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Chapter 3. WITHHOLDING OF TAX ON NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
Subchapter A. Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations
Section 1445. Withholding of tax on dispositions of United States real property interests
26 U.S. Code § 1445. Withholding of tax on dispositions of United States real property interests
(a) General rule
Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the case of any disposition of a United States real property interest (as defined in section 897(c)) by a foreign person, the transferee shall be required to deduct and withhold a tax equal to 15 percent of the amount realized on the disposition.
(b) Exemptions
No person shall be required to deduct and withhold any amount under subsection (a) with respect to a disposition if paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) applies to the transaction.
(2) Transferor furnishes nonforeign affidavit
Except as provided in paragraph (7), this paragraph applies to the disposition if the transferor furnishes to the transferee an affidavit by the transferor stating, under penalty of perjury, the transferor's United States taxpayer identification number and that the transferor is not a foreign person.
(3) Nonpublicly traded domestic corporation furnishes affidavit that interests in corporation not United States real property interestsExcept as provided in paragraph (7), this paragraph applies in the case of a disposition of any interest in any domestic corporation if the domestic corporation furnishes to the transferee an affidavit by the domestic corporation stating, under penalty of perjury, that—
the domestic corporation is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation (as defined in section 897(c)(2)) during the applicable period specified in section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii), or
as of the date of the disposition, interests in such corporation are not United States real property interests by reason of section 897(c)(1)(B).
(4) Transferee receives qualifying statement
This paragraph applies to the disposition if the transferee receives a qualifying statement at such time, in such manner, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
(B) Qualifying statementFor purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "qualifying statement" means a statement by the Secretary that—
(i) the transferor either—
has reached agreement with the Secretary (or such agreement has been reached by the transferee) for the payment of any tax imposed by section 871(b)(1) or 882(a)(1) on any gain recognized by the transferor on the disposition of the United States real property interest, or
is exempt from any tax imposed by section 871(b)(1) or 882(a)(1) on any gain recognized by the transferor on the disposition of the United States real property interest, and
the transferor or transferee has satisfied any transferor's unsatisfied withholding liability or has provided adequate security to cover such liability.
(5) Residence where amount realized does not exceed $300,000This paragraph applies to the disposition if—
the property is acquired by the transferee for use by him as a residence, and
the amount realized for the property does not exceed $300,000.
(6) Stock regularly traded on established securities market
This paragraph applies if the disposition is of a share of a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market.
(7) Special rules for paragraphs (2), (3), and (9)Paragraph (2), (3), or (9) (as the case may be) shall not apply to any disposition—
(A) if—
the transferee or qualified substitute has actual knowledge that the affidavit referred to in such paragraph, or the statement referred to in paragraph (9)(A)(ii), is false, or
the transferee or qualified substitute receives a notice (as described in subsection (d)) from a transferor's agent, transferee's agent, or qualified substitute that such affidavit or statement is false, or
if the Secretary by regulations requires the transferee or qualified substitute to furnish a copy of such affidavit or statement to the Secretary and the transferee or qualified substitute fails to furnish a copy of such affidavit or statement to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as required by such regulations.
(8) Applicable wash sales transactions
No person shall be required to deduct and withhold any amount under subsection (a) with respect to a disposition which is treated as a disposition of a United States real property interest solely by reason of section 897(h)(5).
(9) Alternative procedure for furnishing nonforeign affidavitFor purposes of paragraphs (2) and (7)—
(A) In generalParagraph (2) shall be treated as applying to a transaction if, in connection with a disposition of a United States real property interest—
the affidavit specified in paragraph (2) is furnished to a qualified substitute, and
the qualified substitute furnishes a statement to the transferee stating, under penalty of perjury, that the qualified substitute has such affidavit in his possession.
(B) Regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this paragraph.
(c) Limitations on amount required to be withheld
(1) Cannot exceed transferor's maximum tax liability
The amount required to be withheld under this section with respect to any disposition shall not exceed the amount (if any) determined under subparagraph (B) as the transferor's maximum tax liability.
(B) Request
At the request of the transferor or transferee, the Secretary shall determine, with respect to any disposition, the transferor's maximum tax liability.
(C) Refund of excess amounts withheld
Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe, a transferor may seek and obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under this section in excess of the transferor's maximum tax liability.
(2) Authority of Secretary to prescribe reduced amount
At the request of the transferor or transferee, the Secretary may prescribe a reduced amount to be withheld under this section if the Secretary determines that to substitute such reduced amount will not jeopardize the collection of the tax imposed by section 871(b)(1) or 882(a)(1).
(3) Procedural rules
(A) RegulationsRequests for—
qualifying statements under subsection (b)(4),
determinations of transferor's maximum tax liability under paragraph (1), and
reductions under paragraph (2) in the amount required to be withheld,
shall be made at the time and manner, and shall include such information, as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations.
(B) Requests to be handled within 90 days
The Secretary shall take action with respect to any request described in subparagraph (A) within 90 days after the Secretary receives the request.
(4) Reduced rate of withholding for residence where amount realized does not exceed $1,000,000In the case of a disposition—
of property which is acquired by the transferee for use by the transferee as a residence,
with respect to which the amount realized for such property does not exceed $1,000,000, and
to which subsection (b)(5) does not apply,
subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting "10 percent" for "15 percent".
(d) Liability of transferor's agents, transferee's agents, or qualified substitutes
(1) Notice of false affidavit; foreign corporationsIf—
the transferor furnishes the transferee or qualified substitute an affidavit described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) or a domestic corporation furnishes the transferee an affidavit described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b), and
(B) in the case of—
(i) any transferor's agent—
such agent has actual knowledge that such affidavit is false, or
in the case of an affidavit described in subsection (b)(2) furnished by a corporation, such corporation is a foreign corporation, or
any transferee's agent or qualified substitute, such agent or substitute has actual knowledge that such affidavit is false,
such agent or qualified substitute shall so notify the transferee at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall require by regulations.
(2) Failure to furnish notice
If any transferor's agent, transferee's agent, or qualified substitute is required by paragraph (1) to furnish notice, but fails to furnish such notice at such time or times and in such manner as may be required by regulations, such agent or substitute shall have the same duty to deduct and withhold that the transferee would have had if such agent or substitute had complied with paragraph (1).
(B) Liability limited to amount of compensation
An agent's or substitute's liability under subparagraph (A) shall be limited to the amount of compensation the agent or substitute derives from the transaction.
(3) Transferor's agentFor purposes of this subsection, the term "transferor's agent" means any person who represents the transferor—
in any negotiation with the transferee or any transferee's agent related to the transaction, or
in settling the transaction.
(4) Transferee's agentFor purposes of this subsection, the term "transferee's agent" means any person who represents the transferee—
in any negotiation with the transferor or any transferor's agent related to the transaction, or
(5) Settlement officer not treated as transferor's agentFor purposes of this subsection, a person shall not be treated as a transferor's agent or transferee's agent with respect to any transaction merely because such person performs 1 or more of the following acts:
The receipt and the disbursement of any portion of the consideration for the transaction.
The recording of any document in connection with the transaction.
(e) Special rules relating to distributions, etc., by corporations, partnerships, trusts, or estates
(1) Certain domestic partnerships, trusts, and estatesIn the case of any disposition of a United States real property interest as defined in section 897(c) (other than a disposition described in paragraph (4) or (5)) by a domestic partnership, domestic trust, or domestic estate, such partnership, the trustee of such trust, or the executor of such estate (as the case may be) shall be required to deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b) (or, to the extent provided in regulations, 20 percent) multiplied by the gain realized to the extent such gain—
is allocable to a foreign person who is a partner or beneficiary of such partnership, trust, or estate, or
is allocable to a portion of the trust treated as owned by a foreign person under subpart E of part I of subchapter J.
(2) Certain distributions by foreign corporations
In the case of any distribution by a foreign corporation on which gain is recognized under subsection (d) or (e) of section 897, the foreign corporation shall deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b) multiplied by the amount of gain recognized on such distribution under such subsection.
