying, “Oh, I didn’t know you could sing”?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Less and less because I seem to sing in every interview I do. But you know, people do ask.
Aside from “Beauty and the Beast,” are there other musical roles you’d want to do?
I hadn’t thought about it. I would definitely do another one, it was so much fun. Really, really fun. But they don’t come up all the time, and it needs to be the right one. Gaston was obviously a no-brainer for me, so it worked out. But yeah I’d love to do another one, I wouldn’t say no.
Cinemablend: Will Gaston Be Grounded And Real In Beauty And The Beast? Here’s What Luke Evans Says
There's definitely a theatricality that I can bring to this role that I don't usually get to do. There's a slight heightened reality to the film. It's Disney and we're re-creating a much loved Disney story. He's larger than life in every respect. No, it's definitely really fun to play, and I did get to do more theatricality.
It was really fun to play this character, because it's such a great arc, such a great like arc. He starts as a kind of lovable rogue - says all these self-absorbed egocentric phrases and has his crazy sidekick. And then once he starts to realize he's not going to get his own way, the facade starts to crack, and there's a monster appears, and he ends up being quite the villain.
Collider: Luke Evans on ‘The Girl on the Train’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, and Dracula’s Future
E! Live from the Red Carpet: Luke Evans Gushes Over Live-Action "Beauty and the Beast"
Harry: Luke Evans- Music Man
Interview: Luke Evans
BROWN: How did you get cast as Gaston in Beauty in the Beast? What was the process like?
EVANS: I had to audition. They wanted to hear everybody. I can tell you huge names that were in the room before me and after me. I was like, "Fuck." Everybody was being seen for these roles, and for Gaston especially. It's a great role, and he has this big song—well, there are a few big songs. I went in and met Bill Condon and it was quite nice. Sometimes when you audition it's quite a nerve wracking thing, you're quite exposed and maybe have only had the script for a few days before. I remember going in and I knew the song and I knew that I could sing it really well—that's what I've done my whole career up until this point. It was one of those moments where I could relax and thoroughly enjoy every minute of it, knowing that vocally I could do it. It was quite nice to see Mr. Condon's face at the end of it smiling away. I was like, "Okay, well I think I've done something right in this room." But I went back twice to try different things and it was great. It's quite nice to audition sometimes. I'm in a fortunate position that sometimes you just get offered roles—they're not necessarily the roles you take, but to get offered a film is amazing. I think the work you've done before that is why you get it. But when you audition for something you do feel a little bit more legit. It's a validation that you are the right person for the job because they've chosen and they've seen you do something connected to that role. I loved every second of [the film]. It was thrilling. You just felt like you were on a big MGM set of a musical. It's huge and it's breathtaking, some of the stuff that we shot. I can't wait to see the final cut.
BROWN: Do most people in the film world know that you come from a musical background?
EVANS: No. That's the best bit. Obviously more and more people will find out, [but] I don't think a lot of people know that I can sing. It's not common knowledge.
BROWN: I wonder how many people go in who really can't sing.
EVANS: I'm sure there's plenty. [laughs] I'm sure it happens a lot. Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you just have to train it.
Mr. Porter: Mr. Luke Evans
He can sing, too. This will be less of a secret come next March, when Disney releases its live-action Beauty And The Beast, in which Mr Evans plays the hulking, preening villain Gaston. It’s the sort of meaty musical role he’d been waiting for, and he backed out of an upcoming film by his friend (and High-Rise collaborator) Mr Ben Wheatley in order to do it. Ask Mr Evans whether seven years off the stage has weakened his vocal chords and he laughs indulgently. “They’re made of well-used leather,” he says. “They’ve never been out of use for long, in fact. It’s just that, as Gaston, I got to sing more often, and in front of people, instead of on my own in my living room.”
TFCBalitangAmerica: Luke Evans on playing Gaston
Yahoo! Movies: 'Beauty and the Beast' Live-Action Star Luke Evans Says the Loyalty to the Animated Version Is 'Staggering'
When Yahoo sat down with Luke Evans to talk about The Girl on the Train, we couldn’t resist asking him about the spring 2017 release of Disney’s new live-action version of the 1991 animated feature Beauty and the Beast.
“It was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career so far, working with Bill Condon, who is an incredible director. He was thoroughly enjoying the experience as much as we were,” Evans said.
Evans plays the self-centered Gaston competing for Belle’s love, and his sidekick LeFou is played by Josh Gad, who also played Olaf in Frozen.
“I got to have banter with Josh Gad, who’s a very funny man. We worked very well as a duo, and it was really, really exciting. I loved every second of it.”
It’s been two and a half decades since the release of the original animated film, which was also nominated for best picture. So, when fans head to the theaters next year, how will the new film compare?
“They won’t just recognize it. They’ll feel like they’re watching the animation. At certain points, the loyalty to the original 25-year-old animation is staggering,” Evans said.
Just how loyal will the new film be? When we asked Evans if he’ll be ripping off his shirt like Gaston did in the original, this is what he had to say:
“You’ll just have to watch the movie, won’t you. I’m not going to give anything away.”
Source: CBS News, Collider, Cinemablend, E! Live from the Red Carpet, TFCBalitangAmerica, Harry, Interview, Yahoo! Movies, Mr. Porter
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D&C Section 124
Revelation given through Joseph Smith III at Lamoni, Iowa, April 1897. The Twelve had renewed their request of 1894 for direction concerning the calling and responsibilities of patriarch-evangelists. They and the church in general were also anxious that the presiding quorums should be more nearly filled. Temporary completion of the First Presidency and more permanent completion of the Quorum of Twelve were authorized in this revelation.
This was the first time that the Twelve had been filled since the Reorganization.
1. Thus saith the Spirit of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Your fasting and your prayers are accepted and have prevailed.
2a. Separate and set apart my servant Alexander Hale Smith to be a counselor to my servant, the President of the church, his brother; and to be patriarch to the church, and an evangelical minister to the whole church.
2b. Also, appoint my servant E. L. Kelley, Bishop of the church, to act as counselor to the President of the church, for the conference year, or until one shall be chosen to succeed my servant W. W. Blair, whom I have taken unto myself;
2c. he to sit in council with his brethren of the Presidency and act with and for them and the church; though he shall still be and act in the office of his calling of Bishop of the church with his brethren of the Bishopric.
3. The Quorum of Twelve, my servants, may choose and appoint one of their number to take the place of my servant Alexander H. Smith, and if they shall choose William H. Kelley, from among them for this place it will be pleasing unto me; nevertheless, if directed by the spirit of revelation and wisdom they may choose another.
4a. And, that the quorum may be filled and be prepared to stand as a unit in the councils of the church, in equality with the Presidency and the Seventy, choose and set apart to act as apostles in the Quorum of Twelve, my servants I. N. White, J. W. Wight, and R. C. Evans, for they are called unto this office and calling.
4b. And, if these will accept this appointment and remain humble, faithful, and diligent, they shall with their brethren be greatly blessed in ministering the word and bringing souls unto me. Let the quorum be not doubting but believing and I, the Lord, will bless them.
5a. My servants, the presidents of the Seventy, may with the consent and approval of their brethren of the Seventy sitting in council together, select from their brethren one to take the place of my servant I. N. White, if he accept the appointment to the Quorum of Twelve, and his choosing be approved by the church;
5b. and in like manner they may fill any other vacancy that has occurred or may occur; such selection and appointment to be made in the spirit of prayer and supplication and wisdom, and to be approved by the church.
6a. It is according to the vision that the seven presidents of the Seventy shall preside over the whole number of the Seventy when assembled in council together;
6b. the senior, or chosen president of the seven presidents shall preside over the six other presidents in their councils as presidents of the Seventy;
6c. and when either quorum is sitting in council, as a quorum, then its chosen president shall preside over its sittings.
6d. When any quorum of the Seventy may be sitting, any one, or all of the seven presidents, may at their request, or by invitation of such quorum, be present and take part in the deliberations of such council, but the president of such quorum only shall preside, except by consent of the quorum obtained by vote properly taken.
7a. The sons of my servant the President of the church, the sons of my servant William W. Blair, whom I have taken to myself, the sons of my servant the Bishop of the church, and the sons of my servants of the leading quorums of the church are admonished,
7b. that upon their fathers is laid a great and onerous burden, and they are called to engage in a great work, which shall bring them honor and glory, or shame, contempt and final great loss and destruction;
7c. as they shall in uprightness, faithfulness and diligence discharge their duties acceptably to God, or shall in carelessness, slothfulness, or wickedness fail in their calling and ministry therein;
7d. and to their sons shall come honor, or shame, as they shall approve, or disapprove themselves to God.
7e. These sons of my servants are called, and if faithful shall in time be chosen to places whence their fathers shall fall, or fail, or be removed by honorable release before the Lord and the church.
8a. The Spirit saith further unto the church, Be of good cheer.
8b. It has pleased the Father to accept many of the sacrifices of his people; and, notwithstanding some have fallen while engaged in their work; some have been tried, and are still tried; some have been and are afflicted, yet the Lord has seen the affliction and trial and will accept and bless, and no man shall lose his reward.
Brethren of the ministry and members of the church; my soul has been cheered, my spirit and body have been strengthened and my heart made exceeding glad by the blessed and holy influence of the Spirit which was with me, and still is with me as I write; causing me to give praise, honor and glory to God and the Lamb, to whom honor and glory belong, and with whom are might, power, and dominion evermore. Amen.
Your servant for the Christ’s sake.
Joseph Smith
President of the Church
Lamoni, Iowa
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An ideology is an organized set of ideas and ways of understanding the world, usually normative, and often on political, economic, ethical or philosophical subjects. Some ideologies are self-declared (e.g. environmentalism or libertarianism), while ideology is also used (often pejoratively) to refer to an unconscious set of ideas, practices and beliefs that are characteristic of a particular group but which are not held openly - for instance, many critics of capitalism think of it more as an unconscious delusion or a box which a person cannot think outside of. Marx, for instance, sees social ideology as being a superstructure that is heavily determined by the economic base of a particular society, rather than as something that is freely chosen.
An ideology, in and of itself, may not be adequate for governance, but political scientists distinguish an ideology from political philosophy in that ideology potentially can be used in governance. For example, Marx and Engels produced a political philosophy, but Lenin produced a workable ideology. "The purpose of an ideology is not to arrive at truth, but rather to perform political tasks such as creating consensus."[1] In some cultural contexts, there may be a shared belief system, such as Japanese kokutai, which leads to something closer to ideology, such as Japanese militarism and its variants in the Control Faction and Imperial Way Faction.
Actual governance does not require ideology. A ruler such as Adolf Hitler derived his authority from personality and charisma rather than a strict ideology. [2] In other words, Nazi ideology was what Hitler believed. There certainly were concepts within his world-view that were ideological, such as the Nazi race and biological ideology or Lebensraum, but his judgment was supreme. The distinction between charismatic and ideological leadership of totalitarian regimes began roughly the in the mid-1970s, and later writers, such as Alan Bullock, continue to explore it; there has been a resurgence of interest in historical writing about Hitler, sometimes in comparison with other dictators such as Josef Stalin.[3]
A ruler such as Stalin was not especially charismatic, and, while not strictly bound by ideology, still worked in a bureaucratic governance system affected by ideology. In post-WWII Soviet government, with leaders without the personal dominance of Stalin, the Party Ideologist, especially Mikhail Suslov, had a major role, never himself being likely to rise to the top position, but often being the kingmaker.
"Most ideologies, precisely because of their purposes, are non-falsifiable, circular in logic, and dependent upon image-producing metaphors. Just as the uncritical incorporation of ideology into scientific theory can lead to bad theory, so too can the uncritical incorporation of ideology into policymaking lead to bad policy."[1]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Woodruff D. Smith (February 1980), "Friedrich Ratzel and the Origins of Lebensraum", German Studies Review 3 (1): 51-68
↑ Joseph Nyomarkay (1967), Charisma and Factionalism in the Nazi Party, University of Minnesota Press , p. 12
↑ Alan Bullock (1992), Hitler & Stalin: Parallel Lives, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0-394-586-1-9
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Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA)
The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), is a government agency established by the Parliament of Uganda to monitor, investigate, and prevent money laundering in the country. It is also responsible for the enforcement of Uganda's anti-money laundering laws and the monitoring of all financial transactions inside the country's borders.
The parliamentary bill creating The Finance Intelligence Authority was passed in July 2013, after two previous attempts. Known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the law puts Uganda in harmony with its East African Community neighbours, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda, which passed similar laws before. The authority’s objectives are; to enhance the identification of the proceeds of crime and the combating of money laundering, ensure compliance with this Act, enhance public awareness and understanding of matters related to money laundering, make information collected by it available to competent authorities, and to facilitate the administration and enforcement of the laws of Uganda, as well as exchange information with similar bodies whose countries have treaties, agreements or arrangements with the Government of Uganda regarding money laundering and similar offences.
In July 2014, Ms. Maria Kiwanuka, Uganda's then finance minister, appointed Mr. Sydney Asubo, an experienced lawyer, to act as the interim executive director for six months while the agency's board of directors was being constituted.
During the financial year 2017/18, Cabinet expanded the mandate of FIA, by directing it to support MDAs to conduct financial/Integrity due diligence on private companies intending to partner with Government to implement infrastructure development on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework. The intention is to mitigate against partnering with foreign investors who may be potential fraudsters.
