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What Drives Businesses to Depend on IT Managed Services?
July 8, 2016 /0 Comments/in Around the Web /by Vivien Reyes
When you see the words "business" and "driving factor" the same sentence, you can almost conclude it has something to do with money. Okay, strike it off. As long as there's "business", it always has something to do with money. So when a business decides to turn to IT Managed Services, you can be sure the main driving factor is money. Yes, there are other factors, but it all boils down to money.
Businesses want to always be on top of or ahead of the competition when it comes to the implementation and usage of technology. However, cost is always a factor, especially if they are just startups or are only beginning to experience some commercial growth. Managed IT services allows businesses to take advantage of all of the services they would receive if they had a full time IT team, but a much cheaper rate. A managed services provider (MSP) is equipped with all the resources needed to efficiently run a company's software and infrastructure. The best thing about it is that, rather than having to pay a dedicated IT team regardless of how often they are needed, an MSP allows an organization to only pay for the hours of IT time they actually need. MSPs are often more affordable than keeping an on-premise IT team and don't require that the employer invest in benefits or training.
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Hiring and keeping highly skilled IT staff is a challenge since most of these guys want to maximize their skills and look for jobs that require them to actually strategize and solve problems, not attend to monotonous tasks like software maintenance and so on. So if you're lucky, what you get with an in-house IT team are people who are knowledgeable about almost everything IT, but aren't exactly experts at a specific area. An MSP comes complete with a diverse staff of both knowledgeable and specialized employees. For a minimal monthly fee, or at least, at a rate lesser than what the company would pay a whole team, MSPs provide a reasonably priced solution to the complex technology pains of business.
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Most organizations would rather focus on revenue enhancing tasks like product development or the creation of cutting-edge tech or apps, and they hire people to do just these. Working with an MSP gives a business the opportunity to be more proactive, letting them focus their IT staff on innovation and other revenue-generating activities. The MSP can handle mundane tasks such as help desk tickets and system monitoring while the IT department focuses on the organization's long-term development and goals.
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Regardless of the size of the company or the number of its IT staff, it is beneficial to hire a managed service provider. By hiring a MSP, the company's IT staff and even the decision makers can focus on directing overall strategy towards growing the business. The result is greater efficiency at a fraction of the cost.
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Why BREXIT Could Hurt the US Economy
June 30, 2016 /0 Comments/in Around the Web /by Christian Jagorin
When US Secretary of State John Kerry came to visit London after the Brexit, he declared that the U.S. "could not ask for a better ally" than the U.K.
True, the U.S. and the U.K. have had mutually beneficial relations for a long time, and are connected by a common thread, from trade and industry and commerce to culture and even international relations.
That said, nothing immediate will happen to the US economy after UK decided to leave the European Union. Take note, I said "immediate".
But of course, there will be some ramifications.
According to a report in Time, the U.S. "exported $56.4 billion worth of goods to the U.K. in 2015, and imported $57.8 billion worth from the U.K. That makes the U.K. our seventh-largest trading partner, accounting for 3 percent of total trade. Canada, by contrast, accounts for 15.4 percent of total U.S. goods trade, with $575.5 billion of combined exports and imports."
As a whole, trade between the two nations only makes up 0.5% of U.S. economic activity. However, the connections go well beyond direct trade between the two global powers.
Here are four ways the wake of Brexit could hurt the U.S. economy:
The U.S relies on Britain to help garner broader European buy-in when it comes to major security, trade or foreign policy issues. But the Brexit decision drives home the cold, hard fact that the U.K. is unlikely to have that kind of clout with the European Union again — and U.S. now needs to rethink its relations with European nations. There's also the possibility of other members of the EU following U.K.'s example, France one of them. If more members of the EU leave, there's a big chance it will disintegrate. The EU is one of the world's largest trading blocs and it's a major trade partner with China and the United States. If it breaks, it could lead to a lot of global uncertainty and many trade deals would need to be restructured.
The Brexit issue comes at a critical juncture for U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government is trying to galvanize a multibillion-dollar trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, with the EU, the largest single market in the world. The White House looked to Britain to help sell a wary EU on entering this trade bloc with the U.S. Brexit has left U.S.'s chances of making the deal hanging in the air.
Brexit has affected and is continuously affecting the global stock market. If the trend continues for months, it could cause American business owners and consumers to reconsider their spending plans. This is where Gross Domestic Product or GDP will come into play. See, American consumers make up the majority of U.S. economic activity. If they don't spend, the economy doesn't grow. And how much they spend often depends on how they feel good about where the country is heading. Generally, Americans don't buy homes and cars and splurge on travels and the finer things in life if things look bleak. A cutback by consumers would be particularly bad news at the moment.
Brexit weakens the pound and triggers a strong dollar. A strong dollar sounds good — and it is for American travelers — but it's bad for U.S. businesses that sell products overseas, and ultimately, to U.S. trade. In fact, many observers believe that economically, the biggest impact of Brexit is what they call the "dollar impact". The day after Brexit, CNN reported that the U.S. dollar quickly gained against the British pound, up 6.3% Friday, its biggest one-day gain in almost four decades, according to FactSet, a financial data firm. A strong dollar makes company's products more expensive — and less attractive — to buyers outside the U.S. That hurts sales for your favorite brands like Apple and Coca-Cola and Nike.
In the long run, the global financial system is likely safer with the U.K. independent of the European Union. If you ask the Brits, the EU does not seem to foster financial competitiveness. Many analysts share the same opinion.
For Americans, look at the bright side. It's a lot cheaper now to take a vacation to the U.K.
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Dreaming of MBA – Do you have it in you ?
MBA in all its avatars – business management, rural management, international business; full time, part-time, customized for working class, distance mode; several classes of Institutions, inside the country or abroad – option are many and confusions are many fold. So do you have the right aptitude and clearly defined goals ?
for admission to the Post-Graduate Programmes in Management (MBA) – The critical factor in getting admission in a MBA course at a reputed business school is doing exceptionally well in the national level management entrance tests like Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, XAT conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur, MAT conducted by AIMA, SNAP Test by Symbiosis, Pune NMAT by AIMA for NMIMS, Mumbai and relevant state level, common entrance test for business schools in various states. Some ate MHCET in Maharashtra , ICET in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala MBA CET, GCET in Gujarat , UPSEE for UP etc.
Most students tend to give more than one MBA admission exams rather than sitting for just one and waiting for the results. So most of the times students are flushed with offers, there are institutes within your own state and if done better than other states. At this time, most students remain confused about the College they would want. This article shall provide an insight into choosing the best.
When thinking of a career in management, the focus should be not just on exams, but also how the forms are filled which form an important basis of your selection during interview.
I went to a cousin's place last month and I was surprised to learn that he was doing an MBA besides doing his high-earning job. What was even more surprising was that he was enrolled to a part-time MBA course. It was a distance-learning course; MBA that too distance learning! This led me to find out more about the part-time MBA courses, when I learned that in fact part-time MBA courses is quite a hot trend and is being just as fiercely pursued as a normal MBA course.
Do Managers need a B-school degree ?
An MBA degree is a shortcut to the best jobs these days. This is what everybody thinks. However, is a B-school degree good enough to get you in the ranks of Dhirubhai Ambani or Azim Premji (undoubtedly, the best managers of India) ?
The Executive MBA or EMBA is designed specifically to enhance the careers of working business professionals, managers and executives.


