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MONDAY BLOG
Day One of the trip...
8.10pm Good evening everyone from Sandown! We've arrived, there's a howling gale and pouring rain outside but we're tucked inside our cosy hotel, everyone has eaten well and we're ready to listen to our storyteller. Thanks to Mrs O'Neil and her technical wizardry, we are up and running with the official blog page and I'm all set to post the first instalment in the tales of our travels.
I will be back very soon with the details of all the action that has unfolded today...
Right, here we go…
The coach was waved off by the parents at 10.05am and the 2017 IOW trip was officially underway. Travelling down the A3 I was contemplating the week ahead and the room allocations I'd just been given whilst Mrs Holt sat alongside me singing her new mobile phone number to herself. Said number has been written on a silicon wristband for all the children to wear this week. Mrs Holt is clearly not planning to wear a silicon band herself. As the numbers drifted on the air I realised the rain was splashing down on the windscreen of the coach.
"It's looking brighter ahead" Mrs Capindale suddenly announced.
"That's ok, I've got 3 cagoules in my bag…although one doesn't have a hood" Mrs Holt replied effortlessly amongst the O78 etc etc number recital
Mrs Capindale has previous 'form' when it comes to bizarre methods of weather forecasting so, although it looked very grey to me, I wasn't going to argue…the 2015 incident of the weather forecasting cows remains fresh in the memory.
Approaching the Hindhead tunnel the sun came out. I turned around and Mrs Capindale smiled. Forget Accuweather and The Met Office; if you want weather information, call Mrs Capindale and her magic cows.
We arrived in Portsmouth on schedule and headed into the Naval Dockyard to begin exploring. In true style, first activity was lunch…where Charlie lost a tooth. Losing a tooth appears to be an annual occurrence for Year 6 boys on the trip so Mrs Holt was soon on hand to expertly deal with the situation. No worries there…although I think the tooth fairy may find it a tricky crossing of The Solent tonight if the predicted high winds show up.
After lunch we made our way out to visit The Mary Rose. On the way we approached HMS Victory where Shae asked Mrs Holt the first of her many questions:
"Is that The Mary Rose?"
Mrs Holt: The Mary Rose is only half a ship Shae."
Shae turned to me looking slightly bemused. "I can only see half a ship" she said.
"That's because the other half is on the other side Shae" I replied. Let's hope I manage to answer all the other questions as quickly this week :-)
Before going into The Mary Rose exhibition, Mrs Holt gathered the group to ask some questions (and take advantage of Mrs Capindale's sunny weather).
Mrs H: Where did The Mary Rose sink?
Child: In the sea.
Mrs H: Yes, but where?
Child: Over there (pointing at the sea).
Technically an accurate answer although it did make me chuckle as it resembled something from The Two Ronnies. Inside the exhibition we split into 3 groups and I headed in first with Miss Hodson and our 14 children. It is a fascinating exhibition and the children were very impressed with the ship and the amazing history. I was equally impressed with the many excellent questions asked and the interesting observations made. Particular praise here must go to Niall, Aoife, Ella and Izzabella who were real superstars.
In the zone describing the work of the ship surgeon I came across Charlie and Mateo watching a short film showing the surgeon treating a particularly disgusting wound.
Charlie: What's that stuff he's pouring in the wound?
Mateo pondered before replying "I don't know…it may be holy water…or maybe beer."
I guess if you've got a disgusting wound to treat, either would do the job.
Meanwhile, Mrs Holt had made her way into the same area where a guide was giving a talk to her group.
"Do you know what cauterising a wound means?" she asked enthusiastically. What followed was an answer of genuine genius from Michael.
"Does it mean cutting it into 4 pieces?" he asked.
Now, maybe it was something lost in the pronunciation but that is a cracking answer and will take some beating for tickling the ribs this week.
Moving onwards, my group arrived at an area describing various jobs on board the ship where we found a dressing up box. Niall unearthed a head-dress. "Oh look Mr Tindall, I think this is for a nun" he said.
"Did they have many nuns on board The Mary Rose?" I asked him.
"Hmmm, maybe not. Do you think it's for a maid?" he tried again.
"Well, did they have many…" my voice trailed off. At this point I decided it was wise to quit and move onwards. We visited each floor of the exhibition before meeting up with the other 2 groups in the shop. All in all, this was a very interesting, informative and educational visit where the children behaved beautifully.
Outside I spotted Michael looking a little anxious. "Are you alright Michael?" I asked.
"Yes…err…well…what has happened to our cases?"
"Why? Do you have stash of gold bullion hidden in there?"
"No, just my clothes, I just wanted to make sure they're ok" he concluded. Such care and concern for his clothes ia an admirable quality but I'm not fooled. This is very interesting; I think I may just check the weight of his suitcase later. If it's very heavy there may be a slight delay with my next posting as I make my way to a sunny beach bar in The Caribbean. If not, well then I guess it's a rainy hotel in Sandown :-) Whatever happens with the case, I think it may be worth keeping an eye on Michael's wardrobe choices this week…I'm already loving the Metallica t-shirt.
I then noticed Samuel and Joseph plugged into an I-pod. They were bobbing along in sync which looked pretty cool. "What are you two listening to?" I asked.
"The Black Eyed Peas" Samuel replied.
I couldn't believe my luck, bearing in mind that Joseph supports the wrong team in Manchester. "Cool…did you know The Black Eyed Peas have played in more Champions League Finals than City?" I asked them with a grin. Samuel smiled. Joseph winced…such is life following the blues. The derby games weren't exactly the most productive for United this season so every little opportunity must be taken in the endless game of banter with the neighbours :-)
Mia then approached looking as concerned as Michael had been previously. She was wearing a considerable frown. "What are we doing next? she asked.
"I think we're going into the other museum, is that ok?"
"Yes, I just want to make sure I don't get my hair wet" Mia replied. You can probably tell by this conversation that Mrs Capindale's sunny weather had disappeared and it was raining…quite steadily. Moments later it started to really pour down. I looked over. Mia had a coat literally wrapped around her whole head like an extra from Lawrence of Arabia. Clearly keeping her hair dry is equally important to Mia as Michael's case of gold bullion.
Final stop in Portsmouth was Boathouse 4 where there were several games and fun interactive displays. Proving very popular was a boat race game where you had to twirl a handle to make the boat beat the other 3 in the race. It was like one of those games you see at Blackpool Pleasure Beach except in this one, technique was the key to success. Some children were spinning the handle like a deranged creature from Lord of The Rings and risking third degree burns to the hands as a result, whilst others, notably Francesca, were operating with a serenity reminiscent of someone punting on a tranquil river in the Cotswolds. After winning two races on the trot with her relaxed style, others began to catch on. Following Francesca with success were Suzanne, Michael and his gold bullion and Aidan, who won an amazing 6 races in a row before retiring to have reconstructive surgery to his right hand :-) Happily I caught up with the champion soon afterwards grinning away to himself. "It was all worth it!" he exclaimed proudly.
Following all this high octane excitement we made our way back to the coach where I stumbled upon yet another fascinating conversation, this time between Thomas and Alice. They were debating the relative benefits of different modes of transport. Ferries v planes was the focus of the snippet I caught. Apparently, according to Thomas, "planes are better because you can get first class planes with wine and stuff,"
Well, there you have it in a nutshell. Move over Simon Calder as BBC travel expert, Thomas is in town now. We boarded the coach and headed for the ferry...where we waited quite a long time...and the rain got heavier. Once on board the ferry the rain became horizontal...and got heavier. The short drive from Fishbourne to the hotel saw the rain become diagonal...and heavier...oh, and the wind got up a bit more. I'm not fancying the tooth fairy's chances tonight at all. Dinner tonight was tomato soup, sausage, chips & peas followed by choc ice. It all seemed to go down well with the troops. The storyteller arrived and the tales of smuggling and secret meetings in darkened coves (remarkably similar in story;line to the dealings of Fifa I mused) began.
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FH3465 – Light Grey Stonewash Belgian Linen fabric is a beautiful light grey material with a Poly blend. A part of the Belgian Linens collection. This light grey's harmonious nature to natural light throws a subtle mauve tone. Soft but a texturally rustic and robust fabric. Furthermore, this material is made of 91% linen and 9% man made fibre. A blend that makes it perfectly suited to upholstery and soft furnishings.
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Over the past thirty months, the David Raleigh Quartet, including Tony Carfora/sax, Daniel Glass/drums and Danny Weller/bass or Evan Gregor/bass and I have taken our audience on a journey…a musical journey, incorporating story and song. The show features the stories and songs of the artists and composers who for the past one-hundred years have paid homage to city they call home. Many of their songs were popularized in New York's venues like the Village Vanguard where Miles, Mingus and Monk performed and venues that are long gone, such as Cafe Society where Billy Holiday debuted "Strange Fruit." And then there are the stories and songs that I associate with New York through ancestral, familial and personal recollections.
We are now working on an all new Jazz in the City, which will feature great jazz standards, some well-known, others equally great but not as popular. Once again, we'll be blending the music with New York themed stories.
More details to come in the following weeks.
With the next show in the Charles R. Hale Productions series, "New Yorkers: Together in Story and Song," slated for November, Charles certainly wanted to create a show that would not only be heard — but felt — among the full-house audience at the cell theatre on Aug. 23. It had to be something lasting. From Jobim and Gershwin to Rolling in the Deep and Milonga de Angel, from John Legend and Alanis Morrisette to Ashokan Farewell and Chega de Saudade….the show succeeded in too many ways to count.
The event was planned around a return visit of violinist extraordinaire Annette Homann, an early Artists Without Walls' member. After twelve years in New York City, Annette has returned to her native Germany where she is finding tremendous success as a performing artist in Berlin. Invited to perform with Annette were bassist Danny Weller, guitarist Shu Nakamura and Charles's Artists Without Walls co-founder, singer Niamh Hyland. All are of extraordinary talent in their own rights. Together? Charles created something truly remarkable.
"When I was thinking of a theme for tonight's event I thought, 'We have great musicians, who can play anything so let's just make great music.' And that's what we aimed for tonight. Many genres and accomplished musicians who can perform it all," Charles said.
And in the end…. the show, entitled "Annette Homann and Friends: Versatile Virtuosos," left the audience full of emotion, of joy, of incredulousness. It was a showcase of talent, love and goodwill as few shows can be. Audiences to Charles R. Hale Productions and AWoW shows are generous but also discriminating. This show, this unique collection of grace and love for both music and the spoken word, did not discriminate. The audience did not hold back. They gave the artists not one but two standing ovations. It was the way for them to give back, if even a little, for what they had just experienced; for the beautiful, remarkable respite from a sometimes confused world.
This show will stay with those fortunate enough to have attended. Such feelings rarely leave us.
One of two standing ovations.