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weeping chinese elm
It has small glossy dark serrated green leaves, which turn bronze to yellow before falling off in late winter. These species of elms … Its bark is smooth and flaky in various shades including grey, rust brown and cream. Both trees have grown so they intertwine with each other and create the illusion of one tree in the summer months. Among the largest known Camperdown Elms are the pair outside 315 Eureka Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, (2014), planted c.1900. Also called lacebark elms or drake elms, Chinese elm trees grow to between 33 and 60 ft. (10 – 18 m) tall. To care for it properly, keep the tree warm and the soil moist. With their weeping habit, colorful bark, and fall color, Chinese elm trees are graceful and beautiful additions to landscapes. [10], The tree is sometimes confused with the 'Horizontalis' (Weeping Wych Elm) owing to both being given the epithet 'Pendula'. Chinese elm tree and leaves Chinese elms are small deciduous or semi-deciduous trees with a slender trunk and bushy crown. It once had a “twin” located just a few yards away that was removed in 1974 due to ill health. The Chinese elm has beautiful grayish-green, mottled bark that sheds with age, displaying varying colors. The roots of weeping Chinese elm trees that are planted near paved surfaces can lift or crack pavement. Bark ages to patches of grey, green orange and brown tones. If you’re looking for an attractive tree that won’t be a fussy problem, then a Chinese elm is the tree for you. Spread – Will spread form a canopy from 8 – 10 metres. Category: Edible Fruits and Nuts. The young tree was lifted and replanted within the gardens of Camperdown House where it remains to this day. Water Requirements: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping. The Chinese elm has beautiful grayish-green, mottled bark that sheds with age, displaying varying colors. Watering: On hot summer days the willow needs huge amounts of water and must be watered several times a day. Weeping Japanese Hackberry, Chinese Elm 'Green Cascade' Celtis sinensis. Contact Us, Frangipani – Plants Trees and Flowers for Sale. weeping elm tree for sale . Chinese elm bonsai Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese or lacebark elm, is a deciduous tree native to China, North Korea, Vietnam and Japan. The leaves are small, bright to deep green and are slightly serrated. It can be used as a substitute for the American elm in the quest to overcome Dutch elm disease. Compare the facts of Weeping Maple vs Chinese Elm and know which one to choose. Weeping Chinese Elm. In autumn its foliage turns various shades of yellow before falling. This elm is a favorite shade tree for many homeowners to establish near the home for a quick shade and to reduce the outrageously high cost of electric power bills. These invasive roots can also clog or crack the drainage lines of septic systems, making this tree better suited for open areas in an urban setting. Although the flowers are small and, individually, insignificant, many of them appear at the same time. A fast- growing, deciduous or evergreen tree, Chinese Elm forms a graceful, upright, rounded canopy of long, arching, and somewhat weeping branches which are clothed with two to three-inch-long, shiny, dark green, leathery leaves. – The worst members of the willow tree family include the weeping, corkscrew and Austree willows. It has a round-headed, weeping habit formed by broadly spreading arching branches. The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii', commonly known as the Camperdown Elm, was discovered about 1835–1840 as a young contorted elm growing in the forest at Camperdown House, in Dundee, Scotland, by the Earl of Camperdown's head forester, David Taylor. The earl's gardener is said to have produced the first of what are commonly recognised as Camperdown elms by grafting a cutting to the trunk of a wych elm (U. glabra). The Zelkova has single-toothed leaves whereas the Chinese Elm has double-toothed leaves. The Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia) makes a truly beautiful bonsai. Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Common Names: Chinese elm, Lacebark elm, Drake elm Native Area: Asia- northern China, Japan, and Korea Description: Chinese elm is a deciduous tree maturing at to a height of 50' and width of 60'. The trunk of the American elm tree is gray and furrowed, whereas that of the Chinese elm tree (also known as Lace Bark elm) has a scale-like bark that is more brown in color when young, and turns to an appealing combination of crimson, green and orange when mature. It is 3 feet in diameter at the widest part of its trunk. It is almost evergreen in mild climates. Allergic reactions of Weeping Maple are Unknown whereas of Chinese Elm have allergic reaction respectively. Chinese Elm This semi deciduous tree has a lovely pendular habit with bright green serrated leaves. The Chinese elm is often confused with the Japanese zelkova, but it can be easily distinguished by its leaves. Weeping Chinese Elm. This elm is a favorite shade tree for many homeowners to establish near the home for a quick shade and to reduce the outrageously high cost of electric power bills. It has a rounded canopy with somewhat weeping branches. In Saint John, New Brunswick, there is a Camperdown Elm on Red Head Road on the front yard of a former farm, currently a private residence. The medium green leaves of the Chinese Elm are thick and leathery and small, no more than 5 cm long and 3cm broad. For reference, the difference between Siberian and Chinese elm is the size, weeping habit as well as the bark. Some specimens grow in the typical vase … Two examples. Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese or lacebark elm, is a deciduous tree native to China, North Korea, Vietnam and Japan. Widely used as a street tree Ulmus parvifolia will reach around 12m and with a nice spreading canopy makes an excellent choice as a street tree. Brighton & Hove, UK. As Chinese Elms are naturally deciduous, i.e they shed leaves in the Autumn/ Winter. This Chinese Elm tree, Ulmus parvifolia 'True Green', is an excellent choice for sun drenched Southwestern properties because it can bring a massive amount of shade to any landscape. [22]. A cold but frost-free greenhouse, garage or shed is a good winter place for a willow bonsai tree. View gallery. This variety is also called lacebark elm and is native to several areas including … This tree produces a slender trunk and crown with single toothed, lush green leaves that are only 2-5 cm long. In autumn its foliage turns various shades of yellow before falling. Oozing elm tree? Described by the poet Marianne Moore as "our crowning curio," the Prospect Park tree is considered the outstanding specimen tree in the park. The dense canopy of the Camperdown Elm gives the feel of a secret hiding place. This Chinese Elm tree, Ulmus parvifolia 'True Green', is an excellent choice for sun drenched Southwestern properties because it can bring a massive amount of shade to any landscape. Keep reading because we take all the mystery out of properly caring for this hardy tree. The weeping Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia "Sempervirens") is a deciduous tree with vase-shaped foliage supported on multiple branches. 14 Dec weeping elm tree for sale Uncategorized Henry and Bean record that in early days both 'Camperdownii' and a reportedly similar-looking cultivar called 'Serpentina' were marketed as U. montana pendula nova. Mature Chinese elms average about 30 to 60 feet tall, however dwarf varieties of the tree are commonly used as bonsai trees. It was classified by Frank Meyer in Fengtai in 1908, and introduced to the United States by him from the Peking Botanical Garden as Weeping Chinese Elm. The Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia) is one of the elm trees more resistant to elm leaf beetles. A number of things can cause a tree to start showing signs of bacterial wetwood. [citation needed], The tree was also introduced to Australia, where a number still survive, notably in Victoria, where it was marketed from 1873. The owner is currently trying to locate the tree's history; its age is undetermined. The leaves are dark green and shiny, with an unequal base. Camperdown elms satisfied a mid-Victorian passion for curiosities in the 'Gardenesque' gardens then in vogue. The Chinese Elm Tree has slender, angular arching branches, and at maturity the tree sometimes reaches 60 feet in height and is one of the fastest growing trees in the United States. I wrote a while ago about removing dead Elms: one of the associated problems with Elm trees is the many suckers that they throw up for yards around, and today I was asked to remove a couple of these suckers, from the original dead tree, that were making their way out of the hedgerow (where we don't mind them growing) and into the main meadow (where we are not so keen on them). Prune, train, and repot the bonsai only as needed. A grafted weeping form of the Chinese Elm, developed in the ACT. 12,065 weeping willow tree stock photos, vectors, and illustrations are available royalty-free. The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii', commonly known as the Camperdown Elm, was discovered about 1835–1840 (often mis-stated as '1640') as a young contorted elm (a sport) growing in the forest at Camperdown House, in Dundee, Scotland, by the Earl of Camperdown's head forester, David Taylor. This cultivar is almost evergreen in USDA hardiness zones 8b through 10 and has a more weeping habit than the species. Mature Chinese elms average about 30 to 60 feet tall, however dwarf varieties of the tree are commonly used as bonsai trees. The original tree, which grows on its own roots, is less than 3 m tall, with a weeping … 1885. Briefly deciduous in cold climates and semi-evergreen in warm. Although usually classed as a cultivar of wych elm,[9] the tree was considered a nothomorph of Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' by Green (1964). This beautiful evergreen or partly deciduous tree has a weeping habit, and grows about 12-15m (36 x 45’) tall and 10m (30’) wide. What can I do? They also have shallow roots that lift sidewalks, foundations and other paved surfaces and make lawn maintenance difficult. Allergic reactions of Weeping Maple are Unknown whereas of Chinese Elm have allergic reaction respectively. The wound from pruning has never healed. Those of you in the UK with much different climates/rainfall probably get much different behavior out of these trees than I do in southern California. This cultivar is almost evergreen in USDA hardiness zones 8b through 10 and has a more weeping habit than the species. A native of China, Korea and Japan, it … Bark is smoother than the Chinese Elm (U. parvifolia). A fast-growing, deciduous or evergreen tree, Chinese elm forms a graceful, upright, rounded canopy of long, arching, and somewhat weeping branches which are clothed with one to two and a half-inch-long, shiny, dark green leaves. 'Camperdownii' is susceptible to Dutch elm disease, however, there are still many examples to be found in parks and gardens across the British Isles as it often avoids detection by the Scolytae beetle (a major vector of Dutch elm disease) because of its diminutive height. The history of the Camperdown elm started over 100 years ago in Scotland. Chinese Elm Tree. aka Little Leaf Chinese Elm. Every 'Camperdownii' is descended (through cuttings) from the original sport and usually grafted on a wych elm trunk. Briefly deciduous in cold climates and semi-evergreen in warm. A third one was once located next to the School of Theology building (The Gothic), currently the site of Herrick Memorial Library.[25]. National Elm Collection- Scattered throughout the city. Watering : On hot summer days the willow needs huge amounts of water and must be watered several times a day. In spring, Camperdown weeping elm trees are covered with blossoms. Native to China, this large, semi-evergreen tree has been widely used in parks here in the Southwest thanks to its wide, natural umbrella-shaped, shade capabilities. www.dkwarrenhouse.com, Circa. Chinese Elm. [21] A majestic, spreading shade tree with a very attractive branching habit that creates an excellent winter display. Camperdown Elm History. Bark is smoother than the Chinese Elm (U. parvifolia). Its bark is smooth and flaky in various shades including grey, rust brown and cream. Found in front of the Powell Campus Center it was planted circa 1905. The tree's age is undetermined but believed to have reached its maturity. The small leaves are dark green In Leamington, Ontario, there is a mature Camperdown Elm on Seacliff Drive in the back yard of a garden center. Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Common Names: Chinese elm, Lacebark elm, Drake elm Native Area: Asia- northern China, Japan, and Korea Description: Chinese elm is a deciduous tree maturing at to a height of 50' and width of 60'. These moisture-loving trees have very aggressive roots that invade sewer and septic lines and irrigation ditches. NB: Two Corkscrew Willows at the entrance near the corner of rue de Lagny & rue Mounet Sully look the same during winter. Keep … Has an open, broad weeping habit. It's very tenacious and can grow almost anywhere. The Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia), also known as the lacebark elm is among most readily available and most forgiving bonsai trees to work with, making it a great choice for beginners. The name "Lacebark" comes from the tree's appearance when it exfoliates its tan, red and grey bark. Originally it sat in front of Kenyon Memorial Hall, the first building on this site. As of late June 2010, a local resident, Nate Thibault, has taken action to create a restoration plan for the tree. A Camperdown Elm at Spier's parklands that is infected with Rigidoporous ulmarius. Chinese Elm This semi deciduous tree has a lovely pendular habit with bright green serrated leaves. Having a fruit bearing plant in your garden can be a plus point of your garden. A fast-growing, deciduous or evergreen tree, Chinese elm forms a graceful, upright, rounded canopy of long, arching, and somewhat weeping branches which are clothed with two to three-inch-long, shiny, dark green, leathery leaves. [23] Halifax Public Gardens contains a similar specimen, located next to the Boer War Memorial fountain, which displays the same characteristics as the Prospect Park tree. Many examples were planted, as 'rarities', in Britain and America. As garden plants have benefits and other uses, allergy is also a major drawback of plants for some people. Compare the facts of Weeping Maple vs Chinese Elm and know which one to choose. Don picked a leaf from a Chinese weeping elm and examined its base. Recent additions have occurred at Withdean and Preston Parks. Foliage – Deep green turning to red and yellow in autumn. Part 1 In Cazenovia, New York, there is a Camperdown Elm planted in the gardens of The Brewster Inn. The Ulmus parvifolia “Sempervirens,” with its gracefully weeping branches, is commonly called the weeping Chinese elm or weeping lacebark elm tree. The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila ' Pendula' is from northern China, where it is known as Lung chao yü shu (: Dragon's-claw elm). Paul Hendershot Design. In Port Gamble, Washington there is a Camperdown Elm next to the historic Walker-Ames House. The tree is slow growing and as it matures the bark becomes mottled and patterned. The weeping willow species need winter protection when they are planted in containers. Likes the sun and fertile moist soil. The original tree, which grows on its own roots, is less than 3 m tall, with a weeping habit and contorted branch structure. The trees are likely to have been cultivated around 1850, the same age as the Victorian mansion situated in the grounds which was built around 1850, therefore are among the oldest in Dundee. Position – Best in full sun to part shade. 1). Eastport is the easternmost city in the United States. Elwes and Henry's failure to mention the serpentining branches of 'Camperdownii' may have contributed to the impression of two different trees. Frequently it's a temporary home to students nestled in its branches or artwork hanging from its limbs. The small leaves are dark green and shiny, alternate, elliptical to ovate, serrated, and 1.5" to 2.4” long. Specimens may therefore vary in appearance. The Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia), also known as the lacebark elm is among most readily available and most forgiving bonsai trees to work with, making it a great choice for beginners. × hollandica, Siberian elm U. pumila, and English elm U. minor 'Atinia' (although this ultimately produces suckers). Though not usually serious, it can be a chronic disease that can … [8] Its chief diagnostic feature is its contorted branching, what Mitchell (1982) called the "head of furiously twisting branches". The tree is on the corner near the original Anderson home built circa the 1850s. A rare and unusual Elm that has dainty, variegated white and green foliage. The sap smells horrible and my dogs roll in it when it drips on the ground. Much different bark - Siberian bark is very craggy whereas Chinese is very smooth and speckled (often called "Lacebark Elm"). Siberian Elm. The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila ' Pendula' is from northern China, where it is known as Lung chao yü shu (: Dragon's-claw elm). Family: Cannabaceae: Genus: Celtis (SEL-tis) Species: sinensis (sy-NEN-sis) Cultivar: Green Cascade: One member has or wants this plant for trade. This tree is one of the last deciduous trees to lose its foliage in Brisbane. 14 Dec weeping elm tree for sale Uncategorized The finely toothed, small green leaves are retained until new leaves develop. Answer: You have described "slime-flux" or "wet wood disease." This page was last edited on 11 December 2020, at 14:11. [11], The ultimate size and form of 'Camperdownii' depends on such factors as latitude and location, on what part of the parent tree the cuttings come from, on the 'stock' on which it is grafted, and on possible continuing mutation. In some areas, it’s even been reported to be evergreen although this is uncommon. Chinese elm tree and leaves Chinese elms are small deciduous or semi-deciduous trees with a slender trunk and bushy crown. As garden plants have benefits and other uses, allergy is also a major drawback of plants for some people. Ulmus parvifolia 'Sempervirens', the Chinese Evergreen Elm is a semi-evergreen depending on climate. This small tree is relatively short and wide, typically growing to a height of 15 to 25 feet and a width of 20 to 30 feet. One of the things that make this tree so invasive is in its fruits. In Spiers Old School Grounds near Beith, Scotland is a fine specimen dating from the late 1880s planted by the Earl of Eglinton's head gardener on behalf of the Spier's Trust (see photograph). Planted in 1875, this individual measures 20 feet tall, with a 26-foot crown and 7-foot trunk circumference. It was classified by Frank Meyer in Fengtai in 1908, and introduced to the United States by him from the Peking Botanical … [10], The grafted Camperdown Elm slowly develops a broad, flat head that may eventually build as high as 4 m (13 feet), and a commensurately wide crown with a weeping habit. Fruits. I have contacted an arborists but they cannot come to diagnose the tree for 3 weeks. The weeping willow species need winter protection when they are planted in containers. 