(3) Distributions by certain domestic corporations to foreign shareholders
If a domestic corporation which is or has been a United States real property holding corporation (as defined in section 897(c)(2)) during the applicable period specified in section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) distributes property to a foreign person in a transaction to which section 302 or part II of subchapter C applies, such corporation shall deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to 15 percent of the amount realized by the foreign shareholder. The preceding sentence shall not apply if, as of the date of the distribution, interests in such corporation are not United States real property interests by reason of section 897(c)(1)(B). Rules similar to the rules of the preceding provisions of this paragraph shall apply in the case of any distribution to which section 301 applies and which is not made out of the earnings and profits of such a domestic corporation.
(4) Taxable distributions by domestic or foreign partnerships, trusts, or estates
A domestic or foreign partnership, the trustee of a domestic or foreign trust, or the executor of a domestic or foreign estate shall be required to deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to 15 percent of the fair market value (as of the time of the taxable distribution) of any United States real property interest distributed to a partner of the partnership or a beneficiary of the trust or estate, as the case may be, who is a foreign person in a transaction which would constitute a taxable distribution under the regulations promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to section 897.
(5) Rules relating to dispositions of interest in partnerships, trusts, or estates
To the extent provided in regulations, the transferee of a partnership interest or of a beneficial interest in a trust or estate shall be required to deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to 15 percent of the amount realized on the disposition.
(6) Distributions by regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts
If any portion of a distribution from a qualified investment entity (as defined in section 897(h)(4)) to a nonresident alien individual or a foreign corporation is treated under section 897(h)(1) as gain realized by such individual or corporation from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest, the qualified investment entity shall deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b) (or, to the extent provided in regulations, 20 percent) multiplied by the amount so treated.
(7) Regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including regulations providing for exceptions from provisions of this subsection and regulations for the application of this subsection in the case of payments through 1 or more entities.
(f) DefinitionsFor purposes of this section—
(1) Transferor
The term "transferor" means the person disposing of the United States real property interest.
(2) Transferee
The term "transferee" means the person acquiring the United States real property interest.
(3) Foreign personThe term "foreign person" means any person other than—
a United States person, and
except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, an entity with respect to which section 897 does not apply by reason of subsection (l) thereof.
(4) Transferor's maximum tax liabilityThe term "transferor's maximum tax liability" means, with respect to the disposition of any interest, the sum of—
the maximum amount which the Secretary determines could be imposed as tax under section 871(b)(1) or 882(a)(1) by reason of the disposition, plus
the amount the Secretary determines to be the transferor's unsatisfied withholding liability with respect to such interest.
(5) Transferor's unsatisfied withholding liability
The term "transferor's unsatisfied withholding liability" means the withholding obligation imposed by this section on the transferor's acquisition of the United States real property interest or on the acquisition of a predecessor interest, to the extent such obligation has not been satisfied.
(6) Qualified substituteThe term "qualified substitute" means, with respect to a disposition of a United States real property interest—
the person (including any attorney or title company) responsible for closing the transaction, other than the transferor's agent, and
the transferee's agent.
(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 129(a)(1), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 655; amended Pub. L. 99–514, title III, § 311(b)(4), title XVIII, § 1810(f)(2)–(4)(A), (5), (6), (8), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2219, 2827, 2828; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1003(b)(3), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3384; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13221(c)(3), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1704(c)(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 105–34, title III, § 311(c)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 108–27, title III, § 301(a)(2)(C), May 28, 2003, 117 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 109–222, title V, §§ 505(b), 506(b), May 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 356, 358; Pub. L. 110–289, div. C, title I, § 3024(a)–(c), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2895; Pub. L. 112–240, title I, § 102(c)(1)(C), (3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2319; Pub. L. 114–113, div. Q, title III, §§ 323(b), 324(a), (b), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 3103; Pub. L. 115–97, title I, § 13001(b)(3)(A)–(C), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2097.)
2017—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 115–97, § 13001(b)(3)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted "the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b)" for "35 percent" and "multiplied by the gain" for "of the gain".
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 115–97, § 13001(b)(3)(B), substituted "the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b) multiplied by the amount" for "35 percent of the amount".
Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 115–97, § 13001(b)(3)(C), substituted "the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year under section 11(b)" for "35 percent" and "multiplied by the amount" for "of the amount".
2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–113, § 324(a), substituted "15 percent" for "10 percent".
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 114–113, § 324(b), added par. (4).
Subsec. (e)(3) to (5). Pub. L. 114–113, § 324(a), substituted "15 percent" for "10 percent".
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 114–113, § 323(b), substituted "any person other than—" for "any person other than a United States person." and added subpars. (A) and (B).
2013—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 112–240, § 102(c)(1)(C), substituted "20 percent" for "15 percent" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 112–240, § 102(c)(3), substituted "20 percent" for "15 percent (20 percent in the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010)".
2008—Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(c)(1), amended par. (7) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (7) related to special rules for paragraphs (2) and (3).
Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(a), added par. (9).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(c)(2)(C), substituted ", transferee's agents, or qualified substitutes" for "or transferee's agents" in heading.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(c)(2)(A), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) related to notice of false affidavit; foreign corporations.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(c)(2)(B), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) related to failure to furnish notice.
Subsec. (f)(6). Pub. L. 110–289, § 3024(b), added par. (6).
2006—Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 109–222, § 506(b), added par. (8).
Subsec. (e)(6), (7). Pub. L. 109–222, § 505(b), added par. (6) and redesignated former par. (6) as (7).
2003—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 108–27 substituted "15 percent" for "20 percent".
1997—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–34 substituted "20 percent" for "28 percent" in introductory provisions.
1996—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 104–188 inserted at end "Rules similar to the rules of the preceding provisions of this paragraph shall apply in the case of any distribution to which section 301 applies and which is not made out of the earnings and profits of such a domestic corporation."
1993—Subsec. (e)(1), (2). Pub. L. 103–66 substituted "35 percent" for "34 percent".
1988—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 100–647 inserted "(or, to the extent provided in regulations, 28 percent)" after "to 34 percent".
1986—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(2), amended par. (3) generally, substituting "interests in corporation not United States real property interests" for "it is not a United States real property holding corporation" in heading, striking out the comma before "if the domestic corporation" in introductory provisions, inserting subpar. (A) designation and adding subpar. (B).
Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(3)(B), substituted "paragraph (2)" for "paragraph (2)(A)".
Subsec. (d)(1)(B)(i). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(3)(A), amended cl. (i) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (i) read as follows: "any transferor's agent, the transferor is a foreign corporation or such agent has actual knowledge that such affidavit is false, or".
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 99–514, § 311(b)(4), substituted "34 percent" for "28 percent".
Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(4), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "A domestic partnership, the trustee of a domestic trust, or the executor of a domestic estate shall be required to deduct and withhold under subsection (a) a tax equal to 10 percent of any amount of which such partnership, trustee, or executor has custody which is—
"(A) attributable to the disposition of a United States real property interest (as defined in section 897(c), other than a disposition described in paragraph (4) or (5)), and
"(B) either—
"(i) includible in the distributive share of a partner of the partnership who is a foreign person,
"(ii) includible in the income of a beneficiary of the trust or estate who is a foreign person, or
"(iii) includible in the income of a foreign person under the provisions of section 671."
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(5), inserted "The preceding sentence shall not apply if, as of the date of the distribution, interests in such corporation are not United States real property interests by reason of section 897(c)(1)(B)."
Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(6), substituted "section 897" for "section 897(g)".
Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1810(f)(8), inserted "and regulations for the application of this subsection in the case of payments through 1 or more entities".
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–97 applicable to distributions made after Dec. 31, 2017, see section 13001(c)(2) of Pub. L. 115–97, set out as a note under section 11 of this title.
Amendment by section 323(b) of Pub. L. 114–113 applicable to dispositions and distributions after Dec. 18, 2015, see section 323(c) of Pub. L. 114–113, set out as a note under section 897 of this title.
Pub. L. 114–113, div. Q, title III, § 324(c), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 3103, provided that:
"The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to dispositions after the date which is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2015]."
