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IRVING SAYLES
(1872-1914) African-American comedian/endman, singer.
Minstrel comedian and "coon singer" Irving Sayles first toured the Antipodes between 1888 and 1891 with the all-black Hicks-Sawyer Minstrels (later the American Coloured Minstrels). After the company folded he formed a partnership with fellow endman Charlie Pope that became a theatrical institution in Australia under Harry Rickards management. When they parted ways in 1903 Sayles returned to the Tivoli circuit. Between 1909 and his death in 1914 he worked a popular partnership with Les Warton.
See also: Pope & Sayles
HARRY SCALES
(-ca. 1941) Comedian, elocutionist, singer, actor, stage manager, tour manager, film rep, writer.
Former soldier Harry Scales established himself as humourist in Adelaide and regional South Australia (ca. 1907-1911) before securing a position with Edward Branscombe's Dandies in 1912 as a performer/stage manager and later as business representative (1914-18). Scales and Flockton Foster briefly toured the Scarlet Gaieties in 1918 and then took over the lease of Perth's Olympia Theatre where they presented the English Pierrots (1918-19) and Huxhams Serenaders (1919-20). During the 1920s and 1930s Scales was employed as a representative for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Based in Melbourne, he also worked occasionally as an entertainer on stage and on radio.
See also: Edward Branscombe's Dandies
TERRY SCANLON
(1913-1996) Comedian, actor, pantomime dame, TV host.
Terry Scanlon left school at thirteen to perform with the Young Australia League (Y.A.L.). He spent the remainder of the 1920s and much of the 1930s developing his comedic skills touring throughout Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. Although he found work in Melbourne at venues like the Kings, Savoy, Princess and Apollo theatres, it was not until the 1940s that Scanlon firmly established himself by securing regular work on the Tivoli circuit (he remained a regular for 26 years). Up until his forced retirement in the late-1960s (due to ill-health) he worked extensively overseas (including Great Britain, the USA, Africa and Vietnam), and appeared on television (including his own variety show).
1: Scanlon was legally adopted by Maurice and Harriet Scanlon in 1918. His adoptive mother was the midwife who helped deliver him at the Salvation Army home in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. She had cared for him full-time from when he was three days old. The elderly couple died in 1928.
2: In addition to the Tivoli circuit Scanlon had a long-time association with Harry Wren and was a popular headliner at several high profile Sydney nightclubs during the 1950s and 1960s.
Image source: Mercury (Hobart) M 17 May 1946, 5
IVY SCHILLING
aka Ivy Shilling
(1892-1972 ) Dancer, singer, actor, entertainer.
Ivy Schilling learnt to dance with renowned Melbourne teacher Jennie Brennan and made her stage debut at age 12 in the pantomime Mother Goose. By her late-teens she was featuring n musical comedies and revues for J.C. Williamson's. She and Fred Leslie teamed up as dance partners and moved to Britain where they found much success in vaudeville, pantomime and musical comedy. She also partnered Leon Kellaway at some stage. During her brief return to Australia (1920-21,) Raymond Longford cast her in his film The Blue Mountains Mystery (1921). Schilling's career ended in the mid-1920s when she broke her knee while touring in the USA.
See also: Ayala Champagne • Fred Leslie.
BEBE SCOTT
(1905-1965) Stage and radio actress, comedian, dancer, singer.
Bebe Scott toured with actors Muriel Starr and Harvey Adams (1928-29) before securing work with her half-brother George Wallace and his revue company (1929-30). Her radio career with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) began in 1932 and continued into the late-1950s. During that time she co-starred in the children's programme, The Cap and Bebe Show for 4QG (1933-38) with her husband, British stage, radio and film actor George Randall, and later starred as the Troublesome Child in Out of the Bag. From the mid-1940s Scott largely worked as a dramatic actress, both for ABC Radio and on stage. In 1957 she became the host of 3AR's Where Old Friends Meet.
Scott's fiancee, Kyrle McAllister, was killed in a car accident in 1929.
Details and image sourced from Lynne Murphy's entry in Richard Lane's The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Vol. 2 (2000), 18-20.
EDWIN LEWIS SCOTT
(ca. 1844-1921) Actor, writer.
Edwin Lewis Scott started out his career in the late-1860s as an actor and some ten years later began establishing his reputation as a writer. He found success adapting and localising a series of pantomimes, and also produced a number of other theatrical works, including dramas and comedy sketches. After he retired from the theatre Scott became a draftsman for the New South Wales Lands Department. He died in the Sydney suburb of Petersham in 1921, aged 77.
THE SEYFFER TWINS
(1907-1914) Acrobatic song and dance act
Identical twins Vera and Zilla Seyffer were born in Sydney in 1897, the youngest of six siblings. They took up dancing lessons at age eight, first with Minnie Hooper and later with Minnie Everett and finally Chrissie Royal. Through the latter teacher's connections the pair toured regional New South Wales and Queensland in 1907 as a specialty act with Meynell and Gunn's Fatal Wedding company. A Fullers' Theatres contract followed, leading to two New Zealand tours. Before retiring from the stage at the outbreak of World War I the twins played engagements in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle. They also toured Queensland in 1914 with the American vaudeville Company and as a between films attraction.
For further details see: "The Seyffer Twins." Australian Women's Weekly 23 May (1973), 15.
1: Typical of the praise the twins were accorded during their brief career is the following snippet from a 1914 Townsville Daily Bulletin review: "These two dainty young artists are in the high-class vaudeville ranks, and present a turn, which judging from the prolonged applause they received on Saturday evening, is going to prove a strong attraction for the Picture Palace during this week ("The Seyffer Twins," 16 Oct. 1914, 6.).
2: In 1920 Zilla married storekeeper and later Waverley Council alderman, Jim Clear. Vera married men's fitter Ralph Oliver in 1923.
Image source: Australian Women's Weekly 23 May (1973), 15
RON SHAND
(1906-1993) Dancer, comedian, stage, film and television actor. [Born: Ronald McMurty]
The son of an acrobat and equestrienne Ron Shand started out in the circus at 14 and made his professional vaudeville debut in Perth as Ronnie McMurty. Later, as Ron Shand (aka Wacko Shand), he established his comedic credentials with Harry Clay and the Tivoli circuit. Shand worked an act his first wife, Laurel Streeter, and dancer Eddie Clifford in the 1920s and with second wife Letty Crayden appeared in musical comedy, revue throughout Australia during the 1930s and 1940s. He later tuned to legitimate theatre, including Shakespeare, and became a television star in the 1970s through his role as Herb Evans in No 96.
See also: Letty Crayden
Image source: National Library of Australia.
GERALD SHAW
(1873-1926) Basso, actor, manager, advance representative, mining speculator. [Born Harry Morewood Thomson]
First identified in 1893 as advance rep and occasional singer for Lyle's Dramatic Company, Gerald Shaw worked with various theatre troupes and companies within Australasia for several decades. He and serio-comic/burlesque artist Mary Connolly were partners between 1894 and 1914. Among the companies Shaw was associated with were Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels (1896), Patey and Shaw's Famous Merrymakers (1900), Martini and Shaw's Circus Varieties (1900), Frasier and Shaw's Gaiety Co/Shaw's Gaiety Co (1901), Wilson Forbes Dramatic Co (1902), and W.F. Hawtrey's English Comedy Co (1903). He is also linked to Perth's Palace Gardens. Additionally, Shaw and Connolly operated their own family troupe at various times between 1903 and 1914. His last known stage performances were in 1916.
See also: Mary Connolly • Gladys Shaw [below] • Keith Connolly • Gerry Connolly • Shaw's Entertainers
1: During the early 1900s the Shaw family resided for lengthy periods in the Penrith/Nepean region of New South Wales (ca. 1902-03), Perth (ca. 1904-07), New South Wales (ca. 1907-1911), and Western Australia (ca. 1911-12). The marriage between Gerald and Mary was stormy, however, and the couple underwent several separations, including a period during the years 1907-1908 when Gerald returned alone to Western Australia. After he and Mary separated for good (ca. 1912), Gerald likely lived in Cue, where the Gladys mine was located. He married in New South Wales in 1917 and had another family, but doesn't seem to have used the Shaw name again, either professionally or personally.
2: Shaw is sometimes referred to as a baritone.
Image source: Sharon Connolly
GLADYS SHAW
(1895-1960) New Zealand-born comedienne, whistler, dancer, musician (sax/banjo) [Born: Muriel Gladys Connolly]