0 more photos VIEW GALLERY. There are many on university campuses, often planted as memorials, such as at the campus of the University of Idaho. [19], Camperdown Elm, 1891 (from Ellwanger and Barry's catalogue, New York)[20], Young Camperdown elms grafted on Siberian elm stock, Saints Cyril and Methodius Park, Belgrade, Camperdown in autumn, Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid, In Dundee, Scotland, there are two well established Camperdownii Elms at the gated entrance to a private residence on Constitution Terrace in the Crescents Conservation Area. It has many traits that make it a great landscape tree, producing a dense canopy of foliage that creates a … [17][18], Camperdown Elm is cold hardy, suffering more from summer drought than winter cold (to zone 4), although 90% of the University of Minnesota elm trials specimens were lost during the exceptionally severe winter of 2002–2003. Planted 1875, Prospect Park's elm in winter, showing its distinctive qualities, Camperdown Elm, Seacliff Drive, Leamington, Ontario, Canada, Open-branched Camperdown Elm, Prince Edward Island, Canada[26], 315 Eureka Street 'Camperdownii', Ballarat, Victoria, "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus", Ellwanger and Barry cat. The Chinese elm is a fast growing shade tree that grows to an average height of 33-59 ft tall and spreads over a width of 49-66 ft. Shrubs . [13], Unmaintained Camperdown Elm, Gardner MA 01440, A Camperdown Elm located in Port Gamble, Washington. Newby Hall and Gardens: near Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK. There appears to be a small crack at the union. Prune, train, and repot the bonsai only as needed. The Chinese Elm is the most popular of the Elm trees for Bonsai purposes, although other elms are also suitable for Bonsai. The tree has not been touched for decades and is infested with leaf miners and borers; there is also a significant amount of trunk rot and large missing limbs. [5] In Späth catalogues between 1902 and 1920, 'Serpentina' appears while 'Camperdownii' is absent; by 1930 'Camperdownii' appears but 'Serpentina' is absent. However, there are negative traits that may cause you to want to kill Chinese Elm trees. Also called lacebark elms or drake elms, Chinese elm trees grow to between 33 and 60 ft. (10 – 18 m) tall. [24] In France, two grow by the gate at corner of rue de Buzenval and rue de Lagney in the Square Sarah Bernhardt, Paris (20th Arrondissement). Elm tree drips stinking sap Question: My elm tree has sap dripping from where a branch was cut several years ago. Elm - Chinese 'Yarralumla' Description: A grafted weeping form of the Chinese Elm, developed in the ACT. Never let the soil dry out. 1899, p.62, has a second photo, Prince Edward Island Camperdown Elm, summer, flickr.com, Camperdown Elm in Corunna, Michigan's Pine Tree Cemetery (with photo), Camperdown Elm pictures, Michigan State University, Elm species, varieties, hybrids, hybrid cultivars and species cultivars, A. Ross Central Park = Central Park Splendor, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulmus_glabra_%27Camperdownii%27&oldid=993606030, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Others featured in townscapes such as at the Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle, and Kripalu Yoga Center, Stockbridge, MA. However, if they are grown indoors, they like to be kept in a cool room and ideally on a window sill where they will get lots of light. This is a deciduous to evergreen tree depending on climate with a moderate growth rate. How to Grow Elm Trees: Elm trees grow best in rich, well-drained soil and full sun. My elm tree has a large swollen area that is oozing sap at the location of one of its trunk crotch unions. This suggests that 'Serpentina' may have been a continental name for 'Camperdownii', and that Späth dropped the name 'Serpentina' c.1930 in favour of 'Camperdownii'. The Ulmus parvifolia “Sempervirens,” with its gracefully weeping branches, is commonly called the weeping Chinese elm or weeping lacebark elm tree. The elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Pendula', from northern China, called 'Weeping Chinese Elm' in the West, is known locally as Lung chao yü shu (: 'Dragon's-claw elm') owing to its branching. Rounded to flat-topped, spreading and slightly weeping with horizontal branches creating a layered effect. Use it as a single- or multiple-trunk tree and give it plenty of water for fast growth. Does well in any fertile moist soil, but once established is drought hardy. When the entire dome is covered, the plant turns from dark green to light, silvery green. The tree has excellent twig structure and has great character throughout, making it the perfect representation of a woodland tree. Has an open, broad weeping habit. A fast-growing, deciduous or evergreen tree, Chinese elm forms a graceful, upright, rounded canopy of long, arching, and somewhat weeping branches which are clothed with two to three-inch-long, shiny, dark green, leathery leaves. To care for it properly, keep the tree warm and the soil moist. [12] Grown in lower latitudes like Victoria, Australia, the tree can attain a height and spread of over 13 m.[13][14], Distinctive narrow Camperdown samarae, showing the seed on the stalk side of centre (typical of wych), Dried short-shoot 'Camperdownii' leaves (August), Camperdown Elm grafted on Siberian elm stock, Serbia, Extreme contortion in the trunk and branches of Camperdown Elm, Port Gamble, Washington. 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}}Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. Son of Thomas Manley, a clerk of the kitchen in Charles I’s household, Manley may have been baptized at St. Margaret’s in Westminster on November 8, 1627. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. He married his wife, Anne, without his father’s permission and was therefore left only a small sum. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed library in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed of his position. Because he did not have to perform the usual formalities and ceremonies when called to the bar, Manley has been erroneously misrepresented to have been appointed to the King ’s Counsel.).<ref>C.E.A Cheesman, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17941 Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> He entered the scrivener’s service in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.<ref>Frank T. Melton, "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3742955 Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England]," ''Agricultural History'' 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref>
}}Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed librarian in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed from his position.<ref>C.E.A Cheesman, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17941 Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> He entered service with the scriveners John Morris and Robert Clayton in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.<ref>Frank T. Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England," ''Agricultural History'' 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref>
Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was The Sollicitor, a handbook based on his work as a scrivener.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.</ref> Manley also released volumes 12 and 13 for an abridgement of Coke’s reports, as well as a supplement to Edward Trotman’s earlier abridged volumes.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref> Manley updated John Cowell’s The Interpreter of Words and Terms, originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law. <ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3113848 The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation]," ''The American Journal of Legal History'' 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s Office and Duty of Executors. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref>
Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was ''The Sollicitor'', a handbook based on his work For Morris and Clayton.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.</ref> Manley also produced an abridgment of volumes twelve and thirteen of Coke’s reports, which supplemented an abridgment of the other volumes by Edward Trotman.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref> Manley updated John Cowell’s ''The Interpreter of Words and Terms'', originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation," ''The American Journal of Legal History'' 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265.</ref> In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s ''Office and Duty of Executors''. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref>
The Clerk’s Guide, published in 1672, is a book of forms that Manley annotated.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led “the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path.” <ref>Thomas Manley, ''The Clerks Guide'' (London, 1672).</ref>This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.<ref>Ibid.</ref> This work has four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 addresses indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 addresses letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
''The Clerk’s Guide'', published in 1672, is a book of forms with Manley's annotations.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led "the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path."<ref>Thomas Manley, ''The Clerks Guide'' (London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires 1672).</ref> This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''The Clerk’s Guide'' contains four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 covers indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 includes letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
[[Thomas Jefferson]] listed "Clerk’s guide by Manly. 8vo." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] in the section of titles he kept for himself. He later sold a copy of the first edition (1672) to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:232 [no.1812].</ref> Both Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, revised May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on March 24, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing include the first edition based on this copy. Jefferson's copy still exists and may be Wythe's volume, but the book includes no markings to verify Wythe's ownership.
The Wolf Law Library has yet to acquire a copy of Manley's ''The Clerk's Guide''.
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Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the Middle Temple on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed librarian in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed from his position.[1] He entered service with the scriveners John Morris and Robert Clayton in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.[2]
Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was The Sollicitor, a handbook based on his work For Morris and Clayton.[3] Manley also produced an abridgment of volumes twelve and thirteen of Coke’s reports, which supplemented an abridgment of the other volumes by Edward Trotman.[4] Manley updated John Cowell’s The Interpreter of Words and Terms, originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law.[5] In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s Office and Duty of Executors. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.[6]
The Clerk’s Guide, published in 1672, is a book of forms with Manley's annotations.[7] In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led "the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path."[8] This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.[9] The Clerk’s Guide contains four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 covers indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 includes letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.[10]
Thomas Jefferson listed "Clerk’s guide by Manly. 8vo." in his inventory of Wythe's Library in the section of titles he kept for himself. He later sold a copy of the first edition (1672) to the Library of Congress in 1815.[11] Both Brown's Bibliography[12] and George Wythe's Library[13] on LibraryThing include the first edition based on this copy. Jefferson's copy still exists and may be Wythe's volume, but the book includes no markings to verify Wythe's ownership.
The Wolf Law Library has yet to acquire a copy of Manley's The Clerk's Guide.
↑ C.E.A Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.
↑ Frank T. Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England," Agricultural History 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.
↑ Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.
↑ Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."
↑ Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation," The American Journal of Legal History 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265.
↑ Thomas Manley, The Clerks Guide (London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires 1672).
↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:232 [no.1812].
↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, revised May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on March 24, 2015.
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Countering global terror attacks
Following a series of high-profile terror attacks in 2018, the Australian Government is stepping up efforts to secure travelers by tightening visa rules. A number of new measures – including more scrutiny of visitors from previously high-risk countries, tougher language training, more thorough fingerprinting and iris scans, and longer application processes – will not only help to stop terrorists planning an attack but also tackle the “pushback” of economic migrants and refugees into Australia.
Air New Zealand had to cancel more than 50 flights to and from the U.S. over the weekend. The airline’s decision follows a warning from Australia that the “national security threat level is high” and that airlines flying to American airports should think about putting in place security measures to mitigate the risk of an attack.
Banned items for tourists have been heavily restricted since a lethal attack in June 2017. Hotels have been instructed to ban passengers from bringing in items such as road signs, maps, gift bags, tablets, chairs, bicycle rims, false footwear, and model cars. Tourists wanting to bring in any other items will have to foot a heavier bill.
The Japanese Government published a travel warning for Japan on September 24 that warned of an “unpredictable” terrorism threat. The warning came in the wake of the attack on the resort island of Okinawa on September 15 when a man injured 17 people by driving a car into a crowd.
According to Haaretz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on September 20 that “all options are on the table” in a serious terror attack in Israel. He said that any violent attack against Israelis would be met with an aggressive response. However, his government issued a warning on September 22 that there were very few credible threats, and that armed terrorist attacks would likely be illegal.
The Netherlands announced that it was banning selfie sticks on all forms of aircraft from October 22. The measure comes after the prosecution of two men for taking photos of the runway and engine at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport using selfie sticks, which could not be moved. The Belgian Air Safety Commission also recommended in August that passengers prevent self-portraits of themselves, as it said that subjects could be “invisible” to aviation safety and security personnel.
Anecdotal evidence of suspicious activity has surged in the United Kingdom in the past year. In August, the Metropolitan Police said that the first 500 people arrested in London were those deemed to be “pre-flight suspects.” And, in March, police conducted a raid on a student housing complex, where they seized items including a large number of alcohol bottles and bottles of hand sanitizer.
Vietnam temporarily banned tourists from bringing in large steel waste drums for two months in July, after a June raid on a traditional medicinal medical practice at a center in the south-central province of Dong Nai.
Photographs of suicide bombers were flashed around the world following the June 14 attack in Nice, which killed 84 people.
Oftentimes a reassuring response to a terror attack is a fear-based travel warning. In July, Germany announced that it would publish a revised version of its travel warning for France and Spain.
Despite the diplomatic disputes between Washington and Moscow and the tensions between the U.S. and many European countries, security analysts noted that, throughout 2016, the U.S. embassy in each of the following countries issued at least one warning about potential terrorist threats. The following note should not be construed as a guarantee that an attack has been attempted, with the exceptions listed below.
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16 things as old as our 2016 Freshers
Post written by George Vekic | September 5, 2016
Most members of 2016’s incoming class were born in 1998 or thereabouts – the year of Furby, DVDs and Pokemon. As #Stirling2020 begin the next chapter of their lives, we’re looking back 18 years for some other significant events that year.
The Millennium Dome
A marvel of modern architecture or another white elephant? Loved by some, loathed by many, the Millennium Dome’s construction began in March 1998 in London.
The best film of all time (in our humble opinion, of course). A case of mistaken identity leads professional slacker ‘The Dude’ on a heavy trip. A tip for our freshers: don’t ever be out of your element – that’s just, like, our opinion, man.
Pokemon Red & Blue
Quite possibly the defining game of our childhood, Pokemon Red and Blue were technically released in 1999 in the UK – although some of us managed to get North American imports in 1998. Red and Blue were the first in a series of Poke-things that took over the world, culminating in 2016’s Pokemon GO.
The original teen drama that spawned a slew of incredibly similar teen dramas.
The Good Friday Agreement
On 10th April 1998, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland signed the Good Friday Agreement in Belfast in what was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process.
£2 coins
More than a quid, less than a fiver – the first £2 coin came into circulation in the UK on 15th June 1998.
£2 coins – enabling you to carry half as many of these since 1998
Widely considered one of the greatest video games of all time, Half-Life told the tale of Gordon Freeman – an ordinary guy who arrived late for work one morning and ended up fighting off aliens, soldiers, helicopters etc. with the help of his trusty crowbar. It spawned a sequel and multiple expansions, though people are still waiting for Half-Life 3 (praise Gaben).
Say hello to my metal friend.
Few could have predicted the incredible growth of the search engine giant when it was founded back in 1998. They now pretty much rule the world.
One of the first film epics of the modern day, Saving Private Ryan featured an all-star cast and one of the most harrowing depictions of war we’ve ever witnessed. Tom Hanks took to Omaha Beach in July 1998.
Described as ‘the ultimate version of Windows’ (we’re not sure why), Windows 98 contained 13 million lines of code and one of the most annoying sounds. Ever.
Robot Wars
The victim/beneficiary of a recent comeback, Robot Wars first aired in February 1998 and brought robotic death and destruction to homes across the land.
Sgt Bash: a nice chap, really.
Portable MP3 players
Long before phones played music, there were MP3 players. The first one launched in the summer of 1998 and marked the coming of the digital age.
Pure evil.
The UK’s first DVDs arrived in June 1998 – although only 6,000 had been sold by the end of the year. Now they’re probably facing extinction 18 years later.
Described as a ‘1998 science fiction’ movie on Wikipedia – loose on the science, heavy on the fiction – Armageddon featured Bruce and Ben taking on an evil asteroid determined to wreck Earth, as well as THAT song.
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Bill Gates says no country ‘gets an A’ for its Covid pandemic response—including the U.S.
Bill Gates says some of the world’s governments have handled the spread of Covid-19 better than others, but the billionaire won’t give any country a perfect mark.
“I wouldn’t say any country got it totally right,” Gates said in a recent interview at the Lowy Institute, a think tank in Sydney, Australia, adding: “Nobody … gets an ‘A’ on this one.”
The Microsoft co-founder and health care philanthropist has both praised and criticized multiple world governments’ responses to the pandemic since the coronavirus’s initial spread in late 2019.
As early as March 2020, Gates argued that the U.S. “did not act fast enough” to take extreme quarantining measures, like shutting down businesses and issuing stay-at-home orders. He also said the country’s rollout of effective and accessible Covid tests was too slow.
The U.S. has proceeded to log a higher rate of Covid deaths per capita than any other of the world’s wealthiest nations since the start of the pandemic.
“In the future, countries need to have dedicated personnel, and they need to practice how they connect up with the PCR diagnostic industry,” Gates said on Monday.