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Isipathana knock-out Joes 19/17 for semi final berth
by Karuppiah Ramakrishnan
Isipathana winger Ramitha de Silva races for the try line Pic Saman Mendis
The powerful pack from the green machine Isipathana College ensured a place in the semi-final of the Milo President's Knock-out Trophy rugby tournament when they beat St. Joseph's College by 19 points (3 tries, 2 conversions) to 17 (2 tries, 2 conversions, a penalty) in their quarter-final worked off at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday.
Isipathana's Ramitha de Silva played a major role in their win as he scored two tries in the first half which gave them 14-10 lead at half time.
St Joseph's kicked off the game and scored first in the sixth minute when they were awarded a penalty due to a dangerous tackle. Star place kicker Santhush Algama made no mistake with the kick to lead 3-0.
Soon after that Isipathana went into action that saw Ramith de Silva scoring his first try in the 13th minute. Ruberu made certain of the conversion to take the lead 7-3.
Isipathana continued to work the ball among their backs and Ramith de Silva was able to cross the goal line again in the 21st minute. Rubeyru made certain with the conversion to take a 14-3 lead at that point.
The Joes scored their first try through their hard working forwards who after a sequence of mauls saw burly prop forward Shevon Gregory barge over near the posts. Algama made certain of the conversion and reduced on the deficit to four points.
After the turn around the Joes used their forwards to good effect and another forwards ploy saw them cross the goal line with Shevon Gregory scoring his second try. Santhush Algama kicked accurately and the Joes went ahead 17-14.
Thereafter Isipathana played a tactical game using their backs to gain ground. Then they had a chance to get closer to the Joes goal line through a penalty which they kicked out for a line out. They won the line out and off a rolling maul scored through Venura Kodagoda near the corner flag. Rubeyru missed the conversion but Isipathana took the lead 19-17 in the 64th minute.
In the last minute Algama attempted a 55 metre penalty which fell short of the bar and with it Isipathana cleared the ball for referee Rohan Fernando to blow his final whistle.
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Agrilus latifrons es una especie de insecto del género Agrilus, familia Buprestidae, orden Coleoptera. Fue descrita científicamente por Waterhouse, 1889.

Se encuentra en Arizona, Nueva México y México. Los adultos se encuentran en - Desmodium batocaulon (Fabaceae).