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Outcome for children with relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia following initial therapy in the Medical Research Council (MRC) AML 10 trial. MRC Childhood Leukaemia Working Party.
Webb DK., Wheatley K., Harrison G., Stevens RF., Hann IM.
Between May 1988 and March 1995, 359 children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) were treated in the MRC AML 10 trial. Three risk groups were identified based on cytogenetics and response to treatment. One hundred and twenty-five children relapsed--103 in the bone marrow only, 12 in the bone marrow combined with other sites, and six had isolated extramedullary relapses (site was not known in four cases). Eighty-seven children received further combination chemotherapy, one all-trans retinoic acid for acute promyelocytic leukaemia, and one a matched unrelated donor allograft in relapse, and 61 achieved a second remission. One patient with no details on reinduction therapy also achieved second remission. Treatment in second remission varied--44 children received a BMT (22 autografts, 12 matched unrelated donor allografts, 10 family donor allografts), and 17 were treated with chemotherapy alone. The overall survival rate for all children (treated and untreated) was 24% at 3 years, with a disease-free survival of 44% for those achieving a second remission. Length of first remission was the most important factor affecting response rates--children with a first remission of less than 1 year fared poorly (second remission rate 36%, 3 year survival 11%), whereas those with longer first remissions had a higher response rate (second remission rate 75%, 3 year survival 49%, P < 0.0001).
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Catherine has twenty-two years charity chief executive experience. She has her own charity management consultancy. She has managed the growth of a charity from small to large. In 2015, Catherine completed, with distinction, a Master's degree in Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of Nottingham.
Sonia Rafferty, Vice-Chair
Sonia's background includes Financial Controller at the University of Derby and over ten years as Head of Commissioning and Resources within Community Safety, working in partnership with Social Care, Health, Police and others, delivering joint initiatives across Derby.
Adam Buss
Adam is chief executive of QUAD, Derby's centre for art and film. Adam has over 10 years' high-level experience in marketing and public relations with leading brands including Sony and Topman.
Rachel Clarke
Rachel's experience includes work within the Rolls-Royce Community Relations team where her prime responsibilities were setting corporate strategy, communications and individual development opportunities. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.
Stephen Edgeley
Stephen has extensive experience within healthcare provision spanning 38 years both in Clinical and Executive Nursing Leadership roles specifically in the context of mental health and children's service provision.
Grahame Gilbert, Treasurer
Grahame is a Chartered Accountant and a director of Cameron Hughes Limited, a Derby based chartered accountancy practice. Grahame's firm has a diverse client base which includes a number of charities.
Debbie Maitland
Debbie's is currently Global Talent Manager for a speciality chemical company. Her HR career spans 25 years but has always had a focus on people development. Debbie is also a trustee of Framework, an organisation working with homeless people.
David is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has over thirty years' experience working in the commercial sector and is now Finance Director of Autism East Midlands, a large regional charity.
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Guardian Africa network
Nigerians question decision to delay presidential election
What difference will six weeks make in fight against five-year insurgency by Boko Haram, ask analysts
Monica Mark in Abuja
Tue 10 Feb 2015 02.00 EST Last modified on Tue 10 Feb 2015 09.41 EST
Supporters of Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan before the delay was announced. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
For weeks, Africa's giant has stumbled towards a pivotal moment in its history: an election so close that, for once, the incumbent wasn't guaranteed a win the ballot box. It was the clearest sign yet of democracy taking root in Nigeria, a country which ostensibly shed military rule a decade and a half ago.
That moment has been, temporarily at least, halted in its tracks by a letter which the top electoral commissioner received early last week.
Signed by the national security adviser, the letter warned that the security of electoral agents "could not be guaranteed" if presidential polls went ahead as slated on 14 February. A further six weeks were needed to conduct operations designed to flush out Boko Haram from four north-eastern states where the militant group has waged a bloody six-year campaign, it said.
Nigeria's elections: democracy postponed | Remi Adekoye
The warning came as the ruling People's Democratic Party, which has been in power since military rule ended in 1999, has taken a battering in popularity rulings amid tumbling global oil prices, corruption scandals and an insurgency by Islamists Boko Haram which left some 10,000 dead last year alone.
After days of closed-door meetings during which, insiders told the Guardian, the electoral body wavered in the face of pressure from the ruling party to delay and pressure from its main rivals not to, came the announcement.
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) told reporters at midnight on Saturday: "The commission cannot lightly wave off the advice of the nation's security chiefs ... The risk of deploying young men and women and calling people to exercise their democratic rights in a situation where their security cannot be guaranteed is a most onerous responsibility," as he announced the presidential would now hold on 28 March.
A potential backlash has been kept in check as the main opposition, led by Muhammadu Buhari, called for calm amid an already tense campaign.
But, for many, the delay has raised the spectre of another "June 1993," when the military annulled democratic elections that had unseated them.
Some worry it is a slippery slope as elections could keep being delayed on security grounds if conditions don't improve.
"I don't think it's a good enough reason to postpone," said Idayat Hassan, a director at the Abuja-based Centre for Democracy and Development. "It would have been welcome if it came directly from Inec, if they felt they weren't prepared. But this is an insurgency that has been going on for close to five years so what fundamental difference can be made in six weeks?"
Accusations of political interference have been dismissed by the administration led by Goodluck Jonathan, the first president since independence not drawn from, or closely linked to, military ranks.
"The military hasn't gone in to stop an election. [The security agencies] simply advised, based on the situation on ground. More time is in the interests of everybody, and means Inec will be able to perfect it's own readiness," said government spokesperson Mike Omeri. The incumbent party has also pointed to the fact some 19 million voter cards have yet to be collected among around 70m registered voters.
A Nigerian protests against the postponement of the elections. Photograph: Lekan Oyekanmi/AP
Inec had insisted it is ready to hold credible polls, saying new biometric cards would help prevent fraud that has marred previous votes. "Our readiness hasn't changed," said spokesperson Kayode Idowu, adding that a deadline for collecting cards had now been extended by one month.
"From the look of things, we've reached the bottom of the leeway that the constitution allows. This commission doesn't even want to contemplate the possibility of any further postponement."
Any further delays – as happened during the 2011 polls, when elections were twice pushed back, including once less than a week to the date – could tip the nation into constitutional crisis as it would leave the electoral body scrambling to hold credible polls before a constitutional deadline of 28 April, analysts warned.
A renewed wave of attacks has prompted neighbouring countries to pledge a multi-national force. The opposition has pledged to use Buhari's previous experience as a military ruler, when he fought back a low-level insurgency in the north east, to quell the Islamists.
But some have already expressed misgivings that Buhari, a 72-year-old former military ruler who has since run for the top job and failed four times, is being heralded as a symbol of change. The opposition has been cobbled together largely from politicians who have flip-flopped from various parties, including some who jumped ship from the incumbent party.
"It would be a great thing if one of [the] alternatives [aspirants] garners a large enough number of votes to show thinking Nigerians that there could be a third force, because in reality, both the [incumbent] PDP and the [opposition] APC are rotten fingers of the same leprous hand," wrote Chxta, a prominent Nigerian blogger.
"I also hold it as a negative for the retired general, that he broke a promise made four years ago not to run for office again. But I don't stress on that because president Jonathan made a similar promise, and has reneged on his as well."
Three-quarters of Nigerians believe the country is headed "in the wrong direction," up from 70% two years earlier, an Afrobarometer survey found.
And half of those surveyed were significantly concerned about political intimidation, compared to 34% two years earlier.
"The responsibility is upon us as Nigerians to protect our own democracy. Nobody is going to do it for us, and we have to make sure we do it," said Clifford Akintunde, a Lagosian who said he would vote for the opposition in a protest vote.
"From what I know about Nigerians, this delay is actually going to make them more determined to come out and vote. Those who were sure before will now come out," said Idowu, the electoral commission's spokesperson.
Goodluck Jonathan