Once described as "a wonderful whistler and a saucy soubrette," Gladys Shaw performed with her family's variety troupe from age six and worked as a solo performer in Western Australia during World War I. She joined the Royal Strollers (2) in 1919, along with her brother Keith Connolly, and became a prominent Fullers artist in partnership with songwriter Fred Webber. She and her brother later toured with Nat Phillips' Stiffy and Mo Revue Co (1922-25) then established Keith's Syncopating Jesters (later Gladys Shaw's Syncopating Jesters). Shaw's career between the late-1920s and her retirement in the 1950s saw her associated with numerous companies, including Connors and Paul's League of Notions, Coles Varieties, and Sorlie's travelling theatre [see George Sorlie]. Shaw also occasionally appeared on radio during her career, both as a solo act and with some of the companies she was with at the time.
More details (Sharon Connolly)
See also: Mary Connolly • Gerald Shaw [above] • Keith Connolly • Gerry Connolly • Keith's Syncopating Jesters • Shaw's Entertainers
1: Shaw's mother, Mary Agnes Warrington, was a variety and burlesque artist known as Claire Delmar in the early 1890s and later worked as Madam Marie Shaw. She left her first husband, draper Edward Connolly in 1894 and soon afterwards began a long-term relationship with basso and theatrical manager Gerald Shaw (aka Harry Thomson and Harry Shaw). Their family troupe toured under several names, including Shaw's Royal Entertainers, Shaw's Merrymakers and The English Pierrots. Gerald Shaw (Snr) was also involved in a series of mining ventures during the early-1900s.
Thanks to Sharon Connolly for the above information and image.
JOHN F. SHERIDAN
(1848-1908) American comedian, female impersonator, director, producer, writer, manager, lessee.
The son of Irish immigrants, John Francis Sheridan was born in Rhode Island (USA). He later established his reputation there as a Hebrew comedian and female impersonator, eventually finding international success as the Widow O'Brien in Fun on the Bristol (1879). Sheridan made his Australian debut in 1884 and toured the Australasian region regularly over the next two decades, collaborating with local writers and composers (including Alfred Dampier, Pat Finn and F.W. Weierter) on works such as The Cuckoo (1884), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1886), and Mrs Goldstein (1902). He died in Newcastle (New South Wales) on Christmas Day 1908.
Image source: Theatre Magazine Jan. (1909), 9.
CHARLES L. SHERMAN
American actor, comedian, monologist, pianist, writer.
Comedians Charles L. Sherman and George H. Ward (the "banana kings") came to Australia in 1920 as a Fullers' vaudeville act. The following year, however, they began touring their own original revusicals around Australasia with Fullers' American Revue Company (later the Ward-Sherman Revue Co). Sherman left the company in 1924 and over the next decade worked as a solo entertainer and in companies such as Charles Zoli's Chuckles of 1924, F. Gayle Wyer's Band Box Revue Co (1928), Lorna-Lance Concert Co (1929) and the Jim Gerald Revue Co (1934). A gifted musician, he often incorporated the piano into his monologue turns and revusical roles.
See also: George H. Ward • Fullers' American Revue Co
Image source: Fuller News 18 Feb. (1922), 5.
HARRY SHINE
(1871-1909) Comedian, singer, pantomime dame, troupe proprietor.
Although his career was tragically cut short at only 38-years of age, Harry Shine nevertheless established himself as one of the finest comedians and pantomime dames to be associated with the Australian variety stage. He came to Australia in 1892 to appear in J.C. Williamson's Gondoliers and spent close to 15 years in the region. During that time he worked for all the major theatrical firms, including George Coppin, George Rignold, Harry Rickards, and Percy Dix. He was also associated with F.M. Clark (including the Clark and Shine Co, 1904). Forced to retire due to ill health after his 1908 New Zealand tour, Shine was hospitalised for some time before his death in Sydney.
See also: Clark & Shine's All-Star Co • Violet Elliott [1]
1: Born into a theatrical family with strong links to Manchester, Shine was apprenticed to Welby Cook's Circus at age seven and later toured Britain and the Continent with the Conne Barry Troupe. In his early teens he returned to Manchester to complete his education but at age 14 left to tour with a stock company. By age 20 he had secured the dame role in Babes in the Woods at Leicester. Although contracted to play in Williamson's Gondoliers his actual debut was in The English Rose. After pulling out of Jack and Jill in 1909 Shine's replacement was the young Clyde Cook.
2: Shine married Australian contralto and variety performer Violet Elliott [1] in 1898. They had one daughter Violet Mary E. Shine in 1901. The couple separated while in England a few years later and eventually divorced in 1907. He was survived by his second wife.
3: Shine's two brothers John L. Shine and Wilfred E. Shine were also well-known comedians in Great Britain.
Image source: A. G. Stephens. J.C.W. Memorial (1913).
EDWIN "TEDDY" SHIPP
(ca. 1858-1923) Eccentric comedian/dancer, ventriloquist, actor, stage/business manager, entrepreneur [Born: Edward Charles Shipp]
Billed during his early career as "Australia's Champion Pedestal and Sand Jig Dancer, Comedian and End Man," Edwin Shipp's earliest recorded engagements were with The New Orleans Minstrels (1882), Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels (1884) and Anglo-American Minstrels (1885). From 1885 to 1887 he was employed by Frank Smith as stage/business manager and endman (tambo) at Sydney's Alhambra Music Hall. He toured throughout the county with his wife, Minnie, between 1888 and ca. 1901, working for numerous companies (including Harry Rickards, Dan Tracey, Kate Howarde and the Australian Eleven) while also taking his own troupes on the road. His last known professional activity was operating a touring pictures and vaudeville show in 1909.
See also: Minnie Shipp [below] • Les Shipp [below)] • Maude Shipp [below] • Shipp's Entertainers
1. Shipp was involved in management as early as 1884, and was likely the manager/owner of the Anglo-American Minstrels in 1885. His involvement with Frank Smith began with the opening of the Alhambra Music Hall in May 1885.
2: He is believed to have met his future wife, Minnie Pullen in 1886 while they both engaged at the Alhambra. The couple, who separated sometime in the early 1900s, had three children, Les, Maude and Rose.
3: Although Edwin and Minnie are routinely billed as the Shipps or Mr and Mrs Shipp between 1888 and 1900, no marriage certificate has yet been located. Interestingly, Edwin's name is absent from Leslie Shipp's 1887 birth certificate. He is identified as the father on Leslie's 1974 death certificate, however.
24 May 1885 (opening night of Alhambra Music Hall). Source: Australian Variety 15 July (1914), 8.
LES SHIPP
Comedian, dancer, patterologist, manager, dance teacher, entrepreneur, radio compare.
Les Shipp toured with his parents billed as Master Leslie Shipp from as early as 1899. Over the next six decades he was involved in most aspects of the entertainment industry, initially building a reputation as a solo singer/dancer, then in duos like Shipp and Gaffney and Shipp and Little. He found his greatest success as a performer with Fullers' Theatres and Harry Clay during the 1910s and 1920. He also managed troupes, worked as a producer, and in the 1930s and 1940s established himself as a regional entrepreneur in the Illawarra and Hunter Valley regions. Shipp was active in radio as both performer and compère between 1926 and the mid-1940s, and continued performing up until at least 1954.
See also: Shipp and Gaffney [below] • Edwin Shipp [above] • Minnie Shipp [below] • Maude Shipp [below] • Shipp's Entertainers
1: Shipp's parents were Edwin and Minnie Shipp and his step-father, actor/manager Ernest William Dean (known professionally as Ernest Archer). His sisters, Maude and Rose (possibly aka Rosie Elleslie) were also popular variety entertainers.
2: Although largely linked to Sydney radio station 2GB, for which he worked as a comedian for five years, Shipp is also recorded as having broadcast from 2FC and 2BL.
3: Shipp opened a dance school in Newtown, Sydney, in 1919.
Image source: Newcastle Sun 4 July (1931), 3.
MAUDE SHIPP
aka Maudie Pullen
(ca. 1895-1964) Comedienne, dancer
Maude Marion Shipp made her stage debut as "Little Maudie Pullen the child prodigy" while touring with her parents' vaudeville troupe in 1899. She was later billed as "Little Maude Shipp, the Wonderful Baby Performer." Seemingly absent from the variety industry between 1902 and 1914, she established her reputation during the war years and went on to work with numerous vaudeville, revue and pantomime companies around Australia until at least 1948. Shipp appeared on radio as both a performer and personality during the 1930s and 1940s (as "Auntie Maude" she had regular spots with 2UE and 2SM) and during World War II was appeared in fundraising and morale-boosting variety shows and talent quests.
See also: Edwin Shipp [above] • Minnie Shipp [below] • Les Shipp [above] • Shipp's Entertainers
1: Also often billed as Maude Shipp, her parents were Edwin and Minnie Shipp, and her step-father, actor/manager Ernest William Dean (known professionally as Ernest Archer). Her brother Les and sister Rose (possibly aka Rosie Elleslie) were also popular variety entertainers.
2: Shipp married actor John Read in 1941. The pair had worked together as early as the 1920s. Her last recorded stage appearance was in a "non-stop" pictures and vaudeville programme in Liverpool, New South Wales in December 1948.
Image source: National Portrait Gallery
MINNIE SHIPP
aka Minnie Pullen
(-1953) Serio-comic, dancer /singer, burlesque actress [Born Alice Maude Pullen in Maitland, New South Wales]