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I can't stress enough how much swimwear has evolved from our mother's itsy bitsy bikinis. Today, there are so many different cuts and styles to choose from. Thankfully, that means you can definitely find a swimsuit style that works for your body type, so opt for the fit that you feel best in.
For summer 2017, swimwear continues to be heavily influenced by activewear and you can find a retro 1960s feel across many collections.
Swimsuits with plunging necklines are very popular this season and flattering. This is a great trend to try if you want to rock a one-piece.
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Just like on your favourite new top, ruffles can also be found across summer 2017 swimwear styles. If you like a more romantic look, this trend is for you!
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Study can increase conviction rate of sex offenders
16 October 2020 | Story Leonie Bolleurs | Photo Supplied
Kyla Dooley, runner-up in this year's Three-minute thesis competition, wants to pursue a career working alongside police enforcement, using her knowledge of forensics to solve criminal cases and convict perpetrators.
When rapes and sexual assaults are committed, DNA evidence can play a large role in convicting the offenders. DNA evidence collected from sexual crimes can, according to Kyla Dooley, often be tricky to analyse.
Kyla has just completed her master's degree, specialising in Forensic Genetics, at the University of the Free State (UFS). She not only thrives in this field – graduating at the top of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in 2018 when she was awarded the Dean's Medal – but her work also brought her the runner-up position in this year's Three-minute thesis competition.
She talked about her research on the use of male-specific DNA in the analysis of DNA evidence collected after crimes of a sexual nature have been committed.
Explaining her research, Kyla elaborates: "In most cases, the victim is female, while the offender is male. Therefore, the evidence is often a mixture of male and female DNA and this can make it difficult to analyse the male DNA and match it to a male suspect."
She believes the solution to this is to target male-specific DNA in analysis. "This eliminates all female DNA and simplifies the process," says Kyla.
"Unfortunately, male-specific DNA technology is not currently used in South Africa, because the DNA regions tested to date haven't shown much success in distinguishing between males in our population," Kyla points out.
"The goal is now to use DNA evidence, to match it to a suspect, and have the confidence that it came from him and only him. Or else defence lawyers could argue that it came from someone else in the population," she says.
Improving DNA evidence
Therefore, Kyla's research focused on evaluating a new group of male-specific DNA regions, which are to be tested yet, to see if it would be a viable option for use in South Africa.
"I achieved this by collecting DNA samples from men on campus, processing them to obtain DNA profiles, and then determining how well these regions can distinguish between the men. The results of my research demonstrate the potential of these DNA regions to improve the use of DNA evidence when investigating sexual assaults in South Africa," says Kyla.
She believes her study can play a role in increasing the conviction rate of sexual offenders, which could lead to a reduction in South Africa's alarmingly high rape statistic.
"Everyone in South Africa is affected by this horrific crime in some way or another, so the benefits of this would be widespread," she says.
Solving crimes
Although Kyla will one day pursue further studies, she is ready for the next stage in her life. "I am in the process of applying for jobs and getting ready to dive into the real world. I'll definitely be pursuing a career working alongside police enforcement to solve criminal cases and convict perpetrators of such crimes. Working for the NYPD in the USA or Scotland Yard in the UK is the ultimate dream job," she says.
"I chose my field not only because the forensics world absolutely fascinates me, but also because I want to make a difference. I want to play a role in getting justice for those affected by violent crimes. One simple process in a forensic scientist's everyday routine could be a life changer for a victim of crime," believes Kyla.
Board of Directors of the International Institute for Development and Ethics
During the recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Development and Ethics (IIDE), office bearers were elected and approval was granted for its conversion into a Section 21 Company. The IIDE specialises in the studying and research of general questions of developmental theory and practices and provides services and support in education, strategic planning, policy formulation, advocacy and capacity building of development agencies. The office of the IIDE in Africa is situated on the Main Campus of the UFS in Bloemfontein. The UFS is a funder of the IIDE together with the Paul Foundation and private sponsors from the Netherlands.
The IIDE in Africa's Board of Directors are from the left Mr Willem Ellis (newly elected executive officer of the IIDE) and Prof Annette Combrink (Deputy Chairperson of the IIDE in Africa and Rector of the North West University's campus in Potchefstroom). At the back from the left are Prof Lucius Botes (Director: Centre for Development Support at the UFS), Rev Kiepie Jaftha (Chairperson of the IIDE in Africa and Chief Director: Community Service at the UFS), Prof Sytse Strijbos (IIDE Europe and affiliated to the University of Amsterdam), Dr Amon Kasambala (Director: Focus on the Family, Africa) and Rev Tshililo Liphadzi (Reformed Church Chiawelo in Soweto).
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The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was started during the year 2009 for providing purposeful, goal oriented technical education and to establish a center of excellence in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The department has experienced faculty who dedicatedly work to provide students with an academic environment, awareness of excellence, leadership, written ethical codes and guidelines and life-long learning needed for a successful professional career. It offers premier professional training with an eye on the modern developments in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
The lab facilities and the infrastructure are regularly upgraded, well maintained and developed as per international standard.
PEACE (Pavai Enlightening Association of Communication Engineers) was established in the year 2010. The intention of PEACE is to conduct various programmes in addition to the teaching learning process, such as Personality Development Programme, Entrepreneur Development programme, Faculty Development Programme and Career Oriented Programmes like VLSI and Embedded Systems.
Further, the PEACE conducts a series of Guest Lectures by experts drawn from the industry and academic circles on related topics to augment the classroom lectures. Through PEACE, the students take active part in organizing various Symposiums, Workshops, Project-Expos and various other events and also it acts as a pathway for our students to interact with the students of other various institutions.
Our Department has produced 6 university ranks in the last two years.
In the Texas Instruments Challenge Contest 2015, out of 20250 teams of all the Engineering Colleges in India, 2500 teams were selected. Among them, 5 teams from our department were selected for the quarter finals and received USD 150 and one project was selected for the semifinal round and was awarded with USD200.
One of our students was selected for a 6 month Internship in TIFAC, New Delhi, as one among the seven out of 50,000 students.
One of our students was selected for Internship from FOSSEE (Free & Open Source Software for Education), IIT Bombay and was awarded with a stipend of Rs.10000.
4 of our students were selected for internship from General Electric, Bangalore.
One of our students has participated in Intel Idea Contest and won PC tab worth of Rs.40,000/-.
4 of our students were selected as the Microsoft Student partners.
Project proposal "Tejas EEG Data Acquisition System" worth of Rs.7.50 lakhs has been accepted for the Third level of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Our Department maintains a consistent record of 80% Placement.
Our Students have received the best project award and best paper award in various symposiums and conferences from various reputed institutions.
The project done by our students titled "Power Generation and wireless monitoring system for wastages in Trash can" has won 13 first prize and 7 second prize and the paper has grabbed the best paper award in various reputed institutions.
Our students have achieved various trophies in State level and Zonal level for various sports events like Cricket, Hockey, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Kabaddi, Ball Badminton and Tennis.
All the faculty members are fluent in English and they have received the Business English Certificate from Cambridge University, London.
All the faculty members are highly qualified and they continuously carry out research on latest technologies and regularly publish a number of research papers in reputed International Journals and Conferences. They have published their papers in 36 national conferences, 11 international conferences, 12 national journals and 13 international journals.