Since AppDaemon under the covers uses the exact same APIs as the frontend UI, you typically see it react at about the same time to a given event. Calling back to Home Assistant is also pretty fast especially if they are running on the same machine. In action, observed latency above the built in automation component is usually sub-second.


George Robert Kew (Lives profile) was the eldest son (of three) of Charles Robert Kew and his wife Annie (nee Waters). According to the Surrey Association roll of honour the middle son, Harold William Kew also served in the First World War with the Royal Irish Rifles but no other records have been found to confirm this. However, given his date of birth it is highly likely that his overseas service would have been after the Armistice so he would not have qualified for any campaign medals, the records for which are the main surviving source for British Army personnel. Both are listed as being ringers at Burstow.
Charles Robert Kew and Annie Waters had married at Horsham, Surrey, on 27 April 1895. He was the son of John and Hannah Kew (both originally from Wiltshire). Censuses indicate that Charles was born in Brixton, but the family obviously moved out to the Burstow area as they can be found together in 1881 in Horley. Annie was from Reigate.
It was over three years after the marriage that George Robert was born, on 5 November 1898 at Horley. He was baptised at St Bartholomew's, Horley on 12 February 1899, although even then their "abode" as listed in the baptismal register was Burstow. Harold William followed on 24 July 1900 in Burstow. He was presumably baptised at St Bartholomew's, Burstow, but the pages for the several years are missing from the microfilmed version of the register that is available on Ancestry.
By the 1901 census the family's address was given as, The Stables, Rede Hall, Burstow. Rede Hall being one of three manor houses around Burstow. Charles is listed as a coachman, George Robert is listed only as Robert, which may suggest that that was how he was known in the family.
The final member of the family, Edward, was born on 10 March 1903 and baptised on 7 June 1903 at Burstow. By 1911 the family were all still at The Stables, Rede Hall.
It is not clear when George Robert and Harold William learned to ring. No specific mention has been found in either Bell News or Ringing World. However, ringing in Burstow probably received a boost in 1912 when a new rector, the Revd Edward James Teesdale arrived from Suffolk in 1912. He and the gardener he brought with him, Charles Herbert Varo (who was killed in action in 1917), were both experienced ringers.
George Robert appears to have been a conscript, he would probably have been "deemed to have enlisted" immediately following his 18th birthday on 5 November 1916. However he may have spent a little time on reserve, as the war gratuity paid out after his death suggests active service from around February 1918. It seems he may have gone directly to a Bedfordshire Regiment battalion. Others around him on the medal roll have entries for service with a Training Reserve battalion or similar, but not George Robert. He seems to have been posted to 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment after his training. They were part of 54 Brigade in 18 Division.
They had already gone through quite a tough time in the early part of the German Spring Offensive. On 24 April the brigade was ordered to take part in a counter-attack designed to dislodge the Germans from Villers-Brettoneux. They were just south of the neighbouring village of Cachy, on the right of the Australians who would be attacking Villers-Brettoneux itself. In reality the force actually comprised 9th Battalion, London Regiment, (from 175 Brigade in 58 Division) and 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent (Queen's Own) Regiment (from 53 Brigade). Unfortunately the battalions lost touch in the darkness. 7th Bedfordshires advanced well, initially but were then driven back, and took up positions in shell holes 500 yards west of the road that ran from Villers-Bretonneux to the Bois du Hangard (Hangard Wood). The survivors realised that many of the shell holes were actually held by Germans, and the Germans tried to encourage the Bedfords to surrender, however the battalion was still in touch with 13 Australian Brigade to the north and managed to hold on. Villers-Bretonneux was successfully retaken, coincidentally on the third ANZAC day, commemorating the landings at Gallipoli in 1915. The Bedfords' war diary records that 70 other ranks were missing.
Annie Kew evidently hoped for more news than just that George Robert was "missing". She contacted the Red Cross, the record card shows that he was with B Company, and that the family were now livign at Irwell Cottage, Redehall Road. Unusually it also records that he was 19 years old. Sadly there was no news, the Red Cross card shows that a "negatif envoyee" (ie no news) was sent on 14 September 1918. Annie must have been very glad that the Armistice had come by the time that Harold William would have been due to go overseas, though he may have spent time with the army of occupation in Germany.
Harold William Kew (28, Gardener) of Burstow married Dorothy Edith Dunford (29) on 1 April 1929 at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire by banns. The marriage was witnessed by Edward Kew and Doris Edith Dunford. They had one son, Ernest W Kew in 1939. When the 1939 register was compiled on 29 September they were living at 3 Coppingham Cottages, Balcombe. Harold was a jobbing gardener.
Edward Kew married Minnie L Streeter in the Reigate Registration District in 1931. It's not clear if she was related to the Streeter family of ringers from Redhill. They had two daughters, Sheila P Kew in late 1932 and Marcia M in early 1936. By 1939 they were all living in Irwell Cottage, Redehall Road, along with the now widowed Charles Robert Kew and similarly Minnie's widowed mother, Minnie M Streeter.
This entry was posted in April 1918, Bedfordshire Regiment, Burstow, Uncategorized and tagged Burstow, First World War, George Robert Kew, Harold William Kew on 25/04/2018 by davidunderdown95.


*UPDATE: This morning we advised that the CME is estimating total volume in silver yesterday of 53,978. Marshall Swing has contacted the CME for clarification, and volume estimates ONLY include the pit session which closes between 1:29 and 1:30pm EST, and DOES NOT include access market electronic trading in the afternoon.
Apparently any cartel shenanigans conducted during electronic trading is free game and goes unreported by the regulating agencies.
On the now infamous Ron Paul/ Bernanke silver raid of February 29th, we documented how 225 million ounces of silver were dumped on the market over a span of only 30 minutes, smashing silver $4 from $37.62 to $33.68.
In a sign of the diminishing returns of paper market manipulation, on the heels of today's Fed minutes disappointment, beginning at 2pm EST, over 127,000 contracts, or 637.535 MILLION OUNCES OF PAPER SILVER were dumped on the market in only 1 hour, resulting in a massive silver decline of.... $0.65.
Nearly 80% of ENTIRE ANNUAL WORLD MINING SUPPLY was dumped on the market (during the thinly traded Globex session), over a single hour, and all the cartel could muster was a lousy .65 decline in the paper price of silver!
We will have confirmation from the CME's globex numbers tomorrow. Contrast today's 127,000 contract dumping with yesterday's Globex action, which saw a total of 43,708 silver futures contracts trade hands on the Globex throughout the entire session.