Minnie Shipp's first known professional billing was as Minnie Pullen in Tasmania in 1885 (with her sister Rosie Pullen). The pair returned to New South Wales the following year, establishing themselves in Sydney at various venues. Minnie likely met Les Shipp, while engaged at Frank Smith's Alhambra Music Hall in 1886, and between 1888 and ca. 1901 she toured the country with him, working for numerous companies as well as helping to operate their own troupes at various time. In the late-1890s they even toured with Kate Howarde's company. The Shipps appear to have separated sometime around 1901/02. Sometime later she married actor/manager Ernest Archer (aka Ernest William Dean).
See also: Edwin Shipp [above] • Maude Shipp [above] • Les Shipp [above] • Shipp's Entertainers
1: Edwin and Minnie Shipp had their first child, Les, in 1887. Their other children were Maude (1895-1964) and Rosie.
2: Shipp's solo billing often included references to her being "Australia's champion American sand jig danseuse," and "the charming burlesque actress." From the early 1900s she and Edwin also worked society sketch turns and were known as "genteel song and dance artistes."
3: Shipp's association with Kate Howarde began in 1897 (touring with Edwin). Her re-engagement from October 1899 to ca. March 1900 was without her husband.
SHIPP & GAFFNEY
(1912-1919) Patter comedians and novelty dancers.
Although best known for their patterology, song and dance act, Les Shipp and Jim Gaffney first came together as managers (and performers) of the touring Elite Vaudeville/Pictures Company in early 1912. From July 1912 "the Nimble Two," worked primarily exclusively as a vaudeville act, initially at James Brennan's National Theatre, Sydney, and later with key managers like Harry Clay, J.C. Bain, Holland and St John, Dix-Baker, Brennan-Fuller and Fullers' Theatres (and for which they toured New Zealand in 1916). Other employers included Graham and Howard, Harry Barrington, C. Post Mason, Haywood's Vaudeville Co, and Harry Sadler. The pair parted ways in early 1919 following a season at Harry Clay's Bridge Theatre (Newtown, Sydney).
See also: Les Shipp [above] • Jim Gaffney
1: The Elite Vaudeville and Pictures company, which undertook a tour of New South Wales from the Hunter Valley to the Northern Rivers, as least as far as Lismore, was initially managed by Jim Gaffney (from February 1912). Les Shipp is associated with the venture from late-March.
2: Shipp and Gaffney's association with Harry Clay included the return leg of his 1913 New South Wales/Queensland tour.
SISTERS PHILLIPS
(ca.1901-1907) Danseuses.
The Australian-based act known as the Sisters Phillips has first been identified in connection with engagements in Manila (Philippines) for agent W.R. Sinnotte in 1900. Although the women, identified as Ethel and Hilda Phillips, were several times reportedly on their way home (both in January and April 1900), it appears that they did not return until August the following year. Up until late 1907, at which time their act seems to disappear from the public record, the pair worked throughout Australia – notably for Percy St John, Kenna's Empire Minstrels, John Fuller, Ted Holland, Harry Clay (incl. 1904 Queensland tour), Dix-Baker, and Lennon, Hyman, Lennon.
1: Not to be confused with the Phillips Sisters (Eileen and Bessie).
2: While the Manila engagement indicates that the Sisters Phillips had already established themselves as a professional act no record of an act using that name prior to 1900 has yet been identified (apart from the English duo who toured Australia with the Brothers Lorenzi in 1898/99 as the Four Comical Cards). It is therefore possible that the Australian pair may have worked under another name and began using Sisters Phillips after the English danseuses returned home. Ethel has also been referred to as "Gertie."
TOM SKEYHILL
(1895-1932) Soldier, poet, lecturer, playwright.
Regarded as an accomplished recite and debater during his youth, Thomas John Skeyhill was (supposedly*) blinded by a Turkish bomb at Gallipoli in May 1915. Soon after being invalided back to Melbourne he made his Tivoli debut as the "blind soldier poet," and drawing on the sympathy of the public toured Australia for two years reciting poetry and delivering lectures based on the Gallipoli campaign. His popularity was such that his Soldier Songs from Anzac (1915) sold more than 20,000 copies in four months. Skeyhill became a celebrity in the USA through his fundraising lecture tours, and in 1918 miraculously regained his sight.
For further details see: Jeff Brownrigg. Anzac Cove to Hollywood: The Story of Tom Skeyhill, Master of Deception (2010) • Gerald A. Moloney. "Skeyhill, Thomas John (1895-1932)" Australian Dictionary of Biography 11 (1988). "Tom Skeyhill." AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource.
* NB: Jeff Brownrigg provides compelling evidence arguing that Skeyhill feigned his blindness as a means of escaping from Gallipoli, and that his lectures were also a mix of fact, fiction and exaggeration. Prior to his death in an aircraft accident in the US, Skeyhill wrote a number of plays and a biography of US war hero Sgt. Alvin York (which became the basis of Howarde Hawk's 1941 film starring Gary Cooper).
SLAVIN & THOMPSON
Comics, sketch artists, patterologists, singers [Art Slavin – song writer, revue and sketch writer, revue producer; Lily Thompson – soubrette].
Art Slavin came to Australia in the 1880s as a child and initially pursued a career as a chemist before turning to the variety stage. After finding success on Harry Rickards' circuit during the early 1900s, he and Lily Thompson formed a life-long partnership, touring for Rickards and other leading variety organisations from 1910 up until at the 1930s. Between 1915 and the early-1920s, however, they were largely associated with Harry Clay, who engaged Slavin as a revusical producer and company manager for much of that time. The couple, who continued working up until the early-1940s, also worked in radio during the 1930s as studio comedy sketch artists and in community singing broadcasts.
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Category: Insolvency
Secured and unsecured creditors
Following on from the previous post of bringing a Winding up Petition where a company is unable to pay its debts and on the assumption that the Winding up Petition is successful, a Liquidator will be appointed to bring the companies affairs into order and close down the company.
There then exists a hierarchy of creditors and these receive payment from the surplus funds of the company after the Insolvency Practitioners fees have been settled.
In simple terms you are either a secured creditor or an unsecured creditor with secured creditors being paid first.
Secured creditors
A secured creditor is usually a bank or other asset-based lender that holds a fixed or floating charge over a business asset or assets. When a business becomes insolvent, sale of the specific asset over which security is held provides repayment for this category of creditor.
Secured creditors fall into two subcategories:
those with a fixed charge on an asset / assets of the business
those with a floating charge
Fixed charge
A fixed charge may be held over a specific asset which was financed by the lender, for example business premises, vehicles, or machinery and equipment which may have been purchased in this way. The company has a statutory duty to register these charge / charges with Companies House, where they become a public record.
A further common example of a Fixed Charge are Factoring companies, used to provide an injection of cash. These companies "buy" the company's sales ledger, which is the asset over which the charge is held.
Floating charge
A floating charge is a security over a fund of changing assets of a company, such as shares. It floats over the asset until the point at which it is converted into a fixed charge, known as crystallization.
Crystallization usually triggers by an implied term in the Documents over which the security is held and stops the company's "right" to deal with the asset / assets, such as insolvency proceedings. In the event of insolvency, the creditor holding the floating charge will be placed after those with a Fixed Charge. This holds true as long as the charge was registered after 15th September 2003.
Registering a floating charge provides the lender with some security for the loan, but not on a specific asset as with a fixed charge.
Unsecured creditors
Unsecured creditors include suppliers, customers, HMRC and contractors and are one of the last groups to be paid, being placed above the shareholders of the company. It is often the case that this group receives little money, if any, from the distribution of assets once all other creditor groups have been paid.
Generally unsecured creditors rank after secured and preferential creditors, where preferential creditors are generally employees of the company, entitled to arrears of wages and other employment costs to certain limits.
This is why unsecured creditors feel they have little involvement or influence during insolvency proceedings compared with secured and preferential creditors.
They are consulted during the initial stages when the creditors' meeting is called to provide them with formal notification of the company's financial position, and to vote on the appointment of the Insolvency Practitioner.
After that it's just a case of waiting until payment (if any) is made to them.
Creditors Meeting
Insolvency Practioner
