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Bridging centrality as an indicator to measure the 'bridging role' of actors in networks: An application to the European Nanotechnology co-publication network
Berge, Laurent ; Scherngell, Thomas; Wanzenböck, Iris
in Journal of Informetrics (2017), 11(4), 1031--1042
In the recent past, we can observe growing interest in STI studies in the notion of positioning indicators, shifting emphasis to actors in the innovation process and their R&D inter-linkages with other ... [more ▼]
In the recent past, we can observe growing interest in STI studies in the notion of positioning indicators, shifting emphasis to actors in the innovation process and their R&D inter-linkages with other actors. In relation to this, we suggest a new approach for assessing the positioning of actors relying on the notion of bridging centrality (BC). Based on the concept of bridging paths, i.e. a set of two links connecting three actors across three different aggregate nodes (e.g. organisations, or regions), we argue that triangulation in networks is a key issue for knowledge recombinations and the extension of an actor’s knowledge base. As bridges are most often not empirically observable at the individual level of research teams, we propose an approximated BC measure that provides a flexible framework for dealing with the aggregation problem in positioning actors. Hereby, BC is viewed as a function of an aggregate node's (i) participation intensity in the network, (ii) its openness to other nodes (i.e. the relative outward orientation of network links), and iii) the diversification of links to other nodes. In addition, we propose a generalised version of the BC measure that accounts for different node categories. An illustrative example on the European Nanotechnology co-publication network observed at the level of organisations demonstrates the usefulness and complementary interpretation power in comparison to conventional centrality measures. [less ▲]
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Centrality of regions in R&D networks: A new measurement approach using the concept of bridging paths
Berge, Laurent ; Wanzenbock, Iris; Scherngell, Thomas
in Regional Studies (2017), 51(8), 1165--1178
This paper aims at introducing a novel measure of regional centrality in the context of R&D networks. We first demonstrate some substantial problems of SNA-based centrality measures to cope with regional ... [more ▼]
This paper aims at introducing a novel measure of regional centrality in the context of R&D networks. We first demonstrate some substantial problems of SNA-based centrality measures to cope with regional R&D networks in a meaningful way. Then, we introduce a new measurement approach of regional network centrality based on the concept of inter-regional bridging paths (indirect connections at the regional level). We show that the formal definition of our regional bridging centrality measure can be expressed in terms of three simple components: the participation intensity of a region in inter-regional R&D collaborations, the relative outward orientation in terms of all established links and the diversification of R&D collaborations among partner regions. We illustrate the measure and its behaviour with respect to other conventional centrality measures by using the example of the European co-patent network at the NUTS2 level. [less ▲]
Bridging centrality: A new indicator to measure the positioning of actors in R&D networks
Scherngell, Thomas; Wanzenböck, Iris; Berge, Laurent
in STI conference 2016 Valencia (2016)
Centrality of regions in R&D networks: Conceptual clarifications and a new measure
Berge, Laurent ; Wanzenböck, Iris; Scherngell, Thomas
E-print/Working paper (2015)
This paper aims at introducing a novel measure of regional centrality in the context of R&D networks. We first demonstrate some substantial problems of SNA-based centrality measures to cope with regional R&D networks in a meaningful way. Then, we introduce a new measurement approach of regional network centrality based on the concept of inter-regional bridging paths (indirect connections at the regional level). We show that the formal definition of our regional bridging centrality measure can be expressed in terms of three simple components: the participation intensity of a region in inter-regional R&D collaborations, the relative outward orientation in terms of all established links and the diversification of R&D collaborations among partner regions. We illustrate the measure and its behaviour with respect to other conventional centrality measures by using the European co-patent network at the NUTS 2 level. [less ▲]
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Women performing Itikhaf during Ramadan remains a popular subject of discussion. Exactly what Itikhaf is, the method in which it is performed, and choices women have with regards to where it is observed, will be explored.
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Itikhaf is literally seclusion, seclusion within a masjid, for the purpose of worshipping Allah. It is a highly regarded Sunnah, classified as a very noble and great act of worship. Observing it in conjunction with fasting can occur throughout the year, but is of exceptional significance during the last ten nights of Ramadan, a habit of the Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam.....(Click to continue reading)...
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I Have Revealed It Here, Just In Case Anybody Ever Cares: Review of Patrick Madden’s Sublime Physick — John Proctor
The infinite suggestiveness of common things… —Patrick Madden
Sublime Physick: Essays
University of Nebraska Press, 2016
In the last sentence of his postscript to “Independent Redundancy,” the mammoth centerpiece essay of his new collection, Patrick Madden quotes Gide: “Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.” This might be just a bit too morose to serve as an unqualified summation of Madden’s essayistic perspective, but it’s pretty close. To read a Patrick Madden essay is to interface with the mind of an engaged, self-conscious thinker. Actually, that’s not quite right: It is to interface with Madden’s curation of the minds of many thinkers within the expanse of his own.
Madden is not a hoarder of his thoughts or his words, or the words of his many sources, and he frequently seems more interested in exploring mysteries than creating them. In his first collection Quotidiana (2010), Madden declared the essay “an open, leisurely form, somewhat allergic to sensationalism,” and the primary intention of the essayist to “make the mundane resplendent with their meditative thoughts.” In Sublime Physick, his second collection, he continues exploring “the infinite suggestiveness of common things”—spitting hockers, turning 35, being recognized in a public place, temporarily losing his children—while expanding upon a tendency he intimated in Quotidiana of blending his sources into his own thoughts and sentences to the extent that it’s sometimes difficult to tell where his own thoughts begin or end. This will probably be the most divisive element of Sublime Physick’s otherwise gentle, reflective style: Either you are carried away into the free-flowing stream of voices commingling under Madden’s umbrella, or you are confounded by his seeming unwillingness to settle on a central voice or thematic concern.
Madden does his part to prepare the reader in “Fisica Sublime,” the “introduction” which is also the second essay of the collection. After explaining his choice of placing the “introduction” second in the collection, Madden spends most of the essay giving the etymology, metaphorical significance, personal associations, multiple spellings, and binary structure of the essay’s and the book’s title(s), concluding:
Perhaps, I’m beginning to think, everything we think we know is a kind of sublime physic, an abstraction derived from concretion and a double-aspected entity that we think we know in two distinct forms, yet is really a unity: matter-energy, space-time, mind-body, emotion-intellect, self-others, inside-outside, nonfiction-fiction; you could go on and on listing apparently opposed binaries and find, again and again, that where they meet is beauty.
These beautiful binaries comprise the nucleus of the collection’s essays, whose ostensible subjects range from Madden’s travels with recently deceased Uruguayan poet/storyteller Eduardo Galeano, to the brief disappearances of two of his six children, to a midlife non-crisis, numerous meditations on time and its discontents, and the acquisition of a bass guitar.
And that’s just the first half of the book. Much of the second half is taken up with just two essays, the first of which, “Independent Redundancy,” can fairly be called the opus of the collection. In thirty-six sections that seem to be written from at least eighteen points of view, Madden explores the phenomenon of the title, a term Madden coins “to describe the phenomenon of two or more individuals coming up with the same idea without any cross-pollination or shared influence.” The essay trots out a set of cultural referents seemingly impossible for one head to hold, unified mostly by representing different cliques of the same school of thought. Following are some notable juxtapositions and conversations.
Madden opens the essay and comes back numerous times to the phenomenon in popular music of the independently redundant melody, like the one shared by George Harrison in “My Sweet Lord” and the Chiffons in “He’s So Fine,” and by Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” and Joe Satriani’s “If I Could Fly.” He even traces back the latter pair, in a connection one can guess only he has made, to the Argentine band Enanitos Verdes (Little Green Men). At least as interestingly, Madden also addresses the more obvious technique in modern hip-hop and mashup culture of sampling – direct “quotation” of previously recorded material, most times without citation, a technique, interestingly, that Madden consciously practices in his own essaying. As usual, most musical references somehow lead back to Montaigne or the band Rush.
He spends less space but as much energy on the nature of innovation and discovery in the sciences, positing most great advances as the cumulative work of many— “the result of convergences in ideas, materials, and possibilities”—rather than “the result of genius operating in isolation.” He points out that though the discovery of sunspots, the law of conservation of energy, and the invention of the airplane were all products of independent, synchronous work by numerous thinkers, “our mythologies tend to give full credit to a single inventor.” This leads Madden to ponder the place of free will in this process:
It occurs to me that the struggle between models of determinism…applies to invention as much as individual (or group) destiny, invention being a subset of destiny, and that all are opposed, in some way, to any real model of creativity. Rather, if we stipulatively determine (determine!) that invention means an unpredictable, unexpected, not inevitable creation and that discovery, as is binary, is that which—like a rock in the path of a tiller—will inevitably be turned up, then that is the same struggle. And this would mean that those who believe invention inevitable really really mean that there is only discovery, not invention…
Of course, Madden is not afraid to turn the scope inward. He peppers examinations of his own writing style throughout the essay, from examination of influences like Woolf, Borges, Lamb, and Hazlitt, to farcical interactions with various artificial intelligence devices, robots, and computer-generated feedback services, to his surprised reaction and subsequent self-analysis after a friend tells him he’s a postmodern writer. He decides he’s postmodern mostly in that “I am painfully metaliterary in my thinking.” Perhaps the most singular purpose to this self-analysis (or written-self-analysis) is, in his words, “to wave at the attentive reader, calling attention to the artifice, the fact that this is a creation made of language; it is not the thing it describes.”
Each of the 36 parts echoes independently and redundantly, while Madden stops for breath only occasionally to project himself on the reader:
What if we are our book but our book is not us? What if this independent redundancy spins out of control and the inadvertent plagiarism becomes complete? (184)
…whatever we may convince ourselves, we will never know it all, and no matter our cries of originality, we are ever repeating, singing back the melodies we heard somewhere before, whether we remember or not. (222-3)
As if to pull in the reins after the freewheeling “Independent Redundancy,” Madden finishes the collection by meditating in its final essay on fixity. As if in counterpoint to the multitude of voices, influences, and points of view in the previous essay, Madden situates “Fixity” firmly in his own, starting at a centuries-old grave in Greenwich, England and moving outward to the situation of Greenwich as earth’s prime meridian and finally addressing the gathered crowd with “how you necessarily apprehend my essay, dear reader: by depending on my observations as I in turn depend on the observations of others, near and far, here and long gone.”
Which is all fine and would be a fitting theoretical tie-in to, even justification for, the multitude of voices and echoes he invokes through the previous essay. But Madden goes deeper into himself, deeper into his own fixed point in the landscape, or rather a fixed point adjoining his. As he was traipsing through Greenwich, “111 degrees 52 minutes 24.1608 seconds west of me,” Madden’s wife felt the surging limbs of what would be their fifth child within her and remembered the ghost-child they lost a year and a half earlier, “realiz[ing] with a start that had this lost child come to term, there would have been no time for this new person inside her now, so strikingly active so near to advent; that the loss of one is the profit of another.”
And thus the essay and the book end with a beginning, a birth, that might have been a continuation had circumstances, fate, or whatever shrugged and begun a family a year and a half earlier. The forces that shaped Madden’s life and words would have had an entirely different prime meridian, his family started from a different point, the quotidian moments given substantially different context, all built upon “rigid foundations and relative freedom” from which “we flail against nothingness or take stock from temporary origins and movable objects.”
—John Proctor
John Proctor lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, two daughters, and Chihuahua. His publications include Atlas & Alice, The Weeklings, Essay Daily, The Normal School, The Austin Review, DIAGRAM, Superstition Review, and Underwater New York. His essay “The Question of Influence” was a recent Notable selection in The Best American Essays 2015, and his essay “The A-Rod of Ballhawking” was nominated for a 2016 Pushcart. He teaches academic writing, media studies, and communication theory at Manhattanville College. You can find him online at NotThatJohnProctor.com/.
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Pasadena takes part in celebrating Irish arts
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Erick Lemus/Courier The Parsons Nose Theater group thanks the audience for coming at the conclusion of the Irish Celebration Event at Parsons Nose Abbey in Pasadena on Friday, March 17, 2017.
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When celebrating St Patrick’s Day, many seem to boil it down to going to a bar, and thanking the Irish for an excuse to drink early on a weekend. While there’s nothing wrong with that, this past weekend’s festivities also included some events that celebrated not just the Irish tradition of drinking, but also the culture, history, and people of Ireland.
On Friday, March 17 The Parsons Nose Theater decided to celebrate St Patrick’s Day by holding a reading of Irish jokes, poems, and songs, which described different facades of Irish history. The group started by performing various poems about how life in Ireland would be and showed how people in that culture see the world around them. From there they transitioned into some Irish comedy, which lightened the mood of the room and had the audience laughing. After “Aand ode to water,” the night ended with musical performances where the audience clapped and some sang along. Each performance showed different aspects of Irish culture beyond the reputation being able to handle a drink or two.
“I love the language of the evening” said Mary Chalon, Cofounder of the theater company. “and the sense of chaos to a certain extent because I think the whole world of Irish expression is passionate and somewhat chaotic.”. said Mary Chalon, Cofounder of the theater company.
While the group have performed for many years and have tackled many classic plays this is the first time they’ve done something for St Patrick’s Day. Thisat is due to the factbecause this is the first time they’ve had a location to call their own
“We wanted to kind of see, get a little feel for this place because we haven’t performed here yet”, said Jill Rogosheske, a member of the theater group for 15 years. “I like the ambiance of the space very much”.
With the new location and a brand-new performance one thing that the people at Parsons Nose Ttheater want to do is make theater less intimidating for new audiences. Many times, the realm of theater seems to have a disconnect with people because it feels like there’s a divide between the performers and the viewers. A goal of Lance Davis, cofounder and art director, is to give new visitors a foundation of knowledge of what a play is so they can understand the art.
“People shouldn’t be intimidated”, Lance says as he relaxes after the show. “Our idea is that if you see what we’re doing here then if you go up to Ashland or something, you’ll have the basic idea of what the play is about and then you’ll be able to get into it more”.
The performance did seem to draw people to the venue. By the time Friday rolled around both March 17 and March 18 performances were fully booked. The group hopes to continue that success at their new venue with their next series of shows that will focus on classic 1940s radio shows The Lone Ranger and Flash Gordon being brought back for audiences to see live March 25th and 26th.
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World Cup stars mostly stifled, with one Portuguese exception
He values Messi at 184 million euros ($214 million), nearly double Ronaldo, who is three years older. They've been bad when they featured Messi and bad when making Messi's game secondary to the team.
Juncker to visit Dublin amid Irish border differences…
This morning he is due to address a joint sitting of both houses of the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas. He will also watch a demonstration of Gaelic football and hurling.
Foreign Minister Soini: US departure from UN Human Rights Council 'a setback'
It added that the US criticism of the council for failing to make changes advocated by Washington appears "cynical". The Russian mission described the council as a "key global platform for cooperation in protecting human rights".
Disney raises bid for Fox assets to $71.3bn, topping Comcast
Fox and Disney shareholders had been scheduled to vote on Disney's original bid July 10, but that meeting has been postponed. Shares of Disney rose 29 cents to $106.47 and Comcast shares rose 22 cents to $33.03 Dollars .
Tyronn Lue doesn't seem too confident in LeBron James returning
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Trump orders US military to form ‘Space Force’
At the end of 2017 , the Space Corps provision was taken out of the House version of the NDAA where it originated. The Air Force now oversees numerous military's space activities, such as the experimental X-37B spacecraft.
Should The Sacramento Kings Pursue Kawhi Leonard?
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Trump Dismisses IG Report’s Bias Conclusion as ‘Ridiculous’
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Italy demands apology of the President of France
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A new in-game message confirms Fortnite's rocket will launch tomorrow
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Trump says he will sign something 'pre-emptive' on immigration
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon splashed down back on Earth, safely completing i
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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Prepares for First Commercial Liftoff Wednesday
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Between Homeland and Hostland
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia 28 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB 28 May 2019, from 6.30pm Contemporary Balkan Art and Spotlight Theatre invite you to the screening of The…
How we spent in the City of Social Enterprises – SOCKO
by administrator 3rd April 2019
The autumn has started for us and we are very proud of it and happy that you are here and follow us! Yesterday’s event in the heart of…
The first Rurban Day festival was completed in Mokrin
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IVO LOLA RIBAR, LOVE AND THEATRE
Personal review of a play creation. During early 90’s, there was a novel “Legend Of A Girl Named Freedom” in our home library. I laid my hand on it, at…
Aneta Goranović: The story of anti-Fascism will be relevant, as long as the present wants to obscure heroism and love
We present you the first part of the story about the idea of Ivo Lola Ribar – “Death to fascism! On Heroes and Freedom”, through the conversation of the director…
AFTER THE CONVERSATION: WHO ARE TODAY’S SUSPICIOUS PERSONS?
This week’s performance of the Suspicious person, that seemed to be a decent play which was performed on Monday 8PM in Belgrade. Checked show, based on Branislav Nusic’s work,…
Farewell to the performance “Crave”
Crave, thank you. This year “Crave” moved from the stage to the radio, and this weekend together we attended the premiere broadcast of the radio drama, and in this way,…
Belgrade marked the anywersary of Amy Winehouse last concert
by administrator 21st June 2017
Exactly six years ago, on this day in Belgrade, Amy Winehouse had her las performance. July 18th. 2017. Belgrade – At Kalemegdan, on the exact spot where Amy Winehouse had…
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Ironwood Forest National Monument
Arizona National Monuments Mineral Resources Summaries
Conway, FM
Pearthree, PA
This Open-File Report includes mineral resources summaries for four Arizona national monuments: Ironwood Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant, Sonoran Desert, Vermilion Cliffs. Each summary includes a brief description of the mineral and cultural resources, and, importantly, an abbreviated bibliography of crucial mineral resources literature.
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Resources Summary
Ironwood Forest National Monument Resources Summary
Sonoran Desert National Monument Resources Summary
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument Resources Summary
Conway, FM and Pearthree PA, 2017, Arizona National Monuments Mineral Resources Summaries. Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report OFR-04-17.
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Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Ironwood Forest National Monument, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona
Trapp, R.A.
Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Ironwood Forest National Monument, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona. (18 pages)
Harris, R.C. and Trapp, R.A., 2000, Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Ironwood Forest National Monument, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-00-15, 18 p.
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fluvial sediments
Surficial Geologic Map of the Mesa 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Arizona
Pearthree, P.A.
Huckleberry, G.
This map summarizes the surficial geology of the Mesa 30' x 60' Quadrangle in central Arizona. Approx. 65 percent of the Mesa Quadrangle, including the rapidly growing eastern and southeastern Phoenix Metro area.
Surficial Geologic Map of the Mesa 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Arizona - Map - Scale 1:100,000
Pearthree, P.A. and Huckleberry, G., 1994, Surficial Geologic Map of the Mesa 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-94-24, 1 map sheet, map scale 1:100,000.
Heavy Metals in Surface Soils and Streambed Sediments in the Wallapai Mining District, Northwestern Arizona, A Historic Mining District in a Semiarid Region
Rosner, Ulrike
Beginning in the mid-1860s the southwestern US experienced a mining boom, and a large number of mines were developed. They went through alternating phases of economic upswing and decline, but by the end of the 1940s most of the smaller mines had been abandoned for good (Woznicki 1987, Beck and Haase 1989). Nevertheless, their tailing, waste rock dumps and acid mine drainage still represent an environmental hazard because of the heavy metals released from them (Young and Clark 1978, Marcus 1987, Rampe and Runnels 1989, Rosner 1995a, 1996, 1998, Graf et al. 1991, Hyde 1994, Lind and Hem 1993). The metals can either be leached directly into the groundwater and the surface water (Young and Clark 1978, Lind and Hem 1993) or accumulate in soils and sediments (Brummer et al. 1986, Bradley 1989, Moore and Luoma 1990, Schachtschabel et al. 1992). Under certain circumstances they can be redissolved and become available to plants or enter the groundwater with the percolation water (Young and Clark 1978, Bergmann 1989, Herms 1989, Sauerbeck 1989). This article will deal only with heavy metals in fluvial sediments and in soils; the contamination of water and vegetation in the study area (cf. below) was dealt with in recent publications (Rosner 1995b, 1996, 1998).
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Heavy Metals in Surface Soils and Streambed Sediments in the Wallapai Mining District - Report
Rosner, Ulrike, 1998, Heavy Metals in Surface Soils and Streambed Sediments in the Wallapai Mining District, Northwestern Arizona, A Historic Mining District in a Semiarid Region: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-98-A, 46 p.
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Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.
Director: Sonny Mallhi
Actors: Ajiona Alexus, Carson Meyer, Ciaran Brown, Colin Ford, France Jean-Baptiste, James Ransone, Vinessa Shaw
Th’dread Rattlin’
University students investigate a noise phenomenon in haunted woods known as ‘th’rattlin’.
Scare Campaign
Popular prank TV show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for the last 5 years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But as we enter…
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Stranded at the side of the road after a tire blowout, a group of friends become targets for an enigmatic sniper.
The Invoking 2
“Although hundreds of disturbing paranormal events occur every year, most of these chilling encounters go unreported – until now. Bear witness as hapless victims experience the unspeakable terror of confronting…
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced…
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Ryan O’Neil, a War Veteran suffering from PTSD after being wounded in combat, returns home to his pregnant wife, Stephanie. Her brother Tony, a corrupt cop, has been helping her…
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A group of unwitting sorority sisters accidentally awaken the serial-killing Leprechaun after they build a sorority house on his hunting grounds.
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Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and…
Victor Crowley
Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.
Big Legend
An ex-soldier ventures into the Pacific Northwest to uncover the truth behind his fiance’s disappearance.
A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer’s identity.
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Living Among Us
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans….
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Trailer: Family Blood
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Repression Quotes
Will not tolerate a return to all-out fighting and a policy of repression in Kosovo. - Javier Solana
When you look at organized religion of whatever sort whether it's Christianity in all its variants, or whether it's Islam or some forms of extreme Hinduism wherever you see organized religion and priesthoods and power, you see cruelty and tyranny and repression. It's almost a universal law. - Philip Pullman
When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression. - Antonio Tabucchi
When the Burmese government tries to blame the victims for the crime, and say that (democracy activist) Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are responsible for their own repression, I can only reply that much the same was once said about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel... The world is not fooled. And we must not be silent. - Madeleine Albright
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. - Abbie Hoffman
What the movie is most deeply about -- it's about our own latent possibilities of repression, stereotyping and prejudice... To see Americans rounded up in the streets, to see Americans put into stadiums, to see people held without habeas corpus -- to have their rights violated in such a way is such a chilling and just terrifying thing to see -- that is what one takes away, I believe, from this film. - Ed Zwick
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential. - Susan Rice
We were that generation called ''silent,'' but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor, as others thought, because we feared its official repression. We were silent because the exhilaration of social action seemed to many of us just one more way of escaping the personal, of masking for a while that dread of the meaningless which was man's fate. - Joan Didion
We see ourselves as a link in a long chain to a struggle that is still going on; it will always go on, ... As long as there is repression and justice in the world, someone will always stand out. - Muhammad
We need to act at the same time on prevention, repression, education, housing, jobs ... and not play the cowboy. - Laurent Fabius
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Happy Birthday Blackheart
Welcome to Primal Satanism
This is a place that endeavors to inform and stimulate the Satanist to use thinking and reason as their primary criteria in measuring their decisions, beliefs and actions. Mankind's great advantage as an evolved primate is his complex brain and, therefore, the thought process has been responsible for his millions of years of survival. Primal Satanism sees no valid reason that we should change what has worked well for so long.
There are several types of articles and support BLOGs associated with Primal Satanism. Some articles will be here and others can be accessed on the support BLOGs.
One important article series is called "The Voice of Reason in Satanism." It addresses the critical thinking that is the foundation of the success of mankind and promoted by Primal Satanism.
A companion BLOG is The Jezebel Spirit : for the Satanic Woman. It is dedicated to the optimization of the female resource without which the world of humanity would not exist.
I hope you enjoy the writings and you are welcome to make comments.
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Carswell/Vera Discussion Opus Diaboli
This is a response to an article on Opus Diaboli regarding the Satanist views regarding social issues relating to the poor and working class values, work ethic and problems to society.
http://blog.opusdiaboli.info/2008/05/26/response-to-diane-vera.aspx
I believe Satanism, whether it be symbolic or a traditional type requires practical thinking and attention to real world issues, kept in balance not only through problem-solving but in being realistic as to the basic nature of humankind and its needs.
Before I comment upon this writing, I want to make my own position known regarding the state of the world. I support the neotribalist and anarchoprimitivist analysis that the erosion of our cultures is not because human nature has changed or is even at fault, but that its tendency toward degeneration is due to the effects of stress from our impersonal culture and departure from its original, compatible environment; the tribe.
The tide turned when industrialized agriculture was overdeveloped, steadily increasing concentrations of overpopulation requiring expansion, armies needed to be raised and implemented to force colonization which then created and advanced slavery, or Imperial control.
Came the birth of the State, substituting an impersonal entity for the tribal leader, not truly representative of the people as whole, but requiring them as citizens or colonies to conform to survive. Those that adapt or excel survive and prosper and the unadaptable do neither. The latter become the burdens to society and a problem to be solved or ignored. Ignore the problem or fail at solving it and the problem grows, threatening the society. Most societies collapse from within.
It should be noted that the "salvation" religions (including Buddhism and Hindu sects teaching the transmigration of the soul) arose at the time of this rise of the industrialization of agriculture and the state. I believe they were coping mechanisms in response to the destruction of cultures due to colonial expansion.
I am not so naive that I believe Humpty Dumpty can be put back together again. However, even as LaVey wrote in the Satanic Bible, we should not ignore past orthodoxies. We can learn from the past what worked and compare it with our present system which doesn't, often to discover a way toward solving our problems.
Technology is not wholly to blame for the downward spiral of humanity, but more that the system which encouraged its over-development within the flawed ideology of paternalism and system of the State are both impersonal and based upon control and punishment. As each empire grows larger, the closer it approaches its own destruction.
I am far less worried about the earth than I am about humankind. If we continue at the rate with no major change in our habits, evolution will take care of our problem (ie., us) through extinction. Whether it will be the extreme of extinction is a matter of which cataclysm comes first. Waning fossil fuel resources and global economic crises may actually be what delays our demise.
We have a few choices. We can continue with our present culture and institute some radical changes in our management, hoping for the best. A more difficult and probably unpopular road would be to begin reinstituting some of the ways of support and management that worked in primitive tribal societies.
For instance, in the matter of the growing poor, ignorant and unambitious that you mention. On a smaller, tribal level, this would rarely happen. This was due mainly to the personal involvement and investment each member of the tribe had in its community. There was a place for everyone and work and resources were distributed equally. If the tribe was short of food, the chief also was effected by the shortage.
On another matter you mentioned, the tribe all held certain beliefs and values. I read about one incident related by Joseph Campbell in his Faces of God DVD series which involved an couple who were infidelous. A man had an affair with another man's wife. The simple equity of it struck me. Once discovered, the man was lightly beaten by the men and the woman the same by the women to show their displeasure in disrupting the harmony of the tribe. Then a scenario was "acted out" so the couple coule make a free decision in the matter. The men "play" guard over the woman to protect her from the custom of her abduction which will be done by the man who now wants her. He will fight his way through the guards who defend half-heartedly until the man reaches the woman being guarded. Then she has a choice of whether to stay with her husband and be faithful or leave with the man who wants her. The man can also choose to be "defeated" by her defenders and honorably bow out. Either way, the incident is as forgotten by the tribe members. Each of them is respected for their wants. However, the consequences of her choosing her new suitor is that they both must leave the tribe. Most of these couples choose to stay because it is a serious thing to be forced to leave the tribe. Other tribes will not accept them and they will be virtually on their own.
The above situation would be impractical in this day, unless we are speaking about a community like the Amish or Mennonites. And this would be the main problem in newly formed communities/tribes; the lack of a shared heritage, culture, belief and investment in the tribe. What with immigration and globalization, these important roots are lost even more. What tribes or strong cultures with much heredity and investment do still exist are threatened by the post modern global culture of the state, technology and politics and given no alternative but to defend themselves or be destroyed.
It is Imperialism and paternalism that must be left behind, or carried to its furthest extreme despite some obvious dire consequences. Then we would need to implement forced sterilization and exterminating the uncooperative, criminal and unadaptable, and sacrificing our values and humanity in the process, even though we support and sustain the culture that created them. From there it is not far that our values may move toward how expedient it would become to also erradicate the handicapped, mentally ill or elderly when they fail at productivity.
I would hope for at least a synthesis within the present culture could be developed, keeping a happy medium between a satisfying lifestyle, economic reform and retaining some of the best of technology.
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Satanism and Prosperity
From The Voice of Reason in Satanism article series
Satanism for the Common People
Definition of prosperity : The condition of enjoying wealth, success, or good fortune
We all want to become smart and successful enough to live the lifestyle wherein we can be satisfied and have an income that is somewhere above survival. Yet, we should not become stuck within a materialistic wealth ideal, enslaved into a perpetual state of dissatisfaction with our present situation. Survival is a necessity. Adequate, steady income is sufficient to live in moderate comfort. Being "rich" is in the eye of the beholder.
Robert Kiyosaki in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad at the end of chapter 3 defines wealth as income generated from your assets that cover your monthly expenses. This is not from wages but from income generating assets. Ask yourself, if you lost your job, would your assets provide adequate income to meet your expenses. This is the beginning foundation for understanding and acheiving wealth. And we cannot stop here in defining prosperity and wealth in the entire scope of our life. Attention must be given to every aspect in our life to acheive fulfillment and balance. A businessman successful in the area of material gain and possessions may neglect his family and relationships through placing all his efforts into work. He has traded something equally or even more important to him, the people dear to him, a major reason why he worked for financial security. His victory is hollow. We need not sacrifice or neglect an important area of our life for success in one area. Balance is key.
You may want to ask yourself this question. How is success measured?
A fine family
A good relationship
A steady income
A bank account
A comfortable home
A growing satisfying spiritual life
A creative outlet
A continual process of self-education and intellectual stimuli.
A good self image
Believe in yourself and in your present state of progress. Don't be ashamed of your present state, but if you are unhappy and unsatisfied with it, make plans and work toward changing it.
It is nothing less than sensible to point people to real life issues first. Spirituality is great, people need it, but if the rest of your life sucks, it amounts to an anesthetic patch to help you endure it. That appears to be the main purpose of Christianity and all the other "salvation" religions; to ease the pain and help you endure existence. If your faith or philosophy does not inspire you to crawl out of whatever undesirable state you are in, use it as encouragement and empowerment by all means, but not as a bandaid and pacifier. One's faith may not seem to be the avenue where one should look to for inspiration to success in life, but it can be. It is one aspect of becoming a complete and fulfilled person.
The idea that becoming a Satanist will make you successful is as much in error as the idea that becoming a Christian will make you successful. In fact, culturally speaking, if you want to "dress for success" it makes more sense to be a Christian. Notice many of the foreign businesses who put Christian symbols or blessings on their signs to indicate that they are "one of us", that they are "safe and good" people(ie. our culture is predominantly Christian). It is akin to flying the American flag. Just like the Masons and Mormons within their clubbish sphere help our their brothers, so do Christian businessmen and patrons in a community. It makes less sense, if you are working to optimize your finance and job success, to let it be known you are a Satanist, especially to inspire fear or to brag or shock, it could be detrimental. In an everyday situation, it has more of a chance of being an impediment, especially if a good reputation does not preceed you. As long as you are somewhat socially acceptable and personable, if you have enough social sense to project an image that you "belong" and you are "okay", you can have a similar edge without advertising that you subscribe to or are against any particular religion. One should not have to hide or be ashamed of their religion, but if you do choose to reveal it, create the groundwork so you can present yourself with credibility, poise and consistency.
Which brings us back to real life issues. Just because Christians believe god blesses them, does not mean he will and they will be a success in life. To have the gods "on your side" is well and good, but it is your input and action in real life that is going to make success happen (how ever you define it).
I think that many get the idea that Satanism means success and if you are not, you're a flop, or you haven't gotten there yet. The mistake that mindset makes, at least in some leaders' interpretations, is the sole focus on financial/material success. That is certainly the American Dream, the American Way (or was), but is that the main focus of Satanism? Sorry folks, but focusing on the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and winning the lottery goes right back to LaVey's distain for pipedreams. I don't think material success was LaVey's primary focus. I believe his own focus and probably of Satanism's is to define a "good life" for yourself and then acheive it. To hell with someone else's definition. LaVey didn't march to anyone's drum and did not imply in the Satanic Bible that you should.
From what we see, LaVey's life strategy was to be himself and make a dent in society that was not there before. He wanted to do both and still make some money. He accomplished that. But he hardly became rich on it. He lived adequately and enjoyed himself. He supported his family. I can't see that his aim was to be wealthy unless what we see that he accomplished was the best he could do. The Black House was rather campy, eccentricly furnished and even tacky, but neither extravagant nor opulent. Was LaVey a success as most would judge it? He had more than his 15 minutes of fame, but was he successful by American material standards? He and his family lived adquately, but not in luxury. What we find in the end is that he himself was not only a wreck, but so were his relationships. The Black House was in disrepair and even his wife was evicted. His wives and children wrote books exposing his cruelty and inadequacy. Is that the mark of a successful Satanist? I don't think these people were successful at all because they lacked the main ingredient, the end result; happiness. Is Satanism a good philosophy? Yes, I think so. Did these people take care of business and a balanced life and achieve happiness? Look at the results and answer the question yourself.
Below are some excerpts from a newspaper article from the San Francisco Chronicle on the Black House, Lavey and his family.
"If the condition of the infamous Black House is any indication, San Francisco's Church of Satan has really gone to hell.
For three decades, this sinister Richmond District home, painted black and smoky purple, was the worldwide headquarters of Anton LaVey, whose blend of sex, Satan and showmanship made him the media's favorite devil worshiper.
Today, the property at 6114 California St. looks like the Addams Family home after a Saturday night frat party. Smashed furniture and a soiled mattress lay amid a mountain of garbage in the small front yard, behind a tall chain-link fence topped with barbed wire.
Adding insult to injury, some blasphemous graffiti artist has scrawled the words ``Jesus Rulz'' on the mail slot.
LaVey, 67, died of heart disease in 1997, two days before Halloween, at (of all places) St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco.
Often called ``the Black Pope,'' LaVey has left behind a messy legacy of lawsuits, family infighting and decaying real estate.
At issue was a handwritten will dated March 9, 1995, in which LaVey left Barton ``all writings, artwork, property and holdings.'' Continuing royalties from his books, including his 1969 manifesto, the ``Satanic Bible,'' were to be held in a trust for Xerxes ``unless Blanche Barton deems otherwise.''
Karla LaVey challenged the will in a lawsuit filed last year, contending that her father ``was not of sound and disposing mind and was under the influence of medication.''
She further alleged that Barton had ``undue influence'' over her ailing father because, as his only caregiver, she ``threatened to leave him if he did not do what she wanted.''
In response, Barton posted a proclamation on the Internet, a favorite vehicle for satanic communication, accusing Karla LaVey of falsely ``claiming the title of High Priestess of the Church of Satan for herself.'' ``Though she has reluctantly agreed to a handful of interviews over recent years,'' Barton wrote, ``she hasn't participated in the actual operation of the Church for a very long time.''
Barton has also sought to deny any inheritance to Anton LaVey's younger daughter, Schreck, noting that she joined a rival satanic sect, the Temple of Set, and publicly denounced her "un-father'' in 1990.
LaVey lost ownership of the Black House in 1991, when a San Francisco judge ordered him to sell the property, along with his satanic memorabilia, and split the money with his estranged wife.
Despite the liquidation sale, the Black Pope was able to remain in the Black House by selling the property to a friend, San Francisco real estate developer Donald Werby, who let LaVey live out his final years in the notorious home.
After LaVey's death, Barton started a fund-raising campaign to buy the house back and turn it into a historic landmark, hoping to create a San Francisco shrine to the birthplace of latter-day devil worship. Just before she was evicted last summer, Barton sent a letter to members of the church, calling the property a priceless piece of satanic history.
While Barton tried to raise money to save the Black House, several would-be satanists complained to The Chronicle about lengthy delays in processing their $100 membership fees to join the church, which they sent to a San Francisco post office.
``The Church of Satan is dead as an entity,'' said one disgruntled member. ``Its High Priests and Magisters have become nothing more than absentee landlords trying to convince those inside and out that they still exist so the money keeps coming in.''
High Priestess Barton, who is now living in San Diego, declined a request for an interview.
But another church leader, Magister Peter Gilmore, disputes reports that the Church of Satan has gone to hell.
``The church is fine,'' said Gilmore, a church leader in New York City. ``Part of the application process is testing people to see if they have patience.''
``We want people to live their own lives, so we leave them hanging to see how they respond,'' he said. ``You are your own God.''
Meanwhile, the future of the Black House remains uncertain. Barton nows says she has called off her campaign to raise $400,000 to buy the property, saying donations fell way short, and promises that donors' money will be returned.
``We aren't abandoning all hope for the Black House,'' she wrote in a follow-up letter. ``We have been in contact with a number of organizations in San Francisco who make it their business to see that historically significant homes aren't destroyed.''
Werby, the owner of the property, has his own troubles. He pleaded guilty in 1990 to two misdemeanor counts of statutory rape of underage prostitutes and to two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor by offering a place for drug use.
Executives at Werby's Grosvenor Properties referred questions about the Black House to Werby's son, Todd, who said the home has been devilishly difficult to sell.
``We've talked to a few brokers, but it's not easily marketed as a house,'' he said. ``It is in such a state of disrepair.''
Satan's Den in Great Disrepair Relatives of S.F. hellhound Anton LaVey battle over `Black House'San Francisco Chronicle/January 25, 1999By Don Lattin http://www.rickross.com/reference/satanism/satanism32.html
The jungle can be hostile and dangerous but those are the exceptions, not the rule. We came from the jungle and just like the Satanic Bible says, we are animals just like the rest of the world's creatures. Let us look to our real life issues first and build on those. Define your own realistic vision of happiness and success. Conquer each obstacle one at a time, learning to maintain balance every step of the way. If you don't know how to live, look to others and what they are doing. If your parents did it wrong, in your opinion, do the opposite or try your better way. Set your sights on those who provide a realistic example. If you are clever enough, invent your own, but don't evolve toward unfitness for your environment. Balance your life. If one part lacks, take steps toward filling in that void. That is a formula for success.
Best of luck and happiness to all Satanists.
MizzCrowley
Jan. 2008 ©
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Dario Coates
Dario trained at Italia Conti, graduating in 2013. He represented Italia Conti at the Sam Wanamaker Festival 2013 & Carleton Hobbs Radio Awards 2013.
His theatre credits include one man show Sid (Camden Fringe), Another Country (Trafalgar Studios & Chichester Festival), Single Spies (Rose Theatre), Posh (Nottingham/Salisbury), Penthouse (Edinburgh Fringe 2017), Electra (Bunker Theatre)
Television includes The Coroner, Doctors, Drifters and Coronation Street, ITV’s Endeavour. He won the award for Best Actor at the San Fransisco Film Festival for his role in short film Trailing Dirt.
He was nominated for Best Male at The Off West End Awards 2016 for his 5-star performance in the West End transfer of Sid.
Most recently, Dario performed in The Rubenstein Kiss at the Southwark Playhouse and played a guest lead in Damned on Channel 4.
He is currently performing in Country Music at the Omnibus Theatre Clapham.
Reviews for The Rubinstein Kiss
It’s impeccable acted as well, Dario Coates impresses as their son, Matthew, fiery and feverish as he tries to clear their name. THE STAGE
Coates’ Matthew, meanwhile, has a voice that booms out across the Southwark Playhouse auditorium with a fiery conviction. londontheatre1.com
Coates and Eldred as the younger couple, are excellent: their scenes are moving and urgent, thrumming with energy even when both actors are standing still. Coates has the harder job, with his character often veering into an angry young man stereotype, but he still delivers a thoughtful performance, even while addressing a jug of orange juice. THEARTSDESK.COM
Dario Coates and Katie Eldred as the young lovers brilliantly depict their struggle to find their own identity, frantically looking for a truth that can help explain the past. THESPYINTHESRTALLS.COM
Dario Coates (Matthew) and Katie Eldred (Anna), own an energetic spunk as they question the couple’s legacy and the, in their opinion, unjust outcome of the court case. BROADWAYWORLD.COM
Dario Coates is forceful as Matthew. BRITISHTHEATREGUIDE
Dario Coates as her son Matthew captures the emotionally damaged soul you would expect to result from such traumatic childhood experiences — a reminder of how persecution persists through generations. londonist.com
Dario Coates, excels as their son, Matthew, who burns with rage throughout at the injustice meted out to the couple. mytheatremates.com
Electra Reviews
Reviews for Electra at the Bunker Theatre are starting to come in!
“John Ward has found a stylish way to make ancient Greek drama seem exciting and, in the thick of the script, there are some beautiful lines” The Stage
“Dario Coates gives an excellent performance as Orestes, the lost son torn between his own moral judgment and his faith in the gods whose wishes have to be fulfilled even if they involve matricide.” British Theatre Guide
“As the sincere & god-fearing Orestes, Dario Coates gives a compelling performance his rallying cry to the audience as he accepts his task of vengeance makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. His dilemma over what should happen to Clytemnestra is affecting, as Coates shows him grappling with natural affection, a god’s decree & Electra’s murderous temptation.” Please Mind the Blog
“Matching Martin is Dario Coates’ complex and engaging Orestes, who is considerably more than a two-dimensional hero who rides in to save the day. Despite a devotion to the will of the Gods, Coates offers doubt, fear and disgust at the idea of murder however just the reason, and despite the sense of predestination that hangs over the character, Coates makes Orestes seem ordinary and likeable.” The Reviews Hub
“Dario Coates’ Orestes impresses in his burning vengeance” There Ought To Be Clowns
“Dario Coates gives a powerful performance as Orestes” Reviews Gate
“John Ward’s production is generally taught and thrilling, with the main success is keeping the text fresh and interesting, helped by a veritable cornucopia of talent.” Theatre Bubble
“It’s an accomplished and dynamic production, that milks its source for contemporary relevance. It’s incredibly effective and moving.” The Spy in the Stalls
“Dario Coates brings a similar complex believability to Orestes. In his performance, Electra’s baby brother is a reluctant leader of the revolution, one moment a powerful prince ready to seize the throne, the next a fifteen-year-old scare shitless by what the Gods would have him do.” Exeunt Magazine
Dario Coates cast in Penthouse at Edinburgh Fringe 2017.
Dario Coates in 'Damned'
Dario Coates has completed filming a guest lead in the new series of Channel 4’s Damned.
Dario Coates nominated for Best Male at the Offies 2016
Dario Coates is nominated for ‘Best Male’ at the Off West End Awards, for his 5 star performance in Sid.
5 star reviews for Dario Coates in 'Sid'
Dario Coates’ one-man show Sid enjoys continued success, receiving 5 star reviews for it’s West End transfer.
The press on Dario and Sid:
“Coates performs with every inch of his body, head to toe and gives the audience as much as he possibly can, in this selfless and generous performance. Coates has an unrelenting inner and outer energy in his performance, so even when he is stationary, he still exudes energy and a raw rage…perfectly performed” 5 Stars, Haydn James, Carns Theatre Passion
“Dario Coates plays Craig…with high energy, bouncing around the stage, confronting the audience aggressively one on one and shouting at the top of his voice.” Roy Tan, Reviews Hub
“With an extraordinary, exhausting and totally riveting performance from Dario Coates, Sid is simply unmissable” 5 stars, Act Drop
“Dario Coates…gives a captivating performance. For 50 minutes he bares all in a soliloquy where you are invited into the alienating world of a punk-obsessed, northern teen…A truly emotive performance, every single member of the audience relates to the young loner in some way. Dario darts around the stage manically conveying Craig’s unrest and a whole cast of other characters, unabashedly connecting with varying members of the audience…A play that must be seen” Lucy Mansfied, Camden Review
“Dario Coates commands the stage, retaining the attention of the audience in a monopolising choke-hold from beginning to end. Coates’ acting is on par with some of the finest in London theatre you’ll find at the moment; he displays a dizzying array of technical skill and makes fronting a one-act play feel as natural as switching on a light. The pressure of holding a stage single-handedly for 50 minutes might intimidate even the most experienced of actors, but Coates flourishes…A thrilling script executed with absolute gusto behind every vocal and movement; this show needs to become a permanent fixture in the West End.†5 Stars, West End Wilma
“Performed with an impressive burst of nervous energy…Coates’ performance shines. He stalks and jumps across the stage, roars offstage at his mum, jabs a finger at the knee of someone in the front row and twitches at imagined provocations from the audience. Before the performance is over almost every piece of furniture will have been overturned or thrown across the room.” 4 stars, David Ralf, The Stage
“Coates is an excellent interpreter of Leon Fleming’s vibrant and highly visual piece. He drives all his energy into the words and it is clear to me how deeply he believes in the character. In fifty minutes, I witness a carefully chosen range of strong emotions that take shape through Coates’ speech and body language.” 4 stars, Marianna Meloni, Everything Theatre
“Coates makes his character Craig genuinely sympathetic and at times, surprisingly endearing…Coates’ ability to create characters in his life story who are physically not there is astonishing we see and hear every one of them in rich and glorious detail…Although Craig reveals his extreme anger both physically and vocally, at no point is Coates anything other than supremely focused, and disciplined. SID is worth seeing for Coates’ 50 minute monologue masterclass in acting alone…a masterpiece” 5 stars, Catherine Francois, London Theatre1
Dario Coates in 'Endeavour'
Dario Coates is cast in Endeavour for ITV, due to commence filming in July 2016.
Dario Coates is "Outstanding" in 'Sid'
Dario Coates is currently touring his one-man-show Sid.
Sid first ran in 2015 as part of the Camden Fringe Festival, played at Sherman Cymru in Cardiff in April 2016, followed by a week of performances at the Etcetera in Camden in May 2016, and has future dates planned in Jersey, Birmingham and Brighton in June 2016.
The press on Dario Coates and Sid:
“It’s an outstanding performance from Dario Coates…It’s not often I’m kept on the edge of my seat for very nearly the entire performance.” – 5 STARS – Chris Omaweng, London Theatre 1
“Coates’ performance was positively dripping with a restless and nervous energy” – Stuart Forward, EQ View
“A fascinating character study shot through with excitement, tension and pathos…beautifully performed by Dario Coates” – London City Nights
'The Coroner
Dario is currently filming an episode of BBC’s The Coroner.
The episode will air later in 2016.
'SID' on tour
Dario’s one-man-show Sid, which played last year at the Camden Fringe Festival, will tour in the UK this Spring, with dates in London, Cardiff, Brighton, Birmingham and Jersey.
Sid is directed by Scott Le Crass, and written by Leon Fleming.
For more information & dates, follow Sid on twitter.
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Russia-IC / News Archive / Russian Business and Law News / April 2009
Russian Business and Law News
Microsoft invests $300 million in Russia
Microsoft's strategy implies a wide range of activities to be performed in Russia: from raising computer literacy level to opening new development centres.
Russian Stock Exchanges allowed to trade in foreign securities
The circulation of foreign securities on the Russian market will be the next step to formation of an international financial centre in Moscow.
Mikhail Prokhorov next Russian wealthiest businessman
Mikhail Prokhorov, the president of Onexim Group, is to top the list of Russian richest businessmen published by the Forbes magazine on the 17th of April.
BBC set to purchase a stake in Russian TV production company
The commercial department of BBC Worldwide plans to buy a stake in Russian Mir Reality Production, reports the Kommersant newspaper.
General Motors resumes operation at St Petersburg plant
The plant was halted on the 31st of May, 2009 with some employees sent on forced leave, while the rest were undergoing training on Chevrolet Cruze assembly.
Gazprom Enters North America Gas Market
Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell signed an agreement on gas supplies to California on Wednesday – this is the first time the Russian gas monopolist will operate on the North American market.
New Russian Air Force symbol approved
The famous five-pointed Red Star on Russian military jets will soon be replaced with a new symbol approved recently by the Russian State Duma.
Diamond billionaire got a stake in Russia's leading silver producer
Jewish billionaire Lev Leviev, the owner of Africa-Israel and 210th among the world's wealthiest people, has purchased a stake in Polimetall, Russia's largest silver producer.
Europeans pay for Russian gas in rubles
Gazprom has unsurprisingly become the first Russian company to execute the order of the Russian authorities claiming that the Russian ruble should be used in oil and gas transactions.
Russian Lada meets higher demand in Germany
The German sales volume of Lada cars made by Russian AvtoVaz increased fourfold in March compared to the same period last year – up to 653 vehicles.
Exhibitions in Moscow Oscar Award travel to Russia SSJ 100 crush Russian attractions Pussy Riot case Hermitage Russian law Golden Ring Gus-Khrustalny Russian judo Sheremetyevo Airport Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Skulls Russian tourism TNK-BP book hotel in Sochi Russian Film Distribution investment Unusual Monuments in Russia Military Museums Russian business Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Festival Ticket Prices Rudolf Nureyev Suvorov Military School Festivals in Moscow Moscow Museums St. Petersburg Komi Republic Surrealism Russian directors Heroes of the Soviet Union Russian universities historical festival Lyubov Polischuk Andrey Zvyagintsev Kamchatka India, Jewelry Adygea Dziga Vertov Stavropol Territory Treasures Russian regions crisis Russian Cinema Crimea Moscow Russian winter
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Time to Train as Some of the Greatest Heroes
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Subject: Recovery Time Tue May 07, 2013 11:47 pm
Logan was making rounds in the forest when he picked up a familiar scent. He followed the scent and froze when he saw the limp body on the ground.
He ran over to her and turned her face towards him. He cursed under his breath when she didn't respond. He picked her up in his arms and ran back to the university, hoping that someone in the Medical Bay could help.
What the hell happened? was the first question that popped into his mind.
Her heart had almost slowed down to a stop, but was slowly picking up speed again it seemed.
He ran into the medical bay and shouted for someone to get over to him and help Laura.
Subject: Re: Recovery Time Wed May 08, 2013 1:11 am
Laura was starting to wake up, blinking her green eyes like crazy. As she started to come to her senses, she heard a familiar voice calling for help. "Logan?" She called out quietly, before looking around as her sight became clearer. "W-where am I? What is going on?" She asked, before moving a bit. As she moved, she felt a stinging pain, making her whimper. The pain caused her to curl up into half of known the fetal position. As the pain went through her body, Laura was trying desperately to remember what happened, but nothing was popping up. It was like she was caught off guard. She gasped, trying to ignore the pain until she remembered something. "Why am I not healing?" She asked, finding herself starting to panic a little.
Laura looked up, trying to see where Logan was again. Though when she spoke again, she didn't say Logan's name, she called out for her mother. Even if she did call out for her mother, she didn't realize she did. To her she thought she was calling out Logan's name for she could still him calling out for help. Which was giving her a headache. She tried to speak one last time. "Mom." She called out, before coughing as she suddenly felt her body stiffen. The poison was trying to paralyze her, trying to kill her, but even if it didn't feel like it. Her healing powers were healing her slowly, but surely.
Logan turned back to her and grabbed her hand. "Laura..." He started, before watching her spazz out. He quickly took her in his arms, trying to help her relax and get her focus off of the pain.
He started softly singing her lullaby to her, praying it would help ease her away from the pain.
Subject: Re: Recovery Time Thu May 09, 2013 4:31 am
When Logan lifted her into his arms, she immediately grabbed onto his chest in pain. "My whole body is on fire, Logan. Make it stop!" She gasped, wanting it to go away. The pain was horrible, it felt like everything inside of her was burning. It stung, burned, pinched, everything in her body couldn't work. She opened her eyes to see arms that were wrapped around her. "What the..?" Laura asked, not remembering whose arms she was in. As she looked up, she didn't see Logan. She saw her mother and finally heard the lullaby she knew so well.
"M-mom?" She asked, raising her hand to touch her mother's cheek. Before finding herself scream at the pain that shot through her arm when she moved. This caused her to cry immediately as she laid her head against Logan's chest. Even though the pain was taking most of her attention, she could still hear the lullaby. This caused her to grip onto Logan's shirt tighter, before finding herself calming down. Which helped her think a little, thinking of what she could take to make the pain stop. When she realized what she could use, she looked up, freezing immediately when she saw it was Logan. "L-Logan?" She whispered, before finding herself confused. "Where did my mom go?" Laura asked, "W-what did you do to my mom!?" She yelled, trying to figure out what was going on. This caused the poison to act up, making her scream and look down again as she clung to Logan.
When she was able to calm down, she spoke once more. "M-morphine." She muttered out.
"Get the morphine..." She begged.
Subject: Re: Recovery Time Mon May 13, 2013 12:28 am
Logan knew whatever was causing this was playing tricks on Laura's mind. He hated seeing her like that and hated that she realized that he wasn't her mother. He knew how upset she was. He cursed when she asked for morphine.
"Where the hell is damn morphine?!" He shouted, turning to a staff member in the Medical Lab.
The staff member looked at Logan with fear, before grabbing the morphine and bringing it over to Laura. He quickly got an IV set up and injected the morphine into her blood stream.
"About damn time! You saw she was in pain when I brought her in here!" Logan shouted, getting angry that the person didn't react sooner.
Subject: Re: Recovery Time
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In advance of this weekend’s Super Bowl LII game, YouTube has pulled together data around how people are watching — and searching for — sports-related video content on the site, and a few of the growth stats are quite remarkable.
There has been a 90 percent increase in searches for “football highlight” videos during the last year, YouTube reports. The company says that in addition to the rise in search activity, watch-time of sports highlight videos skyrocketed 80 percent between 2016 and 2017.
Watch-time growth of sports highlight videos on YouTube
Highlight videos were not the only sports-related content getting more views. Sports-related interview videos saw a 60 percent increase in watch-time, and funny sports video watch-time was up 50 percent.
YouTube reports 70 of the top 100 sports videos on its site have “great,” “greatest” or “best” in the videos’ titles.
Along with the rise in “football highlight” searches, YouTube found “how to” sports video searchers have doubled since 2016 and offered the following image to show which “how to” searches were most popular.
Increase in searches for ‘how to’ sports videos (by topic)
A Google-Ipsos study on sports viewing habits found 80 percent of sports viewers use a computer or mobile device while watching television broadcasts of live sporting events.
That same study indicates that 30 percent of viewers stream live sporting events from their mobile device.
Citing this research, Google announced this week that DoubleClick Bid Manager is launching tools to help advertisers coordinate ad spots on appearing during live televised events with digital activations, including video ads on YouTube.
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CLS Volumes Slightly Lower in October
Data from CLS Group signals a small drop off in activity in FX markets in October 2016, however year-on-year the data is more positive. CLS says that the average daily input volume submitted to it, combining the settlement and aggregation services, was 1,015,928 down 2.1% from 1,038,025 in September 2016. The average daily input value submitted to CLS was $4.92 trillion down 1.4% from $4.99 trillion in September 2016. Year-on-year was a more mixed picture, in October 2015 CLS reported input volume of 1,056,574, higher that last month, however the value submitted in October 2015 was lower at $4.64 trillion.
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By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor
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In last week’s regular meeting of the Fort Payne City Council, Mayor Larry Chesser put forth a contract that would have paid WLOW, a local television and media company, a sum of $7900.00 yearly to film meetings of the city government.
In a special work session called on Tuesday, January 10, the Fort Payne City Council decided to unanimously reject that proposal. We would like to applaud the Fort Payne City Council for this decision.
For the last several years, our organization has made it our job to provide the citizens of both Rainsville and Fort Payne with coverage of their city council at work, along with providing all citizens of DeKalb with video of their county commission at work. If it did not require an impressive amount of manpower to achieve, we would gladly provide video coverage of all municipal governments at work within the county.
Providing this coverage is in the spirit of our state’s Open Meeting Laws, or what some refer to as, “sunshine laws.” These regulations ensure that any citizen may have access to municipal meetings, and our coverage is to help ensure that even if concerned citizens can’t make it to the meetings, they have easy access to a video recording of these meetings.
While we are a for-profit organization, video coverage of the council meetings are free of charge to both the cities we cover and the taxpayers who view them. Our profits are derived from the ads on our website and in print, and we believe that providing the citizens with local government coverage is just our role in the ongoing effort to ensure accountability of our elected officials and transparency at the local level. This is a role we do not take lightly and we’re extremely proud that many citizens in this fine county trust us to provide this information.
While this latest attempt to discourage us fell flat on it’s face, an earlier attempt in Rainsville to pay a news organization to provide news was successful. The Rainsville City Council and Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt passed an advertising budget and only included Mountain Valley News in the funds allocated and meeting notices sent by the city.
To put this into perspective, it’s necessary to pose a question to our readers and the citizens: How frequently in the last year have you been informed of what’s going on in your city or county by The Mountain Valley News or WLOW? We’d bet $7900 it’s not very many…..
Also ask yourself this: if you were a business owner, how would you decide on which news outlet to spend your advertising dollars? It seems to make good business sense (and common sense) to spend the money with an organization whose content is viewed by the most people in the given area.
On an average week, our website is viewed by roughly 10,000 people, with sometimes this number reaching as much as 40,000. Not to mention the countless people who pick up our print paper each week.
While we are a business, we are proud to bring you this coverage for free, and believe it’s our small role we play in making DeKalb County an even better place to live. We certainly welcome any advertising clients that believe we will be beneficial towards their goals, but it’s our privilege to cover these meetings, and we will continue to do so.
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Ramanapadananda
Born in 1889, Ramanapadananda had made and lost several business fortunes before he first encountered Bhagavan in 1928. In that early period of his life he was known as V. S. Kuppuswami Ayyangar. An initial meeting with Bhagavan in 1928 made a great impression on him, and he returned two years later for a more permanent stay.
Being an educated man with a passion for Tamil devotional literature, it was not long before he encountered Muruganar’s poetry. He took upon himself the task of publishing Muruganar’s verses, an ambition which brought him into conflict with Chinnaswami, the Ramanasramam manager. When Ramanapadananda declared in 1933 that he was going to publish the first edition of Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai, Chinnaswami attempted to veto the project on the grounds that only the ashram had the right to publish books about Bhagavan.
When this ‘order’ was conveyed to him, Ramanapadananda apparently remarked, ‘Even if all the trimurthis [Brahma, Vishnu and Siva] came and stood in front of me and ordered me not to publish it, I would not stop. I am doing Bhagavan's work, and in all the three worlds there is no authority higher than Bhagavan to stop me.’
Bhagavan, it seems, was in favour of the project. Ramanapadananda went ahead and published the book, and in the years that followed he published other titles by Muruganar as well. In fact, every book of Muruganar’s poetry that was published in Bhagavan’s lifetime, including Guru Vachaka Kovai, was published by Ramanapadananda and not Sri Ramanasramam.
The works by Muruganar that Ramanapadananda brought out in Bhagavan’s lifetime are: Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai (1933), Guru Vachaka Kovai (1939), Sri Ramana Deva Malai (1939), Sri Ramana Charana Pallandu (1943) and Sri Ramana Anubhuti, part one (1950). As noted by Devaraja Mudaliar in his book of reminiscences, Ramanapadananda also published a book that contained the Tevaram poems about Arunachala. All of these Tevaram verses were included by Bhagavan in the Tamil parayana that was chanted during his lifetime.
After Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai had been published by Ramanapadananda, Chinnaswami responded by issuing an order that all copies of the book should be surrendered to him, and that no one should read it in Bhagavan’s presence. Generally, Bhagavan went along with Chinnaswami’s rules, but in this case he decided to make an exception. He put a Tiruvachakam dust jacket around his own copy of Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai, and devotees in the hall followed his example. The whole work was chanted in Bhagavan’s presence, and when Chinnaswami looked through the window to see what was going on, Bhagavan showed him the dust jacket on his own copy to reassure him that nothing illegal was occurring. Though he could hear what was being chanted in his nearby office, Chinnaswami did not know enough literary Tamil to realise which work was being chanted.
In an article that introduced Ramanapadananda to readers of The Mountain Path in October 1968, the following comments were made:
A phenomenon as remarkable as it is praiseworthy is the total absence of misprints, wrong spacing or broken type in any one of the many volumes of Tamil poetry brought out by this ardent admirer. This absolute flawlessness was the result of the publisher's close co-operation with Muruganar himself and of his success in enlisting the help of scholars like V. S. Chengalvaraya Pillai and K. V. Jagannathan in the formidable task of taking these complex compositions through the press. No wonder Muruganar makes a specific reference by name to this admirer [Ramanapadananda] in stanza 5 of Ramana Vaibhavam, one of the poet's most highly elaborate songs.
Fired up by a strong urge to disseminate information about Bhagavan in far-flung places, Ramanapadananda undertook tours of India, Ceylon, Malaysia and Burma. Wherever he went he would install photos of Bhagavan and encourage continuous chanting of Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai.
His publication activities, unfortunately, caused him to be banned from Ramanasramam by Chinnaswami. When he returned to Tiruvannamalai from his various tours, he would stay in Palakottu and have darshan of Bhagavan there when Bhagavan visited on his daily walks.
In 1964, after a lifetime of promoting Bhagavan and Muruganar’s poetry, Ramanapadananda gave up his travelling and settled down in Tiruvannamalai again. By this time his efforts were more appreciated, and the last few years of his life were spent in Ramanasramam, where he was a regular and passionate participant in the daily Tamil parayana. In those days the parayana did not just consist of Bhagavan’s works and his translations; it also included classical Tamil devotional literature that Bhagavan had personally selected for daily chanting in his presence.
In 1969 Ramanapadananda wrote an article for The Mountain Path entitled ‘Tears of Ecstasy’ in which he described his relationship with Bhagavan. In the same year he also gave an interview to the editor of the Arunachala Ramana magazine. This interview was not published until 1982. Since the stories from these two sources overlap in many places, I have amalgamated the two narratives. If a story from one of the two is more detailed, I have used that particular source. The text in roman comes from the interview that was published in 1982. The additional material in bold type comes from the article in The Mountain Path.
Ramanapadananda passed away in 1970 at Ramanasramam.
Muruganar is seated on the right. Ramanapadananda is standing next to him. I would guess that the photo dates from the 1930s.
Question: When did you first hear about Bhagavan?
Ramanapadananda: I was representing a foreign firm that manufactured paints. I happened to go to Kashmir on business for this company, and it was there that I heard about Bhagavan.
Question: When did you see Bhagavan for the first time?
Ramanapadananda: Soon after my return to Madras I went to Tiruvannamalai. It was strange! As soon as I saw him, I felt some sort of current pass through my body. My eyes were filled with tears of joy. The thrill I experienced was inexplicable. My wavering mind stood still. Silence filled my whole being. I stayed there for a couple of days, but I didn’t ask any questions. While I was there, somebody raised the topic of politics and politicians. To all his questions Bhagavan’s reply was one and the same: ‘The Creator knows what to do with his creation. Why should you worry?’
When I first saw Sri Bhagavan he was sitting on a bench inside a long room, thatched with coconut leaves, which had been erected over his mother’s samadhi. This was in January 1928 when the ashram consisted of this and practically nothing else. The moment I saw Sri Bhagavan I was overcome by an inexplicable feeling of joy and devotion. I burst into tears immediately and could not stop them for a long time. I had had a chequered career and had never known peace of mind. But in Sri Bhagavan’s presence I experienced complete peace of mind. I also experienced extraordinary bliss. The next day I was fortunate enough to have darshan of Sri Seshadri Swami as well.
Although I had to return to Madras, my heart was with Sri Bhagavan. I came back again in 1930 and was blessed by Sri Bhagavan with a smile and a piercing look. This time also I was overcome by an uncontrollable flow of tears of joy. The same thing happened when I visited the house at Tiruchuzhi in which Bhagavan was born. The moment I entered the house, I could not resist my ecstasy and tears, to the surprise of everybody there. None of them had the least idea of Bhagavan’s greatness. They had been thinking that Venkataraman had merely become a sannyasin and had gone to Tiruvannamalai like other sannyasins and sadhus. When I explained his greatness to them, they were all greatly impressed.
On my trip to Tiruchuzhi I met many of his old friends, and other people who knew him too.
One of them said, ‘Bhagavan was never keen on his studies. He was always fond of playing. At Madurai he used to swim from shore to shore of the River Vaigai, even when it was in spate.’
Someone else told me, ‘While his mother was carrying him, she suffered from unbearable scorching pains. Doctors could not diagnose it. But, strangely enough, she used to have some temporary relief whenever she was treated with sacred bilva leaves.’
Later on, when I was back in the ashram, I asked Bhagavan about the authenticity of this rumour. He confirmed that it was true, saying that his mother herself had often told him this story with a feeling of awe and wonder.
Question: Who named you Ramanapadananda?
Ramanapadananda: I always used to sit near the holy feet of Bhagavan. As soon as I saw him or heard his name mentioned, I felt a sort of thrill pass through my physique. Tears would come to my eyes. In my excitement I used to dance as well. B. V. Narasimha Swami observed all this and named me ‘Ramanapadananda’ [one who rejoices in Ramana’s feet]. This name subsequently became popular.
On all my subsequent visits to Bhagavan I experienced the same bliss and flow of tears. Sri Bhagavan himself noticed this. Once a small calf came running and prancing to Sri Bhagavan where he sat grinding black gram for vadai. Seeing this Polur Srinivasa Ayyar, who was nearby remarked, ‘This calf dances about like Ramanapadananda’.
On hearing this, Bhagavan said, ‘Who can shed tears of joy like him at the very mention of Bhagavan’s name?’
Sri Bhagavan also used to greet me very often with the words, ‘I never feel that you are away from the ashram. I always feel that you are here.’
Question: What particular initiation did Bhagavan bless you with?
Ramanapadananda: Nothing particular. His every word and his look of grace were enough for me.
Once, though, while we were on the hill I prostrated before him and said, ‘Bhagavan, I have had your darshan. Now I am going home.’
At once Bhagavan replied, ‘Who is giving darshan to whom? I say that you have given your darshan to me.’ This has been recorded in Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi [talk no. 359].
In 1930 I resigned my well-paid job and came to settle here. Of course, Bhagavan told me that I didn’t need to relinquish anything and that I could practise self-enquiry while remaining in my routine life. Furthermore, he stressed that the practice would become easier while remaining as a householder. Even so, I did not relent.
[Later that year] I went north on a sudden impulse. I went to Varanasi, Hardwar, Rishikesh and Badrinath. At Badrinath I met Sri Swami Tapovanji who was impressed by my devotion to Bhagavan, so much so that he composed a sloka in Sanskrit in which he invoked ‘Sri Bhagavan’s blessings on Ramanapadananda who sheds copious tears at the very mention of his name’.
Although I was made very comfortable at Badrinath by the swamiji and the head priest of the temple, and was even granted a piece of land at Bhrigu Dara, I could not stay there. So, I returned to Tiruvannamalai. At Varanasi I had been advised to wear ochre robes, the recognised dress of sannyasins, as a means of obtaining alms easily. I had continued to wear them, but when I came before Bhagavan, he burst out laughing and said, ‘Giving up the ego is the real sannyasa, not the wearing of ochre robes’. I at once discarded them and since then I have only worn white.
Question: Please tell us about your inner experiences.
Ramanapadananda: I don’t think I have any. However, I can tell you one particular story.
I was trying to meditate in a small Siva temple at Gokarnam. I was feeling frustrated because I could not continue to make the enquiry ‘Who am I?’ successfully. Suddenly I felt that my body had become exactly like that of Bhagavan as it appears in the tri-colour photograph in the old edition of Self Realization. I fell into a trance and did not know how long I remained in that state. When I regained consciousness, I wrote to Sri Bhagavan, quoting a well-known song by Ramalinga Swami that begins with the words, ‘I cannot endure my torments any longer’. Without waiting for a reply, I left for Tiruvannamalai, where I arrived two days before Mahasivaratri. When Bhagavan asked me why I had come away from Gokarnam when thousands of people were going there on this sacred occasion, I replied that Bhagavan was my Lord Siva and that I had therefore come for his darshan.
Question: Please tell us some stories about your intimate moments with Bhagavan.
Ramanapadananda: There were many, but I am an old man now, and most of them have slipped from my memory. However, there are still a few stories that I remember well.
I told you, didn’t I, that I was always travelling from place to place as a representative of the company I worked for? Wherever I went I used to try some local speciality, and if I liked it, I would send samples to Bhagavan. I would think of Bhagavan as I was trying, for example, honey, and it seemed that he would also be thinking along similar lines. Sometimes he would say, ‘Look! Ramanapadananda bought it just as I was thinking about the same thing!’
On one of these trips I sent some palm-gur to Bhagavan from Tiruchendur. A few days later I visited the ashram. As soon as he saw me Bhagavan said that he had been thinking about palm-gur, and that my donation had arrived soon afterwards. During my travels I used to send fruit to Bhagavan from wherever I was. And wherever I happened to be, I would always tell the people there about Bhagavan.
Once, when I came from Madurai, Sri Bhagavan asked whether I had brought sellu, a special preparation which is offered to the deity at Alagarkovil and then distributed as prasadam to devotees. I immediately rushed back to Madurai without informing anyone and came back quickly with a large quantity of sellu. When some of it was served on Sri Bhagavan’s leaf plate next time he said to me, ‘I asked you only in a casual way whether you had brought any, and now you have gone all the way to Madurai and got it’.
On another occasion my brother-in-law, sent, at my request, a deal wood box of sugar candy made from palmyra juice which I thought was good for Sri Bhagavan’s asthma. When Bhagavan saw it he observed, ‘I just thought of this kind of sugar candy, and here you have already obtained it for me.’
I used to obtain jack fruits from Panruti and mangoes from Salem, and Bhagavan used to see that they were properly cut and distributed.
I had obtained, for Bhagavan’s use, an easy chair specially made with a foot rest from Curzon and Co., the well-known furniture makers of Madras. It is now used on the day of the Deepam for placing Sri Bhagavan’s portrait. But when I got his sofa repaired without his knowledge, he refused to sit on it for a long time. It was only when he saw my extreme distress that he relented and agreed to sit on it.
Eventually, having been convinced that Bhagavan is the substratum of the universe and the most glorious avatar that has been witnessed till now, I felt it was my duty to make his greatness known everywhere. With this object in view, I resigned my post of a broker in the well-known firm Bombay and Co. of Madurai, much against the wishes of B. V. Narasimha Swami and others. I next proceeded to celebrate Ramana Jayanti [Bhagavan’s birthday] at various places with puja, music, discourses, processions, etc. I even travelled to Ceylon, Burma and Malaya to celebrate Ramana Jayanti or Raman Melas [Ramana festivals], and installed Ramana’s portraits in all the places that I visited.
Question: Did you see Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni while you were in Tiruvannamalai?
Ramanapadananda: See him? I have also received his blessings. His devotion to Bhagavan was unique. Even the gods envied him. Off and on he declared that Bhagavan was none other than Kumaraswamy, the son of Siva.
Question: What do you think is the difference between Bhagavan and the acharyas [teachers] who preceded him?
Ramanapadananda: Sankaracharya, and others like him, though they preached and spoke about truth, were also attached to religion and the rules and regulations that religion prescribes. Bhagavan was never bound by customs and traditions. Straight away he would ask you, ‘Know yourself. Find out where the ‘I’-thought rises from.’
Question: Bhagavan suffered from cancer and left his body. What do you think about that?
Ramanapadananda: He took upon himself the sins of his devotees and suffered on their behalf. Just pray to him with all your heart. That will be enough for him to take upon himself all your sins.
Once, when he was asked by a devotee why he was becoming weaker and weaker from day to day, he replied, ‘I am taking upon myself the sins of my sincere devotees. What do you think I am here for?’
Question: Which do you think is better, self-enquiry or surrender?
Ramanapadananda: Personally, I think surrender. During the Second World War I lost all my property. I told Bhagavan about this with tears in my eyes.
Bhagavan looked straight at me and said, ‘You have lost everything? There is nothing to worry about. Just surrender to him whom you adore. He will take care of you.’
As he uttered these words, his eyes were brightly shining like stars.
I replied, ‘Whom else do I adore? You are my sole refuge.’ Bhagavan remained silent.
Since then I have never suffered from anything. Bhagavan is protecting me.
Question: Please tell us some more stories about Bhagavan.
Ramanapadananda: I have forgotten almost everything. One thing I still remember, though, is that in 1931 I had an opportunity to serve him as an attendant. At that time I doubted whether he ever slept. He sat awake until we all fell asleep. Sometimes, we would wake up from our sleep just to find out if he was still awake or not. Answering our unasked question, he would say, ‘What do you want?’ At 3 a.m. he would get up and sit in the lotus posture. At that time an aura could clearly be seen around his face. Lucky were those who saw him at that time.
Question: Out of all the utterances of Bhagavan, which particular one do you remember?
Ramanapadananda: Bhagavan often asserted, ‘Those who come here will be liberated – even animals’. This promise of Bhagavan made a deep impression upon my mind. Whenever I recollect it I still feel an exhilaration.
One other instance sticks in my mind as well. A devotee was persistently trying to get Bhagavan to rank various great figures such as Gandhi, Ramalinga Swami, Sai Baba, and so on. He wanted Bhagavan to say which of them was the greatest.
Bhagavan refused to offer an opinion on this matter. Instead he simply replied, ‘What do you think I am? I am the real “I” in all beings.’
Question: Was it true that Bhagavan emphatically declared that, just as a lump of flesh cannot escape from a tiger’s mouth, no one can escape from his grace?
Ramanapadananda: Quite true. Take my own case. At several places people requested me to stay with them, saying they would even build an ashram for me. Sometimes I was tempted to accede to their requests, but look I am still here. Is this not enough to substantiate Bhagavan’s statement? I was given a room to live in here by the ashram authorities. All this is Bhagavan’s grace.
It is Sri Bhagavan’s grace that has finally brought me to the ashram to spend my last days near him. Salutations to Sri Bhagavan.
Posted by David Godman at 8:26 PM
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Krishnanand said...
Dear Godman
According to Sri Ramanapadanand in those days the parayana did not just consist of Bhagavan’s works and his translations; it also included classical Tamil devotional literature that Bhagavan had personally selected for daily chanting in his presence.
Bhagawan's Tamil works are clearly available but are those other Tamil classical works selected by Bhagawan available ? Has Ramanashram compiled it and made it available ?
Murali said...
Here is one devotee who, after staying so long with Bhagavan and receiving his Grace abundantly feels that Surrender is better. I am moved by this.
Regards Murali
Nice...from Karthik
I didn't know about Ramanapadananda until this golden blog entry. Thanks! Wish somebody had interviewed him earlier though - when his memory had been better. "Bhagavan often asserted, ‘Those who come here will be liberated – even animals’." Did Bhagavan mean Tiruvannamalai or Ramanasramam or Ramanasramam in the physical presence of Bhagavan(didn't Wolter Keers feel that being in the physical presence of Bhagavan was important)?
Krishnanand
The Tamil parayana started at Skandashram when Aksharamanamalai was chanted before Bhagavan every evening. Later on more works were added, all selected by Bhagavan. Eventually, the list became so long, it took fifteen days to get through them all. There would be a fifteen-day cycle, at the end of which the chanters would go back to the beginning and start again. When I looked after the ashram archives in the early 80s I found a handwritten parayana book that had the whole fifteen-day cycle written it in. I don't think the texts have ever been published, but if you ask at the ashram, I am am sure someone can give you a list of all the works that were included in the original parayana.
The Tamil parayana was abandoned soon after Ramanapadananda passed away, because not enough people were turning up to do the chanting, and a Sanskrit one was substituted. Ramaswami Pillai, who was an enthusiastic Tamil chanter, objected to this and staged a one-man protest by coming to the samadhi hall and singing the Tamil parayana very loudly while the Sanskrit was also being chanted. He said that this Tamil parayana was something he had always done in Bhagavan's presence at that time, and he didn't see why he should stop just because no one else wanted to join him. Eventually, he was persuaded to desist. The Tamil parayana disappeared for about fifteen years, and when it reappeared in the late 1980s, it consisted only of Bhagavan's works, works he had translated, and songs in praise of him.
Ramanapadananda apparently gave an interview to a Tamil magazine Arunachala Mahimai about his time with Bhagavan. I am trying to track it down. If I find it, and if there is new material there, I will add it to this post.
'All those who come here will be liberated - even animals'
Without context, it is hard to know what Bhagavan meant by this. He did endorse the various puranic statements about Arunachala ('The thought of Arunachala will bring liberation,' and 'All those who live within three yojanas of Aruanchala will be liberated') so he may have been alluding to this.
This blog is really beautiful and very useful. Thanks for all your efforts.
I was wondering if you or somebody has tried to put together detailed account of the last days of various devotees of Bhagavan. For example those that were included in your power of presence trilogy.
V. Ganesan made many visits to devotees in their final days. Some of the things they told him can be found in Moments Remembered, which is an anthology of articles he wrote for The Mountain Path in the 1980s.
Nandu narasimhan said...
This is a truly inspiring account of a great devotee. This is the first time I have read about Ramanapadananda. Many many thanks, David.
Nandu Narasimhan
Would remain grateful for this posting.What more one can say.wish Bagavan's other collections of tamilparayana is known.
Balasubramanian
N.Delhi
Maneesha said...
Thanks for the blog post.
hey jude said...
Thanks anonymous, Rereading the posting on Ramanapadananda. One can read it many times and it's contents are ever fresh and beautiful.
Ulladu Narpadu Kalivenba
Giri pradakshina
In the Service of Sri Bhagavan
Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam
Sri Ramanopadesa Noonmalai
Ramana Puranam
Summa iru
The true nature of sleep
More on the Tamil parayana
Jnansambandhar
Half a lifetime ago
Integral Yoga Magazine interview on Papaji
An Interview with Integral Yoga Magazine
Answering one’s own questions
Dialogue on self-enquiry
Interview with Sadhu Om
Sadhu Natanananda
Sri Guru Ramana Prasadam
More on Gandhi's spiritual practices
More of B. V. Narasimha Swami's notes
Is the world real?
Bhagavan's death experience
Poetic combat
The authenticity of Bhagavans writings and dialogu...
Guhai Namasivaya
Guru Vachaka Kovai verses
Sri Ramana Guru Prasadam
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US Supreme Court Center > Volume 70 > LOVEJOY V. MURRAY, 70 U. S. 1 (1865)
LOVEJOY V. MURRAY, 70 U. S. 1 (1865)
Lovejoy v. Murray, 70 U.S. 3 Wall. 1 1 (1865)
Lovejoy v. Murray
70 U.S. (3 Wall.) 1
1. A bond of indemnity given by a plaintiff in an attachment to induce the officer to hold, after levy, property not subject to the writ makes such plaintiff a joint trespasser with the officer as to all that is done with the property afterwards.
2. A judgment against one joint trespasser is no bar to a suit against another for the same trespass. Nothing short of full satisfaction, or that which the law must consider as such, can make such judgment a bar.
3. A plaintiff in attachment who indemnifies the attaching officer, and afterwards takes upon himself the defense when that officer is sued is concluded by the judgment against that officer where such plaintiff is afterwards sued for the same trespass.
Lovejoy brought suit in one of the courts of Iowa against O. H. Pratt, and the sheriff attached certain personal property which was assumed to be the property of Pratt. A certain Murray, however, claimed it as his. The sheriff, now in possession, was unwilling to proceed further in the attachment or to sell the property under it unless indemnified by Lovejoy & Co. These parties accordingly executed a bond, in which, reciting that the sheriff had attached and taken possession of the property, they bound themselves to pay all damages &c. The sheriff then proceeded to sell the property under Lovejoy & Co.'s attachment and under direction of their attorneys.
This being done, Murray sued the sheriff for an alleged trespass. The sheriff gave notice of this suit, as soon as
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brought, to Lovejoy & Co., and they defendant it, counsel, whom they paid, having taken exclusive charge of it. In this suit, Murray obtained
Judgment against the sheriff for . . . . . . . $6,233
Which the sheriff, without execution issued,
satisfied to the extent of . . . . . . . . . 830
Leaving a balance unsatisfied of . . . . . . . $5,403
Murray then brought suit against Lovejoy & Co. for this same trespass; and the facts being agreed on in a case stated, the court gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount of the judgment against the sheriff less the $830 paid by him.
On error here from the Massachusetts Circuit (where Lovejoy & Co. had been sued), three questions were made.
1. Did Lovejoy & Co., in giving the bond of indemnity to the sheriff, become thereby liable as joint trespassers with him in what was done under the attachment?
2. Did Murray, by suing the sheriff alone, and getting partial satisfaction of the judgment against that officer, bar himself of a right to sue Lovejoy & Co. for the same trespass?
3. Was Murray's judgment against the sheriff conclusive against Lovejoy & Co. in this suit against them?
The case was thoroughly argued on both sides, in this Court, on the authorities, ancient and modern, English and our own.
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The Southern Sounding Premieres Alberta's "Parlour"
Alberta a.k.a David Boone wrote each of the 11 tracks from his forthcoming album “MMMMM” on a salvation army piano, with a couch modded guitar, and recorded in a garage built studio. The result: an album that is relentless in its exploration of both color and attitude. Four weeks after “MMMMM” was done, he sold all of his things, outfitted an old work van worthy enough to catch some rest in, and took off. Now, as he tours the east coast, Alberta is preparing for his album’s launch date on October 5th.
Our friends at The Southern Sounding got a taste of Alberta’s sound and did us the honor of premiering Alberta’s latest track “Parlour” from the “MMMMM” album. About “Parlour” The Southern Sounding writer, Joshua Pickard says, “Boone wraps himself up within a series of twirling organ lines, clanging guitar rhythms and sparse percussive echoes. Its bluesy atmosphere is supported by a pitch black humor and wit that infuses every word and description.”
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Toadsworth
Toadsworth is a Mario character whose first appearance was in Super Mario Sunshine, as Princess Peach's steward. Since then he has had various cameos and small roles, especially in the non platforming games.
Download pack includes a lined and lineless version.
Parts: 49
In Medium, Mario, Super Mario Sunshine
Blooper (Super Mario Sunshine)
Bloopers are recurring Mario enemies that have appeared in most of the games in the series, although they had their most unique appearance in Super Mario Sunshine. It was also the first game where Bloopers were able to stand on dry land.
Tips: Build from the head down, starting with the two big side pieces. Build down to the tentacles, then build the biggest two first and attach them to the body. Fully complete the other four tentacles, then also attach them to the body. Seal with the large octagon piece on the bottom.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
In Easy/Medium, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario
Super Mario Sunshine Fruits
6 Papercrafts in one! This papercraft is of the fruits which feature in Super Mario Sunshine. They have a big role in the game from changing Yoshi's colour to being the focus of the boss battle against King Boo in Hotel Delfino. Build a coconut, durian, papaya, pineapple, red pepper and a bunch of bananas. If you want, you could always ignore the fact the models are from a Mario game, and build yourself a nice fruit bowl.
Variable! Height around 15 cm. All 6 crafts total 21 pages.
In Easy, Mario, Super Mario Sunshine
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PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5773
PARSHAS VAYERA 5773
Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar
“SAME OLD ME[1]”
Sir Moses Montefiore[2] was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. He was born in Leghorn, Italy and grew up in London. In 1827, he made his first visit to Eretz Yisrael. His stay in the Land had a profound effect on him; he became religiously observant and from then until the end of his life, Sir Moses was scrupulous in all areas of mitzvah observance.
One Shabbos, the Chasam Sofer[3] stayed in the home of Sir Moses. Sir Moses was overjoyed to have the honor of hosting such a great Torah scholar and he honored his guest in every way, physically and spiritually.
Sir Moses was a humble man and was always looking to grow in his observance. After Shabbos he asked the Chasam Sofer if there was anything he did over Shabbos that was not fully in accordance with halacha.
The Chasam Sofer replied immediately, "I saw nothing here this Shabbos that was in accordance with what is written in the Torah!"
Sir Moses was stunned. But the Chasam Sofer smiled and continued, “It says in the Torah, “And Yeshurun became corpulent and kicked[4]”. Rashi explains this means that when the Jewish People became rich and prospered because of G-ds kindness they neglected their responsibilities towards their Creator.
“I have spent a Shabbos with someone who has been blessed with great wealth. Yet he has not rebelled or kicked. In fact the opposite is true; everything is done exactly according to halacha. Isn’t that contrary to what the Torah says would occur?”
“The man became great, and kept becoming greater until he was very great.”[5]
Rashi notes that the Philistines became so enamored with Yitzchak that they declared “Better the manure of Yitzchak’s mules than the gold and silver of Avimelech.”
At first glance it seems Yitzchak was banished by Avimelech out of resentment and envy over Yitzchak’s successes. Despite the fact that Yitzchak’s presence was a boost to his country’s economy, Avimelech couldn’t bear the honor Yitzchak was receiving above him.
What is more surprising is that the verse seems to attribute the greatness of Yitzchak to his financial achievements. While such an attitude is prevalent in society it is inconceivable that the Torah would base Yitzchak’s greatness on his financial worth. What then does the Torah refer to?
Rav Shmuel Berenbaum zt’l[6] explains that true greatness is not measured based on how one conducts himself in public or based on magnanimous actions, but rather on how one conducts himself out of the limelight and in the privacy of his own home.
It is well-known that Rav Yisroel Salanter zt’l considered Rav Zundel Salanter to be his foremost rebbe. What is not as well known is that Rav Yisroel didn’t even know Rav Zundel until after his marriage. In fact Rav Zundel was virtually unknown at all until Rav Yisroel ‘discovered’ him and publicized his righteousness and sagacity.
In Salant Rav Zundel was known as ‘Zundel hessig macher (the vinegar maker)’. The custom was that when someone in the city made a wedding, everyone from the village would attend. At the wedding Rav Yisroel noticed a simple man – Rav Zundel - eating in the corner at one of the tables. Rav Yisroel watched in amazement as the unassuming guest conducted himself with incredible precision and meticulousness to every detail of halacha. Rav Yisroel recognized the man’s hidden greatness and immediately accepted him as his own mentor.
The story demonstrates that Rav Yisroel recognized greatness in the simplistic behaviors of Rav Zundel, how he acted when (he thought) no one else was looking. Anyone can appear spiritual and holy when he is davening or learning Torah. The true measure of a person can be viewed based on how he conducts his physical affairs – how he eats, drinks, and deals in business.
A Jew has a responsibility to be moral and upright in every nuance and facet of his life. He doesn’t only learn Torah but he must live Torah. Even when he goes shopping it should be apparent from his conduct that he is a Torah Jew.
This was the profundity of the initial test of Avrohom - ‘Lech Lecha’. If G-d assured Avrohom that hearkening to his command would guarantee him wealth, prestige, and success, what was the test?
It is far easier to be a good Jew when one is comfortable at home, can daven with a minyan when he wants, has seforim at his disposal, and everything is very convenient vis-à-vis his Judaism. The question is if he can be as devout and dedicated when he is on the road, and things aren’t too convenient? When he is successful in business and lucrative offers tug at him and it’s time to serve G-d, is he able to adhere to his spiritual responsibilities at the cost of greater personal gain?
The test of lech lecha was whether Avrohom could maintain his level of allegiance and dedication to G-d on the road when he was harried and uncomfortable, as when he was settled in his homeland with all of its amenities and comforts. In that sense, the test of lech lecha was a profounder testament to the greatness of Avrohom Avinu than the akeidah, because it entailed maintaining his level of spirituality while involved in the most mundane activities, and despite being unsettled.
This too is the underlying idea behind the greatness of Yitzchok Avinu. When the Torah states that he became exceedingly great, it was not because he had become wealthy, but rather it was the remained righteous despite his newfound wealth. Yitzchak now had many responsibilities that precluded him from isolating himself in Torah study and spiritual pursuits all day. He now had to deal with his wells and financial interests. Still-in-all, the surrounding Philistines recognized that he did not compromise on his morals one iota, but remained faithful and upright. They therefore flocked to Yitzchak and preferred to engage in business with him than with their own king. It was the contrast in moral standing which made Avimelech appear inferior to Yitzchak, and caused him to banish Yitzchak from his land.
There are certain individuals who command a level of respect which causes others to behave more dignified when they are around. People who speak in a coarse or somewhat unbefitting manner will not do so in the presence of certain people whom they respect.
The Philistines recognized Yitzchak as an ethical person and they realized that they acted and spoke differently when they were in his presence. They admiringly hated him for giving them that conscious, and they ran him out of town.
A person who exudes such sensitivity in behavior and speech is a walking Kiddush Hashem – a sanctifier of G-d’s Name. He does so through his daily conduct, even without saying a word.
As we usher in the month of Kislev we begin to anticipate the holiday of Chanukah. At the end of the Al Hanisim prayer recited throughout Chanukah, we repeatedly mention the word ‘gadol – great’. Greatness entails overextending, to reach above and beyond the standard norm.
The Maccabees merited miracles during the time of Chanukah because they acted with heroic courage beyond the norm, and so G-d in turn performed miracles for them beyond the norm.
Two years ago Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch was graced with a visit from the then one hundred year old eminent Torah-leader Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg zt’l. Though he was visibly weak, when he spoke to the students about the regality of living a Torah life his voice rose with passion.
Rav Scheinberg explained that G-d exhorts us, “Klal Yisroel, remember behave like you have to, because I take pride in being your King.
“We have brought honesty to the world. Our ways are different from the nations of the world. We are not the same as the nations. There is a way we eat – oh, how wonderful is the way we eat, and the way we sleep. All that we do is wonderful. We are showing the world that we - Klal Yisroel - have given everything to the world. They have taken it from us. It was we, we, WE! Who are the ones who give it to them!”
Rav Scheinberg concluded by passionately quoting the verse in Yeshaya, in which G-d tells Klal Yisroel ישראל אשר בך אתפאר" - Yisroel, in you I take pride.[7]” He repeated the word “בך – in you” four times, each time stressing the word with greater conviction!
“The man became great and kept becoming greater”
“Yisroel, in you I take pride”
[1] Based on the lecture given at Kehillat New Hempstead, Shabbbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos 5772
[2] 1784 –1885
[3] Rav Moshe Sofer (1762-1839) was the leader of Hungarian Jewry, and one of the foremost leaders of Orthodox Jewry in his time
[5] Bereishis 26:13
[6] B’korei Shemo
[7] Yeshaya 49:3
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)”
Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos
2 Kislev 5773/November 16, 2012
In case you are concerned that this country has a lack of faith, especially with recent efforts to take G-d out of the Pledge of Allegiance, let your heart not be troubled. Insurance companies are insistent that they will not compensate for ‘an act of G-d’, which includes the recent hurricane. [Isn’t blind faith beautiful?!]
I was told that the morning after the storm, the headlines on one of the local newspapers read “G-d hates us!” While it is definitely encouraging to note how they believed it to be in act of G-d, one must wonder what happened to all the agnostics. Shouldn’t the headline have read “Random hates us!” In addition, on a beautiful summer day when the markets were up and things seemed peaceful, was there ever a headline that read ‘G-d loves us!’
But it seems not everybody believes in G-d. This week when we received our bill from the electric company we noticed that they charged us a late fee for last month. Guess why we paid late? Because we had no electricity! What a brilliant tactic! So while banks are allowing a grace period because of the storm, the electric company is not. I guess they live by the old creed ‘In G-d we trust; all others pay cash!’
As believing Jews we turn to our faith as we helplessly hear about the trauma and tragedy that ravaged the homes of our brethren in Far Rockaway, Seagate, Bayswater, and other communities. The beauty of our people shines through as busloads of people from surrounding communities, and even as far away as Baltimore, altruistically gave of their time and efforts to help fellow Jews. But for those who have to be the recipients of that altruism the pain must be overbearing. We must at least think about their pain and keep them in our tefillos. At least our lunch shouldn’t taste as good knowing how much they have lost.
I believe that the best perspective on the recent events was summed up by R’ Eli Oelbaum, one of my in-laws’ distinguished neighbors in Lakewood, who – when asked during the week of the storm if he had power – replied, “I have electricity, but I learned this week that I have no power!”
Shabbat Shalom & Good Shabbos,
R’ Dani and Chani Staum
720 Union Road • New Hempstead, NY 10977 • (845) 362-2425
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Review and Giveaway: What Was it Like, Mr. Emperor?
Bowls of Happiness
I was recently sent two books published by the China Institute to review, Bowls of Happiness and What was it Like, Mr. Emperor? When I was in college I took a few Asian history classes and a Chinese calligraphy class and have been interested in Asian studies ever since. I was interested in see what the books were like and what my kids would think.
Bowls of Happiness ($10.91 at Amazon) features Piggy, a little girl whose mother is a potter. Piggy’s mom makes her a ceramic bowl and as they try to decide how to decorate it Piggy enters the world of traditional Chinese pottery motifs. The second half of the book is more academic in tone and contains more detailed information about pottery designs.
Page from “Bowls of Happiness”
The book is lovely with a letterpressed cover, cute illustrations, and colorful photos of real Chinese bowls. It’s a pleasing way to learn about different Chinese pottery motifs. At the same time, I’m not quite sure who’s the target audience for this book. While the story about Piggy may hold the attention of preschoolers, the more academic second-half is more for teenagers and adults. While it’s a charming little book, I can’t see myself purchasing it on my own.
“What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor?”
I really enjoyed, What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor? ($8.90 at Amazon) It is an installment in the “We All Live in the Forbidden City” series by the China Institute in America.
What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor? is a well-illustrated, info-packed look at the everyday lives of Chinese emperors. The illustrations are done in a kid-friendly cartoon style. The book covers a lot of material in an accessible way: notable emperors, how the emperor was chosen, how he was educated, what type of food he eat, who lived in the palace with him, etc… I was so entertained that I sat down and read the book straight through.
Page from “What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor?”
What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor? is recommended for ages 8 and up and I think that’s appropriate. E loves catalogs of information (Pokemon, anyone?) and he has enjoyed learning interesting facts from the book. Younger kids will enjoy the illustrations and diagrams while older kids can more fully absorb the text information.
I would recommend the book if your child is interested in China. It seems like a lot of kids I know are studying Chinese and I can see this book coming in very handy for school reports 🙂 It’s a good one to have in your library.
The publisher has kindly offered to send one reader (in the U.S.) a copy of What Was It like, Mr. Emperor?
To enter, leave a comment on this post by midnight (Mountain Time) on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
A winner will be chosen at random and contacted by email. Good luck!
Author FaithPosted on March 14, 2016 March 21, 2016 Categories books, giveaway
10 thoughts on “Review and Giveaway: What Was it Like, Mr. Emperor?”
The illustrations in both look quite intriguing. How fun to get to review these books!
Sara K says:
Very cool moonlighting gig! I’m definitely interested in more books like these: even though our child will be under 3 when we adopt them, we will be exposing them to books of varying difficulty, as well as including their birth country in their narrative.
Satomi says:
Really cute pictures. We talk about a lot princess and princesses that don’t exist. But these emperors actually existed so it will be intriguing for kids to read and study.
Those look about the right age for my niblings — though I’d enjoy the pottery motifs one for myself. They both sound interesting.
The older two kiddos took a pottery class last summer, my little pre teen would find the Chinese pottery designs really fascinating. So would I! You can never have enough books that are useful for school reports
Hannah hart says:
My nieces father often goes to China on business, so I think they would really enjoy this book to read with their dad.
Love the illustrations, that I saw, and looked interesting! Looks like something I would love to read with my big girls.
Gwyn Nichol says:
I love both these books…and a give away, haha! The illustrations are great. So fun you get to be a reviewer.
These are really charming books! Anyone…children and adults alike can learn some fun and interesting things about Chinese art and culture. I love pottery, so I can see myself enjoying “Bowls of Happiness”. Reading about the lives of Chinese emperors would be entertaining too. I can see both myself and my 6 year old son reading and enjoying these books together.
Amy S says:
I love the illustrations. What a fun giveaway. *fingers crossed.
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Music Education, Technology
The Digital Ensemble
February 28, 2015 Pete Sparkes 1 Comment
In order for any musician to learn and develop they must have regular opportunities to play, rehearse and perform over a sustained period of time. There are very few opportunities for disabled musicians to take part in regular, progressive music making. Although there is a welcome increase in more inclusive music activities, most of these are time-limited projects, often only lasting a number of weeks, with little or no follow up. Improving this situation is one of the key aims of Drake Music Scotland. This blog is about one of our groups, The Digital Ensemble.
The Digital Ensemble is a group of musicians with disabilities who compose and perform original music in a variety of settings and styles. Formed in 2012, this ensemble focuses on using music technology to explore a new kind of musical creation – as a distinct ensemble and also in collaboration with other artists and musicians. We meet for rehearsals every Tuesday in Drake Music Scotland’s MusicSPACE in Edinburgh and in the last 3 years I have seen the musicians grow immensely; in experience, in creative capacity, in confidence both musical and social. Many people think too much about the challenges and “cant’s” that are an inescapable part of disability (inherent in the word itself). If you foster genuine independence, challenge preconceptions, and give people the instruments and the opportunity, they will show you what they can do.
Musicians in the Digital Ensemble find it difficult to access conventional musical instruments. They may struggle to achieve the finger dexterity to play a keyboard, the arm stretch to support a violin, or to hold and strum a standard guitar. This doesn’t mean that they cannot get fully and brilliantly involved in music making however, as there is an ever increasing number of instruments that come under the broad term – music technology.
There is no single instrument or piece of technology that answers every need, at Drake Music Scotland we use a combination of many different instruments often in combination with each other and software programmes. We always try to find the best match for an individual. Having said this, there are a few common elements that we look for when we are selecting instruments for the ensemble:
Flexibility – the physical size and proportions of the instrument can be adjusted to suit each individual’s physical movements, reach and preferred playing position. This is a primary problem with many fixed-body instruments, they are simply not designed for someone with a different ergonomic way of moving.
Quality of sound – the sounds whether sampled or modelled should be something that are great to play, sound fantastic and blend well in performance.
Programmability – we need to be able to set notes, chords, scales, trigger modes, etc so that each instrument can be used as creatively as possible.
Adjustability – the sensitivity of controllers can have a massive impact on how expressive a performance can be. We need to be able to adjust the sensitivity to match the muscle power of each member of the ensemble. A very loud sound can be made with the lightest of touches.
Here is a brief, and by no means exhaustive, note of some of the main ones that we have had fun with:
Brainfingers, which is a Bio-Feedback system that we use to play through a notation programme called Notion. Brainfingers picks up electrical activity in your head and face muscles and can be set up in several different ways as a trigger for live musical performance.
Thumbjam is an excellent app that comes packed with great sounding instruments and the option to choose your own scale and adjust the size and number of the bars.
Skoog – musicians interact with the Skoog physically; Squeezing, tilting or shaking it. The sophisticated software allows us to define the sensitivity of each surface, choose from a massive range of sounds (both modelled and samples), and also control other aspects of the notes such as pitch bend, modulation etc. A new wireless version is being developed now and should be available very soon.
Emma Clark playing Arctic Tern using her Skoog:
Soundbeam is a midi controller that comprises of ultrasonic beams and switches. There are a wide range of trigger modes that allow us to create bespoke set ups that match our musicians.
Members of The Digital Ensemble have also used acoustic instruments, keyboards, voice and has recently started to explore other music technology including Apollo Ensemble.
The Digital Ensemble has performed world premieres of new music by Oliver Searle and Malcolm Edmonstone, collaborating with City of Edinburgh Music School and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland. They have performed live at The Queens Hall in Edinburgh, St Cecilia’s Hall (Edinburgh University), The Scottish Parliament, Scottish Storytelling Centre, City of Edinburgh Music School, The Tolbooth in Stirling, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and at London’s Southbank Centre.
TECHNOPHONIA (New Commission from Oliver Searle)
THE DEEP (Collaboration with Zack Moir and Garry Boyle)
SAME RIVER TWICE (Collaboration with NYJOS Collective)
(See the documentary here)
The Digital Ensemble have also recorded original music with Zack Moir and Garry Boyle at Castlesound and Slate Room Studios including THE DEEP from Jan 2014 and LAYERS to be released on the 2nd of March 2015. Both of these projects were collaborations funded through Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative: Access to Music Making.
THE DEEP (‘The Making Of’ Documentary)
We want to create the UK’s first Digital Orchestra. Current plans will see us building our numbers and expanding our resources for a first Digital Orchestra course in Edinburgh in April 2016. This group will function as an orchestra in the sense that it will comprise of different families with their own sonic identity (iPad section, percussion & beats section, modelled wind instruments section etc). There are many technical challenges and logistical hurdles that we need to solve in order to make this vision a reality but we are confident that if we set the goals, provide the opportunities and support our musicians – they will create a new kind of music that will challenge perceptions about disability and change attitudes about who gets to learn, play, perform and compose music.
The Digital Ensemble is led by Pete Sparkes and Rick Bamford of Drake Music Scotland. We meet weekly at our base in Craigmillar, Edinburgh. We’re available for performances and gigs anywhere in Scotland – please get in touch with info@drakemusicscotland.org
Drake Music Scotland is Scotland’s national centre of expertise in inclusive music. We play a lead role in making Scotland a place where ground-breaking new music featuring skilled musicians and composers with disabilities is created. We make it possible for people with disabilities of all ages to play, learn, compose and perform music using accessible music technologies and Figurenotes notation. We reshape the definition of musicians, musical instruments and ensembles building momentum in our role as an innovator on the international stage. Huge thanks to the following funders who support the Digital Ensemble and Drake Music Scotland: Creative Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council, Daisy Chain Trust, Lloyds TSB Foundation of Scotland, Maclennan Trust, Trefoil
Pete has been the Artistic Director of Drake Music Scotland since December 2009. He joined the team at Drake Music Scotland as a freelance associate musician in 2005, leading projects in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling. In 2007 he was appointed as Education & Training Officer and spent a busy few years training teachers and musicians to use music technology in a variety of different settings. He is completely convinced that making music is fun, good for us in many ways, and we should be doing more of it – all of us! He was Education Officer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 2002-2005. As a freelance project leader he has led creative projects with many different participant groups for various organisations including: Drake Music Scotland, Scottish Book Trust, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Artlink Central, and Jessie’s Fund.
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Pietro Lostia says:
Thanks for sharing this beautiful project Pete! I have also seen Zack’s video at Slate Room. You guys are involved in something unique! I bet working with people with different abilities can also be very inspiring musically, and stimulating and rewarding personally.
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André 3000 Spotted Playing a Flute At Airport
It was a mind blowing moment for NPR radio producer, Antonia Cereijido as she sighted music icon, André 3000 playing a flute at the airport. “I saw a man walking around my terminal playing a flute for 40 minutes and was losing my mind because I thought it was André 3000,” she tweeted on Friday “And then it WAS André 3000!!!”
She was in shock as she could not believe that the Outkast luminary was wandering around the terminal playing a flute, until she finally mustered up the courage to approach him.
This is not certainly not a first for André, as he has a history of positive fan interactions. Last August, he posed for a photo with a fan who just happened to be wearing an André 3000 t-shirt. The photo quickly went viral.
“Of course I didn’t say anything good,” she said. “Now I’m like… I should’ve talked about how good his verse on Solo is. And how my mom once had a dream he taught our family to dance the hey ya dance and we had achieved the American Dream. W/E NO REGRET.” André and Cereijido posed for a photo, and he confirmed he was indeed playing a “double flute.”
André 3000 Captured Wandering Around Airport Playing A Flute
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Violence continues but get a load of who's leaving Iraq
Alsumaria reports that the corpse of 1 adult male Yazidi was discovered in Nineveh Province. AFP reports 2 Samarra roadside bombings claimed 7 lives with three people injured, a Mosul roadside bombing claimed 1 life and left two injured, a Tal Afar roadside bombing claimed 1 life and 1 person was shot dead outside Baaj and 1 in Kirkuk -- for 11 dead for a total of 11 dead and six injured. AP observes, "A half year after the U.S. military left Iraq, dire predictions seem to be coming true: The country is mired in violence and the government is on the verge of collapsing. With no relief in sight, there's growing talk of Iraq as a failed state [. . .]"
Al Mada reports that the call for a vote of no-confidence in thug & prime minister Nouri al-Maliki continues despite remarks by Kurdish Alliance MP Mahma Khalil -- remarks that KRG President Massoud Barzani refuted yesterday and today the PUK issued a statement about how the Kurdistan Alliance speaks the position of the Kurds not individual MPs. From December 21st through most of June, Nouri al-Maliki refused the call for a national conference to address the political crisis. This week, it's all he can yabber on about. Alsumaria reports that he repeated his 'we need a dialogue' talk today. Being the little bitch that he is, Nouri also had to trash his rivals and did so by insiting they were following the orders of foreign governments. Khalil tells Al Mada that the Sadr bloc wants a vote of no-confidence on Nouri.
Meanwhile Walter Pincus (Washington Post via Stars and Stripes) reports, "The State Department is planning to spend as much as $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most expensive in the world, according to pre-solicitation notices published this month. Remember, it has been 3 1/2 years since American diplomats moved into the 104-acre, $700 million facility and only four months after State Department officials in February talked about trying to cut back the U.S. presence there."
In other news, the Himalayn News Service reports on Peter W. Bodde. Who? the new US Ambassador to Nepal. He set to to go to Nepal "in late August" and he'll replace Scott H. DeLisi
And what position does he hold currently? The number two US official in Iraq. Since James Jeffrey has abandoned his post -- and that is the term for it, when Barack Obama was sworn in as US President, Ryan Crocker agreed to stay on until Barack could find a successor -- and since this is obviously a very delicate time for Iraq, is it really wise to take the number two US official out of Iraq at a time when not only is there no number one US official (that would be a US Ambassador to Iraq) but the White House hasn't even named a nominee for the post.
It's almost as thought the White House wants to demonstrate just how badly they screwed things up in Iraq (in 2010 by backing Nouri al-Maliki even though his slate did not come in first in the elections). Republicans will say "the White House wants to demonstrate just how badly they screwed things up in Iraq by not extending the SOFA" and while I disagree with that they will have the backing of the independent inspector generals as we saw in the House Oversight Subcommittee hearing this week. Now pulling the number two (really the number one by default) out of Iraq? It's as if they're sporting their incompetence with the hopes of getting attention.
In the US, Senator Patty Murray is the Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Her office issued the following Friday:
MONDAY: VETERANS: Murray in Seattle to Unveil New Mental Health Legislation
Iraq and Afghanistan veteran will share his story of having his PTSD diagnosis overturned
(Washington, D.C.) -- On Monday, July 2, 2012, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, will hold a press conference at the Seattle Nisei
Veterans Center to discuss her new service members and veterans mental health
legislation, the Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012. This legislation comes as the Pentagon begins a comprehensive military-wide review, which Senator Murray urged [Defense]
Secretary [Leon] Panetta to conduct on diagnoses for the invisible wounds of war dating
back to 2001.
The misdiagnosis of behavioral health conditions has been a constant
problem for soldiers at Madigan Army Medical Center, where to date over 100 soldiers
and counting have had their correct PTSD diagnosis restored following reevaluation.
Stephen Davis, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran who had his initial diagnosis of PTSD overturned, will speak at the press conference with his his wife to share his experience.
The legislation seeks to address problems with DOD and VA mental health care identified during multiple hearings of Senator Murray's Veterans Affairs Committee. Specifically,
Senator Murray's Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012 would require DOD to create a comprehensive, standardized suicide prevention program, expand eligibility for a
variety of VA mental health services to family members, improve training and
education for our health care providers, create more peer to peer counseling
opportunities, and require VA to establish accurate and reliable measures for mental
health services. More about Senator Murray's bill HERE.
WHO: U.S. Senator Patty Murray
Sergeant David Leavitt
Sergeant First Class Stephen Davis and his wife Kim Davis
Michele Smith, wife of Sergeant Shannon Smith
WHAT: Press conference to unveil the Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012
WHEN: Monday, July 2, 2012
WHERE: Seattle Nisei Veterans Center
1212 South King Street
Kathryn Robertson
Specialty Media Coordinator
Office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray
448 Russell Senate Office Building
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RSS Feed for Senator Murray's office
The following community sites -- plus Pacifica Evening News, Cindy Sheehan and Antiwar.com -- updated last night and today:
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AFP insists, "Friday’s deaths brought the number of people killed in attacks since June 13 to at least 220 - an average of almost 13 per day." AP blusters that June was the second deadliest month of this year in Iraq with "at least 234 people [dead] in June."
What a bunch of liars.
Iraq Body Count counts 457 dead in Iraq from violence through yesterday. Iraq Body Count is independent. The wire services are going with the Iraqi government figures. The wire services don't bother to track even the deaths that they do report. And they're too intimidated to cite an independent source like IBC. So they parrot lies from a government determined to bury the truth, like corpses, in an unmarked grave. And the wire services gladly go along.
It encourages Nouri in his attacks on the press so the wire services should be very clear that their whoring hurts everyone. It especially hurts those in Iraq who intend to report. When foreigners can't even tell the truth how are the Iraqis supposed to be feel safe in doing the same?
The wire services can pull out at any time. Most of their reporters can leave at will (they employ Iraqi stringers). So when AFP, Reuters and AP and the rest whore, they're not just hurting people's understanding outside of Iraq, they're harming journalism within Iraq.
They're also rewarding Nouri al-Maliki's attacks on the press. Since 2006, Nouri's attacked the press for covering violence, attempted to make it illegal for them to cover violence. Here are non-Iraqi outlets censoring themselves and rewarding a tyrant.
It is one sentence, just one sentece, to say, "Iraq Body Count notes ___ deaths in the month of ___." But it's too much for them to do. They'd rather censor themselves and weaken press in Iraq. What does it matter how strong the press is in Iraq when the AP and others can always leave anytime they want?
In their own way, they are as destructive as the illegal war itself.
Friday, June 29, 2012. Chaos and violence continue, the Congress hears that a Status Of Forces Agreement was need in Iraq, how can you do oversight when you can't move around in Iraq, the political crisis continues, and more.
"First," declared US House Rep Jason Chaffetz yesterday morning explaining the purpose of the
Committee, "Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent. And second Americans deserve efficient, effective government that works for them. Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights."
Chaffetz is the Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations which held a hearing on Iraq.
Appearing before the Subcommittee on the first panel were: US State Dept's Patrick Kennedy, Peter Verga and USAID's Mara Rudman. Panel two was the US Government Accountability Office's Michael Courts, the State Dept's Acting Inspecting General Harold Geisel, DoD's Special Deputy Inspector General for Southwest Asia Mickey McDermott, USAID's Deputy Inspector General Michael Carroll and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen Jr.
Chair Jason Chaffetz: The State Dept has greatly expanded its footprint in Iraq.
There are approximately 2,000 direct-hire personnel and 14,000 support contractors
-- roughly a seven-to-one ratio. This includes 7,000 private security contractors to
guard our facilities and move personnel throughout Iraq. Leading up to the withdrawal,
the State Dept's mission seemed clear. Ambassador Patrick Kennedy testified that the diplomatic mission was "designed to maximize influence in key locations." And later
said, "State will continue the police development programs moving beyond basic
policing skills to provide police forces with the capabilities to uphold the rule of law.
The Office of Security Cooperation will help close gaps in Iraq's security forces
capabilities through security assistance and cooperation." This is an unprecedented
mission for the State Dept. Nonetheless, our diplomatic corps has functioned without
the protections of a typical host nation. It's also carried on without troop support that
many believed it would have. As a result, the Embassy spends roughly 93% of its budget
on security alone. Without a doubt, this is an enormously complex and difficult mission. Six months into the transition, the Congress must assess whether the administration
is accomplishing its mission? While the State Dept has made progress, it appears to be
facing difficult challenges in a number of areas. The Oversight Committee has offered
some criticism based on their testimony today. Including the Government Accountability Office noting that the State and Defense Dept's security capabilities are not finalized.
The Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction states that, "Thousands of
projects completed by the United States and transferred to the government of Iraq
will not be sustained and thus will fail to meet their intended purposes." The Defense
Dept's Inspector General's Office explains that the lack of Status of Forces Agreement
has impacted land use agreements, force protection, passport visa requirements, air
and ground movement and our foreign military sales program. And the US AID Inspector General's office testifies, "According to US AID mission, the security situation has
hampered its ability to monitor programs. Mission personnel are only occassionaly
able to travel to the field for site visits." Embassy personnel have also told Committee
staff that the United States government has difficulty registering its vehicles with the
Iraqi government and Iraqis have stood up checkpoints along supply lines. According
to one embassy official, the team must dispatch a liason to "have tea and figure out
how we're going to get our trucks through." These are just some of the challenges
the State Dept is facing in Iraq today. Perhaps as a result of these conditions, Mission
Iraq appears to be evolving. In an effort to be more efficient, the State Dept is evaluating
its footprint, reducing personnel and identifying possible reductions. This rapid change
in strategy, however, raises a number of questions. Are we on the right track? Are we redefining the mission? What should we expect in the coming months? And, in hindsight, was this a well managed withdrawal?
The first panel was a joke in so many ways. Someone please convey to the State Dept that they
don't look 'manly' offering football allusions to Iraq. With all the people -- Iraqis, Americans, etc. -- it's really beyond insensitive for State to show up and try to talk football. There have been far too many deaths for anyone to see this as a game or match and you'd think the diplomatic arm of the government would grasp that on their own and wouldn't need that pointed out. In addition to the unneeded sports comparisons and examples, there were also the answers which could be honest only if you agreed to ignore the facts. US House Rep Blake Farenthold became Acting Chair where we're doing our excerpt.
Acting Chair Blake Farenthold: I just have one more question so we'll just do a quick
second round of questions. Ambassador Kennedy, you mentioned the Baghdad police
college annex facility as one of the facilities. It's my understanding that the United States' taxpayers have invested more than $100 million in improvements on that site. It was intended to house the police department program -- a multi-billion dollar effort that's
currently being downsized. And as a result of the State Dept's failure to secure land use rights the entire facility is being turned over to the Iraqis at no cost. The GAO reports
Mission Iraq has land use agreements or leases for only 5 out of all of the sites that it operates. Can you say with confidence that those sites now operating without leases or agreements will not be turned over to Iraq for free as was the case with the police development program? And what would the cost to the US taxpayer be if they were to
lose without compensation all of those facilities?
Patrick Kennedy: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, the statement that has been --
that you were reading from about we are closing the Baghdad police development center because of a failure to have land use rights is simply factually incorrect. We have a land
use agreement for that site. As part of the program -- the police development program -- there are periodic reviews that are underway and my colleagues who do that -- it's not
part of my general responsibility on the operating side of the house -- engage in reviews
on a six month basis both internally and with the government of Iraq. It was always our
plan to make adjustments to the police development program over time. But the
statement that somehow we have wasted or had everything pulled out from under us because of lack of a land use agreement is very simply false. For our other properties
in Iraq we have -- we have agreements for every single property we have in Iraq except
for one which is our interim facility in -- in Basra which is simply a reincarnation of a
former US military there. But even in that regard we have a longterm agreement that
was signed with the government of Iraq by Ambassador Negroponte in 2005 in which
we swapped properties with the government of Iraq and they are committed to provide
us with a ten acre facility in-in Basra of our mutal choosing. And so we are covered, sir.
He said it. Too bad it wasn't accurate or, for that matter, truthful. We'll jump over to the second
panel.
Acting Chair Blake Farenthold: Mr. Courts, Ambassador Kennedy and I got into a
discussion about the absence of or presence of land use agreements for the facilities
we have in Iraq do you have the current status for that information from your latest
eport as to what facilities we do and do not have land use agreements for?
Michael Courts: What Ambassador Kennedy may have been referring to that for 13 of
the 14 facilities the Iraqis have acknowledged a presence through diplomatic notes.
But there's still only 5 of the 14 for which we actually have explicit title land use
agreements or leases.
Acting Chair Blake Farenthold: Alright so I'm not -- I'm not a diplomat. So what does
that mean? They say, "Oh, you can use it until we change our minds" -- is that
basically what those are? Or is there some force of law to those notes?
Michael Courts: Well the notes are definitely not the same thing as having an explicit agreement. And as a matter of fact, there's already been one case where the Iraqis
required us to reconfigure, downsize one of our sites. And that was at one of the
sites where we did not have a land use agreement and so obviously we're in a much
more vulnerable position when there's not an explicit agreement.
Acting Chair Blake Farenthold: Alright, Mr. Carroll, I would also like to follow up a
question I had on the last panel about the use of Iraqi nationals in overseeing some
of our investigations of it -- does that? I mean, what's your opinion that? Does that
strike you as a good idea, a bad idea or something we're stuck with because there's
no alternative? It seems like Americans would be a little more concerned about how
their tax dollars were spent than the Iraqi nationals who are the receipients of those
tax dollars. That's kind of a fox guarding the hen house, it looks like.
Michael Carroll: [Laughing] Well I-I personally I think it's a - like-like Ms. Rudman said
it's an additive sort of step. We would do the same thing. For example, in some of the
places where it's absolutely prohibited because of security what we will do is contract
with a local CPA firm -- primarily out of Egypt -- and do a very comprehensive agreed
upon procedures document that they will go out and they will take pictures, they will
ask questions, they will do what we would do if we could get there. So I think that it
what Mara is talking about as well. I don't see it as a problem. In fact, I see it as an
adjunct to and it's not a replacement for USAID contracting representatives and technical representatives actually getting out and ensuring that the work is actually being done.
That's not what these people are doing. What these people are doing is just going out,
doing some monitoring and observing. But it does not replace what the
responsibilities are for the Americans.
Acting Chair Blake Farenthold: Alright. Thank you very much. And I'm not sure if I
want to address this to Mr. Courts or Mr. Bowen -- whichever one of you seems
most eager to answer can take this. I haven't been to Iraq. My information in the
field of what it's like on the ground there is based on the things that I've read and
the reports that I've seen on television. But a good many of our facilities are in
metropolitan areas including the capital Baghdad and I'm concerned that we are
struggling getting food and water to these folks in a safe manner. I mean, what's
the procedure? Is the food delivered? How -- how is that handled and why is it a
problem in a metropolitan area? There are hundreds of thousands of people in
these cities, Iraqi nationals, that need to be fed. Obviously, it's more complicated
than just going down to the Safeway but I mean how is that handled? And why is it
such a problem?
Stuart Bowen: The State Dept, as Ambassador Kennedy indicated, continued the LOGCAP contract after the military withdrew in December and thus the process for bringing food
into the country continued as well and that is via convoys that come up from Kuwait.
There have been challenges. That checkpoint has been occasionally closed. There
have been security challenges with regards to those convoys and other reasons that
the shipments have been intermittent and has led to an occasional shortage of certain
food stuff at the embassies. [Former US] Ambassador [to Iraq James] Jeffrey emphasized repeatedly this spring his desire to move towards local purchase but that's been slow.
Is it wrong to note that the State Dept's Patrick Kelly was not honest with the Subcommittee or
that he chose to ignore the questions asked? He wanted to insist (falsely) that there were leases
on all the Iraqi property currently occupied by the US diplomatic mission. Again, that is not truthful.
In addition, he wanted to insist that turning over a facility the US taxpayer had spent over a million
dollars on was normal and natural. It was neither. US taxpayers, if asked, might have said, "Hey,
turn it over to an Iraqi orphanage or youth project."
Or, noting the huge amount of widows due to the war, might have said, "Turn it over as a facility for women and their children to live in." But the same taxpayer that had no vote in whether or not to go to war got no vote in how to spend millions in Iraq..
Patrick Kennedy declared, "It was always our plan to make adjustments to the police development program over time."
That actually may be true. (Or it may be another lie.) But the fact is, the US State Dept refused to share the plan with Congress or the office of the Special Inspector for General Reconstruction in Iraq. Kennedy might hope we forget that -- and certainly many in the press will rush to assist him -- but those of us present at the hearings held in the last months of 2011 remember the State Dept refusing to answer questions.
The State Dept is not an fiefdom, though Patrick Kennedy appears to believe it is. They are
answerable to Congress. It's a real shame that all these issues were not nailed down in real time.
If you're confused or playing stupid, the reason it was not nailed down is many Democrats agreed to give the White House a blank check and they weren't even concerned with what figure might be written in on that blank check. That's not just me. Let's note Stuart Bowen's testimony to the Subcommittee yesterday about the State Dept's refusal to provide concrete answers:
Stuart Bowen: I testified before this subcommittee in November 2011 about our
concerns regarding the Department of State's planned multi-year, multi-billion-dollar
Police Development Program [PDP]. I raised two overarching issues that threatened
the PDP's success. First, the Defense Department had not adequately assessed the
impact of its own six-year police training efforts, and thus a key benchmark for
future planning was missing. And second, State had not sufficiently planned for the
program, either on the policy or logistical fronts. It is now beyond dispute that the
PDP planning process was insufficient. It should have produced specific program
goals, a time frame for accomplishing those goals, the anticipated total cost for the
program, the expected scope of required resources, and a method for measuring
progress. The process fell short in each of these areas. Further, to succeed, the
PDP required close collaboration and support from the Government of Iraq. But
the GOI's support has been weak, at best.
That's why we have the problem we do now. In other comments? Tim Arango of the New York Times was attacked by the US State Dept for his writing. His writing ( "U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police") was about what the State Dept was discussing.
He did not attempt to predict what would happen or how it would play out. We've already noted
Tim was correct and accurate in his reporting. We'll note that his reporting only stands stronger
after the Thursday hearing. If Victoria Nuland had any class or character, she'd apologize publicly
to Tim Arango for the attack she launched on him.
Before we go further, we should fall back to the last hearing Jason Chaffetz chaired that we
covered. That's December 7, 2011 and from that coverage, we'll note this:
Subcommittee Chair Jason Chaffetz: Before recognizing Ranking Member [John]
Tierney, I'd like to note that the Defense Dept, State Dept, USAID and SIGAR will not
have IGs in January. In May of this year, I wrote the President asking him to move
without delay to appoint replacements. That letter was signed by Senators [Joe]
Lieberman, [Susan] Collins, [Claire] McCaskill and [Rob] Portman, as well as [House
Oversight Committee] Chairman [Darrell] Issa and Ranking Member [Elijah] Cummings
and Ranking Member Tierney. I'd like to place a copy of htis record into the record.
Without objection, so ordered. To my knowledge, the President has yet to nominate
any of these replacements, nor has he responded to this letter. I find that totally
unacceptable. This is a massive, massive effort. It's going to take some leadership
from the White House. These jobs cannot and will not be done if the president fails
to make these appointments. Upon taking office, President Obama promised that his administration would be "the most open and transparent in history." You cannot
achieve transparency without inspectors general. Again, I urge President Obama and
the Senate to nominate and confirm inspectors general to fill these vacancies and
without delay.
Why is Geisel, who was at that hearing in December, billed as an "acting" anything? Is the White
House unable or just unwilling to fill these slots?
For many of us, the inaction reminds us that Barack Obama, as a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee was over Afghanistan in terms of subcommittees but never called a hearing
on the topic. Someone appears to love credits in the yearbook, they just don't want to work for them.
This can be seen also with regards to the failed nomination of Brett McGurk for US Ambassador to Iraq.
There is still no one else nominated for the post.
Before the e-mails and sex scandal broke, before the ethics questions sprung up, it was always clear that McGurk was an iffy nominee to be confirmed. The White House apparently planned for no one else to be needed. So they still haven't named a new nominee. This issue came up in yesterday's State Dept press briefing. Victoria Nuland was asked about Iraq.
QUESTION: Just a general question. I know you've addressed this in bits before. But Iraq
with the Embassy there, it's been a month since Ambassador Jeffrey has gone. Obviously
his named successor has withdrawn. In terms of the operations of the Baghdad Embassy, is everything up to speed? Is it – are there difficulties now going on without an
ambassador there?
MS. NULAND: Well, it's always important to have the President's representative in the
person of an ambassador. That said, we have a very strong and capable chargé there,
Robert Beecroft. His relationships with Iraqis across the spectrum are broad and
deep, as they are with principals here in Washington. So the mission goes on, and we
are continuing to work with Iraqis across the spectrum to try to encourage them to
work together on the political issues that divide them. And of course, we maintain a
broad economic relationship and a security support relationship.
QUESTION: Sure. I know it's a White House issue largely, but the idea of having a new
nominee --
MS. NULAND: Definitely a White House issue.
Yesterday's hearing was different from many other Congressional hearings: It actually got some
press attention. Iran's Press TV (link is text and video) opens with, "The US authorities have
discussed a new plan to secure them a long lasting presence in Iraq by spending millions of dollars to upgrade a US embassy compound in the war-torn country, Press TV reports."
I don't think Press TV's out on a limb with that statement. I think a strong argument can be made-- based on the hearing -- for what the outlet is claiming.
Yesterday, Walter Pincus (Washington Post) reported, "The State Department is planning to
spend up to $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most expensive in the world, according to pre-solicitation notices published this month."
However, I'm surprised that they missed the bigger point.
I'm not surprised the US press missed it. Once upon a time, the US press lulled themselves to
sleep with sticky thighs over the thought of 'maverick' John McCain.
The press crush on the senator hit the rocks when newbie frosh Barack strutted onto campus. Which is a real shame since the once-madly-in-love-with-John press could now be penning, "John McCain was right!" columns.
I'm not saying he was right. John McCain and I disagree completely on the war. But he's been
attacked over and over for comments about a residual US military force in Iraq. The big news out
of the hearing was that the inspector generals pretty much all agreed with the non-present
Senator John McCain.
What you heard from the second panel repeatedly was that the State Dept was unprotected
and that cost overruns really couldn't be controlled with the State Dept's inability to check their own projects.
While Carroll thought Mara Rudman (USAID) hiring 25 Iraqis to supervise US reconstruction projects provided a set of eyes on these projects, there's so much more going on in Iraq. You had statements from DoD's Mickey McDermott about how the lack "of a post-2011 Security Agreement or Status Of Forces Agreement was affecting aspects of its operations. Key areas cited by these officials as being impacted included: land use agreements, force protection, passport/visa requirements, air and ground movement, and FMS site stand-up. The precise impact of these command concerns with respect to achieveing short and long-term OSC-I goals is unclear. However, having a formal, follow-on Security and Status Of Forces Agreemens was perceived to have value potentially in clarifying and stabilizing Iraqi government support for day-to-day OSC-I operations, and would benefit longer-term relationship building."
Again, the statements should have led the press to note that McCain -- ridiculed as crazy and out of it -- actually can find support for his assertion that there are elements that supported extending the SOFA. (The military did support that. We've noted that repeatedly. Testimony to Congress by
various generals have made that clear. But what happened here is that people whose job it is to
analyze made comments that backed up the claims John McCain was making.)
Violence continued in Iraq today. AP reports Balad saw one, two, three bombings "in quick
succession" today. AFP notes, "Gunmen shot dead four anti-Qaeda militiamen in central Iraq on
Friday, while a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier, security and medical officials said." Reuters adds, "Police colonel Hassan al-Baldawy said at least six people were killed and 45 wounded" in a combination of suicide and motorcycle bombings. AP adds that four other Sahwa were wounded in the Diyala attack. Sahwa are also known as "Awakenings" and "Sons Of Iraq" (and "Daughters Of Iraq" for their female counterparts). Alsumaria notes that the assailants used machine guns to
fire on Sahwa. At the April 8, 2008 Senate Armed Services hearing when Gen David Petraeus,
then the top US commander in Iraq, was explaining Sahwa.
In his opening remarks, Petraues explained of the "Awakening" Council (aka "Sons of
Iraq," et al) that it was a good thing "there are now over 91,000 Sons of Iraq -- Shia as
well as Sunni -- under contract to help Coalition and Iraqi Forces protect their
neighborhoods and secure infrastructure and roads. These volunteers have contributed significantly in various areas, and the savings in vehicles not lost because of reduced
violence -- not to mention the priceless lives saved -- have far outweighed the cost of
their monthly contracts." Again, the US must fork over their lunch money, apparently, to
avoid being beat up.
How much lunch money is the US forking over? Members of the "Awakening" Council
are paid, by the US, a minimum of $300 a month (US dollars). By Petraeus' figures that
mean the US is paying $27,300,000 a month. $27 million a month is going to the "Awakening" Councils who, Petraeus brags, have led to "savings in vehicles not lost".
This was the second day in a row for attacks on Sahwa. As Mu Xuequan (Xinhua) reminds of
yesterday's violence, "In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by government-backed Awakening Council group members in the city of Samarra, some 110 km north of the capital, killing two group members before they fled the scene, a local police source told Xinhua."
Jason Ditz (Antiwar.com) observes of yesterday's violence, "A wave of attacks in and around the
capital city of Baghdad pointed out that the war in that nation is still very much going on, with or
without the US occupation forces, leaving 38 people killed and over 140 others wounded."
Laith Hammoudi (AFP) reports on what happens after the bombings:
Piles of concrete blocks, clothes and furniture are all that remain of many of the makeshift houses in Imam Ali slum after an explosives-packed car tore through the area on June 13, claiming the lives of seven people and leaving more than 20 families homeless.
The blast has left the Shiite area's impoverished residents mourning relatives and
neighbours, and struggling to rebuild their shattered lives.
Hussein said he looked for houses to rent but the cheapest one he found was 150,000 Iraqi dinars ($125) per month, and it was in poor condition and would have required significant repairs.
Abeer Mohammed (Institute for War & Peace Reporting via McClatchy Newspapers) offers, " Iraqi politicians from across the ethnic and religious spectrum agree that the recent wave of attacks targeting Shia Iraqis appears to be a deliberate move by extremists to reignite the sectarian conflict of past years."
There's also conflict -- in what things say they are going to do and what they acually do. Among their reports is this one on the Ministry of Electricity's Inspector General declaring there are fake contracts for $3 trillion dinars. If the news seems familiar, it's because fake contracts and the Ministry of Electricity seem to go hand in hand. Dropping back to the August 12, 2011 snapshot:
Political intrigue continues in Iraq as well. For example, Al Mada reports that the Sadr
bloc is calling for an investigation into the alleged fake contracts and alleged theft of funds
in the Ministry of Electricity. Over the weekend, Nouri al-Maliki announced he was firing the Minister of Electricity due to fake contracts worth billions. There were two main responses. First, many stated Nouri didn't have the power to do the firing, only Parliament did. Second,
the Minister of Electricity floated that he had many stories to tell. It has since emerged that these contracts Nouri claims to be surprised and appalled by carry . . . Nouri's signature.
Nouri and State Of Law's latest move is to note that this member of Nouri's Cabinet is also
a member of Iraqiya. I'm not sure how that assists Nouri since, over the weekend, Iraqiya
was the first to state that they supported the move Nouri made. Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli (The Middle East Media Research Institute) offers an analysis of what happened:
In July of this year, the Ministry of Electricity signed a contract with a Canadian company, CAPGENT, for $1.2 billion for the construction of 10 power stations with a production
capacity of 100 megawatts each. The company was registered in Vancouver, Canada. It
also signed a second contract with a German company, Maschinerbrau Halberstadt, for
€500 million ($650 million) for the construction of five power stations with a production
capacity of 100 megawatts each, to be completed within 12 months from the time a line
of credit was extended. It now appears that the two companies are fictitious, and had the contracts been executed they would have would have constituted a monumental case
of fraud involving senior officials of the Ministry of Electricity.
The two fraudulent cases came to light thanks to the personal efforts of Jawad Hashim, a former minister of planning in Iraq during the early Ba'thist regime in the 1960s and early
1970s. In a handwritten letter to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, datelined Vancouver, Canada, August 2, 2011, Hashim detailed the fraud.