This timeline is a work in progress, please leave a comment below if you think I need to make a change.
If you have any dates to add, I would also be very pleased to hear from you.
1927 – several Tatton Estate houses / buildings sold to pay off a gambling debt racked-up by Lord Egerton.
196? – the layout of the village crossroads was changed and houses demolished.
2014 – new airport traffic control tower relocated / built..changing the skyline of the village.


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What I Think About on The 2016 Fourth of July
I am a fortunate person. My paternal great grandparents immigrated to the United States in the 1880s, and my maternal grandparents arrived in the early 1920s, before the Immigration Act of 1924 severely limited immigration and imposed a strict quota system. It was a bigoted act designed to limit immigration of Africans as well as Southern Europeans and Eastern Europeans. It actually banned the immigration of Arabs and Asians. It was due to this horrible act that so many Jewish people trying to escape Nazi Germany were banned from entering the United States and were murdered.
Finally, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was passed and enacted on June 30, 1968, just in time for a Fourth of July celebration. It ended the strict limits of the quota systems and allowed preference visa categories that took into account an immigrant who had family members who were citizens, as well as an immigrant's special skills.
Think of what this act might have meant for tens of thousands of Jews stuck in Europe. In my own family, the 1924 act caused the death of my grandfather's family. He was able to get Visa's for his parents, but not for his siblings. His parents refused to leave. And so everyone perished in the Holocaust. My grandmother was able to get a visa for her father and younger sister, but not her brothers. Fortunately they survived.
The Immigration Act of 1990 increased the total immigration allowed and the number of visas from the 1965 law. But also in the 1990s other laws were passed to make it more difficult for legal and illegal immigrants adding reasons for deportations, according to a Wikipedia article on "The Laws Concerning Immigration."
But the world changed on September 11, 2001, and along with it views on immigration. People got scared. We began to allow fear to rule the country. And if we do that, we let the terrorist win through fear. That is what they want.
We seemed to have gone back to the ways of the 1920s, when the white men in power seemed so afraid of those that were different. Many restrictive laws were enacted before women had the right to vote. The 19th Amendment was only ratified on August 18, 1920. At first many women did not vote. It took time for women to stand up and have their voices heard.
I cannot prove that having women's votes changed the direction of the United States, but I believe that women voters have influenced many aspects of life in the USA.
The fact that we now have three women on the Supreme Court has made a difference. The fact that we have women in office on all levels of government: local, state, national, has made a difference. The fact that we have had women running for the two highest offices in the USA: vice president and president, has made a difference.
I am so proud and glad to be a citizen of the United States of America. I am so glad that my ancestors made the journey to the USA in times that were so difficult and were allowed to settle here and become citizens.
I hope that we all remember what is written in the Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
We must not let fear of the other make us forget that the United States was founded by the 'other.' Everyone who signed the original Declaration of Independence was the descendant of an immigrant. We were not perfect. The treatment of the Native Americans and slave ownership was not right. But the founders did their best with the information they had. The Constitution helped them make changes to reflect the society. Slavery ended, women got the right to vote.
With the death of Elie Wiesel, we must remember his words as he reminded us of the Shoah and our responsibility to keep another one from happening: "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
And we must side with the victim. We are a country founded by people searching for religious freedom, searching for a place to live with freedoms and the rights to be as equal as anyone else.
This Fourth of July, we must not give in to fear and hatred. We must protect those fleeing from war. We must not become a bigoted, hateful country. We must remain the defender of the victim. That is the heritage I want to rejoice on this July Fourth.
Tags: Declaration of Independence, Elie Wiesel, FOurth of July, grandparents, Holocaust, Immigration to USA, Shoah, Women's right to vote
Categories 9/11, Anti-semitism, Elections, Uncategorized
Holding My Grandparent's Naturalization Papers Overwhelms Me
I have a small leather case that is inscribed with the words Certificate of Citizenship. Enclosed are my grandparents naturalization papers that change them from immigrants to citizens.
I hold the papers in my hands and I wonder what my grandparents were thinking. Here are the legal documents that made them naturalized citizens of the United States of America. They were no longer Polish citizens. They were free of the past, or were they?
One paper is 84 years old. My Grandmother became an American in 1932. She was 27 years old. I know she had just returned from a trip to Europe to regain her health and see her family and my grandfather's family. She took her two small children, my mother and my uncle, with her for six months in Poland. And then she came home, a changed woman with a mission. Get as many family members out of Europe as possible. Grandma was smart. She saw the coming tide of Hitler and his anti-Semitism. What would she think now with the new rise of hatred and xenophobia throughout the world?
The seal encompasses her photo. Her certificate has a small burn in it. The paper was folded when it happened. I can see my grandfather smoking a cigarette with an ash hanging off as it falls on the papers. I know my grandmother must have been furious. It looks like that type of burn to me. I am glad that my children have never seen a cigarette burn. When my father and grandfather smoked, papers often got singed. But by the time my children were born, there were no more smokers in my family.
There on her paper is a space for Race. It says Hebrew. I wonder if she worried about that word on her papers? They were not yet putting yellow stars on Jews when she was in Europe. Even though she was worried, perhaps, being here made her feel safe enough. The good news is that 11 years later, when my grandfather became a citizen, there was no longer a space for Race. This item was removed from the naturalization papers. It makes me happy to see this change.
I wonder why Grandpa waited so long? He came to the USA in 1920. Did he originally think he would go back one day? Maybe. But the war probably changed his mind. He became a citizen in the midst of World War II — the war that destroyed his family. The war that murdered his parents and his siblings, his nieces and his nephews, his aunts and uncles, his cousins and his friends. Almost all perished. He did not yet officially know this in 1943. But perhaps he knew, since all letters stopped coming and there was no more contact with his family. It was not till after the war that he knew they had all died.
On this paper I see my grandparents' signatures. I usually did not see it. To me Grandma only signed all letters Love, Grandma Thelma. Grandpa never wrote letters. In his later years, he forgot how to write his name in English. He only remembered how to write it in Hebrew. But here I see his signature. It gives me a thrill to see these names on these certificates.
On the back of Grandpa's certificate of naturalization is an additional note. It was when he became an official citizen that he legally changed his name from Nisson to Nathan. He put away his Yiddish/Hebrew name and moved to an English name. This is the name I gave my son. Nissan, Nathan. He was born 11 months after Grandpa died. It seemed right that he should have his name.
By the time Grandpa became a citizen they had moved to the home they lived in for over 30 years. This was the location of their bakery in West New York, New Jersey. A home and a bakery where I spent many hours and enjoyed so much love. The same address where I spent the first three years of my life. Where my parents spent the first six years of their married life.
When I hold my grandparents' citizenship papers I am overwhelmed. Because they moved here and left their homes when they were so young, 18 and 16, I am alive. Because they made a conscious choice my children have freedom. Because they were able to immigrate to the United States, we live in freedom.
I hope the United States will continue to be a beacon of light to immigrants throughout the world, as it was for my grandparents.
https://zicharonot.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/how-world-war-i-saved-my-family-or-my-grandpa-was-a-draft-dodger/
https://zicharonot.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/i-believe-mystically-and-magically-great-grandma-chava-watches-over-me/
https://zicharonot.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/grandma-thelma-knows-what-she-knows/
https://zicharonot.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/speaking-yiddish-always-brings-me-holocaust-memories/
Tags: citizenship, grandma, grandparents, Immigration to USA, New Jersey, World War 2
Categories Anti-semitism, Family, Genealogy, Holocaust, Memories, New Jersey, Uncategorized
How World War I Saved My Family or My Grandpa Was A Draft Dodger
World War I changed the world! One hundred years ago, Europe became a place of desolation and devastation. Young men from both sides were killed. Millions perished. From all I have read, it was horrible. The use of gases so horrific that laws were later passed banning the use of these and all future chemical weapons. We know that sometimes they are still used. But the world peoples are united against them.
For my family, World War I actually saved my branch of a family. My Grandpa Nat, you see, was a draft dodger. As he would explain it to me, Jews in Galicia did not really have a chance in the military. They were often put in the worst positions, meant to die. And if they survived, they were conscripted for 25 years. So they never were able to live a Jewish life or return to their families again.
In 1918, when my Grandpa was about 18, his life changed; he received the dreaded notice that he was to report for military duty. It sent his family into action. Nissan, as he was known in Europe, had to be smuggled out of Galicia to save his life.
Thus began my Grandpa's two-year journey to salvation and survival. He left his home in the middle of the night with just those things he could carry and wear. His intention was to get to British Mandate of Palestine and join the efforts to create a Jewish homeland. But his first goal was to get to his cousins in Belgium.
He wandered through Europe during the battles of 1918 and the aftermath of the war. Slowly making his way to Belgium. He had no real passport. Instead he was using the passport of a dead cousin.
Eventually he made it to Belgium and his cousins. Their reaction to his wish to travel to Palestine was, "Why go to Palestine? It is a desert! Go to the United States, to the Golden Medina. You have an Uncle there. He will help."
So my Grandpa contacted his Uncle Julius, known as Uncle Yidel to us all, his mother's brother. Uncle Yidel agreed to sponsor Grandpa to the United States. But he had one problem, he had been robbed along the way and had to work to earn the money to pay for his trip to the United States. But finally, after about nine months, the last leg of his journey began. Fortunately for him, his uncle did sponsor him, because when he arrived in the port of New York City, and the immigration site of Ellis Island, he had just a nickel. Without a sponsor he would have been sent back to Europe.
Grandpa often would tell us that we could be whatever we wanted to be. "Look at me," he would say. "I came to this country with just a nickel in my pocket. And look at what I have." So we learned early on not to complain to Grandpa and to never give up!
I tried finding my Grandpa's immigration information from the Ellis Island sites, but could find nothing. My Grandma's was easy to find. So I often wonder what that passport actually said. And how old he was supposed to be? But in 1920, immigration procedures were not as intense and documentation was not as precise as it is now.
Tanta Molly and Uncle Yidel
Uncle Yidel and his wife, Tanta Molly (also known as Malchik) welcomed Grandpa.
Growing up in Europe, my Grandpa had been a yeshiva brocha, a student of Torah. He had a beautiful singing voice, and perhaps might have been a cantor. But instead, somewhere along the way, he learned to be a baker. When he first came to New York, he worked two jobs. One as a butcher, the other as a baker. But it is as a baker that he prospered in America. He and Uncle Yidel started a bakery eventually owning a building in New York City. (My Grandma told me that when Grandpa proposed he told her he had a place. She thought he rented an apartment. She did not realize he owned the building!)
Grandpa in his bakery in West New York, New Jersey, 1942.
They separated the business after my grandparents married, and Grandpa and Grandma opened a new bakery in Linden, New Jersey. But in the early 1930s, when my grandmother took their children to Europe for six months, Grandpa sold the bakery in Linden and opened a new bakery in West New York, New Jersey. He kept this bakery for over 35 years.
Grandpa had many cousins in the United States. His parents were first cousins. So he was double cousins to many of the family. They helped him settle in. But Uncle Yidel was the most important. Uncle Yidel and Tanta Molly were always a part of our lives. They had one son, Ezra.
Whenever we went to see them, we were welcomed in Yiddish. Tanta Molly would come running out to hug us. She would call out our Jewish names: " Tovaleh, Fagaleh, Chavaleh!" I asked my Mom, "Why does she put an 'aleh' on all our names?"
"It means little," my Mom replied. "Well that did not make sense, Tanta Molly is littler than us!" Was my response. "It means she loves us," Mom laughed as she said that. Later I found out the 'aleh' did mean little, but really was an endearment.
My Grandpa always missed the hills of Galicia. He often told me that he bought his property in the Catskills because it made him think of his home and his childhood. Many years latter when I traveled to that part of Europe, I saw he was right. The rolling, low mountains and hills do look like the Catskills.
My Grandpa forever missed his family. World War I did save him. He came to the United States. But his parents, siblings, and many aunts/ uncles/cousins stayed in Galicia. They all perished in the Shoah.
My Grandpa Nat was a draft dodger, but he never stopped fighting for the right to practice his beliefs and to protect his family in the USA. He loved America. He never traveled outside of the United States. When asked, his reply was always:
"Why would I ever want to leave here? It is the best place in the world."
Tags: Bakery, catskills, grandpa, grandparents, Immigration to USA, memories, World War 1
Categories Catskills, food, Genealogy, Holocaust, Memories, Uncategorized, Yiddish