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Joseph Thomas is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins. Prior to joining Latham full-time, Mr. Thomas was a summer associate in the Chicago office. He previously worked as a legal intern at the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
While attending law school, Mr. Thomas was a member of The University of Chicago Legal Forum.
JD, University of Chicago Law School, 2018
BSBA in Biochemistry & French, Indiana University, 2013
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Q: gsoap class generation problem I am trying to generate gsoap classes for the JIRA issue tracking system WSDL.  I run these commands to generate the required classes:
$ wsdl2h -o JIRASoap.h <url to wsdl>
$ soapcpp2 -C JIRASoap.h
The soapcpp2 command gives the following output, but does not indicate how to fix it.
There were errors:
3 syntax errors
1 semantic error
2 warnings
These are (most of) the errors:
JIRASoap.h(935): syntax error
JIRASoap.h(934): Syntax error: input before ; skipped
JIRASoap.h(940): syntax error
JIRASoap.h(939): Syntax error: input before ; skipped

JIRASoap.h(942): **ERROR**: Duplicate declaration of __size (already declarared at line 937)

JIRASoap.h(947): syntax error
JIRASoap.h(946): Syntax error: input before ; skipped
Here is the relevant portion of JIRASoap.h (lines 928-947):
/// SOAP encoded array of xs:byte[]
class ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary
{ public:
/// SOAP encoded array of xs:byte
class
{ public:
/// Pointer to array of xsd__byte.
    xsd__byte                           *__ptr                         ;
/// Size of the dynamic array.
    int                                  __size                        ;
/// Offset for partially transmitted arrays (uncomment only when required).
//  int                                  __offset                      ;
    }                                   *__ptr                         ;
/// Size of the dynamic array.
    int                                  __size                        ;
/// Offset for partially transmitted arrays (uncomment only when required).
//  int                                  __offset                      ;
/// A handle to the soap struct that manages this instance (automatically set)
    struct soap                         *soap                          ;
};
When I try to compile my program, I get this error:
soapStub.h:2799: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary' with no type
Here is the relevant section of the WSDL:
<complexType name="ArrayOf_xsd_base64Binary">
  <complexContent>
    <restriction base="soapenc:Array">
      <attribute ref="soapenc:arrayType" wsdl:arrayType="xsd:byte[][]"/>
    </restriction>
  </complexContent>
</complexType>
As far as I can tell, most types are defined in soapStub.h, but ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary is not.
When I generate C only files, I get "struct /*?*/" instead of "ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary".

A: I managed to get the code to compile by removing all references to ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary from JIRASoap.h, including the class itself and the ns4_addAttachmentsToIssue method (which takes a pointer to an ArrayOf_USCORExsd_USCOREbase64Binary as a parameter).
If you find a way to fix the errors above without removing the ns4_addAttachmentsToIssue, please let me know.

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At eight months old, Mason has been exploring his world a little more the past week or so. He started crawling! In true Christiansen fashion, it is indeed an army crawl, just like his big bro did. I'm not sure if he'll start to incorporate a knee or two into the mix later, but he seems to be quite content letting his arms do most of the work.
I love this stage he's in. He's so curious, pleasant to be around and generally a happy baby. Of course, he thinks the world of Parker, even though Parker is going through a "everything is MINE" stage. He also really likes our dog Lizzie. He loves to giggle and coo whenever she gets near him. We also recently found out (by accident) that he really LOVES Elmo. I know right, what kid doesn't? I thought maybe he was too young, but we caught him giggling up a storm when Parker was watching him while on vacation. It was pretty stinkin' cute. I love that baby boy. He makes his Mama's heart happy.