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–240 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2012 and applicable to amounts paid on or after Jan. 1, 2013, see section 102(d) of Pub. L. 112–240, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Pub. L. 110–289, div. C, title I, § 3024(d), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2896, provided that:
"The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to dispositions of United States real property interests after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 30, 2008]."
Amendment by section 505(b) of Pub. L. 109–222 applicable to taxable years of qualified investment entities beginning after Dec. 31, 2005, except that no amount shall be required to be withheld under section 1441, 1442, or 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any distribution before May 17, 2006 if such amount was not otherwise required to be withheld under any such section as in effect before such amendments, see section 505(d) of Pub. L. 109–222, set out as a note under section 852 of this title.
Amendment by section 506(b) of Pub. L. 109–222 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2005, except that such amendments shall not apply to any distribution, or substitute dividend payment, occurring before the date that is 30 days after May 17, 2006, see section 506(c) of Pub. L. 109–222, set out as a note under section 897 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–27 applicable to amounts paid after May 28, 2003, see section 301(d)(2) of Pub. L. 108–27, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2003 Amendment note under section 1 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–34 applicable only to amounts paid after Aug. 5, 1997, see section 311(d)(2) of Pub. L. 105–34, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1704(c)(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1878, provided that:
"The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to distributions after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1996]."
Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1003(b)(3), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3384, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective for taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1987.
Amendment by section 311(b)(4) of Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to payments made after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 311(c) of Pub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a note under section 593 of this title.
Amendment by section 1810(f)(2), (3), (5), (6), (8) of Pub. L. 99–514 effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, to which such amendment relates, see section 1881 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 48 of this title.
Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1810(f)(4)(B), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2827, provided that:
"The amendment made by subparagraph (A) [amending this section] shall apply to dispositions after the day 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 22, 1986]."
Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 129(c)(1), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 660, provided that:
"The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to any disposition on or after January 1, 1985."
Plan Amendments Not Required Until January 1, 1989
For provisions directing that if any amendments made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§ 1101–1147 and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§ 1800–1899A] of Pub. L. 99–514 require an amendment to any plan, such plan amendment shall not be required to be made before the first plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see section 1140 of Pub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.
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Rev. Kyle McQuillen
Rev. Kyle McQuillen passed away on March 16, 2020. He was the United Brethren director of missions 1993-2001, during which time unprecedented international expansion occurred. Before that he was pastor of College Park UB church (Huntington, Ind.), an associate director of missions, and a missionary in Sierra Leone. Following is a chapter about McQuillen from "All for Christ," Volume 2.
In August 2001, Kyle McQuillen retired after eight years as the United Brethren Director of Missions. His tenure saw the greatest overseas expansion in UB history, with new work started in Thailand, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Mexico.
When it comes to United Brethren missions, 2001 was the end of an era. Until that time, Huntington, Ind., was the United Brethren world headquarters, and the bishop was the bishop for the entire UB world. The 2001 General Conference changed all of that, formally establishing a structure with seven sovereign national conferences — the US, Canada, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Those conferences chose their own leaders and administered their own affairs.
But prior to 2001, we were, basically, colonial. UBs around the world looked to that office building in Indiana. It was our Mecca.
For the conferences and mission districts outside of North America, the bishop was somewhat secondary. The person most visible to them was the Director of Missions. That's who chaired their annual conference meetings, ordained their ministers, dispensed funds, and made numerous decisions regarding their work. A very powerful and influential person. A person whose constituency existed outside of North America, and who was highly esteemed there.
In 2001, the Director of Missions position changed in many ways. The title changed to Director of Global Ministries. But more significantly, the position was stripped of all authority in the national conferences. Now, the Director of Global Ministries came as an observer and as a partner to work alongside the national conferences.
Kyle McQuillen was the last Director of Missions when the position held a great deal of authority around the world. His eight years in that position were a wild ride.
From the Coal Mines to the Pastorate
Kyle and Mar Louise McQuillen both grew up in Philipsburg, a town in central Pennsylvania. Kyle was the son of a coal miner. From age twelve until he went to college, he and his brother ran Caterpillar bulldozers for the coal company, scraping topsoil off of coal for open-pit mining. They worked every weekend and through the summer, but neither wanted to spend a career doing that. Plus, the coal business petered out in central Pennsylvania, and a lot of companies went under. So while Kyle's brother began a career with General Motors, Kyle headed for the ministry.
Kyle entered Lycoming College, a small Methodist liberal arts school of about 1200 students in Williamsport, Pa. After his freshman year, he traveled to England in 1958 and spent two years at the University of Exeter — his first taste of world travel. Then he returned to Lycoming for his senior year. In 1960, he proceeded to Wesley Seminary in Washington, D. C., earning a Master of Divinity degree. Meanwhile, Mar Louise became a Licensed Practical Nurse.
At age 19, Kyle began serving in the ministry. He started with stdent pastorates while in college, 1958-1963. After graduating from seminary in 1963, Kyle was ordained and became a fulltime pastor in Mercersburg, Pa.
In 1965, Kyle got a tremendous introduction to world missions. Dr. James Teeter, a surgeon friend from Waynesboro, Pa., asked Kyle if he would be interested in visiting United Methodist mission fields. He provided a substantial monetary gift which enabled Kyle to spend six weeks traveling around the world.
When Kyle returned, he and Mar Louise began talking about their shared interest in missions. They finally made themselves available to the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, which in 1968 accepted them for service in Nigeria.
But first, the Methodists required six months of orientation for new missionaries, including two weeks in a cross-cultural or ethnic context. Husbands and wives were assigned to different places. Kyle worked in Spanish Harlem — visiting homes, attending churches, and trying to grasp how people lived in a very poor, run-down community. Mar Louise spent her two weeks in a hospital for mentally handicapped children.
To Africa
In mid-1969, the McQuillens traveled to Africa. Because of the Biafran war raging in Nigeria at the time, they couldn't get visas from the United States to Nigeria. So, they went to Sierra Leone, hoping to secure visas there. It took six months.
"It was a difficult period of trying to fill in the time as we waited for our visas," Kyle said. They homeschooled their three kids and helped with the United Methodist national church in Sierra Leone.
"We almost gave up hope that our visas would come," Kyle recalled. In fact, he was prepared to take a new job as the Director of Stewardship for the UMCs in Sierra Leone, beginning on January 1, 1970. He would work under the supervision of an African bishop. But on December 27, their visas arrived.
The McQuillens were sent deep into the Nigerian bush to a village called Zinna. In an area with a quarter-million people, they were the only Caucasians. Zinna was a quiet village in a nice setting. Though it was a hot part of the world, Zinna, located on a hill, tended to be relatively cool. The McQuillens lived in a cement block house with a tin roof and cement floor. No electricity. No running water; they carried water from a river a mile away. They lit kerosene lamps, cooked on a wood stove, and used a kerosene-powered refrigerator. Youngest daughter Janet's playmates were all Africans.
The two older children, Keith and Susan, attended a boarding school 600 miles away. Kyle and Mar Louise saw them once every five-and-a-half months, when they would came to Zinna for about seven weeks.
Mar Louise, being a nurse, worked in village dispensaries that handled such things as childbirths, circumcisions, snakebites, malaria, and minor surgeries. Anything more difficult got referred to a hospital, though there was no hospital nearby.
Kyle worked with African pastors in the Hausa language (which he learned), training them as evangelists and pastors. He also taught English twice a week at a high school two hours away.
Three years into their term, Mar Louise contracted hepatitis. Because of the incubation period, they knew when she got it: during a communion service. That day, Kyle had waded into the dirty river, muck up to his knees, to help baptize 105 people. Afterwards, there was a communion service. Because they only had about a dozen cups, they kept reusing them — someone would drink, then they'd refill it for the next person. Mar Louise evidently caught hepatitis from someone who drank from the same cup.
Mar Louise spent five-and-a-half months in bed. She was jaundiced and lost a lot of weight. Finally, a doctor told them that if they stayed in Nigeria, she would die. So in 1972, one year short of their four-year term, they returned to the States on medical leave. When they received Mar Louise's liver damage report, it was decided they wouldn't return to Nigeria anytime soon.