As a resident of Vancouver, Hashim decided to investigate the available information on
the Canadian company while he asked the former minister of economy and governor of
the Iraqi central bank, Fakhri Yassin Qadduri, who resides in Germany, to investigate the identity of the German company.
In related news, Ahmed Abbasi (Kitabat) reports over six billion dollars missing from the public
funds and Abbasi wonders how this continues to happen, where are the courts, where is the
Integrity Commission? Meanwhile Alsumaria reports that Kirkuk is spending over 93 billion dinars
on a water project to ensure potable water. It's considered one of Iraq's largest water projects
Turning to the topic of intrigue, Kitabat reports on rumors that the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad is
coordinating with the Tehran-based government and Iraq's National Alliance and that they are using cell phones to monitor the movements of Iraqiya and other political rivals and that they are also listening in on phone calls. If true, this is apparently part of an effort to keep Nouri as prime minister.
The Gulf News editorial board observes of the ongoing crisis:
A reported plan by the Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki to call an early election is insignificant. He might be thinking of ways to end the current stalemate and hopefully get
a new and broader mandate. He might as well accomplish that since his opponents are
weaker and divided. But that surely will not solve Iraq's problems -- assuming that Al
Maliki does care.
The real problem of today's Iraq is the attempt of one political faction to dominate the
political landscape shutting everybody else out.
As Al Mada notes today, Nouri is resisting appearing before the Parliament for questioning. The Constitution is clear on this matter, as the Parliament has reminded Nouri. Alsumaria reports today that MP Mahma Khalil, with the Kurdistan Alliance, states that Nouri must bear responsibility for what is taking place in Iraq and that this is not about withdrawing confidence. Alsumaria sees this as a retreat from the plan for a no-confidence vote. It may be. Or it may be someone grasping the p.r. effect. Moqtada al-Sadr looks so much more reasonable than many because, since April, he has publicly presented a position (whether it's true or not) of, "I hope it doesn't come to this, only in a last resort . . ." He has repeatedly noted that the entire process can be stopped by Nouri if Nouri will only follow the Erbil Agreement. Again, Alsumaria may be interpreting things correctly. But it's also true that Nouri's began lashing out and trying to win public opinion this week on the issue of the no-confidence vote. This may be others following Moqtada's lead. Al Mada reports today that the Kurdish bloc in Parliament is stating that even should Nouri survive the no-confidnece vote, this does not end the push for accountability. Kurdish MP Shwan Mohammed Taha states that, successful or not, the interrogation isn't the end of things. He cites the Erbil Agreement and the need to return to it.
In the US, Senator Patty Murray is the Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Her office issued the following today:
tim arango
laith hammoudi
jason ditz
al mada
kitabat
ahmed abbasi
suadad al-salhy
walter pincus
mu xuequan
More violence, more fake electricity contracts, more political crisis
Violence continues in Iraq today. AFP notes, "Gunmen shot dead four anti-Qaeda militiamen in central Iraq on Friday, while a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier, security and medical officials said." AP adds that four other Sahwa were wounded in the Diyala attack. Sahwa are also known as "Awakenings" and "Sons Of Iraq" (and "Daughters Of Iraq" for their female counterparts). Alsumaria notes that the assailants used machine guns to fire on Sahwa. At the April 8, 2008 Senate Armed Services hearing when Gen David Petraeus, then the top US commander in Iraq, was explaining Sahwa.
In his opening remarks, Petraues explained of the "Awakening" Council (aka "Sons of Iraq," et al) that it was a good thing "there are now over 91,000 Sons of Iraq -- Shia as well as Sunni -- under contract to help Coalition and Iraqi Forces protect their neighborhoods and secure infrastructure and roads. These volunteers have contributed significantly in various areas, and the savings in vehicles not lost because of reduced violence -- not to mention the priceless lives saved -- have far outweighed the cost of their monthly contracts." Again, the US must fork over their lunch money, apparently, to avoid being beat up.
How much lunch money is the US forking over? Members of the "Awakening" Council are paid, by the US, a minimum of $300 a month (US dollars). By Petraeus' figures that mean the US is paying $27,300,000 a month. $27 million a month is going to the "Awakening" Councils who, Petraeus brags, have led to "savings in vehicles not lost".
Jason Ditz (Antiwar.com) observes of yesterday's violence, "A wave of attacks in and around the capital city of Baghdad pointed out that the war in that nation is still very much going on, with or without the US occupation forces, leaving 38 people killed and over 140 others wounded." Laith Hammoudi (AFP) reports on what happens after the bombings:
The blast has left the Shiite area's impoverished residents mourning relatives and neighbours, and struggling to rebuild their shattered lives.
In a press victory, Al Mada is back up with new content today. Among their reports is this one on the Ministry of Electricity's Inspector General declaring there are fake contracts for $3 trillion dinars. If the news seems familiar, it's because fake contracts and the Ministry of Electricity seem to go hand in hand. Dropping back to the August 12, 2011 snapshot:
Political intrigue continues in Iraq as well. For example, Al Mada reports that the Sadr bloc is calling for an investigation into the alleged fake contracts and alleged theft of funds in the Ministry of Electricity. Over the weekend, Nouri al-Maliki announced he was firing the Minister of Electricity due to fake contracts worth billions. There were two main responses. First, many stated Nouri didn't have the power to do the firing, only Parliament did. Second, the Minister of Electricity floated that he had many stories to tell. It has since emerged that these contracts Nouri claims to be surprised and appalled by carry . . . Nouri's signature. Nouri and State Of Law's latest move is to note that this member of Nouri's Cabinet is also a member of Iraqiya. I'm not sure how that assists Nouri since, over the weekend, Iraqiya was the first to state that they supported the move Nouri made. Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli (The Middle East Media Research Institute) offers an analysis of what happened:
In July of this year, the Ministry of Electricity signed a contract with a Canadian company, CAPGENT, for $1.2 billion for the construction of 10 power stations with a production capacity of 100 megawatts each. The company was registered in Vancouver, Canada. It also signed a second contract with a German company, Maschinerbrau Halberstadt, for €500 million ($650 million) for the construction of five power stations with a production capacity of 100 megawatts each, to be completed within 12 months from the time a line of credit was extended. It now appears that the two companies are fictitious, and had the contracts been executed they would have would have constituted a monumental case of fraud involving senior officials of the Ministry of Electricity.
The two fraudulent cases came to light thanks to the personal efforts of Jawad Hashim, a former minister of planning in Iraq during the early Ba'thist regime in the 1960s and early 1970s. In a handwritten letter to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, datelined Vancouver, Canada, August 2, 2011, Hashim detailed the fraud.
As a resident of Vancouver, Hashim decided to investigate the available information on the Canadian company while he asked the former minister of economy and governor of the Iraqi central bank, Fakhri Yassin Qadduri, who resides in Germany, to investigate the identity of the German company.
In related news, Ahmed Abbasi (Kitabat) reports over six billion dollars missing from the public funds and Abbasi wonders how this continues to happen, where are the courts, where is the Integrity Commission? Meanwhile Alsumaria reports that Kirkuk is spending over 93 billion dinars on a water project to ensure potable water. It's considered one of Iraq's largest water projects.
Turning to the topic of intrigue, Kitabat reports on rumors that the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad is coordinating with the Tehran-based government and Iraq's National Alliance and that they are using cell phones to monitor the movements of Iraqiya and other political rivals and that they are also listening in on phone calls. If true, this is apparently part of an effort to keep Nouri as prime minister.
We'll close with this from Salem-News.com:
Contact: Tim King 503 302-2861
Salem-News.com tim@salem-news.com
Sri Lanka War Crimes Against Tamils: Oregon Journalist Will Give Key Note Address at FeTNA in Baltimore
2,000–3,000 Tamil Americans and Canadians are expected to attend the 25th year celebration.
(BALTIMORE) - A key note address will be delivered at the FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America) conference in Baltimore, Md. on July 6th and 7th. (www.fetna.org), by Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor, Tim King.
On behalf of USTPAC (US Tamil Political Action Council), Tim was invited to speak about his coverage of war crimes in Sri Lanka, by Elias Jeyarajah, PhD, President of USTPAC, which holds a parallel session during FeTNA. (www.ustpac.org) Tim has written nearly 50 articles that explore and reveal the events that culminated in the ethnic cleansing of Tamils in north Sri Lanka in May 2009. He says part of what drives him is the large number of missing and murdered journalists who are believed to have been eliminated for writing about the war crimes against Tamils.
Elias Jeyarajah with USTAPC explains there are over 2 dozen Tamil Sangams (Associations of Tamil Americans) in North America.
"Once a year they hold an annual get together coordinated by an organization called FeTNA, or Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America. This year's convention happens to be FeTNA's 25th yr (Silver Jubilee) celebration, to be held in Baltimore."
He explains that the Sri Lanka problem is specifically being addressed at this special event:
"While FeTNA is mainly a cultural organization, the 3-yr old USTPAC is the major political organization of Tamil Americans and friends of Tamils in the USA. In addition, we (USTPAC) also put together a one-hour prime time program at FeTNA for the entire attendees on the issues affecting Tamils in Sri Lanka."
Bonnie King, Salem-News.com's Publisher, has also been involved in supporting the news group's mission to expose Sri Lanka's war crimes. She will attend the event in Baltimore, and both of these U.S. journos will be exposed to, as Elias says, "plenty of Tamil food, music, classical dance and more".
When inviting Mr. King to the event, USTPAC's President said their group is grateful to the efforts of the Kings' Oregon based Salem-News.com:
"Tim, Tamil Americans are eternally grateful for the phenomenal support of Salem-News in highlighting the Tamil genocide, and we will be honored if you can accept our invitation and address us. There will be about 2,500 Tamil Americans and a few Tamil Canadians at the event."
Tim King says being invited to FeTNA as a distinguished guest to deliver a key note address is an extreme honor and he believes hope for the Tamil Diaspora is on the horizon.
"We have followed the Tamil tragedy since December, 2010. I had no idea what I was getting into at first, yet I quickly saw that I was on a one-way road -- and that a large number of human beings were suffering for justice and overwhelmed with death, to a point that I just could not believe it; yet I had to, because the evidence was overpowering from the offset. Since then I've invested a great deal of time researching the real facts of the case and bringing them forward."
More on FeTNA
FeTNA, Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America, is an umbrella organization of Tamil Sangams (organizations) that represents the half a million strong Tamil community scattered throughout America. FeTNA is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization in the USA. It is an organization that fosters Tamil language and culture, and functions to educate the Americans of Tamil origin to the greatness of Tamil language, literature and the virtues of 2000 year-old ethical poetry of Thiru-Valluvar. It also serves to raise its voice whenever and wherever any harm is done to Tamils anywhere in the world.
FeTNA commemorates its Silver Jubilee from July 5- 8, 2012 at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, USA. This historic event of 25th year jubilee convention brings the Tamil community, originally from India and Sri Lanka, together in Washington D.C. Several artists, poets and academics have been invited from Tamil Nadu, India for the event. Invitations have also been extended to several government officials in the US including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake, congresspersons, senators and Governor for Maryland.
About 2,000 – 3,000 Tamil Americans and a number of Tamil Canadians are expected to attend the 25th year celebrations. Past programs of FeTNA can be viewed at the organization’s website: www.fetna.org.
"FeTNA is grateful that Mr. Tim King will attend along with Mrs. Bonnie King, and address the gathering on July 6th at 4:30 p.m.," said Elias Jeyarajah.
Tim King of Salem-News.com humbly accepts the invitation, and we look forward to sharing the special event with our worldwide readership.
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McCain visits Iraq as at least 17 people are killed
US Senator John McCain visited Iraq today:
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Is there a reason no one's reporting that, by the way?
I don't mean the Iraqi press, they're reporting it.
But no one else appears to know McCain was in Baghdad today -- no US outlets. National Iraqi News Agency, for example, reports:
In the meeting, Maliki stressed that there is no solution to the struggle other than political, though it is not easy; he called for dealing with the area's crisis with cautiousness, because of their complications.
For their part, members of the Senate delegation stressed the need for cooperation and coordination between Iraq and the United States to face up the ongoing challenges, asserting readiness to support Iraq in facing such challenges, especially it fight against terrorism, the statement concluded.
But the US press, where are they?
Apparently, still working overtime to sell war on Syria.
The death toll in Iraq over ten years hasn't been enough to satiate their blood lust.
Through Friday, Iraq Body Count counts 581 violent deaths in Iraq so far this month. Today's violence? National Iraqi News Agency reports a Falluja armed attack left 3 police officers dead, 1 person was shot dead in Mosul as he left his home, a Mosul suicide car bombing left 2 police officers dead, am armed attack on a Mosul shop left 3 people dead, a downtown Baghdad market bombing left 2 dead and eight injured, a Diyala Province bombing targeting a football field left 2 dead and ten injured, a bombing of a Taji auto repair shop left five people injured, and, dropping back to last night, 3 Sahwa were killed in Tikrit. Xinhua notes the death toll from the Baghdad market bombing has risen to 3 with eleven injured. That's 17 reported deaths and twenty-six injured.
Meanwhile Mustafa Habib (Niqash) reports:
Shortly after provincial elections that saw Iraq’s PM lose sway in many parts of the country, parliament has struck another blow against their controversial leader. Laws giving provincial authorities more power and more money than ever were passed late last week.
Last weekend, a new law passed by the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad, granted the provincial authorities more power than they have ever had before. This momentous move is seen as another step toward decentralization and a move away from the centralized power that current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been pushing for.
Up until now what provincial governments can do has been regulated by Iraq’s Law 21, passed in 2008 and also known as the Provincial Powers Law. Last week, a series of new amendments were made to this law.
“These new powers given to the provinces will entrench the principle of decentralization in Iraq,” Kurdish MP Mohammed Kayani, head of the Regions and Provinces Committee in Parliament, told NIQASH; Kayani is a member of Iraqi Kurdistan’s opposition Change movement. “The law gives huge administrative and financial powers to local governments - including the appointment, supervision and punishment of senior officials. In addition, it gradually transfers the powers of seven service provision ministries [in Baghdad] to local governments over a period of two years.”
The new amendments to the law gave provinces that are not semi-autonomous regions like Iraqi Kurdistan a host of new political, economic and security-related powers. Provincial authorities may now make more far reaching decisions in these areas without any interference from the central government in Baghdad.
In other news, the Iraq Times notes Iraq has placed on another list -- Foreign Policy and Fund for Peace's Failed States list. (It's ranked number 11. You want to be far, far away from number one on the failed state list.) To give you some perspective, Syria? The country Barack wants to arm so-called rebels in? It's rank is 21. Yes, Iraq is worse off on the failed state list than the country the US press can't stop obsessing over.
The following community sites -- plus Cindy Sheehan, Antiwar.com, Susan's On the Edge and Pacifica Evening News -- updated last night and today:
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Political Prisoners and TSA goons: (Soapbox Podcast, June 30, 2013)
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Obama Defends NSA Surveillance, But Is Anyone Buying It?
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This was the week that Gen Martin Dempsey, Chair of the Joint Chiefs, took the plan to (continue to) send US troops back into Iraq public and everyone pretty much ignored it in the US press. AP filed an awful report from DC (the next day, a report filed from Iraq was much better).
Where was everyone else?
It was like last September when Tim Arango reported in the New York Times about Barack sending a US special ops unit in at Nouri's request.
No one wanted to notice that either.
On the plus side, no one gives a damn about Leslie Cagan anymore. In fact, if she tried to speak publicly outside of NYC, I think her fat ass would be booed off the stage -- as it should be.
Leslie, an out-lesbian but a closeted Communist, go figure.
And she asked so many of us to stand by her when there were questions raised about her political status/affiliation. And many of us stupidly did. We pointed out that Pacifica Radio was the last place the issue should matter.
But this wasn't McCarthyism. Leslie would lose nothing by coming out as a Communist.
So what we should have done is ask who would be put out by it being known Leslie was a Communist?
We should have asked, "Why the hell do you -- a lesbian who's refused the closet -- need a political closet?"
To trick.
To lie and to trick.
Stupidly, we thought this was some holdover from McCarthyism.
It had nothing to do with McCarthyism.
It had everything to do with Leslie grasping her influence wouldn't be as great if she were a known Communist.
She couldn't, for example, influence Democratic Party primaries.
She couldn't do a lot of things.
Leslie 'led' the national faux group United for Peace and Justice. The group, remember, that closed up shop immediately after Barack's November 2008 electoral win.
And Leslie's been no where for The Drone War or anything else.
Iraq only mattered when Bully Boy Bush was in office.
Iraqis only mattered then as well.
That is the message from the fake ass 'peace leaders' of the United States.
We used to highlight World Can't Wait all the time.
Then Debra Sweet called a protest on a piece of art before viewing the art.
And as someone who supports art, that still pisses me off.
But, if last week, World Can't Wait had found the time to note Dempsey's remarks, we would have noted them and I would have pulled them out of the limbo I'd exiled them to here.
Did you read about World Can't Wait here this week?
Nope. Because they didn't bother with Iraq. (I'm still furious with World Can't Wait but unlike other groups mentioned in this, World Can't Wait actually did spend post 2008 with their causes and core beliefs intact. They're about the only group on the left that can make that claim.)
Remember January 2007 in DC, all those big speeches. Where are those people now?
They don't talk about Iraq anymore, do they?
It's as if Iraq vanished in 2008.
In the end, Iraq will, as it has so far, survive without them.
But they won't survive. Not with their reputations intact.
As Kate Nash sings, "Darling don't give me s**t, because I know that you're full of it" ("S**t Song," first appears on her Made of Bricks album).
I don't whore. So maybe I missed how whoring for Barack was going to save the world?
Guess so.
Here's what I do know, basic physics will tell you that Bully Boy Bush pushed the nation towards war. A peace movement (rank and file, the real people) attempted to change the trajectory. Barack got into the White House and continued the trajectory (maybe increased it with Libya and Syria) and the movement was gone. No one was pushing back on Barack.
So how do you think the next occupant stops what has been put in motion?
He or she most likely doesn't.
And grown ups worry about that in real time, not when their pin up leaves the White House.
Grown ups worry in real time because they realize people are dying in real time. The Drone War doesn't drop candy corn and pumpkin seeds on children in Yemen and Pakistan.
If you missed the news about Dempsey addressing sending more US troops into Iraq -- he declared it in a press conference -- you can refer to these entries:
Selling US troops in Iraq all over again
But what you really need to ask is not just who the press is serving but who are so called left 'leaders' are serving. No one tried to alert the people, no one gave a damn.
They've embraced their inner War Hawk.
Embraced? Hell, they've fondled it and need to be brought up on charges.
The 7th Annual Strawberry Fields Constitutional Reading
Joan Wile is the founder of Grandmothers Against the War and has written the book Grandmothers Against the War: Getting Off Our Fannies and Standing Up for Peace. She and others will be taking part in a peace celebration Thursday the 4th of July:
READ THE CONSTITUTION ALOUD WITH
NORMAN SIEGEL JULY 4 IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Norman Siegel, the eminent civil liberties attorney, got a unique idea 44 years ago. He decided that on July 4 he would go and sit quietly and read the Constitution and reflect on the principles underlying our Democracy. He felt it was the most appropriate way to celebrate the holiday.
And, he did so for the next 36 years. Wherever he was, he would find a perch somewhere in a quiet spot and read and reflect alone on the Constitution.
Seven years ago, he decided to make it a public event. With the assistance of New York City's peace grannies -- the Raging Grannies, Grandmothers Against the War, and the Granny Peace Brigade -- he began his annual Reading of the Constitution in Strawberry Fields.
This year will mark the seventh Annual Reading in the lovely Central Park oasis created as a tribute to John Lennon by his widow Yoko Ono. At noon on Thursday, July 4, Siegel and his many supporters will once again gather in Strawberry Fields to read aloud parts of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the entire Declaration of Independence and discuss their principles in terms of recent decisions by the Supreme Court as well as revelations of increased U.S. Government surveillance practices.
The Reading has become a tradition for July 4 in New York City along with Nathan's hot dog eating contest and Macy's fireworks and is not to be missed by people concerned with how our government is adhering to the tenets of the great documents.
There will be guest commentators and entertainment by the Raging Grannies.
Everyone is welcome to attend at noon on July 4 in Strawberry Fields, entered at CPW and West 72nd Street. Follow the path for a block at the STRAWBERRY FIELDS sign.
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Friday, June 28, 2013. Chaos and violence continue, Hoshyar Zebari makes optimistic readings, protests continue in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr continues to be one of the few Iraqi leaders who reads the actual details, retired US general George Casey is a 'trending' in the Iraqi press, Bradley Manning's defense appears to miss yet another opportunity, new revelations emerge about Barack Obama's spying on the American people, and more.
Today Amnesty International notes torture in 'liberated' Iraq:
The torture had so disfigured him that even his own mother had trouble recognizing him when she visited him in prison.
But as Ahmad ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Qadir Muhammad’s mother explained, what happened to her son behind bars is not unusual in Iraq.
"For a year I thought he was dead and then I was told that he was in prison. On my first visit I did not recognize him because of the marks of torture on him … The burn on his shoulder, the burn on his leg, the injury from a drill in his arm,” she told Amnesty International.
Her son Ahmad, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was arrested on 21 July 2006 in the Zayouna district of Baghdad, at the height of the sectarian violence that crippled the country, and held incommunicado for more than a year.
The authorities accused him of being a member of an armed group that was planning to plant explosives, and sentenced him to death 17 May 2011 after a trial marred by torture allegations.
When he saw his mother for the first time in a year, in a detention centre in the al-Baladiyat district of Baghdad, he just said:
“They tortured me to force me to ‘confess’.”
A medical examination carried out by the Forensic Medical Institute around two years after Ahmad’s arrest documented “brown large scars” on various parts of his body, congruent with his account.
The torture, the disappearances in the 'legal' system, the imprisonment of people without trial and, even more shocking, the imprisonment of people without being charged are hallmarks of Iraqi 'justice' today and they are among the issues that kicked off the 2011 protests and jump-started the ongoing protests that began December 21st. National Iraqi News reports "thousands" turned out in Falluja and Ramadi today and notes:
Sheikh Mohammed Fayyad, one of the organizers of Anbar sit-ins ,said to NINA reporter : "The citizens participated in the prayers that held in the courtyard northern Ramadi and eastern Fallujah cities , stressing that the goal of this trickle is to send one again a message to the governing in Baghdad that our demonstrations are peaceful and backed by citizens deep conviction.
Iraqi Spring MC notes that speakers in Samarra sees Iran behind the 2006 attack on the al-Askari shrines and they cite US General George Casey for that assertion. They also note Samarra protesters are calling for an independent, international investigation and state that they do not trust Nouri's government to conduct the investigation. Alsumaria notes that the cry was also echoed at the Tikrit demonstration. They elaborate on Casey's remarks explaining that they were made in France and that he was speaking at event sponsored by an Iranian opposition group (they probably mean the MEK). NINA quotes Sheikh Hussein Ghazi stating in Samarra, "It has become clear in the light of what is declared by the US forces former commander in Iraq Gen George Casey, a few days ago, about Iran's implication in Samarra bombings that targeted the holy shrine of the two Imams in 2006, and the painful consequences of those bombings that have been carried out with the knowledge of the Iraqi government." Alsumaria notes Moqtada al-Sadr, cleric and movement leader, responded to a question about Casey's charges by noting that the US government repeatedly blames Iran whenever possible and -- apparently confusing Casey with either former US general (and one time top commander in Iraq) and former CIA Director David Petraeus or with Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk who's currently stationed in Iraq -- Moqtada dismissed Casey as a "womanizer."
In Falluja, National Iraqi News Agency notes, Sheikh Ghalib al-Issawi called for the closure of the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. Iraqi Spring MC adds that many members of the media were prevented by Nouri's forces from entering the square where the sit-in was taking place.
Alsumaria reports protesters in Dhi Qar Province insist that they will continue their protests until the electricity situation is addressed. (Electricity actually has gotten worse in the last months in Dhi Qar which is what prompted the citizens to take to the streets.) Al Mada reports that at least 50 people turned out in Basra to protest in front of Egypt's Consulate over the death of Shi'ite cleric Hassan Shehata. Four days ago, saleh1966 (All Voices) reported:
Some 3,000 Sunnis, led by Salafis, attacked and killed four Shiite men including senior cleric Hassan Shehata and his brother, accusing Shehata of spreading Shiism beliefs in Egypt. The attack occurred in the town of Zawiyat Abu Muslim in Giza province on the outskirts of Cairo on Sunday, al-Ahram newspaper reported.
The paper also stated that hundreds of attackers stabbed, beat and dragged the bodies of the victims. About 30 were seriously injured and four were pronounced dead by the Health Ministry.
For six months and one week, Iraqis have taken their protests public at great risk to their own safety. The the April 23rd massacre -- when Nouri's federal forces stormed a sit-in and killed adults and children -- was only the most violent example of the security forces attacking protesters. Alsumaria noted Kirkuk's Department of Health (Hawija is in Kirkuk) announced 50 activists have died and 110 were injured in the assault. UNICEF informed the world that 8 of the dead were children and twelve more children were left injured. Protesters have been followed home by security forces, have been harrassed by security forces, have been pursued in mosques by security forces.
But they have continued to turn out in a manner which the world press would normally applaud; however, the world press makes increasingly clear just how little they care about Iraq or Iraqis. The Tuesday April 23rd massacre, for example, was reported after the fact by the world press. In the days leading up to it (the Friday before at least one protester at the Hawija sit-in was killed by Nouri's forces and several were injured, the sit-in was surrounded by Nouri's forces which refused to allow them to leave; the Saturday and Sunday saw efforts by Iraqi MPs to enter the sit-in and deliver food and medicine), only the Iraqi press covered it. No US outlet filed one story even though, by Sunday evening, even the US State Dept was taking the issue seriously and terming it a "hot spot." Would the 53 people slaughtered have died if the world press had done their job? Possibly not.
The world press exists to humor Nouri al-Maliki, not to hold a US-installed thug accountable. Felicity Arbuthnot (Dissident Voice and Global Research) notes realities as she explains a popular rumor in Iraq currently:
As violence continues to rage across “liberated” Iraq under America’s puppet “Prime Minister” Nuri al-Maliki, a fair amount of it at his instigation as his troops round up and shoot demonstrators (President Jalal Talabani, who had a heart attack early in the year has vanished without trace, Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi has fled to Turkey in fear of his life) one incident arguably of note, has gone unnoticed in the Western media.
On Friday June 21st the Ba’ath Party, in a statement, said that “Party Members” had killed one of Saddam Hussein’s executioners alleging it was the balaclava masked man who placed the noose around his neck and led him to the trap door, in a videoed and multi-mobile recorded death and aftermath of further horror, ushering in the US-UK’s “New Iraq.”
The exeuctioner rumored to have been killed is also rumored to have worked for Nouri personally and to have been a relative of Nouri.
Good news, Iraq is not in the midst of a(nother) civil war (ethnic cleansing) and no civil war (ethnic cleansing) is coming because the current "crisis is manageable" -- so says Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press. Of course, Zebari's also fudging what happened yesterday at the United Nations Security Council. Like Zebari, I was there. See yesterday's snapshot. Iraq was 'removed' from Chapter VII but, despite Zebari (and other Iraqi officials) insisting 'free at last!,' Iraq was placed under Chapter VI which is only slightly better than Chapter VII. From the UN press release:
Recognizing that the situation that now exists in Iraq is significantly different from that which existed at the time of the invasion, the Council decided that the issues of missing people and property will now be handled under Chapter VI of the Charter, which calls for a peaceful resolution of disputes.
Another key provision of the new resolution is the Council’s decision to transfer the mandate formerly assigned to the High-Level Coordinator for Iraq-Kuwait Missing Persons and Property to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).
Paragraph 14 of resolution 1284 (1999) requested the appointment of a High-Level Coordinator to report to the Security Council regularly on “compliance by Iraq with its obligations regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains” and “the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives, seized by Iraq.”
The new resolution terminates that measure and in turn calls on the head of UNAMI to “promote, support and facilitate efforts regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains, and the return of Kuwaiti property, including the national archives, seized by Iraq.”
Further, the resolution also requests that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon consider designating the deputy chief of UNAMI covering political affairs “with the responsibility for overseeing these issues and ensuring appropriate resources for this purpose.”
Sorry to harsh the mellow but that is the reality.
The US Embassy notes a less specific but congratulatory message US Secretary of State John Kerry issued today:
Statement by Secretary Kerry: UN Security Council Decision to Transfer Chapter VII Mandate to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq
The United States congratulates the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait on successfully resolving key bilateral and international issues over the past year, which helped result in today’s milestone decision by the UN Security Council. It's testament to the commitment of two neighbors to a new relationship that we're witnessing the transfer of the Chapter VII mandate and responsibilities of the UN High-Level Coordinator for Gulf War Missing Kuwaiti and Third-Country Nationals and the Return of Kuwaiti Property to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq.
We further welcome the completion of the border maintenance work and the establishment of technical arrangements between Iraq and Kuwait as recommended by the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission. As I discussed during my visit to Kuwait yesterday, we will continue to support both Kuwait and Iraq so they continue to build further confidence and cooperation, strengthen their relationship, and enhance regional stability.
As so often happens, cleric and movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr appears to be the only one paying attention to the details. Alsumaria reports he declared today that he hoped the Iraqi government did not give away needed things to leave Chapter VII and that moving Iraq from Chapter VII to Chapter VI does not grant Iraq freedom. He has concerns about a number of issues including the economics of the deal. Al Mada reports that Parliament is also expressing concerns about the issue of Iraq's money held by the international community and about being shut out on the negotiations regarding the shift from Chapter VII to Chapter VI.
Turning to the topic of violence, yesterday's snapshot noted, "BBC News reports Baghdad cafes were struck by bombings, 'The bombs went off on Thursday evening when the coffee shops were filled with people watching a football match.' Reuters counts 'at least 22' dead." AP reports today the death toll rose to 36. Through yesterday, Iraq Body Count counts 546 violent deaths in Iraq so far this month. AFP reports a twin bombing has taken place in Ramadi today and gives the death toll at 9. Alsumaria explains there was a bomb on a civilian car followed by another bombing when citizens rushed to the scene to help following the first bombing. AP states the death toll has increased to 11. Alsumaria also reports that the body of a tribal leader in Kut was discovered shot-dead in his own home. National Iraqi News Agency reports 1 Sahwa was shot dead in a Kirkuk attack, 1 Iraqi soldier was shot dead in a Kirkuk attack and another was left injured, a Baghdad bakery bombing left five people injured, 1 person was shot dead in Baghdad and another left injured, and an attack on a Madain football field left 2 dead and ten injured. AP notes that the death toll rose to 4 and the number injured to 15 on the football field bombing while a Dujail suicide car bombing attacked a funeral killing 4 people and injuring four more.
And on the aftermath of violence, Aswat al-Iraq reports:
The Iraqi government declared the disputed town of Tuz Khormatu a disaster zone following the recent string of bombings targeting protestors bemoaning the deteriorating security situation in the city.
The bombings killed and injured hundreds of people, including the head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, a number of its leaders, and members of the Saladin provincial council.
Niyazi Oglu, a Turkmen representative to the Saladin provincial council, informed Asharq Al-Awsat: “Among the measures that the ministerial committee, protestors, and government representatives agreed upon is to provide the [town] with the necessary infrastructure to convert it into a governorate.”
Things sound a little less 'manageable' than what Zebari's portraying them as.
Al Rafidayn reports that the US Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Beecroft met with the Iraqi media and answered questions. Among them, a new Iraqi prime minister? Parliamentary elections are scheduled for 2014. Beecroft stated it is the job and right of the Iraqi people to pick their leaders and the US is prepared to have a diplomatic relationship with any Iraqi chosen to represent the people. He refused to speculate on any particular person. He was asked about the F-16 fighters and stated that they would not be delivered until September 2014.
Yesterday, the US State Dept issued a public notice regarding proposals for Iraq:
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Proposals: Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Iraq.
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Proposals for projects that promote human rights and the rule of law in Iraq.
PLEASE NOTE: DRL strongly urges applicants to access immediately www.grants.gov in order to obtain a username and password. It may take two full weeks to register with www.grants.gov. Please see the section entitled, “DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS” below for specific instructions.
REQUESTED PROPOSAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
DRL invites organizations to submit proposals outlining program concepts and capacity to manage projects targeting one or both of the following issues:
Technical Capacity Building to Service Providers in Gender Based Violence Programs (approximately $1,500,000 available)
DRL seeks proposals for programs to increase the technical capacity of service providers (both governmental and non-governmental) in Iraq that focus on protections for victims of gender-based violence (GBV), pursuant to the goals and objectives of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally.
In the broadest terms, “gender-based violence” is violence that is directed at an individual based on his or her biological sex, gender identity, or his or her perceived adherence to socially defined norms of masculinity and femininity. It includes physical, sexual, trafficking in persons, and psychological abuse; threats; coercion; arbitrary deprivation of liberty; and economic deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life. Women and girls are the most at risk and affected by GBV. However, boys and men can also experience GBV, as can sexual and gender minorities, such as men who have sex with men and transgender persons. Strengthening the physical, material, and human resources of institutions that aim to assist victims of GBV is an essential first step in addressing this issue.
Proposed programs must directly target those service providers engaged with or training to engage with victims of domestic violence and other forms of GBV, including sexual violence, early and forced marriage, honor crimes, perceptions of gender that may lead to violence, and/or female genital mutilation (e.g., social workers, NGO workers, shelter staff, health care providers, and/or students in university programs focusing on human rights, counseling, or social work).
Training activities must, at minimum, include:
ensuring privacy of victims
sensitizing staff
de-stigmatizing victims of violence
addressing attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs of GBV counselors
understanding the legal framework
training health care providers, including in forensic examination and documentation
improving danger assessment
providing safety planning
providing emergency services to survivors of sexual violence
developing educational and informational materials for training GBV service providers.
The ability to assemble partner organizations and actors to develop and adopt standards and protocols will be highly valued. The engagement of non-traditional stakeholders such as men and boys, and religious and community leaders, is encouraged. The successful implementer should be able to target, assemble, and obtain buy-in from partners to facilitate knowledge-sharing; and be able to provide technical assistance and coaching through frequent, regular communication and regular site visits to partner facilities.
An ability to implement programs in Iraq must be demonstrated. The proposal must realistically address the challenges and limitations the applicant would likely face in Iraq. The duration of proposed programs must be between twelve to eighteen months. Applicants may request between $750,000 and $1,500,000.
We don't have the space in the snapshot for the full release (the above is not even 1/4 of the release). So use the link if you're interested and we'll try to post it in full this weekend.
When you go out in the street
So many hassles with the heat
No one there can fill your desire
Cops out with the megaphones
Telling people stay inside their homes
Man, can't they see the world's on fire?
Somebody take us away, take us away
-- "Safe In My Garden," first appears on the Mamas and the Papas' album The Papas & the Mamas
In the US, Lisa Neff (Wisconsin Gazette) observes:
The openly gay soldier’s arrest and prosecution have not been an issue for the nation’s largest LGBT groups. Searches for “Bradley Manning” on websites for the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN or National Gay and Lesbian Task Force yield no statements, news releases or other references.
The ACLU and Amnesty International, however, have monitored the Manning case.
The ACLU maintains the government is overreaching with the charge of aiding the enemy. “The crux of the government’s case against Manning – that he leaked sensitive documents without authorization – in no way depends on branding him a traitor,” said Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. “In its zeal to throw the book at Manning, the government has so overreached that its ‘success’ would turn thousands of loyal soldiers into criminals.”
Amnesty, which has dispatched a monitor to Maryland for a trial that is expected to last until August, has said the government must allow Manning to use a public interest defense. “The court must allow Manning to explain in full his motives for releasing the information to WikiLeaks,” said Anne FitzGerald, Amnesty director of research and crisis response. “Manning should have been allowed to explain how, in his opinion, the public interest in being made aware of the information he disclosed outweighed the government’s interest in keeping it confidential.”
Who are they talking about? Bradley Manning. Brad's a little 'too controversial' for support from the LGBT groups who will always stand up for one of their own -- provided that person can be easily marketed and vanilla. Brad's involved in issues that really matter and that's when Human Rights Campaign and others have to take a pass.
Monday April 5, 2010, WikiLeaks released US military video of a July 12, 2007 assault in Iraq. 12 people were killed in the assault including two Reuters journalists Namie Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. Monday June 7, 2010, the US military announced that they had arrested Bradley Manning and he stood accused of being the leaker of the video. Leila Fadel (Washington Post) reported in August 2010 that Manning had been charged -- "two charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The first encompasses four counts of violating Army regulations by transferring classified information to his personal computer between November and May and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system. The second comprises eight counts of violating federal laws governing the handling of classified information." In March, 2011, David S. Cloud (Los Angeles Times) reported that the military has added 22 additional counts to the charges including one that could be seen as "aiding the enemy" which could result in the death penalty if convicted. The Article 32 hearing took place in December. At the start of this year, there was an Article 32 hearing and, February 3rd, it was announced that the government would be moving forward with a court-martial. Bradley has yet to enter a plea. The court-martial was supposed to begin before the November 2012 election but it was postponed until after the election so that Barack wouldn't have to run on a record of his actual actions. Independent.ie adds, "A court martial is set to be held in June at Ford Meade in Maryland, with supporters treating him as a hero, but opponents describing him as a traitor." February 28th, Bradley admitted he leaked to WikiLeaks. And why.
Bradley Manning: In attempting to conduct counter-terrorism or CT and counter-insurgency COIN operations we became obsessed with capturing and killing human targets on lists and not being suspicious of and avoiding cooperation with our Host Nation partners, and ignoring the second and third order effects of accomplishing short-term goals and missions. I believe that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the CIDNE-I and CIDNE-A tables this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as [missed word] as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan.
I also believed the detailed analysis of the data over a long period of time by different sectors of society might cause society to reevaluate the need or even the desire to even to engage in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations that ignore the complex dynamics of the people living in the effected environment everyday.
Standing up against brutality and War Crimes is too controversial for Human Rights Campaign. Give them an 'issue' like who didn't go to prom and they'll work themselves into a frantic uproar. But deal with an issue that has global implications of life and death and watch the 'brave' groups fall silent.
AP reports that Col David Miller, Brad's commander in Iraq, took the stand today and declared that the reaction in the unit to Brad's release was "a funeral-like atmosphere fell over that crowd." Oh, how awful. It sounds like the poor dears could be 'shaken' by other things as well -- like maybe the Superbowl or NBA play offs as well? Maybe the US military can next prosecute over that and how it effected 'morale'? Considering that Brad only confessed in February, Miller might have used his command position to execute those under him on democracy -- or was Miller so traumatized that he forgot the US Constitution and how the legal system works in the US? Was Col Miller so raked with gasping sobs that the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" escaped him? Was he so traumatized that he was unable to advise the people serving under him to focus on their tasks and missions?
Adam Klasfeld (Courthouse News) quotes Miller testifying, "I was stunned. The last thing I anticipated was an internal security breach from one of our own." So the 'morale' issue was really about Miller's own shock -- including the fact that he failed at his job since the "internal security breach" took place under his watch. Sounds like Miller's 'trauma' has a lot to do with his own failures as a commander. This is a point a functioning defense would have made (Brad doesn't have one) and they immediately would have begun asking Miller about disciplinary actions that were taken against him (Miller). If there were none, the defense should have hammered that home. If Brad's actions did not result in serious discipline for his commander, then the brass was saying privately that Brad's actions weren't that serious.
Ed Snowden is the NSA whistle-blower who blew the whistle on the US government's spying on its own citizens. He went to Hong Kong and now appears to be in Russia. He was discussed on the second hour of today's The Diane Rehm Show (NPR -- link is audio and remember the program now provides transcripts in an attempt to serve an even broader audience including those unable to stream and those who might have the computer capabilities to stream but who wouldn't benefit from an audio stream and need text due to hearing issues). Diane's panelists for the international hour were Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera, Anne Gearan of the Washington Post and Moises Naim of El Pais. Excerpt (this is from their transcript):
Diane Rehm: All right, so let me ask you all, if Snowden did decide to return to the United States, what would happen to him? Anne Gearan?
Anne Gearan: Well, there's an indictment, so he would be arrested. The question is, what would happen, presuming he came back to the United States in a public manner and the Justice Department, law enforcement authorities knew where he was? And it's hard to imagine that it could happen in any other fashion at this point. The question then becomes, what would happen to him post-arrest? Would he be treated as a sort of ordinary white-collar criminal? Would he be treated as some sort of special case because of the national security implications? The Obama administration is extraordinarily well aware of the bad PR around the world that surrounded the treatment in jail, the perception of the treatment in jail of the Wiki leaker who is now on trial in military court. They wouldn't want to repeat anything like that, but it is hard to imagine that they would allow him to be released before trial.
Diane Rehm: Would he get a fair trial, Moises?
Moises Naim: Well, the publicity around him and surrounding the case will certainly make it very complex, but I don't see any other way, except if he go -- some country accepts and gives him asylum. And there is talk, you know, the Russians, he's at a very strange place...
Diane Rehm: He sure is.
Moises Naim: ...at (word?) airport in Russia where, you know, the Russians claim that he's not in their territory. You know, they have a hot potato in him, and it's a delicious hot potato because they are mining it to the hilt and enjoying the limelight on the case.
Diane Rehm: So what is his legal status in this country now that his passport has been revoked?
Anne Gearan: Well, he's not quite a man without a country. He's an American, but he's an American caught in an international transit zone which is the ultimate no-man's land without a passport. So he cannot travel as an American citizen. He will have to travel on some other kind of travel document which would have to be granted by another country.
Diane Rehm: I see.
Anne Gearan: Or the United States would have to an extradition arrangement under which he would come home with law enforcement escort.
The revelations about Barack's spying on Americans continue to emerge. Yesterday on the Pacifica Evening News (a joint-production from KPFA and KPFK -- click here for the specific broadcast), John Hamilton explained:
There are new revelations today about the scope of NSA surveillance on foreigners and on United States citizens. The Guardian reveals the Obama administration, for more than two years, permitted the NSA to continue collecting vast amount of records detailing the e-mail and internet usage of Americans. Top secret memos obtained by the Guardian detail how an initially warrentless wiretapping program code named Stellar Wind began shortly after 9-11 and continued until 2011 with some aspects continuing to this day. The program collected vast amounts of bulk meta data on e-mail traffic including for several years on communications not involving foreigners. The program also collected mega data on the Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses used by people inside the United States when sending e-mails, that's information that can reflect their physical location. It did not include the content of e-mails. An Obama administration official confirmed the existence of the program to the Guardian but said it ended in 2011; however, the Guardian reports some collection of Americans' online records continues today when one party in the communication is outside the US.
Free Speech Radio News today continues the coverage of the topic with Alice Ollstein interviewing the ACLU's Patrick Toomey about the revelations. Excerpt.
Patrick Toomey (ACLU): The process was one that doesn't support the normal, adversarial judicial process. Only the government is a participant in most proceedings before the [FISA] Court and we have also found, from the IG report, that there was a very clubby or seemingly friendly negotiation that happened between the Executive Branch and the Court. There's descriptions of back-and-forth between the Court and the Court's legal advisors and the Executive Branch, weekend meetings between the judges and the Court has simply proceed in a very pro forma way to reauthorize every three months or so the wire tapping programs that the government has brought under the Court's supervision.
Alice Ollstein: According to the Guardian, this particular program ended in 2011 but another called Evil Olive began in late 2012 designed to capture the meta data of online data between US citizens and their connections abroad. The ACLU is currently suing the Obama administration over the mass collection of phone data of American citizens revealed in documents published by the Guardian revealed earlier this month. Tommey says a jdugment in that case that mega date deserves protection against unreasonable search and seziure could set a legal precedent that also protects online communications swept up by the federal government. Alice Ollstein, Free Speech Radio News, Washington.
Yesterday, the ACLU issued the following press release:
CONTACT: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – The government is collecting large amounts of information about Americans' internet communications, according to a report published today in The Guardian. The newspaper also published an internal government report detailing the blanket collection of email and other internet data as part of the NSA's original warrantless wiretapping program, which was apparently modified over time.
"The revelations about our government's spying raise new and troubling questions about the extent to which the government is monitoring Americans' private lives, including whom we email or chat with and what websites we visit," said Alex Abdo, staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project. "This is further confirmation that the National Security Agency has been operating in the shadows for far too long. Extreme secrecy has facilitated extreme policy – all at the expense of Americans' constitutional right to be left alone by their government absent specific cause or suspicion. The Obama administration must come clean with the country about the extent to which it believes it may monitor all Americans' emails and phone calls. The debate that the administration has welcomed cannot take place without the facts it continues to conceal."
Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel with the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office, said, "We once again learn the Senate and House Intelligence Committees were briefed and approved of invasive surveillance, this time the bulk collection of our e-mail records without any suspicion of wrongdoing. There are still many unanswered questions, particularly what programs currently exist and what information they collect on innocent Americans. Congress needs to force public disclosure of all legal underpinnings of these programs and get to work on reining them in. It appears clear that the administration, the FISA Court, and many members of the intelligence committees will continue to allow the NSA's broad dragnet of innocent American communications if Congress doesn't act now to stop it."
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This Friday, like every Friday since December 21st, sees Iraqis gather to protest the government that refuses to serve them. National Iraqi News reports "thousands" turned out in Falluja and Ramadi and notes:
Iraqi Spring MC notes that speakers in Samarra sees Iran behind the 2006 attack on the al-Askari shrines and they cite US General George Casey for that assertion. They also note Samarra protesters are calling for an independent, international investigation and state that they do not trust Nouri's government to conduct the investigation. Alsumaria notes that the cry was also echoed at the Tikrit demonstration. They elaborate on Casey's remarks explaining that they were made in France and that he was speaking at event sponsored by an Iranian opposition group (they probably mean the MEK). NINA quotes Sheikh Hussein Ghazi stating in Samarra, "It has become clear in the light of what is declared by the US forces former commander in Iraq Gen George Casey, a few days ago, about Iran's implication in Samarra bombings that targeted the holy shrine of the two Imams in 2006, and the painful consequences of those bombings that have been carried out with the knowledge of the Iraqi government."
Alsumaria reports protesters in Dhi Qar Province insist that they will continue their protests until the electricity situation is addressed. (Electricity actually has gotten worse in the last months in Dhi Qar which is what prompted the citizens to take to the streets.)
Turning to the topic of violence, yesterday's snapshot noted, "BBC News reports Baghdad cafes were struck by bombings, 'The bombs went off on Thursday evening when the coffee shops were filled with people watching a football match.' Reuters counts 'at least 22' dead." AP reports today the death toll rose to 36. AFP reports a twin bombing has taken place in Ramadi today and gives the death toll at 9. Alsumaria explains there was a bomb on a civilian car followed by another bombing when citizens rushed to the scene to help following the first bombing. AP states the death toll has increased to 11. Alsumaria also reports that the body of a tribal leader in Kut was discovered shot-dead in his own home.
As violence increases, some fear the return of civil war/ethnic cleansing, some fear it has already arrived. BBC's World Service offer an interview by Mike Lanchin with Iraqi academic May Witwit about the 2006 and 2007 violence. Excerpt.
May Witwit: In our district, bodies just filled the area. It was a dumping place for unidentified corpses. You would not know who -- who would that be? Whether it was a Sunni or a Shi'ite or a Christian or whoever, we didn't know. I mean, a corpse lay at my-my gate for three days and we wouldn't dare remove it.
In the US, Mike Palecek and Chuck Gregory host a once a week radio program entitled The New American Dream Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio (airs Thursdays -- and you can stream it at any time -- here for the latest episode). Last night, Karen Kwiatkowski spoke about The Drone War and whistle-blower Ed Snowden and Alan Maki delivered a must-hear for residents of Minnesota on the minimum wage (the points go beyond Minnesota but that state should especially find Maki's commentary pertinent). It was a lively show.
Didn't care for the music. That's not on the hosts. If you're dead to the industry -- and that artist is -- you can go stream to find out who I'm talking about -- there's usually a reason. In his case, he's a fraud. When he emerged, oh so long ago, he was embraced as authentic. But it was a put-on. So is the new or newer song by the artist featured in the broadcast. Being inauthentic was only part of the artist's problem. He was also ungrateful and many of us felt that his bad manners crossed a line -- when another artist really helps you, and he was helped big time, that's a debt that goes beyond one shout out in a long list of thank yous on your first album. Again, stream the show to find out who I'm talking about if you don't know. (And, no, I'm not making that up to increase interest in the broadcast. But I am sharing that truth for that reason.)
Finally, David DeGraw notes:
The costs of education and student loan debt are used as weapons to enforce a neo-feudal caste system that sentences us to a lifetime of wage slavery. With the already excessive interest rate on this debt set to double on July 1st, one wonders if this will become a tipping point and rallying call for another wave of protest from the all too dormant US wing of the decentralized global Occupy movement. To throw a little fuel on the fire, as we prepare to get back on the frontlines ourselves, here is a stream of consciousness riff inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s epic Howl poem...
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You’re ready to blow your top – but how much is due to your internal hunger and how much to external annoyances? Perfectlab/Shutterstock
When does hungry become hangry?
June 11, 2018 9.01am EDT
Jennifer MacCormack, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer MacCormack
Ph.D. Student in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer MacCormack is a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellow funded by the National Institute on Aging.
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill provides funding as a member of The Conversation US.
Have you ever been grumpy, only to realize that you’re hungry?
Feeling hangry has become a meme, even used in ads. But how does it work, psychologically? Snickers
Many people feel more irritable, annoyed, or negative when hungry – an experience colloquially called being “hangry.” The idea that hunger affects our feelings and behaviors is widespread – from advertisements to memes and merchandise. But surprisingly little research investigates how feeling hungry transforms into feeling hangry.
Psychologists have traditionally thought of hunger and emotions as separate, with hunger and other physical states as basic drives with different physiological and neural underpinnings from emotions. But growing scientific evidence suggests that your physical states can shape your emotions and cognition in surprising ways.
Prior studies show that hunger itself can influence mood, likely because it activates many of the same bodily systems, like the autonomic nervous system and hormones, that are involved in emotion. For example, when you’re hungry, your body releases a host of hormones including cortisol and adrenaline, often associated with stress. The result is that hunger, especially at greater intensity, can make you feel more tense, unpleasant and primed for action – due to how these hormones make you feel.
But is feeling hangry just these hunger-induced feelings or is there more to it? This question inspired the studies that psychologist Kristen Lindquist and I conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill. We wanted to know whether hunger-induced feelings can transform how people experience their emotions and the world around them.
Negative situations set the scene for hanger
An idea in psychology known as affect-as-information theory holds that your mood can temporarily shape how you see the world. In this way, when you’re hungry, you may view things in a more negative light than when you’re not hungry. But here’s the twist.
People are most likely to be guided by their feelings when they’re not paying attention to them. This suggests that people may become hangry when they aren’t actively focused on their internal feelings, but instead wrapped up in the world around them, such as that terrible driver or that customer’s rude comment.
To test whether hungry people are more likely to become hangry in negative situations when they aren’t focused on their feelings, we designed three different studies. In the first two, run online with U.S. adults, we asked people – some hungry, some full – to look at negative, positive and neutral emotional images. Then they saw an ambiguous figure: a Chinese character or pictograph they’d never seen before. We asked participants whether they thought the pictograph meant something pleasant or unpleasant.
Each trial consisted of either a randomly selected negative, positive or neutral emotional image, meant to serve as emotional context, followed by a randomly selected Chinese pictograph, meant to be ambiguous to English speakers. Participants then used their gut feelings to judge whether the ambiguous pictograph meant something unpleasant, pleasant, or neutral. Jennifer MacCormack, CC BY-ND
Hungry people who saw negative images thought the pictographs meant something more unpleasant. However, hungry people’s ratings after positive or neutral emotional pictures were no different than the not-hungry people.
This suggests that the hangry bias doesn’t occur when people experience positive or even neutral situations. Instead, hunger only becomes relevant when people confront negative stimuli or situations. But why would hunger only matter in negative situations?
Affect-as-information theory also suggests that people are more likely to use their feelings as information about the world around them when those feelings match the situation they’re in. Hunger likely only becomes relevant in negative situations because hunger itself produces unpleasant feelings – making it easier to mistake the cause of those feelings to be the negative things around you, rather than your hunger.
Tuning in to your feelings
In the final study, we recreated in the laboratory a frustrating situation to test how hunger and awareness – or lack thereof – might cause hanger.
We assigned two random groups of undergraduate students to fast for at least five hours or eat a full meal before coming to our lab. There we assigned them to write a story that was meant either to direct their attention to emotional information, or to not focus on emotions at all. Then everyone did a long, tedious computer task. At the end of the task, we secretly programmed the computer to “crash.” The researcher blamed the participant for the computer malfunction and told them they’d have to redo the task once it was fixed.
It turned out that hungry people who hadn’t focused on feelings beforehand exhibited more signs of being hangry. They reported feeling more stressed, hateful and other negative emotions and rated the researcher as being more “judgmental,” compared to full individuals and the hungry people who did write about emotions earlier.
These findings suggest that feeling hangry occurs when your hunger-induced negativity gets blamed on the external world around you. You think that person who cut you off on the road is the one who made you angry – not the fact that you’re ravenous. This seems to be a fairly unconscious process: People don’t even realize they’re making these attributions.
Our data suggest that paying attention to feelings may short circuit the hangry bias – and even help reduce hanger once you notice it.
The hungry/hangry connection is a reminder that bodies influence brains and vice versa. Ana Blazic Pavlovic/Shutterstock.com
Although these studies provide a valuable glimpse into the ways that physical states, like hunger, can temporarily shape our feelings and behaviors, they are only a first step. For example, our studies only address hunger effects in healthy populations where individuals eat regularly. It would be interesting to look at how feeling hangry could change with long-term dieting or conditions like diabetes or eating disorders.
These studies alongside other emerging science suggest that our bodies can deeply shape how we think, feel and act – whether we realize it or not. We’re generally aware that emotions like feeling stressed can influence our health, but the reverse direction is also true. Our bodies and physical health have the power to shape our mental lives, coloring who we are and the way we experience the world around us.
Warding off hanger
Here are three pro tips to help keep your hunger from going full-blown hangry.
Healthy foods filled with slow-release nutrients keep you satiated and impervious to hanger. Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash, CC BY
First, it may seem obvious, but pay more attention to your hunger. People vary a lot in how sensitive they are to hunger and other bodily cues. Maybe you don’t notice you’re hungry until you’re already ravenous. Plan ahead – carry healthy snacks, eat a protein-filled breakfast or lunch to give you lasting energy – and set yourself reminders to eat regularly. These basic precautions help prevent you from becoming overly hungry in the first place.
But what if you’re already super hungry and can’t eat right away? Our findings suggest people are more likely to be biased by hunger in negative situations. Maybe you’re stuck in bad traffic or you have a stressful deadline. In these cases, try to make your environment more pleasant. Listen to an amusing podcast while you drive. Put on pleasant music while you work. Do something to inject positivity into your experience.
Most importantly, your awareness can make all the difference. Yes, maybe you’re hungry and starting to feel road rage, overwhelmed with your task deadline, or wounded by your partner’s words. But amid the heat of those feelings, if you can, step back for a moment and notice your growling stomach. This could help you recognize that hunger is part of why you feel particularly upset. This awareness then gives you the power to still be you, even when you’re hungry.
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Black Bean & Corn Salad
by The Family Cooks
Last Monday, we told you about a fabulous new effort called “The Kids Cook Monday”. The goal of this campaign, started by the same people who brought us Meatless Mondays, is to encourage families to set aside the first day of the week as a day to cook and eat dinner together. To help with that goal, the “The Kids Cook Monday” site will be featuring new, family-friendly recipes every week. Inspiration in the form of new recipes is always helpful! As our friend Aviva Goldfarb of The Scramble says, (and this is a bit paraphrased), “It’s not always the actual cooking of dinner that’s the biggest hurdle, more often it’s the deciding what to make that’s the hard part.”
This week’s recipe is from certified nutritionist and cooking instructor, Julie Negrin. It’s a versatile, zesty Black Bean and Corn Salad which can be served over grains or salad greens, in tortillas, or as a dip with baked pita chips. We love the look of this salad and are already picturing it next to a quesadilla on our plates tonight.
We’re not surprised that Julie would bring us a recipe that can easily involve kids in the kitchen. That’s because she has a whole cookbook full of them! “Easy Meals to Cook with Kids” is the title of Julie’s cookbook and it’s full of family-friendly recipes for adults who want to cook with children. And don’t we all want to try sometimes, especially on a Kids Cook Monday day? It features nutritious, ethnic dishes that are sophisticated enough for grown-up palates yet simple enough for young chefs to prepare, such as Poppin’ Edamame Salad, On-the-Go Frittata Squares and Mini Black Bean Burgers. Julie has a great website too and just last week, much to our heart’s delight, wrote a great blog piece about family dinners. You can check it out at julienegrin.com.
And, if once you get dinner on the table tonight, you find your family a bit stalled for conversation, try out some of these simple conversation starters good for kids of all ages:
• What was one thing that made you happy today?
• What was one thing that you wish you could’ve changed about today?
• Fill in the blank: I wish…
• What are you looking forward to, or not looking forward to, tomorrow?
As always, please keep us posted! We love to hear about your family dinners — what you’re making, who you’re making it with, what you’re talking about, and how you’re doing with it all!
LINK » The Kids Cook Monday Recipe: Black Bean and Corn Salad
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This would be the first Plasma TV I'm reviewing so don't take my words as a definitive review. I wouldn't consider myself a pro or a novice. My standards are probably stricter than most people when it comes to expectations of how a TV should perform. This TV is a loan from a friend for the sole purpose of writing this review. So let's get started.
The LG 50PC5D is a fifty inch Plasma TV for 2007. It's a 720p display. Here are it's main specs:
10 Bit Color Processor
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1 Optical Audio-Out
1 RGB-In
1 RS-232c
1/8" Audio-In
Why would someone elect to buy a Plasma as opposed to an LCD some of you may ask. The simple answer is that Plasmas are known to produce darker blacks than LCDs resulting in a much richer picture quality. LCDs on the other hand are prone to light bleeds which produces grayish blacks as a result. Reaching true black is important to many especially to those with theater-like environments or simply watching in a darkened environment. This LG passed with flying colors. Of course if your viewing environment tends to be lit up like during the day then, achieving true black may not be as promising. Ambient light will grey-out the blacks to some degree no matter how good the Plasma TV is. After all, the Plasma screen itself is grey to begin with when powered-off.
This Plasma has what LG calls CLEAR FILTER PRO applied to the screen. It's suppose to minimize glare in bright environments and improve color reproduction. It didn't help me any in my bright living room space.
Plasmas also have greater viewing angles. Nothing annoys me more than having to stay directly centered with the TV in order to get the best picture quality. LCDs have a tendency to shift color when viewed off center. They are improving on this and some LCD TVs I've seen perform better than others in this regard, but definitely not quite on par with Plasmas.
I've had the 50PC5D set for a few days now and have collected its strengths and weaknesses. To test its HD performance I connected the Cox cable directly to the set. The tuner is QAM capable so it can decode any HD through cable. Fortunately, Cox didn't block the HD channels and I was able to get the network channels(CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, etl.). Overall, HD performance was good. Details were definitely there and sharp. I flipped back and forth between HD and SD and the difference is remarkable. Although, SD performance is pathetically poor to start with as I'll discuss later on.
Watching primetime HD both in 720p and 1080i was great. I found myself staring at the details on the clothing or the hairs of people rather than the show itself at times. I suppose that's to be expected until I become jaded by all this HD goodness. Certain HD shows did show a little bit of color banding. Others may call it posterization or false contouring. LG claims their Extreme Contour Compensation technology minimizes color contour noise for natural color transitions. Evidently it's not perfect in HD and definitely not working in SD if you ask me. To be fair, some of the HD content did look like they were in SD and up-sampled to HD or simply had high compression applied to them. Considering how some HD shows were better than others makes me believe the TV station or Cox is at fault here.
LG's Plasma uses a 10 Bit Color Processor to produce billions of colors. I would have thought that's plenty of colors to eliminate the color banding I experienced. If I remember correctly from a few years ago regarding LCD monitors, tech gurus were saying 8 Bit panels were the best and 16.7 million colors is more than enough for what the human eye can resolve. Apparently, 10 Bits is not enough with Plasmas. Samsung uses 18 Bits on their flagship displays. Pioneer uses only 10 Bits and many regard their Plasmas to be very good. So who knows.
Dot-crawl was present despite having a 3D Comb Filter. Dot-crawl are those moving checker patterns near high-contrast borders. They look like dots moving along borders.
As I alluded to earlier, SD performance was horrible. Many have complained, regardless of brand, how their Plasma TV is great in HD but lackluster in SD. I can now attest to that. A regular SD TV performs better than this LG Plasma when it comes to SD video. The picture quality was fuzzy and with color banding. It was like the picture was an oil painting. May be not that severe, but definitely not what I expected. I've seen what a good SD tuner can produce and LG failed on this one.
Compression artifacts were easily evident. I preferred regular TV when viewing SD video. It could be the fact that the low resolution of regular TVs can hide some of the compression artifacts and other oddities of SD video. It's a shame how an overpriced HDTV set can be crippled with old technology.
If you frequent online forums dedicated to HDTVs you'll soon come across a topic that stands above the rest. The one thing many are afraid of when going with a Plasma TV is the dreaded burn-in or image retention susceptibility of Plasma screens. What it is is the tendency of Plasma screens to retain an image of what was displayed on-screen even after the TV has been turned off. Manufacturers discourage consumers from displaying still images on their Plasmas for long periods of time in order to minimize image retention. They also discourage viewing 4:3 videos with black borders for long periods of time. Many sets even employ some anti burn-in mechanisms that is suppose to minimize the problem. Some people recommend turning down Contrast and Brightness for the first couple hundred hours you watch TV for proper conditioning. I find that to be ridiculous.
I, myself didn't believe this was such a problem as many people make it out to be. I've had plenty of CRT monitors and TVs for years and none of them suffered from image retention. Since Plasmas use the same phosphor technology as CRTs I didn't expect them to be any more or less susceptible to it.
Sure enough, I too have witnessed image retention. It isn't as bad as I thought. As simple as viewing the TV menu for a few seconds was enough to leave a ghostly image of the menu. The image retention is grayish in color, blurry and only visible in a blackened background. Under normal TV viewing the image retention I saw was practically invisible. Keep in mind depending on the length a still image stays on the screen the retention length will vary. My friend watches MSNBC all day and their logo is still visible days after.
It's the nature of the beast. With that said, this set does have three options to counter the effects of image retention. It's under the ISM(Image Sticking Minimization) menu. Orbiter moves the image around I suspect. Inverter inverts the video so it looks like a negative. Then there's the White Wash that simply floods the screen white. Ultimately, their objective is to even-out the phosphors so they age evenly. When one part of the screen is always lit up that section of the screen will age the phosphors more than the other part of the screen where it's always dark.
Plasmas do get warmer than regular TVs. This LG uses a fan(s) to cool itself. It's a two speed automatic according to the specs and no user configurable settings are available in the menu. The fan is not visible but I can hear it from the back. It's not loud and inaudible from normal viewing distance. The glass itself emanates some heat.
The remote control is simplistic and has all the buttons you would expect with the addition of quick menu access buttons hidden under a sliding cover. Component selection buttons light up when pressed. It's nothing fancy. Channel flipping is slow with a one second delay.
Build quality of the LG 50PC5D is good. My set came with one dead pixel but indecipherable a couple of feet away. It's a good looking TV with a glossy black bezel. It weighs a hefty 86.6 lbs. The stand is wide and seems sturdy enough to support all the weight. It does support VESA compatible wall mounts. I tremble to think this thing hanging on my wall.
Overall, HD picture quality was good and SD picture quality was poor. Having not owned any other Plasma TV it's hard to judge how worst or better this TV is from other models or manufacturer. The Samsung HP-T5054 and HP-T5064 is something to consider if you're looking for something in this price range. I wish I have them for comparison.
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even the communists turning against nutty nancy pelosi
in a scathing article captioned 'house speaker pelosi lashes out at antiwar protesters' (see link) the world socialist web site takes the lying, democratic, piss-poor excuse for a house speaker nancy pelosi to task.
Asked about criticism of the failure (or more accurately, refusal) of the congressional Democratic majority to take action to put an end to the war in Iraq, despite the overwhelming antiwar opinion among Democratic voters, Pelosi said, “I am well aware of the unhappiness of the base.”
She told reporters that antiwar demonstrators had established seemingly permanent protest encampments outside her home in San Francisco several months, and more recently outside her Washington home as well.
The real venom in Pelosi’s comments was reported by Washington Post Capitol Hill columnist Dana Milbank, one of those in attendance at the press interview. While Pelosi invariably maintains a publicly smiling posture, he wrote, “her spirits soured instantly when somebody asked about the anger of the Democratic ‘base’ over her failure to end the war in Iraq.”
“Look,” she said, “I had, for five months, people sitting outside my home, going into my garden in San Francisco, angering neighbors, hanging their clothes from trees, building all kinds of things—Buddhas? I don’t know what they were—couches, sofas, chairs, permanent living facilities on my front sidewalk.”
Pelosi continued: “If they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering, but because they have ‘Impeach Bush’ across their chest, it’s the First Amendment.”
Pelosi is married to a multimillionaire investor, and her comments were charged with social resentment as well as political hostility. The antiwar protesters are not only unwelcome because they expose her hypocritical pretense to opposing the Iraq bloodbath—they are dirty, ragged and disreputable, and irritate the neighbors.
Pelosi’s remark—imagine that riffraff “sleeping on my sidewalk”—is reveals the enormous social distance between the masses of working people, housewives, students who oppose the war, and the privileged ruling elite. And her disparaging reference to the First Amendment demonstrates the hostility of a big business politician towards the democratic rights of the working class.
john boehner is an idiot!
we are living under an occupation government
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rhode island the "new" "new orleans?"
an emailer wonders:
Rhode Island is under water from heavy rains.
In all the pictures I saw of Flooding I didn’t see any troops in there, or any military vehicles.
Is the Federal Government Slow in responding to this disaster too?
before we received this email we hadnt heard much about whats turning out to be rhode island's record flooding.
according to this report its the worst flooding there in century or more.
this report says that rains "isolated communities as it washed out bridges and rippled across thoroughfares from maine to connecticut."
angelo padula jr runs an auto restoration shop in west warwick, rhode island, he said:
"I think we're all done," he said. "If the federal government doesn't give us disaster money, I don't think we can ever come back from this. You're talking millions and millions of dollars in these businesses. Now I know how the people in New Orleans felt."
rhode island flooding
HB 1107 authorizes landowners to 'swap land' with the red river, atchafalaya and bayou boeuf levee district
there's been lots of fear mongering lately over the red river levees and as a result curiosity into the red river, atchafalaya, and bayou bouef levee district's activities has increased.
while everyone's attention has been focused on the condition of the levees, state representative robert johnson has been working HB 1107 a bill that allows a land swap between the rrabb and landowners.
in the first swap rrabb is exchanging a tract of land containing 9.99 acres and another tract containing 4.7 acres for 2.4 acres belonging to landowner brent scallan. so the state is swapping 14.69 acres for 2.4 acres? what kinda deal is that?
according to rep. johnson's testimony before the house transportation committee, its not actually a land swap but an easement. it has something to do with a boat ramp, part of which was built on mr. scallan's private property and he is "subject to some liability in that regard." hmmmm
rep. herbert dixon in the form of an amendment to the bill, is handling the the next swap. in it, the rrabb is exchanging 240 acres with the adjacent landowner donald bishop for 231.63 acres. well, thats a little better we guess.
HB1107_2009
HB 1107 from legis.state.la.us
la transportation, highways & and public works committee 03/30/2010 reported with amendments (15-0).
sha nay-nay got snake bit!
yesterday afternoon around ten minutes till six we had just finished eating supper and was headed outside when we opened the back door and shay nay-nay was sitting on the stoop like she does when she wants in, so we held the door open for her but looking down at her as she passed by we noticed that her head looked kinda funny and she was lumbering towards her pallet -- instead of her usual trot.
so we turned around and followed her in. after she sat down and got to where we could see her, we was like oh lawd!
at first we thought that someone had busted her in the head with a baseball bat or pipe or something -- but that seemed pretty unlikely.
then we got to looking at that dark spot on her snout and thought maybe someone had shot her with a .22. but upon closer examination we noticed that her "wound" wasnt bleeding nor was there broken teeth or tissue nor could we see anything like an exit wound.
then it dawned on us that it must be a snake bite. we've had dogs on and off all our life and never had one to get bitten by a snake.
so, by this time it was about ten minutes after six, so we phoned up her vet, got the answering service and he called back right away.
the vet said that dogs "very rarely ever die from a snake bite," (how comforting) and if we wanted to bring her in it would cost $75.00 for an emergency after hours visit (the amount goes up as the night wears on becoming $90.00 after 9 pm) plus maybe up to a couple hundred dollars for all the shots, etc as well as their keeping her overnight.
the vet said that if we wanted to treat her ourselves, that if we had some benadryl we could give her that. luckily we had some. we cut open a caplet and mixed it in with a little water drew it up in a syringe (without the needle) and squirted it into the opposite side of her mouth from where the bite is.
UPDATE: when we took her to the vet a few days later the vet told us that we due to her weight and size we could have given her 3 benadryls. she weighed 68 pounds [31 kg].
she was able to take that and swallow it all down. we repeated that after several hours. thankfully, all the drooling stopped right after we took the first set of photos.
that seemed to help and after awhile the swelling seemed to be going down some. by 11:30 pm she was able to drink a good bit of water from her inside bowl then we let her outside where she urinated and came right back in the house. where she promptly went to sleep.
by 7:30 am she was ready to go outside so we let her out and she promptly left to make her usual rounds.
at 8:30 am she was back and ate what looks like a usual amount of her food.
she seems to be pretty much back to normal -- character wise, except of coz for the big block head.
we're scheduled to take her in a day or two to the vet to get her heartworm pills and toenails trimmed; hopefully he will advise us if we did anything right or wrong..
sha nay-nay 8:30 am cdt wednesday 31 march 2010
sha nay-nay from summer of 2009
note: the snake that bit her is most likely the extremely dangerous and poisonous cottonmouth water moccasin and not a non-poisonous beneficial snake like a king snake. king snakes should never be killed but left alone as they prey on the poisonous snakes.
UPDATE: 11 october 2010 this has turned out to be a popular post. apparently, lots of dogs are being snake bit. its scary yeah, but we're glad that she healed up ok and if your dog was bitten we hope it does too.
note: this video appears cut off on the side so you might want to view it from its youtube watch page.
doberman's rock
polar bear meets dogs
a pointer earns best of show
put a tiger in your tank? how about a pit bull in your motor
lost puppy
a shocking case of animal neglect in alexandria, la.?
snakes of northeastern louisiana
commie chris roy jr wants banksters to spy on maw maw
this clown's idea of creating a better louisiana is to make maw maw scared to go to the bank!
hb_607_2010_chris_roy_jr
HB 607 at legis.state.la.us
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god save us! the loony looziana legislature is in session
www.legis.state.la.us
it's that time of year again when that outrageous collection of freaks, perverts, criminals and so-forth and so-on, gather together in baton rouge to do the bidding of their real owners -- the lobbyists, special interests and corporations and to consolidate even more power to their masters to control the people with, stealing even more of their "freedom" through the power of the state by creating out of thin air unwanted and unneeded "crimes" and "rules" and "regulations" and to top it all off by stealing the people's labor in the form of money for taxes and "fees" in order to give it to their criminal friends.
flashback to 24 june 2009 the louisiana legislature state house of representatives, had themselves a little rap concert performance, courtesy of hurricane chris....it went something like this...
video watch page
link to audio page
c.b. forgotston on moon griffon radio program this morning on what to expect from the usual suspects this session.
'poor'albuquerque levees could be decertified
via: what really happened
mike rivero adds:
No money to fix the Levees, but billions to Israel to build homes for Israelis in the occupied territories.
Repeat after me:
America needs leaders who put America first, second, and third!
and to help make his point includes this video:
red river today at alexandria - pineville la
going north. alexandria bank in foreground in 1 and 2..
shrub shakes hands with a haitian and then wipes his hand on bubba clinton's shirt
via: david icke
louisiana nursing home admissions to require state permission from 05 april 2010
according to the 22 march 2010 department of health and hospitals memorandum obtained by wst...
the memorandum states that effective 05 april 2010, "the new nursing facility pre-admission process will be implemented. no one will be able to enter a medicaid certified nursing facility in louisiana without being approved prior to admission, regardless of payment source."
the memorandum then goes on to give a url to the office of aging and adult services: www.oaas.dhh.louisiana.gov where more information along with a power point presentation may be found.
click here to download one page .pdf [136 kb]
state rep chris hazel dont do media or respond to constituents
this morning frequent ksyl talk back live caller "becky" phoned in to "challenge all our (local) legislators to come on the air and tell us what kind of bills they're proposing and supporting. i hear some of the most baloney kinds of things going on and i want to know in a time of crisis like this and it is a time of crisis, what are they proposing?"
perhaps some of the "baloney" kinds of bills ms. becky is referring to are ones like state rep. rickey hardy's HB 103 a state law banning "baggy pants."
or his HB 43 which expands "drug free zones" from 1,000 - 2,000 feet. c.b. forgotston says:
Why not increase the area to, say, 25 miles. That way, the use and sale of illegal drugs would prohibited almost everywhere in the state. Oops! It already is.
or his HB 470 which is a constitutional amendment barring anyone over 70 years of age from qualifying for elective office. a better constitutional amendment would be one barring all black people from lafayette named rickey hardy from holding any elective office or office of public trust. now thats an amendment we could all get behind!
maybe becky has heard of state senator robert adley's SB 128 which will prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to consumers under the age of sixteen.
or maybe rep. "bodi" white's HB 91 which creates the crime of the unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of prohibited plants including:
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort).
Canavalia rosea (Bay bean).
Leonotis leonurus (Lion's tail).
Leonotis nepetifolia (Lion's ear).
Leonurus sibiricus (Honeyweed).
Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus).
Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotus, Egyptian Lotus).
Pedicularis densiflora (Indian warrior).
Scutellaria nana (Dwarf skullcap).
Turnera diffusa (Damiana).
Zornia latifolia
once again we have a rethuglican shaking his fist in the face of god to proclaim that whole third day of creation thing of his ... was pretty much a great big fuck up. we on the other hand believe that god in his own time and way will show that bodi white and others like him are the fuck up.
anyone who thinks that this collection of freaks, perverts and criminals we have in the legislative as well as executive branches of government has the intellect, integrity or wherewithal to provide the leadership to get louisiana out of this mess it finds itself in, is in for a big disappointment.
replying to becky's original challenge for local legislators to come on and explain themselves dave graichen says that chris hazel "will not even return our phone calls" and becky responds that "we cant get through to chris hazel, we've never gotten an answer."
la house dist 27: just say no to chris hazel
horrid cenla gopac endorses chris hazel
does state rep chris hazel hear voices in his head?
the one for rachel
search this blog * chris hazel
daniel boone was a man ... fess parker dies aged 85
www.fessparker.com
via drudge retort
fess parker was a few weeks shy of 76 years old when he sat down for this interview
Fess Parker, best known for playing Daniel Boone in a 1960s television series, died Thursday at his home near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist said. He was 85.
A native of Texas, Parker served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before graduating from the University of Texas-Austin in 1950.
He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s to pursue acting.
Walt Disney cast Parker in the lead role of "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier," co-starring Buddy Ebsen.
He followed that with several more Disney films, including "Davy Crockett and the River Boat Pirates," "The Great Locomotive Chase" and "Old Yeller."
His TV career took off in 1964 with the title role in NBC's "Daniel Boone," which aired for for six seasons. ~ read more
fess parker memorial at find-a-grave
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larry sinclair to be on jeff rense radio program tonight
audio of rense - sinclair interview
larry sinclair is the florida man (formerly minnesota) who alleges several november 1999 drug and sexual encounters with then illinois state senator barack obama.
the jeff rense radio program starts at 9:00 pm cdt and for now mr. sinclair is scheduled to appear in the third hour (11:00 - midnight cdt). see world time server to calculate the time in your location.
to listen free click here.
larry sinclair for congress 2010
the larry sinclair label
in the footer of this post
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red river banksters seize bill lewis lure facility on coliseum boulevard
cenla news has posted that red river bank has seized the bill lewis lure facility.
bill lewis lures are the creators and manufacturers of the rat--l-trap line of fishing lures >>> read more
jacques barack posts jacques roy 2009 campaign contributors
in louisiana (the most corrupt state in the nation) it's not unusual but actually quite typical to see rethuglicans not hesitating to whip out thousand and two thousand dollar checks to give a democrat. even a democrat as liberal and as big a barky fan and boot smoocher as alexandria mayor jacques roy.
doesnt it make sense that authentic republicans would find their own conservative candidate to finance and run instead of supporting the candidate that stands for everything they supposedly hate?
but in louisiana you have to understand -- there are no democrats. there are no republicans. what you have running everything (and we use these terms interchangeably) are crime families and crime gangs.
some crime families call themselves democrats while other crime families call themselves republicans but thats all just a show put on for the benefit and entertainment of the great unwashed masses.
a lot of these crime families have been working together pulling off scams since the plantation days, so they are quite good at what they do.
now the black crime families in alexandria are in ascendancy and they want a bigger slice of the pie, or maybe the entire pie and who can blame them? this is the real cause of all the turbulence in alexandria of late.
one reason so many so called conservative republicans are so happy with the status quo might hinge on mayor roy's sparc wealth transfer scam.
mayor roy's sparc wealth transfer scam is that marvelous contrivance whereby the elite get to steal $96 million dollars (70 million eur) and alexandria's great unwashed masses get to pay for it all (with interest) based on that in perpetuity slave tax they voted on themselves and their prosperity.
in 2007 one of the first things that mayor roy and his administration did was conspire together with the city council (see they can work together sometimes) to place on the ballot a 1% sales and use tax that never expires! hence the term in perpetuity.
the present generation of alexandrians will have been in a box out in the bone yard and forgotten while their grandchildren's grandchildren will still be paying this slave tax never having an opportunity to cast it off all so that the descendants of these same old crime families will have the guaranteed means to continue to rob them blind.
of the alexandrians who bothered to go to the polls that hot july day back in '07 an astounding 78% voted this slave tax on their heads and on their childrens heads. what good can be said for a foolish and wicked people who would do that to their own offspring?
some try to shift the focus away from the true beneficiaries of the sparc wealth transfer scam i.e. the crime gangs and onto the blacks. calling it just another black give-a-way program and even going so far as to imply that mayor roy is a "nigger lover." this is just a stupid trick, designed to cause racial problems and fights -- so dont fall for it.
the evidence -- for example the 30 june 2009 alexandria city council meeting, indicates that the majority of blacks saw through and were not for the sparc scam.
anyway, click here to see the list that jacques barack has compiled. oh and by the way, did t.w. thompson buy his comfy police commissioner job for the amazingly low price of $1,475?
jacques barack diggin up the dirt
jacques barack website launches
a rude awakening for realtor wolf
"buddy" tudor dies
brace godfrey dies
louisiana state bond commission to hear mayor roy's sparc scam wealth transfer scheme
mayor roy to turn his sparc / stimulus measures program over to clifford moeller, gaeda and the silk stocking gang
von jennings for mayor of alexandria, la.
Labels: sparc
limit fluoride to prevent lead poisioning researchers say
they put this in our water
wst... note: in the 2008 regular louisiana legislative session, corrupt, lake charles democratic state senator willie landry mount, authored and submitted her SB 312 a mandatory water fluoridation scheme for louisiana.
SB 312 was shepherded through the state house by monroe rino kay "bucket of bolts" katz.
the bill was signed into law that year as ACT 761 by that rino fraud piyush "bobby" jindal.
Limit Fluoride to Prevent Lead Poisoning, researchers say
New York – March 16 – Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies, boosts lead absorption in lab animals’ bones, teeth and blood, report Sawan, et al. (Toxicology 2/2010). Earlier studies already show children’s blood-lead-levels are higher in fluoridated communities, reports Sawan’s research team.
“…exposure to increased amounts of lead and fluoride occurs at about the same age (1-3 years)… Therefore, this is a critical time when systemic exposure to fluoride should be minimized since fluoride may increase lead accumulation,” the researchers caution.
Low-level lead exposure is associated with lower IQ, ADHD and many health and behavior ailments.
Fluosilicic acid (fluoride), added to water supplies ostensibly to reduce tooth decay, often contains lead (NSF International).
Sawan’s team put fluosilicic acid, with and without lead, into lab animals’ drinking water. They found more lead in tooth enamel, surface bone, whole bone, and tooth dentine in rats co-exposed to fluoride and lead.
Possibly anticipating criticism that rats were fed higher fluoride-concentrated water than people drink, the authors write, “this concentration was chosen because it produces plasma fluoride levels that are comparable with those commonly found in humans…”
Increased prevalence and severity of fluoride-discolored teeth (fluorosis) proves US children are already fluoride-overexposed "which may cause their blood-lead levels to increase and produce more lead toxicity,” they write.
“These findings suggest that a biological effect, not recognized so far, may underlie the epidemiological association between increased blood-lead levels in children and water fluoridation,” concludes Sawan’s research team.
“[O]ur findings may have serious implications for populations exposed to increased amounts of both lead and fluoride, particularly young children,” the research team writes.
Attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF) says, “People need to lobby and petition their legislators to stop fluoridation in their towns, cities and states. Legislators are ignoring the science proving fluoridation is endangering our health, our water supplies and wasting tax dollars while denying freedom of choice.” (see: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/sitemap.html )
Masters and Coplan’s landmark studies show higher blood-lead-levels in children living in silico-fluoridated communities (Neurotoxicology 2000, 2007). Macek’s research shows children’s higher blood-lead-levels are associated with water fluoridation when lead is already in the environment (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2006).
Some fluoridation chemicals originate in China, Mexico and Japan, reports the CDC. ABC-TV Boston reported that a Massachusetts city was forced to discontinue fluoridation because Chinese fluoridation chemicals were clogging up the water system with an unidentifiable contaminant.
CBS-TV Atlanta reports: “Fluoride, Friend or Foe.”
Contact: Paul Beeber, J.D. nyscof@aol.com
SOURCE: New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc (NYSCOF)
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
Follow NYSCOF on Twitter or Facebook
Fluoride Action Network
the SB 312 label
Labels: sb312
Public Hearing to hear testimony relative to the increased cost to obtain a Louisiana driver's license
thefts from graves at forest lawn cemetery in kingsville
we have family buried at forest lawn behind and to the side of the last supper memorial right close to frank joseph "nunu" and his brother sonny giordano.
seems like "nunu" was shot and killed by the alexandria police department while attempting to rob the rapides bank branch on bolton avenue. supposedly, as the story goes, when sonny found out about it, he pulled up a tree in his yard and swore vengeance against the officers involved, so they had to leave town in a hurry.
when sonny died back in the late '90's the town talk ran the headline "one man crime wave dies."
anyway, back in the '80's our grandpa used to complain a lot about how the flowers he was placing on his mother and sons graves were being stolen.
we used to wonder if grandpa wasnt getting senile because we couldnt imagine anyone stealing flowers much less stealing flowers from off a headstone. but looks like he was right and apparently these freaks have moved up from stealing just flowers to lots of other things.
louisiana alligators are awake
this afternoon we noticed our friend "mister bonestripper" trolling around probably looking for an easy meal. we attempted to get a photograph but he was unusually shy ducking under the water each time we got within range.
so below is a photo of him from a couple of years ago from when the backwater was up:
state record alligator
tastes like chicken
alligator chili
well behaved louisiana born albino alligator: publicity hog
Labels: alligators
apparently, right now there is a harvest going on.
check out that crazy obituary here or .pdf [34 kb]. why is mr. tudor's family trying to hard to convince us that he was such a fantastic person?
the likely truth is that mr. tudor was the scion of, then patriarch to, one of the old time cenla crime families who made enormous profits off of the misery of others. oh and fat government contracts. is that what former governor edwin edwards was alluding to when he referred to central louisiana as "tudorville?" article link or .pdf [16 kb]
mr. tudor was also a supporter of piyush "bobby" jindal so how great of a person could he possibly have been?
utah blog takes credit for bringing down another rethuglican perv
via rense.com
Hours After Our Story Berating the Horrid Actions of Utah Pedophile and Republican House Leader Broke, Kevin Garn has resigned.
No thanks to the Deseret News, who had this story back in 2001 and refused to publish it (sound familiar?).
No thanks to the Utah politicians that gave Garn a hearty round of applause AND a standing ovation when he admitted being naked in a hot-tub with an equally naked 15 year old girl. read more
utah blog takes credit for bringing down state senator
Contact: Christopher J. Rogers
Rogers Multimedia Works, LLC
100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge mourns death of Founding President
(Baton Rouge, LA) 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Ltd. mourns the death of its founding president Brace B. Godfrey, Jr. Family members said he died of a massive heart attack this morning. Godfrey was 58 years old.
“Brace’s untimely death is shocking and has thrown the “The100” and the community into a tailspin,” said current chapter president Dr. Adell Brown, Jr.
Brown noted that Godfrey was active on the local and the national levels with 100 Black Men, having served as a member of the executive committee of 100 Black Men of America.
As chair of the National African-American History Challenge Contest, Brace was just beginning to work with the youth leaders of the 116 chapters around the country to coordinate this event in June.
In February 1993, Godfrey called together a group of professional African American men in Baton Rouge and presented to them the concept of organizing a Baton Rouge chapter of 100 Black Men of America.
That group voted to seek affiliation and on May 5, 1993, 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge, Ltd. was accepted by the 100 Black Men of America as its 34th chapter in the United States.
Brace B. Godfrey, Jr. served as founding president and immediately became a member of the national board of directors. “Brace’s death leaves a void in the community, the Baton Rouge chapter of the “100” and 100 Black Men of America” said Rev. Larry Smith, a founding member and former president who succeeded Godfrey.
As founding president, Godfrey’s contributions to the “100” and the community have been well documented. He was the guiding force behind many neighborhood clean-up projects initiated by “the 100”, including the “takedown” of abandoned housing in North Baton Rouge.
It was Godfrey that developed the “Not from this House” program that addressed gun violence in the city and urged the chapter to undertake this initiative.
Godfrey was instrumental in the decision to apply to the State of Louisiana for the charter to operate Capitol High Academies and served on the board of the Capitol High Academies. He dedicated his life to serving the youth of this city and the nation.
The 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge, Ltd. (“The 100”) is a local organization that was formally chartered June 14, 1993, as the 34th chapter of the 100 Black Men of America.
Brace B. Godfrey, Jr. served as founding president and a member of the national board of directors. “The 100” is a non-profit organization through which African-American males step forward and assume roles of community leadership, responsibility and guidance.
The mission is to give substance to a shared vision which fosters and develops model programs that build our community by mentoring our youth.
For more information go to: www.100blackmenbr.org.
Photo by: 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge
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this is sad news. we noticed that we had been receiving "brace godfrey dies" googlers all day, so we knew something was up. nevertheless, it's always disappointing and a bit shocking when these types of referrals turn out to be true, like they usually do.
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salvation stories
Brace Godfrey, founding president of 100 Black Men, dies at 58
Advocate staff report
Published: Mar 13, 2010 - UPDATED: 4 p.m.
Baton Rouge lawyer, developer and founding president of 100 Black Men Brace Godfrey died this morning, family members said.
Godfrey was 58.
Godfrey died of a massive heart attack, his wife Cynthia Godfrey said.
More to come as it is available.
UPDATE: 8:26 am cdt 17 march 2010 brace godfrey obituary click here to download two page .pdf [16 kb]
UPDATE 8:53 pm cst Brace Godfrey Jr., BR lawyer, activist dies at 58
flashback: myron lawson voted for brace godfrey to be southern university's legal representative
alexandria city council passes hotel bentley resolution
cleo fields at the supreme court
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8:28 am cdt wednesday 17 march 2010
charlie daniels "long haired country boy" & "uneasy rider"
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UPDATED alexandria la mayor jacques roy mysteriously cancels radio appearance
UPDATED 7:31 pm cst thursday 11 march 2010
lamar white, jr., assistant to city of alexandria, la. mayor jacques roy, responded to our 6:07 pm wednesday update (below) with the following "tweet:"
that tweet in a nutshell is the roy regime. they are ruled by their emotions like an animal or a child. they are all about "getting back at" or "getting even" with someone they have perceived to have slighted them, (whether it was for cause or not) rather than doing an honest, respectable or even competent job for the citizens of alexandria.
wouldnt it have been more professional if mr. white would have responded to our email with something like:
in the future, please do not contact me with these types of inquiries.
instead, please contact ken juneau at (318) 715-0802.
when are alexandrians going to demand a city government that they can be proud of?
----ORIGINALLY POSTED WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2010 @ 7:56 AM----
bob madison on the ksyl talk back live preshow, announced that mayor roy canceled his scheduled friday 12 march 2010 appearance.
wst... has emailed mayoral assistant lamar white, jr. for a comment. if we hear back we will post it here.
UPDATE: 6:07 pm cst well we never heard back from the mayoral assistant. this is more evidence of the roy regime's arrogance and contempt towards regular folks attempting to ask it reasonable questions.
devil at work in the vatican?
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no...not the devil...just a lot of arse bandits and kiddy diddler's...
third circuit holds that recall petition on forest hill mayor marcia young is invalid
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shady gold weems law firm censors local media from video taping a public meeting
state supremes reverse third circuit in touchet v broussard convicted felon to run for public office case
FRANCIS TOUCHET, JR. v. ERNAL J. BROUSSARD (Parish of Vermilion)Touchet v Broussard 10C0380
The Louisiana Constitution disqualifies from candidacy for public office those persons who have been convicted within this state of a felony, or convicted under the laws of the United States of a felony which would also constitute a felony under Louisiana law, unless that person has been pardoned by the governor or by the official having the authority to pardon in the place where the person was convicted and sentenced. La. Const. art. 1 , § 10(B)(1).
Absent a pardon, 15 years must elapse before a felon can seek public office. In this case, Broussard pled guilty to aiding and abetting an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C.§§ 1955 (a) and 2. The Bill of Information, Plea Agreement, and Stipulated Factual Basis all confirm that this crime constituted a felony under La. R.S. 14:90.
The fact La. R.S. 14:90 does not specifically address aiders and abetters is immaterial, as all persons who aid and abet in the commission of a crime are considered principals under Louisiana law. La. R.S. 14:24.
Further, the possibility Broussard obtained an automatic first offender pardon by virtue of La. Const. art. IV , § 5 does not allow him to run for office prior to the expiration of 15 years from the completion of his sentence, as La. Const. art. I, § 10(B)(1) specifically requires that the pardon be granted by the governor or the official having the authority to grant the pardon, such as the President.
An automatic first offender pardon is different than a full gubernatorial or presidential pardon in that it does not restore the status of innocence and does not preclude consideration of a first felony conviction in prohibiting a person from running for public office until the expiration of fifteen years from the completion of his sentence.
For the reasons stated herein, the judgment of the court of appeal is reversed and the judgment of the trial court declaring that Ernal Broussard is disqualified as a candidate for the office of councilman of District B, City of Abbeville is reinstated.
REVERSED; TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT REINSTATED.
UPDATE: abbeville now: State Supreme Court rules Broussard can not run for public office Francis Touchet remains as City Councilman in District B
wow. you gotta admire whoever is behind this blog. no, we have no clue. we've never contacted or been contacted by whomever it is -- we dont know and we dont want to know -- so dont ask.
And what's this all about? We thought the Roy administration had nothing to do with the levee certification. My, my, how long with (sic) the TT ignore this and all we did was google?
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H. R. 3961 all louisiana treasonous traitorous congressional rats vote to extend the usa patriot act
source govtrack see also house roll call vote #67
24 february 2010: passed in the senate by voice vote. a record of each senator's position was not kept.
irregular times excerpt:
An extension of the Patriot Act with no reforms of its abusive powers of unreasonable search and seizure against American citizens has passed the House of Representatives.
The vote was 315 in favor of extending the Patriot Act without reform, 97 against, and 20 not voting.
Search for information about the roll call of this vote online tonight, and you’ll just find this nameless tally of numbers. You won’t find the names. Why?
The reason is that the House Democratic leadership voted on the renewal of the Patriot Act in such a way as to hide the vote from the American people.
Go to the web site of the Clerk of the House, and you’ll see no vote from today about the Patriot Act at all.
What you will see is Roll Call 67, “On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments” for H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act.
That’s the vote on whether to extend the Patriot Act without any reforms of its abusive spying programs.
It doesn’t look like it, of course, but the Patriot Act extension is what’s referred to by “Senate Amendments”.
The Senate Democrats sneaked the Patriot Act extension into a Medicare reform bill, and then voted by voice vote to approve the amendment so that no politician would have to have their name attached to this shameless abandonment of liberty.
The House Democrats benefited from the maneuver as well, being able to vote on unnamed amendments related to Medicare reform, rather than having it on the record for everyone to see that they voted to renew the worst abuses of the Patriot Act without any effort to protect Americans from their spying powers at all. ~ read more
house patriot act 2006 renewal
fbi misused usa patriot act
usa patriot act loss of civil liberties since 911
'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
H.R. 3961--111th Congress: Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009. (2009). In GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation). Retrieved March 2, 2010,
from http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3961
a hillbilly doesnt like being told to 'get over it'
so a local guy who happens to be an elected official and hosted an early am (7:30 - 8:00) talk radio show gets "fired" and a handful of people get bent out of shape about it.
the first call on our clip is actually the second call in sequence. this caller is mad because another radio announcer told him to "get over it" about the firing. if you listen to the second caller which is actually the first call - the one that this guy is complaining about, you can see that the voices dont even match. its not the same person.
the third caller has a proper handle on things. for instance, he suggests that the next time they have (congressman) turn-coat and treasonous traitorous rat rodney alexander on the air, they should ask him how much money he gets from the insurance companies.
psc commissioner clyde holloway on ksyl talk back live
louisiana public service dist #4 commissioner clyde holloway will hold a public meeting starting at 6:00 pm on tuesday 02 march 2010 at buckeye high school to discuss high speed internet access for rural areas.
this morning he was on ksyl talk back live program to talk about the issues he expects to cover at the meeting.
commissioner holloway also talks about the recent cleco rate increase but believes that with the rodemacher 3 power plant coming online that customers will see a rate decrease in a few months.
he says that he talked to cleco this past friday and "they're promising [the psc] that they hope to be cheaper than entergy -- the lowest in the state -- in the next few months as far as electric bills."
according to holloway cleco customers are also going to receive a refund next month.
public service commissioner clyde holloway to hold public meeting on rural broadband access on 02 march 2010
public service commissioner clyde holloway: mistakes made on cleco bills
red sky in morning sailors take warning
click picture to enlarge a deep fiery red sky is evident as the sun rises
over rapides parish, louisiana
intellicast is predicting
Cloudy with periods of rain. Cold. High 47F. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph. Rainfall possibly over one inch.
Evening: Cloudy and damp with rain early...then becoming partly cloudy.
Low 39F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. ~ source
Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.
A red sunrise reflects the dust particles of a system that has just passed from the west. This indicates that a storm system may be moving to the east. If the morning sky is a deep fiery red, it means a high water content in the atmosphere. So, rain is on its way. ~ library of congress source
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring.
O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? ~ jesus christ at saint matthew chapter sixteen verses two and three kjv
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Player Health and Safety
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West Hartford Youth Hockey Association
Tryout Practices and Principles
These Practices and Principles were developed by the WHYHA Board of Directors to:
(1) achieve the most accurate player placement;
(2) provide the players and parents of WHYHA transparency in the process;
(3) provide guidance to tryout evaluators in order to create a more consistent process, and
(4) provide a known set of standards upon which players are measured to assure the highest possible degree of fairness and objectivity in the process.
Tryout coordinators, evaluators, and coaches at all levels put in a tremendous amount of time and personal commitment to adhere to a process created by the organization’s Board of Directors. The Board recognizes that tryouts often cause a great deal of anxiety among players and parents. It is the hope of the Board to allay some of this anxiety by improving transparency and clarifying how the process works.
The WHYHA Board of Directors has created a Tryout Committee to govern the tryout process. The Tryout Committee’s primary goal is to create and implement a fair and objective tryout process. The Tryout Committee will make player placement recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Board is ultimately responsible for the tryout process and resultant team placements. Every year, during the tryout process and the resultant team placements, situations arise where the Tryout Committee recommends, and the Board of Directors decides, difficult placement decisions. The Board, working with the Tryout Committee, will have sole discretion to make decisions that it deems to be in the best interests of the West Hartford Youth Hockey program and its players.
Our tryouts are designed to ensure that each player is placed on the team that will give him/her the greatest opportunity to develop their hockey skills and that will provide a positive learning experience. There is no process that is perfect. WHYHA spends a lot of time evaluating and enhancing our process to ensure that it is fair and objective. Any WHYHA player or parent who has further questions should feel free to contact the Tryout Committee. You may email the Tryout Committee at: @westhartfordhockey.com
Also, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions tab in the Tryouts section on the website. These FAQ’s will often address the most common questions and issues that arise during this process. We will continue to update the FAQ page in order to provide additional information.
While tryouts are ongoing, parents should refrain from speaking about the tryouts to any other member of the evaluation process: coaches, evaluators or coordinators. This will help ensure that the process is run in the most objective manner possible.
SCHEDULE OF EVALUATIONS
· Teams. Bantam, Pee Wee, Squirt, and Mite players shall be evaluated by the Tryout Committee and placed on a team in the Spring preceding the players’ USA Hockey Year.
· Timing. The Spring tryout schedule will be posted as early as possible, based on the scheduler’s knowledge of available ice times and final approval of the Board of Directors. Tryouts will be slated to begin once the CHC tournaments are completed for each respective level. Tryouts will be held at either Veteran’s Rink in West Hartford or Trinity College in Hartford. Please check the website for the tryout schedule dates, times and locations. These dates and times may be modified based on league scheduling needs.
· Conflicts. Every effort is taken to avoid conflicts with school vacations, tournaments, and game and playoff schedules. Conflicts are inevitable no matter the level of planning. The Tryout Committee will use its best efforts to schedule tryouts at the most appropriate time for every level of play. Tryouts are not optional. Any player that is not able to attend tryouts must notify the Tryout Committee prior to tryouts and is not guaranteed a spot on a travel team.
TRYOUT BREAKDOWN
There will be two or three tryout evaluation sessions for each Division Level of play, depending on the number of registered participants. For each tryout session, numbered Pinneys, rather than names on jerseys, are used to identify and keep track of players during the tryouts. You will be given instructions at check-in on the first day of tryouts regarding Pinneys and numbers.
During the tryout sessions, players will be asked to exhibit the following in a series of drills and game play:
• Skating - Stride, Edges, Speed, Crossovers, Forward & Backward Skating
• Puck Carrier - Puck Handling, Receiving, Shooting, Passing, Control
• Effort- Forecheck, Backcheck, Tenacity
· Game Play Skills- ability, positional play and competitiveness
Full time goalies should attend the tryouts as goalies and will also be evaluated based on their skill in both drills and game play situations.
TRYOUT EVALUATORS
As in the past, the Tryout Committee will have Independent Evaluators for tryout sessions. These Independent Evaluators may be from outside the organization and/or current and/or former coaches, who do not have a son or daughter trying out at that Division Level. The Tryout Committee will also engage dedicated Independent Evaluators for Goalies. The Independent Evaluators will report to the Tryout Committee and will not share any of their evaluations with Coaches or Parents, in order to keep the process as objective as possible.
GUIDELINES FOR PLAYER RANKINGS & SELECTION
After the completion of the on-ice tryout, the Tryout Committee will meet to determine final player rankings. These final player rankings are based on a weighting of a player’s most recent coaches evaluation and of his/her tryout performance. The Tryout Committee will report their findings to the Board of Directors. Teams will then be selected based on these rankings.
Please note that if two players are being considered for the last spot on the same team and both have been evaluated and determined to be of equal skill, the second year player at that Division Level will be placed ahead of the first year player.
Additionally, if two players – one of whom is new to WHYHA – are being considered for the last spot on the same team and both have been evaluated and determined to be of equal skill, the WHYHA player will be placed ahead of the player from another organization.
Note for Parents: We are hopeful that every player in WHYHA will continue to skate year in and year out to develop long-lasting friendships with their teammates. Furthermore, we recognize that every player is unique and his or her development curve may jump ahead or lag behind his or her peers. With this in mind, the Tryout Committee will try to acknowledge the forward progress of each skater for the next season, but in some instances, that will not be possible and a player may remain stationary or in some instances drop back. Player placement is not lockstep from year-to-year. For example, Returning B players are not guaranteed A placements. This philosophy holds true for the goalie position as well.
POSITION AND GOALIE SELECTION
Skaters - Position players shall be placed based on overall ability and not specific positions, as all players at these ages benefit from playing multiple positions to gain an evolving understanding of the game.
Goalies – Goalies will be evaluated by one or more Independent Goalie Evaluators. These evaluators will rank the goalies at each Division level, and when combined with the prior year coaches’ evaluations, if available, the Tryout Committee will submit a final ranking to the Board of Directors.
Where the number of goalies exceeds the number of teams, the Coaching Director will discuss the situation with goalie’s parents to discuss the best outcomes. In such situations, an effort will be made to allow similarly skilled goalies to choose between splitting time on a higher team, or going to a lower team where he or she would be the only goalie.
GUIDELINES FOR TEAM CREATION
The Board of Directors, with input from the Tryout Committee, will determine the number of teams at each Division Level. This decision will be primarily based on the number of players attending tryouts. The Board of Directors, with input from the Tryout Committee, will also determine the number of players on each team based on the final player rankings after tryouts. The goal is to ideally limit roster size to a maximum of 15 skaters and 1 goaltender, with a minimum of 13 skaters and 1 goaltender. However, overall numbers and player rankings may impact the program’s ability to achieve this goal.
GUIDELINES FOR COACH SELECTION
WHYHA recognizes and believes that high quality coaching is one of the most important ingredients for a successful hockey experience. Every effort will be made to have the best possible Head Coach available to coach each team. The selection and subsequent announcement of a Head Coach will occur ONLY after teams have been formed. However, in the absence of an available qualified head coach, the Coaching Director, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, may, in exceptional circumstances, add a player from a lower team to secure the commitment of a qualified Head Coach.
NOTICE OF PLAYER PLACEMENT
WHYHA will make every effort to notify players of their placement on a team within 48 hours of the completion of the final tryout at their Division Level. Team selections will be posted on the website. WHYHA will also make every effort to name the Head Coach of the team at that time.
POST TRYOUT PLAYER ADDITION POLICY
After tryouts have occurred, players wishing to join a WHYHA travel team will be accommodated to the extent possible. The Coaching Director will consider roster additions to the team determined appropriate given a player’s skills and only if the existing roster size permits an addition. In all cases, the player will need to be evaluated on-ice in some form, most likely in the Fall. All such post-tryout accommodations for late registrants will be done first with the best interests of the players and the coaches of the set teams and then with the individual late registrant in mind.
"Play-Up" Policy
USA Hockey rules permit a player to ‘play up’, but players should not generally ‘play up’ more than one age classification. For example, an 8 year old player may ‘play up’ one age group, so he/she could play for the “10 and under” team. In some cases, based on the skill, size of a player, or other considerations, it may be desirable to utilize this option; in other cases, it may be best for the player to remain in the lower age group.
USA Hockey’s rules do not require an association to allow any player(s) to ‘play up.’
All such requests should be made in writing to the WHYHA board of directors, by the parents or guardian, to help document any such requests and the parents/guardian’s desire to have it granted. The written document can become important if the player becomes injured, as a result of the ‘play up’ request. An impartial evaluation of the player’s skills {compared to others at the level requested} will be considered by WHYHA conducted by the player's current coach (or an impartial panel of coaches) before a decision is made by the WHYHA board on a ‘play up’ request. Once a decision is made by the WHYHA board on the 'play-up' request, the player may be granted the ability to tryout at the age classification above the player's current age classification.
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Toot & Whistle - Ward Kimball’s Trains
In the History Gallery – Free with Museum Admission: In this multimedia presentation, learn about Disney animator Ward Kimball — the only employee Walt Disney called a “genius” — and his incredible railroad hobby. Kimball supervised the creation of iconic Disney characters including Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, the crows in Dumbo, the mice and Lucifer in Cinderella, and the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, and March Hare in Alice in Wonderland. You’ll see rare video and still images of Ward’s remarkable train collection as we explore how railroading influenced him and vice versa. We’ll highlight the incredible Grizzly Flats Railroad that Ward and Betty Kimball built in the 1930’s and discover how it is being preserved for future generations today. Finally, we’ll reveal how Kimball was directly responsible for rekindling Walt Disney’s love of railroading, and how this led to Disneyland and the modern theme park experience. Presented by Michael Campbell, a Disney historian, public speaker and curator of our current exhibition, Walt Disney’s Trains, with special guest Ken Mitchroney, a director, animator, best selling author and leader of the Emma Nevada and Chloe locomotive restorations projects.
Free w/museum admission
info@napavalleymuseum.org
Napa Valley Museum
55 President's Circle
94599 Yountville, CA
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LAST UPDATED: JUNE 13
Just added are a series of articles from 1918 including:
big government order for Bast Mills, a possible new
swimming pool in town, businessmen battle a
snowstorm, Sausser's Hardware reorganizes, telephone
usage increases in town and stories about the coal
washeries.
This listing appeared in the Pottsville Republican on May 19, 1888 offering a roster of businesses paying mercantile taxes in
Schuylkill Haven. Below the chart are examples of advertising pieces from some of those businesses.
Achenbach, Mrs. D. H.
Keller, Charles
Butz, J. H.
Kline, F. L.
Berger, H.
Kline, W. L.
Berger, Jacob
Loeb, A.
Becker, W. M.
Losch, James
Stoves & Tinware
Bowman, Mrs. M
Leitzel, M. E.
Coxe, H. N.
Druggist
Motzer, J. H.
Commings, David
Meck, C. A.
Dengler, G. F.
McWilliams, Mrs. Geo
Dress, Daniel
Mills, W. E.
Ehman, John
Ney, D. P.
Fenstermacher,David
Nice, N. A.
Pflueger, M. F.
Freed, G. G.
Tobacco & Cigars
Rudy, W. D.
Felix, K. E.
Sausser, H. H.
Garrett, A. P.
Saylor, C. W.
Geiger, J. A.
Saylor, C. D.
Greenawald, William
Flour & Feed
Saylor, H. J.
Hoy, P. T.
Sterner, J. H.
Hein, Brown & Co.
Thomas, E. W.
Heinbach, Charles
Thompson & Co.
Herbst, J. M.
Zulick, H. H.
Jenkins, W.
Ziegenfus, Elias
Jones, Robert
Pottsville Republican of October 6, 1887
NEWSPAPER SUSPENSION
It was with feelings of regret that we read the announcement in that paper this morning of the suspension of the Schuylkill Haven "Enterprise", a newspaper venture in which
our esteemed young friend, George F. Dengler embarked about two years ago. Mr. Dengler and his partner, Mr. Boyer, have labored in season and out of season during this
lapse of time to give our neighboring borough a credible representative weekly local paper and they succeeded well in their part, but the business community failed in doing
their share, hence the failure. The plant will remain in Schuylkill Haven and the job printing business continued. We sincerely hope the people of that handsome little borough
will wake up to a realization of their loss and the publication of the "Enterprise" will soon be resumed.
The demise of Schuylkill Haven's only newspaper of the day...and then a new venture...
Pottsville Republican of June 9, 1888
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY RENOVATED
The photograph gallery of Harry S. Deibert has been renovated and placed in order so as to compare with any in the county. All modern
instruments and appliances are used so as to be at the front of his art. It is a picture of neatness being on the ground floor, with a large
lawn in back of it which is arranged in a miniature park with trees, flowers, rustic benches and lattice work where he makes a specialty
of taking groups and those who desire pictures of a romantic nature. The lightning flash photograph is a new addition whereby he can
take pictures at night. A visit to his gallery is a study in this beautiful art.
Pottsville Republican of November 20, 1885
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S POPULAR HOTEL
Two attempts have been made to sell the Washington Hall property here, but it has again been adjourned by the trustee for causes to the public unknown. Attorney Gerber
represents the trustee and Attorney Weidman, the heirs of the estate of the late Philip Koons. The present landlord of the property is Colonel Charles D. Gold, who came to this
place from Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, and made this hotel what it now is, one of the best and most reliable hotel stands in this section of the state and whoever succeeds him
will find a fine trade and with equal ability the same can be held. Colonel Gold leaves this place for Phoenixville in April next, where he has secured a permanent stand and
judging from his success here, where he made a first class stand out of one that had been almost abandoned and gone to wreck. He will surely succeed anywhere. Our
Phoenixville neighbors will find in Colonel Gold a good citizen, a man devoted to the cause of education and one who can give satisfaction to any reasonable sojourner,
traveler or local customer. Schuylkill Haven will only feel their loss when he is once away.
Pottsville Republican of January 2, 1886
SALE OF WASHINGTON HALL
The old and well known hotel, "The Washington Hall", at Schuylkill Haven, was put up for the fourth time at public sale this week and was finally struck off to Mr. Henry
Zimmerman of that place, at the low figure of six thousand dollars. The property has been in the hands of the Koons family for more than twenty five years. It is the best located
and most commodious hotel building in our neighboring borough and with proper repairs and a good landlord will do a large business.
Pottsville Republican of September 25, 1886
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BANK
On the subject of a new bank in that town, the Schuylkill Haven Enterprise of this morning says: the Enterprise has been persistent in its efforts to awaken an interest among
our businessmen and citizens of the need and convenience of a bank located in our midst. The suggestions as to the wants of our town in this particular, were widely copied by
exchanges and today we point with pride to the fact that a movement has been inaugurated towards the establishment of a banking institution. A preliminary meeting of the
businessmen was held at the Washington Hotel, at which five of the Directors of the Bank of America, Philadelphia, were present. They were Louis E. Pfeifer, President, R. W.
Cline, Cashier, J. B. Wiswell, C. L. Work and J. J. McFarlane, Directors. They fully explained the branch bank system which is made a special feature of this well managed and
prosperous bank. Those present were favorably impressed and at once resolved themselves into a meeting, electing Dr. H. N. Coxe as Chairman and George F. Dengler as
Secretary. It was then suggested that the chairman appoint a committee of nine, whose business shall consist of gathering subscriptions for stock, select a banking building
and suggest the names of suitable officers for the branch bank. The following committee were announced: C. A. Meck, Chairman, Charles Wiltrout, F. J. Simon, William D. Kline,
Robert Jones, George E Hoffman, H. Berger and Dr. D. Dechert. The next meeting is called for Tuesday, October 5th, when all persons interested in banking facilities in our
town, whether it be that you desire stock or merely deposit accommodations, are asked to be present and hear more of the system of the proposed branch bank.
Pottsville Republican of October 16,1886
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S BANK
The prospect for starting a bank at Schuylkill Haven has taken on quite a boom the past week. A meeting of the citizens was called for Tuesday evening last and a large number
were present and ready for business. A committee consisting of Messrs. Charles A. Meck, Robert Jones, F. J. Simon and Charles Wiltrout was appointed to receive
subscriptions for stock and to report Tuesday next at Metamora Hall at 8:00 p. m. when the foundation of the institution will be determined upon.
Pottsville Republican of December 9, 1889
A NEW DAILY PAPER
The "Schuylkill Haven Gazette" makes the following announcement, "Commencing with Monday next we will begin the publication of an afternoon edition which will be
circulated in Schuylkill Haven, Cressona, Orwigsburg and throughout the whole lower section of Schuylkill County. The increasing popularity of our town demands it and the
accommodation of advertisers must be taken into consideration. The daily issue will be a five column folio and will contain a summary of all telegraphic matters, reported for
this paper by the Associated Press and also all local events of interest. The management of the Gazette have made all necessary arrangements to give its readers a good spicy
daily paper.
Pottsville Republican of March 7, 1895
Schuylkill Haven industries are well worthy a note. The shoe factory and knitting mills give employment to several hundred men, women and boys and all are extraordinarily
prosperous. We have already referred to Berger, Brown and Company's shoe factory. Here women's misses and children's shoes are turned out in excellent style and pattern
and in great quantities. There are five knitting mills. That of Harrison Berger and Son is located at the old flour mill on Dock Street. J. F. Bast's establishment in on Berne
Street and starts up Monday and works until Saturday night without shutting down steam as they work two shifts. Daniel Sharadin's mill is near Columbia Street near Canal. J. F.
Thompson and Company's works are on Margaretta Street and E. H. Baker is running a big plant on a small street off of Saint John Street. The latest acquisition is Keller
Shoemaker and Company whose new mill just started up this week. It is located on Prospect Hill and is fitted up with all the latest machinery. All the factories make underwear
and one makes fast black hose. The capacity of these five mills is nearly five thousand shirts a day. The shoe factory and the knitting mills use immense quantities of paper
boxes and this gives prosperity to W. F. Doherty's big box factory. Yes, Schuylkill Haven is forging ahead and that too without much brass band business.
The Call of February 12, 1898
A PORTABLE WASHERY
Hiester C. Boyer and John H. Phillips of Pottsville put men to work this week at the lower end of the town to reclaim coal washed into the Schuylkill River from the collieries
situated along its tributaries. The scheme they are about to adopt is an original one. It is proposed to build a large scow upon which they will erect screens and shutes to
separate the coal from the silt and the assort it into different sizes and then deposit it on the river's bank. The screens will be run by an engine propelled by steam supplied by
a boiler, all of which will be erected upon the scow. A soon as the coal is removed from the river bed in the vicinity, the scow will be transported to a point farther south and
operations will be again resumed and so on until the coal in the entire length of the river, a distance of one mile, is removed in this way. This firm has secured a lease for all
the land owned along the river from the Graver Hotel to a point about one mile south. The culm is deposited from six to eight feet in the river bed and it is estimated that
millions of tons of coal will be reclaimed by this method, every pound which will find ready sale to local consumers, which will bring handsome returns for the investment. This
novel washery can be operated at little expense.
The Call of October 5, 1900
NEW WASHERY IN OPERATION - Improved Apparatus Now in Use to Abstract
The new coal washery now in operation in the Schuylkill River at Quarlie Point, the foot of Canal Street, this place, is attracting large numbers of spectators daily. The apparatus
was built and is owned by Mr. James Ammon, a retired coal merchant of Reading. Mr. Ammon's purpose is to abstract the coal from the dirt and culm now forming the bed of the
river. The deposit of culm is from thee to six feet in depth and is known to contain a large percentage of the very best free burning coal. To accomplish this purpose, a scow
fourteen by twenty five feet in size has been constructed and on this is placed the machinery, which consists of a powerful and latest improved suction pump, operated by an
eighteen horsepower engine. A twenty four horsepower boiler furnishes the steam. Sieves and other necessary fixtures are also placed aboard the scow. A six inch hose
attached to the pump extends down into the mass of water, dirt and culm and all substances less than six inches in size in close proximity to the opening are drawn up through
the hose and deposited in a revolving screen or sieve, with meshes of four different sizes, which separates the buckwheat, pea, nut, and stove coal. From the screen the coal
drops into bins below, from which it is removed by workmen and carried to the shore in boats specially built for that purpose. The water, sand and other fine dirt separated
from the coal is caught up by a trough at a point under the screens and run off the rear of the scow into that part of the river already gone over by the hose. The scow, which is
moved by means of ropes on shore, seesaws across the stream, making its own course and each time advancing about ten feet. It is Mr. Ammon's intention to traverse the
river up to the Columbia Street covered bridge. The pump has a daily capacity of one thousand tons and it is expected that that amount of material handled will give a daily yield
of about 125 tons of coal, nearly all of which he expects to ship to other points. He will do some retailing. The first trial of the apparatus was made on Wednesday morning and
proved entirely successful.
The Call of October 19, 1900
THE SCOW SANK
An unfortunate occurrence put a temporary halt to the operations of the new coal washery in the Schuylkill River at the foot of Canal Street, this place. Last Friday evening,
shortly before the suspension of he day's work, the scow suddenly sank, but fortunately the water at that point was only about two feet deep and the valuable machinery aboard
was not submerged. It was supposed that the scow had been built sufficiently large to carry the weight of the heavy machinery. Instead of floating, as had been supposed, the
scow had been simply resting on the deposit of culm covering the bottom of the river. Large quantities of the culm surrounding the scow had been removed by the pump and
the scow, losing its support, went down. Mr. Ammon, the proprietor, is having another scow constructed, twenty by thirty three feet in size, which is calculated large enough to
sustain the enormous weight. The operations up to the time of the accident had been very successful.
CAFE KAUFMAN
Douglas Kaufman has given Schuylkill Haven something for which there has been a crying need for several years - a first
class restaurant, where meals can be obtained at all hours and where the finest beers, wines and liquors obtainable can
be had. Café Kauffman opened on Saturday last and has been enjoying a trade that is very gratifying to its proprietor.
The café is located in the Kaufman building on Main Street, between Saint John and Saint Peter Streets. The bar and
lunch rooms are on the ground floor. They are painted and papered in green and white, while the handsome fixtures are
of antique quartered oak floor and is fitted with a coal range and a gas range both of the latest and most approved
patterns. On the second floor are two public dining rooms and a private dining room, all beautifully carpeted and
handsomely furnished with pretty pictures on the walls and lace curtains on the windows. The café is lighted throughout
by electric light. It contains every modern requisite for the comfort and speedy service of its guests. It is understood
that the formal opening will take place on the seventeenth and that a chicken and waffle supper will be served.
The article at right
denotes the
opening of "Cafe
Kaufman in
Schuylkill Haven.
The ad at left
appeared on the
front page of "The
Call" regularly
after the grand
The Call of May 8, 1903
IT WAS A PUT UP JOB - The Street Fight Precipitated by a Gang of Toughs
The unfortunate street fight on Main Street on Tuesday night of last week has been he subject of a thorough investigation upon the part of Douglass Kaufman, the proprietor of
Kaufman's Café. Mr. Kaufman was holding his opening, and his restaurant was crowded with patrons, most of them personal friends, many of whom had come from a distance to
aid in the making the affair a success. The Schuylkill Haven Drum Corps,engaged for the occasion, were playing in front of the café, when suddenly there was an attack upon
the assembled crowd in the street, which was ended in a few moments by prompt and decisive action upon the part of those standing by. Mr. Kaufman was busy in his cellar
getting out supplies and knew nothing of the disturbance until it was over and at no time was there any disturbance in the café. Mr. Kaufman is reliably informed that a crowd of
young fellows came down from Pottsville with the avowed purpose of creating a row. They were not intoxicated but were bent upon mischief and kept up their tactics until the
disturbance resulted. No one deplores the affair more than Mr. Kaufman, although he realizes he is not open to censure in the matter as it was something for which he is not
responsible and could not control. Mr. Kaufman's sole idea in locating here has been to give this town the benefit of a restaurant that is first class in all of its appointments and
where an appetizing meal may be had at any hour and he believes the community will support him in the maintaining of such a model establishment.
The Call of May 27, 1904
DRUG STORE CHANGES HANDS
Wellington Hartman last week sold the Gem Pharmacy to G. I. Bensinger, who has been his clerk for a number of years. Mr. Bensinger graduated with honors from the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1886 and has been practicing his profession ever since. He is one of the most popular young men in the town and his success is assured.
Mr. Hartman has for some time been manufacturing specialties for the drug and liquor trades and has recently established a wholesale liquor house and he retires from the
retail drug business in order to more fully devote his time to the manufacture and sale of his specialties, which have already won a statewide reputation and by merit alone are
pushing their way into all the surrounding commonwealths.
The Call of September 11, 1914
WILL CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Tonight there will be celebrated an interesting event in the town's business section. It will be the tenth anniversary of one of our most enterprising
young businessmen, namely,E. G. Underwood. Today it is just ten years since this businessman, as manager for the Doutrich and Company store, opened
for business in Schuylkill Haven. In that time he has not only developed a most up to date gent's furnishing store but has set a standard for successful
businessmen in our town. Ten years ago, this burg was, so far as its businessmen were concerned, at a standstill. Shortly after the arrival of Mr.
Underwood in the town, his up to date business ideas and public spiritedness began to make itself felt in many directions. Other businessmen began to
see their opportunities which they were leaving slip by for making this a livelier and busier town. They began to pursue different tactics and to the credit
of this one man, it must be said the town took on a new life. In the ten years he has been in Schuylkill Haven he and his work has been an incentive for
bigger and better things which have done much to advance the town. The steady and vigorous growth of the clothing store with which for two years he
was connected as manager, and for six and one half years as a member of the firm Doutrich and Company, and for the last year and a half as proprietor, is
due to the splendid service, sound business judgement and honest and straight forward business methods employed. This store, as it stands today in
appearance and the ready response of the people, the large increase in volume of business, fully attest that Mr. Underwood has proven himself a most
thorough and efficient businessman. A man capable of knowing just what the people need and should have and a man who has not hesitated in beginning at the very first
stage, i. e. creating the desire to be clothed in stylish and well fitting and up to the minute clothes and then supplying the demand. The store has become the most popular
among the men and boys of this town ans the surrounding community.
Mr. Underwood came to Schuylkill Haven from Gettysburg where he was employed in the store of Weaver and Son. As manager for Doutrich and Company the store had a depth
of seventy five feet. This later was increased by forty feet. After a few years the merchant tailoring feature was added to the line of gents clothing and furnishings. Later
almost two complete floors were occupied instead of one. Only last year the store was further enlarged for the accommodation of a Ladies Department of coats, suits and furs.
It is in celebration of the ten years Mr. Underwood has been in business in Schuylkill Haven that he has arranged for an anniversary. Mr. Underwood fully is cognizant of the
fact that it is to the public to whom is due the greater portion of credit for his success, as it was by their patronage that the present business has prospered and grown to such
an extent. In view of this fact he extends a cordial invitation to everyone to attend the anniversary ceremonies which will be held tonight, Friday, September 11.
At left is a bottle of "Old Virginia
Bitters" supplied by Wellington
Hartman of Schuylkill Haven.
This rare bottle commands a
premium price. At right is an ad
from the Call newspaper for one
of his concoctions.
E. G. UNDERWOOD
The insatiable demand for houses and the
prospects of Schuylkill Haven's prosperity for
some time to come have created somewhat of a
real estate boom and the new addition to the
town opened by Messrs. Saul and Stanton
appears to be the favored location. Within the
past week three of the finest building sites have
been sold and the purchasers expect to build in
the spring. This is one of the most desirable
locations in the town, being high and dry, with
pure air and a splendid natural drainage and is
within easy reach of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the trolley, while it is only a five minutes
walk from the center of town.
Schuylkill Haven was considered a prosperous town in the county and area one hundred years ago and the real estate business
flourished. The article at the left from the Call of November 3, 1905 made a regular appearance in the paper along with the plot plan
at right as seen in the August 4, 1905 edition. The plot plan shows available lots on what is now Centre Avenue, Stanton Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue.
FINE BUILDING SITES
Owning an automobile in 1912 was considered quite different then it is today. Below is an article listing all auto
owners in Schuylkill Haven. This type of listing appeared at various times throughout the year.
The Call of July 19, 1912
LIST OF LOCAL AUTO OWNERS
The following is a list of automobile owners in Schuylkill Haven and the name of the car. There are forty nine
automobiles, six of this number are trucks. Last year there were twenty eight machines in town or an increase in
one year of twenty one machines. It is quite likely before the season is over this number will be increased to a
still larger number as there are quite a few persons who expect to purchase a machine this year. The Ford and
Cadillac machines seem to be the favorites with the local drivers, there being an equal number of each make in
the town, eleven Cadillacs and eleven Fords.
H. R. Heim Cutting Joseph Michel Cadillac
Samuel Rowland Cadillac Frank Heim Inter-State
Carl Bitzer Buick George H. Michel National
O. O. Bast Ford Charles Michel Cadillac
Howard Stager Maxwell George A. Berger Cadillac
George Saul Cadillac W. Hartman Ford
Jacob Reed Cadillac Mrs. Charles Sheaf Buick
Dr. L. D. Heim Overland Charles Faust Cadillac
D. D. Coldren Ford Dr. J. A. Lessig Ford
Dr. A. H. Detweiler Ford F. B. Keller Inter-State
John Ebling Ford Rev. E. H. Smoll Buick
Edward Borda Maxwell T. J. Davis Ford
Daniel Greenwald Ford Thomas Berger Cadillac
John Berger Cadillac William Kramer Cadillac
Blaine Sharadin Maxwell William Stitzer Ford
Irwin Becker Ford Herbert Baker Buick
William Killian Studebaker Daniel Kramer Rambler
Frank Runkle Buick Saul and Zang Modern Truck
George Long Buick Sam Sausser Rambler
Walter Meck Everett W. H. Moyer Overland
Harry Dohner Flanders John Dohner Ford
Jacob Berger E. M. F. Mrs. D. Dechert Buick
J. Harry Filbert Cadillac P. T. Hoy and Sons Chase Truck
Michel Brothers 1 Mack truck, 2 Modern Trucks
The Call of August 6, 1920
TEARING DOWN ONE OF TOWN'S OLDEST FACTORY BUILDINGS
During the week, the frame rear portion of the Hoffman Knitting Mill was being torn down by the contractor preparatory to the construction of a brick addition to this plant. The
frame portion to be demolished is probably one of the town's oldest factory buildings, having been built and used by Francis Warner as a shoe factory. It has for years been
used as a factory building, both as a shoe factory and underwear mill by different firms. The excavating adjoining the present Hoffman Mill continues, a sufficient depth not
having been reached yet. On this site will be constructed a three story brick factory building. The present mill will have another brick story placed on it. When completed, the
Hoffman Mill will be entirely of brick of a size 110 feet in depth and 50 feet frontage, three stories in height and a basement. For some time three buildings have been used by
Mr. Hoffman for his knitting mill, namely the Margaretta Street mill, the mill across the street, formerly the candy factory and the building formerly occupied by A. H. Kline as a
factory. It is proposed to have all the operations conducted in the new building when completed.
The Call of December 12, 1919
TOWN HAS LARGEST GARAGE IN COUNTY
The automobile garage on West Main Street of Berger and son is about completed and ready for occupancy by ninety autos. This is the number of machines that can be
accommodated in this building. Already some thirty machines have had reservations made for them by their owners. The garage as was stated in these columns some time ago
is the largest one floor garage in Schuylkill County. It is 68 feet wide with a depth of 148 feet. The placing of iron girders made it possible to erect the building without the use
of supports or posts at different parts of the floor. This affords an unobstructed floor space of unusual size and will greatly facilitate the handling of cars and make it possible
for auto owners to take out and put back again their car with greater ease. The garage is fireproof in its entirety. In addition to the same being a garage, the owners will carry a
complete line of auto tires and all kinds of accessories. A gasoline and air tank will also be installed. It is planned to have a formal opening of the garage in the very near
future at which time a band is to be present to furnish music for those who may wish to dance. A demonstration will also be given of the Overland and Cole Eight autos which
this firm is agent for.
The Call of March 5, 1920
TO HAVE COMPLETELY EQUIPPED MACHINE SHOP
In addition to the George A. Berger and Son building on West Main Street being one of the roomiest garages in the county, it will also be a modern and first class equipped
machine shop, where it will be possible to procure prompt auto repairs of the cost complicated nature and all kinds of general repairs. The motors, lathes and other machinery
has arrived and will be set up the coming week. There will be several machinists employed. One of the machinists will begin work the coming week. He is George Blew,
formerly foreman of the Serfas Motor Car Company of Pottsville. There are some sixty five automobiles stored in this garage at present. There remains but a small part of the
floor space to be concreted. Work on this will begin the coming week.
SECOND BATHING BEACH OPENED
Schuylkill Haven now has two bathing beaches, in addition to the "Dock" and several other swimming places. The second bathing beach to be officially opened was that at
Bittle's Dam which took place on Monday evening. The Bressler Band was present and rendered a concert the early part of the evening. Many bathers were present and
enjoyed the cooling off and quite a large number of onlookers were also on the job. Mr. Spotts, the owner of the beach has had the dam cleaned out and the dam breast raised
so that a good depth of cool fresh spring water is obtainable. A large bath house has been erected and ten dozen bathing suits purchased so that all persons wishing to bathe
can be accommodated.
GIRL CAME NEAR DROWNING
Mildred, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meck, narrowly escaped drowning at Killian's on Wednesday evening. She with her brother Charles were enjoying themselves
when suddenly she went under. Charles promptly called for help. There were no adult persons in the vicinity and Miss Mary Lessig, daughter of Dr. J. A. and Mrs. Lessig, who
was nearby and had been enjoying the bathing came to the rescue. Nothing but a bubble on the water's surface could be seen. She dove at the point where the bubbles were
noticed and struck the body. Upon coming to the surface she quickly made known her finding. By this time there was considerable commotion and excitement. Mr. Harry
Sterner of Centre Avenue, who happened to be walking along the dam, as soon as he learned of the facts, threw off his hat and fully dressed dove in under and brought the girl
to the surface. As soon as the air was reached the child sort of regained consciousness and with a little effort was soon out of danger although her face was very blue when
rescued and it was feared her rescuer came too late. She was taken to the home of her parents on Saint Peter Street in an automobile and put to bed. Outside from suffering
from shock she appears none the worse for her narrow escape from drowning.
NEW BUILDING ON OLD LANDMARK
One of the oldest buildings in Schuylkill Haven is soon to be razed and on its site will be erected two pretty and very modern dwelling houses. The building that will be razed is
the Voute-Filbert-Keller-Call Building. It is known by any one of these names by reason of it having at one time been owned by the first three and for twenty five or more years,
and up until several years ago occupied by The Call. The building will be razed by Contractor Canfield. Work of demolition was begun in a small way this week. The steam
shovel will be put on the job shortly and although strongly constructed and in the good old manner of building, it is expected it will be down in a very short time. With the
building will also be removed a number of trees, one in particular, a horse chestnut tree, on the premises is over a hundred years of age.
Messrs. F. B. Keller and H. E. Snayberger will have built upon the site a very modern double two and one half story dwelling house. It will be of the Foxcraft stone. This is the
same stone as the Strunck Memorial Hall is built. The building will be several feet above the grade of the street and will face on Dock. At each side of the building will be a
large porch, one to face on Main Street and the other toward Spring Garden. There will be one main entrance to the building which will be off of Dock Street. There will also be
driveways. The style of architecture will be on the Colonial style. The contract for the construction of this building was recently let to Burton E. Cooper of Port Carbon. The
architect is Harry Maurer of Reading. When the new building is completed it will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Keller and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Snayberger. Its completion will
probably mark the beginning of building alterations and operations on a large scale at the First National Bank of which Mr. Keller is president. The space used as living
quarters now occupied by Mr. Keller in the bank building is to be used for the banking space and the new banking building is to be of the most modern in style and design.
BATHING BEACH TO BE ENLARGED
There are big things booked for Schuylkill Haven in the way of a bathing beach and amusement park by next summer. The same will be the outcome of the extension of Willow
Lake on Garfield Avenue which has already become a most popular resort, not only for local persons but for many people from other towns. The proprietor, Joseph Killian, has
decided to enlarge the present bathing beach and provide the public with a regular New Jersey seashore resort. The only thing that will be lacking is the salt water. The dams
are to be increased in size and work on this will be commenced early in September. The entire length of the dams will be 585 feet. The width at the lower breast or widest point
will be 240 feet and at the upper end 130 feet. It will be made twelve and one half feet in depth at and near the dam breast. Although making the beach large in size to
accommodate many persons and deeper to please some of the more daring ones, Mr. Killian is cognizant of the youngsters pleasure as well, and for their special pleasure is
going to provide and set apart a space of 140 feet by 52 feet which will be concreted and will be from two and a half to three and a half feet in depth. A stem shovel will be used
for the purpose of deepening the dam.
