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For nearly 50 years Cameron Mackintosh has been producing more musicals than anyone else in history, including the three longest-running musicals of all time, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats, which are still running extraordinarily successfully across the world. Uniquely, Cameron, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon, has mounted new versions of the shows which are now proving as successful as the originals.
His spectacular new production of Miss Saigon, which was the fourth of his hits, having finished its hugely successful run at London’s Prince Edward Theatre will open on Broadway in 2017 and soon is to open in Germany as well. As well as the new hugely successful UK national tour, Mary Poppins continues to disperse her magic globally with productions soon to open in Germany, France, Spain, Japan and Korea. As well as original musicals, Cameron enjoys producing new versions of such classics as My Fair Lady and Oliver! – which continue to be enjoyed by new generations. Other musicals he has created include Little Shop of Horrors, Side By Side By Sondheim, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick, Betty Blue Eyes, a re-imagined production of Barnum and a new version of Half a Sixpence due to open at the Chichester Festival Theatre this summer. He also produced the most successful production ever of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary Follies in London. Les Misérables remains the longest-running musical in the world and the original is now going into its 31st year in London. His new production has opened to huge success on Broadway, in Australia and opens this month in Singapore. His spectacular new version of The Phantom of the Opera is also currently touring North America.
Over the next three years he has over 30 new productions of his musicals due to open around the world. In 2013 Cameron, in conjunction with Working Title Films and Universal, produced his first hugely successful musical film, the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning Les Misérables. He is currently working on film versions of Oliver! and Miss Saigon with Working Title.
Cameron owns eight historic theatres in London’s West End , seven of which – the Prince of Wales, Gielgud, Queen’s, Wyndham’s, Noël Coward, Novello and Prince Edward, have undergone spectacular refurbishment, giving him the opportunity to indulge his passion for architecture and the restoration of old buildings. His recent acquisition of the Victoria Palace Theatre is due to have a major refurbishment and expansion of facilities planned for the autumn of 2016. Cameron is going to acquire another theatre, the Ambassadors, and, subject to planning permission, rebuild its’ interior as a state of the art transfer house for subsidized theatre productions and it will be renamed the Sondheim Theatre.
He is also the co-owner of Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of the greatest musicals. Some of Cameron’s awards include the following: In 1995 his company received The Queen’s Award for Export Achievement and he was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre. In 2006 he received the National Enjoy England Award for Excellence for his Outstanding Contribution to Tourism and he has recently been the first British producer elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame on Broadway. | <urn:uuid:b54b02dd-34b6-48e9-a158-af7094537002> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | https://ustour.thephantomoftheopera.com/our-people/the-creative-team/ | 2017-08-19T14:46:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105455.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819143637-20170819163637-00016.warc.gz | en | 0.969649 | 713 |
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Presentation Systems Professor Ted Smith
We have had many advances in presentation technologies over the years. The teacher has had tools from blackboard to whiteboard to bandas to photocopiers to slides and TV and video. The pupil has moved from slate to ink well to fountain pen to biro and now has access to printers and plotters.
Ted Smith challenged the group to consider the question:
"could your parents have predicted what you are doing today?"
and, if not:
"can you predict what your children will be doing tomorrow?"
He led from this to suggest that if 80% of today's IT systems will be obsolete in 5 years time, we need to be adventurous in our aims and always ready to alter plans.
We need to be addressing the needs of a range of people participating in Higher Education, including: students, lecturers, researchers, support staff and we must be catering for special needs.
In the future we will have access to:
and we must be able to take advantage of these whilst recognising our responsibility to offer support for special needs.
Ted Smith's vision of the future sees the teaching room of the future geared up with lots of high technology features. We will have virtual reality facilities to extend the learning process. There will be fully equipped media and sensory labs in all major buildings. All teaching rooms will have SVGA-quality projection facilities. Lecturers and students will have lightweight portable workstations with gigabytes of memory, wireless transmission and full screen real-time video. We will be able to "print" in 3D to the desktop for design and modelling applications.
We need this and will be driven this way because we live in a visual world. Jobs will demand multimedia literacy. This technology will enable better communication with electronic media enabling easy transmission and access to facilitate groupwork, home study and just-in-time learning.
All staff and students will need to respond by gaining IT and presentation skills which will become a job requirement. All staff will have a workstation on their desk and easy access to media labs for input and output.
In conclusion, Ted Smith suggested that:
we ain't seen nothing yet!
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Originally Posted by JasonTerror
Yea, I been reading that other thread too. VERY helpful. The HUGE problem is my facial hair..I get it growing back just later that night. Lik eit only last fully shaved about 10 hours..Which is bad for conventions lol
Me too.... mine stays shaven down for a day at least, but in my pictures, I have covered my moustache area and beard area with pinkish cheap lipstick before applying my foundation and after I set my face primer. s:.... Seems to help. As someone said, it cancels out the blue tint of the 5 oclock shadow.
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Scenically located just 2.2 km from Lake Constance, Ferienwohnungen Familie Bartussek offers renovated apartments with a large garden and BBQ facilities. Free WiFi and 5 free rental bicycles are available.
Apartments here are bright and stylishly decorated with modern furnishings. Each one features a living room and dining area, flat-screen TV with DVD player, and laundry facilities.
Guests are invited to prepare home-cooked meals and snacks in the fully equipped kitchen, complete with microwa...ve and refrigerator. A supermarket is located 1.4 km from the property, while there is also a bakery 500 metres away.
Hiking and cycling trailheads can be found just 850 metres away, and Lindau-Bad Schachen Golf Club is 5 minutes by car. The historic city of Lindau is 2 km from Ferienwohnung Bartussek.
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The Klezmer Learners of Temple Israel of Greenfield meets Monday afternoons 4 pm to 5:30 pm. Veteran Yiddish musician and singer Yosl Kurland of the Wholesale Klezmer Band teaches the elements of Yiddish music that make it distinctive and "Jewish." We'll work on melody, countermelody, accompaniment, ornamentation, and rhythm. Students will learn to play variations on base melodies, how to tell a story with their instruments, how to accompany traditional Ashkenazic dance. They will incorporate Yiddish style into their playing through singing tunes before playing them.
Anyone with basic skill on their instrument is welcome, especially teenagers. Free for Temple Israel members. $30 for each 6 class series for non-members. | <urn:uuid:050e3ac3-8316-4b97-b9cb-e097f6bde657> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://templeisraelgreenfield.org/events/klezmer-learners-group | 2018-12-14T13:06:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825728.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214114739-20181214140239-00334.warc.gz | en | 0.93761 | 276 |
This colorful skyscape spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy in the royal northern constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the region’s massive molecular cloud some 2,400 light-years away, bright reddish emission region Sharpless (Sh) 155 lies at the upper left, also known as the Cave Nebula. About 10 light-years across the cosmic cave’s bright rims of gas are ionized by ultraviolet light from hot young stars. Dusty blue reflection nebulae also abound on the interstellar canvas cut by dense obscuring clouds of dust. The long core of the Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1210 anchors the scene at lower right. Astronomical explorations have revealed other dramatic signs of star formation, including the bright red fleck of Herbig-Haro (HH) 168. Directly below the bright Cave Nebula, the Herbig-Haro object emission is generated by energetic jets from a newborn star. | <urn:uuid:cb56e366-f4c5-48c5-9792-5b7c98adaced> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | https://verogc.com/2015/06/12/the-light-the-dark-and-the-dusty/ | 2019-01-18T12:35:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660070.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118110804-20190118132804-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.861693 | 212 |
You walk into your local gym dreading the daily grind of self-imposed torture when you hear, "Lift those legs! Swivel those hips!" The voice shouting out those commands could be those of a drill sergeant. Moving hesitantly towards the voice, you also hear the rhythmic beats of a popular rock tune. What's going on? Down the hall, a sign reads
"Welcome to Water Aerobics Class. Requirements: Enthusiastic Attitude and A Smile."
Water aerobics makes use of many of the exercise techniques practiced in traditional aerobics classes offered in gyms and fitness centers. The major difference being that these same exercises performed in water place less stress on muscles and joints.
One can customize a water aerobics workout to meet individual needs and preferences.
Customizations can include:
Of course, when all is said and done, a high priority with any fitness activity is, "What to wear?"
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Name: Welge Cemetery
County: Gillespie, Texas, U.S.A.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names ID: 1371009
Welge Cemetery is located at:
Elevation 542 meters above sea level, in
Gillespie County, Texas, U.S.A.
Sometimes the street addresses given by Google Maps are approximate.
Source: U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
If this name is incorrect or outdated, help them update their data:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
(Or the institution may write to them on official letterhead.)
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Authors: Iezzoni LI, Ngo LH, Li D, Roetzheim RG, Drews RE, McCarthy EP
Title: Early stage breast cancer treatments for younger Medicare beneficiaries with different disabilities.
Journal: Health Serv Res 43(5 Pt 1):1752-67
Date: 2008 Oct
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore how underlying disability affects treatments and outcomes of disabled women with breast cancer. DATA SOURCES: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program data, linked with Medicare files and Social Security Administration disability group. STUDY DESIGN: Ninety thousand two hundred and forty-three incident cases of early-stage breast cancer under age 65; adjusted relative risks and hazards ratios examined treatments and survival, respectively, for women in four disability groups compared with nondisabled women. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Demographic characteristics, treatments, and survival varied among four disability groups. Compared with nondisabled women, those with mental disorders and neurological conditions had significantly lower adjusted rates of breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy. Survival outcomes also varied by disability type. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with nondisabled women, certain subgroups of women with disabilities are especially likely to experience disparities in care for breast cancer.
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This article introduces “Shaders Laboratory”, where you can find a variety of shaders that can be used for free in Unity.
It’s free to use and the shaders can be easily implemented through copy and paste, so even if you’re thinking, “I want to try shaders, but it seems too difficult,” feel free to try it out!
What is Shaders Laboratory?
Shaders Laboratory is a site with many free shaders.
You can use the shaders listed here for any project without having to credit them.
Explanation of the tabs in Shaders Laboratory
It’s easy to use.
First, let’s take a look at the tabs.
There are four tabs: “HOME”, “SHADERS”, “LINKS”, and “ABOUT”.
You can find a description of Shaders Laboratory in the HOME tab.
In the SHADERS tab, you can find a variety of shaders. This is the tab that is most used.
LINKS has a lot of useful links to help you learn about shaders. If you want to learn about shaders, this is also a good place to start.
ABOUT has a YouTube channel and Twitter account for the Shaders Laboratory admins. A link to support the admins as a patron is also available.
How to use Shaders Laboratory
I’ll get right to the point and explain how to use this site.
Click on the “SHADERS” tab. You’ll be taken to a page with various shaders listed by different categories.
Since this is an introduction, I’d like to start off by looking at STEP BY STEP.
We will do both Step 1: Shaderlab and Step 2: Vertex and Fragment Shader. We can follow along by watching the video in the image below. The source code is also available in the video.
After completing “Step 2: Vertex and Fragment Shader”, you will be able to create a cube that you can change the color for, as shown in the following image.
Try out the other sample shaders
Now that we can use the basic foundation, a shader that changes the color of the cube, we’ll look at how to use the other shaders as well.
We can use them the same way as the shader we just created.
All you have to do is rewrite the part of the code for the shader that we just copied and pasted.
In this article, we’ll be using the Flat Shading shader here.
You can use it by adapting it on Unity, by referring to the video and source code on the page you are visiting.
It is completed.
Recommended Shaders in Shaders Laboratory
Now that you know how to use Shaders Laboratory, I’d like to introduce you to some of the cool shaders I’d like to recommend in Shaders Laboratory.
All of this can be implemented in the same way as explained above, by watching the video for instructions and copying and pasting the source code as needed.
This shader can create icy effects.
The snow effect is a shader that can create an effect as if a surface were covered with snow.
There are shaders that can be used not only for 3D objects, but for images as well. Here’s a shader that gives an oil painting look.
SEPIA WITH FINAL COLOR
This is a shader that gives your image a sepia tone.
Uploading to STYLY
You can upload objects with the Shaders Laboratory shaders applied to them to STYLY.
How to upload assets from Unity to STYLY
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Sony was an early exponent of net-connected TV. While its rivals were fumbling through the adolescent stages of internet connectivity, the Japanese major already had a mature IPTV portal on the go in the shape of its BRAVIA Internet Video (BIV) service.
So it’s no surprise that its online service has evolved into an altogether different animal versus offerings from Samsung or LG.
Sony’s BIV proposition remains all about streaming video and audio services. Indeed that philosophy lies at the heart of its fresh-faced subscription music and VOD super service, Qriocity, which is now part of the BIV package.
And this year we are seeing a big refresh in the way the brand presents its net-ertainment.
The 40EX524 is the first of the brand’s new season screens to find its way onto the HCC test bench, and it reveals some big changes to the user interface. The long-standing XrossMediaBar has been retired. Pressing the Home button on the remote now minimises the TV window allowing a new-look navigation bar to run along the bottom of the screen. It looks kinda funky and is just as intuitive to use.The TV itself is presentable without being tarty. While the bezel’s a little too thick to be truly fashionable, the two-tone gloss black/titanium finish is splendid. The screen feels well built for the price.
The connections are standard. You get three rear-placed HDMI inputs, plus a legacy Scart, component, stereo audio phonos and digital optical out. The thinness of the panel precludes side-mounted inputs, but side facing on the rear is an additional HDMI, two USBs, a PC mini D-Sub and a CI slot. If you plan on wall-mounting this TV, these will all be unreachable. Wi-fi is not integrated, but you can use Sony’s dedicated UWA-BR100 dongle. There’s also an Ethernet LAN port, which we prefer every time.
Interestingly, the set shipped with the new CE industry Power Consumption ratings sticker attached. These look the same as those you’d find on white kitchen goods. This set is A-rated, with an average power consumption of just 65W, although this effectively doubles if you’re mad enough to use the Vivid picture preset.In the menus are a variety of Eco features, including an intelligent Presence Sensor, which shuts the screen down if there’s no one watching, then 30 minutes later kills the audio and goes into Standby.There may only be three picture presets (Standard, Vivid and Custom), but Sony does offer a wide number of parameters both in the main Picture menu and hidden within the Advanced tab. Not that you really need to spend that much time tweaking, as the general options are well judged. Slap brightness at around 45 and take the sharpness slider to 39 and you’re most of the way home.
The screen uses Edge LED backlighting, but Sony has made big strides in improving the uniformity of this illumination. There may still be hotspots, but they’re not distracting.
Image quality can be considered generally good, although there are caveats. As this screen sits at the affordable end of Sony’s 2011 range,it lacks the brand’s Motionflow frame-rate interpolation technology. Consequently, we were stuck with the native motion resolution of this panel, which is low – just 650 lines.
There’s also a low level of motion judder evident on horizontal pans. On the plus side, without any fast frame-rate picture processing at work, movies still look cinema-like and there are no motion artefacts. If you want improved motion resolution, look to the brand’s more expensive EX723 and EX724 models, with Motionflow XR200 processing.
Colour reproduction is vibrant and black levels are deep. TRON: Legacy is a challenging Blu-ray for any LED screen, because it features a preponderance of low light action. However, the 40EX524 did a fine job of retaining depth and shadow detail on The Grid.
The screen has an integrated Freeview HD tuner and image quality from the two BBC HD channels, ITV1 HD and E4HD is a significant step above the standard Freeview fare.
You can timeshift any channels (both SD or HD) to an external USB HDD. As there’s only one tuner available, you’re faced with obvious limitations, but as a back-up this PVR-lite function is worth having. After being formatted by the TV, you cannot view recordings from this HDD on other devices. For the audition, I used a Freeagent Go 250GB external drive, which worked well. You can plan recordings from the main TV guide or manually enter recording details.
Despite the excellence of the set’s BRAVIA Internet Video portal, the EX524’s media streaming abilities are average. For some reason Sony still doesn’t acknowledge MKVs on its TVs, so there’s no playback of these files either across a network or from USB.
You will be able to unspool AVIs, AVCHD and MPEG4 video, though, while music support covers MP3, WAV and WMA.
The Track ID feature automatically looks up info on the Gracenote database for any songs that happen to be playing, or the soundtrack of a TV show or movie you’re watching. There’s also a Music and Video search app if you want to go online for a quick info fix.
Another new UI wrinkle is a Recommendation Engine, which appears to randomly ‘recommend’ upcoming TV shows to watch. I didn’t pay much heed to this until one morning, while browsing over Sugar Puffs (not a euphemism), I was recommended something on the Adult Filth channel. Apparently this is on Freeview channel 192. Sony’s engineers tell me the TV uses an algorithm to find recommendations based on what you’ve watched from the EPG. Clearly, straight from the box it’s prepared to make some wild (and unwarranted) assumptions.
Audio performance is more functional than fancy. The set has a decent enough 10W stereo digital amplifier, but it lacks any mid bass. There’s also no subwoofer, so a dedicated sound system is a must for serious movie and TV watching.
Overall, I rate the EX524 as a solid mainstream TV. While it may lack the visual finesse of models further up the Sony range, it does offer a great feature spread, with welcome eco credentials and excellent net connectivity.
Highs: Feature-rich BRAVIA Internet Video portal; design; USB recording; new user interface
Lows: Poor motion picture resolution; no support for MKV files
Full HD: yes 1080p/24 3D: no Tuner: yes, Freeview HD
Component: yes HDMI: yes four (one side connection)
Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 Sound: 2 x 10W
Brightness (claimed): N/A
Contrast ratio (claimed): ‘High’
Dimensions: 943(w) x 586(h) x 42(d)mm Weight: 11.2kg
Features: Edge LED backlight; Bravia X-Reality picture engine; USB for media playback; optional wi-fi via a dongle; BRAVIA Internet Video Portal; Qriocity music and video streaming services; Viewer recommendations; Track ID, Music & Video info search; Ethernet connection; Bravia-link CEC
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Americans win 5th straight Presidents Cup
Woods' back flared up on him again in the final hour at Muirfield Village. He still managed to hang on to beat Richard Sterne, 1 up, to give the Americans the 18 points they needed to win the Presidents Cup for the fifth straight time.
It was the third straight Presidents Cup that Woods won the cup-clinching match — all three with Fred Couples as the captain.
"It was a team effort this whole week," said Woods, who went 4-1 for the best record of any player. "We really played well to give ourselves a nice lead."
The biggest surprise was not so much the outcome — United States 18½, International 15 ½ — but that the matches ended without going to Monday.
Rain interrupted the matches all week and made the course Jack Nicklaus built so soft that it was mere target practice for the best players in the world outside Europe. The fourth session of foursomes had to be completed Sunday morning because of the delays. That might have been the end of International hopes.
The Americans were 3 down in two matches and turned them into a win and a halve, giving them a 14-8 lead going into the final round. The Americans needed only to win four of the 12 singles matches to keep the gold trophy. It was a little harder than they imagined, though it was a long shot for the Internationals.
"It was a tall order, but they gave it their best shot. These guys played their tails off," International captain Nick Price said. "We're a real hodge-podge of a team that came together from four corners of the planet. And they gave the might of America a run for their money."
Even though the Americans clinched a tie with more than an hour left, it took until Woods in the ninth of 12 matches to secure the win.
"There was no intensity. We played and enjoyed the day and the people here in Columbus," Phil Mickelson said after he made four bogeys in the last five holes and lost a match that ultimately didn't matter to Angel Cabrera. "I thought it was going to be closed out early. On 12 or 13, they said, 'Your match is going to count.' What? We ended up winning. That's all that matters."
It looked like the rout was on early.
Hunter Mahan quickly dispatched of Hideki Matsuyama. Jason Dufner never trailed in beating Brendon de Jonge. Zach Johnson overwhelmed Branden Grace, keeping the South African winless for the week. That gave the Americans 17 points and assured them a tie. But it took more than an hour for them to clinch the cup thanks to a spirited effort by Price's team.
Graham DeLaet, who earlier Sunday chipped in from in front of the 18th green to help earn a half-point, holed out from a bunker on the 18th for birdie to give him a 1-up win over 20-year-old Jordan Spieth. Ernie Els made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole and won his match when Steve Stricker missed birdie putts on the last two holes.
Adam Scott and Jason Day won their matches, and Marc Leishman gave the Internationals yet another point when he made a 15-foot par from the back of the 18th green.
It figured to come down to Woods, who won despite not making a single birdie on the back nine.
He grabbed his back after trying to hit fairway metal into the par-5 15th green, though Sterne missed an 8-foot birdie putt to halve the hole. The match turned on the par-3 16th, when Sterne's tee shot cleared the water, the green and nearly the sky boxes. He made bogey as Woods went 1-up.
Woods chipped to a foot for par on the 17th. On the final hole, Sterne left himself a 50-foot birdie putt on the 18th that never came close. Woods rolled his 30-foot attempt to tap-in range, and Sterne conceded.
Webb Simpson conceded the 18th hole from the fairway — he was up against a tree — to halve his match with Louis Oosthuizen. Still, it was the fifth straight time the Americans have won by at least three points, dating to the famous tie in South Africa.
The Internationals have only won this event once since it began in 1994, and that was 15 years ago in Australia.
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There are a number of reasons as to why the LG G6 and LG G7 freezes and as a result, it crashes. Some of the problems that cause the crashing are the software that the LG is running on. It is vital to make sure that every user updates the software to the latest. This is not a guarantee that all the apps will run as usual but if this does not offer any solution, below is a guide to help fix the LG G6 and LG G7 freezes and crashes.
Factory reset the LG
Factory resetting the LG will solve the problem completely not unless the problem is not within the operations of the Smartphone. However, it should be understood by every user that the process will definitely delete all the information including apps and Google settings in the LG and they may not be recovered again. Before you factory reset the phone just backup the files and if this is a puzzle to any user, it is imperative you read here how to factory reset the LG G6. To be on the safe side and avoid frustrations of a frozen LG G7 or LG G6.
The crashing of the apps in the LG G6 and LG G7 can be as a result of the memory issues that the phone is facing. This is after staying for a long time without restarting the phone leading to the random crashes. It is wise to restart the phone to see if the problem will cease, but if it doesn’t, here is an idea.
- On the home screen tap on the apps
- Go for the manage apps
- Tap on the application in question
- Select clear data and clear cache
- Delete bad applications to solve crashing problems
Remember that as a user, you cannot fix the technical problems that come with the third party apps, neither LG G6 manufacturers can offer any help. The possible reason could be caused by the third party apps that you have downloaded into LG G6 and LG G7 frozen. Before you settle on any applications on Google, take your time to read reviews and get the opinion of the other users. If you find that the app has bad reviews then you have no option than to delete it from your LG.
Lack of Memory
The memory problem on LG G6 and LG G7 can be caused by too many apps or files that are stored in the LG Smartphone. To get a solution, delete the unused apps or those that you don’t use quite often, you can also eliminate some of the media like images, and videos. This will create more space in the internal memory of the LG Smartphone | <urn:uuid:90abd4b2-726c-4bb8-8e6f-5c1dd2f7ba6d> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.smartphonetics.com/android/lg-g6-lg-g7-how-to-fix-it-from-crashing-and-freezing/ | 2018-10-22T16:09:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515352.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022155502-20181022181002-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.952652 | 525 |
She was walking back and forth the East Car Street searching the AVT [Anand Vinayaka Temple]. The Street was not dormant as it did decades back. The somnolent street had now metamorphosed into a main thorough-fare… a hub of trading activities. Falling into a maze of grand structures and skyscrapers, it had changed itself beyond recognition.
‘May I help you Thaye [mother]? You seem searching for something here,’ she heard a beggar’s voice from the entrance to a mall.
‘Anand Vinayaka Temple’, she replied, looked up morosely at the beggar; her eyes were still scanning the street for the temple.
‘Anand Vinayaka Temple’! The beggar exclaimed, his voice drawled, eyes became somber. After a long pause, he said: ‘Thaye, you can’t see the temple. It was demolished years back, razed down to widen the road. They are keeping the Vinayaka idol in another temple.’ He paused again and asked her: ‘Where’re you staying, Thaye?’