Liquidator
Preferential creditors
Winding Up Petition
Winding Up Petitions
The world is full of many different types of people, the majority good, honest and decent but there are also those that are the opposite that cannot see their own failings and are dishonest and strangers to the truth. People who will tell you bare faced lies knowing that they will be exposed for what they are in the future but are hell bent on trying to stop giving you what you are legally entitled to.
You come across people like this in the business world all the time, some of the world biggest crooks have carefully created an imagine of standing up for the little man, while in reality robbing them blind. Robert Maxwell is probably the best contemporary example, a Labour Party Member of Parliament who stole his employees' pension contributions and committed suicide before being brought to book for his actions.
As in the past I have had a company go insolvent whilst owing me a considerable sum of money I tend to advise that at the first sign of financial trouble at a firm, be robust in ensuring you get paid monies you are legally due. The operative word here is "LEGALLY DUE." Any arguments about the debt being legally due could and in all probability will mean the court is not satisfied it has been proven and the case will be dismissed. Where this happens the petitioner will have all costs awarded against them to pay. This can be extremely expensive.
Perhaps the shortest route to get the attention of these types of businesses and the people behind them if to issue a "Winding up Petition." Although many regard this as a last resort, I regard it as the second resort after robust request for payment. This robust method should be Warning letter and Final Demand as in essence a Winding up petition says "can't pay" rather than "won't pay." Although there is little difference in reality between these two positions.
What is a winding up petition?
A winding up petition is essentially the "nuclear option" in that it is making a request to the court to rule that the company is unable to pay its debts, it is insolvent and therefore should stop trading. Issuing a winding up petition is perhaps the most effective way of getting paid what you are legally due as long as the company is not close to bankruptcy.
Whilst it should not be used as a "debt collection tool" and should not be used to settle disputes in the normal turn of events. If you believe the company is effectively bankrupt and therefore trading fraudulently it is a mechanism that can work effectively. By way of an example, Ansell Murray Limited represented a party as the Referring Party in an Adjudication. The Responding Party acted unscrupulously at every turn, as they had done through the duration of the contract that led to the dispute. The Adjudicator required the Referring Party to pay his fee in full prior to issuing his Determination, which was done. The Determination ruled that Ansell Murray Limited's client was entitled to all the monies claimed, Interest and Compensation in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debt Regulations and crucially all of the costs that had been paid to the Adjudicator.
In effect everything that we requested. When the final date for payment came and went without any payment we wrote and advised that a Winding up Petition would be presented without further notice if the monies were not paid in full. The Winding up Petition was lodged with the Insolvency Court and as you are not allowed to advertise the petition for 7 days we knew this would be the acid test, as if they did not pay they would be wound up. Luckily for Ansell Murray Limited's client, full payment was made within 7 days, meaning a hearing was not required. The company had to pay all our costs of bringing and then removing the Winding up petition as well.
However as a post script within 6 months the company had collapsed. Ansell Murray Limited unwittingly played its part in this as the company was simply refusing to return retention monies and this was helping in part to keep it afloat. Our payment, although only £35,000 holed their cash flow below the water line and they were unable to recover.
Interesting a large number of Creditors had gone down the route of making a claim in court, which they had won in the period after our Adjudication. Many never saw any of the monies they were due.
A Winding up Petition as the "Nuclear option" is expensive option and most importantly the amount due must not be in dispute in any way. Tax debts by default are generally not disputed, therefore Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) use this method frequently. HMRC account for approximately 60% of all Winding up petitions issued.
Process of issuing a winding up petition
Typically a creditor asks a solicitor to "wind the debtor company up" to recover debts, or to stop the company making its debts worse. The minimum threshold for commencing a Winding up is undisputed debt of over £750.
The application (the Winding up Petition) is made to the High Court asking the court to wind the company up at some point in the future.
A hearing date to "hear" the petition will be scheduled and this is usually 30-75 days between the petition being lodged and the actual court hearing date.
The process is legalistic and technical but requires quick action by the Directors of the company being petitioned.
Once a petition has been presented the Directors of the petitioned company cannot put the company into voluntary liquidation, undertake a pre-pack administration or dispose of company assets and the company cannot be sold. So in effect the Directors lose control.
Seven days after serving the Winding up petition, usually at its registered office; the petitioner who is the creditor that issued the petition can advertise it in the London Gazette. As banks monitor the London Gazette an advertised Winding up Petition will usually mean the company's bank account is frozen.
If the company does not respond, or if no defence is mounted, then it is usually a matter of the judge issuing a "Winging up Order" and the process of ending the company as an entity begins.
What is important then is the status of Creditors and this will be examined in greater detail in the next post.
However if the court thinks that you are just trying to kill the company as you are a competitor then it will give the company more opportunity to try and restructure itself and can even occur where the legality of the debt is proved. The court has to look at the position of other creditors as well. In the case of Dollar Land (Feltham) & Ors [1995] BCC 740 reported that a winding-up order should be rescinded if there was a real prospect that a Creditor Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) would be approved by the creditors and determined that the CVA majority would decide.
As mentioned previously the advertising of a Winding up Petition has the effect of the Directors losing control of the company and where there is an appetite to pay normal expenditure such as wages and salaries this cannot happen without application for a Validation Order.
What is a Validation Order?
As mentioned banks usually freeze a company's bank account when a Winding up Petition is served. A Validation Order is where the company has gone to the courts to apply to have the bank account unfrozen. Where granted, the Liquidator (Person appoint to wind down and close the company if the Winding up Petition is successful) is prevented from holding the bank liable for any monies withdrawn after the order is granted.
The application for a Validation Order is brought under Section 127 of the Insolvency Act [1986] as the act states "unless the court otherwise orders" whereby the court may allow disposition of the company assets, including withdrawals from a bank account
The Judge will require extensive evidence as to why the Court should grant the order. The evidence and information the Court will require is generally but not limited to the following:
The reason the petition was issued and the circumstances around this
Whether the petition debt is admitted or disputed. If disputed details of the basis on which the debt is disputed
Details of the company's financial position (Details of its assets, including details of any security and the amount /amounts secured and liabilities. These details would need to be supported by documentary evidence e.g. the most recent filed accounts, draft audited accounts, management accounts
A cash flow forecast and income and expenditure projection for the period for which the order is sought
Details of the dispositions or payments in respect of which the order is sought
The reasons needed for such dispositions or payments to be made
Any other relevant information to the exercise of the court's discretions
The Court will need to be satisfied by this evidence the company is solvent and able to pay its debts as they fall due or that the order sought will be beneficial to or will not prejudice the interests of all the unsecured creditors.
Dismiss a winding up petition
There are a two primary ways of having the Winding up Petition dismissed, such as:
Reaching agreement and / or paying the amount claimed before the Winding up Petition is advertised or before the hearing date.
The Debt cannot be proven
In the next post we will investigate the position of secured and unsecured creditors.
Bank accounts frozen
Creditor Voluntary Arrangement
Dollar Land (Feltham) & Ors [1995] BCC 740
Final Demand
Insolvency Act
Legally Due
Pre Pack Administration
Validation Order