Not only is the bathing feature to be given attention but the pleasure and recreation features outside of bathing are to be provided for. These in the form of a park. Below the
dam breast there is to be made a park 500 feet in length and 150 to 250 feet in width. On this space will be planted shade trees in large numbers. A pavilion to be used for
dances and band concerts is to be erected. A pavilion or building that will house a merry go round and other indoor amusements is to be erected. Several slides and swings
for the children will also be built as well as other outdoor park amusements. Tables and benches will be placed for the convenience of picnic parties and private persons
wishing to take their meals in the park. All these things are provided for in the plans and blueprints that have been drawn up for the improvement of this place and the work is
to be commenced early in September. Marlin Scott of Pottsville, who for years was one of the managers at the Tumbling Run resort is affiliated with Mr. Killian in this latter
feature. Building plots have also been laid out at the dam, there being twenty two on the north side of the dam and twelve on the south side. Eight of these lots have already
been sold and the owners intend on erecting bungalows thereon. Several will begin erection of the buildings this year.
The articles below all relate to the swimming pool at Willow Lake, originally owned by the Killian family.
This truck and two teams of horses
were used by Joseph Killian who
operated the ice business at Killian's
Dam in the Willow Lake area of town.
He also operated the swimming pool
that was located there.
PUTTING IN SIDE TRACK TO WASHERY
A side track or siding to the Manbeck Washery is being placed by the Reading Company. In order to provide the siding slag and cinder is being taken from the Rolling Mill
property. This in turn will make this piece of land more necessary fill to the washery which is very near the end of Canal Street or Parkway, a fill of four feet consisting of
desirable as building lots. The placing of the side track to the washery will make it possible to load the coal for shipment at the washery instead of trucking it to the coal chute
near the Union Knitting Mill. It will in turn also eliminate the condition at this point sometime complained of by pedestrians, namely, that of the pavement over which the trucks
passed of being covered with mud.
The Call of June 14, 1929
D. M. BITTLE'S MORGUE FINEST IN THIS LOCALITY
The morgue and embalming parlors of Undertaker D. M. Bittle of Schuylkill Haven are without a doubt the most modern and up to date in this section of Pennsylvania. One
usually thinks or possibly speaks of a morgue as a place only to be visited by the undertaker and the dead and the mention of the word results in chills creeping up and down
one's back. However, modern methods used in caring for and preparing the dead for burial have relieved this phase of the work of its so called horrors. A visit to the morgue
of Mr. Bittle can be made without the slightest fear of being unnerved. This because he has provided a large space for modern equipment and furnishings and everything
possible is done in order that the lifeless body can be tenderly cared for in a most sanitary and clean manner. One finds the morgue is a large room resembling the operating
room of a modern hospital. It is enameled in white, is well lighted and all the equipment is of white porcelain. One finds a large white porcelain operating table, white
instrument cabinets, wash stands with hot and cold water available and shelves and closets wherein are arranged in an orderly way, carefully labeled bottles containing the
necessary fluids for the work at hand.
Adjoining the operating room, one finds the slumber room to which room the body is taken after being embalmed. It is placed on a day bed. There are chairs and a table in the
room and it is to this room relatives of the deceased can come and silently commune with the spirit of their loved ones. Another room is fitted up as a display room and here
are on display quite a number of caskets of different designs and types. Here also may be found samples of the garment or clothing obtainable for the dead. The selection of
all the necessities for the burial may be chosen with ease under these conditions. The general public can feel that in the event of an accident, etc., which sometimes
necessitates the removal of a body to the undertaking establishment before removal to the home, it is being cared for and prepared in a clean operating room and under the
most desirable all around conditions.
These three ads below were featured in the Call during 1928 and 1929.
When First Lieutenant Joseph S. Kaufman was about to be discharged from the Army in 1919, he read an article stating milk should be sterilized via pasteurization for the safety
of the consumer. After discussing this with his fellow Schuylkill Haven resident and Army buddy, Charles (Bags) Graeff, they decided to become partners in the milk
pasteurization business. In 1920, Kaufman and Graeff started in a basement in a home on Naffin Avenue in Schuylkill Haven. Most dairy farmers in the area sold their raw milk
to local residents and they tried talking Kaufman out of his new venture. They were unsuccessful and in 1921, Kaufman hired prolific Schuylkill Haven builder and entrepreneur
Paul Naffin, to build a milk processing plant on Naffin Avenue.
At the height of the business, an eight hundred quart pasteurization vat was filled three times a day, and four times the next, so that 2,800 quarts per day were delivered to local
customers. The price of a quart at that time was ten cents. The raw milk was supplied to Kaufman by forty farmers throughout Schuylkill and Berks Counties. An early employee
of the dairy was Paul Boger, who began there at the age of eleven. He would arise at three o'clock in the morning and work until school began. In 1928, he became a full time
employee and remained at the dairy for twenty four years. At that time the milk from Berks County arrived by train and it was known the trainmen would get to the milk and skim
the cream off the top of the forty quart containers.
Kaufman bought out his partner in 1921 and operated the dairy with his father, Daniel. The process would begin at three o'clock in the morning. He and employee Chock Fey
would deliver it to their customers. Bob Frey and Harry Kerschner were also long time deliverymen for the operation. When Kaufman's son Joseph got out of the service in
1946, he started to work at the dairy as a milk processor. Joe took a course at Penn State University and became a licensed milk tester, testing the butter fat content of the
milk. Milk was delivered every day including Sundays. In 1947, Kaufman purchased a machine to homogenize milk which keeps the cream distributed throughout the container.
Customers were given the choice between homogenized or nonhomogenized which was bottled in what was known in cream top bottles, which allowed the cream to collect at
the top. Surplus milk was run through a separator machine, separating the cream from the milk. The cream was containerized and sold to Yuengling Dairy for ice cream and the
remaining milk, skim milk due to the absence of cream, was drained into the creek behind the dairy. The creek would turn white with hundreds of gallons of the considered
worthless skim milk running into it. Kaufman's Dairy was sold in 1951 to Hiram Fisher, who worked for Rothermel's Dairy. He in turn went out of business in 1959. The dairy was
demolished in 1970, a home now occupying the lot.
This article is composed of information by the dairy founder's son Joseph and grandson Joerd. The accompanying pictures were kindly provided by Joerd Kaufman.
KAUFMAN'S DAIRY
This July 1950 photo shows Harry Kerschner and Joe Kaufman in front of their
delivery truck on Saint John Street on the northeast corner of the intersection
of Union Street. Also pictured in the center is dairy founder, Joseph S. Kaufman
and at right is an advertising fan featuring the dairy.
This photo at left shows the
Kaufman Dairy float being readied
for a Schuylkill Haven Fourth of
July parade. At right employees of
the dairy from left to right: Chock
Fey, Daniel K. Kaufman, Daniel K.
Kaufman Jr. and owner Joseph S.
Kaufman.
At left are two embossed Kaufman Dairy bottles. The next image shows two pyroglaze bottles with the old 227 phone number. Next are two highly collectible "baby
face" bottles from the dairy. Note the bottles are of the cream top variety to separate the cream from the milk, in this case in the form of a baby's face. At far right are
two more pyroglazed bottles.
WALKIN SHOE COMPANY
Located at the corner of Parkway and Columbia Streets, the Walkin Shoe Company was founded in 1887. It
was organized in a 60' by 40' frame building along the banks of the old Schuylkill Canal. It began as Berger,
Brown and the borough sold the old lock up and ground on which it stood and an addition was made. In
August of 1909, it the latter two men left the business and H. E. Snayberger partnered with Mr. Keller. For
many years the company specialized in children's corrective footwear and were sold nationwide. The 1968
anniversary booklet about the company stated that at the time 2000 pairs of shoes were made daily by a work
force of 250 employees. The Walkin later succumbed to a changing economy and foreign imports.
Invoice from company from August 1909 when
Gerber sold his interests in the business.
The Gerber Shoe factory in the original
building. Note the old canal in front.
The Industrial review published in 1898 shows the pictures of the
owners of the company that later became the Walkin Shoe Co.
P. T. HOY & SONS CO. GENERAL STORE
Many residents can recall the beautiful Victorian brick structure at the corner of East Main Street and St. John Street that housed the P. T. Hoy General Store. The business had
it's origin during Civil War times located in Landingville. The original store was operated by the father in law of Pancoast Thomas (P. T.) Hoy, Lewis Main Street. In 1875, P. T. Hoy
entered the business and assumed ownership.
In 1894, he moved the business to a building at Main and St. John Streets expanding it to the well known three and a half story turreted structure that was a centerpiece of the
business district. The store sold a wide variety of dry goods and groceries. This building became the largest completely electrically lit building in town between 1905 and 1910.
Part of the original building on the site predated the Civil War. A portion of that retained in the basement evidence of old store fronts. This was a remnant of the era when the
level of that intersection was a full story below present street level.
Hoy, ever the entrepreneur, sought out special contracts. He supplied troops in Shenandoah during the 1902 coal strike and also obtained contracts to serve traveling
circuses. Delivery teams delivered groceries to outlying areas and also purchased goods from farmers for resale. Hoy was one of the first commercial enterprises in the
county to utilize motorized trucks, sometime around 1910. The business also offered gasoline for sale in the early days of automobiles. Hoy discontinued his delivery business
during World War One, maintaining the fixed site operation only.
It is said that P. T. Hoy was the first business in the area to offer Shredded Wheat and Quick Mother's Oats during the advent of those staples. It was reported that
confectionery pioneer, Milton Hershey, was an occasional visitor of the Hoy business as he began operations. A Lionel train display filled the front windows of the Hoy store at
Christmas time. According to my uncle and others, at times, the store cat also shared this space with fresh sausage and other goods. The store operated into the 1960's with
Rudy Hoy as proprietor until his retirement. The grand structure was demolished around 1966 and is now the site of Brok-Sel Markets.
P. T. Hoy was apparently a man who recognized the value of advertising. Many items bearing his store name still exist. Below you will find pictures of some of those surviving
items. In addition, is a picture of two unique items. A flour sifter from the counter of the store bears the P. T. Hoy name but is hard to read especially in a photograph. The
other item is a wooden washing machine from over one hundred years ago.
These three images depict P. T. Hoys beautiful edifice before it's demise. Upper left is from
September 1959, in the center is from January 1963 and at right is April 1966.
Here are some items related to the P. T. Hoy General Store. Clockwise from
upper left: coupon book and money saving punch card, Deer Note stationery
designed for his store, ruler, medicine bottle and receipt pad.
At left is an old
called "Hoy's Special"
with a patent date of
June 20, 1899. It was
by the A. G. Christman
Co. of Reading. At
right is a flour sifter
from the counter of
the store. It is marked
General Merchandise,
Schuylkill Haven, PA.
On the left is
Pancoast T. Hoy
and on the right
is his wife, Cora
nee' Huntzinger
This picture is of the
interior of the P. T. Hoy
store in the Business
Review of Schuylkill Haven
The grave stones of P. T. Hoy on the left, his wife Cora
on the right and their son Rudy, below, on the family
plot in Union Cemetery.
MESSNER AND HESS
Anyone growing up in Schuylkill Haven in the 1950s through the 1970s would certainly remember the Messner and Hess five and ten cent store on Main Street. I spoke to the
last owner of the establishment, Harry Naffin. He related the following information about the business.
The original company was started by Clarence Messner and Daniel Hess, both hailing from Lancaster County. They had two other stores in Girardville and Minersville in
addition to the store in Schuylkill Haven. The partnership became a sole proprietor when Messner bought out Hess's half but retained the original store name. Harry Naffin
began his career with the business in 1939 when he was offered a job washing Messner's Packard while still a high school student. He worked part time at the store until
graduating from Schuylkill Haven High School in 1940. Harry then accepted a full time position working sixty hours per week for a salary of thirteen dollars. He said he was the
only graduate to obtain a job right from school that year. Harry worked at the Minersville store while his future wife, Kit managed the Schuylkill Haven store from 1942 until
1948. When Harry returned from his Army stint in 1948, he became manager of the Schuylkill Haven store.
In 1969, Messner died and by 1970 Harry Naffin had purchased the business. He says that at most times they employed eight to nine girls to work on the floor. The store was
always well stocked with goods including toys, trains, hardware, school supplies, sewing notions and candy. Entrance could be gained from Wilson Street which was noted as a
"shortcut to Main Street".
As I recall, when entering from the back door, train supplies and model kits were what one first encountered along with glassware and knick knacks. One would then go down a
few steps to the main floor. Toys and games were in the two aisles to the left and hardware to the right. School supplies were located near the front of the store. At the Main
Street entrance was a large candy counter where bulk candy could be purchased. Harry states that the cases were quite special and the company who made them used the
display in Messner and Hess in their catalog.
With the advent of large chain stores and malls, Naffin was forced to close the store after Easter in 1982. I had the privilege of occasionally visiting Harry at his home in Pine
Grove where we enjoyed discussing the past of Schuylkill Haven. Harry has provided information used on this web site including pictures. Widowed after losing his wife Kit,
Harry remained busy doing various woodwork projects including making beautifully fashioned wooden bowls. He passed away in 2009.
At left, Harry Naffin, owner of Messner and Hess on Main Street, peddles his wares at the first
sidewalk sale in Schuylkill Haven in the early 1960s. In center is the store with the font
windows decorated for Christmas and at right is the store between Cleland's furniture and
Atkin's Five and Ten
The Call of November 18, 1910
To the P. T. Hoy and Sons
Company belongs the honor of
putting into service the first
motor truck in Schuylkill Haven.
The truck has a capacity of a ton
and a half, is of twenty
horsepower, air cooled gasoline
three cylinder motor and was
manufactured by the Chase
Motor Truck Company of
Syracuse New York. The car
was purchased through the
Commercial Motor Car Company
of Pottsville, of which Thomas J.
Charlton is the manager. Other
merchants will doubtless install
motor delivery wagons within
the coming year.
P. T. Hoy and Sons Company last week put in operation at their big
store a mammoth cash register that can do almost everything in the
business line except talk and collect bad debts. The machine
automatically registers the amount of every purchase no matter how
small or large and it delivers a check with a memorandum of the
transaction stamped thereon showing settlement, charge account,
cash sale, etc. The entire day’s business, both cash and credit,
together with amounts paid out goes through the machine and when
the store closes in the evening a record sheet is taken from the
machine showing every transaction and by which clerk or members of
the firm the transaction was made. The cash register is one of the
most useful and necessary adjuncts to the transaction of a modern
retail business.
The photo at right is from
the fifth annual banquet
held on November 12,
1955, of the Schuylkill
Haven / Cressona
Barbers Association.
From left the barbers
are: Guy Lehman, Ernie
Rizzuto, Homer
Zimmerman, Monroe
Miller, Dutch Coover,
Merlin Fisher and John
BUSINESS IMAGES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN FROM THE PAST
The Schuylkill Haven Paper Box
Manufacturing Plant was
located on Penn Street below
Parkway. The building remains
today, used by a door and
window company.
The Union Knitting Mill was
located on Williams Street
below the railroad tracks. It
was destroyed by fire a few
years ago.
The Haven Casket Factory was and still is located
on Liberty Street. The building looks very much
the same today as it did when this was taken.
The Manbeck Ice Manufacturing Plant was
located on Liberty Street. The building remains
today, used as a storage building
At right is an
unissued stock
certificate for the
This image is from a pamphlet promoting
Schuylkill Haven in the first half of the last
century. It shows Meck Knitting Mill on West
Main Street looking much the same today.
The Call of March 21, 1930
AUTO COMPANY PRESIDENT VISITS SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Earl Stoyer was host last week to the head of a prominent automobile concern in the person of Joseph Graham, president of the Graham-Paige Corporation, of Detroit,
Michigan. Mr. Stoyer has won honor medals, service medals, and most anything he tried for, which was offered as an inducement by the corporation and though in competition
with cities of great population, he has succeeded in winning the prize. Mr. Graham started out in a Graham sedan from his home in Detroit some time ago and since that time
has covered ten thousand miles, first going to the Pacific Coast, thence south, primarily to visit Florida, and came north enroute to still further northern points, before returning
to his home. Being a mechanical engineer of note, he was particularly interested in the machinery Mr. Stoyer has installed in his Schuylkill Haven works and highly
complimented him on the same, likewise expressing gratification at the beautiful display parlors at Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven. He also complimented Mr. Stoyer on the
extraordinary good looking condition of his used car department, saying he never saw a better prepared line of cars than those now on the big bargain list. They look like new
cars and are fitted out splendidly. Mr. Graham was accompanied by Guy A. Willey of Philadelphia, the distributor for the Graham-Paige in this territory, and both were loud in
their praise of the Stoyer establishments in this territory, and left feeling he can now understand how Mr. Stoyer manages to capture the prizes in a limited territory such as he
is located in. It is service to the last degree. He was delighted with the conditions of business as he found it in our section of the country and as he traveled all over the
country, knows what he is talking about.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEASES BUILDING FOR TOWN'S NEW INDUSTRY
Negotiations have now been completed whereby the Losch Automatic Heater Company of Schuylkill Haven will move into much larger quarters in Schuylkill Haven. This will
enable this firm to manufacture and assemble on a larger scale their automatic furnace, which is conceded to have many superior features over other automatic furnaces. The
company will shortly occupy the new factory building of Berger Brothers on Garfield Avenue. Some interior changes must be made in order to accommodate the new concern
but they will be of such a nature that they can be made very quickly and Mr. Losch expects to have all machinery and equipment moved from his plant on Columbia Street and in
operation in the new building by the latter part of next week. Some of the machinery was moved on Thursday and the men are now at work hanging the shafting, etc. Mr. Losch
is very well pleased with the new quarters.
As a result of larger quarters, Mr. Losch expects to be able to greatly increase his output and to meet the demand for the automatic furnaces which is growing heavier right
along. All heating concerns and companies who have seen the plant in operation express the opinion that it is destined to meet with a ready sale on the market. The company
had inducements to bring their plant to other towns, but Mr. Losch was loyal to his home town, Schuylkill Haven and made inquiry whether the Chamber of Commerce of
Schuylkill Haven could not supply a larger building. Negotiations have been underway for the past several months by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce to
obtain building sites for the erection of a building. In this the public would have been asked to cooperate. The demands for increased quarters became so heavy that
increased facilities were necessary immediately. The Chamber of Commerce therefore leased the said Berger Brothers new factory building for a period of years with the
privilege of purchase and from its funds obtained by membership dues, will provide this latest Schuylkill Haven industry with a building rent free.
The Call of August 29, 1930
HEAVY DEMAND FOR FURNACES OF LOSCH FIRM
The Losch Automatic Furnace company of Schuylkill Haven is now in full operation in the new quarters in the Berger Brothers new mill building on Berger Street. The plant was
moved into this new building several weeks ago. Some little time, of course, was required to get the machinery set up and things moving along smoothly on the increased
scale. Fifteen men are now employed and on an average of three to four furnaces are being completed weekly. In order to take care of the orders on hand and the demand for
the furnaces, a working force of at least fifty men would be required. Considerable space is required to assemble the furnaces. The second floor of this building is now being
fitted up and will be made use of very shortly. An adjoining building can be readily adapted to the needs of the plant when this becomes necessary.
The Losch Automatic Furnace is being made in five different sizes to accommodate different sizes of homes and buildings. Two of the largest size furnaces are being built at
this time for the Nurse's Home at the Pottsville Hospital and one for the home of Clinton Confehr. Last week a large one was placed in the home of Mr. Couch, owner of the Troy
Laundry at Pottsville. Representatives for the company were given notice three weeks ago to discontinue taking orders for the furnaces because of it being impossible to
make them fast enough to supply the demand. Ordinarily one would think the proper procedure would be to immediately increase the working force. While men might be
available for this purpose, the manufacture of the furnaces is of such a nature that it requires some time before a new employee can be made thoroughly acquainted with the
procedure, the requirements and the assembling.
CANDY KITCHEN REMODELS - NEW SERVICE ADDED
The opening of the newly equipped luncheon parlor of the Schuylkill Haven Candy Kitchen will be held on Saturday of this week. Workmen have been busy the past several
weeks transforming the interior of this confectionery into a modern wonderland. An artistic open work archway of walnut and white glass composition, separates the store from
the serving parlor. Beyond the archway, you will see a beautiful candy display case which backs up the entire aisle of booths. In all, there are twenty individual or private
booths as follows: six double ones on both the east and west sides of the room which will accommodate four persons each and eight single booths to accommodate two
persons each, in the center of the room.
The booths are constructed of walnut and the table tops are of vitrolite. Beautifully designed panel mirrors grace booth has a unique hat and cloak rack. Bernheim and Sons
Incorporated of Philadelphia installed the new fixtures. A new luncheonette service, in connection with the regular fountain service was opened on Wednesday and is in
personal charge of Mrs. Joe Reber. The luncheon display of a large baked ham, salads, sandwiches, soup and pies is most inviting. Fried oysters will be served as an extra
special on Saturday evening. A new Frigidaire cooler has been added for the convenience of the culinary department. Proprietor Parris Lazos is to be congratulated upon his
new improvements. Eleven years ago he opened his first business establishment in Schuylkill Haven, in the The booths are constructed of walnut and the table tops are of
vitrolite. Beautifully designed panel mirrors grace store room now occupied by the Sausser firm. His efforts have been successful. He now reciprocates by giving the public a
metropolitan luncheonette and ice cream parlor at a considerable outlay of money. The adding of this each booth. The wall booths have individual side lights harmonizing with
the modernistic ceiling lights. Each luncheonette service will fill a long felt need in Schuylkill Haven and is sure to be given the patronage of the community.
OPEN PAINT AND PAPER STORE
Today, Friday and tomorrow, Saturday, will be the opening days for a new place of business in Schuylkill Haven. It is the Harry Feger Jr. Paint and Wallpaper Store. It is at 27
East Main Street in the Moser Building. By reason of the fact that folks nowadays are doing more of their own painting in and about the home and redressing and toning up
furniture, doing their own paperhanging and decorating in their home, this character of store throughout the country has become very popular. Mr. Feger has had eighteen
years of experience in decorating and painting homes and is therefore in a position to determine just what will appeal as well as what will be proper and desirable for the
home. Accordingly, he has placed in stock an unusually large line of paints, varnishes and stains that can be purchased either in large or small can sizes. Wallpaper can also
be chosen from samples and stock and obtained in any quantity. Mr. Feger Jr. will not accept any painting or paper hanging jobs, his desire being merely to supply the
requisites for work of this character. In charge of this store will be a well known Schuylkill Haven resident, namely Clayton Bubeck. Mr. Bubeck has had many years of
experience in painting and will therefore, be enabled to make helpful suggestions and to give advice on painting problems. Mr. Feger, who now resides in Port Carbon,
expects to move his family to Schuylkill Haven in the near future.
NEW MILL TO BEGIN EARLY IN YEAR
The Alberta Underwear Factory in Schuylkill Haven will begin operations between January 1st and January 15th of 1932. This will be a branch of the Miller Factory of Port
Carbon. It was intended to begin operations in the Schuylkill Haven branch on Hess Street a month ago but delay in the arrival of machinery made this impossible. Mr. Harry
Welker who will be the superintendent of the new mill, has been on the job for the past several weeks, directing the placing of the machinery and getting the plant ready for
operation. Thus far between 125 and 150 persons have made application for employment. The applicants have not only been from Schuylkill Haven but from the district and
towns for miles about Schuylkill Haven. Mr. Welker will require about twenty five employees when the mill is first put into operation and the number will be increased from time
to time.
The Call of January 15, 1932
LOCAL MILL WORKING DAY AND NIGHT SHIFT
Dame Fashion in milady's underthings is responsible at this time for at least one of the Schuylkill Haven underwear mills working to full capacity, on a full schedule of fifty four
hours per week for the female employees and a full twenty four hour day shift for some of the male employees, from Sunday midnight to Saturday at midnight. Others of the
Schuylkill haven underwear mills, it is likely, will also be kept quite busy for some time by reason of heavy demand for their product. All this is quite heartening and
encouraging news for the year ahead and it is hoped indicates a return of the unusual era of prosperity and good business that had been enjoyed by all of Schuylkill Haven's
industries.
The one particular plant that has now in its employ every employee for which any possible space can be found in the plant is the Hoffman Knitting Mill, operated by Julius
Kayser and Company. This company, with its main plant in Brooklyn, also owns and operates large mills in seven or eight other towns and cities, as well as operating a plant in
Canada, one in Australia and one in Switzerland. The new garment which is meeting with such popular approval by the women folks is a two piece ladies shaped vest and tights
and is called Kayserettes. It is manufactured by the local plant in cotton and also in pure silk. This plant has been rushed since October and orders are in hand sufficient to
keep it steadily employed until April or May. One hundred and seventy five persons are given employment the full schedule of hours for the week. The knitting machines are
operated continuously from Sunday at midnight until Saturday at midnight.
An unusual feature in connection with applications received by H. A. Goas, Superintendent of the Schuylkill Haven plant, is that nine out of every ten are married women. It is
understood several of the other Schuylkill Haven mills are about to begin work shortly on some new styles of underwear for women which it is hoped will meet with equal
approval and provide heavy orders for full capacity plants for some time to come.
Below are a series of articles about business in Schuylkill Haven during
the Great Depression. The details reveal the ingenuity, the drive and the struggles of the time.
At left are postcards Stoyer
sent out in 1940 and 1941
advertising Oldsmobiles. At
right, top, is a raffle ticket
for the Grange Fair with a
car from Stoyer's as the
prize. Below that are
advertising pieces from the
dealership over the years.
Clicking on image enhances detail.
At left is a fan given away
by the Schuylkill Haven
Candy Kitchen, mentioned
above and at right are can
openers from Feger's
Paint Store mentioned
Clicking images enhances detail.
At one time banks
issued their own
currency. Here are
two fine examples
issued by the First
National Bank of
Schuylkill Haven. At
left is a $10 note from
1902 and at right a $20
note from 1882.
PREPARING FOR "TALKIES" HERE
Schuylkill Haven is soon to have talking motion pictures. They are to be of the very best type and character and will add greatly to this class of entertainment. During the week
the Refowich Theatre has been closed for the purpose of making the installation of two new Simplex machines from the Radio Corporation of America, for producing Vitaphone
and Photophone pictures. Messrs. Refowich are going to a heavy expense for the installation of this latest feature in motion pictures. Not alone are the machines expensive
but in order to successfully operate, a number of expensive alterations have been made necessary in the theatre.
In speaking with the men in charge of the placing of the new mechanism, it was learned that the Refowich Theatre is most ideally suited both in size and arrangement of stage
and balcony and height of ceiling for excellent results from the talking pictures. It is expected that the best of results will be obtainable and that the general public will be most
delightfully impressed with the entertainment which it will now be possible to offer at unusually low prices. It is expected that the installation will have been completed by the
middle of next week in order to permit the holding of a grand reopening of the theatre by the latter part of next week. Due announcement of the reopening, together with the
program, and details of the new sound producing mechanism will appear in next week's issue of The Call.
"TALKIES" TO MAKE DEBUT HERE SATURDAY
Saturday, the Refowich Theatre, of Schuylkill Haven, will offer to the general public of Schuylkill Haven and surrounding towns, its first sound pictures or "talkies". The early
part of the week, the installation of first class sound reproducing picture mechanism was completed and the necessary changes made in the projecting mechanism to enable
the showing of the very best of pictures. The first test of the mechanism proved entirely satisfactory in every way and the management was indeed highly elated over the first
showing and tests. It is felt that the general public too, will be at first surprised and then greatly pleased with the results that have been obtained in this theatre in the matter of
sound production of movies with the synchronization of action with sound. At first there was some uncertainty as to whether it would be possible to procure first class results
in the sound reproduction in all parts of the theatre. The mechanism installed is of such type that no trouble of any kind was experienced in this regard. With the placing of this
sound producing mechanism, it will be possible for the Refowich Theatre to offer to its patrons the very highest class of talking pictures at prices considerably lower than what
is charged elsewhere.
PRIZES AT SCHUMACHER STORE REOPENING
Next Thursday evening the reopening of the H. Schumacher and Brother store on Columbia street will take place. This reopening is being held because of the fact that so very
many changes have been made at this place of business that it is only proper that special and official public consideration be given. Probably the most noteworthy change is
that of a thirty foot addition which has been added to the store room, making the total floor space seventy by thirty feet. The entire interior has been done over in white
enamel. Fixtures, counters, shelving, etc., are all white, thereby providing a most unusual, inviting and clean effect. The store on the outside is being given a repainting,
green and white being the color combination. The large display windows have been somewhat
enlarged and new ground ceiling glass provided. They now have a paneled background while heretofore they were open. New shelving, new counters and new equipment has
been provided. The floor has been covered with a composition floor covering. A new heating plant has been installed. A large skylight will provide considerable natural light
and twenty four white bowl electric fixtures will, at night, provide almost daylight illumination.
One of the very important and attractive new features added to this store is a twelve foot two temperature electric refrigerator case of steel, porcelain and glass. In this case
will be displayed meats, cheese, fruit, vegetables and more. There are two distinctive compartments in this particular case. One is styled the frosted meat side, where the
temperature will always be maintained at 33 to 36 degrees. The temperature, however, in both compartments, can be changed at will or will automatically change to meet all
climactic conditions. Both cases are of the display type with electric light illumination and the front being of four thicknesses of glass. The cases stand thirteen inches in
height. They were made by the Fleetwood Corporation of Fleetwood. The electric refrigeration was installed by the Ryan Sales Company of Mahanoy City and was designed by
Harold Leisawitz, refrigeration engineer, who, by the way, is a son of Levi Leisawitz, a former resident of Schuylkill Haven.
The reopening of the store, next Thursday evening, will be marked with very special ceremonies. There will be a short street parade in the evening headed by the Legion
Bugle Corps. There will be a hundred or more prizes. The list of prize winners will be announced in this publication next week so that it will not be necessary for one to remain
in the store until the drawing takes place to be eligible for the door prize. Refreshments will be served and there will be many samples of different foodstuffs given away free.
For entertainment there will be a vocal quartet present from York, who will broadcast from a regular broadcasting studio into amplifiers so that everyone may hear distinctly.
Grocerymen from all parts of eastern Pennsylvania will be in attendance.
RABBIT BREEDING FOR MARKETING BEGUN IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
A new and interesting business has come to Schuylkill Haven. It is that of breeding rabbits for marketing purposes. Mr. Edward Geary of Columbia Street has forty eight pens
or hutches and twelve breeders, while Mr. William Nye of the same street has the same number of breeders. A visit to the rabbitry of William Nye of Columbia Street proves
quite interesting and enjoyable. One can get a close up view as well as touch the very finest of rabbits and watch their antics without any discomfort whatsoever. The rabbitry
is housed in a two story building, twelve by thirty feet. Mr. Nye has twelve breeders, two bucks and ten does. They are New Zealand whites, registered and pedigreed. The
rabbits breed every three months and there are from eight to fourteen rabbits to a litter. It is always necessary to take a number from the litter as the mother can only give the
proper attention to but six to eight. By removing several from the litter the development of the others is speeded up considerably.
The purpose of breeding rabbits is to sell them. Mr. Nye will dispose of the young rabbits when they reach five pounds in weight, to the Blue Mountain rabbitry at Bethel. Here
the rabbits are killed and dressed in a large packing department and shipped to either the Hotel Lincoln, reading or the Hamburg Sanitarium, Hamburg. This particular rabbitry
is under contract to furnish between four and five thousand rabbits per week to these two concerns. One of the first questions that arises when it is announced this number of
rabbits are killed each week is that of, "What is done with them?" They are eaten of course and in most cases too, eaten for chicken. This is explained in this way, white meat of
chicken is preferred by most folks, especially for sandwiches and salads. There is only a small or limited amount of white meat on a chicken, but with a rabbit, all its flesh or
meat is white, has a most savory taste and thus rabbits take the place of chickens.
In the last several months or since Mr. Nye started this rabbitry, 102 rabbits were born in it. Of this number only 67 are being raised, the balance having been killed for the
reason above stated. The rabbits now weigh in the neighborhood of four and one half pounds. They will not be shipped to market until they reach a weight of five pounds. For
food, pellets of compressed and complete food is given. The pellets look like large sized pills which physicians frequently hand out to humans. They contain fourteen different
ingredients. The particular rabbits used for breeding purposes are all year round eating rabbits and breed every three months. The breeders cost between thirty and fifty
dollars. They are snow white. On the underside of the ears can be plainly seen the registration number stamped thereon. The rabbits are given quantities of food twice a day.
The daylight hours are called the sleeping time for this particular rabbit, particularly so from ten in the morning until about six or seven in the evening. During the night
however, the rabbits are very active, romping about and having a fine time in their respective pens or hutches. There are thirty six hutches in the rabbitry at present.
Additional hutches are being added right along and Mr. Nye hopes to have at least one hundred and ten by the end of the year. The hutches are of good size. They need not be
very high but are of good size in width and length. They are of the sanitary, self cleaning type. The floor of the hutch is hardware cloth or wire netting of special quality.
Underneath this flooring is a sloped metal floor or pan, thereby making the hutch readily accessible for cleaning purposes.
CAPACITY OF ICE PLANT INCREASED
Recently the Manbeck Ice Plant at Schuylkill Haven underwent improvements and installation of new equipment which has resulted in an additional daily capacity of ten tons of
ice. The changes were made in the condensing system, the change being made from an atmospheric type condenser to a shell and tooth system. To the average reader this
may mean nothing. An explanation, however, is to the effect that with the atmospheric type condensing system, same is operated by having water drop on the outside stands.
With the new system, water is distributed through spirals in tubes in a boiler like compartment. This water drops through the inside of the tubes, giving about ninety percent
efficiency on cooling ammonia gases. The roof of the ice plant was changed in pitch to enable the erection of a spray pond on top of the building for the purpose of precooling
the water and enabling its being used over and over again. By the new system, pressure on the machines is reduced with the resultant power and water consumption and
providing about ten tons additional refrigeration, because the ammonia is cooled to a lower temperature and this in turn means lowering the brine temperature more readily
and easier thus providing for quicker freezing of the water in the ice cans.
The new installation was completed at a cost of close to nine thousand dollars. In line with President Roosevelt's much heralded "New Deal" for the country, along various
lines, the Manbeck Ice Company of Schuylkill Haven is cooperating in providing an entirely new deal in providing ice distribution service to consumers. At the present time, the
company is erecting a large gas, oil and ice station on the southern end of the state highway in Hamburg. Twenty four hour ice service will be given. The station will be
completely refrigerated with a temperature at all times of ten to twenty degrees above zero. It will have a capacity of one hundred three hundred pound blocks of ice. Cash
and carry service in the way of ice will be possible from this station. In addition, ice service to residents of hamburg and vicinity will be provided by a local dealer. This
particular station will be known as the Coolerator Service Station. In addition to the Hamburg Ice Station, Mr. Manbeck is also providing for similar cash and carry ice service
stations at Strausstown, New Ringgold, Suedberg and at the Mirror Swimming Pool in Summit Station. These stations will all be provided with a large supply of ice from the local
plant and customers can with little convenience, purchase any quantity of ice they desire or need at the time. It is something entirely new in ice service for this section of the
BUILDING HOME ON HIGHEST POINT IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Good progress is being made by Contractors Meck and Dewald in the building of the colonial house for Melvin Bamford on Fairmount, at a point, the highest in town. The
building is under roof and the Bamfords expect to eat their Thanksgiving Day dinner in their new home. Of a colonial type, the home will have twelve rooms and four
bathrooms. It is two and one half stories in height and has been designed by the firm of Muehlenberg, Yerkes and Muehlenberg of Reading. The general contractors are Meck
and Dewald. The bricks used are of the Glen Gery kiln and of a three toned kind. The bricks have been laid in irregular rows, giving an unusual effect. The painting will be
done by Leroy Edling, the electrical work by William Morris, and the plumbing and heating by Howard Fritz of Reading. A Losch automatic heating plant will be placed with a
vapor heating system. A thousand gallon water tank has been placed in the ground near the home, thus assuring a good supply of water as well as a fresh and cool supply at all
times. The home, as stated above, is being built on the very highest point in Schuylkill Haven. A splendid view of the surrounding territory is possible, including the very near
and distant mountain scenery on all sides. The towns of Adamsdale, Cressona and Orwigsburg can also be seen from this point and the valleys to the southeast and southwest
and the towering blue mountains in the distance provide a most gorgeous panoramic view.
The Call of July 7, 1933
HAS MODEL PASTEURIZING PLANT
It is quite a treat as well as interesting to visit the dairy of Wilson Minnick on the Hill Farm which overlooks Schuylkill Haven. One finds it very clean and equipped with the very
latest of milk pasteurizing equipment. First of all, Mr. Minnick has the only dairy in this locality owning cows and operating a pasteurizing plant. The stock consists of twenty
three Jersey, Holstein and Guernsey cows. The amount of milk obtained daily is about 250 quarts. Automatic milking machines have been in use in this dairy for a number of
years. The pasteurizing plant, installed in May, has a capacity of one hundred gallons of milk. After the milk is obtained, it is cooled by pouring it over a series of coils in which
there is running water. The milk is then placed in the refrigerator overnight and in the morning the pasteurizing process begins by having the milk heated to 150 to 180
degrees. It is then cooled gradually, placed in bottles and ready for the consumers. Since the installation of the pasteurizing plant, the business or number of customers of the
Hill Farm Dairy has considerably increased, indicating that the general public is beginning to realize the importance of using milk that carries a guarantee of being free of all
impurities.
TOWN NOW HAS TWELVE BEER SALOONS
Schuylkill Haven now has an even dozen licensed places where the legalized beer can be purchased. There are five more places licensed at this time in Schuylkill Haven than
operated for the past several years and sold near beer. Three of them are termed beer gardens and two hotels or saloons. On the beer garden list we find the Menas Beer
Garden on West Main Street, conducted in connection with a pool room, where James Mellon formerly operated a saloon and restaurant. Then there is the William Hyde Beer
Garden at the corner of Dock and Broadway, formerly a grocery store operated by Mr. Hyde. And then we find another groceryman embarked in the beer business, namely John
Freeman, who after selling sugar, soap, butter and a full line of groceries and operating a small sized department store for twenty six continuous years at the corner of Centre
and Garfield Avenues, has had his place of business changed around and is now operating a beer garden.
The two additional saloons over those in operation for the past several years are the Columbia House, now operated by W. G. Yost and the saloon on West Main Street, now
operated by Robert Riffert. William Sharpe now and has been for some time operating the old Rudolph Saloon on West Main Street. Gabe Luongo is back on the job again on
Saint John Street with beer and lunch. During the past week, the interior of this property has been changed considerably in order to comply with the space provisions required
by law. Joe Matonis is continuing the operation of the Hotel Central on Main Street. Joe Dallago and Frank Yenosky are doing business at their same stands in the West Ward.
Benjamin Luckenbill is operating in the same location on Dock Street as for the past several years while Francis Brinich is operating the saloon conducted by Earl Witman, now
MEN AT CASKET FACTORY WENT ON STRIKE THURSDAY
Thursday morning, employees of the Schuylkill Haven Casket Factory went on strike and up until Friday morning at nine o'clock, had not returned to work and were uncertain as
to the outcome of the situation. A representative of the men stated to The Call man that for a week or more the question of rate of wage per hour had been under discussion
and in controversy. Men, individually and in small groups, discussed the matter with the superintendent, F. D. Starr. Thursday morning, all of the men went to the office and
demanded a definite statement as to intentions. This being given and being contrary to the wishes of the men, the strike was called. A statement made by the representatives
of the employees, was to the effect that while the casket factory had signed the NRA, and hours have been reduced from fifty to forty hours per week, as per the blanket code of
the NRA, nevertheless the men were told they would be paid for forty hours at the same rate as on the fifty hour basis. This the men claim is entirely contrary to the agreement
signed with the president. Mr. F. D. Starr, Superintendent of the Casket Factory, was requested to make a statement Thursday and again on Friday morning. "The men simply
walked out on us. We do not have any statement to make. We did not throw anybody out of work." Mr. Starr further added the directors had not authorized him to make any
statement. The casket factory, for some time, has been enjoying a healthy growth with orders being received from all sections. At the present time there are twenty nine
persons employed at the factory, most of them skilled mechanics, eight on the machine floor, seven in the cabinet room, three in the paint shop, five in miscellaneous
departments and six women on linings and trimmings.
The Call of January 2, 1892
STITZER'S NEW HOTEL AND CAFÉ
One of the most attractive improvements of the past year in our neighboring borough of Schuylkill Haven was the erection by that old, tried, and well known constable and tax
collector, William F. Stitzer, of a handsome three story hotel and restaurant on the main street opposite the Reading depot. From a couple of old time story and a half frame
houses in this prominent locality, Mr. Stitzer has built up a double building which is imposing in exterior proportions and is fitted up within a style that denotes not only comfort
but luxuriousness which strangers and hotel patrons delight to indulge in when from home. It is within these new home precincts that the captain today celebrated his fifty
seventh birthday surrounded by an interesting family and his friends. A few weeks since he opened a temperance restaurant and hotel from which he had been dispensing the
finest oysters we have met with this season, in every style and everything else in the eating line. The rooms in the new hostelry are large, airy, convenient and accessible by
both elevators and stairs. Captain Stitzer has applied for a hotel license and as his new house is as the law requires and the owner so well known for his uprightness as a
citizen and his official connection with the court and finances of the county for more then a quarter of a century there will be but little question as to its granting. The house is
furnished throughout in the finest style, thoroughly heated and lighted by gas and electricity. In short it is one of the coziest hotels in this section of its kind.
The two ads below appeared in the 1895-1896 Boyd's Directory for Schuylkill County.
Below are some ads as they appeared in the Call newspaper in 1892
The August 13, 1892 Call newspaper printed the following information on local dentists, Peter
and Samuel Detweiler. The ad above is for their practice.
He was born in Kutztown, Pa, July 23rd, 1833. He is the son of Charles and Catherine
Detweiler, and spent his boyhood years in his native borough and attended the public
schools of that town. At the age of fifteen he learned the carpenter's trade and followed it
from the age of sixteen to twenty one. He thereafter established in this business in our
town, locating here in October 1856. He has followed the same calling ever since, with but
a year's interruption in 1873, when he preached the Gospel at Shamokin, having been
previously ordained by the United Brethren Conference. He was twice married, the first
time to Miss Rebecca Bowen, who at her death left him with a few children. His present
wife and mother of his younger children was Miss Lucetta Horne. Dr. Detweiler has served
for several terms in our Borough Council as well as in our School Board and has always
favored progress.
He is a son of Peter and Rebecca Detweiler and was born in our town on
September 22nd, 1861. He was educated in our town schools, being one of
the first class that graduated from our High School in 1879. Like his father, he
learned the carpenter's trade and followed it for two years, working for
Sterner and Brother. After a short absence from town he returned and at
once began preparations for his present calling by studying at the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia, from which he
graduated in February 1885. He has ever since been associated with his
father in the practice of a successful business. He was married on October
27th, 1887 to Miss Gussie Saylor of town and is the happy father of two
DR. PETER C. DETWEILER
SAMUEL B. DETWEILER D.D.S.
Below are examples of advertising pieces given by some of the merchants in the ads shown above. On the left is a china plate from
I. B. Heim, in the center is a biking cap, ruler and pencil holder from Michel's and at right is a wooden hanger from Charles Keller.
Clicking on the images will enhance the view of each item.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BUSINESSMEN IN 1894
Various businessmen from Schuylkill Haven were featured in the July 7, 1894 issue of the "Journal of Commerce"
published in Philadelphia. The individual narratives give insight into the businesses of the day.
J. F. Bast - Manufacturer of Knit Goods on Berne Street. The manufacture of knit goods is a most important industry here and one of the most extensive concerns is that of this
gentleman, whose factory occupies a two story main building, thirty by forty feet in size, with a two story annex of the same dimensions, fitted up with modern facilities, including
electric lights, steam power and a complete equipment of the latest improved knitting frames, etc. for successfully conducting the fine and medium grades of ladies and
children's cotton, worsted and wool vests and undergarments. From fifty to sixty operatives are employed when running full force and the factory has a capacity for the
production of 325 dozen finished garments per day. This important enterprise was native of Berks, but has been a resident of Schuylkill since he was eleven years of age. The
steady demand for is products taxes his capacity to the utmost and he is now enlarging the plant and increasing his facilities.
Robert Sterner - Contractor and Builder, Union Square near Margaretta Street. Building interests here are most ably represented by this gentleman. The business was
established 27 years ago by J. H. and R. Sterner, and the present proprietor assumed sole control a little over seven years since, having conducted the same with increasing
success. The premises utilized comprise a two story shop, 24 by 24 feet in dimensions, equipped with all appliances and during the busy season, a number of assistants are
employed. Mr. Sterner contracts for the erection of buildings and does job and repair carpenter work. This gentleman is straightforward and reliable in all his dealings, a
native of Schuylkill County and has executed many important building contracts here and is well regarded generally.
George L. Burton - Dealer in Coal and Wood, Main Street and Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. This stand is popularly regarded as a leading depot for the supply of anthracite
and bituminous coal, kindling wood and foundation stone, brick, sand, cement, etc. The business was established about four years ago and has attracted an influential
patronage. The yard has a large storage capacity and every requisite including a siding from the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad is at hand. Mr. Burton makes a specialty of
the Reading Company's hard and free burning white ash coal, and is prepared to fill orders promptly at rates uniformly low. All coal is carefully screened and free from dirt and
slate, and prompt service and honest weight is guaranteed. Three wagons are kept in service and he also contracts for hauling of all kind at short notice in the most careful
manner. Mr. Burton, who is a native of Schuylkill County, is a gentleman of enterprise and sound business principles, highly esteemed.
Pancoast T. Hoy - Dealer in General Merchandise, Main Street. This representative mercantile house was established by the present proprietor in 1884, and his honorable
business methods and liberal policy have gained for him the substantial; patronage of an appreciative public. He occupies the first floor and basement, merchandise, including
foreign and domestic dry goods, dress fabrics, trimmings, notions, ladies and gentle and fancy groceries, provisions and food products, china, crockery and glassware, tin,
wood, and willow ware, lamps and lamp goods. Mr. Hoy, who is a native of Orwigsburg and has been for many years engaged in commercial pursuits, has recently purchased
the store previously occupied by the late W. D. Kline on the corner of Main and Saint John Streets, which he will shortly proceed to remodel and improve, putting in a new brick
front, thirty feet in width and making other important improvements. He will take possession of this property August 1, but will not occupy it for business purposes until April 1,
1895., when he will open with one of the largest and finest stocks in this section. Mr. Hoy commenced his commercial career in this building nineteen years ago as a clerk in the
employ of his uncle, Mr. W. D. Kline.
H. Berger and Son - Manufacturers of Hosiery, Dock Street. This concern was established four years ago and in 1893 removed to its present quarters, where a well arranged
two story structure, forty by sixty feet in dimensions, is utilized for manufacturing purposes. The works are thoroughly equipped and an average force of seventy operatives is
employed in the manufacture of various products. The factory has a capacity for turning out 200 dozen hosiery and undergarments per day, the demand for which is steadily
increasing. Mr. Berger is a native of Berks County, but has resided in Schuylkill Haven since childhood. His son and partner, John D. Berger, is a native and lifelong resident of
this county and both members of the firm devote their attention to the general management of the business.
C. A. Meck - Lumber Dealer, Columbia Street below Schuylkill Canal. This gentleman entered upon his business career forty years ago. He was formerly engaged in mercantile
pursuits, embarked in the lumber business twenty years ago, and almost thirteen years since, gave his entire attention to this line. He has two large sawmills in Schuylkill
County, well equipped, propelled by steam, and turns out all kinds of lumber. He also has a large mill in Center County, which has twelve miles of railroad connecting it with the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and two engines are used for hauling. At this mill he turns out wheelwright timber, telegraph poles, railroad ties, white pine, hemlock etc and in all
employs a large force of men. His premises in Schuylkill Haven contain a large shed, where favorable terms. He is also prepared to contract for the erection of all kinds of
buildings, drawing up plans and specifications for the same and furnishing estimates. Mr. Meck, a native of Schuylkill County is highly regarded.
D. A. Krammes - Meat Market, Main Street, below Saint John Street. The premises occupied by this house comprise a sales room of ample dimensions, equipped with all
appliances, including a large refrigerator, holding a thousand pounds of ice. The stock embraces choice beef, veal, mutton, lamb and pork, a part of which is killed and dressed
by the proprietor, salt, smoked and cured meats, sausage, bologna and scrapple manufactured in season and fresh butter and eggs. The stock is the best to be had and the
prices are reasonable, while competent assistants are employed and a team kept for the collection of orders and the delivery of goods. This business was established by the
present proprietor one year ago, but he has for the past four years followed this branch of trade. He is a native of Schuylkill County, well known as a reliable dealer.
Luke Fisher - Marble and Granite Works, Corner of Dock and Berger Streets. Established by the proprietor seven years ago, this enterprise has occupied the present site since
the fall of '93. The premises are of ample dimensions and are well equipped, while attention is given to the manufacture of fine cemetery work in foreign and domestic marble
and granite including monuments, columns, tablets and headstones. The capabilities of the proprietor in this line are clearly evidenced by the artistically designed and
perfectly finished work shown in the numerous beautiful monuments to be seen in the various cemeteries in this vicinity, executed either by his own hand or under his closest
personal supervision. He also executes all kinds of builders work and railings and work in this line. Mr. Fisher is a native of Schuylkill County and stands high in public
confidence.
Star Knitting Mill - E. H. Baker, proprietor, Saint John Street. These mills were established two years ago by the present proprietor, who occupies for manufacturing purposes a
two story building 32 by 42 feet in dimensions equipped with improved machinery, propelled by steam power, furnishing employment to from 15 to 25 operatives according to
the exigencies of demand. A leading specialty is made of fine and medium grades of ladies knit underwear and the works have a capacity for turning out from 100 to 200 dozens
per day according to the number of hands employed. The trademark of this mill is recognized in commercial circles as a guarantee of excellence and its products are
distributed to all sections of the Union through Philadelphia and New York jobbers. Mr. Baker, who is practically conversant with the business, is a native of Berks County, but
has been a resident of Schuylkill Haven for the past twenty years.
Z. T. Hendricks - Steam Heating and Machine Works, Main Street. This gentleman established here in 1870 and conducts the leading house in his line. He is prepared to
execute steam and hot water heating for hotels, boilers and engines and handles pumps, wood and iron tanks, pulleys, belting, iron and brass goods, and in fact all fixtures for
steam and water. Sanitary plumbing is also executed in all its branches. A prominent specialty of the house is all kinds of electrical work, such as wiring for lights, fans, call
bells, burglar alarms, telephones, etc. and he is prepared to fill contracts with promptness. Estimates are furnished for all classes of work. The premises are equipped with
every convenience and a force of skilled assistants employed. A native of Schuylkill County, this gentleman during his business career has won the esteem of trade circles
through honorable methods.
David Commings - General Merchandise, Main and Dock Streets. The present proprietor succeeded to this business nineteen years ago. The premises utilized comprise a
sales room, fifteen by fifty feet in dimensions, well fitted up and containing an admirably selected stock of dry goods, trimmings white goods, as well as teas, coffees, spices,
sugars, table delicacies, canned and bottled goods,dried and evaporated fruits, culinary requisites and laundry supplies, butter, eggs, cheese, lard, smoked, dried and cured
meats. His stock is first class in every respect and the prices low. Mr. Commings, who is a native of Schuylkill County, is thoroughly conversant with this business and highly
esteemed by all.
T. D. Brownmiller - Marble and Granite Works, Corner of Dock Street and Broadway. No house in the Schuylkill Valley is better able to meet the demands of patrons in its line
then this one, which was established eight years ago by the present proprietor. The premises are of ample dimensions and are well equipped. Both building and cemetery
work are executed, but the specialty is in the latter branch, which includes monuments, columns, tablets, headstones, etc. and the artistic design and perfect finish of the work
show that the gentleman is not excelled in the art of marble cutting and designing. He has devoted many years to the business and enjoys an enviable reputation, many of the
finest monuments in the cemeteries of this section having come from his shop. All work receives prompt attention and estimates are furnished upon application, while the
prices are low. The house is also prepared to offer inducements in the way of railings, enclosures and other cemetery supplies. Mr. Brownmiller is a native of Lebanon County,
and since taking up his residence here has won the confidence of the community.
Sausser Brothers - Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, etc. Main Street. This firm established here six years ago and occupies a prominent position in this line of trade. The premises
occupied comprise two floors and a basement of a building 25 by 100 feet in dimensions, containing a large stock shelf, builders and heavy hardware, stoves, heaters, ranges,
oil and gasoline stoves, tin, enameled and sheet iron ware, and kitchen furnishing goods in variety. They are prepared to furnish estimates and contract for hot air heating,
range setting, roofing, spouting and guttering, and sheet metal work of every description. William and Jacob Sausser, the personnel of the firm, are natives of Berks County,
thoroughly identified with all that concerns the welfare of their adopted county and enjoy the esteem of the community.
Samuel H. Butz - Groceries and Provisions, Dock and Centre Streets. This store was established by the present proprietor a year and a half ago. The premises occupied
comprise a sales room 16 by 24 feet in dimensions, conveniently arranged and the stock embraces teas, coffees, spices, canned and bottled goods, vegetables, fruits and
green truck in season as well as a choice line of confectionery and notions, stationery, etc. guaranteed to be of superior quality and sold at low prices. Competent assistants
are employed. The proprietor, who is a native of Lehigh County, is conversant with the trade and one of Schuylkill Haven's honorable business men.
Charles Keller - Merchant Clothier and Tailor, Main Street. This leading concern was established by the present proprietor fifteen years ago as a ready made clothing house,
the merchant tailoring feature being added six years since. The premises occupied comprise a two story building, 18 by 34 feet in dimensions, used as a clothing stock
embraces a fine line of suitings, of both European and domestic manufacture, of fashionable pattern and design. This gentleman's son, Robert M. Keller, is a practical tailor and
expert cutter, a graduate of John J. Mitchell School of Cutting of New York City, and in this department six assistants are employed. The stock of ready made clothing
comprises fashionable cuts in materials in dress and business suits, for men, youth and boys. Here is also a varied assortment of hats, caps and gentleman's furnishing goods,
hosiery, underwear and gloves, trunks, valises and umbrellas. Mr. Keller is a native of Berks County, and his son of Schuylkill County and both are esteemed in the community.
J. H. Sterner - Contractor and Builder and Dealer in Lumber, Corner of Union and Saint Peter Streets. This gentleman embarked in business in 1868 as the head of the firm J. H.
and R. Sterner, which partnership was dissolved seven years ago. His facilities are such that he can promptly execute the most extensive building contracts and a number of
the finest residences and business blocks in Schuylkill Haven and neighboring places have been erected and remodeled by him. He also carries a large stock of rough and
dressed lumber and mill work including siding, flooring, doors, sashes, blinds, shutters, mouldings, brackets and casings. The premises occupied comprise a lumber yard 56 by
110 feet in dimensions, fully provided with shedding for storage, and a two story carpentry shop, 18 by 36 feet in dimensions. He also carries in stock a large quantity of
hemlock lumber which he stores at the railroad. A native of Schuylkill County, Mr. Sterner enjoys the highest esteem of the community.
H. S. Deibert - Photographer, Number 4, Main Street. A representative exponent of this important art in Schuylkill Haven is this gentleman, whose premises on the ground floor
comprise a space 26 by 30 feet in dimensions, and equipped with improved accessories and all conveniences. He uses the instantaneous process and is prepared to execute
every description of fine photographic portraiture, outdoor and interior work in the highest style of the art at popular prices. Orders are also received for crayon work, which is
done by the best artists in that line. Mr. Deibert, who was born four miles from here, is thoroughly conversant with the business, having established here thirty four years ago.
His grandparents were among the pioneer settlers of Schuylkill County, and his father before the advent of railroads hauled coal by the wagon load to Philadelphia.
Robert Jones - Groceries and Provisions, Dock Street near Coal Street. This house was founded by the present proprietor twenty four years ago. The premises occupied
comprise a sales room of ample dimensions, well fitted up, and the stock embraces choice teas, coffees, spices, canned and bottled goods, sugar, syrups, butter, eggs, lard,
cheeses, flour and feed, fruits and vegetables as well as salted and smoked meats, crockery and glassware, and a full line of dry goods and notions. The stock is of the best
and sold at low prices: while competent assistants are employed and goods delivered free. Mr. Jones has for nearly all his life been identified with mercantile pursuits and is
enabled to give his customers many advantages in goods and prices. He is a native of Schuylkill County, well regarded.
John D. Coldren - Jeweler, Main Street. This attractive establishment was founded in December last and has been accorded a large patronage. The premises occupied
comprise a sales room, 18 by 26 feet in dimensions, attractively fitted up and containing a large stock of English, Swiss and American watches in gold and silver , plain and
decorated casings, clocks, fine jewelry, silver plated tableware suitable for wedding presents or holiday gifts. Mr. Coldren is also a specialist in optics, testing the eyes free
and fitting them with glasses, of which he carries a full assortment. Repairing of watches, clocks and jewelry is also executed. This gentleman is a native of Schuylkill County
and has been prominently identified with the jewelry business for six years.
Mrs. George McWilliams - General Merchandise, corner of Dock Street and Broadway. This stand was founded by the husband of the present proprietor in 1872 and has since
been under her control for the last seven years. The premises utilized comprise a store of two floors, each twenty by sixty feet in dimensions, attractively fitted up and
containing a large stock of fashionable dress fabrics, white goods, notions, linings, trimmings, tapestry and ingrain carpets, oilcloths, window shades, crockery and glassware
and lamps, all manner of groceries and mens, ladies and children's' footwear. The stock is first class and sold at reasonable prices, while several assistants are employed, and
a team used for delivery purposes. Mrs. McWilliams, who is a native of Schuylkill County, is a reliable business woman, well regarded.
H. Berger - General Merchandise, Dock Street. This business was started by its present proprietor in 1870 and was previously conducted at Cressona. The premises occupied
comprise a sales room, 22 by 58 feet in dimensions, gentleman's furnishing goods, and underwear, tinware, crockery and glassware as well as teas, coffees, sugar, spices,
bread stuffs, canned and bottled goods, fruits and vegetables, butter, cheese eggs, lard, etc. Mr. Berger is also senior partner in the firm of H. Berger and Son Knitting Mill,
and is a thoroughly reliable and progressive businessman.
Charles W. Sausser - Stoves and Tinware, Saint Peter Street. This gentleman is located two doors above the Schuylkill Hose House, where he occupies premises twenty by
thirty feet in dimensions, containing all tools and appliances. All kinds of stoves and ranges including oil and gasoline stoves, tin enameled and sheet iron and hollow ware,
and a general line of kitchen furnishing goods is in stock. Contracts are taken for hot air heating, range setting, roofing and spouting, painting and repairing of tin roofs, and a
leading specialty is in the manufacture of galvanized gutters and conductors, and the repairing of all kinds of tinware, which is called for and delivered free, a team being kept
in the business. Mr. Sausser is a native of Schuylkill Haven and a young man of enterprise and business ability.
George M. Ehly - Fine Bread and Cakes, Dock and Berger Streets. This well conducted bakery was established by the present proprietor a year ago. The premises occupied
contain a well supplied sales room and there is baked fresh daily all kinds of wheat, rye, and graham bread, rolls, buns, biscuits, pretzels, plain and fancy cakes and pies, only
the best flour and other ingredients entering into their composition. Ice cream of all pure fruit flavors is also manufactured and sold to customers during the summer months,
while competent assistants are employed and a wagon kept busy serving a route throughout town and suburbs. Mr. Ehly personally attends to all details of the business. He is
a native of Schuylkill County and is well known for his honorable dealing.
Charles Schumacher - Dealer in Groceries and Shoes, Columbia Street. This stand was established by the present proprietor a little over five years ago. The premises
occupied which are fifteen by fifty feet in dimensions, are conveniently fitted up and stocked with a choice line of the best teas, coffees, sugars, spices, culinary and laundry
supplies, pickles, bottled and canned goods, preserves, butter, eggs, lard, fruits and tobacco. About two months ago, a line of fashionable footwear for men , women and
children was added. His stock is all noted for its purity and the prices are uniformly low. Competent assistance is employed and a team is kept for delivery. Mr. Schumacher is
a native of Schuylkill County, and previously conducted a barber shop here for ten years.
D. A. Croll - Groceries and Provisions, 164 Dock Street. This leading house in its line was established two years ago by the present proprietor. The sales room occupied is 16 by
25 feet in dimensions, attractively fitted up and the stock embraces choice teas, coffees, spices, sugars, butter, eggs, lard, flour and feed, fruits and vegetables, salt, smoked
and cured meats, confectionery, tobaccos, and all kinds of shelf and farmers hardware, as well as house furnishing goods of every description, everything guaranteed to be of
superior quality and sold at low prices, while competent assistants are employed. Mr. Croll has long been identified with the grocery trade, is a native of Schuylkill Haven and
one of its prominent businessmen.
Located in one of the most fertile parts of Schuylkill County, is Schuylkill Haven, a place of about 2,700 inhabitants. It is an active town, possessing modern improvements and
advantageously situated for manufacturing enterprises of almost any kind. From the hill sections of the town a most beautiful view of the Schuylkill Valley is to be had and the
environment is most healthful, while pure mountain air and water are consumption, as well as poultry and dairy products are produced in the surrounding country, while fish
abound in the streams and game in the mountains. There is an excellent system of water works and a well equipped fire lighting. The streets are in good repair and the
sidewalks well kept, and a number of pretty residences with pretty lawns, present a handsome appearance. The business concerns, the more important of which we mention,
are well equipped and transact a large annual business. Located in the immediate proximity of the anthracite coal region, the generating of steam power can be done at a small
cost and there is ample water power that might be utilized. Shipping facilities are afforded by the Philadelphia and Reading, Pennsylvania, and Pottsville Division of the Lehigh
Valley railroads, thus giving all the advantages of competing rates. The principal manufacturing enterprises in operation here now, consist of a shoe factory and seven knitting
mills, although every reasonable encouragement will be extended by the people to deserving concerns in other lines that desire to locate here. Pottsville, the county seat, is
but six miles distant and taken altogether, this may be considered one of the best places of its class in the county.
Hotel Grand
Perhaps the best known hotel in Schuylkill Haven history was the Hotel Grand located at the corner of Main and Saint John Streets.
Below is an article from the Pottsville Republican of February 26, 1898, noting the quality of the establishment.
WHAT A MODEL HOTEL IS
Such as is the Grand Hotel at Schuylkill Haven
COMFORT; CONVENIENCE!
A Luxurious Home for the Traveling Public- An Ornament to the Place and a Credit to the Owner - A Monument of Enterprise
Pottsville Republican of February 26, 1898
Staid old Schuylkill Haven, as many are accustomed to think and speak of her, is not making much boast or bluster, but is keeping pace with the growth and progress of her
other sister towns. In fact she is setting the other boroughs, in this vicinity, an example by the establishment of her many industries, which include a diversity of
manufactories, all of which are successful; giving profit to the owners and employment to the people of the town. The capitalists of Schuylkill Haven when they found by reason
of the canal being abandoned that her residents would be compelled to look elsewhere for a means of support, set about to circumvent this and kept her people there by
establishing factories by which now about a dozen or upwards give employment to hundreds of men, women and children.
The church edifices and school buildings of that town are all models as are also many of her business places and residences. For her first class hotels, Schuylkill Haven is
noted and consequently many of the commercial men and those who travel for pleasure seek that town and make one or the other of her public houses their temporary place of
Its principal public house is the Hotel Grand, owned and run by the prince of landlords, Daniel D. Yoder. Ten years ago, Mr. Yoder occupied the old Washington Hotel and finally
purchased the stand. After but a few years under his proprietorship, Mr. Yoder found the building too antiquated and too small to suit the tastes and capacity of his house, and
he resolved to raze the front building to the ground and erect upon its site a modern, commodious hotel. The owner set about immediately to procure plans and after due care
and deliberation, decided upon the plans and specifications, by Rudy and Richards, the Lebanon architects, and awarded the contract for its erection to Jere Sterner, the well
known builder and contractor of Schuylkill Haven.
The Grand Hotel stands forth as a monument to the enterprise and thrift of the owner and to the skill of the architects and builder. It is a model of hotels and is an ornament to
the town. Built of Philadelphia pressed brick, it is a substantial as well as a magnificent building. Its windows are of the very finest French plate glass. Its exterior has been by
no means been slighted nor was any minor detail overlooked and the Grand Hotel is truly a thing of beauty.
But it is of the interior that this article will more fully speak of. For after all it is comfort and rest that the weary traveller seeks. This, the hospitable landlord, D. D. Yoder, knows
and to this end did he plan and build and it may be said without contradiction that there is not anywhere a more cheerful and homelike hotel in this broad land with the many
model hostelries. The two lower stories of the main building are furnished in oak and the two upper stories in cypress. The floors, excepting the large public parlor on the first
floor, are of tile, and there are exactly 12,000 pieces of tile in the floor of the vestibule. The ceilings are high and of metal. The halls are wide and airy and all the rooms
cheerfully lighted and well ventilated. Its fifty four bed chambers are furnished with the most modern and magnificent furniture and with cozy, comfortable beds. On each floor
are water closets and bathrooms for the use of the guests. Both gas and electricity are supplied for lighting and in every room and in all the halls are erected radiators, and
every room from basement to roof is comfortably heated by the steam plant of the hotel. The fourth story of the main building is occupied by Page Lodge Number 270, F. and A.
M. as a lodge room. The basement will be devoted to billiard and pool rooms and to bath and sample rooms. The barroom and office furniture and fixtures are the handiwork of
DeLong's factory at Topton. In this department that urbane and genial gentleman, J. T. Griffiths, presides as clerk. A warm handshake from Clerk Griffiths makes you feel at
home at once.
The same care and thoughtfulness wee exercised in the furnishing of the interior that were displayed upon the exterior of the building. The exterior views of landscape, to be
seen from many portions of the building, are magnificent, and as one of the guests of the Grand recently said, "it is a scene to inspire the poetic muse". Not only were the
comfort and health of the guests considered by landlord Yoder in the construction of this model public home, but likewise their safety in the erection of fire escapes of easy
access should other means of egress be shut off. The building is also provided with Babcock Fire Extinguishers for prompt application should occasion require it. Landlord
Yoder does not miss an opportunity to keep up the excellent standard of this grand hotel. His dining tables are always supplied with the very best the market affords which is
prepared in the best style and manner of the cuisine art, and served neatly and carefully by the most obliging and considerate waitresses. Here too, Mr. Yoder may be found
during meal hours studying even the whims and fancies of the most critical guest, so that nothing may be overlooked to disarm any such from an opportunity to become cynical.
One of the most wonderful things in connection with all this luxury to be enjoyed at the Grand Hotel is the fact that the rates are no higher than the ordinary commonplace
hotel. The traveling public, quick witted to know a good thing, therefore travel from afar and pass other towns that they may find food and shelter under Landlord Yoder's roof.
Above left is a letterhead from the 1890's from the Washington Hotel which was razed to make room for the new
Hotel Grand. Above right is an envelope for mailing featuring advertising and a picture of the Hotel Grand from 1898.
In 1898, the Industrial Review of Schuylkill Haven had this to say about the Hotel Grand....
HOTEL GRAND - Daniel D. Yoder, Proprietor
The cordial and cheery reception extended by Host Yoder, of the Hotel Grand, to all who favor him with a sojourn beneath his roof, is one of the charms which combine to
render the house popular with wayfarers from all parts of the country. The Hotel Grand is without exception, the largest, most handsome and finest equipped building in
Schuylkill Haven. It is a four story structure and basement built of Philadelphia pressed brick, the windows being of the very finest French plate while the architectural design
is magnificent. The two lower stories of the building are finished in oak and the two upper stories in cypress. The floors excepting the large public parlor on the first floor are
of tile, and there are exactly 12,000 pieces of tile in the floor of the vestibule. The ceilings are of metal. The hotel is conveniently located, comfortably arranged, elegantly
furnished, warmed in cold weather with modern steam apparatus, lighted by both gas and electricity, provided with toilet and bath rooms, hot and cold water throughout and
contains fifty four airy and cozy sleeping compartments.
The table is first class, lavishly supplied with the best and choicest food obtainable, prepared by an experienced chef, and politely served by attentive and unobtrusive
waitresses. In connection with the hotel, and by far the finest in the village, is the bar. The fittings throughout are of oak, polished to the highest degree. Behind the counter
in its elegantly and artistically arranged framework, a large French plate mirror reflects the brilliancy of the glassware and lends a grand and imposing effect to the general
surroundings, which are of the most costly and appropriate description. Here the choicest and rarest of wines and liquors of imported and domestic product are dispensed.
Mr. Yoder handles the very best and purest brands of lager, ale and porter while his whiskies are well and favorably known to the trade for their superior and extraordinary
quality. From the start of his present business, Mr. Yoder has succeeded in securing an enduring hold on public favor which has resulted in the development of a very large
and influential trade, owing to the fact that only the best brands of wet goods are carried and the wisdom of this policy is evidenced by the very large business done. Mr. Yoder
is too well and favorably known this throughout this entire section to need any special comment. He is a courteous and pleasant gentleman and one who thoroughly
understands his business and by honesty, integrity and perseverance, has succeeded in placing himself among our representative business men.
The successful completion of the paving of Main
Street in 1909 was cause for celebration as can be
seen by this announcement below of a banquet at the
Hotel Grand. At right is the article in the Pottsville
Republican noting the event.
In 1910, the Municipal League held their banquet at the renowned Hotel Grand. At left is shown the front and rear covers of the
program with the officers of the league noted on the back. At right is the inside of the program with the menu and agenda. Below
that is the Pottsville Republican article noting the event.
Pottsville Republican of December 10, 1909
BANQUETTED HIS FRIENDS
Contractor John A. Rauen, of Reading, who constructed
Schuylkill Haven's street pavement, tendered a banquet to the
members of town council and a few other friends at Hotel Grand
on Thursday evening. Covers were laid for thirty and when
Landlord Souder's efficient corps of waiters began to serve the
following were around the board: President J. C. Lautenbacher,
George A. Berger, Charles Bubeck, Robert Keller, Milton Meck,
James Umbenhower, Lawrence McKeone, Dr. G. H. Moore of
town council, Borough Solicitor J. A. Noecker, Borough
Engineer George W. Butz, Supervisor Charles A. Becker, Clerk
George E. Runkle, Water Supt W. H. Werner, William Courtney,
Claude Bittle, Charles Keller, W. J. Saylor, Floyd Minnig, I. L.
Lautenbacher, James Schucker, Charles Schucker, John Brown,
William Brobst, Carl Bitzer,Frank Starr, Earl Witman and James A.
Rauen and his wife and daughter. President Lautenbacher of
town council acted as toastmaster. Mr. Rauen welcomed his
guests in a neat little speech and after a few remarks by the
toastmaster, brief speeches were made by Solicitor Noecker,
Engineer Butz, Dr. Moore, Supt Werner and others
Pottsville Republican of April 9, 1910
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BANQUETS
The second annual banquet of the Municipal League of Schuylkill Haven was held at Hotel Grand in that town and was attended by about fifty of the members. The members met
in the parlors of the hotel at 6:30 o'clock and marched in a body to the dining room. During the serving of the banquet and at intervals during the speech making, Bensinger's
orchestra rendered several renditions. President of the League, acted as toastmaster. The following toasts were responded to: "Sanitation" by Frank Brown, "Schools" by
Professor E. P. Heckert, principal of the Schuylkill Haven High School, and "Commission Government in Municipal Government" by J. A. Noecker.
PURE ICE BEING MADE HERE
Schuylkill Haven’s infant industry, the ice plant, opened operations on Monday morning last, under the most auspicious circumstances and with the brightest prospects of
being more than able to dispose of every pound of ice that is manufactured. When the pull was made on Monday morning, approximately forty five tons of pure sparkling ice
was placed in the ice house adjoining the plant. It only remained here for a short time as it was readily disposed of. A car containing twenty three tons was loaded and shipped
to Tower City while the remainder was purchased by residents living in close proximity and by ice men of the town. It is a fact that the majority of the local ice dealers supply is
near exhausted. They are reaching toward the bottom of their ice houses and this ice is being supplied to the hotels and butchers, while the manufactured ice, clean and pure
as human ingenuity can make it, is being delivered to the house wife and consumer of small quantities.
The plant is being run under the name of the Baker Coal and Ice Company. On Wednesday afternoon a representative of the Call was given the privilege of inspecting the plant
and incidentally learned a few points on making ice. Providing the time should come when Dame Fortune should smile upon him and he should desire to turn his attention from
the field of journalism to that of ice making, The pointer given by the owner of the ice plant, Mr. Harry Baker, will serve him to excellent advantage. Of course there are a few
twists and bends that must be eliminated before the plant is running in what is commonly known as “apple pie order.” This will be only a matter of a few weeks at the most and
in the meantime will not materially interfere with the output of the plant. To use the expression of one of the employees, Mr. Stripe, who has been on the ground since the
erection of the plant was started, “It is one of the most modern of its capacity in the state of Pennsylvania”. Its capacity is about twenty five tons. One of the most important
factors in connection with the manufacturing of ice is the water supply. Adjoining the plant is a well more than two hundred feet in depth. A suction pump draws the water from
this well and deposits it in a large covered wooden tank. From this tank it is distributed to the three hundred tanks. When frozen each of these tanks contains a cake of ice
weighing more or less to 250 pounds. The water is first filtered before entering the tanks and as it comes from the well, registers fifty degrees. Should the well for any reason
fail to furnish a sufficient supply of water, connection has been made with the borough water line.
Following the placing of the water in the tanks or receptacles, a small quarter inch pipe is placed in the center of the tanks. Through this pipe air is pumped. This is known as
agitating the water. This agitation continues until the water starts to freeze and has attained a thickness of two or three inches around all four sides of the tank. The agitation
has a tendency to cause all impurities to rise to the top. The remaining unfrozen water is then taken out by means of a suction and other water forced in. It is this process that
causes what appears as a column of frost in the center of the ice. Mr. Baker calculated that it required about forty hours to freeze a tank of water. These tanks are encased in a
pit through which is driven a solution of ammonia and salt brine. It is this solution which causes the freezing. At no time does the water in the tanks come in either direct or
indirect contact with the solution and hence the taste of the ammonia is eliminated. It is only in worn out plants where the taste of ammonia is noticed. After the ice is solidly
frozen, the tank is lifted out and placed on an incline chute. Here warm water is run over the tank until the cake inside becomes loose and runs down the chute to the ice
house, through a door that works mechanically and closes after each and every cake has passed. This ice house is kept at a freezing temperature by means of pipes through
which runs the solution. Ice several inches thick was noticed on the outside of the pipes. At the present time there are two shifts of four men each employed. Mr. Baker states
that after the plant is running smoothly, two men on a shift can handle the plant to perfection and without the least bit of difficulty. While The Call representative was at the
plant, a car was placed on a siding to be loaded for the Merchants Ice Company of Reading. Mr. Baker expects to be able to supply not only the wants of Schuylkill Haven and
the immediate towns, but to be able to ship the same to all sections of the state and outside if necessary.
Mr. Baker is charging a small price per ton for the ice at his plant. He believes that the ice dealers can purchase the manufactured ice, haul it around the town and dispose of
the same, making a neat profit, for less money then they can harvest it in the winter and keep it stored until the spring or summer months. He further believes that no resident
should be compelled to pay forty or fifty cents a hundred for this summer necessity. Mr. Baker invites an inspection of the plant so far as cleanliness and sanitation is
concerned. He is ready any hour of there day or night to supply ice in any quantity from a five cent piece to that of a wagon load. The town can well feel proud of its infant
industry and should encourage the proprietor by demanding of their ice men, ice that is not exposed to the weather during freezing process, but ice that is pure and clean.
Tuesday afternoon a cake of ice containing a cantaloupe and several peaches was placed on exhibition at the First National Bank. It drew large crowds and caused favorable
comment and at places was clear enough to read a newspaper through it.
Here are two newspaper
ads from The Call
advertising the roller
skating rink in Schuylkill
Haven. It was located
where Boyer's Market is
today and was built and
operated by renowned
Schuylkill Haven builder,
Paul Naffin. The ad on the
left is from January 19,
1912 touting a race
between skaters and
bicyclists. The ad on the
right from May 31, 1912
teases about a special
attraction.
OPEN JEWELRY STORE HERE
On or about April 1, Schuylkill Haven will have a real jewelry store. During the week arrangements
were made by a practical and experienced jeweler to open a store in the town and in the course of
several weeks the stock will commence to arrive here. The store will be opened and conducted by
Mr. S. M. Rupley who at present conducts a large jewelry and optical store in Monaca Pennsylvania.
The lower portion of the S. L. Pflueger store has been rented and will be occupied by Mr. Rupley.
Mr. Rupley has had several years practical experience in the jewelry business and intends to give
this town an up to date and first class store. He has already rented a house and will move his family
and household goods here as soon as possible. While in town the past week, Mr. Rupley and his
father S. G. Rupley, of Mercersburg, made many friends. They have been acquainted for years with
several prominent families now residing in Schuylkill Haven.
The news article at left
announces a new
jewelry store in town. At
right is a sign from that
long gone business.
NEW HOSPITAL OPENED HERE
A visit to the Dr. G. H. Moore Private Hospital on Main Street, which has recently been opened, will prove interesting and surprising indeed. The hospital located on the third
floor of the Moore residence contains in all eleven rooms. All of them at this time have not been quite completely furnished as the mechanics still have some of their work to
finish. Entrance is gained either through the doctor’s office entrance or around the side of the house and over the second story porch. By the use of the latter entrance, the
Moore family need not be disturbed or interfered with. A sun parlor will be constructed on the second floor for the use of the patients later.
On the third floor there is a cheerful comfortable and roomy living or reading room. Here also is a dumb waiter from the kitchen on the first floor. A large south side sun room
permits a fine view of the rolling hills of Long Run Valley and the Schuylkill Mountain. Then there is an emergency room of good size and a chapel for the use of persons who
wish to be alone for a period. On the walls are three beautiful pictures, “Returning from Jerusalem”, Suffer the Little Children”, and “The Last Supper”. Then comes a large
sized bedroom with which to connect a signal system from all the other departments of the hospital. It contains a novel idea of a three in one built in chiffonier, wardrobe and
dressing table. From this room is obtained a view of Main Street, the P and R railroad to the Mine Hill crossing, the mountains and the hills. Then comes a laboratory with
equipment for examining blood, disease germs, etc, microscopes, electric sterilizers and numerous other appliances necessary for a hospital. A stationary hot and cold water
stand is also found here together with wall closets for the storing of additional equipment, chemicals and appliances.
The bathroom is next door containing the usual bathroom features with three large medicine chests. Here is also a large gas heating boiler to be used in summer time when
there is no fire in the living quarters. The gas is lighted and in a short time hot water is furnished for the bathroom, the sterilizing room and the operating room. The eighth
room is a bedroom containing two beds, where “The Call” man found two young patients asleep, who underwent operations for the removal of adenoids the day previous. The
next room is another bedroom with two single beds, dresser, etc. This room faces on Main Street and plenty of light is obtainable. The room is large and finished in white with
a special hardwood floor. It will be very pleasant. In the sterilizing room is found a large metal stand whereon is a sterilizing tank for dressings, a hot water tank, a cold water
tank and an instrument sterilizer. Here also is a wash stand for the use of the surgeons or nurses in order that it will not be necessary to touch the usual spigots to turn on the
water; the water pressure is operated by foot pedals at the floor. One presses one of the pedals and the water flows from the pipe. Communicating with the operating room is
a large closet. The instruments and bandages, etc are placed in the closet from the sterilizing room. They can be procured from the other side of the closet in the operating
The operating room is a large well lighted room facing on Main and High Streets. Here is the usual operating table, an operating chair for nose work. McKenzie light for special
eye work, electric appliances for suction making tonsil operations almost bloodless, and various other operating room equipment. Most of the rooms are in white with sanitary
mineral flooring. The operating room, sterilizing room and the bathroom are in white enamel. Direct and indirect lighting system is in use. The entire building will be heated
with steam heat. As high as eight to ten patients can be accommodated at one and the same time. The institution will be known as the G. H. Moore Private Hospital and will be
used exclusively for eye, ear, nose and throat work.
OPERA HOUSE TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 12
The remodeling and refurnishment of the Opera House on Saint Peter Street is being rushed with every bit of speed possible. It is planned to have the formal reopening of this
theater either on September 10th or 12th. Motion pictures will be the program and a nightly schedule will be in order. Vaudeville performances will be given occasionally and
the theater will be open for local theatricals and various events. Mr. White the owner promises to give the community high class pictures at a reasonable admission and to
bring to town occasional high class vaudeville acts. The exterior walls of the theater have been stuccoed and the front wall and woodwork will be painted gray and trimmed in
white. The walls and ceiling of the auditorium have been painted dark cream. The woodwork and trimmings have been painted brown and trimmed in dark cream. The walls are
to be stenciled and further decorated. A new system of lighting and new electric fixtures are being installed by electrician William Morris. The floor beneath the balcony has
been pitched toward the stage. A Wurlitzer electric organ with orchestral effects has been purchased. A new mirror screen will be put in position and all new stage properties
and scenery will be procured. Tuesday Mr. White was in Philadelphia and placed an order for a new boiler for the heating plant. New apparatus and the system will be
changed. The Schaffner-Maberry firm recently completed the plumbing conveniences. New seats have been ordered and if they do not arrive in time for the opening date the
seats formerly in use will be placed. Judging from the present appearance of the auditorium, it when finished will be unusually pretty and comfortable. The ceilings and walls in
the hallway have been repainted and the woodwork all revarnished. At this time Mr. White has not decided what use he will make of the third and first floors. He is considering
alterations to the third floor so that it could be used for Lodge rooms or as apartments. The first floor will be arranged for living quarters.
TOWN UNDERWEAR MILL GOES OUT OF BUSINESS
One of the first of Schuylkill Haven’s industries is to be discontinued. In fact operations have been recently discontinued and some of the machinery already has been
disposed of. The plant to be discontinued is that of the Spring Garden Knitting Mills, operated by Berger Brothers. The bleachery, a very large unit of this plant, will however
be continued as heretofore. The other large brick buildings will be used for storage purposes. The reason given for the retirement of this well known firm from the cotton
underwear manufacturing business is that the market for this class of goods is heavily overloaded and that the demand for this product grows less every season. The firm is
one of the oldest of the local industrial concerns. It was established on March 4, 1889 in a small frame building on the site now occupied by the Harry Butz and Mrs. Sallie Butz
properties on Dock Street. The building had first been used as a warehouse. The manufacture of hosiery was first begun. It was operated by Mr. Harrison Berger, father of the
present owners of the plant, Daniel Berger and Elwin Deibert. A year later Daniel Berger sold his interest to his nephew, John D. Berger, the present senior member of the firm
of Berger Brothers. The elder Berger a year later purchased the interest of Elwin Deibert and the firm name was changed to H. Berger and Son and the name of the mill, Spring
Garden Knitting Mill, retained.
In 1893, the Seifert Grist Mill on Dock Street was purchased from Mrs. George McWilliams and converted into a mill and the manufacture of ladies cotton underwear was begun.
In the year 1902, a large additional building was erected which housed the machinery for the bleachery. In 1905 another new two story brick building was built and the mill
proper transferred to it. In 1907, Harrison Berger sold his interest in the firm to his two sons, Harry and Thomas, and the firm name was changed to Berger Brothers. The
Berger firm up until recently employed during the busy season as high as one hundred persons. When hosiery was the product of the mill as high as 144 persons were
employed. Many of the employees of this industry have already procured employment in other local industries.
Miss Ella Kipp, of Cressona, holds the distinction of being in the employ of the Berger firm for the greatest period of time, namely thirty seven years. Miss Lizzie Shadel has
been employed for a period of thirty one years. The Berger firm from the date of beginning the manufacture of underwear continued this line, always manufacturing ladies
cotton underwear. Goods were shipped to all parts of the United States, England and Australia.
TO OPEN NEW BATHING POOL
For some months operations have been underway a short distance above the Columbia Heights Lake, formerly Bittle's Pond, under the direction of Dr. G. H. Moore. They have
now so far progressed that there has been evolved a concrete swimming pool of no mean size which is to be thrown open to the public shortly. It is 125 feet by 140 feet. In
depth it will be from one to nine feet. It will be within ready and easy access from Columbia Street and promises to become one of the most popular outdoor swimming pools in
this section. One of the special features of this pool will be that it will contain filtered chlorinated water. For this purpose a large filtering tank has been completed and will be
filled with eight different sizes of stone pebbles and sand. The pool will be drained daily and for this purpose a five and one half horsepower electric motor was installed this
week in a pump house near the pool by electrician Dewey Graeff. A system of pipes has been placed which will make it possible to drain the pool in a short time.
Around the pool is being built a six foot rustic boardwalk upon concrete supports. A large slide is to be built at a later date. There has been erected a large bath house at the
west end of the pool with separate compartments for men and women and each provided with lockers and will be provided with showers. As a means of safety a steel rope will
be placed about the pool at its deepest point. The water which will be used in the pool will be that of several good sized fresh springs that are in the vicinity. This water will
also be filtered and chlorinated. Dr. Moore intends to provide every convenience to bathers and to offer to the general public this healthful recreation under every first class
and clean condition. Operations will also be continued tending the development of the vicinity of the pool into an inviting park. There will be a caretaker in charge of the pool
at all times and also an instructor in swimming will be present. The pool will be thrown open to the general public shortly.
The Call of September 1, 1933
GUS MENAS CLOSES PLACE OF BUSINESS
During the week, the pool room and cigar store of Gus Menas was discontinued by the former owner. The license to operate a saloon in connection with this place of business
had been held by Sonny McCord. Mr. McCord will continue to operate as a saloon. The closing of the business of Menas was the result of a series of happenings that followed
rapidly upon one another, beginning last week. It appears a Mrs. Grace Jacobs was taken ill in the Menas place last Thursday evening. She was given a room upstairs for the
night and in the morning could not be awakened. Mrs. Jacobs was a waitress at The Maples, opposite the Half Way House on the Orwigsburg Pike. Instructions were received
from The Maples at 1:30 Friday afternoon, that a doctor should be called to administer to her. Dr. Mengel was called at 4:30 that afternoon and ordered her immediate removal
to the hospital. She was taken to the hospital and dies at 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Monday morning a government official arrived in town and questioned Menas regarding his
citizenship in the United States. It was learned he had only taken out first papers. In the meantime, some of the equipment in the Menas place of business was removed by the
owners. Menas had been mixed up with the local authorities on thirteen different charges since 1926, three of which have been maintenance of gambling devices.
NEW BASKETBALL HERE
Added interest on the part of the general public has been aroused in the construction of a gas filling station and garage by Elmer Ketner on Columbia Street by reason of the
fact that the building will contain a hall suitable for basketball purposes, for dances and private or public similar events. The hall referred to will be on the second floor of the
building and will be sixty by sixty feet. This will provide ample space for the basketball cage and considerable space on both sides for bleacher seats. It is figured that seats to
accommodate from seven to eight hundred persons will be possible. The entire space will be free of upright steel girders, thus making possible a hall ideally suited for many
purposes. The building will be a two story structure. There will be a showroom on the Columbia Street side, about thirty five by sixty feet. The service station space will be
about sixty feet square. On the second floor front will be a seven room apartment as well as the large hall above referred to. The building will be of brick and tile. The brick
will be of Clearfield manufacture and of a golden buff. The architecture is not to be elaborate but of a most neat and very attractive design. Mr. Ketner will continue to operate
the service station at the present location just across the street from the new plant. In the new service station and garage he will be associated with his cousin, John D.
Ketner. The Chrysler agency will be retained by Mr. Ketner. Fourteen men are being given employment at this time at the building operations now underway. The contractor is
Mr. George Moyer.
BASKETBALL HALL SOON READY
Schuylkill Haven's honest to goodness basketball hall will be ready for occupancy in the next four to six weeks, depending to a great extent upon weather conditions. This will
be welcome news to basketball fans. It had been hoped to have the hall ready for the beginning of the second half period of the South Anthracite League schedule. This
however, will be impossible. With the opening of the basketball hall, the first in Schuylkill Haven since the Naffin Skating Rink had been used for this purpose, additional teams
are already being formed in town. Other social events planned for the next several months are being arranged with the new hall in mind.
The hall itself will be most properly and modernly appointed and finished in attractive form. There will be two dressing rooms with showers, two toilets and the floor will be of
concrete with marble chip finish. Seats will be of the removable kind with the seating capacity for basketball events up to at least eight hundred. The roof on the building was
completed by contractor George Moyer last week and the interior work for the entire building is now going forward very rapidly. This building was started on November 2nd
and on the average, Mr. Ketner has employed about twenty five men. The building is of neat design. It is two stories of brick, tile, concrete and steel construction. Its size is
sixty two by one hundred feet, the first figure being the Columbia Street dimension. The new building has improved appearances in that particular section of the town one
hundred percent.
On the Columbia Street side, Mr. Ketner will have an auto showroom. On the Saint Charles Street side there will be a service station and storage room. The building on all sides
and on both floors is well lighted, there being extra large sections of windows, each section having fifteen panes. The building is to be heated with a Losch Automatic Furnace.
The Unit heating and ventilating system is to be used. A. R. Saylor is the contractor for the heating. Harold Ney will be the contractor for the electrical work. Sam Bernard has
the contract for the plumbing.
The Call of February 9, 1934
NEW HALL FOR BASKETBALL READY FOR SATURDAY EVENING'S GAME
This week, men have been working day and night on order to have Schuylkill Haven's basketball hall and cage in readiness for the opening game this Saturday evening. The
new hall is located at the corner of Columbia and Saint Charles Streets and is part of a three story brick and steel building, constructed by Elmer and John Ketner for the
housing of an automobile display room, apartments and filling station. The hall is located on the second floor of the building and the entrance to the basketball hall is on
Columbia street. One finds here a four foot wide stairway of terraza composition upon a steel frame. On entering the hall proper one is impressed with the large amount of
natural light. This is obtained with the eight sections of windows, four being on the east side of the building or on Charles Street and four on the west side of the building. In
each one of the sections there are forty five window glasses, for a total of 180 panes on each side. The roof is of the monitor type construction, being twenty feet high in the
center and above the playing floor and the space from the floor to the roof above the bleacher seats being twelve feet. The floor, not only for basketball, will be found to be a
splendid one and to meet every requirement. Its construction is that of a four inch foundation upon which have been built three inch sleepers and on top of this is a yellow
pine sub base with a topping of hardwood maple. The baskets will be on the north and south end of the hall with nine rows of seats on the east and west sides of the space,
with a capacity of about eight hundred. Heat is furnished by a Losch Automatic furnace through a combined heating and ventilation system. With this system there are no
radiators but warm air is blown into the building from several different ventilating machines located at different parts of the hall and close to the ceiling. They are operated with
electric motors with the cold air being drawn in from the rear. The lighting system will be of the very best. Above the bleachers will be located ten one hundred watt globes
and above the playing floor will be located three three hundred watt globes and four two hundred watt globes enclosed in steel reflectors. The shower rooms and rest rooms
will be located on the north end of the building. This portion of the hall will hardly be completed by Saturday evening but will not interfere with the playing of the opening game
as bathroom facilities for the players will be provided nearby.
The Call of April 27, 1934
H. SCHUMACHER AND BROTHER OPEN NEW FOOD STORE
Last evening hundreds and hundreds of persons visited the new store of Harry Schumacher and Brother in the Moser Building on Main Street. It was the formal opening of the
store and was observed in as auspicious and pleasing a manner as could possibly be arranged for. Everybody was afforded an excellent opportunity to examine this new store,
its equipment and stock. Everybody was made to feel at home and everybody was given a souvenir and prizes of a worthwhile and useful character were given to a hundred or
more persons. The new store, painted white on the exterior, is the second one to be operated by Mr. Schumacher in Schuylkill Haven. He will continue to operate his first
store on Columbia Street as heretofore. This particular Columbia Street store is one of the largest most inviting and finest equipped stores in Schuylkill haven. His new store,
just opened last evening on Main Street, is also equipped in an up to date method in that customers have a full view of the foodstuffs on the shelves on both sides of the
storeroom. In the center front of the store is a large steel display case. It is a Dayton Mystic Sprayer, a case three feet in height with numerous compartments for vegetables
and green truck. Through an ingenious arrangement, a light spray of water will constantly fall on the merchandise, thus keeping it crisp, fresh and sanitary at all times. While
the case occupies a comparatively small amount of floor space, it is so constructed that an unusually large amount of merchandise can be displayed. It is the first case of its
kind to be installed in any store in the county.
E. S. KETNER AND COMPANY HAVE HANDSOME LARGE NEW GARAGE
One of the finest and most modern auto display rooms and most completely equipped service departments in this locality is that of E. S. Ketner and Company on Columbia Street
in Schuylkill Haven. Today, Friday and tomorrow, Saturday, the public is invited to attend the grand opening. That all attending will be more than surprised an elated goes
without saying. Located on the ground floor of the large fireproof two story building, the main entrance to the display room is on Columbia Street. The display room has a
thirteen foot ceiling and one is at once impressed with the entire front, with the exception of a few feet, is entirely in glass. On Columbia Street there are two nineteen foot
display windows in three sections with the glass set in narrow steel frames. On the Saint Charles Street side, there is one nineteen foot section and one ten foot section. The
windows are eight feet high and above all of them is additional window lighting by means of three foot English obscure glass. Illumination at night is provided by six suspended
electroliers of a neat design. The gas pumps, outside the building, are close to the building line with a sloped curb which permits the driving of an auto onto the ten foot wide
pavement with ease. Shrubbery will be planted along a space provided close to the building line and add to the effectiveness of the Gothic design of architecture of the
On entering one is also impressed with the floor, it being of terraza composition or seventy eight percent marble. The square large sized slabs of gray and dark maroon are laid
in a herring bone pattern with brass dividers between. It required more than a month to put this floor down. It surely is a beauty. The walls and ceiling are of California stucco
finish in buff. The woodwork is finished in walnut and the counters and desk match. Girders in the ceiling are of grained walnut. An inside telephone system is part of the
office equipment and will permit additional service to customers. Two neon signs on the display windows seem to be of just the proper size and add to the brilliance and
attractiveness to the scene at night.
From the display room, one enters the service department in the rear. This is quite large and the floor is concrete. The sides are of pearl gray for more than one half the height
and ivory for the other portion. The ceiling is also finished in ivory. The steel work and window frames are finished in aluminum. This department like the display room is
unusually well lighted with large windows on three sides. Over one hundred lights light the area. There are only two upright girders in the service department, the second
floor or basketball hall being supported by means of a special system of girder construction. This then gives an unusual amount of floor space free of upright supports. The
service department will be equipped with all the latest kind of equipment for repair and servicing of cars. Already there has been installed an air and hydraulic lift, latest
greasing outfit and motor tuneup apparatus. Another feature in servicing equipment is the individual work benches. One might term these work benches on the order of small
wagons containing several shelves with all tools and equipment. Instead of wasting much time going to the usual stationary work bench and tool kit and returning to the car,
the work bench is wheeled to the machine to be repaired and with the work bench containing tools and equipment, repairs can be made in less time.
An air vent system provides heat and ventilation and this system is controlled by thermostats. The heating apparatus is a Losch coal furnace of the largest size made by Mr.
Losch. Coal is hoisted by means of a conveyor to the coal bin on the second floor and falls into the top of the furnace as needed. An emergency automatic lighting system
provides thirty six different lights for the stairway and hall on the second floor.
The Ketner firm can certainly feel mighty proud of its new home, and the public, too, will be quick to appraise the same as most inviting and modern in every way. The Ketner
Building, it must surely be said, by reason of its having been built on the site of two small frame dwellings which for years had not been kept in any too good repair, has
enhanced Columbia Street and this particular section of the South Ward one hundred percent.
UNVEIL TRADEMARK STONE OF NEW COLDREN $100,000 MILL
Sharply at ten o'clock Thursday morning, the gong in the Coldren Knitting Mill sounded and the employees gathered to walk in a procession over to the new mill building to
participate in the unveiling ceremonies. The Bressler Band started the program with some well rendered selections after which Mayor Scott took over the task of Master of
Ceremonies. The Chief Burgess announced the singing of America by those assembled with the result that the voices of the nearly one thousand people present was
inspiring. The Chief Burgess called upon the Reverend Mr. Jeffery, pastor of the First M. E. Church to lead in prayer. The prayer was followed by the address by the Chief
Burgess, in which he, among other things, expressed the community's pride in the new $100,000 mill being erected, just what its progressive leadership meant to the town in its
payrolls, the large group of citizens effected thereby. He also referred to that large unseen nationwide Coldren organization and who enjoy a part in the monthly payroll of very
nearly $300,000. A very fitting and touching tribute was paid to Mr. D. D. Coldren, the owner, who founded the industry many, many years ago and who is enjoying the rather
unique distinction of, during his lifetime, building a mill which will long stand as an example of the most efficient and modern mill probably in the entire state of Pennsylvania, if
not in the entire East. Few men, Mr. Scott said, enjoy the pleasure of founding an enterprise and then, after many years of operation, erecting a new building such as that in
construction.
Mr. Scott voiced his personal appreciation in being given the task to preside at the unveiling service and complimented the employees upon the fine new building they soon
would labor in, a building in which no less than $10,000 will have been spent in comforts, rest rooms and other conveniences for employees alone. Mr. Scott then introduced
Miss Lizzie Werner, the oldest employee in actual time of service, who pulled the cord that unveiled the stone which is a replica of Czar, the Russian wolfhound that has
become the Coldren trademark. An interesting feature of the ceremony was the presence of the living dog, Czar, who in life paid a tribute to the carver of the stone, Mr. Wert.
The likeness was so realistic that an audible murmur of surprised enjoyment was decidedly evident. Mr. Scott then called upon Mr. Jensen who for the employees, voiced
appreciation to Mr. Coldren for the fine and thoughtful planning and construction of the new mill. He pledged that as in the past, so in the future there would be the same
degree of loyalty and satisfaction which has resulted in such pleasant and happy relationships between employer and employee. He thanked Mr. Coldren for the many fine
things that indicated his generous consideration of the comfort of every employee in the installation of so much that only could be justified because of the pride and pleasure a
real employer takes in the happiness and working conditions of his employees. Mr. Jensen closed his remarks with a solemn pledge that the employees pray that there might
be evidenced one fault only with this new magnificent building to wit: that business might so grow that in a few years an addition would be necessary. With the playing of the
national anthem, the services were brought to a close. It was the largest gathering of its kind ever spontaneously assembled in the town of Schuylkill Haven.
BRICK PLANT STARTED HERE IN 1906 TO BE SOLD
One of Schuylkill Haven's industries, which for a number of years was a scene of great activity and employed a large number of men, is now on the market for sale, either in part
or parcel. It is that of the Schuylkill Pressed Brick Company. The plant has not been in operation since March 17, 1932 but only on Thursday of last week did the board of
directors definitely determine to offer the plant for sale. From this Schuylkill Haven industry came the brick for the erection of many homes and buildings in Schuylkill Haven.
Buildings in nearby towns are also constructed of the Schuylkill Haven brick. At one and the same time, the local plant was busy making the brick for the Capitol Theatre
building, Necho Allen Hotel, Lefkowitz building, the Doutrich and Company building and the Troy Laundry of Pottsville. The Schuylkill Haven High School and the Borough
Electric Light Plant are built of this brick. All of the school houses in Pottsville are built of this brick, including the recently constructed and beautiful high school building in
Pottsville. The product of the plant was sent to many towns and cities in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. The plant was the only one in the state still making dry
pressed brick.
The plant was put in operation in 1906. It occupies a plot of one hundred acres along the Schuylkill Haven - Orwigsburg Pike, a short distance outside of Schuylkill Haven.
Included in this one hundred acre tract is at least ninety acres of what is termed the finest of shale for the manufacture of brick. The plant originally had several kilns but now
there are only five. They are of the down draft beehive type. When the plant was in full operation, fifty two men were given employment and the payroll of this company
amounted to thousands of dollars each and every month. Most of the men employed at the plant were from Schuylkill Haven and nearby surrounding localities. From twenty
eight to thirty four thousand bricks per day were baked during the plant's busiest season. While the plant has not been operated since March of 1932, the machinery and all
equipment has been kept intact and given careful attention and therefore is in good condition. For the past two years a heavy stock of brick has been used to fill orders that
have been constantly coming into the plant. A stock of at least 60,000 brick is still available.
For the past eleven years, the plant has been under the superintendency of Mr. Warren Brown of Schuylkill Haven, who has been with the company for fifteen years. The
largest order of brick which the local plant furnished was the two million order for the construction of the P. P. and L. plant at Pine Grove. The second largest order, something
over a million, was for the Pottsville High School building. Officers and directors for the Pressed Brick Company are: President G. G. Reichley of Saint Clair; Secretary S. H.
Daddow of Saint Clair; Treasurer G. H. Michel of Schuylkill Haven and directors F. B. Keller of Schuylkill Haven, W. J. Evans of Saint Clair, Howard Glick of Frackville and J. P.
Ryon of Pottsville.
MACHINERY BEING PLACED IN NEW COLDREN MILL
Wednesday of this week the removal of machinery from the present plant of D. D. Coldren to the large and handsome recently completed factory building on Columbia Street,
was begun. This work will require some time. It is planned to have the mill in operation in the new quarters within the next week or two. The new factory has a frontage of sixty
feet on Columbia Street and on Railroad Street has a depth of 258 feet. It occupies the site of the former Becker Planing Mill and its completed cost will be in the neighborhood
of $155,000. The basement will be equipped as a modern cafeteria for the employees. A suite of twelve offices on the ground floor will surround a handsome showroom, forty
by sixty feet, where the numerous models produced by the Coldren Mill will be exhibited. The offices and showroom will have a fine rubber tile flooring. Fine tiled restrooms
with lavatories for the men and women employees are featured in the building which embodies the most modern features in factory construction. Tiled baths will also be
provided for the workers.
The building will be heated, air conditioned and cooled. The heating system is operated with a Coxe traveling automatic grate. The boilers will be 125 horsepower. A Frigidaire
cooling system will furnish iced drinking water at all times. The steel construction of the building has been protected throughout by aluminum paint. An interesting feature of
the building's exterior is a life sized reproduction in stone of Mr. Coldren's pet dog, Czar, a beautiful Russian wolfhound, which has been placed in the center of the building
over the entrance. A huge truckload of choice shrubbery has been planted around the new building. Fifteen thousand invitations for the opening will be sent out to
representatives of the Coldren organization and the numerous personal friends and business associates of the family. It is expected that five thousand representatives of the
Coldren Mill will attend and elaborate plans are under way to make the affair one of the largest and finest things of its kind ever seen in Schuylkill County.
OLD LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET TO COME DOWN
Within the course of the next several weeks, the appearance to the Main Street and central business section of Schuylkill Haven will undergo a considerable number of
changes. Not only will the front of the Bittle and Confehr building be changed but directly across the street, Joseph Matonis, proprietor of Hotel Central, will make very marked
changes to the property adjoining the hotel building. On the site of the two small buildings, now occupied by E. A. Schaeffer as a shoe repair shop and A. J. Moore as a fruit
store, will be erected a brick structure which when completed, will be occupied by the American Stores Company, which store now occupies the property of Parris Lazos. Work
on the razing of the buildings was in part begun during the week by the contractor, Harry Becker. A week's notice has been given to the tenants. Mr. Moore will move his fruit
store into the Burket property, on the corner of Main and Haven Streets and will be open for business in the new location on Wednesday of next week. Mr. Schaeffer, when
interviewed, Wednesday, had not as yet determined where he could open the shoe repairing shop. He had several places in mind but had not determined on any one in
The building occupied by the Moore Fruit Store is perhaps one of the oldest buildings on the Main Street and with the exception of some paint and some minor changes made
from time to time, and the removal of the wooden awning, is today in almost the identical size and form as when built many years ago. For more than a half century, fifty four
years to be exact, this building was occupied by a hardware store. It was first rented from Mrs. Bryant by J. F. Thompson, who embarked in the hardware business. In a few
years time it was purchased by Mr. Thompson and when he retired from business, was purchased by Sausser Brothers, who conducted a hardware store in it for many years.
135 YEAR OLD BUILDING TORN DOWN
During the week the two small one story frame buildings adjoining Hotel Central were razed. On their site will be built a modern brick structure that will be occupied by the
American Stores. The razing of one of the two buildings, that occupied by Moore Grocery, for a number of years, and in the earlier days by Sausser Hardware Store, also the
Thompson Hardware Store, eliminates from the building line of the business section, perhaps one of the oldest and only remaining small buildings of the town's business of
many years ago. On the side of the building after some of the boards had been removed, could be seen evidences of the fact that the building had been used to display large
advertising posters. One or two theatrical attractions and advertisements of national products could be deciphered. Some very old account books were also brought to light.
Many names of former residents, who long ago have passed on, were found to have been patrons of the store. One item listed the sale of a range for forty dollars. There are
various conflicting reports as to the age of the building but without doubt, it is conceded to have been one of the oldest of its type in Schuylkill Haven. There is one report of a
local man's father who came to Schuylkill Haven in 1850, remarking that the building had evidently been standing fifty years before he came to Schuylkill Haven. This would
make the building 135 years old. It was heavily constructed of timbers that were mitered together with wooden pegs rather than spikes or nails. Age, however, had greatly
reduced its strength and many of the timbers had rotted completely where they had been joined together. The strength of the building had been very materially reduced and
that it did not tumble down in parts before being razed was mere good fortune. It was long a fire trap. Old timers report the building being occupied in days gone by, at one
time, by a flour mill conducted by Benjamin Ketner and later by Schuylkill Haven's first casket factory, Emanuel Pflueger and William Achenbach, skilled cabinet makers, putting
together caskets on special order. Later the building was occupied by a Mr. Thompson as a hardware store and after him by the Sausser Brothers hardware store for many
years. On the site of this building, the contractor Harry Becker, will build a one story thirty by eighty foot brick veneer building. Thursday the steam shovel of Harry F. Loy was
on the job, excavating for the foundation work.
BUILT 108 HOUSES HERE IN TWENTY ONE YEARS
We believe there are few building contractors in small towns who have equalled or can come anywhere near the record of Contractor Paul R. Naffin, for the number of homes
built within a specified period. The Schuylkill Haven general public well knows that this one individual in the past number of years has been responsible for the erection of an
unusually large number of homes in the town. Hardly anyone, except Mr. Naffin himself, had any idea of the actual number he constructed. It can be said for this contractor,
that most all of the homes he built were of and along modern lines and types. He has been responsible for the development of at least a half dozen different sections of the
town, having first purchased the ground, graded streets, put down curbs and pavements, and then built houses thereon, either on contract or for himself and later disposed of
them when completed.
Mr. Naffin, in addition to the building of homes, has done considerable construction work on other buildings such as stores, garages and public buildings but confining his work
to the actual building of homes, we find the total number since 1914, or twenty one years ago, has been 108. Of this number, twenty three houses were built on contract or to
specifications determined by the owner before hand. Here is a list of streets and number of homes built on each by Mr. Naffin:
West Main Street - 17, Saint Charles Street - 5, Hoover Street - 10, Penn Street - 8, Schumacher Avenue - 8, Willow Lake - 1, Stanton Street - 10, Hess Street - 29, Margaretta
Street - 4, Naffin Avenue - 7, and one each on Wilson Street, Saint Peter Street, Union Street, Avenue C, East Main Street, Garfield Avenue, Centre Avenue, Haven Street and
Columbia Heights.
The Call of November 1, 1935
COAL STOKER BEING MADE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Among the variety of products being manufactured in Schuylkill Haven, such as underwear, burial caskets, and shoes, has been added an item equally as useful and important,
namely, an automatic furnace stoker. It is called the Air-O-Matic Rice Coal Stoker and is manufactured by the Valentine Machine Works of Liberty Street in Schuylkill Haven. The
Air-O-Matic stoker is not a new product entirely, for Mr. Valentine has been manufacturing these stokers for the past three years and already has a large number of them in use
and service and what is more, they are proving quite satisfactory. The price for the stoker installed is one of the lowest on the market today. It has a minimum number of
working parts, can be and is made to fit any size of boiler. It is very quiet in operation and entirely dust proof. In this stoker, Mr. Valentine has eliminated the usual worm gears
that cause endless trouble in a number of similar devices. The Air-O-Matic is an ingenious device which provides for the feeding of the coal to the fire by air feeders. The
stoker requires but an eighth horsepower motor to operate, therefore this cost of operation is cut to the very minimum.
In addition to the manufacture of the stoker, an automatic clock is provided which automatically regulates the stoker, and the burning flame, and therefore cuts down the cost to
at least one third of the cost of a continuously running stoker, by means of both coal and electricity being saved. The manufacture right in Schuylkill Haven of a coal stoker, the
device which has proved its worth many times over, provides for the people of this section an unusual opportunity of procuring, in a direct manner, from the manufacturer,
these stokers and in doing so, effecting a saving of the agent's or middleman's commission or profit. Mr. Valentine has in operation a number of his stokers in Schuylkill Haven
and adjoining towns and is placing additional stokers right along. Owners of these stokers are enthused over the results and willingly permit inspection of the same by
interested persons in their homes. At the plant of Mr. Valentine on Liberty Street can also be seen one of these stokers in operation.
One of the oldest retail business firms in Schuylkill Haven will, in a short time, close its doors. It will be the Felix Department Store on Saint John Street. A mammoth liquidating
sale is now in progress. On March 1st, Mr. H. D. Felix will begin the duties of Executive Vice President and Trust Officer of the First National Bank and Trust Company of
Schuylkill Haven. He has been a director of this banking institution for the past ten years and for the past three years has devoted part time each day to the duties of Vice
President. Last week he was made Trust Officer of the institution. The Felix Department Store in its sixty years in Schuylkill Haven established for itself an enviable reputation
throughout the county for honest and square dealing and merchandise of a quality always better than could be found in most stores. At this date, nothing definite could be
stated as to whether the store room will be occupied and for what purpose.
Sixty years ago, or back in 1876, Mr. Albert W. Felix moved from Minersville, where he had conducted a grocery business for ten years. He opened his store in Schuylkill Haven
in the Eli Mengle property, now the Bolton store, on Parkway. He sold groceries and oilcloth. Next he moved into the William Huntzinger property next door to the Edwin
Becker property on West Main Street. From that location, as the business increased and more space was require, he moved into the storeroom at the corner of saint John and
Union Streets. Later he moved back into the Huntzinger property for a short time and then moved into the heart of the business section, the Moser property on East Main
Street. The day after excavations had been started for the building of a storeroom on Saint John Street, operations on the Schuylkill Canal ceased. His friends and fellow
businessmen foresaw for him failure and urged that he discontinue the building of a new store. Undaunted, he continued and when the building was completed, moved into it.
Mr. A. W. Felix passed away in 1910 but the business was continued by his wife until her death in 1923, when it was continued to the present time by the son, H. D. Felix and his
two sisters, Misses Mattie and Sue Felix. Twenty four years ago the line of groceries and carpets was discontinued and in their place was added ready to wear merchandise.
For a great many years, the store has been known as the Felix Department Store and has enjoyed a very generous share of the patronage of this community and surrounding
districts.
MANY INDUSTRIES LOST TO SCHUYLKILL HAVEN IN THE LAST 25 YEARS
The news of the intention of the Kayser Knitting Mill of Schuylkill Haven to move to Allentown within the next
several weeks, arouses interest as to just how many industries have been lost to Schuylkill Haven in the past
twenty five years. In the list herewith given is included industries that have moved elsewhere or have
discontinued business.
S. Thomas Knitting Mills Nipple and Nut Works Daniel Sharadin Knitting Mills
Berger Brothers Knitting Mills Reidlers Knitting Mill Russel Reider and Brother
J. E. Stanton Knitting Mill A. H. Kline Knitting Mill J. C. Lautenbacher Knitting Mill
Schwenk and Company Knitting Mill Davis and Lawrence Paper Box Factory W. F. Doherty Paper Box Factory
Baker Brothers Knitting Mill Philadelphia and Reading Car Shops Schuylkill Haven Rolling Mill
Stocking Factory on Leonard Street Losch Automatic Furnace Company Fox and Brown Shirt Factory
Schuylkill Haven Brick Plant Guarantee Laundry Company Becker Planing Mill
Turner Concrete Block Company Huling Burial Casket Company
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TO LOSE VALUABLE INDUSTRY
Very unpleasant news for the people of Schuylkill Haven is announced by the Call this week. It is that of the Kayser Knitting Mill transferring its Schuylkill Haven unit to
Allentown. Under present plans and arrangements, the local unit will be operated in Allentown by July 1st. Most of the orders and work now on hand at the Schuylkill Haven
plant will be completed before closing down. About one hundred and sixty employees will be effected by the moving of the Kayser plant. All but about ten to twelve of these
employees are women. The greater majority of the employees are Schuylkill Haven residents. There are a number of Cressona and Auburn persons included in the list of
employees, as well as several from rural sections.
The present average payroll of these employees is about $2300. This amount was considerably higher until several months ago, when in February the knitting department of
the local mill was transferred to the large plant of the Kayser Company in Allentown. This change affected fourteen persons, all men, five of whom are now employed in
Allentown. For the last twenty two years, or since 1914, this mill was operated continuously on a fifty two week basis. Two weeks each year were taken off for inventory and
during this time period, the employees were expected to take their vacation and be ready to give continuous employment during the balance of the year. It was one of the most
steadily operated plants in this section.
Efforts are to be made by the Chamber of Commerce to induce the Kayser Company to change their plans and continue operations in Schuylkill Haven. Just what success will
mark their efforts remains to be seen but from the fact that the high officials of the Kayser Company are enroute to Europe and will not return for several weeks, it is uncertain
as to what success may be expected by a conference, which has been arranged with junior executives. While it is not believed the firm can operate the Schuylkill Haven unit in
Allentown as cheaply as it does in Schuylkill Haven, nevertheless, it is understood the primary idea of the firm is to have the manufacture of their products concentrated. This
can be readily done in the Allentown plant for the addition recently built to it is a little bit more than twice the size of the Schuylkill Haven building. The original Allentown plant
is almost as large as the Schuylkill Haven plant. In the Schuylkill Haven plant, cotton and silk underwear and sleeping garments for ladies, also ladies' cotton sportswear, were
manufactured. The Kayser Company operates three plants in Pennsylvania, namely in Allentown, Bangor and Schuylkill Haven. They have several plants in New York City and
one each in Canada and Australia.
This company has been operating the local plant on a one hundred percent ownership basis since 1921. For four years before that date, they operated on part ownership with
the R. J. Hoffman Estate. From the year 1912, the firm took the entire production of the R. J. Hoffman Mill. Mr. Hoffman began operations at the present location in 1909 and in
1920 began the building of a large addition. This addition was occupied in February of 1921. The present superintendent of the Schuylkill Haven plant, Mr. H. A. Goas has
served in this capacity since 1913. It is understood he will have a similar position at the Allentown plant. His daughter Miss Margaret, who has served as forelady of the
Schuylkill Haven mill for a number of years, may also accept a similar position in Allentown. This means, of course, that the family will move to Allentown.
Whether or not opportunity will be given of the employees of the Schuylkill Haven mill to accept employment at Allentown is not known. The three story brick building on
Margaretta Street, owned and occupied by the Kayser Company in Schuylkill Haven, has been advertised for sale for the past month or more. It might be interesting to note that
it was through the foresight and interest of the employees of this industry that the Community Christmas Tree feature was instituted in Schuylkill haven. From prize money won
by the employees in several parades, was contributed the fund to purchase the first Community Christmas tree and to provide for the Christmas Tree service. This was back
seventeen years ago. The employees of this industry, too, have always been loyal in every way to the community, contributing most liberally whenever any special drive or
campaign for funds was under way and also being the first to participate in community events of any kind.
BARBER SHOP AT NEW LOCATION
Beginning Friday morning of last week, the Merlin Fisher Barber Shop, formerly located on West Main Street, was opened for business on the Parkway. Mr. Fisher purchased
the Bolton property and gave it a complete rebuilding and refinishing. A large plate glass window in the front of the shop provides an unusually fine amount of illumination.
The interior of the shop is finished in white. Three large mirrors have been used to good effect. A fine pattern of inlaid linoleum of the shades of terra cotta, dark grey and
mahogany, add to the appearance of the shop. While the new quarters are not quite as long as the former shop, it is somewhat wider and the floor space is therefore about the
same as the former location where Mr. Fisher did business at the West Main Street address for a little more than twenty one years, having opened in October of 1915. Thus far
all of his customers have not been inconvenienced in any way and have easily found the new address. The entire property has undergone considerable changes, Mr. Fisher
having had almost every type of work done or has it underway, including replastering, painting, new floors, new woodwork, rewiring, new plumbing, new heating plant. The
family is now domiciled at the new address.
FEGER PAINT STORE BEING IMPROVED
Workmen are now engaged in enhancing and considerably
changing the appearance of the Harry Feger Paint and
Wallpaper Store on West Main Street. When completed,
the result will be most inviting and very pretty. Nothing
like it will be provided in any store in the state. The entire
interior is being changed. A pottery shelf will first greet
the customer. There will be two wallpaper display racks,
each with twenty patterns of paper. There will be three
attractive paint shelves on the opposite side of the store
room. Above all, the shelving along the two sides will be a
cornish with flood lights shedding light upon the store. In
the rear of the store room will be a replica of a portion of a
colonial house with the ten inch weatherboards with two
colonial windows and the French doorway. There will be
flower boxes in the windows and the effect promises to be
very pretty. The walls of the store room will be finished in
the new shade of blue with hand painted flowers in grey
and rose. The fixtures will be in grey as will be the
cornish. Blue and rose stripes will add effect to the
cornish. The floor will be finished in grey. All of the
fixtures in the store will be brand new. It is expected the
same will be ready by March 5th and 6th when the general
public will be invited to inspect the same and note the
very, very inviting and comfy appearance, provided by the
more modern trend in interior store room decorations.
NEW MOTOR COMPANY FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Schuylkill Haven is to have a new motor company, garage and filling
station. It is to be located on the site of an old stand, namely, the corner of
Columbia and Saint Charles Street. The new firm will be known as Haven
Motors Incorporated. The formal opening of both the garage, auto display
room and filling station will be Monday of the coming week. To this end, the
property, leased from the owners by John Ketner, Kenneth Santee and
Joseph Zimmerman, is undergoing marked changes. The garage itself, on
its interior, has been repainted and equipped with new mechanical devices
of various kinds to facilitate servicing and repairing of automobiles. The
shop manager will be John Ketner, a capable auto mechanic. The display
room, fronting on Columbia Street, is being given a brightening. This
showroom of unusually large size is concede to be one of the finest in the
county. The autos which this firm will handle are the Plymouth and Desoto
and 1938 models of both cars will be on display Monday. Kenneth Santee,
for the past three and a half years manager of the J. M. Gipe Schuylkill
Haven Garage will be the sales manager. Included in the new equipment
which will be placed in the servicing department, will be new motor and
electrical analyzing systems. Joseph Zimmerman, one of the members of
the firm, has been employed in the lubricating department of the R. R.
Sterner Garage at Pottsville. Two kinds of gasoline will be sold with the
pumps being in service over an eighteen hour period. Charles Delbert has
been engaged as clerk for the new firm. The Haven Motors will also
operate the Hall on the second floor. Some changes will be made to the
same and it will be available for renting for dances, festivals, parties and all
social events.
NEW MILL NOW IN OPERATION HERE
Schuylkill Haven's newest industry got underway on Monday of this week. It is the Alpha Knitting Mills, brought to Schuylkill Haven from Pottsville through efforts of the
Schuylkill Haven Chamber of Commerce. It is located in the Hoffman Knitting Mill property, which property was purchased by this company from the Julius Kayser Company of
New York City. The number of persons now being given employment in this new industry is seventy. The departments being operated are the knitting, cutting and part of the
sewing department. The knitting department is being operated night and day at present. Additional machinery is being set up daily and as the new machines are placed,
operators are started on the same day the end of this week or the early part of next week, it is anticipated at least one hundred persons will be employed. The product
manufactured is women's winter underwear. The trade name is "Snuggies". The superintendent in charge of local operations is Cornelius Wasatonic. The Alpha Mills have
orders to keep them running at top speed and full schedule for months in advance. The product is shipped direct to retail stores in all parts of the United States.
A & P OPENED SELF SERVICE STORE HERE TODAY
The first self service A & P store in Schuylkill County opened at 133 West Main Street in Schuylkill Haven this morning at 9:00 under the management of Nelson Faust of
Columbia Street in Schuylkill Haven, former manager of the grocery department of the North Centre Street A & P in Pottsville. A feature of this store is the provision that has
been made for automobile parking. More than one hundred cars can be parked on the plot of ground adjoining the east side of the building. The parking is free to customers.
The store is located five hundred yards below the railroad and only a few doors below the Parkway.
The store personnel will include twenty full time employees and twenty part time employees, assuring customers of speedy and efficient service. Manager Faust has been
associated with the A & P Company for the last ten years. He has been a resident of Schuylkill Haven for a number of years. Francis Lesher, also of Schuylkill Haven, will be
manager of the meat department. He has been an employee of the company for more than five years. For the convenience of customers and to speed up the number of
persons waited upon, many gliders, of the basket type will be available for use. Customers can use the gliders in traveling through the store to make their selections. There
will be four checkers at the front door to assist buyers. The arrangement of the interior of the building is similar to that of other markets operated by the company.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TO HAVE A NEW FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE
Schuylkill Haven is soon to have a new five and dime department store. It will be located on East Main Street, in the building recently vacated by the Atlantic and Pacific
Company. Renovating and rebuilding operations will be started at once. A new and ultra modern front is to be placed in the building. The ceiling is to be renewed and many
interior changes made to the storeroom. The new store will be operated and owned by the firm of Messner and Hess, which firm operates a similar store in Minersville. The
deal for the lease for this storeroom was consummated through Realtor Gordon Reed during the week. It might be interesting to know that not ten minutes after the deal had
been consummated, a firm operating a large number of large grocery stores, made tempting offers for the lease of the building. The following day another food store concern
also made inquiries concerning the rental for the purpose of opening a large produce store.
NEW DEPARTMENT STORE BEING RUSHED
A corps of mechanics are at work changing the interior of the building on East Main Street, formerly occupied by the A & P store, and which will, within the next several weeks,
be occupied by Messner and Hess as a five and dime department store. The general remodeling is being done by Contractor Paul Naffin. The electrical work will be done by
Bair and Shuey. The plumbing and heating changes are being made by Floyd Mattern. The floor will be covered with linoleum purchased from Robert Yoder. The store front
will be placed by Hen Johnson.
A new ceiling of masonite in panels will be placed. The wooden store fixtures, consisting of many counters and wall shelves are being put together and erected. The stands
are of the fabricated type and were sent here in that condition for erection by local carpenters. The most marked change in the building will be the store front. This will be of
the latest type. It will be of porcelain slabs placed upon fabricated steel. The sides of the store front and around the display windows will be in black with a yellow edging,
fusing into the black. Across the top of the front will be a strip of yellow inlaid with chromium insets. The name or letters will be of red porcelain field with gold leaf
background. The doors will be painted aluminum and finished with silver paint. The date of the opening has not been announced as of yet.
DEATH CALLS PIONEER MERCHANT
Sixty years of continuous retail merchandising in Schuylkill Haven was brought to a close Friday morning, shortly after five o'clock, when death claimed P. T. Hoy. Mr. Hoy had
been confined to bed but for ten days. He had, however, been in ill health for the past two and one half years and during that time had not been active in the duties and work
connected with the store that bore his and the names of his sons. Mr. Hoy was one of Schuylkill Haven's oldest residents and one of the oldest active merchants in town. His
funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the D. M. Bittle Funeral Home with interment in the Union Cemetery.
The deceased was eighty three years of age last July 27th. He was born in South Manheim Township, and was the son of Thomas and Sara (Faust) Hoy. His boyhood days were
spent in and near to Orwigsburg and then when he was twenty years of age, he came to Schuylkill Haven and obtained employment as clerk in the general store of William C.
Kline on the corner of Main and Saint John Streets. Within a few years, he decided to embark in business in his own name and purchased the Huntzinger store on West Main
Street. In the year 1895, he built the property at the corner of Main and Saint John Streets, and opened one of the largest general stores in this section. He continued active in
the operation of the business until his sons were taken into the partnership, when he relinquished some of his activities but continued to maintain more than interest in the
business. It was not until his health failed completely that he did not spend the greater part of the day in the store, greeting friends in his usual pleasant and affable manner.
Mr. Hoy always took great interest in his community and the welfare of its people. He headed many civic progress improvements and, if not at their head, always was a staunch
supporter of them. He served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Health. He was instrumental in numerous matters that made for the improvement of the town
and was always considered the most zealous and energetic, as well as one of the most prominent businessmen in this entire section.
Mr. Hoy was a member of the Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church. For many years he was the secretary of the Sunday School. He continued his attendance at the church services
until the failure of his health. His wife preceded him in death in September of 1925 and in February of 1926, a daughter, Helen, passed away. He is survived by two sons and
one daughter: Lewis H. and Rudy F Hoy, of Schuylkill Haven and S. Christine, wife of Thomas C. Cockill of Chester. These grandchildren also survive: C. Harriet Hoy, Lewis L.
Hoy, of Schuylkill Haven and Thomas Cockill Jr. of Chester. The deceased was one of the oldest members of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, having been connected with the
order since 1882.
The Call of April 7, 1939
NEW FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE WILL OPEN SOON
Contrary to reports circulated, the new five and dime store of Messner and Hess on East Main Street in Schuylkill Haven will not be opened on Saturday. The date of the
opening has not been definitely decided. It may be the end of next week and perhaps later. There is such a tremendous stock of such a large number of items to be placed at
the most strategic points in the store, that the time required is considerable. The store equipment is all completed and work was started this week in unpacking and putting out
merchandise. There will be many surprises in store for everyone when this store opens to the public. Due announcement will be made of the opening days.
NEW DEPARTMENT STORE TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Next Saturday, Schuylkill Haven's latest department store will open for business. This will be the second new store to open for business in Schuylkill Haven within two weeks.
This is exclusive of the American Store, which had long been in Schuylkill Haven but which last week opened in quarters more than twice as large as formerly. It is also
exclusive of the Feger Paint and Wallpaper Store which last week had its formal opening in larger quarters at the same address. The new store of Messner and Hess is of
unusually large size. It has a width of thirty five feet and a depth of one hundred and twenty five feet. It will be filled with a choice stock of quality merchandise of a great
variety. There will be at least twenty thousand different color and size articles. This stock will be arranged and displayed on seven different box counters of four sections each;
also on counters and shelving along the full length of the store room on both sides.
There will be many different departments. Those of special large size will be the Candy Department, toilet Article Department, Departments for Notions Hardware and Paint,
Tinware and Aluminum and the Hosiery Department. Other large sized departments will be Stationery, Woodware, Toys, Ribbon, Lace, Art Goods, Jewelry, Glassware and
Crockery, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Electric Supplies, Kitchen Utensils, Garden Tools and Seed Department.
The firm of Messner and Hess conduct similar large stores in Minersville and Girardville. The storeroom has been beautifully done over. The ceiling is of masonite. There are
thirty seven ceiling electric bowl lights. The counters and shelving are finished in cherry with black base. Mirrors and palms atop the wall shelving lend an attractive tone to
the storeroom. An unusual feature is the floor being covered with a heavy linoleum of a design that matches well with the other color scheme of the store. The store front is
attractive in yellow and black porcelain inlaid with chromium. The windows are of a most modern type, one being on each side of the center entrance.
MANY PERSONS VISIT NEW STORE ON INSPECTION DAY
Thursday was a big day for the Schuylkill Haven public. This because
it was the day for inspection of the new Messner and Hess
Department Store on East Main Street. From noon until late in the
evening, people just simply crowded the new store. They were stock
and equipment. It was noticed that so many people were more than
showing a passing interest. Careful examination of many lines of
goods was made. It would be hard to say just which department
attracted the most attention and notice from the visitors. Roses as
souvenirs were given from six in the evening. The high school band
entertained with concert music in front of the store for a long period.
The storeroom was glorified with gorgeous spring and hot house
flowers presented by firms and individuals as a means of
congratulating the firm on the opening of this new store. The
presentations were in the form of massive baskets. The manager of
the Schuylkill Haven store will be Mr. Harvey, who hails from
Bloomsburg. He will make his residence in Schuylkill Haven as soon
as he can find an unoccupied apartment or house. All of the girl
clerks to be employed will be from Schuylkill Haven. The official
opening of the store took place this morning at nine o'clock. There
were additional presentations of congratulatory baskets of flowers.
BUECHLEY FIRM ERECTING LARGE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE
Building operations are well underway near the cutoff on Broadway, Schuylkill Haven, by the Buechley firm. By the first of the year, it is expected the two story warehouse and
office now being erected on this site will be ready for occupancy. The concrete foundation walls are about completed. The building is being erected on the west side of what
formerly was the cutoff for the Schuylkill Canal. The new building will be forty by eighty feet and will be of frame construction. The front part will be occupied as an office and
display room. The appointments throughout will be of the very finest and most up to date where will be displayed all the newest and proven accessories for builders and
contractors. The local plant of the local firm occupies four and one half acres. Over a million feet of lumber of various kinds are on hand at all times. In addition to this, there is
an enormous quantity of builders hardware, building accessories and building material. The Schuylkill Haven manager is Mr. Oscar Hill, better known as "Mox" Hill. The
Buechley firm has been located in Schuylkill Haven for thirty one years. Mr. Hill has been the local manager for a full thirty year period.
The Call of December 1, 1939
NEW INDUSTRY EMPLOYS THIRTY MEN
Schuylkill Haven recently acquired an industry without solicitation or effort, that already is giving employment to at least thirty men. The prospects are that fifty men will be
given employment when the industry is operated at full capacity. The new plant is a coal breaker. It is located near the old canal locks at the south end of the Parkway. It
occupies almost the same site as did a breaker and washery of Charles Manbeck some years ago. The industry is operated by the Pine Ridge Mining Company, which company
operates and owns several similar breakers at other points in the district. Coal is brought to the breaker in trucks and taken by truck up a runway to a hopper twenty feet high.
It is dumped into the same and drops into a breaker or series of cogs and screens underneath. From this point it is screened and the large sizes of coal taken on an endless
conveyor to the breaker building nearby. The breaker building is sixty feet in height, seventy seven feet in length and thirty six feet wide. The coal taken into the breaker
building is carried on the conveyor through a series of screens and drops into the proper sized pocket. After being sized, it is ready for the market. Shipping will be done by
truck and by rail. A spur track of the Reading Company is now being completed into the plant. Operations were begun during last week. The breaker has a capacity of five
hundred tons of coal per day. Schuylkill Haven, as a site for this industry, was chosen because of its close proximity to several points in the county, from whence the coal to be
broken and sized is received by truck. Building operations are not yet completed and indications point to additional buildings and an office building, being constructed in the
near future. Electrical power for the operation of the industry is obtained from the Schuylkill Haven Electric Light Department, the amount of motors in use being one hundred
and twenty horsepower. This is the first coal breaker of large size to be located in or near Schuylkill Haven.