"There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all".
This lovely man could tell by the smile on my face I was very happy to bump into him in the middle of nowhere with no drink on me! Fresh coconut juice heaven!
Which basically means you can't erase your mistakes, so just learn to accept them!
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We await you with perfectly kept tennis areas with clay courts (outdoor and indoor), football pitches and a mini-golf course.
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A brief history of the Upright Piano
by Cristina Picado May 14, 2019
Upright piano, musical instrument in which the soundboard and plane of the strings run vertically, perpendicular to the keyboard, thus taking up less floor space than the normal grand piano.
Upright pianos are made in various heights; the shortest are called spinets or consoles, and these are generally considered to have an inferior tone resulting from the shortness of their strings and their relatively small soundboards.
The larger upright pianos were quite popular in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. The action (hammer and damper mechanism) of the upright differs from the grand-piano action mainly in that upright action is returned to a resting position by means of springs rather than by gravity alone, as in a grand. This, in part, accounts for the characteristic "touch" of uprights, which is distinct from that of grands. The chief advantages of upright pianos lie in their modest price and compactness; they are instruments for the home and school, not for the concert stage.
The majority of upright pianos have strings running upward from the bottom of the case, near the floor; this design is owed to John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman who lived in the United States in about 1800 and became an important piano maker in Philadelphia. Earlier, the strings started upward from near the level of the keys; these instruments were necessarily much taller and lent themselves to various decorative designs, among them lyre-shaped; round; the "pyramid" model (Pyramidenflügel; 1745) of the Saxon organ-builder Ernst Christian Friderici, with both sides sloping upward to the flat top; and the "giraffe-style" design (Giraffenflügel; 1804) of Martin Seuffert of Vienna, with one side straight and one bent, as on a grand piano.
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In the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, several questions about the legal status of the Southern states that had seceded from the Union remained unanswered. These questions included whether these states had, in fact, left the Union, whether the acts of the secessionist governments had legal effect after the war, and whether the imposition of military rule by the president and Congress on these states during the postwar Reconstruction meant that the states were not fully restored to the Union.
The Supreme Court addressed these issues in Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700, 19 L. Ed. 227 (1869), which involved a dispute over the payment of U.S. bonds. In 1850 Texas had received $10 million in bonds from the United States in settlement of boundary claims. The bonds were payable to the state and redeemable after December 31, 1864. Texas law required the governor to endorse the bonds before they could be redeemed or transferred. When Texas seceded from the Union in 1862, however, the Confederate legislature repealed the gubernatorial endorsement requirement and established a military board to sell the bonds to finance the war effort.
In 1865 George White and John Chiles, among others, purchased the bonds in exchange for cotton and medicine. None of the bonds were endorsed by the governor. After the war the people of Texas convened and established a constitution under which they elected a governor in 1866. The convention also authorized the governor to seek recovery of the bonds. In 1867 Congress enacted the Reconstruction Acts, which created five military districts in Texas, each with a military commander. The military rule was imposed to ensure the restoration of civil peace in the Southern states and to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves.
Texas filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking recovery of the bonds sold to White and Chiles and subsequently resold to citizens of many states. The state also asked that the United States be enjoined from paying the bonds because they had not been endorsed by the governor and were past due when presented for payment. White argued that Texas had no right to bring the suit and that the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction to hear the case because Texas's status as a state had changed due to its secession during the Civil War. Thus, federal law was not applicable at the time the bonds were transferred.
The Supreme Court rejected the bondholders' arguments. Chief Justice salmon p. chase, in his majority opinion, held that the Constitution "in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States." Once a territory gained admission to the Union as a state, its relationship to the Union was perpetual and indissoluble unless terminated by revolution or consent of the states. Therefore, the secession of the insurgent government from the Union was void. Texas remained a state during the Civil War, and its citizens were still citizens of the United States.
The defeat of the secessionist Texas regime left Texas without a lawful government, and its rights as a member of the Union were suspended. The Court ruled that under the Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution the U.S. government had the right to provide Texas with a republican form of government. Hence, the president was authorized to establish a provisional government. This action, which had been ratified by Congress in the Reconstruction Acts, buttressed the federal government's right to oversee the post–Civil War South.
Based on these principles, the Court easily disposed of the substantive issues. The Court held that the state had retained title to the bonds. The contract made by the illegal secessionist government with White and other bondholders was void, as this government had no legal authority to make the contract. The bonds themselves were not negotiable because they were not endorsed by the governor. The repealing statute enacted by the Confederate government was void because of its illegal purpose. The bondholders who had purchased the bonds from White and Chiles could be denied payment because they had assumed a risk of bad title, as the bonds were already past due and were sold at a price substantially lower than face value.
Gray, Tonya M. 1999. "Separate But Not Sovereign: Reconciling Federal Commandeering of State Courts." Vanderbilt Law Review 52 (January).
Hyman, Harold M. 1997. The Reconstruction Justice of Salmon P. Chase: In Re Turner and Texas v. White. Lawrence: Univ. Press of Kansas.