Among Kyle McQuillen's priorities in Nigeria was transferring the Nigerian church away from missionary supervision. He worked with the Nigerian leaders to make this happen. When he and Mar Louise left the country, no missionaries came to replace them. "The church had come to stand on its own," Kyle said.
Back to Africa with the United Brethren
Kyle spent the next year traveling across the United States to speak in United Methodist churches about Africa. Then he was assigned to a United Methodist church in Shippensburg, Pa. Next door was Prince Street United Brethren church, then pastored by C. Ray Miller. The Millers and McQuillens became good friends. Kyle even did some preaching and evangelistic services for the UBs.
In 1983, the Missions board decided to nationalize the Sierra Leone church, and needed a new field superintendent who could make it happen. Bishop C. Ray Miller, the chairman of the Board of Missions, knew someone who might be up to the task — a person with experience in nationalizing an African church, and with experience in Sierra Leone itself.
After seven years in Shippensburg, Kyle and Mar Louise accepted a church in Berwick, Pa. It was there, in 1983, that they received a call from Bishop Jerry Datema. Would they be interested in going to Sierra Leone to oversee the nationalization process? At the end of 1983, Kyle, Mar Louise, and daughter Janet were back in Sierra Leone. They intended to stay for several years, accomplish their task, and re-enter the Methodist ministry.
"I had no intention at that point of leaving the United Methodist Church," Kyle said. "I was seconded, loaned, from one denomination to another. The United Brethren church even paid into my United Methodist pension while I was in Sierra Leone."
The nationalization process went faster than expected (as told in chapter 5 of All for Christ, Volume 1). In the spring of 1985, met with the Board of Missions and told them he saw no reason to wait; the Sierra Leoneans were ready. The Board agreed. When he left in 1985, he was the last Field Superintendent. After 130 years of missionary work, the United Brethren work in Sierra Leone was fully in the hands of Sierra Leoneans.
The McQuillens accepted a pastorate in Bellefonte, Pa., near Penn State University. In Kyle's second year there, Bishop Datema contacted him again, asking him to serve on the Board of Missions as a non-UB representative. Then, in 1987, Datema invited him to join the staff as associate director of Missions.
"That was probably the biggest decision of my professional life," Kyle said. "I would be leaving the church where I had been converted. I had gone to college and seminary in Methodist schools, had 28 years invested in pension in the Methodist church, and nearly all of my background was in the Methodist church. At that point, I knew I could no longer be seconded, but would have to change denominations. But I made the decision, and we left on very good terms."
Kyle transferred his ministerial credentials to Pennsylvania Conference, and he and Mar Louise became members of College Park UB church in Huntington, Ind.
For two years, Kyle worked in the Missions Department alongside two other associate directors, Hazel McCray and Harold Wust. Kyle didn't expect to ever go back into the pastorate. But in 1989, he was invited to become pastor of College Park UB church. He remained there for four years. Then, in 1993, after Jerry Datema announced his retirement, Kyle agreed to let his name appear on the ballot for Director of Missions. The 1993 General Conference elected him to that position, and the 1997 General Conference re-elected him.
When asked what he most enjoyed about his work as Director of Missions, Kyle replied: "Unquestionably, the thing I have enjoyed most is my association with people of other cultures and the opportunity to see the church grow outside of the United States. I will miss my relationships with pastors and laypeople of other conferences. It's not the travel, the going to another place, because travel — the waiting in airports — isn't fun. It's being there with them — people like Jose Ramirez, Francisco Raudales, Juan Pavon, Peter Lee, and Lloyd Spencer."
The Globetrotting Ends
One time on a plane, Kyle and Mar Louise listed the countries they had visited — not just stopovers in airports, but actual visits. They ended up with 82 countries. The major omissions were the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Australia, Brazil, and the southern part of South America.
He said, "Of the 82 countries I have visited, the one country to which I could easily emigrate would be England. We both like it very much."
It went back to Kyle's college days at the University of Exeter. As of 2001, every year for the past 25 years, the McQuillens had vacationed in England. While serving in Sierra Leone, they left briefly to spend their 25th anniversary in England, something Kyle had always promised Mar Louise they would do.
Retiring to Florida
Kyle and Mar Louise retired to Edgewater, Fla., just south of Daytona Beach. They moved into a home in a gated community of about 600 homes on the intercoastal waterway; Kyle's brother had retired to the same community. Mar Louise actually moved there in 2000 and began working in a doctor's office
"My family wants to make sure I do something," Kyle said before leaving office, "because it's been an active life. They say, 'Don't come down here and sit. You'll go nuts.' It's wide open what I could do. I don't want to necessarily end up as a greeter at Wal-Mart, and I don't want to do 60-hour work weeks anymore. But I want something that will keep me busy." As it turned out, those 60-hour weeks didn't necessarily go away.
He began volunteering for the local police department, became a prison chaplain, and later joined the staff of Edgewater Alliance Church.
As of June 2014, he was overseeing a reentry program for 292 inmates at Tomoka State Prison in Daytona Beach. He wrote, "I work 55 hours a week at the prison and love my work among so many inmates on whom others have given up hope." He was also serving two days a week as pastor of Visitation and Member Care at his church.
"I'm 76 now and enjoying life as much as ever!"
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Responsibilities and Obligations Understanding Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ
Responsibilities and Obligations: Understanding Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ is co-curated and includes artwork by Lakota artists Mary V. Bordeaux, Clementine Bordeaux and Layli Long Soldier. It was originally created and displayed at Racing Magpie in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ is a phrase in the Lakota language and culture that loosely translates to "we are all related" or "all my relatives." It is used by Lakota and non-Lakota alike and has been appropriated as an all-encompassing idea of inclusiveness. This exhibition is a reflective journey highlighting Lakota female perspectives surrounding the idea of Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ and the implications of this phrase. The project aims to engage Lakota artists, scholars and general audiences to reflect on the (mis)appropriation of this phrase through video and multimedia installations. The exhibition provides an opportunity to share the Lakota language and build understanding within the Titonwan communities and the Native and non-Native populations in the region through the arts and culture.
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Mary V. Bordeaux (Sicangu/Oglala Lakota) is the co-founder and owner of Racing Magpie, a collaborative space with a Native art gallery and artist studios. She received her BA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and MFA from the University of the Arts both in museum studies with an emphasis on exhibition design and planning. Bordeaux is currently working on her educational doctorate at Saint Mary's University, researching Lakota epistemology. She has held curatorial positions with The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School and The Indian Museum of North America at Crazy Horse Memorial.
Clementine Bordeaux is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate and was raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation. From 2011-2017 she worked as the Academic Coordinator for the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental program at the University of California, Los Angeles, and will begin a PhD program in Culture and Performance at UCLA in the fall of 2017. Before moving to Los Angeles, Clementine earned her graduate degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, through the Native Voices Indigenous documentary film program.
Layli Long Soldier earned a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Bard College. She is the author of the chapbook Chromosomory (2010) and WHEREAS (2017). She has been a contributing editor to Drunken Boat; in 2012, her participatory installation, Whereas We Respond, was featured on the Pine Ridge Reservation. In 2015, Long Soldier was awarded a National Artist Fellowship from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry. She is also a recipient of a 2016 Whiting Award. A citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Long Soldier lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her daughter.
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British Players Suffer in Spurs' Pursuit of Success
One of the messages Spurs have sent out with their business in the transfer market this summer is that they are a force to be reckoned with. Attached to this implicit announcement is a footnote confirming that to reach for the stars, you have to invest heavily in continental talent. And that means even less space for young British players.
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Those were the damning words of Tom Huddlestone after he left Tottenham Hotspur for Steve Bruce's Hull City last week for £5million, with fellow midfielder Jake Livermore joining him on loan at the KC Stadium.
The 26-year-old, who only started 11 times in the Premier League last season, is just one English victim of coach Andre Villas-Boas' revolution at White Hart Lane.
Central defender Steven Caulker has moved to Cardiff City for £9million, while former midfield linchpin Scott Parker has joined Fulham for an undisclosed fee. They follow hot on the heels of Jermaine Jenas, now playing Championship football with Queen's Park Rangers.