LEWIS MOVES TO NEW STORE
Frank S. Lewis, local newsdealer, on Friday moved his storeroom to the Gipe building recently purchased and remodeled, on the opposite side of Main Street. The storeroom
which was vacant when Mr. Lewis made the purchase, was formerly occupied by the J. M. Gipe five and ten cent store. The entire three floors were renovated, with apartments
being made on the second and third floor. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will occupy the second floor. The storeroom, twenty by fifty five feet, has been modernized and equipped with
attractive shelving tables, card racks and stands. A long room has been constructed with wall tables on the side for newsboys and an office in the rear. Large display windows
with good lighting add to the attractiveness of the new place of business. Mr. Lewis has increased the amount of stock carried and will add a number of new lines in addition to
his regular newspaper, magazine, stationery and greeting card business. The change in location to a larger storeroom was necessitated by the steadily increasing amount of
business done by Mr. Lewis since coming to Schuylkill Haven fourteen years ago. Mrs. William Calsam of Margaretta Street, expects to open a hat store in the building formerly
occupied by the newsstand.
WAGE INCREASE DENIED, WORKERS BARRICADE ROAD TO BREAKER
Twenty two striking miners at the Pine Ridge Mining Company breaker, located at the end of Parkway, erected a barricade on roads leading to the breaker and are stopping all
trucks from entering the premises. This action was taken after a demand for an increase in wages had been refused by the company, the men laid off and an attempt made to
operate the breaker with new men. The affair was peaceful until Thursday afternoon, when an altercation occurred between Charles Andershonis, one of the foremen, and the
striking employees. It is claimed that the foreman sought to tear down American flags erected at the barricade and was set upon by the men.
The trouble began last week, when the miners, who reportedly had been working from ten to fifteen hours for wages ranging from $3.50 to $4.00 per day, asked for fifty cents an
hour for an eight hour day and with time and a half for overtime work. They notified the company that they would strike if the demands were not met by March 1. The company
attempted to operate the breaker with outside help on that date, and the old employees set up the barricade on Tuesday to prevent coal from being taken to or from the
breaker.
The owner, Steve Kotch of Frackville, also operates two other breakers, at Oak Ridge near Lorberry and at Millersville, near Fountain Springs. Attempts at conciliation have met
with no success, the strikers claiming that the operator will not meet with them. Clarence Ney, the spokesman for the employees, announced this morning that the men will now
demand the union wages and hours of the United Mine Workers. A detective of the Pine Ridge Mining Company talked with the men this morning and it is thought a conference
soon will be arranged between the two factions, and an agreement reached.
ZULICK MILL IS OPERATING IN NEW QUARTERS
Zulick's Underwear Mill, formerly Moyer and Zulick, began operation this week in their new quarters at the rear of 128 Centre Avenue. The factory which had been located in the
small building across from Moyer's garage on Lincoln Avenue was moved to the newly constructed frame building Thanksgiving Day and the thirty girls employed by Mr. George
Zulick lost only one day through the change in location. The new factory offers ideal working conditions. It is a two story building with plenty of natural light coming through the
numerous windows on all sides. The girls work at the thirty machines on the second floor. Contractors are still working on the first floor which is expected to be finished this
week. This floor will be used as a retail sales room where the products of the mill will be sold direct to the consumers. The merchandise now manufactured includes ladies'
rayon underwear, panties, slips, gowns and pajamas and ladies' and boys camerline jackets. Sales are made by Mr. Zulick direct to the retail dealer and to individuals coming to
the sales room. The partnership of Moyer and Zulick was dissolved June 27 upon the death of R. F. Moyer, after the two men had operated for sixteen years. Now with
increased sales and greater production necessary, a larger factory became necessary and Mr. Zulick constructed the building at the rear of the Zulick apartments. The new
building can accommodate almost double the number of machines now in operation. With the demand for his products steadily increasing, Mr. Zulick states that new machines
and operators will be added very shortly.
EMPLOYEES OF W. Y. MILLER SHOE COMPANY PLEDGE $5000 TO FINANCE REOPENING
The citizens of Schuylkill Haven in their public spirited endeavor to save the W. Y. Miller Shoe Company have already pledged $7300 of the $35,000 necessary to put the factory
again in operation and return the 138 employees to their jobs. The action of the community in trying to save one of its biggest industries has stirred the interest of millions of
people in the eastern part of the United States. Large city newspapers have sent men in to cover the meetings of the Citizen's Committee and have given the story prominent
display in their news columns. Their millions of readers are now waiting to see if this town of 6500 people will be able to raise the large amount necessary to reorganize the
closed factory. If the amount is raised, the factory will become a community operation. The plan is to issue preferred stock which carries with it a voice in the management and
operation of the shoe company. The preferred stock will be paid off from the profits.
A pledge of $5,000 by the employees at a meeting in town hall last evening gave added impetus to the solicitation. More than one hundred employees, friends and interested
persons attended the meeting. Solicitation will begin in earnest tomorrow, following an important meeting of the solicitors tonight at &:30 in town hall. All solicitors already
working and any other persons interested are asked to be present. These solicitors will canvass the town in an effort to raise the additional $27,000 by the deadline, Thursday,
December 11. On Thursday the hearing of the W. Y. Miller Shoe Company will be held in Philadelphia before Judge Guy T. Bard. At the first hearing on Monday, ex-judge Roy P.
Hicks, attorney for the closed factory, explained the attitude of the townspeople and their plan to raise the amount necessary to resume operations under a reorganization plan
and he received an extension of time for the hearing until December 11. At that time the entire $35,000 will have to be pledged.
According to authentic financial reports on the status of the company, it had been operating at a profit for the last six months, but a large indebtedness created an overhead
which depleted the profit. Three creditors presented their claims and forced the Millers into involuntary bankruptcy. Under Chapter 10 of the Chandler Act, a business is
permitted to continue operation under a reorganization plan. In the event this plan can not be put into operation, the company will have to go through the bankruptcy
proceedings. If the citizens are successful in raising the $35,000, the factory will begin work immediately to fill orders on hand totalling $125,000. When reorganized, the factory
will do the greater part of their dealings directly with the retail dealers, retaining only a few of their most reliable jobbers. Prior to closing two weeks ago, the factory was
producing a thousand pairs of shoes a day. The maximum daily output is estimated at twelve hundred pairs.
The first meeting of the Citizen's Committee was called by Bert Maberry, Gordon D. Reed and George Gray for Wednesday evening, November 26. At this time about twenty
businessmen of the community were present. Because a true account of the financial condition was not available beyond the bare statement of liabilities over assets and the
fact that $35,000 was needed, the group had nothing to go on but rumors. It was decided that before any plans were made, a conference should be held with the Miller brothers
and their attorneys. At this meeting the company was satisfied that the shoe company could again operate on a paying basis if the amount of $35,000 was raised. A second
meeting was called for Tuesday evening and in addition to the businessmen, a number of employees were present. Officers elected at this time were: Bert Maberry, President;
Gordon reed, secretary; and George Gray, treasurer. When Harry Runkle, one of the foremen, and Lewis Schweigert, one of the oldest employees, expressed the belief that the
workers would gladly do their part in raising the necessary 435,000, it was decided to call a meeting of the employees for Thursday night. This was done and the workers turned
out almost one hundred percent to voice their endorsement of the plan by pledging more than $5,000. The W. Y. Miller Shoe Company was founded in September of 1905 by W.
Y. Miller, Preston Miller and Herman Miller as a partnership. The founders began the manufacture of children's shoes in a building on the southwest corner of Liberty and Saint
Peter Streets. As the business expanded, more floor space was added. In October of 1913, the brick building on Liberty Street was erected. After several years it was found
necessary to have more working space and another addition was built in 1918. The next addition was a two story brick wing added in the summer of 1921. In 1932, the brothers
decided to incorporate the business and it became known as the W. Y. Miller Shoe Company, Incorporated. In addition to the three brothers, the two sons of Preston Miller,
Bob and Wilmer also have an interest.
MILLER'S SHOE COMPANY GRANTED 20 DAY EXTENSION
Through the untiring efforts of the local committee endeavoring to retain the W. Y. Miller Shoe Company here, District Judge Guy Bard has extended the time of final action until
December 30, which gives the local people two more weeks in their effort to raise the necessary $35,000 to save the industry for Schuylkill Haven. The committee has worked
feverishly and has been ably assisted by eight of the employees of the closed factory. The response has been fair and while there is a yeoman's job to be done, the outlook is
not too gloomy. To date, $15,700 has been subscribed. Subscriptions have been received from former residents of Schuylkill Haven who have indicated by act as well as word
that they are anxious to do their part in this effort to aid their former neighbors and friends. One in particular is puzzling the committee who boasted of the fact that they knew
everyone who ever lived here. The subscription is for $100 and was sent by a person who is an absolute stranger to every one of the committee. The sender expressed a
desire to help in this most worthy cause and the committee is of the opinion that the publicity given the matter in the metropolitan newspapers is the reason for this
subscription by a nonresident. It is not too late, as a matter of fact the time is now at hand for you to do your part, if you have not already done so. The thermometers in front of
the Gordon reed office are continually rising in spite of the drop in the actual temperature. They must rise to the $35,000 mark. It can be done. It will be done. Welcome the
solicitor when he comes to you and give all you possibly can.
LET'S BREAK THE THERMOMETER !
Two large thermometers placed on the light standard in front of the Gordon D. Reed office will record the increasing amount of the money pledged to the W. Y. Miller Shoe
Company fund. The thermometers, made by Fred Reichert, are white with a blue background and a red "mercury" tube. The degrees are marked in $5,000 units with smaller
division between each marker. At the top of the thermometer tube is the goal of $35,000. The reading on the top asks the local citizenry to help keep 138 persons working and
to keep the industry in operation. Anyone desiring to pledge toward the fund may do so at the Reed office or Gray's clothing store.
NEW INTEREST SHOWN IN DRIVE TO SAVE FACTORY
The war events of last week slowed down the action of the town in its attempt to raise the $35,000 for the Miller Shoe factory, but now that the surprise is past, interest is again
turned to the local problem and solicitors are working feverishly to raise the amount. At the present time over $16,000 has been pledged. Particularly noticeable in the past
week has been the support given to the drive by former residents of Schuylkill Haven, who have come to learn of the plight of one of the main industries of their home town.
Being away from the community, they look at Schuylkill Haven as a unit, not as individuals, and see what the continued operation of the Miller Shoe Company will mean to
everyone in town. Their support is given to build up Schuylkill Haven rather than to see it slip backwards. Many are the stories heard from local businessmen abut salesmen
from distant cities who have read of the gallant fight being waged here and the inquiries about the progress being made in the drive for $35,000. This week, a request was
received by Gordon D. Reed from the Life magazine for aid in securing information and pictures for a feature story to be printed in that magazine. In speaking of the
communication, Reed remarked, "This publicity is all well and good but what we need is more aid in the way of financial pledges."
Only eleven days remain to raise the $35,000. The extension granted the Miller Shoe Company will expire December 30 and at that time the decision will be made whether or not
138 employees, most of them men, will be returned to their jobs or be forced to look elsewhere for work. The Citizen's Committee, Bert Maberry chairman, appeals to the
people to extend their utmost aid to this cause which effects the lives of everyone in Schuylkill Haven.
TWO RECEIVERS APPOINTED FOR MILLER FACTORY
District Judge Guy Bard handed down on Tuesday, December 30, an order to adjudicate bankruptcy in the matter of the Miller Shoe Company and appointed Harold Hubler,
Auburn and Ralph M. Bashore of Tremont as receivers. This action followed the petition of a month ago by the operators of the Miller shoe factory to reorganize after an
involuntary bankruptcy action had been handed down against them. The effort to raise the necessary $35,000 by popular subscription locally fell short by $12,000 but it must be
said in behalf of those who so energetically worked for the cause that their efforts were nonetheless appreciated not only by those parties interested directly in the factory but
also by the citizens of the community who watched with keen interest the progress made in the drive. The monies which have been placed on deposit in the drive will be
returned to the subscribers within a few days. A meeting for the creditors for the examination of the bankrupt firm will be called in a short time by Attorney Maynard Stapleton,
Referee in Bankruptcy, to whom the action of the court has been referred.
The interest shown in the drive pointed out very pointedly the fact that many former residents of the borough still have a keen interest in the progress of Schuylkill Haven. Not
a few pledges for aid were received by former residents and this was indeed appreciated as was every single subscription received from residents here. A ray of light is shone
in the fact there is a possibility of the factory being purchased by a group of interested men who will reopen it as a shoe factor or some other industry to absorb the greater part
of the labor represented. Work has already begun to bring this about and, of course, the future of the building and its occupancy will depend upon the purchaser at the final
bankruptcy sale.
OLD TIME FIREPLACES FOUND WHILE REMODELING HOTEL
In the process of remodeling the old Columbia Hotel which is now going on, the workmen have discovered several interesting old relics of bygone days which are causing a
great deal of interest by those who have sen them. Mr. E. C. Graver, former owner of the hotel and a member of the family which has operated the landmark for more than fifty
years, is assisting in the remodeling, and it was he who discovered two unique fireplaces, one in each of the two front bedrooms. Built into the chimney, the fireplaces are
simply a grate of iron embedded into the brick chimney. The grate looks much like a small cradle about ten inches long. It was in these grates that the people of about a
century ago placed a wood fire to heat the individual room.
Mr. Graver as a boy remembers how, on market day, the Berks County farmers from the Strausstown, Rehrersburg district came over the Blue Mountain early in the morning,
stopping at the Columbia Hotel about five in the morning for breakfast, to feed the horses and to get warm before going about their day's marketing. In the evening the same
group would stop for supper before the long trek over the mountain to home. Many of the residents of Schuylkill Haven will remember the time when this hotel, which is more
than one hundred years old, was the stopping off place for travelers.
The hotel is being completely remodeled for the accommodation of tourists and guests. The large dining room has been completely done over with attractive etchings
adorning the walls. The bar room has been panelled with beautiful wood and the entire place, including the rooms which will be let out to tourists, has been done over. The
hotel will be under the management of Mr. J. S. Long. Visitors are invited to inspect the old fireplaces which have attracted many. Not a few antique dealers have offered
attractive sums for the purchase of the fireplaces but Mr. Graver and Mr. Long have decided that they will remain in their original place embedded securely into the building
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WELCOMES NEW RESTAURANT
Local Labor and Materials Used in Erection of "Parkway" - Native Oak Used To Build New Modern Restaurant
Schuylkill Haven can be justly proud to welcome its newest business establishment, the Parkway Restaurant. Meeting a very definite need, this modern restaurant will be
patronized by many of the townspeople as well as transients who will find the same Strause and Beck quality prevailing as is to be found in all the other of their fast growing
chain of restaurants and service stations.
An inspection of the new Parkway Restaurant will reveal that Strause and Beck have spared no expense in procuring the very best of everything in the building of this modrn
establishment. It is equipped with the very latest of everything from the front door to the large spacious banquet hall to the rear of the building. The forward part will be the
restaurant proper, equipped with comfortable booths and tables to accommodate a large clientele. The entire building is finished with native oak specially prepared at the mills
of Mr. Strause and the structural wood was also prepared and secured from these mills. Excavation was begun last August by H. Loy, who soon had the foundation in
readiness. Harvey Dewald and son were secured as general contractors and soon the structure took form. Designed after the most modern buildings, the Parkway Restaurant
presents a most formidable appearance in its splendid location at the head of Parkway. The electrical work has been expertly completed by Bair and Shuey. The front and all
the glass work is the handiwork of the Empire Paint and Glass Company of Pottsville. Painting of the interior and exterior was handled by Clarence Dewald of Schuylkill Haven.
The heating plant, one of the very latest as well as the plumbing, has been completed by the Losch Boiler Sales Company of Schuylkill Haven. R. T. Reed placed on the building
a substantial roof which will last for many years to come. The flooring was expertly done by the Enterprise Furniture Factory of Reading. Many of the fixtures for the restaurant
were furnished by the Pottsville Showcase Company.
The banquet hall will be the scene of many civic and service club meetings and it will be available to organizations who wish the best of everything served in an environment of
refinement and cleanliness. No liquor will be sold in keeping with an established policy of Strause and Beck. In the front restaurant which will be always open to the public,
the famous Strause and Beck Bar B Que will be featured as well as popular platters at reasonable prices. The Parkway Restaurant will be managed by Fred Kramer, who has
wide experience in this field of endeavor. Coming to Schuylkill Haven with a background as steward on the famed United States liners as well as on the United Fruit Lines, he
has a full knowledge of the needs of the patrons who will visit the Parkway. His experience as a steward on large liners will be an invaluable help to individuals as well as large
groups who may plan banquets at the Parkway. Schuylkill Haven is proud again to say welcome to Strause and Beck, and although the men are no strangers to us, in fact we
feel that they are a part of the community life of our borough, we are happy to officially welcome them to our business family.
MILLER FACTORY MAY BE SOLD
At a meeting held before Referee in Bankruptcy Maynard Stapleton at the county courthouse, the trustees of the Miller Shoe Factory presented a petition for private sale of the
factory. The petition, however, was opposed by the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company, the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven and the Miners National Bank of Pottsville,
mortgagees. After a lengthy hearing in which many legal aspects were presented, the decision of the referee was to dismiss the petition. As a result of this decision the shoe
factory may be placed on the auction block in public sale. All money which had been subscribed in the public spirited effort by citizens of Schuylkill Haven has been returned to
the subscribers.
QUICK FREEZE PLANT PLANNED FOR TOWN
Schuylkill Haven will have a "Quick Freeze" locker plant in the near future if plans now being furthered materialize. Harry Schumacher, one of Schuylkill Haven's oldest
merchants, has plans for a 255 locker plant to be installed in his present store on Columbia Street. The "Quick Freeze" lockers is a fast growing industry. There are at present
4721 plants in the United States and 400 in Canada. The lockers are especially popular in the middle west. Before priority rights are given, the government demands that sixty
percent of the lockers must be rented to separate and distinct families and the amount of rent placed in escrow in a local bank. The rent begins when the plant starts
operation. Announcements of lockers for rent will appear in later issues of this paper.
The Call of June 8, 1945
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TRUST COMPANY OBSERVES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
The Schuylkill Haven Trust Company observed its 35th anniversary as a banking institution on Wednesday. On May 19, 1910, a charter was obtained for an institution to be
known as the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company and which open for business June 6, 1910. The first Board of Directors was composed of twenty three members. The property at
6 East Main Street was purchased and remodeled and while renovations were being made, business was transacted in a room at the Grand Hotel building. On February 23,
1911, the institution moved into the quarters it has occupied ever since. The business prospered from the start and by 1937 the banking quarters were too small. At this time
renovations were again made and resulted in greater convenience to customers and a more attractive atmosphere in which to transact business. The deposits on June 6, 1910
were $76,307. The growth of the institution since that time can be seen in the increase in deposits to $3,257,484 on June 2, 1945. For a limited time the Schuylkill Haven Trust
Company will have on display genuine and counterfeit United States currency and which can be seen by the public during the regular banking hours. In honor of the
anniversary which was made possible by cooperation and teamwork of the officers, directors and employees, they were entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening by Walter
F. Meck, president.
Those present were: Walter F. Meck, Harry A. Reber, Casper Roeder, Guy H. Diefenderfer, Ivan W. Reed, Vincent J. Dalton, Melvin W. Bamford, Roy A. Scott Jr., G. I. Bensinger,
Harry G. Fegley, directors; C. H. Williams, Harry L. Burkert, Robert L. Painter, Ralph M. Kauffman, Willis M. Kauterman, Marguerite, M. Godshall, Mildred F. Koch, Rose E. Jones,
Sarah L. Bensinger, Ada M. Heim, J. H. Berger, employees; and E. W. McSparren, vice president and treasurer of the Federal Land Bank, Baltimore; Samuel T. Deibert and J. L.
Stauffer.
These five ads were extracted from the Call newspaper in December of 1945. The three above hold special meaning to me. Reppert's Store was the corner grocery
store in my neighborhood and I had shoes repaired at Ed Orwigs. I shoveled snow at both businesses in the 1970s for a few years. My father would wake me when he
went to work and I would shovel before going to school and collect my pay on the way home. They were both nice gentlemen. Geary's Shoe Store in the center was
owned by my late wife's family and like many Schuylkill Haven residents, I had shoes from there. Next is an ad from Greenawalt's on Parkway and an ad for real estate
from Gordon D. Reed. Click on the Reed ad to see the bargain prices for homes.
DISCUSSION WAGED ON COAL OPERATION
The problem of coal reclaiming operations erecting barriers in the Schuylkill River was again thrashed out in council when the local governing body met on Monday night at
Town Hall. Councilman Joseph McGlinchey, who claims that his property as well as that of his neighbors is being damaged, brought the matter to the attention of council. The
provisions of the permit granted to the McKinley Hoover operation by the state were read. The operators were given permission to erect a twelve inch plank barrier in time of
low water to dam up the water so that they could float their coal dredge. It was claimed that the plank barrier had been washed away and another barrier, made of large stones,
is now in place and is above the prescribed height. Solicitor Hicks explained that the matter was one for individual property owner complaint to Harrisburg instead of a
community action. It was decided, however, that the solicitor write to the proper authorities at Harrisburg notifying them that the provisions of the permit were not being
carried out.
STORE WILL OPEN HERE SATURDAY
A new modern hardware and sporting goods store will be added to the list of Schuylkill Haven businesses when the Haven Hardware Company opens on Saturday in the former
Felix building on Saint John Street. The building was purchased several months ago by Amos Strause and Harvey Dewald and work was begun immediately to convert it to the
use of the new enterprise. Shelves and fixtures were installed and a large variety of hardware items, many of them unobtainable during the war years and up to the present
time were secured and will be offered for sale. Modern Fluorescent lighting was installed and the entire interior and frame parts of the exterior were painted. The store is now
modern in all respects.
Owners of the new enterprise are Amos Strause and Harvey Dewald and Herman Dewald. With twenty six years of hardware experience, Herman Dewald will be manager of the
store. He was associated previously with the George Bright and Company of Pottsville and W. C. Hack and Sons of Shamokin. Earl Reed, who will be the assistant manager, was
formerly with the William K. Loos establishment of town and at one time had charge of the hardware division of the Sears and Roebuck store in Pottsville.
For the opening the new store will give away four door prizes at a drawing Saturday night. Each person visiting the store on the opening day will be registered and will have his
name in the drawing without needing to be present to win. The prizes will be a pressure cooker, electric heating pad, cookie jar and a flashlight. The store is now stocked with
a complete line of hardware items, paints, fencing, poultry equipment, fertilizer, electric fences and floor coverings. Other items have been ordered and will be placed on sale
as soon as they arrive. The store will be dealers for Jamesway barn equipment, Pratt and Lambert paints, Wilson sporting goods, Pennsylvania overhead doors, Chambers gas
ranges, Barrett roofing and shingles and Royal vacuum cleaners.
LOOS STORE ERECTING LARGE WAREHOUSE
The William K. Loos Establishment of town, dealers in feed, grain and other farm needs and machinery, has begun construction of a large warehouse between the Reading
Railroad siding and Coldren's Mill on East Columbia Street. The building, constructed of building blocks, will be thirty feet wide and 130 feet in length. A thirty foot section will
be used as a display room for farm machinery. Howard J. Loos, who took over the business in September 1942, shortly after the death of his father, William K. Loos, announces
that the building will enable them to store their feed and grain close to the railroad without the extra handling and trucking that had been necessary in the past. The savings in
the handling cost will enable the Loos Establishment to provide farmers with quality merchandise at a lower price. The present warehouse on Long Run will be used mainly for
the repair and setting up of new machinery. Mr. Loos recently returned from the armed services after serving eighteen months, most of which was in action in the final stages
of the war in Europe. Since his return, he has remodeled and modernized the Loos store on Main Street and made plans for the warehouse that is now being constructed.
Within the next few weeks he expects to begin a weekly delivery route system throughout this area to give better service to the farming trade. Starting this week, the first in a
series of cartoon advertisements for the William K. Loos Establishment appears in The Call.
'GOOD OLD DAYS' RECALLED BY STORY OF THEATRE OPENING
Many a housewife and head of the family (in some cases one and the same person) after a visit to the store for purchases at inflation prices has said, "Oh, for the good old days
when you really got something for your money." Well, a story was brought to The Call office that deals with the good old days. It's an account of the old Euclid Theatre which
opened the Saturday before Christmas in 1912. The writeup appeared in the July issue of "The Exhibitor," a copy of which was given to the editor by Charles B. Poorman Jr. of
Haven Street, who as a dealer in photographic supplies, receives the trade magazine. The story read in part:
"Recently there came to these editorial offices of the original account book of D. M. Wagner and William L. Woodin, who on Saturday before Christmas in 1912, opened the
Euclid Theatre in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. The first week's receipts were as follows: Monday, December 23, $21.85; Tuesday, December 24, $18.20; Wednesday,
December 25, $18.60 at the matinée and $32.45 in th evening; Thursday, December 26, $21.10; Friday, December 27, $9.50 and Saturday, December 28, $5.35 at the matinée and
$39.30 in the evening for a grand total of $166.35 for the first full week. The preopening expenses amounted to a total of $577.58. Wagner charged the theatre $25 a month for
rent and Woodin drew $25 a week as manager.
Among the expenses listed were: The Call, advertising, $4.84; Mills and Klein, distributing folders for opening week, fifty cents; two boxes of soap powder, ten cents; one tin
pail, ten cents; two pairs pliers, twenty cents; two screw drivers, fifteen cents; bottle of ink, pen and book for ticket seller account, fifteen cents; moving piano to theatre, $2.00
and music rolls from Erles, $18.54. The opening show consisted of the days super colossal "Custer's Last Fight," and a couple of one reelers, "Why Jones Reformed" and
"Plucky Girl". On that precedent shattering night, 6,280 nickels were pushed under the Euclid Theatre wicket, a record which stood for only twenty four days. The film rental on
this show totaled $12.50.
In those days the projectionist cranked the machine with his right hand and with his left, adjusted the carbons, cranked the Victrola and changed the records which were used
to attract customers by means of the horn sticking out on the street. Another job of the projectionist in those days was to lean out the booth door at the close of each show
(they ran only fifteen minutes) and call to the audience, "Don't crowd down the aisles, next show in a few minutes." n It was also not unusual to call out the booth door to the
audience and explain that the film had broken or some other trouble had occurred in the booth and ask the audience to be patient when he fixed it."
ELMER UNGER BUYS BUSINESS PROPERTY
The modern grocery store of Harry K. Schumacher located at 128 Columbia Street and apartments adjoining were sold the past week to Elmer F. Unger of Parkway. On the first
floor the store room is occupied by Wolf's Grocery and the adjoining property has three modern apartments. Mr. Unger intends to install the latest grocery store equipment and
lighting fixtures and in the rear of the store he intends to install freezing lockers for the storing of meats and vegetables. The Wolf Grocery store which now occupies the store
room will move to the Dietrich property several doors away where business will be continued. The sale was made by realtor Gordon D. Reed.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO SAINT JOHN STREET BUSINESS PLACES
A bright green neon sign at the Haven Hardware Company store on Saint John Street gives the street a brighter business appearance. The sign, advertising Bendix radios with
the name of the store beneath was erected yesterday. While the war was in progress with the Felix building vacant, Saint John Street lost much of its business appearance.
Within the last several months, much has been done to make it a business section. The Felix store was purchased by the Haven Hardware Company and extensive
improvements made before it was open for business. The manager, Herman Dewald, and store staff are working nights getting the store ready for the Christmas season. The
Call building which was purchased by Gordon D. Reed, is being painted and improved. The store and offices of The Call were renovated and enlarged. Additional display racks
have been added. The every day greeting card line has been enlarged and now includes several of the high quality lines. The Christmas cards and stationery displayed this
year will be the largest and most beautiful ever displayed by the Call. Business places along Saint John Street now include: The Call, Gabe's, Schwartz's, the state liquor store
and Haven Hardware.
GIRLS HANDLE 11,000 CALLS DAILY, AN INCREASE OF 2,000 OVER TWO YEARS AGO
In this age of rush, rush, rush when everything must be done at breakneck speed, we too often take for granted or give too little consideration of one of the leading
conveniences in our present day business and social world, the telephone. Probably the fastest working girl in Schuylkill Haven, and the one who takes the most abuse from
inconsiderate customers for not being a super girl and making two hands do the work of eight, is the telephone operator. At the local exchange in the Schuylkill Haven Trust
building, operators at five switchboards are now handling an average of 11,000 calls a day, an increase of 2,000 over two years ago. The local exchange realizes that the
service at times is not as speedy as it should be but the fault lies not with the girl operating the plugs but with the lack of adequate equipment to handle the large number of
calls.
Most of these 11,000 calls are made from nine in the morning until eight at night with two periods, nine to ten in the morning and four to seven in the afternoon, being the peak
loads. If 10,000 calls are handled in the eleven busy hours, that means that each of five girls takes 2,000 calls. She makes 182 connections an hour or three every minute. At
that rate she is taking a new number every twenty seconds. At the peak periods she is making even faster time. Recently 140 new lines were added to the local telephone
network but no new equipment has been added to the exchange and it will be the end of 1947 until additional switchboards can be installed.
Responding with a pleasant, "Number, please," when you lift the receiver to make a call is one of fifteen operators employed by the Bell Telephone Company at its local
exchange. Miss Olivan Kemble is operator in charge with Miss Betty Lohman as evening operator in charge and Elizabeth Rhoads as senior operator. The efficient girls
wearing the speaking tube and making connections with the plugs are: Anna Jane Bast, Ida Mae Batdorf, Fern Coover, Ruth Edling, Geraldine Kantner, Jean Kremer, Charlotte
Miller, Raydelle Naus, Betty Sieck, Margaret Wensel, Rhoda Wingle and Lois Roeder. Each girl works two shifts of three and one half and four hours with several hours off
between two shifts. While at the board each girl works two hours and then she has a fifteen minute rest period. The exchange room has a section specially arranged for the
rest period with an easy chair, reading lamp and a large assortment of magazines and other reading material on a table along side of the chair. The fifteen girls work in shifts of
five at a time from 7:00 a. m. until 11:00 p. m. From 11:00 p. m. through the early hours of the morning, only one girl is on duty.
When asked what their chief complaint is against the telephone users, the girls quickly responded that they burn up when calls come in so fast they don't know which way to
turn and then someone flashes and impatiently says, "Okay sister, if you're finished reading your story, I'd like to have my number," or "Sorry to wake you up."
Figure it out yourself that the operator takes a new number every twenty seconds. That means she says, "Number, please," waits until you look up the number you just forgot
and then makes your connection. By that time another call is waiting for her. To one who has watched the girls working, it seems like a continual "Number, please," "Just a
moment, please," "I'll give you information," "Thank you." The girls, handicapped by a lack of equipment, are doing a splendid job in giving rapid service. Miss Kemble stated
that local telephones will be changed to dial phones in 1952 when Pottsville and nearby towns will all convert to the dial system. To make the change over a dial phone will be
placed in the home of every telephone subscriber along side the regular phone. The new exchange equipment will be set up and at a specified time, the user of the telephone
will change to the dial phone and the exchange will switch over to the new equipment. The old phones will then be removed and the operators will lay aside their head phones.
SHOE STORE 60 YEARS OLD - Henry J. Dohner Opened Shop Here;Occupied Present Building 54 Years
In 1881 Henry J. Dohner arrived in Schuylkill Haven from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Dohner was a cobbler by trade
and had his own business in Lebanon before his arrival here. Upon arriving he worked for Bill Gensemer in the rear
of where the Haven Hardware is now located. This cobbler's shop was in the rear of a saddle shop operated by Sam
Beal. H. J. Dohner decided to go into business for himself and in 1887 purchased the shoe shop owned and
operated by Harry Sausser, located on what is now Railroad Street. At this time no street existed. The shop had two
large show windows with a door in the middle. Suspended from the outside of the shop was a large boot, the symbol
of the cobbler. This boot is still in the possession of the Dohner family.
The lease to the shop located at the entrance of Railroad Street was closed in 1892 by the Reading Company in order
to build a new freight house next door to his old shop in April of 1893. This is the present location of the business
and has been for the past fifty four years. An advertising circular printed by The Call around that time listed the
prices on their shoes as follows: Hand Made Shoes, Men's S. Kip Creedmore, $1.00 per pair, Men's Calf Tip or plain
Bals or Congress, $1.25, Men's Cordovan tip or plain Bals or Congress, $1.90, Ladies' Dongala Button Shoe, $1.00,
Ladies' Dongala Patent tip or plain button shoe, $2.00. These shoes were made by the Dohner family. The original
circular advertising these prices is in the possession of Bob Dohner, the present manager of the shop. Up until
1893, all shoes sold in the Dohner establishment were made by hand by the Dohner family. During this year they
started to stock manufactured shoes but they still retained their custom made department.
During the year 1912, the business was passed on to Henry J. Dohner's two sons, John and Harry, who operated the
shop handling both commercially manufactured shoes and their own hand made variety. This continued until 1916
when mass production of shoes was perfected to the extent that custom made shoes could not compete in price
with the ones so produced. The Dohner's discontinued their custom made department during this year and from that
time on have stocked only those supplied to them by manufacturers. In January of 1946 the business was passed on
to the third generation and is now managed by Robert Dohner.
Before World War Two, the Dohner store carried an inventory large enough to supply every person in Schuylkill
Haven with three pairs of shoes. Due to the wartime conditions and reconversion, the large variety and selection is
necessarily limited. The Ball Band Rubber Footwear Company of Mishawaka, Indiana has been in this business for
fifty years. H. J. Dohner Sons is the seventh oldest national account with this organization having been a dealer for
these products for the past forty six years. The repair department is capably handled by Andrew Miazza, better
known just as Andy. Shortly before the last war, the Dohner shoe repair shop was completely equipped with new
machinery, making the shop at that the time the most modernly equipped shop in this area. The display and fitting
room of the store was remodeled in July of 1946 and presents a cheerful atmosphere with its chrome trimmed red
leather seats and a general manager always ready to show you another pair of shoes.
The manager, Robert Dohner was born in 1917 and attended the Schuylkill Haven high school and graduated with the
class of 1935. After graduating from school he started working at the shop, both in the store and in the repair
department. This gave him a thorough knowledge of the business and fitted him to become an efficient manager.
He is a veteran of World war two, having served two years and nine months with the U. S. Army. He served in the 8th
Armored Division, a part of the 9th U. S. Army in the ETO. After being discharged from the service he took over as
manager of the H. J. Dohner Sons. Robert Dohner is a member of the consistory of the Saint John's Evangelical and
Reformed Church, a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the International Order of Odd
Fellows, the Loyal Order of the Moose, the Schuylkill Hose Company and the local Lion's Club. This April marked the
sixtieth year of continuous business, fifty four of them being conducted in the present building and the remaining six
having been next door. This is one of the oldest businesses in town and is to be congratulated on sixty years of
successful business.
DEWALD BROTHERS PROPRIETORS OF PARKWAY RESTAURANT
The Dewald brothers, Clyde L. and Verlin B. "Pete", proprietors of the Parkway Restaurant, are two of Schuylkill Haven's youngest businessmen. On Saturday they will begin
their third year at the Parkway. They purchased the modern restaurant and banquet hall from Strause and Beck on November 1, 1945 and for two years have been battling
successfully with food shortages, lack of help and skyrocketing food prices. Clyde, the younger of the two brothers, is usually found cigar in mouth, talking to salesmen, making
arrangements for banquets, directing the waitresses, or joining with customers in solving the problems of the world. His favorite spot is behind the cash register. Verlin, who
had been giving only part of his time to the restaurant business until a few months ago, is now devoting full time to the efficient operation of the kitchen.
The two brothers are sons of Mrs. Kate Dewald, who provides the Pennsylvania Dutch cooking for their restaurant. Their father Lewis is deceased. They were born on a farm in
South Manheim Township, Verlin on July 16, 1904 and Clyde on December 16, 1920. The family moved to Orwigsburg in 1921 and in 1930 came to Schuylkill Haven to take over
the Grand Hotel, which, before it burned to the ground, was located where the post office now stands. Verlin married Miss Ada Staller of Brommerstown and returned to the
family farm in South Manheim Township. They had one son, Russell Edward, who is thirteen years old. Mrs. Dewald died and several years later Pete married Miss Edna Staller
of North Manheim Township. They are living temporarily at 30 Center Avenue until they can occupy the Ethel Maid apartments which are being made in the building formerly
occupied by the burial dress manufacturers. After attending public schools, Pete worked as a painter and paperhanger for seventeen years and then entered the employ of the
Economy Supply Corporation at Pottsville as a paint salesman. He continued to work with this company for five years before deciding to devote his full time to the restaurant
Clyde Dewald graduated from Schuylkill Haven high school and took vocational training under the N. Y. A. In 1940 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and after a year and a half of
training in the United States, was sent overseas to the European theater of war. He was engineer and crew chief of the "Dutchess", a B-17 that made numerous raids over
enemy territory and always managed to come back. On its final bombing mission, it was badly shot up and after safely crossing the English Channel, crashed when it tried to
land in England. The crash put Clyde in the hospital with a shattered jaw and serious injuries about the head and body. When he received his discharge in July of 1945, he held
the rank of master sergeant. His wife is the former Miss Mary Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beck of Hillside. They have one son, Lewis Harry, aged fourteen months and
live at 400 Dock Street.
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Dohner in 1947.
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PARRIS LAZOS, SUCCESSFUL CANDY MANUFACTURER
A regular Horatio Alger story - the rise from poor immigrant to successful businessman - is the account of the life of Parris Lazos, proprietor of the Candy Kitchen at 15 East Main
Street. Born in Metylene, Greece, an island in the Aegean Sea, Parris was one of five children of Alvin and Helene Lazos. His father was a stone mason. At that time the Lazos
homeland was under the domination of the Turks, and as at the present time, the people were experiencing trying times. Conditions did not seem to improve as the years
passed. A cousin of the family who had come to America and was living in reading, wrote to the eighteen year old Parris about this country. Vividly recalled in one of the letters
is the statement that America was the land of plenty and of great opportunity, but the dollars could not be picked up on the streets.
Alone at the age of eighteen, Parris made the trip to the United states in 1910. He came immediately to reading to the home of his cousin, who secured work for him in the
Berkshire Knitting Mills. He continued to work in the Berkshire Mills until 1919. While living in reading, he journeyed on weekends to Phoenixville where he visited friends
who were engaged in the candy making business. He assisted them and became interested in the art of candy making. In 1919, he married Miss Mary Albright of Reading and
several months later decided to come to Schuylkill Haven and make a start for himself in the candy business. The location of his candy and ice cream store was at 39 east main
Street in the building now occupied by the J. M. Gipe Hardware store. With candy recipes supplied by his friends in Phoenixville and the little experience he gained while
working with them on weekends, Parris began making his own candy. Many a batch of candy was spoiled before he acquired the skill of producing good candy. Schuylkill
Haven liked the candy and ice cream manufactured by the young businessman who had come as a youth from Greece. Parris prospered and on August 15, 1925, he moved into
the present location at 15 East Main Street, a newly built three story building. The modern store has a large soda fountain bar, large candy display cases and booths for
customers in the rear of the store room. Directly behind the store room is the candy kitchen where the candy is manufactured. At the present time the Lazos family is busy
making candy for Christmas. During the war years, production was curtailed by a shortage of sugar. This year sugar is available but there is an acute shortage of chocolate.
The Candy Kitchen, however, will carry a full line of chocolates, chocolate covered nuts, candy canes, baskets and pretzels and other Christmas candy novelties.
Mr. and Mrs. Lazos have four children, two boys and two girls. Georgianna, age twenty seven, is living at home with her parents and assists in the store. She is a registered
nurse, having graduated from Saint Luke's Medical Center in Philadelphia. Paul, twenty six, shortly after graduating from high school, enlisted in the navy in 1940 and served
until 1946. He was a first class petty officer and was an aviation mechanic instructor at Jacksonville, Florida and spent one year active duty in the Pacific. He now lives in
Philadelphia. Franklin, twenty four, a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, enlisted in the service and served with the 7th Infantry in France and Germany. While in
France, he married Miss Janine Mermet, who came to this country and is living with him in an apartment above the Lazos Candy Kitchen. They have one child. Franklin is
employed by the Grand Union Tea Company. Henrietta, twenty three, after graduating from the local high school, entered training at Women's Homeopathic Hospital in
Philadelphia. She will graduate next June.
In 1921, Mr. Lazos became a naturalized citizen of the United States and in the years since then has eagerly assisted his adopted country in every possible way. He has been a
member of the local Rotary Club for twenty years and held membership in the old Chamber of Commerce and has again joined the organization when it was revived several
weeks ago. During the past war, the people of Greece again felt privation. Mr. Lazos sent and continues to send boxes of clothing and food to the members of his family still
living in Metylene. His mother and one of his sisters died during the war. His father died in 1927. Still living are a brother and sister Metylene and a sister, Mrs. Theano Yatron
of Reading.
When a drive was made during the war for clothing for Greek relief, Mr. Lazos was one of the leaders in gathering clothing for his needy fellow men. Mr. Lazos is a member of
the Greek Orthodox church. His wife and children however are members of Christ Lutheran church. Since leaving his native land thirty seven years ago, Mr. Lazos has not
returned, but his most ardent desire is to go back to Metylene for a visit to see his sister and brother and his old friends and neighbors of long ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lazos will go
when world conditions become more settled,
LEWIS DRIESBACH CAR DEALERSHIP
Lewis C. Driesbach likes to stand along side the pride of his newly remodeled display room on Dock Street, the ultra modern 1948 Hudson. Although he has explained its
outstanding features to an estimated thousand motorists since the unveiling last Sunday morning, he is just as enthusiastic in explaining the new car as he was the day he first
saw it. The car sets in the center of the soft colored well lighted display room which has been remodeled during the past few weeks. Fluorescent lighting, arranged in a large
square in the middle of the ceiling effectively displays the new automobile without casting any shadows.
Mr. Driesbach considers the new model, plus the new showroom the high point in his long automotive career. Although only thirty eight years old, Mr. Driesbach has been
associated with the automobile business for twenty five years, starting with the Roy Hawkins garage on Wilson Street in 1922. His experience covers most of the automotive
field. The Hawkins garage first handled Chevrolet and Dodge, then Buick and Dodge and later Nash cars while Mr. Driesbach was in their employ. In 1928 he went to work at
Freed's Firestone store in Pottsville and a year later joined the staff of the Hertz Drive Yourself Company as shop foreman. He worked there until 1931 and then attended the
Raybestos brake school in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Finishing the course, he became the brake specialist at the Zweibel Superservice in Pottsville. The next year he returned
to Schuylkill Haven to work for John Ebling, who had the Durant sales and service. He also served as service manager for the Henry Hummel garage, handling Pontiacs at that
time. In 1935, joining with Jack Douglas, Mr. Driesbach opened a garage on Haven Street and secured the agency for Hudson and Terraplane. After one year the partnership
was dissolved and the business became solely a Driesbach enterprise.
The move to the present location on Dock Street was made in 1940 when the Hudson garage was moved to the former Ebling building. The building was purchased by Mr.
Driesbach two years ago. In the present location, the garage besides featuring Hudson sales and service, also offers complete service and general repairs on all makes of
cars. Having installed heavy duty frame straightening equipment, the Driesbach garage specializes in frame and wheel alignment on passenger cars, trucks and buses.
Mr. Driesbach is the only son of Mrs. Clymer Driesbach. His father died a year ago and a brother, Harold, was killed in a sleigh riding accident in 1936. Mrs. Lewis C. Driesbach
is the former Vera M. Berger, daughter of Milton M. Berger. They have three daughters; Doris, nineteen and who assists in the office, Shirley, sixteen and Beverly, eleven.
They live at 79 South Berne Street. Mr. Driesbach is a member of the church council and treasurer of saint Paul's Lutheran Church on Summer Hill. He serves as a member of
the board of directors of the Lion's Club and is a member of the Lion's community ambulance service. He is associated with a number of automotive associations including the
Pennsylvania Automotive Association, the National Automobile Dealers association and the Hudson TriCounty Service Club. On the social side, he is associated with the
Pottsville Moose, the Pottsville Eagles and the Reading Orioles.
A sampling of ads from "The Call"
newspaper in 1947.
ATKINS COMPANY STORE NEARS COMPLETION
A preview of Schuylkill Haven's newest store was
given on Thursday when the canvas was removed
from the exterior of the former Kaufman building to
reveal the gleaming modern red and white front of
the Atkins Stores Company five and ten cent store.
Mr. B. D. Atkins who comes from North Carolina where
he at one time managed thirty seven McCrory stores
is directing the work on the new store. The new
business is located on the site of an old landmark
known in the past as Kaufman's Cafe with a reputation
throughout this section for good food. The property
was sold to Parris Lazos who rented it for ten years to
the American Stores Company. It was purchased in
1944 by Gordon D. Reed who razed the old structure
and constructed a steel and concrete block building.
The structure is 26 by 130 feet with an apartment on
the second story in the front. Mr. Atkins expects to
open his store on March 1st.
BEAUTIFUL NEW ATKINS STORE IN GRAND OPENING
The opening of the beautiful new Atkins store at 12 East Main Street today gives the Main Street business section a new look. The glistening white and red front, the brilliantly
lighted and gaily decorated display windows, all modern to the smallest detail and the modern lunch counter, display counter and shelves and fluorescent lighting on the
interior make this store perhaps the most beautiful store in the county. The Atkins store, with its modern, beautiful appearance, is a welcome addition to the stores of town and
is a big advance in the progress Schuylkill Haven is making in becoming more and more a shopping center for the southern part of Schuylkill County.
B. D. Atkins, president of the Atkins Stores Company, joined with Gordon D. Reed, owner of the building, in planning the new structure. No expense was spared by Mr. Reed in
erecting the building and in finishing it with the most modern materials and equipment. The new structure was erected on the site of the old Kaufman building, later purchased
by Parris Lazos and then by Gordon D. Reed. The old frame building was razed and the basement dug out before the concreting for the foundation was laid. The 26 by 130 foot
store room, topped by an apartment, 20 by 60, is constructed of building block and steel. Construction work was begun last July by Gordon D. Reed's crew of men,
supplemented by various contractors for specialized work.
The gleaming red and white exterior was designed and installed by the Empire Glass Company of Pottsville. The modern entrance, recessed between the two brightly lighted
display windows, consists of two large glass doors with panels on each side. The glass doors and panels alone cost $1,200. Something new in snow removal systems was
installed by Mr. Reed in the laying of the concrete pavement. Lines of pipe were laid in the concrete and connected to the Losch boiler in the basement. The building is vapor
heated with two large blower units. A special attachment on the boiler converts the vapor to steam before it is sent through the pipes beneath the pavement. The paving
innovation received its first test with the heavy snowfall on Saturday night. The pavement in front of the Atkins store was clear of snow.
Mahogany store fixtures with the light colored ceiling and walls of the store room and two long rows of fluorescent fixtures running the length of the building give the store a
beautiful interior appearance. The neatly arranged display counters, the beautiful soda fountain and lunch bar place the Atkins store on a par with the leading five and ten
stores in the county. Hotpoint appliances, installed by M. Luther Fidler, are used throughout the store and in the modern apartment. Fluorescent lighting has been used
throughout the entire store. Elevated offices were built at the back of the store above rest rooms for the personnel.
The new store is the second to be opened by the recently formed Atkins Store Company, a corporation with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. J. H. Gearhart, secretary
and treasurer of the organization, who formerly managed the company's other store in Frackville, is manager of the new local store. When the apartment above the main store
room is completed, Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart will move to Schuylkill Haven. Featuring children's, men's and women's apparel, the new store also is stocked with an abundance of
regular five cent to one dollar staple items. Mr. Atkins and Mr. Gearhart extend a cordial invitation to everyone to come in and look around the new store. Souvenirs, as long
as they last, will be given to each customer.
GRAND OPENING OF FAREL Y. BECKER GARAGE
Jack Breslin, district manager for Dodge Corporation, congratulated Farel Y. Becker upon the grand opening of his newly remodeled garage on Centre Avenue. Lester Knarr,
assistant to Mr. Becker, was also on hand. The well lighted display room showing a custom Dodge model in a setting of flowers made an attractive appearance on opening night
on Wednesday. The entire garage was opened for inspection by the public and in spite of the rain, a large crowd of people was on hand from four thirty in the afternoon until
closing time. They saw the new custom sedan, a Dodge station wagon, Plymouth and half a dozen Dodge trucks. As of July 1, Farel Y. Becker garage will have by direct
appointment sales and service for Dodge, Plymouth and Dodge job rated trucks and will be receiving units on the same scale as other dealers in the area. His territory will
include Schuylkill Haven, Cressona, Friedensburg, Summit Station, Orwigsburg, McKeansburg, New Ringgold, Deer Lake, Auburn and Port Clinton to the Berks County line.
Others on the staff include: Amos Phillips, foreman of the fully equipped shop; Miss Mildred Bubeck, secretary; Warren Kramer, car salesman; Nick Barbetta, in charge of front
wheel alignment and a full force of mechanics. For the convenience of patrons, a large parking space is located behind the Sinclair service station.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ENJOYING GREATEST HOME BUILDING BOOM IN NEARLY 200 YEARS
With more than twenty homes in the course of construction and twelve or fifteen more planned to be started shortly, Schuylkill Haven now is engrossed in perhaps the greatest
building activity since its founding almost two hundred years ago. Home building in Schuylkill Haven will exceed $250,000 according to an estimate based upon a survey
conducted by the building committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Gordon D. Reed, chairman. This figure is for new home construction only. In addition there is much activity
in remodeling, repairing, renovating and expanding of homes, business places and industries. The total figure for all types of building activity will run close to the half million
dollar mark.
Most of the home building activity is centered in the community's largest residential area, the Fairmount section. On Avenue C above Second Street toward the Bamford home
but on the opposite side of the street, three houses are being built. The one story home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bonadio has been completed except for landscaping and few
small details and Mr. and Mrs. Bonadio are now living in their new home. The large dwelling for Mrs. Bertha Frantz is under roof and has the brick veneering completed and the
contractor is working on the interior. Directly below this home is one started for J. Harry Naus, which will also be a brick veneer dwelling.
On Avenue E, five homes are underway. Daniel Krause and Luther Troutman are building at the southern corners on Avenue E and Second Street. Krause is building a story
and a half brick veneer home and Troutman plans to put up a one story brick veneer building. Farther down Avenue E, three homes are in the course of construction. The
Michael Colitz English type home is nearly completed, while the home of Joseph Eubanks, a Dutch Colonial style, and the home of Joseph Hubitsky, a two and a half story brick
veneer dwelling, are still in their early stages of construction. On Haven Street, contractor Fred C. Reichert has nearly finished the first of three homes that will be built on the
east side of the "Shavey" Hill. Mr. Reichert also owns the land to the rear of these lots, fronting on the extension of Grant Street and he expects to build houses on this site in
the near future. Joseph Fitzpatrick of Cressona is having a two story frame home built on the south side of Paxson Avenue between Haven Street and Rotary Field. The
building is completed except for the finishing touches to the interior.
In the west end of town two homes are going up on Orchard Avenue in the Hill Farm Addition. These homes, both story and a half, are being built for Francis Cimino and Ira
Krammes. On Columbia Street, on the west side of the bridge, a modernistic home is being erected by Earl Geary, who is doing the work himself, assisted by his father. On
Liberty Street, a brick veneer home is being built for Mr. and Mrs. William Hess along side the recently constructed home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manbeck. Located on
Moorenoll street in the Columbia Heights section, the modern one story home of Leo Kuchinsky was completed within the past year. Mr. Kuchinsky is still working on the
landscaping. Excavation has been made on Stanton Street for the adjoining homes of Henry Hummel and his son, Edward. The two homes will be brick veneer, story and a half,
and will be alike except the plans will be reversed. Individual initiative is strikingly evident in the Willow Lake section where four homes are being built entirely or in large
measure by the future occupants of the homes. On Garfield Avenue, Arlin Wildermuth is building a story and a half dwelling with building block which will be covered with
cement. Beyond Willow Lake towards Orwigsburg, William Linder, assisted by his father, is building a story and a half frame home. On the hill above Willow Lake, John Weiss,
aided by his sons, is constructing his own frame home covered with brick insulated siding. Across the street from the Weiss home is the dwelling of Matt Praden, who is doing
all the work on his small frame home. This too is covered with red brick insulated siding.
HILL FARM ADDITION TO BE BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL SITE
The Hill Farm Addition to Schuylkill Haven is developing into one of the community's more desirable building locations. Located on
the hillside overlooking Schuylkill Haven, the Hill Farm Addition is a residential section with the advantage of a good view and a
quiet, restful atmosphere. The Hill Farm section extends in both Schuylkill Haven and Cressona. It will have three streets running
parallel with Schuylkill Street and another street which has not been named. Saylor Street which runs between the new Hill Farm
Dairy bar and the Schwartz home, will continue at a right angle to Schuylkill Street across the Hill Farm Addition to Haven Manor.
Eleven lots have been sold in this large development. The first, sold to Ed Kunkle in 1946, is ob Orchard Avenue. More recently
the following persons have purchased lots: Francis Cimino, Ira Krammes, Donald Snyder of Pottsville, Lester Knarr, Phaon Kramer
of Pottsville and Verlin Dewald all located in the Schuylkill Haven part of the addition and to Fred Yoder, George Moyer, John Tarris
and Andrew Bazar in the Cressona section. Mr. Kunkle built a home on his ground. Mr. Cimino and Mr. Krammes are building their
homes now and Mr. Snyder of Pottsville has his plot staked off and plans to build this fall. Lots are being offered for sale to the
public. Persons interested should contact William H. Schwartz at the Hill Farm.
COMPLETELY REMODELED A & P OFFICIALLY OPENED THURSDAY
The official opening of the completely remodeled A & P Supermarket at its location on West Main Street was held Thursday morning at ten o'clock when borough leaders joined
with A & P officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ribbon on the door leading to the glistening, enlarged and remodeled interior was cut by Chief Burgess Harner. Paul J.
Feeser, president, represented the Chamber of Commerce and congratulated Manager Nelson A. Faust and the company officials upon their beautifully renovated market. The
opening of this remodeled supermarket marked another milestone in the steady progress that the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company has made through the years.
The food center is a complete change to the ultramodern in every one of the many departments to be found in the store. The company has spent an estimated $40,000 in the
vast improvements to its store at 133 West Main Street and Milton Folk, who recently purchased the building has made improvements to the physical structure itself. The
parking area at the rear has been greatly enlarged and the front parking area has been covered with amesite. The store has a selling area of 65 by 120 feet and storage space
of 65 by 50 feet and features eight enlarged departments including groceries, produce, frosted foods, dairy and coffee, fish, meats and poultry, Italian products, Kosher
products and candy. All new aisle display racks have been installed to run the length of the store from the meats and dairy departments at the rear to the checking out aisles in
New white tile checking out counters and registers, with another one being added, were installed to speed up the checking operation. The produce displays were greatly
enlarged and new dairy and coffee fixtures added to the store. A new ceiling, painted white, with modern fluorescent fixtures makes the market brightly lighted. A new tile floor
was laid on the top of the old concrete floor. Manager Nelson A. Faust summed up the improvements by saying, "The comfort of the shopper has been uppermost in the minds
of the A & P food store organization. This completely remodeled supermarket gives them the best that could be obtained." All help at the supermarket as at all A & P
establishments is on a five day week with insurance, vacation with pay, sick leave, promotions on merit and other advantages are offered to every employee of this concern.
THE STRIKE - Lasters Make Trouble in a Shoe Factory
The firm of Berger, Brown and Company, shoe manufacturers, have had experience with their five lasters during the past two weeks which resulted in their going on strike.
About two weeks since the employees in the lasting department came to the manager of the factory, Frank Brown and demanded a raise in their wages. He agreed to give them
the raise provided that they would sign a contract that for any inferior work that would be discovered after going through a partial process of manufacture would be allowed to
be finished and charged to the party or employee at whose hands the work was done at wholesale prices. The object of this was not to take advantage of the employees but
was to be an incentive to good workmanship and faithful service by him and as a protection to the firm. They all agreed to and signed the contract. Matters moved on without
much friction until last Saturday when the hands received their pay. One of the lasters had charged against him four pairs of shoes and another had one pair. They were
supposed to take the shoes and the price of them was to be deducted from their regular wages. On Monday morning one of the lasters quit his job. The others called at the
office of the manager at eight o'clock and presented a shoe which had been given and charged to one of their members and claimed that it was not inferior work. Mr. Brown
claimed that he was the man that passed judgement in the matter and did so, pointing out the defects. Then they upheld that he was infringing on the rights of them as
employees by charging a certain one of their number with shoes that were of inferior workmanship. Not having received the satisfaction they expected, they returned to their
department and held a consultation. The manager approached them and asked them what they expected to do in regard to the matter. Shortly after, they left the factory
unceremoniously and thus forfeited their positions. This caused a stagnation in the business for a few days but the places have been filled by competent hands and everything
is moving along as heretofore.
ROLLING MILL CHANGES HANDS
Will Resume Operations in the Course of a Week or so. We are Also to Have a Nut and Bolt Works.
The Schuylkill Haven Iron Works were on Monday sold to Colonel Thomas H. Rickert of Pottsville, representing a syndicate, for $21,000. The syndicate is composed of Dr. Filbert
and a number of other wealthy Philadelphians, with Colonel Rickert, ex-Senator Charles F. King and some other monied Pottsvillians, whose names are withheld. Colonel
Rickert and Walter F. Rahn, the latter the secretary and treasurer of the Schuylkill Haven Works, went to Philadelphia on Tuesday, where the deed was transferred to the
syndicate and Mr. Rahn was paid the purchase money. The rolling mill of the Schuylkill Haven Iron Company was erected in 1870 by the Direct Iron Company to change ore into
iron, but two years later was changed to a rolling mill proper.
The product of this plant was merchant iron bar, truck bolts, railroad and horseshoe bars. Two trains of rollers for turning out merchant iron and two heating furnaces which
have been used for a number of years are still intact and they will be put into shape immediately. The mills had a capacity of about fifty tons a month but in the course of the
next few months this will be doubled. The plant was purchased and incorporated in 1881 by William Weissinger, George R. Kaercher and Frank R. Rahn and worked
continuously until May of 1898 when work was suspended owing to the dullness of the trade.
It is the purpose of the syndicate to place the mill in operation at the earliest possible moment, within a week or ten days, using the present machinery. The building will in the
meantime be enlarged to twice its present size and the output doubled. Two large puddling furnaces and a blast furnace will be put in and several other improvements will be
made. About forty hands will be given employment in the beginning. A large plot of ground adjacent to the works, and which was part of the property, was purchased by Walter
R. Rahn. It is learned that the gentleman will shortly erect a large plant for the manufacture of nuts and bolts. Plans are already being arranged for the building.
ORGANIZING THE ROLLING MILL
A meeting of the stockholders of the Schuylkill Haven Iron Works was held on Tuesday at Philadelphia for the purpose of organization and also to discuss plans for the
operation of the works. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Colonel T. H. Rickert of Pottsville; Vice President, Kennedy Crossan of Philadelphia; Treasurer,
Honorable C. F. King of Pottsville; Secretary, Clarence Crossan of Philadelphia. The directors are T. H. Rickert, W. C. Martin of Philadelphia, C. F. King, Kennedy Crossan and C.
C. Kauffman of Columbia. It is expected that the works will be in condition to begin operations on Monday or Tuesday of next week giving employment to about thirty hands. In
a week or so this number will be increased to forty or forty five. There may be a delay in starting if the supplies do not arrive promptly. It is the intention of the new owners to
improve the mill by adding modern machinery and enlarging it as soon as possible.
Miners Journal of June 6, 1868
NEW IRON FURNACE
All the preliminary arrangements having been made, and the company having been organized, work has been commenced in Schuylkill Haven on the buildings required for the
Griffith Direct Iron Producing Furnace. The site selected by the company is one of the most eligible for a work of this kind in the county, bounded on the east as it is by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and on the west by the Schuylkill Canal. The necessary excavations for the foundations for the buildings are being made and the stone
masons are cutting and preparing stone. The castings are all made, the lumber ordered and the work on the machinery is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. We
understand that this company starts out under very auspicious circumstances. Twenty five percent of the capital subscribed has been paid in, and under the management of its
able and energetic President T. C. Zulick, esquire, there is every prospect of the early and satisfactory completion of the furnace. This project promises to result differently
from the contemplated steel works at the same point a year since.
It will probably be of the interest of the reader to state that by the new and simple process, the invention of Mr. Griffith, which will be used at this furnace, rolled iron of any
kind, rails, rods, bars and sheets are produced from the ore with only one heating. The apparatus consists essentially of a series of vertical retorts with movable bottoms
communicating with a puddling chamber. The retorts are charged with the broken ore and charcoal, and the molten iron, after reduction, is drawn off into a puddling chamber
where the surplus carbon is burned out and the metal is piled into balls for the rollers. The fuel used in the operation is anthracite coal, through which a blast of steam is
driven; the vapor of water is decomposed by the heat, the hydrogen, released, gives out an intense heat and the liberated oxygen powerfully supports the combustion.
The works at Schuylkill Haven, we learn, will be in operation within two months and will under the superintendence of Mr. Griffith, the patentee of the direction process. The
Board of Management consists of T. C. Zulick, Joseph Patterson, Thomas Wren, Charles Wiltrout and Charles Meck.
A button hook from P. T. Hoy's store.
At right is Hoffman Knitting Mill,
located on Margaretta Street,
today the home of Alpha Mills.
TO EMPLOY FIVE HUNDRED MEN
In the very near future five hundred men can find employment in Schuylkill Haven. This will be caused by the changes, improvements and extensions that will be made to the
plant of the Schuylkill Haven Iron and Steel Company. A number of changes and improvements are now under way, about fifty men being employed on the new work. In the
course of several weeks an additional mill will be erected together with a number of smaller buildings. Within the past week a large piece of ground was purchased by Mr. H. H.
Light, owner of the Iron and Steel Company, from Messrs. Phillips and Michel. It is the plot of ground adjoining the present site of the mill. At first it was proposed to extend the
mill buildings toward William Street but it was later found advisable to extend them toward Canal Street and this piece of ground was accordingly purchased. The present land
holdings now include the plot occupied by the present mill and the ground bounded by William and Canal Streets.
A new nine and twelve inch finishing mill will shortly be erected on the newly acquired property. It will be necessary to raze the Straub house which now occupies a corner of
the site. The new mill will be 200 feet by at least 400 feet in size and will be constructed of corrugated iron. The old or original puddle furnace will be dismantled and an
eighteen inch mill fitted up in its place. This with the present ten inch mill will make four separate mills, namely, a 9, 10, 12 inch finishing mill and an 18 inch muck mill.
Seven additional puddling furnaces will be placed. This number in addition to the present furnaces in use will make a total of ten. A large heating furnace will also be added to
the ten inch mill. A large warehouse, 100 by 150 feet, new machine shop, new office building and a number of smaller buildings will also be erected very shortly. A large new
shears capable of cutting a six inch square piece of iron is now being placed. Work in the ten inch mill will be resuming Monday and a day and night shift will be put on
immediately. About two hundred men will be employed. It is expected the new mill will be completed and will be in operation by February 1st when an additional three hundred
men will be required. When all improvements and additions are completed, the Schuylkill Haven Iron and Steel Company plant will be the most complete and up to date of any of
its kind in the state.
The only condition which is effecting and handicapping this company in its work is the scarcity of houses in Schuylkill Haven. Sufficient mechanical and experienced iron
workers can be secured to operate the plant but it is impossible to secure homes or boarding places for these men and they refuse to come to Schuylkill Haven. A number of
employees unable to secure quarters here have rented a two story house on the mill property, fitted it up and are "batching" it. There are fifteen in this party, all the owner, Mr.
H. H. Light, praises. In an interview with The Call man, the owner, Mr. H. H. Light, he deeply deplored the scarcity of houses in this town, stating that the men he would like to
employ and secure, the large majority being experienced men, hesitate coming on from the fact that they desire to bring their families here and permanently locate.
A PLEA FOR PATRONAGE
It is quite surprising and at the same time regrettable fact that the Schuylkill Haven public is so extremely hesitant upon tendering its support to the local theatre, the Losch
Opera House. In view of the fact that many persons have time and time again, for a period of years, deplored the fact that the town was without a suitable place where several
hours could be spent in enjoying a theatrical entertainment, the slim patronage of the local theatre seems somewhat strange. Just why Schuylkill Haven people insist on
patronizing out of town theatricals when the same class of entertainments are given right in the town is beyond understanding, nevertheless it has always been thus. Local
enterprises are always sacrificed for those out of town yet the out of town enterprises in no way benefit this town. The owners of the Losch Opera House have spared no
expense in fitting up a cozy theatre here. The theatrical offerings on a par and above those of the surrounding towns are given, yet the response from the town folk is far from
being what it should be. Everything possible has been done to awaken enthusiasm and increase patronage but without any great success. It would be no surprise if the
management of the Losch Opera House became thoroughly disgusted with the manner in which the public is showing its appreciation of the efforts made to give first class
entertainment and discontinue the weekly attractions. While the stage does not find favor among a great many of the townsfolk, still there are sufficient number of theatre
going folks here to make it possible to support a local theatre and as a local enterprise there is no reason why it should not have the patronage of the townsfolk.
LOCAL FIRM CHANGES HANDS
Tuesday evening of this week negotiations were concluded whereby Messrs. Oscar and David Bittle became the owners of the furniture store and undertaking establishment of
D. M. Wagner of town. The new firm will be known as Bittle Brothers. A cordial welcome to the family of the town's business houses and businessmen is extended to the
members of the new firm. In purchasing and acquiring the ownership of the furniture store of D. M. Wagner, one of the oldest and best established business houses in
Schuylkill Haven changed hands. This store was established over fifty years ago by Eli Ziegenfus, deceased. In 1902 the business was purchased and continued by D. M.
Wagner up to the present date. The new firm, Bittle Brothers, are both well known and esteemed young men.
The senior partner, Oscar Bittle, has been with D. M. Wagner for the past two years. Prior to coming to Schuylkill Haven he was employed by the Webber Brothers furniture
dealers and undertakers of Pottsville for seven years. For ten years prior to his employment by Webber Brothers he was in the employ of several of the county's largest
furniture stores. He is a practical businessman thoroughly acquainted with the furniture business. As an undertaker and embalmer his skill is unrivaled. His quiet and
gentlemanly manner of conducting funerals has won for him an enviable reputation in this particular business.
The junior member of the firm, Mr. David Bittle of Cressona, we hardly think needs an introduction to the great number of our readers. His presence in our town for the past
seven years as a clerk at the clothing store of Doutrich and Company and with E. G. Underwood, has made for him a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Prior to his being
employed in this town, he conducted a green grocery business in Cressona for several years. His pleasant disposition and courteous manner in serving hundreds and
hundreds of customers has won for him the best regard of persons in this town and the surrounding towns and will be a great asset to the new firm of which he is a part. Mr.
Bittle has also had considerable experience in undertaking and embalming.
Miners Journal of February 8, 1845
BANK AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Our friends at Schuylkill Haven appear to be in earnest about applying for a bank at that place and we see no good reason why they should not have one. It is notorious that our
region is deficient in the amount of banking capital required by the present large and increasing business and we have always entertained the opinion that a well regulated
banking system, particularly in new and improving sections of the country like ours, tends greatly to develop its resources and advance the best interest of the community. But
on the other hand, if they should become mere speculative machines, used only to promote private interests, they generally prove to be a great curse.
BANK MEETING
At an adjourned bank meeting, held February 1, 1845, at the public house of Frederick Haas in the Borough of Schuylkill Haven, the following proceedings were had. On motion,
Charles Huntzinger, Esquire, was called to the chair and Dr. J. G. Koehler, Mark Mellon and John Marlin, Esquire, were appointed secretaries. The meting was then addressed
by A. W. Leyburn, Robert Bass, Esquire and Colonel Edward Huntzinger. The committee appointed at the previous meeting reported a petition for signatures to be presented to
the present legislature, which was adopted by the meeting. On motion, Colonel E. Huntzinger and Mark Mellon, Esquire, were appointed a committee to select different
persons in different townships of the county to procure signatures to said petition and make report of their progress on Saturday evening, February 8, at seven o'clock at the
public house of Frederick Haas, to which time and place this meeting stands adjourned. On motion it was resolved: That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the
officers thereof and published in all the papers of Schuylkill County, favorable to the cause.
Miners Journal of February 22, 1845
ADJOURNED BANK MEETING
Agreeably to public notice a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Schuylkill Haven and adjoining neighborhood was held at the public house of Frederick Haas in the
Borough of Schuylkill Haven, on Saturday, the 8th of February at seven o'clock in the evening. The following proceedings were had: On motion, Philip Boyer, esquire, was
called to the chair and George Kauffman and William Sterner were appointed secretaries. The committee appointed to procure signatures to the petitions to be presented to
the present legislature to incorporate a bank to be called the Farmers Bank of Schuylkill County, to be located in the Borough of Schuylkill Haven, made returns of their
petitions numerously signed, after which the following committee: Colonel Edward Huntzinger, S. H. Shannon, William Kramer, A. W. Leyburn and George Kauffman, Esquires,
was appointed by the committee to take charge of said petitions and proceed to Harrisburg to have them presented and do all in their power to procure an act of corporation
for said bank. The meting then passed the following resolution: Resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the officers and published in all papers of
Schuylkill haven, friendly to the cause. The meeting then on motion, adjourned.
Miners Journal of August 30, 1845
An adjourned meeting of the following named commissioners: Colonel Edward Huntzinger, A. W. Leyburn, George Kauffman, James B. Levan, R. Bass, John D. Deibert, Dennis
Dougherty, William Kramer, Mark Mellon and John W. Shoemaker, convened at the public house pf Samuel Beard in the borough of Schuylkill Haven on Saturday evening, the
23rd at half past seven o'clock p. m., when on motion it was resolved that R. Bass preside as president of the meeting and James B. Levan and Mark Mellon act as secretaries
thereof. Then on motion, it was: Resolved that the book to receive subscription to the stock of the Farmers Bank of Schuylkill County be opened at the public house of Samuel
Beard in the borough of Schuylkill Haven on Saturday, the sixth day of September next, at 10:00 a. m. and remain open until 3:00 p. m. of said day, and if the balance of the stock
of said bank, remaining unsold, be not disposed of on that day, that the said book will be opened for the purpose aforesaid on Monday, the eighth day of September next at the
public house of Colonel C. M. Straub in the borough of Minersville at 10:00 a. m. and be kept open until 3:00 p. m. of said day and that James B. Levan, Edward Huntzinger and
Dennis Dougherty are appointed to open said book at Schuylkill Haven at the time and for the purpose aforesaid and that R. Bass, Mark Mellon and John D. Deibert are
appointed to open the books at Minersville at the time and for the purpose aforesaid.
On the motion, it was then: Resolved, that the commissioners now absent, appointed by the Act of Assembly, to incorporate the bank aforesaid, are hereby respectfully invited
to attend at all or either of the places above mentioned, to assist at the time and for the purpose aforesaid. Resolved that the proceedings of this meeting, be signed by the
officers thereof and published in the Miners Journal and Pottsville Emporium and that this meeting stands adjourned to meet again, at the same place on Monday evening, the
eighth day of September at 7:30 o'clock p. m.
GREETING (The Call Changes Hands)
With this issue, the ownership and management of The Call passes into new hands. Limited space prevents us from outlining at length the various changes and improvements
contemplated and already being inaugurated not only in the tone and makeup of The Call but in the entire printing and publishing business connected therewith. Suffice it to
say that the business, so well established by our predecessor, will be given new life under its new management and that nothing will be left undone to make The Call one of the
leading newspapers in Schuylkill County and a factor of great importance in the further development of the borough of Schuylkill Haven. The first issue of the paper under its
new management is by no means even a fair sample of what it is proposed to make it in the near future, owing principally to the time and labor expended during the present
week in installing a large additional printing equipment, including a complete outfit of new machinery, type, etc., of the latest design. With lifelong experience in the newspaper
publishing and job printing business and a thoruogh knowledge of the requirements of a successful journal, the new management hopes for and respectfully solicits the
patronage of the public.
THE CALL PUBLISHING COMPANY H. J. VON NIEDA, EDITOR J. W. VON NIEDA, MANAGER
In severing my connection with The Call office, I do so with regret. My long connection with it and many business relations with the citizens of this community have fastened
ties of friendship and respect. For the liberal patronage I feel very thankful and as my successors are practical printers and social businessmen, I confidently bespeak for them
the kind treatment and patronage due publishers of a town paper, which will be shortly rejuvenated and made a valuable medium for advertisers and prospectus of the
progress of our commercial and borough interests. Give them your undivided support with your job printing and advertising and you will be doing a progressive citizen's
privilege and help to further the interests of the community. By the terms of the transfer, all advertising and job printing bills due to April 7th are to be paid to the retiring
owner and all subscriptions unpaid to said date are to be collected by the new firm.
MOST RESPECTFULLY, GEORGE F. DENGLER RETIRING PUBLISHER
A GROWING NEW INDUSTRY
Schuylkill Haven boasts of another new industry that bids fair to become an important adjunct to the borough's numerous enterprises. About a year ago, Mr. Wellington
Hartman, proprietor of the Gem Pharmacy, commenced the manufacture of three specialties in his line - Wild Cherry Phosphate, Peptonized Lemon Juice and Old Virginia
Bitters. These preparations, manufactured and sold on a small scale at first, have steadily become so popular that they are now in constant demand by dealers and the public in
many sections of the state, having been successfully introduced in Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northamptoin, Monroe, Northumberland, Mifflin, Snyder, Schuylkill and
other counties. The goods are all prepared at Mr. Hartman's Main Street drug store. The Peptonized Lemon Juice is for all purposes for which lemons are used. The Wild
Cherry Phosphate is a tonic for kidney and stomach troubles and the Old Virginia Bitters is claimed to be the greatest tonic, appetizer and man restorer on earth. The constantly
increasing demand for these popular preparations will compel Mr. Hartman to greatly increase his manufacturing facilities in the near future.
BUSY BUILDING GASOLINE ENGINES
There is a growing demand for the Losch gasoline engine, of which Mr. J. S. Losch of this place, is the patentee and maker. Orders are standing for a number of these engines
and they are being completed as fast as possible. These include a variety of sizes and all thus far in use give the best satisfaction. Several weeks ago Mr. Losch delivered a
specially constructed ten horse power engine on a truck to the firm of Freeman and Patchet at Moyer's Station. The engine was guaranteed to make a run of ten hours with ten
gallons of gasoline, which is a better guarantee than gasoline engine builders usually offer, but the few weeks' trial of the engine developed the fact that although it was run
from six o'clock in the morning until 7:30 at night, the consumption of gasoline was only five gallons. Mr. Losch, and the owners as well, are highly pleased with this
performance. The modern, expensive machinery received some time ago by Mr. Losch has been put in position in his plant, which is now a finely and thoroughly equipped
workshop.
ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Another new industry, a paper box factory, will soon be in operation in this place. The industry will be located in the two story, fifty by fifty foot building owned by Dr. P. C.
Detweiler, adjoining the knitting mill of Schumacher, Keller and Company on West Columbia Street. The projectors or owners of the factory are G. P. W. Saul and W. F. Zang ,of
Harrisburg, both men of many years experience in the manufacture of all kinds of paper boxes, those for shoes and underwear being a specialty. The factory is being equipped
with the latest improved machinery, some of which has only appeared on the market during the past year. A twelve horsepower boiler and eight horsepower engine have
already been placed in position to furnish the power. Both floors of the building will be occupied. On the first floor, the cutting will be done, while on the second floor, the
pasting and finishing will be executed. When in full running order, the new industry will give employment to at least 30 or 35 hands. Operations at the new factory, the firm
expects, will be started on Monday with twelve or fifteen hands. Both members of the firm have families and will reside here. Mr. Zang moved his family and household effects
to a dwelling on Fairview Street on Wednesday, while Mr. Saul expects his family here on Monday, intending to move on upper Main Street.
LANDLORD YODER'S NEW HALL
Landlord Yoder, of the Hotel Grand, has just completed his fine new Keystone Hall building on Saint John Street, to the rear of the hotel, and the building is now open to the
inspection of the public. The spacious basement of the building will be used as a carriage and wagon storage room in connection with Mr. Yoder's steadily increasing livery
business. The main floor is divided into two fine store rooms, each 18 by 60 feet in size, with a specially constructed floor of rift flooring. The hall will be rented for balls,
afternoon and evening this winter. The building is lighted throughout by electricity and a huge furnace will be installed in the cellar which will heat the entire building. The hall
is a handsome addition to our town and is a monument to Mr. Yoder's energy and enterprise.
BUSINESS CHANGES
Elwood T. Eiler, who for years has been the town's leading barber, on Wednesday sold his shop, good will and fixtures to John L. Boussum. Mr. Eiler will shortly open a first
class music store and will carry an up to date stock of pianos, organs and other musical instruments, Edison phonographs and Victor Talking machines and records, sheet music
and musician's supplies. Mr. Eiler says he can beat city prices on exactly the same goods. Some time next week, Mr. Boussum will remove the barber shop from Mr. Eiler's old
stand to the H. I. Moser storeroom opposite the post office where he will be pleased to attend to the wants of all of Mr. Eiler's old customers and trusts to be favored with the
patronage of a host of new ones. Mr. Boussum worked for seven years under Mr. Eiler and was well liked by the latter's patrons. He has recently been employed in one of the
very best shops in Reading. He announces that the shop will be run in the most approved uptodate style, a clean towel for every customer and the best of everything in the
way of Bay Rum, colognes, etc. Harry Eiler, who was his brother's assistant, has purchased the McCaffrey barber shop on Dock Street in Spring Garden and on Monday took full
charge of the establishment. Harry is a good barber, attends strictly to business and his many friends will wish him a full measure of success.
SQUIRE GOAS IMPROVEMENTS
Squire C. H. Goas, our efficient Justice of the Peace, real estate agent and harness maker has recently been enlarging his establishment on Saint John Street to give more
room for the rapid increase in all branches of his business. While there is so little criminal court business in this town that a justice is hardly needed, the Squire does a goodly
share of all the other business that requires the attention of a justice and his real estate business is making considerable inroads on his time. In the harness business, the
Squire is compelled by the demands made upon him to carry a large and varied stock and his goods are of such excellent quality and prices are so reasonable that it is small
wonder that his trade is large. The squire excels in repair work and always has his hands full.
MCWILLIAMS BROTHERS MILL
The McWilliams brothers expect to start their new underwear mill within two weeks, the orders already on hand being sufficient to keep them running until Christmas, and the
prospects being that the entire output for the mill for the year will be sold within the next month. The McWilliams mill is located on Haven Street, is 36 by 60 feet in dimensions
and two stories high, with a large engine and boiler house annex. The mill is equipped with a fifty horsepower and a forty horsepower engine, is heated by steam and lighted by
electricity. At present there are six knitting machines and two sleevers, together with a half dozen finishing machines. The firm several months ago turned out a line of
samples, the excellence of which has already secured for them a nice lot of orders. The mill is what is known as a light weight mill, in as much as only light or summer weight
goods will be made. The size of the mill and the capacity of the engine and boiler is such that the present capacity of the mill can be quadrupled.
THE NEW STORE
The new clothing and gents furnishings store will open in the Yoder Building on Saturday of next week with a full line of everything in the way of mens' wear except shoes.
Everything else that man wears will be found in this uptodate establishment and our people who have been accustomed to go to Pottsville or Reading for this class of goods
are invited to inspect the new store's stock. A carload of furniture has arrived for the equipment of the establishment and early in the week the stock, embracing all the latest
styles and novelties, all brand new and fresh from the manufacturers will arrive and will be placed on the counters ready for the opening. Messrs. I H. Doutrich of Orwigsburg
and F. B. Keller of town are the proprietors of the new establishment and will conduct the business under the name of Doutrich and Company. Both are gentlemen of sterling
integrity and their names are a guarantee of their goods.
OPENING TOMORROW - Doutrich and Company's New Store is Ready for the Public's Inspection
The handsome new clothing and gents furnishings store of Doutrich and Company in the new Yoder Building will be thrown open for the public's inspection tomorrow. The
store is equipped with the very latest showcases, hat cases, shelving, counters and tables of golden oak and contains a wealth of goods the like of which has never been
before seen in this town. The store room is brand new, roomy and has plenty of light and the stock is just fresh from the manufacturers.
In the clothing line are shown the very latest and correct fall and winter styles in a variety of fabrics that can not fail to please both the taste and the purse of the purchaser.
Hats and caps are shown in the latest styles and the display of gents furnishings is uptodate in every particular. It will be the aim of Doutrich and Company to give Schuylkill
Haven a regular big city store and as the firm is successfully operating three other stores and is therefore a large buyer this can and will be done and our shoppers will benefit
thereby. Doutrich and Company extends a most cordial invitation to all to visit their store tomorrow. In honor of the opening, Eiler's Orchestra has been engaged to give a
concert from 7:00 until 9:30 o'clock Saturday evening.
YODER BUILDING OPENING
D. D. Yoder has issued invitations for a public inspection of the handsome new store and office building which bears his name, and which has just been completed. The formal
opening of the building will take place tomorrow evening and the public is invited to inspect the structure between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 in the evening. At 8:00 o'clock an
address will be delivered in the main lodge room by George W. Gise, Esquire. The ladies are especially invited to inspect Schuylkill Haven's first modern office building.
The building is three stories in height with a front of iron and buff mottled brick. Two fine store rooms occupy the first floor, there are
six handsome offices on the second floor and on the third floor is a fine lodge room with six ante rooms, so that six different lodges can be accommodated. Modern toilet
rooms and lavatories are conveniently located and the building is heated throughout by steam and lighted by electricity. The building is one that a much larger town other than
Schuylkill Haven might well be proud of and it reflects much credit upon Mr. Yoder's enterprise.
A FINE NEW FACTORY
Davis and Lawrence, the paper box manufacturers, are now at home in their new factory on Haven Street and are filling orders from their numerous customers with their usual
promptness and dispatch. Their new factory is forty by eighty feet in size and is a model of convenience. All of the machinery is operated from one line shaft and a short
countershaft and a fine ten horsepower engine and a twenty horsepower boiler furnish the power. The mill is heated by steam and lighted by electricity. A fine large stable with
box stalls, ample space for the big delivery wagon and the heavy wagon and large hay mow furnish splendid accommodations for the firm's team.
Messrs. Davis and Lawrence have made many friends during their three years business career here and are to be congratulated upon their success.
TELEPHONE COMPANY TO MOVE INTO NEW QUARTERS
Within the next several weeks or months the Bell Telephone Exchange located on Saint Peter Street will be moved into the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company building. The entire
front part of the second floor of this building will be used. This portion of the building was until recently occupied by the United Telephone Company as an exchange and the
Manufacturer's Association as an office and meeting room. The exchange of the United Telephone Comp-any has been moved to the rear of the building into the room vacated
some time ago by the Prudential Insurance Company. The Manufacturer's Association moved their furniture into the room occupied by the Schuylkill Building and Loan
Association. With the Bell telephone Company moving into new and considerably larger than at present, it is understood a new and much larger switchboard and other
equipment necessary to the successful operation of an exchange will be installed.
THE BRICK WORKS
A deed for the Imboden property near Schuylkill Haven to the Schuylkill Pressed Brick Company was placed on record Monday. The company has had tests made as to the
quantity of material on its property and finds it practically inexhaustible. The quality is said by experts to be superior to any material for high grade bricks to be found in the
east. Situated as it is, with a good market for wagon delivery at Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg, right at the gateway of the anthracite coal region, on a direct line to the Lehigh
Valley region and to New York, with good freight facilities in every direction, and with cheap fuel, there is every reason to prophesy a very profitable business for the company.
The company's intention is to make high grade pressed bricks of a red and mottled shades and has promises of large markets, not only locally, but in the large cities of Boston,
New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and many other localities. The material on the company's property is practically inexhaustible and the industry,
which will be located near Schuylkill Haven, will be a desirable addition to the many and varied industries of this thriving town. In addition to making high grade pressed bricks,
this material will also make the best of vitrified street paving bricks, terra cotta sewer pipe, hollow, fire proof building material, conduits for wires, roofing tile, etc., so that the
company owns a first class asset to start with. Unlike most other manufacturing concerns, the company will own its free raw material, which is not subject to fluctuations in
price, but is a constant quantity, always to be depended upon. Some of the best people in the county are interested in this new company and it gives every promise of being a
high class operation.
What is destined to become one of the handsomest sections of Schuylkill Haven and one of the most desirous residence places in town is the Stanton and Saul Trust in the
North Ward lying between the Pennsylvania Railroad and Centre Turnpike. A reference to the advertisement in another column will show the plan of the tract and the sizes of
the lots. The tract is all high ground with splendid natural drainage and the price of lots is so low that they are bound to be snapped up in a hurry by persons seeking home
sites. Messrs. Stanton and Saul this week started work on the grading of the streets, the laying of four inch water mains and the placing of three fire plugs. So large a water
main will insure an ample volume of water in case of fire while at all times there will be water in plenty and to spare for household purposes. Quite a number of fine lots have
been sold but there are yet some choice locations and the early purchaser will get the pick of these. Building operations have begun on the tract this spring by A. F. Alspach
who is putting up a nice home and by owners of the plot who are erecting a double block of houses which will contain all the modern conveniences, hot and cold water, range,
bath, water closet, furnaces in cellars and electric light. It is more than likely the other lot buyers will build before the close of the year.
BANK'S NEW BUILDING - Business Now Being Transacted In The Handsome New Structure
The First National Bank on Thursday opened for business in its handsome new building at the corner of Saint John and Main Streets. Wednesday the public was invited to
inspect the banking room and the greater part of the population availed themselves of the privilege. The structure is of the Colonial style of architecture, two stories in height
built of buff brick and buff terra cotta trimmings to match. It is a banking house and residence combined, the banking room opening onto Main Street and the residence
fronting on Saint John Street.
The banking room has a high vaulted ceiling, is lighted by large windows and is finished in quartered golden oak, the counters and desks being of that material with polished
brass gratings and beveled French plate glass panels. The depositors' desks of which there are three are of French plate glass. The banking room is tiled with marble and
wainscoated with the finest quality marble. A room is provided for ladies who have business with the bank and a closed telephone booth is of easy access to the bank officials
and the public. Just to the rear of the banking room is the private office of the cashier and back of that is the directors' room, both handsomely furnished in keeping with the
banking room.
The most important part of the bank's equipment is the fine large fire and burglar proof vault. The vault stands on solid masonry, has walls of masonry three feet thick and is
lined throughout with a triple lining of drill proof steel. The massive door is fitted with an automatic locking device controlled by a triple time lock. The mechanism of the lock
being set in motion and the door closed, the bolts are automatically thrown and the vault is locked and the door can only be opened when the time lock automatically throws the
bolts. The entire locking mechanism being on the inside of the door there is no possible way for a burglar to effect an entrance. To make assurance doubly sure the interior of
the vault is supplied with a burglar proof money chest locked by a time lock. A feature of the big vault is a compartment devoted to safe deposit boxes which the bank will rent
out to patrons at a nominal cost.
The residence section of the building comprises a reception hall with open stairway lighted by a skylight; a handsome dining room with built in buffet, a large pantry and a
kitchen on the first floor. In the basement are laundry and storage rooms and a coal cellar. The upper floor contains a fine parlor, sitting room, library, three bedrooms,
bathroom and a servants room with ample closets. The residence is finished throughout in chestnut. The building is heated throughout by steam, both the direct and indirect
systems being used and is lighted by both gas and electricity. The property cost close to $25,000. William McAuley of Philadelphia was the architect and I. H. Becker of town was
the general contractor. W. J. Saylor Jr. did the plumbing and he and Mark Campbell of Orwigsburg put in the steam heating apparatus. Israel Kline did the painting, Barr
Brothers the plastering and Luke Fisher the paving. The big vault was furnished by the York Safe and Lock Company.
The officers of the bank are C. C. Leader of Shamokin, president; S. E. Mengle of Schuylkill Haven, vice president; F. B. Keller of Schuylkill Haven, cashier; J. A. Noecker of
Schuylkill Haven, solicitor. The directors are I. B. Heim, Simon E. Mengel, Frank Brown, J. F. Bast, A. H. Kline of Schuylkill Haven; J. S. Brown of Friedensburg; D. D. Yoder of
Reading; J. A. Sprenger of Cressona and C. C. Leader of Shamokin. The bank was organized in 1899. It has capital of $50,000 and a surplus of more than $25,000. It has paid
dividends the past three years.
TRUST COMPANY BUILDING COMPLETED - New Building to be Open For Business Thursday February 23rd
A Handsome Piece of Architecture and a Credit to the Town, Public Inspection day February 22nd
With the formal opening for the transaction of business Thursday, February 23rd, of the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company, in their handsome new three story building on Main
Street, the fact marks the successful completion of one of the most remarkable and stupendous undertakings that has been attempted by citizens of this town for many years,
that is, the organization of a second banking institution for the town, and the erection and completion of its own home, one of the most handsome banking structures in this
section of the state, all within a period of a few years. Although a description of the exterior and interior of this massive structure can be given, a careful personal inspection
must be made to fully appreciate the many excellent qualities and features of the building and for this purpose, the directors of the bank have set apart Washington's Birthday
as a day of public inspection.
The Trust Company building is 32 by 57 feet, three stories high. The front is of Pennsylvania white marble, built in effective style. The cost of the building as it stands was
$26,000. The original cost of the property and lot was $10,000 while the remodeling and the erection of the present structure cost an additional $16,000. The work of
reconstruction was begun April 13th and completed February 8th, 1911.
The first floor is divided into a banking room, treasurer's room, vestibule, ladies' room, directors' room, cloak room, toilet, three booths and a public space. The floor of the
public space, vestibule and booths is covered with mosaic tiling. The entire first floor is of fireproof material and of hard wood maple, filled and shellacked. The ceiling and
walls are of hard white finish. Scroll work on the ceiling gives a pleasing and pretty effect. The fixtures are of quartered oak, as are the doors and windows. The fixtures
surrounding the banking room are of quartered oak, the wickets are supplied with solid bronzed grills, the deal plates are of a greenish flat marble, the woodwork is of
quartered oak, while the glass is etched and blown. The base of the counter work and around the three sides of the vault is of green Easton marble. The second floor is
divided into six good sized rooms which will be used as office rooms and a toilet room in the rear. Three of these rooms have already been rented to be used as offices, and
options have been placed on two other rooms. The walls and ceilings are papered with paper of a pretty design. The woodwork and fixtures are grained.
The third floor is divided into one large room, suitable for a lodge room, and three small rooms, suitable for ante rooms. The walls and ceilings are of hard white finish, the
woodwork is finished in natural color. The basement or cellar is cemented and contains a storage vault and the steam plant.
The building is lighted with electricity and gas and heated with steam. A heavy and very substantial fire escape leading from the third floor to the ground is attached at the rear
of the building. The steel lined, burglar and fire proof vault or safe is an admirable feature of the interior of the building. It is 11 by 19 feet, extending from first floor to
basement. It is divided into two compartments, one compartment for the money chests and lockers for the use of the Trust Company and the other side is fitted with 76 safe
deposit boxes, 21/2 by 5 inches and 30 inches deep, and 24 larger boxes which will be rented to customers. Each safe deposit box is locked with a special key. Customers at
any time during banking hours can have access to their safety deposit boxes, but only after the large compartment has been unlocked by the Trust Company cashier or officer.
The vault in the basement will be used to store the company's books and papers. The vault has a vestibule entrance, outer doors of ten inch metal, hung on crone hinge and
with pressure system locking bolts and two 72 hour triple movement and combination locks. Its construction makes it proof against the elements and man. The walls are
constructed of 13 inch specially mixed concrete, in which are embedded sixty pound railroad rails and a lattice work of heavy steel. The exterior is covered with one and a half
inches of solid metal in three layers alternating as follows: half inch heath steel, half inch Brooklyn chrome steel and half inch open hearth steel. The safe cost $6,000 which is
in addition to the cost of the building itself given above.
Irvin Becker, of town, was the general contractor, and the completed building stands as a high compliment to his ability as a successful contractor. Subcontractors were as
follows: marble and stone, George L. Schreader of Pottsville; concrete, John Hill of town; electric fixtures, Thomas Meck of town; plumbing and gas, William J. Saylor; plasterers,
Barr Brothers of town and B. I. O'Neil of Allentown; tiling, Willard Scheyer Company of Montgomery County; vault, Mossler safe Company of New York City, banking room fixtures,
Hummel and Son of Baltimore; painting, W. L. Kline of town; steam heating plant, Mark Campbell of Orwigsburg and slag roofing, Fred Hoeffel of Pottsville.
The officers and directors of the Trust Company, and to whom must be given the praise for the handsome building which now enhances the appearance of our Main Street, with
its pure white marble front, and which will ever stand as a monument to their aggressiveness are: President John D. Berger; Vice President Dr. Daniel Dechert; Second Vice
President Rowland; Secretary H. C. Wilson; Solicitor J. L. Stauffer; Directors George W. Saul, Walter Meck, W. J. Saylor, H. V. Keever, Reubens Peale, Evan L. Thomas, J. D. Reed,
H. J. Dohner, Harry A. Reber, W. H. Luckenbill, D. M. Wagner, Wellington Hartman, George A. Berger, Joseph O'Donnell, P. W. Fegley, George Weissinger, F. S. Snayberger and
William H. Wagner.
TRUST COMPANY BANK OPEN
The Schuylkill Haven Trust Company opened for business on Monday in the store room of Hotel Grand, which has been turned into a very nice banking room. There is ample
accommodation for everyone desiring to transact business with the institution and a big fire and burglar proof safe guarantees the safety of all valuables deposited therein and
a watchman on duty from the time the bank closes at night until it opens in the morning is an assurance that the safe will not be tampered with. The opening days deposits
reached the gratifying figure of $66,312 and the amount of deposits and the number of depositors shows steady increase as the Trust Company nears the close of its first week
in business. The company pays interest of three percent on savings accounts. It loans money on judgements and mortgages and is empowered to act as executor, trustee or
guardian. The Trust Company's new building is well underway and the contractor expects to hand it over to the company by the first of September. It will be three stories in
height with an imposing marble front and will contain an immense fire and burglar proof vault of the most approved design fitted with safe deposit boxes for rental to the
company's patrons. The company's officers are all Schuylkill Haven men and its directors and stockholders are all from this town or its surroundings and it starts out with every
prospect of success. At Monday night's meeting of directors, Captain Charles Brown of town was elected watchman and immediately went on duty.
A HANDSOME STORE
Notwithstanding the inclement weather last week one of the most successful events in the history of the town was the opening of the handsomely rebuilt and enlarged Felix's
Bee Hive on Saint John Street on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the throng of buyers that crowded the store on these days is evidence that the people of
Schuylkill Haven will patronize their home merchants if the merchants will take the trouble to get what the people want and then advertise so that the people may know the
articles they desire are to be had right here at home.
The Felixes long ago recognized these two requisites to successful business and as a result of their foresight the enlargement and improvement to their store was made
necessary by the steadily increasing throng of regular patrons. The entire old front of the store has been replaced by one that is thoroughly modern in every particular. The
show windows have been enlarged so that large displays can be given in them, in fact it takes nowadays almost as great a quantity of goods to fill a pair of modern show
windows as formerly sufficed to stock a store.
To the store room has been built an addition about forty feet in length, giving a depth of 100 feet to the entire store. In the ceiling of this addition is a huge skylight that gives
the most perfect illumination of the interior. The entire grocery department together with the carpet, oil cloth and window shade department has been moved into this section
of the store and the private office is also located there. The entire front end of the store is now given up to dry goods, notions, fancy goods, lace curtains, portieres and the
thousand and one articles of ladies wear. The enlargement of the store has made possible the increasing of the stock so that it is now double its former size.
At night the store and the big windows are brilliantly illuminated by electric light, the tungsten lamp being used and there being a large number of individual lights placed at
advantageous points instead of the old style way of placing the lamps in clusters or using arc lights. Last Wednesday, the opening day, every visitor to the store, whether a
customer or sightseer, was presented with an American Beauty rose as a souvenir.
W. J. DOWNS TO LEAVE OUR TOWN
W. J. Downs, the popular Main Street druggist, Wednesday of this week disposed of his drug store and stock to W. Earl Stine of Williamsport. Mr. Stine took charge Thursday
morning. Mr. Downs will remain at the store for the balance of the week or until Mr. Stine has become acquainted. Mr. Stine, as stated above, hails from that live and hustling
city, Williamsport. For the past fourteen years he was a clerk in Blackburn's Drug Store, the largest in that city. Mr. Stine has a thorough knowledge of drugs and his years of
experience makes him thoroughly capable of catering to the public. Mr. Stine will keep the best, purest and freshest drugs and a complete stock of the numerous side lines
which are carried in all first class drug stores. Mr. Stine will retain in his employ the smiling and accommodating clerk, Mr. Horace Feger. Mr. Stine will take up his residence
with his family in the home now occupied by Mr. Downs and family and which will be vacated shortly. The above business change was a complete surprise to the many friends
and acquaintances of Mr. Downs, who for the best part of the last nine years was located in our midst. In this time his pleasant disposition and kind manner made and retained
the friendship of every resident in this and the surrounding towns. Mr. Downs was also one of this town's real, live and progressive businessmen. He was ever ready to
further any movement which made for the benefit of this burg or its people, and the enviable position he occupied in this respect, thus made vacant, will be difficult to fill. His
work will be sorely missed not only by his fellow businessmen and close associates but the public in general. Mr. Downs with his family will move to Philadelphia where he no
doubt will locate. While the public is loathe to bid adieu to both Mr. Downs and Mrs. Downs, The Call wishes, in behalf of the town, to extend a most hearty welcome to Mr. and
Mrs. Stine and hopes they may find Schuylkill Haven a pleasant and desirable place of residence.
SHOE FACTORY TO EXPAND
The G. H. Gerber Shoe Company is making preparations to enlarge their factory to a large extent in the near future. With the addition of a line of childrens' misses and women's
welt shoes to their product, their business has increased to such an extent that the factory must be positively enlarged. New machines will then installed and the output per
day be increased to 2200 pairs per day. To their nine representatives covering almost every portion of the country, another has been added several days ago and in all
probability the force will be increased in the near future. This increase and improvement was made possible only by the securing of the plot of ground adjoining the present
building, otherwise, they would have been handicapped for space to erect an addition and the output could not have been increased.
BOWLING ALLEY TO OPEN
The Becker and Schumacher bowling alley on South Main Street opened to the public on Saturday evening and Chief Burgess Hartman rolled the first ball. There was a large
crowd present all evening. With the bowling alley, a big skating rink and two moving picture theatres, there is no dearth of entertainment in this burg. The Main Street of
Schuylkill Haven since being paved presents such a delightful scene that every loyal citizen takes a pride in pointing to it as a much up to date improvement. So satisfactory is
the work and appearance that the citizens of saint John Street have the signatures of the required number of property owners desiring and petitioning the borough council to
pave that street from Main to Union Street just as soon as the weather permits in the spring. This petition will be presented at next meeting of council and it is hoped the good
work of progress may go on.
A THEATRE TO BE BUILT HERE - D. M. WAGNER TO TURN HIS BUILDING INTO PLAYHOUSE
Schuylkill Haven theatre going folks will in the near future have a theatre of their own. One which will vie very favorably with those in cities many times the size of this town.
The announcement is hailed with delight by the residents of the town in general as it will fill a long desired want. The theatre will be one in which the largest and best of
performances can be given and also be fitted so it can be used for a moving picture theatre when not occupied by theatrical troupes. First class vaudeville, best of one night
stand companies and moving picture shows will soon be given to the local public at a Schuylkill Haven theatre.
D. M. Wagner, the local furniture dealer, who for the past year or more has been in the process of disposing of his stock and turning the building into a theatre under
consideration. He has about decided on this procedure and a mammoth sale will be held in the near future and as soon as the stock is disposed of, work will at once be
commenced on turning the present building into a theatre. The building will first be extended in length an additional hundred feet to the alley. This alley will provide excellent
access to the rear of the theatre for transfer of baggage and theatrical properties. Many interior changes will be made and it is impossible at this time to enumerate all of them.
The floors in the building will all be changed and the partitions will all be torn out. A large balcony will be built in and everything fitted so as to accommodate the largest of
shows and audiences. The stage will be an exceptionally large one, fitted with the latest devices for handling scenery and so built to accommodate shows carrying large
companies and spectacular effects. The third floor of the building will probably be remodeled so as to be suited for lodge meeting purposes. Several of the lodges have
already made inquiry to rent this room.
SOIL PIPE MILL FOUNDATIONS BEING BUILT - WORK WELL UNDERWAY
Building to be One Story Brick 80 x 160 And Will be Ready For Machinery Within Five Weeks
Work on the construction and erection of the Schuylkill Haven Foundry Company building, situated along the P & R Railroad, a short distance south of town, on a tract formerly
known as the Baker farm, is being pushed very rapidly. Contractor Conneen of Philadelphia has a large force of men at work digging the foundations. The large timbers for the
frame work are expected most any day. Large quantities of brick and stone are on the ground. The railroad siding from the Baker siding to the Foundry Company plant is
expected to be finished this week, the railroad company now having men at work on the same. The contractor who will dig the artesian well, at this writing has not arrived, but
is expected this week. Some of the heavy machinery for this purpose is already on the ground. The building will be a one story brick building, dimensions 80 by 160 feet and
will be completed and ready for the installation of the heavy machinery within five weeks from the present date.
The foundry will be equipped with special machinery for the manufacture of the soil pipe, a complete machine shop with drills, presses and several traveling cranes, a large
oven for the smelting of pig iron, a fifty horsepower engine and an eighty horsepower boiler. Immediately upon the completion of the building the machinery will be placed.
When completed Mr. Heming will assume the managership and will begin the making of patterns for the manufacture of the soil pipe and other job work that has already been
secured. From fifteen to twenty men will be engaged at the outstart, of this number several experienced and practical men have already been engaged. At the end of the first
year there will be employed at this foundry between 75 and 100 men. All of the stock of the company has been disposed of with the exception of a few shares, for which there
are a number of prospective buyers.
THEATRE ALMOST COMPLETED
The moving picture theatre of Perry and Bowen on Main Street, below the P & R Railroad, is being rapidly pushed to completion and from the present indications, will be open to
the public by Decoration Day. The theatre is 100 feet in length by about thirty in width. It is of frame construction with an elevated floor. The entrance from the street brings
one into the front of the theatre and the further to the rear he goes the higher the elevation of the floor and more desirable the seats. The seats have been ordered and are
expected to arrive most any day. The seating capacity will be over three hundred. The moving picture booth, wherein the machine is kept, will be of fireproof construction.
Several exits from the sides of the theatre will enable the management to empty the house quickly. All the latest and best subjects in the moving picture work are shown and
patrons of this house are always assured a pleasant evening's entertainment.
NO FREE SHAVES - Monthly Shaving Contracts Abolished
The monthly contracts for shaving with the local barbers are now a thing of the past and there will be no more free shaves or an extra haircut as heretofore on the contract
plan. This was decided by the local barbers who at a recent meeting decided to abolish the contract work and charge straight prices to all. The price of hair cutting has also
been increased, that is, cutting hair of children will not be done for less money than that of an adult. For the trim of the hair the same price will be charged as for a complete
haircut. The prices decided upon are as follows: shave, ten cents; shampoo, fifteen cents; tonic, ten and fifteen cents; honing, twenty five cents; hair cutting, fifteen cents,
children included. They also decided to close shop at 12:00 noon every Thursday and have a half holiday. The schedule of prices given above will be strictly followed and any
of the barbers violating the same will be fined for each and every offense. The barbers included are John Hess, Fred Mengle, Adam G. Barr, H. D. Roeder, J. J. Deibert and
Harry Eiler.
THE PAPER BOX BUSINESS - Saul and Zang Put in New Machinery Almost Doubling Their Plant's Capacity
One of the most prosperous of the town's industries is the manufacture of paper boxes and this branch of trade appears to be steadily growing, the manufacturers finding no
lack of orders either at home or abroad. The firm of Saul and Zang, which established in town in the paper box manufacturing business not quite a year ago, has been
compelled from time to time to enlarge their plant and during the past few weeks has installed seven new machines, almost doubling the capacity of their large plant.
Saul and Zang occupy a factory building fifty by fifty feet in size and two stories in height, located on Penn Street near Market. A six horsepower steam engine supplies the
power to run the machinery of the factory and a sixteen horsepower boiler supplies steam for the engine and heating purposes. On the lower floor of the factory the stock
which is to be made up into boxes is stored. Here are located the engine and boiler, the big lever cutter which cuts a hundred big sheets of strawboard with the ease that the
grocer slices off a pound of cheese; the slitter which cuts up sheets of cardboard that are too large for the cutter; the scoring machine that marks out the shape of the boxes;
the corner cutter that cuts out the pieces that permit the folding of the boxes into shapes and the bending machine which bends the pasted edges of the boxes into shape,
doing the work of four hands and doing it better.
On the second floor, the finishing of the boxes is done. There are two big ending machines which put the ends on the boxes under a pressure of a ton to the square foot; two
corner staying machines, which put on the heavy paper and canvas stays the make of the box lids retain their shape; six covering machines that put on the pretty colored and
gilt paper that ornaments the sides of the boxes and lids and two topping machines that put the paper on the tops of the lids. Then too there is an unique little machine that
prints labels on the lids and the ends of the boxes.
The capacity of Messrs. Saul and Zang's plant is now 10,000 shoe boxes per day or 5,000 knit goods boxes in the same period. In one day's work more than a ton of cardboard is
turned into boxes and about 250 pounds of glazed colored paper is used to cover the boxes. The firm therefore finds it to advantage to purchase cardboard by the carload lot
and paper by the ton. To enable the firm to work this big factory to its fullest capacity, thirty five hands are employed and the monthly distribution of wages places quite a snug
sum of money in circulation. Just at the present time the firm is cramped for floor space, the finished boxes occupying considerable room and expect to soon have an addition
put to the factory building. At the present time one team, with an immense wagon especially built for the purpose, is kept busy hauling the product of the factory to the firm's
many customers and another team will soon be put on the road.
The firm is composed of Messrs. George P. W. Saul and William F. Zang, who established their factory here the latter part of last year and at once took up their residence in our
town, having become two of our most substantial citizens. Messrs. Saul and Zang deserve the success they are meeting with and The Call but voices the sentiment of the
community when it wishes them a continuance of it.
A NEW THEATRE IS ASSURED - D. M. Wagner is Having the Specifications Drawn Now - Will Run Vaudeville and Movies
Some time ago there appeared in these columns an article in reference to the opening of a moving picture theatre and vaudeville house by D. M. Wagner, at present engaged
in the furniture business. Many people thought it was a "pipe" on our part. We are not in the habit of running "pipes" or putting our dreams into print. It was a true statement
and further proof of it is given below. This week, Muhlenberg Brothers of Reading, architects of note, went over the entire building now occupied by D. M. Wagner, got Mr.
Wagner's ideas of what he wanted, offered suggestions, took measurements, etc., and left to prepare the general plans and specifications for one of the swellest moving
picture theatres and vaudeville houses in this section. The plans will be finished within ten days and as soon as they are received and accepted bids for the immediate smaller
buildings now erected on the rear of the main building. The width will be the full width of the present building, 32 feet. The first door will be lowered and pitched toward the
alley in the rear, thereby making the entrance to the stage sufficiently low enough to allow the handling of baggage and stage properties to and from the dray teams with ease.
Many alterations to the present building will be necessary and as they have not all been decided upon by the owner, we cannot give them. In order to embark in the show
business, Mr. Wagner will positively dispose of his extensive stock of furniture, carpets, etc., at a mammoth sale which he will conduct beginning April 1.
TRUST COMPANY TO FURNISH TOWN CORRECT TIME - Large Chime Clock Placed on Main Street Building This Week
With the placing of the large clock on the building of the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company a great convenience has been given to the public and the appearance of our Main
Street considerably enhanced. This is in line with the policy of this institution on giving to the public the very best and latest service possible. The Trust Company is to be
congratulated on giving to the Schuylkill Haven public something which it has long been desirous of having. Since its being placed on the building persons from all parts of
town have been drawn to Main Street to view it and listen to the beautiful tones of its chimes.
The clock is a McClintock-Loomis chime clock. The diameter of the face of the clock is three feet. The case is eight and one half feet high and four and one half feet wide and is
placed on the front of the building in such a manner that the same can be seen for several squares in either direction and the hour of the day or night easily ascertained. It is
constructed of brass and steel and bronzed in a dark green shade. The clock is operated by a Seth Thomas regulator or wall clock in the interior of the building. This in turn is
operated by a system of fifty two dry cell batteries. The exterior clock is illuminated by electric power from the local plant.
No one will have any excuse for having any time but the correct time as the new clock will be set to standard time secured from Washington. The new clock is fitted with a set
of beautiful chimes, which at the quarter, half and three quarter and on the hour, ring out in various musical combinations. On the quarter hour the chimes are sounded four
times, on the half hour eight times, on the three quarter hour twelve times and on the hour sixteen times after which the hour of the day is struck.
TO OPEN PHOTO GALLERY
After being closed for some time and the people of this town and section expressing their hope and desire that someone would open a photograph gallery here, the old Wood's
Gallery on Saint John Street has been opened for business. J. W. Easterline has taken advantage of the opportunity in this town and has embarked in the business. Mr.
Easterline is not new in the business or a man who is liable to "fly by night." He is a resident of Reading. For thirty years he was in the photograph business in Scranton. For
the past few years however he has not followed up his vocation. Thursday the gallery, after being thoroughly cleaned and renovated, was opened for business. Mr. Easterline
invites the public to visit his gallery and learn what can be done by an experienced photographer.
MAY HAVE COAL MANUFACTURING PLANT HERE
A firm for the utilizing of all the finer grades of coal, especially the grades that are taken from the river, is about to be organized in Schuylkill Haven. Wednesday afternoon, W.
F. Oswald, a former resident of Schuylkill haven, visited The Call office and explained the process. It is the intention of the new firm to take the finer grades of coal, crush them
to a powder and then press them into what will be known as briquets. These briquets will be coated with a non water absorbing composition of 100 percent carbon. The
process for the manufacture of the briquets is a secret that will be known only by the members of the firm. Mr. Oswald stated that the briquets can be manufactured and sold
for less cost than freshly mined anthracite coal. The results are guaranteed to surpass that of coal.
At present the briquets are being manufactured in the city of Harrisburg, where the supply in the city alone is far from being equal to the demand. Mr. Oswald stated that it is
his intention to organize the firm in this section and to have the same composed of Hamburg, Schuylkill Haven and Pottsville capitalists. All four available sites have been
located within easy range of two railroads. When the plant is completed, a double shift of five men will be put to work and the plant will have a capacity of nearly 50 tons per day.
WILL INCREASE CAPACITY OF ROLLING MILL
Work was started this week on what will eventually end in the erection of a large addition to the Schuylkill Haven Rolling Mill. This information was obtained by The Call when it
was observed that several teams were at work leveling the ground on the south side of the mill. From the information obtained, it is the intention of the management to
construct at least ten new furnaces and to erect new rollers in order that iron and steel can be turned out, suitable for the manufacturing of railroad bolts and spikes. It is more
than likely that these bolts and spikes will be manufactured right at the mill and shipped from here. This will mean considerable for the town of Schuylkill Haven. From the same
source it was ascertained that every effort will be put forth to double the capacity of the Schuylkill Haven Rolling Mill. This information was obtained on Tuesday last and it was
stated that Mr. Light had gone to Virginia to secure the necessary help and to bring it back with him. Inquiry was made in the plant Wednesday and the information received was
to the effect that Mr. Light was out of town and not likely to return until Thursday night or Friday. This would seem to substantiate the report given to The Call representative.
Fifty additional men will be given employment and if conditions warrant the same, both day and night shifts will be put to work. Part of the lot adjoining the mill has been
procured for the erection of the new furnaces and addition. At present a force of men are extending the railroad track or siding toward William Street, that cars loaded with dirt
can be run there and unloaded, thus bringing the foundation on a level with the present building.
MAY IMPORT COLORED HELP
The question of female help in the underwear mills and hosiery plants of Schuylkill Haven and in fact the entire state was discussed at length by the members of the
Pennsylvania Underwear Manufacturers at their regular meeting held at the Blue Mountain Game and Fish Association. With a sense of seriousness, the matter of importing
colored female help from the south was discussed. For sometime past the mills have been handicapped for female help. Several of the members voiced the opinion that the
colored help is willing to learn. Should they be imported, special quarters would have to be provided for them and this several members thought would be an easy matter.
Those who attended from Schuylkill Haven were: Messrs. Henry Berger, Harry Berger, Harry Reber and Walter Meck.
LOCAL INDUSTRY CHANGED HANDS
This week a deal was completed whereby the paper box factories of Saul and Zang, located at Schuylkill Haven and Hazleton, were taken over by the Lebanon Paper Box
Company of Lebanon. The transaction was consummated Wednesday and the new firm took charge on Thursday morning of both plants. The local plant is the largest of the two
and will be in charge of Mr. Roy Batz of Lebanon. The former superintendent of this plant, Mr. Thomas Wagner, will continue in this capacity under the new ownership.
The Lebanon Paper Box Company has a plant at Lebanon with a capacity of 150,000 paper boxes per day. The Schuylkill Haven plant has a capacity of 50,000 per day. It is the
intention of the new firm to greatly increase the output of both the Schuylkill Haven and Hazleton factories. In order to accomplish this, additional machinery will be installed
here shortly and this increased production will of course only be possible by the employment of additional employees. The Hazleton plant will remain in charge of Mr. Alex Saul.
The Saul and Zang factory here has been in operation for about 18 years. About four persons were first employed. This plant under the supervision and control of Mr. George
Saul has grown to such proportions that now 120 persons are employed and the plant, a two story brick building, has 40,000 square feet of floor space. The plant throughout is
equipped with the most modern paper box making machinery. Mr. George Saul made no definite announcement of his plans for the future.
WILL OPEN UP TO DATE SHOE STORE
Another business place will soon be added to this town's number. It will be a shoe store and it will be conducted by Mr. James Mellon. This week carpenters began making
changes at the present property of Mr. Mellon on Main Street for the necessary alterations for the shoe store. It is proposed to use the space now occupied by the hallway
leading to the ladies' dining room, the ladies' dining room and the Mellon private sitting room for the shoe store. This will give a store room size of about twenty by forty.
Mr. Mellon intends to conduct a thoroughly up to date shoe store and for this purpose will handle ladies', men's misses and children's shoes. The store will be opened for
business just as soon as the necessary fixtures arrive and are placed. This will quite likely be within the course of a week. Later on Mr. Mellon intends adding a shoe repairing
department to the store. Goodyear shoe repairing apparatus of several different kinds will be placed so that shoes can be repaired while customers wait on them.
During the week the rear frame portion of the Hoffman Knitting Mill was being torn down by the contractor preparatory to the construction of a brick addition to this plant. The
used as a factory building, both as a shoe factory and underwear mill by different firms. The excavating adjoining the present Hoffman Mill, continues, a sufficient depth not
having been reached yet. On this site will be constructed a three story brick factory building. The present mill will have another brick story placed on it. When completed the
MICHEL STORE TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1-15TH
The new ice cream parlor and confectionery store of Charles Michel will be open for business the forepart of the coming month. The exact date for the opening has not been
beautiful one in appearance. The parlor and confectionery store will be 22 feet in width and 86 feet in depth. A space 22 by 48 feet will be for the ice cream parlor. A metal
ceiling, finished in gold and white with mirrored sides in the ice cream parlor, and with mahogany finished furniture and marble top tables will make a pretty appearance. The
indirect electric lighting system will be used. The floor of the entire space will be tiled. All new candy display and wall cases will be placed. A handsome and large Italian
marble soda fountain will add to the appearance of the store. Palms and potted plants will lend a pleasing effect to the ice cream parlor.
ENLARGING THE BUTCHER SHOP
William Ball the Main Street butcher this week had I. H. Becker and his corps of carpenters enlarging his butcher shop and making other improvements that when completed
will result in his having a very pleasing and large market. The space formerly occupied as an office and sitting room has been thrown into the shop proper. A new floor will be
placed in that portion of the store. The present refrigerator will be given several coats of white enamel as will also the entire interior. Additional appliances, also a white
enameled refrigerator/display counter will be installed. When all is completed the shop will be very inviting, sanitary and commodious.
TO HAVE ANOTHER UNDERWEAR FACTORY HERE
To the already eleven underwear mills in this town will be added another very shortly making the total number an even number. The firm that will make the latest addition to our
manufacturers is the firm of Daniel Sharadin and Brother, being composed of Daniel Sharadin and Blaine Sharadin, sons of the late Daniel Sharadin, one of the pioneer
underwear manufacturers of the town. The mill is to be of brick construction, two stories in height and of 36 by 50 feet in dimensions. Paul Naffin, local contractor, has the
contract and intends to begin excavating immediately following Labor Day. The new mill will give employment to another thirty five to fifty employees. The new mill will be
located to the rear of West Main Street on the plot known and used as a tennis court for some time.
MICHEL OPENING SATURDAY EVENING
The new Michel ice cream parlor and confectionery store will be opened to the public on the coming Saturday evening. Thursday and Friday the clerks were busy moving the
stock into the new store room and arranging it on the display cases. The new store certainly presents a handsome appearance. The wood work is finished in mahogany with a
metal ceiling, walls of very light tan, the indirect electric lighting system and with tiled floor, large candy cases and counters, not to mention a handsome soda fountain with a
twenty foot marble bar at which eleven persons can be accommodated, the room certainly looks inviting. Then too there is a handsome large wall display case which contains
the packaged goods. The ice cream parlor is 25 by 35 feet in size. In it will be placed about two dozen tables so that a very large number of persons can be accommodated at
one time. A raised platform at the rear of the store will be equipped with an office. Mirrors around the sides of the ice cream parlor space add a pleasing effect. Mr. Michel
plans on making the opening an auspicious one. The general public is invited to come and pay a visit on Saturday. In the evening the formal opening will take place.
Bensinger's orchestra with Mr. Lutz as the singer has been engaged to entertain. Souvenirs will be given.
GARAGE TO BE FINISHED IN TWO MONTHS
Building operations at the George Berger garage on West Main Street are being rushed with every possible bit of speed. It is expected the bricklayers will complete their work
this week. This garage when completed will be one of the largest, most convenient and best lighted in this section. It will have an interior measurement of 138 by 65 feet or a
total space of 8970 square feet. It will contain an unusually large number of windows, namely twenty eight twin windows and three large double windows, one of which will be
used to display autos and the others for the display of auto accessories. In this building will be used the largest steel trusses or girders used in any Schuylkill Haven building
up to this time. They will be 67 feet in length and weigh approximately two tons each. There will be eleven of them used and by their use all posts and supports will be
eliminated. The garage, it is expected, will be ready for occupancy within two months' time. Paul Naffin is the contractor on the job.
WILL DISCONTINUE MILK ROUTE
One of the oldest and best known milk routes in Schuylkill Haven will be discontinued this week, namely the Bowen Dairy. For thirty two years this business has been
conducted in the Bowen name. Mr. John Bowen originally purchased the route and good will of J. F. Bast, deceased, who conducted it for about twelve years, prior to his
embarking in the manufacturing business. Mr. John Bowen conducted it for nine years and then sold it to his brother Morris Bowen, who conducted it for fifteen years. It was
then handed over to Lester Bowen, son of Morris Bowen, who has conducted it for eight years. On account of the scarcity of farm help and the high wages demanded, also the
unusually high cost of feed, Mr. Lester Bowen finds it would be better to discontinue the business. He has already disposed of some of his cattle. He will devote all his time
and attention to general farming.
WILL ERECT TWENTY NEW HOUSES
For some time the scarcity of houses in Schuylkill Haven has seriously interfered not only with its growth but with commercial and industrial activities as well. This hindrance in
a measure is soon to be removed as at least one person in the town has enough nerve to enter into the proposition of erecting building homes on a large scale that will rent at
a nominal sum and which will relieve the situation somewhat. During the week negotiations were completed by Paul Naffin, contractor and owner of the Roller Rink, whereby he
acquired twenty building lots in Edgewood, the vacant building site along the P & R Railroad below William Street.
Mr. Naffin will erect on these lots twenty houses, most of them to be of the bungalow and cottage style. They will be double and single homes. Some will be of the stucco and
shingle construction and the others, the majority, of the concrete brick construction. Mr. Naffin recently purchased a concrete brick making machine which will turn out bricks
in sufficient quantity in a short time for the building of these homes. The houses will be erected on the left hand side of Schumacher Avenue. Building operations will
commence in two weeks.
READING MAN TO MAKE HOMEMADE CANDY HERE
Thursday afternoon Paris Lazos of Reading, who it is understood owns and operates confectionery and ice cream parlors at Shenandfoah, Shamokin and Ashland, leased the
vacant store room and upper floors of the Keller property on Main Street, formerly occupied by J. M. Gipe. The period of the lease is for three years. Mr. Lazos will open a
confectionery store, ice cream and soda parlor. He will manufacture his own candy and ice cream. In other words the principal line will be homemade candies and ice cream.
The new owner will make, it is understood, some very extensive improvements to the store room. It will be repapered and painted, Mirrors will be placed on both sides of the
room, an elaborate soda fountain is to be placed. The fore part of the room is to be occupied by a candy store and the rear as the ice cream parlor. The exterior of the building
is also to be changed. Mr. Lazos will move his family here and occupy the second and third floors of the building. He expects to open the new store about July 1st.
RUMORED CHANGES IN OUR BUSINESS CENTER
There are prospects of there being some very material changes in the business center of Schuylkill Haven within the next several months. Beginning at the corner of Main and
Saint John Street, it is rumored that the Saylor property will shortly be disposed of and the purchaser open a green grocery. Then too, there are rumors of the purchase of the
Coxe property and improvements made in it but no change in the store room which will be contained as a drug store. Then up the street at the Jacob Sausser and Sons store,
big interior and exterior changes and improvements are expected here in order that this firm will be enabled to add new lines of goods and to carry a large stock of their
regular hardware goods. Then too, an increase in the store room of Harry Cooper of Main Street, by the building of an addition to the first floor thereby largely increasing the
floor space, is very likely. At the Euclid Theatre building marked changes are anticipated very shortly. It is understood the first floor of this building which has been used as a
theatre will be so changed that it can be used as a store room and it is intimated that the firm of Bittle Brothers will occupy this floor, in addition to the present second and third
floors that they now occupy. Rumors have also been rife that the present vacant store room of Charles Keller on Main Street will be occupied by a laundry. Another Main Street
property it is understood will be turned into a doctor's office. Just how many of the rumors as above enumerated will materialize remains to be seen.
WILL HAVE LARGE ICE CREAM PARLOR
This week the first timbers for the Michel Building were laid on the recently completed concrete foundation at the rear of the store room now occupied by W. E. Stine. This work
will be rushed and it is expected will be completed in record time. As soon as the front of the store room is vacated it will undergo considerable improvements. The store room
will be the full width, 22 feet, and extend in depth 95 feet. Of this 95 feet about ten will be used for the wholesale department. The balance of the room, 84 by 22 feet, will be for
the confectionery store, soda fountain and ice cream parlor. An order has been placed for a beautiful and large soda fountain and it is proposed to devote a very extensive
space to the ice cream parlor proper. A part of the store room floor will be tiled. The bake house will be built on the rear of the store room and will be two stories high. W. A.
Bashore and Sons are the contractors on the job.
MAY HAVE ICE CREAM FACTORY HERE SOON
It is altogether likely that Schuylkill Haven will be able to number among here industries an ice cream factory. This will be possible if the negotiations that have been under
consideration by Harry Baker for some time with the manufacturers of the machinery for manufacturing ice cream are consummated. Mr. Baker proposes installing an ice cream
mixer at his ice plant that will have a capacity of four hundred gallons. An order for this mixer has actually been placed and the only drawback to the ordering of the other
necessary machinery is account on the restrictions issued in the use of sugar, etc. Mr. Baker states, however, that the ice cream plant will be a reality and an actuality for this
town shortly.
MAY DISPOSE OF CIGAR FACTORY AND STORE
It is possible that in the near future one of the town's oldest business establishments will discontinue business. It is the Palsgrove factory and cigar store. The owners are at
present considering an offer made them recently by an out of town party by which the building would be used for a restaurant and quick lunch room. Several other persons are
also desirous of obtaining this store room as it is ideal for a number of purposes and it is probable that Messrs. Palsgrove will dispose of their stock and retire from business.
The Reading Times of November 12, 1873
ROLLING MILL BEGINS OPERATIONS
The Schuylkill haven Rolling Mill and Spike Factory, which has just been completed, went into operation on Monday. For the present, the mill will make only spikes and
merchant bar iron. It starts today with about seventy tons of orders in advance, and the proprietors look for an immediate receipt of large orders, it being the expectation to
run the mill at the capacity of about fifty tons per week, giving employment at once to sixteen men and twenty boys.
MAIN STREET BUSINESS CHANGES
As per the announcement per these columns a month ago, one of the saloons of this place is now being equipped for a grocery, coffee and tea store. It is the saloon
conducted for twelve years by Samuel Buehler. Removal of bar and bar fixtures was begun Tuesday of this week. The entire interior will be renovated. A modern front with two
large display windows will be built. The store is to be occupied and ready for business on February 1st by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. This firm conducts a
chain of stores throughout the county. The Schuylkill Haven store will be one of five hundred new stores to be opened by this firm. Nearby stores of this syndicate are located
in Pottsville, Minersville, Orwigsburg, Saint Clair and Tamaqua. With the retirement of Mr. Buehler from the saloon business passes a proprietor who has always had the
reputation of conducting one of the most orderly and "cleanest" saloons in town. For nine years he conducted a saloon in Spring Garden and for the last twelve years to the
present location on Main Street.
ONE SALOON TO DISCONTINUE
Inquiry from the proprietors direct of the nine saloons in Schuylkill Haven by The Call representative on Thursday elicits the information that all but one will continue their
places of business. Licenses for the sale of the near beer dope now offered have in most instances already been lifted. Those who have not lifted the same reported
expecting to do so either today or Saturday. Saturday will be the last day for the old licenses. In each case new licenses have been issued on the monthly basis only, that is, a
renewal being required each month. The only saloon keeper who will not lift his application is Frank Stripe of the Spring Garden Hotel. Mr. Stripe will, however, continue to
conduct the hotel, furnishing board and lodging to all who may desire the same. The purpose of the local saloon men in taking out new licenses, as stated by them, is simply to
give the matter a trial. If they cannot make any profit on the sale of the present beverages permitted, all have unhesitatingly declared they will refuse to renew the monthly
NEW BOARDING HOUSE TO BE OPENED SOON
The new boarding house for Schuylkill Haven, namely the Columbia House, formerly the Krammes Hotel, will have an official and formal opening on Wednesday, July 21st. At this
time, the new proprietor, Mr. Ralph E. Bast, a well known young man of town and an ex serviceman, will greet his friends. The building has undergone some changes and is
being equipped from top floor to first floor to accommodate boarders either for the day or week or month. Good old fashioned country meals will be served and it is planned to
make things as convenient and comfortable as possible for the patrons.
In addition to this building being used as a boarding house, the room formerly occupied as a bar room will be used as a confectionery and candy store. Refreshments such as
sandwiches, coffee and the like will be served. The first floor room formerly used as a parlor will be converted into an ice cream parlor. Mr. Bast will handle the Yuengling ice
cream. It is understood one of the local bands will be engaged to give a concert on the opening night and the public is invited to attend.
EXPECT TO BE IN NEW STORE BY DECEMBER 1
It is the expectation of Bittle Brothers to be located in their new store room on the first floor instead of the second floor of their building on Main Street by December 1st. To
this end every effort is directed. Contractor Becker is rushing the work with all speed possible. Already the alterations are well advanced. By the end of the week the inclined
floor will have been replaced with a level one. The first floor front will then be torn out. The steel beams will be placed next week if they are on hand by that time. Two large
display windows will grace the front of the building. The entrance to the store will be between the two windows. The scenery that was in the Euclid Theatre has been
purchased by Reverend D. S. Conahan for use by the Saint Ambrose Dramatic Society.
BANK TO INSTALL BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM
In line with its efforts to provide the best service and protection to its depositors and patrons, the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven, is about to complete negotiations for
the installation of an electric burglar alarm system. The system is of the latest and most perfect and effective. It will provide for the electrification of the large steel vault in the
banking room and by this means any attempt to tamper with the locks on the vault, to burn or melt any portion of the vault or to cut any wires on the outside, will immediately set
off a large electric gong. The system is so sensitive that the mere touch of the vault by a pin will set the electric gong ringing. The First National will be the first institution in
this part of Schuylkill County to install this system of burglar protection.
BIG OPENING OF COOPER STORE
The reconstructed Cooper Clothing Store will be formally thrown open to public inspection this evening, Friday. Everyone is invited to attend the opening festivities. There will
be entertainment for everyone and opportunity given to inspect the storeroom which is probably the largest or next to the largest storeroom in the town. Its dimensions are 30
feet in width and 120 feet in depth. This large storeroom was obtained by the building of a 90 foot brick addition in the rear. The ceiling and walls are finished in white enamel.
The store fixtures are of ivory and gold and the electric fixtures are of the daylight system. Three large skylights provide an unusual amount of light in the room and in the
On one side of the store will be found the stock of ladies' apparel and on the opposite side men's apparel. New plate glass display cases, new counters and garment cases
have been placed along the two sides of the room and in the center. There are two entrances to the store, one for the ladies and one for the gents. Both are off of the
entranceway which is 16 feet in depth and covered with tiling of a dark red hue. There are three large display windows 16 feet in depth and one side case. The entire building
has been painted and a new concrete pavement put down in front of the store. Persons who have visited this store now that all building operations have been completed, are
surprised at the immensity and the excellent arrangements of all the appointments.
The remodeling and refurnishing of the opera house on Saint Peter Street is being rushed with every bit of speed possible. It is planned to have the formal reopening of this
theatre either on Saturday or Monday, September 10th or 12th. Motion pictures will be the program and a nightly schedule will be in order. Vaudeville performances will be
given occasionally and the theatre will be open for local theatricals and various events. Mr. White, the owner, promises to give the community high class pictures at a
reasonable admission and to bring to town occasional high class vaudeville acts.
The exterior walls of the theatre have been stuccoed and the front wall and wood work will be painted gray and trimmed in white. The walls and ceiling of the auditorium have
been painted dark cream. The wood work and trimmings have been painted brown and trimmed in dark cream. The walls are to be stenciled and further decorated. A new
system of lighting and new electric fixtures are being installed by electrician William Morris. The floor beneath the balcony has been pitched toward the stage. A Wurlitzer
electric organ with orchestral effects has been purchased. A new mirror screen will be put in position and all new stage properties and scenery will be procured.