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» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the economic seminar held on 25 November 2022 in Bremen / Germany on some recent topics regarding Czech Republic.
» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek was included in the Arbitrators Panel of the ADGM Arbitration Centre in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (www.adgm.com/arbitrationcentre).
» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the seminar held on 22 November 2022 in Prague / Czech Republic by PRIAC – International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange – on the practise in conduct of international disputes.
» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek was elected as one of the Directors and Member of Board of a major arbitration institution IWHAAM.
» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek moderated and delivered speaches on the international seminar on 9 November 2022 "PRIAC – ITOTAM" on arbitration in Turkey and in the Czech Republic.
» Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek signed on 3 October 2022 in Almaty / Kazakhstan in his capacity as Vice-President of the International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange (PRIAC) a Cooperation agreement between PRIAC and KMA – Kazakh Mezhdunarodnyj Arbitrazh (the International Arbitration Court of Kazakhstan).
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The renowned publishing house C. H. Beck in Prague has published a book by a member of our law firm, Jan Šamlot, on a unique topic "Enforcement of Court Settlement" so far only marginally discussed both in domestic as well as foreign writings.
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Enforceability and, where applicable, recognition and enforcement of court judgments is a standard part of most publications on civil proceedings. However, any discussion of the enforceability of court settlements is usually absent from such publications. Likewise, professional articles and other writings often neglect this matter. This applies to both domestic and foreign sources. This is an extremely important issue with a number of specifics. That publication deals in particular, but not only, with the classification of court settlement, its particularities, enforceability and enforcement itself in both domestic and cross-border contexts. In particular, the cross-border overlap of this institute is important. Each country takes a different view of court settlements in its procedural approach. For example, whether and how the court subsequently approves such a settlement is of fundamental importance for its recognition and enforcement in another country. Jan Šamlot deals with this issue comprehensively, also taking into account the law of the European Union, as well as the recognition and enforcement of court settlements under multilateral and bilateral international treaties. Significant changes can also be expected in connection with the upcoming recodification of the domestic civil proceedings in the Czech Republic, the intentions of which are also reflected in the text of this treatise.
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Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the economic seminar held on 25 November 2022 in Bremen / Germany on some recent topics regarding Czech Republic. 13. 1. 2023
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek was included in the Arbitrators Panel of the ADGM Arbitration Centre in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (www.adgm.com/arbitrationcentre). 6. 1. 2023
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the seminar held on 22 November 2022 in Prague / Czech Republic by PRIAC – International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange – on the practise in conduct of international disputes. 30. 12. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek was elected as one of the Directors and Member of Board of a major arbitration institution IWHAAM. 25. 11. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek moderated and delivered speaches on the international seminar on 9 November 2022 "PRIAC – ITOTAM" on arbitration in Turkey and in the Czech Republic. 17. 11. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek signed on 3 October 2022 in Almaty / Kazakhstan in his capacity as Vice-President of the International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange (PRIAC) a Cooperation agreement between PRIAC and KMA – Kazakh Mezhdunarodnyj Arbitrazh (the International Arbitration Court of Kazakhstan). 11. 11. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the international conference on international arbitration by ICA ICC (International Arbitration Court) in Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan on 30 September 2022. 4. 11. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek signed on 30 September 2022 in capital city of Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek – in his capacity as Vice-President of the International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange (PRIAC) a Cooperation agreement between PRIAC and ICA ICC – International Court of Arbitration in affiliation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic. 27. 10. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the international conference on international arbitration by ICA ICC (International Arbitration Court) in Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan on 29 September 2022. 20. 10. 2022
The Managing Partner of our law firm professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek published in the yearbook CYArb® – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration® (2022, Vol. XII) issued by a publisher seated in The Hague / The Netherlands an extensive annotated and commented "Selected Case Law of Czech Courts Related to Arbitration". 23. 9. 2022
The Managing Partner of our law firm professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek published in the yearbook CYIL – Czech Yearbook of International Law® (2022, Vol. XIII) issued by a publisher seated in The Hague / The Netherlands an extensive annotated and commented selection of the Czech case law "Selected Case Law of Czech Courts and of Constitutional Court of Czech Republic Concerning Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforceability of Judicial Decisions on Basis of International Treaties and EU Law". 16. 9. 2022
Member of the Law Offices Bělohlávek Ms Tereza Profeldová published a paper in the yearbook CYArb® – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration® (2022, Vol. XII) issued by a publisher seated in The Hague / The Netherlands on "Does Undisputed Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal Also Provide Parties with Effective Control Mechanism from Side of Courts?". 9. 9. 2022
The Managing Partner of our law firm professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek published paper in the yearbook CYIL – Czech Yearbook of International Law® (2022, Vol. XIII) issued by a publisher seated in The Hague / The Netherlands on "Scope of Jurisdiction of Tribunals and International Authorities in Interpretation of International Law". 2. 9. 2022
The renowned publishing house C. H. Beck in Prague has published a book by a member of our law firm, Jan Šamlot, on a unique topic "Enforcement of Court Settlement" so far only marginally discussed both in domestic as well as foreign writings. 26. 8. 2022
Topics for the 2023 and 2024 editions (XIVth and XVth editions) of the reputable CYIL – Czech Yearbook of International Law®, edited for more than thirteen years by professor Bělohlávek. 19. 8. 2022
On 8 July 2022 has been issued an article of professor Bělohlávek on "Characteristics of an Arbitral Award as a Deed, Legal Consequences of Falsification Thereof and Defense Against Falsification" in the periodical "Právník" ("The Lawyer") published by the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Science. 12. 8. 2022
Member of the Law Offices Bělohlávek Ms Tereza Profeldová published a paper in the yearbook CYArb® – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration®, issued by a publisher seated in The Hague / The Netherlands on "Does Undisputed Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal Also Provide Parties with Effective Control Mechanism from Side of Courts?". 5. 8. 2022
Topics for the 2023 and 2024 editions (XIIIth and XIVth editions) of the renowned CYArb® – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration®, edited for more than eleven years by professor Bělohlávek. 26. 7. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek delivered his speach on the prestigious international conference on insolvency and restructuring by IBA (International Bar Association) in Montréal / Canada in June 2022. 15. 7. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek was included by decision of the European Commission in its list of arbitrators for disputes under bilateral trade agreements between EU and Non-Member countries. 8. 7. 2022
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek signed on 03 June 2022 in Ístanbul / Turkey in his capacity as Vice-President of the International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange a Cooperation agreement between PRIAC and ITOTAM – Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre. 1. 7. 2022
Speach of professor Bělohlávek at the conference in Cyprus. Presentation on "Dispute settlement in international business and arbitration in the post-sanction age – visions, demands, needs and appeals". 26. 6. 2022
Professor Bělohlavek appointed as member of SCIA Panel of Arbitrators – now also for Guangdong – Hong-Kong – Macao. 21. 5. 2022
In the Liber Amicorum on the occasion of the anniversary of professor Dr. Karel Klíma, CSc. has been published an article of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Prohibition to leave the country from the perspective of fundamental rights" [Zákaz opustit území státu z pohledu základních práv]. 14. 5. 2022
International acclaim for the publications of professor Bělohlávek. 7. 5. 2022
In the Liber Amicorum on the occasion of the anniversary of professor Dr. Monika Pauknerová, CSc., DSc. has been published an article of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Conflicting Interpretations of International Treaties". 2. 5. 2022
On 15 October 2021 professor Bělohlávek has participated in Prague / Czech Republic in the conference "Insolvency", in particular on its first Panel on ""Debtor And Its Future". 5. 11. 2021
On 14 October 2021 professor Bělohlávek conducted in Prague / Czech Republic a One Day Seminar on "International and EU Bankruptcy Law: Impacts of Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Proceedings On Court And Other Proceedings" organized by the Judicial Academy (Academy of magistrates) of the Czech Republic. 25. 10. 2021
In the journal Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR) issued by the T. M. Asser Institute (Centre for International & European Law) has been in the No 4/2020 published the article by professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Determining the law governing obligations in arbitration and the applicability of the Rome I Regulation" 13. 9. 2021
In its June´ issue the periodical Bulletin advokacie (Bulletin of Advocacy) by the Czech Bar Association has been published an article of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Contents and execution of the right to legal advice in the context of the lawyer´s duties and restrictions from national and international perspective". 27. 8. 2021
In its Mai´ & June´ issues the periodical Soukromé právo (Private Law) by Wolters Kluwer has been published an article (Part I & Part II) of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Extent, Purpose & Nature Of The Special Provisions On Service Of Documents In The Act On Arbitration". 13. 8. 2021
In its June´ issue the periodical Obchodní právo (Commercial Law) by Wolters Kluwer has been published an article of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Companies´ Management And Extent Of Ingerence Into Competence Of Their Statutory Bodies". 1. 8. 2021
Professor Bělohlavek appointed as member of CIETAC (Beijing) Panel of Arbitrators. 21. 7. 2021
Topics for the 2022 and 2023 editions (XIIth and XIIIth editions) of the renowned CYArb® – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration®, edited for more than eleven years by professor Bělohlávek. 31. 5. 2021
Topics for the 2022 and 2023 editions (XIIIth and XIVth editions) of the renowned CYIL – Czech Yearbook of International Law®, edited for more than twelve years by professor Bělohlávek. 24. 5. 2021
The University of Economics in Prague (VŠE) issued a publication "Law in Business of Selected Member States of the European Union" containing also contribution by professor Bělohlávek on the "Conflict Between WTO Legal Acts and EU law in Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU, With Focus on GATT and TRIPS Agreements" (contribution in English). 7. 5. 2021
In its April´ issue the periodical Obchodní právo (Commercial Law) by Wolters Kluwer has been published an article of professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek "Limits on facts review in relation to the registrary proceedings (company register)". 28. 4. 2021
On 1 April 2021 has been issued an article of professor Bělohlávek on "Partial Invalidity of Legal Acts in Czech Law" in the periodical "Právník" ("The Lawyer") published by the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Science. 8. 4. 2021
Papers by professor Bělohlávek available on SSRN downloaded over 10.000 readers. 21. 1. 2021
Cambridge University Press released the book "The Cambridge Handbook of Judicial Control of Arbitral Awards " co-authored by Professor Bělohlávek – Chapter "Procedural Irregularities and Arbitrator Misconduct during Proceedings". 1. 1. 2021
Autonomy In Civil Law, Its Constitutional Basis and Preference For Partial Invalidity Of Legal Acts Over Invalidity Of The Total – prof. Bělohlávek's article in a professional periodical. 28. 12. 2020
English edition of the Big Commentary on EU Insolvency Regulation: European and International Insolvency Law authored by Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek published in the Netherlands. 4. 9. 2020
Speach of professor Bělohlávek at the arbitration conference in Nowy Tomyśl (Poland). 23. 8. 2020
Interview with Prof. Bělohlávek in a prominent Polish academic journal. 1. 7. 2020
Partner of our law firm Mgr. iur. Tereza Profeldová published an article on The "Aftermat of the Achmea Case". 29. 6. 2020
Eliva Press Publishing released the book by Professor Bělohlávek (in English) "Arbitration: Principles & Particularities". 24. 6. 2020
Topics for the 2021 and 2022 editions (XIIth and XIIIth editions) of the renowned CYIL – Czech Yearbook of International Law®, edited for more than eleven years by professor Bělohlávek. 14. 5. 2020
A prestigious publication on private international law and civil procedure has been published in Moscow with the contribution of professor Bělohlávek. 8. 5. 2020
The Xth Edition of the CYArb® – The Czech /& Central European/ Yearbook of Arbitration® has been released, with the academic participation of the managing partner of our law firm and under his guidance. 5. 5. 2020
The XIth Edition of the CYIL – The Czech Yearbook of International Law®, again under the editorial guidance of Prof. Bělohlávek 28. 4. 2020
Czech version of Professor Bělohlávek's Commentary on the EU Insolvency Regulation (No 2015/848) issued by C. H. Beck Publishers. 14. 3. 2020
Protection of rights in rem held by creditors and third parties under EU insolvency law – prof. Bělohlávek's article in a professional periodical. 8. 3. 2020
Professor Bělohlávek lectured to Slovak judges. 5. 3. 2020
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek has become member of the Scientific Board of In Principle, a new professional periodical in Poland. 29. 2. 2020
Law office Bělohlávek awarded by International Advisory Expert Award 2020 for international arbitration. 28. 2. 2020
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek and Tereza Profeldová lectured at a prestigious international Summit. 26. 2. 2020
Awarding of Prices on behalf of the International Arbitration Court of the Czech Commodity Exchange. 24. 2. 2020
Professor Bělohlávek reappointed member of the Subject Area Board for Private International Law. 23. 2. 2020
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek has become member of the Scientific Board of the prestigious Equilibrium Institute. 21. 2. 2020
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek and Tereza Profeldová in the TV discussion on the IlTV. 16. 2. 2020
Professor Alexander J. Bělohlávek entered into a panel of arbitrators in Moscow. 13. 2. 2020
Lawyers Prof. A. Bělohlávek and T. Profeldová held lectures on the University of Bahamas. 11. 2. 2020
On October 24, 2019, the IXth annual renowned international symposium in Law – Business – Economy took place in the High Tatras of Slovakia (Štrbské Pleso). 7. 2. 2020
Arbitration-the process and arbitral awards: reflection on the case law of courts. 9. 4. 2019
Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration 5. 4. 2019
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The website is very simple and neat, all you have to do is type the name of the movie into the search box displayed on the webpage and you'll get a yes or no, with reasons specified. Unfortunately, CringeMDB only works for Hollywood movies released between the year 1995-2015.
We tested the site and were pretty impressed with the accuracy of it. You can also help this site in improving its result's accuracy by giving feedback via agree or disagree buttons in result box.
We searched for the movie 'Avatar' and got a big Yes in the result box, which means it is safe to watch with your parents or family.
Also we searched for the movie 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and got a No, meaning it is not safe to watch with your parents.
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This frog life cycle sensory bin is a hands-on science and sensory experience that will introduce young kids to the life cycle of a frog. My kids highly enjoyed this!
This week the PLAYful Preschool theme is life cycles and the team has a TON of awesome lessons ready for you! Check out all their links below!
Evan has recently become intrigued by tadpoles and frogs, so I thought a frog life cycle sensory bin would be exciting for him. I decided to keep my sensory bin as realistic as possible because I knew he would expect something that looked like our neighborhood pond.
I think I achieved the realistic look and feel of a pond. Evan was impressed and super excited to dig his hands in and play!
Frog life cycle figurines – I got mine at Michaels and used one of the 40% off coupons they always have.
1. Pour a few cups of sand on one side of the sensory bin.
2. Place stones and pebbles along the edge of the sand.
3. Add water to the other side of the bin. Some water will probably seep into the sand and that's fine.
4. Add the frog life cycle figurines to the bin.
Invite your child to play with the sensory bin. To begin, I pointed out the frog life cycle toys. He was excited about them and immediately started playing with them. As he was playing with them I talked to him about each stage of the frog life cycle. We even practiced putting them in order.
We also talked about things like if the tadpole could go in the sand and whether the frog could swim in the water and could he stay in the water forever.
Then I explained that they start their life in water and have gills and tails similar to fish. But as they grow, they change and lose their gills and tails and grow legs and lungs to help them breathe. They spend a lot of their adult life on land.
Evan really enjoyed playing in this pretend pond and so did my 18 month old.
If you would like to extend the learning, here are some great books about the life cycle of a frog.