In their place is an array of expensive foreign talent designed to propel the club into the Champions League. Step forward Roberto Soldado (Spain), Nacer Chadli (Belgium), Paulinho (Brazil) and almost certainly Erik Lamela (Argentina), players of pedigree reportedly commanding an aggregate fee of £80million.
Their arrivals coincide with the anticipated departure of Welshman Gareth Bale, who is on the cusp of a world record move to Real Madrid. Bale is, of course, a different case: soon to be the most expensive player in history, whom Villas-Boas and chairman Daniel Levy have done everything possible to retain.
Yet it is telling that the club have not attempted to nurture mini-Bales. Rather, a club renowned for developing British talent under former manager Harry Redknapp have turned to the overseas market.
In Tottenham Hotspur's 5-0 win against Newcastle United in March 2012, a game feverishly anticipated as Redknapp's last before leaving to manage England, the spine of the team was irrefutably English.
The back four consisted of Kyle Walker, Michael Dawson, Ledley King and Bale, with Parker anchoring the midfield. Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe emerged from the substitutes' bench to confirm that the best of British was to be found at White Hart Lane.
Redknapp was not approached, found himself without a job despite finishing fourth, and now manages in the Championship. That season proved the nadir of Tottenham's British spine, too.
Statistically, things have not changed too much. Andros Townsend's mesmerising goal against Dinamo Tbilisi in the Europa League confirmed that the 22-year-old, whom Redknapp brought to Loftus Road last season on loan, is a bright young player. Danny Rose could convincingly challenge Benoit Assou-Ekotto at left-back, while youngsters Tom Carroll and Harry Kane are on the periphery of the first-team picture.
But as Spurs look to grow, with Jose Mourinho even predicting that they could challenge for the title this year, that is all the British contingent is: peripheral. Soldado scored 24 goals in 35 league appearances for Valencia last season, and will spearhead the attack ahead of Defoe. Chadli will replace Bale on the left-hand side; Paulinho adds steel and dynamism to Parker's former role; the incoming Lamela will surely suffocate Carroll and Kane's chances of breaking through.
Even the original change in management symbolises a continental approach. Dispensing of Redknapp at the end of the 2011/12 campaign in favour of a 35-year-old Portuguese suggested an attempt to modernise the club: Villas-Boas' frequent references to his job as a 'project' fit nicely with the management-speak that has pervaded the game. A thoroughly respected British coach was eased aside in favour of one of the best young foreign managers, just as a crop of British talent at the club have been transferred or edged onto the periphery in favour of expensive imports.
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POP communication focused on children brings many opportunities as well as ethical dilemmas. Stores and brands are starting to realize this.
Children are ideal recipients of advertising messages for marketers in many aspects. They are affected by them more than adults, their decisions are not based on rationality so much and we only have to attract their attention. The commercial communication towards children still has some rules and ethical aspects, particularly in the POP communication.
For example American researches by the Institute of Medicine showed that the current excessive exposure of children to advertising is an important factor in the growth of children´s obesity and its spreading epidemic. More than half of the US marketing expenditures focused on children are intended to promote fast-food restaurants, carbonated drinks, sweets and breakfast cereals. The ethical aspects of marketing in this context often appear in its ability to form a children´s diet. "We know that 90 % of decisions related to food for households are influenced by children," said Tom Warshawski, children's obesitologist.
Nevertheless, we can´t brand the "children´s marketing" as being bad as such. It gets rid of bad connotations especially when it promotes goods beneficial for children.
Points-of-sales are places where children begin to influence purchasing decisions first. Children themselves have an increasing purchasing power, which is not recommended to underestimate. But their impact is noticeable much earlier. Parents involve their children into purchasing decision-making process in increasingly young age, giving marketers great opportunities. Children go shopping with their parents often sitting on shopping carts, so they can concentrate on surroundings. Promotional media represent orientation points for them, which may very quickly get their attention and also lose it very quickly.
Parents often listen to them and fulfil their wishes. There are related phenomena called "pester power" and "guilt money", which also support the significant role of children for today´s traders. "Pester power" is a pejorative name for children´s behavior persuading their parents to buy some product. "Guilt money" is a term used to name a situation when parents get redemption fulfilling wishes of their children. For example because they do not have enough time for their children or they do not care enough about them, during the shopping for instance. Especially divorced parents who do not have a child in their care often succumb to this "buying indulgences".
However, the degree of influencing purchasing decisions by children surely depends primarily on their parents. Children are not necessarily just little emperors who need only to point at what they are just interested in. It is always individual. A child is not entirely independent creating an opinion based on his/her own experience, but he/she naturally learns from his/her family and largely relies on it when deciding. Children often rely on their parents and therefore they like mainly what their parents like.
When defending their purchase decisions, they also take over the rationalization they see in their family. This is even more common than trying to influence parents to buy something using defiance or making scenes. Surprisingly, for example a discount notification can attract attention of children. Then they defend with their parents that they should buy something because it is cheap or at a favorable price. So here is also an opportunity for parents to explain to their children that they buy something because it is healthy. This gives them opportunity to teach their children that this is the relevant decision-making factor they will also start using gradually.
Even if a child is being attracted by something unhealthy, a parent usually has an opportunity to divert his/her attention to some more appropriate product. Large retail chains facilitate it to them more and more by including for example gluten-free or lactose-free food to their assortment or also so called "healthier titbits". For example Lidl stores in the Czech Republic display also raw bars together with chewing gums an sweets by cash-desks.
Just the environment around cash-desks is the place of the most impulsive purchases and also a place where it is the most demanding to defend against child´s wishes. In particular, a child sitting on a shopping cart with eyes fixed directly to displayed products when bored waiting in a queue. From this perspective, we can appreciate TESCO and Lidl chains in the UK. Also, due to the above mentioned reasons, you can´t find any sweets within their cash-desk areas. Both of these companies come to this step after carrying out a survey among their customers. 65 % of the Tesco customers wanted to remove sweets, while in Lidl 7 of 10 respondents wanted to remove sweets. 1 of 6 parents, in the case of Lidl, even stated that they use to buy sweets by cash-desks as a reward for good behavior during shopping.
Avoidance of this habit was one of the reasons why the chain decided to do so according to the Lidl management. "We know that it can be difficult to say no to the "pester power". Removing sweets and chocolates away from cash-desks may make it easier for parents to reward their children in a healthier way," said Ronny Gottschlich, the former General Director of Lidl Great Britain, in the 2014.
Many supply companies also deal with the ethical aspect of the in-store communication in relation to children. For example company Nestlé internally restricts some of its resources itself. "Nestlé puts emphasis on the ethics of child-directed marketing. In the case of children aged 6 to 12, there can be conducted only communication related to products meeting parameters of the European Pledge and related rules of Nestlé for communication towards children. That is why, for example in stores when promoting Granko, we do not aim at children under the age of 6, for children under the age of 12, we do not communication biscuits, chocolate and confectionery," explains Jakub Hort, the Brand Manager of Nestlé for Granko and Caro brands. Many other producers of food and beverages, including the companies Mondeléz, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Ferrero, Intersnack or Danone, are also signed under the initiative of EU Pledge.
A highly impulsive behavior is characteristic for children. Their purchasing decisions are formed or changed at points-of-sales, when they move through aisles and see products with their own eyes. They do not filter advertising messages like adults. Children are overwhelmed by stimuli affecting them at points-of-sales much more than influencing adults. The phase of distraction and passion is then critical. Visiting a store may remind children of a tour to fairy-tale Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. The extent of their interest is high, but their attention can quickly shift from one thing to another.
The ideal form of in-store communication focused on children is dependent primarily on their age. The basic principles for an effective execution of in-store promotions that will attract shoppers are "big, colorful and simple". From these, especially simplicity is the key to success. Children between 3 – 10 years of age are inquisitive, they like to discover and look for fun. According to the study by Millward Brown, they respond to simple, funny and playful communication involving their imagination. Marketing communication is most effective when it contains some melody, cartoon pictures and humor. But it must be adequate to their age and cognitive abilities, otherwise children would not understand it.