‘Minerva Hotel,’ her voice trailed off, she stood frozen with shock and bewilderment.
‘OMG! That was the hotel built on the debris of the AVT.’ The beggar now looked deeply into her eyes. ‘Aren’t you then staying over the erstwhile abode of a god?’ the beggar now laughed impishly and moved away from her in quick steps.
She stood flabbergasted, felt a sense of guiltiness squeezing her heart. A quick flurry of thoughts numbed her body, and a broken mind told her that she had committed a sin by staying a place which was once her Vinayaka temple. She wasted no time, retreated to the hotel, checked out hurriedly and deposited herself in a cheap lodging house.
A crimson ball, the sun was calling it quits and slipping into the sea when she reached the seashore. Earlier, she didn’t choose the straight road to the coastal area, but preferred to walk down to the seashore through narrow lanes and alleys, which were very familiar to her and they still had the print of her feet in tact. While walking, she could discern that the whole town was breathing a new air of change and development. Even its lanes and alleys did not reflect even the vestiges of the glorious past. A becoming, and high-profile town, it had the waves of development lashing at it constantly, making bonfires of all the cherished old monuments like the AVT.
The seashore too was not at its old splendor. She saw the sea had rebounded a few yards from the shore and the reason was the recent Tsunami. The sea with its foam crusted waves was no longer the old green canvas, it had turned grey, having got itself bedraggled by the effluents that were being pumped into it by those industries mushroomed all over the town.
She retreated to the town piecing together a breaking mind; betook herself to the places which, she faintly hoped, would retain its old ambiance and charm- where she could happily hug her past. People she saw and met on the roads looked strange with no homely airs. They seemed to have no belongingness to the town where they were eking out their livelihood. The ongoing industrial development, she realized with a tinge of regret, must have brought people to the town from far and near. She heard a medley of dialects spoken around her and found the local culture unabashedly sleeping with the alien one.
She went to the area where her house was once located, but couldn’t meet a single known soul over there. When she asked an old man about the whereabouts of those who were residing there once, he curtly told her to look out for them in the cemetery. When she got onto the side of her old school, it wasn’t there having had the fate meted out to the AVT. A grand multiplex stood elegantly over the place which was once her school. For the first time she felt like a stranger in her home town.
Mid-night. Dark-hewn Universe fell into an abyss of silence. She looked out through the window from her suit. The town was dazzling and glittering, invaded by floods of lights. She was crestfallen. Her disoriented mind was in revolt not being able to find out her roots and kiss her past. She took out her laptop from its sleeve, sent a mail to her husband:
am today winding up my trip here. i do it with reluctance and regret. the town is not mine. it had long back stumbled into a sort of anarchy after swallowing up all the old monuments, old tranquility and the social atmosphere. The erstwhile mellowed, magnificent face of my home town is not found anywhere. it seems to be an evolving city, fully commercialized; its contours not in place. in this wild jungle of modernity, am like a mother lost her child in kumbh mela.
i came here to embrace my past. but, this town, built on the debris of old heritage, has no past; it cherishes only in its present and dreams about more future anarchy. briefly, i feel i don’t belong here. the town can never be my own. it had razed down my moorings and dreams. i won’t come here again. i know that the only way i will ever see it is in my memory.
bye darling. tc. convey my ‘hi’ to mom and kids,
The Chennai-bound bus moved slowly out of its bay, would bounce forward only when reaching the National High Way. It was not crowded, having a few passengers on its board. ‘Who, the moron, would undertake a bus journey and that too for sixteen hours on end under the scorching sun’, she thought. Reclining on her seat comfortably and resting her head on the head-rest, she closed her eyes, determined not take even a last glimpse of the monster town, once her paradise.
She could only close her eyes, but, pitifully, not able to blink away her tears.
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Ashok Acharya, Regional Director, India and SAARC, Veeam Software, talks to ITVARnews on the trends in availability solutions, and the company’s channel approach.
How has the demand for availability services changed in the last few years?
We have seen a lot of changes over the last three to five years. People are using software more and more these days, now with handheld devices. Availability of these software is becoming a key criteria for business to grow and develop. Businesses are looking to protect all applications, be it physical or virtualized.
What is Veeam’s approach to availability solutions?
Today, there are a lot of backup vendors and the RTO done by traditional backup vendors is hours to days. The current requirement is availability within minutes. Veeam provides an RTO of less than 15 minutes.
We don’t require our customers to change their existing infrastructure -we ride on top of it. We let the customers use their existing backup solution, and we do the resilient and backup on the availability front.
Veeam is a specialist in backing up virtualized applications worldwide. We ensure that the virtualized backup is resilient, there’s instant backup, and there’s availability of data all the time.
Veeam has a lot of cloud partners in India, and they offer Veeam solutions as managed service to their customers.
How are the availability needs of SMBs different from that of enterprises?
The SMB market is a huge one and customers here are price sensitive. Veeam Availability Solution for SMB is one of the best and fastest selling products worldwide, and we are seeing customers taking to these solutions.
RoI is different for different types of customers. For an SMB customer, backup requirement may not be as critical (as an enterprise). In such cases, we have smaller solutions where we sell point black solutions to do basic backup. When we go to large enterprise customers, availability of applications is very critical. That’s where we make sure the backup windows is less than 15 minutes, and the backup itself is resilient and consistent all the time. That’s where we show RoI to the customer.
What are the drivers for availability services today?
We have been in India for the last five years and have seen the technological shift that’s happened here. With Internet and handheld devices becoming cheaper, Indians today have access to multiple applications, from banking applications to travel applications. Availability of these services is becoming very critical. We are seeing customers losing a lot of revenue when there is a downtime.
Globally, companies are moving from a physical infrastructure to virtual. In India, a typical large enterprise, 85 to 90 percent of their infrastructure is virtualized. Veeam is a specialist when it comes to virtualized backup. In India, we have 750 customers across all verticals – banking, manufacturing, retail, public sector – and we are seeing a growth of 50 percent year-on-year.
What is the role of channel partners for Veeam?
Channels are very important in a large country like India. For Veeam, channel partners are of utmost importance. We have three types of partners in India – tier 1, tier 2 and ISV partners. Tier 1 constitutes partners like Wipro, Dimension Data, HCL, etc., reselling Veeam solutions to their customers, either as a subscription with their cloud services, or as a software. For coverage, we have tier 2 partners in tier 2 and tier 3 cities where we have larger channel ecosystem. This channel ecosystem is supported by two distributors – Redington and Avnet. We have dedicated personnel managing the tier 2 and tier 3 partners in India and SAARC region.
Channel is important for us to get a bigger market share, for better reach, and most importantly, support. It would not be possible to directly support all customers. For SLAs, we are dependent on our partners, and we ensure that they frontend all customer deals. As a policy, Veeam does not take direct orders from customers. We have a two-tier order processing system. The partner places the order with the distributor, and the distributer then places the purchase order on Veeam. | <urn:uuid:ffd8ebfa-48e8-4c78-995e-12617eec41fd> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://www.itvarnews.com/2017/05/29/increased-number-usage-apps-driving-need-availability-solutions/ | 2018-01-20T12:55:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889617.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120122736-20180120142736-00096.warc.gz | en | 0.949736 | 879 |
One would think that if the cost of metal goes up due to tariffs, then the price of recycling metal would too. However, that is not necessarily true.
Here is why. . . .
A main reason recycling rates could increase is if US processor seek out scrap metal for processing. But simultaneously, if international tariffs are created for metals like electronics or steel are applied, then the prices could go down too because it’s more costly to move the metals internationally.
Some other reasons in recycling rates:
- Supply of scrap metal: if the supply of metal being recycled is high, the price given for the metal decreases.
- Location of scrap buyers: scrap buyers will consider the transportation cost of taking the scrap to a recycler. This affects the prices given for the recycling of the metal.
- Quality of scrap metal
Why it is a good idea to recycle anyway?
- Scrap metal is used in almost all areas of everyday living.
- Metal can be reused repeatedly without losing its value.
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Former Prestonwood Christian star Julius Randle and his mother deny reports that he's leaving Kentucky and turning pro
Julius Randle's mother, Carolyn Kyles, refuted an ESPN report that Randle has decided to declare for this June's NBA draft. Randle, a 19-year-old Kentucky freshman and Prestonwood Christian product, also sent a tweet to deny the report.
"It's not true," Kyles told The News by text. "Julius just sent a tweet to clear it up. We have not talked about it yet. He's coming home this weekend to talk about it. I don't know where (ESPN) got (its) information. (ESPN) has not spoken to me, Julius and UK. And we would be the contact for that. And you can repeat what I said."
The NBA's early entry deadline is April 27. If Randle submits his name in the next few days and doesn't hire an agent, he can withdraw his name from the list by April 15 without losing his collegiate eligibility.
"Idk who reported what but I haven't made up my mind about the draft yet," Randle tweeted. "Haven't even talked to my family about it. So it's all false."
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Most must know by now that we have a global waste problem. This harsh reality is illustrated in the various viral photos of plastic discovered inside dead animals around the world. The latest example of this is a wild deer in Thailand found with 7 kilograms of plastic inside its stomach on Monday.
While investigations are still ongoing, the deer was suspected to have died after pieces of plastic blocked its alimentary canal, the part of the stomach where food passes, the BBC reported.
“We believed it had been eating those plastics for a long time before it died," Kriangsak Thanompun, a director at the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department told the BBC.
Among the waste found in the 10-year-old male deer’s stomach were items like rubber gloves, a small towel, garbage bags, instant noodle packets, and even underwear. It was found by an officer on patrol in Khun Sathan National Park in the northern district of Na Noi, 630 kilometres away from Bangkok.
According to Greenpeace, Thailand is one of the world’s biggest consumers of plastic bags, with around 75 billion pieces of plastic bags disposed of yearly.
It is estimated that each person in Thailand, on average, uses 3,000 of single-use plastic bags per year. The country ranks sixth in a list of worst offenders when it comes to dumping plastic into the sea, according to a study by Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center.
The deer’s death comes just months after a rescued baby Dugong named Mariam captured the hearts of Thai netizens, only to die due to complications related to plastic in its stomach.
The Thai government is now working towards solving the plastic problem. As part of this initiative, some of the country's biggest retailers and department stores have vowed to stop using plastic bags by next year. The government also plans to ban four types of single-use plastics — lightweight plastic bags, styrofoam food containers, plastic cups, and plastic straws — by 2022.
Policies like these have been a long time coming. On Wednesday, a commentary published by a group of scientific researchers in the journal Nature warned that more than half of the earth’s environmental systems are now undergoing irreversible negative changes. According to the commentary, once tipping points in the earth system (E.g. Loss of Amazon rainforest) cross this point, there is no way of going back. This will cause immeasurable damage to ecosystems and create a "hothouse effect," rendering some parts of the world uninhabitable.
It may seem unlikely that the lid on your coffee cup is related to the accelerated loss of arctic ice sheets, but research points to exactly that. According to a study conducted by the Center for International Environmental Law, from the start of production to disposal, the entire life cycle of disposable plastics contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
From chemicals released during its productions, to improper disposal, yearly carbon dioxide emissions could grow to upwards of 2.75 billion tonnes by 2050.
If we think preserving the lives of sea turtles, baby Dugong, or wild deer, aren’t enough of an incentive to change our habits as consumers, and demand corporations, policymakers, and governments to be held accountable, then maybe an environmental collapse on a planetary scale might.
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Hickman's Williams dominates
Jimmy Whitt's pass soared over the basket into the waiting hands of Cecil Williams and then through the net for a crowd-rousing alley-oop.
What a fitting end to a blistering first quarter from Hickman's two stars.
Whitt and Williams combined for 31 points as Hickman thrashed Fatima 78-48 last night, using a 31-point opening quarter to continue its romp through the early-season schedule.
The Kewpies, ranked No. 6 in the Class 5 coaches' poll, moved to 11-1 with the thumping of the Comets (8-1), ranked No. 6 in Class 3. It's another impressive outing during this season's scintillating start — a win over rival Rock Bridge, two victories over Jefferson City and a win over Class 4 No. 9 Westminster Christian.
Last night, they showed no rust after a two-week holiday break, opening the game with a furious first quarter. Hickman had two 8-0 runs during the period, the last of those capped by the alley-oop from Whitt to Williams.
"We wanted to come out and attack," said Willliams, a 6-foot-6 senior. "We wanted to come out aggressive."
Whitt had all but one of his 13 points during the first seven minutes, and Williams had nine in the opening period to a 31-17 first-quarter lead.
"Couldn't ask for a better start," Hickman Coach David Johnson said.
The Kewpies have a quick turnaround with Quincy Notre Dame (13-2), which features 6-9 center Matt McPherson, visiting tonight. Tonight's game was already on Johnson's mind minutes after the win over Fatima.
"It's going to be a good test for us," he said. "I feel they're ready for it."
And why shouldn't he be confident? It's early January, and his team is four wins away from hitting last year's 15-win total.
Despite a lull in the middle, Hickman dominated from start to finish last night. The Kewpies showed off some behind-the-back and no-look passes, a speedy offense and a big man who scored at will. Williams finished with 18 points.
"They were leaving Cecil open," Whitt said, "and we kept telling him to knock them down."
Fatima cut a 19-point halftime deficit to 11 early in the third quarter. Johnson called a timeout.
"We have a tendency to come out slow in the third quarter," Williams said. "Coach told us to wake up."
After the timeout, Williams hit a jumper and then sank that 3-pointer. Chris Clark, who finished with 13 points, followed with a layup. Then Jordan Jones added two free throws to extend the lead. Minutes later, another Williams basket gave his team a 26-point lead, and then he ended the third quarter with a buzzer-beating layup.
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No matter what sector, there is just one opportunity to guarantee a customer's support. In the last couple of weeks I've had a second spate of problems with the Audi A4 purchased just a year ago, and discussed customer touch points with CIO Ian Cohen.
Just about every CIO I meet is fully aware and enjoys the task of ensuring that the customer's experience begins on a positive note. Increasingly that first touch point is through technology and it is reassuring to meet CIOs like Cohen who make that experience a personal target.
It is vital for all of us, CIOs, Editors, engineers, check out assistants to ensure that the customer has a positive experience. Today's customers have so much choice available to them that you just don't have to put up with bad service, one click, a bus ride or across the street is an alternative offer, and it just might be the one that works for the customer. As well as recent Audi antics, in the small market town I live in I have witnessed one of the major supermarket chains lose customers in droves after it installed self-service check outs. A simple study of the town, its demographics and the customers would have warned the company not to make a costly mistake that has seen the John Lewis owned Waitrose down the street mop up customers of late. New technology is great, but when installed in the wrong market catchment in what appears to be a move to reduce costs to the business, but not to the customer, will be treated with the cynicism it deserves.
Back to my recalcitrant Audi; cars are a significant purchase and in the case of my household this was considered to be a good investment for all concerned, Mr and Mrs Chillingworth, children and who knows what else. So to have the car suffer two major breakdowns in less than a year, when the vehicle has done less than 3000 miles is not something any consumer should accept from a premium brand like Audi. After all, I and many other consumers, choose to purchase an Audi because you believe the message that it will deliver you a rewarding experience. Being stuck on the side of the road in sweltering heat with two frightened children as smoke pours from the aforementioned Audi is not a rewarding experience I can tell you. Nor are the broken nights caused by the children's nightmares that follow.
The net result is that one experience of Audi has the potential to put not one but two customers off instantly. These two customers, as is natural, discuss their poor experience with their peers, so on and so forth and the brand damage sets in like rust on an old Morris Marina.
In the name of balance, one CIO recently told me of a longer running experience he has had with Audi that was more positive than I have had.
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If you’ve been following me on Instagram you’ve seen we’ve been slowly working on our new home. But I still want my current house to feel homey so I stopped by The Farmer’s Market in Weatherford and bought these gorgeous “Hanging Jews” and some yummy fresh produce. I wanted to take home all of the flowers, but I’ll wait and go flower crazy at the new house!
Denim is really, really big this Spring. Vests, jackets, jeans, dresses… all of it! I got this dress from The Loft and am super obsessed. It’s super transitional into Spring/Summer, you can roll up or leave the sleeves down if it’s a little bit chilly. Not to mention it feels like you are wearing pajamas, denim dresses are that comfy.
Here’s an update on our home building process:
We closed on our construction loan on Friday, which means we get to begin building… Yay! So as you would expect I’m beyond excited! So excited that I helped my husband and his parents move brush and trees around this weekend. We had a lot of fun doing it and making new memories together.
It’s just so surreal to see the land and think ‘wow, we will be in this house by the beginning of Fall’ and picturing ourselves planting flowers, Jake’s shop, a pool, and even thinking of our future kids playing in the backyard. It’s just so crazy. If you know me, you know I am all about Dave Ramsey. When I met my husband a client of mine introduced his book “Total Money Makeover” to me. So ever since then we have been trying our hardest to save as much as we can. I get really mad at Dave all the time, especially when I want a new pair of shoes or something. But it will all be worth it! The house we are building is just the first to prove this system to me. I will have lived in my 750 square foot house for five years when we move into our knew one. If you are more interested in Dave Ramsey or have questions feel free to email me. I would love to hear what you have to say and help if I can!
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On the August 14 broadcast of Grand Junction television station KJCT's News 8 at 5 p.m., anchor Ryan Cook reported that former nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus "has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is now in negotiations with WABC Radio in New York to resume his broadcasting career there." However, News 8, which is an ABC affiliate, omitted mention of the bigoted and sexist on-air comments that led to MSNBC dropping Imus' program and CBS Radio firing him. In contrast, Denver ABC affiliate KMGH 7News reported on its August 14 7News Now at 4 p.m. broadcast that Imus had been "fired for racially insensitive remarks."
As Media Matters for America noted, on the April 4 broadcast of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, Imus referred to members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" immediately after the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the players "hard-core hos." Following the public outcry over his comment, MSNBC, which simulcast Imus' radio show, announced on April 11 that it was dropping the program. The following day, CBS Radio fired Imus.
From the August 14 broadcast of KJCT's News 8 at 5 p.m.:
COOK: Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is now in negotiations with WABC Radio in New York to resume his broadcasting career there. A CBS spokesman says that Imus and CBS Radio have reached a settlement which would pre-empt the dismissed DJ's threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit.
In contrast to the News 8 report, 7News anchor Mitch Jelniker noted Imus' settlement with CBS and his purported "comeback" with WABC, but also pointed out that Imus was fired for making "racially insensitive remarks."
From the August 14 broadcast of KMGH's 7News Now at 4 p.m.:
JELNIKER: A settlement has been reached between Don Imus and CBS. He has threatened to sue for millions after being fired for racially insensitive remarks. A dollar amount has not been released. Meanwhile this afternoon, Imus is taking steps towards a comeback with WABC in New York. [emphasis added]
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At the risk of giving away all my secrets, I want to recommend James Burke's book, Connections. It's based on this brilliant TV show he did for the BBC in the 1970's, about the history of invention. Some of you may be familiar with it.
The great thing about this series of videos, and even more so about the book, is that he doesn't take a historian's view of the sequence of events. Instead, he follows a roundabout, storyteller's route, drawing lines between this person over here having this idea and that person over there taking one aspect of that invention and running with it - in a completely different direction. There is a long and wonderful discussion of navigation and lodestones, another section discusses Guericke's work with vacuums and how this led to research into the composition of air, and eventually the investigation of light passing through gases, and thus on to the cathode ray and television.
The book draws connections between vacuums and weather, atomic energy and the Norman Conquest, ploughs and gunpowder. It discusses, among other things, water clocks, Gutenberg's printing press, Vaucanson's automated duck, and the Jacquard loom (which I plan to discuss sometime soon, so don't read the book - okay?). Clockwork, the evolution of the telescope, and the timber crisis fromt the sixteenth-century glass industry: it's all in there. In fact there are things here (and images too) that you never heard of, that will just blow you away.
Life in a silver-mining town, late 1500s - including those who are underground
I cannot recommend this book (and the video series) highly enough. The main advantage of the book is that you can leave it somewhere in your house that you frequently go to sit or lay quietly (near the toilet or the bed, for example) and it will keep you awake at night as you peruse the amazing ideas and connections laid out in it, like a particularly well-designed maze. | <urn:uuid:0bf37461-5f88-47a2-9c01-7b1e160a3dee> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/2007/07/connections-book.html | 2016-10-26T05:49:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720737.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00268-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96059 | 416 |
About WSU Press
A member of the Association of University Presses, WSU Press is known for its established editorial program focused on the American West, particularly the history, prehistory, environment, politics, and culture of the greater Northwest region. The Press has published Northwest Science, the academic journal of the Northwest Scientific Association, since 1934.
WSU Press has a proud heritage as an award winning, public university press in Pacific Northwest history, earning recognition from the American Library Association, the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, and the Washington State Library. WSU Press books have received Washington State Book Awards and Idaho Book Awards. They have been read on the International Space Station and featured on C-SPAN2. WSU Press authors have been interviewed on numerous regional radio programs, as well as National Public Radio and PBS television productions, and are frequent speakers throughout the Northwest.
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What does a Brexit mean for Met Film School current and future students?
You may be wondering what this morning’s news might mean for Met Film School students and future students.
This is a time of huge uncertainty and change, for sure, but there is at least a two-year horizon for the UK to plan a transition out of the EU. It’s already clear that the key parties and authorities in the UK and EU want the transition process to be orderly and carefully considered. That makes total sense because it is in everybody’s interests to take that approach.
There is also much that will not change, not least the unique qualities of our institution and student body that we have built up over the last 13 years and which will continue to grow. Our connections to industry will not be affected. Our school and our qualifications will remain internationally recognised and we and our graduates will continue to be leaders in the industry. We will continue to teach students from around the world who are drawn to the UK as a global hub and epicentre of the creative industries.
We don’t expect the decision to affect our current students in London or Berlin, or incoming students for the 2016/17 academic year, including those from the EU. There is no reason to assume any change to your immigration status or access to student loans. If the government advises differently in the future, we will let those students and prospective students know and help them navigate the uncertainty. All offers which have been made relating to incoming students’ acceptances will of course be honoured.
If you are considering studying with us, and are concerned about the implications of the vote on your ability to study with us, I would recommend you get in touch with us and we will be able to discuss through with you
As and when more becomes clear in the coming months, we will update you as we go. Meanwhile, if you are a current student and have any thoughts or concerns, please contact the student administration team who will be happy to help. For prospective students you should contact the admissions team on +44 20 8280 9119 or email them on firstname.lastname@example.org.
The bottom line is that whatever challenges come our way as a result of this decision, Met Film School remains and will remain committed to all its students and is proud of the diversity and the character and inspiration of our entire student body. We and our graduates will continue to thrive.
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By the 1920s the Dallas Morning News had become a formidable and progressive force in Dallas and in Texas, far overshadowing its parent, the Galveston Daily News, which had founded the paper in 1885 to serve the growing North Texas area. Adolph S. Ochs, the Tennessean who rescued the New York Times from virtual bankruptcy in 1896 and converted it into the nation’s most distinguished newspaper, declared in 1924 that he had received his “ideas and ideals” from the Galveston Daily News and the Dallas Morning News. Two years later, a leading national magazine recorded that the News “was, and is, an institution with a reputation for employing only the most competent of men.” Yet at the same time it was receiving national praise, the News was struggling to survive, for it was locked in a courageous battle against the powerful Ku Klux Klan.
The city on which the News and three other dailies in Dallas focused their attention was something like a gawky adolescent—reaching awkwardly toward maturity. Towering above the skyline was the new Magnolia Petroleum Building, the tallest building in the South. The prolific East Texas oil field, destined to have a profound impact on the city and nation, lay undiscovered, but oil had been found in other directions around Dallas, and as the Magnolia Building testified, Dallas already bragged with justification about being the Southwestern center for the petroleum industry. Cotton, however, still reigned supreme, and Dallas ranked as the world’s largest inland cotton market. Many if not most of the city’s residents were not far removed from agricultural endeavors, and Dallas’ economy revolved significantly around providing services, equipment, saddlery, and harnesses for the region’s farmers.