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Faustão na Band (lit. Big Fausto on Band) is a Brazilian variety show. Hosted by Fausto Silva, it premiered January 17, 2022 on Rede Bandeirantes, following Silva's departure of TV Globo and its long-running Domingão do Faustão.

Background
Fausto Silva had previously presented the long-running Sunday-afternoon show Domingão do Faustão on Globo since 1989. Before being signed by Globo, Silva had achieved notoriety for hosting the talk show Perdidos na Noite on Band. In January 2021, it was rumored that Silva would leave Globo in December 2021, after declining a move to Thursday nights. In April 2021, it was reported that Silva had signed a five-year deal with Rede Bandeirantes beginning in 2022. Cris Gomes—a director who worked on Domingão—was also reported to be involved in the deal.

On June 13, 2021, Silva missed an episode of Domingão for the first time in the program's history, stating that it was due to a urinary tract infection. On June 17, Globo announced that Silva would be leaving the network, and that Domingão do Faustão would be replaced in its timeslot by a new program hosted by Luciano Huck. Domingão do Faustão was subsequently cancelled, with the remainder of the 18th season of Dança dos Famosos airing as a standalone program hosted by Tiago Leifert (who had guest hosted Domingão the previous Sunday).

In July 2021, Rede Bandeirantes officially announced that it had signed Silva to host a new variety show that would premiere in 2022. Despite leaving his previous show, Silva was still under contract with Globo until January.The two-hour program would air on weeknights, with a premiere set for January 17, 2022.

Band had initially considered filming the program at a theatre, but elected to instead broadcast it from one of the main soundstages of its São Paulo facilities; at the suggestion of Silva, the soundstage was dedicated in honor of Band's founder as the João Jorge Saad studio. Band began to produce pilot episodes in late-December; Silva asked Band executives to not attend, as he was wary about performing for larger audiences before his contract with Globo officially ended. Former Jornal Nacional weather reporter Anne Lottermann was also tested as a designated substitute host.

Advertisers and critics doubted whether Faustão na Band would be successful, noting Band's decision to schedule it on weeknights (as opposed to Domingão and other Brazilian variety shows, which air on a weekly basis); a former Band executive stated that the show would need to stay above 6 points in the IBOPE television ratings in order to be sustainable.

At midnight on January 1, 2022, Band broadcast the New Year's special Viradão do Faustão as a preview for the show, which marked Silva's official return to the network.