Tuesday, Mr. White was in Philadelphia and placed an order for a new boiler for the heating plant. New apparatus and the system will be changed. The Schaffner-Maberry firm
recently completed the plumbing conveniences. New seats have been ordered and if they do not arrive in time for the opening date, the seats formerly in use will be placed.
Judging from the present appearance of the auditorium, it, when finished, will be unusually pretty and comfortable. The ceilings and walls of the hallways have been repainted
and the woodwork all revarnished. At this time Mr. White has not decided what use he will make of the third and first floors. He is considering alterations to the third floor so
that it could be used for lodge rooms or as apartments. The first floor will be arranged for living quarters.
TO FORM HOUSEBUILDING CORPORATION
At last another effort is to be made to supply one of the great needs for the town, namely houses. It has been more than two years since this matter was discussed among the
citizens in general or an effort made to take up house building on a large scale. One of our prominent citizens, quite recently on his own initiative began to stir up sentiment on
the house building question with the result that he has interested several other persons. It is now desired to interest more persons, as many as possible, in the organization of
a House-Building Corporation, or a Building Company or any title it may seem fit to give it. The object is to build houses in this town.
The aim for the building of one hundred houses has been set. It is said that fully twice this number could be disposed of as people from other towns would be glad to move into
Schuylkill Haven as they can procure labor here.
All persons who think Schuylkill Haven ought to have more houses and all persons who have any suggestions to make as to how it is possible to procure the same, are asked to
attend a meeting in the Manufacturers' Room on this coming Monday evening at eight o'clock. This meeting is not one fostered by local individual manufacturers or the
Manufacturers' Association. Individual persons have interested themselves and wish to have it known that the meeting by reason of its being of a public nature is open to all
persons. The idea is to form some sort of a plan whereby the house shortage can be relieved.
MOVING INTO NEW FACTORY ADDITION
Recently the fitting room of the W. Y. Miller shoe factory on Liberty Street was moved into the new addition of the building. The coming week it is expected to be able to
complete the moving of the machinery in the making room or second floor into the new addition, also the stock room may be occupied. The new addition is 40 by 120 feet, three
floors and built of brick and concrete. The new addition with the other large part of the mill gives a total of about 25,000 square feet of floor space. The building was to have
been entirely completed by August 15th but the contractor's delays on various items made this impossible and there are still several appointments to be completed.
The new addition to this factory was made necessary by reason of the departments being cramped for space. This addition will also make it possible to considerably increase
the output of this industry. This will be accomplished by early spring. The Miller shoe factory is owned and operated by three brothers, W. Y., Preston and Herman Miller, all
well known local men and well experienced in the shoe business. They began the shoe manufacturing business in 1905 in a small shop at the rear of their father's home on
Liberty Street. "Soft Soles" or shoes for babies were manufactured at that time. Continued increase of business made an increased factory necessary and on several previous
occasions the factory has been enlarged.
WANT LOCAL CANDY MAKER'S RECIPE IN AUSTRALIA
Dilman C. Gilham, proprietor of the local Fairmount Apiaries, and manufacturer of several kinds of honey confectionery, recently received an interesting letter from a bee
keeper in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Request is made for Mr. Gilham's recipe for his Hon-E-Nut Candy and Hon-E-Nut Butter. The letter states the writer noticed an
article in the American Bee Journal for January concerning Mr. Gilham's product. He states he would like very much to have the recipes and adds that there would be no
danger of competition against him as far as that side of the world is concerned. A postal money order for six shillings, which would be about $1.30 in American money, is
enclosed with the letter. The envelope in which the letter was mailed is quite interesting. It is about the regulation size 6 3/4 envelope, white in appearance and printed all
over the face, with the exception of a space for the address, with the advertisement of the sender who is in the bee business, namely the Simpson Apiaries. The type is of
American make and is of English text. The postage stamp used on it is of four pence value. Mr. Gilham states he will be glad to comply with this request and has already mailed
complete information about his confectionery products.
TO ENLARGE CASKET FACTORY
The Schuylkill Haven Casket Company plant is to be considerably enlarged by the building of a 50 by 150 foot fire proof three story addition. Plans and specifications are now
being prepared. The addition to this section will increase the present capacity of the plant from twenty caskets per day to fifty caskets. At present forty men are employed.
When the addition is completed fully one hundred men will be given employment. Recently five dry kilns with a capacity of 50,000 square feet of lumber were completed. As it
required eight days for the lumber to be properly seasoned for the building of caskets, these kilns considerably increased the capacity of the plant but not sufficient to take
care of the heavy volume of business this firm enjoys. Caskets are shipped to all parts of the United States by the local industry. The present size of the plant is 80 by 160 feet.
The superintendent of the plant is Mr. George W. Saul and it has been through his careful management that this industry has been developed. The directors of the company
are Messrs. Saul,, George Michel, George Berger, Joseph Michel, George Paxson, John Ebling, Samuel Strause, O. A. Bittle.
Philadelphia Times of October 3, 1899
COAL OPERATORS SUED - Property Owners In Schuylkill County Object To Culm In The River
An equity suit was begun in court today for seventy five different residents and property owners living at Schuylkill Haven, Landingville, North Manheim Township and Auburn
against sixteen coal operators who conduct washeries along streams which empty into the Schuylkill River. The properties of the plaintiffs all border on the Schuylkill River and
they claim they have suffered damages by reason of culm and coal dirt being washed upon their lands, the refuse coming from the washeries of the defendants. The plaintiffs
pray the court to restrain the defendants from further depositing culm in the streams and also pray the court to ascertain the damages each has sustained and to assess the
amount against each of the defendants in proportion to his or its contribution to the injury sustained. A preliminary injunction was granted.
Lebanon Daily News of June 23, 1913
FURNACES TO RESUME AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
The furnaces at the Schuylkill Haven rolling mills were scheduled to be started today. A number of skilled hands from Lebanon and some of the former workmen from town
were on hand at that time. A large force of men were at work for the past week getting the plant ready. Another mill will be constructed and a nut and bolt works added. It is
expected that the plant will be run full handed. H. H. Light, of Lebanon, the new owner will personally operate the plant and a rapid growth is expected. From two hundred to
three hundred men will be employed. The reopening means a new era of prosperity for Schuylkill Haven.
The Reading Times of July 14, 1913
READING LOSES SHOE FACTORY
Schuylkill Haven is to have a new shoe factory in the very near future. The plant is at present located in Reading and is greatly handicapped on account of lack of floor space.
Local capital has been invested in the firm and the entire stock and machinery will be removed to Schuylkill Haven. The plant will employ forty hands at first and will be
enlarged as the business warrants. The Scharadin building on Main Street, formerly a furniture and undertaking establishment has been purchased for the shoe factory. The
work of dismantling the plant now in Reading and of preparing the large building here will be started at once.
1,000 TON ADDITION TO ICE PLANT
The new purchasers of the local ice plant, Messrs. Charles and Thomas Manbeck, a week ago took the ownership of this industry and the coal washeries formerly owned and
operated by Harry Baker. It is their intention to add an addition to the ice plant early in spring to enable them to store at least an additional one thousand tons of ice. The aim of
the Manbecks is to manufacture Clear Ice and for this purpose additional equipment and machinery, all ready ordered, will be installed. The retail ice business in Schuylkill
haven during the year will be conducted by Messrs. Jake and Conrad Ney, who have already purchased an auto truck and three teams. In Cressona the retail ice business will
be handled by Frank Schaeffer. The coal washery is being rebuilt and repaired and new machinery of the latest coal washery type will be placed. The firm name of the new
concern will be Manbeck Brothers Coal and Ice Company. They will wholesale and retail both coal and ice.
WILL OCCUPY NEW FACTORY
This week the planned move of the machinery of the Reider Shoe factory from its present location on West Main
Street to the recently completed three story brick, steel and concrete building on the same street a short
distance from the old factory. The new building is of the latest improved factory design so that an unusual
amount of light is obtainable in all parts of the building. It is 124 feet by 40 feet and therefore gives floor space
to the amount of 14,000 square feet. In addition to many large windows, the interior is finished in white and gray
enamel thus adding to the light rays in the building. The machinery units have in some cases been doubled and
in others tripled and the output will be increased from a capacity of 400 pairs per day to 2,000 pairs per day. The
force of employees will be increased from 55 to 200 as soon as the additional help can be procured. The new
building is a model in convenience and modern features. It was begun in April of 1922. I. H. Becker was the
general contractor. Ray Saylor installed the plumbing conveniences and Thomas Meck the electrical fixtures.
All machinery will be operated by electricity, the motors being installed on the group system.
"THE CALL" NOW IN NEW HOME
This is the first article written in the new Call office and building on Saint John Street. Even the typewriter itself seems to be stiff and unruly from not being used for several
days and to the shakeup incident due to the moving. Our fingers too are pretty stiff and might sore and the wrong keys seem to have a perfect delight in getting into the
spelling of the words. Nevertheless we must go on. The Call is now located in a recently completed building at numbers 12 and 14 Saint John Street. This new building permits
us greater freedom and space in printing and publishing and we hope to be all the better able to serve our subscribers and the general public, our patrons for the past
fourteen years. It was just fourteen years ago on December 1, 1910 that The Call was issued under new ownership. This issue then is sort of an anniversary issue although no
effort has been made to put out an issue commensurate with the special event.
A new building to house The Call has not come about through an unusual accumulation of profits from the printing and publishing business. New quarters were a necessity, not
only because of our being cramped for space in the old location but because our former quarters had been disposed of by the owner and this owner will in the near future, we
understand raze the entire structure. On its site may, we hope, arise a commodious, modern and beautiful hotel which will be a credit and fill a great need for the community.
Almost every dollar put into the construction of The Call building had to be borrowed. We mention this particular and personal fact to dissuade the minds of the general public
of the opinion that enormous profits are ours from this particular line of business; also to correct the impression that prices will be advanced to cover the expense thus
incurred.
Moving day or days for a print shop, whether large or small is not accomplished as readily as moving of household goods. Our presses linotype had to be torn down and rebuilt.
For this purpose an expert linotype machinist from New York City, Mr. Condon by name and Mr. Mitchel Jepson from Philadelphia, an expert on printing presses had to be
secured. We began moving some of the paper stock and odds and ends into the building last Friday and Saturday. Thursday evening Ed Shollenberger with his crew of movers
transported the office equipment. By Friday noon the office was in readiness to do business and the first business we did was to pay out money for several bills of freight and
express. The linotype machine was the first machine in the new quarters. It had been torn down to its very foundation, nevertheless by Saturday afternoon, Mr. Condon, with
the assistance of our linotype operator, had the several hundred parts all assembled and shortly after two o'clock power was turned into it. Monday morning it was in operation
on regular copy for The Call. The cylinder press gave us the greatest amount of concern and caused the greatest amount of back strain for the eleven men on the job.
However, by Monday afternoon, after working Friday, Saturday, Saturday evening Sunday and Sunday evening too, it was ready for power. Tuesday, adjustments were made and
the ponderous machine was then ready for the forms of this issue.
The small jobbers were set up and given power Tuesday. The type, type stands and the other equipment was placed in the meantime and by Tuesday evening we all heaved a
sigh of relief for the completion of a rather monstrous undertaking. The Call will occupy the entire first floor and portion of the basement of the new building. The second and
third floors are being fitted out for apartments which we hope will be ready shortly. Not until they are entirely completed will it be possible to make any definite arrangements
for tenants.
The Reider Shoe Factory on West Main Street
completed in 1923 is now an apartment building.
CLOCK FACTORY MAY LOCATE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Boston Firm Considering Plot
If a satisfactory deal can be made with some of the land companies in Schuylkill Haven this place will be the site of a large branch clock factory. J. M. Watkins of Boston
Massachusetts, who is a controlling partner in one of the big clock factories in Connecticut, was in town a few days ago surveying conditions and he also looked over the
situation at Mahanoy City and Ashland but says that he prefers Schuylkill Haven, owing to the superior train service this place has over the both towns north of the mountain.
He looked over several plots of ground here, Fairmount, an open plot in the northern part of the town, and the site of the old Dunlap factory, which burned down a few weeks
ago. The latter is well adapted to this sort of work, as the shipping department could be easily fitted up on that site and railroad facilities would be good on that plot.
BOROUGH IS NOW MAKING GAS
As per previous announcement made in these columns the machinery at the gas plant in the West Ward was tested and put in operation the forepart of the week. Tuesday the
manufacture of gas was begun and the borough of Schuylkill haven entered another industrial field, the manufacture of gas. It is now one of the only towns, regardless of size,
in the entire state of Pennsylvania that owns, controls and operates its own gas, water and electric plants. The gas plant has undergone many changes and improvements, all
of which were necessary to manufacture gas with any degree of success or in an efficient manner. Some few additional changes may be necessary and different mechanical
parts, etc., before the plant is in the first class operation the superintendent desires it to be.
Between twelve and fourteen thousand cubic feet of gas are consumed daily in Schuylkill Haven and to supply this demand gas must be made every other day almost as the gas
holder or retaining tank holds but 20,000 cubic feet. Everybody in the town knows the borough has its own electric light plant, knows where it's located, but not all know how
electricity is generated. The manufacture of gas is not of common knowledge. A visit to the electric light plant will be enlightening as the generation of the current can be
seen. This enlightenment is not possible in the manufacture of gas as it is all done inside of large tubes, boilers, etc. The formula or procedure necessary to be followed does
therefore prove interesting.
MAY BUILD TEN STORY HOTEL IN THIS TOWN
A ten story hotel for Schuylkill Haven. My, wouldn't that be fine. It is not impossible nor is it improbable. It is learned from good authority that the erection of a large most
modern and a fireproof building of this character is being considered and has been under consideration for the past two months. A building of this size and character would go
a great way toward booming the town and supplying a long felt want. In speaking with the persons interested it is learned that an ideal location for a structure of this kind would
be the corner of Main and Dock Streets, formerly the Filbert property. Embryo plans would provide the most modern and up to date hotel, with bath and every convenience in
all rooms, a large dining hall, probably a roof garden and all appointments with which the hotel of more recent construction are provided. Upon the ground floor would be large
and spacious rooms fronting on both Main and Dock Streets. This could be used as store rooms and there is every likelihood they could be readily leased. Everyone who has
heard of the idea or plan heartily endorses it and have given the promoters every assurance that it would be a splendid and successful venture. More definite information may
be available later.
PLENTY OF ICE NEXT SUMMER
Manbeck Brothers will be in position to furnish an elegant sufficiency of ice to this community and the entire section by the summer of 1924. This by reason of the fact that the
present 25 ton capacity plant will be increased to a 75 ton capacity plant. Contracts for installation on ponderous machinery were signed the forepart of the week. Two electric
driven compressors of 15 and 35 ton capacity respectively will be installed and are to be driven by a 50 hp and 100 hp electric motor.
A new feature of the plant will be a three can ice puller to be operated by an electric crane and automatic dump and filler. Six hundred additional filling cans will be placed. Into
these cans is placed water and by being placed in an ammonia solution cause the water to be frozen into large cakes of ice. In order to take care of the additional machinery, a
new 25 by 55 foot brick addition to the plant will be built. Work on the construction of this addition was begun Wednesday. The increased capacity ice plant is in line with the
promises made by this firm to their customers during the summer that they would be in position to supply all and of the best ice desired by the summer of 1924.
NEW BANK TO OPEN SATURDAY
The State Bank of Schuylkill Haven will be formally opened Saturday with ceremonies fitting the occasion. The public is cordially invited to visit the institution in the building at
the corner of Main and Saint John Streets, inspect it and get acquainted. This will be the third banking institution for this town. It is capitalized at $50,000 with a surplus of
$25,000. The officers and directors are as follows: President J. M. Gipe; First Vice President George A. Berger; Second Vice President A. M. High; Secretary Howard Stager;
Cashier Walter A. Jones; Solicitor George M. Paxson; Directors: George Wolfe of Pottsville, Joe Roeder of Summit Station, John Ebling, G. H. Moore, John Reichert, G. M.
Paxson, Howard Stager, A. M. High and George A. Berger.
The institution will open with very bright prospects and begin business in a banking room equipped in all its appointments in a most modern, inviting and pleasing way. The
contractor, I. H. Becker, with the subcontractors, have transformed the former Hotel Grand lobby and grill into a roomy and delightful banking room. The ceiling has been
finished in white enamel, the walls will be a buff shade. The floor will be covered with cork linoleum. There will be two entrances to the institution, one on Main Street and one
on Saint John Street. Pretty lighting fixtures of the indirect lighting type have been placed. The banking fixtures and the banking furniture are of quartered oak. The vault is a
large one of concrete reinforced with 100 pound steel rails. It is fire, water and burglar proof. The five ton eight inch steel door was placed by the York Safe and Lock
Company. Special attention has been given in the construction and arrangement of every detail in connection with the bank.
Cashier elect Jones, who was assistant cashier at the Lansford bank and cashier of the Liberty Bank at Girardville, will be assisted by the directors in welcoming the public.
Other bankers employed include: Mr. Alexander, William Feich, Mr. Michel and C. M. Stickler. Souvenirs in the form of carnations to the ladies and cigars to the men folks will
be given Saturday. The general contractor was I. H. Becker, the painter was I. W. Emerich, the electrician E. Lester Beck and the plumber Ray Saylor.
OVER $40,000 DEPOSITED FIRST DAY
The third bank for Schuylkill Haven, the State Bank, opened auspiciously Saturday. Many people visited the institution and were shown about and made acquainted with the
directors. The deposits for the first day overran the $40,000 mark. The President of the institution, J. M. Gipe, was the first depositor. Charles Snyder was the first to open a
Christmas savings Account. As an evidence of the number of persons who visited the institution during the day and in the evening, we may say that over a thousand carnations
were given to the ladies and eight hundred cigars to the men folks. The school kiddies were given several hundred school companions. Misses Paxson and Kline welcomed
the ladies and presented the carnations and Directors Reichert and Berger received the gentlemen and handed out the cigars. The institution was open until ten o'clock
Saturday evening. Elmer Moyer, son of William F. Moyer of Schuylkill haven, was chosen as a clerk and assumed his duties Monday morning. Saturday the banking officials of
other institutions as listed in these columns last week were present and assisted in greeting the public.
BOUGHT HOTEL AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
The Eagle Hotel on Main Street, which was run by George Paule until his recent death, was sold by the executors of the estate at public sale Saturday afternoon. Mr. Lynch of
Forestville, Pennsylvania, purchased it for $14,325. Mr. Lynch has a saloon at Forestville and is doing a good business there but he desired to locate in a larger town and this
being an extremely good opening, he of course took advantage of it. Mr. Lynch has a number of warm friends here and will shortly move his family and effects to town and take
charge of his newly acquired property in the course of a few weeks. Sherman Reed, the well known auctioneer, had the sale in charge. The Eagle Hotel is and always was a
good stand and it is more than likely that it will continue to be such under Mr. Lynch's care.
Lebanon Evening Report of June 14, 1913
BUYS OUT IRON PLANT AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Harry Light To Put Mills In Operation There
H. H. Light, of Lebanon, one of the leading iron manufacturers of this locality, has purchased the big iron plant of the Schuylkill Haven Iron and Steel Company at Schuylkill
Haven and will put it into operation in a few weeks, as soon as preliminary work to be done at the plant, which has been idle for some time, has been completed. The plant was
owned by a Philadelphia concern, capitalized at $100,000. The company failed and the plant has been idle for about fifteen months. There are two mills turning out bar iron and
the capacity of the plant will be doubled by the erection of two or more mills. When the improvements are completed and all the mills are running, the plant will employ 350
men. This deal is a big thing for Schuylkill Haven, the plant having been the town's principal industry. It will give employment to a number of people who have always earned
large wages. Mr. Light will personally operate the plant and a rapid growth is predicted for the plant, no man in this section having a larger acquaintance and more experience
in the rolling mill field than he has had. His plants here have always been operated full handed and have always had plenty of business.
Harrisburg Daily Independent of April 3, 1916
FORGOTTEN DYES A BONANZA
A boy in Schuylkill Haven has stumbled on forgotten colors that are now a treasure because of the war. Melvin Bamford, a Schuylkill Haven boy, yesterday accidentally
discovered a large quantity of German dyes in a warehouse owned by his uncle, Samuel Rowland, on Haven Street. The warehouse was once used as a bleach and dye plant
and the dyes were placed there fifteen years ago, when they were cheap, and forgotten. Now they are worth 1000 percent more than when they were bought.
Reading Times of February 7, 1918
STORE CHANGE
Mr. Gipe will move his present variety store from the present location to the new quarters as soon as extensive changes are made to the newly acquired property. The change
of location will also mean a change in the line of business for Mr. Gipe He will continue the .05, .10 and .25 cent business but only as an especial line of business, the main store
will be house furnishing goods. The store will be conducted on the scale of a large department store. The new store room will be 84 feet in depth, 24 feet in width at the front
and 28 feet in width at the rear.
Reading Times of March 19, 1918
DAUBERT HEADS COMPANY TO DREDGE RIVER FOR COAL
Jacob Daubert, of the Brooklyn baseball team, whose home is in this county, has become the head of a company which will dredge the Schuylkill River near Schuylkill Haven for
the coal which has been washed down from the mines for more than half a century. Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal already have been recovered in this manner but
much still remains to be taken out. Associated with Daubert will be John Boyer, of Schuylkill Haven, and John Auchenbach of Pottsville. The coal recovered from the river
makes an excellent fuel for steam purposes and is in big demand all over the country.
Mount Carmel Item of October 30, 1925
WASHERIES REAP HARVEST
Schuylkill Haven coal washeries are reaping a harvest from the coal suspension. The Aulenbach washeries are shipping eight cars daily, the Manbeck Brothers are shipping an
average of four cars and the other smaller washeries are shipping a corresponding amount of river coal. A large number of men are employed and work is being rushed so that
the owners may get full advantage of this unusual demand for their coal.
Harrisburg Evening News of February 13, 1941
PIONEER KNITTING MILL OPERATOR WILL RETIRE
After more than fifty years in the manufacturing business, D. D. Coldren, proprietor of the Coldren Knitting Mill of Schuylkill Haven, who claims the distinction of having
introduced knitted dresses in this country, announced his retirement yesterday. At one time he owned a hosiery mill in Harrisburg and shortly after he began the manufacture
of knitted women's wear in 1922, the firm had offices in every principal city in the United States and Alaska and a sales force of more than 3,000.
Miners Journal of April 30, 1908
FAIRMOUNT ADDITION HAS BOOKLETS
The owners of Fairmount, the new addition in Schuylkill Haven, have had printed a large quantity of small booklets, which contains a very interesting historical sketch and
industrial notes of town. Also, photos of various industries, residences, fire companies and views of the town. A thorough idea of the town and the building lots which have
been laid out at Fairmount, which number is six hundred, can be gained by an examination of the booklet. Quite a large number of building sites have already been sold and
each day the number increases. This section of the town in a few years will be the most desirable one. Schuylkill Haven will certainly be well advertised throughout the land by
the medium of this little booklet,
Miners Journal of June 16, 1908
LAUTENBACHER CANDY FACTORY
The J. C. Lautenbacher candy factory is already employing twenty hands, which in itself is a cause of rejoicing during the present somewhat stagnation of all kinds of trade. The
plant consists of four distinct buildings and is equipped to turn out two thousand pounds of the finest grade chocolate creams, bon bons, etc., daily. The fifth building is to be
added shortly. The best argument for the success of this new plant is the fact that Mr. Lautenbacher is the pioneer of the underwear trade in this county, having established
the first mill in 1886 and today his plant ranks first in the manufacturing of this class of goods. The demand for the product of the candy factory is already greater than its
production which means a still increase and greater employment of hands.
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS BEING ADDED
The businessmen and prominent citizens of town are in high spirits over the fact that they will soon be connected with the outer world by the telephone company for the past
several weeks has had its representatives here canvassing for subscribers and up to the present time they have secured fifty eight. The company has three offers of rooms
for rental to be used as an exchange and it is probable that the storeroom on Main Street, formerly occupied by A. R. Saylor will be chosen. Citizens of this place who have
occasion to telephone frequently have gotten tired of being continually put off by the song "the line is busy," and further unsatisfactory service and are determined not to be
fooled with any longer. The work of the new telephone company by putting in the phones, fitting up the exchange, etc., will be rushed with all possible haste.
INCREASING BLEACHERY CAPACITY
The capacity of the Bast bleachery is being considerably increased by the installation of a large dye and tint vat of two thousand pound daily capacity. The end of the bleachery
has been torn out to accommodate the new vat. This will be used for dyeing and tinting the goods. Heretofore it was only possible to bleach the goods entering into the
manufacture of underwear. The Rowland bleachery recently had a dye and tint vat of one thousand pound daily capacity installed and another vat of two thousand pounds daily
capacity is now being placed. Both are for the same purpose as that of the Bast dye and tint vats. It is understood that a considerable less quantity of water will be used by
these two bleacheries by reason of the fact that the demand has greatly increased for dyeing and tinting material for the manufacture of underwear instead of the bleached
goods and this process does not require as much water.
MAMMOTH ICE PLANT NOW IN SERVICE
One of the biggest ice manufacturing plants in eastern Pennsylvania is now in operation in Schuylkill Haven. It is the Manbeck Brothers plant. The recent additions to the plant
have increased its capacity to such an extent that it has obtained the particular honor of being the largest. The new electric unit to the former steam unit was put in operation
on Memorial day. This unit consists of mammoth electric machinery in the form of electric driven ice compressors. One is a thirty five ton capacity and the other a fifteen ton
capacity. These compressors are driven by electric motors of the largest in the town, namely a 100 hp motor and a 60 hp motor. The daily capacity of these two electric units
will provide a full fifty tons of ice daily. This quantity added to the twenty five ton capacity of the steam unit previously in operation gives the Manbeck plant a daily capacity of
seventy five tons of ice per day.
In order to provide for the new machinery and the large freezing tank containing 300 cans, it was necessary to build quite a large brick addition to the plant. Two freezing tanks
are used with a capacity of 600 cans. A new deep water well was also sunk and this well provides a stream of 140 gallons of water per minute. The storage capacity of the plant
is over 600 tons. The plant is being operated day and night and almost the entire daily output of the plant has already been contracted for by individual consumers in Schuylkill
Haven, Auburn, Cressona, Orwigsburg, Pine Grove and Pottsville. Many persons often express the desire that they might just see how ice is made. We venture the statement
that there is not much to see and furthermore, it would require almost a full twenty four hours to see the complete making of a cake of artificial ice. Then too, many folks have
an idea that artificial ice contains ammonia. This is incorrect. Around the freezing tanks, each containing three hundred cans, is a network of inch and a half pipe in coils very
close to one another. Salt water covers this network of pipe coils and surrounds the ice cans. Into the ice cans is placed natural pure water.
The large steam and electric compressors above referred to are used to pump ammonia through the network of coils making the salt water and maintaining it at a temperature
of ten degrees above zero. The natural water then freezes in the large cans but it requires a full twenty four hours to completely freeze a cake of ice in each can. The large
cakes are then removed from the large cans by playing boiling hot water on the outside of them. The Manbeck plant is operated to its full capacity both day and night, and in
addition to being the largest plant, it is said to be the most modern and well equipped.
REFOWICH THEATRE TO BE VERY PRETTY
A few moments visit to the Refowicz theatre this week proved the assertion made some time ago that this playhouse when completed will be one of the prettiest in this section.
Thousands and thousands of dollars have already been spent in beautifying the interior of the building and another considerable outlay will be used in its completion. Some
idea of the extensive improvements can be made from the statement that the auditorium has undergone a complete remodeling. The iron posts which supported the balcony
have been removed. This was possible by placing heavy steel girders from the side walls. The floor has been pitched. The walls have been finished in a pale pink. The ceiling
has been finished in very light pink with panels of very light tan. French doors have been placed at the entrance to the auditorium and at the entrance to the balcony. The
front of the balcony has been finished in stucco style. The arch of the stage has been finished in cream. New seats will be placed. The electricians and steam fitters are now
engaged in putting the lighting and heating facilities in place.
The hallways have been increased in size by a change in the stairways. The space offstage will be considerably greater than heretofore as it is planned to have dressing rooms
underneath the stage rather than off at the side. A complete set of scenery, drops, main curtain and an asbestos curtain will be placed. It surely can be said that persons who
visited this theatre heretofore will hardly believe their own eyes when once opportunity is given to visit it after it is thrown open to the public.
NEW BANK BOTTOM OF GRAND HOTEL
Schuylkill Haven's third bank, to be called the State Bank of Schuylkill Haven, is expected to open its doors to the public on or about November 1st. It will be located at the
corner of Main and Saint John Streets, the Hotel grand property having been purchased of Mr. Clayton Bubeck, the latter part of last week. The consideration is said to have
been $55,000. Improvements and the remodeling of this building will be begun on Monday, September 10th, and the work will be rushed with all speed possible in order to
have the banking room completed by the desired opening day of November 1st. The barroom and lobby on the first floor will be converted into a banking room. The balance of
the hotel property will remain at present and will be conducted as a hotel but without a barroom. This will make some changes necessary on the Saint John Street side of the
The stock for this new banking institution is being sold quite rapidly. There has been an unexpected demand for stock from outside sources but the directors are not anxious
to dispose of it desiring to retain it for persons in Schuylkill Haven and this vicinity who might wish to purchase. The charter for the institution was granted several weeks ago.
The officers selected and the Board of Directors are as follows: President J. M. Gipe; First Vice President G. A. Berger; Second Vice President A. M. High; Secretary H. W. Stager;
Counselor G. M. Paxson; Directors G. H. Moore, John Reichert, John Ebling Samuel Bast, H. W. Stager, A. M. High, G. A. Berger, J. M. Gipe of Schuylkill Haven, H. W. Wolfe of
Pottsville and William Rohrer of Orwigsburg. The bank will be capitalized at $50,000. The surplus is to be $25,000.
BITTLE DAM TO GIVE WAY FOR BUILDING SITES
Schuylkill Haven will be the beauty spot of the county. For years and years the growth of Schuylkill Haven has been seriously handcuffed for two well known reasons. The
scarcity of water has given to our town an undesirable reputation far and wide. Then too desirable building sites have for years been very hard to find. The Call is pleased,
however, to announce to the people of our borough that one obstacle has been removed and from this time forth we can fling out the word on the highways, " Dwell Here and
Prosper." A deal of vast magnitude was consummated on Wednesday evening which will add more for Schuylkill Haven's future growth than anything that has happened within
a generation. In this transaction the farm of the late Marcus Bittle was conveyed by Rosa Bittle and her children to the Schuylkill Haven Realty Company. The farm comprises 43
acres, all of which is to be cut up into building lots. The plans of the company are to offer large building lots to prospective home builders at a reasonable price, also to make
Columbia Heights a little city of comfort and pleasure and the beauty spot of Schuylkill County.
That section of Schuylkill Haven which in the future will be known as "Columbia Heights" has always had an abundance of water. In addition the residents of this section will
enjoy all other conveniences such as electric light, gas and sewage. Cesspools will be unnecessary. The state highway will be built through the little city this summer. A five
minute walk will bring the residents to the train, trolley or the very heart of the town. The scenery in that section is so well grown and favorably too, that it needs no description.
As to the development of the plot the company has the following in mind. The dam is to be drained and the small dam will be arched making the entry to the tract perfectly dry.
Wide streets will be opened and shade trees planted. The thicker part of the woods, to the south, will be cleaned out and turned into a park. All pavements will be of cement
with curbs and gutters. All lots will be large dimensions so as to afford ample room for gardens and lawns, flower beds and shrubbery. Simply stated, Columbia Heights will be
the residential section of Schuylkill Haven. The aim of the company is to encourage and assist all home builders with the erecting of houses and bungalows in strict harmony
with the beauty of the surroundings and yet within reach of the ordinary wage earner. The Call rejoices in this great and worthy undertaking and we confidently predict that a
great building boom is on the way for our little city.
SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
From an interview with local industrial captains, and a careful survey of the situation, there is every reason to believe that there will be work aplenty for everyone who wishes it
very soon. Probably the best explanation of the cause for idleness among the underwear mills was explained by one manufacturer to The Call representative in but one word -
"overproduction." It was stated prior to the World War the mills were enabled to supply the demand. During the war the demand for knit goods became greater. New
industries throughout the country were built and a majority of plants in operation before the war increased their production by the building of additions. Now that the war is
over demand is about the same as prior to it. The production however is far greater and as a result some mills must be closed down until a more equitable plane between
demand and production can be reached. Just when this condition will be obtained is uncertain. However we find the following:
The S. Thomas Knitting Mill is at present on a five day a week schedule on the manufacture of heavy weight cotton garments. Sufficient orders are in hand to keep the plant
working for some time and the demand for the goods of this concern is expected to become quite heavy.
The Crown Hosiery Mill was working full handed until about a week ago. It is now closed down. Orders are being received and operations will be begun shortly.
The Coldren Knitting Mill is working full handed. The product of this concern is cotton underwear and ladies' sport cotton and silk fabric dresses. This mill designed and has
patented a cotton and silk dress which is being sold direct to the wearer by agents in every state in the union. A splendid business has been built upon this article and the
prospects are that it will continue to grow as the article named increases in popularity. This mill expects to eliminate the manufacture of the cotton underwear entirely in a
short time. All sizes of dresses for women of the above fabric, in many different shades are made at this mill. The capacity is to be increased to 5,000 dresses per week.
Both the ice plant and the brick plant are working to full capacity night and day. The demand for the product of the first named is so great not only in this section but in other
towns that the entire capacity of the plant, which it will be remembered but was recently increased is required for every day consumption. The brick plant is supplying
contractors and builders throughout this entire section with brick and while not so large a quantity is being shipped in cars by freight, auto trucks can be noticed daily on the
state highways near and far to this town conveying brick for building operations in this section and in faraway towns.
The Hoffman Knitting Mill will resume operations full handed on Tuesday, September 2nd after a month's idleness, not due to a lack of orders but for the annual vacation given
the employees. Orders are on hand to keep the mill in operation full handed, 130 employees, for the entire season. This plant manufactures ladies' lightweight cotton vests
and union suits.
The Dewald Knitting Mill on Centre Avenue has been kept busy up until several weeks ago. They are now operating on a short schedule but expectations are that operation will
be resumed in the very near future which will require the services of a large number of employees every day of the week.
All the local shoe factories as well as the Lebanon Paper Box factory are working on a schedule, which while not up to full capacity, is such that the employees have little to
complain about. With the resumption of industries throughout the country, the business of the box plant will be greatly increased and this firm will be able to employ almost all
the persons who apply for work. As to the shoe factories, a heavier anticipated demand fop their product will send them all back to their machines with a full schedule for
capacity production.
The Bashore and Bernd Underwear Mill on Haven Street is working full handed and to capacity at this time. Orders are on hand to keep the plant at full operation. This firm
recently purchased a plot of ground from John Batz located to the rear of his property on Dock Street. Here will be put in operation their factory which will provide more than
double the floor space and therefore enable a much larger production.
The Reider Brothers Factory, one of the latest additions to our industrial world, began the manufacture of shoes the latter part of last week in their plant on Haven Street.
Samples are now being made up and when completed orders will be solicited from the trade. Stitch down misses' and boys' shoes will be manufactured. The capacity of this
plant will be 500 pairs a day which will require fifty or more employees.
The casket factory is working full handed and already find that their huge addition completed some months ago is getting somewhat too small to handle the demand for their
product. Salesmen covering a wide area are sending in heavy orders and tghe daily shipment of caskets from the local plant and of "dry goods" for use in caskets and for the
dead from their branch plant, The Philadelphia Funeral Supply House, is very heavy and is every day growing heavier. Prospects for continued operation, full handed and with
overtime, are very bright and another addition to the plant in the near future is now being considered by the stockholders.
Berger Brothers will shortly close down their plant temporarily. This mill has been operating right along, although not exactly full handed. Orders however are being received
and in a very short time it is expected capacity operation will be resumed.
The Bast Knitting Mill is again working full handed on heavy cotton goods as well as silk goods. A temporary layoff may be granted the employees to attend the fair. Orders are
on hand to keep going until next summer. This plant recently began the manufacture of silk goods in addition to the cotton goods and find a ready market for their new product.
The Union Knitting Mills during the summer has been operating on a half capacity schedule. The mill will be closed down Monday, August 25th for a two week vacation.
Prospects are that with the resumption on September 8th will mean capacity production for some time. This firm is now manufacturing artificial silk in addition to its line of light
cotton underwear.
The Daniel Scharadin and Brother Knitting Mill which has been working full handed all summer expect to close down for a week's vacation. Upon resumption steady work for
some time is assured the employees. The Meck and Company underwear mill closed for several months is expected to resume operations full handed very shortly. The Edward
Scharadin Knitting Mill which has not been ion operation since May will be operated again in the very near future.
NEW THEATRE TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Thursday, August 28th has been set for the opening for the Refowich Theatre in Schuylkill Haven. Since the last theatrical season, the Opera House on Saint Peter Street was
purchased by the Refowich Brothers of Pottsville and converted into one of the most modern and pretty theatres in this section. Pictures will be shown for a time and if the
demand warrants it vaudeville and first class one night shows will be put on. The Refowich firm promises the people of Schuylkill Haven, Cressona, Orwigsburg and the entire
lower section of Schuylkill County a program of high class entertainment and of merit for the winter season. G. L.. Figard, who has a wide experience in theatrical business, has
been engaged as the manager of the theatre.
In an inspection of the new theatre we find many changes have been made. By placing the dressing rooms underneath the stage there is provided off stage room great as that
of any theatre in this section. New drops, new border lights and new foot lights have been placed. A gold fiber 12 x 16 foot picture screen has been purchased and mounted
upon a movable frame. This for the purpose of removing it when the stage is to be used for purposes other than pictures. About the screen will be built up a platform and the
whole draped with 390 yards of old rose imported sateen. This will make a very pretty stage setting for the pictures.
A new floor has been placed on part of the stage. New supports have been put in under the stage so that acts of all kind can be put on without the fear of the stage floor
breaking down. Three new sets of scenery complete with drops, borders, etc., have been ordered. The steam heating apparatus in the cellar has been given thorough
overhauling and the entire system changed. An extra or additional thousand feet of radiation has been added to the building. The orchestra pit has been changed somewhat
and a new piano placed therein. The floor of the auditorium has been inclined. New individual hard wood theatre seats which will be found to be unusually comfortable
because of a back higher than the usual theatre seat and armrests longer than the usual type theatre chair. The seating capacity of the auditorium will be 458 and of the
balcony 200. There are three aisles in the auditorium and these will be covered with carpets. Cork mats, rubber mats and cocoa mats will be placed in different parts of the
The balcony seating arrangement has been changed very considerably making possible a better view of the stage. The iron posts underneath the balcony have all been
removed. This was possible by the placing of large iron girders. The weight of the balcony is supported by heavy steel beams that extend to the basement where they rest
upon concrete piers. This also strengthens the walls of the building. The auditorium is finished in old rose with the base of the side walls in imitation Tennessee marble. The
ceiling is done in cream with gold and old rose trimming. The front of the balcony has been finished in stucco with glass pebbles as a covering. French doors have been
placed at the auditorium entrance and at the theatre entrance.
There are six exits leading to fire escapes in addition to the main entrance and stage exit. A large electric chandelier is hung from the center of the ceiling. The side walls
have the candlestick electric lighting system and will look very pretty with their varied colored shades. Indirect lighting features the portion of the auditorium underneath the
balcony. A new Powers projection machine with Mazda lamps has been placed. The use of the Mazda lamps will eliminate the unsteady flickering noticeable as the result of
lighting with carbon lights.
A noticeable improvement is at the entrance to the auditorium. The landing of the hallway having been raised permits entrance to the auditorium on a level while heretofore
two steps were necessary. The stairways have been increased in width, the hallways repainted and the entrance made snappy looking by a snow white office placed in the
center. Plans of the Refowich firm call for putting the third floor of the building in condition for dances. An orchestra stage has already been placed. Another fore escape will
be added for the third floor. Drinking fountains will be placed on the third floor. A ladies' rest room has been placed on the first floor for the accommodation of the theatre
patrons. Rest rooms will be placed on the third floor. The first floor or basement will be remodeled so that it will be in shape for use for festivals, banquets, suppers, etc.
Miners Journal of December 5, 1900
KAUFMAN RESTAURANT IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Schuylkill Haven can now boast of having one of the most handsome and up to date restaurants in this section. Both in service, appearance and convenience, it compares
favorably with the large first class restaurants of the cities. Douglas Kaufman has spared neither time, labor nor expense to obtain the above results at his Main Street
restaurant, and a visit to the place will confirm the statement most emphatically. The dining parlors on the second floor have been remodeled and improved. Panel work in
dark green covers one half the height of the walls, while the other half is covered with a rich red paper. The ceiling is covered with a pretty white paper with a neat design of
red flowers in the center. The wood work of both rooms and hallways is finished in a dark green shade. Handsome Brussels carpet covers the floor and steps in the hallway.
The color scheme of green and red is carried out grandly in all the furnishings. A handsome sideboard and beautifully carved dresser are conveniently located. The tables
have been painted green and the chairs red. Expensive lace curtains drape the windows. The electrician has placed the electric bulbs in the most effective positions. The
dumb waiter service and communication with the kitchen and bar is considerably improved by the installation of an electric bell connection. It is unnecessary to dwell on the
kitchen service, which with Mrs. Kaufman and an efficient corps of cooks, has always been most satisfactory in every item. Add to the above the congenial and accommodating
waiters and Café Kaufman is worthy the patronage of our public.
INSTALLING SPRINKLER SYSTEM - The Walkin Shoe Factory To Be Equipped With Fire Extinguisher
The Walkin Shoe Company of Schuylkill Haven are having an automatic fire extinguisher or sprinkler system installed in their large mill. A large force of men of the Sprinkler
Company of America are now working upon the installation if the same. It will require about thirty days work before it is completed. The system consists of a large tank being
erected upon the roof of the building which will have a capacity of many thousand gallons of water. With this tank are connected pipes which reach to every nook and corner of
the entire building. At frequent intervals along the pipes spray valves are placed, each one sealed with a compound that will melt at a certain degree of heat , and in case of
fire, the heat melting one or more of these valves will liberate the water, which will extinguish the fire, an automatic fire alarm system is also arranged, so that when one or
more of the valves are opened, the alarm is given. The system is the first of its kind to be installed in this town.
WILL BUILD FACTORY
Ground is being broken for the erection of a large two story shoe factory which will be erected on Liberty Street, opposite the Kantner Hotel, by the Miller Brothers,
manufacturers of shoes, of Schuylkill Haven. The building will be eighty by forty feet will be two stories in height with a basement. The building will be built of concrete and
brick construction, fireproof, modern in outline and construction. Several years ago the Miller Brothers, well known young men of town, embarked in the shoe manufacturing
business on Liberty Street. Their business has so increased that the present quarters seriously handicap them in getting out their product. At present they have in their
employ twenty five persons. When the factory is completed their output will be more than doubled and the number of employees will be between eighty and one hundred.
Pottsville Journal of January 26, 1915
PLANS COMPLETED FOR DR. BINKLEY'S HOSPITAL
Plans have been completed for the Dr. G. K. Binkley Memorial Hospital at Schuylkill Haven. The plans were drawn by J. Ross Hecker of Tamaqua. The hospital will be somewhat
unique in form. It will be of the bungalow type. The plans have been drawn for one bungalow but the other four buildings will be an exact duplicate. They will be built of brick
and will be located at a distance of fifty feet apart. They will be absolutely fireproof and strictly sanitary.
In the basement will be the laboratory, laundry and a large store room. A large operating room will be located in the rear, on the second floor and the doctor's quarters will be
on the same floor. Four large wards will be located on the third floor and the fourth will be the home of the nurses. As soon as the weather permits ground will be broken for
the erection of the first bungalow. It will be located on a five acre plot on the road leading from Schuylkill Haven to Orwigsburg. It is the aim of Dr. Binkley to move from
Orwigsburg to the new hospital upon its completion. He will make his home there and upon his death the building will become the property of the Southern Schuylkill County
Medical Society. They will erect the balance of the buildings not erected by the doctor at the time of his death. One building will cost about $25,000. A characteristic of the
building is that there will not be a corner in any of the rooms and there will be no right angle where the floor and side meet. The corners will be rounded off and so will the
walls. The walls will be gradually rounded off for a distance of four feet.
FIRST ALL CONCRETE HOUSE IN TOWN
The R. C. Gehrig Jr. house is the first all concrete home ever to be built in Schuylkill Haven. It has its advantages in addition to every convenience, in the fact that it cannot
burn, as concrete, cannot burn, rot or rust. It is termite proof as well as damp proof. The reasonable first cost is matched by practically no future repair bills. It is absolutely fire
safe. The house is finished in Rockband cement stucco and is white and with the roof covered with black composition. It is modernistic in design. It is built up on a terraced
elevation and sets back from the curb twenty five feet. Shrubbery enhances the white of the home and the black effect of the roof. A solid concrete unroofed porch is built to
one side of the front. Black steel window frames add to the color effect. It has a living room, two bedrooms, bath, combined dining room kitchen, all on the one floor. The
second floor is a large room, styled a recreation room. There is a large basement in which is a solid concrete coal bin, hot water heating plant, and large space to be used as a
garage. A bucket a day heat plant in the cellar provides for heating of water. The only wood work in the basement are the garage doors.
The joists and beams in the entire house are made of precast concrete and made by the builder, Robert C. Gehrig. On top of the steel rods used for the floor sub base was
poured a four inch solid concrete floor. Steps to the basement are of solid concrete. The home stands upon a lot 33 by 100 feet. The living room has a floor of block oak with
natural finish, put down on aluminum strips upon a solid concrete base. The wood blocks are of various shades and with beautiful graining. The walls are of concrete blocks,
plastered, and covered with attractive wall paper. Woodwork is ivory. The electric fixtures throughout the house are very pretty in design and are chromium. The two
bedrooms have oak flooring. One of these rooms is finished with blue wallpaper and a cream colored ceiling, while the other is finished in light yellow with cream ceiling.
Woodwork is ivory. The bathroom has a built in tub, a one piece toilet and cabinet wash stand all of white porcelain. Walltex covers the walls, the design or pattern followed
being twelve inch strips of solid black alternating with twelve inch strips of white figured pattern. The strips are running across the walls. The floor of the kitchen is of
Rockbond flooring with a solid dark blue center with black border. There is a full length sink, electric range, ironer, etc. The wall cabinets are in white with the base cabinets in
green. A built in breakfast nook takes the place of dining room chairs. A concrete porch is at the rear of the house.
MANY PERSONS INSPECT TOWN'S TWO NEWEST HOMES
The public inspection of Schuylkill Haven's two most modern and pretty houses on
Fairmount Addition to Schuylkill Haven, have thus far proven, without any doubt, to
be the most successful events of this nature held in the county for many years. The
two homes that have had public inspection by more than 2,500 persons from all parts
of the county since last Saturday, are the all concrete home of R. C. Gehrig and the
air conditioned colonial home of F. C. Phillips, adjoining each other on Avenue D,
Fairmount. Last Sunday there was an unusually large number of persons on hand to
visit the homes. Cars were parked on all streets in vicinity of the homes and gave
one an idea there was a picnic or special outdoor athletic event in progress.
Quite a number of persons came from points outside the county. The inspection
given the homes was thorough in every way. Guides who assisted the visitors
answered all questions and furnished complete information. Every detail of
construction and equipping of both these homes, that are offered for sale by real
estate dealer Gordon D. Reed, was placed only after safety permanency and comfort
details were considered. As a result, the housewife will find either one of these two
homes has every possible convenience and provides every possible comfort. Mr.
Reed, who has been in charge of providing for a public inspection of these two
homes, has expressed keen satisfaction at the manner in which the public has
accepted the invitation to inspect them. It has proven that the average family is
always interested in providing themselves with every comfort and convenience in
the home. The response, too, has indicated that the general public is more
interested in homebuilding than for some years. This, it is expected, will make the
year 1937 a year of more homebuilding than for some time. In Schuylkill Haven, this
is especially true, and, judging from the number of building lots that have been sold
on Fairmount within the past several weeks, the development of this plot is about to
make a very marked step forward.
Pottsville Journal of June 7, 1919
WILLOW LAKE TO BE OPENED SUNDAY
Joseph Killian's new summer resort, "Willow Lake" on Garfield Avenue in Schuylkill Haven will be formally opened for the season next Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. There
will be a concert given by the Citizen's Band and other interesting features will be introduced to make this occasion enjoyable. This resort is an exemplification on the plans
started at that point last year. Primarily, it is a bathing and swimming dam. Last summer on occasion, there were several hundred people enjoying the aquatic sports. Pottsville
people spent a great deal of time that the place afforded. A number of times last year it was crowded and more will join with the people in the vicinity of Schuylkill Haven this
year. This year the dam has been lengthened. A plank walk has been constructed about the breast and diving boards have been placed at advantageous points. A boat house
has been erected and there are four boats on the water, one of them being power driven. Willow trees have been planted all about the dam and seats and benches placed
near them. It is estimated that the dam and the park cover a space of almost an acre. There are lockers and every advantage offered to swimmers and bathers. The Schuylkill
haven people have taken an enthusiastic interest in the place and the new park is destined to jump into speedy popularity.
Pottsville Journal of September 29, 1919
DISALLOWED COMPENSATION
Referee Thomas C. Seidell of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau awarded a decision in the case of Isaac T. Seibert of Schuylkill Haven. He was disallowed compensation
against the Walkin Shoe Company, of the same place, for disability alleged to be the result =of coming in contact with a small electric bulb. However, it was found that his
condition is due to an affliction of chronic Bright's disease and that he did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of his employment, and consequently is not
compensable.
Pottsville Journal of October 5, 1926
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HAS NEW INDUSTRY - Screen Factory Will Be Moved There As Soon As Its Business Will Permit - Shirt Factory Starting
The Schuylkill Haven Chamber of Commerce is starting to do some work for the town. It was announced some time ago that a fly screen manufacturer was going to locate here.
An agreement was entered into for the purchase of the building east of Haven Street, formerly occupied by the Davis box factory. The factory had such a heavy rush of orders
that it delayed the plant locating in Schuylkill Haven. The factory is now located at Weatherly, Pennsylvania and will be moved to Schuylkill Haven as soon as the building can be
prepared for the machinery, etc. Between forty and fifty persons will be employed in the new industry.
The new shirt factory or the Haven Manufacturing Company will be working in a short time. A large amount of machinery has been placed. Forty employees will start the
operation and afterwards sixty persons will be employed. They will manufacture men's top shirts.
Pottsville Journal of February 8, 1927
WORKINGMEN'S STORE
A new store called a workingmen's store was opened by Abe Gabralovich in the Fisher building on Main Street. The new carries a complete line of novelties, sporting goods
and other articles for a working man. Mr. Russell Werner of Reading opened a green grocery store in the Heim building on Saint John Street.
Pottsville Journal of April 28, 1927
BUYS NEWS ROUTE
Frank S. Lewis, of Shenandoah, has bought the combined news routes of the Pfluegers and Kaufmans and will come here to take charge at once. Mr. Lewis comes with a
splendid reputation and recommendations and he will no doubt be successful, particularly as he has been able to consolidate both the Pflueger route, which for nearly fifty
years has been conducted by the Pfluegers and the Kaufman route which has been held here for thirty years. Almost fifty years ago the late Squire M. F. Pflueger took over the
authorized route then held by a Mr. Bast. He served Schuylkill Haven and Cressona for many years until Mr. Hagner purchased the Cressona rights and at the time of Mr.
Pflueger's death Burt Kaufman entered the business here. The Pflueger agency sold approximately 1500 dailies and 1000 Sundays, the Kaufman agency had about 750 dailies
and 500 Sundays. The united business considering the field will become one of the most desirable newspaper agencies in this section. Mrs. S. L. Pflueger will continue in her
stationery store and will handle a full line of magazines as heretofore. Her son, E. Bright Pflueger, who has been associated with her in business will give his entire time to his
insurance, real estate, and notary public business. Mr. Kaufman will retain his novelty store and magazine business. The new agency will occupy the office room in the
Pflueger building.
Pottsville Journal of July 25, 1928
SERVICE EVERY HOUR IS STARTED BY BANK - Schuylkill Haven Trust Company Shows Itself Abreast Of The Times
The Schuylkill Haven Trust Company has inaugurated a twenty four hour banking service. Depositors can deposit at this institution any time within the twenty four hours of each
day or on Sunday. The bank building itself will not be open for business for this continuous service. Other means have been provided which will make this possible. A new
receiving vault has been placed in the front of the building and into this vault from a special cylindrical opening or receiving cylinder at the front window at the east end of the
building, depositors may place their deposits. Depositors wishing to make use of it can procure from the bank special deposit bags or sacks and special keys. The depositors
then place the money that he or she desires to deposit in the canvas sack. The sack is secured at the top with a padlock fastened through heavy metal eyelets. Each sack is
numbered for identification.
At the bank building then the receiving cylinder of the night depository is unlocked by the depositor with a special Yale key which is furnished for this purpose. The sack is
placed in the opening. The cylinder is then revolves until it automatically locks. As the cylinder locks the deposit sack goes down a deep heavily constructed steel chute built
into the masonry walls of the bank and enters a specially designed burglar proof receiving vault. When the bank opens for business two tellers remove the deposit sacks from
the vault and keep them until the depositor appears to unlock the bags and make the deposit in the usual way. No one can actually touch the contents of the sack until the
depositor unlocks it. The receiving vault is burglar proof as is also the steel chute and access to it from the outside is impossible. Merchants and business houses are
pleased with this new service as monies taken in on Saturday night could not be deposited until Monday.
Pottsville Journal of July 6, 1929
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN GETS LAUNDRY SERVICE FIRM
Employing from between twelve and twenty persons at the start, Schuylkill Haven's newest laundry, the Guarantee Laundry Service Incorporated, began operations this week
serving families of Schuylkill Haven and vicinity with laundered products of every description. It is hoped with an expected stimulus of business to increase the workers to
thirty or forty persons. The concern will specialize in damp wash, rough, dry and semi-finished. The new company is composed of four men of business and commercial
experience, James F. Loux, Cleveland, president and sales department manager; George J. Schott, Pottsville, vice president and service manager; Guy G. Ebert, Allentown,
treasurer and property custodian and V. H. Von Steuben. Allentown, secretary, business and advertising manager. Machinery to the amount of $35,000 has been purchased for
the laundry which will be of the most modern type and equipped with the finest of washing and drying apparatus.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BANK OPENS OCTOBER 12 - New Building Will Have Formal Opening Next Saturday; Kiddies To See Movies - Remarkable Growth
The officers and directors of the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven have issued handsome engraved invitations to the formal opening of the new bank building which will
take place on Saturday, October 12, from 1:00 until 9:00 p. m. On the preceding day, Friday, October 11, the school children have been invited to visit the building from two
o'clock until 4:30 p. m. The youngsters will be given tickets to a movie show as souvenirs. Duplicate numbers have been stamped on some of the tickets and any two children
who compare numbers and find they have the same will receive a $2.50 gold piece by presenting the tickets at the bank.
The First National Bank has had a most successful career. Opening thirty years ago, capitalized at $50,000 it has not only outgrown the old building but has more than doubled
its capitalization which has been increased to $125,000. The new building is very handsome, constructed of beautiful Indiana limestone. The flooring, wainscoting and desks
are of Tennessee marble and the walls finished to resemble Spanish leather in soft tones of brown. The huge safe, weighing more than 30,000 pounds, has two inch doors, is
burglar proof and fire proof, and is equipped with all of the newest safety devices. The estimated price of construction for the fine new building was $80,000.
The officers of the bank are F. B. Keller, president; S. E. Mengle, vice president; R. E. Williams, cashier. In addition to the officers the following members compose the board of
directors: G. M. Michel, David D. Yoder, Frank Brown, I. B. Heim, James C. Gray, John O. Lessig, F. A. Brown and Heber D. Felix.
Pottsville Journal of October 12, 1929
NEW BANK OPENED TO PUBLIC FOR INSPECTION
The new home of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Schuylkill Haven, was opened for public inspection today and hundreds of persons visited the handsome
structure within a few hours. The cost of the building and equipment totals about $180,000. It is the third home of the bank and is located on Saint John Street square. On
October 1, the bank's capital was $125,000; surplus $325,000; undivided profits $67,674; deposits $2,595,302; assets $3,224,846. The new bank building is modern throughout, of
Indiana limestone, and equipped with all the facilities of a modern financial institution.
The bank staff is composed of the following: F. B. Keller, president; S. E. Mengle, vice president; I. E. Williams, cashier; board of directors: G. M. Michel, David D. Yoder, Frank
Brown, I. B. Heim, James C. Gray, John O. Lessig, F. A. Brown and Heber D. Felix; solicitor G. E. Gangloff; trust officer H. R. Heim; Marion I. Lenker and Earl J. Sherer, tellers and
Russell L. Brown, Annie F. Stanton and E. L. Moyer, clerks.
The bank was chartered June 23, 1899 and opened for business on Tuesday, September 5, 1899 in the H. Saylor property on Main Street. Monday, September 4, the doors of the
institution were thrown open for the inspection of the public. Business was conducted and rapidly grew in this building and on Thursday, December 1, 1904, the bank opened
for business in a handsome new buff brick building on the northwest corner of Main and Saint John Streets. In July of 1928, the Board of Directors decided to proceed with
construction of a new banking building and approved plans and the specifications that had been presented. Interior alterations of the building on Saint John Street, owned by
J. M. Gipe, were begun in order to equip it as temporary headquarters for the bank. On Saturday evening, October 6, 1928, the equipment of the bank together with its banking
furnishings, were moved into the temporary quarters and all was in readiness to begin business in the temporary quarters on Monday morning, October 8, 1928. The work of
razing the banking building at the corner of Saint John and Main Streets was immediately begun and proceeded without delay of any kind throughout the winter months,
regardless of weather conditions. On July 1, 1902, less than two years after opening the First National Bank, a dividend was declared. The dividend record of this institution
remains unbroken to date. The dividend rate was increased from time to time until 1924 the rate was twelve percent. This rate of twelve percent annually has continued until
the present date.
The building extends north on Saint John Street for a distance of 142 feet and by reason of their grade of the street, the handsome Carolina base increases in height from
fifteen inches on Main Street to five feet, ten inches at the rear. Upon entering the lobby one is at once impressed with its size and its stately beauty. The walls are stippled in
three tints of brown, marked in four large gold edged or bordered panels. These four panels are directly opposite and the exact size of four of the large windows on the Saint
John Street side of the building. The ceiling is stippled in rose and cream with three large octagon shaped ventilating screens, beautifully done in green, blue, terra cotta and
gold. From each of these three ventilating screens are suspended the handsome bronze lanterns. These lanterns are more than six feet in size, octagon in shape and in three
sections. They are of solid bronze, finished in pewter and gold and of maize colored art glass. Each lantern contains electric lights in each of its three parts, twelve in all.
Among the efficient staff of employees of the First National, an outstanding figure is that of its present cashier, Mr. R. E. Williams. This person, born and raised in Schuylkill
Haven, came to the institution in 1903 as a teller. In a short time he was made Assistant Cashier. This position he held until the election of the then Cashier, F. B. Keller, as its
president. He was then unanimously chosen the Cashier of the institution by the Board of Directors.
Pottsville Journal of April 4, 1930
MANBECK PURCHASES CONNOR BALL PARK - Schuylkill Haven Promoter Has Acquired The Huff-Nagle Site - To Enter Local League
Charles Manbeck, of Schuylkill haven, announced this morning, he has purchased Connor Park from Sam Huff and the estate of Gordon Nagle. Mr. Manbeck was desirous of
placing a Schuylkill Haven team in the South Anthracite Baseball League, and the only thing that held him back was uncertainty regarding gaining complete control of the park.
Announcement regarding the park means Schuylkill Haven is sure to have a team but Mr. Manbeck hasn't decided which faction of the local league he intends to adhere to. He
expects to be present at the Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight.
MILLION DOLLAR PICTURE TO BE SHOWN HERE
Thomas Ince's Million Dollar spectacular motion picture, "Civilization," will be shown in the Euclid Theatre next week. This truly is the most stupendous and most wonderful
motion picture that was ever brought to Schuylkill Haven. A most reasonable admission will be charged, namely 25 and 50 cents. "Civilization" is the same picture that last
week crowded the American Theatre at Pottsville at nine performances, the last three days of the week, at admission fees of 25 cents for the gallery and 50 cents to one dollar
for first floor seats. Mr. Wagner has procured this wonderful picture only after agreeing to pay an exorbitant figure and even with the theatre crowded at every performance
the expense of the same will just about be met.
"Civilization" is a gigantic masterpiece that is written with the invisible ink of women's tears. Women's heartaches puncture it and the immortal tragedy of motherhood is
threaded through the maze of horror, human anguish, devastation, love, hatred and ultimate good, which forms the background. War in its most tragic soul wracking hideous,
cruel aspects, from the wreck of a single house to the near destruction of an entire kingdom and the menace of a nation's annihilation, is detailed upon the screen. Battles,
land and naval, marvelously realistic, all of them; air raids, destroying towns and scattering desolation broadcast. Finally through the tender influence of a woman, and the God
head transmitted to a soldier by the Christ, as shown in some wonderful, imaginative, spiritual scenes, peace brings happiness once more to suffering humanity and the lesson
is learned.
CANAL LOCK UNCOVERED IN BUILDING THE NEW BANK
First a surprise and now a considerable, additional and difficult work is being experienced by the contracting firm erecting the First National Bank at Schuylkill Haven. This
because of the fact that the large and heavy stone walls, bed and gates of the abandoned Schuylkill Canal were discovered in the back yard of the plot of ground upon which
the bank building will be built. Excavation for the walls disclosed first unusual heavy and large sized stones and further investigation revealed the situation. During the week,
there was in plain view the old heavy timbered lock gates, the planked floor of the lock itself as well as the heavy stone walls of the lock. As the news of the discovery went
about town, many people have been gathering at the site. The older people of the town recall the scene of many years gone by when the house of the lock tender stood upon
the walls of the lock now being uncovered. They can describe in detail conditions of former years and many recall the boating scenes and the part they played in an industry
gone from the community forever.
The south wall of the lock has been exposed and also the heavy upper gates, standing in the closed position in which they have been since the last boat passed through, forty
years ago. The upper part of the gates was chopped away many years ago but the lower part is still intact and the heavy oak timbers seem as string and solid as ever. The
north wall of the new building will stand inside the lock itself, the northeast corner coming right to the point where the two closed sections of the lock gates meet. This lock
lies underneath the lots at the rear of the properties running on Main Street between Saint John Street and the railroad. After the abandonment of the canal in 1888 and the
tearing out of the dam in 1895, the lock was gradually covered with dirt and refuse from time to time, to such an extent that the wall and gate now uncovered lie from six to nine
feet lower than the present elevation of Saint John Street at that point. As a result of the contracting firm finding itself building in the lock of a canal, a considerable extra
amount of work will be necessary and the completion of the bank building itself will thus be delayed several months.
RINGING SYSTEM INSTALLED
The Audible Telephone Ringing System was established in Schuylkill Haven on Saturday, December 22nd by the Bell Telephone Company. Audible ringing makes it possible for
the Schuylkill Haven subscriber to determine as quickly as the operator who connects his call that the number he has asked for is being rung. A low purring sound is heard
each time the operator rings the telephone that is being called, the sound continues until the called telephone is answered or the operator advises, "they do not answer."
Just as a person standing at the front door of a residence can hear the bell ring within, when the push button beside the door is pressed, so the telephone user in Schuylkill
Haven will be able to hear the bell being rung at the telephone he is calling.
NEW GOLF COURSE AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Schuylkill haven has a new amusement to offer, a miniature golf course for obstacle golf, which has proved so popular all over the country especially for players who are trying
to improve their putting. The new course has water hazards, sand traps and all kinds of obstacles which all golfers know and are anxious to learn how to overcome. The
course which has eighteen holes is located on West Main Street, and although in operation for only a week, is being well patronized. Paul Naffin and Fred Minnig are the
proprietors of the course.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEASES BUILDING TO LOSCH
After due consideration the Chamber of Commerce of Schuylkill Haven has leased the Berger Building on Dock Street in the interest in the organizing of the new firm of the
Losch Automatic Heater Company. This firm is the result of the invention of a new automatic heater by Mr. Serena Losch, a town resident. Mr. Losch has been working on his
new product for the last year and had equipped a plant on Columbia Street for the manufacture of the heater. With the last few months it was found that the plant was not large
enough for the increased output and the Chamber of Commerce offered support to Mr. Losch.
The automatic heater proves remarkable in several different ways. It has the heating power to heat a large building with a fire box size of only twelve inches square. Another
feature of the heater is the traveling grate which continually feeds the coal after the supply has been thoroughly burned. The heater consumes only a small amount of coal and
furnishes heat for the largest of buildings. With the founding of this new industry, Schuylkill Haven has prospects of a new source for employment as the output gradually
increases. Mr. Losch is to be congratulated on his splendid invention and for the general interest he has manifested in his home town in bringing the new industry to his own
EMPLOYMENT FOR 400 HERE, BUT....
If Schuylkill Haven people would have been able to raise from $180,000 to $200,000 the town would have stood a most excellent chance of securing an industry which at the
outstart would have employed about four hundred men. For the past several weeks the directors of the Schuylkill Haven Industrial Association have been in close touch with
the Rush Motor Truck Company of Philadelphia, in an effort to induce that company to erect one of its large plants in Schuylkill Haven. This company manufactures a half ton
truck which it is understood is one of the best on the market. The company on account of an unusual increase in business gained from the success of its motor trucks, is
desirous, in fact is compelled, to seek other quarters in order to erect a plant of sufficient size to take care of its business.
The local directors learned of the matter and got into communications with this company. The company was impressed with the railroad facilities afforded by this town and on
several occasions had its representatives and officers visit the town and inspect the several available building sites and go over other matters required for the operation of
the plant. Plans and specifications of the building as prepared by the Rush Motor Car Company were submitted to the local Industrial Association. The building would have to
be 100 feet by 600 feet of one story construction. That the concern would have been an excellent one to have in our midst was proven to the satisfaction of the directors but
the company required that the town furnish a plot of ground and a building. This is where the hitch or drawback came in. Careful and considerate estimates on the amount of
money required for this purpose produced a total of from $180,000 to $200,000.
When the amount which this town would have had to raise became known the directors did not immediately drop the proposition but for three weeks endeavored to devise
some method or means whereby this amount could be raised by public subscription. The amount of money required was too great and the Association came to the conclusion
that Schuylkill Haven could not meet the requirements of this company in this respect. The Rush Motor Truck Company, it is understood, uses one of the Lautenbacher and
Geary patented accessories on its trucks.
INSTALLED NEW SHOE MACHINERY
Within the past several weeks, almost one dozen new and improved shoe making machines were installed in the W. Y. Miller Shoe Company on Liberty Street. Last week a
tacking machine and a wire machine were placed. One more machine is to be placed and then all the machinery in the basement floor will have been replaced with brand new
machines of the most up to date United Shoe Machinery Company type. The business of this firm is increasing very materially each year and the recent changes were made
necessary on account of the increase in the demand for the product of the firm. Over four hundred pairs of turn shoes are made per day at this plant.
NEW FIRM TAKES OVER CLOTHING STORE
Tuesday of this past week, Berger and Company purchased the entire store of E. G. Underwood who sells mens' clothing and furnishings and on Wednesday morning began
business under the new firm name. The local business world will welcome the new firm and extend to them best wishes for all kinds of success in the venture. The members of
the firm are well known Schuylkill Haven and Cressona residents but it is not desired that the personnel of the firm be made public at this time. The firm has selected one of its
members, Mr. George A. Berger, to manage the store. Mr. Berger will shortly dispose of his Dock Street grocery store which he has conducted for a number of years and will
devote his time entirely to the management of the clothing store. The new firm invites the public to become customers and at the same time asks its indulgence for a short time
until the store can be restocked with an attractive and interesting line of mens' and boys' clothing and furnishings. It is the intention of Berger and Company to dispose of the
greater portion of the present stock and in order to do so a Mid-Summer sale will be conducted, the first sale day being Saturday, July 28th.
Pottsville Journal of March 3, 1928
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN INDUSTRY SETTING ENVIABLE RECORDS
Coldren Knitting Mills Reflect Business Romance of Man and His Two daughters; Business Jumps From $150,000 Annually to Anticipated $3,000,000 in 1928
Boom Helps Entire Community; Banks Indicate Prosperity
An increase from an annual business of $150,000 to one which is expected to run to $3,000,000 by the end of 1928, is business history which D. D. Coldren and his two
daughters, Miss Helen K. Coldren and Miss Mary R. Coldren, have written in the financial annals of Schuylkill Haven, with only a few years for the writing. Four years ago, Mr.
Coldren was manufacturing men's union suits, after a pattern which he designed and patented. Following a long decline, the underwear business reached its lowest ebb at
about this time and the manufacturer decided to convert his factory. With the aid of his two daughters, Mr. Coldren, who in his early life was a tailor, designed a knitted dress
for women, began the manufacture of it, added new models and today the Tennis-Golf Knit Togs, made by the Coldren Knitting Mills of Schuylkill Haven, are worn by women in
every state in the union and in every position in life, from the highest to the humblest.
SUCCESS DUE TO TWO FACTORS Mr. Coldren attributes his phenomenal success to two factors, that the Coldren garments were the first reasonably priced dresses of their
kind to be put on the market in the United Sates and to the fact that when the dresses were first offered for sale by his agents, Mr. Coldren figured, not on how small a
commission he could pay his agents but how large a one he could pay and still make a reasonable profit. Whatever the reason, the Coldren dresses have appealed to American
women and the Coldren Knitting Mills maintain offices in every state and in every large city in the United States. This success despite the fact that the ready to wear business
is one of the most hazardous of modern industries with an overwhelming percentage of failure. With two mills, a maximum of 180 employees including thirty cutters, the
Coldren Mills are turning out now, in the dull season, thousands of garments each week.
FEBRUARY PRODUCTION IN CREASES February production showed a large increase over that of January of this year and Mr. Coldren expects that the increase by the end of
1928 will be three hundred percent greater than the present output. The Coldren Mills knit their own fabric, cut each garment to individual measure, and incidentally all this
cutting is done by hand, finish the garments and mail them directly to the customers. Eighteen different models, all of them smart and stylish, a wide variety of colors, a money
back guarantee that the customer will be satisfied as to fit, wearing qualities, styles, etc., have made the selection easy and established confidence. The Coldren Mills sell
directly to their customers through agents. Seventy five district managers, many sub managers and nearly 5,000 agents are employed to handle the output. One hundred
thousand yards of knitted fabric is kept constantly on hand. All of Schuylkill Haven has profited by the prosperity of the Coldren Knitting Mills. The Schuylkill Haven Bleach and
Dye Works do all of the bleaching and dying of the knitted fabric. The Schuylkill Haven Post Office has jumped to one of the largest second class post offices in Pennsylvania,
keeping two men constantly employed to handle the Coldren business, one of them being engaged exclusively in taking care of the money orders. Postmaster C. A. Graeff was
compelled to rent a vacant store front at Christmas time to care for the orders that were shipped out.
MAY USE AIRPLANES In fact the output of the Coldren Mills has grown to such proportions that Mr. Coldren is now negotiating with the government for two airplanes for
service between Schuylkill Haven and the Pacific coast. Bank deposits, always a sound indication of a community's prosperity, have increased in Schuylkill Haven. The First
National Bank deposits increased from $2,239,816 in 1926 to $2,531,513 in 1927 and the surplus in the same period increased from $250,000 to $300,000. The Schuylkill Haven
Trust Company's deposits on June 6, 1927 were $1,789,483. Six months later they were $1,901,562. The surplus in the same period increased $25,000. Inevitably the merchants
have profited. The Coldren Knitting Mills reflect the personality of the management, Mr. Coldren and his daughters. It would be hard to find a happier group of workers. They
are nearly all women and girls and both Mr. Coldren and his daughters now every worker by name and take a personal interest in every employee. The mills have a friendly
atmosphere and a fine spirit of cordial cooperation exists. If a woman is ill, she is taken to the Coldren home, just across the yard from the mill and is cared for with the same
care and comfort that the Coldren family enjoys. Every employee takes a personal pride in its success and with this spirit prevailing from the president of the company to the
errand boys, and extending to the thousands of agents, it is small wonder that the Coldren Knitting Mills have enjoyed an almost miraculous growth.
HOTEL TO CHANGE HANDS
The modern and well known Spring Garden Hotel, successfully conducted for the past several years by Clayton Bubeck, is about to change hands. The new proprietor is Frank
Stripe. Just as soon as the licenses can be transferred. Mr. Stripe will assume the management. He enters upon his duties with best wishes of a host of friends for a decided
successful business career. Mr. Bubeck has not decided what he will do.
GROCER DISPOSES OF STORE TO A GROCER
This week, O. O. Bast, the Columbia Street grocer, disposed of his grocery store to his nearby competitor in the grocery business, H. Schumacher and Brother. The Schumacher
firm will occupy the storeroom occupied by O. O. Bast. They will move into the new quarters in several week's time and discontinue their other store at its present location. Mr.
Bast is having a number of changes made to the store room and the new tenant will also make a number of interior changes so that when it is completed the firm of H.
Schumacher and Brother will have a much larger and more pleasant store than heretofore. The Bast family will shortly take up their residence on Saint John Street.
JAKE DAUBERT TO CONDUCT EUCLID THEATRE
Schuylkill Haven is again to have two motion picture theatres. The Euclid Theatre, which for the past several weeks has been closed, will open again and motion pictures will
be shown. The well known Jake Daubert, who has made his residence here, recently leased the theatre from the owner. He will have associated with him in the business Jacob
Rettinger. These two men are to make every effort possible and to leave no stone unturned to give the public an excellent and enjoyable line of motion pictures. Pictures will
be procured from the Masterpiece Film Attraction Company and will be of a high order.
During the week painters have brightened the exterior of the theatre. Interior improvements and renovations are to be made later. One of the two picture machines will also
be replaced with a new one. A new mirror screen may also be added in the near future. The admission will be ten cents for all attractions. Children will be admitted for a nickel.
The formal opening under the managership of Daubert and Rettinger will take place tonight, Friday. The picture will be a ten reeler with Nat Goodwin in that strong play, "The
Marriage Bond." Saturday evening a stellar attraction will be offered in Annetta Kellerman in "Neptune's Daughter." The theatre will be open every evening and there are to be
no special feature nights. Every night the very best kind of a program is to be presented.
LOCAL INDUSTRY NEEDS SIXTY GIRLS
The Call takes pleasure this week in announcing that, after an idleness of several years, this town's oldest and first underwear manufacturing plant is again to resume
operations. It is the J. C. Lautenbacher Mill. This mill was first started by the present owner and operator, J. C. Lautenbacher in 1884. Stockings were first made. Later the mill
machinery was changed and underwear was manufactured. From the date of its first production, until several years ago, with the exception of a period of time devoted to
rebuilding after a serious conflagration, the Lautenbacher mills enjoyed the enviable reputation of operating twelve months in every year from year to year.
Several years ago Mr. Lautenbacher's health failed and he discontinued the manufacturing business. With the improvement of his health the pioneer manufacturer has again
decided to take up his favorite business, and operations are to be resumed either by November 1st or 5th. Cutting will be commenced this week. Childrens', boys' and misses'
union suits will be manufactured. During this week men were busy preparing to resume operations. When the mill was closed down the machines were all greased and
covered and are now in first class condition and will be ready to operate as soon as the grease and oil used to prevent their rusting has been removed.
The entire output for more than a full and complete year has already been contracted for. The mill will employ seventy some persons and fifty female operators can now
procure employment and are guaranteed steady work. The male employees required have already been secured and a few of the female employees but about sixty additional
girls can secure work at this mill.
CHANGES AT LIGHT PLANT
Sunday was a busy day at the light plant when the steam feeders and feed lines were changed. The main line steam feed pipe was removed and a new twelve inch line placed.
All new feed connections to each of the three engines were also put up. Valves were placed on the lines so that in case of a breakdown with an engine it will not be necessary
to shut down the entire plant, the steam to any one engine can be shut off. This was impossible heretofore. In compliance with the new Pennsylvania laws, automatic and stop
valves were placed on the boilers. Heretofore there was but one valve. The new size steam feeders when they have been coated will furnish a considerable larger amount of
steam for the engines then the old ones of a less size. Already quite a difference is noticed in the working and running of the engines.
The new boiler is about completed. The workmen expect to finish this week and it will then be ready for use but cannot be used until it is built in or rather built over. A new
section or boiler house must be built around and about it and as bids have as yet not been invited for the new boiler house, it may be some time before this new boiler will be
put in operation. It is supposed to furnish as much steam as the other three boilers combined. With the yearly additions and improvements to this plant the borough has
accumulated a valuable plant. It is valuable and expensive to have but the borough receives nothing but the best service from the plant. Once considered a white elephant or
a yoke in the town has come to be the most important and valuable asset, considering that the very life and activity of the place depends upon the current furnished by this
plant for power and lighting purposes.
GULDIN'S DAIRY
Located at Long Run Road, offers the people of this
section milk and cream from a clean and sanitary plant
and delivers to all the surrounding territory.
During the last decade, the importance of the milk
supply and its source and purity have received much
attention and in this section of the state, Guldin's dairy
of Schuylkill Haven has made a study of the subject.
They have a modern plant where the latest equipment
has been installed for the proper handling of milk and
cream. The sanitary plant places the bottles in a
condition of absolute purity. They are all sealed
before being sent to the trade and this assures the
public of dairy products of the highest purity.
They offer a modern, scientifically equipped service
that is the last word of science in the keeping of dairy
products in the very best of conditions. All
precautions are taken from the milking of the cows to
the sanitary methods of delivery. They handle quality
milk produced for those who want the best that can be
had. It is produced from only carefully selected herds
of cows under constant inspection and supervision.
The farms from which they derive their supply are
known for having some of the finest bred cattle of
which they can boast. They are given the best
attention, fed nourishing food, and every art of
modern science has been brought into use for their
well being. The milk and cream is kept in the best of
condition at all times. The delivery trucks are
especially designed and fitted for the transportation of
all dairy products, which not only allows the dairy to
offer superior products but also superior service,
which is courteous and satisfactory. A phone call to
Schuylkill Haven 106M will start their service.
BITTLE & CONFEHR
Excellently located on Main Street, features the work of the
masters in furniture craftsmanship and carry everything for
the home, including furniture, rugs and specialties. They
have aided in the building of happy homes in Schuylkill
Haven and surrounding territory. A store that offers the
finest furniture. Phone 217
Pay a visit to Bittle and Confehr and look over their
remarkable furniture offerings at their February sale. Bittle
and Confehr conduct one of the most modern furniture
stores in this section of the state. They specialize in
complete home furnishings and handle the products of
leading manufacturers.
They are prepared to furnish your home completely and the
stock includes the moderate or the more expensive
designs in furniture craftsmanship. If you are
contemplating the furnishing of a room completely or if it is
only one or two pieces that you want, you will be able to
find the right thing here.
A line of excellent rugs is carried. They are artistic and the
colorings and effects charm and delight the eye. The
people in charge of this department are familiar with the
business and can tell you exactly what you need to match
up with your surroundings and to make your home livable
and attractive.
At this store can be seen the work of masters in furniture
designing, craftsmanship and construction. The
management of this store and all attendants are thoroughly
familiar with the stock, always courteous and anxious to be
of assistance to the patrons. They have a large clientele
from surrounding territory due to the quick deliveries and
efficient service. In making this business review we are
glad to recommend Bittle and Confehr as one of the best
places top buy quality furniture and their advertisement is
their many satisfied customers.
WEIDNER AUTO BODY & FENDER WORKS
A very prominent concern, located at Centre
Avenue, features auto painting, fender and body
work. All work guaranteed and estimates cheerfully
given. Phone 199J
The Weidner Auto Body and Fender Works is
headquarters for autoists and garagemen for many
miles around. They offer a very complete service in
body and fender repairing, auto top repairing, auto
painting and auto repairing and have equipped
their establishment with the latest of equipment for
the complete repair of bodies and fenders. No
matter what kind of a smashup you might have been
in, you will find they will be able to take the car or
truck and put it in such condition that you would
never know it had been in a collision.
This institution has kept many a truck and auto on
the road that might have found its way to the
graveyard much sooner of it had not been for their
comprehensive and rapid service.
If ion motoring along the highways you have been
bumped by the road hog or a mad driver, and the
body of the car is dented or the fenders bent, lamps
are crushed, etc., just drive around here and they
will fix you up so that all will look like new. We
desire to refer this establishment to all people of
this section and ask them to call for specifications
and estimates on contemplated work. You will find
them courteous and accommodating and highly
SHADEL'S FILLING STATION
Visited by many motorists over this section of the
state is this well conducted filling station.
Here is operated an excellent filling station where
the very latest of equipment has been installed for
the expeditious handling of the trade. No matter
which way you may be traveling, you can drive in
here and get good service. The manager
specializes in high grade oils and greases and is an
excellent authority on what kind of oil should be
used in every car and truck.
Someone is always on the job and no matter what
you want, there is no delay at this place. They will fill
your tank with gas in a minute and fill your radiator
with water, look after the oil and keep you running
smoothly. Service is the watchword of this station,
coupled with the fact that they only distribute high
grade oils and greases, which has won for them a
large patronage.
E. R. GREENAWALD
Located at 29 West Main Street is one of the most
representative coal dealers in this section. For quality
and prompt service, phone 96R.
E. R. Greenawald truly meets an emergency in supplying
the most necessary article in life, coal. It is safe to say
that this far seeing dealer has more than once met an
emergency by supplying coal to the needy when other
sources were unable to meet the demand. Supplying
coal to a community such as ours is a task of no little
consequence.
This business requires a knowledge of the coal market,
of coal prices and market fluctuations that only
experience and a wide knowledge of business can give.
It is also important in knowing when, how and from whom
to buy coal, so as to be assured of good quality coal at
consistent prices. Mr. Greenawald has built his
business to its present size only because of his sincere
desire to give his patrons a most reasonable price.
EHLY'S BAKERY
With large and modern plant on Dock Street, is a
leading baking concern, featuring homemade bread,
The fine products of Ehly's Bakery are used
extensively throughout this section. They are taking
the place of home made bread and cakes in many
homes. This bakery, long in business in Schuylkill
Haven, knows how to make these products and they
put on the market only the best. That explains their
exceptional success.
No concern is better or more favorably known
throughout Schuylkill Haven and vicinity than this
bakery and the products are widely used. The Ehly
Bakery has established itself on a solid foundation and
has put out products of such excellence that they
have come to be considered household necessities in
hundreds of homes.
The majority of housewives these days do not bake
their own bread because of the excellency of the
product they can buy on the market and it costs them
but little more than would the ingredients for the
homemade products. Ehly's bread is preferred by
many to the home baked product. In addition to the
line of bread and rolls, the firm markets large and small
cakes of many kinds. If you are not already acquainted
with the bread, cakes and other products of the Ehly
Bakery line, it will pay you to give them a trial.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN PAPER BOX COMPANY
With model plant located at Market Street, are
manufacturers of high grade paper boxes that are of
such uniform quality in the production that the find a
large and ready sale. For the best in paper boxes -
Phone 1.
In a review of the business, professional and
industrial interest of the community there is no
concern more worthy of mention than this one. Here
the public has at its disposal the service of men who
possess the know how and who obtained their
manufacturing and business education in the school
of practical experience. From the inception of the
enterprise, quality has been the aim and this
standard has been maintained from the beginning.
The establishment has been equipped with the
latest scientific machinery for the production of high
grade paper boxes. The name stands for reliability,
quality and progress in this industry and as the
advances of the times have worked improvements
in the trade, they have kept thoroughly abreast of
the times.
It is a local concern under competent direction of
men interested in local development and its
substantial and well merited progress is a matter of
actual fact well known to the public. The boxes
manufactured by this concern are recognized by the
trade as made of the best materials the market
affords. In making this review of the onward
progress of the community, we are glad to call the
attention of the public to the advantages accruing to
the public by the location of this industry here, and
also the high quality of the paper boxes. We
particularly call to our readers' attention that this is
your own local concern and merits your undivided
WERNER'S GROCERY
One of the community's leading grocery stores located at
43 Saint John Street, carries a wide diversity of food
supplies for the housewife. Every Wednesday morning
between 8:30 and 9:00 o'clock, this grocery broadcasts
from the Reading station WEEU. Keep down the high cost
of living by trading at Werner's. Phone 100.
Werner's Store has one of the finest lines of staple and
fancy groceries to be found in this section of the state.
They bend every effort to satisfy their customers needs.
They have the store very well arranged for the rapid
handling of goods, thus assuring you of prompt service
and their customers always find their food in first class
condition. It is the principle of their business policy to do
more for their customers than simply sell them groceries
and their patrons appreciate this almost as much as they
do the high quality goods.
They are always first with fresh fruits and vegetables when
in season, and country produce. Their stocks of canned
goods are of the best brands and always kept fresh. Being
extensive dealers they purchase the stock in such large
quantities that they are able to undersell many similar
concerns, and the customers reap the benefit of their
increased buying power.
The management has won the admiration and friendship of
the entire community and in this review we feel justified to
say that this is one of the most progressive concerns of its
kind in this territory. We are not alone in this assertion, for
their many customers who have patronized them have
nothing but compliments and praise for them.
A. R. MABERRY
A long established plumbing concern located at 407
Dock Street. Phone 310R.
This concern has had a wide experience in all kinds
of plumbing and heating. They and their
establishment have greatly aided in the upbuilding
of this part of the state. They have made a study of
modern plumbing and heating contracting and
install all work according to the most modern
methods. They built their business upon quality and
say, The Best is the Cheapest. Customers are
always satisfied with their work and the business
has grown from year to year. The scope of their
work includes heating and plumbing in all the
various phases and thus is very comprehensive.
They will aid in the making of your plans and
complete the work so everything will be satisfactory.
They are always glad to give estimates and will go to
any place and look over the heating problems in
question and give a complete estimate on the work
completed. They are in a position to offer the best
of service in installation and all people employed by
them are careful and artistic in all work. They do not
disfigure property in placing heating systems in old
buildings but will manage the work so everything
will look fine when finished.
In the employ of this cmpany are expert men who
thoroughly understand the details of the work of
the best advantage. The service is rapid and
satisfactory, the work careful and tasteful. These
craftsmen will go on your job and will astonish you
at the results that can be produced. They are
complete rural enh=gineers and are able to makake
any country place just like a city home in the matter
of modern systems. If you want modernize your
place, just stop in and see them. They will aid you in
your plans. We advise all our readers that when
they want any of this class of work properly
executed they will do well by going to this plumbing
The Call of February 5, 1932 offered these
articles on nine businesses in Schuylkill
Haven, featuring the advantages of doing
business with them.
86 TONS OF CONCRETE IN BANK'S NEW VAULT
Work on preparing the J. M. Gipe building on Saint John Street for temporary occupancy by the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven is being rushed with all speed possible.
Thursday the large vault door weighing twelve tons was unloaded and placed in the building. It will be hung on the vault at once. It is being installed by the Diebold Safe
Company. The vault which is eleven foot by thirteen and ten foot six inches was completed last week. It is of concrete. Eighty six tons of concrete were required to construct
the same. Plumbing fixtures in this building are being placed by C. S. Detweiler, while Billy Morris is taking care of the electrical installation. The painting is being done by J. M.
Bubeck while J. D. Luckenbill is busy completing the gold leaf signs on the windows. The Burgear Duplex electric sound wave system has been placed in the vault and is so
sensitive that the least little annoyance will set the burglar alarm system in operation. The building will be in readiness within a week or two.
OLD VAULT IS BLOWN TO PIECES
The specially constructed vault of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Schuylkill Haven at their temporary headquarters on Saint John Street, used until recently, was
blown up during the past ten days by the Tilghman Moyer Construction Company. The detonations were not as loud or as severe as had been expected but were quite
numerous and covered a period of several days. One hundred and twenty holes were drilled into the large mass of concrete at different points. All of these were filled with
dynamite and exploded. The first several blasts were the heaviest as three holes were blown at one time. They were at the rear end of the vault. After an opening had been
made the subsequent shots were not as heavy and not so loud. In most instances only two holes were used. The entire mass of concrete and steel bars was completely
crumbled and removal of the mass was underway for the past several days. The vault contained between seven and eight tons of and the walls were from twelve to fifteen
inches in thickness. The destruction of the vault was under the direction of P. J. Brauch, an experienced man in this line of work and in the employment of Tilghman Moyer
Company. He was assisted by Superintendent Brigham.
COOPERATIVE GROUP ACQUIRED LAND OF THE FORMER MAURER ORCHARDS
The largest and most recent real estate development in Schuylkill Haven is Haven Manor, located west of North Berne
Street on the land formerly known as the Maurer orchards. Haven Manor Incorporated, the idea for which originated with
a small group of men from the Alcoa plant at Cressona, included 25 men from Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville, Cressona and
the smaller towns in this area as stockholders at the time of its incorporation. Each of the stockholders holds four
shares of no par stock and title to one of the large lots in the development. After the lots have been deeded to the
shareholders and other details of the starting of the Haven Manor development have been completed, lots will be
available to the public. No definite plans have been made for the disposal of the remaining lots.
The idea for the cooperative venture arose at the Junior Women's Club dance last winter. Someone among a small group
of men from the Alcoa plant remarked about the desire of the newcomers to the community to own their own homes and
he thought some kind of a cooperative effort could be made to obtain lots and building material so that the cost would be
lowered for those included in the organization. A series of meetings was held in the following weeks. The organization,
although it started with a group from the Alcoa plant, is not an association of the employees of that plant. Several local
citizens are also associated with the venture and in due time the general public will be able to purchase the land of the
Maurer orchards which had been purchased previously by E. J. Lawson, personnel director at the Cressona Alcoa Works.
Haven Manor Incorporated was chartered on February 18 with the stated purpose "to buy, sell, convey, acquire, hold,
develop, lease, and subdivide real estate, to buy, construct and sell houses and other buildings, to buy and sell lumber,
bricks, stone, hardware and all other kinds of building material and to do all things necessary or incidental to the proper
exercise of the aforesaid purposes" One stipulation was agreed upon by the 25 men who are the shareholders, that they
build within a period of three years. The only restrictions are those placed on building. The Manor will be strictly a
residential section and all plans for new homes must be approved by the board of directors. The real estate
development is cooperative all the way through. The members got together and surveyed the plot and then made a
contour map to aid in laying out the streets. As will be noted on the drawing of the Haven Manor plot, one of the streets
has an unusual layout. This was done to follow the natural contour and to add to the beauty of the large building site.
After the plan of the development had been decided upon, trees were cut and the streets laid out. Harvey Moyer was
hired to grade the streets with his bulldozer. Curbing will be installed and when all this work has been completed, the
borough will be asked to take over the streets.
The board of directors is now negotiating to have the borough water and electric lines extended to the Haven Manor
grounds. The cooperation of the borough in this respect is being sought so that building operation may begin. Three of
the shareholders are ready to build as soon as the borough cooperation is obtained. They are Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Messersmith, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo P. Runkle and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Blasiol. In order that no one shareholder has the
advantage in picking out lots, the selection was made by drawing. All names were placed in a container and the names
drawn. The first one drawn had first choice, etc. In the placing and grading of streets, only a small number of trees in the
orchard had to be removed. The other fruit trees were left remaining on the lots and shareholders this year will engage
in a cooperative venture on the peaches.
PLOT PLAN FOR THE
HAVEN MANOR
RIGHT TO SWIM IN WILLOW LAKE BEING CONTESTED
Whether or not James Mellon, owner of Willow Lake, has the right to restrain persons residing at Willow Lake from swimming or boating on the said lake was being contested in
the courts this week. The hearing is being held before Judge Houck. On a bill of equity brought by George W. Wolfe, who sold building lots to individual persons and who later
were denied boating and swimming privileges by Mr. Mellon. During the course of the hearing an agreement was produced by Wolfe, drawn between Joseph Killian and wife,
the former owners, and himself, to show that the boating and swimming privileges in the lake were transferred to him after they had been inadvertently omitted from the deed.
Wolfe is represented by Attorney H. O. Bechtel, R. M. Bashore and D. V. Bechtel and Mellon by C. E. Berger. The outcome of this controversy will be awaited with interest.
TO OPEN NEW ADDITION TO SODA GARDEN
A beautiful and inviting addition to the drug store of W. E. Stine is being finished, the first floor of which will be used as a soda garden. The new addition is twenty eight by
seven feet, two stories and built of tapestry brick to match the balance of the building. It has been built on the Saint John Street side of the building. The entrance to it,
however, will be from the drug store proper. Three large sized triple windows of crinkled two tone glass provide an easy amber light on the interior, while from the exterior a
green appearance is given. Rough plastic walls, finished in a blending of green, rose and buff, add just the right tone in appearance. The woodwork of birch is finished in
walnut. An inlaid linoleum of ancient stone design lends a touch of the old fashioned garden or historic castle hall floor. Five walnut twin booths will be placed. The ceiling
lights of cadmium plate are of the cast metal ladcolite type. Neat wall lights will also enhance the garden. Mr. Stine expects to have the new addition ready for occupancy by
Saturday of this week.
MICHELS HAVE ELECTRIC SIGN
Saturday evening the large electric sign overhanging the pavement at Michel's store was illuminated. It attracted considerable attention and received favorable comment from
all sides. The sign in itself is of a neat design and the letters on it in red and blue make it very attractive. This particular advertising sign is readable during the day as well as
in the evening. It is of the neon electric type and is the first of its kind to be put into service in Schuylkill Haven. These signs are very costly and are of the very latest in
advertising signs. The Michel firm is being complimented on having taken the initiative in investing a considerable sum of money in an electric sign, not alone for advertising
its product, but for also very much pepping up and enhancing the appearance of the Main Street illumination. It is hoped that other business institutions and merchants will, in
the very near future, follow the example of the Michel firm.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MERCHANTS TO HAVE BIG SALE NEXT WEEK
Next week will be held in Schuylkill Haven, one of the biggest and greatest merchandising events that ever took place in the history of the town. Forty or more merchants, with
all lines of businesses included, will offer to the buying public regular, first class and high quality goods at special prices. There will be reductions from ten to fifty percent on
most every article of goods in every merchant's store. The greatest of all merchandising sales is being conducted in the form of a cooperative sale, which will last for three
days only, namely Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 12th, 13th and 14th. Every merchant cooperating will have his store windows specially dressed for the event and the
store marked by a large yellow arrow so that the public can tell whether or not the store is offering the special reduced prices for the particular three days.
The event is being sponsored by the Merchants Association of the town and is not for the purpose of reducing stocks of the stores but rather it is hoped to in this way prove
that the stores of Schuylkill Haven are the equal of others in other localities both in merchandise quality, in merchandise assortment and in sales service as well as courtesy.
This three day cooperative sales event is being participated in with enthusiasm on the part of every merchant. In addition to offering goods at unusually attractive prices, the
purchaser of every dollar's worth of goods will be given free a ticket entitling the holder to free admittance to the Refowich Theatre on Thursday or Friday, February 19th and
20th. In addition, the stub of each ticket will entitle the holder to a chance on winning one of twenty or more prizes, valued at $75, which will be drawn Friday evening, February
20th from the theatre stage.
EMBARKED IN ELECTRIC AND BATTERY SERVICE
Clarence Eckroth and Willard Shoener, two young men of Schuylkill Haven, this week purchased and took charge of the battery service station at the corner of railroad and
Union Streets, operated by Mr. Wenrich. Young Eckroth has had considerable experience in the electrical and battery services, having been employed by the Pottsville
Storage Battery Company and by H. A. Reber of Pottsville. Willard Shoener is a mechanic of considerable ability and experience on automobiles. He was employed at the H. A.
Reber and at the Stoyer garages. The new firm in addition to taking care of all kinds of electrical work in autos, will be in position to repair from electric plants and give
complete automobile service.
LOCAL FIRM OBSERVING 18TH ANNIVERSARY
This week the Cooper Store of Schuylkill Haven is celebrating its eighteenth anniversary, for it was eighteen years ago that Mr. Cooper embarked in business in his own
interest in Schuylkill Haven. He opened a gents' clothing and furnishings store in the same building which he now occupies and owns. About six years after he had his first
customer, he considerably enlarged the store and added ladies' wear and a year or two thereafter, he purchased the building, practically rebuilt the entire front of it, and added
a large addition in the rear. The firm selected an unusually clever architect, who planned and built for Mr. and Mrs. Cooper a storeroom both attractive and roomy.
From the very first year of business in Schuylkill Haven, the Cooper Store has each year increased its number of customers and volume of business. It is known throughout the
entire section and draws trade from an extensive area. The anniversary event, naturally, is being observed in a special manner, ladies', gents and childrens' wearing apparel
and furnishings of the highest quality being offered at specially attractive prices.
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THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER
This week finds three changes in the Main Street business section of Schuylkill Haven. First, the Enterprise Furniture Store, which occupied the Graver building, has vacated
after doing business here for a number of years. This property will shortly be occupied by another furniture store. The new store will have its opening on Saturday and will be
operated by Elwood Moyer, the well known undertaker and formerly the manager of the Enterprise Furniture Store, and Essenial Moyer, teller at the First National Bank, who will
be associated in this business. The latter, however, will retain his position at the bank. The new firm will be known as Moyer and Moyer. During the week a force of men have
been busily engaged in uncrating and unpacking a big stock of furniture and all will be in readiness for the formal opening this Saturday.
The Roxy Shoe Store, occupying the Lazos building, is having its closing out sale. At this writing, Mr. Lazos has not leased the storeroom, but it is understood, has a number of
firms interested in taking out a lease for it. The Plaza Restaurant, in the P. T. Hoy property is no more. The proprietor, John Catranis and family, vacated the premises early on
Monday morning. Their destination or new residence has not been stated. Furniture and equipment was loaded upon a large furniture van. The departure was a surprise to
the owners of the building as well as to other local persons.
LOCAL FIRM CHANGES NAME
The name of one of Schuylkill Haven's best known and largest industries was recently changed from that of R. J. Hoffman Incorporated, to the Sterling Silk Glove Company of
Schuylkill Haven. The plant originally started in a small way in a small building, by one of the town's most esteemed young men, the late Robert Hoffman, grew in size until
shortly before Mr. Hoffman's death, the plant was housed in the fine three story brick structure on Margaretta Street. At his death, the plant was taken over and operated by the
Julius Kayser and Company, a New York corporation. This same concern owns and operates plants at Allentown, Bangor and Portland. With these plants being located in the
state of Pennsylvania and the ownership being in New York, some interstate legal inconveniences were always present. To avoid these difficulties the names of the industries
were changed to the same name as that carried by the Bangor and Portland concerns, namely the Sterling Silk Glove Company. The name "Glove Company" was retrained
because the company originally manufactured gloves. The product of the four plants is ladies' cotton, rayon and pure silk underwear and full fashioned stockings. Almost 1530
persons are employed at the four plants. The Schuylkill Haven plant began operations on Monday of this week after a two week shut down to provide a vacation for employees
and to take stock account and make plant repairs. By the end of the week the plant will be working full with orders on hand to keep all steadily employed for some time.
NEW ADDITION TO LOCAL MILL
A good sized two story addition to the Bashore Knitting Mill was completed last week and occupied this week. Its size was 28 by 28 feet. The addition will be used as a cutting
department on the second floor and on the first floor as a packing and pressing department. New pressing machinery has been placed and additional machinery is now in
transit. This firm employs fifty five persons and is kept busy right along.. The product manufactured is ladies' cotton suits, union suits, bloomers and vests. Shipments are
made to all parts of the country, the jobbing and retail trade being catered to. The plant is an unusually large one, additions having been added from time to time. The entire
building is unusually well lighted by many windows. One portion is of brick construction and the other portion of frame, all covered with asbestos shingles. The firm recently
changed its name to Bashore Knitting Mills.
NEW SHOE STORE ON COLUMBIA STREET
C. L. Geary and Son opened their new shoe store on West Columbia Street this week. The new building which has been erected to take care of the increasing business, adjoins
the Geary residence on the rear. It is twelve feet in width and thirty six feet in length and connects with the former store and workshop. The walls and ceiling are of celotex
construction. The building includes a large basement which will house the rubber stock of the company. Mr. Geary and son will continue to handle the Lion Brand, Trade
Builder and Musebeck double arch support shoes for men, the Natural Bridge and Arch-O-Thenic shoes for women and a complete line of children's footwear.
ANOTHER MERCHANT FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
To the list of merchants of Schuylkill Haven was added, the latter part of last week, another. Just what particular business he will engage in has not yet been definitely
determined. Ten chances to one, however, it will be the same line as that of his father who conducts a grocery and b=green grocery store at the corner of Union Street and
Parkway. Father has been rather busy this week, making the new merchant acquainted with some of his own friends, some in Schuylkill haven, and in Orwigsburg, where he
resides. Some objection was at first raised to this by the mother but she was later convinced no harm could be done, at least not at this particular age or stage. The new
merchant is the second child in the family circle. The mother, who has many friends in Schuylkill haven, is gaining in strength very nicely, and the father, who is none other than
Mr. Elmer Steinbrunn, has chewed up four times his usual number of packs of tobacco for a normal week, thus far.
STATE LIQUOR STORE HERE NEXT WEEK
It is expected that some time during the coming week, the State Liquor Control Board will have located one of its liquor stores in Schuylkill Haven. The store room of Gabul
Luongo, corner of Wilson and Saint John Streets, where the liquor store will be located, has undergone considerable interior changes in preparation for and in compliance with
the instructions of the Control Board. This is in order to fully meet the requirements of the state for a liquor store. The interior has been repainted, new electrical wiring and
new electric fixtures have been placed. The display windows will be covered with heavy mesh screens or wires shortly. It is understood a fairly good sized stock of liquors will
be carried at the Schuylkill Haven store.
LIQUOR STORE TO OPEN FRIDAY
The state liquor store, corner of Wilson and Saint John Streets, will open for business today, Friday, November 8th. It is the first time in a number of years that Schuylkill Haven
possessed its own liquor store where liquor could be purchased in wholesale quantity. G+For many years, W. Hartman conducted a liquor store on West Main Street in the
store room now occupied by Harry Feger Jr. The state liquor store will be in charge of Waltman Hart, formerly of Shenandoah and for some time, manager of the Orwigsburg
store. The store room in the Luongo building, formerly occupied by the Haven Music House, has been very considerably improved. The walls and wood work have been
finished in buff and olive green. A great number of steel bins and shelving have been placed and steel counters have also been set up. It is understood the Schuylkill Haven
liquor store has the latest and most up to date equipment of any liquor store in the state. Approximately four hundred different items can be carried in stock in the Schuylkill
Haven store. There are no iron bars or a steel cage separating the public space from the store room. One may do business without feeling that you are either yourself n a cage
or doing business with someone who, if it were not for the steel caging, might jump out and bite you.
The schedule of hours the store will be open is: 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. and 5:30 to 8:00 Saturdays and days before holidays, the hours will be 11:30 to 4:40 and 5:30 until 9:00. The
store can well be picked out by reason of the outside appearance, the store room having the standard colors adopted by the state for all its liquor stores, namely, blue and gold.
Mr. Hart, the manager, is known to a number of local people. He is a Legionnaire and hails from Shenandoah. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and served 28 months in
the 4th Army Corps, having been bayonet instructor and trench tactician. He made four trips across the ocean during the period of the war. For the time being, the Schuylkill
Haven store will be known as a one man store and as business warrants, an additional employee or two may be taken on.
NEW PARK OPENING ON MAY 30
From present indications, everything points to, the opening of Willow Lake above Garfield Avenue, taking place on or about May 30th. As this date falls on a Sunday, it is likely
the opening will either be on the day previous, Saturday, or the following day. This week it was proposed to drain both dams, clean them out thoroughly and place the sand and
gravel in them in order to make a fine bottom for the bathers. The large carousel building at Tumbling Run is being removed to Willow Lake. It will require about four more days
to dismantle the building and its erection at Willow Lake will then be commenced. As soon as the weather permits work on preparing for the summer opening will be pushed
with as much speed as possible.
BLEACHERY ALMOST FINISHED
The new or almost entirely renovated bleach and dyeing department of the J. F. Bast Knitting Mills is almost completed. The building itself, a three story brick and steel
structure of a size 80 by 40 feet replaces the former wooden structure of a considerably less size. Into the new building has been placed an almost complete new unit of dyeing
and bleaching machinery. Except for one or two pieces of machinery, the location of the machines has also been changed. This has been necessary because of the complete
renovation. This, therefore, has necessitated change in the plumbing, heating and electrical systems, as well as new units if each. During the week this particular building was
a veritable hive of workmen. It is expected the plant will be entirely completed within a month or five weeks.
New oxidizing machines, new wrenches, new sauering machines, new chemical units, etc., have already been placed. The capacity of the plant has been increased to 40,000
pounds of goods every six hours. This increased capacity was made necessary because of the heavy demands that have been made on it. On the second floor of the new
building will be placed a new addition to the silk finishing department of the silk goods department. This will result in a much needed and desired increase in the capacity of
this department. The Bast firm is manufacturing both silk and cotton underwear and have reserve orders on hand to require capacity production for the next several months.
GIPE GARAGE UNDERGOING CHANGES
The J. M. Gipe garage on West Main Street is now in the hands of contractor Paul Naffin and is undergoing marked changes and will be enlarged. Twenty six feet on the front of
the garage has been put away. This has been done in order to permit a driveway across the entire front of the building. Six gas pumps will be moved from the curb line and
placed in the center of this twenty six foot driveway. This will permit a large number of cars being served at one time. The front of the reconstructed building will be of glass
and stucco. There will be seven large sized plate glass windows. In the front of the building there will be a large size stock room. The balance of the width space of the
present building will be used for display room purposes. An addition of 33 by 35 feet is being built on the east side of the building. This portion will be occupied as a showroom
and the rear portion of it as an office. There will be no partitions between these various departments, the space being entirely open. To set off the front of the building, a five
foot overhanging cornice is being built. Along the top of the building will be an illuminated advertising sign. Seven large arc lights in the front of the building will provide
illumination sufficient at night for the driveway and the gas pumps. The work is being rushed so as to be completed early in the summer months.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TO HAVE NEW INDUSTRY
Schuylkill Haven is shortly to have a new industry which at the outstart will employ from twelve to twenty persons. As the business warrants, the employment number may be
increased to thirty or forty. The new industry will be that of a laundry, complete in more detail than the usual laundry. It will be located in the A. J. Brown building on Centre
Avenue. The lease for the occupancy of this building was executed the latter part of last week. The machinery for the new plant has been ordered and will be in transit by May
15th. The company hopes to be in operation by June 1. The laundry will be of the most modern type and will be complete in such detail as to provide more than the usual wash
tub laundry service. Machinery of the very latest type will be installed so that the most complete laundry service will be made possible for not only Schuylkill Haven but the
entire surrounding territory. Machinery to the amount of $35,000 has been ordered.
The new industry comes to Schuylkill Haven through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce of Schuylkill Haven. This organization through its president, H. D. Felix, was alone
responsible for Schuylkill Haven being chosen as the most favorable town from among twenty or more location that had been carefully scrutinized and investigated. The new
industry comes to Schuylkill Haven without asking any financial assistance, grants or favors of any kind. Members of the firm who addressed the Chamber of Commerce of
Schuylkill haven on Monday evening stated all that the Guaranteed Service Laundry would ask would be the confidence, cooperation and respect of the community. They feel
confident of being enabled to prove within a comparatively short period of time after beginning to operate, the feasibility and desirability of being given the opportunity to
serve the community with complete laundry service.
The new company is composed of four men of no little commercial and business with credit agencies. The four men are: James Loux of Cleveland, George Shott of Pottsville,
Guy Ebert of Allentown and V. H. Von Steuben of Allentown. During the week several truckloads of machinery for the new industry arrived in Schuylkill Haven. Men to assist in
the unloading of the ponderous machinery were procured through the Chamber of Commerce as the representatives of the new firm were not in town at the time the machinery
arrived. The work of placing it and getting it into operation will be started next week.
NEW SUPER FILLING STATION ON PARKWAY
A new super filling station will shortly be erected at the corner of Parkway and West Man Street by a well known gas company. Notices were issued by the Reading Company last
week to all tenants on the property of the company on West Main Street, from the old theatre building to Meck's Mill. It will mean the razing of the Unique Theatre building, for
many years unoccupied as a theatre. The razing of the building occupied by James Fritz, also the razing of the one story building occupied by Charles I. Loy's barber shop. The
Real Estate Department of the Reading Company assured the Call man that the placing of the gas station on the proposed site, on West Main Street at the north end of Parkway,
will greatly add to the appearance and beauty of that particular spot as the station to be erected will be of large size, very modern and of attractive design.
TAXI SERVICE CHANGES HANDS
Monday of this week, the C. and A. Taxi service of Schuylkill Haven changed hands and is now operated by John Harner. The permit from the Public Utilities Commission was
received on Saturday but business was not assumed by Harner until Monday. He will continue to operate two cars and be at the beck and call of the public from this entire
district for a full twenty four hour period a day. One of the cars will be at the Reading station. A private telephone will be available at the station platform for calling the taxi
when it is not on hand. The other taxi will be at the office of Mr. Harner at the corner of Green and Wilson Streets. A filling station and servicing plant at the same address will
be operated by Mr. Harner. The owner needs little introduction to motorists because for the past fifteen years, he has been employed in the servicing and assembling
department at the Earl Stoyer garage.
WERNER'S STORE AT NEW LOCATION
Opening Thursday morning for the day's business, Russell Werner greeted customers at a new location, 112 Saint John Street. The property which he now occupies is owned
by Mrs. Maud Boltz and is located next to the Saylor Plumbing Shop. Mr. Werner has so arranged his stock that most of it can be self serviced by customers if they choose to do
so. New lines of goods have been added and the new store presents an attractive appearance, alterations to the property having been completed just a day before the store
was occupied. Mr. Werner has been in business in Schuylkill Haven for thirteen years. The 15th of February would have been the anniversary date; during which period of time
he occupied the storeroom in the Heim property.
BUECHLEY FIRM TO ADD HARDWARE TO LOCAL STOCK
Within a week or ten days, Buechley's will be in a position to offer one of the largest stocks of merchandise for builders in this section of the state. In addition to the present
large and varied stock of paints, varnishes, lumber, mill work, etc., they constantly carry at their plant on Broadway, they expect to add an exceptionally large stock of Builder's
Hardware. This stock will be complete in every way. In addition of this line of goods will mark the opening of the new addition to the group of Buechley buildings. The new
building will be ready for occupancy within a week or ten days. This particular date will also mark the thirty first anniversary of the location of the Buechley plant in Schuylkill
Haven. From a small, open lumber storage yard, the Buechley plant in Schuylkill Haven has grown to several acres occupied by buildings and sheds housing all kinds of
builder's materials. The addition of the two story frame 20 by 80 foot building, with a 20 by 20 wing, will make possible the addition of the complete line of builders hardware.
The Buechley firm offers a complete stock of merchandise, consisting of lumber, mill work, paint, varnish, wall boards, insulating materials, shingles, roofings, glass and now
builders' hardware. To the local manager, Oscar Hill, is given credit for the constant increase in business and service of the Buechley firm. Mr. Hill was the first local manager
and has therefore a thirty one year record. However, he was employed by the Buechley firm prior to his having assumed the local managership.
NEW PHOTO SERVICE FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Charles Anspach of Schuylkill Haven announces he has opened a photo service at his home at 21 E. Liberty Street in Schuylkill Haven. Mr. Anspach has taken a complete
course of instruction in modern photography and is completely equipped to furnish first quality portraits in various sizes, mounted, in a wide choice of attractive easels and
folders at reasonable prices. All processing he will do in a modern darkroom, equipped with the most modern apparatus, using only the purest chemicals and highest quality
materials. Mr. Anspach has done professional retouching for six portrait studios for over a year and is qualified to turn out first quality studio work. The service, which he is
offering the general public, will also include the making of reprints and enlargements from amateur film snapshots, also making personal photographic birthday and holiday
greeting cards.
NEW RESTAURANT FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Schuylkill Haven is to have a new restaurant. It will be known as the H & S Restaurant and will be located in the basement of the Hotel Central on Main Street. This large space
has undergone very many changes. New floors have been put in and the walls and ceiling finished in ivory and green. A large soda fountain with many fountain stools has
been placed. Booths of the Old English design will be put in position today and it is expected that the restaurant will be ready for business by the end of the week. In addition
to the regular soda fountain service, a complete restaurant with Dutch cooking will be provided for a full twenty four hours. The operators of the restaurant will be Leslie
Hoffman of Reading and Paul Sullivan of Philadelphia.
NEW GAS SERVICE STATION FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
A new gas filling and service station for Schuylkill Haven will be built within the next several months. It will be operated by the Gulf Refining Company, which company has
purchased the Edward Weiser 40 by 90 foot lot and dwelling at the corner of Dock Street and Center Avenue. It is understood the Weiser property will be razed shortly and the
work rapidly pushed forward. The property to be razed has been owned by Edward Weiser for the last twenty five years and was acquired by him upon the death of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Weiser, who originally obtained the property from one Solomon Long. Mr. Weiser is rapidly disposing of many of his shrubs, perennials and early spring
flowering bulbs in his garden, which have always been greatly admired and which occupy the site to be used for the service station.
NEW GROCERY STORE FOR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Schuylkill Haven will soon have a new grocery and meat store. It will be located on Dock Street near Coal Street and will be operated by Mickey Ambrosi of Pottsville, who also
conducts a market on West Norwegian Street in Pottsville. Mr. Ambrosi, in Schuylkill Haven, will be located in the store room of Nick LaScala, who operated a confectionery
store and ice cream parlor. The store room is now being repainted and refinished. Mr. Ambrosi, in addition to groceries and meats, will continue to operate the ice cream
parlor and soda fountain. Mr. LaScala, for some time has been employed as agent for the Watkins Company, distributors of confectionery.
NEW LADIES' SHOP SOON TO OPEN
A new ladies' shop will be added to the business section of Schuylkill Haven on or about December 6 when Mrs. W. J. (Bonnie Jean) Calsam will open a women's store at 19 East
Main Street, the location formerly occupied by the F. S. Lewis newsstand. The new store will feature Gage hats and Van Raalte lingerie, two style leaders in their respective
fields. A complete line of gloves and hats will also be carried, all being selected to meet the exacting requirements of American women as to quality, style and price. Mrs.
Calsam has been a resident of Schuylkill Haven since 1935, living at 200 Margaretta Street. She is a native of Seattle, Washington.
NEW SERVICE STATION NEARS COMPLETION
The new modern service station being erected on Dock Street by Franklin A. Felty, distributor for Tydol gasoline in this region, is rapidly nearing completion and is expected to
be open in two weeks if weather permits. Constructed of building block, the new service station is built in accordance with the latest designs and specifications of the
Tidewater Company and is similar to the attractive stations found in larger cities. Lewis Dress of Schuylkill Haven will be in charge of the service center upon its completion. A
former service station operator in Schuylkill Haven, he is at present working at the Connor's Station owned by Mr. Felty.
J. M. GIPE TO OPEN HARDWARE STORE
On Saturday morning the doors of a new business place will be opened in Schuylkill Haven. Mr. J. M. Gipe, who conducted a five and ten cent store until two years ago, will
open a hardware and house furnishings store at 139 East Main Street. The new store is located in the J. M. Sausser building which has been vacant for some time. Mr. Gipe,
who has been in business for thirty years, occupied this same building from 1911 until 1918. He then purchased and moved to the building on the opposite side of the street.
This structure was recently sold to Newsdealer Frank S. Lewis. A complete line of high quality hardware and house furnishings will be carried by the new business. The aim of
Mr. Gipe is well summed up in the motto he has selected, "Values and Service." Among the well known brands and products to be sold will be the famous Carmote house paint,
which has been sold in this community for the past fifteen years by J. M. Sausser and Sons.
NIGHT COMFORT INC. STARTS CUTTING ROOM IN SCOTT BUILDING
Another factory was added to the industries of Schuylkill Haven this week, with the establishment of a branch of Night Comfort Incorporated, a pajama manufacturing concern,
on the second floor of the Scott paper box factory. At present the building is equipped only for cutting, but within the next two weeks equipment will be installed for sewing,
and work will be available for twenty five to thirty women. In the cutting department, eight men will be employed. Mr. Lux of Pine Grove, who has been associated with Night
Comfort for the past fourteen years, will have charge as designer and cutter. In order to meet the needs of the new industry, Mr. Roy Scott has gone to considerable expense
in remodeling the second floor of the paper box factory.
Orders have been received by the operators from the Eclipse Needle Company for the manufacture of the popular Fruit of the Loom pajamas, and other large orders from the
distributors of men's sleeping apparel have necessitated the expanding of the present factories operated by Night Comfort. Other factories are now located in Cressona and
Pine Grove and another branch is being established in Tower City. The central office is located on Race Street in Philadelphia. This new industry has been brought to Schuylkill
Haven through the efforts of civic minded businessmen of town who, hearing of the expansion program anticipated by Night Comfort, induced the operators to consider
Schuylkill Haven and aided them in securing a suitable location for a branch factory.
STRAUSE AND BECK OPEN NEW STATION
A new service station, fully equipped with modern facilities, has been opened by the Atlantic Refining Company at 45 West Main Street in Schuylkill Haven. Strause and Beck
Incorporated, operators of the Black Diamond, Molino, and Twin Grove Park, will have charge of the new station and William Campbell, formerly employed at Twin Grove Park,
will be the manager. Assisting Mr. Campbell will be Richard Brown and Jay Spotts, both of Schuylkill Haven. Besides the sale of gas and oil, the station will specialize in
complete lubrication made famous by the Atlantic Refining Company in a road test conducted recently. The beautiful station is equipped with three pumps and will be open
between 6:00 a. m. and 10:00 p. m. Strause and Beck anticipate building a restaurant on the east side of the service station within a few months.
MOYER'S HAS UNIQUE WINDOW DISPLAY
A very unique and colorful window display for Washington's birthday has been arranged in the windows of Moyer's Meat Market on Dock Street. In the center is an unusual
American flag made of oranges wrapped in red, white and blue paper. The red and white wrapped oranges alternate in rows to form the stripes, and the oranges wrapped in
blue make the field of blue in which are forty eight stars made of white paper. Directly in front of the flag is a bust of George Washington and on either side are large pictures
of Washington and the Statue of Liberty. In the foreground are relics of the Revolutionary period: guns, candle lantern, lard burning candle holder, pocketbook, knife wool
comber and the stone head of an Indian tomahawk and two rifles of the old days. The wool brush, a crude instrument made of steel spikes is dated 1797. The display in the
window was arranged by Leo Carr, an employee at the Moyer Market. Most of the old relics are the property of William Bautsch, of Schuylkill Haven, who had them handed down
to him from his great grandfather.
TOWN TO HAVE NEW REPAIR GARAGE
In answer to the great demand for automobile repairs that has been created since the ending of the war, the ending of gasoline rationing and the return of so many of our boys,
a new automobile repair garage will be opened for the convenience of the people of Schuylkill Haven by one of the region's best known automobile men, Joe Webber. The
location of the new garage will be at 211 West Main Street and every type of service will be taken care of by thoroughly experienced automobile mechanics under the personal
supervision of Charles "Shuey" Schumacher. A feature of the opening of the Joe Webber garage will be the display for the first time in Schuylkill Haven and this territory of a
new 1946 Pontiac from the Walter Trautman Pontiac agency of Pottsville. The new proprietor of the garage, Joe Webber, has been associated with the automobile business for
the better part of a quarter century and knows the game from A to Z. For twenty two years straight he was connected with a Schuylkill Haven agency and made quite a
reputation for himself.
HARNER TAXI NOW OPERATED BY SHOLLENBERGERS
Harner's Taxi Service, operated by John Harner since 1939, was purchased and is now being run by Richard L. (Jack) and Nelson Shollenberger. Taxi service in Schuylkill Haven
goes back to 1922 when William Schumacher, using a Ford touring car, began operating a public conveyance. Six years later he purchased an Oldsmobile touring car. In 1932
the business was sold to Stanley Crossley, who ran the taxi until 1939 when it was purchased by John Harner. During the last seven years he increased the number of taxis
available for service to three. The Shollenberger brothers, who are also associated with their father in the trucking business, will continue the efficient service rendered by
the former owner at no increase on rates. Service is available the entire twenty four hours of the day. The name of the business has been changed to Sholly's Taxi Service.
OLD MAIN STREET BUILDING RAZED
The former Lazos building on East Main Street between Crossley's Barbecue and Messners five and ten cent store, which was purchased by Gordon Reed in 1940, is being
razed to the ground and a new structure will be erected there. This building was over one hundred years old and was one of the oldest on Main Street. It was of heavy
mortised oak and pegs and pins were used instead of nails. The weather boards were one inch thick and twelve inches wide and overlapped each other. The wood laths were
all hand split. It was owned formerly by Alice Kaufman and then by Douglas Kaufman and in 1920 Parris Lazos purchased it and in 1940 Gordon Reed. The new building will be of
steel and concrete blocks with a brick veneer in the front and will consist of five apartments , two offices and a storeroom.
NEW INSURANCE OFFICE OPENED
The opening of the new insurance office at 204 East Main Street marks real progress in the insurance career of Walter F. Mullen of town. Ten years ago, Mr. Mullen located in
Schuylkill Haven as district representative for one of the country's foremost soap manufacturers. In 1943, seeing the opportunities in this community in the insurance field, he
resigned his position and entered the insurance business. Since then he has steadily built up a clientele. Starting as a life insurance underwriter, he added other lines of
insurance when it became evident that an additional general insurance agency in Schuylkill Haven could be utilized. For the past year, he has operated a general insurance
agency from his residence, handling every type of insurance available. He has been appointed by the Veterans Administration as an appraiser for veteran's realty and business
loans in this territory. Recently Mr. Mullen purchased the home formerly owned by Dr. R. W. Lenker at which address his new offices are located and where he and his wife, the
former Miss May H. Dalton, of town, will reside after improvements to the property have been completed. In his new and prominent location, convenience can now be
considered a factor in addition to his two main selling points, "Service and Safety."
E & L BAR AND RESTAURANT TO OPEN TUESDAY NIGHT
The opening of the E & L bar and restaurant is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11 at 6:00 p. m. Because of the difficulties encountered in securing an electric organ, the
entertainment will be provided by Paul Hess at the piano and Hammond Solo-Vox. The interior of the bar is very attractive and modern in every respect, with both front and
back bar finished in natural pine. The beautiful grill room is complete with Kelly green and beige Dupont fibrolite booths and wall settees. The indirect lighting with four
different color combinations to choose from is very effective and can be changed at will. A very attractive and serviceable rubber tile floor completes the modern bar and grill
room. The enlarged kitchen, with chef Jack Schultz in charge, is complete with the most modern cooking and refrigerating equipment and is prepared to serve seafood, steaks,
spaghetti, platters and sandwiches from 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. daily and from 7:00 p. m. until midnight. Jack Schultz is direct from New York and Miami, being a transient,
seasonal chef and is reported to be the best in the county.
HAVEN MOTORS INC. CELEBRATING 10TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK
Haven Motors Inc., local DeSoto Plymouth dealer, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this week. It hardly seems that ten years have passed since the doors were opened for
business on November 7, 1937. On that day, there were only four employees. Today this dealership gives full time employment to twelve men and will have available
employment for approximately twenty employees when normal conditions return for the automobile dealer. The first few months, Haven Motors held an associate dealer
franchise for DeSoto Plymouth cars but early in 1938, they were appointed a direct dealer distributor for DeSoto and Plymouth automobiles and Chrysler parts and accessories
for half of Schuylkill County, including metropolitan Pottsville. Today, with the exception of the city of Pottsville, their franchise territory remains the same. Because of the
scarcity of cars, however, they have not appointed any associate dealers in their territory and have been working their entire region from the Schuylkill Haven garage.
The facilities of this modern establishment have also increased. Today, all the modern shop equipment and special tools will be found available for full customer service and
satisfaction. In recent years, space has been added to the main building to house a paint and body shop and extra warehouse space. The showroom can comfortably display
five cars and the service department can handle up to fifteen cars at one time.
To its personnel, Haven Motors is equally indebted, along with the support of its customer-friends for its success and growth. The office and business administration is taken
care of by Karl G. Dreibelbis, who has been with the firm since 1941. The sales department is headed by Joseph E. Webber, who has been with the firm since last April. The
parts department and stock room are managed by Joseph M. Zimmerman, with the firm since its beginning, and he is assisted by Charles Schaffner. The service department is
headed by John D. Ketner, who helped organize this business and has been with the firm continuously since the start. His service department is capably manned by Harry
"Naily" Nagle, in the shop since it opened, Charles Schumacher, Charles A. Reed, Carl M. Reed, Earl F. Schaffner, Al Freeman and Joe Kremer. The Reed boys and Earl
Schaffner were called into the service from their employ here and have again returned to work at this dealership. Joe Kremer is also a veteran of World War Two.
Haven Motors is proud of its accomplishments and growth but is not unmindful of the fact that its past success as well as its future lies entirely with its customers and friends,
to whom they offer their greatest appreciation.
DRIVE IN THEATRE OPENS SATURDAY
A new type of entertainment will be available to the people of this vicinity when the Renninger DriveIn Theatre, the first to be located in Schuylkill County, has its grand opening
on Saturday night. During the past few weeks work has been going on at the rear of the Renninger highway market on the Schuylkill Haven Orwigsburg pike to erect the screen
and install modern sound and projection equipment. Rufus Renninger announces that the construction has been completed and the theatre will have its grand opening on
Saturday. He invites everyone to come and enjoy a fine show in the comfort of your own car. A refreshment stand at the rear of the projection booth will be open for your
convenience. Two shows will be given on each of three nights every week, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The feature attraction and added attractions will change each
night. Shows start at 8:45 and 10:45. The drive in theatre has been laid out so that there will be a good view of the large screen for everyone. Admission to the outdoor theatre
is thirty five cents per person, including tax. Children under twelve years are admitted free.
NOW HAS COMPLETE SANITARY BARBER SHOP
Spring Garden is the first section of the town to have a completely equipped all sanitary barber shop. Today, Friday, Homer Zimmerman reopened his tonsorial shop after
having completely and entirely remodeled and equipped it. It will be the first complete sanitary barber shop in Schuylkill Haven. After having had the porch awning removed
from in front of the building, large display windows were extended. The floor was covered on tile, the walls finished in light blue and the woodwork in mahogany. An entire new
equipment has been placed, consisting of large, white, glass mirror case, white china lavatories, new white porcelain enameled barber chairs of an improved type. Sterilizing
equipment has been placed and the day for the community shaving brush, comb and brush is gone. In its place comes individual shaving brushes with sterilized shaving cream
and individual combs and brushes. The shaving brush is used but once and then removed from the holder and sterilized for twenty four hours. A new brush is used for every
customer. The same applies to the hair brush and comb. They come in sets and are used but once and placed in the sterilizer for twenty four hours. Each customer will have a
new brush and comb. All towels will be sterilized. The innovation and new features of this shop will surely be appreciated by the patrons.
COLDREN KNITTING MILL BUILDS SECOND MILL
In order to take care of the continued and the increasing demand of the product of the Coldren Knitting Mills, ladies' outerwear garments, it has been found necessary to
greatly increases the production. This cannot be done in the present large three story building on Union Street as all of the available ground is occupied. Mr. Coldren has
therefore found it imperative that another building be constructed. Workmen already have the framework of a large sized two story factory building well underway on his
property at the corner of Tennis Avenue and Union Street. The work is being rushed with all speed possible so that the building can be completed. It is understood all the
knitting will be done in this new building.
TO BUILD LARGE GARAGE AND WAREHOUSE
Harry F. Loy is having the bank near the electric light plant removed preparatory to beginning the building of a forty by sixty foot garage on this site. The second story of the
garage will be used as a large warehouse and by reason of its close proximity to the Pennsylvania Railroad siding, will permit the unloading of building material and building
products direct from the car to the warehouse. In the removal of the bank, the earth was found to be mostly of a shale formation and numerous soft sulphur diamonds were
found by the youngsters. A vein of bone coal was also discovered. This is said to be the strata which is usually fond above a good vein of coal. Whether or not coal will later
be found at this point is uncertain.
R. R. STERNER STORE IS MODERNIZED
The R. R. Sterner Company will have the formal reopening of its newly remodeled and modernized Goodyear store at 355 Center Avenue on Saturday, with an open house for its
many customers and friends and the public in general. In the past few weeks, the store was beautified by the installation of modern fixtures and it is now ready for inspection.
To celebrate the occasion, the store will have gifts for everyone. The modernizing project is another of the many forward steps made by the business since its founding in
1920. Mr. Sterner began a vulcanizing business at the rear of the store now occupied by Greenawalt's on Parkway in 1920. In June of 1923 he moved to the Center Avenue
location and in addition to vulcanizing did lubrication and car washing and added a line of tires and auto accessories. Later a well lighted, modern addition was built to the two
story building and the business expanded to include a service station and general garage repairs. In 1941 a line of small appliances was added. The war cut down on this part
of the business but in 1945 it was revived and expanded by the addition of major appliances including ranges, refrigerators, deep freeze units and water heaters.
NEW CHEF AND ASSISTANT IMPROVE FOOD AND SERVICE AT PARKWAY
Service clubs, regular dining patrons and groups holding banquets at the Parkway Restaurant, have noticed a recent improvement in the food being served at the large dining
hall. Credit for the delicious meals goes to the two new cooks now in charge of the kitchen. Chief cook is Dellno C. Lewis, whose speech easily identifies him as a native of
Virginia. He has been a chef since entering the army in 1940 and taking all the cooking courses the army had to offer. He claims his kitchen while in the service was not
responsible for a single casualty, a claim which should bear much weight with former GIs. After leaving the army he was employed through Civil Service in the capacity of chef.
Before coming to the Parkway to work for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fehr, he was chef at the Necho Allen Hotel in Pottsville.
Mr. Lewis, his wife and two children are living at Summit Station RD. Mrs. Lewis was the former Annie Warner of that place. The second cook is Gordon D. Rex, who is now
living on East Union Street. He has worked as cook in restaurants in Reading and New York City. In addition to cooking, he is adept at playing the piano and organ and has
been in that capacity for radio broadcasts. He has been employed at the Parkway for the past four months, while the first cook has been there a month and a half. Chef Lewis
brings with him from Virginia the dinner for which the south is famous, Southern fried chicken. The two new cooks desire to cater particularly to banquets, club meetings,
receptions, special dinners and Sunday dinners for the family groups. They offer besides the southern fried chicken specialty, veal cutlets, chops and steaks as well as the
regular roast dinners. Along with the serving of delicious food, the new cooks insist upon prompt and courteous service by the waitresses.
HAVEN MOTORS NOW USING NEW ADDITION TO GARAGE
Haven Motors Incorporated, local DeSoto and Plymouth dealer, has added to its large building on Columbia Street, a modern lubritorium and car washing department. Built on
the west side of the building, the new one story addition measures thirty feet across the front and goes back the depth a distance of forty feet. The structure is divided into two
distinct departments. On the side adjoining the garage and display room is the car washing department. A large window section separates the car washing from the lubricating
section. The hydraulic lift is at floor level with the back post in a stationary position and the front lift on a sliding track to fit any size car or truck. All equipment needed for the
complete lubrication of an automobile is kept in gleaming white cabinets. The pressure hoses for the grease guns are suspended from the ceiling on the right hand side of the
building. All equipment in both departments is the most beautiful and best obtainable. The place is well lighted by windows or glass paneled doors on three of its four sides.