As to the mood of this city, many residents shared with much of the nation a sense of nervousness about social changes unleashed at the end of World War I. In Atlanta, an ex-preacher and fraternal organizer named William Joseph Simmons capitalized upon this mood by founding a new version of the organization that had arisen in the South after the Civil War: the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. It attracted a large number of Americans, especially in the South and Midwest, by aggressively espousing fundamentalist Protestant religious values, strong anti-crime measures, intense patriotism, and superiority of native-born Americans. The Klan seemed to have a kinship with fraternal orders, and an understanding of mutual help among its secret membership gave the organization a cachet that appealed to many others. As affiliate chapters began spreading, in few if any states was a more welcome reception given than in Texas.
And in no other city did the Klan find a readier reception than in Dallas. First organized in late 1920, Dallas Klan No. 66 grew within four years into what its members called the largest chapter in the world. The Klan found receptive recruiting grounds among fraternal organizations, law-enforcement personnel, small businessmen, and Protestant churchmen, especially those with a more fundamentalist outlook. Led at first by a Dallas dentist with remarkable organizing skills named Hiram Wesley Evans, the organization reportedly reached a membership of 13,000 in a city of 160,000 population, the highest per capita of any city in the nation. After discounting ineligible groups such as women, children, and minorities, the membership presumably represented about one out of three eligible men in Dallas.
Years afterward, George Bannerman Dealey, president of the News, said the campaign was “perhaps the most courageous thing the News ever did.”
The power of the Klan in Dallas extended far beyond mere popular acceptance. Dallas County voters placed Klan or Klan-supported candidates in control of the courthouse in 1922 and of City Hall in the following year. When the State Fair of Texas officially designated October 23, 1923, as Ku Klux Klan Day, a huge crowd from across the nation showed up. Two successive district attorneys were Klansmen (although one of them, Maury Hughes, resigned in disgust from the Klan during his term), as were the sheriff, the police commissioner, the police chief, judges, and others. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, public utility executives, ministers, businessmen, and journalists were also Klansmen. Four of the Klan’s Executive Committee of Ten and at least 20 of its Steering Committee of One Hundred were members of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
Despite such obvious approval in high places, in its own assessment of the Ku Klux Klan, the Dallas Morning News arrived at an entirely opposite conclusion: instead of being a positive force, the secret organization represented a “menace to representative government and constituted authority” and a “threat to personal and religious freedom.” From 1921 to 1924, the News fought the Klan with news coverage and editorials; the Klan fought back with a damaging economic boycott that targeted not only the News but those who advertised in it. The boycott included a widespread whispering campaign alleging falsely that the newspaper was controlled by Catholics. (In the Klan mind, Catholics represented a special menace because they owed primary allegiance to the Pope rather than to the U.S. government.) Years afterward, George Bannerman Dealey, president of the News, said the campaign was “perhaps the most courageous thing the News ever did.” Many of his own employees, he acknowledged, had been swept off their feet by the “tidal wave of Klan favor.”
The News was not alone among Dallas’ four daily newspapers in opposing the Klan, but as the city’s leading newspaper and by most accounts the leading newspaper in the state, its actions were the most meaningful. The News’ own afternoon newspaper, the Journal, founded in 1914, naturally followed its parent’s lead in criticizing the Klan. The lively Dallas Dispatch, founded in 1906 as part of the E.W. Scripps chain, fought the Klan, sometimes with great imagination. However, it lacked the wide circulation and editorial power enjoyed by the News. On one occasion, Dispatch managing editor Glenn Pricer took several of his reporters to Fair Park, where a Klan meeting was being held, and wrote down the license plate numbers of all the cars. Pricer and his staff then went through official records, identified the owners, and published about a hundred of those names in the newspaper, creating great uproar. One observer credited Price and the Dispatch as having “probably struck the most telling blows delivered against the Ku Klux Klan anywhere in this country.”
Of the four dailies, only the afternoon Dallas Times Herald gave sympathetic treatment to the Klan. Publisher Edwin J. Kiest, according to the Times Herald’s own account in later years, “ordered his paper to ‘go down the middle’ on its coverage of Klan activities ‘because many solid citizens are members.’ ” One reporter, Emmett Hambrick, was a member of the Klan’s Steering Committee of One Hundred. The managing editor, Philip E. Fox, also was a Klansman and a confidant of Hiram Wesley Evans.
The Ku Klux Klan’s presence in Dallas was dramatically revealed in the Times Herald on April 2, 1921. A page-one story detailed a shocking incident. A party of Klansmen kidnapped an Adolphus Hotel elevator operator from his home off Ross Avenue, drove him to an isolated area 6 miles south of town, whipped him unmercifully at gunpoint, and used acid to etch the initials “KKK” on his forehead. The victim, an African-American, was driven back to town and ordered to walk shirtless and bleeding into the Adolphus lobby as a sign that his alleged misdeed—a liaison with a white woman—was not to be tolerated. The Times Herald’s exclusive and graphic description was written by a reporter who was an eyewitness to the event.
Law enforcement officials, contacted the next day about the incident, expressed no concern. “As I understand the case, the Negro was guilty of doing something which he had no right to do,” said Sheriff Dan Harston. “No, there will be no investigation by my department. … He no doubt deserved it.” (Harston, it later would be learned, was a Klansman himself and a member of the Klan’s Steering Committee of One Hundred.) An unnamed police official said his department would take no action. Two district court judges expressed their approval of the whipping.
Not until six weeks later did an event occur that prompted the News to begin its editorial crusade against the secret organization. The occasion was a theatrical display of Klan pageantry occurring on a Saturday night on the city’s crowded downtown streets. As the street lights dimmed on apparent signal, there emerged from the old Majestic Theatre a lengthy single file of shrouded, masked Klansmen. The first man carried the American flag; the second, a flaming cross. A News reporter counted 789 masked marchers who silently strode 10 feet apart down Main and up Elm streets. A police officer held up traffic at intersections. Signs, carried by every 20th man, bore such slogans as “We Stand for White Supremacy,” “All Pure White,” “Degenerates Go,” “The Invisible Empire,” “100 Percent Americanism,” “All Native Born,” and “The Guilty Must Pay.” In notices pasted on poles and trees around town and sent to the newspapers earlier that day, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan described themselves as “native-born Americans and none others.” They spoke of their high-minded moral objectives with specific mention of intolerable situations, including “co-habitation” of blacks and whites, and “the gambler, the trickster, the moral degenerate and the man who lives by his wits and without visible means of support.” The announcement pointed out ominously that “situations frequently arise where no existing law offers a remedy.” It was a declaration of the Klan’s self-imposed responsibility to police morals.
The editorial crusade became a full-fledged war between the News and the Klan, a battle destined to stand as one of the most significant crusades in Texas journalism history.
On Sunday morning, photographs and stories of the march received prominent display in the newspapers. That same morning, Alonzo Wasson, a veteran journalist who had served as Washington correspondent for the News before becoming chief of the editorial page, in 1920, came to the office on Commerce Street to read proofs for Monday’s editorial page. Seeing the Sunday news story about the Klan’s march, Wasson (without consulting anyone) furiously wrote an editorial denouncing the organization and sent it to the composing room.
“Dallas Slandered” was the title of Wasson’s unsigned piece. Those who had marched in disguise through the streets of Dallas, he wrote, were “the exemplars of lawlessness,” their actions a proper subject for grand jury consideration. “White supremacy is not imperiled. Vice is not rampant. The constituted agencies of government are still regnant. And if freedom is endangered,” the editorial continued, “it is by the redivivus of the mob spirit in the disguised garb of the Ku Klux Klan.”
George Bannerman Dealey, president as well as general manager of the News since 1919, did not read the editorial until it appeared in print. Wasson recalled that at “about 10 o’clock that morning he [Dealey] sauntered into my office, smiling in the way which was habitual with him. ‘That was a good editorial you had in this morning’s paper on the Ku Klux Klan.’ And then before I had time to get the full savor of that morsel he added still smiling and in the same gentle way: ‘But I believe it would be better to hold a conference when breaking new ground of editorial policy is contemplated.’ ” Wasson recalled that this gentle admonition put him in his place “in a manner which left no hurt but which was unmistakable.”
In this off-handed way began the editorial crusade that became a full-fledged war between the News and the Klan, a battle destined to stand as one of the most significant crusades in Texas journalism history. If Dealey and the News had been catapulted into the fray by Wasson’s spontaneous editorial rather than by deliberate consideration, it did not lessen the zeal which would be displayed in the coming months. Wasson’s piece set the tone for many editorials that would follow, and if Dealey might have preferred that a conference had preceded that first editorial, he unflinchingly held firm in opposing the Klan even as the boycott jeopardized his newspaper’s economic health.
With Klan membership a secret, the newspaper could not have realized at first the extent of the organization’s acceptance in the area. However, comments made just after the Saturday night parade by notable Dallas churchmen strongly suggested influential support behind the Klan. Dr. William M. Anderson Sr., pastor of the downtown First Presbyterian Church, said the Klan’s march had shown that “someone is in earnest so things in Dallas can be straightened up.” Anderson added that the Klan seemed to have the general approval of the Dallas ministry. Dr. C.C. Selecman, pastor of the First Methodist Church (and soon to become the third president of SMU) took a similar approach: “If the situation is such that a Ku Klux Klan is justified in Dallas, then it is a good thing.” And as law enforcement officials had indicated after the whipping of the Adolphus Hotel elevator operator, they again approved of the Saturday night demonstration of power. District Attorney Maury Hughes called the Klan “a great help to law enforcement in Dallas County.” Police Chief Elmo Straight and Police Commissioner Louis Turley said that an organization with such beliefs as expressed by the signs was a splendid one.
On the night before “Dallas Slandered” appeared, a group of 15 to 20 Klansmen wearing masks and bearing arms were waiting outside the Dallas County Criminal Courts building when Sheriff Harston released John T. Moore into the hands of a mob after Moore had posted bond on a charge of molesting a 12-year-old girl. Klansmen took Moore to the Trinity River bottoms and whipped him. Once more, a Times Herald reporter was taken along, and once again public officials had no words of condemnation.
Three weeks after the Moore whipping, an ex-soldier, accused of annoying his former wife, was stripped, whipped, and ordered to leave town. The News labeled the action as “cowardly, brutal, and lawless.” In the weeks to come, the newspaper sought out and reported on every Klan violence occurring anywhere in the nation, incurring the wrath of Klansmen and pro-Klansmen who complained in letters that the News never printed any of the positive things the organization did.
In late 1921, the News reprinted a highly critical series of 21 articles on the Ku Klux Klan by the New York World, which represented the first national treatment of the organization and which emphasized its more violent aspects, listing four murders, 41 floggings, and 27 tar-and-feather parties. Reprinting this series in a section of the country where Klan popularity ranked among the nation’s highest was an act of courage. As the journalist Stanley Walker later observed, “With full knowledge of the nature of the fight it was entering, the News threw down the gage of battle. … The World ran no danger in printing these stories; the News, in the heart of the Klan country, was gambling with its life.”
A News editorial appearing on March 2, 1922, titled “Bed Sheets in the Meeting-House,” strongly criticized preachers who so frequently defended the Klan from their pulpits. The News wrote: “The grave consequences of a sincere error, made in the pulpit, upon a great moral question can not be overestimated. It behooves pastors and preachers of all faith to give the most careful consideration to these consequences.” The condoning of tar-and-feather parties was labeled cowardly. “No minister ought to deliver such a message unless he himself is willing to lead such a band.” The editorial generated heated reactions, both pro and con, and certainly earned for the newspaper animosity from many Protestant ministers.
The cowardice of hiding behind masks was a common theme in the News’ editorials, but the most telling indictment was the newspaper’s well-founded belief that law enforcement officials in Dallas were either Klansmen or Klan sympathizers. It seemed strange to the News that in prosecuting other crimes the police had a fine record, but in case after case of outrageous kidnappings and beatings none of the violators was arrested or charged. “The News is but stating an indisputable fact in saying that the community has lost faith in the integrity of its police department,” the paper editorialized in April 1922, “… due to the feeling that many members of the department are under a secret constraint which deprives them of their freedom in developing clews which may lead to the exposure of members of the Ku Klux Klan.” Concerning the kidnapping/beating of Dallas lumberman Frank Etheredge in March 1922, the News observed: “Against these crimes our police and detectives can give the community no reasonable hope of protection. … [There is] a widespread feeling that some, and perhaps many, of those whose duty it is to hunt out the criminals are leagued with them by the bond of sympathy or oath.” After the beating of a picture framer named Phillip Rothblum, the News wrote that “if the men who invaded Rothblum’s home had stolen his slippers they would probably now be in jail. … Let Captain Moffett and his associates catch but one of the men who have lately committed this crime and they … will relieve themselves of a suspicion that discredits them, whether true or false.”
Such fears seemed especially confirmed with the kidnapping/beating of Rothblum, who fled town with his wife as ordered by 6 pm the day after his beating. Rothblum, however, had recognized one of his kidnappers as a police officer whom he knew. District Attorney Hughes, until now a Klansman himself, was so disgusted by this incident that he resigned from the Klan and decided to prosecute the officer. Rothblum was persuaded to return to testify before a grand jury and at the officer’s criminal trial only with Hughes’ promise of an armed guard.
When a jury, despite the certain identification, on its first ballot declared the policeman not guilty, a large number of prominent Dallas residents decided that the time had come for them to take a public stand against the Klan. A page-one banner headline in the News announced that “Citizens Who Are Not Klansmen Called For Mass Meeting Next Tuesday Night.” Among those who signed a statement denouncing the Klan were Dealey of the News, Pricer of the Dispatch, and leading Jewish merchants Alex Sanger, Charles Sanger, Arthur Kramer, Herbert Marcus, and Leon Harris. Mayor Sawnie P. Aldredge called on all city of Dallas employees, including police officers, to resign from the Klan. Texas Gov. Pat Neff offered to send Texas Rangers to Dallas to bring law and order to the city, an offer the mayor declined. The result of all this activity was the creation of the Dallas County Citizens League, which denounced the Klan as an un-American organization, repeated the demand that all public officials who belonged to it resign, and elected as their chairman the former lieutenant governor and former attorney general of Texas, Martin M. Crane. Anti-Klan speakers were organized, a 30-page miniature booklet titled “The Case Against the Ku Klux Klan” was printed and distributed, and a public drive to oppose the secret organization ensued. The futility of even this well-organized effort, soon to be apparent, was suggested by the fact that four days after the League organized amid widespread publicity, 2,342 new Klansmen enrolled in a mass meeting. A few months later, some 3,500 additional new Klansmen were sworn in at Fair Park.
The Klan by now had targeted the News as a newspaper controlled by Catholics and, because of its editorial policies, a hindrance in the overall fight against crime. Klan sympathizers canceled their subscriptions, withdrew their advertising, and began boycotting those who continued to place advertisements in the newspaper. Irate and accusatory letters poured into Dealey’s office from throughout the state, many from preachers. “I have become convinced,” wrote the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Tyler, “that much of the crime wave that is sweeping over the State of Texas is due to the editorial policy of your paper.” “Only four classes of people are against the Klan,” wrote the pastor of the First Christian Church in Antlers, Oklahoma. “The Catholic, Jew, law violators and the uninformed.” The pastor of the First Baptist Church in Paducah canceled his subscription, saying, “Your position for Romanism and against the Kuklux, does not suit me.” A teacher of vocational education in Bryan, Texas, wrote: “Mr. Editor, so many of us can’t get rid of the notion that the News is a cat’s paw in the hands of Jewish and Catholic influence. So long as the man of the street feels that way your tirades against the Klan will fall on deaf ears.” He demanded a full list of stockholders. “Please stop your Rotton [sic] Old Catholic Sheet Coming to my address. Don’t send me another copy,” wrote another reader.
Agents of the News in small towns reported threats of violence if they didn’t stop handling the News and Journal. Some reported sharp drops in sales, and the agent in Frisco advised that all 28 subscriptions to the Journal had been canceled. Rumors were rampant. An advertiser in Whitesboro wrote to say that he had heard that 700 subscribers in Sherman alone had quit the News. A man in New York wrote to Dealey asking if the rumor were true that “all towns between Fort Worth and Amarillo had quit selling the News.”
Z.E. Marvin, a prominent businessman-druggist and a leading Klansman who became grand dragon of Texas, complained in a letter to Dealey that the News was downplaying good news about the Klan and playing up every negative story. “It seems there are individuals and forces within the Dallas News organization which are, no doubt without your suggestion or approval, using the medium for purposes other than that of neutrally publishing neutral news and unwarped facts.” Dealey asked News executive Tom Finty to examine Marvin’s complaints, and Finty forcefully refuted them. Marvin, former president of the Retail Druggists Association of Texas and three-time president of the Dallas County Pharmaceutical Association, likely was responsible for the situation described by an unidentified News executive in a memo to Dealey: “Practically every druggist in Dallas employs ‘boycott’ against us & have done so past two years. We do not know this absolutely but their conduct shows it plainly.”
The Klan’s unofficial organ, a weekly titled Texas 100 Per Cent American (with the phrase, “For God, Home and Country” displayed prominently on its front-page nameplate), constantly criticized the News as well as the Journal and the Dispatch for their propagandistic attacks against the Klan. It derided the Dispatch as a “little nigger daily” and claimed that the News and Journal were controlled by Catholics.
Letter-writer after letter-writer demanded to know how many of the shareholders, editors, and officials of the News were Catholic. Dealey painstakingly responded to each reader, sometimes listing the religious affiliations of editors as well as those who owned more than 1 percent of the stock, and explaining “it has never been our practice in considering anyone for employment with us to subject him to a religious test.” He listed six stockholders who owned more than 1 percent of the outstanding shares, all of them Episcopalian, Presbyterian (represented by Dealey), or Methodist. Of the seven-member board of directors, four were Episcopalian, one Presbyterian (Dealey again), one Lutheran, and one nonaffiliated.
Dealey was so concerned, however, that an internal survey was made of employees’ religious affiliations. The result showed that 89.5 percent were Protestant, and that more than 70 percent of these were either Methodists, Baptists, or Presbyterians. The highest officers who were Catholic were the circulation manager, M.W. Florer, and the editorial writer who launched the anti-Klan campaign, Alonzo Wasson. Just how far the News should go in responding publicly to the charges that it was Catholic-controlled was a matter of internal debate. Consideration was given to publishing biographies of the key staff members, stressing their families and their Protestant church affiliations, but finally the decision was made that it would be wrong to respond in this manner. Instead, a series of full-page “house” advertisements opposite the editorial page sought to explain the News and its responsibilities in journalism, the first appearing on February 19, 1922, under the title “A Representative Newspaper.” It told of the newspaper’s prominence throughout the state and nation, its role in promoting the economic growth of the area, and its part in dispelling the popular notion held in the North and East that Texas was a land of cowboys. One house ad described the News’ editorial policy and the purpose of an editorial page. “The News is never awed into silence by fear of its adverse judgment,” it stated. Another ad declared: “The men and women who work on the News are persons of substantial character and ability. Their character explains the character of the News. Eighty-five percent of them are married with an average of three in the family. Many of them have been with the News for years.”
An opportunity to assess the Klan’s political power arose with the countywide 1922 Democratic primary election. The Klan’s endorsed slate of candidates was widely known. The test ahead, the News wrote, was “to combat the political menace which results from the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.” Klan members and supporters, the newspaper declared with some bravado, were “a pitiful minority in Dallas” and “politically impotent.” The News endorsed all candidates who publicly opposed the Klan, as did the Journal and the Dispatch. Perhaps of particular interest was the race for district attorney. Incumbent Hughes, who had quit the Klan, was targeted for defeat by the organization. A previously unknown lawyer from Oak Cliff, Shelby Cox, widely acknowledged as the Klan candidate and soon to be an admitted Klansman, opposed Hughes. The News castigated Cox as a “river bottom advocate.” The editors described Harston, seeking reelection as sheriff, as a “bedsheet sheriff.” In its final editorial on the day before the election, the News criticized those who “work in darkness rather than in light because their deeds are evil.” It urged all voters to cast their ballots only for men who did not hold “a masked loyalty to a secret aim.”
The result was not at all what the News had hoped. In the general primary, which was tantamount to victory in the one-party state, Klan-endorsed candidates won every countywide race except the district attorney’s office, where an August runoff between Cox and Hughes was required. Celebrating after the election, the winning candidates marched triumphantly through downtown Dallas, pausing at the News to refer to it as that “dirty, slimy, Catholic-owned sheet,” then stopping outside the Times Herald for speech-making. There Cox bragged on his Klan membership and claimed he had marched “with the ranks of the Klan in Dallas and other North Texas cities.”
The News had to acknowledge that the election gave “striking evidence of the political strength of the Ku Klux Klan in Dallas County.” In fact, the Klan’s statewide strength was also impressive, for its candidate in the U.S. Senate race, Earle B. Mayfield, also won, beating former Gov. James Ferguson. Then, in the August runoff for district attorney, admitted Klansman Cox defeated Hughes, 14,000 to 10,000. The results signaled the demise of the Citizens League’s efforts against the Klan, for its task now seemed hopeless, and while the News did not reverse its previous editorial stands, it quietly pulled in its horns as well.
The Klan campaign against the News had been very damaging. By the end of 1922, circulation had declined by 3,000, and a cash surplus of $200,000 had to be used to pay the usual 8 percent dividends to the major shareholders, Mrs. Jeannette Belo Peabody (daughter of the company’s founder, Alfred H. Belo Sr.) and her sister-in-law Mrs. A.H. Belo Jr., both of whom lived in Massachusetts. It appeared possible that the Klan’s threat “to bankrupt the News” might actually succeed.
Dealey not only had to contend with Klan troubles, but behind the scenes he had to deal with the concerns of Mrs. Peabody, who was cordial in her letters but who was clearly worried and somewhat perturbed over recent losses. She complained in November 1922 that the loss of more than $200,000 had not been made clear to her. She insisted upon the appointment of her cousin, Ennis Cargill of Houston, to the board of directors so that he could apprise her more fully of the situation in a way she could understand. This surely represented a disappointment to Dealey, who had pushed his older son, Walter, for the board. “It seems to us that Walter is too young to be a director at present,” Mrs. Peabody wrote. Another Belo family member, Cornelius Lombardi, had resigned recently from the News staff, and Mrs. Peabody blamed Dealey for not having found an executive position for him. Moreover, she believed that since family member Cesar Lombardi had died in 1919, “the paper has not had the stand in the community that it had under his editorship.” “You must realize,” she wrote to Dealey, “as I do, the shor[t]comings of your present staff.”
This was a theme Mrs. Peabody repeated time after time. “Mrs. Belo and I both feel very strongly that you need a strong man of ripe judgment and broad point of view to take the place Mr. Lombardi, Senior, so nobly occupied. This is the third time I have written you regarding this matter and I hope you will give it your deep thought and try and find the right man. You have let go several promising men in the immediate past and, as I have written you, we do not feel your staff is adequate.” A month later, having heard from Dealey that the News’ competition was “stronger than ever,” she asked: “Can’t you get some of the people who are making the Star-Telegram forge ahead? I hear a good deal about its management in New York.”
It appeared that other newspapers in Texas were taking advantage of the News’ losses in its battle against the Klan. The Star-Telegram, for example, was offering a year’s subscription to all ministers for just $4.75 a year. Other newspapers, too, such as the El Paso Herald, the Amarillo News, and Capper’s Weekly, were making special offers to entice those disenchanted with the News.