Children tend to personify objects and they have an affinity for cartoon characters. A character they known well considerably stands out from the surrounding crowded chaotic environment. Researches also showed that in advertisements using child actors, they should be approximately two years older than the target group.
In general, children like a bright environment. But this does not provide a comfort experience for them just by itself. Smaller children have a problem with orientation within a space, so it is useful to provide navigation elements on floors. Goods and advertising messages intended for children should be at the level of their eyes and at their arm´s length. The possibility to touch goods is not only for the reason to put it into a shopping cart. Children appreciate multisensory experiences and so also interesting and interactive packaging they could touch. Today´s toy shops adapts to this trend as they do not resemble any longer places where parents had to ask shop assistants behind a counter for a particular toy to take it into hands. For example Bambule toy-shop offers children´s nook in many shopping centers throughout the Czech Republic equipped with its goods, where parents can leave their children in the care of trained staff while they do their other shopping.
The digital revolution and familiarity of children with touch screens bring new opportunities to interactivity and involvement of modern technologies into the store environment. This is not necessarily about pubescents, also today´s pre-school children have own digital expectations. The IKEA furniture chain is also aware of this as it has special digital panels in its stores also its small visitors can enjoy.
Also in Teta drugstore, they focus on pleasant moments for children in a store, even though they are not a primary target group of the drugstore chain. Their target group includes women of productive age. Still, when redesigning the stores, there were considered also their offspring. "We were thinking of a shopper we called Alena. We imagined her day when she runs up with her children to Teta drugstore, one child on her arm, heavy bag in the other hand and she has no time… It is a classic pre-prepared purchase, for example nappies and Sunar, she is stressed and doesn´t enjoy it at all," said representatives of the brand a year ago at the conference Multichannel & Data & Trendy. That is why Teta drugstore, within the redesign of its stores, created also children´s nooks for mothers to leave their children there while shopping. As a result, their average purchase volume has significantly increased.
Its competitor, DM drugstore, for a change considers children being their future customers. Thanks to its preventive program Happy teeth, it explains them how to brush their teeth properly at its specialized events in shopping centers as well as directly at primary schools.
These mentioned examples show that the marketing focused on children doesn´t need to have elements of unethical manipulation. The promoted categories can be considered to be the main problem rather than marketing procedures. Few parents would be angry with a child for wanting another LEGO kit. If the promotion of "unhealthy" goods will decrease and there will increase promotion of goods beneficial for children, the reputation of "children´s marketing" will improve.


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Honey here are the details of the Bank you can contact them immediately. Morris has regain consciousness this morning.
Hello Mom, I am very happy to received your emails, I have been asking daddy about you after my accident and he said you are sick and not feeling too well and i went to church and prayed and i asked God to protect you for me.
Good morning mummy, i had a good night and i attended church yesterday and its call Believer's Loveworld, mom daddy is the one to tell me when am coming to South Africa but just want to let you know that i love you and my regards to my your grand daughter, hug hug hug hug hug hug.


MADRID – The general consensus emerging since last month's carnage in Paris seems to be that the Islamic State, or ISIS, can be defeated only by a ground invasion of its "state." This is a delusion.
Voranai: Farangs, Mind Your Own Business!
A lot of people argue that the Thais are not ready or not equipped for democracy. There may be a grain of truth in this statement. However, I would retort that I learned how to swim by my father first throwing me into the pool.


The Sewanee Review is currently accepting submissions to its inaugural Fiction & Poetry Contest, given for a short story and a group of poems. The winners will receive $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2019 issue. Dan Chiasson will judge in poetry, and Danielle Evans will judge in fiction.
Using the online submissions system, submit  one to three poems or a story of up to 10,000 words with a $30 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Sewanee Review, by is July 31. Visit the website  for complete guidelines.
Poetry judge Dan Chiasson  is the poetry critic at the New Yorker and the author of four poetry collections, most recently Bicentennial (Knopf, 2014). Fiction judge Danielle Evans  is the author of the story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (Riverhead Books, 2010).
Established in 1892, the Sewanee Review  is one of the oldest literary quarterlies in the country. The review, which publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, has recently published work by poets Erin Adair-Hodges and Heather McHugh and fiction writers Andrea Lee and Justin Taylor.


I have a spinning wheel that is old. It has bent square head nails on the twin flyers. It also has twin maidens.
It is missing the wood crank that goes from the treadle to the wheel. I want to restore it, but I have no idea how it would work.
I would like to send you a photo of it and maybe you can tell me more about it and what else it might be missing. I have never seen a twin wheel before.
Congratulations on your wheel! The name of the crank is 'conrod,' sometimes referred to as a footman & replacing that is an easy fix. The Antique Spinning Wheels group on Ravelry is a great place to ask about restoring & using your wheel. They also have an up-to-date list of Wheel Restorers who take consultations in the US & Canada. Reed Needles is who I would recommend.
My great grandad is William McDonald. (My mums grandad) I was told of his great talent but only now for some reason have I investigated his name. I am shocked and so proud of what I have found. My great grandad was a very talented man. My uncle has a chair that William carved. It's amazing to say the least. My nana Kathleen Marshall passed away a few years back. It was her that told me of his talent. He lived with her and her children (my mum) when her husband passed after the war from cancer. I didn't realise how special he was. I would love to have one of his creations to pass on to my daughter when I go. Just to have a family air loom would be so treasured. Please keep my details on the off chance you have no need for it anymore. Thank you for looking after it with great pride. I loved reading your blog.
Thank you so much for contacting, and sharing your family's history! I am very glad that you enjoyed reading the posts on our blog, and seeing that one of your great granddad's wheels is keeping a spinner's hands very happy! I would love to hear more of the history about your family's wheelwrights & textile work if your searches reveal more.


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Governors' Biofuels Coalition Takes Aim at Gasoline Aromatics
The Governors' Biofuels Coalition is asking President Trump to take action on removing toxic aromatics from gasoline.
In a letter to President Trump, coalition chair and vice chair Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem asked him to enforce a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires the reduction and elimination of toxic carcinogenic aromatics from gasoline.
In 1990, Congress passed the landmark Clean Air Act amendments and directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the dangerous chemical additives in gasoline. Today, almost 30 years later, this vital element of the law has yet to be enforced in any meaningful way. Aromatics, the poisonous chemicals that oil refiners add to all gasoline, remain a significant component of the fuels we use every day.
The governors note that octane options in the 1990s were limited, and cost-effective aromatic substitutes did not exist, but today many options exist, including high-octane biofuels.
"President Trump should order EPA to obey Congress's long-neglected directive to reduce the toxic compounds in gasoline. By replacing aromatics with cleaner alternatives, the nation will be on the right path to cleaner-burning, less costly fuel. Any other approach is the wrong policy for America," the governors said.
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Owning A Home More Affordable Than Renting in Nearly Two Thirds of U.S. Housing Markets
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Home Prices Growing Faster Than Rents in More Than 80 Percent of U.S.; But Prices Still More Affordable in 63 Percent of Markets; Renting Remains More Affordable in Most Populous Urban Markets
IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 7, 2021 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's premier property database, today released its 2021 Rental Affordability Report, which shows that owning a median-priced three-bedroom home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 572, or 63 percent of the 915 U.S. counties analyzed for the report.
That has happened even though median home prices have increased more than average rents over the past year in 83 percent of those counties and have risen more than wages in almost two-thirds of the nation.
The analysis incorporated recently released fair market rent data for 2021 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics along with public record sales deed data from ATTOM in 915 U.S. counties with sufficient home sales data (see full methodology below).
Home ownership is more affordable in almost two-thirds of the country following a year when the impact of declining interest rates helped counteract home prices that rose faster than rents and wages. Trends favoring home ownership show up most in suburban and rural areas with the most affordable home values, while renting remains more affordable in the biggest cities.