Haven Motors extends a cordial invitation to the motoring public to come in and inspect the new section of their building. The men employed at the garage receive factory
training once every month to keep them informed about anything new that may arise in the way of automotive repair and upkeep.
MERCHANTS TO FORM AN ASSOCIATION
The Board of Directors of the Schuylkill Haven Chamber of Commerce held a lengthy session at the home of President Felix on Monday evening. Quite a number of important
matters were discussed and acted upon. One of the very important matters at this time was the action to form an auxiliary organization within the Chamber of Commerce to be
known as a Merchants Association. It is to include all the merchants now members of the Chamber and all who become members of the Chamber. The objects of the formation of
such an organization are to handle only such matters as are of interest to the welfare of the merchants of Schuylkill Haven. Their work will be upon a broad scope and be under
the head of a special committee appointed for this purpose. A meeting will be called shortly of all the merchants now members of the parent organization and matters with the
businessmen will be taken up. The committee appointed by President Felix will be composed of J. Arthur Aulenbach, J. M. Gipe, A. R. Maberry, harry Cooper and H. E. Oswald.
WILL EMBARK IN GARAGE BUSINESS
A new garage will shortly be in operation in Schuylkill Haven to take care of the needs of the constantly increasing number of local automobilists. It will be owned and operated
by Mr. Harry Nunemacher who has leased the Naffin garage on Saint Charles Street. The same is undergoing a number of changes such as the installation of steel girders,
concreting of the floors, and the placing of large display windows. The new garage will be ready for business very soon. Mr. Nunemacher is an expert auto mechanic having
been employed for five years with H. A. Berger and for the last two years with Roy Hawkins.
RADIO STORE CHANGES LOCATIONS
The radio store on Main Street known as the Radio Shop with Mr. Donald Eiler as manager, has moved into the store room in the Graver building, one door above its former
location. The firm and the name has been changed. It will now be known as the Stephens Radio Laboratories and is composed of Donald Eiler, Clay Riegel and Ralph Stephens.
The change in the store rooms has been made in order to provide a greater amount of floor space. The radios that the new firm will sell are the Golden Leutz, Ozarka and the
Erla. They will also carry a full line of batteries and radio supplies and equipment.
BAST MILL PLACES ADDITIONAL MACHINERY
Additional machinery for the making of silk underwear, costing between $5,000 and $6,000 was received by the J. F. Bast Sons Company this week and is being set up. This new
machinery will considerably increase the output of this plant which is necessary by reason of the demand for their product. This knitting mill has had a knitting force on duty day
and night since October of 1926. The knitting machines run continuously from Monday morning at 6:30 until Saturday noon, excepting during the noon day lunch hour. The Bast
plant is the only mill in town spinning its own silk, dyeing finishing and knitting the silk garments. Other mills manufacture silk garments but have some of the operations
completed in other mills.
NEW INDUSTRY SOON TO BEGIN OPERATIONS
The H. and H. Nut and Bolt Company, the latest industry for Schuylkill Haven, will begin operations in about two weeks. A visit to the plant this week found a corps of workmen
busy installing the ponderous and heavy machinery that will be used in the manufacture of the firm's product. Additional machines are now in transit and several are being
finished by the Valentine Machine Shop which plant has been kept busy with a day and night force for the past three or four months turning out machinery. The new plant at the
outstart will manufacture pipe nipples and later will turn out bolts, nuts, rivets, spikes, etc. The plant will be operated by electric power, quite a number of electric motors being
required for the purpose. The plant is of frame construction. One portion is 55 by 68 feet while another portion is 20 by 70 feet. Messrs. Holstein and Hay are enthusiastic over
the outlook for a market for their product as it will be possible to turn out the goods with added features not otherwise or heretofore produced. The local plant will be the only
one of its kind to be completely fitted with a particular kind of automatic machine. At least eight or ten men will be given employment when the plant is put into operation. This
number will be increased from time to time and in a short while anywhere from twenty to fifty may be employed.
BOX FACTORY TO REDUCE FORCE
The news of the cut in the number of employees of the Lebanon Paper Box Plant of Schuylkill Haven is received with regret. This because of the fact that only thirty to thirty
five persons will be retained to operate the local plant, the output of which will be confined strictly to boxes for the underwear and shoe factories in Schuylkill Haven and
immediate vicinity. The firm by reason of centralizing the manufacture of confectionery boxes at its large plant in Lebanon will discontinue the manufacture of this class of
boxes at the Schuylkill haven plant and will also discontinue use of that portion of the local plant that has been used for that purpose. Schuylkill Haven people will also learn
with regret that Mr. Roy Batz, who has been a resident of Schuylkill Haven for the past nine years, will shortly move to Lebanon, where he will accept a similar position as
superintendent in the Lebanon plant. Burgess Roy Scott will be the superintendent in charge of the local plant. The local plant supplies all of the Schuylkill Haven industries
with paper boxes with the exception of four.
BURGESS SCOTT TO EMBARK IN BUSINESS
With the first of the year, one of the industrial plants in Schuylkill Haven will change ownership. It is that of the Lebanon Paper Box Company, which has been purchased by
Chief Burgess Roy Scott. Mr. Scott has leased a large part of the building occupied by the Lebanon Paper Box Company and will continue the manufacture of paper boxes. He
will have in his employ between fifteen and twenty persons at the outstart. All of the machinery and equipment which the Lebanon Paper Box Company had intended in using in
the manufacture of boxes at this place, following the transfer of a portion of the business to the plant in Lebanon, Mr. Scott has purchased. New machines and other equipment
will be added to the plant very shortly. Mr. Scott is not a novice in the paper box manufacturing business. He has had fourteen or more years experience. For the past several
years he has been the foreman of the local plant and recently has been made the assistant superintendent under Superintendent Roy Batz. During the week the surplus stock
and machines not required in the particular line of manufacturing Mr. Scott will do, were shipped to Lebanon.
NEW RESTAURANT ON MAIN STREET
Schuylkill Haven is to have a new restaurant about May 15th. It will be known as the Coffee Shop and will be operated by John F. Reed. It will be located in the Hoy Building
adjacent to the Trust Company Building. The building is being repainted and being repaired and renovated to a considerable extent on th interior and the exterior. Mr. Reed
will bring his family to Schuylkill Haven and will occupy the second floor of the building. The new restaurant proprietor has had considerable training and experience in the
operation of restaurants and coffee shops and for the past several years has been located in Williamstown.
beginning with the coming Saturday, Cooper's Department Store will observe its twentieth anniversary with a giant and spectacular sale of seasonal wearing apparel for every
member of the family at the most unusual and astounding prices. This firm, beginning in a small way in Schuylkill Haven, has grown to be one of the outstanding and prominent
business firms in Schuylkill Haven. With a well established business principle of giving honest value for every dollar, this firm has established an enviable reputation, not only
in this town but this entire section. It has enjoyed the confidence of the public and a generous share of its patronage. And it is in appreciation of this patronage that this store,
on its twentieth anniversary, is offering additional values in all lines of goods at a special anniversary sale.
SHOE REPAIRER SCHAEFFER NOW BACK IN TOWN
Elmer Schaeffer is back in Schuylkill Haven with his shoe repair shop. The latter part of last week he opened up on East Main Street. Full equipment was installed and this
week he has been kept quite busy. Mr. Schaeffer needs no introduction to the Schuylkill Haven public. For eleven years he operated a shoe repairing shop just one door
above the present location in the Central Hotel building. Then he left for Hamburg where he operated for three years. Prior to his going into business for himself, he was
employed by one of the local shoe factories. Therefore, he has a world of experience in shoe making and shoe repairing and can be expected to fill every need or want in this
direction. Mr. Schaeffer is introducing a new method of shoe repair in connection with the other usual methods. It is that of sole or heeling without stitches or without nails.
It's a new process whereby the new sole or heel is pressed on and held in place by a paste or glue that sticks everlastingly. Mr. Schaeffer repairs shoes the same day they are
brought into him.
KAYSER PLANT HERE ON FORTY HOURS
The Schuylkill Haven plant of Julius Kayser, known as the Sterling Silk Glove Company on Margaretta Street, this week adopted the forty hour per week working schedule basis
of operation on the plan of eight hours per day with a full Saturday holiday. This schedule effects not only the Schuylkill Haven plant where 150 persons are employed but the
plants in Allentown and Bangor also. The adoption of this schedule is in compliance with the wishes of President Roosevelt and in line with the National Industrial Recovery
Act. The plan is a temporary expedient until the code of the Underwear Institute is approved at a later date. It means, however, that no one under the age of 16 will be
employed in these plants. This policy will be strictly adhered to. Salaries and work rate have also been adjusted with a minimum of $13 per week and higher wages have been
increased proportionately. In many instances the $13 per week minimum does not mean a total increase in the sum of money but it does mean a considerable increase for each
and every employee in the sum of money paid per hour or for the week, when it is considered the weekly hour schedule has been cut from an average of 54 to 40. The local
plant manufactures ladies' underwear made of cotton, also ladies' pure silk underwear and ladies' rayon underwear. Ladies and children's sleeping garments are also
manufactured as well as ladies cotton and wool underwear. A new combination of rabbit wool, silk and rayon, all woven into the garment in one thread is also manufactured at
the local plant, whose directing head is none other than Mr. Hal Goas.
IMPROVEMENTS AT HOTEL
Improvements for the past several months have been underway at the Columbia House on West Columbia Street. This perhaps is one of the oldest hotels in Schuylkill Haven
today, its history dating back far beyond the boating days. For the past several months, improvement and alterations have been underway. The property had not been
occupied for several years until recently. The present tenant is Walter G. Yost, brother to Harry Yost if Schuylkill Haven. Mr. Yost for twenty five or more years conducted a
restaurant in the central part of Philadelphia. Recently work was started on the installation of a vapor heating plant. Thirty five radiators will be required to properly heat the
building. Other parts of the building have been repainted, repapered or put in inviting condition. The band hall, or the third floor, is being converted into a dance hall and will
be ready for use within a few days time.
KETNER TO BUILD NEW AUTO SALESROOM
This week, work of demolition of a property at the southwest corner of Columbia and Saint Charles Streets, was started. The smaller of the two buildings or home has been
razed. The other one will be razed as soon as the occupants move out. The property was purchased by Elmer Ketner from the Cressona Building and Savings Association. Mr.
Ketner plans to erect on this site a large service station, garage and show or salesroom. The building may be two stories with apartments on the second floor. The plans are
not quite complete but work is to be rushed so that he may be able to occupy the same as soon as possible. Mr. Ketner is the representative for the Chrysler and Plymouth cars
and during the past several months has sold quite a number of them.
NEW INDUSTRY FORMED HERE
Within the past week, a new industry was formed in Schuylkill Haven, and is already in operation and goods of a considerable amount have been shipped. It is called Triple
Action Embalming Fluid Company. The product manufactured is embalming fluid. The plant is located at 25 East Main Street. The company is composed of Walter S.
Greenawald, Orwigsburg, President; D. M. Bittle, Schuylkill Haven, Vice President and Clinton Confehr, Schuylkill Haven, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Greenawald has been
manufacturing an embalming fluid for the past seven years. The same has now been considerably improved and the firm expects to find a ready sale for it. The fluid is of a
superior quality, is a clear and beautiful red in color and makes a better looking corpse. That is, it will make possible a n more natural and life like body after its use.
HAD TO SHOVEL THEMSELVES OUT
It was a jolly party of sleighers, representing the Manufacturers Association of Schuylkill Haven, that left here on Monday afternoon about four o'clock to enjoy a chicken and
waffle supper at the Riland Farm in Panther Valley. The trip was not without its trials and tribulations. Extremely cold weather was encountered before the party, occupying two
sleighs, finally left the Manufacturers' room at the Trust Company building. The trip to Friedensburg was uneventful but a short distance above that town is where the trouble
started. The country roads in the surrounding area were badly drifted. A council of war was held and the occupants of one sleigh decided to go on while the others decided to
return to Friedensburg. One of the occupants of the first sleigh stated, "We were game and after chicken we went." When near Riland's it was necessary to unhitch the horses,
shovel the sleigh out of the drifts while the lady occupants mounted snow drifts ten feet high and walked the remainder of the distance. The horses and sleigh never reached
Riland's. A special supper was prepared for the Friedensburg party.
2000 TELEPHONE CALLS IN A DAY
That the local exchange of the Bell Telephone Company is some busy place of business and that subscribers or users of telephones should give the matter a moment of
thought before talking to the operator in a minor key when an immediate "number please" is not given, is evidenced by the number of telephone calls handled per day. On the
average there are one thousand calls through and over the local switchboard per day. This number is oft times increased to over fifteen hundred per day. The highest record
in years however, for the local exchange was reached Tuesday of last week when two thousand calls were handled between the hours of 7:00 a. m. and midnight. The increased
number for the one day is believed to be on account of the suspension of business on the Heatless Monday. Tuesday of this week the number dropped to one thousand.
It is surprising the number of long distance calls that are made each and every day. Reading, Philadelphia, Norristown, New York City, Allentown, Wilkes Barre and Pittsburgh
are included in the list. New York City, however, holds the record for the number of extra long distance calls made by local businessmen. The number of Bell Telephone
subscribers in Schuylkill Haven is constantly increasing and within the past two weeks four additional subscribers have been connected. There are two hundred and twenty
three Bell subscribers in Schuylkill Haven. There are five local operators employed at the local exchange, namely: Miss Ruth Fullerton, chief operator; Miss Cleary and Miss
Kantner, day operators; Miss Effie Fisher, relief operator and Miss Mary Caffrey, night operator.
COAL LOADED BY ELECTRICITY
John Sirrocco, proprietor of the washery at the Schuylkill River bridge recently put into operation at his plant, a scraper line by the operation of which the coal is loaded into
wagons. This does away with the tiresome and lengthy loading by shovel. Two tons can now be loaded in less than three minutes. A similar scraper line has been installed at
the Philadelphia and Reading freight yards where the coal is loaded into coal cars. All that is necessary is for someone to push the coal from the wagon into the scraper line
pockets and it is conveyed and dumped into the car.
$100,000 GOVERNMENT ORDER
The Bast underwear mills were notified this week that the government has placed an order with them amounting to over $100,000. Mr. Samuel bast confirmed the report that
the order had been placed. He stated that he will now be compelled to place several additional machines, several of which have already arrived and that it wold be necessary
to place both a night and day force of knitters immediately at work. By working night and day, the mill will be capable of taking care of both the government and civilian trade.
The mill will also be assured of all the yarn necessary in the executing of these orders. The Bast Mill is probably the first in Schuylkill County to receive a government order and
will mean steady work for all the employees for at least another year and a half.
LOW WATER HANDICAPS WASHERIES
Low water is handicapping the operators of coal washeries in this locality. The coal washery being operated at the Columbia Street bridge can only run one boat at a time. It
was found necessary to dig a trench and run the overflow from the Bittle Dam into the washery. The water company officials advise everyone to save all water possible as the
water in the reservoir is low. Farmers all through this section state that a two or three day rain would be welcomed and would do more good than can be estimated in dollars
and cents.
MAY PROVIDE ANOTHER SWIMMING POOL
Another swimming pool may be provided for the residents of town and that with all conveniences. The place decided upon is the Bittle Dam, located in the South Ward. It is
first intended to draw the dam off, cleanse the same and the construct a concrete wall around the three sides of the dam. Bath houses for both men and women will be
provided. Residents of Berne Street have volunteered to help with the work gratis. William Spotts, the well known railroader, is at the head of the movement and actual work
may be started any day. The dam is fed with numerous springs, thus making it one of the finest places in this section. It would also provide sufficient room for boating.
HARDWARE STORE CHANGES PERSONNEL
The personnel of the hardware firm of Sausser Brothers, this week underwent a change when one of the members, William Sausser, withdrew from the same. He will be
succeeded by Mr. Herbert Sausser, who with his father, Jacob Sausser, will continue the business. The new firm will be known as J. M. Sausser and Son. The firm of Sausser
Brothers is one of the oldest in town, Messrs. William and Jacob Sausser having embarked in the tinsmith and hardware business thirty years ago. The store was first opened
in the building and store room now the property of E. T. Eiler. It was later moved to the present location which stand has been conducted for more than twenty nine years. Mr.
William Sausser will live retired. The new firm of J. M. Sausser and Son anticipate making quite extensive improvements and changes in the present store and when completed
a considerable larger stock of hardware will be added and also several new lines of goods.
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Talk on Obstacle Course Race by Mr. Abhijit
Mr. Abhijit, Founder and Race Director, UnTame OCR UnTame Race was the speaker to deliver invited talk to PGPSM 2018-19 Batch on ‘Obstacle Course Race’ which has a blend of sport, fitness and adventure. The speaker informed that the UnTame Obstacle Course Race is Mysuru’s first ever obstacle course race scheduled to flag-off on the February 17, 2019.
Mr. Abhijit briefed the students about the event, the things that need to be planned and what management decisions need to be taken in order to ensure a smooth and an efficient event. The talk touched upon various facets that needs to be taken care regarding the event such as the marketing, advertising, operations, on ground tasks, etc.
Offering the internship to the PGPSM 2018-19 Batch to work along with the team at the top level. He encouraged students to give their opinions and make plans for the event. Mr. Abhijit said that the event will give a broader exposure of event management to the sports management students.
Invited Talk By Srisha Bhalle
The interactive session on ‘Technical Organization – Coaches, Specialists, Support staff’ was organized from Mr. Srisha Bhalle from Footieculture India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. Mr. Shrisha gave a better understanding of the roles of a coach, how the support staff acts as the backbone and the various career opportunities in sports management during the invited talk delivered to PGPSM 2018-19 Batch on August 24, 2018. Mr. Srisha described how sports managers act as a sandwich between management and coaches. The talk gave an insight about the various skills sets of a sports manager and a sports course.
Talk on Role of Analytics in the sports industry
An interactive session on the Role of Analytics in Sports Industry was conducted on January 2, 2019 by Mr. Naveen Ningaiah, Founder and CEO, SportsKPI, at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara – Institute for Management (SDMIMD) for the students of Post Graduate Program in Sports Management at the college campus. Talking about how analytics and databases play a key role in Sports industry, Naveen said , “ It is very vital to merge analytics and technology with sports as its drives sports performance, aids in making quantitative decisions etc. All this is achieved with software and simple metrics. With this performance analysis of a team or an athlete can be mapped and that data can be used in taking crucial decisions in terms of scouting, planning the teams, working on an individual’s strength and weakness etc. Performance Analysis provides athletes and coaches with objective information that helps them understand the player’s pattern of playing and performance.”
“Performance analysis can be in three types, namely, opposition analysis, live match analysis and post match analysis. Analytics help a team to pick players during auctions, or scout potential players. Analysis tracks the players performance and his performance during various competitions”, he said.
Sports Analytics is an integral part of sports as it aids in fan base engagement, assesses players fitness levels and injury management. With detailed stats, pictorial and graphical references along with video analysis, the job for the coaching team becomes easier. The data is provided to the strength and conditioning team and the physiotherapists who asses the fitness ability of the indivisible and work on enhancing his/her performance. In the modern day sporting ecosystem, sports analytics has become a key component. With analytics and sport going hand in hand, the data aids in elevating the sporting performance as it access the coaches or the athlete with useful data. Right from talent recruitment to access the player in all professional formats, Analytics plays a key role.
SportsKPI is a company that enables Sports teams to achieve their best on the field by delivering end to end performance solutions. With vast expertise in sports and technology, they aim to drive sports performance by leveraging latest technology and Data Analytics.
Talk by Aparna from GoSports Foundation
The talk delivered by Ms. Aparna Ravichandran, Head Partnership, GoSports, gave an insight to the students about the GoSports Foundation, its motives and functions. Ms. Aparna through her presentation took the students on a tour to give a clear understanding of the works done by the foundation. The Foundation identifies talent, gives them the right platform and a fair chance for them to blossom and achieve their dreams of playing for India. The speaker introduced the students about Rahul Dravid athlete mentorship programme, Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance Program and Para Champions Program. The interactive session was an eye opener to the students about talent scouting, funding and showed them the way to probable career options that a sports management student can look out for in their Foundation.
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The program commenced with the welcome address by the Program Director Dr. H. Gayathri, Deputy Director and Academic Head of SDMIMD. Dr. Gayathri presented an overview of Indian Sports Industry and the need of professional sports managers. Further discussed on how the premier leagues in different genre – Cricket, Soccer, Badminton, Kabbadi, Hockey, etc. – has changed the Indian Sports Industry. Dr. Gayathri shared the conceptual idea in offering the PGDSM program jointly by SDMIMD and Center for Sports and Management Studies (CS&MS) was shared during the talk.
Dr. Gayathri informed the gathering about the scholarship by PUMA to the 2 graduates who are economically backwards sports professionals who are interested to takeup the PGDSM Program. The program fee is sponsored by PUMA.
During the inaugural address Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD, discussed on how management concepts are applicable in Sports. Further, he shared about technology is used by sports analysts, event managers, strategists, celebrity managers, coach, and other professionals involved in sports management. Dr Parasuraman opined that sport is linked to individual life and winning in ethical way is demonstrated in every sport.
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Discussion: Trusting Publishers
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Daniella Orihuela-Gruber
Hi guys! Sorry for not posting for a while! I didn’t really have any great ideas for a bit. Anyway…
Being a manga fan is an interesting lesson in trust.
We trust the manga publishers that give us our favored entertainment in English (or your language of choice) almost inherently. Then we get unreasonably mad when publishers cannot complete a series or shutdown due to poor sales.
These examples quickly snap our trust for that publisher in two.
But manga publishing is a business just like any other, and is susceptible to all the dangers of high-risk business models (and trust me, publishing is high-risk.)
So why do we trust manga publishers, especially when it comes to any manga over five volumes? Shouldn’t we just put our trust on the shelf and just be happy with what each publisher can afford to put out?
About Daniella Orihuela-Gruber
Daniella is a freelance manga editor and blogger. She likes collecting out of print manga and playing with her puppy. Yes, someone got her a puppy already.
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15 Responses to Discussion: Trusting Publishers
lys says:
Sorry, I laughed a little when I saw the title of this post ^^; Hmm… whether or not I trust publishers is an interesting question. I’m not sure if I do or not, but I think that’s because whether I trust them or not is irrelevant. I think I’ve said before that I don’t regret starting any of the (many) series likely doomed to remain incomplete on my shelves, so whether I think I can trust a publisher to finish a series or not doesn’t affect my buying habits.
Still, I do appreciate when publishers are able to be open about why there are delays, cancellations, or closures (or even if they can’t say why, at least admitting that it happens). It’s a trait I liked about CMX and Tokyopop, and the lack of openness I perceive from Viz and DelRey(/Kodansha? not sure about them yet…) does bother me sometimes. (but I still buy their books!)
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber says:
Why’d you laugh? If you don’t mind me asking.
I find trusting publishers to finish series irrelevant too. It does help that most of the series I love that are on hiatus are due to publisher shutdowns and not poor sales. Shutdowns do make me pretty wary of smaller companies though. ^_^
In the end though, it’s just easier to the enjoy the books and buy them as you want them/can afford them. But I made this post precisely because I’ve had people mention how much they distrust publishers before & I wanted to hear more opinions.
Heh, I laughed because I know you did(/do) work for Tokyopop, and could imagine that prompting this post, as they’re probably the least trusted manga publisher in the eyes of many fans. If they do make a comeback I hope they can regain folks’ trust/good opinion!
These discussion posts are usually topical questions or just stuff I’m thinking about, whether that’s due to my work or just do to my wondering about other’s opinions on manga-related topics.
As for TOKYOPOP, it’ll be a challenge to regain people’s trust, but that’s certainly a challenge I’m looking forward to. ^_^
s.r. westwood says:
I just hate getting 5 volumes into a 20 volume manga, and woops! the rug is pulled out from under you. It’s one thing if the company does this once or twice, but constantly or just shutting down randomly…not so much.
I hate it too, but some companies can’t help being shut down. Any company without a larger parent publisher is at risk. And even if you have a parent company, that’s no promise that they won’t shut you down. (Like DC did to CMX.)
hamster428 says:
Sometimes it matters sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve bought a few incomplete series knowing they’re incomplete and will likely remain that way (such as Swan, Nodame) just because I’m thankful to have what I can get. But there are a few other series I got because I trust that I can get the whole lot (like the 3-in-1 Kekkaishi) and now I think I might be screwed over because I can’t find the listing for its next volume. In general though I trust VIZ more than most to see through to their series. Dark Horse, I’m kind of iffy about. I didn’t buy their Magic Knight Rayearth omnibus because it seemed like the 2nd volume was in limbo somewhere. I ebayed the old Tokyopop edition instead.
Hmmm. The thing about the Kekkaishi 3-in-1 is that a huge chunk of Kekkaishi single volumes have been released. They might have thought there were enough sales to justify making omnibus editions for the whole series, but maybe everyone who wanted Kekkaishi had pretty much already bought it.
As for Dark Horse, I’ve noticed that they don’t drop series that often. They do take forever to put out the next volume, but once they can manage it, they do it. I trust that they’ll put out the second volume of Magic Knight Rayearth eventually.
I thought Viz’s 3-in-1 editions were a means to introduce people to the series, with the assumption that they’d go on to buy the single volumes for the rest of the series. So I don’t see that as a breach of trust so much… but maybe they should explicitly say that they’re only doing the omnibus through v9 or whatever, so readers know what to expect.
You know, that’s a good point. I don’t know if Viz is actually doing that, but if they are, that certainly explains why some omnibus editions seem to stop after awhile…
If they’re doing that, they should definitely be clearer about it.
Is that what it is? I totally didn’t know that. Well there goes one dropped series for me >_< because it was one of those long series which I don't like enough to go through the hassle of collecting and paying for individual volumes. The omnibus edition offered a cost and effort-friendly way to collect it.
Zeether says:
It’s hard for me to trust a couple of publishers mostly because some series for them take priority over series I appreciate. Tokyopop I never trusted period after reading Initial D and stopping after being disgusted with their translation, and because of them shutting down series such as Aria that I know people loved will likely never be finished.
I do have respect for Kodansha USA but I question their approach to whether or not to continue Del Rey titles, because series like Suzuka and School Rumble which were only a few volumes from ending are left hanging. Seven Seas is also a company I’m kind of mixed on because they haven’t continued Hayate X Blade (which is more of an ordeal with the Japanese publisher shifting than anything)
Viz is probably the one publisher I cannot trust because they often cancel series, and their cancellation of Gintama makes me wonder if they care about things that aren’t DBZ, Naruto, One Piece, or Bleach. Sure, they release Hayate The Combat Butler still, but at a very slow rate, and it makes me worry that it will finally get the axe and no other publisher can pick it up as a result, again due to Japanese publishers.
It is hard to trust publishers these days especially after the recession because it’s usually all about sales, and the series you want licensed (I would KILL for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou or Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer from any publisher) may not be considered potential big sellers in that company’s eyes.
Of course series that sell are more important to publishers than series that do poorly or even just not as well. How do you think a publisher is able to publish the series you love? And, quite frankly, if you drop support for a poor selling series, chances are that is really going to hurt that series you love rather than make it look better in the publisher’s eyes.
As for TOKYOPOP, I do work for them right now, but the books I’ve worked on in the recent past haven’t been largely rewritten and the translations are pretty good. That’s just my opinion as an editor in general. I don’t know what’s going to happen to Aria yet, but again, it was a poor seller. If TOKYOPOP’s license rescue from ADV still didn’t sell enough books for regular publication, it’s not the publisher’s fault.
Kodansha and Viz have the same problem as I mentioned above. They may be making money off their big titles, but that doesn’t always justify the smaller titles. But they do try, even if it means taking forever to release the next volume. That same reason is why they can’t always license the titles you would kill for. If we had a huge manga reading population like Japan does, publishers would definitely bring those titles over.
Ed Sizemore says:
Unless a company gives me a reason otherwise, my tendency is to trust them. Do poor selling series get cancelled? Sure, but that’s no different than any other book publisher.
Viz published all 12 volumes of Tezuka’s Phoenix at a loss, because they believed so passionately in the series. Dark Horse is still putting out MPD Pyscho and Oh My Goddess. Heck, Yen Press released volume 5 of ICHIROH! this year.
Most companies will keep a series going as long as they can justifiy the expense. If a long running series gets cancelled you can bet it’s only after a few volumes have been printed at a loss.
Most manga companies haven’t really given me a reason stop trusting them. Viz and Dark Horse have been around long enough that they deserve a little credit. Yen Press is under the umbrella of a well respected publisher and I doubt they’ll be allowed to get too crazy. Kodansha is a wild horse for now, but the parent company is one of the oldest publishers in Japan and I don’t think they’d put their name on something they weren’t fully committed to. So I’m good for now.
Great comment, Ed. I wish more fans would realize that publishers don’t stop series or shutdown because they want to. ^_^;;
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FED: Claim-Handling Guidelines & Regulations by State
Claims Magazine is providing the following free guidelines and regulations in order to help adjusting professionals stay abreast of each state’s unique property and casualty claim-handling requirements. Each guideline features an explanation of the act to be performed, compliance timeframes for each act, and hyperlinked references to each state's insurance code. The links were compiled by compiled by Lynch & Associates, www.northlaw.com. We hope you find them useful and informative. Please note that these guidelines were updated in 2010, but occassional changes in each state's code are to be expected. These guidelines should be used as a reference only, and do not supercede each state's published regulations.
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FED: The End of the Year Brings a New Legislative Focus
By Brian S. Goodman, Esq., NAPIA Counsel, HODES, PESSIN & KATZ, P.A.
As the end of the year approaches, activity in the state legislatures is just heating up. In the coming term, many local legislators will be focusing on issues related to public adjusting. We know for a fact that bills are currently under consideration in Pennsylvania, and there is expected to be an added regulation addressed in Indiana focusing on the Unauthorized Practice of Public Adjusting. The Alabama legislature convenes in early 2012, and we are working diligently to th ensure that Alabama becomes the 45state to license public adjusters.
If any NAPIA member hears of legislative activity in their particular state, please make us aware of this as soon as possible. Often, issues come up that touch on our profession, and the sooner we know about these the better.
We are working hard with able counsel and lobbyists to protect the profession and to ensure the proper and ethical practice of public insurance adjusting. Gone are the days when public adjusters flew “under the radar;” we are now an accepted and respected player in the insurance industry and claims process. This gives all of us all the more reason to stay on top of legislative enactments and to insist that our craft is practiced in an ethical and proper manner.
I will be talking about ethics and legislative issues in greater detail at the upcoming First Party Claims Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. We hope to see many of you there.
FED: The Value of Hiring a Public Adjuster
The American Association of Public Insurance Adjusters is busy getting the word out about how hiring a public insurance adjuster can add value to a policyholder’s insurance claim. AAPIA prides itself on being a professional organization representing public adjusters from all over the United States. AAPIA sponsors educational, social, and networking programs throughout the year.
Recently, Gene Veno, the President of the American Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, was interviewed about the role of a public adjuster and the value a claims professional can add to a property damage claim when that professional is working on behalf of the policyholder.
It is still not uncommon for me to hear from policyholders that they only became aware of the services a public adjuster can provide after they had a negative experience during an insurance claim and turned to a public adjuster for help. But the work of public adjusters is most valuable if people are aware of them early in the claims process. Individuals, families, condominium associations and businesses that suffer losses need to know that in most states they have the ability to hire their own adjuster to help navigate the claim process. As Veno explains in the interview, 44 states now have licensed public adjusters available to policyholders.
One of the ways AAPIA is spreading the word is by doing radio and podcast interviews to educate the public. You may recognize Merlin Law Group’s very own Sean Shaw in the blogtalk radio show Legislative Wrap up with AAPIA's Gene Veno. AAPIA also interviewed Florida public adjuster, Dick Tutwiler, of Tutwiler & Associates.
The AAPIA website provides many great resources for those who want to stay informed on issues relating to public adjusting.
In prior posts, Chip Merlin has detailed some of the work AAPIA has been involved in during the last year.
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Public Insurance Adjusters Are the People's 'Good Guys'
By David Beasley, Sunshine State News
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FED: How Financial Reform Package Affects Insurance, Surplus Lines
The Senate has passed the Dodd-Frank financial services reform package that will have some impact on the insurance industry and add involvement by the federal government in the state-based insurance regulatory system.
The 2,300-page bill, which passed the Senate by a 60 to 39 margin yesterday, aims to address regulatory weaknesses blamed for the 2008 financial crisis. It gives regulators broad authority to rein in banks, limit risk-taking by financial firms and supervise previously unregulated trading. It also makes it easier to liquidate large, financially interconnected institutions, and it creates a new consumer protection bureau to guard against lending abuses.
The National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) hailed the passage of the bill as a "big win," after several provisions were included to modernize the surplus lines industry.
Those changes would speed up and ease access to the surplus lines markets by consumers, and reduce administrative compliance issues by establishing that only the home state of the insurer can regulate multi-state transactions.
"These surplus lines reforms represent a nearly decade-long industry effort spearheaded by NAPSLO to modernize and reform surplus lines regulation. With the legislation now approved by Congress, we look to the states to implement its provisions in the way Congress intends and bring about, on a nationwide basis, the anticipated efficiencies in surplus lines regulation and tax payment mechanisms the legislation promises," NAPSLO President Marshall Kath said.
Ken A. Crerar, president of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, echoed those statements, adding "passage of this bill is important not only for (agents) but also for their commercial clients… Now that multi-state surplus lines placements will be subject to regulatory oversight by a single state, a substantively streamlined process will be created for commercial consumers, regulators, insurers and brokers. This change will provide for a uniform approach to regulating the surplus lines market and once signed into law, will go a long way to addressing long-time marketplace problems."
The bill also establishes a federal office of insurance (FIO), which will increase the federal government's role in addressing insurance-related issues.
David A. Sampson, president and CEO of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCIAA), said that the final version of the bill contained a number of changes that would lessen the impact of federal oversight of the state-regulated insurance system, but also said "deep concern(s)" remained over the impact of the legislation.
"It is important to note that this is still only the midpoint for financial services reform. We have a long road ahead of us as we move into the rule development phase," Sampson said. "We look forward to working with regulators to preserve a strong and stable insurance marketplace to protect home, auto and business owners."
Leigh Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the American Insurance Association (AIA), said the completed bill "largely recognizes that property and casualty insurers do not pose systemic risk," which she called "a meaningful acknowledgment for the many policyholders that rely upon our low-risk business model to provide them security in times of uncertainty."
Pusey also said the bill "takes necessary steps to prevent insurers from being lumped into many of the new 'bank-focused' provisions. This, too, is a substantial recognition of the insurance business model."
President Obama is expected to sign the bill.
FED: Allied Insurance Changes Quoting Process for Writing Business Insurance
Allied Insurance, based in Des Moines, Iowa, announced new changes to its commercial quoting process that it says will allow independent agents to write business insurance quicker and easier. Among the new features:
* 25 percent - 45 percent of previously asked commercial application questions have been eliminated (depending on the specific business-owners-product program);
* Elimination of up to six supplemental applications;
* Addition of clearer questions to improve underwriting efficiency and turnaround times.
Allied Insurance President W. Kim Austen said the "changes reflect direct feedback from our agents, so we felt compelled to take steps that make Allied easier to do business with."
Allied Insurance has also recently announced significant product changes with expanded coverage options and is now offering coverage enhancement endorsements for a wide range of industries and products.
With a new application process for premier business owners and business auto, independent agents will be better equipped to meet their clients' needs with superior service and coverage from Allied, the company said.
Allied operates in 34 states through a network of independent agents with regional offices in Denver, Colo.; Des Moines, Iowa; Lincoln, Neb.; Gainesville, Fla; and Sacramento, Calif. Allied has been a member of the Nationwide family of companies since 1998, and is responsible for Nationwide's independent agency system.
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FED: Legislation Continues to be topic of interest for Public Insurance Adjusters
Regardless of the state you are licensed to work, you need to know that many new laws are being "proposed" all across the nation where the Public Insurance Adjuster is licensed. We mention this to our members so that they can be made aware of what is happening and what you can do to get involved with your profession. AAPIA is your advocate on a national level - we monitor all state legislatures and regulations as they appear and immediately review and comment on the efficacy and impact it may have on your profession.
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LEBANON – GULF STATES
Card Rahi tries to mediate with Gulf diplomats over expulsions and Hezbollah
The Maronite patriarch held talks in Bkerké with Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. For the prelate, disputes need "political solutions" and wars must end. Diplomats stress that no Lebanese citizen was expelled without a legal basis. Still relations remain tense.
Beirut (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi met today with the ambassadors from Gulf Cooperation Council (GC) members (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) at Bkerké, seat of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites.
The head of the Maronite Church stressed the importance of maintaining good relations between Lebanon and the Gulf states at a time of unprecedented diplomatic crises between Sunnis and Shias, in particular between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The meeting comes at a time of "great tensions" between Lebanon and Gulf states. As relations deteriorate, the region’s governments have threatened to expel Lebanese nationals and block bank accounts.
Recently, Saudi Arabia halted US$ 4 billion in assistance to the Lebanese army and security forces, whilst GCC states have labelled Hezbollah and its members as terrorists.
Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates jailed three Lebanese for setting up a group affiliated with the Lebanese Shia movement. After serving a six-month sentence, they will be expelled.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is the main bone of contention. Gulf States, Saudi Arabia included, loathe the Shia armed group, whose influence has grown in Lebanon over the past few decades.
Backed by Iran, the so-called party of God has propped up Syrian President Assad, sending troops to fight against the al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda) and the Islamic State (IS) group, inflicting major defeats on both.
Last month, the Arab League declared the Lebanese Shia movement as a terrorist organisation, after a similar move by Arab Gulf states for its alleged involvement in Yemen and Iraq.
"We have lived together, Christians and Muslims, on this sacred land, for over 1,400 years in spite of difficulties," Patriarch Rahi told the diplomats. “It is imperative to end clashes and wars by finding political solutions,” he added.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Kuwaiti Ambassador Abdel Aal Kínai said that Gulf states back Lebanese migrants. He denied that there is any crisis with Lebanon.
Although there are differences over Hezbollah, “no Lebanese national has been expelled without legal motive”.
For his part, the Maronite patriarch concluded describing the current situation as "a passing cloud" that should not tarnish ties “with some of your countries”.
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Home | News Archive | Grease is the Word at Bromsgrove School
Cobham Theatre at Bromsgrove School was well and truly transformed into Rydell High School during the first week in December.
Greeted by fellow students complete with long hair, kaftans and dodgy moustaches in the 1979 foyer, the audience knew they were in for a treat. After hearing the Rydell High song and listening to poor Eugene Florczyk drone on about the happy times of his school days twenty years previously, it was magical, as the front curtain dissolved away to reveal the greasers sprawled across the front steps of the school in 1959.
As well as a large cast and live band, there were some wonderful scenic effects – not just the arrival of a fully functioning car on stage but the 14 foot high juke box, which opened hilariously for the Teen Angel to appear as a heavenly guide for French, complete with illuminating staircase, which he descended to reach stage level.
A high energy production, with very high production values truly put Bromsgrove School on the map for Performing Arts, after its recent multi-million pound investment in Drama and Music.
Director Tim Norton commented on how proud he was to have worked with such a dedicated and hard-working team, “It has been a huge challenge for everybody. The eight week rehearsal period was very intense but always filled with much laughter, especially every time the Greasers appeared. I know that all involved will have great memories to cherish for the rest of their lives.”
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Why Doesn’t India Produce a Fast Bowler?
by Bored Guest
I’ve been cricket crazy for as long as I can remember. The earliest memory that I have is of the dull ache I felt as we slowly but surely committed Hara-kiri at Eden Gardens in WC ’96. In the last 13 years, the more Indian cricket has changed, the more it remains the same. True, we have improved in all departments and are contenders for the best team in the world. However, I couldn’t help suppressing a déjà-vu in the last two ODI’s. At Hyderabad, Sachin went solo as everyone else gave him his deserved limelight by doing as little as possible collectively circa ‘96.
At Guwahati we proved that we are still not beyond catching hold of our own jugular with a vengeance and asphyxiating ourselves, much to the delight of the bemused Australians. That got me thinking about what else hadn’t changed in the last 13 years… The answer: We didn’t have a fast bowler then, we don’t now. In fact, we’ve never had one.
When I say Fast Bowler, I mean a bowler capable of bowling a spell, if not an over at an average speed of 90+mph. The fact that Ashish Nehra bowled ONE delivery at 149.7kph in WC ’03 does not make him a fast bowler. A candidate for Ripley’s, yes, a fast bowler, no. No, Ishant Sharma, contrary to what he thinks, isn’t one either.
A tall, well built(see why Ishant doesn’t qualify? :-)!) pacer who can intimidate the batsman and force him into errors by using sheer pace and bounce has never made his way into the blues. The fact is, EVERY top cricket playing nation on the planet has had at least one fast bowler. Every one of them. Most of them have one in their current roster. Pak, SA & Aus are pretty obvious. NZ with a population of 4.5 million has discovered a Shane Bond. WI have had a number of them from Jermaine Lawson to Fidel Edwards. Their second string XI had a Roach, for god’s sake! Eng have Harmison, Flintoff and even Broad! Sri Lanka have Fernando and Malinga among the prominent ones. In comparison, India’s attack of Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar are rated as LMF, RMF and RM by cricinfo (RM!! Would you believe it! The same as Ganguly!) An aussie attack of Lee, Johnson and Siddle were rated as RF, LF and RFM. Herein lies the difference. Why are we the only nation without a single fast bowler? Many theories have been given, all of which can be discredited with minimal effort.
We are too nice: The most ridiculous hypothesis, given by none other than the batting great Geoffrey Boycott. He actually said that most Indians were nice and lacked the aggression to be fast bowlers, due to their Hindu upbringing and innate hospitality. Anyone who knows a little about the casteist, sexist, puritanical Indian knows that he is not a nice person. If people have been nice to you Mr. Boycott, it is because you are an affluent Caucasian. No offence intended. It is an innate, irksome subservience that makes them nice and not the fact that they are Hindus.
We don’t have supportive pitches: I don’t think the pitches are any different in Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh. If anything, we have comparatively better pitches.
We don’t eat meat: I think it is sufficient to say that a lot of us do eat meat these days. At the very least, a sufficient number eat meat to produce a minimum of one fast bowler. This quibble is refined to include only red meat. To be more particular, beef. This is used to conveniently differentiate India from its neighbours. I must admit that beef consumption is on the lower side in India. However, people forget that Indians have many minority communities who do consume beef. We have 100 million Muslims, 20 million Christians and 5 million Zoroastrians and East Indians. Have any of these communities produced a first rate fast bowler?
We have genetic and physical shortcomings: This seems unlikely as not all fast bowlers have superior physiques. Aamer, for example, looks every bit a 17 year old kid except for when he hurls the cherry at 150kph. And even if a majority of Indians are genetically crippled, that still leaves a huge number of people taking into account our 1 billion+ population.
What else can it be? Flawed selection which gives stress to line and length? Not really, as we had a fast bowling competition in India for amateurs which was won by an effort of 135kph! What else? The truth is, I don’t know. I didn’t in 1996, I don’t today….
By Rohit Pillai
Labels: Ashish Nehra, Bored Cricket Crazy Indians, Bored guest, fast bowler, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Pillai
Welcome on bored Rohit.
I'm interested in the time that an Indian quick (say even high 80s if not 90 plus)makes the team (like a Munaf, Ishant, Zaks) and then in no time loses pace.
Before you know it these guys are bowling high 70s to low 80s.
How much and how badly do they want to play for India - that the first thing that goes outta the window is pace? And are underestimating the Venki effect?
Aside: Anyone know what happened to Vivek Razdan after he took a few wickets vs Pak?
Search the munsifs, friend.
If India does produce one, it will be from outside Mumbai, Karnataka and Delhi (and now UP also, I guess). Think we have coaches stuck in old habits in these parts of the world.
Remember Amar Singh (?) and the "crack of doom"?
Rohit said...
@ NK...
I used to think of that as a purely Indian phenomenon as well. But you see bowlers having to cut on pace after suffering from some injury or other. I think in India we go overboard trying to avoid injuries and alter run-ups and technique in anticipation. This leads to a drop in pace and eventually potency. A much better way, logically seems to strengthen the body instead. Jimmy Anderson is an excellent example of an 'Indian' type nippy swing bowler. He burst on the scenes in WC '03, consequently lost pace, form and his place due to back injuries. Now he's come back to his best after a break. There was an interview in which he said that when first selected, his body just wasn't strong enough for the rigours of international cricket. Now after a year out, he's looking even better than before. If dropping Ishant for a year and putting him on a regimen will make him the terror he was, I'm all for it.
Sujan Rao (sanath189) said...
Exactly John, amazing why Karnataka,Delhi and Mumbai are the only Fast bowling producing states?
The "PuliChar" effect never was a prob incase of our Srinath and Venki. That defies the beef theory ;)
I don't think there is a set formula for bowling fast. You see bowlers like Allan Donald, Dale Steyn, Shane Bond, Brett Lee and you know they'll bowl fast. Then you have the Andrew Flintoffs and Peter Siddles who generate pace through their strong frame. Finally there are slingers like Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Lasith Malinga.
That said, if you want to do it consistently you need to have excellent mechanics so that you don't break down. I guess it means working in the gym on the right areas and not just develop bulging biceps and barrel chest. It also means working with a bowling coach who understands mechanics and not just what's needed to bowl in the right areas.
@ Mahek...
That's just depressing man.....you're just reminding me of all the types of fast bowlers that we DON'T have!
Suhas said...
Fitness and physique are important attributes when it comes to fast bowling. Indians generally aren't raised in a culture of outdoor sport (one of the reasons the middle class took to cricket was it was the one game which the unfit could still survive), and as such, few end up developing the body frame needed to be an out-and-out quickie. I think it was much the same in Pakistan until Imran Khan came along, and suddenly every galli cricketer wanted to bowl fast. Maybe all we need is one Imran to come out of nowhere...
And, regarding Boycott's view of Indians being "too nice", what he is probably referring to is that we just don't do intimidation, alpha-male style. Probably an upbringing thing. I mean, Srinath in his early years was quick enough to be in the RF category, but his on-field demeanor meant he didn't really end up having the batsmen scared.
I'm with mahek on this one.
Fast bowling can't be brought down to just physique, eating habits or genetics.
If venky is/was making the guys concentrate on the lines and lengths... he's telling them the wrong f*** lines to bowl.
I'm surprised a country like aus which roughly has the population of Mumbai has at least 1 bowler per state who can bowl 145 k + .
In a country of a billion people, we haven't found one.
may be we're looking in the wrong damn places.
I think most of us who have played cricket at any level, gully cricket included, will remember ONE neighbourhood demon, who'd always hit you in the thigh or nearby regions and you'd be purple for days.
I certainly remember at least two. god bless the ball guard makers or I'd be missing the family jewels.
Can we not have one of these guys come through?
where do the likes of aamer and co. surface from?
@Suhas...
We don't do intimidation...? We do a moronic drama queen version of it called 'sreesanth' Anyway, that is not the point. Do any of bond, lee or even gul do intimidation?....I mean Gul looks like the village bumpkin and Lee is friendlier than guys on your own team. I think the aggression thing is overrated. You may have your Siddles, but the Steyns are usually better.
And no, Srinath and Donald belonged to the same era and the Donald was WAY quicker....people just think Srinath's quick because he bowled in tandem with prasad and that's an unfair advantage!I can see someone going 'Oh look! The ball didn't bounce again before reaching the keeper! Srinath's so quick!'
I don't think the culture thing is quite the answer either. All of us suck bigtime at sports.....at the olympics we're the same kind of rubbish...but the rest of the indian subcontinent produces better bowlers for some reason...
btw, Ishant bowled one at around 150 kph, in THAT aus tour. Then got pompous and said he wants to cross 100 mph.
barely touching 140 these days
I think the Services should contribute towards producing the next fast bowler. This is the only institution that can produce that surface to surface missile system.
But Services cricket has problems of its own. They have to first serve a one-year ban.
Just to add three more points:
1. Ashish Nehra has been bowling in the 140-145 km bracket regularly in recent matches.
2. These genuine quickies anyway keep breaking down every now and then.
3. Interestingly even Guyana & Trinidad & Tobago (two Carribean nations with the biggest Indian-origin populations) also produce more spinners and fewer fast bowlers in comparison to say Jamiaca, Barbados and Antigua.
Husha said...
By the time the fast bowling fairy got to India, all the magic in her wand had run out. That's the real reason.
Nathan said...
Well, to float an idea, there's also the question of role model.
In Australia, if a youngster is looking at the team, figuring out who he wants to be like, he has current role models like Lee and Johnson, and historical antecedents like McGrath, McDermott or Lillee.
In India, what quick would a young [insert common Indian name here] look to for inspiration? Great swingers, great spinners, but where is the inspiration for going at lightning speed?
Well, thats just my humble pre-coffee absent thought for the morning...
I doubt it comes down to anything genetic, or anything to do with being 'too nice' (not implying anyone here isn't nice :) )
and Mahek's right, physique isn't everything, although height and physique are certainly assets.
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Colt Pride Shines Through Homecoming
Colt pride was soaring at the Oct. 13 homecoming festivities at Calhoun High School as the football team came out as victors against New Hyde Park High School.
During the weeklong festivities, the school’s hallways were decorated and students and staff alike donned the grey and blue school colors.
The community was treated to the annual ColtFest and pep rally before the big game, where each sport team was announced and took over the field for their entertaining choreography.
“The sports teams had great routines and I loved how each team supported the other,” said Principal Nicole Hollings. “ColtFest was filled with treats and activities leading up to an absolutely incredible performance. Ed Tumminelli and Eric Vivelo directed the instrumentalists in performing a rousing rendition of the ‘Game of Thrones’ theme and a Green Day song that was just incredible. The sound was thrilling and it set the stage for an outstanding pep rally.”
Gabe Wagner and Lauren Ameruoso, who according to Hollings, “epitomize the spirit of Calhoun,” were crowned homecoming king and queen, respectively.
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Unbeaten Streak at 10 After Desbiens Gives Bentley 3-2 OT Win over Canisius
Canisius (9-16-3, 6-14-2) 0 1 1 0 2
Bentley (13-11-3, 12-7-2) 0 0 2 1 3
2nd - 10:53 - Hoover, Matt (Canisius)
3rd - 09:31 - Matt Riggleman (Bentley)
3rd - 13:36 - Brendan Walkom (Bentley)
3rd - 15:21 - PP - Alger, Austin (Canisius)
OT - 03:30 - Jonathan Desbiens (Bentley)
A: 4 Players (#8, #13, #24, #83) - 1
Sv: Ladd, Matt - 26
G: 3 Players (#9, #21, #23) - 1
A: Tanner Jago - 2
Sv: Aidan Pelino - 20
Waltham, Mass. – Bentley pushed its unbeaten streak to a program record 10 games, and its winning streak to six, with a 3-2 overtime victory over Canisius on Friday night at Bentley Arena.
Junior Jonathan Desbiens (Montreal, Quebec) scored the winner 3:30 into overtime, his 7th straight game with a goal.
The Falcons are now 8-0-2 in the last 10, which sets a new program record unbeaten streak at Division I. The team is now 13-11-3 overall and 12-7-2 in Atlantic Hockey, which moves them up to second place in the standings.
The winner in OT started in Bentley's defensive zone with freshman Luke Orysiuk (Edmonton, Alberta) passing to defenseman Tanner Jago (Brandon, Manitoba). Jago pushed the puck up the ice and fed Desbiens in the neutral zone. Desbiens skated into the offensive zone down the right wing and split two Canisius defenders. He then got a shot off above the face-off circles that beat Canisius goalie Matt Ladd to give the Falcons the 3-2 victory.
After a scoreless first period, Bentley fell behind 1-0 just past the halfway point of the 2nd period, as Canisius' Matt Hoover tipped in a shot that came from Dylan McLaughlin.
The Griffs took that 1-0 lead into the 3rd period, where the teams traded goals over a six minute span. Bentley's Matt Riggleman (Milford, Mich.) tied it at the 9:31 mark when he tipped in a shot from defenseman Brett Orr (Elkhorn, Manitoba). Jake Kauppila (Gurnee, Ill.) helped set the goal up with a big hit behind the net to regain possession of the puck for Bentley.
Just over four minutes later, Bentley took a 2-1 lead when freshman Brendan Walkom (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored from a tough angle along the right hand side. Jago set the goal up with a long cross-ice pass from the left point to Walkom down in the right corner. His 4th goal of the year came at the 13:36 mark.
Canisius though would tie the game 2-2 on a power play goal by right winger Austin Alger less than two minutes after Walkom's goal.
Falcons goalie Aidan Pelino (Oakville, Ontario) made 20 saves to earn the win, his 12th of the season.
Bentley will look to keep the unbeaten and winning streak going tomorrow when they host Canisius again, with the game set to start at 4:05 pm.
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A beach house isn`t just real estate. It`s a state of mind. - Old Man
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ED: Sagittarius Eye Appeal
« Reply #975 on: 06 June 2019, 16:45:06 »
Sagittarius Eye Appeal
Sagittarius Eye has announced plans to construct an asteroid station in the Millese system.
A spokesperson for the faction provided the following statement:
"We've found a lovely asteroid in Millese that we can hollow out to build our print works in. We don't have a great deal of experience with building, but our intern has an engineering degree and tells us that we'll need specific materials. Bring us those and we'll reward you handsomely!"
In support of this initiative, the organisation has placed an open order for cobalt, titanium and tantalum, with rewards available to pilots who deliver these commodities to McMullen Ring in the Millese system.
The campaign will take place between the 6th and 12th of June 3305. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.
Source: Sagittarius Eye Appeal
ED: President Kincaid's Conspiracy Exposed
President Kincaid's Conspiracy Exposed
The Alliance Tribune has revealed that Admiral Frederick Yamamoto has committed multiple crimes at the behest of Alliance president Gibson Kincaid.
In a detailed report, journalist Vanya Driscoll said:
"As part of a plea bargain to avoid life imprisonment, Yamamoto has provided Alliance Interpol with data regarding actions carried out on the direct orders of President Kincaid."
"Along with the assassination of presidential candidate Fazia Silva, Yamamoto arranged to murder, injure and intimidate many others to facilitate Kincaid's rise to power."
"The admiral coordinated his efforts with a number of influential corporate, military and political figures, who allied themselves with Kincaid in exchange for certain advantages. This included a Bank of Zaonce senior director, who illegally redirected funds to bankroll Kincaid's re-election campaign."
"Kincaid's ultimate aim was to transfer executive power from Alioth to Zaonce, establishing a base of support to eventually become the supreme ruler of the Alliance. But with such a detailed and damning testimony from Yamamoto, it seems impossible that his presidency can survive these revelations."
Source: President Kincaid's Conspiracy Exposed
ED: Mass Purchase of Imperial Slaves
Mass Purchase of Imperial Slaves
Tilbery Construction, a company based in the Eotienses system, has attracted attention following the purchase of four thousand Imperial slaves.
Garrett Kline, the company's CEO, explained:
"Tilbery Construction recently won a contract to build a new water treatment facility on Eotienses A 3, serving the city of Port Isabelle. We are a young company and have not yet acquired the personnel required to meet the ambitious deadline. An alternative workforce was therefore required."
The anti-slavery charity Unchain has lodged a formal protest with authorities in Eotienses. A spokesperson told the media:
"Gathering a large number of Imperial slaves in one place brings enormous risk. Conditions are often poor when transporting people in such numbers, which would violate the terms of their indentured servitude."
"We are also concerned with the lack of information regarding Tilbery Construction and Garrett Kline, who appears to have no experience managing such projects."
Source: Mass Purchase of Imperial Slaves
ED: Week in Review
Here are this week's main stories.
Admiral Frederick Yamamoto has revealed details of a conspiracy organised by President Gibson Kincaid to assume total control of the Alliance. As part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, Yamamoto confessed to a number of crimes committed on Kincaid's orders, including murder. The intent was to remove obstacles to Kincaid's acquisition of power.
A large number of Imperial slaves have been purchased by Tilbery Construction to work on a building project on Eotienses A 3. CEO Garrett Kline explained that the company lacks the personnel required to meet the project's deadline, and was therefore forced to seek an alternative workforce.
In other news, an appeal for materials has been issued by Sagittarius Eye. The faction plans to build a new starport within an excavated asteroid in the Millese system, and has called on the galactic community to support the endeavour.
And those are the main stories this week.
Source: Week in Review
ED: President Kincaid Impeached
President Kincaid Impeached
President Gibson Kincaid has been removed from office after a majority vote in the Alliance Assembly, following charges of treason, murder and corruption. The date of his trial is expected to be confirmed soon.
Alliance Interpol confirmed that Kincaid was detained while attempting to flee his personal estate on Zaonce. A firefight broke out between Interpol agents and emissaries from the Office of the Alliance President, acting as Kincaid's personal bodyguards. Several fatalities were later confirmed.
A number of influential corporate and political figures who supported Kincaid's conspiracy to gain executive control of the Alliance have also been arrested, including a senior director at the Bank of Zaonce.
Prosecutions are expected to rely heavily on the recent testimony of Admiral Frederick Yamamoto and a detailed report provided by the Wallglass Investigations Agency.
Tashmira Silva, who privately commissioned the report, told the media:
"I am satisfied that Kincaid will at last face justice for his crimes, including my sister's murder. Fazia championed fairness, and succeeded as an entrepreneur by believing in others, she would be pleased to know that the Alliance has been purged of such a corrupt presence."
Source: President Kincaid Impeached
ED: Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal
Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal
Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force has revealed plans to build a megaship in the Shana Bei system.
Archangel Evangeline, commander of the faction, made the following announcement:
"The successful construction of the megaship EFS Archangel will serve not only the Federation, but the entire galactic community. EFS Archangel will provide a hub for our military operations, allowing us to bring the fight to our enemies and defend imperilled systems. Together, we will make EFS Archangel a safe place to trade and share knowledge. Long live humanity!"
To ensure completion of the project, the organisation has requested superconductors, computer components and insulating membranes from the galactic community. Pilots who contribute these resources to the Force at Chu City in Shana Bei will be rewarded at the conclusion of the project.
The campaign will take place between the 13th and 19th of June 3305. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.
Source: Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal
ED: Sagittarius Eye Appeal Concludes
Sagittarius Eye Appeal Concludes
A request for construction materials made by Sagittarius Eye has ended.
The appeal has been enthusiastically received by the galactic community, resulting in an influx of deliveries to McMullen Ring, the organisation's base of operations. As a result, a new asteroid base named The Print Works has been established in the Millese system.
As the campaign drew to a close, the organisation's spokesperson issued the following statement:
"Thanks to all you delightful pilots, we now have a lovely new print works in Millese to produce the galaxy's finest magazine. We're absolutely thrilled, and everyone who helped is welcome to visit us in our new home."
Contributors to the campaign can now collect their rewards from McMullen Ring in the Millese system.
Source: Sagittarius Eye Appeal Concludes
ED: Imperial Slaves Freed by Activists
Imperial Slaves Freed by Activists
A company that purchased 4,000 Imperial slaves has revealed itself as a slavery emancipation group.
Using the name Tilbery Construction, the group claimed that the slave workforce would be used to build a water treatment facility for Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3. Instead, the slaves were transported outside the city and set free.
The individual acting as the company's CEO, Garrett Kline, made the following statement:
"The true purpose of Tilbery Construction was to provide liberty. As members of the group Autonomy, we renounce institutionalised abuse and fight for human dignity. I am proud to say that we have returned four thousand enslaved people to freedom, so they may live their life however they wish."
Autonomy is a network of radical activists opposed to the Empire's tradition of indentured servitude. It has forcibly liberated slaves on several prior occasions, but never on such a scale.
Source: Imperial Slaves Freed by Activists
President Gibson Kincaid has been removed from office and arrested following a majority impeachment vote. A number of corporate and political figures supporting Kincaid's plan to assume executive control of the Alliance have also been arrested. Tashmira Silva, who privately funded the investigation uncovering Kincaid's conspiracy, shared her satisfaction with the news.
A company who recently purchased 4,000 Imperial slaves for a construction project in the Eotienses system has revealed itself as a slavery emancipation group. The leader of the group, Garrett Kline, declared their affiliation with the radical anti-slavery activists known as Autonomy. The slaves have been freed outside of Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3.
In other news, Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force has announced plans to build a megaship in the Shana Bei system. Archangel Evangeline, the faction's commander, has invited the galactic community to contribute materials to the undertaking in exchange for financial reward.
ED: Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal Ends
Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal Ends
An appeal for materials from Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force has concluded successfully.
Following coordinated efforts by the galactic community, a large number of deliveries were completed to Chu City in Shana Bei. The new megaship, EFS Archangel, has now been completed and is currently undergoing final quality checks from the technicians involved.
The group's commander, Archangel Evangeline, provided the following statement:
"Our command group is preparing the EFS Archangel for her shakedown cruise through the system. On behalf of Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force, we salute the galactic community for its support and generous efforts. Without their assistance, this would not have been possible."
Contributors to the campaign can now collect their rewards from Chu City in the Shana Bei system.
Source: Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force Appeal Ends
ED: Alliance President Role Abolished
Alliance President Role Abolished
The Alliance Assembly has permanently dissolved the role of President of the Alliance, following the recent revelations about Gibson Kincaid's multiple crimes.
Summarising the vote, Prime Minister Edmund Mahon said:
"Recent events have made it clear that the presidential position is open to misuse, which places the integrity of the Alliance at risk. Following a thorough debate on the matter, this Assembly has voted – by an overwhelming majority – to remove the role from our constitution."
"The defunct Office of the Alliance President will now be restructured. Many emissaries will be retained to serve as the non-political ambassadors they were intended to be. Councillor Elijah Beck has volunteered to resign in order to oversee the new department."
"We hope that this unfortunate chapter of Alliance history has now been brought to an end."
An earlier vote held during the same session has selected Admiral Tahir West of the Tionisla fleet to join the Council of Admirals, replacing the disgraced Frederick Yamamoto.
Source: Alliance President Role Abolished
ED: Imperial Slaves Stranded
Imperial Slaves Stranded
Four thousand Imperial slaves have been left stranded on Eotienses A 3 after being forcibly freed by emancipation group Autonomy.
Independent journalist Gwendolyn Nash reported for Vox Galactica:
"Since being set free outside Port Isabelle, the former slaves have been without food, shelter or income. Many complain that they cannot return home without completing their indentured servitude to pay off debts or fulfil contracts."
"In desperation, thousands of newly homeless have poured into the city. Many public buildings, such as the Imperial Museum of Culture, have been turned into makeshift camps, with large numbers also begging on the streets."
"Police and support services are struggling to cope with the unexpected influx of immigrants. Already there have been several clashes between citizens and the emancipated, and such incidents are likely to escalate until a solution is found."
Source: Imperial Slaves Stranded
The role of President of the Alliance has been abolished following a majority vote in the Alliance Assembly. Prime Minister Mahon stated that the move was intended to prevent any further abuse of power, given Gibson Kincaid's recently uncovered crimes. The same assembly session also named Admiral Tahir West as the newest member of the Council of Admirals.
4,000 former Imperial slaves have poured into Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3, after being forcibly freed by activist group Autonomy. The emancipated individuals have made camp in a number of public buildings, begging for food and credits. There have also been reports of clashes with local residents.
In other news, an appeal for materials from Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force has concluded successfully. A new megaship, EFS Archangel, has finished construction and is now operational in orbit around Shana Bei 6.
ED: Aisling Duval Condemns Autonomy Group
Aisling Duval Condemns Autonomy Group
Anti-slavery charity Unchain has criticised the radical activist group Autonomy for liberating 4,000 Imperial slaves on Eotienses A 3.
Princess Aisling Duval, the charity's patron, told the media:
"I fully appreciate Garrett Kline's desire to free slaves, which I'm sure comes from a place of genuine empathy, but I feel I must condemn his methods. Autonomy's reckless actions have left thousands stranded in Port Isabelle without employment or protection."
"Unchain has run similar operations to give illegal slaves their freedom, but licensed Imperial slaves require more care. The manumission process must be managed legally by a registered organisation, and each individual's wellbeing ensured. You cannot simply set huge numbers of people loose as if they were zoo animals being released into the wild."
"My dream is that one day the Empire will abolish the indentured servitude system, and that every form of slavery will end. But until then, all emancipation efforts must operate within the law."
The situation in Port Isabelle remains tense, with thousands of emancipated individuals still clustered around makeshift shelters and occupied public buildings, begging for food and credits.
Source: Aisling Duval Condemns Autonomy Group
ED: Red Family Leader Surrenders
Red Family Leader Surrenders
Jan Sandoval, a known founder of the infamous Red Family drug cartel, has unexpectedly handed herself in to the Federal Intelligence Agency.
Executive Agent Viola Trask gave a summary of this development:
"It's not unheard of for criminals to present themselves at FIA headquarters in Olympus Village, but Sandoval is by far the most notorious individual to do so."
"Sandoval has stated that she is willing to testify against all prominent members of the cartel, an action that would effectively dismantle it. She has been placed in protective custody, and I will be personally handling her case."
The Red Family is a well-established syndicate that supplies illegal narcotics across multiple systems. Within its hierarchy, Sandoval is believed to be second only to kingpin Oberon Church, who is among the most wanted criminals in the Federation.
Source: Red Family Leader Surrenders
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Facebook, WhatsApp down globally including in India
New Delhi, July 3: Millions of users worldwide, including in India, were left clueless on Wednesday evening when Facebook and its family of apps including WhatsApp and photo-sharing platform Instagra entered a global outage.
People took to Twitter to share their experiences.
"Everyone moves to twitter when instagram, facebook, and whatsapp get down, including me!" tweeted one Indian user.
"Social media breakdown is the only thing that unites the world," said another user.
Users faced specific problems rather than the entire app not working.
On Facebook, users reported that specific posts or photos did not appear, but that the page was loading.
Millions of users had problems sending photos, videos and voice messages on WhatApp in India. Only the text messages were being shared on the mobile messaging service.
At Instagram, people failed to upload photos in various parts of the world.
Online outage tracker Down Detector logged several complaints from across the world including in India.
Facebook said in a statement that confirmed there is a problem with its apps, and it's "working as quickly as possible" to fix it.
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Your table salt contains deadly cyanide: US lab report
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) In a shocker, a US lab report reveals that premium brands of processed iodised salt sold in India allegedly contain alarming levels of carcinogenic and harmful components like potassium ferrocyanide, an activist said here on Tuesday.
According to Shiv Shankar Gupta, Chairman of Godhum Grains & Farms Products, the test by American West Analytical Laboratories has revealed that potassium ferrocyanide levels are an alarmingly high in Sambhar Refined Salt at 4.71 mg/kg, at 1.85 mg/kg in Tata Salt and 1.90 mg/kg in Tata Salt Lite.
Nowhere in the world is potassium ferrocyanide - a deadly poison - is permitted for use in the edible salt industry or for that matter in any other food items, said Gupta, who has launched a mission "to rid salt of harmful substances, expose corrupt practices by the salt industry and help provide healthy and safe natural variants of salt to the masses".
"Leading companies in the edible salt manufacturing industry simply repackage industrial waste laden with hazardous chemicals like iodine and cyanide and market it as packaged edible salt, making people vulnerable to diseases like cancer, hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, impotence, obesity, kidney failures etc," he told media persons here.
He accused the companies of adapting "dangerous and undisclosed processes such as bleaching, adding a plethora of dangerous chemicals like iodine and cyanide to 'refine' the salt".
Gupta alleged that the poisonous cyanide compounds are freely used by leading salt manufacturers in India, while iodine, which is already present in natural salt, is artificially added, virtually rendering the salt a poison.
He said that the country's natural salt industry - spread across Gujarat's Kutch, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan - has been systematically destroyed by successive governments which hailed "iodised salt" as a healthy alternative.
"Declaring salt from these salt pans, which is naturally suited for human consumption, as inedible is one of the biggest scams in post-Independent India. This is one of the worst cases of corporate greed and corruption with the livelihood of workers in the indigenous salt industry at stake," Gupta claimed.
A strong nexus between the government and industrial lobbies is cheating workers of the indigenous pan salt industry, where it is found in natural form, but it sold at exorbitant prices, leaving the consumers with no choice but to buy the cheap, chemical-laced variants, he added.
He accused the government departments entrusted with the task of ensuring quality standards in production of branded salt of being "inert".
"RTI applications show that none of the big salt manufacturers have applied for testing or licensing with the FSSAI, which - on its part - has been unambiguous on how refined salt is produced. Moreover, food testing labs in the country are not equipped to measure the quantity of cyanide in salt," he claimed.
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The season three finale of "Star" was one of the best I've seen in years.
“Empire,” “Star” Close Out The Season
HOLLYWOOD—Unfortunately, I’ve tuned out to the Fox series “Empire” most of the season. It just hasn’t been that interesting and it doesn’t have anything to do with the Jussie Smollett scandal. It seems like a similar cycle, the Lyon family loses Empire Records only to regain it and so on. It has become tired to a degree; I want something fresh, fun and slightly different. Now, on the flip side of the coin, I have been glued to “Star.” It just seems like this show gets better with time: riveting characters, unexpected twists, and just drama to salivate over.
This week, “Empire” closed out its fifth season, just as “Star” wrapped up its third season, with plenty of surprises along the way. SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched the episodes, stop reading right now. Just a bit of advice “Star” was one of the best season finales I’ve witnessed in years, while “Empire” not so much. “Empire” kicked things off with the will he or won’t he die saga regarding Andre Lyon. He was rushed into the ER and it looked like Andre was literally a goner, but Lucious kept fighting for his son, and it’s a good thing he did because a pulse emerged.
Andre was coming to grips with death approaching and even asked his father, before asking Cookie to help him bid adieu. Both refused and rightfully so, just as it was bittersweet to watch Lucious finally bond with Jeff Kingsley, the son he never knew he had and the son who wanted to take dear ole dad down. Kingsley talked about his childhood, as Lucious threw in his son’s face the importance of his first born; too bad Lucious forgot Kingsley is actually his first born.
Concerned about his mother, Kingsley paid Tracy a visit who was livid to learn her son was bonding with the father who abandoned him. She unleashed a bit of rage and said a few harsh words that would be difficult for any child to endure. Cookie came to grips that her relationship with Lucious was more toxic than she ever expected and after speaking to her sister’s it became clear she wanted to live her life for herself and her kids.
Jeff wanted the truth from Lucious about his love for him. When the top Lyon refused to acknowledge him, Kingsley pulled out a gun and made threats. Lucious tried to diffuse the situation, but before you know it, Kingsley turned the gun on himself. Yeah, that caught me off guard a bit. Lucious wanted to utilize Kingsley’s heart to save Andre, but Tracy was having none of it. It was a riveting scene watching Tracy plead her case, just as Cookie pleaded for this woman to allow her son to live.
After a bit of time, Tracy paid Andre and Cookie a visit and agreed to give Kingsley’s heart to his brother. So all ends well I think. However, what were the writers trying to tease with Andre regaining his consciousness? I swear it felt as if they were saying that Andre’s new flame is pregnant. I’m still livid all this time we thought it was an actual Lyon sitting in that casket, when it was Kingsley all along, and we didn’t really meet this character until this season people.
Looks like Giselle and Becky are moving on from Empire Records to start their own business, just as Lucious was freaking out with the feds getting closer to the truth. As a result he planned for a helicopter to take him and Cookie out of the country, but she wasn’t going anywhere. Hmm, it seems Cookie is officially over Lucious and rightfully so. Let’s turn the focus to “Star” because man was this a whopper of a finale.
Whew, this show just keeps getting BETTER! First off the episode kicked off with Ruby praying as it appeared someone was threatening her life, we would learn later in the episode who, and I’ll be honest it will throw you for a loop. At the start of the episode, the catalyst was the big ASA’s where Take 3 was hoping for a win, as was Bruce and Carlotta.
Carlotta had a lot going on with the revelation that her cousin Rashad is actually her son. Yeah, twisted is an understatement. Take 3 won Best Pop Album, until they actually didn’t which was a poke at that Oscar debacle involving “La La Land” and “Moonlight.” Wow, that crazy chick that nearly killed Alex a few episodes ago, has found a way to escape and had Alex and Derek on her radar. I will admit the music this episode was killer to say the least.
I mean my heartstrings were pulled watching Noah fight for his son in court, as Star dug the dagger into his chest. As much as I love Star sometimes, I hate her. Cassie was thrown for a loop after learning from Xander’s wife that he might not be dead after all. Didn’t see that one coming, just as Derek found himself inebriated to the point he didn’t realize he was being taken advantage of by someone who wasn’t Alex.
Star got a bit of good news from Jackson that Take 3 actually won the Best Pop Album ASA, which Amber originally fixed. He finally broke thru to Star getting her to realize the error of her ways involving Davis, and dare I say these two reunite because they’re great together. The big focus on the episode was Alex and Derek’s wedding which was full of drama. First off, we learned the fate of grandma Ruby who was fatally shot by a group of thugs. Those same thugs hired by Cassie while she was operating her club and working with Xander and who Derek was helping the police take down. It was a gut-wrenching and brutal scene to watch.
Alex and Derek tied the knot, but not before Noah pleaded his case to Star, that crazy chick caused everyone to flip out before Alex decked her, but that was not the end people. Gunfire erupted at the reception and three key characters were shot: Mateo, Angel and Cassie. If you want me to be honest they ALL look like goners. However, that was not the end of the drama.
Things culminated with Star and Noah rushing back to her place to find Jackson knocked unconscious on the floor and Davis missing. Did you get all that because this episode left me reeling and I mean reeling in a big way? So questions we want answered. Where is Xander? Who took Davis? And the biggest of them all who survived the shooting? Guess we’ll have to wait to the fall to get those answers.
Jeff Kingsley
Lucious
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Disney & Comcast Make Announcement Concerning Hulu’s Future
TOPICS:Hulu
Posted By: William B. West May 14, 2019
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced today that Disney will assume full operational control of Hulu, effective immediately, in return for Disney and Comcast entering into a “put/call” agreement regarding NBCUniversal’s 33% ownership interest in Hulu. Under the put/call agreement, as early as January 2024, Comcast can require Disney to buy NBCUniversal’s interest in Hulu and Disney can require NBCUniversal to sell that interest to Disney for its fair market value at that future time. Hulu’s fair market value will be assessed by independent experts but Disney has guaranteed a sale price for Comcast that represents a minimum total equity value of Hulu at that time of $27.5 billion.
Disney and Comcast have agreed to fund Hulu’s recent purchase of AT&T Inc.’s 9.5% interest in Hulu, pro rata to their current two thirds/one third ownership interests and, going forward, Comcast will have the option but not the obligation to fund its proportionate share of Hulu’s future capital calls and will be diluted if it elects not to fund. Disney has agreed that only $1.5 billion of any year’s capital calls can be funded through further equity investments with any capital in excess of that annual amount being funded by non-diluting debt. Whether Comcast funds its share of those equity capital calls or not, Disney has agreed that Comcast’s ownership interest in Hulu will never be less than 21% such that Comcast is guaranteed to receive at least $5.8 billion under the put/call agreement.
In addition to the put/call agreement, Comcast has agreed with Hulu to extend the Hulu license of NBCUniversal content and the Hulu Live carriage agreement for NBCUniversal channels until late 2024 and to distribute Hulu on its Xfinity X1 platform. NBCUniversal can terminate most of its content license agreements with Hulu in three years’ time, and in one year’s time NBCUniversal will have the right to exhibit on its own OTT service certain content that it currently licenses exclusively to Hulu in return for reducing the license fee payable by Hulu.
William B. West
William B. West is editor-in-chief of CordCuttersTalk.com, Rokuki.com, and StreamingThisMonth.com. All three sites cover the latest cord cutters news, information, and updates.
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Gordon L. Cox
On Saturday March 30, Gordon L. Cox Sr, 77 years old, left this earth leaving behind a life of love shared with his family. He spent his last days surrounded by his family — then exited quickly and peacefully without formally saying goodbye, which was always his way.
He leaves behind his beloved four children and their significant others, Gordon L. Cox Jr (Shelia Cox), Ken Cox (Kim Murphy), Gregory Cox (Pamela Cox) and Darlene Cox (Troy Bishop). He also leaves behind his grandchildren, Brandon Cox, Shalee Kanakis, Kenneth Cox Jr., Ashlee Cox, Megan Whiteside, Kyle Cox, Katie Kelly and TJ Burzynski, as well as several great-grandchildren and beloved friends.
In his younger years, he served a short time in the military then settled back at his home in Frederic where he raised his kids alongside his wife, Joyce who he lovingly called JC.
He worked as a truck driver for Northern Tank, was a factory worker at Standard Products, and most recently enjoyed his adventures delivering “toys” for Extreme Sports.
Throughout his life when he wasn’t working he was often found cleaning or working on his guns/ ammunition, watching westerns or action flicks in his home theatre, going out to dinner with his kids, or visiting with friends.
He spent over 35 years married to the love of his life, Joyce Cox, who he joins in heaven as well as his father, Ursle Cox.
His infectious grin, big heart, story telling, and loving nature will be greatly missed by all.
A special thanks to the staff at Grayling Nursing and Rehab, and Grayling Munson Hospital. Our family can not express enough gratitude for Dr. Hunter during this hard journey, he treated us all like family and that will never be forgotten.
A private memorial will be held July 4th on his birthday.
Arrangements were entrusted to Green Funeral Home.
Condolences messages may be sent via our website at www.greenfuneralhomes.com.
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JETRO Presents 10 Japanese Startups at SXSW 2019
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/JETRO?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#JETROlt;/agt;–The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will present 10 innovative
Japanese startup companies at SXSW Interactive, the largest conference
of its kind and a launching pad for new ideas and creative technologies.
The featured Japanese technologies are a testament to the expanse of the
human imagination and a desire to bring greater joy, environmental
stewardship and groundbreaking innovation to both industries and
everyday life.
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and JETRO
have started a new initiative called the J-Startup Program that helps
cultivate the brightest of Japan’s startups to succeed in world markets.
The J-Startup booths are located in the Japan
Pavilion in the Austin Convention Center at Booth 819.
Representatives from the startups will demonstrate their products and
services during the International Innovation Platform in the
conference’s southwestern corner on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, from 1 to 2
p.m. Exhibitors include:
ALE Co., Ltd. (http://star-ale.com/en/):
ALE is the creator of Sky Canvas, the world’s first man-made meteor
shower project. ALE harvests stardust from particles accumulated on
micro-satellites, creating the appearance of meteor showers.
AI Silk Corporation (http://www.ai-silk.com/english/):
AI SILK turns raw silk into conductive, comfortable, and durable
clothing. It collects physical data to help individuals regain and
maintain health after an injury or illness.
ArchiTek Corporation (http://architek.co.jp/En_ArchiTek_HP/En_index.html):
ArchiTek creates high-performance yet inexpensive computer chips to
help other companies run artificial Intelligence (AI) programs and
algorithms.
Empath Inc. (https://webempath.com/):
Empath creates artificial intelligence (AI) that identifies emotions
from voices in real-time, regardless of the language. Their mission to
develop and provide technology where all people can understand and
help each other.
Life is Tech, Inc. (https://lifeistech.co.jp/en/):
Life is Tech is the largest IT programming school for teens in Japan.
It introduces middle school and high school students to programming
through special camps and classes offered across Japan.
LOAD&ROAD INC. (https://teplotea.com/):
LOAD&ROAD is the creator of a tea-brewing innovation called Teplo. It
uses a heart-rate sensor to collect data and shares it with a mobile
app which directs Teplo to brew a personalized cup of tea.
Spiber Inc. (https://www.spiber.jp/en):
Spiber produces affordable synthetic protein materials for widespread
industrial use. In doing so, Spiber and its partners are ushering in a
new age of manufacturing where the large-scale adoption of protein
materials can provide a stable environmental alternative for the
clothing industry.
Triple W (https://www.dfreeus.biz/):
Triple W, an innovator of connected health devices, is the developer
of DFree®, the first health wearable device for urinary incontinence.
It monitors, analyzes, and notifies users through mobile ultrasound
technology when to use the bathroom.
Unipos Inc. (https://unipos.app/en/):
Unipos has created a simple and fun way for employees to honor each
other’s workplace contributions through a social media mobile app. It
delivers “peer bonus” notifications through popular collaboration
tools like Slack, Chatwork, and Workplace to all employees and/or
teams on timelines.
Yume Cloud Inc. (http://www.yume-cloud.com/):
Yume has developed a new, luminous way to enjoy sake with its Masu
Glass. The Masu Glass combines the traditional way of drinking sake
with modern IoT technology to colorfully illuminate a sake drinker’s
movements, pours, toasts, as well as surrounding sounds and musical
beats.
For business and media inquiries about the exhibiting companies, or to
schedule a meeting with one of the Japanese exhibitors during SXSW 2019,
contact Adam Braver, at [email protected].
For more information about SXSW 2019, visit https://www.sxsw.com/.
About JETRO: JETRO is the Japanese government agency
responsible for promoting trade and investment between Japan and the
rest of the world. JETRO provides support and assistance to American
companies entering the Japanese market and to Japanese companies
expanding overseas. JETRO was established in 1958 and has more than 70
offices around the world, including six offices in the USA. JETRO
provides a wide range of services, including timely market intelligence,
extensive business development support, and relevant business events,
all designed to encourage business partnerships between American
companies and Japan.
Adam Braver, JETRO San Francisco: 415-392-1333 ext. 228; [email protected]
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This Week's Public Picks
Cory Perla
/ Mar. 8, 2017 12am EST
The Public’s weekly local music reviews and previews.
bendyface by Illusive
Danny Brown, Vince Staples, Earl Sweatshirt
“Weed over alcohol all day” is the Chronic Illusive’s motto, I guess you could say. Part of hip hop group the Chronic Collective, rapper Illusive has just released his solo album, bendyface. The 12-track album features the lead single “Palpitation.” The video for “Palpitation” is pretty much the antithesis of a D.A.R.E. video as the braggadocious rapper airs out his favorite substances in no particular order. The album falls on the experimental end of the hip hop spectrum with low-key, almost hypnotic beats punctuated by Illusive’s unorthodox yet compelling flow on tracks like “Introvert” and “Birdcage,” which features Buffalo hip hop veterans WZA and Short Moscato.
“Delayed” by White Shade
DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate
The new single from Buffalo indie rock band White Shade is a fuzzy jangle-rock tune. Layered guitars from band leader Matt Sacha drive the track, which features cover art, a photo of the Fairmont Creamery in downtown Buffalo, shot and edited by Sacha as well.
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So this happened.
Which means we need to have a chat about casting choices.
We’ve been waiting for this.
The news has finally been released about the cast for The Expanse. The first thing we want to say is that we’re freaking delighted by all of them. We’ve seen a lot of actors trying out for these roles, and we’re very grateful to all of them. There’s nothing like enthusiasm for a project, and we were incredibly lucky to have the interest in The Expanse that we did. For every role we were trying to cast, there were a lot of amazingly talented, hard-working actors who tried out and didn’t get in. That was the worst part of the process by far. The best part: getting the team we got.
We’ve started filming already, and things are looking good. When it does finally roll out where all y’all can see it, we think you’ll be pleased too.
That said, we wanted to sit down a minute and talk about one of the decisions that we made about the Belters. Specifically: Not All Belters Are Tall. There’s reasons for this.
Going into this, we all talked a lot about how to approach translating Belters from prose into a visual medium. In the books, we make a point of how the bodies of people who’ve grown up in microgravity are changed by it. Taller frames, larger heads. Discomfort in high g. We floated ideas like using Lord of the Rings-esque special effects or having the Belter actors on stands and stilts. Or – and why I wanted to talk about it now – only hiring tall, skinny actors for those parts.
When you’re casting something like this, you want the best actors, but packed into that are a bunch of implicit obstacles: The best actor who is available. The best actor who is enthusiastic about the role. The best actor you can afford. Otherwise, Meryl Streep would be in everything. Those obstacles are unavoidable.
Then there’s another tier of obstacles. The ones that you might be able to bend on. The best actor who looks the way you had in mind. The best actor with the kind of accent you wanted. The best actor who’s name is already in the public consciousness. The best actor who has a real chemistry with the other actors you’ve already cast. The best actor who’s the same ethnicity as the character you had in mind. The best actor who’s tall.
If everything’s a priority, then nothing is.
We were involved in the decision to not require that every Belter be tall and skinny. It was the right choice. The pool of actors – especially of women – over 6’2″ is really quite small, and by having a wider group to select from, we got to prioritize things like chemistry and charisma, acting chops and similarity of personality to the character from the book. And race. Let me just tale a minute here to say that both Alcon and Syfy were staunch in their commitment to not whitewash the project, and I appreciate that decision more than I can say.
The other thing is this: people vary. One of the things we tacked against hard in The Expanse was the idea of giving all our Klingons bumpy foreheads. Belters are supposed to be diverse in their language, their culture, their politics, their modes of dress. And yeah, in their bodies. Which is to say, Belters are supposed to be people.
We’re still leaning toward examples on the far ends of the spectrum where we can. You’ll see tall, thin folks over-represented in the Belter population. But you’ll see other things – cultural signifiers, accents (at varying thicknesses), modes of dress – that also go with the Belt.
This isn’t a choice that Syfy made. This is a decision that we, the authors of the books and writers of the show, made and the other players involved backed us on.
And because of it, we’ve got a hell of good cast. And more than anything else, that’s what we wanted. We’re paraphrasing one of our producers when we say, “Height doesn’t act.” This became a truism for our show. If we get a great actor, people will quickly forget that they’re not quite as tall as their book counterpart. If we get a bad actor, no amount of height will save the performance.
So join us in welcoming this stellar group of people to the world of The Expanse. Give them a chance to blow you away with what they’re bringing to the roles. We think you’ll be happy you did.
Tagged as: alcon, anvar, casting, chatham, expanse, James S. A. Corey, strait, syfy, tipper, tv
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Yijun Wu The Translator
Happy to know the project is going very well, can’t wait to watch it. I am thinking maybe you can provide some scientific explanation for the height differences, like the place some Belters live has more gravity and some don’t. And may I ask if you can show us some concept design or filming pics?Thank you very much!
Ty Franck
Not yet. All that stuff has to be cleared by the network for showing to the public.
Andan
Clearly a lot of thinking and hard choosing went into the process. Thanks for that. Super, super looking forward to the show.
ripleyt
November 1, 2014 • 10:03 pm
I devoured the first three books within the space of a month (no pun intended) and the fourth – while a long wait – was seriously worth it, so ever since the beginning, I’ve always wanted to know how anyone would be able to turn this amazing series into a show.
That said, I think the cast you have so far is really good (especially Thomas Jane). Plus, I definitely imagined Cas Anvar and Dominique Tripper to look like both Alex and Naomi (I did, however, imagine both Amos and Havelock to be a little older, but I know the actors will do those roles proud).
Am I correct that Holden has yet to be cast? If so, I would imagine that would be the hardest task.
Holden is Steven Strait.
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks for this. I don’t think anyone should need or expect a verbatim rehash of the books right down to every last detail. This is a different medium and should be treated with care accordingly. It’s hardly the only thing about the books that will be difficult to transpose.
Well, let’s step back a bit. The real truth here is that SOMEBODY has a big, fancy producers office, and SOMEBODY wants to flex that nameplate because Hollywood.
Now where’s my cheese danish?
Ian Monroe
Especially in the latest book it’s obvious how Belters are a different race of people and this is important. But humanity is great at making up and enforcing ethnic divisions without any physical difference. I don’t think communicating this will be hard.
I’m willing to suspend disbelief for the protomolecule, short Belters is no problem. 🙂
Ah, excellent update! So looking forward to this. I am very curious to see if the show keeps it’s a serious tone as the novels do, and not evolve into a “drama-lite” like “The Strain” did when it was adapted.
Oh shit. Were we serious? Because I remember an awful lot of jokes in there… 🙂
Well yeah, but when you are beating someone nigh unto death with a chicken can, I’d like the tone to be a bit more serious.
Loved the books and can’t wait for the series! I have a question on physiology, though. Taller frames in low gravity I understand, but why larger heads? I spent some time researching trying to find the answer myself, but couldn’t find anything.
One of the things you see in null g is increased blood flow to the head. We figured it could lead to some changes if you spent a lot of your fast-growing years with more nutrients & oxygen getting there than would down the well.
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity, Daniel. It’s especially satisfying when what I read not only entertains me, but educates me and inspires me to learn more!
Roger Dodger
Ha, I always assumed the heads weren’t actually larger, they just seemed disproportionate on the extremely thin and elongated body of a Belter. Good to know.
The pool of actors – especially of women – over 6’2″ is really quite small,
That should make things interesting when it comes time to cast Bobbie Draper
Actually, my guess with her is that they will just go with an actress who is just plain badass and tough – similar to how Katee Sackhoff played Starbuck
Speaking of…Ms. Sackhoff would make a great Bobbie Draper.
If people can get part her role as Starbuck.
No, she’s not Polynesian, and we’re deliberately keeping the ethnic diversity of the books in the show.
Good on keeping the ethnicities… umm… ethnic. Plus, didn’t Avasarala comment about how the Polynesians run a little larger in size anyway? It might make the casting a bit easier although finding someone Bobbie’s size might be a (wait for it) tall order
but Avasarala is Indian, not Iranian 😉
Stacey Leilua is 5’11”
I’m really happy to hear this, and from the casting announcements so far, you guys have done a great job. I unfortunately can’t think of any Polynesian actresses off the top of my head, but definitely hope you’re able to find one to play Bobbie.
MB Dezotell
February 2, 2016 • 9:49 am
Might I recommend Samoan actress Tamina Snuka? I think she would be the perfect Bobbie Draper.
Hello,I was wondering if the television show of the expanse would show zero g, and gravity decreases/increases like in the books or would the show go the old standard tv scifi way of perfect artificial gravity and no explanation? Also, will the show be called the expanse? Or simply leviathan wakes
Yes, the show will have zero g segments and no artificial gravity. In many scenes the characters will be wearing magnetic boots, but sometimes we’ll do visual effects and wire work to allow them to float. The show is called The Expanse.
My biggest questions is when will it premiere and when is the next book coming out?
I love the books. My wife who is not a fan of sci-fi read all 4 in about 2 weeks. We are really looking forward to this. Keep up the good work!
They have not announced a premier date yet, but it will be in 2015.
The next book will come out summer of 2015.
I cannot be more pleased with the casting decisions to this point. The interesting thing I found on reading, was as I became more invested in the characters, the less I envisioned their height differences. So, I feel opting to find better actors with a stronger connections was absolutely the right choice.
Now all I have left to do is get cable and SyFy for this one. Unless there will be a digital distribution by episode…?
Thank you for all of your awesome efforts!
Everything of what you said about the casting makes perfect sense, and thanks for letting us take a peek at the thought process!
Couple of questions:
1) Is there any indication of when the show is expected to air?
2) How violent can we expect the show to be? The books have some gore and a gritty feeling to a lot of the combats, and never shy away from showing how massed up battle can be. Will the show do the same, or will it be somewhat softer to be suitable for TV?
Some time in 2015 is all we know right now.
The show will be as edgy as Standards and Practices for a basic cable show let us be.
Yeah the belter physique was something that was gonna be very hard to pull off. I for one won’t be with the sure-to-be-expected “OMG the series is not ‘true’ to the books”-crowd in that regard.
Now, what i’m really psyched for is visuals! Can’t wait for the first set photos to come out to show how the ships/stations turned out. Also please let there be beautiful outside shots because SPACEPORN.
BrianC
Can you comment on whether or not Avasarala will retain any(some?) of her profanity in the show’s dialogue? 🙂
Jerry Boyajian
Syfy (and some of the other cable networks) have loosened up in the last year or two regarding language, but not to the level of HBO. Avasarala will undoubtedly swear more than you’d hear on broadcast network TV, but I imagine she’ll be toned down from the books.
Unless they decide to go the route of some shows and have an “uncensored” version that could be released on DVD/Blu-ray.
I had the same thought…I’m excited about the show being on Syfy, where it should be, but, I’m going to miss the “expanse” use of the F word! Characters like Avasarala are shaped by their use of the word. Also, speaking of Avasarala, I see diversity being a goal on the show, but why is the actress playing Avasarala younger than 45-50? Book Avasarala has wrinkles and is referred to as “old lady” by Sauron. By the way, I don’t see Sauron or Bobby on the cast list yet.
Shorhreh’s 62. Seriously.
She’s playing Avasarala as less Rahm Emmanuel and more Benazir Bhutto, but she’s nailing it.
Don’t hate her because she’s still beautiful in her 60s.
They have the cast and brief description of the show also listed on the syfy (www.syfy.com) website.
ShawneL
Hate 2 b the one dissenting voice (yea I’m hating), but the expanse should have should have been a movie series! The small screen just won’t do it justice.
A movie would not have been good. To get one of the books into a two hour film would have meant gutting it. We saw some movie drafts of the script and they were hollowed out shells of the story.
jellydonut
November 16, 2014 • 11:10 pm
How anyone can say this when we live in the age of TV shows better than 99% of movies out there is beyond me.
Aside from the fact that the entire time I was reading the books I was picturing the cast of Firefly with Mal as Holden, Jayne as Amos, Zoe as Naomi, and Wash as Alex, I’d say the casting so far looks awesome. Naomi in particular looks perfect. Totally nails the exotic belter look, even without being in costume. And when I first read about Avasarala being cast, I was a little put off by the fact that the actress is Iranian rather than Indian, but then I looked up a YouTube video of her and heard her voice, and I was like, “yep, that’s her.” Great job on casting and I can’t wait for the show to air!
And here I thought I might be the only one who mentally saw the Firefly crew while reading the books.
and Kayley as Sam…
Is this going to be a summer or fall 2015 show?
Bengt
I’m a bit surprised that noone has mentioned or asked about Fred Johnson (who is not on the IMDB cast list as far as I can see.
This was announced a while back http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-the-expanse-adds-walking-dead-mad-men-alums-1201361228/
Any news on who’ll be doing the soundtrack? Please, please, please, don’t make it John Williams-esque. Pretty please.
No word yet. 🙂
I myself imagine the destruction of the Canterbury listening to Steven Price’s “Debris” (from Gravity soundtrack), and it’s like “oomph!” 🙂
J Costa
Oh boy am I happy!
Just starting Cibola Burn and loving it. Most fun I’ve had in a long time with a series.
After learning it is going TV I just started a reading mantra: “please don’t let them ruin this…” over and over.
And now I found the source, this blog, and I am really satisfied to see the care you are putting into the little things.
I know it will be a battle, but plesae keep your game face all the time and make this worthy of the books… but enjoy the process!
January 9, 2015 • 1:27 pm
I’m glad the books are working for you. As to the show, there are a lot of very smart, very talented people putting their hearts into this. It’s already been a tremendous education for me, and we’re not close to done with it. 🙂
DavidW
Really excited about this tv show. Loved the novels.
I’m not approaching the tv show from the “will it be faithful to the novels” angle but instead will it give me my dark, serious scifi on syfy fix like BSG, Caprica, Stargate: Universe and Helix?
I’m excited! The only thing cooler would be a reveal that Revelation: Space and the Culture will also be made into tv shows. 🙂
Just finished Cibola, got through it in 2 days. Addicted
What’s with theexpansetv page? Is it unofficial? Seems a little flakey!
Has Fred or Sam been cast yet?
The ExpanseTV dude is just some dude. He’s got nothing to do with us or the production.
Fred has indeed been cast. Chad Coleman is doing his turn as the Butcher of Anderson Station. About Sam, I can neither confirm nor deny…
I figured, looks a little amateur. .
Thanks for the reply, don’t think I’ve been this excited for a show before
Is there a reason why the Ade character was changed from being Nigerian?
Looks like it goes against your efforts to keep the ethnicities as originally written.
There are several reasons that Kristin Hager got the role, all of which had long discussions and conversations about whitewashing and the diversity of the project. The short form is this: the diversity of the project is very important to all of us here, but being constrained by every detail of the books isn’t. Ade has been changed to an anglo woman. Admiral Souther and Dmitri Havelock are being played by non-anglo actors. In all, the mix of the show will, I hope, reflect a richly diverse set of characters in a richly diverse variety of roles. That every role isn’t exactly the same as the book is a feature, not a bug.
Thanks for the reply. I should have pointed out that I am from Ghana and I saw the Nigerian character as the closest I would get to having a Ghanaian show up in the story 🙂
Looking forward to watching the show. I am sure it will be excellent.
We have this character http://expanse.wikia.com/wiki/Elvi_Okoye who is a POV character in book four.
Ah. Nice. I am about to start book 4 🙂
listencloser
As long as Alex Kamal has a Texas accent I will love this show!
April 9, 2015 • 2:37 pm
Any word on who will play Bobbie Draper or will she not appear in the first season?(which would be strange since Avasarala apparently does)
It’ll make sense when you see it.
I live in NZ and lots of Maori/Samoan people here obviously so I have the idea in my head of what Bobbie would look like.. Valerie Adams (athlete here), she’s 6’3″ .. shame she’s not an actress!
Have to say that the Expanse books are amazing, i can’t put them down and you’ve caused me to miss my stop on the bus and get to sleep much later then planned many, many times 🙂
Can’t wait for the TV series !
Hawaii Bill
Just now finished Book 3. Two weeks ago I came across a reference to “a SyFy production called The Expanse”. Imagine my excitement and my surprise – like a 15 year-old seeing Star Wars for the first time! Thank you both for these masterpieces. Like all your fans, I’m looking forward to the premier!
You could have cast a bunch of Scandinavian and East African actors if you wanted an entirely tall thin cast, but I do like the idea of representing them by more than just their bodies. Enjoying the show and casting thus far. 🙂
This series has the potential to dethrone bsg as the definitive SciFi series of my generation. I just hope that this series doesn’t see the same fate as firefly or star trek tos. Thank you guys for this series, books as well as television.
I respect your casting Naomi is perfect even if she isn’t tall enough..
But wealth would result in more earth like results, too. Proper hormones and giving birth in gravity would affect development. So the poorest might have the most physical alterations increasing their rebellious tendencies as well as making them more easily identified.
It’s confusing that several of the female actors look the same.
Taralyn
I love the books and respect the sentiments above. But I gotta say, in my opinion Naomi wasn’t a good casting. I’m sure the actor is talented and a great person. But she just isn’t Naomi. Hopefully she will grow on me!
Saagt
Also, even in the real world, different types of morphologies would react differently to growing up in zero g. Some morphotypes’ bone structures would stretch less than others, so it actually makes perfect sense to have different sizes.
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WILDBRAIN TO MANAGE HEADSTART’S BEST FURRY FRIENDS ON YOUTUBE
Agreement taps WildBrain to lead global YouTube strategy for Australian toy brand
London, UK – 9 July 2019 – WildBrain, a leading digital kids’ network and studio, has been appointed by Headstart International Pty Ltd. to manage the Best Furry Friends – or BFF – toy brand on YouTube. WildBrain will employ its expertise in content and channel management on YouTube to grow the global audience for BFF with exclusive content designed to delight a key viewership of girls 6-9 years old.
WildBrain will manage existing BFF channels on YouTube and also launch new channels for the brand across international territories and manage advertising on the channels. BFF content under WildBrain management includes 13 x 11-minute 3D CGI-animated episodes, 13 x11-minute unboxing videos, 6 x 12-minute toy-play videos, and 6 x 12-minute stop-motion videos.
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The Best Furry Friends are cute fashionista animals who love to hang in their super sweet fashion bags with the Besties, six girls who always keep their furry friends close. In addition to the six Bestie dolls, kids can collect over 60 variations of BFF and fashion bags in a range of colours, sizes and styles. Sold globally, the Best Furry Friends range currently includes collectibles, dolls, playsets and plush, with line extensions coming in the shape of interactive toys and more.
About WildBrain
WildBrain is an industry leader in the management and creation of preschool and children’s entertainment content on platforms such as YouTube, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and others. WildBrain’s branded YouTube network is one of the largest of its kind, featuring more than 145,000 videos for over 600 kids’ brands in up to 22 languages. One in three kids worldwide with access to YouTube watch video on the WildBrain network, which has over 95 million subscribers, and generated over 161 billion minutes of watch time across 32 billion views in 2018. Connecting kids’ content owners with advertisers in the Advertising Video-on-Demand (AVOD) space, the WildBrain network features popular third-party brands such as Fireman Sam, Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Shopkins, Irish Fairy Doors and Ben 10; original brands Kiddyzuzaa and Ellie Sparkles; and much of DHX Media’s world-renowned library of 13,000 half-hours of kids’ and family content, including Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, Inspector Gadget, Degrassi, Yo Gabba Gabba! and many others. WildBrain Studios also specializes in the creation of new, original content for its network, such as animated and live-action shorts; toy-play and stop-motion videos. WildBrain is a wholly owned subsidiary of DHX Media (TSX: DHX; NASDAQ: DHXM).
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About Headstart
Headstart is one of the largest toy companies in Australia where Headstart represents many great toy companies as a distribution partner. Globally Headstart sells its own brands such as Best Furry Friends™, HairDooz™, Micro Wheels™, Ooshies™ and Baby Secrets™ as well as products under license from Sesame Street™, Care Bears™, Disney™, The Wiggles™ and many more. The company’s core foundations continuously drive growth because of stability, fresh and innovative approach to marketing strategies, and the diverse and innovative people. They passionately believe in the power of their brands, and the ability to find new and better ways to connect their brands to their consumers through meaningful relationships with retail, media and partners.
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The Town of Christiansburg has installed a blue line of thermo plastic across West Main Street to mark the approximate location of the Eastern Continental Divide and 1763 Proclamation Line.
The line divides water flowing east to the Atlantic Ocean - via the Roanoke River basin - from water flowing west to the Gulf of Mexico - via the New, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
The Eastern Continental Divide is also a historic landmark in Christiansburg. In October 1763, by Royal Proclamation, King George III forbade Virginians to settle west of this line. Virginians considered the taking up of western land as their natural right. Shutting off access to this land was a provocation that accelerated the building momentum in Virginia for the coming American Revolution.
The blue marker on the roadway - near Citgo and Route 8 Donuts - is offset approximately 430 feet from the actual location where the Eastern Continental Divide crosses so that the striping does not interfere with limited access traffic or traffic signals. This map shows where the marker has been installed, along with all the locations where the Eastern Continental Divide crosses within the Town of Christiansburg and how it divides the flow of water.
The blue marker on West Main Street is accompanied by a sign with a brochure holder so that passersby can pick up a flyer and learn more about the Eastern Continental Divide and 1763 Proclamation Line.
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Sometimes You Can Sing
It was a blazing hot day in war-torn Somalia in the summer of 1992. Five tons of grain had arrived earlier, and a long line of hungry people was waiting. There was a military presence at the feeding center, to keep order and protect lives. As the line moved slowly and the supply of wheat dwindled and the heat soared past 100 degrees, the hungry crowd began to grow restless. That was when one of the least likely people waiting for food decided she had had enough. An older Somali woman with deep wrinkles received her ration of wheat and then began to lose it. One of the American workers closest to her was affectionately called Bubba by the rest of the team. He was a huge man, an intimidating presence to any who didn’t know him, a gentle teddy bear to all who did. Those who spent time with Bubba were drawn to his gentle heart and his warm smile. He was not just checking off a box called “do random acts of kindness.” He was in Somalia because he loved people and wanted to help relieve suffering, wherever he could.
The old woman unleashed a verbal attack on Bubba, and though he knew she was furious, he couldn’t understand a word she said. Nik Ripken was there and was thankful that Bubba didn’t know the names he was being called. Bubba just towered over the angry woman and smiled at her. This seemed to infuriate her even more. The crowd stopped and stared at the one-sided confrontation, and Nik ran toward the event to see if he could help. He then understood the source of the woman’s anger. She was complaining about the animal feed that was being given to the people for human consumption. She had a point. The sub-standard wheat came from the United Nations contributing members, and it was product that nobody had wanted, and no one could sell. Bubba didn’t know what she was saying, though, so he kept smiling at her.
That’s when she decided to try another method of communication. The woman put down her two bags of wheat, grabbed two fistfuls of dirt and dust and wheat chaff from the ground, and hurled them with all her might into Bubba’s face. The crowd went quiet. The soldiers locked and loaded their weapons. All eyes were fixed on Bubba, who was temporarily blinded by the assault. That’s when the plot turned in a direction no one expected. Bubba wiped the grit and grime out of his eyes, turned to the old woman with a smile, and began to sing.
“You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time, You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, crying all the time. You ain’t never caught a rabbit, and you ain’t no friend of mine.”
She didn’t understand a word he sang, but she stomped off before the second verse began. The relieved Somali guards walked over and thanked Bubba for easing the tension, and said they didn’t know he was such a singer. “Oh, yeah,” he grinned, “I’m a famous singer. Back home, they call me ‘Elvis!’”
Nik Ripken told this story in his book, “The Insanity of God,” and concluded, “I had observed one of the most impressive demonstrations of Jesus’ love that I have ever seen. A kind, gentle, godly example of humility and humanity had instantly defused a situation so volatile that it could have turned deadly within seconds. Bubba had done that simply by following the seemingly insane teaching of Jesus who had instructed His followers to ‘love your enemies.’ Bubba had met angry hostility with a simple smile, and a very unlikely hymn…In that moment, I learned some good lessons about cross-cultural relationships. What I had mistaken at first for naiveté, I came to see as nothing less than the love of Jesus.”
Sometimes, the best thing to do is sing.
By Mark Fox
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J. Mark Fox is the author of A Faithful Man and the pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon, NC. You can follow him on Twitter at @jmarkfox.
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Dapp in Smartphones by the end of this year, says Holden
The Blockchain and the dapps today face the same dilemma what Apple faced a decade ago. Apple had to develop killer apps for their devices to make users buy an iPhone. The Dapps or the decentralized apps – apps built to operate on the decentralized blockchain platform, lack audiences today. It is discovered that there aren’t enough people who buy tokens or use browsers that run on a blockchain network. Regardless of its unpopularity, blockchain developers continue to develop dapps targetting phone users, and is calculated that there are about 1500 dapps on the Ethereum blockchain today – Peepeth, Cryptokitties, Idex, ForkDelta are popular among them.
A report from Juniper Research, a market intelligence firm in U.K, states that there will be a “significant expansion” in the deployment of dapps in the coming year. Windsor Holden, Juniper’s Head of Forecasting and Consultancy said, “Regular iPhone and Android users should be able to download a dapp on their smartphone by the end of this year.” Holden thinks that the first mass adoption of dapps is most likely to deal with verifying identity or tracking the provenance of products or food in the supply chain.
He continued, “It will occur in much the same way as the existing app ecosystem. The consumer would see nothing of the blockchain…As far as they’re concerned it’s just another app. Look at any site that measures traffic of decentralized apps, in almost all cases it is less than 100”, he added. According to Holden, he suspects that the complex blockchain design is discouraging users and hence he reiterates on the simplicity that these dapps posses making them no different from the “usual”. “It will be accessible to mainstream users as Web 2.0 services in the coming months. The goal is to completely abstract the blockchain so users are just dealing with another app,” he said.
One of the biggest challenges dapps face is that to gain access to or operate this requires tokens or native cryptocurrencies. And so the dapp developers have to sell tokens early on without any guaranteed user base. Dapps are built on the Ethereum blockchain which is open software, a decentralized computer-like that does more than move money around – it houses smart contracts.
Another major disadvantage of dapps is figuring out how to scale blockchain technology so that millions of people can use it. Startups like Radix and others have come-up with the idea of sharding to improve the number of transactions per second; however, it seems to be an unintelligent move as it may ultimately compromise the decentralized nature of blockchain technology. To get more people using dapps demands a lot of hard work from the developers building it.
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ARM Cortex-A77 and Mali-G77 ready for premium smartphones
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Mind Blowing Adventures that Protect our Planet: Custom-Designed Trips Incorporating Luxury + Conservation
Epic Road custom designs bespoke travel that blends high-end luxury with some of the most exciting conservation efforts around the world. If you're looking to expand your horizons and go beyond the quintessential safari in Africa, beyond the regular dive in the Maldives and beyond the leisure cruise through Antarctica, we've got you covered. Help scientists satellite collar an endangered species, help marine biologists reconstruct coral reefs, and climb glaciers with experts to learn all about climate change and glacial retreat. We've compiled the following list of some of the most exhilarating and rewarding conservation experiences around the world.
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Visit our 25 Signature Experiences by Epic Road to learn more and watch live footage of the above!
Hands-on Interaction with & Adoption of a Wild Orphaned Baby Elephant
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Scuba Dive and Grow Coral with a Marine Biologist to Build a Maldivian Reef
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Adopt an Aldabra Giant Tortoise
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Visit our page on Luxury Travel in the Seychelles.
Scuba Dive with a Marine Biologist and Work with Sea Turtles
One of the most threatened forms of marine life is the sea turtle. The species is constantly threatened by pollution, fishermen and of course natural predators. During your visit to Kenya or the Seychelles, you can work with local organizations to search for nesting turtles along the beach as well as help monitor incubating and hatching. Watching baby sea turtles hatch and take their very first steps is a truly unforgettable experience.
Trek Volcanoes in Search of the 900 Remaining Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda/Uganda/Democratic Republic of Congo
We're talking about singularly exceptional access to one of the planet's most extraordinary species - the Mountain Gorilla. We're also talking about one of the most dramatic landscapes on the African continent: the mighty Virungas, a chain of 15,000 ft. volcanoes stretching across Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Your visit contributes significantly to the conservation of the species so make your way to this fascinating corner of Africa and come face-to-face with one of the most endangered species in existence.
Visit our sample itineraries involving gorilla trekking:
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Get Hands-on with Penguin Conservation with a Biologist on the Beaches of Antarctica
Escape the presence of man and explore the last and largest unspoiled wilderness on Earth, the last frontier, Antarctica. Work with dedicated biologists to learn about the many penguin species and the threats they face on a daily basis from commercial fishing accidents to global warming. Make sure to swim with these curious creatures at Deception Bay, because lets face it, when and where else will you be at arm's length from thousands of penguins?
Visit our page on Antarctica.
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A high profile CEO of a public listed firm in London was found dead by his desk this morning. You and your team of famous detectives have been hired to solve the mystery and stop the company’s stock price from crashing.
Colonel Markov, a WWII veteran, is the leader of Europe's most dangerous spy ring. Countless secret agents from British Intelligence Agency have been sent back in dead body bags before we could uncover Markov's latest assassination plot which involves several high profile British leaders. We have information of his hideout, it is up to you famous London detectives to infiltrate and secure the plot documents before it is too late.
Two high school girls were kidnapped last week. Out of desperation, the London Police rang you up. As London’s greatest team of detectives, you must hunt the kidnappers down and find the girls. The girls were last seen in their classroom.
There has been a suicide! A celebrity in London was found dead in his bedroom this morning. Despite having suspicious artifacts that point towards the possibility of a homicide, the inspectors concluded that it was a suicide and nothing more; you and your group of famous London detectives have been invited to take a final look before we close the case. Will you ultimately announce the case as a suicide too?
You are a group of famous London detectives tracking Scorpio, a serial killer who enjoys taunting the police with cryptogram letters before the next killing. Seeking the final piece of evidence to convict the suspect, you broke into his apartment. Will you finally solve the case?
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Can you solve the mystery in 60 minutes?
Play London detectives solving mysteries in the 1900s. We handcraft the most original storylines and transport you back in time to solve crimes. Our games are intricately designed to provide great bonding experience for people from all walks of life. We currently host 3 cases: Murder in the Office (1995), Kidnapping in the Classroom (1989), and The Scorpio Killer's Bedroom (1961). Additionally, we host The Pirate Ship: Blackbeard's Treasure (1717) for those who wants a non-detective adventure!
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A global phenomenon, room escape games are taking the world by storm because of their ability to put a team's relationship and skills to a test. The typical setup puts a group of 4-6 people in a themed room with puzzles, clues and locked stuffs. The team then needs to use elements of the room and work together effectively to escape within 60 minutes. Observation and critical thinking skills are also put to use during the games. Themes come in various forms ranging from prison cells, haunted premises, basements and etc. On top of all, escape games provide great bonding experience for friends, families and corporate teams, making them extremely popular.
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Uniquely at Escape Square Brunei, you play the role of a London detective solving mysteries in the 1900s. We handcraft the most original storylines and transport you back in time to solve mysteries and crimes within 60 minutes. In addition to solving puzzles, you'll be deeply immersed in our highly interactive storylines and intricately designed game rooms. You'll also find yourselves making deductions, forming hypotheses, and managing team dynamics in order to solve the cases in time.
You and your team will be assigned a 100% dedicated bilingual game master throughout your experience at Escape Square (as in the whole time you are here), sticking through from pre-game briefing to game session monitoring and from post-game briefing to photoshoot session at our lounge. Featuring no scary or physically challenging themes, we cater to people from all walks of life. Above all, the games are a lot of fun and ridiculously addictive!
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Chapter 50: Sharing Draupadi and Arjuna's exile
Chapter 49: The birth of Indraprastha
Chapter 48: The division of Kuru lands
Chapter 47: Migration from Mathura to Dwaraka
Chapter 46: The End of Kamsa
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Khandava-prastha was a huge forest full of birds and beasts. It was abode of the Nagas as well as the Demons. Krishna advised Pandavas to burn Khandava-prastha. Yudhishtira wondered on why Krishna said to burn the forest, since the forest was abode to several creatures and burning will result in the massacre of those creatures. But Krishna convinced Yudhishtira that, one can’t establish a farmland or a garden or a city without destroying a forest. Agni, the fire-god suddenly appeared before them and said that the ghee poured on him during 12 years yagna by a king called Swetaki made him sick and pale. So burning something raw will restore his luster and he inquired Yudhishtira that should he want any support from his side. Agni’s timely arrival gave the Pandavas a reason to set Khandava-prastha on fire. Agni then started to burn all living creatures including trees, herbs, shrubs and even grasses.
When the birds and the beasts cried out and tried to escape, Krishna shouted Agni to kill all those trying to escape. Arjuna inquired the reason for killing; Krishna then said that if anybody left from this forest, then they will return to claim the land. So you should know the price of ownership. Arjuna then said that when should to stop this massacre. Krishna replied that you should stop this when your needs are met and before you fall prey to greed. Also he said that knowing when to stop the massacre is the hallmark of an excellent king. Arjuna who didn’t grasped the full meaning of Krishna’s reply, followed Krishna and started to kill the creatures using the arrows who are trying to escape from the fire including deer, lion, tiger, monkeys, serpents, birds, bees and even ants. They also killed the resident Nagas and the demons. The Nagas asked for help to their friend, Indra who launched the thunder and made the clouds to shed rain. Krishna saw the rain fall and advised Arjuna to generate a great umbrella of arrows above the forest such that not a drop of rain touches the ground. Thus, under the umbrella of arrows, the forest continued to burn.
Strangely, the destruction of the Khandava forest harbored the enemies of god. The forest was colonized by creatures hostile to god. Takshaka, the serpent king was escaped since being away at Kurukshetra. Takshaka’s son Aswasena was caught in the fire along with his mother. Aswasena escaped by tricking against Arjuna with Indra’s help, but his mother was killed by Arjuna’s arrows. Krishna and Agni cursed Aswasena for not becoming famous due his escape. Besides Aswasena, only five other lives were spared. They are Maya and four birds called Sarangakas. Maya (a danava demon) who begged for mercy was spared by Krishna, since he had given a promise to pandavas for helping them to build a palace as he was an architect of the demons. The four birds, Sarangakas life was spared by Agni since their father, sage Mandapala appealed him to spare them. The fire raged for fifteen days and finally Agni restored his luster. In gratitude, he gave Arjuna a powerful bow called Gandiva and Krishna a discus called Sudarshan. Then Agni said to both of them to use these weapons only for maintaining dharma on earth. Agni then returned to his celestial abode.
Krishna then invited Lord Vishwakarma, the majestic architect to design the city just the way he had made Dwarka or perhaps better than that. He transformed the desert into a paradise on earth. He built a palace for pandavas in the city. Numerous trees were later planted and many lakes were dug by the Pandavas. Priests, warriors, farmers, traders and artisans from different parts of the Bharata-varsha came for settling there. The new city was named as Indraprastha, means a paradise on earth. It later became a prosperous city with farmlands, gardens, orchards and markets. Yudhishtira along with his brothers spread the ideas of dharma in this city. In Indraprastha, Yudhishtira endorsed everybody to perform each one’s dharma by doing their role in the society. In a family, women should take the responsibility of taking care to their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons.
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Filipino trade union condemns imprisonment of labor leader
staff | Philippines | 6/06/19
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 4 statement from the militant trade union Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).
TAGS: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Political Prisoner
New Freedom Road labor pamphlet outlines rank-and-file, shop-floor strategy for socialists
staff | United States | 6/05/19
To mark May Day last month, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) dropped a new pamphlet aimed at the hundreds of thousands of people embracing...
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Reflections on Tiananmen Square and the attempt to end Chinese socialism
Mick Kelly | Minneapolis, MN | 6/04/19
June 4 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 anti-socialist turmoil in Beijing’s famed Tiananmen Square and the decisive moves by the government of the...
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St. Paul marks police killing of Marcus Golden
Ted Mika | Saint Paul, MN | 6/03/19
June 2 would have been Marcus Golden’s 29th birthday, but he was shot in the back of the head and killed by St. Paul police four years ago. About three...
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New York rallies on Al-Quds Day
staff | New York, NY | 6/03/19
Over 100 people gathered in Times Square on May 31 in honor of the International Day of Al-Quds. This day marks the occupation of Palestine and is in...
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Minnesota BDS movement demands state divestment from apartheid
Wyatt Miller | Saint Paul, MN | 6/02/19
On May 30, Palestinian-Americans and solidarity activists called on the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) to divest from Israeli companies that...
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United Steelworkers authorize strike against Alcoa
staff | Washington DC | 6/01/19
On May 31, the United Steelworkers (USW) said that members of local unions representing more than 1,500 Alcoa (NYSE: AA) workers have granted their...
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Minnesotans say “No coup! No war! Hands off Venezuela!”
Meredith Aby-Keirstead | Minneapolis, MN | 5/31/19
30 people held signs reading “Hands off Venezuela” and a big banner saying “No coup - no sanctions - no war - hands off Venezuela” on a bridge from Loring...
TAGS: Anti-War Committee, Hands off Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro
Call to Refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
staff | Chicago, IL | 5/30/19
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
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Max Blumenthal leads South Florida panel denouncing U.S. coup attempts in Venezuela
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70 members of the South Florida community, some travelling up to three hours, from places as far away as Sarasota, gathered inside the Unitarian...
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The Doors Strange Days Hybrid Multi-Channel & Stereo SACD
Brand/Label/Format: *Analogue Productions M-CH SACD* (Hybrid)
Genre: Pop Rock
Item Number: APSAM74014
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 409/500!
Multichannel Hybrid SACD! Mastered by Doug Sax Using All-Tube System!
Mastered by Doug Sax using an all-tube system. Overseen by Bruce Botnick, The Doors producer/engineer.
Part of The Doors reissue series proudly presented by Analogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings!
Sinister, beguiling ... these were words reviewers used to describe The Door’s melodic psychedelic-era genre-blending sound. A mix of blues, Eastern music, classical and pop fueled hits such as the bluesy “Love Me Two Times” and “People Are Strange” from The Door’s debut follow-up, Strange Days.
Strange Days featured a smattering of edgy recitations (“Horse Latitudes”) and smoky rockers (“My Eyes Have Seen You”). Morrison’s rallying cry “We want the world, and we want it now!” from the ambitious extended track, “When the Music’s Over,” marked a touchstone for that era’s counterculture movement. Rolling Stone described Strange Days as having “all the power and energy of the first LP, but (it’s) more subtle, more intricate and much more effective.”
Analogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings are proud to announce that six studio LP titles — The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and L.A. Woman — are featured on 200-gram vinyl, pressed at 45 rpm. Also, four of the titles, The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, and L.A. Woman, are available on Multichannel SACD! All were cut from the original analog masters by Doug Sax, with the exception of The Doors, which was made from the best tape copy.
A truly authentic reissue project, the masters were recorded on tube equipment, and the tape machine used for the transfer of these releases is a tube machine, as is the cutting system. Tubes baby!
This is no time to wallow in the mire. The Doors are on Analogue Productions!
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• Mastered by Doug Sax using all-tube system
• Overseen by Bruce Botnick, The Doors producer/engineer
Ray Manzarek, keyboards, marimba
Jim Morrison, vocals
John Densmore, drums
Robby Krieger, guitar
1. Strange Days
2. You’re Lost Little Girl
3. Love Me Two Times
4. Unhappy Girl
5. Horse Latitudes
6. Moonlight Drive
7. People Are Strange
8. My Eyes Have Seen You
9. I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
10. When The Music’s Over
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Bozcaada - 100% Renewable Powered Island
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy: Demirer Holding, Istanbul
H 2 system on Bozcaada island. The renewable hydrogen facility installed by ICHET on Bozcaada Island Governorship site consists of a 30 kW wind turbine, a 20 kW array of photovoltaic cells and a 25 kW PEM fuel cell. Image courtesy of INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
100% Renewable Energy Goal Achieved:
Generating Equivalent of More than 100% of Island Consumption With Renewable Power Sources
Bozcaada, Çanakkale, Turkey
Bozcaada is a municipality and district governate located in the Province of Çanakkale,Turkey on the island of Bozcaada in the Aegean Sea. The district is made of the island of Bozcaada and a total of 17 islets around the main island, all of which have a total land mass of 36.7 square kilometres (14.2 sq mi).and a population of approximately 2465.
Currently, more power is generated on the island than is needed for consumption. In the year 2000, Demirer Holding began operating windfarm named Bores that includes 17 Enercon Turbines with a total installed capacity of 10.2MW, which averages 35 million kWh of power a year - the equivalent of consumption for 17,500 households or 30 times the consumption of the whole island of Bozcaada.
More recently, an experimental renewables-hydrogen energy installation was implemented by UNIDO-ICHET. The project is made up of 20 kW of solar photovoltaics, 30 kw of wind turbines, and an electrolyzer with hydrogen
storage capacity for 60 kg of hydrogen, which when needed, can convert the stored hydrogen back to electricity using a 25 kW fuel cell and 35 kW hydrogen gen-set engine. The system allows supplies round the clock electricity for the equivalent of 20 households.
www.demirer.com.tr/santral/bores/indexeng.html
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www.accagen.com/news/unido-bozcaada-island-wind-solar-hydrogen-project
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Jul 11, 2019 Updated Jul 11, 2019
Twenty-year-old Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died from a fatal seizure, according to his family. While the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner has yet to determine Boyce's official cause of death, the tragedy has shined a light on a rare but devastating reality: Each year, about 1 in 1,000 people with epilepsy suddenly die.
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Home Minerals Eudialyte
Eudialyte Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Picture width 4 mm. © Stephan Wolfsried
Chemical Formula: Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2
Locality: Julianehaab district of Greenland.
Name Origin: From the Greek eu – “well” and dialytos – “decomposable.”
Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek phrase Εὖ διάλυτος eu dialytos, meaning “well decomposable”, is a somewhat rare, nine member ring cyclosilicate mineral, which forms in alkaline igneous rocks, such as nepheline syenites. Its name alludes to its ready solubility in acid.
Eudialyte was first described in 1819 for an occurrence in nepheline syenite of the Ilimaussaq intrusive complex of southwest Greenland.
Alternative names of eudialyte include: almandine spar, eudalite, Saami blood. Eucolite is the name of an optically negative variety, more accurately the group member: ferrokentbrooksite.
Cleavage: {0001} Imperfect
Color: Pinkish red, Red, Yellow, Yellowish brown, Violet.
Density: 2.8 – 3, Average = 2.9
Diaphaneity: Transparent to Translucent
Fracture: Uneven – Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.
Hardness: 5-5.5 – Apatite-Knife Blade
Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak: white
Aegirine and eudialyte, Kedykwerpakh Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Size: 6 x 5.5 x 4 cm © SpiriferMinerals
Aegirine and eudialyte, Kedykwerpakh Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Size: 7 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm © SpiriferMinerals
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada © Stephan Wolfsried
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Home climate Yellowstone Spawned Twin Super-Eruptions that Altered Global Climate
Yellowstone Spawned Twin Super-Eruptions that Altered Global Climate
A new geological record of the Yellowstone supervolcano’s last catastrophic eruption is rewriting the story of what happened 630,000 years ago and how it affected Earth’s climate. This eruption formed the vast Yellowstone caldera observed today, the second largest on Earth.
Two layers of volcanic ash bearing the unique chemical fingerprint of Yellowstone’s most recent super-eruption have been found in seafloor sediments in the Santa Barbara Basin, off the coast of Southern California. These layers of ash, or tephra, are sandwiched among sediments that contain a remarkably detailed record of ocean and climate change. Together, both the ash and sediments reveal that the last eruption was not a single event, but two closely spaced eruptions that tapped the brakes on a natural global-warming trend that eventually led the planet out of a major ice age.
“We discovered here that there are two ash-forming super-eruptions 170 years apart and each cooled the ocean by about 3 degrees Celsius,” said U.C. Santa Barbara geologist Jim Kennett, who will be presenting a poster about the work on Wednesday, 25 Oct., at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Seattle. Attaining the resolution to detect the separate eruptions and their climate effects is due to several special conditions found in the Santa Barbara Basin, Kennett said.
One condition is the steady supply of sediment to the basin from land — about one millimeter per year. Then there is the highly productive ocean in the area, fed by upwelling nutrients from the deep ocean. This produced abundant tiny shells of foraminifera that sank to the seafloor where they were buried and preserved in the sediment. These shells contain temperature-dependent oxygen isotopes that reveal the sea surface temperatures in which they lived.
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But none of this would be much use, said Kennett, if it not for the fact that oxygen levels at the seafloor in the basin are so low as to preclude burrowing marine animals that mix the sediments and degrade details of the climate record. As a result, Kennett and his colleagues can resolve the climate with decadal resolution.
By comparing the volcanic ash record with the foraminifera climate record, it’s quite clear, he said, that both of these eruptions caused separate volcanic winters — which is when ash and volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions reduce that amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface and cause temporary cooling. These cooling events occurred at an especially sensitive time when the global climate was warming out of an ice age and easily disrupted by such events.
Kennett and colleagues discovered that the onset of the global cooling events was abrupt and coincided precisely with the timing of the supervolcanic eruptions, the first such observation of its kind.
But each time, the cooling lasted longer than it should have, according to simple climate models, he said. “We see planetary cooling of sufficient magnitude and duration that there had to be other feedbacks involved.” These feedbacks might include increased sunlight-reflecting sea ice and snow cover or a change in ocean circulation that would cool the planet for a longer time.
“It was a fickle, but fortunate time,” Kennett said of the timing of the eruptions. “If these eruptions had happened during another climate state we may not have detected the climatic consequences because the cooling episodes would not have lasted so long.”
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Note: The above post is reprinted from materials provided by Geological Society of America.
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UGA-bred blueberry plants now grow across the globe
By: Sharon Dowdy for CAES News
A tried and true Georgia “boy,” University of Georgia blueberry breeder Scott NeSmith takes pride in creating new blueberry varieties for farmers in Georgia and across the Southeast. Now he can boast that blueberry varieties he’s bred through the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have gone global.
Two southern highbush blueberry varieties bred by NeSmith in research plots on the UGA Griffin campus are grown in territories in Europe and several countries in Africa, including Namibia and Zimbabwe, he said.
These UGA-bred blueberry plants grow well in the Southeastern United States and will now be grown by African farmers “primarily for export to Europe and some parts of Asia,” said NeSmith, who was named UGA Inventor of the Year in 2013.
Partnerships like this one benefit consumers by extending the amount of time fresh blueberries are available on supermarket shelves.
“Berries grown in Africa won’t be competing directly with Georgia berries as they are producing berries from September until February and we harvest our berries April through June,” he said.
Marketing the UGA plant material to farmers outside the United States also brings valuable revenue back into NeSmith’s research program. This is done through the UGA Research Foundation, which assists the transition of UGA inventions into the marketplace. The UGA Office of Research created its Innovation Gateway to streamline the licensing and startup of UGA inventions. Thus far, more than 675 products have been introduced into the marketplace and more than 160 companies have been launched based on UGA research through Innovation Gateway.
“Regardless of where they are growing, UGA-bred blueberries feed the Georgia market during our season and, when they are licensed to be grown on in South America, we can have blueberries to eat in November, December and January,” said Brent Marable, associate director of plant licensing in UGA’s Innovation Gateway. “Consumers benefit and the royalties from those blueberries go back in to the university to fund more research into breeding the next blueberries.”
In addition to Europe and Africa, Marable said UGA-bred blueberries have been grown in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South America for more than a decade and will soon be grown in China.
“The beauty is that when we license blueberries in China or Japan or even in south Africa and Europe, we aren’t competing with Georgia growers,” he said. “We are feeding the global demand for blueberries with berries that don’t compete with the berries grown by Georgia farmers. South American (growers in) Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia ship berries into the U.S. when we can’t get berries from our Georgia growers.”
Since becoming head of the UGA blueberry-breeding program in 1998, NeSmith has released and patented 16 new commercial blueberry varieties and five ornamental blueberry varieties. These include several southern highbush varieties such as Georgia Dawn, Rebel and Suziblue, as well as Alapaha and Ochlockonee, rabbiteye blueberry varieties named after south Georgia rivers.
NeSmith says his work fulfills UGA’s mission while strengthening and expanding global demand for blueberries.
“The university mission is to reach the world, so we are definitely fulfilling the mission,” he said. “I like to think that if someone buys a Georgia-bred blueberry variety in December, they might search for it again when it’s ripe in May.”
For more about UGA blueberry research, go to http://extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/fruit-vegetable-ornamentals-production/blueberries.
(Sharon Dowdy is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)
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Discount Juan Gabriel Tickets: QueenBeeTickets.com Delights Customers with Lower Prices on Juan Gabriel Tickets for the 2015 Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Tour
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Rohingya University for United Nations’ Peace Studies Acclaimed by Unequivocal Academic Unanimity-Accord – UN Convergent Observances Adopt Resolution to Set-forth Rohingya Holocaust Digital Repository
The United Nations’ Peace & Non-Violence Days Candidly Marked by Asia & Oceania—Epic Convergent Summit of UN Observances 2017 Divulges Unequivocal Academic Unanimity-accords for Instituting Rohingya University for the United Nations’ Peace Studies to be Set-forth in Dubai and Rohingya Holocaust Int’l Digital Repository in Singapore—AOPDA Appeals World Learned Communities to Sign Amnesty Int’l’s Petition to Save Helpless Rohingyas.
SINGAPORE – 18 Oct, 2017 – An inter-regional ‘UN Peace & Non-Violence Summit’ organized by high-level postdoctoral academicians, ascribes resolutions of inordinate institutional significance.
Steered by high-profiled learned-cognoscente community of cross-regional universities, the epic summit’s prologue states that “This summit, hereby, calls for ‘dire priority considerations’ to address the ‘ever-worsening’ and ‘perpetually-escalating’ situations concerning the very reference-lines of ‘peace and violence’, that the Myanmar’s Rohingyas are facing at the every single moment of their life, under a systematic and state-sponsored ‘genocidal-persecution’ of an unprecedented type, and, a nature of its own!”.