During this period of financial difficulty came a fortuitous offer from W.L. Moody Jr. of Galveston to purchase the Galveston Daily News. With the prospect of being able to pay no dividends in the first quarter of 1923 and “little likelihood of dividends for some time,” corporate officers accepted the offer. The sale was concluded on March 22, 1923. Belo headquarters were transferred from Galveston to Dallas. The Invisible Empire smelled blood, boasting that the News itself would soon be bankrupt. In fact, the sale enhanced the News’ financial stability and thus strengthened it as an institution.
In the fall of 1923, former Dallasite Hiram Wesley Evans, now the Imperial Wizard of Klan activities across the nation, arrived triumphantly in Dallas to attend Ku Klux Klan Day at the State Fair of Texas. Interviewed by a News reporter, Evans surprisingly offered praise instead of condemnation for the News’ crusade against the Klan. The “co-operative expose” of the Klan by the New York World and the News, he said, had helped “considerably to cleanse it of the impure element.” Beyond that, he continued, the criticism “did us $1,000,000 worth of good and gave advertising that we could not have bought.”
The 1923 KKK Day at the State Fair marked an apogee for Dallas Klan No. 66. Attendance, approximately 160,000, was among the highest weekday totals in the Fair’s history. A crowd of some 25,000 gathered that evening at the football field to see the largest Klan initiation ever. A total of 5,631 men took the membership oath, while 800 women joined the auxiliary. In its coverage of the spectacular ceremony, the News uncritically described it as “the most colorful and unique event ever seen in the city of Dallas.”
The opportunity for the News once again to combat the Klan came in the summer of 1924 when it appeared that the Invisible Empire might take over the Texas governor’s mansion. The occasion was the Democratic primary runoff between Felix Robertson, a Dallas judge who was the acknowledged Klan candidate, and Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, running in lieu of her husband, former Gov. James Ferguson. Dealey’s son, Ted, a roving correspondent for the newspaper, suggested in a memo to his father that the News once again aggressively attack the Klan. “Now is the time for us to REAP THE BENEFITS of the seeds we planted two or three years ago,” he wrote.
We [should] make a vigorous attack on the Klan and all Klan candidates, editorially and in any other legitimate way. For several years we got out against the Klan and fought it. … The persons who were alienated will always continue to hate us as long as they feel the way they do about the Klan. We will not hurt ourselves now by taking up the fight against the Klan once more. All the hurt that could come to us has already been felt. … Felix Robertson is an avowed Klansman. … Now is the time to wop him where it will do the most good.
Once more the News began an editorial campaign; once more many of the city’s leading elected officials took an opposite position. Endorsing Robertson were the mayor and all four city commissioners, former Mayor Francis Wozencraft, and a host of county officials. Dallas voters preferred the Klansman, Robertson, by a two-to-one margin, but Ma Ferguson won the statewide race and went on to serve as governor.
Robertson’s failure, combined with the accumulation of Klan transgressions that were more and more recognized, signaled the beginning of a decline of the organization in Texas and in Dallas. Membership rolls began dropping precipitously. By 1926, Klan No. 66, once boasting 13,000 members, had declined to 1,200. The New York Times reported that same year that some said “a Klan endorsement of any candidate now anywhere in Texas … would mean certain defeat.” As late as 1929, the Klan in Dallas was able to maintain a full-time office near Fair Park, but its heyday was over. The Dallas Morning News could boast of having fought the Klan—as it would continue to do for many years—without fear of further reprisal. | <urn:uuid:35b6f365-76a4-4ec7-8f1e-05d72aee0957> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2017/june/when-dallas-was-the-most-racist-city-in-america/ | 2020-01-23T12:36:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250610004.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20200123101110-20200123130110-00390.warc.gz | en | 0.977215 | 7,647 |
Item description: Letter, dated 3 February 1864, from General Longstreet’s Eastern Tennessee Headquarters to General Lafayette McLaws, relieving him of his command and placing him under arrest. These actions preceded McLaws’ court-martial (and eventual exoneration) for failure to cooperate with General Longstreet during the Knoxville Campaign of late 1863. Beneath the order, McLaws details his actions following its receipt.
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Head Quarters Dept E. T.
Morristown Tenn Feby. 3. 1864
You will consider yourself under arrest, and will confine yourself to Russelville, E.T.
By Order of Lt. Gen. Longstreet
[G. M. Sorrel?]
a. a. Genl.
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws
General Longstreet relieves me from command of my Division, without giving a reason; [?] leaving it to be inferred that it was for a cause which it would be detrimental to the public interest to disclose. I requested that he give me a reason for this arbitrary [conduct?] He then wrote that the [?] the campaign “I had failed to coincide with his [?] & plans, and a [?] at my influence would extend to the troops under me, he thought I lent that I should go, as he could not”. I was then ordered to Augusta, direct. I went & from there protested against the order, requesting that if I had done anything I be [? ?] it, specifically tried for it, I was [surtan?] it always was preferred . I suppose they were preposed by Genl Jenkins, who was an applicant for my place, & by Gen. Longstreet’s staff. Gen. Longstreet’s own testimony was the strongest given in my favor, & it is there to be presumed he had been not as [?] by [Backam] Jenkins & co. & did not understand the charges. Sec. War [?] in which full report of this is given. | <urn:uuid:283bf58b-ddc1-44b6-83ed-780b9d21bc15> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/civilwar/index.php/2014/02/03/3-february-1864-you-will-consider-yourself-under-arrest/ | 2014-03-11T22:50:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011338837/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305092218-00073-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983145 | 427 |
Spanish banking giant Santander has announced it is now responsible for one in five mortgages in the UK, as it reported that profits had increased by more than 15% in the first three months of the year.
The lender said it had lifted its share of the mortgage market to 20%.
The bank, which completed the rebranding of its Abbey and Bradford & Bingley branches in January, said the leap in trading profits to £426m came as UK revenues rose by around 8% in the first quarter. It now claims a fifth of UK gross mortgage lending, at £5.7bn and up from 18% in 2009 and 15% in the first quarter of last year. Net deposits soared by 240% to £3bn year-on-year across retail, corporate and private banking.
Santander, which is also rebranding the Alliance & Leicester chain this year, revealed net mortgage lending of £1.4bn in the first quarter, up on the £800m seen a year earlier. The figure, which includes repayments and redemptions, was down from £2.5bn at the end of 2009.
In a further sign that borrowers remain under pressure, it has set aside more to cover bad debts - up 8% to £204m compared with a year earlier.
Santander predicted that UK economic conditions will remain challenging this year, with interest rates remaining low throughout 2010.
It said: "House purchases volumes are higher than a year ago, but remain low relative to the past decade."
Santander took advantage of the banking crisis to steal further market share in the UK, snapping up Alliance & Leicester and the savings arm of Bradford & Bingley in a move that left it with more than 25 million customers and 1,300 branches.
It bought Abbey in 2004, marking its first step on the UK high street.
Due to its healthy position, the Spanish bank has been touted as a possible buyer for First Trust, which was put up for sale by Allied Irish Bank last month.
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It is thought to be one of four contenders left in the bidding process, alongside rival Spanish bank BBVA, Virgin Money and Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank parent, National Australia Bank.
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LeapFrog has a massive Cyber Monday sale coming up, but they are offering you a preview of it NOW! Today only get 10-25% off the entire site with deals as low as $7.99. My favorite is the gift pack deal above, get the system and the game for $29!!
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I am 26 and I have been with my fiance for 8 years now. We have two kids together, both girls, 6 & 4 years old. My fiance in terms of being a father is pretty decent. It took him a while to get into the father role, but he's seem to be doing pretty well. So, him as a father to my girls.. not an issue at all. He loves them. The issue is him as my fiance, partner, and lover.
Its been almost 5 years since we've had our last child and thats really when my issue with him began. He's not intimate with me any more. He never holds my hand, hugs me, kisses me, or even has sex with me. If we have sex its once every 2-3 months. It has been like this for almost 5 years. I can't even remember feeling loved by a man let alone remember how to kiss a man. Now my self esteem has shot to hell and i feel all insecure thinking what is wrong with me. I wouldn't say that i am the hottest chick around, but i believe that i am still attractive. I did get some stretch marks from pregnancy and he says he doesn't care about those, but yet he's still not affectionate and intimate with me. When i go to kiss or hug him.. he always backs away from me. I know he's not cheating on me, so what am I left to do? I have tried everything from dressing sexy, attempting to entice him in every way possible. NOTHING WORKS!!
Now because this has been going on for so long, I feel like i'm at my breaking point. How long does a woman have to go feeling unwanted by her man? I don't want to cheat on him and be the bad person in the story. I am so desperate, I wish all the time that he'd cheat on me so that i'd have a way out. I've tried to be open with him about all this and he just tells me that i'm being a baby and need to get over it.
I want to leave him. This has become a very big issue to me. The kids are the ones that are keeping me with him. I would feel bad for having to make the kids suffer because of me and my feelings. If i were to leave, i'd let him see the kids anytime he wants. I just don't want to be part of his life anymore. So would me leaving him and taking the kids with me be selfish? | <urn:uuid:5c5b4be0-9d45-4cd1-9f0b-2d94a9c54fcd> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://www.cafemom.com/group/112285/forums/read/16906903/Am_I_being_selfish | 2016-09-26T14:26:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738660801.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173740-00242-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.99352 | 516 |
Some animation-related deaths to report from the past few months:
Dick Sutcliffe, the creator of Davey and Goliath, passed away on May 11 in Dallas at the age of 90. Here is the New York Times obituary.
Jack Hanrahan died last April 28 at the age of 75. He wrote for many animated TV series in the 1960s, and then later in the 1980s, including Birdman, Banana Splits, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles, Heathcliff, Snorks, Inspector Gadget, and The Care Bears. This obituary from the Cleveland Plain Dealer talks about the difficult final years of his life. I was quite saddened to hear about his passing. I’d wanted to interview Hanrahan for a book project I’m currently working on, because he had worked closely with Ward Kimball in the early-1970s. I discovered the name of the Cleveland nursing home he was staying in on Monday, April 28, literally the day he passed away. I had been planning to call him the following day, but that afternoon I read the notice of his passing on Mark Evanier’s blog. Some times things just aren’t meant to be. | <urn:uuid:8ef5f6dd-a784-40c6-8a82-fd366c09b630> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/dick-sutcliffe-jack-hanrahan-mel-leven-rip-5187.html | 2017-02-27T21:09:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501173761.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104613-00053-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987142 | 252 |
Joining me this Sunday on the show folks is an old friend to both myself, and our network. A Voice from the past Mr Tim Swartz will be with me, and his journey Inside Tha Jackals head is going to be about his previous work on someone we owe more than a big thank you too. We’re going to talk Tesla folks… Gear up this will be tons of fun. Bookmark it now 9/22 10pm est. live here on this same page angelespino.com & ofcourse my parent station psn-radio.com where all my episodes air weekly. I think sofloradio.com is also going to be airing the episode live. But to be on the safest side this one or psn radio’s sites are always the best bet.
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50 stretches and exercises anyone can do for a strong, graceful and sculpted body. Based on the highly successful and critically acclaimed book of the same title, this much anticipated video features extraordinary New York City Ballet dancers demonstrating this revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop the grace and poise of a dancer. Ballet can work magic on the mind and body as it imparts leanness and flexibility to muscles and limbs. Making this available on a broad basis to everyone was the goal when Peter Martins, New York City Ballet's Ballet Master in Chief, set out to create the New York City Ballet Workout. The exercises combine stretching with strengthening and aim to improve body tone giving participants greater flexibility, cardiovascular stamina and better posture. In particular, it makes people think about how they use their bodies. Strength and flexibility is gained through the use of natural resistance with specific gains in the muscle tone of legs, hips and abdominals. You will discover the rewards of your efforts in improved body tone, flexibility, calmness, and the satisfaction of learning to execute basic ballet technique with the appearance of ease. 90 mins. (2001) DVD-Region 1.
All CD/DVD are a FINAL SALE. NO refunds or exchanges.
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Uplighting is one of today’s most popular lighting looks, and it’s easy to see why. Accenting walls and surfaces with just the right color can frame the entire mood for an event and transform any venue into a special, memorable environment . . . but why stop there?
The new SlimBEAM Quad IRC from CHAUVET DJ takes uplighting up to the next level. Consisting of 3 tilting RGBA LED modules on a compact base, the versatile SlimBEAM Quad IRC can be used not only as a color accent for uplighting walls and room surfaces, but also to create unique beam effects that will put extra excitement into any event.
Ideal for DJs, emcees and event producers, the 2-in-1 SlimBEAM Quad IRC makes it easy to add stunning “wall art” effects that will distinguish your event from the pack, said Rick Peeples, Product Manager for CHAUVET DJ. “As a lighting company we’re always asking ourselves, ‘What’s next?’ So with uplighting having become so huge today, we felt it was time to give this trend a new, exciting twist.
“The SlimBEAM Quad IRC does just that,” added Peeples. “It goes beyond simply accenting walls and surfaces to do double duty as an effects light. You can use it as a traditional uplighting fixture and then, at any time, crank up the effects to highlight a special part of the evening, such as the introduction of a speaker, or just add some amazing-looking wall art to excite the crowd.”
Featuring a 180° tilt range, the 3-headed SlimBEAM Quad IRC can cover a large amount of wall space from a single fixture. Additionally, it can be linked in multiples Master-Slave to spread its vibrant colors and beam effects over broader areas
A virtually limitless palette of colors can be blended with the SlimBEAM Quad IRC’s 4-in-1 (red, green, blue, amber) LEDs to match the mood of any event and create dazzling effects. Each of its 3-watt LEDs projects a 15° beam angle, while the unit itself has a coverage angle of 98°, emitting an output of 343 lux at 2 meters per section.
Designed for easy operation, the SlimBEAM Quad IRC can be run manually without DMX, making it perfect for users with little or no programming knowledge. It features built-in automated programs that can be easily triggered to unleash its eye-catching effects. As another non-DMX option, the SlimBEAM Quad IRC can be operated with CHAUVET DJ’s IRC-6 infrared controller (sold separately), which provides simple wireless command of functions like program selection and color selection from distances up to 30 feet.
For those who prefer to use a DMX controller, the SlimBEAM Quad IRC offers the options of 4-, 9- or 16-channel profiles to accommodate varying degrees of programming complexity. The unit comes equipped with 3-pin XLR DMX connectors.
Featuring multi-voltage operation (100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz), the SlimBEAM QUAD IRC can be power linked up to 18 units at 120V and 34 units at 230V, allowing users to save time running cables and extension cords when installing multiple units. With its LEDs rated at 50,000 hours, the SlimBEAM Quad IRC also offers the convenience of being maintenance-free. Compactly designed for easy transport and setup, the entire unit weighs just 5.2 pounds (2.4 kg) and measures 10.8 x 3.2 x 8.3 inches (273 x 80 x 212 mm). With no moving parts, the SlimBEAM Quad IRC is silent running, making it ideal for noise-free environments. | <urn:uuid:9ce1eff5-500a-4d1d-a10c-33e37a03484b> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://www.djzone.net/pg/news/lighting/chauvet-djs-slimbeam-quad-irc-is-rgba-uplighting-f.shtml | 2019-05-22T11:42:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256797.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522103253-20190522125253-00136.warc.gz | en | 0.898727 | 802 |
I was digging through some storage boxes in my shop and found a few surprises. One of the finds was an incomplete 1/4″ scale model of the Columbia Valley HO kit. This is the same design that I talked about in an earlier blog. It has been a favorite of mine ever since I saw the HO kit.
I bought the HO kit and used it as a pattern for my model. The HO kit was a traditional wood and cardboard style of construction. My version was done in styrene and Evergreen novelty siding instead of “scribed” style material used in the kit. I revised the method of assembly to simplify paint. The window and door frames are built over a .040″ strips so to create a recess so the novelty siding will slide under the window and door trim.
The door openings were sized to fit Grandt Line parts.
I am looking forward to finish up the project that was started over 30 years ago.
The second item found was a model built for a Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette article that was published in 1976. Bob Brown asked me to see if I could do a small article for a future issue. The future issue happened to be only a couple months away. The model is of a ballast spreader based on an old Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad drawing. I was never able to find a picture of the prototype so I don’t know if it was actually built. My model was built from basswood and was stained with Floquil lacquer paints. The model used Henning 1/4″AAR steel wheels. | <urn:uuid:77302725-4ab4-4ce5-baa1-0da7efe04c02> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | https://myp48.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/old-model-projects-found/ | 2018-01-24T07:44:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084893530.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20180124070239-20180124090239-00482.warc.gz | en | 0.974163 | 331 |
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Jay Jenkins says he hesitated when a buddy suggested they vape CBD.
"It'll relax you," the friend assured.
The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn't relax him. After two puffs, he ended up in a coma.
That's because what he was vaping didn't have any CBD, the suddenly popular compound extracted from the cannabis plant that marketers say can treat a range of ailments without getting users high. Instead, the oil was spiked with a powerful street drug.
Some operators are cashing in on the CBD craze by substituting cheap and illegal synthetic marijuana for natural CBD in vapes and edibles such as gummy bears, an Associated Press investigation has found.
The practice has sent dozens of people like Jenkins to emergency rooms over the last two years. Yet people behind spiked products have operated with impunity, in part because the business has boomed so fast that regulators haven't caught up while drug enforcement agents have higher priorities.
AP commissioned laboratory testing of the vape oil Jenkins used plus 29 other vape products sold as CBD around the country, with a focus on brands that authorities or users flagged as suspect. Ten of the 30 contained types of synthetic marijuana — drugs commonly known as K2 or spice that have no known medical benefits — while others had no CBD at all.
Among them was Green Machine, a pod compatible with Juul electronic cigarettes that reporters bought in California, Florida and Maryland. Four of those seven pods contained illegal synthetic marijuana, but which chemical varied by flavor and even location of purchase.
"It's Russian roulette," said James Neal-Kababick, director of Flora Research Laboratories, which tested the products.
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Cape Town International Airport to test emergency readiness
Cape Town - Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) will activate a full scale Aerodrome Emergency exercise at 19:00 on Thursday 14 August.
The exercise will be conducted at night with an
approximate duration of 3 hours, Acsa said in a press release. Normal airport operations will not be affected during the exercise, which usually takes place twice a year.
The exercise, mandated by South African Aviation legislation as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO will include various role-players such as the NSRI, Maritime Search and Rescue, the City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management, the South African National Defence Force, Emergency Medical Response (EMS), South African Police Services and Traffic police amongst others.
“This is a full-scale exercise designed to thoroughly test
emergency procedures and responses and includes all the participants which
would be called upon in the event of a major aircraft incident at the airport. The main objective of this exercise is to evaluate the effectiveness of
the Aerodrome Emergency Management Plan," said Deidre Davids, Communications Manager: Cape Town International Airport.
“The exercise will pay close attention to establishing better communication flow between participants as well as testing command and control procedures.
“Ideally it should also highlight areas for improvement in our emergency systems when dealing with a major aircraft incident,"said Davids.
Members of the public may notice emergency response vehicles make their way to the airport and see other emergency response related activities and should note that these are mock activities and that airport operations will not be affected.
This year’s emergency exercise scenario will involve a large aircraft
with 150 passengers which collides with a light aircraft. It will have 15
mock passengers on board. The large aircraft will crash-land at the airport
while the light aircraft will have an emergency ditching at sea, in the False
“An emergency response requires co-operation between various role players. This is why it is critical that we jointly test and rehearse our procedures on a regular basis,"said Davids.
In total there will be approximately 800 participants ranging from the
various role players and other volunteers who will ‘act’ as passengers, meeters
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Add a touch of farmhouse charm to your room with these DIY lace drop cloth curtains.
Hello! Kelly here from North Country Nest, back to share another easy DIY with you all!
Several months ago, I threw together some very, very simple drop cloth curtains. Since then, I’ve been trying to figure out how to add a little something extra for some charm.
Friends, let me introduce you to the DIY lace drop cloth curtain.
We happened to have some lace left over from the wedding centerpieces and it was just what the curtains needed!
How to DIY lace drop cloth curtains
Step one. Cut the lace so there is 1/4 inch of drop cloth on either side.
Step two. Pin the lace so only the bottom will peek out of the front.
Step three. Sew the lace to the curtains.
Step four. Fold over the vertical edges of the drop cloth and sew it down for a nice clean finish.
Step five. Pin them up, with the excess folded over so the lace peeks out from the bottom.
Side note: I first saw this folded over style in A Touch of Farmhouse Charm by Liz Fourez from Love Grows Wild and it’s a genius way to problem solve if your curtains are too long.
Ta-da! Such a simple upgrade to add that something extra if your drop cloth curtains need some charm 🙂
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City of Adelaide
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The 2018 population forecast for the City of Adelaide is 25,452, and is forecast to grow to 37,721 by 2036.
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Electricity tariff has been raised by an average of 7%. Not everyone will be affected.
On the plus side, those who use less than RM77 a month will probably not be affected. However, those who are in this category please do not be too happy; they will be affected indirectly.
Those who use more than RM77 a month will be affected directly.
Who are those using more than RM77? Majority of these will be middle class households in cities and towns.
If you have a fridge, 2 air-conditioners, a washing machine, do some ironing and use lights at night, you will probably be in this category. Most of us staying in KL or other towns will probably be in this category. It is no more a luxury to have air-conditioners , as our weather has become hotter compared to the 60s and 70s. Fridge and washing machines have become necessities too due to the modern lifestyle.
If you run a small business, you will probably be affected too.
When businesses are affected, cost of doing business will go up, and this rise in overhead will be translated into higher prices of goods and services.
When that happens, even the poor and those who use less than RM77 will be affected.
For those who have millions and millions, a 7% rise in electricity and a few percent rise in prices will be small matter to them.
It is the middle class, those who earn a few thousand dollars a month, who will feel the effect of this rise in electricity tariff.
Perhaps we have no choice since oil and gas prices have soared. But as I have mentioned in an article recently, if we can plug the leakages and wastages, we will probably have more reserve to spare and we would not have to raise the tariff so much.
While many of us are scratching our heads to find ways to minimise expenses and tighten our belts further, the IPPs will be laughing their way to the banks, earning profits that is way beyond normal business practices.
Malaysians are practically dishing out money from their pockets to pay these IPPs. I would probably be less bitter– and I think many of you will feel the same– if not for the fact that I am tightening my belt to enable these companies to laugh all the way to the bank.
This is the Malaysian Way of doing business. No wonder so many would like to be near to the very top leaders, to become the so-called cronies!
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Pearl Gold – H8DM509
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Color: Pearl glod with shiny gloss
Chemistry: Epoxy Polyester
Gloss: High Gloss
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A keenly serious student, Greg Botting of Ionia couldn't help but interject his own observations on Native American culture during a give-and-take exchange Tuesday at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. Presenter Pete Prince of Alpena listened carefully to Botting's comments, nodded his head in agreement and then added his own twist on the subject matter.
Other participants in the group also engaged in a lively dialogue with Prince, Dr. Richard Clute and Besser Museum Executive Director Chris Witulski as they handled many 2,000 year-old artifacts passed around for their inspection.
What made this museum outing unusual for all involved is that the participants, ages 11 to 18, are visually impaired. They have been spending the better part of week at Camp Chickagami as part of an Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind experience designed to enrich their lives and expand their knowledge.
News Photo by Diane Speer
Volunteer Pete Prince, who has an extensive background in archealogy, talks with a couple of participants in an Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind field trip Tuesday to the Besser Museum. The students, ages 11 to 18, came from throughout Michigan and have been staying for nearly a week at Camp Chickagami.. While here they have taken part in a variety of enriching and educational experiences.
"The camp has really been providing them with a fun experience," said retired Alpena Public Schools teacher Jo Ann Pilarski, who wholeheartedly champions this cause for kids as she herself is vision impaired. "Here they are not the odd-man out. They have so much to relate to with one another and it helps their confidence to grow."