The happiest place on earth just got a little happier, for nonsmokers, that is. Disneyland recently announced it will no longer be providing designated smoking areas in its Anaheim and Orlando theme parks. Smoking will no longer be permitted inside Disneyland, Disney World, Downtown Disney District, and other locations.
As a mom and Disney enthusiast, this is a huge win. While I can't say I understand the needs of smokers, I do understand the negative side effects of nicotine and second-hand smoke. With the numerous family-friendly destinations Disney runs, it never made sense for smoking to be permitted anywhere near the parks.
I recently spent an entire week at Disneyland in Anaheim and was shocked by the number of people in the smoking areas. While the designated areas were few and far between, they were high traffic areas with babies, kids, and expecting mothers. All who should never be exposed to second-hand smoke, especially at a destination like Disney theme parks.
Smoking isn't the only thing recently banned from the parks. Strollers also have new regulations that should be kept at top of mind for parents with small children who plan on visiting the parks. Strollers will now be required to be under 31 inches wide and 52 inches long. It was also noted that ice will no longer be allowed in strollers.
According to the statement, these updates were designed to help ease congestion and make the parks more enjoyable for all its guests.
With Disney theme parks becoming more popular every year, it's no surprise that new changes are going into effect.
Make your Disney trip an unforgettable experience and plan in advance. To stay up to date on all new rules and regulations for Disney theme parks, visit https://disneyland.disney.go.com/park-rules/.
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North Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, declares emergency
North Korea has confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19 and declared a "severe national emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "eliminate" the virus, state media said Thursday.
The impoverished, nuclear-armed country has never admitted to a case of Covid-19, with the government imposing a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
But samples taken from sick patients with fever in the capital were "consistent with" the virus' highly transmissible Omicron variant, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
Top officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting to discuss the outbreak and announced they would implement a "maximum emergency" virus control system.
Kim told the meeting that "the goal was to eliminate the root within the shortest period of time," according to KCNA.
"He assured us that because of the people's high political awareness… we will surely overcome the emergency and win the emergency quarantine project," it said.
Kim called for tighter border controls and lockdown measures, telling citizens "to completely block the spread of the malicious virus by thoroughly blocking their areas in all cities and counties across the country".
All business and production activities will be organized so each work unit is "isolated" to prevent the spread of disease, KCNA added.
– No vaccines –
Experts believe North Korea has not vaccinated any of its 25 million people, having rejected offers of vaccinations from the World Health Organization, and China and Russia.
North Korea's crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak, experts have said.
North Korea is surrounded by countries that have battled — or are still fighting to control — significant outbreaks of Omicron.
South Korea, which has high rates of vaccination, has recently eased almost all Covid-19 restrictions, with cases sharply down after an Omicron-fuelled spike in March.
Neighboring China, the world's only major economy to still maintain a zero-Covid policy, is battling multiple Omicron outbreaks.
Major Chinese cities, including the financial capital Shanghai, have been under strict lockdowns for weeks.
– Lockdown? –
Seoul-based specialist site NK News reported that areas of Pyongyang had been locked down for two days.
"Multiple sources have also heard reports of panic buying due to uncertainty of when the lockdown might end," the site reported, citing sources in Pyongyang.
North Korea has long boasted of its ability to keep the virus at bay.
At a military parade in 2020, Kim Jong Un repeatedly and effusively thanked the citizens and military for their loyalty and for remaining healthy in the face of the global coronavirus epidemic.
From January 3 2020 to May 11 this year, there were zero confirmed cases of Covid-19 and zero reported deaths from North Korea, the World Health Organization said.
State media has previously reported on "epidemic prevention" measures, and civilians have sometimes been shown wearing masks in official photographs.
But at a huge military parade in Pyongyang late last month broadcast by state media, none of the thousands of attendees or participants were seen wearing masks.
North Korea's health crisis could potentially disrupt the country's banned weapons launches, analysts said.
Pyongyang has conducted more than a dozen weapons tests so far this year, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.
Satellite imagery indicates North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, and the United has warned this could come as soon as this month.
"There is a possibility of delaying the nuclear test in order to focus on overcoming the coronavirus," Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies, told AFP.
But he said if public fears over an outbreak were to spread, Kim might go ahead with a test "to divert this fear to another place".
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MovieChat Forums > High Pressure (1932) Discussion > The word Goy.
The word Goy.
posted 9 years ago by swojtak
Col. Ginsburg mentioned about finding trying to find a Goy. At first I thought he said boy but upon realizing the actor was using a "jewish" accent, I understood it to be Goy. I understand the word is used just like the "N" word is used in describing an "african-american"! Goy or Goyim refers to a person or persons who are not jewish. They probably put that in as an "inside joke"!
[–] rmcap965-982-388208 9 years ago
Its really not like the "n" word but mote like a religious person calling someone a pagan.....not nice but not a slap in the face.....
[–] bighebeal 8 years ago
Actually you are both mistaken. It's a Yiddish word that means "gentile", i.e., non-Jew. It comes from Biblical Hebrew, where it means "nation", and is used in the Old Testament as part of the phrase meaning "nations of the world", i.e., gentile nations. It is also sometimes used in the O.T. to refer to the Jewish nation.
There are no judgement values connected with it whatsoever. You can't insult someone by calling him a 'goy'.
Of course, you can make anything insulting by context. "Italian" is not normally used as an insult, but if you say "The damned Italians ruined the neighborhood..." You get the idea.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is either just uninformed or has a hidden agenda.
(By the way, I work in film and television as a translator and coach of Yiddish.)
The only word that we left out was "gentile". For the low information bloggers I used pagan... I dated a couple of Jewish girls at one time and the parents used the word guy in front of me....I took offense in the tone they used as if I was not good enough for their daughter.Any word if used in a detrimental way can hurt.
That's my point: "Any word if used in a detrimental way can hurt." That doesn't make it an equivalent of "the 'n' word". A word can be used that way without having a negative connotation by itself.
That those girls' parents had that attitude I do not doubt for an instant. But that doesn't make it a "hate word". It isn't.
[–] Helena727 8 years ago
rmcap, if those parents did indeed think you weren't good enough for their daughters, I'm sorry you experienced that.
1. Many parents -- all faiths, all colors, all ethnicities -- think the men their daughters bring home aren't good enough for them.
2. Parents who belong to minority groups may be more sensitive to their daughters' dating people with different backgrounds because intermarriage tends to result in the gradual disappearance of cultural traditions -- and people from a group that was rounded up and exterminated *because* of those traditions tend to be a little more concerned than average about the loss of their traditions.
Just something to think about.
bighebeal is right. It's just a noun, and -- unlike a known slur (such as "the n word") -- it's typically used neutrally. As bighebeal also said, any noun can be used in an ugly way if that's how the speaker intends it. For example, I bet that Amy's family (see poster above) had heard plenty of people use "Jew" in a derogatory and ugly way, and had also heard it used neutrally.
If you actually listened to the movie, you would have heard Powell's character say, in one of his sales talks, "When Columbus set forth on that memorable voyage, all the kibbitzers made fun of him!" Yiddish is sprinkled inoffensively throughout this movie -- the people who use it aren't mocking others, nor are the writers mocking the speakers by giving them those lines.
When in doubt, plese look something up. Please don't fan the flames of misunderstanding, which can lead to hostility -- and worse.
"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."
[–] swojtak 8 years ago
I want to fan the flames! I don't need to look up words of which I know the meaning. If you don't like certain words then too bad. Just because a person can say a word with a smile on their face does not mean the word is a nice (PC) word.
In other words, you have an agenda. You want to impute others as racist, despite the evidence ("I want to fan the flames... I don't need to look it up..."), for reasons of your own.
It may be a matter of what psychologists call "projecting".