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Choose mainly all-season plants. Especially when mass planting in large numbers it pays to avoid plants which have a conspicuous 'off' season (e.g. roses). Plant mostly evergreen shrubs, groundcovers, and succulents. Flowers are worth including for seasonal interest, ideally in pots at the front door door or up on trees. Look for 'self cleaning' shrubs which drop their petals when spent and don't need deadheading. Dismiss annuals and labour intensive perennials.
Soil and climate is the most critical determining factor when choosing plants. Those unsuited to their location fail to thrive and are more susceptible to pests and diseases. Choose disease resistant varieties.
Reduce lawn area in favour of planting, paving and decks. Where appropriate, there is no reason why a well fed and maintained lawn can't fit the maintenance envelope, but well-trod, sloping or shady areas are best given over to alternative treatments.
Groundcover plants are an essential ingredient in simple low maintenance planting schemes. The best of them form an attractive carpet of colour and texture while doubling as weed barriers. Prostrate shrubs with quick growth and generous spreads mean you don't have to plant so many.
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[RailUK] Franchises prequalified bidders announced
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DfT Rail have today announced the prequalified bidders for the three new franchises due to start in November 2007. The new franchises, formed of CrossCountry, East Midlands and West Midlands, are due to replace the four currently existing franchises owned by National Express Group (Central Trains, Silverlink Midland Mainline) and Virgin Trains (CrossCountry).
The new CrossCountry franchise is formed of the current network with the additional routes of Stansted Airport to Birmingham Cardiff Central to Nottingham being taken from the current Central Trains network. The prequalified bidders for this franchise are as follows:
Arriva Trains Cross Country Limited
First Cross Country Limited
NXC Trains Limited (National Express Group)
Virgin Voyager Trains Ltd
The East Midlands franchise, formed of Midland Mainline and the Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich service transferred from Central Trains, is the main midland intercity service, with the prequalifying bidders as:
Arriva Trains East Midlands Limited
First East Midlands Limited
NXE Trains Limited (National Express Group)
Stagecoach Midland Rail Limited
And, the West Midlands franchise, formed of Central Trains and Silverlink County services, the Silverlink Metro having been taken over by TfL Rail..., the prequalifying bidders are:
London Birmingham Railway Limited (GoVia)
MTR Corporation (UK) Limited
Serco NedRailways West Midlands Limited
It is interesting to note that First Group have bidded for the cross country and East Midlands franchises, perhaps this is a sign pre-warning the winner of the SW franchise? We can only wait and see...
Interesting that the near Monopoly of Public Transport in the former West Midlands County by NEG is to be broken. We'll just have to wait now for the glossy literature costing in excess of £2Mill to appear...
ChrisCooper
Since East Midlands is my main concern, I'm backing Arriva and Stagecoach. Neither are particularly well regarded TOCs, but neither are particularly bad either. Both have a record of innovative thinking, Arriva with the use of loco hauled trains, Stagecoach with the use of the Slammers, and in particular with the ex-CT part, innovative thinking is needed to make real improvements. Anyway, First already has a wide range of franchises, and would have a monopoly on the MML if they got this, NX already run it, yet don't have a good record (IMHO, MML's high regard is more down to the poorness of other equivalent TOCs than anything else), wheras Stagecoach and Arriva are fairly minor in terms of trains. Anyway, I'm interested to see what a HST would look like in Arriva colours. One thing is for certain though, EM is going to a bus company, and bus companies don't have the best records for running trains. Then again, these days you have to wonder how much the operator matters, since the DfT seems to have so much control over the franchises anyway. In many ways, it's the livery that's all that changes, and in that case, First are very much bottom.
AlexS
Just outside the Black Country
Arriva Trains Wales services are dire. I'm glad they haven't qualified for the West Mids. I'm personally plumping for MTR, SercoNed appear to be awful with Northern.
clagmonster
Can O just ask who will be getting the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire local services (including Derby-Crewe), as they are not mentioned in East Mids and don't really fit elsewhere. I am concerned that once again, no matter who gets the franchise, these services will continue to be neglected.
CallySleeper
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They're going towards East Mids. They're not mentioned, but they are.
Does anyone have any details on whats going on with the Barton line? The franchise consultation document proposed transfer from Northern to East Midlands but that wasn't definite (and If you have seen my letter in the current Todays Railways UK you will have seen I am against any cahnge of operator).
Yes, but surely it is illogical to have an isolated Northern outost (barring Saturday Brigg services), and presumably more costly buying in of TPE crews, as well as rediculous ecs moves to Scunthorpe (why not in passenger service I don't know). I can see the logic in doing it, after all the Barton service can't get much worse.
Can't it get much worse? I dont know if you've read my letter but the transfer to East Midlands franchise could put late evening and some of the remaining Sunday services at risk
If TransPennine had never been split from other regional services in Northern England, thiis situation would never have happenned and the stock for the line could be outbased at the new Cleethorpes facilities and attached to TransPennine services as needed for movement for maintenance ...
The Liverpool to Norwich service also has similar problems, since both ends will be outposts. Currently, drivers are outposted at Cambridge, along with some trains, aswell as some who AFAIK travel by road to Norwich to pick up trains, since Norwich outpost closed a year or two ago. Oviously, Cambridge will have nothing to do with the EM franchise, so the only option would be to re-open Norwich, or have trains and drivers at Nottingham, with cuts to early morning trains from Norwich and late night trains to Norwich. Central also have an outpost at Liverpool, serving both the Norwich service and also the Birmingham service, but if this will be viable when it's only for Norwich is a good question. As far as ATW being "dire", I've travelled with them quite a few times and never had problems, and can't think of much to criticise. The same can't be said for First and NX TOCs.
Tomnick
clagmonster said:
The 2103 Doncaster - Cleethorpes TPE service used to be used - can't remember whether the arrangement was the same as it currently is (ECS from Cleethorpes to form 0810 Lincoln) in the down direction, but we've certainly gained at least one ECS move since the TPE split (ridiculously early ECS Sheffield - Cleethorpes)
Yes, westbound it always used to be the 05:25 from Cleethorpes. The ex-Doncaster started back at Sheffield in at some stages, as it does nowadays with 185s. Surely to prevent service cuts, the minimum service requirement could be used, protecting all services. There isn't a winter Sunday train service anyway, just a Stagecoach operated bus.
ChrisCooper said:
As far as ATW being "dire", I've travelled with them quite a few times and never had problems, and can't think of much to criticise. The same can't be said for First and NX TOCs.
Central Trains no complaints in the West Mids at present, clean trains, reliable generally as far as things go.
Arriva Trains Wales must be on sub 50% on time for New Street to anywhere, once again today the 1318 arrival at New Street running in excess of 30 minutes late and terminating at Wolverhampton. It's a daily occurence and happens to far too many of their trains. Trains also tend to be filthy.
My experience of ATW is that they always run on time or early, and their trains are in a reasonable state. Mind you, this is on the NWML where everything always ends up in Holyhead up to 5 mins early.
GEML/WCML/SR
AlexS said:
Arriva Trains Wales must be on sub 50% on time for New Street to anywhere
Most surprised that the last three or four times i have done G21 in the last few weeks the 1833 Aber has actually ran from New St, must be a record!
Central Trains seem blow hot and cold, its either good or dismal... Always a worryingly high risk of cancellations, especially on the Northampton or Leicester/Peterboro routes. Overcrowding also bit if there is no spare stock not much can be done...
Central is a pig of a franchise to operate though, with thinly spread resources and what not. Hopefully splitting it East/West will help.
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My hopes:
CrossCountry: Virgin Voyager Trains
West Midlands: GoVia (London Birmingham...)
East Midlands: National Express
There isn't a winter Sunday train service anyway, just a Stagecoach operated bus.
Not any more. The council have cut the subsidy for it
It probably shows something about the two franchises. Central seem to care more about the West Midlands side (even over the Citylink IMHO), with a lot of it down to Centro I bet, and ATW seem to care more about the Welsh routes. Hopefully, the New EM franchise will not just concentrate on the ex MML side of things at the expense of the rest of the network, especially since the EM side of Central, including the Liverpool to Norwich service, have always been the poor relations.
I have noticed myself that ATW seem to have a very bad record on the BNS services, which is out of character (I recently spent 3 days in Cardiff, much of it travelling on ATW services, and other than the odd few minutes here and there, none of my trains were delayed, and other than on the Wednesday when there was a signal problem near Swansea, I didn't notice any problems with other services either. The same goes for other trips involving ATW. Sadly, as far as filthy trains go, that's quite common across the board, and there are very few TOCs I'd rate in that department, oviously giving leaway for time of day and type of service operated (a suburban train towards the end of the day is likely to be dirtier than an Intercity train on it's first run).
Our Central Trains on the Shrewsbury line are generally quite good EXCEPT for one qualification, on certain trains of the day, ie the 1657 to Shrewsbury from New Street, the unit comes straight off the Stansted to New Street with a 7 minute turnaround so necessarily has half a journey's rubbish on it (which I can quite understand, I'd rather that over no peak hour train!).
In fact, Central Trains suprised me on Saturday, with a 5 car formation on the 2157 to Shrewsbury (I assume because one of the units was headed up to Abbey Foregate for maintenance!)
I just hope that in this franchise split we don't lose our Turbostars, because they are a cut above the 153s they have replaced.