Pilarski served for a number of years on the Michigan Commission for the Blind, and it was through that connection that she met parents who were frustrated with what schools were unable to offer their vision impaired children. The parents decided to do something about it by starting Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind, she said.
"They were trying to level the playing field for kids in school," Pilarski said. "This group of parents started a summer camp with a lot of science and math focus, and skills of blindness that you just don't get in Michigan schools."
While typically the camps have been held at a dedicated site in Grand Rapids, in recent summers the program has moved to other locations around the state, including last year at Mackinac Island, where Pilarski was able to go and help as a volunteer.
"Mackinac Island really came together and honored these kids," Pilarski said. "I thought at the time, Alpena can do this too. We have a lot to offer."
She followed up on those impressions, started planning a similar camp experience for this summer and then sought local support. She said the community, including clubs, churches and individuals as well as places like the Besser Museum, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Alpena Plaza Pool, provided outstanding support.
"It's been a great story of our community as well as these kids," Pilarski said.
Tuesday's schedule of activities featured Native American studies at the museum where the participants were given many tactile opportunities to handle artifacts. They also did related beading, weaving and carving activities, along with going on a fossil dig at the museum's outdoor Lafarge Fossil Park.
In the afternoon, the kids were headed for a hike on Sportsman's Island, followed by swimming at Plaza Pool. The evening schedule included a drumming experience back at Camp Chick with Dr. Avery Aten and Dr. Greg Adamus bringing in a variety of drums for the kids to try out and use.
"Everyone who has met the kids and done something with them has been so blessed, and the kids are great examples of how being blind doesn't mean life is over by any means," Pilarski said. "They are true ambassadors." | <urn:uuid:715f3a1d-da99-4c75-acf4-d4680e65d7b9> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/526409/A-tactile-experience-at-Besser-Museum.html?nav=5042 | 2014-07-23T20:25:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997883468.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025803-00003-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981992 | 806 |
WASHINGTON -- Following their 13-3 loss to the Rangers, the Nationals selected the contracts of infielder Pete Orr and right-hander Steven Shell from Triple-A Columbus, and optioned pitchers Garrett Mock and Brian Sanches to Columbus.
Orr will be a backup infielder, who will get occasional starts. Entering Saturday's action, he was hitting .267 with two home runs and 30 RBIs for Columbus.
Orr was one of the last cuts in Spring Training after hitting .395 with a homer and four RBIs.
Orr has spent most of his career with the Braves and helped them reach the playoffs in 2005.
Shell, 25, went 3-2 with one save and a 2.62 ERA in 22 games (four starts) for Columbus. He also recorded 54 strikeouts in 58.1 innings. He went 2-1 with one save and a 1.73 ERA in 18 relief outings, compared to 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in four starts. Shell's first appearance with the Nationals will mark his Major League debut.
Mock, 25, made two starts with the Nationals, going 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA. Sanches, 29, was 2-0 with a 7.36 ERA in 12 relief appearances with Washington.
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This article contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones, Season Seven.
Earlier this week, the highly-anticipated premiere episode hit us like a tonne of icy bricks from the wall. Dramatic murderous take-downs! Poop montages! Random Ed Sheeran Cameos! ARRIVAL IN WESTEROS! The start of Season Seven really had it all, and if the trailer for next week's episode is any indication, we have much more to look forward to.
There's one moment in particular that has fans losing it over the teaser, and that's the return of Arya Stark's beloved Direwolf, Nymeria.
Nymeria hasn't been seen since Season One, when Arya had to let her go after Sansa's wolf, Lady, was executed by the Lannister's (we're still not quite ready to talk about that yet). The only other remaining Stark wolf is Jon Snow's Ghost.
Naturally, fans were excited about the return of this iconic character.
We're officially stoked.
But, seriously, please don't bring back Nymeria just to make us say goodbye with another harsh killing - we don't think we could handle it! | <urn:uuid:c9e0a4ed-d2a9-4447-a839-5901f4f4b25c> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://www.instylemag.com.au/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-direwolf-nymeria | 2018-12-13T15:07:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376824912.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20181213145807-20181213171307-00129.warc.gz | en | 0.969671 | 246 |
ShaneAO: Predicted performance limits of the new adaptive optics and IR imaging system on the Lick Observatory 3-meter telescope
Date: October 9, 2013
The Lick Observatory's Shane 3-meter telescope is receiving a new infrared camera, adaptive optics system and laser guide star, collectively dubbed ShaneAO. We present the results of modeling the emissivity and throughput of the ShaneAO system in the form of sky backgrounds and limiting magnitudes in the
bands for point sources, constant surface brightness patches and surface brightness profiles. In addition, for spectroscopy we provide minimum exposure times required to overcome detector limits and sky background noise. The model was validated by comparing its results to the Keck telescope adaptive optics system model and then by estimating the sky background and limiting magnitudes for IRCAL, the existing infra-red detector on the Shane telescope, and comparing to measured results. We predict that the ShaneAO system will measure lower sky backgrounds and achieve 20% higher throughput across the
bands despite having more optical surfaces than the current system. It will enable imaging and spectroscopy of fainter objects (by 1-2 magnitudes) and will be faster to reach a fiducial signal-to-noise ratio by a factor of 10-13. We also discuss new science that will now be possible with the Shane telescope's enhanced imaging, spectroscopic and polarimetric capabilities. | <urn:uuid:e0be853c-cc4e-4dc0-aa21-7eba243a18da> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://www.ucolick.org/~srikar/ShARCS/l2h/index.html | 2014-11-29T00:02:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931011060.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155651-00003-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.876821 | 289 |
Brodie and Sherron Garnett
Sherron and I were both born in Denver, Colorado the same year and in the same hospital. Sherron’s parents moved to the Lakewood area in 1955, and my family moved from Denver to Lakewood in 1953. We both attended Jefferson County high schools (Alameda and Wheat Ridge), but we didn’t actually meet one another until our freshman year at Colorado State University in 1964.
I graduated from CSU in 1968 with a business degree, and Sherron had transferred over to Colorado State College (now known as University of Northern Colorado) and graduated in 1969 with a teaching degree. We were married 6 weeks after Sherron’s graduation.
We had two sons, Brodie and Brandon and both boys grew up in Lakewood.
For me, the Corvette experience started when my father brought home a brand new 1960 Corvette purchased from Red-White Chevrolet located on West Colfax. I was 14 years old. It was ermine white with a turquoise interior and was a fuel injected 290 horse-powered, four speed. Over a six-year period he owned four other Corvettes including a ’62 fuelie, a pair of 327’s and finally a 1966 427.
At the ripe old age of 20, I purchased the last Corvette he ever owned. I’m pictured with the 1966 427 coupe in 1968. It was Nassau Blue and a white interior, teak/telescope, 4-speed with air conditioning. It was “loaded” and being brand new, it priced out at $5,800. I purchased it from my dad with all the money I had in the world for $4,200. I just had to have a Corvette!
In 1969 when Sherron and I got married, I sold the car of my dreams, and bought a more practical car. I figured I could buy another Corvette at any time, but life didn’t quite work out that way. We started a family, and both of us had careers to pursue. I squandered the 70’s on some really horrible cars, but they were all we could afford at the time.
By 1984, I had to have a ‘new’ Corvette. The C4 was really a breakthrough Corvette, particularly after the C3 had languished for many years in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. After buying our first C4, we owned several other C4’s over the years. When the boys were grown and moved away, we moved to the Grant Ranch in Littleton to a patio home with a 3-car garage. What do you do with a 3-car garage? Well, you fill at least one of the stalls up with a Corvette!
In 2002, I sold my 1991 C4 and waited for something to ‘catch my eye’. Along came the 2004 Z06. It was hard to argue with 405 horsepower. It was a black beauty with red interior. I still know the man who owns that great car.
Once we had the car, and the time, we joined the Looking Glass Corvette Association. We wanted to have some fun with other Corvette owners, and this club was located in Lakewood. We belonged to LGCA for 8 years. I produced a 28-page newsletter for the club called “Reflections”, and Sherron was on several committees, and was also the Membership Chairperson for several years. It was in that Club, we first met Les and Kelly Rhoades.
At one time, we actually owned 2 Corvettes, but when the great recession came I decided to sell the 2004 Z06 and prepare for retirement. We kept the 2008 6-speed C6 Coupe. I liked the C6, but when I saw the C7, I knew I had to have it. It really is the car it’s cracked up to be.
After buying the C7, it was time to move onto another Corvette Club. We decided to check out Down the Road which was meeting at Emich Chevrolet. We went to one of their meetings, and once again ran into Les and Kelly Rhoades. We did not join DTR, but instead joined the Colorado Corvette Club that meets out of Stevinson Chevrolet in Golden.
After being in the 3C’s for a little over a year, we found out that Les and Kelly and several other people had left DTR, and had formed a brand new club called the Central Colorado Corvette Club. We attended one of the meetings, and ended up joining the next meeting.
In 1974, Sherron retired from teaching with Denver Public Schools. Then she retired once again, after 17 years from Oracle in 2011 as an account manager. Following my graduation from CSU, I worked in the real estate business for 45 years as a lender, broker and appraiser and have been retired for over 3 years.
Corvettes have been part of our life for more than 50 years…..what a car! We now feel blessed for being able to own so many along the way, and especially for all of the wonderful people it has brought into our lives. Save the Wave!
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The summer season is officially here! This week, the gates will open at URJ Greene Family Camp, URJ Camp Coleman, and URJ Jacobs Camp. In the coming weeks, more than 10,000 participants and 1,500 college-aged staff will experience communities of belonging on a URJ summer program – and that’s just during the summer!
As the school year winds down, we’re also reflecting with pride on how Reform Jewish teens have continued the fight against gun violence and mobilized for civic engagement; how congregations have embraced innovation to increase teen engagement; and how our Movement’s youth have worked to make our communities safe from sexual violence.
And it all leads to this extraordinary moment: This year, more than 20,000 Reform Jewish youth, teens, and young adults – including more college students than ever before – will immerse in vibrant, joyful Judaism around the world. Read more about summer 2019 by the numbers.
While your congregation’s youth, teens, and recent graduates may physically leave the building during the summer, the sense of community you’ve built all year long will stay with them as they venture across the globe. Here are some suggestions for how to stay connected this summer:
1. Connect graduating seniors to the Reform Movement beyond high school.
The data from last year’s alumni impact study shows that active engagement in college is a catalyst for active Jewish engagement as an adult. Help us in our effort to connect every graduating senior to the Reform Movement beyond high school: Share the Class of 2019 form and read more about how we’re equipping college students to thrive.
2. Send them off in style.
Host a send-off event or invite students up for a blessing on the bimah – small gestures that help the congregation share in their joy. Use the Jewish blessing for embarking on an adventure or this prayer for summer camp as inspiration.
3. Experience summer through their eyes.
Stay connected by reading stories, watching videos, and getting inspired. Subscribe to the Clipboard, our weekly newsletter sharing stories and inspiration from all URJ camps and programs, and you may just see your congregants featured!
4. Use the summer to dream big for the fall. (These three opportunities will help.)
This summer, the URJ is offering three new resources for congregations to strengthen congregational education and youth engagement. Learn more about the Youth Professional 101 Fellowship for new youth professionals; the Sacred Partners in Education initiative for education professionals and lay leaders; and the Post-B’nei Mitzvah Innovators Online Course for everyone. Then join us in The Tent for conversation and collaboration all summer long – and beyond.
5. Incorporate NFTY and camp events into your fall calendar.
The 2019-2020 regional and North American calendar is now available. Work with your youth professional and local NFTY and camp partners to integrate these dates into your school-year calendar to ensure that kids and teens can participate in these immersive experiences that complement your congregational programs.
6. Be part of our “village.”
If you’re spending time at a URJ summer program, share your stories with us! We want to feature the voices of clergy, educators, youth professionals, and lay leaders on what you’re learning and loving at URJ programs. Share your story with us, and you might see it in a URJ publication like the Clipboard.
7. Talk with teens about their Israel experiences.
Nearly 500 teens will experience Israel with a Reform community this summer, and they’ll return home with broadened horizons and a chance to take their knowledge about Israel to the next level. Use this framework for talking with teens about Israel to help them probe Israel’s complexities in a constructive and meaningful way.
8. Start making plans for next year.
It’s never too early to ask them, "What’s next?" Whether it’s religious school, madrichim training, NFTY events, confirmation, being a camp counselor, or one of the URJ’s 60+ youth programs, there’s a next step for every young person. Help your Jewish youth find theirs: Restock your promotional materials for URJ programs, schedule a visit from a URJ camp for the fall, and start making your plans to join us in summer 2020! | <urn:uuid:875f17fa-7b42-4e6f-b351-506359e1591c> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://urj.org/blog/countdown-summer-8-ways-stay-connected-your-congregations-youth-teens-and-grads | 2023-03-20T19:04:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943555.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320175948-20230320205948-00796.warc.gz | en | 0.918665 | 913 |
Having unnecessary fat in different areas of your body can have a considerable effect on your health and self-confidence. While traditional weight reduction through workout and diet is an excellent way to lose weight in general, even the best workouts cannot target problem areas like the tummy, inner thighs, arms, and buttocks. Liposuction is a time tested treatment that is used to remove excess fat from specific areas of the body, enabling an individual to form and contour their body to their preference. Is liposuction right for you? Learn now.
Pros of Liposuction
There are numerous advantages to this cosmetic procedure, including:
• Right away noticeable changes. Unlike traditional weight reduction, liposuction creates modifications that are right away noticeable in the body. Some difference is obvious right away, and the wanted results are generally attained in simply a few days.
• Proven and safe. This cosmetic treatment has actually been performed by experienced surgeons all over the world for years and the strategy has actually been refined over and once again to be safe and effective.
• Recovery time is normally quickly. The downtime needed after having this type of treatment is normally much less than what is needed for other types of cosmetic procedures, consisting of abdominoplasty, breast reduction, and more. People who have had the treatment can often go back to work a lot more quickly than they expected and can get back to living a healthy, active lifestyle.
• Weight loss can be permanent. With the best maintenance techniques, the fat that was removed throughout the liposuction treatment will not return.
• Complete control over your body. With liposuction, a person can have complete control over how they wish to look, beyond what standard diet and workout can offer. Providing people this power over their bodies enhances self-confidence and help individuals feel their best.
While there many benefits to liposuction, there are obviously a few cautions that need to be considered prior to making the final decision to move on with the treatment.
Cons of Liposuction
Before having actually liposuction done, it is necessary to analyze the potential disadvantages of the treatment and identify if the benefits exceed the dangers in your particular case. Your surgeon can help you find out more about the threats connected with the treatment and can assist you choose if moving on is the best thing for you.
• Complications with general anesthesia. Due to the fact that liposuction is carried out under general anesthesia, the treatment carries the exact same dangers as other type of surgery where basic anesthesia is used. Hidden medical conditions may increase these risks.
• Unfavorable responses. Bruising, bleeding, and discomfort are all to be expected, however, in unusual cases can trigger more substantial problems.
• The possible to gain the weight back. After having actually liposuction done, it is vital to preserve a healthy diet and workout correctly as advised by your doctor. Failure to do so could cause getting back the weight that was lost or potentially much more.
There are threats associated with liposuction, for lots of individuals, the advantages far exceed them. Inform yourself about the procedure by having in-depth discussions with your specialist and consider how liposuction has the potential to impact you as a special person. Only you and your specialist can identify if liposuction will provide you with the results you are looking for within your expectations.
Laser Liposuction procedure is a new non invasive procedure to loose unwanted bodyfat in Earl Park IN
Laser liposuction is a newer, minimally invasive procedure that involves heating the fat cells to melting point and eliminating the melted fat through a small cannula. The procedure is generally done right in your doctor's office and is an excellent option for individuals who have less than 500 ml of fat to get rid of from any one location. Laser liposuction can be a safe, complementary treatment to weight loss in order to sculpt the body you have actually constantly desired.
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If you're thinking about liposuction as a weight loss solution, it's important that you discuss your desires with a certified plastic surgeon in your location. Your surgeon will carry out a complete test and health history questionnaire to identify if liposuction can benefit you and assist you reach your physical and emotional objectives. Call today for a consultation and find out more about how liposuction can help you accomplish the body of your dreams. | <urn:uuid:fc8bece4-bf21-4a3d-83bb-48547de1b259> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://josephdana.com/in-liposuction-in-earl-park-in/ | 2016-10-22T21:35:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719045.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00046-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953331 | 901 |
Rationale: Previous studies have implicated the functions of stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) in immunity and malignancy, however, the specificity and effects of STIM1 expression in malignant and non-malignant cells in the tumor microenvironment are unclear. Methods: In the current study, we posed two central questions: (1) does STIM1 expression elicit different cellular programs in cell types within the melanoma tumor microenvironment (2) whether the expression of STIM1 and STIM1-coexpressed genes (SCGs) serve as prognostic indicators of patient’s outcomes? To answer these questions, we dissected cell-specific STIM1-associated cellular programs in diverse cell types within the melanoma tumor microenvironment by measuring cell-type specificity of STIM1 expression and SCGs. Results: A distinct set of SCGs was highly affected in malignant melanoma cells, but not in the other cell types, suggesting the existence of malignant-cell-specific cellular programs reflected by STIM1 expression. In contrast to malignant cells, STIM1 expression appeared to trigger universal and non-specific biological functions in non-malignant cell types, as exemplified by the transcriptomes of macrophages and CD4+ T regulatory cells. Results from bioinformatic analyses indicated that SCGs in malignant cells may alter cell-cell interactions through cytokine/chemokine signaling and/or orchestrate immune infiltration into the tumor. Moreover, a prognostic association between SCGs in CD4+ T regulatory cells and patient’s outcomes was identified. However, we didn’t find any correlation between SCGs and responsiveness of immunotherapy. Conclusions: Overall, our results provide an integrated biological framework for understanding the functional and clinical consequences of cell-specific STIM1 expression in melanoma.
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Some people think of everything, like the folks over at humanitarian group WaterisLife. They wrote a book on water quality, but went the extra mile and made the pages actual water filters that can be torn out and used to treat contaminated water. My first question was: what languages are they printing this in because chances are the people who need this speak only a local dialect. Sure enough they covered that: “Each page of the book is divided by perforation into two squares. The top half has information printed in English, while the bottom half is printed in a locally spoken language. The first run was printed in English and Swahili to be distributed in Kenya, but the goal is to expand printing for languages spoken in all 33 countries where WaterisLife operates.” [Slate] READ FULL STORY
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If I do manage to hit A-kon, my other Nia Teppelin dress and Kid should be done by then, and then I just have to decide which three to take out of the four I have so far. Adfshgda.
Why are decisions like these so haaaard?
Pack all of them and do one Saturday morning and one Saturday night to split it up! :3 Ooh, and if you're going to be Kid at all I'll have to up the pace on Serge! I wasn't planning to work on him til before Oni-con but.. but.. pictures! And fun! | <urn:uuid:03dff0e0-e343-47f2-85d9-41403c7235a2> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.cosplay.com/showpost.php?p=4602078&postcount=2259 | 2014-12-19T05:05:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802768208.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075248-00007-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955412 | 137 |
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City Joint Favourites For Relegation
By Covsupport News Service
Updated Tuesday, 8th November 2011
City joint favourites for the drop
Coventry City are now joint favourites to get relegated from the Championship.
The Sky Blues have only picked up twelve points from sixteen matches and won twice both at home in all competitions.
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Menard Correctional Center, Chester, Illinois
September 23, 2015
A group of prisoners relaunched their initial hunger strike of January, 2014, claiming that the administration had not done anything to address their grievances.
On the first day of the strike, about 25 people gathered outside of the prison and held a noise demonstration. The hunger strike lasted about six days.
The hunger strikers release the following information, which is compiled by the site Anti-State STL from letters from the prisoners:
Here in A.D., everything is still the same. No one is being released and we are still not getting meaningful hearings. We are still not getting any written reasons or any new info relied on for the basis of the Committee’s decision for our continued placement in A.D. We are still getting the same vague memos.
We now only get 1 day a week of out-of-cell exercise (yard). We are in our cells 24 hrs. a day, 6 days a week. We are being excessively confined in our cells. We are still not allowed to participate in any educational programs. Our mail is not being picked up or passed out 5 days a week, as they are supposed to.
We don’t see any end to this indefinite isolation/solitary confinement. Due to these issues and more, we are going to go on hunger strike once again. We will be declaring a hunger strike on September 23, 2015. We will feel very thankful for your help in spreading the word.
Our core demands are:
· We demand an end to long term solitary confinement.
· We demand minimum due process at Administrative Detention Review Hearings by providing inmates with written reasons, including new information relied upon, for Committee’s decision for our continued placement in A.D. and be allowed to grieve all adverse decisions. As it stands, the basis of the Committee’s votes are kept secret.
· We demand more access to outside recreation for the sake of our physical and mental health. As it stands, we are confined indefinitely to these cages for 6 days out of the week, with the exception of one 5-hour day. This is unbearable.
· We demand that meaningful educational programs be implemented to encourage our mental stability, rehabilitation, and social development for the sake of ourselves and our communities that we will one day return to.
· We demand access to more visiting privileges. For most of our families traveling to Menard is like traveling to another state. Considering the distance, 2-hour visits behind plexiglass is insufficient. We should be allowed 5 or 6 hours. Moreover, our family members, including inmates, should be provided the human dignity and decency to purchase food items and refreshments from vending machines after traveling such great distances. This would benefit one’s social development, as well as benefit prison staff environment.
We ask the public’s help by calling the warden, the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and the Governor on September 23, 2015, and so forth, to check on our welfare.
We will stay on [hunger strike] as long as possible in order to hopefully bring some change to our conditions. We thank you for any kind of support you can give us.
“Noise Demonstration in Solidarity with Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional in Illinois“, Anti-State STL, September 28, 2015.
“Update from Menard Hunger Strikers“, Anti-State STL, October 7, 2015.
“Despite Retaliation, Menard Inmate Urges Further Solidarity“, Anti-State STL, April 28, 2014.
“Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers at Menard–Windows Blocked, Strikers Beaten“, Anti-State STL, April 22, 2014.
‘Feedback from Menard Hunger Strikers on Noise Demonstration“, Anti-State STL, March 12, 2014.
“Menard hunger strikers refusing water until face-to-face hearings begin“, San Francisco Bay View, February 10, 2014.
“Menard Hunger Strikers’ Response to Noise Demonstration Outside the Prison“, Uptown People’s Law Center (@UptownPeoplesLawCenter), Facebook, reposted by Anti-State STL, February 10, 2014.
Report back on Solidarity Action with the Menard Correctional Center Hunger Strike“, Maosoleum, reposted by Anti-State STL, January 31, 2014.
“Menard hunger strikers endure beating, threats by nurses but vow, ‘We will not let them break us’“, San Francisco Bay View, January 27, 2014.
“Update from Menard hunger strikers: We need outside support, force feeding threatened,” San Francisco Bay View, January 21, 2014.
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The Commission is amending the recordkeeping obligations set forth in Commission regulations along with corresponding technical changes to certain provisions regarding retention of oral communications and record retention requirements applicable to swap dealers and major swap participants, respectively. The amendments modernize and make technology neutral the form and manner in which regulatory records must be kept, as well as rationalize the rule text for ease of understanding for those persons required to keep records pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder. The amendments do not alter any existing requirements regarding the types of regulatory records to be inspected, produced, and maintained set forth in other Commission regulations.
The global compliance deadline for implementation of variation margin requirements for uncleared swap transactions is March 1, 2017. Unless an exception is available, the rules generally require swap dealers to collect and post variation margin with no credit threshold. The rules require the parties to enter into new or amended credit support documentation, limit the types of collateral that may be posted, prescribe minimum transfer amounts and effectively require new operational processes to be put in place. Moreover, different rules can apply depending on who the swap dealer’s regulator is and/or the jurisdiction of the counterparty. Not surprisingly, many market participants, particularly smaller financial firms, buy-side firms, asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies are unlikely to be compliant by the March 1 deadline. This has caused immense consternation among buy-side market participants who feared that they would be unable to trade until they came into compliance.