"Home-prices are rising faster than rents and wages in a majority of the country. Yet, home ownership is still more affordable, as amazingly low mortgage rates that dropped below 3 percent are helping to keep the cost of rising home prices in check," said Todd Teta chief product officer with ATTOM Data Solutions. "It's startling to see that kind of trend. But it shows how both the cost of renting has been relatively high compared to the cost of ownership and how declining interest rates are having a notable impact on the housing market and home ownership. The coming year is totally uncertain, amid so many questions connected to the Coronavirus pandemic and the broader economy. But right now, owning a home still appears to be a financially-sound choice for those who can afford it."
Home prices rising faster than rents in 83 percent of counties across U.S.
Median prices for three-bedroom homes are increasing more than average three-bedroom rents in 764 of the 915 counties analyzed in this report. Counties were included if they had at least 500 sales in YTD (Jan-Nov) 2020.
The most populous counties where home prices are rising faster are Los Angeles County, CA; Cook County (Chicago), IL; Harris County (Houston), TX; Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ and San Diego County, CA.
The largest counties where rents are rising faster are Kings County (Brooklyn), NY; Queens County, NY; New York County (Manhattan), NY, Bronx County, NY and Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), PA.
Renting more affordable than buying in nation's most populated counties
Renting is more affordable than buying a home in 18 of the nation's 25 most populated counties and in 29 of 44 counties with a population of 1 million or more (66 percent) — including Los Angeles County, CA; Cook County (Chicago), IL; Harris County (Houston), TX; San Diego County, CA and Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles).
Other markets with a population of more than 1 million where it is more affordable to rent than to buy a home include counties in the New York City, Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, San Jose and Boston and Riverside, CA, metropolitan areas.
Among the 44 U.S. counties analyzed in the report with a population of 1 million or more, those where it is more affordable to buy a home than rent include Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ; Miami-Dade County, FL; Clark County (Las Vegas), NV; Tarrant County (Fort Worth), TX and Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), FL.
Owning more affordable in less-populated counties
Home ownership is more affordable than renting in counties with a population of less than 1 million, especially among those with less than 500,000 people.
Owning is more affordable in 47, or 50 percent, of the 94 counties with 500,000 to 999,999 people. The largest in this group where it is more affordable to buy are St. Louis County, MO; Pinellas County (Tampa), FL; Milwaukee County, WI; Marion County (Indianapolis), IN and Shelby County (Memphis), TN. The largest in this group where it is more affordable to rent are Honolulu County, HI; Fresno County, CA; Westchester County, NY (outside New York City); Collin County, TX (outside Dallas) and Fairfield County (outside New York City), CT.
Among the remaining 779 counties with a population less than 500,000, owning is more affordable in 510, or 65 percent. The largest in this group where owning is more affordable are Greenville County, SC; Adams County, CO (outside Denver); Lake County (Gary), IN; Hampden County (Springfield), MA and Clark County, WA (outside Portland, OR). The largest counties where renting is more affordable are Spokane County, (WA); Morris County, NJ (outside New York City); Polk County (Des Moines), IA; Richmond County (Staten Island), NY and Tulare County (Visalia), CA.
Most affordable rental markets in South and Midwest; least affordable in West
The report shows that renting the typical three-bedroom property requires at least a third of average weekly wages in 506 of the 915 counties analyzed for the report (55 percent).
The most affordable markets for renting are mostly in the South and Midwest, led by Roane County, TN (outside Knoxville) (18.4 percent of wages needed to rent); Benton County (Rogers), AR (20.7 percent); Madison County (Huntsville), AL (21.6 percent); Greene County, OH (outside Dayton) (22.5 percent) and Sullivan County (Kingsport), TN (22.6 percent).
The most affordable for renting among counties with a population of at least 1 million are Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), PA (23.9 percent of average wages needed to rent); Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), OH (24 percent); Fulton County (Atlanta), GA (24.6 percent); Wayne County (Detroit), MI (26 percent) and Oakland County, MI (outside Detroit) (26.1 percent).
The least affordable for renting are mostly in the West, led by Santa Cruz County, CA (82.9 percent of average wages needed to rent); Santa Barbara County, CA (68.7 percent); Marin County, CA (outside San Francisco) (67.9 percent); Park County, CO (outside Denver) (67.5 percent) and Kauai County, HI (66 percent).
The least affordable for renting among counties with a population of at least 1 million are Kings County (Brooklyn), NY (62.5 percent of average wages needed to rent); Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles) (60 percent); Queens County, NY (56.3 percent), San Diego County, CA (55.6 percent) and Contra Costa County, CA (outside San Francisco) (55 percent).
Most affordable home ownership markets also in South and Midwest; least affordable in West and Northeast
The report shows that owning the median-priced three-bedroom home requires at least a third of average weekly wages in 442 of the 915 counties analyzed for the report (48 percent).
The most affordable markets for owning are Cocke County, TN (east of Knoxville) (9.8 percent of average wages needed to own); Edgecombe County (Rocky Mount), NC (10.7 percent); Bartholomew County (Columbus), IN (10.8 percent); Darlington County, SC (outside Florence) (11.4 percent) and Vermillion County, IL (east of Champaign) (11.8 percent).
The most affordable for owning among counties with a population of at least 1 million are Wayne County (Detroit), MI (15.2 percent of average wages needed to own); Philadelphia County, PA (20.7 percent); Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), OH (20.9 percent); Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), PA (21.8 percent) and Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), NC (28.3 percent).
The least affordable markets for owning are Marin County, CA (outside San Francisco) (105.6 percent of average wages needed to own); Kings County (Brooklyn), NY (101.3 percent); Eagle County (Vail), CO (99.8 percent); Santa Cruz County, CA (98.1 percent) and New York County (Manhattan), NY (95.9 percent).
Aside from Kings and New York counites, the least affordable for owning among counties with a population of at least 1 million are Orange County, CA (76.7 percent of average wages needed to own); Queens County, NY (73.9 percent) and Alameda County (Oakland), CA (70.2 percent).
Wage growth outpacing rent growth in 81 percent of markets
Wages are increasing more than average fair market rents in 739 of the 915 counties analyzed in the report (81 percent), including Los Angeles County, CA; Cook County (Chicago), IL; Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ; San Diego County, CA and Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles).
Average fair-market rents are rising faster than average wages in 176 of the 915 counties analyzed in the report (19 percent), including Harris County (Houston), TX; Tarrant County (Fort Worth), TX; Fresno County, CA; Pinellas County (Tampa), FL and Macomb County, MI (outside Detroit).
Home prices rising faster than wages in almost two-thirds percent of markets
Median home prices are rising faster than average weekly wages in 566 of the 915 counties analyzed in the report (62 percent), including Los Angeles County, CA; Cook County (Chicago), IL; Harris County (Houston), TX; Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ and Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Average weekly wages are rising faster than median home prices in 349 of the 915 counties analyzed in the report (38 percent), including San Diego County, CA; Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles); Kings County (Brooklyn), NY; Queens County, NY and King County (Seattle), WA.
For this report, ATTOM Data Solutions looked at 50th percentile average rental data for three-bedroom properties in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, along with second-quarter 2020 average weekly wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (most recent available) and January-November (YTD) 2020 home price data from ATTOM Data Solutions publicly recorded sales deed data in 915 counties nationwide.
Rental affordability is average fair market rent for a three-bedroom property as a percentage of the average monthly wage (based on average weekly wages). Home buying affordability is the monthly house payment for a median-priced home (based on a 3 percent down payment and including mortgage, property tax, homeowner's insurance and private mortgage insurance) as a percentage of the average monthly wage.
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Etsy Pop-up Retail
Etsy mulls potential for permanent store in future as it preps first UK pop-up
By Jennifer Faull | Deputy Editor
Etsy has revealed interest in potentially opening a permanent high street shop in the future and will be trialing different stores over the coming year to gauge UK interest - the first of which will open in Covent Garden in the coming weeks.
The pop-up will act as its main driver of brand awareness, as it eshews traditional above-the-line activity in favour of a bricks and mortar experience.
The online marketplace is a hub for handmade and vintage items and has attracted almost one million sellers since it was established ten years ago.
Over the past two years it has been taking its proposition offline and testing a variety of pop-up shops around the world, the first of which sprung up in New York for Christmas 2012.