Gates, who published a book last year called “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic,” said he expects federal governments across the world to make those responses much easier before the next global viral outbreak. Poor Covid responses inspired government spending on future pandemic preparedness in multiple countries, he observed.
Some Covid responses have been better than others, Gates argued. He cited Australia “and about 7 other countries,” which he did not publicly name, noting that Australia’s rate of Covid deaths per capita is still among the lowest in the world. It’s currently just 21% of the U.S.’s coronavirus death rate, according to Johns Hopkins University’s data.
The countries that drew Gates’s praise “did population-scale diagnostics early on, and had quarantine policies associated with that [which] kept the level of infection low,” he explained. Gates also applauded Australia’s pandemic response last year, noting that the country quickly closed its international borders in March 2020.
The U.S. received high marks from Gates in one category: spending more than $30 billion to fund the research and development for coronavirus vaccines. The U.S. gave that money to companies in multiple countries, resulting in multiple effective Covid vaccines.
Gates’s advocacy for strong pandemic preparation isn’t new. In a 2015 TED Talk, he warned that an infectious virus could pose greater risk to the world’s population than nuclear war.
Yet on Monday, he said he wasn’t entirely surprised by the world’s relatively sluggish response to Covid’s spread: “Pandemics come along so rarely that it’s easy to be incompetent.”
Pandemic preparedness budgets in the U.S. were repeatedly cut in the decade leading up to 2020. In Gates’s ideal scenario, that won’t happen again in the U.S. or anywhere else.
Each five years, governments should run a “really comprehensive exercise at both country and regional levels” with groups like the World Health Organization to prepare for potential quarantining and diagnostics measures, Gates said.
“Epidemics, hopefully this will get us to take them seriously, at least for the next 20 or 30 years,” he added.
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WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- You could read this story now. Or you could take a nap first, and perhaps tackle it feeling more alert and refreshed.
Health-wise, is that a good idea?
Under the right conditions, for the right reasons, probably – if you're awake to the possible pitfalls.
"A power nap, between 15 and 45 minutes, can improve memory and reduce fatigue for the rest of the day," said Dr. Michael Grandner, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "If you're otherwise well rested, that kind of nap can actually boost performance pretty well."
Some studies even compare the benefits of a midday nap to a cup of coffee, while some companies – including Google and NASA – let workers pencil naptime into their daily schedule.
But the long-term effects of naps are less conclusive.
For example, a 2019 study in the British medical journal Heart tracked the napping habits of nearly 3,500 people over five years and found those who napped once or twice a week were 48% less likely to have a cardiovascular event than those who didn't. Conversely, a meta-analysis of 11 studies published in the journal Sleep in 2015 showed people who nap for an hour or more a day had 1.82 times the rate of cardiovascular disease than people who didn't nap.
"We do not know enough about the association of naps with either optimal health or disease risk, especially cardiovascular disease," said Dr. Clete Kushida, a neurologist and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center in California. "More research needs to be conducted."
The more urgent health question, both experts say, is why you're taking that nap.
"If you're napping because it helps you get through the day, that's probably a good thing," Grandner said. "But if you're napping because you just can't stay awake, that's a sign that there's some underlying health issue. You're either not getting enough sleep at night or your sleep quality could be very poor."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates one-third of U.S. adults don't get enough sleep – at least seven hours per night is the standard recommendation – and warns that the risks include heart disease, diabetes, obesity and depression. Even the weary who appear to have slept long enough may have sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder where breathing is frequently interrupted.
"If an individual has significant daytime sleepiness leading to inadvertent or spontaneous naps, it usually indicates sleep quantity or sleep quality issues," Kushida said. If the sleep time seems adequate, he urges an evaluation "for sleep disorders and/or medical diseases."
The ideal nap, Kushida and Grandner agree, shouldn't last too long.
"You don't want to get into a deep stage of sleep," Grandner said. "If you've ever woken up from a nap that was too long, you know it because you feel miserable and groggy."
Napping too long during the day, Kushida added, can disrupt overall sleep patterns. "It's generally recommended to maximize sleep at night," he said.
Grandner said the exception might be if someone occasionally doesn't sleep enough at night and needs to recoup during the day.
"I call that the sleep replacement nap," he said. "College students do it a lot. They stay up at night, but then they nap a few hours during the day. That's not an ideal solution, but it's not terrible, either."
Lying down for a nap or laying your head on the desk might be a good time to reflect on the importance of sleep.
"We live in a culture that doesn't necessarily value sleep," Grandner said. "We need to stop talking about it as unproductive time, and to stop admiring people who brag about how little sleep they think they need.
"The scientific evidence is there," he said. "Sleep is a foundational part of our biology, like diet and physical activity. We need to take care of it."
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Falling in Love with Mexico City
Krystal Tejeda|August 27, 2018
I fell in love this summer.
But it wasn’t with a person. Instead, it was with a city.
[Mexico City at night]
It was a city with skyscrapers you swore actually scraped the sky and reflected the light of day that shined through the night. Each building was unique in its own way, yet they fit together like a mosaic. Mountains surrounded this vast, moving city famous for its richness in architecture and culture.
How could one fall in love with a city, you ask?
Well, the city has many personality traits. Some streets are quiet and calm while the next block bustles with life and traffic. You can see locals in suits walking through the city or selling organic produce on street corners. The people are very unified, value family more than anything and make sure that you feel at home whether they met you five minutes ago or ten years.
[The “Museo Soumaya” opened by Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, showcases his extensive art collection.]
The heart of the city is the largest public square in Latin America, Plaza de la Constitución, or Constitution Plaza, containing the famous Metropolitan Cathedral, The National Palace, and City Hall. Not far from the plaza is the Palacio De Bellas Artes, which translates to Palace of Beautiful Arts, and protects world famous artist murals- like Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo’s husband. Bellas Artes is a massive palace composed of 10 different types of marble, weighing approximately 24 tons. I had the pleasure of watching the sunset, whilst drinking tea and devouring a piece of carrot cake from the cafe, in front of the palace, seeing it in all its glory.
But just like every other love story, mine had its challenges. I was not able to eat most of Mexico City’s traditional dishes due to my dietary restrictions; however, the locals were able to do the eating for me.
One of the local specialties is called pambazos, which is a bread roll dipped in red pepper sauce, fried, then filled with potatoes, carrots, ground beef, lettuce, sour cream, and cheese. Pambazos are best made from women who are selling them on street sides. Another specialty is Gorditas, which translates to fatties- exactly how you feel after taking one bite. Gorditas are double fried corn tortillas that are stuffed with cheese, beans and other stuffings of your choice.
The 9 million locals who populate this city are fed with life and happiness.
And even though our love story only lasted about a week, it left me yearning for eternity.
Mexico City, you have mi corazon.
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WWI in Classic Film: Dishonored (1931)
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One of Marlene Dietrich’s lesser-known movies, Dishonored (1931) surprised me when I watched it. Having chosen Dishonored because it is one of the few WWI movies to adopt the perspective of one of the Central Powers, I admit that I expected a film filled with stiff performances and stilted dialogue. I was wrong.
Set in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1915, the film opens with the suicide of a woman who had been forced to turn to prostitution after the death of her husband in WWI. Sadly, she is only the most recent in a string of suicides. When gossipy neighbors comment that Marie Kolverer (Marlene Dietrich) will be next, she replies that she loves life too much, which attracts the attention of a stranger, who proves to be the head of the Austrian secret service. Inviting her to his headquarters/mad scientist lair, he explains that Austria is surrounded by enemies, and has suffered a number of defeats, which can only be explained by treachery. While it is true that the empire was in a difficult situation, fighting Russia and Serbia in the east, and Italy in the south, its recent defeats had more to do with horribly incompetent leadership than espionage, but the script is not concerned with historical accuracy.
Offering Kolverer a job as a spy, he warns her that she will be despised by society, which does not faze her, since she was selling her body to feed herself when she was given the opportunity to switch career tracks. Assigned the codename X-27, she quickly seduces her first target at a masquerade ball, meets his contact, Russian Colonel Kranau (Victor McLaglen) and figures out how the two men exchanged information.
An attempt to capture Kranau fails, but X-27 is given an opportunity to redeem herself when she is flown across enemy lines to a hotel that serves as Russian HQ in the area. Posing as a Russian serving girl, she attracts the attention of a general, and gets him drunk to obtain the plan for the next offensive, but Kranau catches her trying to leave.
While patriotism drives X-27 to risks her life, her opposite number admits that he is a thrill-seeker. When she is captured, Colonel Kranau nervously arranges himself as he waits for her to be brought to his office, reinforcing the image that the war is simply a game for him. Giving in to his desire for a night of pleasure before she is placed in front of a firing squad, he is outwitted, and X-27 escapes.
Returning to her own side of the lines, X-27’s information ensures an Austrian victory, and Kranau is captured. While the colonel was willing to see her executed in the morning, as long as they could have a night of physical delight first, X-27 proves to have deeper feelings, and arranges for him to escape. As a result, she ends up facing a room full of generals who do not understand love, so she has to suffer the consequences of her actions.
Having grown up watching Victor McLaglen play stocky, gruff cavalry sergeants who are fond of whiskey in John Ford’s westerns, it was a bit of a shock to see him as a dashing lead. McLaglen seemed less comfortable with sound than Dietrich, since he was constantly sneering, like a cartoon villain. Although it is a sound film, I would be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of times where Dietrich actually says an entire sentence. However, instead of the wooden performance that I had expected, she is captivating. Director Josef von Sternberg had already made two movies with Dietrich, and would make three more, so he knew how to make Dietrich come alive on screen.
Women had only received the right to vote a decade earlier in the United States, and the feminist movement was decades in the future, but Dishonored was a trailblazer. Instead of thanking her or even hinting that their opinion of women has risen due to her achievements, which had saved the lives of thousands of soldiers, Kolverer’s superiors are ungrateful. After escaping from Russia, X-27 races to decipher her code, which was a piece of music, while the generals stand around, as if resenting their dependence on a woman. When the colonel escapes her first trap, the head of the secret service tells X-27 that she should have known better than to match wits with a man, implying that her only ability was to seduce men, rather than beat them. This contempt plays to her advantage, since men are constantly underestimating her. The generals’ contempt is returned by Kolverer. Learning of her fate, she asks for the clothes that she wore when she served the soldiers, rather than the gowns that she wore when she served the empire.
Many of the WWI movies made in the early 1930s have tragic endings. Hell’s Angels (1930), The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), Dishonored, The Road to Glory (1936), and The Dawn Patrol (1930) all share a similar bleakness, as if the war was so horrible that no one could be expected to survive it, and might actually crave death to forget what they had seen.
I first watched Dishonored after sitting through several big-budget blockbusters that seemed to be designed as tests for future roller-coaster rides, so I really appreciated the movie’s slow pace. However, the true surprise was Dietrich’s character, a woman who routinely outsmarts men and has a stronger moral character, willing to risk her life for her country and to die for love.
This is my entry for the WWI in Classic Film Blogathon hosted by Movies, Silently and Silent-ology. Please visit the hosts’ pages to check out other reviews on classic films that deal with WWI.
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Posted by HoF at 11:41 am Tagged with: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLagen, WWI
Fritzi Kramer
Thanks so much for joining in! Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen… now there is an unexpected romantic combo if there ever was one. Dietrich is always a marvel. I will have to check this one out soon.
Thanks for organizing the blogathon. I have not seen many of Dietrich’s films, but she certainly was marvelous here.
I saw this a couple of weeks ago and thought it wasn’t quite as good as the other von Sternberg films starring Dietrich – must agree with you that McLaglen seems odd casting as the dashing lead – but Dietrich herself is fantastic, as usual. You make some good points here about the film’s pioneering nature – enjoyed reading your piece!
Thanks, I am happy that you found it interesting. I was really surprised by the feminist aspect of the script, it really was ahead of its time.
Cliff Aliperti
I’ve got to see if I have this one. It’s the one von Sternberg-Dietrich I haven’t seen and that’s been more oversight than anything else. Not a huge McLaglen fan, but he seems to do his best work with strong directors. Thanks for covering it and reminding me to seek it out!
Glad you enjoyed the review and hope that you like the movie. McLaglen’s performance slows down the story but Dietrich is superb.
Interesting. I was not aware of this film. Will try to get to it. I am not a big Dietrich fan, so I am leery about it but you make it sound pretty good.
It was definitely better than I expected. To be honest, the movie revolves around Dietrich, so if you don’t like her, you probably won’t like the movie.
R.A. Kerr
Victor MacLaglen as a romantic lead? This I’ve got to see – not just for that, but because this sounds like a memorable film. Thanks for the introduction to “Dishonored”. 🙂
It is definitely a memorable film, although parts of it were a bit slow for me. Dietrich’s performance made it worthwhile, but the bizarre experience of seeing Victor McLaglen as a romantic lead was simply icing on the cake.
I haven’t seen this one, but it is nice to hear that some movie took the Austro-Hungarian point of view. Have you read Jaroslav Hašek’s novel The Good Soldier Schweik? It is the only novel I have read from that point of view. Thank you for sharing with us all.
I have not read the book, but you are right, the Austro-Hungarian perspective has been ignored by Hollywood and even in the print world, well at least the English-language print world. Glad you found the review interesting.
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Nigeria to commission first locally built warship
01 June 2012 by defenceWeb
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will today commission Nigeria’s first locally produced warship, the NNS Andoni, at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard in Lagos.
The 31 metre long Nigerian Navy Seaward Defence Boat had its keel laid at the Naval Dockyard in December 2007, with full construction beginning in January the following year, according to Nigerian media. Between January 2008 and April 2009 the superstructure and shell were completed, but construction was delayed due to funding issues until Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral OS Ibrahim approved extra funding.
Ibrahim late last month said that the vessel was “the first warship constructed locally in the West African subregion.” He added that it was a bold step taken by the Navy as part of the governments’ transformation agenda.
The vessel was conceived as a research and development project by Vice Admiral GTA Adekeye and Rear Admiral GJ Jonah, who were at the time Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Engineering respectively.
The NNS Andoni is believed to be inspired by the 35 metre Argungu class patrol craft (NNS Argungu, NNS Yola, NNS Bras, NNS Epe) supplied by West Germany in the 1970s.
Jonathan is also expected to lay the keel of a second Seaward Defence Boat, according to Field Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Olufemi Ogunjimi. The Nigerian Navy is expected to receive nearly two dozen new acquisitions under this year’s defence budget.
In strengthening its military capabilities, Nigeria has paid particular attention to improving security in the Niger Delta and off its 780 kilometre long coast, where it has numerous oil installations.
Jonathan recently approved the purchase of two new 1 800 t Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Nigerian Navy, which will use them mainly for maritime surveillance, patrol and response tasks. Other roles of the vessels would be protection of offshore assets, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) patrol and surveillance, search and rescue and oil spill control.
The contract for the two OPVs was signed on April 18 this year, with China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Limited, the trade arm of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC). The first will be built in China while around 70% of the second one will be built in Nigeria in order to enhance local capability through technology transfer. They will be delivered in around three years time.