On February 23, 2017, following requests from numerous trade associations, U.S. banking regulators and IOSCO, the umbrella body for global securities regulators, issued statements encouraging leniency in enforcement of the documentation requirements. More specifically, the Federal Reserve provided guidance to examiners of CFTC-registered swap dealers that, except for transactions with financial end users that present “significant exposures” (which must still comply with the March 1 deadline), examiners should focus on swap dealer’s good faith efforts to comply as soon as possible but no later than September 1, 2017. Similarly, though less explicitly, IOSCO issued a statement that, while it expects all parties to make every effort to meet the March 1 deadline, it believes that the global regulators should take “appropriate measures … to ensure fair and orderly markets during the introduction and application of such variation margin requirements.” These statements follow the release by the CFTC on February 13, 2017 of a time-limited no-action letter delaying compliance by swap dealers under their jurisdiction until September 1, 2017.
There are a number of paths to compliance for buy-side firms, including negotiating bilateral agreements or amendments directly with swap dealers or using an industry-wide questionnaire-style protocol developed by ISDA and available through their ISDA Amend automated service run jointly with Markit.
If you have questions regarding the current deadlines or need assistance with compliance, please contact our derivatives partner, Daniel Budofsky (email@example.com), or your regular Pillsbury contact.
The CFTC’s recent enforcement against Bitfinex’s financed trading activities demonstrates the Commission’s increasing interest in virtual currency and digital assets.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is further expanding its oversight of virtual currency exchanges and digital assets in general. On June 2, 2016, Bitfinex (a Hong Kong-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange) settled with the CFTC following an investigation into its trading activities. The CFTC charged that the exchange offered illegal off-exchange financed retail commodity transactions, and that Bitfinex had failed to register as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) as required by law. As a result, Bitfinex will pay $75,000 in civil penalties.
This action is more evidence of the CFTC’s interest in not only bitcoins, but any digital asset that can be considered a commodity. Transactions in decentralized digital tokens (such as Ether, DAO Tokens, Safecoins, Factoids, and Bitcrystals) are becoming more common, and so is regulatory interest.
The CFTC has approved a final rule that removes reporting and recordkeeping requirements for trade option counterparties that are neither swap dealers nor major swap participants (Non-SD/MSPs). The removal of the reporting requirements also applies to commercial end users transacting in trade options connected to their business.
Regarding the reporting requirement, the annual notice reporting requirement for otherwise unreported trade options under CFTC regulation 32.3(b) has been eliminated from Form TO. Additionally, the position limit requirements referenced in regulation 32.3(c) have been eliminated.
Regarding the recordkeeping requirement, the swap-related recordkeeping requirements for Non-SD/MSPs stemming from their trade option activities have been eliminated. However, Non-SD/MSPs that transact in trade options with swap dealers or major swap participants must obtain a legal entity identifier and provide it to their swap dealer or major swap participant counterparties.
Once the Trade Options Final Rule becomes effective, upon publication of the final rule in the Federal Register, CFTC No-Action Letter 13-08 which provides conditional relief for trade option counterparties that are Non-SD/MSPs from certain swap related recordkeeping and reporting requirements will be withdrawn.
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Thermal Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in New Hampshire
In 2012, the New Hampshire Legislature passed SB218 that formally incorporated ‘useful thermal energy generated from renewable sources, including geothermal, into the New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standards. SB218 charged the NH Public Utilities Commission (NH PUC) with developing rules for metering and reporting the production of thermal renewable energy and requiring electricity producers to generate or acquire equivalent RECs as part of their renewable energy portfolio.
On June 19, 2014, the NH PUC issued an Order for the thermal REC program to go live using draft rules as they work their way through the Rulemaking process. This means that owners of geothermal systems installed after January 1, 2013 can begin metering thermal renewable energy produced and be awarded RECs. In the initial release of the program, only heating qualifies as ‘useful thermal energy’ — due primarily to the ‘can be metered’ requirement — so there is plenty of time to get metering equipment installed before the 2014 heating season begins.
What are Thermal RECs?
Thermal RECs are similar to Solar RECs (SRECs) in that 1 Megawatt hour (MWh) earns 1 REC. Energy production is reported to the New England Power Pool Generation Information System (NEPOOL GIS) that mints the RECs, which are then typically sold by an aggregator to REC purchasers (typically electrical utilities). According to SB218, NH utilities are now required to produce a percentage of their energy from Class I renewable thermal technologies, including geothermal heat pumps. SB218 requires that electricity producers either produce or acquire, through the purchase of RECs, approximately 40,000 MWh of Class I renewable thermal energy in 2014; 80,000 MWh in 2015; and 160,000 MWh in 2016. By 2017, Class I thermal RECs will account for almost 10% of the total Renewable Portfolio Standard in New Hampshire.
What are Thermal RECs Worth?
There are two primary factors that contribute to the value of RECs. The first is the Alternative Compliance Payment (ACP). When utilties are unable to produce or acquire Class I thermal RECs, they are required to pay an ACP into the Renewable Energy Fund; part of the Fund is used to support renewable energy projects in the State. The ACP is set by the legislature, and for Class I Thermal in New Hampshire, the ACP is $25 per REC. The ACP represents the maximum price for which thermal RECs would be purchased.
The second factor that determines the value of RECs is their availability. RECs wil have optimal value when the number of RECs available is less than the minimum number of RECs required to be acquired by the utilities. If there are more RECs available than required to be purchased, the REC value diminishes. As noted above, the obligation for Class I Thermal RECs in New Hampshire will be increasing significantly over the next several years, making market saturation unlikely.
How Many RECs will a Geothermal Heat Pump Produce?
The thermal renewable energy produced by a geothermal heat pump depends on both its capacity (how many tons) and how long it operates in a year. We have found that a single 4-ton heat pump in a single family residence will produce approximately 18-20 MWh-thermal per year, equating to 18-20 RECs. At $25 per REC, a residence with a 4-ton heat pump can expect a maximum REC value of approximately $450-$500 per year.
How Much Does it Cost to Participate in the REC Market?
The two main costs incurred are related to the metering and reporting of the thermal renewable energy produced. While the NH PUC has worked hard to develop methods that keep costs to a minimum, the legislation does require on-site metering. For systems with a capacity less than 150,000 Btu/hr (12.5 tons), metering can be accomplished by metering heat pump runtime and using certified heat pump performance data to calculate the thermal energy produced. The runtimes and associated computations must then be reported to the NEPOOL GIS by an Independent Monitor, an individual registered with the NH PUC.
Metering equipment costs can vary, ranging from no cost (if already using an Ecobee Smart thermostat), to approximately $400 to meet minimum requirements, to several thousand dollars for systems requiring a heat meter. For more information on metering, please visit our NH Thermal RECs – Metering Options page.
In addition to the metering hardware, an Independent Monitor is required to perform an on-site inspection of the meter (one-time fee) and then certify and report thermal renewable energy produced quarterly to the NEPOOL GIS (nominal annual fee). Larger commercial systems can expect additional costs associated with meter specification, installation, and commissioning.
The Bottom Line
Assuming a net yield of $20/REC, the operating cost of a geothermal heat pump system with a COP of 4 can be reduced from $11 per Million BTUs (MMBTUs) to $5 per Million BTUs, compared to $26/MMBTU for oil, $36/MMBTU for propane, and $45/MMBTU for electric heat. | <urn:uuid:ee08bf88-1457-4f5a-92e1-8c24acd3db2e> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | http://groundenergysupport.com/wp/nh-thermal-recs-need-know/?replytocom=351 | 2019-01-17T04:22:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583658702.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190117041621-20190117063621-00406.warc.gz | en | 0.928873 | 1,103 |
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could get some insights about your calendar? With the new Timeview app, you can do just that, and then some more. Free to download, Timeview puts calendar statistics at your fingertips, allowing you to look back at your past weeks or plan ahead.
Integrating with your system calendar accounts, Timeview features an adaptable and easy to use interface that makes exploring various statistics enjoyable. And with their rules system, you can easily do things such as highlight all your work-related events containing, say, the word “meeting” or list all the private events that have an alarm set.
Sadly, such an intelligent parsing and searching through your existing calendar events is not possible in Apple’s stock Calendar app. With this app, you apply a set of user-defined rules to one or multiple calendars to track almost anything.
On iPhone, calendar insights are presented in a list.
On larger devices like your iPad, the app defaults to using a nice grid-based layout to make the most from your available screen real estate. I’m liking getting some kind of statistics from my calendar to see where my time went and get an overview of future events.
Every statistic is presented as a card and all Timeview users get up to two cards forever. With a one-time $3.99 in-app purchase you can unlock the ability to add as many cards as you like. | <urn:uuid:71bda829-7728-45d1-bf79-876a6b792e77> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/12/14/timeview-calendar/ | 2020-11-25T11:30:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141182776.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125100409-20201125130409-00702.warc.gz | en | 0.943328 | 298 |
GP14 sailors in the UK who prefer to cruise rather than race are represented on the GP14 Class International Association Committee by Cruising Representative, Stewart Elder. Stewart can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.org, and coordinates a number of annual activities aimed at the cruising sailor.
Annual Cruising Week
Each year, a week-long family-oriented sailing event is organised by the Association. Based out of a sailing club, we explore the local area, stopping at beaches, pubs and quays along the way. The pace is relaxed, and the limitations of the group are taken into account – it’s common for a lay day in which we explore the area off the water. Camping is organised, and a large group generally camp together. B&B’s and hotels are also a popular choice. In recent years, this event has been held in locations such as Falmouth, Milford Haven and Poole. In 2015, the Cruising Week was held alongside the UK National Championships at Brixham. See a full account here. Our 2016 cruise will happen in early August, alongside the Nationals at Pwllheli.
Cruising events for 2016
Have you noticed that there are never enough weekends in the year? So to help you prioritise your sailing calendar, these are the important dates for you to consider. Further details of all of these can be found on the events page.
- 21/22 May – Sailing alongside the Inland Championships at Bala.
- 24/26 June – Ullswater. An invitation from York RI SC to join in their camping weekend.
- 20/27 August – Pwllheli – Muscling in on the GP Nationals again.
- 3 September – Rutland Water. A one-day cruise, suitable for all abilities.
- 10/11 September – York RI SC. The Round Holes Trophy is up for grabs again.
- 15/16 October – Windermere. Finishing off the year as we started, this time joining in with the ‘End of Season Championship’ sailors.
Drop me an email at email@example.com and register your interest. I will ensure you are then kept up to date with times/places etc.
Other sections of interest
Don’t forget to visit the news section for all the latest news on cruising events that have been taking place, share your views on the discussion forum and pick-up lots of helpful hints from the Members Library.
About cruising … A message from the Cruising Secretary
Holidays are very precious and if taken in Britain have an element of risk, not the least is the weather. If it also combines with spending a week with people you have never met before then it’s easy to take the safer option and go ‘full board, Magaluf’ again. If on the other hand you seek something different and no matter the weather, a memorable time, then come cruising with us in your GP. Sailing a small boat in and out the hidden coves and beaches of this great, Great British coastline is just a superb way to connect with nature with the additional safety features of being in company and with an escorting safety boat.
I have been sailing with this section for five and more years – every time it has been a great experience. As for the fellow cruisers – well, they are all a bit weird really – they chose cruising over Magaluf, didn’t they! So if you are relatively normal – get the holiday brochure out. Seriously though, it is the sort of holiday that suits all ages. You do not need to sail with us every day and we will take into account the experience levels in that day’s programme.
This activity does have its risks, and we would expect the helm to have a good competency level of boat handling as well as some experience of sailing tidal waters. Your boat needless to say should be up to the job. However, you do not need to have self-furling jibs (although useful). Reefing mainsails (but again useful). VHF radios and anchors are also in the ‘useful but not necessary’ category. Producing an outboard engine from the stern hatch when the winds dies down would class you as ‘weird’, but oars (or paddles) have, for me, been top of my ‘useful’ list.
I am also member of the Dinghy Cruising Association and have had many wonderful weeks’ days sailing with my GP. They are an excellent boat for cruising (you try and pull up a Wayfarer on to a beach by yourself)! I have particular knowledge of the west coast of Scotland, the Caledonian Canal and the Norfolk Broads and most of the main scenic estuaries. If you want register an interest or have any queries about cruise sailing with a GP14 I will do my best to answer them – if I can’t, I certainly have contacts with experienced people who can – and these people really are weird.
Lastly, the love of my life – no, not Mrs Elder (her words, not mine) but my vintage GP14, sail number 28. If you also have a vintage boat or a classic GP we often have an invite at regional and National GP events for the ‘likes of us’ to attend. There are literally thousands of boats who fit into this category. So again, watch this space for notices of these ‘all inclusive’ sailing meetings. | <urn:uuid:377258a4-cd35-4e1c-b364-b72e721fb285> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | https://www.gp14.org/about-the-gp14/cruising/ | 2018-02-19T20:09:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812788.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219191343-20180219211343-00636.warc.gz | en | 0.956159 | 1,151 |
CATERING in RALEIGH
Nothing brings people together quite like food… and the more fabulous the food, the more memorable the occasion! Adding the WOW factor to a dinner party, cocktail party event can also be stress-free… if you choose the right caterer. Everything from the wonderful flavors to the creative presentation of our seasonal gourmet menus will take your catered event to the next level. Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and more! | <urn:uuid:03f36a74-e88f-4222-aaa9-d386bd61270d> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | http://www.thethymesavor.com/services/ | 2019-03-20T01:46:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202188.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320004046-20190320030046-00028.warc.gz | en | 0.862247 | 93 |
With the help of Corvus technology, our customers can safely scan faster without accidents.
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This is the page of Pencil Case font. It was created by . This font is free for personal use and can not be used for commercial purposes. It was published on Fontzzz.com on Friday 12th of April 2013 at 05:27 AM and was placed in the "Script - Handwritten" cattgory. Version of the Pencil Case font is "Version 1.00 February 17, 2009, initial release, www.yourfonts.com". You can download Pencil Case font for free by clicking download button. This font was comressed in a ZIP archive for your convenience. It contains 1 font files. | <urn:uuid:4d42cdc9-cedf-4d44-b2a1-a341dcb10f21> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://fontzzz.com/font/10822_pencilcase.htm | 2018-12-12T04:59:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823738.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20181212044022-20181212065522-00372.warc.gz | en | 0.950454 | 130 |
Stated Income Mortgage in Arizona
A stated income mortgage can be a helpful tool in qualifying for a mortgage if you are self-employed or have income that is difficult to verify. Learn what a stated income mortgage
is and see if one is a good fit for your home loan needs.
In a traditional mortgage qualification process, the borrower is asked to provide a variety of documentation. Key among these documents are income verification documents. These include W-2s, tax returns for two years, pay stubs, and bank statements. Any additional deposits into a bank account that cannot be verified by paystubs must also be accounted for. Basically the financial assets of the borrower are gone over with a fine tooth comb. This system works well for people who hold traditional jobs with stable income. However, for borrowers who are self-employed, investors, or have a different non-traditional income situation, income verification can be almost impossible.
For borrowers who are unable to furnish proof of income, earn money in a non-traditional way, or who may have a higher than permissible debt to income ratio, a Arizona stated income mortgage
can be a solution. A stated income mortgage
is a home loan where the lender does not verify the borrower’s income via W-2’s or tax returns. The borrower is asked to state their income and then taken at their word.
Stated income mortgages have been given a bit of a bad reputation because they are easy to use to commit fraud. One less than flattering nickname for the loans is “liar’s loans.” This nickname came about because a study of IRS tax records found that in nearly 60% of all stated income mortgages the borrower actually made less than he/she declared as income to obtain the loan. Some politicians are trying to limit access to stated income loans based on the assertion that they could be used for fraudulent purposes.
When Does a Stated Income Mortgage Make Sense?
Despite its less than flattering nickname and somewhat checkered past, there are certain situations when a stated income mortgage is the best home loan option. For many borrowers this type of home loan is the only loan that will give them the capital they need to buy the home they can afford. There are a few situations where a stated income mortgage makes sense.
The first case in which a stated income mortgage is a smart choice is self-employment. This is actually the income situation that the mortgage type was designed for. For many small business owners, independent contractors, consultants, and other self-employed business people, it can be difficult to furnish proof of income to the bank’s satisfaction. Income sources may be considered unstable or there may simply not be a traditional W-2 or pay stub that can be provided. A stated income mortgage allows the business owner to state his/her income and qualify for a mortgage based on that statement.
Another case in which a stated income mortgage is a good option, is for someone who makes his or her living from investments. Take a real estate investor who owns multiple properties all with loans. Even if this investor makes $100,000 a year in disposable income and has the mortgage on each property covered by rent, his/her debt to income ratio might be too high on paper to be given an additional home loan. A stated income mortgage accounts for the actual disposable income this individual has to spend each month, rather than just what the financial situation looks like on paper.
A third situation that would benefit from a Arizona stated income mortgage
would be in the case of a freelancer or consultant. People who are employed in these fields generally tend to work for more than one company. Their work is also often seasonal or may vary from month to month. During the mortgage qualification process, banks look at 2 months of pay stubs. If it is a slow month, the amount of pay may not reflect the actual amount that borrower earned and therefore he/she may not qualify for a high enough amount, if at all. In addition, banks require that a borrower works for a company for a year or more before that income source is considered valid. A freelancer or consultant often works for many different companies but only one or two on a permanent basis. Therefore the actual income of the borrower could be $200,000 but only $50,000 is counted as income by the bank. A stated income mortgage
allows the borrower to use their actual income amount to qualify for a mortgage.
Most traditional banks do not offer Arizona stated income mortgages as they are considered higher risk loans. Brokerage firms and smaller banks often have programs that will work with borrowers who need a stated income mortgage.
Dennis Dahlberg, Broker/RI/CEO
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Carers UK has called on the government to be bold as it develops a new strategy to improve the lives of unpaid carers and has set out a vision of society that respects and values carers to support this aim.
In the UK, the number of older people needing care is predicted to outstrip the number of working age people available to provide it. As a result, Carers UK has carried out a comprehensive review of how people are supported now, and in the future, to provide care without putting their own lives on hold and jeopardising their health and long-term financial security.
Carers UK has submitted extensive evidence, rooted in the real life experiences of carers, calling for changes to financial support and making recommendations to build workplaces, an NHS and care services that are carer-friendly.
Heléna Herklots, Chief Executive of Carers UK, said: “Caring can happen to anyone at any time in their life. Over 2 million people take on a new caring role every year and many struggle to access the information and support to care for a loved one without falling out of work, struggling financially, or seeing their own health suffer.
“By 2017, the number of people needing care will have outstripped the number of working age family members able to provide it, so there has never been a more crucial time to look at what carers need now and in to the future.
“It’s vital that the government listens to the needs and priorities of carers and takes the opportunity of the strategy to transform the support available for people providing care and those they care for. The Government must act on these insights if the Carer’s Strategy is to deliver on strengthening support for carers.
“With recent changes in government, we urge the new Care Minister David Mowat to pick up where Alistair Burt MP left off and drive the Carer’s Strategy forward.”
Mark Brightburn, who balances working full-time with caring for his wife who has multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, said: “The evidence being presented today by Carers UK collates and articulates the lived realities of carers right now, highlighting the numerous combined challenges we face day-on-day, week-on-week.
“There are significant gaps in the information and support carers need and these gaps, in combination with the severe lack of co-ordination between health and care services make carers' and our families’ lives so much harder. Changes are needed on the ground from local authorities to ensure the aspirations of the Care Act can be fully realised for carers and those we care for.
“I hope that the Government will listen to what carers are saying they need and that the Government involves carers as it implements the new strategy.”
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Proving Experiential Marketing Effectiveness – It’s all about ROI
This week PrettyGreen hosted the IPM’s involvement in the annual IPA Effectiveness Week. One of the The IPA’s fundamental’s being that “marketing effectiveness is not just a ‘nice to have, It is a key factor in business growth..” rings absolutely true across the marketing industry and the IPM have been driving an initiative within the experiential and events industry to prove this.
The IPM & their Experiential Council have spent over 2 years working through principles, insights, data and inter-agency & brand working practices, so it was a big day to reveal the initial findings.
Paul Cope, IPM Managing Director told us:
“The IPM are delighted that we can present findings and trends of the 1st stage of the IPM Experiential Effectiveness Model which includes 56 studies from 40 brands, covering 10 event types across 12 sectors.”
What we’re also proud to say is that this whole initiative for the IPM has been driven by our very own Jessica Hargreaves (Joint MD and, IPM Experiential Council Chair), who has been adamant that the industry must pull together to prove the commercial worth of this channel…
“The IPM Experiential Council of agencies and brands have worked collectively to prove that experiential effectiveness can and should be measured. These 1st stage trends are incredibly exciting as they form the basis of illustrating the reach, impact and ROI of the experiential channel and we look forward to developing this research to the next stage.”
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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Angelina (Cenerentola) –
Don Ramiro –
Don Magnifico –
Luciano di Pasquale
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 2 and 4 June 2005
- Illustrated synopsis and cast gallery
- Insights feature with Sir Peter Hall and Vladimir Jurowski
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Don Alfonso –
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in June and July 2006
- Interviews with Iván Fischer, Nicholas Hytner and members of the cast
- Illustrated Synopsis and cast gallery
Johann Strauss II
Gabriel von Eisenstein –
Dr Blind –
Dr Falke –
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, 17 August 2003
- Cast interviews with Thomas Allen, Pamela Armstrong, Håkan Hagegård, director Stephen Lawless and conductor Vladimir Jurowski
- A feature on the building and architecture of Glyndebourne’s new opera house
- BBC feature:
The Genesis of Waltz
- Costume design and cast galleries
NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
, German, Italian
(only in La Cenerentola and Così)
9 hours 53 mins
No. of DVDs:
R E V I E W S:
When a director and a production team have a concept for an opera production that alters the composer-librettist’s original vision, the results can vary from imaginative to hubristic expressions of a director trying to be unique—or just unusual. The concepts that work best are the ones that retain the integrity of the opera. Such is the case with this DVD of Die Fledermaus derived from performances at Glyndebourne. The action has been moved into the early 20th century, art deco simplicity has replaced 19th-century fussiness. The score remains intact, but the dialogue is new—yet it remains quite faithful to the story line. It was adapted by Stephen Lawless and Daniel Dooner, written in English, and then translated into German by Johanna Mayr. Purists are not likely to be offended by Glyndebourne’s updated Die Fledermaus, and most viewers will probably greatly enjoy this production.
The cast is a talented ensemble that excels not only as musicians but actors as well. Thomas Allen and Pamela Armstrong are wonderful as the Eisensteins. Their comic timing creates characterizations that are in equal measure sophisticated and droll. The act-II seduction with the watch is terrific. Lyubov Petrova makes the most out of Adele, the chambermaid with a mind of her own. Håkan Hagegård is an especially genial Dr. Falke, with intriguing glimpses of the anger prompting the Revenge of the Bat. Pär Lindskog makes a suitably lecherous Afredo. Special kudos to Malena Ernman in the trouser role of Prince Orlofsky. She does a convincing male impersonation complete with bushy mustache.
Udo Samel has the non-singing role of Frosch, the jailer. Frequently the role is assigned to the comedian of the day who pads the third act with a monologue of trademark shtick or topical humor. Mr. Samel introduces himself as Frosch — James Frosch. He admits his banter is intended to cover a scene change; however, this interplay with the audience has been edited from the operetta and appears as part of the Extras.
The biggest liability of Die Fledermaus is the third act. The first act lays the groundwork for the disguises and intrigues in act II. The third act serves as the dénouement, the unmasking after the splashy second-act party...Happily, this Glyndebourne production keeps affairs moving along nicely. The cast maintains the energy level from the first two acts. Quite a feat, since it appears the entire performance was done without intermissions.