Broadcast
Faustão na Band premiered on January 17, 2022, with the series premiere featuring musical guests Seu Jorge, Zeca Pagodinho, and Alexandre Pires. The lineup was originally slated to include Alcione, Jorge, Martinho da Vila, and Paulinho da Viola, but Martinho dropped out for undisclosed personal reasons, while Alcione and Paulinho dropped out after they tested positive for COVID-19. On January 18, it was reported that six members of the show's dance troupe—the Bailarinas do Faustão—had also tested positive for COVID-19.

On January 19, Band announced that Silva had tested positive for COVID-19, and that production of Faustão na Band had been temporarily suspended. It was stated that the show had enough material to last through January 26. Anne Lottermann also tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in João Guilherme Silva serving as a guest host. On January 20, it was reported that Martinho's decision to drop out from the program—a decision made only an hour before filming began—was prompted by concerns over lax COVID-19 protocols in the production; his team noted that a requirement to present negative COVID-19 tests was loosely enforced, and that members of the house orchestra were not wearing face masks. Band did not comment on Martinho's allegations, but did strengthen its health and safety protocols in response to the outbreaks.

In July 2022, it was reported that Band was planning cuts to the program due to high production costs in relation to its viewership, including laying off 40 to 50 staff members, reducing its length from two hours to 90 minutes beginning August 23 (initially to accommodate party broadcasts for the 2022 general election), and moving to a bi- or tri-weekly schedule beginning in 2023. The show went on a two-week break beginning July 11, with compilation episodes airing in its place. When it returned on July 25, Band experimented with shortening the show to 90 minutes, scheduling Zeca Camargo's game show 1001 Perguntas as a lead-out. Beginning August 23, the program was moved from 8:30 p.m. to 8:55 p.m., and shortened by 25 minutes to accommodate party broadcasts. On September 12, it was reported that the 90-minute format would become permanent beginning October 31, as Band had acquired the Portuguese telenovela Valor da Vida to air in a 10:00 p.m. timeslot.

Format and segments
The series follows a similar format to Domingão, featuring music performances, dance performances, interviews, and other entertainment segments, such as the home video segment Cassetadas do Faustão (Big Fausto's Cassettes; similar to the Domingão segment Videocassetadas), dance competition Dança das Feras (Dance of Beasts), Grana ou Fama (Money or Fame), comedy competition Mochila do Riso, Busão do Faustão (Big Fausto's Big Bus), A Hora da Decisão (Big Decision Time), Na Pista do Sucessos, Arquivo Pessoal (Personal Archive, initially titled Esta é a Sua Vida, lit. "This Is Your Life"), Desbravadores do Planeta (Planet Pioneers, with biologists João Paulo Krajewski and Roberta Bonaldo), and Direto pro Doutor (Straight to the Doctor).

Reception

Viewership
In the IBOPE ratings, the initial Viradão do Faustão special had an average of 1.2 points, peaking at 1.8 points in Greater São Paulo and finishing fourth in its timeslot. A prime time encore presentation had an average 3.1 rating. The series premiere of Faustão na Band received an average rating of 8.3 points, finishing in second behind only Globo in its timeslot. In comparison, the timeslot's previous programming (which previously included Show da Fé and the Portuguese telenovela Nazaré) only pulled an average rating around 1. Its viewership declined by 25% in São Paulo on its subsequent episode, while the first week of shows finished with an average rating of 6.2 points.

In its first four weeks on the air, Faustão na Band averaged 4.2 ratings points, ranking fourth in its timeslot. In the IBOPE national television panel, the show scored an average of 3.2 rating points in the same period, with its largest audiences being in the São Paulo, Porto Alegre, and Campinas markets. On the July 8 episode, an interview with Chitãozinho & Xororó for their 50th anniversary caused Faustão to be tied for third with RecordTV with 3.6 points.

References

Rede Bandeirantes original programming
2022 Brazilian television series debuts
2020s Brazilian television series
Portuguese-language television shows