The OPVs will be 95 metres long, with a draft of 3.5 metres. They will be powered by two MTU 20V 4000M diesel engines, giving a speed of 21 knots per hour, and will be armed with one 76 mm and two 30 mm guns. Crew complement will be 70 sailors and endurance 20 days. They will be able to carry and support a helicopter off a rear deck.
The 2012 Defence Budget Proposal makes provision for three Shaldag Mk III fast patrol craft, three 24 metre coastal patrol craft and six 17 metre Manta Mk II ASD littoral interceptors (total cost N2.2 billion/US$13.7 million). In addition, the purchase of helicopter and ship spares will amount to N1.04 billion (US$6.5 million), according to Budget Office documents.
The FY2011 defence budget approved the acquisition of two offshore patrol vessels, the refurbishment of six coastal patrol craft by TP Marine and the delivery of nine Manta Mk II ASD craft.
French shipbuilder OCEA is building the three 24 metre coastal patrol craft and commenced sea trials of the first vessel on March 13. Delivery is expected this month.
The Suncraft Group is expected to construct the six Manta Mk II ASD vessels, bringing the total ordered over the last several years to 21. The Manta Mk II first entered service with the Nigerian Navy in 2008.
Nigeria’s Navy is seeking government approval to acquire up to 49 ships and 42 helicopters over the next ten years to police the nation’s territorial waterways and Gulf of Guinea, according to Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim.
The Nigerian Navy has been allocated N69 billion (US$433 million) under this year’s budget while the Army has been allocated N122 billion (US$766 million), and the Air Force N64 billion (US$402 million), reports the Nigerian Budget Office. The navy has about 7 000 personnel.
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W: L. Garcia (2-1) L: B. Brieske (0-2) S: R. Montero (3)
5:10 PM PT6:10 PM MT7:10 PM CT8:10 PM ET20:10 ET0:10 GMT8:10 5:10 PM MST7:10 PM EST7:40 PM VEN4:10 UAE (+1)6:10 PM CT, May 6, 2022
McCormick, Maldonado homers propel Astros past Tigers 3-2
(AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
HOUSTON (AP) Chas McCormick and Martin Maldonado hit consecutive homers and Luis Garcia worked seven strong innings as the Houston Astros stretched their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
McCormick's two-run homer to center in the second inning put the Astros up 2-1. Maldonado followed with a solo shot that just cleared the wall in right field.
"I'm happy that we are starting to win," McCormick said. "We are getting the ball rolling. This team is a really good team. I'm just happy that we are starting to win some games. It's been a long stretch of games, and it's been a good feeling that we have been winning."
Garcia (2-1) had his best outing of the season, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits. He struck out nine, matching his career high. The right-hander retired the final 15 batters he faced, including five straight by strikeout at one point.
Garcia said his cutter was nasty, but he had to figure it out after the third inning. Maldonado said it was a mechanical adjustment Garcia made.
"(His cutter) was really good, and it had shape to it and depth to it," Houston manager Dusty Baker said. "I couldn't tell if it was a cutter or curveball or slider. He had them off balance with it."
Houston played its 15th straight game out of 17 without an off day. The Astros next off day will be on Monday. Houston starters have pitched into the sixth in seven straight starts and 10 of the last 12 starts.
"It starts with the starters," Baker said. "The deeper they go, the better our bullpen is and not overworked, and it's been really great during this stretch because we were fearful with this stretch with all the games that we have play in a short period of time.
"It was good to win. We were losing some one-run games early and now we are winning some one-run games. A lot of that is pitching, speed and defense."
Phil Maton pitched a perfect eighth, and Rafael Montero retired the three batters he faced in the ninth for his third save. Astros pitchers retired the final 21 Detroit batters.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the top half of the second on an RBI groundout by Tucker Barnhart. Detroit cut Houston's lead to 3-2 in the third on an RBI groundout by Jeimer Candelario.
Detroit starter Beau Brieske (0-2) surrendered three runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts in five innings. The rookie right-hander has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his first three big league starts.
"The momentum team that these guys can be, things got a little bit fast for him, and they came up and did damage," Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. "I thought he settled in pretty nicely after that, and he started using his pitches a little better. They were using fastballs early, and he used his secondary pitches much better as the game went along."
Detroit, which lost its third straight, was 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. Houston was 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
Tigers: OF Austin Meadows was scratched from the lineup with a non-COVID-19 illness. Robbie Grossman started in right field in Meadows' place.
HE SAID IT
"He gets a lot of swing and misses. It also looked like he made a little bit of an adjustment during the game. We got better swings early, we didn't get a lot of swings late. He missed a lot of bats as the game moved along. He's proven to be good at adjustments. Be it usage or feel for his pitches, the results are what they are. He beat us tonight." - Hinch on Garcia.
LHP Framber Valdez (1-2, 3.42 ERA) starts Saturday for Houston looking for his first win since beating the Angels on April 7. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (0-2, 5.33) is seeking his first win for the Tigers after struggling this season and allowing at least three runs in each of his five starts.
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Violent Death Reporting
Mississippi Violent Death Reporting System (MSVDRS)
The Mississippi Violent Death Reporting System collects comprehensive information on the circumstances of violent deaths in the state, combining data from death certificates, coroners' reports, and law enforcement.
Recognizing a Public Health Problem
Violence is a major public health problem, claiming more than 50,000 lives a year in the U.S., and costing billions in medical costs, legal costs, and loss of productivity. Violence takes an emotional toll as well, leaving long-term emotional and psychological consequences. Its effects extend into the community, disrupting services and security for those who live, work and learn there.
What Counts as a Violent Death
Homicides and suicides are the major classes of violent death counted by the Mississippi Violent Death Reporting System. Also counted are:
Unintentional firearm-related deaths
Deaths of undetermined intent which may have been due to violence
Legal interventions and police actions (excluding executions)
By gathering information on the circumstances of violent deaths, including the demographics of victims and suspects, their relationship, and the manner and place of death, the Mississippi Violent Death Reporting System hopes to gain insight on patterns and risk factors that lead to violent deaths. This in turn can lead to preventive steps that communities can take to deter future violent deaths. Violent death data can help demonstrate the need for state and federal funding for prevention efforts, and help guide suicide and violence prevention programs. The ultimate goal is to make communities safer and healthier to live in.
Mississippi Violent Death Reporting System
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Rediff.com » News » Pakistani media slams Saeeds release
Pakistani media slams Saeeds release
June 04, 2009 21:17 IST
Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed's release has raised questions about the efficacy of Pakistan's campaign against terror and the adequacy of the country's legal framework for dealing with militant leaders, the Pakistani media said on Thursday.
Saeed and his aide Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmed were freed by the Lahore High Court on Tuesday, nearly six months after they were detained in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. The court said the government had not produced any evidence that showed the need to detain Saeed. "The release of Hafiz Saeed raises many questions about the sincerity and efficacy of the state in quashing jehadi networks that operate on its soil," the influential Dawn newspaper said in an editorial titled "Wanted: better laws". It noted that the court was "left with little option" as the government had relied on "weak grounds" for seeking an extension of Saeed's detention. "At the heart of the issue here is really the question of whether Pakistan's legal framework is adequate for dealing with men such as Saeed who are the ideological leaders and figureheads of groups which may be engaged in terrorist activities either abroad or on Pakistani soil," the Dawn said. "Do we have the laws that can put such people out of business while acknowledging the difficulty of tracing any particular crime to a group's top leadership? It appears not".
The Daily Times said the government told the court that Saeed was put under house arrest in pursuance of a UN resolution, which only required freezing JuD's assets and banning its members from travelling abroad rather than detaining them. It noted that Saeed had founded the LeT in 1985 and was blamed for attacks in Mumbai and Delhi in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
The LeT was banned by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2002, following which Saeed renamed it the JuD. In August 2006, Saeed was detained as head of JuD, was later released. The News daily, in its editorial, said Saeed was freed after being arrested in 2006 because no charges had been brought against him. "It is of course quite possible that Indian accusations against (LeT) are wholly inaccurate, but then we must ask why two governments in Pakistan acted to ban it. They must, we assume, have had some evidence at hand when they did so," it added. This evidence, it said, needs to be produced before people. "We must tackle terror wherever it exists. This is also key to eliminating groups that fuel it and by doing so distancing them from people who still have doubts about their role". The daily said the "failure to prove charges against men accused of involvement in violence in the past has been a key factor in their growth".
"One can only wonder why it has proved so difficult to nab a man who is accused of heading organisations involved in multiple terrorist attacks," said the Daily Times. The News said it was up to law enforcement agencies to "explain why they have been unable to produce no charges at all against a man for whom full-fledged raids were conducted under the full glare of TV cameras late last year". The Dawn also highlighted need for Pakistan's parliament to debate efficacy of existing anti-terror legislation and to draw up a new set of laws that would help prosecute militant leaders like Taliban commanders Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Fazlullah.
Referring to India's unhappiness at the release of Saeed and his aides, the daily said the development "sends a bad sign that the government here is perhaps not up to the task of prosecuting them even if evidence is adduced". "The Pakistan government must urgently explain what it plans to do next, or else risk losing another opportunity for peace now that elections have concluded in India," it added. The Daily Times said Saeed's release reflected "a clash between politics and requirements of justice" and would lead to negative international political repercussions. It added: "It is moot whether the state even intended to go through with the process without endangering government, but the bare fact is that international political repercussions will be negative, getting worse as Pakistan proves incompetent to fulfil the other requirements of (UN SC) Resolution 1267 that the court has not rejected".
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Rediff.com » News » The death of a 'bad Taliban'
The death of a 'bad Taliban'
By Tahir Ali
August 10, 2009 18:46 IST
The death of Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in an American drone attack has once again brought to the fore the differences between the 'good Taliban' and the 'bad Taliban'. Pakistan-based journalist Tahir Ali analyses the differences and conflicts within the Taliban, which is facing intensive military operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The Taliban's Jihad against foreign forces in Afghanistan will not be affected if a Pakistani Taliban leader is killed on the other side of the Durand Line (which divides Afghanistan and Pakistan)," said Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban's spokesperson in Afghanistan, in the wake of reports that Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed.
Zabiullah's assessment is right, as the death of Mehsud might be a big blow to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, but not to the Afghan Taliban.
There were differences of opinion between the chiefs of the Taliban in the two countries earlier. Mullah Omer, the head of Afghan Taliban, has good relations with some elements in Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence and he doesn't want unrest in Pakistan.
But Baitullah Mehsud, along with his deputy Hakimullah Mehsud, carried out a number of attacks against ISI installations in Pakistan. Mehsud felt that there was no difference between the fight against Pakistani security forces and the fight against the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's forces in Afghanistan, as both are following same agenda.
His men preferred fighting in Pakistan instead of Afghanistan -- they termed Pakistani forces the 'near enemy' while NATO forces were branded the 'far enemy'.
Pakistani Taliban elements can be broadly divided into two groups, the 'good Taliban' and the 'bad Taliban'. A number of Pakistani politicians are of the view that Pakistan should promote the 'good Taliban' for its own interest rather than that of the United States.
'Good Taliban' are those who never target Pakistani armies and their focus remains on Afghanistan, while the 'bad Taliban' mainly attack Pakistani government installations and often seek refuge across the border.
The relations between the 'good Taliban' and the Pakistan government are based on the theory of 'mutual non-interference in each other's affairs'.
Qari Zainuddin Mehsud, the head of the anti-Baitullah group, is an example of this group. He enjoyed the support of state agencies, confronted Baitullah Mehsud and openly supported the Jihad in Afghanistan against NATO forces. However, Zainuddin Mehsud could not oppose Baitullah for a long time, as he was killed by his guard on June 23 this year.
Mullah Omer, one of the world's most wanted men, has good ties with Mullah Nazir, who has great influence over the agency's Wazir-dominated areas. South Waziristan is broadly divided into two parts -- Mehsud-built and Wazir-built. Mehsud is the largest tribe comprising 60 per cent of the population that lives in Sarokai, Kaniguram, Makin, Shakatoi and Sararogha, while 35 per cent of the populations is made up of Wazirs who are dominant in Wana, the headquarters of the agency, and its environs.
Mullah Nazir, a 'good Talib', enjoys good relations with the Pakistan government. His followers never attack security forces in the area and the army reciprocates by not disturbing his fighters while they cross the Durand Line. In 2006, Taliban forces in this part were also fighting against Pakistani security forces, under the leadership of commander Haji Omer, the cousin of slain Taliban commander Naik Muhammad.
Naik Muhammad had initiated an armed struggle against the Pakistani forces in South Waziristan. He later signed a peace agreement with the government but the accord was sabotaged when he was killed during a drone attack in 2004.
Haji Omer, popularly known for harbouring foreign militants, especially Uzbeks, succeeded Naik Muhammad. The aggressive Uzbeks carried out attacks against the security forces and local chieftains, which dampened the Taliban's popularity in the area. The Taliban elements in Afghanistan were concerned about this development, as they often crossed over to Pakistan, especially during winter.
When the public opinion against Haji Omer and the Uzbeks became stronger, Mullah Omer appointed Mullah Nazir, his blue-eyed boy, as the head of all Taliban factions in Wana and its surroundings. The newly appointed head of Taliban started cleansing operation against Uzbeks and their host Haji Omer -- they were ousted in March 2007.
Incidentally, Haji Omer and Uzbek militants were welcomed by Baitullah Mehsud, drawing the ire of both Mullah Omer and Mullah Nazir.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur, the head of the Taliban faction in neighbouring North Waziristan, follows a similar policy of opposing Jihad within Pakistan and focusing on the fight inside Afghanistan.
Gul Bahadur, a 'good Talib', enjoys the support of government agencies and of Mullah Omer. Maulana Sirajuddin Haqqani, the son of senior Afghan Jihadi Jalaluddin Haqqani, follows the same policy.
In 2006, when fighting erupted between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban at North Waziristan, Mullah Dadullah, a dreaded Afghan Taliban commander, brokered a peace deal between the two parties. Dadullah, who was killed later, wanted Waziristan to be a safe haven for Taliban fighters, and didn't want clashes with Pakistani security forces.
Gul Bahadur Wazir, the head of the Taliban in North Waziristan, initially fought against Pakistani security forces, but signed a peace deal with the government in 2006. However, in 2007, he broke the agreement, only to re-enter into a peace deal with the government. In June 2009, he again withdrew from the deal.
After Baitullah Mehsud's death, the state agencies are trying to create a rift in the Baitullah-led TTP, over the issue of leadership. State-owned media also carried some baseless reports that Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman, both likely successors of Mehsud, have killed each other.
Some 'good Taliban' commanders, backed by Pakistani agencies, are trying to appoint some pro-government commander as the head of TTP. But members of the al-Qaeda and the Punjabi Taliban, who have good contacts with the TTP, have rushed to the area to appoint the new chief.
Hakimullah Mehsud is the strongest contender for the slot but Mufti Waliur Rehman is also not far behind in the race to succeed Baitullah
According to a report, the ISI provided the Central Intelligence Agency with the requisite information needed to strike Baitullah Mehsud, as he was a 'bad Talib'. But will Pakistan help the CIA target other wanted militants, including Mullah Nazir, Hafiz Gul Bahadur or Sirajuddin Haqqani, who are considered 'good Talibans'?
Tahir Ali
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Who will succeed Baitullah Mehsud?