Scene designer Benoit Dugardyn has created a clever set on a revolving stage...in this case the set is interesting and adapts quite well to the scenic demands of each act. A rather nifty scene change transforms the Eisenstein home into the Orlofsky ballroom. During the second act, the set frequently revolves, adding interesting dimensions and scenic interest.
Acts I and II and the Entr’acte to act III are on the first disc, act III is on the second disc, along with a number of interesting extra features and interviews. A compliment is due to television director Francesca Kemp and television producer Ross MacGibbon for the excellent transference of a stage production to home video. This video is respectful of the stage production without gimmicky distractions. There is very much a sense of being in the theater while watching....the new Glyndebourne production makes any evening New Years Eve.
David L. Kirk, FANFARE
This is a conventional production of
in most respects. The stage sets are sparsely suggestive rather than literal and detailed, but sufficient. Costumes are excellent, and Peter Hall gets superior comic acting from his principals. Timing and definition of gesture are especially good, with Di Pasquale and Alberghini making the most of their respective parts, minus any distracting add-on gags that all too often disrupt both the work’s rhythm and audience’s attention.
I have one reservation concerning Hall’s production, however: his treatment of the
. This Italian operatic convention completely stops the action and allows all characters on stage to express their thoughts simultaneously; which in Rossini’s comic operas invariably means stupefaction and derision. Hall exchanges conventional lighting at these instances for blue scrims, and sets his performers moving and weaving about in odd, slow motion patterns. In theory, this is interesting; in practice, I admittedly found it hard not to laugh at something Hall intended to be taken earnestly. I could only recall Eugene O’Neill’s pretentious 1929 play,
, with its characters given to occasional zombie-like speeches out of time, revealing their thoughts; or to Groucho Marx’s satire on it in the 1930 movie,
: “I see figures . . . strange figures . . . weird figures . . . Steel 186, Anaconda 74, American Can 138 . . .”. Hall’s desire to gussy up each
(and there are several, if you count smaller sections of otherwise standard ensembles, as Hall does) with a psychological dimension definitely raised a specter, but I don’t think Rossini had bushy eyebrows, a moustache, and a cigar. It’s possible to work up an academic thesis about the depth and seriousness of anything meant humorously, and the liner notes accompanying this release strive earnestly to accomplish this. But sometimes the light is just that—all light, no shadows; and this composer wasn’t a post-modernist.
Like most other Rossini operas, for many years
went unperformed because of changing public tastes that in turn led to an absence of singers who could handle the parts. This was a vicious circle—for a lack of appropriate voices meant a lack of productions, and the absence of productions meant no need to train the voices. What are Rossini voices? They require the same qualities that can be found in other
music: great agility, firm breath support, good enunciation, proper score-reading habits, and schooling in style. All of these qualities can be found in varying degrees in the seven performers who take a major stage part in this
. Please note this; because if you ever doubted we’re entering a renewed age of
, then a Rossini production that can boast of three basses, a tenor, two sopranos, and a mezzo, all reasonably fluent in coloratura, is surely as good an indication as any. However, I will single out only Ruxandra Donose for praise. Hers is a dusky mezzo, even in coloration, volume, and support across the registers. The voice is able to handle exacting coloratura without any aspiration or evidence of strain. Her forthright, focused attack in her final aria (“Non più mesta”) brought memories of Marilyn Horne in the 1970s; and like Horne, Donose builds her part from the text, not by working around it. A young singer with little as yet on CD or DVD, she clearly bears watching.
Jurowski is incisive, and alert to his singers’ needs. Sound is available in LPCM stereo and surround sound, while the video is offered in 16:9 anamorphic. Finally, there are subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, as well as one of those bits-and-pieces interviews (entitled “Insights,” just in case you missed what it offered) that tries to sell a darker view of the opera. It doesn’t work, but it also doesn’t matter. This production of
was a good one for Rossini, and the audience agreed. I think you will, too.
FANFARE: Barry Brenesal
Cosi Fan Tutte
Simply put, this widely praised Glyndebourne production is the
we’ve been waiting for. Yes, there are plenty of alternatives. But little of the video competition has fared well on these pages. Sometimes the problems stem from the musical performance: the Pritchard-led Glyndebourne predecessor was dismissed as “largely routine” by David Kirk (29:5); the Östman was ruled out of court by Barry Brenesal, who said that the “conducting belonged to the then-new movement that found only three tempos in Mozart operas: fast, faster, fast forward” (30:4). Others were panned because of inadequate production values: Chereau’s “takes itself far too seriously,” according to Brian Robins (30:3); Bob Rose was less charitable still with Hermanns’ “simply rotten” production that, he said, “reveals the producers’ lack of understanding Mozart’s genius” (30:6). Only Muti’s Vienna production (Brenesal 32:3) and Harnoncourt’s from Zurich (Christopher Williams, 30:1) received passing grades.
So what makes this performance stand out? First, the singing of the young cast is uniformly excellent. Or perhaps not quite uniformly: as is the case with her new Susanna in Pappano’s
, Miah Persson is even better than excellent, combining a gorgeous, flexible, and stunningly controlled voice (even in the most challenging coloratura passages) with her by-now familiar depth of dramatic insight. Just listen to (and watch) the solid scorn on “Come scoglio”—or, even better, the subtle variations in mood in her wrenching account of “Per pietà”—and you’ll understand why she’s my favorite Mozart soprano these days.
But the rest of the cast is nearly as good. Anke Vondung holds her own as Dorabella (certainly, a less rich part), and their voices blend extremely well. Topi Lehtipuu and Luca Pisaroni capture the emotional wobbles of the two self-deluded lovers—their ardor, their ungrounded confidence, their fury—with unerring security and luxurious tone. More than most performances, too, this one reveals a key social dynamic: the deception works in part because they’re so much sexier when their costumes allow them to abandon the constraining propriety imposed by the social conventions that normally govern their behavior. Ainhoa Garmendia is a pert, disdainful Despina who doesn’t over-camp the impersonations; and running the show tactfully is Nicholas Rivenq. An unusually attractive Don Alfonso, he’s younger and far more fit than most in this role (he looks as if he just came off the racquet-ball court), and he seems an intellectual without a trace of pedantry; you can really believe that he wants to educate these two naive friends. Iván Fischer conducts with more romantic flexibility than you often get with period-instrument orchestras—and balance (both among the singers and between stage and pit) is finely calibrated. Purely as an audio version, this would stand up to any I’ve heard.
Fortunately, Nicholas Hytner’s production is equally impressive—hardly a false step from beginning to end. In general, this staging takes the opera—arguably, Mozart’s most intellectually challenging—seriously. But the seriousness does not bring solemnity. Hytner may avoid extreme farce, but there’s plenty of wit, energy, and color throughout. More important, he doesn’t condescend to the characters: you can understand both why they’re so foolish and why they’re so torn, and the final shots (where the resolution is clearly only partial) create tremendous poignance. The sets and costumes—simple but far from austere—suggest the late 18th or early 19th century, without creating a very specific moment; and while the production doesn’t ostentatiously update the action, it stresses those aspects of character and situation that still ring true today. One point highlighted here is the bond between the sisters—indeed, one could argue that it’s really Dorabella who seduces Fiordiligi; and while there is nothing louche or tasteless in the presentation of their relationship, it’s obvious that they have a strong erotic link. Not that there’s any lack of heterosexual electricity—as a result, the final scene, where nearly every possible pairing seems highly charged, is as smoldering as any you’ll see. Yet aside from one or two moments, the sex is handled with tact: the performance is hardly prudish, but it’s never aggressive either.
The Blu-ray video quality is stunning: you can see each leaf on the salads that our heroines are eating in act I. The 5.0 channel PCM is excellent as well. And while the extras are nothing special, both the conductor and the director offer intelligent insights into the opera. Two numbers are omitted, No. 7 (the duet “Al fato dan legge”) and No. 24 (Ferrando’s “Ah, io veggio”), but that’s a minor issue. All in all, if this doesn’t make it to my next Want List, we’ve got quite a year in store for us.
FANFARE: Peter J. Rabinowitz
Works on This Recording
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss Jr.
Malena Ernman (Mezzo Soprano),
Thomas Allen (Baritone),
Pamela Armstrong (Soprano),
Håkan Hagegård (Baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
Venue: Glyndebourne Opera House
La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
Nathan Berg (Baritone),
Luciano Di Pasquale (Bass),
Ruxandra Donose (Mezzo Soprano),
Raquela Sheeran (Voice),
Lucia Cirillo (Soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Written: 1817; Italy
Così fan tutte, K 588 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Miah Persson (Soprano),
Luca Pisaroni (Bass Baritone),
Ainhoa Garmendia (Soprano),
Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor),
Anke Vondung (Mezzo Soprano),
Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 2006
Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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From Toronto to Beijing: Ditch the cubicle for a spot at one of these offices
The number of coworking spaces around the world is on the rise. In 2017 approximately 1.2 million people worked out of shared spaces; and that number is expected to only grow in the coming year, according to the Global Work Survey.
It’s not hard to see why these types of new-age offices have spiked in popularity. As the economy shifts, more adults are taking on freelance work or launching their own startups. For those who don’t require the kind of mentorship that an accelerator provides, these are a great alternative. Not to mention, many now offer extravagant features — everything from in-house masseuses, to on-tap prosecco and 20-ft swinning pools.
If you’re a digital nomad looking for a cool office while travelling the globe, or an entrepreneur just in need of workspace, there are a ton of places to choose from. Here’s are list of the top offices around the world.
Parisoma, Silicon Valley
Parisoma is an outlier in Silicon Valley, because it successfully blurs the line between an accelerator and coworking space. Members get more than just a place to work; they get access to business classes related to marketing, web development, freelancing and more. Entrepreneurs can network with the 200-plus other entrepreneurs working out of its space or its extended network at any time. Prices range from $325 per month for its “open spaces” with no assigned desks to $7,000 for closed offices.
Standout features: Free community space, in-house admin support, free wifi, access to technical workshops and classes.
Primary, New York City
If you’re a Canadian entrepreneur heading to the Big Apple save money (and alleviate any stress) by working out of Primary.
The co-working space is located in the heart of the city’s financial district. Tech entrepreneurs can apply to join for free through the DMZ at any time throughout the year. If accepted, startups get unfettered 24/7 access to its suite of offices, as well as snacks, complimentary yoga and other wellness classes. Bonus: Entrepreneurs can also take advantage of the office’s exclusive workshops and learning events.
Standout features: Free for select Canadian entrepreneurs, 24/7 access, located in the heart of financial district, lockers and hot desks.
WeWork — a tech company that operates shared coworking spaces across the globe — has a whopping 24 offices spread out across London and the greater area. Each one has its own design, but carries the same perks found at each of its international locations. Namely, that means big open spaces, private rooms for meetings and dependable wifi.
Prices vary by location, but range from £400 ($677 CAD) per month to £34 ($57) for an ‘on-demand’ day pass. Of course, working out of any office in England’s biggest city doesn’t come cheap. Thankfully membership comes with a few unique perks: The company’s free app lets users do everything from book conference rooms to network with its other creators across the globe. Users also have the opportunity to work out of the company’s other WeWork spaces located in 67 international cities.
Standout features: Pet-friendly, located in the core of London, 24/7 access, meditation rooms, bookable offices, high-speed internet.
Naked Hub, Beijing
Beijing’s fast-paced tech scene is growing by leaps and bounds. This year the metropolis (along with Shanghai) made its debut on Startup Genome’s top startup cities and companies are taking notice.
Naked Group may not well known within Asia, but the company’s winning business model in Asia is attracting entrepreneurs (and media attention) from across the country. The luxury resort company opened its first Beijing office, located in a refurbished factory, this spring. Entrepreneurs who join can connect with other startups working out of its other Chinese offices through its exclusive network and get access to onsite services, like on-demand admin help and wellness services. Digital membership — access to the company’s online community — costs approximately￥300 ($57 CAD). Meanwhile, desk space ranges from ￥1800 ($346) to￥3000 ($577 CAD).
Standout features: On-site dedicated admin staff a.k.a ‘Naked Angels’, hot desks, shared community space and wellness rooms
If you’re looking for something a little closer to home, then, you’re in luck. Toronto already has a variety of co-working spaces open in the city more planned for 2018. One of those places is Amsterdam-born Spaces, located at 180 John St., Toronto.
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Yesterday, Central Huijin Investment, the domestic arm of China’s sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp. (CIC), announced that it would begin buying shares in China’s “big four” state banks in order to support their share prices, which have been languishing due to growing worries over potential losses from overly aggressive lending.
Today, Huijin backed up its words with action, buying 14.6 million shares in ICBC, 7.38 million shares of China Construction Bank (CCB), 3.5 million shares in Bank of China (BOC), and 39.1 million shares in Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), at a total estimated cost of $31 million. As a result, ICBC’s stock surged by 8.9%, CCB’s by 9.1%, BOC’s by 9.8%, and AgBank’s by an all-time record of 12%.
State-owned Huijin is already the controlling shareholder of all four banks. It stands at the center of a complex web of circular money flows between China’s central bank (the PBOC), the “Big Four” banks, the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and the country’s sovereign wealth fund that would take days to unravel and explain, and serves — at least in large part — as a way of drawing on captive bank deposits to disguise and quietly socialize the losses from China’s last round of bank recapitalization. (For anyone who wants to understand this arrangement in all its dizzying and alarming detail, I suggest reading Chapter 5 of the book Red Capitalism by Carl Walter and Fraser Howie).
In the simplest sense, Huijin’s intervention is similar to a share buy-back, like last month when Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offered to repurchase its own shares from investors (except in this case, it’s more like Warren Buffett himself is buying shares and upping his stake, in an insider purchase). The typical rationale for a buy-back or insider purchase is that the company’s stock is undervalued, and therefore a smart buy. The key question in any buy-back is whether this is indeed true, or whether it’s really just a head-fake to move (or even flat-out fool) the market. That question is even more relevant when both the buyer (Huijin) and the investee (its banks) are state-run entities pursuing policy goals that might take priority over making or losing some money. As my friend Vitaliy Katsenelson put it:
China’s sovereign wealth fund is not Warren Buffett . . . When Warren Buffett says he’s buying Berkshire Hathaway, he actually thinks it’s undervalued. China says that, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that, they’re just trying to create confidence.
There are two reasons the Chinese government wants to boost the share prices of its banks. First, it’s afraid that lagging share prices signal a growing crisis of confidence in the broader Chinese economy, which — if not halted — could take on a life of its own. Second, it knows that its banks are facing a serious bad debt problem and will need to be recapitalized. That’s why, for over a year now, Chinese regulators have been instructing the country’s banks to go out and raise capital by selling stock and issuing bonds. Some have, but many haven’t yet, and even those that have may need to raise more. But with the MSCI China Financials Index trading at just 5.6 times estimated earnings, the window to outside funding is getting smaller and smaller.
Without outside funding to replenish banks’ capital, the Chinese government will have no choice but to recapitalize the banks itself. The refrain one constantly hears is that China has plenty of money, $3 trillion in foreign currency reserves, that can be deployed for that purpose. This is incorrect. China’s central bank and sovereign wealth fund (including Huijin) do not own these reserves outright, as net worth, they hold them against liabilities, in the form of money that is already in the Chinese economy (in fact, the same money that financed the banks’ latest lending boom in the first place). The PBOC and CIC can’t give these borrowed assets away without receiving something of equal value in return, or they’ll blow a hole in their balance sheets and would themselves need to be bailed out by the central government.
That’s what the circular money flows centered on Huijin are all about: refinancing, or at least pretending to refinance, the reserve assets and other bailout funds that were injected into the banks during the last round of bailouts. Cut off the circular flows, by redirecting funds towards a new bailout, and you rip the lid off the old one and destroy the illusion that the banks are actually profitable, rather than gradually trying to dig their way out of a hole. That’s not to say that the Chinese government can’t engineer a new bailout. It can, but only by designing new and elaborate mechanisms to impose invisible taxes on captive depositors, not by deploying a “treasure trove” of foreign currency it “owns” and can use any way it pleases.
Compared to this, the $31 million Huijin spent today is a drop in the bucket. If that money — and the aura of state-led intervention — can help prop up share prices, banks can continue to tap investors for the bailout they need, rather than the government. From the government’s point of view, it’s money well spent.
So you see, Huijin is buying not because the government thinks Chinese bank stocks are undervalued, but because it knows they are overvalued. It wants to milk that overvaluation as long as it can, to minimize its own obligation to rescue the nation’s banking system from the consequences of the lending binge it orchestrated to pump up GDP.
Earlier today, on BBC, I said that China’s intervention reminded me of Japan’s decision in 1992 to inject funds from its postal savings system in order to put a floor under the stock market after its bubble economy burst — except in this case, the Chinese are trying to do it preemptively, to prevent a bubble from bursting. The more I think about it, though, the more I see important differences. The Japanese tapped into a huge pool of captive savings (thereby socializing risk) in a fairly direct and transparent way. China has huge pools of captive savings, but for the moment, it’s cheaper and easier to try and head-fake the market, suckering investors into providing the money willingly instead. When it does (eventually) tap into those pools, it will do so in an obscure and roundabout way, as it did before.
Will Huijin’s head-fake work? Zhen Wei, chief China strategist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, doesn’t think so:
For example, last time when Huijin announced a similar purchasing plan of bank shares on Sep 18, 2008, SHCOMP and HSCEI rose by +9.5% and +15.5% respectively the next day. However, the market fell back even more after just a week’s rally with SHCOMP and HSCEI declined by 26% and 51% respectively within a month of the short-term peak.
That time, the markets were “rescued” by the huge bank lending binge that followed, which pushed a massive amount of liquidity into speculative hands. This time, that option isn’t available — at least not at an acceptable cost.
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Discussion in 'Coupons, Discounts & Sales' started by Carraway, Jul 12, 2017.
Resonance Records just tweeted a 40% off Bill Evans sale with the "BillEvans2017" code at its site.
Nice, thanks for sharing!
Question is, which BE is the best on this label?
Lost Session, Top of the Gate, or Another Time?
Well the only one that is still available on vinyl is the "Top of the Gate". Does anyone have it and can say if it's worth picking up or not?
That's tough, as they all have their strengths and quirks. They're all from 1968 and mainly consist of jazz standards. Eddie Gomez is the bassist on all three. Jack DeJohnette is the drummer on Some Other Time and Another Time, while Marty Morell is on Top of the Gate.
Also, Top of the Gate is a club date, Some Other Time is a studio setting, and Another Time is a radio broadcast recording before a small audience. For recording quality, I think Some Other Time is the best, but Evans' piano is clearly at the forefront with DeJohnette especially laying back and fairly low in the mix. The other two aren't as pristine recording wise, but they're more clearly trio albums with a lot of trio interplay being better heard. Also, I think Evans was at his best with an audience.
So personally I'd go for Top of the Gate first, as it's a great example of a live Evans trio at a club date. If I were mostly interested in the best recorded sound of Evans' piano, I'd pick Some Other Time. I'd go with Another Time if I wanted the trio dynamics with DeJohnette on drums.
I only have the digital version of that one. Based on that, I think it's worth picking up. I'm tempted to get the LP as well, but it's a bit pricey even with the discount (especially after I bought speakers a few weeks ago and took advantage of "Prime Day.")
Ended up going with these two, and they're throwing in a bonus CD sampler Jazz Haunts as well for orders over $25. Very good deal IMO.
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The land of the rising sun is relocating to Europe and the Middle East via the new Silk Road. Is it because of petrodollar oil in those sand dune hills? If you remove the rose-colored West-centric glasses and dig a little bit deeper, it would appear there are golden yuans and rubles instead.
Gold is the spectre haunting our monetary system… “If Chinese selling of Treasuries became a threat to US interests, a US president could freeze Chinese accounts with a phone call. The Chinese know this. They are stuck with their dollars. They fear, rightly, that the US will inflate its way out of its $19 trillion mountain of debt (as of Nov. 2, 2017 the total is 20.5 Trillion). China’s solution is to buy gold. If dollar inflation emerges, China’s Treasury holdings will devalue, but the dollar price of its gold will soar. A large gold reserve is a prudent diversification. Russia’s motives are geopolitical. Gold is the model 21st century weapon for financial wars. The US controls dollar payments systems and, with help from European allies, can eject adversaries from the international payments system called SWIFT. Gold is immune to such assaults. Physical gold in your custody cannot be hacked, erased, or frozen. Moving gold is a simple way for Russia to settle accounts without US interference.” – James Rickards via Telegraph UK, Apr. 2016
That prescient observation sums up why the glue that could make the petroyuan trade much “stickier” is gold.
So Russia is doing what and conspiring with whom?
Russia Triples Gold Reserves in Preparation for Full-Scale Economic War with the United States… “The impetus for the massive increase in Russian gold reserves is their desire to break away from the hegemony of the U.S. petrodollar and dollar-based payment systems. Currently, over 60 percent of global reserves and 80 percent of global payments are denominated dollars. The reason gold is so critical is that it cannot be manipulated by U.S.-based economic warfare, as it cannot be frozen out as other forms of digital and paper fiat can be… The strategic significance of gold is so great, that even when oil prices and Russian financial reserves were collapsing in 2015, they continued to acquire gold. In fact, during the second quarter of 2017, Russia accounted for 38 percent of all gold purchased by central banks. The massive increase in Russian gold reserves has taken place while simultaneously abstaining from purchasing foreign currency for more than two years… In addition to being the largest international purchaser of gold, Russia is also one of the three biggest gold producers in the world, as the Central Bank of Russia purchases gold from domestic mines using commercial banks and not in the open market… Additionally, Russia is simultaneously pursuing other strategic dollar alternatives besides gold. Russia and China have built a non-dollar payment system for regional trading partners. One of the most threatening uses of U.S. financial influence has been its utilization of the SWIFT… Russia clearly understands its vulnerability to U.S. domination and has worked diligently to reduce that vulnerability. In turn, Russia has created an alternative to SWIFT. ‘There was the threat of being shut out of SWIFT. We updated our transaction system, and if anything happens, all SWIFT-format operations will continue to work. We created an analogous system,’ Elvira Nabiullina, head of Russia’s central bank, reported to Vladimir Putin. Russia is also part of a reported Chinese plan to install a new international monetary order that excludes U.S. dollars. Under that plan, China could buy Russian oil with yuan and Russia could then exchange that yuan for gold on the Shanghai Exchange.” – FreeThoughtProject, Oct. 2017
Of course, Iran wants a piece of the action as well, while sticking its big fat nuclear foot in the door. I’m not sure how many pairs of shoes are left over because millions of shoes were definitely tossed at Iranian TVs at every POTUS since Jimmy Carter.
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Reveals Methods to Isolate US… “’We can nullify US sanctions, isolate it by various methods such as eliminating the dollar, replacing it with national currencies in bi/multi-lateral economic transactions … You [Putin] have a strong personality and are a man of decisions and actions. That’s why one can talk, logically cooperate with Russia, as a major power, on great works which demand resolution, efforts,’ Khamenei said, as quoted by his website.” – Sputnik, Nov. 2017
Iran at the Nuclear table in 2006
What is the significance of a Silk Road in this geopolitical monetary mayhem, you ask? The U.S. sort of bowed out gracefully, which could turn out to be a “yuge” mistake.