The highly venerated academicians of Asia & Oceania Post-doctoral Academia (AOPDA), SAIRI Postdoctoral Multiversity for the United Nations SDGs Studies and SAARC-ASEAN Postdoc Academia have also earnestly appealed and entreated the world’s humane-hearted society and the learned community to sign a recently raised imperative petition by Amnesty Intl.:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/help-stop-the-violence-in-myanmar/
No need to mention, the Rohingya genocide is now academically considered to be the most humanity-shattering crisis of the recorded human history.
“Since, the UN has clearly stated for what is happening there in Myanmar is, “…a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, the resolution to set forth both; the Rohingya University and the Repository, has been conceded, for which the upshot-finale is destined to beheld globally as a UN pledge-based premier academic ‘lectern-measure’, which is essentially meant to; determine, institutionalize, discern, coalesce and animate the academic perspectives vis-à-vis the evidence-based accounts over the problematic segments that are concerning the ongoing genocidal crack-down of the most persecuted minority upon the earth – the Rohingyas”, says the AOPDA’s reference-line thematic prologue to acclaim the Rohingya University and the Holocaust Repository:
https://aopda.org/category/news
While marking the UN days in the backdrop-milieu of annual postdoctoral appreciations (NPAW), the 2017’s ‘Peace and Non-Violence’ convergent observances candidly and unequivocally ‘marked a historic landmark’ in the wide-spectrum realms of ‘peace and non-violence’, by adopting a unanimous resolution, which acclaims ‘Rohingya University for the UN Peace Studies along with a Rohingya Holocaust Digital Repository to be established in Dubai and Singapore simultaneously.
Notably, the unanimous adoption of the resolutions to establish the Rohingya University and the Holocaust Repository came just hours before the UN Human Rights Councils Session concluded in Geneva.
During the NPAW 2017, Asia & Oceania Post-Doctoral Academia (AOPDA) extended region-wide institutional indorsements for the significant resolutions, which were drafted and steered by Abu-Mishkath Professor Qadhi Aurangzeb Al-Hafi, the P.I.H. at AOPDA and SAIRI Postdoc Multiversity. Both of the resolutions have been widely and diversely agreed upon by academicians of Asian and Oceanic regions, as well as the US, Canada and UK.
The Situation, UN Observation & Disciplinary Move:
The United Nations Int’l Peace and Non-Violence observances have got an extravagance, as the year 2017 marks the 1st convergent adherence of both of the days that they are merited for.
According to the UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271, the UN-IDNV is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”.
AOPDA’s ‘disciplinary-move’ and the grit-perseverance to acclaim the Rohingya University and Rohingya Holocaust Repository reaffirms the UN resolution “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and the desire “to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”. “It should be noted and reminisced that our disciplinary-move in lieu of the inception of the university and repository urges the world to galvanize the moral and humanistic commitments for our fellow human being passing through the hardest tests of time. It serves also as a call to the collective conscience of the world to come forth in order to make an end to the ongoing worst-case genocidal scenario, ordaining and enacting to a new Holocaust enfolding in Myanmar. At the core of the thematic baselines, the essential ethos opts to scream ‘stop the holocaust when it is going to occur – when it is happening to unleash!’. The sore reminiscences of this ongoing holocaust abets to ensure the adoption of these two resolutions” reiterates AOPDA’s P.I.
The proposed structure of the university has been outlined as follows: Suggested to have core-precincts in Dubai, the university would constrain initially to the disciplines concerning to and encompassing the very segments in relation to the ‘peace & conflict’ studies, under the UN perspectives. Over 65% of the seats are dedicated to Rohingyas, whereas the 35% of the quota would be allocated for others, coming from diverse backgrounds. In the fields of Ethnology, Anthropology and IR, the university would entail ‘Ad-Eundem’ system as well.
Justice (R) Dr. S. S. Paru, Dr. Syed Hussain Shah Jillani and Dr. Abu Said Ahmad Fraz have been nominated as the Principal Patrons of the Rohingya University.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad. Akram Chaudhary’s name has been agreed upon for the International Provost and he has been designated as the ‘Focal Person’ for establishing the university.
The names suggested for the board of directors include: Dr. Zafar Saied Saify, Dr. Habib Siddique, Dr. Bareera N. B., M. S. Salawal Salah, Dr. Muang Zarni, Dr. Khalida M. Khan and Lt. Col (R) Azhar Saleem.
The extensive, eclectic, diverse, wide-ranging and cross-boundary covenant-pledges along with the consent-accords that both of the resolutions have been rendered and solidified with, aren’t, but a direct reflection of the human solidarity and reverence for a human community that is passing through one of the hardest tests of the recorded human history.
At the culmination of marking the UN convergent observances summit, a plea was raised on behalf of the helpless Rohingyas.
The Plea of Humanitarian Emergency – An Open Letter to the Collective Conscience of the World:
“The intensely horror-prone community – the Rohingyas – the ‘stateless’ as well as ‘the restless’ beings are gravely standing, right now, on a critical and perilous verge of a dreadful situation, which holds irretrievable consequences.
Should we, as a humanitarian assembly, now stand up together for the sake of these ‘dying-alive’ poor Rohingyas, in order to shake the collective conscience of the world, as well as ours own – by voicing altogether jointly and equally?
These longsuffering ‘stateless’ entities—the Rohingyas—their desperate children—their elders—and their disables—are on their knees before the collective conscience of the world—the international community—the UN, the governments and the entire humanity—begging for their lives—looking with their horror-struck eyes for someone to rescue them…!
They are like us all—their lives are as precious as our lives—their small babies are like our own small kids…!
“We’re all inhabitants of the same planet, to which they belong too. Where alongside, they’re being thrashed, beleaguered and de-humanized—their homes being burned-down—their heads being smashed on roads—their bodies being ruined and crumpled in streets—their children being enslaved, starved to death and, at instances ‘burnt-alive’—their women being made sex-slaves—and, due to the inaccessibility to food and water it has occurred in a way that they were forced to drink their own urine to survive….!”
“How many villages are required more to be burnt down – and then our conscience would respond to the wake-up call….? – How many women are needed more to be mass-raped by the Burmese army officials….?”
“How many thousands of the ‘innocent children’ need more to be ‘burnt alive’ and beleaguered alongside the streets – for all of us to take a ‘moral-stand’ on this critical verge of humanitarian emergency….?”
“How many kids and toddlers are still awaited to be dealt with as ‘farm-animals’– being mercilessly kicked and prodded as waste-ruggers…?”
O’ fellow beings, it’s not but a definitive ‘LITMUS TEST’ for all of us – for the ‘ultimate’ sense of humaneness – if we do have it at all!
We have to stand up now, for a ‘principal resolve’ of the ‘Rohingya’s Humanitarian Crisis’ as a ‘Moral Imperative’—if not a legal requisite..!
“And, if by now, we fail, therefore, to respond at this vulnerable hour, or if the global community continues to shy away from taking a ‘moral stand’, then, there can be no more justifiable reason for the pursuit of a humane society or for persisting and sticking to even the least realms of humaneness….!”
For more details: http://aopda.org
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Company Name: SAIRI Postdoctoral Multiversity for the United Nations SDGs Studies
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Soft Robotics Market 2019 Size, Share, Trends, Applications, Business Gross Margin, Industry Sales Revenue, Finical Planning and Global Research Study by Forecast 2024
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The Global Soft Robotics Market size is expected to grow from USD 300.50 million in 2018 to USD 2,323.58 Million by 2024, at a CAGR of 40.62%, during the forecast period
According to Market Research Future, the market for global soft robotics has been segmented on the basis of type, application, and region.
Soft robots are made using deformable matter such as fluids, gels, and elastomers such that they can adapt to curved and irregular surfaces and overcome the limitations of rigid robots. Soft robots are increasingly being deployed in places that require complicated and repetitive tasks to be performed with accuracy. Furthermore, the market players are adopting product launch as the key market strategy to increase their market share. For instance, In January 2019, Soft Robotics, Inc. launched an on-demand modular automation system—mGrip. This system allows users to build, validate, and install production-ready soft robotics systems for picking application.
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Based on type, the market has been categorized as soft grippers, co-robots, inflated robots, wearable robots, edible robots, and others. The wearable robot segment is estimated to be the largest during the review period; however, the co-robot segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period. The soft gripper segment is also witnessing significant development. For instance, in 2019, a group of researchers in MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory created a soft robotic origami gripper that can lift objects upto 100 times its weight.
Based on application, the market has been segmented into medical and healthcare, food and beverages, logistics, entertainment & gaming, automotive, survey & exploration, and others. The medical & healthcare segment is expected to dominate the soft robotics market during the forecast period owing to the number of gynecology, urology, orthopedic-related disorders, coupled with improvements in medical facilities across the globe. In 2019, the FDA issued a clearance for the first soft robotic system— ReStore soft exo-suit—developed for stroke therapy by ReWalk Robotics, Ltd.
The prominent players in the global soft robotics industry are Universal Robots A/S (Denmark), FANUC Corporation (Japan), Techman Robot ( Taiwan), ABB Ltd (Switzerland), KUKA AG (Germany), AUBO Robotics Inc. (US), Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Japan), Kawasaki (Japan), Rethink Robotics (Germany), ReWalk Robotics Ltd (Israel), RightHand Robotics Inc. (US), Soft Robotics Inc. (US), Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (US), F&P Robotics AG (Switzerland), and KAWADA Robotics Corporation (Japan).
The global soft robotics market has been segmented based on type, application, and region.
Based on the type, the market has been segmented into soft grippers, co-robots, inflated robots, wearable robots, edible robots, and others.
Based on application, the market has been segmented into medical and healthcare, food and beverages, logistics, entertainment & gaming, automotive, survey & exploration, and others.
By region, the market has been segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the rest of the world.
The global soft robotics market has been segmented, by region, into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the rest of the world.
North America, followed by Europe, is expected to be the largest market in the forecast period owing to the high concentration of market players and easy availability of proficient technical expertise in the region. Also, the end users in the region are the early adopters of robotics technology, which is expected to further drive the growth of the soft robotics market. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing regional market owing to the growing number of automated manufacturing industries with increased throughput.
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1.2 Global Soft Robotics Market, By Type
1.3 Global Soft Robotics Market, By End User
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Table 1 Global Soft Robotics Market, By Region, 2018–2024
Table 2 North America: Soft Robotics Market, By Country, 2018–2024
Table 3 Europe: Soft Robotics Market, By Country, 2018–2024
FIGURE 1 Global Soft Robotics Market Segmentation
FIGURE 2 Forecast Methodology
FIGURE 3 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Of The Global Soft Robotics Market
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Courthouse/Market House - Board 2
Dr. Sheila Mulloy of Westport was of the opinion that “Ballinrobe Courthouse was the only one in the country unchanged since 1798”.
The Market House/Courtrooms was rebuilt c. 1752. Many important events occurred in this building including cases where Irish men and women were sentenced to death or transportation to the New World, with most cases conducted in English. Fear was instilled in people in the 20th centuryby the threat “I’ll see you under the clock”.
The Boycott Trial
An interesting case examined in the Courtroom was that of ‘agitators’ who were accused of attempting to injure Captain Boycott (Lough Mask House). The Land League events were of such world-wide interest, that many international newspapers dispatched reporters to cover the events.
Reporters & Artwork
The artist Charles William Cole (fl.1880-1905) stayed in Ballinrobe and drew many sketches of daily activities and reported on the mood of the locals during the trials for the Graphic Newspaper, London. These sketches give us an indication of the number of army personnel who were moved into Ballinrobe and the area to protect the 50 Orangemen who participated in the Boycott Relief Expedition 12th-26th November,1880; also his departure from the area.
Adding a Work to the English Language
Fr. John O’Malley is credited by Michael Davitt as having adopted the verb “to Boycott” and that “already the stoutest hearted are yielding on every side to the dread of being Boycotted”.
Irish Green Flag with Uncrowned Harp
Another interesting event occurred at a quarterly meeting of the local district council held on the 25th November, 1899. Mr. Peter Regan flew “the Green Flag with an uncrowned Harp” from the Courthouse window to the applause of a large crown outside. Having been warned by Mr. Hearne C.P.S. to remove it, Mr. Regan would not do so, so the Head Constable Nash was called but, by the time he arrived, the flag had been squirreled away safely.
Well done Averil, you have made a huge step forward in bringing the life and soul back into our beautiful town . What an interesting and exciting way to highlight our eventful and colourful past. This indeed is a town with a heratage we should all be proud to be a part of. Keep up the good work.
By Patsy Murphy
I think the pop-up museum is a brilliant idea! All museums have more than they can ever display.This idea might also allow those objects/stories/documents to see the light of day?
Hope you don't mind if I 'steal your idea' and pass it on to our local museum here in Port Macquarie, NSW Australia!
By gerry walsh
Ballinrobe's secret wall
Ballinrobe's Winter Wonderland
Ballinrobe's' Tuberculosis Sanatorium, [St. Theresa's] Creagh, Ballinrobe Co. Mayo
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Professor Kong Jiming Of Manitoba University in Canada And Professor Zhong Guang Ming Of Texas Unive
On 27th April, Professor Kong Jiming of Manitoba University in Canada and Professor Zhong Guang Ming of Texas University in America were invited to Hebei North University to give an academic lecture.
Professor Kong Jiming graduated from The First Military Medical University, and he learned from professor Zhong Shizhen, one of the founders of modern clinical anatomy. After graduation, he engaged himself in postdoctoral research in the United States and Canada and he is now a tenured professor in Manitoba University, Canada. Professor Zhong Guangming, is a professor at the University of Texas and director of the State Health Science Center of Microbiology and Immunology Laboratory. He is the editor of 19 famous international journals, including Immunity and Science. He is in the leading research in the fields of the infection of chlamydia and pneumonia and preparation of vaccines. Professor Kong Jiming and Zhong Shizhen were appointed as part-time professors in Hebei North University in 2005 and 2004. They trained 4 excellent young teachers.
Professor Kong Jiming and Zhong Guangming gave a report respectively named Neuronal Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Chlamydial Vaccine Development. These two professors introduced the latest research results in his field. They also explained scientific research and methods according to their researches and developmental experience. 400 teachers and students attended the meeting.
Professor Kong Jiming had a forum with the young teachers in medical department. More than 30 teachers attended the forum. He had a conversation with teachers in terms of the selecting the topic and reporting of scientific research, the new methods, and publications of the research results. This forum provided the teachers an opportunity to get an international level knowledge, and broadened their horizon and minds.
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Saturday, 07 December 2013 - 19:06
Our label changed; says Minister Dallas.
Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dallas Alahapperuma said, by hosting the CHOGM in Sri Lanka the impression of the world has changed.
Speaking during a ceremony held in Colombo today, the Minister further said that the attempts of international forces who tried to portray Sri Lanka as a failed state have been botched.
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The Land Without Color Series
The Land Without Color
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of the Land of Stories, Heroes of the Distant Planets, and other exciting adventure books.
Synopsis (from Amazon): What If You Were Transported to a Land Without Color?
And the Only One Who Could Restore it Was You?
When Alvin gets a mysterious pack of gum for his birthday, he of course blows a bubble as large as he can. But when that bubble carries him away to a far-off land where everything is gray, he’s in for the adventure of his life, and more than a little danger. Because he’s the only one who can restore the Kingdom of Color to its former glory. To do it, Alvin has to battle man-eating plants, outsmart the bumbling Crimson Guards, cross the Sugar Dessert, overcome the two-headed dragon, and find the color-stealing goblins. It’s dangerous. Scary. Impossible! But it’s the only way to restore color to the kingdom.
The Great Sugar War
Synopsis (from Amazon): What Would You Do If You Found Yourself In the Middle of An Epic War,
And You Were The Only One Who Knew The Way to Save the Kingdom?
When Otto’s 12th birthday present carries him across a strange sea, he finds himself in an astonishing land, smack dab in the middle of an epic war. A combat between the Kingdom of Color, and the Kingdom of Shapes. The ravages of war have stripped the land of color and Otto’s only hope of bringing the brilliant hues of light and life back to the land is to defeat the sugar soldiers. Escape from the gnome factory. Outwit the war inspectors. And of course, convince the grasshoppers the vital importance of eating their greens.
The Collapsing Kingdom
Synopsis (from Amazon): All His Life, Brandon Has Heard Stories About The Kingdom of Color.
Now He’s About To Live One
Brandon grew up hearing stories about how his grandfather and great-great grandfather battled to free the Kingdom of Color from its enemies, but he never imagined that one day he’d have to risk his own life to save the kingdom. Grayness has returned to the kingdom. The land is collapsing beneath Brandon’s feet. Food has stopped growing. And his Grandpa Alvin, is missing. Brandon’s only chance is to team up with his best friend, and a giant eagle. Together they must elude the relentless Officer Reed, escape the nefarious Spider Riders, and of course rescue the twin princesses, Gwendolyn and Sapphire.
Thoughts: This series is truly incredible. I loved how Benjamin Ellefson was able to connect the three different books in The Land Without Color series into one truly incredible story. For example, in every book there is a different main character, however each main character is related to each other. An example of this is one of the main characters is the grandson and great-great grandson of the two other main characters. I also enjoyed all the sidekicks in this series including a talkative squirrel, a dim solider, and a helpful eagle. Finally, I liked how Kevin Cannon drew such amazing and descriptive illustrations. Overall, I loved this funny, amazing, truly incredible series.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. All thoughts are my own.
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Friday saw the draw for the group stage of the Europa League take place in the lavish surroundings of Monaco. Over the last 15 European second-tier tournaments, Spanish top flight sides have dominated the competition winning nine of the fifteen finals. In fact, such has been the dominance of La Liga sides, that five of the last seven victors have hailed from Spain. This decade alone, Sevilla has won the tournament three times as have Atletico Madrid with Diego Simeone’s men the current defending champions. As another Europa League season reaches its group stage, we look at who the … [Read more...]
Who’s Playing Who in La Liga this Weekend?
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County: Washington County
City: Clinton
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Clinton, nestled in an Ozark valley along U.S. 65, is a western gateway to Greers Ferry Lake. The town offers travel accommodations, historic downtown, museum, parks and colorful festivals. Clinton was founded in 1842 by George Counts and named for New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton, noted for building the Erie Canal. The little village became Van Buren County’s seat of justice in 1844. Local events include the Lost Cherokee Pow Wow on Memorial Day Weekend and the National Chuckwagon Championships on Labor Day Weekend. Clinton is a member of the Arkansas Main Street program.
Van Buren County Historical Society Museum
Directions: West off Hwy. 65, follow signs Local and area exhibits, plus research room; all items donated by people of Van Buren County.
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Faye's Diamond Mine
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Directions: Located four miles north of Clinton off U.S. 65 Hidden away in the scenic beauty of the Ozarks, this 100
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Collins Creek
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The dynamics of technology in revolutionizing education and research
Arun H. S Kumar
July-December 2017, 8(2):137-138
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Neuroanatomical changes in brain structures related to cognition in epilepsy: An update
K Saniya, BG Patil, Madhavrao D Chavan, KG Prakash, Kumar Sai Sailesh, R Archana, Minu Johny
DOI:10.4103/0976-9668.210016 PMID:28781476
Understanding the microanatomical changes in brain structures is necessary for developing innovative therapeutic approaches to prevent/delay the cognitive impairment in epilepsy. We review here the microanatomical changes in the brain structures related to cognition in epilepsy. Here, we have presented the changes in major brain structures related to cognition, which helps the clinicians understand epilepsy more clearly and also helps researchers develop new treatment procedures.
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Association of neck circumference and obesity with blood pressure among adolescents in urban and rural population in North Tamil Nadu
Archana Rajagopalan, Nisha Balaji
DOI:10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_29_17 PMID:28781477
Aim: Since a few studies exist on the association of neck circumference (NC) and obesity with blood pressure (BP) among adolescents in India, we found it highly relevant to measure the NC and body mass index (BMI) using them as indicators of upper body subcutaneous fat and obesity and relate them to BP in a rural and urban adolescent population in North Tamil Nadu. Materials and Methods: This is a community-based cross-sectional study of descriptive design where 500 students from urban and rural areas were selected, and their BMI, NC, and BP were measured using standardized instruments. Results: Among urban and rural population high and normal NC positively correlated with BMI, systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP), indicating that the data clearly reflects increase in BMI, SBP, and DBP values with increase in NC or vice versa. The correlation was statistically significant (P < 0.001) significantly higher BMI (P < 0.01), SBP (P < 0.05), and NC (P < 0.001) was observed in urban population than rural. DBP was not significantly different in rural and urban population. 95th percentile values are significantly higher than rest in both urban and rural population. Only the 95th percentile values correlate and reflect similar changes in BMI, SBP, and DBP. Conclusion: Our studies indicate a strong association of elevation in BP with high NC and increase in BMI. Overweight and obesity were positively correlated with increase in SBP and DBP.
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The impact of the educational intervention on knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacovigilance toward adverse drug reactions reporting among health-care professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India
Subramaniyan Ganesan, Selvarajan Sandhiya, Kishtapati Chenchu Reddy, Chandrasekaran Adithan
Background: Knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP)-based educational intervention is an important tool to reduce underreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Hence, this study aimed to assess the KAP of doctors and nurses working in medicine and allied departments of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research on spontaneous reporting of ADRs, following an educational intervention. The study also compared the quantity of ADRs reported before and after 1 year of introducing the educational intervention. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study involving doctors and nurses working in a tertiary care hospital in South India. A predesigned structured questionnaire was prepared to suit our ADR monitoring center, validated and then distributed to doctors and nurses working in medicine and allied departments of the institute. The study participants were asked to fill KAP pretest questionnaire followed by interactive educational intervention and post-test questionnaire related to KAP after 1 year. The impact of educational intervention among doctors and nurses was evaluated by their response to the post-test questionnaire and the number of ADR reported after intervention. The appropriate statistical analysis was used through Graph Pad InStat version 3.0. Results: A total of 235 health-care professionals were involved in the pre-KAP questionnaire, an educational intervention, and post-KAP questionnaire. Among them, doctors were 39%, and nurses were 61%. The overall response rate among doctors and nurses following educational intervention was statistically significant (P < 0.0001). Following the educational intervention, the quantity of ADR reported became double compared to pre-intervention. Conclusion: The KAP of health-care professionals improved following educational interventional program on pharmacovigilance. Continued educational intervention may inculcate ADR reporting culture among health-care professionals.
Isolation and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli from urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital of North Eastern Karnataka
Sudheendra Ramesh Kulkarni, Basavaraj V Peerapur, Kumar Sai Sailesh
Introduction: Clinical management of the urinary tract infections (UTI) is influenced by the antimicrobial vulnerability patterns. Objective: The study aimed to analyse the resistance pattern of the Escherichia coli (E. coli) causing UTI in patients over a period of 4 years from 2012 to 2015. Materials and Methods: 1000 samples from patients suspected of having urinary tract infections were collected and processed for culture and antimicrobial drug susceptibility as per the routine microbiological techniques. Results: Of the total 1000 samples, 395 cases were culture-positive for E. coli. These isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility by disk diffusion method. Of the total 395 E. coli isolates, 170 (43%) were multi drug resistant (MDR). The isolates showed high level of resistance to Ampicillin (82.53%), Cefuroxime (72.41%), Amoxycillin-clavulinic acid (71.90%), Ceftriaxone (66.58%), Ciprofloxacin (65.82%) and Cefepime (57.47%). The isolates were sensitive to Imipenem (96.71%), Nitrfurantion (92.41%), Amikacin (90.89%), Chloramphenicol (85.82%), Piperacillin-tazobactum (80.76%), Gentamicin (59.24%), Azetreonam (54.43%) and Norfloxacin (53.67%). Conclusion: We conclude that a significant number of the urinary tract infections in our study subjects were caused by multiple drug resistant E. coli. The sensitivity pattern showed a continued decline from 2012 to 2015, with Imipenem being currently the most effective antibiotic.
The role of red cell distribution width as a predictor of mortality for critically ill patients in an inner-city hospital
Syed Atif Safdar, Tejas Modi, Lakshmi Durga Sriramulu, Hamid Shaaban, Raymund Sison, Varun Modi, Marc Adelman, Gunwant Guron
Background: Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of the variation in the red blood cell volume that is usually recorded as a part of the standard complete blood cell count. Recent studies have demonstrated the prognostic value of RDW in many different clinical settings. The objective of this research study is to investigate the independent association of RDW with 30-day mortality in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Methods: One hundred and fifty-six patients admitted to the ICU of our hospital between July 2009 and June 2011 were included in our study. Out of 156 patients, 124 survived the hospital stay. The data on patient's demographics, interventions done in ICU, and their comorbidities were collected. Baseline variables and the RDW value were compared between survivors and nonsurvivors. The cutoff point for RDW used for the comparison was 15.75. Both univariable and multivariable analyses were done. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In the univariable analysis of the study between survivors and nonsurvivors, the median RDW was 17.20 for nonsurvivors, implying statistical significance (P = 0.007). In multivariable analysis, RDW remained significantly associated with inpatient mortality. The receiver operating characteristic is 0.656 (P = 0.007), with an optimal cutoff of 15.75 for RDW. At the cutoff of RDW, i.e., 15.75, the sensitivity and specificity for inpatient mortality was 71% and 89%, respectively. Conclusion: In critically ill ICU patients, RDW is an independent predictor of 30-day mortality. Taking into consideration the fact that RDW is routinely measured in complete blood count with no additional cost, this can serve as an “inexpensive prognostic marker” in critically ill patients.
Common causes of eye enucleation among patients
A Farokhfar, A Ahmadzadeh-Amiri, MR Sheikhrezaee, Mohammad Ali Heidari Gorji, N Agaei
Background: We investigated the contributing causes and factors leading to eye enucleation procedure among the patients referred to the ophthalmology clinic of the Center Eye Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of patients referred to the ophthalmology clinic of the Center Eye Hospital in Tehran, Iran, in the past 3 years. The data retrieved were analyzed. Results: A total of 313 patients underwent eye enucleation during the past 3 years. The average age of the patients was 36.7 years (range: 20–44 years). Two hundred and eight patients (66.5%) were males and 105 (33.5%) were females. One hundred and sixty-nine patients had the right eye enucleation while 144 patients had the left eye enucleation. The various procedures included enucleation (83%), evisceration (13.4%), and exantration (3.6%). The factors leading to these procedures included trauma (33.2%), phthisis bulbi (20.7%), tumors (15.7%), and infections (10.5%). Conclusion: In our study population, trauma was the main factor leading to eye enucleation. Hence, measures to increase social awareness and knowledge to reduce trauma cases are necessary as a preventive approach to reduce eye enucleation procedures. Concurrently, ophthalmologists should also pay more attention in early diagnoses and screening of eye health, especially detecting tumor cases such as retinoblastoma and postsurgical care to reduce secondary infections will be effective actions to reduce the overall rate of enucleation.
Polymorphism of the prolactin gene and its relationship with milk production in gir and kankrej cattle
Jainikkumar Bipinchandra Patel, Jenabhai Bhathibhai Chauhan
Background: The aim of this study was to detect allelic and genotypic frequencies of prolactin (PRL) gene in Gir (200) and Kankrej (100) cattle and to analyze milk production traits of tested cattle on their PRL genotypes. Materials and Methods: The 156 bp fragment located in exon 3 was amplified using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragments length polymorphism technique. Results: Allele frequencies in the studied breed were A = 0.52 and B = 0.48. Means and standard deviations for milk yield and fat content (%) were 3811.6 ± 462.1 and 3.99 ± 0.18 for the AA genotype, 3514.9 ± 450.8 and 4.16 ± 0.33 for the AB genotype, and 3388.8 ± 423.3 and 4.34 ± 0.11 for the BB genotype, respectively, in Gir cattle. Similarly, for Kankrej cattle, means and standard deviations for milk yield and fat content (%) were 2007.8 ± 246.3 and 4.05 ± 0.16 for the AA genotype, 1846.14 ± 133.4 and 4.10 ± 0.156 for the AB genotype, and 1767.7 ± 186.4 and 4.30 ± 0.178 for the BB genotype, respectively, in Kankrej cattle. Conclusion: This study showed differences in milk traits among PRL genotypes of Gir and Kankrej cattle.
Electroencephalogram signal classification for automated epileptic seizure detection using genetic algorithm
B Suguna Nanthini, B Santhi
Background: Epilepsy causes when the repeated seizure occurs in the brain. Electroencephalogram (EEG) test provides valuable information about the brain functions and can be useful to detect brain disorder, especially for epilepsy. In this study, application for an automated seizure detection model has been introduced successfully. Materials and Methods: The EEG signals are decomposed into sub-bands by discrete wavelet transform using db2 (daubechies) wavelet. The eight statistical features, the four gray level co-occurrence matrix and Renyi entropy estimation with four different degrees of order, are extracted from the raw EEG and its sub-bands. Genetic algorithm (GA) is used to select eight relevant features from the 16 dimension features. The model has been trained and tested using support vector machine (SVM) classifier successfully for EEG signals. The performance of the SVM classifier is evaluated for two different databases. Results: The study has been experimented through two different analyses and achieved satisfactory performance for automated seizure detection using relevant features as the input to the SVM classifier. Conclusion: Relevant features using GA give better accuracy performance for seizure detection.
Structural and biophysical characterization of cajanus cajan protease inhibitor
Tooba Naz Shamsi, Romana Parveen, Shahzaib Ahamad, Sadaf Fatima
Context: A large number of studies have proven that Protease inhibitors (PIs), specifically serine protease inhibitors, show immense divergence in regulation of proteolysis by targeting their specific proteases and hence, they play a key role in healthcare. Objective: We aimed to access in-vitro anticancer potential of PI from Cajanus cajan (CCPI). Also, crystallization of CCPI was targetted alongwith structure determination and its structure-function relationship. Materials and Methods: CCPI was purified from Cajanus cajan seeds by chromatographic techniques. The purity and molecular mass was determined by SDS-PAGE. Anticancer potential of CCPI was determined by MTT assay in normal HEK and cancerous A549 cells. The crystallization screening of CCPI was performed by commercially available screens. CCPI sequence was subject to BLASTp with homologous PIs. Progressive multiple alignment was performed using clustalw2 and was modelled using ab initio protocol of I-TASSER. Results: The results showed ~14kDa CCPI was purified in homogeneity. Also, CCPI showed low cytotoxic effects of in HEK i.e., 27% as compared with 51% cytotoxicity in A549 cells. CCPI crystallized at 16°C using 15% PEG 6000 in 0.1M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) in 2-3weeks as rod or needles visualized as clusters under the microscope. The molecular modelling revealed that it contains 3 beta sheets, 3 beta hairpins, 2 β-bulges, 6 strands, 3 helices, 1helix-helix interaction, 41 β-turns and 27 γ-turns. Discussion and Conclusion: The results indicate that CCPI may help to treat cancer in vivo aswell. Also, this is the first report on preliminary crystallization and structural studies of CCPI.
Assessment of directly observed treatment in revised national tuberculosis control programme: A study from North India
Srikanta Kanungo, Zulfia Khan, Mohammad Athar Ansari, Ali Jafar Abedi
Introduction: Directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) strategy is one of the vital components of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) came into existence in 1997. Directly observed treatment providers (DOT providers) are the grass root level link between program and clients. Aims: This study was undertaken to assess the quality of DOTS and facilities available at DOT centers and association between program input and outcome. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was carried out to evaluate RNTCP in a North Indian District. Totally, 42 DOT providers providing treatment to registered RNTCP patients in four designated microscopy centers were included in this study. Program input was assessed based on a ten-point questionnaire regarding processes and facilities followed DOT center. Treatment outcome of 302 patients receiving DOTS under these providers was also assessed. Statistical Analysis: Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Categorical variables such as age group, sex, religion, location, work experience of DOT providers are measured in frequency and percentage. Chi-square was used to find association between quality of DOTS and outcome of treatment. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The basic principle of DOTS was followed only in half (47.6%) of the DOT centers, counseling was not being done by 40.5% of the providers. Formal training of DOTS was given to two-thirds of the providers. The treatment outcome of patients was significantly associated with program input at DOT center level (Chi-square = 4.02, P < 0.05). Conclusions: There are few gaps in DOT practices such as administration of DOTS, patient counseling, and tracing of follow-up. This study also concluded that improved program input can enable to get a better outcome.
A simple way for the preparation of natural antioxidant quercetin from rutin by subcritical water
Elena Vladimirovna Vetrova, Elena Vladimirovna Maksimenko, Salima Salimovna Khizrieva, Anastasia Fedorovna Bugaeva, Nikolay Ivanovitch Borisenko, Vladimir Isaakovitch Minkin
Context: Quercetin (QR) is a natural strong antioxidant of the plant origins. It is used for treating conditions of heart and blood vessels including “hardening of arteries” (atherosclerosis), high cholesterol, heart disease, circulation problems, preventing cancer, for treating chronic infections of the prostate, etc., Aims: The aim of this work was to development and study of an acid-free technique for the preparation of QR from rutin (RT) that requires no use of acids and toxic organic solvents. Materials and Methods: For the first time, the subcritical water that serves as a reactant and a solvent were used to obtain QR in good yields starting from RT. High-performance liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry was used to determine the quantitative and qualitative compositions of the obtained products. Conclusions: For the first time, a new acid-free technique was used for the synthesis of natural antioxidant QR from an RT by subcritical water. That way requires no use of acids and/or toxic organic solvents. It has been shown that variation of only one parameter of the process (temperature of subcritical water) allows alteration to the composition of the hydrolysis products. The new method developed for the production of QR in subcritical water is environmentally friendly and faster than conventional hydrolysis methods that use acidic or enzymatic hydrolysis. The proposed technique has a potential for the future development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly technologies for the production of new pharmaceutical plant-based substances.
Distress and its effect on adherence to antidiabetic medications among Type 2 diabetes patients in coastal South India
Nithin Kumar, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Vaman Kulkarni, Ramesh Holla, Darshan Bhagawan, Avinash Kumar, Shodhan Aithal
Background: Distress can bring about an unfavorable attitude among the patients toward tackling their disease which can affect adherence to medications. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of distress on adherence to medication among patients with diabetes. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 124 type 2 diabetes patients above 18 years, attending the hospitals affiliated to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, selected using nonprobability sampling were interviewed to assess the presence of diabetes-related distress (DRD) and their level of adherence to medications. Distress was assessed using diabetes distress scale. Morisky Adherence Questionnaire was used to assess the level of adherence. Approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to assess the influence of domains of distress on adherence to antidiabetic medication and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In our study, 41.9% (n = 52) of the participants had high diabetes distress. Exactly 43.5% (n = 54) of the participants had low adherence to antidiabetic medications. On univariate analysis, participants with low regimen distress, low physician distress, and low interpersonal distress were found to have good adherence to antidiabetic medication. However, on multivariate analysis, only low regimen distress was found to be significantly associated with good adherence to medication among the study participants. Conclusion: DRD is a problem in our study participants which affects the adherence to medications. Identifying distress at an early stage can help doctors formulate and implement remedial measures, thereby improving adherence to medications.
Villous chorion: A potential source for pluripotent-like stromal cells
Jaianand Kannaiyan, Palaniyandi Muthukutty, M D. Tabish Iqbal, Balaji Paulraj
Context: Multipotent stromal cells are isolated from various fetal sources and studied for their phenotypic characterization and ability to differentiate into different lineages. Aims: In this study, we aimed to isolate mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs) from villous chorion, expand under clinical scale level, compared the potency with other source of fetal-derived MSCs and studied their differentiation capabilities to form all three germ layers. Subjects and Methods: Placenta obtained from C-section was used to isolate villous chorion-MSCs (VC-MSCs) were expanded up to tenth passage and their characteristics were assessed by proliferation rate and phenotypic characterization using fluorescence-activated cell sorting and also expanded MSCs were analyzed for differentiated into all three germ layers by cytochemical staining. Results: Stem cell isolated from VC yielded up to 2.16 × 109 cells at second passage and 3.06–4.23 × 104 cells/cm2 at tenth passage. The total yield of cells with all three sources analysis showed that VC has a low yield at second passage compared to amniotic membrane and Wharton's jelly, but the VC-MSCs yield significant amount in lesser days. The phenotypic characterization revealed positive for CD73, CD90, and CD105 and negative for CD79, CD34, CD45, human leukocyte antigen-DR proving their stemness even at tenth passage. They can able to differentiate into ectodermic neural cells, endodermic hepatocytes, and mesodermal differentiation of chondrocytes, adipocytes, and osteogenic cells proving their ability to differentiate into all three germ layers. Conclusions: This result suggests that the VC-MSCs are ideal source of stem cells with similar characteristics such as other adult stem cells. Thus, VC-derived MSCs can be potential clinical source in regenerative medicine.
Influence of qualification and practice settings of dental practitioners on antimicrobial prescribing in Delhi and National Capital Region, India
Himika Wasan, Pooja Gupta, Apoorva Mathur, Ekta Mutneja, Vijay Prakash Mathur, Yogendra Kumar Gupta
Background and Objectives: Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing is highly reported in dentistry. The objective of the study was to see the effect of dental qualification and practice settings on antimicrobial prescribing practices among dental practitioners in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) of India. Materials and Methods: A self-designed and pretested questionnaire was given to 667 dental practitioners holding degrees of graduation, postgraduation, and those pursuing postgraduation, working in academic institutions and private clinics in NCR of India. Data were analyzed using statistical software Stata version 12.0. Chi-square and logistic regression tests were used for analysis. Results: Out of total 539 responded, 66.4% of the practitioners prescribed by brand name and 27.8% by generic name. Amoxicillin * clavulanic acid (27.4%) was the first choice. Only 26% of the practitioners asked for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Space infections (91.9%), impacted third molar extractions (89.7%), and periodontal abscess (88.1%) were the conditions where antimicrobials were most frequently prescribed. However, 60.9% and 53.3% of the practitioners also prescribed antimicrobials for acute pulpitis and dry socket, respectively. For prophylaxis in medical conditions, amoxicillin was the first choice. In case of history of allergy to penicillin, 52.3% of the practitioners prescribe erythromycin whereas 14.6% prescribe amoxicillin. The adverse drug reporting culture was negligible, and only 14.3% of the practitioners were aware of the Pharmacovigilance Program of India. Level of qualification had a significant effect on prescribing (P < 0.05). Interpretation and Conclusion: Frequent irrational prescribing of antimicrobials used in odontogenic conditions warrants an urgent and continued need for guidelines as well as educational intervention programs in dentistry. This will improve the quality of antimicrobial prescribing practices in dentistry.
Cadaveric study of mode of termination of gonadal veins: Implications for procedures utilizing terminal ends of gonadal veins as entry portals
Rekha Lalwani, Sunita A Athavale, Ketu Chauhan, Guljari Lal Nigam, C S. Ramesh Babu, Sheetal Kotgirwar
Context: The terminal ends of gonadal veins act as an entry portal in gonadal embolization procedures used for treating varicocele in males and pelvic congestion disease in females. Here, we studied the modes of termination of gonadal veins in adult cadavers. Material and Methods: Thirty-five adult formalin-fixed cadavers (seventy sides) were studied over a period of 4 years. The modes of termination of gonadal veins were observed under the following study variables: (a) number, (b) locale of termination, and (c) termination angle. Results: Variations in study parameters were observed in eight sides of seven cadavers (seven unilateral and one bilateral). Double veins at termination were observed in six cadavers; anomalous termination was observed in three cadavers. Angle of termination differed from normal in 3 cadavers. In one of these cadavers, the left ovarian vein drained into the left suprarenal vein. Conclusion: Duplication of terminal ends, anomalous drainage site, and varied angles of termination call for caution to ensure the success of procedures, which use terminal ends of gonadal veins as entry portals.
Is there any benefit of integrating computer-assisted learning with conventional teaching format in pharmacology to demonstrate the effects of different drugs on mean arterial blood pressure in an anesthetized dog?: A comparative study
Parama Sengupta, Abhishek Sharma, Nina Das
Purpose: Computer-assisted learning (CAL) tools are often used in medical education as it can complement conventional teaching formats and as an alternative to animal experiments in undergraduate medical students. To identify if there is any benefit of integrating CAL tools with conventional teaching format in pharmacology for a specific topic. Materials and Method: Two groups of fourth semester students, Group I (n = 55) and Group II (n = 60), were taught a specific topic in pharmacology using only conventional teaching format (Group I), and both conventional teaching format as well as CAL format (EP Dog version 1.1.0) (Group II). The students were assessed with two different sets of multiple-choice questions, relevant to the topic taught, immediately at the end of the teaching sessions and after 30 days. Acceptability of the two teaching sessions by the students was also assessed using Likert scale. Results: There was no significant difference in the scores of the students of the two groups immediately after teaching (P = 0.1260), there is definitely better residual knowledge reflected by the significantly (P = 0.001) better test scores of the Group II students after 30 days in comparison to Group I students. However, there was no significant difference with regard to the acceptability of the CAL teaching format alone and along with the conventional teaching format between the two groups (P = 0.6033). Conclusion: Integrating CAL with conventional teaching format improves students' understanding and performance for a specific topic.
Evaluation of susceptibility of glycopeptide-resistant and glycopeptide-sensitive enterococci to commonly used biocides in a super-speciality hospital: A pilot study
Mohit Bhatia, Bibhabati Mishra, Archana Thakur, Vinita Dogra, Poonam Sood Loomba
Context: Although existence of a probable association between glycopeptide and biocide resistance among enterococci has often been hypothesized, all studies conducted so far on this subject have been inconclusive. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of the existence of an association between glycopeptide resistance and reduced susceptibility to biocides among Enterococcus spp. Settings and Design: This was a pilot study conducted in a super-speciality hospital situated in New Delhi, India, between June and November, 2015. Patients and Methods: Fourteen isolates of Enterococcus spp. obtained from various clinical samples of inpatients were subjected to susceptibility testing by modified Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method to the following antibiotics: ampicillin (30 μg), gentamicin (120 μg), linezolid (30 μg), teicoplanin (30 μg), and vancomycin (30 μg). Based on the preliminary glycopeptide susceptibility results, all the isolates were classified into glycopeptide-sensitive and glycopeptide-resistant groups, respectively. Isolates belonging to both of these groups were subjected to tube dilution method for determining minimum inhibitory concentration of three biocides, namely, sodium hypochlorite, povidone-iodine, and absolute ethanol, respectively. Minimum bactericidal concentration of these disinfectants was also determined as per standard guidelines. Statistical Analysis Used: Not applicable. Results: More number of glycopeptide-sensitive strains exhibited reduced susceptibility to sodium hypochlorite than glycopeptide-resistant strains of enterococci. However, more number of glycopeptide-resistant isolates exhibited lower susceptibility to povidone-iodine than glycopeptide-sensitive isolates of enterococci. Both glycopeptide-sensitive and glycopeptide-resistant enterococci were equally susceptible to absolute ethanol. Conclusions: It seems that biocide resistance is an important issue and may have links with antibiotic resistance. This study points towards a possible association between glycopeptide resistance and reduced susceptibility to povidone iodine among enterococci. More studies should be conducted in order to further explore this supposedly enigmatic issue.
Frequency of Class 1 integron and genetic diversity of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from medical centers in Kermanshah
Mahsa Eghbalimoghadam, Abbas Farahani, Farahtaj Navab Akbar, Parviz Mohajeri
Background and Objective: Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an important pathogen in hospital and environment that can acquire transport element and antibiotic-resistant genes. The aim of this study was to determine the resistances to different antibiotics, frequency of Class 1 integron in A. baumannii and then molecular typing for A. baumannii isolated from Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Materials and Methods: A total of 100 isolates of A. baumannii were collected from patients admitted to hospitals in Kermanshah from April 2014 to September 2015. The isolates were identified using biochemical test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test for 20 antibiotics was determined by Kirby–Bauer antibiotic testing (or disc diffusion). The prevalence rate of class integrons among the isolates was determined using polymerase chain reaction and finally 80 isolates of A. baumannii obtained from the Intensive Care Unit were selected for molecular typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results: The maximum drug resistance was observed against cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, mezlocillin, imipenem, and ceftazidime and piperacillin. Twenty-nine isolates were multidrug resistant (MDR); about 21 isolates were extensively-drug resistant and none were pandrug resistance and 42 isolates (42%) contained Class 1 integrons. The results did not show a significant correlation between the presence of Class 1 integrons and incidence of MDR A. baumannii. Five clusters were obtained by PFGE. Conclusion: This study did not show a significant correlation between the presence of Class 1 integrons and incidence of MDR A. baumannii. By PFGE analysis, the high level of similarity between some pulsotypes in A.baumannii strains showed genetic correlation between them.
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Consuelo Cavaniglia named Curator for John Fries Award 2017
Interdisciplinary artist Consuelo Cavaniglia has been announced as the Guest Curator of the John Fries Award 2017.
With a varied background, over the past 12 years Consuelo has worked in a range of contemporary art spaces, universities, regional art centres and artist-led initiatives. Originally from Perth, she has been Coordinator of significant national art prizes, Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award and the Cossack Art Award, she was Art Consultant at Artsource and Exhibitions Coordinator at Fremantle Arts Centre. Independent curatorial projects have consistently flanked her practice – she has developed projects in spaces including gallery, museum, commercial and public spaces.
Currently based in Sydney Consuelo has exhibited widely nationally. She completed an MFA at Sydney College of the Arts in 2016 and lectures in Art Processes in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney.
Enthusiastic about her appointment Consuelo says “the John Fries Award is a fantastic opportunity for early career artists to present work alongside peers in a highly visible and well regarded Award exhibition”.
The John Fries Award aims to encompass the breadth of contemporary practice and is open to artists working in all mediums – from painting to conceptual art, performance to photography.
Judged by highly regarded critics, curators, writers, artists and educators, the award provides a $10,000 non-acquisitive prize to the winning entrant.
Consuelo says the Award entrants provide a snapshot of contemporary practices across Australia and New Zealand, “the Award showcases the work of some of the most exciting contemporary practitioners and I’m eager to see the scope and calibre of practices within the entrants to the 2017 Award”.
In its eighth year, the Award has cemented its place on the yearly calendar of important opportunities for early career artists as evidenced by the high quality of the exhibition and the overwhelming number of entries in the past two years.
“The Award is committed to supporting emerging and early-career practices, it operates from an ethical basis providing financial support for artists to develop and present work, encouraging increased ambition in their practice” Consuelo said.
Entries for the John Fries Award 2017 will open on Monday, 16 January 2017.
All finalists’ entries feature in a month-long exhibition to be held during August 2017 at UNSW Galleries at UNSW Art & Design– the Award’s presenting partner for the fourth year running.
This continued partnership outlines both Copyright Agency | Viscopy and UNSW Art & Design’s desire to build a professional and resilient creative economy through recognising outstanding talent in the emerging arts sector.
The award’s prize money has been donated by the Fries family in memory of former Viscopy director and honorary treasurer, John Fries, who made a remarkable contribution to the life and success of Viscopy.
Entries close Monday, 27 February 2017.
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Justine Youssef wins the 2019 John Fries Award
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Narrative, language and intergenerational learning drive 2019 John Fries Award exhibition
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Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers - 12/12/2010
ATL 14 3 7 7 31
CAR 0 0 7 3 10
The Atlanta Falcons committed 1 penalties for 10 yards. They were flagged a total of 1 times.
Together there were 7 penalties for 60 yards. There were 7 total flags in this game.
Defensive Offside 0 Carolina N.Hayden 1 07:10 3 1 No No Yes
False Start 5 Carolina G.Schwartz 1 03:10 1 10 No No Yes
Illegal Block Above the Waist 10 Atlanta E.Coleman 2 11:32 4 11 No No No
Offensive Holding 9 Carolina N.Hayden 2 02:34 0 0 No No Yes
Defensive Pass Interference 26 Carolina R.Marshall 3 10:23 1 10 No No Yes
Encroachment 5 Carolina D.Landri 3 06:03 1 10 No No Yes
False Start 5 Carolina M.Bernadeau 3 03:51 3 10 No No Yes
Totals 60 2.14 1.86 7.43 0 0 6
CAR Q1 - 15:00 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 67 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 3. M.Goodson to CAR 26 for 23 yards (S.Adkins).
CAR Q1 - 14:53 1 10 CAR 26 (14:53) J.Stewart up the middle to CAR 28 for 2 yards (M.Peterson). FUMBLES (M.Peterson), RECOVERED by ATL-D.Robinson at CAR 29. D.Robinson to CAR 29 for no gain (G.Williams).
ATL Q1 - 14:38 1 10 CAR 29 (14:38) M.Ryan pass short left to R.White to CAR 20 for 9 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q1 - 14:04 2 1 CAR 20 (14:04) M.Turner left end to CAR 4 for 16 yards (S.Martin).
ATL Q1 - 13:41 1 4 CAR 4 (13:41) M.Ryan pass short middle to T.Gonzalez for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
ATL Q1 - 13:35 0 0 CAR 2 M.Bryant extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Zelenka, Holder-M.Koenen.
CAR Q1 - 13:35 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 68 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 2. M.Goodson to CAR 16 for 14 yards (S.Schillinger).
CAR Q1 - 13:29 1 10 CAR 16 (13:29) J.Stewart up the middle to CAR 21 for 5 yards (C.Lofton).
CAR Q1 - 12:57 2 5 CAR 21 (12:57) J.Stewart left guard to CAR 22 for 1 yard (C.Lofton).
CAR Q1 - 12:19 3 4 CAR 22 (12:19) (Shotgun) A.Edwards pass short right to D.Gettis to CAR 22 for no gain (S.Nicholas).
CAR Q1 - 11:42 4 4 CAR 22 (11:42) J.Baker punts 56 yards to ATL 22, Center-J.Jansen. E.Weems to ATL 27 for 5 yards (J.Senn).
ATL Q1 - 11:31 1 10 ATL 27 (11:31) M.Turner left end to ATL 28 for 1 yard (J.Anderson).
ATL Q1 - 10:50 2 9 ATL 28 (10:50) M.Turner right guard to ATL 38 for 10 yards (C.Godfrey; D.Landri).
ATL Q1 - 10:08 1 10 ATL 38 (10:08) G.Johnson up the middle to ATL 41 for 3 yards (J.Anderson).
ATL Q1 - 09:29 2 7 ATL 41 (9:29) (Shotgun) M.Ryan scrambles up the middle to ATL 45 for 4 yards (S.Martin).
ATL Q1 - 08:54 3 3 ATL 45 (8:54) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass deep left to H.Douglas to CAR 9 for 46 yards (R.McClain).
ATL Q1 - 08:26 1 9 CAR 9 (8:26) M.Turner left guard to CAR 1 for 8 yards (S.Martin; J.Senn). Carolina challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was Upheld. (Timeout #1.)
ATL Q1 - 07:46 2 1 CAR 1 (7:46) M.Turner up the middle to CAR 1 for no gain (J.Senn).
ATL Q1 - 07:10 3 1 CAR 1 (7:10) M.Ryan sacked at CAR 1 for 0 yards (R.Marshall, J.Beason). PENALTY on CAR-N.Hayden, Defensive Offside, 0 yards, enforced at CAR 1 - No Play.
ATL Q1 - 06:54 0 0 Timeout #1 by ATL at 06:54.
ATL Q1 - 06:54 3 1 CAR 1 (6:54) M.Turner left tackle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
CAR Q1 - 06:51 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 67 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 3. M.Goodson to CAR 21 for 18 yards (K.Biermann).
CAR Q1 - 06:44 1 10 CAR 21 (6:44) J.Clausen sacked at CAR 18 for -3 yards (J.Abraham).
CAR Q1 - 06:17 2 13 CAR 18 (6:17) J.Stewart up the middle to CAR 17 for -1 yards (W.Moore, M.Peterson).
CAR Q1 - 05:39 3 14 CAR 17 (5:39) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete short right to M.Goodson.
CAR Q1 - 05:35 4 14 CAR 17 (5:35) J.Baker punts 39 yards to ATL 44, Center-J.Jansen, fair catch by E.Weems.
ATL Q1 - 05:27 1 10 ATL 44 (5:27) M.Ryan pass short right to T.Gonzalez to CAR 45 for 11 yards (S.Martin).
ATL Q1 - 04:49 1 10 CAR 45 (4:49) M.Turner right end to CAR 43 for 2 yards (J.Anderson).
ATL Q1 - 04:07 2 8 CAR 43 (4:07) M.Turner left end to CAR 41 for 2 yards (C.Johnson).
ATL Q1 - 03:22 3 6 CAR 41 (3:22) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to T.Gonzalez (M.Hudson).
ATL Q1 - 03:18 4 6 CAR 41 (3:18) M.Koenen punts 41 yards to end zone, Center-J.Zelenka, Touchback.
CAR Q1 - 03:10 1 10 CAR 20 (3:10) PENALTY on CAR-G.Schwartz, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at CAR 20 - No Play.
CAR Q1 - 03:10 1 15 CAR 15 (3:10) J.Clausen pass incomplete short left to J.Stewart.
CAR Q1 - 03:03 2 15 CAR 15 (3:03) J.Stewart right tackle to CAR 13 for -2 yards (J.Babineaux; C.Owens).
CAR Q1 - 02:29 3 17 CAR 13 (2:29) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to D.Rosario to CAR 17 for 4 yards (J.Babineaux).
CAR Q1 - 01:51 4 13 CAR 17 (1:51) J.Baker punts 41 yards to ATL 42, Center-J.Jansen, downed by CAR-E.Norwood.
ATL Q1 - 01:40 1 10 ATL 42 (1:40) M.Ryan pass short right to M.Turner to CAR 46 for 12 yards (S.Martin).
ATL Q1 - 01:10 1 10 CAR 46 (1:10) M.Turner right tackle to CAR 45 for 1 yard (E.Brown).
ATL Q1 - 00:32 2 9 CAR 45 (:32) M.Ryan pass short right to B.Finneran to CAR 42 for 3 yards (R.Marshall).
ATL Q1 - 0 0 END QUARTER 1
ATL Q2 - 15:00 3 6 CAR 42 (15:00) (Shotgun) M.Ryan sacked at 50 for -8 yards (C.Johnson).
ATL Q2 - 14:31 4 14 50 (14:31) M.Koenen punts 31 yards to CAR 19, Center-J.Zelenka. C.Munnerlyn to CAR 19 for no gain (S.Nicholas, C.Owens).
CAR Q2 - 14:22 1 10 CAR 19 (14:22) J.Clausen sacked at CAR 16 for -3 yards (J.Abraham).
CAR Q2 - 13:55 2 13 CAR 16 (13:55) M.Goodson left end to CAR 26 for 10 yards (W.Moore).
CAR Q2 - 13:34 3 3 CAR 26 (13:34) J.Clausen pass short right to B.LaFell to CAR 30 for 4 yards (B.Grimes).
CAR Q2 - 12:59 1 10 CAR 30 (12:59) M.Goodson right tackle to CAR 30 for no gain (C.Lofton, S.Nicholas).
CAR Q2 - 12:25 2 10 CAR 30 (12:25) M.Goodson up the middle to CAR 36 for 6 yards (T.DeCoud).
CAR Q2 - 11:49 3 4 CAR 36 (11:49) (Shotgun) J.Clausen sacked at CAR 29 for -7 yards (K.Biermann).
CAR Q2 - 11:32 4 11 CAR 29 (11:32) J.Baker punts 45 yards to ATL 26, Center-J.Jansen. E.Weems to ATL 26 for no gain (T.Sutton). PENALTY on ATL-E.Coleman, Illegal Block Above the Waist, 10 yards, enforced at ATL 25.
ATL Q2 - 11:22 1 10 ATL 15 (11:22) M.Turner up the middle to ATL 23 for 8 yards (J.Anderson).
ATL Q2 - 10:48 2 2 ATL 23 (10:48) M.Turner right tackle to ATL 25 for 2 yards (D.Landri).
ATL Q2 - 10:08 1 10 ATL 25 (10:08) M.Ryan pass short left to T.Gonzalez to ATL 34 for 9 yards (R.Marshall).
ATL Q2 - 09:41 2 1 ATL 34 (9:41) M.Ryan pass incomplete deep right to R.White.
ATL Q2 - 09:35 3 1 ATL 34 (9:35) O.Mughelli up the middle to ATL 37 for 3 yards (C.Johnson; J.Senn).
ATL Q2 - 08:55 1 10 ATL 37 (8:55) M.Turner right tackle to ATL 41 for 4 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q2 - 08:18 2 6 ATL 41 (8:18) M.Turner up the middle to ATL 45 for 4 yards (J.Senn).
ATL Q2 - 07:34 3 2 ATL 45 (7:34) (Shotgun) G.Johnson right end to ATL 49 for 4 yards (J.Beason). Direct Snap to 27 - Johnson, Gartrell
ATL Q2 - 06:55 1 10 ATL 49 (6:55) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to O.Mughelli.
ATL Q2 - 06:51 2 10 ATL 49 (6:51) M.Ryan pass short left to R.White to CAR 49 for 2 yards (R.Marshall).
ATL Q2 - 06:16 3 8 CAR 49 (6:16) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass deep middle to M.Jenkins to CAR 32 for 17 yards (D.Gettis).
ATL Q2 - 05:33 1 10 CAR 32 (5:33) M.Turner left guard to CAR 32 for no gain (A.Neblett). CAR-A.Neblett was injured during the play. His return is Probable.
ATL Q2 - 04:55 2 10 CAR 32 (4:55) M.Ryan pass short right to M.Jenkins to CAR 23 for 9 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
ATL Q2 - 04:11 3 1 CAR 23 (4:11) M.Turner up the middle to CAR 20 for 3 yards (D.Landri).
ATL Q2 - 03:31 1 10 CAR 20 (3:31) M.Ryan pass incomplete short left to R.White (J.Beason).
ATL Q2 - 03:26 2 10 CAR 20 (3:26) G.Johnson left tackle to CAR 21 for -1 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q2 - 02:43 3 11 CAR 21 (2:43) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete deep right to M.Jenkins [C.Johnson].
ATL Q2 - 02:38 4 11 CAR 21 (2:38) M.Bryant 39 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-J.Zelenka, Holder-M.Koenen.
CAR Q2 - 02:34 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 64 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 6. M.Goodson to CAR 19 for 13 yards (E.Weems). PENALTY on CAR-N.Hayden, Offensive Holding, 9 yards, enforced at CAR 18.
CAR Q2 - 02:29 1 10 CAR 9 (2:29) J.Stewart left tackle to CAR 13 for 4 yards (J.Anderson).
CAR Q2 - 02:23 0 0 Timeout #2 by ATL at 02:23.
CAR Q2 - 02:23 2 6 CAR 13 (2:23) J.Stewart up the middle to CAR 20 for 7 yards (C.Lofton).
CAR Q2 - 02:00 0 0 Two-Minute Warning
CAR Q2 - 02:00 1 10 CAR 20 (2:00) (Shotgun) M.Goodson up the middle to CAR 26 for 6 yards (W.Moore).
CAR Q2 - 01:40 2 4 CAR 26 (1:40) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Clausen sacked at CAR 20 for -6 yards (K.Biermann).
CAR Q2 - 01:32 3 10 CAR 20 (1:32) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to M.Goodson to CAR 26 for 6 yards (B.Williams; J.Babineaux).
CAR Q2 - 00:48 4 4 CAR 26 (:48) J.Baker punts 38 yards to ATL 36, Center-J.Jansen, out of bounds.
ATL Q2 - 00:40 1 10 ATL 36 (:40) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short left to R.White to ATL 45 for 9 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q2 - 00:22 2 1 ATL 45 (:22) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to R.White.
ATL Q2 - 00:17 3 1 ATL 45 (:17) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short right to T.Gonzalez to ATL 49 for 4 yards.
ATL Q2 - 00:13 1 10 ATL 49 (:13) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete deep left to M.Jenkins (S.Martin).
ATL Q2 - 00:07 2 10 ATL 49 (:07) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass deep right intended for M.Jenkins INTERCEPTED by R.Marshall at CAR 35. R.Marshall to ATL 40 for 25 yards (G.Johnson). CAR-R.Marshall was injured during the play. His return is Questionable.
ATL Q3 - 15:00 0 0 CAR 30 R.Lloyd kicks 70 yards from CAR 30 to end zone, Touchback.
ATL Q3 - 15:00 1 10 ATL 20 (15:00) M.Turner left end to ATL 32 for 12 yards (R.Marshall; N.Hayden).
ATL Q3 - 14:19 1 10 ATL 32 (14:19) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to R.White [C.Johnson].
ATL Q3 - 14:13 2 10 ATL 32 (14:13) M.Turner left guard to ATL 31 for -1 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q3 - 13:33 3 11 ATL 31 (13:33) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short right to R.White to ATL 38 for 7 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
ATL Q3 - 12:57 4 4 ATL 38 (12:57) M.Koenen punts 43 yards to CAR 19, Center-J.Zelenka, out of bounds.
CAR Q3 - 12:50 1 10 CAR 19 (12:50) J.Stewart right tackle to CAR 22 for 3 yards (M.Peterson).
CAR Q3 - 12:14 2 7 CAR 22 (12:14) S.Smith left end to CAR 31 for 9 yards (T.DeCoud). End Around to 89 - Smith, Steve
CAR Q3 - 11:42 1 10 CAR 31 (11:42) J.Stewart right end to ATL 21 for 48 yards (T.DeCoud; J.Abraham).
CAR Q3 - 11:11 1 10 ATL 21 (11:11) M.Goodson left end to ATL 13 for 8 yards (W.Moore).
CAR Q3 - 10:36 2 2 ATL 13 (10:36) M.Goodson right end for 13 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
CAR Q3 - 10:29 0 0 ATL 2 J.Kasay extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Jansen, Holder-J.Baker.
ATL Q3 - 10:29 0 0 CAR 30 R.Lloyd kicks 72 yards from CAR 30 to ATL -2. E.Weems to ATL 21 for 23 yards (M.Hudson).
ATL Q3 - 10:23 1 10 ATL 21 (10:23) M.Ryan pass incomplete short left to M.Jenkins. PENALTY on CAR-R.Marshall, Defensive Pass Interference, 26 yards, enforced at ATL 21 - No Play.
ATL Q3 - 10:12 1 10 ATL 47 (10:12) M.Turner right tackle to ATL 48 for 1 yard (C.Johnson).
ATL Q3 - 09:36 2 9 ATL 48 (9:36) M.Turner right tackle to ATL 48 for no gain (S.Martin).
ATL Q3 - 08:55 3 9 ATL 48 (8:55) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short left to R.White [G.Hardy].
ATL Q3 - 08:51 4 9 ATL 48 (8:51) M.Koenen punts 43 yards to CAR 9, Center-J.Zelenka, downed by ATL-E.Coleman.
CAR Q3 - 08:39 1 10 CAR 9 (8:39) J.Stewart right end to CAR 14 for 5 yards (S.Nicholas).
CAR Q3 - 08:08 2 5 CAR 14 (8:08) J.Stewart left end to ATL 44 for 42 yards (T.DeCoud).
CAR Q3 - 07:26 1 10 ATL 44 (7:26) J.Clausen pass short left to S.Smith to ATL 40 for 4 yards (D.Robinson).
CAR Q3 - 07:07 2 6 ATL 40 (7:07) M.Goodson up the middle to ATL 38 for 2 yards (J.Babineaux; C.Davis).
CAR Q3 - 06:30 3 4 ATL 38 (6:30) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete short right to S.Smith.
CAR Q3 - 06:24 4 4 ATL 38 (6:24) (Shotgun) J.Clausen sacked at 50 for -12 yards (C.Davis).
ATL Q3 - 06:18 1 10 CAR 49 (6:18) M.Ryan pass short right to R.White to CAR 42 for 7 yards (C.Godfrey).
ATL Q3 - 06:03 2 3 CAR 42 (6:03) (No Huddle) M.Ryan pass deep right to R.White ran ob at CAR 26 for 16 yards.
ATL Q3 - 06:03 1 10 CAR 26 (6:03) PENALTY on CAR-D.Landri, Encroachment, 5 yards, enforced at CAR 26 - No Play.
ATL Q3 - 05:24 1 5 CAR 21 (5:24) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short right to R.White to CAR 3 for 18 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
ATL Q3 - 04:51 1 3 CAR 3 (4:51) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short middle to T.Gonzalez.
ATL Q3 - 04:46 2 3 CAR 3 (4:46) M.Turner left end for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
CAR Q3 - 04:41 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 63 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 7. M.Goodson to CAR 27 for 20 yards (G.Johnson).
CAR Q3 - 04:31 1 10 CAR 27 (4:31) J.Stewart right tackle to CAR 27 for no gain (C.Peters; J.Anderson).
CAR Q3 - 03:57 2 10 CAR 27 (3:57) J.Clausen pass incomplete deep middle to D.Gettis.
CAR Q3 - 03:51 3 10 CAR 27 (3:51) (Shotgun) PENALTY on CAR-M.Bernadeau, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at CAR 27 - No Play.
CAR Q3 - 03:51 3 15 CAR 22 (3:51) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass deep right to D.Gettis to CAR 44 for 22 yards (W.Moore).
CAR Q3 - 03:17 1 10 CAR 44 (3:17) J.Stewart up the middle to 50 for 6 yards (T.DeCoud; M.Peterson).
CAR Q3 - 02:41 2 4 50 (2:41) J.Stewart up the middle to ATL 47 for 3 yards (C.Davis).
CAR Q3 - 01:58 3 1 ATL 47 (1:58) J.Stewart up the middle to CAR 50 for -3 yards (M.Peterson).
CAR Q3 - 01:18 4 4 50 (1:18) J.Baker punts 47 yards to ATL 3, Center-J.Jansen, out of bounds.
ATL Q3 - 01:11 1 10 ATL 3 (1:11) M.Turner left end to ATL 17 for 14 yards (J.Beason).
ATL Q3 - 00:40 1 10 ATL 17 (:40) M.Turner left end to ATL 21 for 4 yards (R.Marshall, C.Godfrey).
ATL Q4 - 15:00 2 6 ATL 21 (15:00) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to T.Gonzalez (J.Beason) [G.Hardy].
ATL Q4 - 14:54 3 6 ATL 21 (14:54) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short right to B.Finneran to ATL 31 for 10 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
ATL Q4 - 14:15 1 10 ATL 31 (14:15) M.Ryan sacked at ATL 24 for -7 yards (E.Brown).
ATL Q4 - 13:40 2 17 ATL 24 (13:40) (Shotgun) M.Ryan sacked at ATL 12 for -12 yards (sack split by N.Hayden and E.Brown). CAR-E.Brown was injured during the play. His return is Questionable.
ATL Q4 - 13:03 3 29 ATL 12 (13:03) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete deep right to R.White.
ATL Q4 - 12:57 4 29 ATL 12 (12:57) M.Koenen punts 58 yards to CAR 30, Center-J.Zelenka, downed by ATL-S.Nicholas.
CAR Q4 - 12:45 1 10 CAR 30 (12:45) J.Clausen pass short right to S.Smith to CAR 43 for 13 yards (B.Grimes).
CAR Q4 - 12:18 1 10 CAR 43 (12:18) J.Stewart left end to ATL 43 for 14 yards (T.DeCoud).
CAR Q4 - 11:43 1 10 ATL 43 (11:43) M.Goodson right end to ATL 22 for 21 yards (T.DeCoud).
CAR Q4 - 11:08 1 10 ATL 22 (11:08) M.Goodson left end to ATL 18 for 4 yards (M.Peterson).
CAR Q4 - 10:35 2 6 ATL 18 (10:35) J.Stewart up the middle to ATL 18 for no gain (C.Peters).
CAR Q4 - 09:52 3 6 ATL 18 (9:52) J.Clausen pass incomplete deep right to G.Barnidge.
CAR Q4 - 09:48 4 6 ATL 18 (9:48) J.Kasay 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-J.Jansen, Holder-J.Baker.
ATL Q4 - 09:44 1 10 ATL 20 (9:44) M.Turner up the middle to ATL 20 for no gain (A.Neblett).
ATL Q4 - 09:03 2 10 ATL 20 (9:03) M.Ryan pass short right to R.White pushed ob at ATL 31 for 11 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
ATL Q4 - 08:35 1 10 ATL 31 (8:35) M.Ryan pass short left to O.Mughelli to ATL 47 for 16 yards (R.Marshall).
ATL Q4 - 08:01 1 10 ATL 47 (8:01) M.Turner left end to 50 for 3 yards (T.Brayton).
ATL Q4 - 07:36 2 7 50 (7:36) M.Turner left tackle to CAR 45 for 5 yards (S.Martin; N.Hayden).
ATL Q4 - 06:52 3 2 CAR 45 (6:52) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short left to G.Johnson [J.Anderson].
ATL Q4 - 06:48 4 2 CAR 45 (6:48) M.Koenen punts 25 yards to CAR 20, Center-J.Zelenka, out of bounds.
CAR Q4 - 06:41 1 10 CAR 20 (6:41) J.Stewart left end to CAR 19 for -1 yards (J.Anderson).
CAR Q4 - 06:14 2 11 CAR 19 (6:14) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short middle intended for B.LaFell INTERCEPTED by M.Peterson (S.Nicholas) at CAR 33. M.Peterson to CAR 16 for 17 yards (M.Bernadeau).
ATL Q4 - 06:04 1 10 CAR 16 (6:04) M.Turner left guard to CAR 11 for 5 yards (N.Hayden; J.Anderson).
ATL Q4 - 05:17 2 5 CAR 11 (5:17) M.Turner up the middle to CAR 11 for no gain (J.Senn).
ATL Q4 - 05:09 0 0 Timeout #1 by CAR at 05:09.
ATL Q4 - 05:08 3 5 CAR 11 (5:08) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass short middle to E.Weems to CAR 4 for 7 yards (C.Munnerlyn; S.Martin).
ATL Q4 - 04:17 1 4 CAR 4 (4:17) M.Turner up the middle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
CAR Q4 - 04:12 0 0 ATL 30 M.Koenen kicks 68 yards from ATL 30 to CAR 2. J.Pugh to CAR 21 for 19 yards (E.Weems).
CAR Q4 - 04:07 1 10 CAR 21 (4:07) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete short right to D.Gettis.
CAR Q4 - 03:59 2 10 CAR 21 (3:59) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to B.LaFell to CAR 22 for 1 yard (T.DeCoud; D.Robinson).
CAR Q4 - 03:30 3 9 CAR 22 (3:30) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to B.LaFell ran ob at CAR 25 for 3 yards.
CAR Q4 - 03:23 4 6 CAR 25 (3:23) J.Baker punts 52 yards to ATL 23, Center-J.Jansen, downed by CAR-G.Barnidge.
ATL Q4 - 03:12 1 10 ATL 23 (3:12) G.Johnson left tackle to ATL 24 for 1 yard (J.Beason).
ATL Q4 - 03:07 2 9 ATL 24 (3:07) G.Johnson right end to ATL 26 for 2 yards (J.Anderson).
ATL Q4 - 02:59 3 7 ATL 26 (2:59) G.Johnson left end to ATL 25 for -1 yards (T.Brayton).
ATL Q4 - 02:17 4 8 ATL 25 (2:17) M.Koenen punts 42 yards to CAR 33, Center-J.Zelenka. C.Munnerlyn to CAR 45 for 12 yards (S.Nicholas).
CAR Q4 - 02:06 1 10 CAR 45 (2:06) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete short right to B.LaFell.
CAR Q4 - 02:02 2 10 CAR 45 (2:02) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to B.LaFell to CAR 47 for 2 yards (T.DeCoud).
CAR Q4 - 01:58 3 8 CAR 47 (1:58) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete short left to B.LaFell.
CAR Q4 - 01:50 4 8 CAR 47 (1:50) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass deep middle to B.LaFell to ATL 36 for 17 yards (D.Robinson).
CAR Q4 - 01:24 1 10 ATL 36 (1:24) J.Clausen pass short middle to T.Sutton to ATL 35 for 1 yard (S.Nicholas).
CAR Q4 - 01:06 2 9 ATL 35 (1:06) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short left to B.LaFell to ATL 24 for 11 yards (B.Williams).
CAR Q4 - 00:44 1 10 ATL 24 (:44) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Clausen pass incomplete deep middle to D.Rosario.
CAR Q4 - 00:40 2 10 ATL 24 (:40) (Shotgun) J.Clausen pass short right to T.Sutton to ATL 17 for 7 yards (C.Lofton).
CAR Q4 - 00:16 3 3 ATL 17 (:16) J.Clausen pass short right to T.Sutton to ATL 5 for 12 yards (B.Grimes).
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Home / News / 'Seeking asylum is a legal right': Democratic Presidential candidate Cory Booker causes controversy by helping immigrants in Mexico return to the US after they were deported as he is slammed for 'breaking the law'
'Seeking asylum is a legal right': Democratic Presidential candidate Cory Booker causes controversy by helping immigrants in Mexico return to the US after they were deported as he is slammed for 'breaking the law'
Democratic Presidential candidate Cory Booker has caused controversy by crossing into Mexico to escort deported asylum seekers back over the border.
The Senator, 50, visited the Mexican border city Ciudad Juarez from El Paso, Texas, to help five women who had previously been sent back to Mexico.
He was joined by immigration rights attorneys and advocates to get the women, who are fleeing domestic violence, admitted back into the US.
However, he has been accused of breaking the law by critics who claimed he violated legislation which prohibits 'bringing or attempting to bring unauthorized aliens into the United States in any manner whatsoever, even at a designated port of entry'.
His trip across the border comes after Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited a detention center this week and said that illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers were 'drinking out of toilets' – a claim an agency official quickly denied.
Several Democratic leadership candidates have made visits to detention centers in recent weeks, including Bernie Sanders, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg, and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Booker tweeted about his visit to Mexico, with photos and video of him escorting the immigrants shared on social media.
He said: 'Today I crossed the US-Mexico border in El Paso with @fams2gether and @LasAmericasIAC to help five women present themselves for asylum.
'We helped the women present themselves for asylum. @LasAmericasIAC will monitor them throughout the process to ensure they aren't sent back.
Andrew Kimmel
✔@andrewkimmel
HAPPENING NOW: @SenBooker escorts victims of abuse seeking asylum across the Santa Fe bridge from Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, TX. The asylum seekers were sent back to Mexico under the MPP program. They have asked for their identities to be protected. @CoryBooker
3:21 AM - Jul 4, 2019 · El Paso, TX
'But it shouldn't take a member of Congress to help people cross into our country. Seeking asylum is a legal right.'
Booker said the women had been abused and lived in squalid conditions with inadequate food, water and medical attention while detained in the US.
He was slammed online for escorting the asylum seekers over the border.
One person wrote: 'You should be charged with treason. Certainly won't get my vote.'
Another said: 'So a sitting US Senator openly admits to breaking the law. I would say kiss your prospects goodbye but your poll numbers already show that.'
A third added: 'When is the last time you went to a soup kitchen here in the US?'
Linda Rivas, an attorney with the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, said that the women Booker helped were victims of sexual assault and labor trafficking in Juarez.
They appeared to have been sent back to Mexico under the Trump administration's 'Migrant Protection Protocols'.
MPP sends asylum-seekers back to Mexico while their applications for asylum are pending.
It comes after Booker released a new immigration plan on Tuesday that would 'virtually eliminate immigration detention.'
If the New Jersey Senator was elected, he vowed to severely limit the time unaccompanied children are able to be held in custody. It would also put an end to for-profit detention facilities.
The 2020 Democrat contender's campaign said the plan would phase out government contracts with private prison operators over the course of three years, shut down facilities that do not meet high standards of care and reform the bond system in immigration court by prioritizing liberty over detention for immigrants.
Instead of detaining the illegal border-crossers, Booker's plan proposes they be monitored using 'alternatives to detention,' like some of the methods already being utilized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE uses ankle bracelets, bonds and in-person and phone check-ins.
There are, however, exceptions, and immigrants who pose a risk to public safety or are deemed a flight risk would still be detained as part of Booker's plan.
Booker, 50, is one of the 25 Democrats seeking the party's nomination to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
The issue of immigration and detention centers has been high on the political agenda in recent weeks.
Speaking outside a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, firebrand Congresswoman AOC raged this week: 'There's abuse in these facilities.'
'This was them knowing a congressional visit was coming. This was CBP on their best behavior. Telling people to drink out of the toilet.'
AOC said she 'forced' herself into a cell with detainees and one woman told her officers were waging 'psychological warfare' and that the agents often called them 'wh***s.'
The 29-year-old congresswoman claimed officers laughed at migrants drinking out of toilets.
The inflammatory statements – including the suggestion that she witnessed toilet-drinking herself – came hours after a news story established the existence of a private Facebook group where current and former CBP agents distributed lewd illustrations of the Democratic congresswoman from New York.
She was later criticized by members of the Jewish community after doubling down on her description of migrant detention facilities as concentration camps.
Writer and Israel activist Emily Schrader tweeted: 'If you can’t make your point without diminishing the memory of the Holocaust you need to re-examine your claim.'
Joel M. Petlin, who contributes to the Jewish publication The Forward, tweeted in reply to AOC:
As you quadruple down on the Holocaust references, please know that actual survivors of Nazi Concentration Camps are begging you to stop & instead tour a real one in Poland. I respect your passion to help those at the border but why are you not respecting Holocaust survivors?'
In reply to Petlin, user @MicheleSabra, who calls herself a 'proud Israeli American doing my part to stop antisemitism,' tweeted: 'Because she doesn’t care about either one. Its all one big AOC show.'
Focus on detention centers increased last week after a desperate father, and his 23-month-old daughter, drowned when attempting to swim across the Rio Grande to gain illegal entry into the US.
Trump has made clamping down on illegal immigration the centerpiece of his domestic policy agenda, rallying against Central American migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
Some, including a handful of candidates, blame the current administration’s policies and crack downs for the two Salvadoran deaths, claiming they were desperate to step foot in the US.
But U.S. agencies have struggled to keep up with a surge of Central American families arriving at the border, straining resources and severely overcrowding facilities.
Hand Solo 4 July 2019 at 09:14
I am actually speechless. Comrade Booker's Virtue Signalling has reached new levels of insanity.
Lelocle 4 July 2019 at 13:07
For you idiot Trumper’s assuming that you can read, try this, it’s the law!
The Refugee Act established two paths to obtain refugee status—either from abroad as a resettled refugee
Foor in the United States as an asylum seeker.
Asylum seekers are protected by the The United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol.
An asylee—or a person granted asylum—is protected from being returned to his or her home country, is authorized to work in the United States, may apply for a Social Security card, may request permission to travel overseas, and can petition to bring family members to the United States. Asylees may also be eligible certain benefits, such as Medicaid or Refugee Medical Assistance.
After one year, an asylee may apply for lawful permanent resident status (i.e., a green card). Once the individual becomes a permanent resident, he or she must wait four years to apply for citizenship.
These Asylum seekers have protection under our federal laws and they have every right to apply at a legal port of entry and request asylum. For your information the US is a party to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol covering Asylum Seekers. As a signatory to the 1967 Protocol, and through U.S. immigration law, the United States has legal obligations to provide protection to those who qualify as refugees. The Refugee Act established two paths to obtain refugee status—either from abroad as a resettled refugee or in the United States as an asylum seeker.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asylum-united-states?fbclid=IwAR1d483PmkrgkcewIEJkbKbL9bfS36f4JW7rhami9Uajl-C40yUcllQD7vc
Randy S. 4 July 2019 at 13:42
Actually, he is correct. HOWEVER, the method by which it is done is NOT open to interpretation, and is NOT guaranteed.
Sink Chicken 4 July 2019 at 18:34
He should be arrested. If Joe six pack did this Joe would certainly be arrested.
jmiller 4 July 2019 at 21:20
It seems the Refugee Act needs to be changed---those who have entered the country applying for asylum need to FOLLOW THROUGH with the process and show up in court. If they just enter the country and than stay they are illegal and should be denied any of the hand-outs the government gives to applicants.
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Principles & Policies for Managing Human Resources
2.1.1. Selection Criteria
Selection criteria are the reasonable and bona fide requirements for the safe, efficient and effective performance of assigned work.
Selection criteria are the reasonable and bona fide occupational requirements to ensure that work is performed safely, efficiently and effectively. They are measurable and reflect the needs of the organization articulated in terms of an individual’s set of competencies, not limited to: qualifications, knowledge, skills, experience and abilities. The selection criteria must reflect the staffing principles of merit, fairness and equity.
POLICY APPLICATION
Every staffing action, including direct appointments, must be based on selection criteria. Selection criteria are measurable and may include both essential and desired criteria.
Selection criteria are used for many purposes in the staffing process:
To develop screening criteria
To prepare the job advertisement
To design assessment methods
For rating and ranking candidates
To guide the selection board in making an objective selection decision
To conduct reference checks
To provide reasons for non-selection to candidates
In preparation for rating and ranking candidates, the selection board chair ensures that selection criteria are weighted relative to the degree of importance to perform the job. Each criterion is assigned a weight factor that reflects the relative importance to the performance of the job. A weight factor can range between 1 – 10.
Each candidate is assessed against each criterion to assess the degree to which the candidate meets each criterion. The process of measuring the degree to which a candidate meets each criterion is called rating. See also Rating and Ranking Policy 2.4.1.
Monitor application of the policy through the staffing audit process.
Human Resource Practitioners
Ensure application of the policy in the staffing process.
Staffing Framework document (internal employees only)
The Civil Service Act, Section 13(1)(2)
Civil Service Regulation 9
The Manitoba Human Rights Code 13(1), 14(1)(2)
Civil Service Commission Minute CSC 14-09/10-6
What are selection criteria?
An essential criterion is a requirement which must be met. It is established by the employer in good faith that it is critical to the safe and efficient performance of the position duties, and in the sincerely held belief that persons without this requirement would not be able to perform the functions of the position to the minimum standards required.
A desired criterion refers to a qualification which is complementary but which is not critical.
The relative importance of the criteria is reflected in the weights assigned to each criterion.
When are selection criteria needed?
Every staffing action, including direct appointments, must be based on selection criteria.
Who determines selection criteria?
Management, in consultation with Human Resources, determine selection criteria.
How do selection criteria differ from screening criteria?
Screening criteria are drawn from the selection criteria. They reflect the minimum requirements of the position and are apparent from reading an applicants cover letter, resumé and/or application. See also Screening Policy, 2.3.1.
How is Employment Equity factored into staffing?
Achieving a representative workforce is an organizational need and therefore Employment Equity is a bona fide selection criterion where one or more of the designated groups are under-represented in the relevant level, class, series or occupation in the department and in government.
If the selection criterion states that preference or designated will be given to one or several designated groups, Employment Equity is used as a screening criterion.
The Employment Equity selection criterion is weighted to make a difference.
The weight reflects the organization's need for a diverse and representative workforce. Employment Equity is a bona fide organizational need and shall be weighted equal to the highest weighted essential criterion. See also Employment Equity in Staffing, 2.1.3.
How is a condition of employment factored into staffing?
Conditions of employment are absolute requirements stated and assessed upfront in the competition process. Conditions of employment are not measurable and a candidate will either meet or not meet the condition. Not all competitions will include conditions of employment.
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Maria dompè
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Gaïa - A walk for life - Charter for environmental planetary urgencies
2003 - Poggio Valicaia Park, Scandicci, (Florence) PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Materials: 300 vases in enameled terracotta
(h 60 cm x 40 cm).
Perfumed essences: lavender, vanilla, coconut.
Dimensions: m 43 x 63.
Maria Dompè created for the park of Poggio Valicaia at Scandicci a suggestive environmental incursion, in empathy with the appeal launched by Alain Simon (French musician and producer): Gaïa — A walk for life — Charter for environmental planetary urgencies. Alain Simon’s initiative took place on March 15th, 2003 in a magical place; on the roof of the world, at 4,000 meters above sea level, where 350 musicians of diverse nationalities all met to join in with this campaign of awareness promoted by the composer. The music, always a vehicle of intense spiritual communion, spread from Tanglung, a sacred Himalayan place between Nepal and Tibet, to the sinewy hills of Tuscany: a single wave of emotion that Maria Dompè had seized and amplified by her work.
An olive grove with ochre earth opens up in the thick forest, between the peaks infiltrated by cypresses and the branchy heads of pine trees. With a gesture that is both essential and eloquent, the artist traces two semicircles, one contained in the other. Inside, there is a long procession of red enamelled terracotta vases, filled with apples on the inauguration day: “an offering from the earth to the earth”. The extraordinary fusion of nature and art reveals the importance of pursuing sustainable development, aimed at safeguarding the entire planet.
The sign of the artist, therefore, does not aggressively disturb the landscape, or change the physiognomy of the place; on the contrary, it seems to seize the intrinsic energy and to multiply it due to its dynamic and positive force. The semicircular shapes close in a hug and, at the same time, they expand like a music that is infinite. Here it is possible to regain the symbiosis that has been lost with the “All”, freeing ourselves from the routine and from our daily neuroses.
A performance of Thai-chi, introduced during the event, expresses the potential for catharsis of this place; where, unexpectedly, the elasticity of movement, the connection to space, and the harmony of our own bodies are rediscovered. The vases, in their turn, embody the potential of the project, the opportunity of leaving a mark on the great book of Being. The work embodies a deep ethical value, stimulating an intimate, dialectical approach in our relationship with nature: a rare and precious good, which has been blindly degenerated by the insane thirst for progress. We need, instead, to transcend the narrow horizon of a individualistic and egocentric vision, and to plunge ourselves into the incessant flow of the universe. Gaïa, magna mater and source of life, represents the authentic scenery of affective and communicative exchange.
In the green of the Tuscan hills, among the indigenous perfumes and those chosen by the artist, skilled director of the senses, the ritual eternity of memory repeats: that native instinct of belonging to the circle of Being, that cannot be dissipated in the transience of an empty immediateness. The Park of Poggio Valicaia, golden reserve of energy, stimulates the rediscovery of a native bond to nature, a bond that needs to be defended and consolidated in time.
Maria Egizia Fiaschetti
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April 20, 2018 Women Entrepreneur
How this Mompreneur helped her mother to be a Mompreneur by turning her cooking passion into a profession
The mother-daughter duo Usha Dalmia and Anupama Dalmia kickstarted the entrepreneurial journey in April 2012.
Mothers are a strong pillars of support for their children. They are the ones who take care of their children’s demands, passions and work towards helping them achieve their dreams. However, here we have a great and inspiring daughter who made sure to transform the love and passion of her mother for cooking into a profession.
The mother-daughter duo Usha Dalmia and Anupama Dalmia kickstarted the entrepreneurial journey in April 2012 by launching a facebook page “Tingle Your Taste Buds“.
” Food has always been an integral part of our culture. I am a big time foodie and a major reason for it is that my Mom is a brilliant cook. All through our growing years, we have been treated to a variety of delicacies prepared by her and this continues even now whenever we meet! Cooking has always been my Mom’s passion and it’s due to her I realized that cooking is an art which needs knowledge and nurturing like any other art form. She always fostered a dream to open her own restaurant because she loves watching people enjoy a delicious meal. But with all her energies focused on doing more than her best for the family, her dream remained unfulfilled.” tells Anupama
It is after Anupama resigned her lucrative IT career to pursue her passion in dancing, she decided to help her mother pursue her passion too. And that is how “Tingle Your Taste Buds” happened. Due to financial constraints, they could not open a restaurant but they could do something close.
The biggest challenge was that Anupama’s mother was not at all tech savvy back then. But, she is an amazing woman who can do anything. At the age of 58, she learnt technology. Also, passing on the content to Anupama was a little difficult as they were both in different cities. But Anupama’s father came to the rescue here. He was the mediator who would type out everything and send to Anupama, and then she would seek the necessary clarifications from her mother over the phone.
Another hurdle they faced was monetizing the website was another challenge as there are so many cookery blogs and websites today. But they achieved this by maintaining their USP and slowly building a dedicated subscriber base, and through collaborations and advertisements.
In between, Anupama too became a mother and delivered a beautiful baby girl so the website work had slowed down because of which they had to put in double efforts later on to get things back on track.
“Tingle Your Taste Buds” is the way of preserving and passing Indian culinary art to food connoisseurs in the world. This is also Anupama’s humble attempt at drawing her Mom closer to her dream. The mission is to make the process of cooking simple for people because they believe there is a chef within all of us. Through the website, they share healthy recipes and cooking tips with food lovers across the globe.
Anupama take care of the technical and marketing aspects of the website, and her mother is the chef who provides all the content.
In the last couple of years they have won the Orange Flower Award (Runner Up) for writing on food in the year 2017 and were among the finalists in the year prior to it. Their story has been featured on coveted portals Now, they want to take a step forward and are working on their first cookery e-book.
The message to the fellow mompreneurs by the duo are:
“Passion, dedication, self-awareness and the ability to re-invent oneself are the only tools you need to fly. So do not think further and take that flight towards your dreams.”
Meet Richa Mongia- A Mompreneur who quit her 20 year old corporate career and started Live Fabulous
Shweta's Fat to Fit Entrepreneurial Journey is a Must to Read by all Mothers who struggle with weigh...
This Indian-American Mompreneneur is providing an amazing shopping experience to Indians through Hap...
Is blogging "My cup of tea"??
Latika Wadhwa
Founder and Chief Editor at Mompreneur Circle, Latika pens down the inspiring stories of mompreneurs and women entrepreneurs to motivate the womenfolk in order to Take Charge.
Open House with Pets in Koramangala
Earth Day Activities for Kids
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Lotus S1 Exige
This is my pride and joy – and the car I hope I never need to sell. Mine is build #447, finished in laser blue and now sporting a few modifications to make it less bearable on the road and more capable of showing up my ineptitude on the track.
It shall probably remain a constant work in progress but at the moment it is blessed with Nitron suspension, braided brake hoses, Emerald ECU, vernier cam pulleys, sports exhaust, de-cat pipe, quick shift gear linkage, 4-point harnesses, uprated rear toelinks and some rather natty front and rear aero devices courtesy of Lotus Power.
The car itself is an experience to drive and to passenger in. Compared to more recent Lotus efforts it’s raw, noisy and uncivilised. It thrives on revs and commitment. The harder you drive, the better it feels and it certainly comes alive during early-morning traverses across North Yorkshire or out on track.
It’s not perfect – far from it in fact – but it is a wonderfully analogue and involving car to drive. It looks incredible, though one is never short of attention, especially around town. But I’m not one for posing and the best times I enjoy are usually just the car and me out together early morning enjoying that great bond man can form with his favourite machine.
Porsche 997.1 Turbo
While my old Lotus is crazy in every way, the Porsche is crazy only in one way: it’s ludicrously, stupidly accelerative. In fact, it’s a struggle to discuss this car for more than a few seconds without pausing to ruminate on the sheer ferocity of unleashing full fury down a narrow country road.
If that makes the 911 sound rather one-dimensional, it would be to do it a significant disservice, for part of what makes the performance so shocking is the ease with which it can be deployed. Even in streaming wet conditions, one can easily find oneself committing all manner of automotive sin. The traction is absolute which means big throttle openings in low gears. The drivetrain is every bit as epic as the car’s reputation would suggest.
The 997 feels like the last of its generation – a little like the Aston Martin V8 Vantage I sometimes get to enjoy. It’s a bit old school: the clutch is quite heavy; the steering is weighty and the throttle response natural. The ride isn’t perfect but it feels like a big, fast, analogue sports car and that is a heady brew for regular road use. It’s not the last word in poise but it’s honest and the whistle as the turbos light up and you start scanning the horizon for your next overtaking victim is utterly addictive.
Peugeot 306 Rallye
At the risk of sounding like something of a stuck record, I rather fear this car will end up being passed down the Motorcardiaries generations, much like the Exige. I bought it as a daily driver to get me through Lotus withdrawal symptoms during my weekday commute. As it transpires, in its own way, it is just as much fun to drive as the Exige and the Elise I owned prior to that.
Since the arrival on the scene of the new upstart (see below), my wife has become the Rallye’s custodian and she is an enthusiastic owner. Tunnel runs through Leeds have become morning sport to ease the tedium of the commute. The 306 Rallye may not be quite so involving and flyweight as its little 106 brother, but it is tremendous fun in its own right.
The damping is superb and it is never flustered by mid-corner bumps and crests. Over challenging country roads it appears to float along the highway, as if riding a magic carpet. The steering is perfectly weighted and blessed with abundant feel. The throttle response is lazy compared to sophisticated fly-by-wire systems from Honda and Toyota, but there is a mechanical honesty and tactility to the Rallye which genuinely endears one to it.
This example hasn’t been without its troubles and I’d frighten readers and myself by listing the parts which have been replaced over the last ten years. However, it has never once left me stranded and has ploughed through conditions fair and adverse while always keeping a smile on my face – and now that of my wife. It’s part of the family and a welcome one at that.
Renault Megane RS265 RB8
250 RB8s were produced to celebrate Red Bull’s 2012 F1 title success and this is build #133 – one of 30 sold in the UK. In reality, it’s little more than a paint n stickers job but the substance upon which the tinsel lays is deeply impressive. Based on an RS265 Cup, the RB8 features 19″ wheels wrapping Brembo four-pot brakes, an LSD and uprated suspension.
This makes the rattly Renault among the most impressive driving tools I’ve ever experienced. The RB8 was specified only with Recaro seats – along with bold red seat belts – and the forces it generates justify such an unyielding perch. The conviction with which it sets about a challenging road is remarkable – and makes it the best front-wheel drive car I’ve piloted by an enormous margin. It seems almost impervious to torque steer and that LSD offers staggering traction.
The drivetrain perhaps lacks a little of the chassis’ overall sparkle but it behaves in a decidedly naturally aspirated way, in spite of its turbocharger. It really comes on cam over 4,000rpm and the induction rasp is as addictive as the subtle pops on the overrun. Perfect pedal spacing and nicely modulated brakes make heal and toe downchanges a synch.
So, it isn’t the last word in sophistication and some of the interior plastics would give an Audi engineer a nervous twitch, but it maintains a wilful insistence on taking the scenic route which I greatly admire. It is a remarkably uncomprising machine for a mainstream manufacturer. I genuinely worry about how I might ever bring myself to part with it.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage 4.7
The Aston, sadly, isn’t mine but it does belong to my father and he is kind enough to share it with me on occasion. We have indulged in a couple of major European road trips in it together and it must rank as one of the all-time great GT cars.
There’s something about an Aston which imbues in its occupants a greater sense of well-being than any other car of my experience. Somehow it indulges one like no other. The interior is not, perhaps, the ergonomic masterpiece one might expect of the Germans but it’s comfortable and smells nice and every detail is tactile.
The exterior is peerless and the Vantage shape remains as beguiling today as it was ten years ago upon release. Other motorists adore it and nothing else seems to attract such public goodwill. Even Audi drivers seem to be in its thrall, diving out of the outside lane of the motorway at the first sighting of those distinctive LED highlights behind them.
Much like my 997, it isn’t the last word in delicacy and don’t expect to be able to chuck it around like a flyweight sports car. This is a serious, old-school GT car but one blessed with great steering feel, natural balance to give away and a soundtrack to die for. It’s impossible not to instantly fall for its charms.
Alpina B3 Touring
Another car that belongs to my father but another to which he kindly hands me the keys from time-to-time. This is the rarest car in our little fleet, being one of only three B3 Tourings in the UK at the time of delivery. It is #123 worldwide, which must make it one of the most unusual new cars on British roads.
The current B3 is a particularly potent dog-carrying weapon. Blessed with 410bhp from a twin turbo straight-six, it’s stupendously rapid. The engine breathes through a full Akropovic exhaust system which offers a distinctive rasp at high revs but ensures near-silent cruising conditions.
The most obvious differentiator from the BMW donor car is, surprisingly, the chassis. Wearing huge 21″ wheels and appropriately low-profile tyres, one might reasonably expect the B3 to pogo down the road with the subtlety of Nigel Farage addressing the European Parliament. Remarkably, though, this is a car of unique compliance and unrivalled suspension sophistication. It smooths out bumps and shrugs off potholes with disdain. Its traction is phenomenal and it simply gets on with the business of demolishing every road in its sights. It’s a remarkable trick and lends the Alpina a premium feel which does much to justify the – not inconsiderable – cost increase over the equivalent BMW.
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Home » Reviews » Blu-ray review: William Shatner Joins Adam West & Burt Ward In BATMAN VS TWO-FACE
Blu-ray review: William Shatner Joins Adam West & Burt Ward In BATMAN VS TWO-FACE
Posted on November 4, 2017 by Niall Browne in Reviews
Batman Vs Two-Face is sadly the late Adam West’s swan-song as The Caped Crusader, but the iconic star goes out on a high with this animated adventure. Following on from 2016’s The Return Of The Caped Crusaders (read the Movies In Focus review), Batman Vs Two-Face sees the Dynamic Duo face-off against former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent. It’s the first time that West’s Batman and Burt Ward’s Robin have come face-to-face with the double-sided villain (he never appeared in the original 1960s TV show) and it’s made even more exciting because Two-Face is voiced by the one and only William Shatner!
A loving homage to the classic ‘60s show, Batman Vs Two-Face is also great at continuing the narrative of that cult hit. It’s well toned (funny without ever making fun of its subject) and there’s plenty for fans new and old alike to enjoy. The animation perfectly brings to life the look and style of the original show (and it’s rogue’s gallery), while Shatner’s Harvey Dent is a pitch-perfect representation of how the star looked in his youth.
Rick Morales’ film gives a new back story to Dent’s disfigurement – it happens when a machine constructed by Doctor Hugo Strange, called an ‘Evil Extractor’ malfunctions and explodes, injuring Dent and setting him off on his life of crime. It features cameos from the usual suspects (Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Egghead, Mr. Freeze and others), while also offering up some solid moments for King Tut, Bookworm and Catwoman (once again voice by Julie Newmar). There’s a vibrant jazz-inspired score, while the film also has an interesting homage to Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock’s work in North By Northwest in the last act.
A fun romp, Batman Vs Two-Face is the perfect way for Adam West to bow-out as Batman and he once again delivers a performance which again reminds us why he became so iconic as The Caped Crusader.
Batman Vs Two-Face includes new interviews with Burt Ward (who discusses his relationship with West and his pet rescue interests!) and Julie Newmar However, the stand-out extra might just be a panel from SDCC, which includes Lee Meriwether (Catwoman in 1966’s Batman: The Movie), director Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman and James Tucker. The panel discusses their relationship with Adam West and why he became some beloved by generations of Bat-fans. You also get some trailers for other animated DC Comics movies. Good stuff.
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Obituary: To The Batcave – Adam West 1928 – 2017
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SPEAKING | FILMS | AWARDS | WEBBYS | TECHNOLOGY SHABBATS
Emmy-nominated filmmaker, speaker, and Webby Awards Founder Tiffany Shlain has received over 80 awards and distinctions for her films and work, including inclusion in the Albert Einstein Foundation’s upcoming book Genius: 100 Visions for the Future, being on NPR’s list of Best Commencement Speeches and by Newsweek as “one of the women shaping the 21st Century.” She is also co-founder of 50/50 Day, Character Day and The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.
She has premiered four films at Sundance, including her acclaimed feature documentary Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death & Technology, which The New York Times hailed as “high-tech Terry Gilliam,” and “Examining Everything From the Big Bang to Twitter.” The US State Department has also selected four of Shlain’s films including Connected to represent the U.S. at embassies around the world for their American Film Showcase and she will serve as a film expert for selected envoys in 2017.
Tiffany’s recent film 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power, premiered live at TEDWomen, at 275 TEDx’s globally, and on Refinery29. It was the centerpiece film for first annual 50/50 Day which had over 11,000 screenings around the globe all linked together in an online discussion about what it’s going to take to get to a more gender balanced world. There is currently an art exhibit based on her film 50/50 at the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum. Her film & art installation “The Whole Cinemagillah,” recently had an exhibit at The National Museum of American Jewish History.
Tiffany’s original series, The Future Starts Here was nominated for an Emmy Award in New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, Culture and has over 40 million views to date. Shlain’s films employ her signature style of fast-paced images, colorful animations, deep scientific research and daring and funny insights to encourage us all to think about where we’re headed in our increasingly connected world. Her whole list of films can be seen here.
Tiffany is a world-renowned speaker and has been spoken at Google, Harvard, NASA, and was the closing speaker for TEDWomen and TEDMED. Tiffany was the on-air Internet expert on ABC’s Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer, is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute, an advisor to The Institute for the Future, and was invited to advise then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the Internet and technology. She currently serves on the Leadership Board of The Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital. She has contributed articles for Harvard Business Review, Documentary Magazine and was listed by Indiewire & FastCompany for her writing on twitter. TED Conferences published her first book, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks, and she has been writing a quarterly newsletter about ideas and culture since 1998 called Breakfast @ Tiffany’s. Tiffany runs the Let it Ripple film studio in San Francisco where they make films and create global days around subjects shaping our lives. Their global initiative Character Day features films on character development (including her films The Science of Character, The Making of a Mensch & The Adaptable Mind) had over 130,000 screening events in 125 countries and all 50 states for their 4th Annual event this September. Character Day 2018 will be on Sept 26th. The second Annual 50/50 Day will be April 26th, 2018. Her films have been translated into multiple languages and had over 50 million views. Tiffany and her team have received grants from from organizations including The John Templeton Foundation, Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Person’s Foundation and The Jim Joseph Foundation.
She lives in Northern California with her husband and collaborator Ken Goldberg (an artist & professor of robotics at UC Berkeley) and their two daughters Odessa & Blooma. Her films and work often wrestle with the good, the bad and the potential of technology. She and her family are on their 8th year unplugging each week for 24 hours as part of their “technology shabbats,” which she has written about, given talks about and explores in many of her films.
Tiffany Shlain keynotes and speaks around the world at a wide range of events. If you’re interested in having Tiffany speak about her upcoming book 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week, please contact Erin Simpson at erin.simpson@simonandschuster.com.
If you’re interested in having Tiffany speak about her films, Character Day, 50/50 Day, or other Let it Ripple work, please contact Sawyer Steele at sawyer@letitripple.org.
Included on NPR’s list of “Best Commencement Speeches, Ever” and named one of Newsweek’s “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is a dynamic speaker known for her visually stimulating, big picture, provocative, inspiring, and engagingly funny keynotes. With moving images from her films in the background, Tiffany brings audiences on a ride that will make them think, laugh, connect, and be inspired to think in new ways.
KSL.com Addiction to the internet has put humans in a ‘Frankenstein moment,’ Sundance speaker says
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The Hindu “Losing signal: on finding peace by ditching the smartphone”
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Awesome List “Tiffany Shlain Talks Character Day, Mompreneurship And a Life In Tech”
BrainPickings “The Ten Stages of the Creative Process”
MAKER Video Profile“Merging Film and Technology”
Mill Valley Review “Tiffany Shlain – Storyteller”
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Media Post “Webby Awards Founder Tackles Gender”
NPR Interview “Tiffany Shlain & The 50/50 Day Push for WorldWide Gender Equity”
On Being Interview “Growing Up The Internet”
The Forward “Gender Equality Going Coast to Coast”
British Airways “British Airways Support of 50/50 Day”
Refinery29 “This Director Has The Plan to Keep International Women’s Day Energy Alive”
All Things Connected “Radio Interview on 50/50 Day”
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GrokNation “Barbie, Jewish Identity and Films That Create Conversation”
Refinery29 “The Women’s History Narrative we Never Talk About”
Gratitude Revealed “Focus, Moxie and Effective Change in the World”
Forbes Podcast Interview “9 Ways to get Crazy Productive and Find Your Real Power”
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The Project for Women “The New Influencer’s”
Harvard Business Review Podcast “Building Your Character (at Least for a Day)”
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Books, Articles by Tiffany
CNN.com: “The full history of women’s leadership hasn’t been told”
LinkedIn: “30,000 Days”
Inclusion in Genius:100 Visions of the Future (Release Spring 2018)
Upcoming book The Good Fight – Chapter “Getting To 50/50” (Release Nov 2017)
LinkedIn: “What’s The World Asking of us Right Now?”
LinkedIn: “The Sublime Space Between Here & There: Business Travel in the 21st Century”
LinkedIn: “Let’s Talk About Getting to 50/50”
LinkedIn: “Can Cultivating Character Restore Us to Sanity?”
CNET: “Celebrating 20 Years of Tech”
Harvard Business Review: “Tech’s Best Feature: The Off Switch”
Harvard Business Review: “How the Internet is Shaping Our “Global Brain”
Breakfast @ Tiffany’s Quarterly Newsletter (since 1998)
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BACKGROUND OF THE SCHOOL OF SIGNALS BACKGROUND OF THE SCHOOL OF SIGNALS
The Signal Corps in any given defence force plays a pivotal role in the provision of communication and information support. This support enables commanders to exercise timely command and control of the deployed forces in peace, crisis and conflict or any operation anywhere in the world.
The Namibian Defence Force is of no exception in this regard hence, the establishment of the School of Signals.
The then Military School Signals Training Wing and Computer Training Centre were the nucleus for the establishment of the School of Signals at the end of 2015. The School is comprised the four Wings (Administration and three Training Wings).
To train and develop expertise of NDF Signallers and Non-Signallers in various ICT trades in order to enable them to plan, establish and maintain reliable communication support at all times.
To be the centre of excellence in pursuit of disseminating quality training to foster the necessary skills among NDF personnel by enabling them to utilise ICT technology effectively both in peace times and operations.
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Pinsent Masons LLP
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London: Corporate and commercial
Flotations: small and mid-cap
M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£250m
Private equity: transactions
London: Dispute resolution
Tax litigation and investigations
London: Human resources
London: Projects, energy and natural resources
Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
London: Public sector
Education: institutions
Infrastructure (parliamentary)
London: Real estate
London: Risk advisory
London: TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
EU and competition
VAT and indirect tax
London: Crime, fraud and licensing
Fraud: civil
Fraud: white-collar crime
Gaming and betting
Banking litigation: investment and retail
Competition litigation
London: Finance
Acquisition finance
Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Corporate restructuring and insolvency
Securitisation
Employment: employers and senior executives
London: Insurance
Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
Product liability: defendant
London: Private client
Contentious trusts and probate
Power (including electricity and renewables)
Social housing: finance
Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
Data protection privacy and cybersecurity
Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
London: Transport
Commercial contracts - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP is among the market-leaders for big-ticket, transformational and cutting-edge outsourcings and commercial projects (a significant proportion of which have a cross-border component). Led by global head Simon Colvin, its team stands out in the advice to public and private sector clients on particularly sophisticated mandates; key clients include Hanson Heidelberg Cement Group, E.ON and Kier Limited. In addition to technology being a discrete area in its own right, the group assists clients with matters where there is an interplay between technology and another area, such as energy, infrastructure, healthcare and financial services. Colvin, senior associate Daryl Cox and others are acting for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in its 5G testbed and trials programme. Colvin is also working with legal director Justin Chan to advise DCMS on a separate (but closely-linked) programme for the rollout of Local Full Fibre Networks. In 2017, Clare Francis, legal director Bridget Fleetwood and associate Ben Gardner were part of the group which assisted the Ministry of Justice with procuring a delivery partner to support its programme to transform and modernise the Courts and Tribunal Service. The firm also has a particularly strong reputation in the manufacturing sector, where it undertakes large IT and commercial projects. David Isaac, Yvonne Dunn, Natalie Trainor and Alison Eckford are other key figures in the group.
Leading individuals
David Isaac - Pinsent Masons LLP
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Corporate tax - ranked: tier 5
Pinsent Masons LLP is able to deploy 'an excellent technical depth' to tax matters affecting the advanced manufacturing, technology, infrastructure, energy, financial services and real estate sectors. Highlights included advising AMC Entertainment on its cross-border $929m acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group from Bridgepoint Advisers and Bonnier. The group also assisted Railpen as lead investor in Kobalt Capital's Music Royalties Fund and stress tested the Luxembourg tax advice in relation to tax risk. The team is led by 'highly professional' Eloise Walker , who is particularly strong on transactional tax matters. Christine Yuill is recommended for corporate and business tax, but also specialises in employee share incentive schemes. Former CMS tax head Richard Croker joined the team as a consultant in June 2018.
Eloise Walker - Pinsent Masons LLP
Customs and Excise - ranked: tier 1
The 'consistently good' team at Pinsent Masons LLP assists a variety of major international corporates with excise issues, with a particular strength in the brewing industry. The group stands out for its experience in HMRC investigations that have proceeded to litigation, in addition disputes arising from the classification of imported goods, calculating rates of excise duty on alcoholic beverages and excise duty fraud. The group is co-led by Jason Collins, who leads the broader global tax group, and 'client-focused' Stuart Walsh, whom clients rate for his area knowledge and court experience. In a recent highlight, Collins successfully represented Molson Coors in its Supreme Court appeal against an HMRC duty-related claim. Trained mediator Ian Hyde has substantial experience in contentious excise duty matters.
Stuart Walsh - Pinsent Masons LLP
EU and competition - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP possesses ‘excellent strength in depth’ and demonstrates ‘excellent responsiveness and quality of advice’. Practice head Alan Davis (‘a highly effective operator, equally at home before the CMA as the High Court’) recently represented CST Industries in respect of the CMA’s criminal cartel investigation into the supply of galvanised steel tanks for water storage in the UK. Guy Lougher leads the firm’s cross-disciplinary Brexit advisory team and is noted as having ‘excellent antennae to see the issues coming’. Also recommended are Caroline Ramsay , who is based in Glasgow and has ‘cutting-edge experience’, and Giles Warrington in Birmingham, who has ‘excellent experience in market investigations’.
Angelique Bret - Pinsent Masons LLP
Financial services (non-contentious/ regulatory) - ranked: tier 4
'Excellent at analysing the problem and providing creative solutions', Pinsent Masons LLP 'leaves no stone unturned in exploring options for its clients', which include retail banks, as well as asset and wealth management entities. Formerly in-house at a large global insurance group, Tobin Ashby has significant practical experience within the industry and has been particularly active of late advising on MiFID ii regulatory work for clients including Standard Life. Ashby is also active in the retail wealth management sector and recently advised Aegon on its significant strategic platform migration exercise following its acquisition of Cofunds. 'A pleasure to work with', David Heffron heads the firm's financial regulation practice and provides 'straightforward answers' to regulatory questions surrounding activity across a wide array of financial services clients both in the context of standalone advisory work, as well as on the regulatory issues concomitant to M&A in the sector. The 'highly pragmatic and sensible' Tony Anderson heads up the firm's banking products and payments team and 'has garnered very good industry knowledge of the securities settlement space'. The firm also has a 'keen awareness of the interaction between the regulatory and litigation offerings' and is well-placed to handle contentious matters for both firmwide clients and clients on a standalone basis before the regulatory agencies. The 'tactically sound' Colin Read has 'huge experience in the field' and has 'a very keen awareness of insurance regulatory risk and the interaction with regulatory litigation'. Associate Jonathan Cavill 'has experience beyond his years of regulatory compliance, particularly that of insurers and intermediaries, and works extremely hard to deliver practical solutions for clients'. Formerly at the FCA, senior associate Michael Ruck is 'excellent' at defending firms and senior executives in criminal and regulatory investigations.
Flotations: small and mid-cap - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP added to its deep bench of practitioners by hiring Gareth Jones and Julian Stanier from Berwin Leighton Paisner in 2017. Clients benefit from the team's vast AIM and Main Market transactional experience, which spans sectors such as technology, healthcare and life sciences, oil and gas, mining, financial services and consumer goods. John Tyerman leads the group, which is equally adept on both sides of the NOMAD and issuer fence. In 2017, a Scotland-based group, which included lead partner Alan Diamond, Rosalie Chadwick and senior associate Jennifer Malcolm, acted for housebuilder Springfield Properties Plc in its £87m AIM IPO; the firm acted for two out of three Scottish companies that listed on AIM that year. Another highlight saw Jones, Chadwick and Malcolm advise Smith & Williamson (as NOMAD), and Hannam & Partners and Shore Capital (as bookrunners), on the acquisition by AIM-listed Echo Energy of interests in oil and gas assets owned by Compañia General de Combustibles through a £70.2m reverse takeover. Russell Booker was the lead adviser to MML-backed Arena Events Group Plc on its £63.1m AIM IPO and placing. Other notable individuals include Jon Harris, and senior associates Adam Cain and Chrissy Findlay.
Jon Harris - Pinsent Masons LLP
Chrissy Findlay - Pinsent Masons LLP
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M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£250m - ranked: tier 1
The ‘very high-quality’ practice at Pinsent Masons LLP is ‘very responsive, understands the client’s business, and helps the client to understand key legal concepts from a commercial perspective’. The team, led by energy and infrastructure expert John Tyerman, frequently handles multi-jurisdictional M&A for public and private companies, and is consistently active across a wide range of sectors. Jon Harris is a leading lawyer in the AIM market who ‘has good knowledge and expertise, is easy to work with, with good response times and has a commercial approach’. Tom Leman (‘responsive, reliable and takes control of all legal aspects of a deal’) advised Motor Fuel on a number of strategic acquisitions. On the renewable energy front Carsten Rumberg advised BayWa r.e. Solar Projects on the sale of its last remaining UK solar assets to a fund managed by Greencoat Capital and Andrew Kerr advised DCC on the £219m disposal of its environmental division to private equity firm Exponent. On the financial services front Hannah Brader advised Zurich on the sale of its UK workplace pensions business to Lloyds Banking Group. The team has seen rapid expansion within the past 12 months, with Julian Stanier and Gareth Jones joining from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Hammad Akhtar and legal director Matthew Brewer joining from Ashurst, and Kieron Toal joining from Shoosmiths LLP. Sean Page joined Locke Lord LLP.
Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP, which operates at the top end of the private equity midmarket, is particularly active in deals with an international flavour, or are particularly complex to structure. Its institutional client base includes Lyceum Capital Partners, Phoenix Equity Partners and LDC. Other clients include large international corporates and management teams. Edward Stead leads the team, which has extensive expertise in every aspect of the investment lifecycle, with the work including buyouts, bolt-on acquisitions and exits. In 2017, Tom Leman and senior associate James Kaye acted for longstanding client Rapha in the sale of a majority stake in the business to US-based private equity house RZC Investments. The group is also increasingly sought-after to advise US-based investors on their investment activities in Europe, including the UK. Other notable individuals in the team include practice head Edward Stead, Gregg Davison and recently promoted partner Amie Norris, who acted for Livingbridge and the management team of Witherslack Group in the sale of Witherslack Group to Charme Capital. Andrew Masraf, who is the global head of the firm's transactional services group, is another experienced practitioner.Kieran Toal joined from Shoosmiths LLP, while Peter Wood departed for Addleshaw Goddard.
VAT and indirect tax - ranked: tier 2
Providing clients with 'excellent service', Pinsent Masons LLP is most noted for its contentious VAT work, on which Stuart Walsh and Jason Collins take the lead. Walsh continues to act for RBS Group in two disputes arising from missing traders in its supply chains defaulting on VAT due to HMRC. He is also representing Cantor Fitzgerald in a dispute with HMRC concerning VAT on certain purchases of emissions allowances issued under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. Several practitioners in the London office have particular jurisdictional expertise, including Ian Hyde, who leads on the new VAT environment in the Gulf states, and dual Dutch and English qualified Maryse Heijnen.
Fraud: civil - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP undertakes work concerning some of the most complex frauds and has wide experience of trials and injunctions. The firm continues to act for a former Swiss bank against a €12m fraud claim which arose out of a failed investment scheme. It also acts for RBS in an ongoing fraud case brought by 27 claimants worth around £80m. The ‘incredibly impressive’ Alan Sheeley heads the team, he ‘knows how to achieve results for his clients and is not afraid of a fight’ and is ‘without doubt a leading practitioner in this field’. Andrew Herring was promoted to partner. Andrew Barns-Graham joined as associate barrister. Senior associate Jennifer Craven is also recommended.
Alan Sheeley - Pinsent Masons LLP
Fraud: white-collar crime - ranked: tier 4
Pinsent Masons LLP has a multi-disciplinary team that advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals and senior executives in relation to investigations by the FCA, SFO and HMRC. It has previously acted in cases of insider dealing and tax evasion. Anne-Marie Ottaway and Tom Stocker bring ‘a wealth of talent to this area’, Ottaway has ‘extensive SFO experience which she brings to bear in her white-collar and business crime practice’. Barry Vitou left the firm for Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Gaming and betting - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP provides ‘quality advice’ and is noted for its expertise in business expansion and financing, as well as the introduction of new business-critical systems, relocation and strategically significant disputes, alongside other gambling and betting industry issues. The team is headed by Diane Mullenex and includes Julian Stanier, Gareth Jones, who joined from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, and Audrey Ferrie, who heads the licensing practice.
Licensing - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP's ‘very good’ practice advises on liquor and gambling licensing across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The team has a wide range of clients including Asda Stores, Harrods and Mint Festival, and has substantial advocacy and litigation capabilities. Highlights included acting for Aviva in successfully applying for a shadow alcohol premises licence for a restaurant it owns; successfully acting for Harrods to extend its restaurant hours and to move the wine shop area in the famous Brompton Road Store; and advising Pizza Express throughout the process of renewing the liquor licences for its Northern Irish restaurant portfolio. Liquor licensing specialist Audrey Ferrie heads the department.
Banking litigation: investment and retail - ranked: tier 5
Pinsent Masons LLP's 'outstanding team' is particularly known for handling major claims against banks, including mis-selling claims and claims concerning the conduct of restructuring and insolvency units in banks. The team acted for two Philippines’ state corporations in the electricity generation sector, which are in dispute with Lehman Brothers Special Financing over the valuation of the close-out amount on a Philippine Peso/USD currency swap; the case raises issues of general market importance, including whether the replacement transaction which the state corporations used to calculate their loss was a true economic equivalent of the defaulted transaction. Stuart McNeill is head of investment banking litigation; Edinburgh-based Jim Cormack is banking and finance litigation head; international civil fraud Alan Sheeley is 'extremely commercial and able to identify and pursue the business exigencies of clients'; Michael Fenn is 'always calm, authoritative and highly diligent'; and legal director Michael Hawthorne is 'a brilliant technical lawyer, with excellent depth of experience'.
Commercial litigation - ranked: tier 3
'A great choice for the trickiest issues', Pinsent Masons LLP's 'response times are excellent and the overall service is superb'. The practice regularly litigates complex commercial disputes, often with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional elements, for clients in the energy, financial institutions and technology sectors, and for airlines, management corporations, and trust and corporate entities. The team acted for Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, as clamant, in proceedings against the estate of the late Boris Berezovsky and others, including high-value fraud and enforcement proceedings. Michael Fenn is London litigation and regulatory head and Katharine Davies is 'a formidable fighter for her client’s case'. Other key contacts include Alan Sheeley, Stuart McNeill, Ben Fairhead, Glasgow-based risk advisory services group head Laura Cameron and legal directors Richard Dickman and Michael Fletcher. Jean-Francois Le-Gal was hired from Brown Rudnick LLP, Alistair Calvert was made partner and Mike Hawthorne, who is 'a brilliant technical lawyer', was promoted to legal director. Richard Twomey joined DWF.
Competition litigation - ranked: tier 3
The 'very clued-up litigation team' at Pinsent Masons LLP handles a 'good spread' of contentious competition matters, including follow-on damages actions, appeals of decisions by competition authorities and procurement litigation. Alan Davis leads the team and is regularly involved in proceedings before the EU and UK courts; recent work includes acting for CST Industries in proceedings before the Competition and Markets Authority and the Competition Appeal Tribunal lodged by Balmoral Tanks in relation to the judgment in a historic civil cartel investigation. The 'excellent' Ben Lasserson stands out for his 'decisiveness' and is currently representing a number of claimants in cartel damages cases.
Ben Lasserson - Pinsent Masons LLP
International arbitration - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP 'has a very resourceful and strategic team that understands the complex issues behind large-scale disputes'. The international arbitration practice is focused on the firm's core sectors, namely energy, infrastructure, and technology. It also fields lawyers with investment treaty expertise. Mark Roe is international arbitration head; David McIlwaine is international arbitration committee chair; Michael Fenn is London litigation and regulatory head; Rob McCallough is 'vastly experienced and pragmatic'; and Rob Wilkins is 'an absolute guru of Africa-related arbitrations'. The other names to note are Jason Hambury, Katharine Davies, Alistair Calvert, Adrian Elliott, Martin Harman, Gurmukh Riyat and consultant Clotilde Lemarié. Andrew Denton relocated to London from the Sydney office and Jean François Le Gal joined from Brown Rudnick LLP. Manoj Vaghela and Virginie Colaiuta joined Charles Russell Speechlys LLP and LMS Legal LLP, respectively.
Mark Roe - Pinsent Masons LLP
Tax litigation and investigations - ranked: tier 1
'Undoubtedly a leader in its field', Pinsent Masons LLP's tax litigation and investigations team members are noted for their experience and 'deep industry knowledge'. Areas in which the group has particular expertise include diverted profits tax issues, matters arising out of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and judicial review challenges of HMRC's advance payment notices. Team leader Jason Collins (noted as 'practical' and 'calm under pressure') won a major victory for the BT Pension Scheme in the FIDs Group action before the European Court, successfully proving that HMRC had unlawfully withheld tax credits. With significant experience in tax disputes involving financial institutions, Stuart Walsh is representing RBS in two disputes arising from missing traders in its supply chains defaulting on VAT due to HMRC. Steven Porter is leading a series of Judicial Review challenges brought by various taxpayers against HMRC's decision to issue them with payment notices as a result of their prior involvement in tax avoidance schemes. Legal director Clara Boyd specialises in VAT disputes and is recommended for the 'razor-sharp intellect' she uses to 'effortlessly analyse complex legal concepts'.
Jason Collins - Pinsent Masons LLP
Clara Boyd - Pinsent Masons LLP
Acquisition finance - ranked: tier 5
Headed by the 'excellent' Martin Bishop, Pinsent Masons LLP's four-partner team has a strong reputation among UK commercial banks including HSBC, and also regularly picks up work for private equity sponsors such as Sovereign Capital Partners and Lyceum Capital Partners in the mid-market. Senior associate Anais Spacey is 'strong and robust when negotiating with bank-side lawyers', and recently assisted Bishop on the representation of MML Capital Partners on unitranche and super senior revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of Computer Services Integration Group. Vanessa Heap often handles leveraged finance work in addition to general corporate lending; she recently advised Sabio Limited (a Lyceum Capital Partners' portfolio company) on the financing to facilitate its acquisition of Spanish company Datapoint Europe. Liam Terry is also recommended.
Asset based lending - ranked: tier 2
Led out of Birmingham by the 'excellent' Edward Sunderland and also including significant coverage across the firm's Leeds, Manchester and Scottish offices, Pinsent Masons LLP has a 'good understanding of the ABL industry' and is thereby able to provide a 'very commercial service' to an impressive range of banks, alternative capital providers and borrowers including Barclays Bank, RBS Invoice Finance, Arran Isle and Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance. Praised for his 'pragmatic and flexible approach', Sunderland handles both bilateral and syndicated facilities for lenders including his recent representation (with assistance from 'efficient and prompt' senior associate Victoria Baker) of HSBC Invoice Finance and Wells Fargo on the £120m provision of ABL facilities to Nisa Retail. On the borrower side, Sunderland recently worked alongside other financing practitioners at the firm to advise Alinda Capital Partners on the ABL piece of its £48m acquisition of Kelling Group, and also represented Gowrie Group (trading as B&S Group) on its £85m ABL facility with a lending syndicate including HSBC Invoice Finance, Lloyds Commercial Finance and BNP Paribas Commercial Finance. Birmingham-based Amy Flavell and Manchester-based James Cameron are regularly involved in recoveries work within the ABL sector.
Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans - ranked: tier 4
With four partners based out of London and also able to tap into the expertise of a strong regional offering in Manchester and Leeds, in particular, Pinsent Masons LLP provides a 'cost-effective and commercial service' to UK clearing banks and UK-listed borrowers across a raft of new money and refinancing-related corporate lending work. 'Excellent' team head Martin Bishop handles a significant amount of work for HSBC, including advising it as co-underwriter on the €176m term loan facilities to fund Victoria plc's €274m acquisition of Keraben Group.Vanessa Heap and Liam Terry are also recommended for corporate lending work.
Corporate restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 6
With five partners based in London and also able to tap into the expertise of significant regional resources, Pinsent Masons LLP is well-positioned to provide an 'excellent service at a competitive price' to a broad array of stakeholders including companies, IPs, banks and funds. 'Technically very strong', the team excels at providing 'sound and commercially sensible advice' in formal insolvency scenarios, as well as on corporate restructuring mandates, particularly within the mid-market. 'Highly experienced and no-nonsense' team head Nicholas Pike is a 'very safe pair of hands' across both contentious and non-contentious matters; he recently acted for Fidor Bank as principal lender to sub-prime car finance lender, The Car Finance Company on its restructuring and solvent wind-down. As well as his 'well-earned reputation in relation to handling professional services insolvencies and restructurings', Steven Cottee also handles work across a myriad other industry sectors and recently represented the lenders to Byron Restaurant Group on its restructuring plan and CVA. Other recommended practitioners include the 'technical, creative and solutions-oriented' Nick Gavin-Brown; the 'technical and responsive' Tom Withyman; and 'strong and tenacious' senior associate Gemma Kaplan.
Debt capital markets - ranked: tier 4
Pinsent Masons LLP handles all types of debt capital market issues, but it is best known for bond offerings to finance projects, education and social housing development, thanks to its firm-wide focus on those sectors. The firm is a longstanding advisor to UK clearing banks. It also represents institutional investors on large-scale privately placed bond issues, particularly where UK-based issuers are raising money in the US market. Head of capital markets Edward Sunderland leads the practice from Birmingham and his highlight deals from 2017 included advising arranger Strand Hanson and trustee Prudential Trustee Company on the issue of a second tranche of notes by US-listed company Carpe Valorem. Michael Watson is recommended for project bonds, as is head of energy and infrastructure Stephen Tobin. Sharon Smith has a broad debt capital markets and securitisation practice and she frequently advises on listed wholesale and retail bonds, project bonds and debt restructurings. Head of corporate trust Grace Hui is recommended for advice to trustees, issuers, paying agents and account banks. She recently worked with Sunderland on the £370m bond issued by Aberdeen City Council.
Securitisation - ranked: tier 4
Pinsent Masons LLP is known for its advice to arrangers and originators on term and conduit securitisations. It frequently acts for account banks, particularly in the restructuring of securitisations following credit rating downgrades and ISDA termination claims payments. It has strong relationships with leading UK clearing banks and it focuses predominantly on mid-market deals, although deal sizes are consistently rising. Edward Sunderland , who works in both the London and Birmingham offices, is the key partner and in 2017 he acted for Police Mutual Assurance Society Limited as a shareholder in the Neyber securitisation in a review of the documentation. He also advised the client on its liabilities under the structure. For PerfectHome Holdings Limited he helped to set up a £50m warehousing vehicle for its purchase receivables. The practice calls on the experience of Sharon Smith in Birmingham, who has more than 20 years' experience in securitisation; London-based derivatives partner Stephen Woods; head of international tax Eloise Walker ; and legal director Grace Hui. The firm recently strengthened its practice with the hire of Carl Posern, formerly a managing associate at Linklaters LLP, as a partner. He handles securitisation, debt capital markets, derivatives and other complex structured finance matters.
Employee share schemes - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP is 'a joy to work with due to its understanding of the industry, pragmatism and commerciality'. Lynette Jacobs heads up the department and is 'considered by some to be a key figure in the field' and is 'a genuine joy to work with'; and legal director Suzannah Crookes is 'an excellent lawyer who knows her stuff and has a very practical and commercial approach'. The group's corporate and advisory work spans international share plans, transactional advice and corporate governance issues. Clients include Imperial Brands and Halfords Group; Jacobs and Crookes assisted the latter with the introduction of its restricted share plan. Other work includes advising IP Group on the incentive elements of its hostile takeover of Touchstone Innovations and acting for Beeks Financial Cloud Group on the share plan components of its AIM admission.
Employment: employers and senior executives - ranked: tier 4
Pinsent Masons LLP is 'excellent across the board' and regularly handles executive and board levels matters, cross-border work, employment litigation and corporate support work. 'Responsive and knowledgeable' department head Edward Goodwyn is particularly active in the engineering and infrastructure sectors; he recently defended Kier Group in an unfair dismissal and indirect age discrimination claim brought by a former director. Steven Cochrane is also singled out for his expertise in the financial services sector; he advised Axa Real Estate Investment Managers on the employment aspects of its acquisition of Retirement Villages Group. Allianz Insurance, Balfour Beatty Group and Laing O'Rourke are also clients.
Health and safety - ranked: tier 1
Kevin Bridges leads the national team at Pinsent Masons LLP, which has 'an outstanding reputation in the health and safety field' and is 'undoubtedly one of the top firms in the space'. Clients praise Bridges as 'a top performer' who is 'analytical, astute and an absolute pleasure to work with'. Scottish team head Laura Cameron and Sean Elson are also names to note; Cameron regularly handles crises and regulatory investigations for corporate clients and Elson recently represented a lift manufacturer in a HSE investigation and coroner's inquest relating to the death of a girl who was trapped in a domestic lift. Other clients include Kier Group, Intu Properties, Morgan Sindall and Capita. Kizzy Augustin joined Russell-Cooke LLP.
Pensions (non-contentious) - ranked: tier 2
Pensions: dispute resolution - ranked: tier 1
With 'a top-tier practice, strong presence in pensions litigation' and 'first-class knowledge of the transactional side of the coin', Pinsent Masons LLP's 'sensible and pragmatic' team 'performs in the premier league of pensions law firms'. Carolyn Saunders leads the group; she recently advised the trustees of the Singapore Airlines Scheme on the implications of a corporate restructuring. 'No-holds-barred litigator' Isabel Nurse-Marsh heads up the pensions litigation practice and recently represented Gracebay and the Silentnight Group in a claim against the Pensions Regulator relating to issues surrounding its sale; she also acted for Wandel & Goltermann in a High Court claim regarding the validity of pension scheme deeds. Other key individuals include the 'highly tactical' Ben Fairhead, who defended Dalriada in proceedings brought by the regulator regarding fraud claims; Raj Sharma, who assisted the group trustees of the RWE power Group of the Electricity Supply Pensions Scheme with the reorganisation of the fund into two new funds; senior associate Charlotte Scholes, and the 'extremely knowledgable' Matthew de Ferrars. Hayley Goldstone made partner in 2018.
Carolyn Saunders (non-contentious) - Pinsent Masons LLP
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Insurance and reinsurance litigation - ranked: tier 4
‘Creative and innovative in proposing solutions’, Pinsent Masons LLP is ‘very responsive and excellent at analysing the problem’. A particular expertise is in construction; the team is handling several insurance claims arising from significant global construction projects. The ‘tactically very sound’ Colin Read is the firm’s specialist in this sector and ‘runs a happy and engaged team that uses junior and senior resources well’. Another key area of work is cyber and data breach insurance, in which Ian Birdsey is an expert. The team has also been working with a number of UK general insurers on cyber terrorism extension wordings within UK commercial property covers. Heading the practice is Nick Bradley, an expert in claims arising in the run-off sector, with clients including RSA and Armour Re.