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
5 Theme music
Stephen Taylor Woodrow (voiceover)
Various antiques experts including Eric Knowles, Jonty Hearnden, Lorne Spicer, Tim Wonnacott
Reef Television for BBC One, 10 March 2008 to 18 June 2010 (59 episodes in 3 series)
Reef Television for BBC Two, 14 February 2011 to 13 May 2012 (90 episodes in 3 series)
Reef Television for BBC One, 18 February 2013 to 19 May 2017 (160 episodes in 8 series)
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Food: Reef Television for BBC Two, 5 May to 5 June 2009 (23 episodes in 1 series)
Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is: Reef Television for BBC One, 8 to 26 April 2013 (15 episodes in 1 series)
A mid-morning antiques show which completely changed its format from one series to the next. The general idea is that TV "experts" are shown using their expertise to invest their own money instead of other people's, and the original format was not a game show but simply a documentary series following TV property experts buying houses with their own money. However, for the second series it became yet another in the long line of Bargain Hunt wannabes, with two antiques experts competing to make a profit with up to £1000 of their own money. The experts are given certain parameters (having to buy from a certain place, or a certain type of object) but are free to purchase as few or as many items as they like, and can even do them up before selling them on. Hardly the most original format (and an hour is really too long — the repeats sensibly trim it down to 45 minutes) but some of the experts are good value.
Today's instructions are handed to the experts in a golden envelope.
Jonty Hearnden, Kate Bliss and Eric Knowles on the lookout for antiques
Following a BBC Trust investigation in 2009, the programme was found to be in violation of BBC programming guidelines, although it was noted the BBC was unaware of the practices being used by the production company. The Trust found that:
"...in this case a sofa was being sold. Unbeknown to Reef Television management the real buyer did not wish to appear on camera so a friend stood in for him/her. That sale fell through and the dealer then sold the sofa at auction for the same price... [the BBC Editorial Standards Committee] noted that the reconstructions had not changed the underlying facts about the sales which had taken place... Even so the ESC considered both practices to be unacceptable."
The outcome was that the series in question, along with previously-aired series of Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting, which was also found to have misled viewers, would not be shown again. However, the ruling was only against the old series; the newly-compliant series 3, already in production at the time of the Trust's enquiry, went ahead and was aired some months later.
Series 4 was moved to its sister channel BBC Two at the much later time of 5.15pm, though by that time it had perhaps had its thunder stolen by the similar (and arguably superior) Antiques Road Trip, which shared the same time slot at the start of 2011.
The show had a spin-off version in 2009 on BBC Two with celebrity chefs competing, cunningly titled Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Food and employing what is essentially a less rigid version of the Recipe for Success format. In 2013, it came back, but this time on BBC One under the title Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is.
Theme music
Theme by Sharpsell.
The remainder of the soundtrack is mostly library music, but the profit summaries are accompanied by the Armand Van Helden remix of "Professional Widow" by Tori Amos.
Official site (Regular version)
Official site (Chefs version)
Retrieved from "http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Put_Your_Money_Where_Your_Mouth_Is"
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Ready Steady Win
Introduced by Keith Fordyce and Cathy McGowan, hosted by Michael Aldred and Gay Shingleton
Judges varied from show to show
Associated-Rediffusion for ITV, 15 June to 16 September 1964 (13 episodes in 1 series)
TV talent contest, extending the brand of seminal 60s pop show Ready Steady Go!
To enter, bands had first to send in a demo disc (not tape) then pass an audition. The shows were recorded at the Associated Rediffusion studios in Wembley. It was the first time that the RSG engineers had tried to mix and broadcast live bands - unlike RSG, there was no miming in RSW.
The engineers were obsessed with removing all trace of hum & other noise from the bands' equipment, and spent much of the morning replacing valves, etc.
The judges varied from week to week, such as Beatles manager Brian Epstein, bandleader Cyril Ornadel and journalist Maureen Cleve. When interviewed on the show and asked what was the most important attribute a band should have, Maureen gave the most profound response "clean fingernails".
Another competing band to have some later commercial success was The Birds, a very rough-looking R&B band featuring a very young Ronnie Wood.
Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood was discovered on this show when he appeared as the drummer for the band The Bo Street Runners.
The Troggs were also discovered on this show. They narrowly beat a Dagenham schoolboy group called the Rapiers. The Rapiers were the first group to get full marks for "Personality" on the show.
The entire show was rehearsed with the engineers standing in for the judges, then recorded in the evening with a full teenage audience and proper judges.
IMDb entry
Retrieved from "http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Ready_Steady_Win"
Categories: Variety | Rediffusion Productions
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The President of Uzbekistan chairs a meeting on issues of further increasing the domestic and inbound tourism potential
Yesterday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on measures to further increase the domestic and inbound tourism potential, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.
According to the press service of the Head of our state, diversification is the key to economic stability. Therefore, large-scale activity is being carried out in Uzbekistan on the structural transformation of the economy. In particular, the tourism industry has been identified as one of the drivers, and the necessary conditions are being created for its development.
For example, the issuance of visas to tourists was simplified, queues and unnecessary checks at airports were eliminated, green corridors were created, and currency exchange was liberalized. The rates of social tax and turnover tax for tourism enterprises are set at 1 percent, the rates of land tax and property tax are reduced by 90 percent. The number of placements increased 3 times compared to 2017 and reached 125,000. A system of electronic registration of guests is created.
This year, tourism is recovering from the pandemic. By September this year, the number of foreign tourists who visited Uzbekistan has tripled compared to 2021. Since the beginning of the year, the volume of tourist exports amounted to $926 million. The length of stay of foreign tourists has increased to an average of 4-5 days, and their spending – up to $305.
The number of domestic tourists also increased – 3.5 times compared to last year – and reached 7.5 million people.
The President pays special attention to this area, because 30 percent of the industry’s income goes to people in the form of wages. In industry or other sectors, this figure does not exceed 10 percent. One job created in tourism creates two additional jobs in related industries. That is, tourism is an important resource for providing employment, increasing income and exporting services.
The state of tourism in the regions was considered at the meeting. Huge opportunities for this and tasks for their use were shown.
As is known, on the initiative of the Head of the state, the International Tourist Center “The Great Silk Road” was established in Samarkand. Recently, it hosted the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at a high organizational level. This multifunctional center includes 8 modern hotels, a congress center, the Eternal City complex, an amphitheater and many other facilities. It is capable of serving 2 million tourists a year.
The Head of the state gave instructions on attracting tourists to this complex, promoting the brand “Samarkand – Tourism Gateway of New Uzbekistan” in cooperation with embassies and foreign companies.
The Ministry of Transport was given a task to effectively use the capabilities of the modernized Samarkand International Airport, remove restrictions on flights of foreign airlines, and increase the number of international flights.
At the meeting held on 26 April this year, measures were defined to increase the volume of tourism services in cities and districts, to allocate 1 trillion UZS of credit resources for industry projects. Analyzing the fulfillment of these tasks, the Head of the state pointed out the insufficiency of tourist places in the regions and the financing of entrepreneurs’ projects.
The Hokim of Fergana region reported on the activities of the creation of the tourist ring “Golden Valley”, covering 5 districts and 3 cities. The President emphasized the need for implementing similar projects in other regions, providing financial and organizational support to their initiators.
Opportunities for creating tourist zones in safe areas near water bodies and on forest fund lands were also noted. Proposals were put forward for the development of safari tourism in the steppe regions of Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, Kashkadarya, Navoi, Surkhandarya, Fergana and Khorezm regions.
Another promising direction is pilgrimage tourism. There are more than 1.2 thousand shrines in Uzbekistan. It was noted that by fully using this opportunity, it would be possible to attract at least 1 million tourists a year.
Instructions were given to increase flights from Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Arab countries, train qualified guides, improve conditions and roads in places of pilgrimage.
In Uzbekistan, 135 mahallas are defined as tourist mahallas. The issue of infrastructure is very important since most of them are located in remote areas.
Therefore, the President instructed to develop a program to solve problems with roads, electricity and water supply, Internet access in tourist mahallas.
Road infrastructure is essential for travel. But over time, the number of cars increases. For example, five years ago, 25,000 cars passed along the Tashkent – Samarkand route, and today this figure has reached 35,000. Accordingly, the travel time has also increased.
In this regard, the need for increasing the frequency of rail and air communication between the cities of the country was noted.
The President focused on the issues of expanding amenities for tourists and simplifying the rules for the activities of industrial entities.
For example, today there are 97 requirements for opening a hotel. Taking into account the opinions of entrepreneurs, the task was set to simplify these requirements based on international standards.
There are inconveniences in the order of registration of tourists in the internal affairs bodies. In particular, a foreign tourist must be temporarily registered by the hotel within 2 days, and in the case of staying with relatives – within 3 days.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was instructed to review this system and lift excessive restrictions. Online notification will be used instead of temporary registration of foreign tourists.
It is also planned to cancel the requirement for licensing the activities of travel agents with the introduction of a notification procedure. This will create an opportunity for the emergence of thousands more travel agents.
“Tourism means investment, exports, new jobs and poverty reduction. Therefore, it is necessary to pay serious attention to this direction in each region and attract more tourists”, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.
It was noted that there are all opportunities to attract 7 million foreign and 12 million domestic tourists next year, increasing the export of tourism services to $2 billion. Specific areas of work and those responsible for their implementation were defined.
“Dunyo” IA
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From boom to bust in Ireland
Eric Toussaint, author of Your Money or Your Life: The Tyranny of Global Finance, analyzes the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger economy in Ireland.
FOR A decade, Ireland was heralded by the most ardent partisans of neoliberal capitalism as a model to be imitated. The Celtic Tiger had a higher growth rate than the European average. Tax rate on companies had been reduced to 12.5%[1], and the rate actually paid by transnational corporations that had set up business there was between 3 and 4 percent--a CEOs dream!
Ireland's budget deficit was nil in 2007, as was its unemployment rate in 2008. In this earthly paradise, everybody seemed to benefit. Workers had jobs (though often highly precarious); their families were busy consuming, benefiting as they were from the prevailing abundance; and both local and foreign capitalists were enjoying inordinate returns.
In October 2008, a couple of days before the Belgian government bailed out the big "Belgian" banks Fortis and Dexia with taxpayers' money, Bruno Colmant, head of the Brussels stock exchange and professor of economics, published an op-ed in Le Soir, the French-language daily newspaper of record, stating that Belgium must follow the Irish example and further deregulate its financial system. According to Colmant, Belgium needed to change its legal and institutional framework so as to become a platform for international capital, just like Ireland.
Tens of thousands march in Dublin against proposed cuts as a consequence of the EU-IMF "rescue" plan (William Murphy)
A few short weeks later, the Celtic Tiger was crying for mercy when the economic crisis hit.
In Ireland, financial deregulation triggered a boom in loans to households (household indebtedness had reached 190 percent of gross domestic product on the eve of the crisis), particularly in real estate, a factor that helped boost the island's economy (the building industry, financial activities, etc.).
The banking sector had experienced exponential growth with the establishment of many foreign companies[2] and the increase in Irish banks' assets. Real estate and stock market bubbles started forming. The total amount of stock market capitalization, bond issues and bank assets was 14 times bigger than the country's GDP.
What could not possibly happen in such a fairy-tale world then happened: In September-October 2008, the house of cards collapsed, and the real estate and financial bubbles burst. Companies closed down or left the country, and unemployment rose to 14 percent in early 2010. The number of families unable to repay their creditors swiftly increased, too.
The whole Irish banking system teetered on the edge of bankruptcy and a panic-stricken government blindly guaranteed bank deposits for 480 billion euros (roughly $625 billion, and about three times the Irish GDP of 168 billion euros). The Irish government nationalized Allied Irish Bank, the main source of financing for real estate loans, with a transfusion of 48.5 billion euros--about 30 perent of GDP.
Exports slowed down. State revenues declined. The budget deficit rose from 14 percent of GDP in 2009 to 32 percent in 2010 (more than half of this due to the massive support given to the banks: 46 billion euros in equity and 31 billion euros for purchases of toxic assets).
AT THE end of 2010, the European bailout plan with International Monetary Fund (IMF) participation amounted to 85 billion euros in loans (including 22.5 billion euros from the IMF), and it is already clear that this won't be enough.
In exchange, radical conditions were forced on the Celtic Tiger in the form of a drastic austerity plan that heavily affects households' purchasing power, with a resultant decrease in consumption, in public expenditure on welfare, in civil servants' salaries, in infrastructure investments (to facilitate debt repayment) and in tax revenues.
On the social level, the principal measures of the austerity plan are nothing short of disastrous:
Elimination of 24,750 positions in the civil service (8 percent of the workforce, which would mean 350,000 positions in France);
New employees will earn 10% less;
Reduction of social transfers resulting in lower family and unemployment allowances, a significant reduction in the health budget and a freeze on retirement pensions;
A rise in taxes to be borne mostly by the majority of the population, already a victim of the crisis: notably, a value-added tax increase from 21 percent to 23 percent in 2014; the creation of a real estate tax (affecting half of the households that were formerly tax-exempt);
A reduction in the minimum hourly wage (from 8.65 euros to 7.65 euros, or 11 percent less).
The interest rates for the loans to Ireland are very high--5.7 percent for the IMF loan and 6.05 percent for the "EU" loans. These loans will be used to repay banks and other financial bodies that buy bonds on the Irish debt, borrowing money from the European Central Bank at a rate of 1 percent--another windfall for private financiers.
According to AFP, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed that the bailout would work, though, of course, "it would be difficult because it is hard for people who will have to make sacrifices for the sake of budget austerity."
Both in the streets and in parliament, opposition has been determined. The Dail, or lower house of parliament, voted through the 85 billion euro rescue plan by a mere 81-75 margin.
Far from relinquishing its neoliberal orientation, the IMF declared that among Ireland's priorities, it is counting on the adoption of reforms to do away with structural obstacles to business, so as to support competitiveness in the coming years.
The "socialist" Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he was convinced that a new government after the elections in early 2011 would not change anything. "I'm confident that even if the opposition parties, Fine Gael and Labour, are criticizing the government and the programme...they understand the need to implement the program," Strauss-Kahn said.
In short, the economic and financial liberalization aimed at attracting foreign investments and transnational financial companies has utterly failed. To add insult to the injury that the population must bear as a result of these policies, the IMF and the Irish government are persevering in the neoliberal orientation of the past two decades, and, under pressure from international finance, are subjecting the population to a structural adjustment programs similar to those imposed on Third World countries for the past three decades.
Yet these past decades should show why such programs are a disaster--and why it is high time to enforce a radically different logic that benefits people and not private money.
Translated by Christine Pagnoulle in collaboration with Judith Harris.
The present article is largely drawn from a slide show by Pascal Franchet ("Actualité de la dette publique au Nord").
1. The tax rate on company profits is 39.5 percent in Japan, 39.2 percent in the UK, 34.4 percent in France and 28 percent in the U.S.
2. The problems experienced by Hypo Reale Estate in Germany (bailed out by Angela Merckel's government in 2007) and the collapse of the U.S. investment bank Bear Sterns (bought out by JPMorgan Chase with the help of the Bush administration in March 2008) were partly due to dodgy hedge funds located in Dublin.