Ports, Pipelines, and Geopolitics: China’s New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington… “’Today, the ground of Khorgos is mud (a Chinese city near the border with Kazakhstan),’ says Guo Jianbin, deputy director of the Khorgos Economic Development Zone administration committee, accenting his words with a booted stamp. ‘But soon it will be paved with gold… Exchange will replace estrangement, mutual learning will replace clashes, and coexistence will replace a sense of superiority,’ China’s president Xi told the opening of the Belt and Road (aka Silk Road) Forum in Beijing in May. It’s a vision of inclusive globalization that bolsters Chinese leadership credentials at a time when the U.S. is wavering on its international commitments. Belt and Road spans some 65 countries, covering 70% of the planet’s population, three-quarters of its energy resources, a quarter of goods and services and 28% of global GDP—some $21 trillion. Beijing’s rationale is clear: these are large, resource-rich nations within its reach, with a severe infrastructure deficit, which China has the resources and expertise to correct. By boosting connectivity, China can spur growth in the short term, gain access to valuable natural resources in the mid term and create new booming markets for its goods long into the future… Meanwhile, the AIIB, the new Beijing-headquartered multilateral development bank, established in 2016 to fund Belt and Road projects but also to show the world that China can run a real, multilateral development bank according to international standards. Washington made fierce attempts to persuade nations not to join it, but few listened and 80 nations are now members, including staunch U.S. allies Australia and Britain. ‘When the Chinese government proposed the idea there was some misunderstanding, and some questions and even suspicions,’ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB ) president Jin Liqun tells TIME in his Beijing office. ‘Misunderstanding is understandable. It takes time for people to appreciate the concept.’ America remains in denial about what Belt and Road really signifies.” – TIME, Oct. 2017
Silk Road Rail Links Europe and China… “The first cargo trains have left Baku’s Alyat port in Azerbaijan and are heading for Turkey… the journey time between Europe and China down from more than a month to two weeks, the line is expected to boost trade in the region. An initial capacity of 5 million tons of freight per year is expected to more than double in coming years.” – EuroNews, Nov. 2017
With the “yuge” Silk Road crisscrossing the Asian continent all the way to Europe and the Middle East, what is the best way to keep all those trade transactions from being skimmed off the top by Uncle Sam?
China-Ruble Settlement and the Dollar System… “The Peoples’ Bank of China has just announced a payment-versus-payment (PVP) system for Russian ruble and Chinese yuan transactions. The stated aim is to reduce currency risks in their trade. The only conceivable risk would be from the US dollar and potential acts of US Treasury financial warfare to damage Russian-Chinese trade which is becoming very significant in volume and value… The official announcement, posted on the website of the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) adds the enormously significant note that CFETS plans to introduce similar PVP systems for yuan transactions with other currencies based on China’s Belt and Road initiative. This confirms what I discussed in an article I posted in April 2016, namely that the grand design behind China’s Belt, Road Initiative (BRI) has an integral gold-based currency component that could change the global balance of power in favor of the nations of Eurasia, from Russia and the nations of the Eurasian Economic Union to China and across all Asia. Earlier termed the New Economic Silk Road, the BRI is a vast network of high-speed rail linkages being constructed criss-crossing the countries of Eurasia including Central Asia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and, of course, the Russian Federation and extending to Iran, potentially to Turkey and East Africa… encompasses countries generating almost one-third of global GDP, will generate an additional $2.5 trillion worth of new trade annually. This isn’t chump change for the world economy. It’s a game-changer of the first order… Two years ago, in October 2015, China initiated the China International Payments System (CIPS). While it has signed a cooperation agreement with the dominant SWIFT, it gives a potential option in event of US sanctions on China to function independent of SWIFT. In 2012 Washington pressure on the private Belgian-based SWIFT international bank clearing system, through which virtually every international transaction between banking institutions goes, to block international clearing for all Iranian banks, froze $100 billion in Iranian assets overseas and crippled her ability to export oil. The point was not missed in either Beijing or in Moscow, especially when some foolish US Congressmen called for SWIFT exclusion against the Russian banks after 2014.” – New Eastern Outlook, Oct. 2017
So how do the petroyuan and gold tie into this dastardly scheme?
China will ‘compel’ Saudi Arabia to trade oil in yuan — backed by gold, and that’s going to affect the US dollar… “’I believe that yuan pricing of oil is coming and as soon as the Saudis move to accept it — as the Chinese will compel them to do — then the rest of the oil market will move along with them,’ Carl Weinberg, chief economist and managing director at High Frequency Economics.” – CNBC, Oct. 2017
Keep an eye on my Twitter thread on this topic for the latest updates, but in the meantime…
Challenging the Dollar: China and Russia’s Plan from Petroyuan to Gold… “For China, Iran and Russia, as well as other countries, de-dollarization has become a pressing issue. The number of countries that are beginning to see the benefits of a decentralized system, as opposed to the US dollar system, is increasing. Iran and India, but also Iran and Russia, have often traded hydrocarbons in exchange for primary goods, thereby bypassing American sanctions. Likewise, China’s economic power has allowed it to open a 10-billion-euro line of credit to Iran to circumvent recent sanctions. Even the DPRK seems to use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to buy oil from China and bypass US sanctions. Venezuela (with the largest oil reserves in the world) has just started a historic move to completely renounce selling oil in dollars, and has announced that it will start receiving money in a basket of currencies without US dollars. (This is not to mention the biggest change to have occurred in the last 40 years). Beijing will buy gas and oil from Russia by paying in yuan, with Moscow being able to convert yuan into gold immediately thanks to the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. This gas-yuan-gold mechanism signals a revolutionary economic change through the progressive abandonment of the dollar in trade.” – GlobalResearch, Oct. 2017
By the way, alternative payment and institutional systems for credit cards, sovereign investment funding, and miscellaneous currency payment remittances are in place, too.
Sanctions-hit Russia mulls payment system tie-up with China to cut reliance on the West… “Moscow considers expanding its Karta Mir network through links to Chinese services. Russia’s Medvedev says the world shouldn’t be dominated by one currency… Noting the rise of China’s Unionpay system and Beijing’s efforts to internationalize its currency, the yuan, Medvedev told a press conference in Beijing that Russia was developing its own payment system, known as Karta Mir. ‘At the present moment it is being discussed whether Karta Mir should be linked to Chinese payment systems,’ he said, while standing alongside Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. That would have ‘good prospects’ and ‘avoid those problems that sometimes arise when you use American payment systems’, Medvedev said, mentioning Visa and Mastercard without elaborating. Around 14 million Mir cards, which translates as ‘World’ or ‘Peace’, have been issued in Russia, according to the Russian National System of Payment Cards (NSPK), or about 10 per cent of the country’s population. NSPK was established in 2014 and is wholly owned by the central bank. More than 380 banks working in Russia accept the cards, which are issued by 120 banks. Practically all trade and service points, including cafes, shops, restaurants and service stations, accept them.” – South China Morning Post, Nov. 2017
Can China Union Pay challenge Visa and Mastercard?… “China is quietly crafting the initial building blocks of what we may call a ‘parallel order’ that will initially complement, and later possibly challenge, today’s international institutions. This order is already in the making. It includes, among others ,institutions such as the BRICS-led New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (to complement the World Bank), Universal Credit Rating Group (to complement Moody’s and S&P), China Union Pay (to complement Mastercard and Visa), CIPS (to complement SWIFT), the BRICS (to complement the G7), and many other initiatives. Of all these, OBOR, a vast plan of infrastructure projects to connect Asia, is arguably the most visible. One important, though often overlooked key element of the China-led emerging parallel order is China UnionPay (CUP), which seeks to complement existing global actors such as VISA and Mastercard. CUP is China’s domestic bank card organization, the association for China’s banking card industry and the only interbank network in the country.” – Post Western World, May 2017
What is China UnionPay (CUP)?… “As the name suggests, China UnionPay (or UnionPay) was established in the Peoples Republic of China, with the blessing of the Chinese government, to provide a payment processor for four major Chinese banks. With a Monopoly on clearing for domestic Chinese payments, UnionPay grew rapidly as the wider Chinese economy flourished. Although a World Trade Organisation ruling in 2012 confirmed that the processor had an unfair competitive advantage, paving the way for liberalisation of Chinese payment processing in 2015, UnionPay had already leveraged its position to become the world’s largest supplier of payment cards (with over 5 billion cards issued bearing its logo)… Visa and MasterCard (and even American Express) products continued to be offered by Chinese banks for customers travelling abroad, but to ensure Chinese customers could pay easily, many foreign retailers (especially luxury goods retailers) adopted UnionPay as an additional payment method. As a result, UnionPay can now be used in over 150 countries.” – CreditCards.com UK
Geoswift partners with Bank of Shanghai to launch payment remittance services… “Geoswift, a provider of cross-border payments between China and the rest of the world, announced its partnership with Bank of Shanghai to launch a new remittance service in 2017. This announcement was made at Money 20/20 Las Vegas today. This partnership will enable businesses and individuals globally to remit funds into China through a secure and efficient medium that is well recognized by China’s regulators, combining the network and market expertise of Geoswift and Bank of Shanghai. This service allows continuous real-time remittance of funds from seven currencies USD, GBP, HKD, CAD, AUD, JPY and EUR to the local currency RMB for recipients in China. The service uses a fixed daily rate to minimize risks arising out of foreign exchange fluctuations, and is designed to provide ease of transaction and transparency for both the sender and receiver.” – TheAsianBanker, Oct. 2017
It appears they may have all the bases covered to DE-DOLLARIZE. One little detail not to forget is that China’s yuan joined the elite IMF club in Oct. 2016 as part of its basket of reserve currencies.
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The new Optio RS1500 (which replaces the Pentax Optio RS1000) is the latest addition to the Pentax compact digital camera catalog. This flashy little digicam was obviously designed for casual shooters who want an inexpensive digital camera that makes a personal fashion statement. The RS1500 appears to differ from its predecessor primarily in the method for attaching the decorative skins that set this digicam apart from every other point-and-shoot on the market.
The RS1000 features a removable transparent faceplate held in place with screws and also features a new design. The faceplate is held in place by a snap-off lens ring – orange and black rings are included to further expand customization options. The RS1500 comes with 10 decorative exterior skins that slide into place under the removable transparent faceplate of the camera.
The base RS1500 is an easily pocketable ultra-compact digicam available in either pearl white or silver. The RS1500 is actually rather plain and somewhat underwhelming in its naked state, but add one of the included skins (like dressing up a Barbie doll) and the camera magically assumes an alternate identity. For those wannabe camera customizers out there who seek to add a little flair to their image making device, the 10 included skins depict an interesting variety of scenes – like the Leica style rangefinder skin (one of the two I opted to try during my test of the camera), a faux reptile hide cover, a pastoral scene with cows, a textured black skin, a “kiddie” skin, a skin with blue & white stripes, a textured red skin, a magazine graphic skin, a brown, blue, and orange psychedelic skin, and an urban camouflage (the other skin I tried).
For those who need more skin options there are dozens of additional patterns available (in PDF format) via the Pentax Skins Gallery at pentaximaging.com. Stylistas can also design (and print) their own PDF skins with the Personal Skin Designer which can be downloaded free from the Pentax website. If all those skin options aren’t enough, Pentax is offering a special edition Pentax Optio DC Super Heroes RS1500 model which will come with 5 super hero faceplates (Green Lantern, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Superman) and for those fashionistas with a slightly darker side – 2 Super Villain (Catwoman and the Joker) faceplates, a 4GB SD card, and a plastic Green Lantern camera case.
Looks-wise the RS1500 won’t appeal to everybody. With its boxy design, it looks like a toy camera or an ultra-compact 21st century version of the old disposable cardboard 35mm cameras that folks used to buy at the drug store. The body-shell of the pearl white version (the one I used) looks like it was manufactured from recycled Clorox bottles. The young skateboarders and BMXers I showed it to at the Extreme Park thought it looked cool, but an older friend (almost 60) thought it looked silly.
The RS1500’s very basic user interface and minimalist control layout make this digicam dead simple to operate. All controls and buttons are easily accessed by right handed shooters, but the buttons are all rather small. There is no mode dial – shooters must select the shooting mode via a dedicated mode selection position on the compass switch.
The RS1500 features 14 megapixel resolution, a 4x (27.5-110mm equivalent) optical zoom, a 3.0-inch (230k-dot) TFT LCD screen, a 720p HD movie mode, Face Detection AF, digital filters (including Toy Camera, Retro, and Sepia), and what Pentax calls digital blur removal – which means electronic Image Stabilization (higher sensitivity and faster shutter speeds are used to counter camera shake) rather than an optical or mechanical IS system.
In movie mode the RS1500 features what Pentax calls Movie SR (Shake Reduction) to automatically compensate for camera shake during video shooting. Digital cameras at the $150 price point don’t always include optical or mechanical image stabilization systems and (in good lighting) the RS1500’s 4x zoom is short enough to preclude much of the camera shake that one would get with a longer zoom.
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A book explaining Einstein’s theory of general relativity seems an unlikely contender for a bestseller. But in Italy, Sette Brevi Lezioni di Fisica (Seven Brief Lessons in Physics), written by a physicist who spends most of his time grappling with the unsolved problem of quantum gravity, took many by surprise recently when it became the highest selling book for two straight months, sharing shelf space in bookstores with Cinquanta Sfumature di Grigio (Fifty Shades of Grey).
The book’s success – it has sold 140,000 copies in six months – has left its author, 58-year-old Carlo Rovelli, “a bit overwhelmed”. “It has gone much, much beyond the readership that I imagined. I think that what people like is that it is relatively simple, but there’s a lot of poetry in it – in the sense of trying to show the beauty of nature.”
The book, published in Italy, is as straightforward as its title implies. Rovelli explains scientific theories and concepts that were discovered in the 20th century, including quantum mechanics and black holes. He also describes the problems that have yet to be solved in the 21st century. In his explanation of the most “beautiful theory” – Einstein’s theory of general relativity – Rovelli writes of space curving, bending and stretching all around us. “I recount the emotion I went through as a student when I started visualising it, and suddenly things started to make sense, like the Earth going around the sun,” he said.
Rovelli believes that sales of the book – which will be published in English later this year– have benefited from the popularity of recent science-themed films such as “The Theory of Everything” and “Interstellar.” Rovelli said science had often been viewed with suspicion in Italy because of the influence of the Catholic church, and more broadly in Europe because of “leftwing” arguments that suggest that knowledge based on the study of humanities – philosophy, art, and literature – is superior to scientific knowledge. “I am from that generation that, when I was a kid, there was much more fascination and much less fear about science. I think people are tired of science-bashing,” he said. “Science is beautiful. It is just knowledge.”
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|Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake'|
Height 6-8', Width 8-10'
Hardy to Zone 5
Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' is definitely a favorite and one of the more popular varieties I use in my landscape designs because of its more compact habit and profuse flat white flowers that last throughout summer and somewhat resemble a dogwood bloom. 'Summer Snowflake' is commonly planted in groupings and can reach a height of 6-8 feet, but can be maintained as a smaller shrub. It is a lovely addition to an informal foundation planting or in a woodland setting.
|Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Mariesi'|
Height 4-6', Width 4-6'
Hardy to Zones 4-5
Viburnum 'Mariesi' produces deep green ridged foliage and beautiful white blooms resembling those of a lace cap hydrangea on a rounded 4-6' high by wide shrub in late spring. Its tiered branching habit makes it a graceful addition to a mixed border or natural landscape.
|Viburnum carlesi 'Korean Spice' (Fragrant)|
Height 4-6', Height 4-6'
Hardy to Zones 4-5
'Korean Spice' Viburnum is another favorite displaying pinkish buds in spring followed by clusters of highly fragrant pinkish-white blooms. Given the name 'Korean Spice' the blooms give off an aroma resembling spice cake throughout the landscape. The dark green foliage of this viburnum turns to a bright red in fall followed by the appearance of attractive berries.
|Viburnum rhytidophyllum 'Leatherleaf' (Semi-Evergreen)-Fragrant|
Height 10-15', Width 10-15'
Hardy to Zones 3-5
The last is 'Leatherleaf' Viburnum which is one of the semi-evergreen varieties in zone 7. Due to its higher stature it is often used as hedging or as a backdrop in privacy border. In spring Viburnum rhytidophyllum 'Leatherleaf' produces fragrant clusters of creamy-white blooms on coarsely textured blue-green foliage. Fall interest includes the formation of blue berries starting in June and developing into mature black berries by September. Leatherleaf Viburnum will tolerate shadier conditions and moister soil conditions than most other viburnums.
Viburnum are a wonderful way to welcome spring. Their versatility makes them an excellent addition to many a landscape and while providing all season interest another attribute is that they are also "deer resistant". Try one or more of the many varieties available as an addition to your landscape.
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Although clothing such as women clothing come in a wide variety of sizes, and even more shapes and variation of a woman’s form. This statement is not only true, but it is an important fact that everyone should know. Especially when you are shopping. You have to keep in mind. Most times, what looks good in the store may or may not look good on your significant other, but if it is the right size, they will be able to wear it and hopefully grow to like it.
Another thing to keep in mind when you are shopping for a woman just because something does not mean it this right. This may seem like it does not make sense to most men, but when it comes to a woman before you buy clothes, you have to consider whether they are tall or short, because something as small as height and weight can be the determining factor on if something looks good on them or not, even though it may be there size.
No matter how strong your woman may seem to be, bringing home the wrong size will hurt any woman’s feeling and cause you a lot more headache then you can handle. Also, it just makes a woman feel good, when her lover knows her exact size.
You may have to tell her how good she looks in it, but that should not be a problem if you buy what looks god to you. You are the one who has to look at her so make sure she stays looking her best, and do not be shy about letting her know how your feel every chance you get.
The slim women have one of the hardest time finding clothes that fit the exact time due to their height and slim size. Women with little to no curves seem to look better when they are complemented by dresses that fit them a little more snugly. If a very skinny woman tries to put on a loose fitting dress to dress pants to overwhelm her body and does not give her enough sex appeal.
Shopping for more curvaceous woman can be hard as well, because you want to show just enough without showing too much. The actual size of the clothing is more important when shopping for this type of woman due in part to the fact that she couldn’t be happier up top, which will call for a bigger size. On the other hand she could be small up top and larger at the bottom, which will call for even more precise size measurement.
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‘Enchiridion. Certaine breife Remonstrances offered unto his Ma[jes]tie … Touching divers Inconveniences growne into the publique Weale by meanes of The Netherlanders and our owne Company of Merchant Venturers’.
A fine, unpublished manuscript treatise on the balance of trade, dedicated to James I, by the administrator, politician, and collector Sir Walter Cope (c. 1553–1614).
Not born into wealth, Cope was a junior cousin of Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley, and allied himself to the Cecils as they rose in power, becoming gentleman usher and then secretary to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and a trusted friend to his son Robert, the Earl of Salisbury. Burghley secured him a post in the Court of Wards in 1574 and eased his passage to Parliament in 1589; a steady accrual of positions and status followed. Knighted by James I in 1603, he was appointed gentleman of the privy chamber in 1607, joint keeper of Hyde Park in 1610, Registrar of Commerce in 1611, and Master of the Court of Wards in 1612, and regularly entertained the King and Queen at his house ‘Cope Castle’ (later Holland House) in Kensington. A committed imperialist with an interest in trade, he served on the Councils of the Virginia Company (1606), the Newfoundland Company (1610), the Northwest Passage Company (1612) and the Somers Islands Company. In 1612–3 he was on several commissions for the augmentation of revenue, cloth exports, and alum works, and it was in this context, as well as James I’s dire need for new sources of revenue, that Cope drafted the present Enchiridion.
Every man, with the new yeare, studies to present your Majestie with a new years gifte, some with Skarves, some with gloves, some with Garters, I with a poore glasse [i.e. mirror] of the present time, hoping your Majestie is not of the disposition of our late Queene, who, for many years refused to looke into any, least it might report unto her the wrinkles & stepps of Age.
Cope’s mirror reveals the ‘wrinkles & decaies of State, encroached upon the lib[er]tie of your Sub[jec]ts by forreyne Pollicies’, lamenting in particular England’s export of raw materials ‘by License or stealth … untanned, unwrought, contrary to Lawe’, to the detriment of our ‘poore Artisans’; and its neglect of fishery and shipping, all of which have allowed the Dutch to reap the lion’s share of profits from manufacturing and global trade. The Netherlanders, ‘having in their hande the very Staple of Moneys and Merchandize of Europe, being strongest by Sea, ritchest by land, & soe neere our Neighbours, may more offend us then any Nation of the world’, and they do so with the complicity of the Merchant Adventurers, whose monopoly on the export of undressed cloth is deleterious to British manufacturing. Similar sentiments apply to the neglected fishing and shipping industries. The Dutch overtake us in the East Indies and Turkey, they employ 4-500 ships to transport British coal ‘whiles our Shippes lie by the walles for want of worke’, and 3 4000 busses (herring boats) and other fishing vessels ‘to take & carry away the fish out of your seas, whereby they relieve Millions of their people, whilst your Coast-townes & greatest Cities, wanting trade, runne to ruyne’.
It was precisely these sorts of fears and arguments that would lead, in 1614, to James I’s dissolution of the Merchant Adventurers, and their replacement with a New Company under the merchant William Cockayne. The ‘Cockayne Project’, which granted the new company a monopoly on dyed and dressed cloth with the aim of promoting those industries locally, was an unmitigated disaster – not only was current manufacturing insufficient to process the raw cloth, but the Dutch refused to buy over-priced and inferior finished cloth, and a trade war ensued that depressed the cloth trade (Britain’s main export) for decades.
Had James listened to Cope instead of Cockayne’s get-rich-quick solution, the situation may have been rather different. Cope recognised that ‘sodaine changes are very dangerous’ and that any changes in trade policy would have to be committed by stealth and incrementally, so as not to shock the market and warn the Dutch of an imminent threat: ‘if we presse the dressing of 70 or 80 thousand Clothes upon the Adventurers suddainly; & if they be sullen and refuse to buy them; Or having bought then, they cannot soadinly die & dresse them; Or if having drest them, their Custom[er]s beyond Seas being denied the Manufacture, Shall refuse to take them from their hands: the least of theis may breede such a dampe in trade, as neither the Clothier, that makes the Cloth, nor the Merchant that carries it, nor the gentleman that owes the wooll, may be well able to endure’. Cope also recognised that Dutch boats that took away the cloth also brought vital commodities, especially to the North, and the Netherlands themselves are viewed not as antagonists but exemplars: ‘behold & imitate the politique & industrious Courses of this wise, provident, & overworking Nation, who, in their times of warr, have raised themselves to that greatnes & virtue as noe people have done since the Romans time’.
Cope’s own solution, offered in a series of ‘Remedies’ devoted to each commodity, was a careful devaluation of the currency, control on the export of bullion, reduced taxation on coloured cloths to promote manufacture, and the promotion of the fishing and shipping industries.
Figures mentioned in passing here include Sir John Popham, whose project to reduce unemployment by encouraging emigration to Virginia was supported by Cope, and the vintner John Keymer, another follower of Cecil and friend of Ralegh, whose own ‘Observations touching trade and commerce with the Hollander’ circulated in manuscript at the time and were later attributed to Ralegh (who had a copy). As a prominent follower of the Cecils, Cope knew well both Michael and Baptist Hickes – he accompanied the dying Robert Cecil on his last journey along with Michael, and Baptist was his neighbour in Kensington (his house built on land bought or won from Cope at cards). Though his grasp of personal finances sometimes fell short (he apparently died with £27,000 of debts), Cope was fastidiously incorruptible and admired by John Stow and Robert Cotton. John Tradescant stocked his garden with exotic trees, and he possessed ‘the best-known Wunderkammer in England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries’; and he was a significant early donor to the Bodleian, giving forty of his 215 medieval manuscripts to the Library in 1602 (see Watson, A. ‘The manuscript collection of Sir Walter Cope’ in Bodleian Library Record 12 (1987), pp. 262-97).
Given his close contact to James I at the time of its composition, Cope’s Enchiridion, or a version of it, was clearly presented to the King; but evidently it circulated in other manuscript copies like the present, produced by a professional scribe. We have traced three other examples: Trinity College Cambridge MS 698/1, and State Papers 14/71/89 (dated 1612 in another hand) and 90 (a rough draft with corrections, apparently submitted to Ralegh for his consideration).
See T.W. Fulton, The Sovereignty of the Sea (1911).
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