Nick Bradley - Pinsent Masons LLP
Insurance: corporate and regulatory - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP's team was significantly strengthened by the addition of experienced corporate and insurance specialist Hammad Akhtar from Ashurst to lead the firm’s corporate practice. This hire further cements the team's strength in depth, allowing it to compete with the full-service insurance teams of other London firms. Skills across the board include major distribution deals, Part VII transfers and complex pensions buy-outs/buy-ins, but a particular highlight in M&A was advising Zurich on the high-profile sale of its UK workplace pensions and savings business; Hannah Brader took the lead in this matter.
Insurance: insolvency and restructuring - ranked: tier 2
The arrival of Hammad Akhtar has given a major boost to the insurance team at Pinsent Masons LLP, and he is currently leading on a number of complex and strategic restructuring transactions for some of the world's leading insurers and reinsurers. The firm's full-service offering means the team is able to advise on both business-as-usual matters and, at the other end of the spectrum, complex strategic corporate, commercial and regulatory matters. It has particular expertise in cross-border restructurings, with a non-contentious insurance team of over 70 lawyers; this strength in depth has also earned the firm a place on some significant insurance client legal panels. Highlights included advising on the demutualisation of Reliance Mutual, whose business is being transferred under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to a new UK-authorised life insurance company. Legal director Matthew Brewer, who joined from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in November 2017, is also a noted member of the team.
Hammad Akhtar - Pinsent Masons LLP
Product liability: defendant - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP's product liability team is led by Andrew Masterson, who is as a ‘trusted and reliable adviser whose advice is high quality’. Hi recent work includes on matters relating to a fire caused by switchgear and a recall and loss of profits claim caused by cross contamination of chemical products. The team also includes Sarah Taylor who works with retailers and food and drinks manufacturers on product safety issues. Her clients include Asda and William Hill. Jacqueline Harris acts for clients across a range of product issues from electrical goods to medical devices and pharmaceuticals. She is representing a key defendant in a metal-on-metal hip matter. At legal director level, the recently promoted Louise Nahon – who is a qualified chartered mechanical engineer – is recommended for her ‘very good technical engineering knowledge and ability to analyse complex contractual issues including indemnities’.
Professional negligence - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP represents claimants and defendants in disputes across the financial services, pensions, construction and TMT sectors. Legal director Michael Fletcher is representing a UK-based company in the renewable energy sector in a £3m claim against its former solicitors, and Jonathan Fortnam is acting for a pension scheme employer and its trustee company in a £6m claim against its former solicitors. Ben Fairhead focuses on pensions-related disputes and is representing the trustee of a defined benefit pension scheme in a £1m negligence claim against a well-known pension scheme administrator, in relation to numerous transfers of members’ pension funds to an overseas pension scheme. Jim Richards is acting for two group companies in a £2.6m claim against its former auditors. Stuart McNeill regularly handles finance-related professional negligence disputes; ‘while charming to deal with’, pensions litigation head Isabel Nurse-Marsh is a ‘no-holds barred litigator’; Colin Read is active in construction sector mandates; Ian Birdsey is experienced in the TMT sector; and Neal Morris leads the global construction advisory and disputes team. Legal director Chamika Hand and senior associate Danielle Williamson, who is experienced in tax-related claims, are also recommended. Michael Fenn, who is the litigation and regulatory head, and insurance head Nick Bradley lead the team.
Art and cultural property - ranked: tier 4
The team at Pinsent Masons LLP advises high-net-worth individuals, royal family members, art foundations and cultural institutions as well as artists and government bodies on their art collections. Richard Hart routinely advises clients on the structuring of their collections and on their philanthropic endeavours through cultural foundations. He also advises clients on facilitating donations to cultural institutions and is skilled at advising on issues as they arise on large international touring exhibitions. The group is adept at advising on all types of art including traditional fine art, art and sculpture and is also skilled at advising on video and digital art, street art and jewellery. Highlights included advising a large multinational company with a portfolio of art investments on the establishment of a website to showcase some of the client’s collection of gemstones, jewellery and artefacts. The team has also been engaged to advise a foreign art investing corporate on its global trade mark filing strategy for its vast collection.
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Contentious trusts and probate - ranked: tier 4
Pinsent Masons LLP has a team with a ‘first-rate understanding of complex, cross-border trust structures and administration’. The ‘highly experienced’ Michael Pulford provides ‘extremely sound and easily understandable advice’. Pulford leads a team that represents a varied client base including leading trust companies and corporate service providers, trustees, family offices, beneficiaries, ultra-high-net-worth individuals and their corporates. He advises these clients on a broad range of heavyweight commercial, trust and family disputes. Harbour Guernsey and Deutsche Bank Private Wealth are key clients.
Family - ranked: tier 4
Michael Pulford at Pinsent Masons LLP is ‘blessed with a litigator’s head and instincts and knows where the strengths and weaknesses of his clients’ cases lie’. Kate Francis ‘leaves no stone unturned’ and Sarah Ingram ‘handles litigation with great aplomb’ –both are senior associates. The team has a particular niche in Russian and Middle Eastern work.
Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP) - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP 'has a deep understanding of the infrastructure and construction market and great depth in its team, with a few stand-out specialists'. In recent highlights, Pension Infrastructure Plan appointed the team to handle its acquisition of a diverse portfolio of ten UK PPP assets from Aberdeen Infrastructure Partners, and Graham Alty is currently advising the Ministry of Justice on its Prison Estate Transformation Programme which will procure up to four new prisons in England and Wales. The 'excellent' Manchester-based Mark Job represents a major international airport in light of potential high-profile construction projects, and the recently promoted partner Sonal Shah teamed up with the Paris office to handle a 49.99% share purchase in Intertoll's PPP portfolio on behalf of Aberdeen Infrastructure Funds. Stephen Tobin heads the European projects outfit and the 'thoughtful, strategic' Nick Ogden specialises in infrastructure M&A and strategic partnership arrangements in the Manchester office. Kevin Joyce recently joined from CMS .
Sonal Shah - Pinsent Masons LLP
Mining and minerals - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP represents blue chip clients such as Anglo American , Sirius Minerals and African Minerals across the full life cycle of mining projects. In recent highlights, Jon Harris acted for Opera Investments' £5.5m placing and acquisition Kibo Gold by way of reverse takeover and admission to the AIM as Katoro Gold, and the Glasgow-based legal director Ross McDowall continued to advise Kier on planning, environmental and construction issues arising from its mining operations in East Ayrshire. On the construction side, Sarah Thomas is currently assisting a minerals company with a range of health and safety, planning and infrastructure procurement issues arising from its proposed mine development. The practice is spearheaded by Akshai Fofaria who holds a strong expertise in the African mining industry especially with regards to 'front-end' matters.
Oil and gas - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP has an 'exceptional' team led by Aberdeen's Bob Ruddiman that 'balances well the needs of a junior resources company listed on the AIM and the business fundamentals of oil and gas and the fast-moving UK market'. The firm's oil and gas lawyers are 'knowledgeable, proactive and available' but Paul McGoldrick 'knows the industry extremely well' and is described by one client as 'a highly-respected leader in this space'. In recent highlights, Aberdeen-based Shirley Allen acted for Shell in its disposal of $3.8bn of UK assets to Chrysoar, and Rosalie Chadwick - who heads the firm's corporate finance department from Glasgow - advised Ithaca Energy on its takeover by Delek. On the projects side, George Booth continues to represent major oil companies in the development of their respective oil field interests in the Middle East. Also notable are head of the firm's Africa practice Akshai Fofaria and Katharine Davies who sits in the litigation department and has a strong track record in commercial disputes.
Bob Ruddiman - Pinsent Masons LLP
Power (including electricity and renewables) - ranked: tier 2
The 'excellent' power offering at Pinsent Masons LLP 'is deeply committed to the success of the industry generally and its clients' business'; its practitioners 'are extremely knowledgeable about the procurement process, construction contracts and they go the extra mile'. Gareth Phillips is currently leading the advice to Orsted on all planning and property matters arising from the Hornsea offshore wind farm, and continues to assist joint venture partners Hive and Wirsol Energy with all planning and property matters associated with the Cleve Hill Solar Park in Kent. A team spearheaded by Peter Feehan is currently overseeing the implementation of electric vehicle charging points across the UK for joint venture Ionity, while Leeds-based and heavily-recommended construction expert Melanie Grimmitt is handling the procurement of an EPC contractor and long-term maintenance arrangements with regards to new CCGT projects at the Eggborough and Kings Lynn B sites. On the corporate front, Carsten Rumberg acted for BayWa in the disposal of its last remaining UK solar assets to a fund managed by Greencoat Capital. Paul Rice leads the practice and is also a name to note alongside Richard Griffiths , the 'technically excellent' Graham Alty and the 'extremely hardworking and committed' Caroline Ramsay .
Water - ranked: tier 2
The 'overall excellent level of service' provided by Pinsent Masons LLP is especially apparent in its 'very prompt responses' and 'thoroughly competent approach to complex issues of law'. Notable recent highlights include construction specialist Michael Allan 's work for the Aberdeen Harbour board with regards to the Nigg Bay expansion project, Neal Morris ' ongoing counsel to a joint venture of leading UK contractors in connection with the procurement of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project.The client-recommended Gordon McCreath sits in Glasgow and is currently leading a cross-office team to advise the Environment Agency on all compulsory purchase and property matters in relation to the construction of a new flood relief channel for the Thames. The practice is led by Belfast's Adrian Eakin who is a name to note alongside Edinburgh's Chris McGarvey and Claire Gregory who leads the firm's environment practice from Manchester. Other key clients include United Utilities, Severn Trent and Veolia.
Adrian Eakin - Pinsent Masons LLP
Education: institutions - ranked: tier 1
With 'sector-leading experience', Victoria Goddard heads an education department at Pinsent Masons LLP that 'consistently provides a joined-up and in-depth team service and the advice is always pragmatic and well-balanced'. It advises on matters such as financing, debt capital markets, development, procurement, planning and charity law. Martin Priestley leads the universities international group and is advising the University of Sheffield on the expansion of its partnership with Nanjing Tech University to establish a joint Institute for Science. Other names to note are Chris Martin and the 'excellent' Helen Corden, who brings employment expertise to the sector. The team is advising a number of universities on expansion projects, including assisting the University of Sussex with its modernisation project, which involves the procurement of new student accommodation and a new records system.
Healthcare - ranked: tier 2
The ‘extremely proactive practice’ team at Pinsent Masons LLP is jointly led by Kate Orviss and Joanne Ellis and advises national and international clients on a range of high-value M&A and joint venture transactions. Orviss ‘is most innovative in her thinking and in resolving problems'; she leads the global healthcare group. Highlights included acting for Indo UK Healthcare Private and UK Global Healthcare on the implementation of the Indo UK Institute of Health Programme, an Indian and British government supported venture aiming to build 11 hospitals and polyclinics with the intention of bringing NHS standard healthcare. Ellis focuses on transactions in the social care and dental space; she has advised Jacobs Holding AG on the acquisition of the Southern Dental group and Tracscare on the acquisition of the New Bridges Care Group, a specialist residential and outreach service provider for individuals who have acquired brain injury, complex needs and learning disabilities. Robert Moir’s work encompasses corporate finance and structures, joint ventures and investments.
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Infrastructure (parliamentary) - ranked: tier 1
The team at Pinsent Masons LLP regularly provides advice on government policy and parliamentary legislation which affects their clients’ business interests. Such clients include University of London, Port of Tilbury and Heathrow Airport. Robbie Owen is acting for the University of London on a private Bill to facilitate the establishment of its colleges and research institutes as universities in their own right. He also heads the team advising TFL on obtaining statutory authorisation under the Planning Act 2008 for the Silvertown Tunnel. Also recommended are the ‘hardworking and intelligent’ Francis Tyrrell , Richard Bull, for his ‘deep knowledge of parliamentary procedure’, and Duncan O’Connor .
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Local government - ranked: tier 1
A source reported that Pinsent Masons LLP can provide 'a joined-up and in-depth team service' that gives 'pragmatic and well-balanced advice.' This highly-regarded national team offers expertise across the gamut of local authority legal requirements and counts more than 160 local authorities within its client base. The team continues to advise Haringey Council on the procurement of a strategic investment and development partner on a potential £2bn regeneration project. It also advised Manchester City Council on securing an investment partner in respect of the Northern Gateway scheme. In other work it is advising councils on a regional investment fund, strategic planning and governance issues. Anne Bowden is the national head of the team, other key members include Scot Morrison, Didar Dhillon, Adrian Eakin and David Meecham.
Commercial property: development - ranked: tier 2
Commercial property: hotels and leisure - ranked: tier 1
Commercial property: investment - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP is sought after for ‘particularly complex development and acquisition transactions’ and is ‘a go-to firm for hotel management and franchise agreements’. The team also has particular expertise in structuring joint development partnerships in the public sector, where Scot Morrison is advising London Borough of Haringey on the procurement of a development and investment partner for the Haringey Development Vehicle, and Anne Bowden is acting for London Borough of Southwark in relation to the development of a new town centre at Canada Water. Further, Nic Berry is acting for ABP (London) Investments in relation to the regeneration of London’s Royal Albert Dock. The group is ‘highly regarded in the specialist hotel industry’. Indeed, department head Claire Hughes is advising Capital & Counties Properties on the development of a luxury boutique hotel in Covent Garden. Nick Skea-Strachan, who specialises in hotel management agreements, advised Al Dau Development on a franchise agreement with Hyatt International for the development, branding and operation of a hotel in Cairo. The team has also acted for Accor Hotelservices UK and Meliá Hotels International. Legal director Janet Matthews assisted The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society with the launch of the £2.7bn Royal London UK Real Estate Fund. Additionally, Simon Gardiner advised Legal and General on a £70m property swap transaction, and Richard Lloyd was involved in a high-value investment transaction involving retirement village assets. Anthony Newton joined the team from Hogan Lovells International LLP in 2017. David Taylor retired in 2018.
Construction (contentious) - ranked: tier 1
Contruction (non-contentious) - ranked: tier 1
Neal Morris heads the construction team at Pinsent Masons LLP. On the transactional side, Morris has been advising a JV of the UK’s largest contractors on the UK’s largest new infrastructure ‘mega project', the 25km long, £4.2bn new ‘super sewer’ under London. Shy Jackson has been assisting with ongoing legal advice to the Skanska, Costain and STRABAG JV on its successful bid for and subsequent delivery of two multibillion pound HS2 phase 1 civils contracts. On the contentious side, Helen Waddell is advising contractor Breen House on a £300m high-profile claim against the government by various participants in the solar photovoltaic electricity generation industry, in relation to losses of renewable energy subsidies. Other clients include Bouygues; Balfour Beatty; Kier Group; Carillion; Morgan Sindall; Costain; Ferrovial; ACS Dragados; Laing O'Rourke; and Westfield. Kevin Joyce joined from CMS, and Clotilde Lemarié joined from Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP. Sofia Parra Martinez moved to the Madrid office, Fraser McMillan to the Australia office, and Andrew Denton joined from the Australia office.
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Environment - ranked: tier 2
The team at Pinsent Masons LLP is headed by Georgie Messent, who is known for her regulatory oil and gas expertise, particularly in offshore decommissioning. Recent work includes representing Cargill on its £1bn JV with Faccenda Foods on environmental and animal welfare related matters, including on the internal restructuring and regulatory risk management on the JV agreement itself; and advising on the £219m sale of the entire issued share capital of the environmental division of DCC Environmental Britain Limited to private equity group Exponent.
Planning - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP's national head of planning, Iain Gilbey , advised China Gateway International Limited on its application for planning permission in the Kent Downs for the largest development in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to date. Head of infrastructure planning, Robbie Owen is leading on all planning aspects of the £17.6bn Heathrow Expansion Project. Head of London Planning, Nicholle Kingsley, leads on all planning aspects of the redevelopment of Elephant & Castle shopping centre. ‘Diligent, approachable, with in-depth knowledge of the NSIP process’, Emma Harling-Phillips is acting alongside Gordon McCreath for Highways England on all aspects of its proposed application for development consent for the £1.6bn ‘Stonehenge Tunnel’. Francis Tyrrell is ‘particularly strong in relation to infrastructure planning matters with a good eye for detail'. Associate Sheelagh MacGregor is also recommended as ‘conscientious and diligent and very capable at fighting her corner'.
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Property finance - ranked: tier 2
In addition to its traditionally strong relationships with the clearing banks, Pinsent Masons LLP acts for international lenders, specialist real estate lenders, insurance companies, and debt and opportunity funds. A particular strength is the team's ability to handle secured to unsecured deals; William Oliver, who leads the team jointly with Gerry Mulholland, acted for HSBC, RBS, Barclays and Santander on the provision of a £430m term and revolving facility to NewRiver REIT, and for HSBC, RBS and Barclays on the amendments to the £550m revolving facility provided to Derwent London. Frances Mallender advised RBS as agent on behalf of a syndicate of banks on the refinancing of Safestore Holdings facilities. Richard Hughes is also a noted member of the practice; he advised new client AM alpha Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft on the acquisition financing of The Rylands Building in Manchester, among other matters. The team is also known for its expertise in non-performing loan (NPL) transactions.
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Property litigation - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP's ‘excellent’ and ‘very proactive’ team is an ‘established serious player in the national market’, ‘on par with the best for high-end development work’. The department is also well-regarded for its rights of lights work and energy related property disputes. Siobhan Cross is ‘on top of the detail and extremely diligent’ and jointly heads the team together with Melissa Thompson. Rhiannon Saunders has joined from RPC and Laura Mortimer joined from Maples Teesdale LLP. Joe Parnis has re-joined the team from Mishcon de Reya LLP and Dianne Adams is another new arrival from King & Wood Mallesons. The firm has been instructed by owners of property adjacent to Stamford Bridge in an injunction claim resulting from the proposed development of the stadium and subsequent rights of light issues. Thompson has also been acting for INEOS Upstream Limited in a first of its kind case for shale drilling rights. Clients include prominent institutional property investors and estates such as Legal & General, Royal London and the Portman Estate.
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Social housing: finance - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP is known for advising a huge variety of lenders including local authorities and institutional investors, but also advises housing associations on bank lending transactions. The team has particular experience acting for first-time lenders in the housing sector and assisting with the formation and procurement of local asset backed vehicles. In one stand-out matter, department head Sarah Whitty acted for a group of funders including Peterborough City Council, Lloyds Bank and Dexia Credit Local in relation to the merger between Axiom Housing Association and Longhurst Group, which involved a restructuring of the existing facilities with the two housing groups. Whitty also advised HSBC Bank on a £200m loan agreement with Genesis Housing Association. On the borrower side, Edinburgh-based Iain Macaulay acted for Wheatley Housing Group in relation to its £600m syndicated term and revolving credit facilities arranged by RBS, while Birmingham-based Edward Sunderland assisted the client with a £100m private placement with Swiss and British institutional investors.
Sarah Whitty - Pinsent Masons LLP
Social housing: local authorities and registered providers - ranked: tier 3
Pinsent Masons LLP has ‘an excellent social housing team’, which specialises in acting for local authorities in the formation of residential development vehicles. Clients singled out Scot Morrison in particular, whose highlights have included advising London Borough of Haringey on the procurement of an investment and development partner for the Haringey Development Vehicle, and assisting London Borough of Wandsworth with the formation of a joint venture with Taylor Wimpey for a development near Clapham Junction station. Similarly, department head Anne Bowden advised a central London borough on the formation of a development partner for a residential scheme at one of London’s most prominent regeneration sites. David Meecham acts for Homes and Communities Agency in relation to all of its major funding and regeneration schemes, which recently included the formation of a development partnership for a residential scheme in Chesterfield. Further, in the registered provider space, Meecham advised St Mungo Community Housing Association on the formation of a development partnership for a residential site in Edgware.
Brexit - ranked: tier 1
Pinsent Masons LLP's multidisciplinary, cross-border Brexit advisory team assists clients with all aspects of their preparations, including scenario planning, contract risk assessments and renegotiations, and employment audits, among other matters. Clare Francis is leading the firm's advice to clients on a cutting-edge commercial contracts product, Brexit Contracting Solutions, which use Artificial Intelligence to assess the impact of Brexit on existing contract portfolios in a fast and efficient manner, as well as assessing broader supply chain risks. Euan Smith provides corporate immigration support along with Joanne Hennessy. Iain Connor advises clients from sectors, such as IT and pharmaceuticals, on likely intellectual property issues post-Brexit. A notable feature of the Brexit team is that it includes a public policy unit, which is led by Andrew Henderson, and assists clients with building a case for how they want Brexit to work for them, and how they can put this forward to key influencers. Robbie Owen leads the government affairs team, which includes Francis Tyrrell, and focuses on the process for Brexit-related legislation and its constitutional implications. Outside of the UK, Christoph Maurer in Paris and Munich-based Rainer Kreifels are other key figures. Guy Lougher is the overall head of the Brexit advisory team, which also features Alan Davis, Elizabeth Budd and Caroline Ramsay.
Data protection privacy and cybersecurity - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP's information law team has been highlighted for its 'excellent service' and 'tailored,pragmatic and timely advice'. The team is instructed on both contentious and strategic matters, with particular experience in the financial services and technology sectors and acts for high-profile clients including TSB Bank, Google, Facebook and Starship Technologies. The department has been advising global medical device manufacturer on compliance solutions to enable the transfer of data to the US, following the invalidity of Safe Harbour. With an 'impressive grasp of technical detail' Marc Dautlich heads the global practice and is praised for his 'delivers clear and commercial advice' to both public and private sectors. David Barker is highlighted for contentious matters and heads the group's data protection litigation team and Ian Birdsey leads the cyber practice. Birmingham-based Cerys Wyn Davies is another key name to note.
Marc Dautlich - Pinsent Masons LLP
Regulatory investigations and corporate crime - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP advises on compliance issues and conducts investigations in relation to fraud allegations and regulatory breaches. It is particularly adept at handling SFO investigations for infrastructure and energy companies. Key practitioner Anne-Marie Ottaway is ‘experienced, sensible and cool under pressure’. Neil McInnes has rejoined the London office from Singapore. Senior associate Michael Ruck has ‘come into private practice from the FCA and as such is very knowledgeable and will fight a client’s corner’. Senior associate Olga Tocewicz combines ‘excellent client relations with a good, incisive mind, calm and unflappable, she can be trusted with the most difficult cases’. Christopher Richardson joined as a partner and head of forensic accounting from Ernst and Young. Tom Stocker is also recommended. Barry Vitou left the firm for Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Anne-Marie Ottaway - Pinsent Masons LLP
Reputation management - ranked: tier 3
Headed by the ‘experienced and intelligent’ David Barker, the team at Pinsent Masons LLP ‘has real expertise and strength in all aspects of media and information law’. Highlights included advising Google in relation to a number of right to be forgotten cases; acting for the BBC in a breach of confidence claim brought against it by Appleby; and advising the Media Lawyers Association in relation to an application to the Supreme Court in the Elaph Publishing case. Senior Associate Alex Keenlyside is commended for being ‘incredibly diligent and intelligent’. Imogen Allen-Back is an ‘impressive’ associate who is ‘wise beyond her years’.
Fintech - ranked: tier 2
Noted for acting on 'complex, innovative and ground-breaking' matters, Pinsent Masons LLP's practice is 'excellent in all respects'. Open banking, ICOs, advising banks on technological matters and acting for fintech start-ups are key strengths of the department, which counts Tesco Bank, Allied Irish Banks, HubPay Technologies, Electron and International Personal Finance among its clients. The 'calm, measured' Angus McFadyen 'clearly has excellent knowledge of the payments space'; he advised ING Bank on its development of Yolt, an open banking mobile app. 'Extremely professional, knowledgeable and friendly' legal director Luke Scanlon acted for Coinschedule on its contractual relationships with parties issuing ICOs and tokens on its platform as well as on regulatory compliance; he also advised AccountScore and Consents Online on open banking matters, and assisted fintech authentication start-up Priviti Group with the regulatory aspects of its engagement with the banking sector. The team often handles corporate work in the fintech space: Andrew McMillan acted for Finestra International on its purchase of Olfa Soft and its foreign exchange e-trading platform for financial institutions. The Glasgow-based Yvonne Dunn heads the group.
IT and telecoms - ranked: tier 1
Described as being 'absolutely top in responsiveness and quality' the IT and telecoms practice at Pinsent Masons LLP provides 'thorough, business and client-friendly advice' on a full-range of issues. The team is instructed by the Department of Health in relation to its new emergency services communication system. This matter has included advising on technical solutions and exit from its previous contract with current service provider. Also in the public sector it is advising the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, as well as Transport for London. In another work highlight, it is acting for Heathrow Airport on a project for the transformation of how it procured and manages its IT services. Google, Fijitsu and Hiscox are all clients. Headed up by Simon Colvin, the team includes the 'first class' and 'very creative' Diane Mullenex who leads the firm's global telecoms, gaming and gambling practices. Anthony Fielding moved to Gowling WLG's Dubai office.
Diane Mullenex - Pinsent Masons LLP
Intellectual property - ranked: tier 3
The 'genuinely outstanding' intellectual property practice at Pinsent Masons LLP has been described as comprising of 'commercially focused, first class intellectual property litigators'. The team, attracting praise for its ability to 'balance complex commercial concerns' is particularly strong in patent disputes. It is instructed by Magnesium Elektron on a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute across UK and China. 'Excellent and strategic' practice head Clare Tunstall has been highlighted as 'amongst the best pharma & biotech litigators', and is leading a team representing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in a claim for the revocation of Gilead's supplementary protection certificate for the HIV treatment Truvada. The 'very wise and practical litigator' Charlotte Weekes is another key name to note in the life sciences sector. The 'bright and thorough patent litigator' Deborah Bould 'offers sensible, pragmatic advice' and is particularly recommended in the technology and manufacturing sectors. Iain Connor heads up the groups soft IP practice, 'really wrestles with the client’s case and does not take no for an answer'. The practice has been bolstered with the additions of Catherine Drew from Olswang — who attracts praise for her 'wonderful commercial advice' — and Florian Traub from Squire Patton Boggs, who established the firm's European brand portfolio management practice. Other additions include senior associates Mark Marfé, Mario Subramaniam and trade mark attorney Matthew Harris from Hogan Lovells International LLP, Anderson Law LLP and Fieldfisher respectively.
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP is 'first class', 'super efficient' and 'always provides clear, concise and relevant advice'. Practice head Clare Tunstall is 'a leader in this field' and 'an astute and tactical litigator' with 'an impressive track record of success'. She recently represented Flynn in its challenge to prevent the parallel importation into the UK of Pfizer’s anti-epileptic drug Epanutin for resale as Phenytoin Sodium Flynn. Allistair Booth advised Summit Therapeutics on the IP and commercial elements of its purchase of Discuva. Patent litigator Charlotte Weekes is 'extremely thorough in her approach' and 'really adds value to the litigation team with her eye for the key points and for detail'. Fellow patent litigator Christopher Sharp is 'legally astute' with 'a strong understating of small and large molecule chemistry'. Also recommended is Charles Waddell, who is an expert in M&A and capital markets transactions, and Catherine Drew, who advised Accord Healthcare on the revocation of four patents protecting Celgene’s drug Revlimid, which is used to treat some forms of blood and bone marrow cancer.
Sport - ranked: tier 2
Pinsent Masons LLP's 'outstanding' department fields 'knowledgeable lawyers', covers 'numerous areas of sport' and is 'impressively abreast of industry developments'. Sports finance, including property and stadium financings, are distinguishing strengths of the practice, which also handles high-level sponsorship matters and is increasingly active in regulatory work. Noted for his 'great knowledge and practical experience in so much of the sport business', group head Trevor Watkins advised East Lothian Council and Lothians Racing Syndicate on their urgent review of the governance and operation of Musselburgh Racecourse. He also advised Sport England on the regulatory aspects of procurement procedure. Watkins and senior associate Julian Moore acted for Porsche Cars Great Britain on its sponsorship agreement with Ascot Racecourse, marking the client's first foray into UK horseracing. On the real estate side, Nicholle Kingsley assisted 2020 Developments (Luton) with the development of a new stadium for Luton Town FC. Jockey Club Racecourses, Leeds United FC and UK Sport are additional clients.
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Rail - ranked: tier 2
The ‘first-rate’ team at Pinsent Masons LLP is noted for its experience in infrastructure projects and it regularly handles rail projects in the UK and overseas. PPP and PFI specialist Jon Hart; Robbie Owen , who heads the infrastructure planning and government affairs team; Anne-Marie Friel and Francis Tyrrell are key figures.
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Unfriended by a Friendless Person Already!
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends, - Lennon McCartney 1967
Oh, Village Voice nothing
New Yorker nothing
Sing Out and Folkways nothing
Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg
nothing, nothing, nothing - from The Nothing Song, the Fugs
It's nearly the end of a very eventful year. And what more of a fitting way for it to end than by being unfriended by a "Facebook friend".
It's not very nice to be unfriended. For starters, "unfriend" isn't even a word, let alone a verb! Having an ungrammatical thing done to one is disconcerting to say the least.
But all that aside, it's like being back in the schoolyard, behind the shelter-sheds in the early 1960s. Chewy-on-your-boot-I'm-not-your-friend-anymore sort of thing. But in the case of Facebook friends, you aren't even given a chance to say, "ASIF-I-care-I-never-liked-you-anyway-dickhead."
In Facebook, the unfriender has the last word.
A bit of me sort of wishes I'd unfriended this particular person first, several years ago in fact. But truth be told, I felt sorry for him, and like others thought I could help him. You see, his major gripe with the world appears to be that he has trouble making friends. And a bunch of us have been trying to give the guy some pointers.
But really, now I come to think about it, being able to make friends is not a teachable skill. We would have been better off steering him to Dale Carnegie's "How to Make Friends and Influence People".
I'm having a lateral moment! "Carnegie" - "Carnage". I just remembered - I was walking to my bus tonight in Manhattan and the movie "Carnage" was playing at a cinema near my stop. Its name was displayed on those neon tile things they put up on the outside of cinemas.
There was an out-of-town couple behind me while I was waiting at the lights. They seemed pretty knowledgeable and were obviously in New York to see a concert. I could hear them talking about Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, which was to be played at Carnegie Hall this evening by The New York String Orchestra. I was impressed! Until ...
"We'll never find it!" the woman was saying. I was HOPING she'd ask me "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" so that I could answer, "Practice!" but her husband suddenly shouted out, "It's here. We are here already darling. Look! (pointing at the cinema's tile display) C-A-R-N-A-G-E! Carnegie!!!"
End-of-Lateral_Moment and I kid you not.
Back to my tale. Yep, I was unfriended by a friendless person.
If I were a born-in-the-USA American I'd say "How ironic!"
But as I am not, I will just expand out in English words and say, "WTF!"
As Judge Judy often quotes, "No good deed goes unpunished".
I embedded the Fugs "Nothing Song" above, not just because parts of it epitomize the unfriender, but because of its humour. The Fugs, a New York band, a favorite of mine and of my brother.
So favorite, that their song "How Sweet I Roam'd From Field to Field" was chosen to be sung at his remembrance ceremony at Bear Gully, Australia, this month. I was fortunate enough to be able to fly out to attend.
As Tim's sons stood on the rocks at Bear Gully and sand William Blake's poem to the music of The Fugs I looked back. Only the immediate family were actually on the rocks. Behind us was a hill. The hill was literally covered with Tim's friends. They'd come to remember him.
Real friends.
Non-cyber friends.
ObamaCare and the Bloating Think Cake
It wouldn't be cool or professional to count the eradication of smallpox as part of the modern condition..." From Saturday by Ian McEwan
This is the most extreme example that I can recall of socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the poor. Bernie Sanders (US Senator from Vermont) regarding the bailout of the U.S. financial system - 2008
St Kilda, Melbourne, OZ
I've recently come back from OZ. "OZ", Australian for Australia.
I spent just under three weeks there, and seasoned New Yorker that I am, I succumbed. Succumed to the appreciation - as I always do - of a caring state.
And even when I haven't just come back from OZ, it always puzzles me that the terms "ObamaCare" and "Nanny State" are meant to be derogatory. For my Australian readers, "ObamaCare" is a pejorative term refering to the healthcare legislation proposed by President Barack Obama.
What's so bad about a society that cares for the unfortunate, the disadvantaged? What is so bad about progress? The reasons people are unhappy with change has been analyzed and explained far better than I could ever write. But the difference in "care" between the two societies, Australian and American never fails to astound me.
Vietnamese Restaurant Menu, Victoria Street, Melbourne
In On Not Being Fiona, just before I left New York in November this year, I wrote. "There's something about a place, any place, when you are about to leave it."
Too true, but now it is Australia that I have left.
Upon returning, people, New Yorkers, asked me the usual questions. This time, one of the most bizarre was, "What's the food like there?" Are you kidding? I thought - but was too polite to answer. Melbourne must have some of the best restaurants in the world. And though you can get nearly every possible cuisine in New York, there's nothing like Victoria Street Richmond in Melbourne, where Vietnamese restaurants occupy almost every inch of real-estate. So what if the spelling on the menus isn't the best; the food it to die for.
In my last post on leaving New York I wrote,
"The place, usually a city, appears to magically take on its best features, its quintessential being. And I wonder, "why am I leaving?" This is especially so when the city is New York."
And so when two weeks ago when I left Australia, I wondered, "What am I doing, leaving the place of my birth, my education, my friends, my family?"
Usually the period of adjustment, moving from OZ to the US takes a day or two. This time, it's taken longer. I wonder why?
Is it because I'm older? Because of changes in my family? Because of the threat of having Newt Gingrich as president of the US? I survived Bush; why not Gingrich? Well I know the answer to that ... but you know what I mean.
I'm here now, and Australia is too fast becoming a memory.
A memory.
A memory in need of refreshing.
On Not Being Fiona
As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world. Pearl S Buck
There's something about a place, any place, when you are about to leave it.
Well, for me, anyway.
The place, usually a city, appears to magically take on its best features, its quintessential being. And I wonder, "why am I leaving?" This is especially so when the city is New York.
It happens to me every time I go from one place to another. Even if I'm not going for long, I suddenly appreciate fully where I am, and feel a sense of loss even before losing.
And it happened again, so predictably, this evening.
I was meeting my friend Babs at David Burke's "Fishtail" restaurant on 62nd. "Sixty Second between Park and Lex, see you there," Babs had told me just over twenty four hours ago. And so at 5:45pm precise I set off. No bus, so I caught a cab.
While the cab navigated the traffic on Park Avenue, I stared out the window as if seeing New York for the first time. The up-market, old-money Upper East Side apartments with their gloved gray-uniformed doormen. Bell-hops. Straight out of a sixties Hitchcock. The yellow cabs. The rush and buzz that is New York.
Wandering into "Fishtail" I saw Babs waiting at the bar. "There's my friend," I explained to the rather obsequious greeter who was querying whether or not I had a reservation. Without waiting for his permission I started toward Babs, but my path was blocked by a young waitress, who I was later to learn, was from New Jersey.
Yeah, so New Jersey has an image problem. I know that, but I was not prepared for what happened next.
Suddenly her hair was on fire. She had long free-flowing brown hair and it had been ignited by one of the many obligatory candles - except in this case they were square not round - it is de rigueur in Manhattan to be as different as possible. "If we are going to have candles, darhling, let them be square," I could imagine the Fishtail's interior decorator demanding.
The air smelt of singed hair, and while most diners were oblivious, Mr Obsequious-Greeter was hot on the waitress's tail. Not worrying about her well-being, more concerned with the restaurant's ambience, he ushered the singed girl away.
United Babs and I then found our table, perused the menu, ordered cocktails, and relaxed after out hard working-week.
We were talking about lipsticks (yes, really) when suddenly the conversation turned upon the topic of a "Fiona". "Who's called Fiona? So Australian," I was rattling on. "Are there Fionas in America?"
"I hope not," said Babs.
The meal was delightful. The wine was from New Zealand. We talked of work, of men, of relatives, of OZ. And then along came Miss-Singed-Hair.
"Where are you from?" she demanded, New York style. We looked at each other. "Ur, we are from, hey where are we from?" I asked Babs, not quite understanding what the singed waitress was asking.
"You mean because of our accents?" asked Babs.
But no. The waitress explained she meant were we just come from work, the theater, shopping? "From work," we told her.
Then Ms Singed had something else to say.
"I wish I had an accent!" "You do," we replied in unison with another waitress who had just joined us. "Where are you from?"
Miss Wishing-I-Had-an-Accent looked downcast and muttered sub-audibly, "New Jersey".
Being kind folk we pretended we hadn't heard her and the conversation moved on.
"Are you married?" Wishing-I-Had-an-Accent asked us. Out of the blue.
We both looked confused. Were we? Well yes. But sort of, not what one thinks of, understands as, "married".
"Well yes," said Babs uncertainly.
"Maybe you are married to each other?" asked Ms Wishing-I-Had-an-Accent.
We were stunned. Why would she think this? We explained that we were not and had no desire to be.
"It's just that a lot of people who come here, are," Ms Wishing-I-Had-an-Accent explained.
I was starting to think she really WAS from New Jersey when Babs, ever the social facilitator asked about her hair and the conversation drifted away onto more mundane matters.
Our Kate-Babs dinner then resumed, and after an hour or so during which we had to keep explaining to the wine waiter that no, we did NOT drink Chardonnay, we left and caught our cabs.
The night was clear. The streets were busy. It was neither too hot, or too cold.
It was just right.
It was, New York.
I waited for the elevator to my apartment in a New York state of mind.
As I said, there's something about a place, any place, when you are about to leave it.
Cell Phone Technology and New York Manners - Can We Take This Offline?
... there is no conversation that is agreeable; there is no modesty, no attention to one another. They talk very loud, very fast and altogether. If they ask you a question, before you can utter three words of your answer they will break out upon you again and talk away. - from "The Works of John Adams" Aug 23, 1774, as cited in The New York Times Were New Yorkers Always Seen as Fast-Talking and Rude?
I happened to click on one of those online support chat links last week. I was re-installing "Quicken" and had a couple of questions.
The little chat window popped up and I asked my question. Several seconds later, a reply came back.
Yasim: Hi, my name is Yasim. Thank you for contacting Quicken, please allow me a moment to read your question.
and a few seconds later,
Yasim: Hi Kate, how are you?
Me: It doesn't really matter how I am, but seeing as you ask, I am frustrated with your product!
There was a long pause. I started to time it, but became bored and clicked the 'x' to close the window.
What's with these people? What do they mean, "how are you?" Obviously you are not on top of the world if you have been forced to "talk" to a faceless someone, only possibly human, using a virtual window on a computer. Enough said!
But on reflection I felt sorry for Yasim. He or she was obviously in India and is a very nice person and the "How are you" was auto-generated, beyond his control. Still. I've lived in New York for over a decade. I had little patience even before I came here. And now I've acclimated. So you can imagine ...
New Yorkers Communicating
Yes my patience threshold is in the negative.
New Yorkers rude? I don't THINK so. We just don't have time for small-talk.
In fact, real New Yorkers don't have time for ANY talk, other than their own.
Take my New York friend Stella. She called me the other day on my home phone. I'd just walked in the door and was coughing and sneezing and feeling quite unwell.
After listening to her for 20 minutes I said, "I'm sorry, but I am feeing quite unwell. Can we take this off-line?"
"Can we take this off-line?" is New-York-speak for "I don't want to listen to this anymore".
But Stella hadn't heard me, or if she had, it hadn't registered, and she kept on with a soliloquy worthy of Hamlet in its length.
"Maybe if I died she'd notice and stop" I was thinking, when there was a pause. If you wait long enough, even a New Yorker will run out of breath. "I am feeling really ill; I need to go to bed!" I croaked. And was heard. There is a god after all I thought as I collapsed on the sofa.
Color-coordinated New Yorker on Cell Phone
When I first came to New York I was intrigued with how New Yorkers, when they called, would when you picked up start rattling on with whatever thoughts were in their mind. I'd spend minutes trying to decipher what appeared to be streams of consciousness which would make James Joyce appear succinct.
Eventually I'd but in with, "Who IS this?"
Inevitably the response would come back, "It's me!"
Technology has cured many ills and improved our quality of life no end. We had Guttenberg and his printing press, the spinning jenny revolutionizing the fabric industry. Dr Salk and his polio vaccine. And for the past several years, smart phones and their visual caller-id function.
Life is good. No longer need we ask, "Who are you?"
There it is, the caller's name clearly pixelled on one's iPhone or Android cell phone.
Yep, technology has an answer for everything. Or if it hasn't, it's only a matter of time.
Just ask any New Yorker.
But be quick about it.
Torture by iPhone
Why didn't the clock wake him? He was such a light sleeper! "Arvie!" she called; no answer. "Arvie !" she called again, with a strange ring of remonstrance mingling with the terror in her voice. Arvie never answered. - from "Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock", by Henry Lawson
I'd had my iPhone-4s for just four days. Prior to this I'd been an Android Samsung gal. And I'd used heaps of Samsung Galaxy apps, including the inbuilt alarm feature.
Before I go on, I have to explain - alarms are of special significance in my life. Being a child of OZ (Australia) I grew up on Henry Lawson stories. One in particular caught my attention, and stayed with me - "Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock".
It is all about a little boy forced because of economic circumstances, to get up at the crack of dawn to earn a crust. It's a short story and in the end little Arvie doubts the Protestant work ethic (he was an intelligent child), gets a bad cold, and fails to wake at the sound of his alarm clock. He has died in the night.
I remember both of my parents telling me this story and dinning it into me that life was cruel, bosses were even crueler, and something else ... about capitalism ... but I forget what that was.
What struck me at the time was that Arvie owned a clock. I didn't. And that he had a job. I didn't.
This just goes to show that you can't count on your kids getting your message.
In any case, because of, or in spite of little Arvie, I've always had a thing about alarm clocks.
I'd liked my Samsung Galaxy alarm app. It was easy to set, and in the morning would start by sounding its alarm sound very very softly, and slowly increasing the volume. Starting off almost sub-auditory. By the time it reached hearing threshold, I'd be awake.
But then, I bought the iPhone-4S.
The inbuilt alarm on the iPhone has just one set volume. You can make it soft or loud, but as far as I can tell, there is no feature to have it start soft and morph to high. There seemed to be no way of setting it to come on at a very low volume and then to increase it until you woke. Furthermore, I am not familiar enough with iPhones to easily navigate the settings section. So I was unable to tailor the phone to play an alarm sound of my choice. I was stuck with the default which is something mid-way between a 1960's ambulance siren and a New York fire alarm.
For a few days I walked around a shattered wreck. And then DING - it dawned on me ... there must be an app for that.
So I cybered over to the cyber market-place and bought the first alarm app that had 4 stars. It looked good. You could set the alarm so the sound started off softly softly, and you could even set the number of seconds till it reached full volume. Plus there was a flashlight feature that I didn't bother with. I'd look at that later, I thought.
And so, on Sunday night I went to sleep, certain that I'd awake to the gentle sounds of Vivaldi's Four Seasons Autumn.
Instead.
Yep. You got it. I'd forgotten to disable the iPhone default app alarm. And what's more the flashlight feature of my new app had defaulted to "on".
At 6:58 am precise I was awakened to the sound of ambulance sirens and fire alarms at full bore, drowning out Vivaldi's Autumn which cut in at exactly the same time, and accompanied by a searing iPhone flashlight searing straight through my retinas into my brain.
Enough already yet. Arvie, my mum and dad were right.
Alarm clocks suck!
Bring on the revolution.
Remembrance of All Things Must Pass
Sunrise doesn't last all morning
A cloudburst doesn't last all day
Seems my love is up
And has left you with no warning
But it's not always be this grey
- George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass, 1970
Well you know
We all want to change the world
- John Lennon
My Brother Tim - Self-proclaimed Hippie, Golden Gate Park SF
I haven't been down to Zuccotti Park - ground zero for the "Occupy Wall Street" protests.
I have two reasons.
I don't want to get arrested and
I am just not sure about what the protests mean.
Just last night I was watching the New York City News and saw Arlo Guthrie describing the protests as the new "Summer of Love". 1967 all over again.
I'm not convinced. That is not to say that I don't agree with the protests. But "Summer of Love" revisited? I don't think so.
"The Occupy Wall Street" movement has come at a time when the Summer of Love generation people are nearing retirement. I just read that the Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill to create a vehicle registration plate for baby boomers at a charge $30. The New York Times editorial asks defining generational image will be: "A peace sign, maybe. Or a tie-dye T-shirt, a mushroom or a mushroom cloud (boom!), a bong, 'ME' in flowery script ..." etc. etc.
Are the Boomers the new flavor of the month? I suspect this is the case.
But while I support the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, I have to wonder about their lack of agenda.
I remember the "Summer of Love". At the time I thought it was all about free love and protesting against the war in Vietnam. The more radical protesters wanted control over their university curriculum. Weird eh?
Yes the "Summer of Love". was essentially middle class and it's people were mainly middle-class kids, enrolled at university. Dropping out.
After all, if you weren't at school/university, what else could you "drop out" from? I suspect the working-class kids were too busy earning a crust.
The "Occupy" protests are comparatively classless. Protesters include a more representative cross-section of people. Not only the modern-day equivalent of flower-children dropping out of Berkeley, Melbourne University, Columbia, but community college kids, the unemployed, actors, singers, ex-hitch-hikers to Iran. I have to wonder, will reality TV show people be the next to join? Oh, and of course there are the Baby Boomers, the retired ones at least. For once again, "T-ttime is on our side ..."
I've watched TV interviews with protesters. The press is unforgiving and I am sure the reporters have deliberately picked, in many cases, the inarticulate. Sure, the protests are about Wall Street greed. But what do we want and when do we want it?
I'm yet to be convinced.
My current stand is that I support the protests. But until I REALLY know what they are about, I prefer to remain,
an Armchair Occupier.
Meet the Millenials
The workplace has become a psychological battlefield and the millennials have the upper hand, because they are tech savvy, with every gadget imaginable almost becoming an extension of their bodies. They multitask, talk, walk, listen and type, and text. And their priorities are simple: they come first. - The Millenials Are Coming
Millenials on Subway
Forget Generation X. Or even Generation Y. And certainly forget the Baby Boomers.
We now have "The Millenials".
According to Pew Research, "America's newest generation, the Millennials, is in the middle of this coming-of-age phase of its life cycle. Its oldest members are approaching age 30; its youngest are approaching adolescence."
When I first read about the Millenials, I thought they were another species. The name sounds so SciFi. I imagined tall thin people wandering around Earth looking for work.
For that is the context in which I read about them. Somewhere I read that "Millenials" were having problems finding jobs.
As we all know, this global unemployment is the fault of Wall Street and its Euro and Asian counterparts. And in order to draw attention to the economic devastation caused by these stock exchanges, many Millenials have become "Occupiers". Occupiers are ideologically opposite to Tea-Party people. Of course it is possible to be a Millenial Tea-Partier, in which case you are "Misguided".
Perhaps the "Misguiders" will be the next group to grab the attention of the press. In which case no doubt its ranks will swell.
But back to the Millenials. Why did I imagine them as tall thin wispy people? Was it just the name?
Pre-Millenials, Brooklyn
I pondered this on my ride back home tonight. I was sitting next to a woman who was even older than a Baby-Boomer. She must have come of age in the nineteen fifties. What were THOSE people called? "Old people" comes to mind; but raking my long-term memory, I came up with "Bobby-Soxers".
So to rephrase.
I was sitting next to a Bobby-Soxer. She looked like the archetypical grandmother. White hair pulled back into a French twist, she was elegantly dressed and a silver eagle walking stick rested against her imacculate New York black skirt.
Every now and then the bus driver would sound his horn, holding the hormn down until the offending vehicle apparently blocking the bus's path, moved away. And whenever the driver did this, the Bobby-Soxer would yell "Shut UP!!!"
But what got me was, as no sooner than she'd emitted her "Shut up!", her face would go back to looking serene, and once again she was the story-book grandma.
Boomers and Millenials Unite
Around this time I was nearing the end of the novel, "The Leftovers". "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta is about a world where a million people have magically left earth, à la "Rapture".
Except it wasn't the Rapture. The book details the daily lives of a number of people who were not disappeared and who are called the "Leftovers". Individual Leftovers react differently as one would expect, but some form themselves into groups. One group is "The Watchers", aka "The Guilty Remnants". I preferred to think of these people as "Watchers" as "Guilty Remnants" made me think of buying scrap fabric at the now disappeared "Job Warehouse" in Melbourne a hundred years ago.
So there I was, on the bus, reading about Watchers - a subset of the Leftovers, sitting next to a Bobby-Soxer, when my mind did a lateral De Bono jump to the Millenials.
Millenials, Bobby-Soxers, Generation X-ers, Tea-Partiers, Occupiers.
What's the world coming to?
I'm just so glad that I am a Baby-Boomer. It sounds so solid. So normal. So salt-of-the-earth.
Oh and by the way, if you are thinking of reading "The Leftovers", don't bother. Unless of course, you are into baseball.
And as to why I say this, you cannot know. Not unless you get to the last chapter.
And I don't wish that on anybody. Not even on Tea-Partiers!
Voyage Around My Mother
The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy. - Sam Levenson
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between - Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer c1945)
Alma Road East St Kilda - Circa Last Century!
"What a shocker!" my daughter exclaimed, upon seeing - apparently for the first time - this photo of me as a child - holding a toffee apple, in front of my home some time a hundred years ago.
"The hair!" she added.
Well I knew. But I'd repressed it. The hair. In the language of 21st century Australia - it was "a shocker"!
But at last, someone-not-me had voiced it. There was no turning back.
"It's a basin cut, Mum," she continued. "She was probably too poor to take you to a hair-dresser." "She didn't cut it," I snapped back. "She took me to a BARBER!"
That night in my dreams it all came flooding back. The hair-cuts, the embarrassment, me looking at the other girls at school - pretty girls with curly locks.
"She hated me," said my inner voice. My inner child. And I listened.
As the day wore on, I became increasingly convinced. My inner child had surfaced and was telling me something. No, let me be honest, she was SHRIEKING it! "She didn't like you; she was JEALOUS!" she was saying.
I pretended I couldn't hear her and went to the office. Conveniently I became lost in meetings, codings, emails. But the inner child was not to be stifled.
I remembered years ago seeing a therapist in Australia. Her name was Lolita. Really! She didn't look like a "Lolita" though. I remember her as looking sort of academic. A blue-stocking. An intellectual. Full of wisdom.
We'd sit her dimly-lit consultation room and I'd talk. Occasionally she'd comment.
"You have to learn to LOVE that little girl, the child that was YOU," she said one day. In response to what, I do not remember. But the comment stuck.
I tried. I tried to love that inner child but it didn't happen. I continued to stifle my inner child's persistent voice.
And then last week after my call to my daughter, my inner child became even more strident. Telling me about my mother. She wouldn't shut up. Yes, she was obviously MY inner child. Remembering my daughter's comment on my childhood hair-cut, at last I accepted her credentials ...
Still, she was hardly likeable. Though she did earn my respect; she had persistence.
I picked up the phone and called my daughter.
"Hey, I have to thank you for pointing out that 'shocker' haircut," I said. "I now know that my mother hated me."
[giggles]
"Yes, really," I insisted.
My daughter came up with all sorts of excuses for my mother's behaviour. But I could tell that she was searching desperately, blindly. There was no getting past it. That haircut was the product of my mother's instructions to the barber, hairdresser, whatever.
AND it wasn't an isolated haircut. It was the norm.
Eventually my daughter concurred. After she'd controlled her laughter she said, "Mum, you've had an epiphany!"
Yep, that's what I'd had.
I'd always thought though that an epiphany was a thing of wonder. Like seeing Jesus, or discovering that the world isn't flat.
But then, seeing as I'm currently trying to be a "glass-half-full" kinda person, I supposed that I should accentuate the positive.
A bad hair-cut is no tragedy. It'll always grow out.
But try telling THAT to my inner child.
She's still screaming!
On Being iSad
We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all. - Steve Jobs
Me with an Unknown Delegate a Hundred Years Ago
"Who is Steve Jobs?" I asked.
It was a hundred years ago. Melbourne, Australia. I was on the Organising Committee of the First Pan Pacific Computer Conference.
I was talking to "the other Kate". There were two of us "Kates" back then - two known-in-the-industry-Kates, that is.
Kate Behan had just announced, excitedly and triumphantly that she'd been successful in getting Steve Jobs as a key-note speaker for the conference.
Hence my question.
How could I have been so ignorant? Well, back then I was a PC person, immersed in programming. But to be perfectly honest, I've always been bad with names ...
I remember Kate staring at me. Unbelieving. And then she answered. "Just the most important person in computing. Just a genius."
I have to compliment Kate on her vision. Certainly I didn't appreciate it back then. I saw her more as a marketing person than a serious computer scientist. Yes, I know. I'm a shallow person.
Tonight I looked through my old photos taken at social events I'd attended at the First Pan Pacific Computer Conference. I scoured the photos, looking at the crowds at the restaurant tables to see if Steve Jobs was there. Was he even at the conference? I can't remember if I went to his keynote address or not. Or if he was there or not. Yep, "shallow" is a good word for me!
I DO remember Kate telling her husband "Sit here between me and Kate. That way you won't have to remember names." Top-left is a photo of me with an unknown delegate. A photo taken by "The Happy Medium Photo Co." Quelle name!
Look at the table in the photo above - Vegemite, tomato sauce. I have vague memories of the venue being an Australian-themed comedy club. Australians are not known for their subtlety.
Kate Behan. I'll have to look her up on FaceBook. Surely she'll remember if I met Steve Jobs.
Diners at the Formal Conference Dinner
I always liked Kate. I liked her sense of humour. I remember her saying once, "Just because you call a variable 'grand-_total' doesn't mean it's got a grand total stored in it." She was having a dig at someone who had recently attained for himself a grander title. Something like "Chairman of the First Pan Pacific Conference" perhaps? Not really. I can't remember who she was referring to. As I said, I've never been good with names.
I'm annoyed at myself though. Why can't I remember whether Steve Jobs was at that conference? Or if I met him if he was? It's bit like the first time I had sexual intercourse. I didn't even know I'd had it! I had to be TOLD!
Yep, I'll look out for Kate B on FaceBook.
I've already organized ordering a new iPhone. In white.
I need something to brighten things up.
The world is a darker place without Steve Jobs.
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I was chuffed. A fellow Flickr person added my photo (you can see it on the left) to his "favorites"! His/her name is "Lagged2death".
What's the world coming to? And what's more, what does this mean? And what does this say about me?
I am starting to become, horror of horrors, a cyber social network person. I get my kicks from some person who I do not know (and who I will never know) in FaceBook jargon, "liking" one of my photos. Call it "adding it as a favorite", "liking it", "hearting it", "plus one-ing" or "one-plussing" it, it's all the same. Someone clicked something I'd posted, and I was pleased.
Good god! I'm starting to have a cyber life. Well better than no life. Come to think of it, I wonder, does "Lagged2death" have a life?
Whatever. A large part of my life is becoming "cyber". Take today for instance. I was walking to my bus stop on Third Avenue. It's close to Dylan's Candy Bar. And just in case you don't know, and of course, even if you do,
From Wiki entry on Dylan's Candy Bar: "Dylan's Candy Bar is a chain of boutique candy shops and candy supplier currently located in New York City, East Hampton, Roosevelt Field, Orlando and Houston, as well as in wholesale venues around the globe. It is owned by Dylan Lauren, daughter of Ralph Lauren."
Readers of my blog with recognize this photo of Dylan's store-front from a few years back.
Dylan's is a few meters from my bus stop and I always glance at their window display. Usually I keep on walking but today I did a double-take. What was this? A display of candies arranged to look like grave-stones, with the inscription, "RIP". In Americanese, I thought to myself, 'huh?'
Did "RIP" stand for something other than I'd understood it for the last 100 years?
I stood there staring like someone from another century. Which of course I am! Hells bells!
Candy Gravestones at Dylan's Candy Bar
And then it dawned on me. Or should I say "dusked on me"? It was all about graves, cemeteries, skeletons, scary dead people, ghosts ... Halloween!
I moved away from Dylan's window. My bus was coming. I got on and took my seat. And "tweeted".
"I am so NOT a Halloween person!"
Which just goes to show that:
a: deep down I am still a true-blue aussie
b: I am a social networking person.
Until next tweet,
I am Kathleenwng and I approve this message.
A Tale of Two Centers, or Should that be Centres?
"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." - Chuang Tzu (389-286 BC)
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything Goes. - from Cole Porter, "Anything Goes"
Proseccos at the Lincoln
This past week started with a "Centre" and ended with a "Center", the latter being by far the more pleasurable.
Pleasurable in the main because it was organized by my good friend Babs, an aficionado of all things New York.
Whenever I go out with Barbara I let her organize everything. Which she does, choosing venues, restaurants, entertainments with impeccable taste. And this week was a treat for both of us - a day at the Lincoln Center, the central part of which was an afternoon at Paul McCartney's "Ocean's Kingdom".
We started the day with pre-afternoon drinks at Jonathan Benno's "Lincoln", located in the grounds of the Lincoln Center.
When I think of the Lincoln Center I always smile, remembering my early days in New York when a mutual Australian friend of myself and Babs, volunteered to show me around. He took me everywhere Manhattan, - or so I thought. And then one day I realized that I'd never been taken to the Lincoln Center.
"What's the Lincoln Center like, Robin," I asked innocently. "Like Chadstone, Daaahling" he disparaged, referring to a sixties white monstrosity of a shopping mall in suburban Melbourne, our home-town. Robin - who would buy linen napkins in colors to match his salads - last time I saw him was years ago at the Union Square Farmers' Market. He was buying aubergines, "But WHERE on earth I'll find purple napkins THIS shade, in THIS country, I DON'T know!" he drawled.
Seating for Free Outdoor Events, Lincoln Center
Yes Robin had style, but a up-market, gay, Melbourne style. Babs, although she hails from Perth, is pure New York.
When she called to invite me to a day at the Lincoln Center to see Paul McCartney's new ballet, "Ocean's Kingdom", to be followed by dinner at Daniel Boulud's newly opened "Boulud Sud", I was enthusiastic. I googled "Boulud Sud" and read that the dress code is "elegant casual". Typical Babs. But I was concerned. I can "do" casual, it was the elegant part that had me worried.
But Babs assured me she'd just be "throwing anything on". After all, it was Manhattan, and a Saturday in the day time, where anything goes.
Of course she turned up impeccably dressed in theme for the ballet. Slender, lithe Babs in figure-hugging black except for her shoes which were golden and square-toed, ballerina style.
New York Girls, Columbus Circle
After our pre-event drinks at the Lincoln it was off to the David H. Koch Theater to see the only second performance of Paul McCartney's "Ocean's Kingdom".
There are two types of humans in this world, "John Lennon" and "Paul McCartney" people. Naturally Babs and I are both John Lennon people. We wonder why, "Isn't everyone?"
Still, Paul McCartey is Paul McCartney and we were also interested in his daughter's costume design for the Peter Martins' choreographed ballet.
I've read the reviews today, O boy (pun intended) and they are universally uncompromisingly bad, especially I thought Alistair MacAuwlay's "Pop God Dives Into World of Ballet" in the New York Times. Mr. MacAuwlay seems to have it in for Mr Martins. Lucky for Melbourne, Mr Martins has never seen Chadstone! Then, no doubt he would really get the knives out!
Still Babs and I enjoyed the ballet. It was fun, colorful, and I thought Mr. MacAuwlay was a bit rough on his critique of Stella McCartneey's costumes. I liked they way the earthlings looked Maori warriors, but perhaps me being antipodean helped ...
Centre Street, Manhattan
Then it was off to Boulud Sud where the food and wine were excellent. By 9:00 pm when we set off home we were both exhausted.
Yes I ended my week at the Lincoln Center, but started it at Centre Street. Centre Street in Lower Manhattan, where the courthouses are situated. I wonder why it has the English spelling? Perhaps because it originated during colonial times.
Yes I was on jury duty. In fact I ended up actually serving on a jury. I was "Juror Number Two". And it was almost fun. I even got a laugh from the presiding judge.
But that's another story ...
The Empire of the Angry Birds
"Help your friends build their Empires. Send them a Mystery Gift" - Blurb from FaceBook's "Empires and Allies"
"Alert all commands. Calculate every possible destination along their last known trajectory." - Darth Vader, "The Empire Strikes Back"
I was sitting ... well reclining ... in the dentist's chair. Unable to speak.
Don't get me wrong. I like my dentist. He's a Larry David sorta guy. A New Yorker. A talker. And I was, a captive audience.
He was explaining how he'd become addicted to a FaceBook "game" - "Empires and Allies". "It's great," he said. "You get points and friends come in to help you - like a cooperative. It's kinda social. It isn't Farmville. That's not somewhere I'd go. This is interesting. What do YOU play?"
I hesitated. Was it the nitrous oxide kicking in, or the fact that my mouth was full of dental paraphernalia? Whatever. After a hundred years I answered.
"I like 'Angry Birds'. I am addicted to 'Angry Birds'." At least that's what I meant to say. What with the nitrous, the metal, the tubes etc, I was surprised that he understood.
Juliff, Texas - a non-virtual empire?
"Oh, Angry Birds, but that's played ALONE. 'Empire and Allies' is a GROUP effort." He went on to explain how people "related to each other" as they built or lost their empires. Oh yes, he liked another FaceBook game. Some poker thing where you all sat around a virtual cyber imaginary table and played poker. You could even buy a buddy a virtual beer.
I was "virtually" impressed.
Back home I decided to take a look at "Empires and Allies". After all, I'd been disbelieving when a friend had told me about Angry Birds, and now I am an addict. Moreover, I liked the name "Empires and Allies" and imagined it'd be something like the old board-game "Diplomacy" where there was a battle of the wits, and duplicity reigned supreme.
So I did a FaceBook search and found the thing. Yes, "thing". I joined. I even named my empire, after my brother - "Empire of the Aumbat." I was presented with a cartoon-like picture of a battlefield and intuitively clicked around and built a few things - schools, huts, artillery.
So far, so good. I waited.
Upon virtually surveying the virtual environment I realised I needed virtual allies. I brought up the "add allies" screen and proceeded to "invite" all of my friends who owed me a favor. I was starting to cringe, remembering all those Farmville requests I used to get annoyed by. "Annie needs a donkey to chew her grass. Can you help?"
God only knew what my "friends" were being asked! "Kate needs an ally to defeat the enemies of the Empire of the Aumbat". I cringed, but only virtually ...
Eventually, I succeeded, as is my wont, in suppressing the whole negative empire thing, and shut down the computer.
Still a bit of my "empire" lived on, and the next morning I checked it out. No one had replied. The Empire of the Aumbat still had a population of ONE.
Days passed. My Empire was in stagnation mode. A few emails surfaced - encouraging emails like, "Congratulations you have earned 5 cents, buy yourself a centurion" kinda thing.
I quaked in my stilettos. How was I to "buy" a centurion? Did the message mean "literally"? Would my credit card be charged?
Gingerly I re-entered my Empire. It was still there. A sad little affair of one hut, a tank and a few yeomen.
I needed cheering up.
This social life was not for me! So much for enlisting one's friends. Where were my allies when I needed them? Farming their Farmville farms, no doubt.
What was I to do?
And then the light-globe came on.
ANGRY BIRDS!
Some people are just not meant to be social!
The Niceness Voyage
The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks. - Emo Phillips
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world - Bob Thiele 1968
Well, I call it a voyage as it has a beginning, and an end.
The beginning - I was remembering a long-ago meeting. A long-ago meeting with someone I'd known long-ago. Her name is Joy, and I'd known her as a child. Later, she had worked with my mother at a law firm in Melbourne. I hadn't seen her since I was twelve when some time in the late nineties, I bumped into her at a BBQ in Australia.
I didn't recognize her, it being a hundred years since we'd last met. She was striding purposefully toward me.
"You are Kate Juliff," she accused. "You and my cousin were mean to me when I was eleven and I've spent the last 30 years in therapy as a result." And then, without drawing breath (she is obviously not a smoker) she continued with, "I worked at the same place as your mother after I left school. Mrs Juliff was such a NICE lady!"
Why did I remember this long-ago monologue of long ago last Wednesday morning in New York? I have no idea, but remember it I did, and I decided to become "a NICE person". I'm always in for a change, and instead of redecorating or buying new clothes or taking up a new interest, I decided to become a "nice person".
And that was the beginning of the niceness journey.
It all went well. To begin with. I was really nice to the bus driver saying "good morning" on alighting, and "thank you" on departing. I asked the doorman how was his young son and he beamed, surprised no doubt that I remembered that his wife had given birth just two years ago.
Then today, I was nice to my dentist and his assistant, asking how they were and smiling throughout the agony.
On my way home I spotted a new store, "Kidding Around" in Grand Central. I went in and browsed and found some New York toys and books. The nice person thought, these would be good for my grandchild, aged five months.
When I was at the counter getting ready to pay for my New York kid things, the clerk asked me if I'd like to join their mailing list. Ordinarily I'd have just snarled and said no thank you, but today I was being nice. "Certainly," I replied with a smile.
"What do you think of my new store?" she asked. "It's delightful!" I answered. Nicely.
"Great, please accept this gift in appreciation," she said, handing me a mermaid doll replete with silvery tail.
I was all niceness. The sun was shining. New York, New York. What had I been missing in my prior non-nice life?
Pret A Manger, Lexington Avenue
I stopped at Pret a Manger, the English fast-but-healthy food place, for an egg sandwich and a cappuccino. I smiled as I ordered. The barista smiled back.
And then I decided to stop at the post office to mail my "Kidding Around" purchases back to Australia. There's a post office in Grand Central so it was convenient. Usually I buy my postage online. But the new "nice" me decided to interact with humans. Besides, I'd read that the US Postal Service was about to go under. Best to support the human postal workers, thought the new "nice" me.
On entering the hall-like interior of the Grand Central Post Office, I saw that human contact was being discouraged. Signs everywhere advised consumers to use "DYI" parcels. I looked for an international DYI section, and finding none, pushed the books, the toy New York taxi and mermaid from "Kidding Around" into a standard US Post box, I found a customs form, filled it in, and joined a line (queue).
There were only about six people ahead of me and a greeter-sort-of-US-Post-employee was wandering around looking as if she was there to help us.
As one of the customers finished her transactions at the counter and headed off toward the exit, Ms Greeter-Person confronted her. "People are complaining you took a long time!" she accused. The customer looked taken-aback. "But all I did was buy stamps," she explained, almost apologizing. "Don't blame me!" came the reply. "I am not allowed to hurry you up, I am just reporting the general consensus of your fellow customers."
Bloody hell! I decided to keep a low profile and stood dutifully for around ten minutes, when Ms Greeter-Person approached me and told me I was in the wrong line. "How could I know?" I asked, and then from the look on her face thought better of it, and joined the only other line in the place. There were around twelve people ahead of me.
Post Office Door, Grand Central
I kept reminding myself that I was now a "nice" person, and stood patiently. And then she appeared again. Ms Greeter-Person
"You need to tape that box up," she complained. I explained that I'd taken the box from a pile under a sign encouraging us to use them, and how could I tape it up myself? Upon which she thrust a roll of USPS tape into my hand and told me to go to the packing area and to tape it, and to then come back to see her before re-joining the line.
Well I tried. The roll was about 10" in diameter. I was trying to push the box flaps together while at the same time holding my handbag, my lettuce sandwich from Pret A Manger, the USPS tape roll, and the custom form. It was all too much.
I asked another customer if she could help me. Recognizing me as a "nice person", she readily complied. We got part of the tape stuck to the box but how to cut it? The helpful other-customer tried with her nails. Then with her teeth. There was no way!
I thanked her nicely and approached Ms Greeter-Person. "I'm sorry but I can't do this," I said. "I'd need scissors!"
"Well the PUBLIC (shudder shudder) STEAL the dispensers so what can we do," she replied.
And then my journey ended.
Abruptly.
"No wonder the Postal Service is going broke!" I snarled.
Quick as a flash she New-York-answered, "EXCUSE me! But I wouldn't march into YOUR work and insult YOU!"
"Oh," I came back, giving as good as I got. "I bet you would!"
"And it isn't why we are going broke," she added.
New-York-like we both decided to call it a day. She said she'd apply the tape. And led me to a counter and apply the tape she did. Like a maniac. I am pretty sure my "Hello New York" book was taped to the wooden toy New York cab. As for the mermaid doll, as Ms Greeter-Person "cut" the tape by stabbing it furiously axe-murder-like with her ballpoint pen, I fear that she'll look more like a chewed-up pin-cushion than a magical silvery sea-creature...
I joined the line.
I waited.
Decades passed and then it was my turn.
A clerk with a head like a pencil snarled at me and made me wait while he translated my hand-written custom form into ASCII on his keyboard. After an eternity I saw the charge, $45, come up on the customer display pad. I went to swipe my credit card.
"Not now!" he screamed. I shrank back.
A few years later he commanded "Now!" I swiped my card. A dotted line appeared on the pad, so I picked up the stylus that was anchored to the pad, to sign my name. "NO NO NO!" he said. "On PAPER. With a PEN! THAT is not a pen!!!"
I complied. I just wanted out of there.
I remembered the American saying about "getting the hell out of Dodge" and suddenly understood it.
I walked slowly to the exit, trying to get the niceness feeling back.
But it was shivering, recoiled, hiding somewhere, shrivelled deep inside some safe part of my mind.
Never to return.
The voyage had ended.
Domestic Bliss on the M102
From the fool’s gold mouthpiece the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dying - "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", Bob Dylan 1965
They were all of 95. 95 years old, that is. - A husband and wife. On the M102, the MTA bus that runs north along Third.
I was sitting opposite them. Unfortunately, you can only see their legs. I tried to snap a candid pic surrepticiously with my cell phone, but the woman - the one with the knee-length socks - was too quick for me. "Excuse me lady," she yelled for all the bus to hear. "You ain't takin' no pictures!"
I avoided eye contact and pretended to be texting. Hence the photo of the legs.
That's her husband. On her right. They'd got onto the bus at 68th Street. She couldn't find her ticket, and stood halfway between the driver and the step to the door, searching in her handbag. "Lost it again," her husband smirked - a braver man than I.
She let loose as he scuttled toward the middle of the bus to take shelter. In vain.
"I am not the one who loses things," she tiraded. "Why am I the one who has to do everything for you and your pathetic family?" All this being said from her place at the front of the bus for the whole bus to hear.
She sat down opposite me, and when the woman to her right got up to leave she shrieked at her husband to join her. There were at least ten sets of seats between her and him, but the bus was her private space. "Move HERE!" she commanded. Which he did. He dare not do otherwise.
There ensued a monologue about how she'd cleaned the kitchen cupboards because some relative of HIS was coming to stay. Even the people jabbering on their cell phones were drowned out. The husband just sat there. Then, just when it seemed that she was winding down, for some reason she realized it was nearly 9/11.
"Do you know how many firemen died because of 9/11?" she snapped at her spouse.
"I do actually," he beamed triumphantly. "343!
"WRONG!" she cackled. "343 at Ground Zero but hundreds more after that because of the dust and stuff! Ha!"
To give the guy credit, he tried to wheedle out of it, explaining that he thought she meant ON 9/11. To no avail. "Did I say that?" she snapped, "WHEN did I say that? When did I say, 'ON 9/11?'"
It was around then that I decided to snap her picture. I should have realized this was one sharp lady. She knew instantly what I was doing, and then made sure that the whole bus knew.
I lowered the cell phone, tilting it down. I had no desire to be the object of her wrath.
Self Portrait - Through a Bus With Flowers
And so there you have it. Legs.
Is there an upper age limit on eligibility for running for president of the United States? I think not. I'll check it out and if there isn't, and IF I can find her, I will suggest she run. At least she'd be interesting.
After the old woman and her husband let the bus, it seemed strangely, eerily, quiet. All we could hear were the sounds of the under-thirties talking loudly on their cell phones, back-grounded with muffled sounds of rap music emanating from iPods. Oh, and the honking of horns. And the screeching sirens. And the clunking sound of the bus's shock absorbers bumping into the bus's under-carriage as it hopped its way from pot-hole to pot-hole, heading north up Third.
Oh yes, it was good to relax after a hard day at the office ...
Cyber Trails
Our descendants ... will have at their fingertips a deep digital archive of information that we created ourselves. - "What happens after your final status update?", Adam Ostrow,(CNN)
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car
We can't rewind we've gone to far
Oh-a-aho oh
Oh-a-aho oh - From "Video Killed the Radio Star", The Buggles 1979
My brother still has his FaceBook page. He died last January. He was 61.
It somehow comforts me that his FaceBook page exists. A legacy.
I've long pondered the effect of modern technology on our access to the memories of things past. Take my kids for example.
They were born in the early to mid-seventies. I have photos of them, but no videos, no webpages, no digital footprints of their early lives. I don't even have the sound of their voices on tape, let alone on video or CD. Just a few photos, developed from film. And yes I've scanned them in, but as they were not digitally recorded at the time, the number of them in no way compares to the hundreds of photos digitized by the modern day cameras, of babies today.
And my own childhood. Was there even color?
I have to smile, remembering my daughter when she was about eight. She'd been watching some old movies on the TV. In black and white. A few days later she asked me, "What was it like, Mum, living in the world when everything was black and white?"
Girl With Wire Pram, 1947
Yeah, what was it like? I actually remember my childhood as being in black and white. I wonder. Is that because the photos of me as a child were all in black and white. Are my early childhood memories only memories of memories of photos. Or was it that the fifties and early sixties of last century were in fact, monochromatic?
Before me. Before my mother. Before my grandmother. There were not even photos. Those ancestors could leave us very little. All I have of "Juliffs" going back 10 generations, are transcribed passages from Last Will and Testaments. Signed with thumbprints apparently!
"And my further desire is that my wife Margery Juleff (sic) may live with her children for the space of one year after my decease, and if they cannot agree and be comfortable, my last request is that she should depart and leave them to themselves." Signed William Julleff's mark 1832
No one can say we Juliffs aren't an accommodating lot ...
But that being so - all that is left of my ancestor Will, apart from a gravestone somewhere in Cornwell, is his last Will and Testament. We don't know what he looked like, we don't know his likes, his dislikes. We certainly don't know what filmstar he would have been had he been a filmstar. Nope, old Will wasn't on FaceBook and there was no 19th century equivalent.
And so, when I think, which I do every day, of my brother Tim, I say a secret unconscious, unacknowledged, unspoken thank you, to Mr Mark Zuckerberg and his ilk.
"What happens after your final status update?", asks CNN's Adam Ostrow.
What was my brother's last, his final update? I logged on to Tim's FaceBook. There was something there about a street in Melbourne being flooded. Not an update really. More a Wall posting of a news item from the Melbourne Age. So I scrolled back. And back. And then I came to it.
Pure Tim.
Someone had wished all her FaceBook friends, "Happy Easter!"
"Not so happy for Jesus," he'd "statused".
Well said, Tim!
Well remembered.
Sorely missed!
The Unsophisticated App and the Mere Male Syndrome
By George, she's got it!
By George, she's got it! - from "The Rain in Spain", Alan Jay Lerner 1956
For you are younger than I
Younger than I, younger than I
And I am wiser than you - from "Lemon-Haired Ladies", Dory Previn 1971
Ever since there was such a thing as apps, I've been trying to dream up one to make my fortune. And every idea I've had, has proven to have already been taken.
Eventually I decided that I was a bit too slow on the uptake. Age had gotten the better of me; a new generation of people brought up on iPods, iMacs and eco-burgers was taking over.
But then ... I saw the light. It happened when I was checking my Twitter account. Jedro74 had posted the following, "I CANNOT believe the Australian media is ignoring this story! http://twitpic.com/6e1mui".
Thinking that my fellow countryman Julian Assange had created yet another brouhaha, I clicked. Only to find ... well click it yourself ...
It was nothing to do with Assange. It was just that old Australian simplicity, that je ne sais quoi of the unworldly, the unsophisticated, that other worldliness that MAY exist in America, but which I have yet to come across, was alive and well.
Naive Americans like Christine O'Donnell tend to believe in the devil and witches. Naive Australians are not held back by primitive beliefs in Christianity circa AD500. Naive Australians are more focused on the mundane.
"Out-of-date pasty is sold to young mum", screamed Australia's Folkestone Herald on August 25th. "Toddler took bite of food three days past its sell-by date", it groaned.
Page one news! One can only guess the readership of the Folkestone Herald .
My mind drifted back to a hundred years ago when I myself was a "young mum". I wasn't in paid employment - I'd decided to stay at home to raise the children. But I'd always wanted my own income. What work can one do at home?
I discovered an income source. An Australian women's magazine, "The New Idea" had a column, called "The Mere Male". All it was, was a collection of letters from readers about some weird thing their "hubbies" had done. You wrote in with your "Mere Male" tale and if it was published you were sent a check for $5. If it made "Letter of the Week", you got more.
And so I set to work. I can't remember all my letters but I do remember the first one.
"I asked MM (New Idea for "Mere Male") to wash the lettuce while I was going out to shop. When I came back I saw him hosing the lettuce on the lawn in the front yard". Jedro74 was about 18 months old at the time. And I earned $10 for my contribution.
Now, my reasoning is this - if the "New Idea", which was in all probability, and probably still is, owned by the Murdoch Press, could pay me tens of dollars way back in the Dark Ages, they must have had a reason. And the reason MUST have been that there was a market made up of people who actually wanted to read such idiocy.
A market that has been forgotten - forgotten by virtue of the focus on the educated, the sophisticated, the high tech, the Generation teXters.
I'm pretty sure I can tap into that market. The "Mere Male" readers of OZ - those people don't want an app that will monitor their gym activity, apps that will check their heart rate and how many miles they jogged to Starbucks, apps that know when ARRS falls below $11. Such people don't want Kindle or Nook Apps. They certainly don't want to read the Times Literary Supplement on iPads.
They want stuff like "Mere Male" or information about two year olds who might have eaten stale bread. Yes-siree-Bob, I have found an untapped source.
And THAT, dear reader, is my market.
But before anyone accuses me of being condescending, elitist, ex-MacRob girl or Ms Smarty Pants - remember - I pride myself on being just that.
Australian for Phở Bò
Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe
and I will buy you a bottle of wine
And we'll laugh and toast to nothing
and smash our empty glasses down
- Joni Mitchell, "Carey", 1971
Phở originated in the early 20th century in northern Vietnam. The specific place of origin appears to be southwest of Hanoi in Nam Dinh province, then a substantial textile market, where cooks sought to please both Vietnamese [...] and French tastes. - From Wikipedia Phở
"New Asia Grill" - 94th and 2nd, Manhattan
You could tell that they were Australians.
As soon as they stepped into the doorway of the newly opened "New Asia Grill" on the corner of 86th and Third.
A couple, early thirties, both tanned with sun-bleached hair - and with all the time in the world.
"D'ya have BYO?" the male half of the pair asked of the tiny Asian greeter. The woman (don't we always?) translated. And then, when it was established that the pair could indeed bring their own wine, the man left to cross the street to buy a bottle.
I listened to them later as they ordered. Yes, I was right. Definitely Australian. They were talking about the "starters", referring to them (correctly) as "entrées". On returning, the man had ordered a beer. When it arrived the couple clinked bottle and glass - looking at each other with that nonchalance of the long-married couple who still has that Aussie regard for social niceties - and said, "Cheers".
Ah, my memory was jolted. My mind floated back to a more civilized time. A time when entrées meant entrées. When we'd à la Joni Mitchell, "laugh and toast to nothing and smash our empty glasses down".
Crowd at the "Mekong", Melbourne, OZ
Memories of Victoria Street, Melbourne. Home of the best Vietnamese cuisine outside of Vietnam. Of "Mekong Vietnam" in Melbourne's CBD, which is proud to proclaim in its window, "Bill Clinton Ate Here!"
The "New Asia Grill" on 86th Manhattan is a far cry from the genuine-article Vietnamese restaurants of Melbourne - Melbourne, perhaps the culinary capital of the world.
But it's worth a visit. Any restaurant that opens onto a construction site - a construction with a proposed life of 11 years- has to deserve our respect.
Yes, that's where the "New Asia Grill" is located. Slap bang in the middle of the mess that is Manhattan's Second Avenue subway site construction - started 2007 and supposedly to be completed by 2017. Of course they didn't tell us that when they started. 2012 was the estimated complete date back then. Do a bit of arithmetic. With that rate of delay we are realistically looking at maybe 2026.
Entrance to the "New Asia Grill"
When I first went to the "Asia Grill" last weekend, I had to enter through the kitchen - the construction works were blocking front entry. But the staff were cheery and putting on a good face. What else could they do?
Even a Little Aussie Battler couldn't do any better, or worse. And Little Aussie Battlers always have the worst luck. And overcome it.
I hope that the "New Asia Grill" does well. Sure its food isn't as good as the fare we get downunder. But there's enough of a similarity to jog the memories of the sun-bleached Aussie tourists. Let alone us long-termers, here for the duration. Yes you have to admire the pluck, the tenacity of the owners of the "New Asia Grill".
What is it that they say?
"If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere" ....
New Asia Grill
(between 94th St & 93rd St)
Give it a go folks!
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DAP support and solidarity with the six reformasi ISA detainees in their anniversary hunger strike to demand open trial or release
(Petaling Jaya, Tuesday): The hunger strike planned by the six reformasi ISA detainees beginning tomorrow at the Kamunting detention centre on the anniversary of their detention without trial to demand open trial or release deserves the support and solidarity of all right-thinking and justice-loving Malaysians.
The September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and national abhorrence of terrorism can be no excuse for the use of detention-without-trial laws like the Internal Security Act to suppress legitimate political dissent.
A year after the ISA arrests, the government had failed to produce one iota of evidence to substantiate its allegations that the “reformasi six” had planned to use explosives and weapons including bombs, grenade launchers, molotov cocktails and ball bearings in violent street demonstrations to topple the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
In fact, the flimsiness of the government allegations against the reformasi six is borne out by the fact that a year after the detention, the government could not even issue a White Paper to justify the ISA arrests - unlike Operation Lalang when a White Paper was issued within five months although such White Papers were invariably “White-Wash Papers”. In the case of the ISA detention of the reformasi six, the goverrnment could not even produce a “White-Wash Paper”!
As the DAP had declared from April 10 last year, when the first ISA arrests were made, the reformasi six - Mohamad Ezam Mohamad Nor, Hishamuddin Rais, Chua Tian Chang, Saari Sungib, Badrulamin Bahron and Lokman Noor Adam - should be charged in open court and given a public trial or they should be released immediately unconditionally.
The launching of the hunger strike by the reformasi six tomorrow on the anniversary of the ISA detention reminds me of a similar anniversary hunger strike by Operation Lalang detainees on October 27, 1988 where I was one of the 17 ISA detainees in Kamunting detention centre who took part in a week-long hunger strike or puasa sunat (for Muslims) to protest against our continued detention, hightlight the rejection of the government distortions and fabrications in the White Paper on Operation Lalang and to reaffirm our commitment to the cause of freedom, justice and democracy.
The other 16 Operation Lalang detainees who took part in the week-long hunger strike/puasa sunat from October 27 to November 3, 1988 were Karpal Singh, P. Patto, Lim Guan Eng, Lau Dak Kee, Mohd Sabu, Mohd Nasir Hashim, Ariokia Das, Kua Kia Soong, Kamaruzaman Ismail, Sebil John Joseet, Tuang Pik King, Yusuf Hussein, Tengku Shukri Zainal, Zainuddin Abdullah, Philip Cheong and Mohd Yunus Lebai Ali.
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Nerds Without Pants Spoils The Last of Us
On 07/17/2013 at 03:00 PM, by Julian Titus , Jon Lewis , Patrick Kijek
*Spoiler Alert*
Welcome to the first ever Nerds Without Pants spoilercast. We've picked a doozy of a game to cover, too! Julian, Patrick, and special guest JD come together to talk about all things The Last of Us. No stone is unturned, as the Pantsless Ones take you through the entire story.
Join the NWP crew as they tackle The Last of Us, from summer to fall to winter to spring. The guys make no bones about their love for this game, although Julian takes some of the gameplay to task, and explains what he wishes the game's actual mechanics were. They discuss the strong female characters that buck video game norms, and praise the subtlety of the storytelling. Then, of course is that ending.
We hope you enjoy this special edition of Nerds Without Pants. Let us know your thoughts on the game (and the podcast) in the comments below.
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transmet2033
What I am now curious about is... Could some of the problems with the game be because of the hardware. Would having the benefits of the PS4 allowed them to make the changes to the game that would have gotten rid of the cognitive dissonance with the game. Maybe those choices were made because of the hardware limitations... If that makes any sense whatsoever.
Julian Titus Senior Editor
I was thinking about this very thing earlier today. I think that there are definitely some game mechanics and systems they could have put in with more powerful hardware, but I really think that my personal issues with the design--having so many guns available and enemies absorbing bullets, etc.--were simply decisions made by the devs.
Michael117
I just finished this game for the first time a few days ago. I played the remastered version on my new PS4 Pro and holy crap it's the most beautiful looking game I've ever seen in real-time. I've seen graphics comparison videos and the game looked really good on PS3, but this remaster, on PS4 Pro no less, is really stunning and looks noticeably better. The lighting in this game is the best I've seen, with the only thing coming close being Witcher 3 on PC.
Anyways, I really loved the story and it's been sticking with me ever since. I've been thinking about it every day since I beat it. I really developed a bond with Ellie and thought her character was incredible, and I didn't think Joel was a villian or a hero. He was a interesting character that under normal circumstances was a decent person and a loving single father to Sarah, but the apocalypse eventually brought out the killer survival instincts in him and he became a soldier of sorts capable of killing whenever needed, but with fewer rules of engagement. Joel never seems to take a sociopathic pleasure in killing, but as long as he has some conceit for doing it the killing is clearly easy for him intellectually.
The choice Joel makes at the end of the story is really disturbing and selfish but I found myself sympathizing with getting Ellie out of the hospital. I managed to sneak my way to the operating room only killing one person that was scripted to notice you. I thought killing the doctor with the scalpal was unecessary and Joel was unhinged, but as a player I still wanted to get Ellie out of there and the needs of the many didn't outweigh the needs of the few. Joel's whole journey appeared to be about how much a parent is willing to sacrifice for a child. Joel sacrifices random people to save Ellie, then he moves up to sacrificing friends for Ellie, and ultimately he sacrifices all of humanity just to protect Ellie and let her live out her life. It isn't rational, and the Fireflies clearly had good intentions and a possible vaccine to synthesize from Ellie's death, but it's a primal part of the human condition and those are bonded protective instincts I can relate to. So I don't see Joel as the villian or hero, just a person making a lot of choices, some are extremely selfish, some are selfless and brave, and most are in-between. I had bonded with Ellie so strong that I was also willing to do anything to keep her alive. It didn't feel good killing people that didn't need to die and it didn't feel good lying to Ellie, but somehow it felt necessary. It was very bittersweet. They did a great job creating an interesting character and that's high praise for any story; it's boring having characters that are cut and dry angels or demons.
The cast of supporting characters were amazing and completely brought that world to life in ways that Joel & Ellie couldn't do on their own. Bill and his boyfriend were something I picked up on and I thought they were really compelling. Tess is amazing, and I liked Tommy and his wife. I especially liked Sam and Henry, and I got teary when they both died in one scene. As soon as I saw that Sam had been bitten I knew how the story would play out and we'd almost certainly loose both characters soon, but even once the events transpired and we did loose them both I wasn't prepared for it all. Such a huge punch in the gut. Sam & Henry were like a mirror reflecting a relationship similar to Joel & Ellie, and seeing them both die so easily and tragically drove home how fragile Joel & Ellie's lives would be in that world and how painfully and uncermoniously people can be lost.
I would be interested to see what you all think about this next part, but when Henry shot Sam and watched him die before his eyes I'm sure that had to bring back traumatic memories in Joel of watching Sarah die. In that scene Joel tries to talk Henry down by saying, "This isn't anybody's fault". He could've been defensive and said, "This isn't my fault" since Henry was pointing the gun at Joel at the moment, but instead Joel made sure to say it wasn't the fault of anybody, perhaps foreseeing that Henry was likely to turn the gun on himself. Do you think Joel feels the same way about Sarah's death? After 20 years do you think he eventually confronted all that pain and learned to cope with her death in some fashion? I went through the whole story thinking that Joel has been burying that pain deep down and refusing to acknowledge it, but in that moment his statements could give a brief glimpse into a deeper thought process he's gone through himself and is trying to impart to Henry.
EarthBound Review Rewind
Remember that silly old trope in teen movies where the nerdy “plain Jane” character magically becomes super attractive just by removing her glasses? It was a bit like that with EarthBound- an RPG that was largely ignored when released on the Super NES in its twilight years. Nintendo’s ill-conceived ad campaign telling the player that “this game stinks” didn’t do it any favors either. The game’s overtly humorous kid-friendly facade was unusual for its time and quickly written off as ugly and boring by all but the most accepting of RPG fans. But thanks to the positive praise in gaming forums years later, it picked up steam and eventually became lauded as one of the best on the Super NES. Much like the bespectacled character in every 90s teen comedy, it was as if EarthBound removed its glasses. Nothing was different about it- just our perception of what was already there.
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Tuesday 24th October, 2017
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A recent survey of coastal seagrass beds off Spurn Point by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reveals one of the UK’s most rapidly declining habitats could finally be on the up in Yorkshire.
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The Wildlife Trusts welcome today’s statement on Marine Conservation Zones by the Environmental Audit Committee and urge the government to press on with protecting these special places at sea.
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Patrick Joseph DeWolfe
Funeral Date, Time and Location
Mon 20 Aug 201810:00 AM
St Raphael's Roman Catholic Church, Blackville
Resting Location
Father A.A. McKinnon Memorial Room, Blackville
Visitation Period
Sunday, August 19: 2-4 pm & 7-9 pm
Donations may be made to the Miramichi SPCA or to a memorial of one's choice
Patrick Joseph DeWolfe, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018, at the Miramichi Regional Hospital, at the age of 68.
Born in Newcastle, he was the son of the late Benedict Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Daughney) DeWolfe. He worked as a laborer and was a member of the LIUNA Local 900 & Local 92.
He will be greatly missed by his wife Helen Furlong of Howards; sons Andrew DeWolfe (Cindy) of Hamilton, ON, Scott DeWolfe (Jennifer) of Fredericton, Andrew Carroll of Miramichi, and Jonathan Furlong (Jennifer) of Douglasfield; daughter Patricia Keenan of Moncton; two sisters Margie Cassidy (Daryl) of Miramichi and Henrietta DeWolfe (Aneta) of Etobicoke, ON; two brothers Jeff (Anne) and John both of Miramichi; seven grandchildren Jaida, Jackson, Riley, David, Emily, Hudson, and Lyla; his little friend Jackson Corcoran; his furry companion Derby; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, Pat was predeceased by his brother Michael; and two sisters Helena (Honey) and Susan.
The family will receive relatives and friends from Father AA McKinnon Memorial Room, in Blackville, on Sunday, August 19, 2018, from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, August 20, 2018, at 10 am, from St Raphael's Roman Catholic Church, Blackville, with Father Godwin Kalu C.M.M.M. officiating.
As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Miramichi SPCA or to a memorial of one's choice.
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Gordon Life
Gordon County Commissioners Kevin Cunningham, Chad Steward, Becky Hood, Norris Sexton and Bud Owens.
County budget is approved
By Alexis Draut ADraut@CalhounTimes.com
Gordon County’s Board of Commissioners approved next year’s budget – which will go into effect on July 1 – and have extended their reduced fees for animal adoptions. In addition, the board and other county employees discussed raising residential pipe installation rates.
During the commissioner meeting on Tuesday night, the board approved the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, approving of a recent amendment that increased 2018 SPLOST funds.
At the end of May, the proposed budget had $57,284,203 estimated to cover county expenditures, transfers and projects. Yet the budget that was approved this week listed $57,484,203, adding $200,000 to allocated funds from 2018 SPLOST revenue to be given to the cities for their projects.
Prior to this change, the county was planning to give $3,292,401 to the cities but now will be allocating $3,494,401 to Calhoun, Fairmount, Ranger, Resaca and Plainville for their projects.
The total budget is about $1.34 million more than last year’s revised budget, reflecting a 2.4% increase.
The general fund expenditures were approved at the amount of $37,046,075, which is a 3.37% raise from last year’s fund, and was balanced from a transfer from the solid waste management fund ($100,000), jail maintenance fund ($120,000) and general fund reserves ($5.6 million).
The fire fund budget will be increased by 2.29%, and the solid waste management fund will receive a budget of $1.5 million, which is a 68.44% increase from last year. The 2012 SPLOST fund is budgeted for $8.5 million, which is a decrease from last year, and the 2018 SPLOST fund has increased 48%.
Projects taken out of the 2012 SPLOST budget will include courthouse renovations and construction, the health department building, the senior center expansion and construction at Brookshire Park. As far as 2018 SPLOST, currently considered projects are new patrol cars for the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office, renovation of the administration building and construction of a morgue for the coroner’s office.
County Administrator Jim Ledbetter said at Tuesday’s meeting the reduced animal adoption fees have been successful for the Gordon County Animal Control facility and 14 animals have been adopted at the lower fee of $25. Ledbetter also said that the county saved $8,738.62 as a result of unspent money on the new Animal Control building, so the board approved to put those excess funds toward providing more reduced adoption fees.
Ledbetter said that extra money would provide about 100 reduced fee adoptions and would allow the rate to stay at $25 for a longer period of time, which is a benefit to locals looking to adopt but also helps out the facility on space and resource preservation.
“We need to spend that left over money this year or it gets lost from (the Animal Control) budget,” Ledbetter said. “We want to prepay on some adoption contracts’ spay/neuter fees with that extra money to help animals get adopted and save the county on feeding expenses.”
Ledbetter also announced an issue with the Public Works department for the board to consider acting on in the future. Steve Parris, the director of the Public Works department, said currently the county offers installation of pipes along a county resident’s driveway, yet the price they charge is significantly less than that of local private contractors.
“We provide installation at $150, where private contractors charge $850-$1,500,” Ledbetter said. “By doing so we’re competing against contractors that get paid for that.”
Ledbetter and Parris both said that in surveying surrounding counties, they didn’t find another county government that offered driveway pipe installation at the low price that Gordon does.
“We’re getting pipe on a government contract and reselling it to our residents,” Ledbetter continued, “and we’re undercutting private industry. I see a lot of issues with that.”
Parris said that while his employees are working on two to three installations a week, these jobs are taking them away from more pressing projects and are significantly time-consuming. According to Parris, even if the county raised their price to $850 — the minimum a private contractor would charge — the county would barely be breaking even.
Though the board made no official decision about the pipe installation fees and questions brought up, Ledbetter encouraged commissioners to think about this issue and consider potential solutions, as it will be brought up at another time. The administrator said there were no legal complications with the situation, as far as he could tell, so it wasn’t a time-sensitive issue.
Also during the meeting, approved contracts included a renewal for SeamlessDoc – the county’s online digital documentation program – and a renewal of the ambulance service agreement with AdventHealth. Ledbetter told the board that the county offered to provide $100,000 to help AdventHealth Gordon buy a new ambulance, which was included in the county’s approved budget.
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Wolvark Shooter
Location: NorthWest of England
IC: Borso took a few steps and slipped on a Appanananana skin. He rubbed his backside and slowly lifted himself up on his artificial legs. "Ode...", he cursed. "Well, someone's gotta clean this mess... Might as well be me."
Borso looked for the nearest broom and started working. (You could say that Borso was an odd individual, but he was very determined)
Borso turned to Flad and said, "I'll be with ya in a minute!"
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According to his calculations, the fugitives were most likely to escape by the stockyards.
"Good thing I somewhat secured that place before...It will be harder for them move unnoticed out in the open with the lights and the motion detectors on..."
He finally arrived at the last known position of Anni who was, of course, far away from there now.
"Why am I not surprised...You tell them not to move and they run like a giant killer robot is chasing them...Wait, nevermind. I gotta find a way out of this building and fast" he thought.
A few minutes later, he finally landed in the stockyards area. The only thing that could be heard was the noise made by the movement detectors, in the distance.
"OK, apparently they are still within the factory perimeter, as the doors that lead outside are still closed. Time to get stealthy...Cloak engaged !"
In a matter of seconds, he became perfectly transparent. Another useful contraption designed for him. Of course, it was not perfect, as his body was still casting a shadow, and he had to remain perfectly still or move very slowly otherwise the landscape behind him would flicker and become blurry, giving away his presence.
"Now let's find a good spot and wait for them..."
He hovered on the top of a watchtower. From where he was, he could cover the entire stockyard without having to move the slightest bolt. It was the first time he really payed attention to the main building itself. It wasn't exactly designed to look good in the landscape, but the blinking lights on the highest structures, the black smoke coming out of the boilers chimneys and the permanent twilight atmosphere caused by the clouds themselves were giving some sort of an industrial beauty to the place. Nothing those silly Mudokons would ever understand.
He scanned the area and found the rather heterogeneous group where he feared them to be : near the outside gates. He focused his eyes on the group, and saw a slig lock near them. He tried to disable it remotely, but it was not connected to the security network and was directly linked to the gate instead. Hopefully, there was no sligs around they could force to unlock the door. He got down of his hiding spot and sneaked behind them. When he was about 3 meters from them he uncloaked.
"Well, enjoying your little walk ?" he said calmly, waiting for everyone to notice him.
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ooc: Just so you know, they are out. They're at the gate on the top right of the small map, waiting for someone who can work a slig voicelock to open it. Obviously with Uros away, this means I might have to wait a while
Jim was vaguely aware of someone speaking. Finally he made out Ralph's voice, "Jim, are you ok?"
"Ow," He muttered, "Did you get the number of the cart that hit me?"
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Krik continued being unconscious.
Back from the darn grave! Got some technical problems, but now I am back in full power baby (Well, at least Splat does know not in full power, but at least I am back ) So let’s get the hands dirty on this one >:3
Note: Sorry if I made any mistake? Trying to get situated again :3
Hated the frigging things! He didn’t like, at all, these contraptions where you had to say those darn swear words in Slig language… Yea, he liked his heritage to an extent and would’ve loved to learn the old language, but found it rather despicable that the few things remaining from their origins were used for this kind of end. Another thing to exploit, Dbreak was used to it… not comfortable, but used. Probably it was only that his first day was going really sour.
By the time that the robot got close Dbreak was halfway done and, though it surprised him, he continued with the idiotic words until the voicelock gave the signal of approval and the door opened with a hard metallic sound.
With that he turned, faced the robot and with their consent or without it, moved both Mudokon girls behind him before taking the guns and locking on the possible (Well… more than possible) danger.
“These girls are going to get killed, or worse, if they don’t get out of here” He said, rather bluntly as he waved his weapons around “So I am going to help them out… Since you haven’t shot us by now I suppose you aren’t like all those security bots, thanks to that I will be direct with you and wont shot right away: They can outrun you and if I delay you enough then they will escape without even a scratch” While talking Dbreak tried to use one of the hinder legs to nudge the girls towards the exit, only in case “So why not lie down the hostilities? That way we won’t have any unpleasant problems, mostly because I am not going to move away from here and I will not let you go through without any mayor damage (at least) if things come to that…”
Yes, he was mainly protecting the girls, ok… But the one Mudokon guy did seem capable of doing more than get in the middle of a bullet if things went awry. He was worried about the girls mainly as one seemed to be too scared (or disturbed) and the other too headstrong for their own good.
If there was some high power somewhere, he hoped that the guy (or gal) wouldn’t let this go to hell.
***KK7***
Would snicker if he wasn’t trying to move away from the one ‘female’ slig without her noticing… When he finally made it out of the elevator he could only sigh in relief.
“So… asides this display of weirdness” ‘thanks gods I am not the only weird guy around’ he thought “Are we going to go and check that out in the end… or not?” Truth be told, all if he could move away from the ‘girl’… and he was curious by now.
Last edited by Uros Osium Tokker; 08-05-2010 at 10:37 AM..
ooc: Yay! It's great to see you back at last!
I will however wait to give Jimmy a chance to respond before making my own escape.
Thanks for waiting for me, I just came back from vacations. I'm writing my IC part as soon as I can
As SU-01 uncloaked, a big bro slig he noticed before finished unlocking the door, which was now opening slowly, in a loud noise of rusted metal. He hesitated to send a voice command to abort the process, but he thought it would only make him looks hostile, which was everything but intended. The big bro then put himself between the Mudokons and SU-01, as a shield, aiming his weapon at him.
The robot on the other end was much self confident in his reinforced armor. He could have gone through a fight with only a few scratches but yet again, he was to keep a non aggressive behavior. He lowered his guns and looked at the main obstacle between him and the fugitives, the big bro.
"How considerate of you. Thanks for not shooting me on sight but I won't let any of you escape unless I'm given a good reason and some explanations first. Then I would gladly close my eyes on this "little security breach" and cover your escape. All I have now is a low resolution security record and three casualties on the ground floor."
He could barely see Anni's silhouette behind the big bro's massive frame. SU-01's sensors were indicating she was in a shocked state. He tried to talk to her anyway.
"Anni...I know that Vikker was looking for you. He asked me where he could find you earlier. I don't know what project you used to belong to but he wanted you back for some reason. Anyway, what happened inside the factory is certainly not your fault. He caused his own troubles. If he dies, fine : problem solved. If he makes it alive, I can make sure he'll never touch a needle or even a glass tube again for the rest of his live. You are free to leave, but also to stay...It's up to you."
Chippunk
Hi guys really sorry not been around of late
had some stuff to deal with outside the web.
Is it ok to catch up?
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ooc: This thread has been slow as molasses recently (that's very slow, or so I'm led to believe) so you probably don't have much catching up to do. But feel free to do it!
Will post soon. Really can't get into the mood right now (cf. lack of new chapter in TD this week).
Originally Posted by slig# 5719
@Crescent
Uh-oh misunderstanding alert that post you quoted was Flad talking to KK7 (although the Sligpants echoing through the corridor part was aimed at Mindy )
This post was for you:
But Slen's left Mindy now so it doesn't really matter Now to go IC before you get away
------Flad------
Flad waited along with Borso and KK7 for the lift, which seemed to be taking longer than usual when a timid voice caught his attention. He turned around to find another Slig had approached them, a female Slig. "There are strange coloured female Muds around here" Flad thought to himself "of course there'd be strange coloured female Sligs too."
"Umm... Hi, name's Flad" he said aloud, he had never spoken to a female Slig before, only fellow drones like himself. "We heard something from the floor below and are going to go check it out, wanna come?"
Mindy nodded politley: Sure since is not doing any thing though if there is any vending machinces or such to fix then by all means ^^
My orders?
Slagger hops off the train and head's out of the station. He head out to look for a directory and finds where Arnie's office is. He find's the entrance but a note hung on the door saying "away on business!". sighing, Slagger goes to look for Help and find's the security office. He goes in and finds Otto
"Sir, I have been assigned to this station inside the factory, here are my work paper's. What are my orders?". Otto looked up at him, Slagger was weighing whether he thought he was bothering him or whether he was replying to his request.
ooc: Slig44, you also need to post your profile in this thread.
Dionysia felt Anni go limp and fearing she may be taken in, spoke softly, "It's a trick." Then she announced louder so the robot would here, "The vykker was dead. You might be unfamiliar with the way the Magog Cartel runs so I'll make this clear; muds who kill vykkers, or are suspected of killing vykkers, or are simply accused of killing vykkers, get executed. Arnie knew the vykker was looking for her and I imagine he'll work things out; he's not as nice as he used to be and my understanding is that Anni's caused a fair bit of trouble iin the past, too. If she stays, if either of us stays, we'll be killed. So we've decided we'd rather die out in the wilderness since at least then we won't have to worry about sligs using our bodies for target practice."
The gate was open, but she was worried it might start shooting if they ran, and after all Dbreak had done for her, she didn't want him getting hurt, so she waited a moment more.
Slagger
Name: Slagger
Appearance: He is green with a yellow visor that shields his eye's. He also has a red hankerchief tied around his arm
Personality: Slagger is often grouchy and is touchy about his personal life. He liked work at soulstorm and goes nowhere without his trusty "railgun" . he dislikes the smell of rotten meat or failing his given orders.
Equipment: He carries an old tobacco lighter, a hand-knife and a 34 milimetre barrel gauss rifle that fires slugs of nickel-iron, he likes to call it "the railgun"
History: at 19 slagger's degree got him into soulstorm as chief of security. Before it's destruction he was demoted for treason (when abe destroyed the necrum mines) and was sent to a military camp. Now he's at rupturefarms working security.
Well :3! It is moving! It lives x3! So lets get it kicking a bit more :3 Only Dbreak today as I think KK7 doesn’t need to move…
Also: Heluva post!
Stopped aiming his guns, more than to appear reasonable (Thing he was in the verge not to be) it was to take the recorder he had used to film everything that happened to Dionysia. It only took him a moment to push the ‘play’ button and a whole lifetime (to his tastes) waiting to see if the thing had worked… but soon it begun talking.
“A direct hit to the spinal column; I couldn’t’ have planned it better!”
The voice of Krik echoed only for a second before another voice talked, this time Dionysia.
Dbreak thought it would’ve been better to stop it, he didn’t want to make Dionysia take her mind from this… to what happened there so few minutes ago.
“I’m glad you asked, you know. Let’s have a look shall we? One; The cartel is holding an axe over our heads about my using Skillya’s DNA, but the only evidence they have for that is you” the ‘Huh’ from the Mudokon girl could barely be heard as Kirk continued "Two; We don't need you any more; the next prototype we made based on what we found out from you has already been examined and the stage even after him is being constructed as we speak. The only reason you're alive today is, as I said, because the Cartel need you as evidence against us."
Dbreak had to stop it, had to, at least for a moment, he was getting angry, furious even, and he didn’t want to lose it or he would be less than any other Big Bro right now… but even with that he played the last bit.
"Three; since you told that spy all our secrets, I've had to put up with being dragged backwards and forwards across this stupid continent, to silly places like this in the arse-end of nowhere; I've spent far too long on disgusting trains, being told what to do by brainless glukkons, and waiting hand and foot on a stupid, immature, frankly idiotic black-skinned slog-bitch of a mud. And four; no one in any way connected with the Magog Cartel knows that I'm here today, so as far as I'm concerned, I can get away with anything I wish to do to you. I only wish I had more time to make this last, but never mind; I'll make it as painful as I possibly can."
Finally Dbreak paused it, there was nothing more and there shouldn’t be anything else that would be more reaffirming than this in what he had to say.
“Experiments… Sligs, Mudokons or anything else for that matter… For most, if not all, the Vikkers we are all but experiments. I did what I thought was right when I helped here” Dbreak pointed at Dionysia “And would do it again if I had to… But if the Vikker that was going for… Anni was anything near the other one I will not let them stay, sorry, but even if they wanted I cannot. Any that knows of them would probably sooner or later come here, any of those would either imprison them or kill them. Do you want any other proof? I can give you this” He motioned to the recorder “It is old and it may not last much longer… but if you could download the video it wouldn’t matter... so please, let them go, it is not their fault what they were forced to do or in here case” He chuckled, looking at Dionysia “What I did”
Name: Iroulu (eye-row-lu) Often shortened to Irou (eye-row)
Species: Mudokon
Appearance: Irou is an average Mudokon, but he has much darker skin, and a black loincloth instead of brown, which helps when snaking around, which he does often. He has a bionic arm made from stolen slig technology, and has amped it up with a few weapons.
Equipment: His bionic arm and a pouch that has all the stuff he's stolen.
Personality: Irou is very intelligent, with an I.Q. of 170, and a theif, who steals things to make a living. He is always using his sarcasam and wit when talking to anyone, and does not have very many freinds, because of his rude and cruel treatment to anyone who he deems to have a lower I.Q than him. As a result of this he often get in trouble with his seniors. He has been like this since his family was killed in a slig raid.
History: As a child Irou was a happy Mudokon, until sligs came and kidnapped his family, and were all killed, Irou escaped, only losing his arm in the progress, even thogh he lived, the greif overcame him, and his heart changed, he was now mean, theiving and cruel, stealing from sligs and mudokons alike, making himself a bionic arm from stolen slig technology.
PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST!
I.C:
Irou hid in the shadows as a troop of four sligs marched past, muttering to themselves, and as soon as the last slig passed his hiding point, he jumped out and shot the slig at the back with the concealed gun in his arm, and befor any of the other sligs could react, he grabbed the dead sligs gun and stared shooting until all but one of the sligs were dead, he walked up to the final slig - who was now cowering on the ground begging for mercy - and he held his gun towards it head, and an evil grin spread across his face, until he felt a gun pressed against the back of his head 'oh great...' thought Irou...
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ooc: Mr Spandexpants, I love the fact that you put effort into your spelling and grammar, which is a million times more effort than we get from some other new players. But you're doing some things wrong.
1. There are no random characters in this RPG, with the exception of animals. There are no sligs, glukkons, mudokons or anything else in Rupture Farms except the ones made by the players. Yes, the factory has a very small staff, but it's a small factory sice most of it was shut down, so there you have it.
2. Your character cannot have been living in the factory before now; someone would probably have noticed him wondering around! Your first IC post should have your character arriving at the factory; most industrial characters come in by train.
3. One of the RPG rules is to avoid excessive violence. The point of the RPG is to interact with other characters and develop and plot through that, not to enter all cannons blazing destroying anything in your way. As I've said before, if your character would rather blow up a door than open it, you need to give them a serious rethink.
I see you as having potential as a good RPGer; just try and lessen the violence and remember you're here to play with other RPGers.
-----Flad & Slen-----
When the purple Mudokon grabbed Flad's arm he pulled him to his feet "There ya go." The Mudokon still looked a little shakey and his hands had swollen up. "KK7's right we better go" Flad said and looked at Slen "Can you take us to where the noise was?"
Slen wasn't very excited by this question, he wanted to just pass by, he was never comfortable around Sligs. "um, yeah I think so" he replied and began to lead the way towards the abandoned part of the factory "I think it was somewhere around h-" Slen stopped in shock, his eyes widened and he stayed motionless.
"What's wrong?" Flad asked after Slen stopped. He quickly ran in front of Slen to see what was happening "Odd..." was all that come out of Flad's mouth and it came out as a murmur at best. He was not expecting to see the scene in front of him: a Vykker and Slig laying on the floor, possibly dead and a couple of injured looking Mudokons. Flad turned back down the corridor and yelled as loud as he could "Everyone hurry! We need help! Now!"
Sorry about that Splat, I didnt realize that you couldn't have NPC's I dont think I saw that in the rules though (BTW, I wasn't working in the factory before, what made you think that?). Oh, And one more thing, does the factory still kidnap Modokons to work?
Otto just stared at him, expressionless. Slagger was surprised that he didn't reply to him."ugh, do I have to do EVERYTHING around here myself!" Impatient, he swiped the papers and stormed out. Then he heard someone yell out across the downstairs corridor's. He raced out towards the echo and noticed the background around him becoming a more run-down look. He got to the site and stood there in shock. He saw before him injured mudokon's and a motionless pair containing a vykker and a slig. He stood there in a horrid trance for about a few seconds before realising he wasn't the only one viewing this awful sight. He turned to find a slig and mudokon standing in about the same shock he was earlier. Bewildered he turned to them. "What Is Going On, What Happened?!!"
ooc: thank's for the head's up, slig 5719
Last edited by slig44; 08-16-2010 at 12:29 AM.. Reason: Didn't fit in with the storyline
Flad is a Slig and Slen is a Mudokon
Flad and the others are on the floor below Slagger, Slagger just so happens to be on a floor where nothing is going on . I suppose Slagger could have heard Flad's voice echo from the nearby stairs or maybe the monitors in the security office that show camera footage might be of help...
Mr.Spandexpants, the factory doesn't kidnap mudokons anymore - Arnie has a strategy of trying to treat the mudokons as employees rather than slaves, which has got him into trouble with a few people!
"Ow," Jim muttered, "Did you get the number of the cart that hit me?"
"It was a snuzi," Ralph replied to the other mudokon. He zapped you, then something else got me."
Looking at the vykker's body lying on the ground, he continued, "But I don't think that vykker will be bothering anyone else any longer."
He moved over the slig and crouched down. "Looks like this guy's still alive, just knocked out. So we've only got one casualty down here and zero that matter."
He looked around for a moment, then suddenly realised something, "Where's Anni?"
Another female Mudokon of the group spoke in place of Anni. SU-01 had already seen this black skinned girl around the factory, though he never talked to her before. She talked about them being executed for having injured and/or killed a Vikker.
"Of course I know how the Cartel's work and you're right : If a Mudokon is found near a Vikker corpse, he can expect to be dead before the end of the day. The Magog watches closely those kind of incidents and always make good examples out of those "rebel assassins" to discourage the slaves from rebelling. But yet, the Magog is not the only major Industrial entity on Oddworld. And you Mudokons are not the only one to strive for your liberty. Even if the Cartel's executive do everything they can to make their organization look omniscient, I can assure you that there is a lot of things that goes unnoticed to them. For now, nobody related to the cartel is aware of what just happened. I can make sure this "regrettable incident" never goes any further than this factory's walls. And with the boss help on top of that. But if you are really decided to leave, then as I promised, I won't interfere."
Then the big bro slig handed out a video recorder. After seeing the footage contained inside, SU-01 turned to the Big bro.
"Now that is interesting...I wasn't aware of this. Thank you, I recorded it and got it backed up for good now. It will be send to the proper persons I work for. - that is to say not the Cartel nor the Conglomerate of course. " he added turning back to Dionysia.
"Now I knew I already heard something about you. So...you're a part of this "Industrial Mudokons Spies" project, right ? We have been watching those Vikkers for a while now, yet we never heard of your existence. More like various stolen bits of notes, but nothing concrete. Now the only thing I want is an individual answer from each and everyone of you here and especially from Anni. Who is willing to leave on their own ? Who is willing to escape with a bit of help ? And who is willing to stay ?"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think SU never talked to Dionysia before.
@Splat : No problem, I forgot about Dionysia leaving. Silly me Anyway, come to think of it now, the fact that SU always has information on everyone at the appropriate time is a bit god-playing. I'll have to be careful with that. Edited right away ! Is it OK now ?
Last edited by Jimmy-le-sniper; 08-17-2010 at 02:45 PM..
ooc: I think they came close but didn't. However, can I ask you to remove the bit about Dionysia's injections? I do want them to leave the RPG and that makes it rather difficult. Sorry.
ooc: Who deals with newcomers in the factory if Arnie isn't around? Is it Otto?
-OOC-
Hello all sorry I have been inactive lately I had an unexpexted trip to London.
-IC-
As Nurple walked to the nicer Slig he finealy realised there was another Muddukon,but then he also saw the dead Vikker and other Muddukons
after a bit longer Nurple thought "Are thay moving???" then his thoughts strade to the Vikker, he remembered the lab he was brought up in,the cages
The way thay did strange things...
Pulling his-self back to the Now he finaly made out the words"The Vikker is..."Pain arced accros his hands stoping his sentance before he had finished.
ooc: Ok! I am here!
Jim listened to Ralph's account of current events hazily, not taking in a word before 'Where's Anni?'
"Oh Odd, where's she..." The bit of his brain that worked on the translation of sounds into words suddenly caught up with the bit that did the translation of words into meanings.
"Wait, the vykker's dead?! The vykker..." The vykker that was trying to take away Anni, and now he was dead... But surely Anni wouldn't... "We need to find Anni!" He blurted out, struggling to his feet, his muscles groaning in protest. "Are you ok?" He inquired of Ralph.
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Krik woke up slowly with a pounding headache and looked up blearily. Damnit, what had happened? He'd been about to give Dionysia what he'd been waiting to give her for Odd knew how many years and then something had... Odd, he couldn't remember a thing. Cursing the feeble workings of his brain, he pushed himself slowly up; his body ached like he'd taken a real beating... At his time of life! What sadistic moron would beat up an elderly vykker?!
One that was about to find itself being slowly fed into a recycler, he decided.
He stood up...
...And spotted the mudokon sitting in the middle of the floor, dressed exceedingly natively, and apparently meditating.
So this was the thing that had attacked him, this savage, this... And Dionysia was supposed to guard against these things, the useless brat! He glanced around the room but couldn't see his snuzi, but his bag was down on the floor by the door, if only he could reach it with...
Ok, the door had apparently been ripped off of it's hinges.
He swallowed hard and started edging around the cluttered walls towards his bag, aiming to keep as silent and as far away from the savage as physically possible.
Anni swallowed and shook her head, staring at the ground. Emlech had come for her and Arnie had handed her right over, and Emlech had said... He's created her... It couldn't be true, could it? If she wasn't real if she was made, surely she'd know? Surely she'd... feel fake?
And Jim... Her last friend in Rupture Farms... She was him lying on the ground, shot...
"She looked up at SU and said, "Arnie handed me over so even if... Even if I don't get in trouble, I'll still be sent back to vykkers. And... everything about this place that made me stay here is gone." Tears were coming to her eyes and she felt so alone; she couldn't even trust SU and she barely trusted Dionysia.
"I'm leaving," Dionysia said simply to the Snoozer. If I stay I'm dead, so if you're going to kill me for trying to escape then you might as well get on with it." She reached into her clothes, grabbed at a hidden pouch sewn inside and forced out a small object inside. "Dbreak..." She looked at the Big Bro who had saved them, and then reached out and pushed a small object into his hand. "Thank you; take this. You were talking about... things earlier; well this is what was important to me."
The object was a small, silver ring, delicately carved and designed to be threaded over a mudokon's ponytail. "Keep it," She muttered, "And don't you dare forget about this."
If she was going to die, she didn't want to be forgotten.
Anni suddenly spoke up, "SU, is there a paramite around here? One that's been following us, maybe?"
She was thinking of Somi, hoping against hope that the paramite would be nearby, could come with them.
Dionysia looked at her curiously at the request.
Sorry about the delay.
Jimmy, please don't know that Jim is alive, or at least that this is relevant In other words, don't mention the fact. You can see Somi by heat signature if you think it's likely, though remember she's my character so you can't move her!
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When he heard Anni's answer, SU-01 remained silent for a moment. Then he simply noded and added :
"Fine, that's all I wanted to know."
Then Dionysia said she was also willing to leave, in her own kind of way. SU-01 sighted, which produced a steam-like sound. He let her spoke with the Big Bro Slig for a while and he got closer to Anni. Of course it has been built with the latest technologies, but as costly and fancy his armor was, it took away what he was the most valuable thing for him...the trust people could have in him. Of course some Vikkers trusted him, but only the kind of trust you have in a machine to work properly because you designed it. Everyone else had looked at him like they expected him to suddently kill them. But of course this behavior was to be expected when you have such a killing machine right before your eyes.
As he was lost in his thoughts, the voice of Anni brought him back to reality.
"A paramite ? No, haven't see one recently." He took a quick 360 degrees view. "And neither in my direct field of view...Hang on, I have an idea...[Thermal vision engaged]"
He scanned his surroundings for a minute or so before freezing in place. "There, I got something...I don't know if that's it you're looking for but it's small enough to be a paramite. It's hiding behind a small pile of rocks. Position : - 5121,153 ; - 264... Huh sorry...I mean about 200 feet in that direction." he pointed his laser beam in the direction of the heat signature he just caught.
Flad eventually calmed down and returned to his senses. He watched the two Mudokons and heard little of what they said 'So that vykkers dead...' he thought to himself. Flad was a little surprised that the Mudokons hadn't noticed him yet but given the circumstances he didn't blame them.
Flad lowered his voice the best he could "The last thing those two want to see are Sligs." he whispered to Slen and Nurple "So you two go see to those two Mudokons and find out what's going on. Give them some of that food and water if they need it." he pointed to the Scrab leg and water Slen was carrying.
Slen nodded hesitantly 'why are the Sligs here so concerned for Mudokons?' he thought 'First the Big Bro and now this guy.' Slen looked at Nurple "lets go help then" he said and began to walk towards the Mudokons.
Flad turned to the other Slig (Slagger) and attempted to sneak his way over to him. Unfortunatly Flad's rusty pants screached and scraped no matter how hard he tried. He reached the Slig and replied to his question "I don't know what's going on. The only thing we can do now is help this Slig. The two Mudokons are going to help the two injured ones. There are others who came with me, they should be here soon."
As the other mudukkon said he walked with him,cradiling his stinging hands.
he had more meamorys of his vykker days and how thay had given him to the mogog and thay sent him here...
Then he finaly spoke to the other mudukkon
"So whats...your name?" nurple said quetly with a twich of pain in-between
his sentance as thay got ever nerer to the must-help-muddukkons
Then he awated the other muddokons reply,
with his hands twiching in pain as thay pulsed sending it to his lower arms.
He must have been in a daze for a while, because slagger only just remembered he wasn't the only one seeing this. "get a hold of yourself" he told himself. He went up to the vykker and checked for any ID. He found nothing. He turned to Flad.
"Can you tell me just who IS this vykker?"
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Prevalence and risk factors for zoonotic helminth infection among humans and animals - Jos, Nigeria, 2005-2009
Pius Stephen Ekong1, &, Raymond Juryit2, Ndahi Mwapu Dika3, Patrick Nguku4, Monica Musenero5
1Epidemiology Section, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria, 2Plateau State Ministry of Health, Jos, Nigeria, 3Federal Department of Livestock and Pest Control Services, Abuja, Nigeria, 4Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria, 5African Field Epidemiology Network, Kampala, Uganda
&Corresponding author
Pius Stephen Ekong, Epidemiology Section, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria
Zoonotic infections can be defined as infections of animals that are naturally transmissible to humans. As such they are worldwide and often spread with humans through their companion and domestic animals [1]. Zoonotic infections are among the most common on earth and are responsible for > 60 per cent of all human infectious diseases. Some of the most important and well-known human zoonoses are caused by worm or helminth parasites, including species of nematodes (trichinellosis), cestodes (cysticercosis, echinococcosis) and trematodes (schistosomiasis) [2]. Others include intestinal capillariasis, anisakidosis, eosinophilic enteritis, oesophagostomiasis and gnathostomiasis [3]. Tissue parasites of humans are still prevalent in most regions of the world, and are also seen more frequently in developed countries due to increasing travel patterns [4]. Echinococcus infections still account for hepatic and pulmonary pathology, cysticercosis is a major cause of seizures and epilepsy, and fascioliasis also causes significant liver pathology.
Human infection with these zoonotic helminths may result from ingesting food. This food may be meat containing the parasite (taeniasis; trichinosis); fish (diphyllobothriasis; Diplogonorus granidis; clonorchiasis; anisakiasis); invertebrates (paragonimiasis; angiostrogyliasis) or ingestion of the infective stage of the worm with contaminated soil (toxocariasis; hydatid) water or salad plants (fascioliasis; fasciolopsiasis; hydatid; toxocariasis); skin contact with contaminated soil / water containing active infective larvae and subsequent skin penetration (cutaneous larva migrans; cercarial dermatitis); from direct animal contact (hydatid; toxocariasis) or through insect vectors/intermediate hosts by ingestion (dipylidiasis; Hymenolepis diminuta or Inermicapsifer infection) or injection by a mosquito (dirofilariasis; Brugia infection) [1].
The prevalence of zoonotic helminth infections in man in any region is directly associated with the prevalence of infections in the animal population in that region. A study conducted in Anse-la-Raye, St. Lucia to estimate the prevalence and symptomatology of paediatric toxocariasis recorded 86% seroprevalence of Toxocara canis among the children, though the prevalence of infection in dogs was not abnormally high in the community [5]. Bovine fascioliasis prevalence ranging from 9.2 - 16.9% was reported from a 5 year study of helminthosis among cattle presented to the Fulani ambulatory clinic in Zaria, Nigeria [6]. A survey of the dog and cat population conducted at New Bussa revealed a significant high frequency of hookworm Ancylostoma spp.; Echinococcus granulosa, Dipylidium caninum in dog; and Opisthorchis felineus, Toxocara cati and Capillaria hepatica in cat [7]. There is a dearth of information on the types of zoonotic helminth infections circulating among humans and animals in Nigeria.
This study is designed to estimate the prevalence of zoonotic helminth infections among animals and human populations in Jos Plateau state; and identify the risk factors for the infection within the population. This might provide a scientific basis for advocacy aimed at unifying human medical and veterinary medical disciplines against zoonotic diseases occurring in the public health arena in line with the "One Health" concept; and also, for the formulation of better control measures in both animals and man.
The study was conducted in Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas (LGA) of Plateau State, Nigeria. The area human population figure was given as 746,016 (FGoN, 2006) approximately a quarter of the population in the entire state. Plateau State has a near temperate climate, though situated in the tropical zone, with an average temperature of between 18 and 22°C. The coldest weather is between December and February. The warmest temperatures usually occur in the dry season months of March and April. The region is endowed with abundant natural resources and livestock. Majority of the people engage in farming as a means of livelihood.
Human and Animal Data
Laboratory diagnostic records from 2005 - 2009 were collected from five human health clinics comprising of Government Primary Health Care Centres and private hospitals. Record of helminth investigation and demographic details of the patients including age, sex, address, occupation, educational status and date of test were obtained. Laboratory results with confirmed cases of ZHI were defined as cases for this study while results with non zoonotic helminth were classified as controls. For the animal data, meat inspection records were obtained from the Jos Abattoir and laboratory diagnostic records from a Veterinary Practice, also from 2005 -2009. The record included animal species examined and the species of helminth observed. Zoonotic helminths are categorized as cases and non zoonotic helminthes as controls.
Statistical analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel® (Redmond, WA, USA) and the Medcalc® 11.1 software (http://www.medcalcsoftware.com/, Belgium). Univariate logistic regression analyses were performed to establish which demographic risk factors were associated with ZHI.
Prevalence of Zoonotic Helminth
A total of 6689 humans comprising 3304 females and 3885 males were sampled. The patients came from 5 hospitals within the study area. The prevalence ranged from 4.5% to 32.1% within the hospitals. The overall prevalence was found to be 7.8 % (95% CI: 7.2 - 8.5). Zoonotic helminths identified and their prevalences include Ascaris species (4.5%); Taenia species (1.5%); Schistosoma species (1.1%); Ancylostoma duodenale (0.6%) and Strongyloides species (0.1%) (Table 1).
A total of 19508 animals comprising 7950 Bovine, 5557 Caprine, 4306 Ovine, 1657 Swine and 38 Canine were sampled. The animals were sampled from an abattoir and a veterinary clinic within the study area. The prevalence in the abattoir was found to be 17.6% and in the clinic 52.2%. The overall prevalence was found to be 18.1 % (95% CI: 17.6 - 18.7). Zonnotic helminths identified and their prevalences include Fasciola species (12.7%); Taenia species (5.0%); Strongyloides species (0.4%) and Ascaris species (0.04%) (Table 2).
Risk Factor for Zoonotic Helminth
The positivity of zoonotic helminths according to the demographic characteristics of the human population is given in Table 3. The odds of infection with zoonotic helminth was significantly higher among ages 6 - 19 (OR 3.2) and 20 - 60 (OR 2.3) compared to ages 1 - 5 (p < 0.0001). The odds of infection was significantly higher in the peri-urban (OR 1.5; p < 0.0001) and urban (OR 1.3; p = 0.0752) compared to those from rural communities. It is also significantly higher during the rainy season compared to the dry season (OR 1.3; p = 0.0328). Among the various occupations, farmers are at significant higher risk. People that attend the private health centres are more prone (OR 1.9; p < 0.0001) to be diagnosed with zoonotic helminth compared to those that attend public health facility.
The odds of infection with zoonotic helminth was higher among bovine (OR 1.4) compared to canine but with no statistical significance (p = 0.3875) but lower among caprine (OR 0.6), ovine (OR 0.7) and swine (OR 0.7). The odds of finding zoonotic helminth are significantly higher in the clinic compared to the abattoir (OR 5.0; p < 0.0005).
Our study indicated that the mean prevalence of zoonotic helminth among humans sampled in the Jos North and Jos South LGA of Plateau state was 7.8%. This was the first such study in this part of the state (to the best of our knowledge). This prevalence is found to be high; however, considering the nature of the disease, infection represents a significant health threat to humans. The prevalence of Ascaris, hookworm (Ancylostoma), Strongyloides was however found to be lower than those reported from a survey conducted among inhabitant of Tan-nan village, Nantou, Taiwan [8].
Our study found a higher risk among age groups 6 - 19 years (46.8%) and 20 - 60 years (41.2%) compared to age 0 - 5 years (21.5%). This might be due to the fact that activities and exposure to risk factors is higher among this age group. This value obtained among age 0 - 5 years is similar to the findings from a study conducted among children in the state of Minas Gerais where 26.9% prevalence was reported among ages 0 - 5 years and 21.2% in 5 - 10 years [9]. Also similar to the report of a study conducted among school children from Ota, Ogun state Nigeria [10]. The risk of infection was higher among females (OR: 1.2), different from higher risk in male (OR: 2.7) reported by [9]. This might be due to the fact that female engages in farming activities more than their male counterpart in our study area.
The risk of infection was found to be significantly higher in the sub-urban (OR: 1.5) and urban (OR: 1.3) areas compared to the rural areas. This might be due to the fact that urban and sub-urban dwellers seek medical attention more compared to rural dwellers in our study area. This finding is contrary to the finding from a study conducted in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 2000 [11]. Increased risk recorded during the rainy season (OR: 1.3) in our study might be due to the persistent erosion which washes helminth oocysts from contaminated soil into surface water and streams which serves as sources of drinking water for most communities in developing countries.
The risk is significantly higher among farmers compared to other occupation examined probably due to the fact that farmer are more exposed to the sources of infection which include exposure to animals and soil which serve as reservoir of infection [5]. The odds of diagnosing zoonotic helminth is 2 times higher in the private compared to public health facility as found by our study. Private health facility are observed to be well equipped to carry out laboratory diagnosis and open to patient all year round unlike public health facility that are sometimes closed due to industrial action.
Among animals, our study indicated that the mean prevalence of zoonotic helminth in the Jos North and Jos South LGA of Plateau state was 18.1%. The prevalence was higher in the animal hospital (52.2%) compared to the abattoir (17.6%). The hospitals receive and attend more to sick animals and diagnosis is supported by laboratory screening hence records more cases compare to abattoir where diagnosis is mostly based on gross lesions. The risk of infection was higher in bovine (OR: 1.4) compared to canine. This might be due to the fact that canine are less exposed to contamination than bovine.
A high prevalence of infection among animals poses a great threat to infection in human and public health. There is a higher risk of infection among humans age 6 - 60 years, peri-urban dwellers and farmers. Uncontrolled incidence in these species will result in perpetual contamination of the environment and increased burden of infection in both animal and human.
The authors here declare no conflicts of interest.
Pius Stephen Ekong, Raymond Juryit and Ndahi Mwapu Dika Substantial contributed to conception and design of study, participated in the data acquisition, analysis and interpretation; drafting of the article and gave final approval of the version to be published. Patrick Nguku and Monica Musenero Substantial contributed to conception and design of study and gave final approval of the version to be published.
The authors will like to appreciate the management and staff of the human and veterinary health centres and abattoir whose data were used for this study, the Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program and African Field Epidemiology Network for facilitating this study.
Table 1: Distribution and prevalence of zoonotic helminth infection in humans, Jos Plateau State, 2005 – 2009
Table 2: Distribution and prevalence of zoonotic helminth infection in animals, Jos Plateau State, 2005 – 2009
Table 3: Risk factor for zoonotic helminth infection in humans, Jos Plateau State, 2005 - 2009
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Pius Stephen Ekong
Raymond Juryit
Ndahi Mwapu Dika
Patrick Nguku
Monica Musenero
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