Becca Bor
#Repealed!: How we won
A pro-choice campaigner explains why Irish voters resoundingly repealed a constitutional amendment that made abortion illegal.
Irish women won’t go back into the shadows
In the lead-up to a referendum on repealing a section of the constitution making abortion illegal, Irish women are finding their voice.
Pat Stack
The hypocrites pass judgment on McGuinness
Sinn Fein and Irish Republican Army leader Martin McGuinness had far greater cause for taking up arms than those judging him today.
We say water is a right
The movement against water charges has taken hold in Ireland and is providing an opportunity to take on neoliberal austerity.
Interview: Kieran Allen
The cause of Ireland’s crisis
The Irish government is on the brink of default after bailing out the banks, and it wants workers to pay. But a resistance is building from below.
Christopher Baum and Alan Maass
The Senate’s sickening health care fiasco
The Republicans have suffered a colossal failure on health care, but that doesn't mean the crisis of the Obamacare status quo is any less severe.
Kristen Sheets
Inside the #MeToo revolt at Google
It may be the biggest international walkout in modern labor history. Here’s why it happened, how it happened and what it tells us.
Interview: Phil Gasper
Is there still time to stop climate catastrophe?
The predictions in the UN report on climate change are dire and demand drastic change. But the obstacle isn’t technical — it’s political.
Monique Dols and Lance Selfa
We saw Puerto Rico’s struggle to survive
Two SW contributors who traveled to Puerto Rico describe a society that was failed by the powerful--but whose people are trying to reknit its social fabric.
Interview: Naomi Klein
Looking for answers to capitalism’s disasters
The left-wing author makes the case for a vision of what we're fighting for that isn't just a list of policies, but is really an alternative worldview.
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Sen. Brownsberger and Rep. Livingstone Hold Wide-Ranging Virtual Town Hall Meeting
by Dan Murphy • June 17, 2020 • 0 Comments
State Sen. Will Brownsberger and State Rep. Jay Livingstone welcomed around 50 guests for a virtual Town Hall meeting Thursday, June 11, to discuss a wide range of issues, including the looming state budget, the future of the T and proposed police reform.
“State Police reform needs to happen,” said Sen. Brownsberger, who added that despite rallying calls to strip them of funding, the State Police now only accounts for about 1 percent of the Commonwealth’s annual budget. “We shouldn’t take all the money away from police or eliminate police. I don’t think I can get to that place myself.”
Gov. Charlie Baker has filed a bill that besides requiring officers statewide to be certified, would take complaints against individual officers to the state level, and which Sen. Brownsberger said the legislature expects to vote on soon.
The Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus is also now working on recommend changes for policing, but Sen. Brownsberger said oversight responsibilities must fall on the officers in charge as well.
“We need committed police leadership to send the message to officers about what kind of policing the community wants,” he said. “We can also make a difference moving the compliant process to the state level.”
As it stands with complaints against officers today, Sen. Brownsberger said a collective bargaining union and management often send in arbitrators who don’t always enforce discipline.
Rep. Livingstone, whose district includes the Cambridgeport neighborhood in Cambridge, said there was a lot of public backlash in response to Cambridge City Council’s recent conversation on increasing funding for that city’s police force, which ultimately “lost momentum” when some of the department’s critics realized a budget cut would mean certain responsibilities they deem necessary would no longer be handled by police there.
“What exactly we want from the police is going to be a very important discussion,” said Rep. Livingstone, who served as Middlesex County’s Assistant District Attorney for four years. “A tremendous difference [between officers] is what kind of training they’ve received, that’s part of the equation, and what kinds of equipment they use is part of the discussion as well.”
In another matter, the state’s projected $43 billion budget for fiscal ‘21 is expected to fall short of that benchmark by between $4 billion and $6 billion, Rep. Livingstone said. And with a budget shortfall of between $2 billion and $7 billion projected for the following fiscal year, the state’s $3.5 billion “rainy day fund,” which is the second biggest in the country, won’t be enough to cover this expected deficit.
“The biggest wildcard now is federal funding because of the HEROES Act” Rep. Livingstone said of the pending stimulus bill that would allocate nearly one-third of its requested $3 trillion to state and local governments to pay “vital workers” first-responders, healthcare workers and teachers now at risk of losing their jobs because of budget cuts. “If municipal and state government is bailed out by the federal government, that’s going to make the biggest difference, but right now it doesn’t look pretty.”
This comes only weeks before the state’s formal legislative cycle for the fiscal year is slated to wrap up July 31, but Sen. Brownsberger remains confident the legislature can accomplish several major goals by then, including establishing an early-voting or vote-by-mail system; passing a proposed $18 billion state transportation bill; and implementing some measure of police reform. “There are a lot of other things that would be great to get done as well,” he said
Sen. Brownsberger said it’s also likely legislative sessions would be extended during a time he described as fraught with “more uncertainty that any other budget cycle in decades.”
“It’s just a legislative vote; it’s something we can do,” he said. “I don’t think there are any major procedural barriers if we want to do it.”
Rep. Livingstone agreed with this prediction, saying: “There’s been a lot of discussion on breaking it up or extending the sessions. When the formal sessions end July 31, there will be a discussion about voting on the budget afterwards. It hasn’t been finalized yet, but that’s my guess as to what will happen.”
Both state officials warily ponder the future of the MBTA.
While the T has lost considerable revenue from a dramatic drop in ridership since the pandemic hit, Sen. Brownsberger said only $700 million comes from fares, while the remainder of its $2 billion annual budget is provided via state sales tax and to a lesser extent from property tax revenue from the Commonwealth’s cities and towns.
Sen. Brownsberger said the T must continue to operate for those who rely on it as their primary mode of transportation, but he said according to a recent survey, more than half of respondents who began working from home because of the public health crisis said they expect to continue doing so even after state restrictions have been eased on their workplaces.
“Frankly I don’t think there’s any way to safely ride the MBTA,” said Sen. Brownsberger, who added despite his affinity for the T, he has only taken one round-trip subway ride since the pandemic struck. “You don’t want to be on a crowded train where you’re pushed up against people, you just don’t.”
Rep. Livingstone said MBTA officials told him after the 2009 recession, it took six years for ridership to return to ’08 levels, and that the current crisis is expected to have a similar long-term effect. Low ridership has its advantages, though, he said, such as allowing the T to implement comprehensive new safety measures, as well as to expedite some repair work.
On the Blue line, the T was able to reduce the projected year-long repair schedule, which included plans for suspending service overnight and on two weekends, to around two weeks by shutting down service on the line completely during that time. Expedited work on the Green C and E lines is set to begin in July and August, respectively
“The Red line will be shut down for some time as well [to allow for repairs],” Rep. Livingstone said.
Andrew Bettinelli, Sen. Brownsberger’s chief of staff, also provided information on helicopters that fly over Back Bay – something that residents of that neighborhood have described as an increasing public nuisance.
Under Federal Aviation Administration regulations, helicopters are mandated to adhere to “navigational highways” that follow the routes of vehicular highways, like Storrow Drive, and rivers, such as the Charles, he said.
The FAA also allows helicopters to fly lower to the ground than airplanes while several landing pads for nearby hospitals are located near Back Bay, which Bettinelli said further “exasperates issues.”
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Le Gateau Chocolat
e Gateau Chocolat , Theatre Royal Stratford East (c) Robbins Photographic
Le Gateau Chocolat – interview
Le Gateau Chocolat stars in the autobiographical ‘Black’ at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. The show chronicles his life from his childhood in Nigeria to the present day, complete with a live orchestra. The former Law student tells Afridiziak why the entertaining yet emotionally stirring show is as unconventional as his route into show business.
Black is more than a drag performance. Describe the show for someone who doesn’t know what to expect.
If you come having watched RuPaul’s Drag Race or with your preconception of what drag is, I’m not sure that’s not what you’re going to get here. The drag is the vehicle to deliver a reality that not only I experience but that many across the globe do. All the blurb surrounding the show is linked to talking about depression so it’s really interesting that despite our best efforts people still come with what they traditionally expect a drag show to be and that’s not what this show is.
He is also keen to expand on the meaning behind the show’s title. The concept of ‘black’ manifests itself throughout the performance.
That’s not just black by colour, that’s all the things surrounding it and that’s what we deal with in the show. From black colour to black music to black and blue to black sheep to black comedy.
For anyone in the entertainment industry there is the added shame or remorse of ‘I can’t be seen to be depressed because by every standard I am successful’.
The subtitle of the show is the Maya Angelou quotation, ‘there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you’. Has there been a relief that comes with telling his story?
It’s still difficult but what it does encourage is me to not only eulogise my friends who unfortunately have committed suicide in the past five years, but it also encourages me to engage with my depression and not deny that it is there. It is still a taboo in our society until we keep breaking down the stigma. I think the more we talk about it the more we recognise that it isn’t something to be afraid of or ashamed of. In the same way that if you had a cold or the flu or a chest infection or you broke your arm you would go and see a doctor. I’m not saying that the only route is a medical one but if something isn’t quite right then talking to someone and sharing it does alleviate some of the burden.
Le Gateau Chocolat , Theatre Royal Stratford East (c) Robbins Photographic
He then lists famous figures who have been vocal about mental health recently, such as Stormzy. We talk about the stigma of mental health, particularly within the black community.
I think it is also complicated by being a black man. There’s a real kind of link to toxic masculinity where men are encouraged to not be able to cry or not be able to be emotional or to feel because that’s defined as weakness. For anyone in the entertainment industry there is the added shame or remorse of ‘I can’t actually be seen to be depressed because by every standard I am successful’. The reality of it is that before he is a musician, before I do drag, before I am an opera singer, we are all human beings and I think people forget that.
Le Gateau Chocolat’s own experience with depression is an important part of Black. I ask what he hopes it will add to the conversation?
For me I think one of the purposes of the show that I hope it achieves is a political statement in that I hope that someone who is experiencing depression, or has had difficulty in talking about it, finds the courage to talk about it or to recognise that there are other people like them.
The show is entirely autobiographical so I wonder what it is like for the performer to be so vulnerable on stage, especially with his loved ones in the audience.
Pretty hard because I think some of them didn’t know about the depression when that started. They didn’t know about some of the things I was saying had happened. Art should comfort the discomforted and discomfort the comforted. If your living in a privilege bubble then my responsibility is to tell the truth, my truth, and I hope that truth pricks your privilege so that you understand that the things you see as innocuous or mundane are things that people actually have to fight for.
It is clear that Le Gateau Chocolat believes wholeheartedly in representation, knowing first-hand what it is like to not have people like you to look up to.
Representation is important because I think these stages and entertainment, these platforms, raise the dreams and ambitions of the generations to come.
He not only talks the talk but is willing to walk the walk. Last year, his show DUCKIE, a retelling of The Ugly Duckling, was inspired by his nieces.
I want my niece to be able to go to a show and not just be entertained but also leave with the perceived positive of ‘I can do that as well’ and I don’t want that to be limited to her going to see the Lion King.
The key thing is to connect with someone and in a theatre of 400 people I hope that more than one person leaves with an element of recognition: they see themselves on stage, they see themselves represented, they see mental health depicted with care and that’s the thrust of why I do this.
I can either wax lyrical about it or make work that crystallises what I’m talking about. We need to encourage diversity not just to have the discussion but also to actually make it happen.
Did you envision whilst growing up in Lagos that you would be doing this?
God no. that is rather the extraordinary thing. To stand on that stage was an extraordinary feeling of achievement. I will never take this for granted because it’s still a huge risk to take on the black, gay, Nigerian show but they [The Theatre Royal Stratford East] are saying that they feel it’s a voice that should be heard in the cacophony. His success is even more remarkable, considering that he graduated with a Law degree from Sussex University in 2003. For all intents and purposes I was going to be a lawyer. I didn’t go to theatre school, I didn’t train in opera, I didn’t study drag. I just wanted to sing.
How did those closest to him react to his decision to leave Law behind and pursue entertainment?
I think that’s still an ongoing battle – they weren’t jumping with joy because I think the first thing that comes to mind is ‘well you can’t make a living from that’.
So what advice would he give to anyone facing a similar situation?
I think it’s a matter of bravery and courage. I needed to have an answer to myself to the question ‘what if?’. No one can answer that question but you. I needed to be sure I had a reasonable answer for myself when I turned 35. If you don’t try you’ll never know. It’s rather a cliché but I think it’s better to try and fail than not to try at all.
The show’s repertoire features everything from Whitney Houston to Wagner. As an opera singer and cabaret artist music plays an important role in Le Gateau Chocolat’s life. How did he decide on the music for the show?
I made a list about seven or eight years ago and I continue to expand that list of songs that I’ve heard or were part of my life at some point. It could be songs that I don’t necessarily like but they punctuated something that was meaningful to me so I like to perform them, songs I hope that have sound tracked many people’s lives and not just mine.
Despite exploring sensitive topics the performance has been praised for its ability to maintain the balance between the entertaining and the emotional. I ask what he attributes this to.
I think it’s to be real and to be honest – even in our deepest, darkest moments sometimes the funniest things happen and I think to deny that is to mislead. I think the balance is one that was possessed with the help of my friend and director, ed Byrnside, but is one that is inherent in who I am.
It is clear that authenticity is of the utmost importance to him.
If I remember to be honest and true it makes me impervious to criticism or reviews. I hope we get great reviews, because of course that’s how we sell the show, but the truth of the matter is this is my life, this is my story. The key thing is to connect with someone and in a theatre of 400 people I hope that more than one person leaves with an element of recognition: they see themselves on stage, they see themselves represented, they see mental health depicted with care and that’s the thrust of why I do this.
Info: Le Gateau Chocolat: Black is at Theatre Royal Stratford East until Saturday 8 April 2017 / book tickets / see listing / read review
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Women in classical Islamic scholarship and society
Hamoudeh
Posts: 75 Topic: Women in classical Islamic scholarship and society
Posted: 16-Dec-2005 at 23:08
There are a few books and sources I would like to recommend in regard to this topic:
1) Muslim Women: A Biographical Dictionary, written by `Aysha Bewley
Islam has always provided an incredibly flexible environment in which women may flourish and achieve their true potential. Looking back to the time of the Prophet, may Allah (swt) bless him and grant him peace, women were extremely active in all areas of life. The negative stereotype of the role of Muslim women, which is often trumpeted in the media, stems from ignorance of the reality of the position of women in Islam. This dictionary is a comprehensive reference source of women throughout Islamic history from the first century A.H. to roughly the middle of the thirteenth century A.H. A perusal of the entries shows that Muslim women have been successful as, for example, scholars and businesswomen as well as fulfilling their roles as wives and mothers for the past fourteen centuries. In an age when limiting perspectives have come to be the norm, this is a most timely work.
2) Women Scholars of Hadith written by Dr. Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi and taken from his book The Hadith for Beginners.