In New York, selected sellers – as well as designers and performers – all participated in the 10-day retail event and over 20,000 people came through its temporary door in SoHo. Lauding it a success, Etsy claimed that over 50 per cent of buyers had never purchased via the site before.
Since then, Etsy pop-up shops have appeared in the likes of Sydney and Winnipeg, and London is next on the agenda as it looks to drive brand awareness in the UK.
Jonathan Zatland, Etsy's international multi-channel manager said that the move was "a big step forward for Etsy" and will help bring its seller community into a physical retail environment.
Dubbed 'Etsy House', it will open for three days on 5 December offering a curated selection of goods from sellers across the UK.
Etsy counts the likes of eBay, Notonthehighstreet.com and Amazon among some of its major competitors in the UK and asked if, like Amazon, it has considered opening a permanent store, a spokesperson for the retailer said is a potential opportunity.
"We've been testing different things and it's not something that we know that we're doing but it's not something that we've completely ruled out.
"It's a case of trying different stores over the next 12 months and [seeing] what works and what the interest is in the UK," she said.
Etsy has built a "powerful" community of sellers, according to Andre Rickerby, global director of digital marketing, although it is yet to reveal exact UK figures.
"They are amazing," Rickerby told The Drum, adding: "We have a team build around how to make our sellers more successful; like how they can improve their onsite SEO, or use social to leverage the communities they build themselves. We give our sellers as many tools, assets and education as we can."
To aid growth in the UK, Etsy has just employed its first social media manager for the region – Natalie Wall – a key hire if it's looking to boost brand awareness as Rickerby describes social as a vital marketing channel for the retailer.
However, despite running its first ever TV campaign in the UK earlier this year, Rickerby said that it has not planned any above-the-line activity for Christmas.
"The TV campaign was a bit of a test for us. But we used it for learning and now we want to sense check how we fit [TV] into all the other channels. I think in the future we're using it as a good roadmap for the way we can integrate campaigns," he added.
Instead Etsy will focus on driving traffic through digital marketing.
In a feature published for The Drum's 3 September issue, we looked at the power of the pop-up store after the British Retail Consortium estimated they would add £2.1bn to the economy by 2015.
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Dame Sarah Holte (née Newton)
Sister of Elizabeth Newton (q.v.) and with her co-heiress of the estate of their brother John Newton (q.v.).
Sarah, daughter of Samuel Newton, Armigeri, and his wife Elizabeth, baptised in Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, 13/12/1723.
Sir Lister Holte of Aston near Birmingham bart married Sarah Newton of this parish by licence in Kings Bromley 13/06/1755. She was his third wife. Sarah apparently brought a dowry of £2,000 and the marriage settlement included the clause that she was to have an annuity of £700 per annum on the death of her husband. Lister died 08/04/1770 and bequeathed Aston Hall, its contents and its surrounding parkland (but not the agricultural estate) to Sarah for life, as well as increasing the annuity of £1,500 per annum for life. The estate was entailed to Lister's brother Charles and thereafter through the male line. Charles married Anne Jesson in 1755 and they had one child, a daughter, Mary. According to a later family historian, "The characters of Lady Holte and her sister-in-law [Anne Jesson] were not congenial. The former was haughty, cold, and selfish; and the high spirit and keen wit of the latter could ill brook the assumption of superiority indulged in by Lady Holte... an open quarrel soon ensued..." The will of Lister was later challenged in a Chancery suit.
Sarah Holte, wife of Sir Lister Holte Bart of Aston Hall, died "Suddenly" and was buried 09/04/1794 aged 70 "in a vault in the North East Corner of the church" of St Peter and St Paul, Aston.
Will of Dame Sarah Holte of Aston Hall Birmingham [made in 1784] proved 29/04/1794. In the will, she rehearsed the trust will of her brother John Newton, under which she and he sister were left as the contingent remainders of the Mount Alleyne estate on Barbados, behind Sir John Gay Alleyne and his children. She left her contingent interest to her sister Elizabeth Newton, together with all the rest of her estates in Britain and Barbados.
Findmypast, Staffordshire Baptisms [database online].
Findmypast, Staffordshire Marriages [database online]; Alfred Davidson, A history of the Holtes of Aston, baronets; with a description of the family mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire (1854) pp. 44-48; the will of Sir Lister Holt or Holte of Aston Hall, PROB 11/957/330.
Ancestry.com, Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
PROB 11/1244/244.
Maiden Name
Sir Lister Holte
Newtons [ Barbados | Christ Church ]
Seawells [ Barbados | Christ Church ]
Sister → Brother
John Newton of Kings Bromley, d. 1783
Grand-daughter → Grandfather
Daughter → Father
Samuel Newton of Kings Bromley
Aston Hall, Birmingham, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
James Evan Baillie
1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
'Dame Sarah Holte (née Newton)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650159 [accessed 30th January 2023].


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Preventing the Flu Begins With You
Employee health will be administering flu shots Oct. 1-31.
The 2017-2018 flu season was record-breaking, with 176 flu-related deaths among children, the most in a single flu season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were high levels of outpatient clinic and emergency room visits for influenza-like illness, high influenza-related hospitalization rates, and elevated and widespread flu activity across the U.S.
Influenza is a respiratory infection that can cause serious complications, particularly to young children, older adults and people with certain medical conditions. Flu shots are the most effective way to prevent influenza and its complications, according to the CDC.
At UF Health, flu vaccination is mandatory and includes everyone — clinical and non-clinical staff, volunteers, UFJP employees, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville employees, UF TEAMS employees and UF Health Proton Therapy Institute employees.
Flu shots will be administered on the downtown and north campuses Oct. 1 – 31. Vaccines will be available from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays on the UF Health Jacksonville campus at Employee Health, located in Tower I on the fifth floor, and during open enrollment in the LRC atrium.
Flu shots are the most effective way to prevent influenza and its complications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Flu shots will be given at UF Health North via a roving cart and during open enrollment in the bed tower first floor conference rooms. UF Health North employees can also visit the Employee Health north campus location from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, except during open enrollment Oct. 22 – 26. The UF Health North Employee Health office is located in Human Resources on the first floor of the bed tower.
Nursing units and practices who choose to administer their own flu vaccines may contact Ledia Moore at Ledia.Moore@jax.ufl.edu for further instructions. Employees who choose to have their flu shots administered at an outside facility can email the administration form to Employee.Health@jax.ufl.edu or fax it to 244.9577 or 427.6719.
Past exclusions still apply, including:
Those who have a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome after receiving the vaccine.
Those who have previously suffered a significant allergic reaction to the vaccine
Those with legitimate religious reasons
Those with significant allergies to eggs
In each case, the appropriate paperwork must be provided to Employee Health to opt out. Documentation from a religious leader on letterhead stationery is acceptable.
Employees who decline the flu shot must fill out a form indicating their refusal and view a mandatory flu presentation in HealthStream.
Visit the Bridge for a complete list of flu vaccination dates, locations and times.
Halting Halloween Horrors
UF Health TraumaOne's Walk Safe Day works to keep children safe on the streets.
By Dee Russell


The Spirit of South Carolina is dedicated to offering a unique educational platform for the youth of the Palmetto State. The hands-on programs offered aboard are designed to challenge and engage students while promoting responsibility, teamwork, and stewardship for both their community and their environment. Programs are designed around an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on math and science with extensions into the history and literature of South Carolina and our relationship to the sea.
Traditional sailing is a labour-intensive task, in a challenging environment that requires you to push your boundaries to a new level. All the work is done by hand, requiring a crew to work together to haul the lines and hoist the enormous sails skyward to catch the wind that drives us through the water. Imagine how much work must be put in to hoist Spirit of South Carolina's six huge canvas sails to get her on course and flying to her next destination!
The Spirit of South Carolina is dedicated to offering a unique educational platform. The hands-on programmes that will be offered on board are designed to challenge and engage you while promoting responsibility, teamwork, and stewardship for both your community and their environment. Programs will also be designed around an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on maths and science with extensions into the history and literature of South Carolina and our relationship to the sea.