With the Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc and his paintings dated to 32,000 years, Vallon-Pont d'Arc and the Ardèche have the oldest jewel of Paleolithic cave art known to date. Unique in the world and considered the mark of the birth of art, the cradle of artistic creation.
With these characteristics, the Chauvet – Pont d'Arc Cave is unique and fully merits registration on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list ( 911 classified sites worldwide).
In Rhône-Alpes only the historic site of Lyons is registered as World Heritage and this very media oriented classification would provide a real spotlight with the coming to Ardèche of new visitors enthused by cultural heritage.


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You are here: Parliament home page > Parliamentary business > Publications and Records > Hansard > Commons Debates > Commons Debates by date > Commons Debates - previous sessions > Bound Volume Hansard - Written Answers
19 Sept 2002 : Column 301W—continued
Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money by way of grants and subsidies her Department has paid to the RSPB, broken down by category, in each of the last five years. [71747]
Mr. Meacher [holding answer 24 July 2002]: Direct payments made by the department, since its creation in June 2001, have amounted to £25,000 in 2001–02 and £100,000 in 2002–03 to date. The RSPB may further receive EU funding and grants indirectly from other DEFRA funded bodies. Collecting information on indirect funding and payments made prior to 2001–02 would involve disproportionate cost.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent
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discussions she has had with representatives of the farming industry on reduction of the use of pesticides. [73199]
Mr. Morley: The Government is committed to minimising the adverse effects of pesticides. This includes the development and promotion of ways in which farmers can limit their pesticide use. In spring 2001 we invited the industry to implement the Voluntary Initiative—a package of measures aimed at reducing the environmental impact of pesticides. The Government is keeping the progress of the Voluntary Initiative under review to assess whether it is delivering real environmental benefits. DEFRA Ministers met with farming and other representatives in May to discuss progress.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has had from environmental groups on pesticide residues in food. [73201]
Mr. Morley: Officials from the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), an executive agency of the Department, has received correspondence from various environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth (FoE) and Pesticides Action Network UK (PAN UK), on pesticide residues in food.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with (a) representatives of the food retail industry and (b) consumer representatives on pesticide residues in food. [73200]
Mr. Morley: Officials from the Department meet regularly with representatives of the food retail industry and consumer representatives on pesticide residues in food, in various capacities. The Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC), which oversees the Government's pesticide residues surveillance programme, held its first open meeting last year. Various organisations attended, including representatives from both the food retail industry and consumer groups. Details of the attendees are available on the PRC's website:
www.pesticides.gov.uk/committees/PRC/prc.htm
Examples of organisations my officials met with in the last year are the Chilled Food Association and the Infant and Dietetic Food Association.
County and Agricultural Shows
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total cost was to public funds of her Department's exhibition stands at county and agricultural shows held since 1 April. [73174]
Margaret Beckett: Our records show that as at the end of June 2002, current payments made relating to the financial year 2002–03 by DEFRA for exhibition and related stand costs incurred by attendance at county and agricultural shows totalled £695,121.
EU Advisory Committees
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the mandate of the EU Advisory Committee on food stuffs is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the
United Kingdom representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. [63636]
Ms Blears: I have been asked to reply.
The mandate for the Advisory Committee for Foodstuffs is set out in European Commission Decision 1980/1073/EEC. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any matter relating to the harmonisation of foodstuffs legislation.
The Committee, whose term of office is three years, is composed of ten permanent members and twenty experts, and the secretariat is provided by the Commission. It represents socio-economic interest groups concerned about food safety, such as agriculture, commerce, consumers, industry and workers, and is chaired by a permanent member of one of the economic groups. The Committee has not met during the last twelve months.
The Committee is accountable solely to the Commission which pays the travel and subsistence costs of members amounting to approximately C= 290,000 for each meeting. There are no additional costs to the United Kingdom's public funds.
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what regulations remain in force to deal with the impact of Chernobyl radioactive pollution; which geographical areas are affected; and if she will make a statement. [72991]
The regulations which remain in force to deal with the impact of Chernobyl radioactive pollution, and the geographical areas covered, are as follows:
For England, The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1996, S.I. 1996 No. 62, covering parts of Cumbria For Scotland, The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Scotland) (Partial Revocation) Order 2001, S.S.I—2001 No. 313, covering parts of East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire and Stirling Council areas.
For Wales, The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) (Partial revocation) Order 1998, S.I. 1998 No. 72, covering parts of Conwy, Gwynedd and North Powys.
Each regulation specifies the exact areas to which the controls apply.
All restrictions were removed from Northern Ireland in April 2000.
Scottish Executive
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many formal and official inter-ministerial
meetings his Department has held with the Scottish Executive since May 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Executive department, (b) subject and (c) date. [72714]
Dr. Lewis Moonie [holding answer 24 July 2002]: Information is not available in the form requested. Defence Ministers have frequent meetings with Ministers from the Scottish Executive, both formal and informal, covering a broad range of topics.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [72648]
Dr. Lewis Moonie: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 May 2002, Official Report, column 614W by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) dates, (b) location and (c) sources were of attributable (i) articles, interviews or contributions for the media, books or other journals and (ii) speeches or presentations made in the public domain, by departmental special advisers since March 2001; who in his Department authorised the activity; and on what date this activity was recorded with the departmental Head of Information. [72258]
Dr. Lewis Moonie: All Special Advisers' contacts with the media, and speeches and presentations made by them, are conducted in accordance with the requirement of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. All Ministry of Defence civil servants, including special advisers, are expected to keep the Department's Director of Corporate Communications or delegated officer informed of contacts with the media. Details of such contacts are for internal purposes only.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) full time equivalents were employed by his press office and (b) secondees were placed in his press office in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [70548]
Dr. Lewis Moonie [holding answer 22 July 2002]: Details of full time personnel who worked in the Ministry of Defence central Press Office in the last five years, together with the number of established posts, is shown in the table below:
Number of full time personnel
Number of established posts
1997–98 20 *
1998–99 18 19
1999–2000 18 18
*information no longer available
The number of full time personnel includes those employed at any time during the Financial Year. Staff changes will cause these figures to be higher than those shown for established posts.
No records are held on the number of secondees to the Press Office.