Apart from these women, who seem to have specialized in the great Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari, there were others, whose expertise was centered on other texts. Umm al-Khayr Fatima bint Ali (d.532/1137), and Fatima al-Shahrazuriyya, delivered lectures on the Sahih of Muslim.25 Fatima al-Jawzdaniyya (d.524/1129) narrated to her students the three Mu'jams of al-Tabarani.26 Zaynab of Harran (d.68/1289), whose lectures attracted a large crowd of students, taught them the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the largest known collection of hadiths.27 Juwayriya bint Umar (d.783/1381), and Zaynab bint Ahmad ibn Umar (d.722/1322), who had travelled widely in pursuit of hadith and delivered lectures in Egypt as well as Medina, narrated to her students the collections of al-Darimi and Abd ibn Humayd; and we are told that students travelled from far and wide to attend her discourses.28 Zaynab bint Ahmad (d.740/1339), usually known as Bint al-Kamal, acquired 'a camel load' of diplomas; she delivered lectures on the Musnad of Abu Hanifa, the Shamail of al-Tirmidhi, and the Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar of al-Tahawi, the last of which she read with another woman traditionist, Ajiba bin Abu Bakr (d.740/1339).29 'On her authority is based,' says Goldziher, 'the authenticity of the Gotha codex ... in the same isnad a large number of learned women are cited who had occupied themselves with this work."30 With her, and various other women, the great traveller Ibn Battuta studied traditions during his stay at Damascus.31 The famous historian of Damascus, Ibn Asakir, who tells us that he had studied under more than 1,200 men and 80 women, obtained the ijaza of Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman for the Muwatta of Imam Malik.32 Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti studied the Risala of Imam Shafii with Hajar bint Muhammad.33 Afif al-Din Junayd, a traditionist of the ninth century AH, read the Sunan of al-Darimi with Fatima bin Ahmad ibn Qasim.34
3) Dhikr al-Niswa al-Muta`abidat al-Sufiyyat (Early Sufi Women), written by Shaykh `Abdul Rahman al-Sulami
Early Sufi Women is the earliest known work in Islam devoted entirely to women's spirituality. Written by the Persian Sufi Ab� 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami (d. 1021), this long-lost work provides portraits of eighty Sufi women who lived in the central Islamic lands between the eighth and eleventh centuries C. E. As spiritual masters and exemplars of Islamic piety, they served as respected teachers and guides in the same way as did Muslim men, often surpassing men in their understanding of Sufi doctrine, the Qur'an, and Islamic spirituality. Whether they were scholars, poets, founders of Sufi schools, or individual mystics and ascetics, they embodied a wisdom that could not be hidden.
4) Nafisa al-Tahira, excerpted from From the Light of Ahl al-Bayt: My Spiritual Experiences Unveiled written by Imam Metawalli al-Sha`rawi
Sayyida Nafisa had many titles by which she was known among the people, derived from her many different miracles (karamat ). She is known as Nafisat al-`ilmi wal-ma`rifat, (the Rare Lady of Knowledge and Gnosis) because of what she achieved and accumulated from knowledge of the Family of the Holy Prophet (s). Sayyida Nafisa hosted most of the scholars of her time, experts in jurisprudence, hadith, and Qur`anic explanation. But by far the greatest scholarly gatherings were those she hosted for the pillars of Islam and the pious of her time . Among these pillars of Islam and fiqh was Imam al-Shafi`i who had moved to Egypt from Baghdad in 109 H., five years after Sayyida Nafisa's arrival in Cairo.
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Brownstone Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Law School Library recently added to its collection The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York by Suleiman Osman (Call #F129.B7 O79 2011). The author, an Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC, grew up in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. The book is a study of architecture, culture and politics in the history of gentrification in what was once one of the New York City’s most notorious industrial slums in the mid-20th century, an area that in the 1980s became a neighborhood of beautifully renovated expensive townhouses and trendy bars and restaurants. Osman dates the origins of Brooklyn’s gentrification to the cultural upheavals of the 60s and 70s when, in contrast to the practice of replacing slums with modern architecture favored by postwar city leaders, “brownstoners” preferred renovating historic buildings and industrial lofts in older ethnic neighborhoods. Often joining poorer residents to battle city planners and local machine politicians, race and class tensions arose as the newly arrived yuppies faced anti-gentrification protests in ever more expensive neighborhoods.
Osman explains that the gentrification of Brooklyn was not the result of the efforts of banks, developers, and speculators, but of a grassroots movement. After the World War II, the first area for gentrification was Brooklyn Heights, America’s first suburb established in the early 19th century. Its housing stock, originally built for the wealthy, had become the distressed home of literary figures such as Walt Whitman, Thomas Wolfe, W.H. Auden, and Truman Capote. In the 50s, mostly white transplants from Manhattan and the suburbs bought up rundown townhouses at cheap prices, and restored them to their former glory. Some of these houses had been abandoned in the era of white flight while others become the overcrowded homes of the poor, the old, and the transient many of whom faced eviction by the new owners. These acts of displacement show the downside of gentrification: class privilege.
The gentrification movement reached beyond Brooklyn Heights to Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Lefferts Gardens, and Carroll Gardens. What followed were new community groups who fought banks unwilling to issue mortgages in old inner-city districts; developers and city planners bent on bulldozing old neighborhoods; and machine politicians who preferred patronage over the reforms which the newcomers advocated. The story of the Brooklyn Brownstone is worth reading for anyone interested in urban planning. As the book’s author states: “In three decades of overwhelmingly bad news for American cities, decimated by white flight, racial unrest, and deindustrialization, how could the brownstone revitalization movement be considered anything but a remarkable and unexpected success?”
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Tory candidate explains police station position
by Jonathan Turton / February 20, 2013 /0 Comments/in Crime, Planning & Development, Politics /
I received an e-mail yesterday from Hampstead ward councillor and Conservative PPC Simon Marcus about the closure of West Hampstead and Hampstead police stations. Simon, you’ll recall, when asked in an interview with the Ham & High about the area losing its police stations, said, “I think what people want is to see someone in that situation who is getting a result, and, as you know, what I’m trying to do in this difficult situation is get a result. People do not want empty promises and big ideals.”
Cllr Simon Marcus
Whether the difficult situation refers to the budget crisis facing central and local government, or the fact that it’s a Conservative mayor that’s driving through the cuts to emergency services wasn’t clear.
Simon continued, “What I’m fighting for is to replace those police stations with a base.”
In light of all this, here’s the mail I – and presumably many of you – received yesterday
I am writing a report to be sent to Mayor Boris Johnson in response to the proposed closures of Hampstead and West Hampstead Police Stations.
As part of this report I need evidence to show how important it is that a police base is retained on these sites.
Many residents have mentioned that they no longer report crime in some circumstances. This may be because local police stations are sometimes closed, or for other reasons. However it is really important to gather evidence in order to measure the extent of unreported crime and its nature as this problem could become even more serious if we loose [sic] a police base in the area.
I would be extremely grateful if you could fill out this quick survey. To open and complete the survey, click on the following link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BMDPRNC
It will take less than a minute or two and may help us keep a police presence in Hampstead!
Hampstead Town Ward
London Borough of Camden
It wasn’t obvious to me from this whether Simon wants to retain a police base in the existing station, or replace the stations with a base somewhere else. The answer, it turns out, lies somewhere between the two.
“I just don’t think we can save these police stations,” he said. “If the buildings are sold they must only go to a developer that will put in a smaller new police base on the sites at no cost to the taxpayer. In Hampstead, this could be a Safer Neighbourhoods base as well as a community centre. In West Hampstead, it might sit alongside a childcare centre.”
There is of course already a Safer Neighbourhood base in West Hampstead. Why that couldn’t be used as a (part time) front counter for the area remains unclear. Simon agreed that finding the simple solutions and taking them to City Hall was necessary. “We’ve got to go to them,” he said.
In the interim period between closing the police stations and these new developments opening up, which Simon admits could be a couple of years, he says that he’s already been discussing with Camden the possibility of using existing council premises to house temporary police counters.
In the meantime, he’s keen to gather evidence from locals on the levels of unreported crime to underpin the report he wants to deliver to Boris. He vehemently holds the line that his survey is not political and that he’s simply collecting the facts.
Simon’s going to face a conundrum, however. If the evidence shows that crime is under reported when there are police stations, that implies a) the presence of a front counter has nothing to do with crime reporting rates, or b) the front counter service is already inadequate. Yet having admitted that the closure of the stations is inevitable, this leaves Simon in a tricky spot.
There’s also a crucial question missing from the survey: “If you have reported crime in the past year how did you report it?”. Even if the survey shows that everyone is reporting all the crime, then unless we know how it’s being reported there’s not a lot we can do with that knowledge. If 100% of crime is reported via the telephone – to take the extreme scenario – then there’s very little need for any form of front counter. It doesn’t matter what percentage of people say they’ve been a victim of crime and reported it, it’s impossible to derive a meaningful implication for front counter service.
None of which should take away from the fact that it’s a good idea to collect some facts. I get the sense the closure in Hampstead is far more emotive than it is in West Hampstead. When the issue came up at last week’s Area Action Group there wasn’t as much grumbling as one might imagine – the fate of the police horses seemed to give more cause for concern (their destiny is yet to be decided). If the police station was an attractive listed building in the heart of West Hampstead, perhaps locals would have a different view.
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Home Classic Rock News Who’s back: The Who announces North American tour starting in April
Who’s back: The Who announces North American tour starting in April
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Last year, Roger Daltrey said that The Who would return to the stage in April of 2022, and he wasn’t lying. The band has announced The Who Hits Back! Tour for North America, kicking off April 22 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The spring leg of the tour wraps May 28 in Bethel, NY and the fall leg gets underway October in Toronto. Those dates are scheduled through two shows in Las Vegas on November 4 and 5. In May, for the first time in 43 years, the band will perform in Cincinnati, the site of the 1979 incident in which 11 people were killed when fans rushed the doors of the Riverfront Coliseum ahead of the Who’s show there.
The dates will feature the Who’s full live band — including Zak Starkey on drums, Jon Button on bass and Simon Townshend on guitar and vocals — as well as local orchestras.
In a statement, Daltrey says, “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around. So many livelihoods have been impacted due to Covid, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together — the band, the crew and the fans”.
We’re gearing up for a great show that hits back in the only way The Who know how: by giving it everything we’ve got,” Daltrey adds.
Tickets go on sale February 11 at 10 a.m. local time via LiveNation.com. The Who Fan Club pre-sale starts Tuesday, February 8th at 10:00 a.m. local time and runs through Thursday, February 10th at 10:00 p.m. local time.
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We need Buddhism of the people, by the people, for the people
Park Ji-hyun
Do you know the nearest temple from Dongguk University (DU) except Jeonggakwon, a temple on campus? That is Seoul Fo Guang Shan Temple which is located in Jangchung-dong. It is one minute walk from Dong-dae-ipgu Station. Fo Guang Shan Monastery is originated in Taiwan and was founded in 1927 by the Venerable Master Hsing Yu who promoted Humanistic Buddhism, which takes to heart spiritual practice in daily life. Seoul Fo Guang Shan is one of 200 worldwide branches on five continents. There are temples in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania and in 173 countries. Out of a total population of 23 million people in Taiwan, more than 3 million people are Buddhists of Fo Guang Shan. There are about 1,000,300 Taiwan Buddhists in the world, and the number increases every year if we consider the worldwide branches. It is an outstanding achievement considering Fo Guang Shan is just one of Taiwan’s many temples.
How about Korean Buddhism? According to a study by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Buddhism has most of its followers in Korea, ranging from 39 million to 50 million. The estimated figure is high but the percentage of Buddhists, living in Seoul, fell 0.4% from 1995 to 2005. Moreover, the number of Protestants living in the metropolitan area exceeds the number of Buddhists. Taiwanese Buddhism has a shorter history of 400 years when compared with that of Korea, 700 years. Despite this fact, Fo Guang Shan, the Taiwan representative temple, became the largest Buddhist monastery and an internationally recognized site of pilgrimage. Then, What is the power of Taiwanese Buddhism?
First, Fo Guang Shan emphasizes nurturing talents through education. It has been proven through the fact that the center for its followers is the first building established in Fo Guang Shan. It had four Buddhist colleges: three regular colleges, and various community colleges not only in Taiwan but also in America, Australia, Hong-kong, and many others. Also, it has nursery schools, kindergartens, primary schools, elementary schools and high schools which provide regular curriculum for students. These schools were designed to cultivate students’ multi talents such as language, music and sports. “I was surprised when I saw the orchestra of Fo Guang Shan,” said Lee Jeong-soo, the Doctor of Esoteric Buddhism. “It strikes me that these students will become the influential leaders not only of Taiwan’s Buddhism but also of the world. They will go into the world under the Buddhist concepts and then, naturally Buddhism will be received and developed. “Moreover, Buddhist study class, devotee’s seminar, short-term monastic retreat and Buddhist summer/winter Camps are prepared for adults. A particular thing is that the program is organized for each individual’s needs: a program for the teacher, a program for salesman, and a program for the CEOs in major companies. “We offer a variety of education programs to fulfill the people’s needs,” said a monk of Fo Guang Shan. “Fortunately, we have received tremendous responses so far, and the program is fully booked for the beginning of the year.”
Second, the convenient service system is well-organized. A five-story building fully equipped with people’s practice, conference, and rest opened in 2003. The thirty conference rooms and huge dining rooms can accommodate up to more than 3 hundred people and 1000 people, respectively. Accomodations at this building are excellent, having all the modern amenities and a shower room separated from a washroom. “It was such a comfortable night,” said Song Hyo-jung, the DU’s student who visited the Fo Guang Shan. “Most of the temples in mountain are uncomfortable to take a shower and sleep. Recently, Korean temples in urban areas are emerging but they have a long way to go before they settle in. To make people come again, we need to find ways to improve the fundamental services like accomodations, shower facilities, and uncomfortable transportation.”
Third, propaganda by stimulating the five senses attracts more people to Buddhism. Publications, broadcasting, DVD’s and other materials aid people to easily access and learn percepts in Taiwan and Korea alike. However, there is a unique Pure Land Cave facility located in Taiwan which generates interest for visitors. Based upon the content of the Amitabha Sutra and Sutra of the visualization of the Buddha of infinite life, it is remarkable both in its artistic and educational value. Buddha, Buddha’s ten great disciples, and others are carved in most lifelike fashion with bright color. “I felt like I was in an amusement park!” said Bang Hye-in, a student who visited Pure Land Cave. “Colorful pictures and sculptors are shining. I can touch them and hear the sounds that flow through the cave. All People, regardless of age, enjoyed it. It was really fun and I was just getting curious about Buddhism. On the other hand, Korean temples are tranquil and there are nothing more to make me excited about. I think that Korean Buddhism has to make programs people of all ages enjoy.”
It is hard to compare Korean Buddhism with Taiwanese Buddhism unless one considers the system, history and culture. However, it is obvious that Taiwanese Buddhism exerted great effort to embrace all people through various materials and methods which meet the modern trend and to respect the follower’s needs. Taiwanese Buddhism may well have won the hearts of people all around the world, and monks and followers help each other to own the temple. According to the survey conducted by Jogye Order, 55% of the temples in Korea are opened for the people but people don't visit and use them. Also, transportation and education are problems. “There are good examples of temples but there are few,” said Kim Eung-chul, the professor of department of Buddhist Propagation & Sociology at JoongAng Sangha University. “We have to revamp the old propaganda system and revise the education curriculum in order to meet the people’s needs.”
Park Ji-hyun bungaeo0@dongguk.edu
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