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Disregarding format specifiers, I can basically move the positional arguments of str.format inside braces in an f-string. Note specifically that I am allowed to just put str literals in here, although it may seem a bit unwieldy.
There are however some limitations. Specifically, backslashes in any shape or form are disallowed inside the braces of an f-string:
'{}'.format("new\nline")  # legal
f'{"new\nline"}'          # illegal
f'{"\\"}'                 # illegal

I cannot even use \ to split up a long line if it's inside the braces;
f'{2+\
2}'     # illegal

even though this usage of \ is perfectly allowed inside normal str's;
'{\
}'.format(2+2)  # legal

It seems to me that a hard stop is coded into the parser if it sees the \ character at all inside the braces of an f-string. Why is this limitation implemented? Though the docs specify this behavior, it does not justify why.

A: For new lines, you can use os.linesep instead of \n. For example:
>>> import os
>>>
>>> print(f"Numbers:\n{os.linesep.join(map(str, [10, 20, 30]))}")
Numbers:
10
20
30

A: You seem to expect
'{}'.format("new\nline")

and
f'{"new\nline"}'

to be equivalent. That's not what I would expect, and it's not how backslashes in f-strings worked back in the pre-release versions of Python 3.6 where backslashes between the braces were allowed. Back then, you'd get an error because
"new
line"

is not a valid Python expression.
As just demonstrated, backslashes in the braces are confusing and ambiguous, and they were banned to avoid confusion:

The point of this is to disallow convoluted code like:
>>> d = {'a': 4}
>>> f'{d[\'a\']}'
'4'

In addition, I'll disallow escapes to be used for brackets, as in:
>>> f'\x7bd["a"]}'
'4'

(where chr(0x7b) ==  "{").

A: It's annoying that you can't do this:
things = ['Thing one','Thing two','Thing three']
print(f"I have a list of things: \n{'\n'.join(things)}")

But you can do this:
things = ['Thing one','Thing two','Thing three']
nl = '\n'
print(f"I have a list of things:\n{nl.join(things)}")

A: I am not sure if this helps, but instead of the illegal
f'{"new\nline"}'

one could use
f'{"new"+chr(10)+"line"}'