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Иван Дмитриевич Барбашёв (14 декабря 1995, Москва, Россия) — российский хоккеист. Нападающий клуба Национальной хоккейной лиги «Вегас Голден Найтс». Обладатель Кубка Стэнли 2019 года.

Клубная карьера
Воспитанник московского «Динамо». В сезоне 2011/12 выступал в клубе Молодёжной хоккейной лиги ХК МВД. Команда не попала в плей-офф, но участвовала в играх на вылет. Барбашёв набрал 4 очка в 4 играх.

В 2012 году на драфте КХЛ был выбран под общим 33-м номером московским «Динамо». В том же году на импорт-драфте Канадской хоккейной лиги был выбран под общим первым номером клубом главной юниорской хоккейной лиги Квебека «Монктон Уайлдкэтс», в котором и продолжил свою карьеру. В первом своем сезоне за «Монктон» набрал 62 очка, в сезоне 2013/2014 – уже 68, а в сезоне 2014/2015 – 95 очков (+24 очка в плей-офф).

На драфте НХЛ 2014 был выбран во втором раунде под общим 33-м номером клубом «Сент-Луис Блюз». Летом 2014 года подписал с «Сент-Луисом» стандартный контракт новичка на три года.

Дебютировал в НХЛ 26 января 2017 года в матче против «Миннесоты Уайлд». Забросил первую шайбу в НХЛ 7 февраля 2017 года в своем 6 матче против «Оттавы Сенаторз».

Сезон 2017/18 Барбашёв начал в основном составе «Сент-Луиса», но сыграв 6 матчей и не набрав ни одного очка, был отправлен в АХЛ в фарм-клуб «Чикаго Вулвз». В начале декабря был вновь вызван в основной состав. Первые очки в сезоне заработал в своем 15-м матче против «Филадельфии Флайерз» (3:6), забросив шайбу и отдав результативную передачу Полу Штястны.

21 марта 2019 года сделал свой первый хет-трик в карьере НХЛ в матче против «Детройт Ред Уингз» (5:2), став главной звездой игрового дня. 17 мая 2019 года в матче против «Сан-Хосе Шаркс» забросил свою первую в карьере шайбу в плей-офф НХЛ. В финале Кубка Стэнли 2019 получил одноматчевую дисквалификацию за опасную атаку форварда «Бостон Брюинз» Маркуса Юханссона, в результате чего был вынужден пропустить 6-ю игру серии. 17 августа Иван Барбашёв презентовал Кубок Стэнли в Москве, который он ранее завоевал в составе «Сент-Луис Блюз».

1 сентября 2019 года продлил с «Сент-Луисом» контракт на два сезона, повторно продлил контракт 31 июля 2021 года, также на два года. Общая сумма сделки составила $4,5 млн. 26 февраля 2023 года был обменян в «Вегас Голден Найтс».

В сборной
Победитель . Участвовал на чемпионате мира среди юниорских команд 2013 года, где сборная России заняла 4-е место, а на молодёжном чемпионате мира 2014 завоевал бронзу. На молодёжном чемпионате мира 2015 стал серебряным призёром.

Личная жизнь
Есть два брата-хоккеиста: старший Сергей, младший Максим.

23 июля 2014 года женился на Ксении. 11 августа 2020 года родился сын Даниил.

Статистика

Клубная карьера

В сборной

Примечания

Хоккеисты России
Игроки сборной России по хоккею с шайбой
Хоккеисты НХЛ
Игроки МХК МВД
Игроки «Монктон Уайлдкэтс»
Игроки «Чикаго Вулвз»
Игроки «Сент-Луис Блюз»
Обладатели Кубка Стэнли

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Home Headlines Truck crushes 3 pedestrians to death, six others injured in JK
Truck crushes 3 pedestrians to death, six others injured in JK
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Udhampur: In a tragic accident, three pedestrians were crushed to death by a truck while six others sustained injuries on Sudhmahadev road in Udhampur district on Friday.
Massive protests broke out at the site soon after the accident took place.
Reports reaching the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a large number of people from Baishty and other adjoining villages of the area assembled on Sudhmahadev road in Udhampur district and held a protest against National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and other agencies engaged in highway construction works.
The protest was held by people who alleged the use of unparliamentary language by some officials of NHAI and some work which is not acceptable to the local population.
This protest lasted for a few hours, which was later pacified by the police officers along with civil administration and representatives from the concerned agency.
Police said that soon after this protest ended and people were on their way to destinations, an accident took place at the spot.
"A truck bearing registration number JK01X-4682 was moving on the road when its driver lost control over the vehicle and hit two other light motor vehicles on the road and then crushed some pedestrians and people standing along the roadside," said police.
In this accident, three people got killed on the spot while six others sustained injuries who were shifted to hospital where condition of three of the injured is stated to be critical.
The deceased have been identified as Abdul Rashid (60), son of Hassan Din, Savitri Devi (38), wife of Sudesh Kumar and Sarishta Devi (33), wife of Subash Chander—all residents of Baishty.
The injured include Mubashar Ahmed (03), Altaf Hussain (15), Gian Chand (57), Barket Begum (60), Shahin Akhter (29) and Muhammad Ramzan (28).
Meanwhile, soon after this tragic accident, another protest hit the area where a large number of people assembled on the road.
The protesters were later pacified by the officers of police and civil administration.
Police said that a case under FIR number 43/2022 U/S 279/337/304-A has been registered in local police station and further investigation is going on—(KNO)
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Lozère (;  ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, and the northwest by Cantal. It is named after Mont Lozère. With 76,604 inhabitants as of 2019, Lozère is the least populous French department.

History
Lozère was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces. Lozère was formed from part of the old province of Languedoc.