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← The late Glen o'Dee Hospital, Banchory
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh →
Posted on December 18, 2016 by Harriet Richardson
The former Peter Coates Nurses' Home, now converted to flats, photographed in 2013. This was part of the large complex that was the former Royal Alexandra Infirmary, off Neilston Road in Paisley. © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Royal Alexandra Infirmary was built to designs by T. G. Abercrombie and was, as the recent Pevsner Guide noted, the largest and most prestigious of his Paisley buildings. It was replaced by the present Royal Alexandra Hospital in the 1980s, and whilst some of the former infirmary buildings have been converted to new uses, large parts of this fine building are in a ruinous state.
Postcard of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, showing east façade with the circular ward to the right. Why the image is labelled as the Royal Alexandria, rather than Alexandra, I do not know. Answers on a postcard?
The foundation stone was laid on 15 May 1897. The building was richly endowed by the trustees of William B. Barbour who gifted £15,000 to the building fund, and by the local mill owner, Peter Coats, who additionally gifted the nurses' home. The Clark family were also particularly generous in their financial support. In all the new buildings were to cost some £73,000, providing 150 beds and ten rooms for private patients. The plan of the infirmary is of particular interest from its incorporation of circular wards in a three storey block to the north. Another distinctive feature were the ward pavilions to the south which terminated in semi‑circular open verandas or balconies.
The same range as above, this wing has been converted into flats and is now known as Alexandra Gate. Photographed in 2013 © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Whilst T. G. Abercrombie's monumental building has been superseded, it too superseded an earlier infirmary in Paisley. In 1788 a public dispensary was founded in the town from which a House of Recovery was established in 1795. A variety of hospital buildings grew on the site at the west end of Abbey Bridge. Fever wards were provided and for a time cholera was treated here.
Extract from the OS Town Plan of Paisley, 1858. Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
In 1878 grounds adjacent to the house were acquired by the parish council which built an epidemic hospital on the site for 60 patients although it was managed by the infirmary. By that time there were already calls to move the infirmary to Calside, but sufficient funds were not forthcoming.
Extract from the 2nd edition OS map, surveyed in 1896. Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
In 1886 a convalescent home was opened in West Kilbride. The question of moving to a new site was raised again by the Revd Dr Brown, he urged the benefits of a more open site, where 'the sound of green leaves, the song of birds, and the freshness of the country might float into the rooms'. [Glasgow Herald, 10 Feb 1894 p.9]
Former Royal Alexandra Infirmary, photographed in 2011 The hospital closed in the late 1980s when the present day Royal Alexandra Infirmary opened nearby. The Gleniffer Braes can be seen in the distance. © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Still nothing was done. Various sums were offered to kickstart a building fund: Dr Fraser offered £1,000 with the condition that he would double if if a new building were erected. William Barbour added £500 to the fund. But the directors dragged their heels. Finally, in 1894 the trustees of William Barbour announced their intention of donating £15,000 to build a new hospital.
Part of the main hospital complex of the former Royal Alexadra Infirmary, at the Calside end, photographed in 2016 © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The old hospital was overcrowded, out-dated and its proximity to the fever hospital was not a point in its favour. There was not even an operating theatre, operations were carried out at the patients' bed – merely with a curtain drawn around it. Following W. Barbour's generous donation, a site was offered for the new hospital at Calside comprising Egypt Park and Blackland Place.
Extract from the 1st edition OS map, surveyed in 1858, showing the site of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, then occupied by Egypt Park and Blackland Place. The poorhouse was to the south-west. Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
The first part of the new complex to be built was the nurses' home, which had been funded entirely by Peter Coats. Occupying the north-west corner of the site, it was formally opened in July 1896. Now converted into flats, the three-storey building is constructed of red sandstone from Locherbriggs quarries in Scottish Baronial style.
The nurses' home, photographed in 2010 © Norrie Porter
The front entrance was set in an open porch with a broad arched opening topped by a balcony. Originally the ground floor comprised the probationer nurses' dining-room and kitchen, cloak rooms and seven bedrooms, while on the first and second floors were a sitting and writing rooms as well as more bedrooms. It was 'sumptuously furnished' and provided accommodation for about 40 nurses. [Glasgow Herald, 4 July 1896, p.8]
Extract from the 2nd edition OS map, revised in 1911. Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
A gate lodge with dispensary were built on Neilston Road in 1898-1900 (pictured below), and further ancillary buildings were constructed on the south-east corner of the site.
Former Royal Alexandra Infirmary lodge house photographed in 2013 © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Infirmary closed in 1987 when the new hospital was opened in Craw Road. Part of the main range of the old Infirmary was then used as a care home, the rest was converted into flats in about 1995. The former nurses' home was converted into flats in 2005-6 by Aitken Turnbull Architecture. After the care home closed in about 2008, this part of the former Infirmary began to deteriorate and was placed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland in 2010.
Former Royal Alexandra Infirmary, photographed in 2016 The circular ward can be seen to the left. © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Inadequately secured by its owners the unoccupied parts of the old hospital have attracted the attention of urbexers, so many photographs of the derelict building can be found online. However, these areas have also suffered badly from vandals who are the main cause of the building's rapid decline. This is such a fine building. It should be saved, sympathetically restored and converted to housing, and treasured for its fine architecture and the skill of the masons and builders who erected it. [Selected Sources: D. Dow, Paisley Hospitals, Glasgow, 1988: records at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives: Paisley Library, plans: Pevsner Guide, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, 2016. See also Renfrewshire for other hospitals in and around Paisley.]
About Harriet Richardson
I am an architectural historian, currently a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, researching post-war hospital buildings in Scotland. From 1991 to 2018 I worked on the Survey of London. During the late 1980s and early 1990s I worked on surveys of hospital architecture in Scotland and England.
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9 Responses to former Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Paisley
v holsgrove says:
The infirmary RAI WAS called Alexandria…as opposed to the new hospital RAH which was called Alexandra. So sad at the state of the old buildings.
evelyn stocker says:
sorry it was always called Alexandra. It was often misspelt but I trained there in the 60's and remember that it was named after Queen Alexandra.
Chris Collins says:
Yes, I how remember it. And I remember you too, Evelyn. Hope you're well.
George Leitch says:
I trained there back in the 60s.Stella Paul.
Sandra McMillan says:
What a disgrace to have let this iconic building get into this state of dereliction.
I too trained here in the 60's and loved it dearly for many reasons.
It architecture and furnishings were outstanding as were the people who worked and trained here.
It has always been Royal Alexandra!
Is there nothing that ca be done to recover this building?
Nancy Jones says:
It was The Royal Alexandria Infirmary not Alexandra
Eileen O' Hara says:
Sorry Nancy Jones but it was The Royal Alexandra Infirmary not Alexandria
C Swanson says:
Thanks for the very informative article. Who are the current owners?
Jill Baxter says:
I worked there when it was a nursing home for a few months. It was a very dark place .
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Subject Source: Local sources
Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899
Identifier: Coll-74/12/7
Scope and Contents The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:
44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)
Found in: Edinburgh University Library Special Collections / Coll-74, Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M, late 19th century
Identifier: Coll-74/15
Scope and Contents The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M series consists of:
letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Charles Robert Darwin, the Geological Society, Joseph Lister, Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
Dates: late 19th century
Found in: Edinburgh University Library Special Collections / Coll-74, Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
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Names: Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) X
Names: Geological Society of London (1807-:) X
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 1
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 1
Geological Survey of Queensland (1868-:) 1
Irvine, Duncan M, fl1876-1898 (geologist) 1
Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921 (geologist) 1
James, Sir Henry, 1803-1877 (British Army Officer | Director-General of the Ordnance Survey) 1
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1895 (conchologist) 1
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 1
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 (geographer) 1
Johnston, Alexander Keith, son of Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) 1
Jones, Thomas Rupert, 1819-1911 (geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Jukes-Browne, Alfred John, 1851-1914 (palaeontologist and stratigrapher) 1
Lister, Sir Joseph, 1827-1912 (1st Baron Lister | British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery) 1
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
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