Pliny's Natural History praised the cheese of Lozère:
The kinds of cheese that are most esteemed at Rome, where the various good things of all nations are to be judged of by comparison, are those that come from the provinces of Nemausus, and more especially the area there of Lesura and Gabalis (Lozère and Gévaudan); but its excellence is only very short-lived, and it must be eaten while it is fresh.

During the period 1764–67, the Beast of Gévaudan, a creature believed to be a wolf, terrorized the general area in the Margeride Mountains of the former province of Gévaudan (nearly identical with the modern Lozère department).

Geography
Lozère has an area of . It is the northernmost department of the current Occitanie region and is surrounded by five departments belonging to two regions: Cantal, Haute-Loire and Ardèche departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and Gard and Aveyron departments of the Occitanie region.

The geography of Lozère is complicated, covering four mountain ranges.  In the north-west, the basalt plateau of Aubrac rises between , with a cold humid climate influenced by the Atlantic. The north and north-east of the department contains the Margeride mountains, which are formed of granite, and have peaks between .  The climate here is also cold, but drier than in Aubrac, with less snow.

The Causses are a series of very dry limestone plateaus in the south-west, and the south-east contains the Cévennes, which include the highest point in the department, the granite Mont Lozère at .

The department also contains numerous rivers, above and below ground, including the Tarn, whose source is on Mont Lozère, and which flows through the Gorges du Tarn in the Causses.

Demographics
Population development since 1801:

Lozère is a least populated French department. It has a population, in 2019, of 76,604, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The department boasts a population similar in size to that of the country Andorra. The inhabitants of Lozère are known, in French, as Lozériens and Lozériennes.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Mende, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 3 communes with more than 3,000 inhabitants:

Administration
The département is managed by the Departmental Council of Lozère in Mende. , the President of the council is Sophie Pantel. Lozère is part of the region of Occitanie.

Administrative divisions
There are 2 arrondissements, 13 cantons and 152 communes in Lozère.

The following is a list of the 13 cantons of the Lozère department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

 Bourgs sur Colagne (4803)
 La Canourgue (4802)
 Le Collet-de-Dèze (4804)
 Florac Trois Rivières (4805)
 Grandrieu (4806)
 Langogne (4807)
 Marvejols (4808)
 Mende-1 (4809)
 Mende-2 (4810)
 Peyre en Aubrac (4801)
 Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole (4811)
 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (4812)
 Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez (4813)

Economy
The main activities are cattle farming and tourism. There is barely any arable farming in Lozère due to poor soil quality. The hardy Aubrac is the most commonly farmed cattle breed here.

The region has one of the lowest rates of unemployment in France, which may be attributed to the enforced long-standing tradition whereby young people emigrate to cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier when they reach working age.

Land use

Lozère is a rural department, with relatively little land taken up by roads and buildings.   Overall the land use is divided as follows:
  Forest    43.81%
  Heath & other open land   31.19%
  Arable land    12.74%
  Fields       11.36%
  Roads and buildings 0.54%
  Rivers and ponds   0.3

Politics

Current National Assembly Representative

Tourism
Tourist activities include caving and a variety of sports, such as skiing and kayaking. Lozère contains a part of the Cévennes National Park. Lozère is considered one of the best areas in France for trout fishing. Rivers such as the Lot, Tarn and Truyère are particularly noted for their trout populations.

See also
 Arrondissements of the Lozère department
 Cantons of the Lozère department
 Communes of the Lozère department

Explanatory notes

References

External links

 Departmental Council of Lozère
 Prefecture website
  Comité Départemental du Tourisme en Lozère

1790 establishments in France
Departments of Occitania (administrative region)
Massif Central
States and territories established in 1790


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'Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' movie review
By: Eva Olson
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A new Marvel movie recently came out on September 3rd called 'Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', and I went to go see it. It follows the story of Shang Chi and his complicated past with his father, who wears the ten rings and uses them for money and power. His father sends assassins to bring him home to help him search for Shang's dead mother, and destroy her village because he believes that she is alive and the village is keeping her prisoner.
I thought the theme of the movie was great; there was a good balance of both sad and funny topics in the movie and I was never bored while watching it. The funny parts made me laugh, the fight scenes were suspenseful, and I loved the bond between the main character and his best friend.
I thought they did a great job with the casting for the characters and the costumes were very good in my opinion. I also enjoyed how there were many ties to the original Avengers movies and other Marvel movies and characters.
I also loved the overall look of the movie. The visual effects made everything look so realistic and interesting and the fight scenes were perfect and very entertaining to watch.
The pace of the movie was very good and so was the camera work and scenery. I also loved the cultural representation in the movie. The plot was amazing and I loved the way the movie ended, the after credit scene also left me wondering.
I really hope there will be a sequel but overall, the movie was very good and if you like Marvel and haven't seen it I would one hundred percent recommend watching it. 9.5/10 rating
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In Their First Televised Debate, All Four Republican Lieutenant Governor Candidates in Texas Embrace Creationism
Posted by Steph S. on December 14, 2013 at 8:38pm in Texas Heathens
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December 14, 2013 By Hemant Mehta
During their first televised debate Thursday night, the four Republican candidates to become the next Lieutenant Governor of Texas unanimously agreed that public school science curriculums needed less science and more God.
Late last month, state Board of Education members adopted new high school science books that include full coverage of evolution without the disclaimers sought by social conservatives and other critics of Charles Darwin's theory.
While none of the lieutenant governor candidates mentioned the board's decision, three — [Sen. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples] — blasted teaching only evolution as a form of "political correctness." They linked it to what they described as a broader moral decline.
"The breakup of the family in this country has started when we took God out of the classroom," said Patrick, a radio talk show host.
"As a Christian, certainly creationism should be taught," said Staples, a former state legislator.
[Lt. Gov. David] Dewhurst, who is seeking a fourth term, agreed.
"It's a fair discussion to expose students to both sides and let them make the decision with the advice and counsel of their parents," he said.
Patterson said the country has gone too far in deleting religious instruction from government institutions such as schools. A 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling banned teaching of creationism in science classes.
"We need to go back to those things that made this country great," he said.
Who knew ignorance made our country great?
God, that's embarrassing. Even for Texas.
The whole conversation evoked the unforgettable moment from 2007 when three Republican candidates for President admitted they didn't accept evolution:
read the rest here:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/12/14/in-their-fi...
Permalink Reply by Regina Goodwin on February 9, 2014 at 12:04am
I tell people like these idiots this. Teach your damn religion in your home and not in the schools that my tax dollars are paying for.
Permalink Reply by Kyle McCain on February 11, 2014 at 8:48am
I've always loved living in Texas - except for the bass-ackwards politics.
I have to quote Bill Nye, from his recent debate:
'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it,'
Permalink Reply by Misha C on May 2, 2014 at 4:56pm
This is one of those times where I'd really love to 'like' this article because it exists, but I'm worried that hitting that button will mean to someone that I like that they're doing this.. =/
Like when someone on Facebook posts about a memorial service for someone who died. The service is great, the death, not so much.
Man, we need a new term..
Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on May 2, 2014 at 5:00pm
Wow. There needed to be a second opinion on that stage, someone to call those men on their ignorance and presumption. Yet apparently there wasn't because of you're a member of the GOP, too often you're supposed to be anti-science and pro-stupidity.
At some point or other, people like this have to be called on their idiocy, and I mean PUBLICLY!


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Инской сельсовет — муниципальное образование со статусом сельского поселения и административно-территориальное образование в Шелаболихинском районе Алтайского края России. Административный центр — село Иня.

Население

По результатам Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года, численность населения муниципального образования составила 667 человек, в том числе 319 мужчин и 348 женщин. Оценка Росстата на 1 января 2012 года — 644 человека.

Населённые пункты
В состав сельского поселения входит один населённый пункт — село Иня.

Алтайский — упразднённый  в 1982 году посёлок.

Примечания

Сельские поселения Шелаболихинского района


Recruiting costs per new worker are $5000.
Workforce complement increases by 4.2% to cover the 80 hours people are in training.
For this exercise you need a spreadsheet and both the Capstone Courier and Annual Report. Use the Round 2 reports for the analysis. Human Resources statistics like workforce complement and turnover are on Courier page 12. Use Annual Report Income Statement's total Labor cost to estimate payroll costs.
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