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Nunnally Johnson Collection (MC 255)
According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia Nunnally Johnson, after an early career as a journalist and short-story writer, became one of Hollywood's most accomplished screenwriters and producers from the 1930s through the 1950s, when he began to direct motion pictures as well. He was born on December 5, 1897, in Columbus, Georgia to Johnnie Pearl Patrick and James Nunnally Johnson. His father worked as a superintendent for the Central of Georgia Railway, and his mother was an activist on the local school board. An avid reader with an acute sense of humor, Johnson grew up and attended school in Columbus, his mother's hometown. He died in Hollywood on March 25, 1977.
This collection consists of newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, photographs, and VHS tapes of a program honoring Nunnally Johnson in 1997 (the 100th anniversary of his birth), letters and grant applications regarding a Johnson program, photographs; and a VHS with a montage of some of the movies he worked on. A second box includes nine VHS tapes of movies.
1925-1998 2 boxes (1 l.f.)
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Permission to publish material from the Nunnally Johnson Collection (MC 255) must be obtained from the Columbus State University Archives at Columbus State University. Use of the following credit line for publication or exhibit is required:
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Tucker Press Award Collection (SMC 81)
Box and Folder List
Folder 1 – The Hero, The Saturday Evening Post, March 14, 1925
Folder 2 -- Lovelorn, The Saturday Evening Post, March 28, 1925
Folder 3 – Collier's Magazine advertisement listing Nunnally Johnson as one of their writers, October 1925
Folder 4 – The Artist Relaxed, The Saturday Evening Post, July 19, 1930
Folder 5 – How to Treat Reporters, The Saturday Evening Post, August 2, 1930
Folder 6 – It's in the Blood, The Saturday Evening Post, August 30, 1930
Folder 7 – Women have no Sense of Humor, The Saturday Evening Post, September 13, 1930
Folder 8 – Dixie Belle, The Saturday Evening Post, February 28, 1931
Folder 9 – Book reviews for There Ought to be a Law, by Nunnally Johnson, 1931
Folder 10 -- Souvenir program of The Grapes of Wrath, 1940
Folder 11 – Nunnally Johnson's invitation list for a party on December 14, 1946, in honor of Mary and Peter Lind Hayes
Folder 12 – Photographs of a party given by Nunnally Johnson on December 14, 1946
Folder 13 – Song of the Chattahoochee, by Nunnally Johnson and Cecil Ellingburgh, 1947
Folder 14 – The cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Summer 1971
Folder 15 – New York Times Book Review of Letters of Nunnally Johnson by Dorris Johnson
Folder 16 – A disk on the Nunnally Johnson display, November 5, 1997
Folder 17 – Columbus Ledger Enquirer, which contains Nunnally Johnson articles, November 30, 1997
Folder 18 – Columbus Ledger Enquirer, article on Nunnally Johnson, December 5, 1997
Folder 19 – CSU Remembers Nunnally Johnson program, December 5 and 6, 1997
Folder 20 – Information concerning the exhibit panels used for "Remembering Nunnally Johnson", December 5 and 6, 1997
Folder 21 – Brochures for "Remembering Nunnally Johnson", December 5 and 6, 1997
Folder 22 – Financial information for the program "Remembering Nunnally Johnson", December 5 and 6, 1997
Folder 23 – Columbus Ledger Enquirer article on Nunnally Johnson, December 1997
Folder 24 – "The Nunnally Johnson Prize", presented by the Simon Schwob Library and CSU Archives, 1997
Folder 25 – VHS tape # 1 of program honoring Nunnally Johnson December 5, 1997
Folder 28 – VHS tape # 4 of program honoring Nunnally Johnson December 5 and 6, 1997
Folder 30 – Letters concerning the Nunnally Johnson program at CSU, 1997
Folder 31 – GHC grant application for CSU project, "Remembering Nunnally Johnson, 1997
Folder 32 – Biographical information on Nunnally Johnson by Thornton Jordan, 1997
Folder 33 – Thank you letters for "Remembering Nunnally Johnson", 1998
Folder 34 – A copy of a photograph showing two men and Nunnally Johnson
Folder 35 – Two newspaper articles written by Nunnally Johnson (no date)
Folder 36 – Photograph negative
Folder 37 – A list of Nunnally Johnson's published short stories.
Folder 38 – VHS tape, Nunnally Johnson montage for Tom Stemple, including: Jesse James, Grapes of Wrath, Gunfighter, How to Marry a Millionaire, Three Faces of Eve, Henry Orient, Long Riders and Chaplin.
Box 2 -- VHS tapes
1. The Dark Mirror, Olivia de Havilland, 1987
2. The Dirty Dozen, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, 1967
3. The Gunfighter, Gregory Peck, 1950
4. How to Marry a Millionaire, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell, 1953
5. Jesse James, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, 1939
6. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Gregory Peck, 1956
7. Rose of Washington Square, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, 1939
8. The Three Faces of Eve, Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb, 1957
9. The World of Henry Orient, Peter Sellers, Paula Prentise, Angela Lansbury, 1964
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Gallant Man (GB)
1954 – September 7, 1988
Migoli (GB) x Majideh (GB), by Mahmoud (FR)
Family 5-e
Texas oilman Ralph Lowe had reason to be grateful that he listened to bloodstock agent Humphrey Finney rather than his veterinarian when he agreed to accept a little bay colt with questionable feet and ankles as part of a group of youngsters Lowe was buying from the Aga Khan. Although Gallant Man never won an official championship, he was unquestionably of championship class. One of the heavyweights of a vintage crop, Gallant Man slugged it out on even terms with the likes of Bold Ruler, Round Table, and Gen. Duke and won his fair share if not more. He retired as the holder of track records from 6 to 12 furlongs and went on to become a good sire.
26 starts, 14 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$510,355
Won Belmont Stakes (USA, 12FD, Belmont; new American record 2:26-3/5)
Won Jockey Club Gold Cup (USA, 16FD, Belmont)
Won Travers Stakes (USA, 10FD, Saratoga)
Won Peter Pan Handicap (USA, 9FD, Belmont)
Won Nassau County Handicap (USA, 9FD, Belmont; new track record 1:47-1/5)
2nd Kentucky Derby (USA, 10FD, Churchill Downs)
2nd Trenton Handicap (USA, 10FD, Monmouth)
2nd Wood Memorial Stakes (USA, 9FD, Jamaica)
Also set a new track record of 1:09-2/5 for 6 furlongs at Tropical Park in an allowance race
Won Hollywood Gold Cup (USA, 10FD, Hollywood)
Won Sunset Handicap (USA, 13FD, Hollywood)
Won Metropolitan Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
3rd Carter Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1987)
Gallant Man was rated #36 among the top 100 American racehorses of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by The Blood-Horse (Thoroughbred Champions, Eclipse Press, 7th printing, 2005).
Rated at 128 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3yo males of 1957, 2 pounds below Horse of the Year Bold Ruler.
Co-highweighted with Bold Ruler at 132 pounds atop the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for older males of 1958, 1 pound above Horse of the Year Round Table.
Gallant Man stood 15.1-1/2 hands. He had suspicious-looking ankles and feet and toed out slightly, with hocks a bit behind him. Otherwise, he was an attractive colt with a handsome head, short coupling, strong quarters, and good bone for his size. He had an unusually fluid stride. His form improved dramatically from 2 to 3.
According to Jockey Club records, Gallant Man sired 331 winners (66.5%) and 51 stakes winners (10.2%) from 498 named foals. According to Sires and Dams of Stakes Winners 1925-1985 (Blood-Horse), Gallant Man sired 52 stakes winners (10.4%). He was pensioned in 1981. Gallant Man is a Brilliant/Intermediate chef-de-race in the Roman dosage system.
Notable progeny
Coraggioso (USA), Gallant Bloom (USA), Gallant Romeo (USA)
Gallant Man was bred by the Aga Khan and Prince Aly Khan. He was owned by Ralph Lowe and trained by John Nerud. He stood at Spendthrift Farm.
Gallant Man is inbred 3x3 to Mah Mahal and 4x4 to Blandford. His dam Majideh was a dual Classic winner in Ireland and also produced 1948 English and Irish champion 3-year-old filly Masaka (by Nearco), dam of 1954 Park Hill Stakes winner Bara Bibi (by Bois Roussel) and second dam of 1966 French champion miler Silver Shark. Another daughter of Majideh, Gallant Man's full sister Mehrabi, is the second dam of 1968 American champion 2-year-old male Top Knight and 1966 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth Handicap winner Stanislas and the third dam of 1985 Joe McGrath Irish Sweeps Derby (IRE-G1) winner and two-time Irish champion Law Society, Grade 2 winner Strike Your Colors, and English Group 3 winner Legal Bid. Through other daughters, Majideh is also the second dam of 1953 Prix d'Aumale and 1954 Prix de Guiche winner Beigler Bay, 1965 Louisiana Derby winner Dapper Delegate and 1964 Preakness Stakes runner-up The Scoundrel.
Majideh was produced from 1930 Coronation Stakes winner Qurrat-al-Ain (by Buchan), also the dam of 1940 Irish Oaks winner Queen of Shiraz (by Bahram). The last-named mare produced 1955 Santa Anita Handicap winner Poona II and 1959 Prix Jacques Le Marois winner Sallymount, both by Tudor Minstrel, and is the second dam of 1967 Irish Two Thousand Guineas winner Atherstone Wood, 1969 Irish St. Leger winner Reindeer, and 1970 Irish Guinness Oaks winner Santa Tina. Qurrat-an-Ain, in turn, is out of Harpsichord, also the dam of 1929 Eclipse Stakes winner Royal Minstrel (by Tetratema) and 1934 Dewhurst Stakes winner Hairan (by Fairway). Sired by 1913 Two Thousand Guineas winner Louvois, Harpsichord is out of Golden Harp, by 1906 Eclipse Stakes winner Llangibby.
Gallant Man's rivalry with Bold Ruler and Round Table was featured as the ninth chapter of Horse Racing's Greatest Rivalries (2008, Eclipse Press), a compilation produced by the staff and correspondents of The Blood-Horse.
Gallant Man is profiled in Chapter 80 of Abram Hewitt's Sire Lines (1977, The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association; updated and reprinted by Eclipse Press in 2006).
Gallant Man is profiled in Chapter 8 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Prior to the 1957 Kentucky Derby, Ralph Lowe told his friends that he had dreamed that the jockey stood up prematurely on Gallant Man, costing him the race. Eerily, Bill Shoemaker did exactly that at the sixteenth pole, and Iron Liege beat Gallant Man by a nose. The "Bad Dream Derby" has been part of Derby legend ever since.
Ironically, Shoemaker wasn't originally slated to be on Gallant Man; he picked up the mount after Johnny Choquette was suspended for rough riding, and paid the penalty for his own lapse with a 15-day suspension. Owner Ralph Lowe didn't hold it against him, giving Shoemaker US$5,000 and a new car for the second-place ride, and Shoemaker repaid Lowe's kindness with Gallant Man's spectacular Belmont Stakes victory.
Gallant Man was the fifth foreign-bred horse to win the Belmont Stakes, following in the wake of Saxon (1874), Bowling Brook (1898), Hourless (1917), and Johren (1918).
While Gallant Man is often spoken of as an Irish-bred and has strong Irish associations as his dam Majideh was maintained at the Aga Khan's stud in County Kildare, he was foaled at Homestall Stud Farm in Sussex, England, where Majideh had been sent in anticipation of a mating to Tudor Minstrel.
The Gallant Man Handicap was run at Hollywood Park in 2008 as a 13-furlong race on the Cushion Ride track for horses age 3 and up.
Pictured with Bill Shoemaker up. Photographer unknown. From the private collection of Dale Wyatt; used by permission.


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Ria suggested in an email that Paris, in tandem with her city, Brussels, are like my part-time lover. Maybe, she added, that's why you're so in love. Ria is one of a Brussels circle of long-time special friends whose welcome charmed the city for me. The part-time lover idea appealed; after all, part-time is known to keep feelings potent, n'est-ce pas?
When I thanked Ria for the insight, she replied in an even deeper vein: In life, she wrote, rather than keep on missing — one feels better sustained by desire.* The better I get to know my friends' handsome city, the more Brussels complements ethereal Paris. Two capitals after my own heart. And city missing may attack with no warning. . . .


Bob Andelman has just interviewed John Coates about our new book Don Heck: A Work of Art, on his Mr. Media podcast. Check out John's appearance by clicking above, or go to the Mr. Media site HERE.
This entry was posted in TNT on 29 September 2014 by Mr. Morrow.
That's all I know. I imagine more will be revealed in coming days, but sounds like it's time for us all to celebrate. Congratulations to both Marvel and the Kirby family on finding a way to put this dispute behind them.
This entry was posted in TNT on 26 September 2014 by Mr. Morrow.
Greg Theakston has recently made attempts to reclaim materials he donated to the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center several years ago, and to cast Executive Director Rand Hoppe as a thief who's stolen his property. Now Greg's inexplicably demanding that I send him back materials he says he somehow "loaned" me as well. As Greg continues to beat this drum on the Internet, it's clear to me that I need to document the history behind the donation Greg is now claiming he only loaned to the Museum—and to present evidence that proves most of it wasn't Greg's property to begin with.
What's at issue? Jack Kirby kept photocopies of his pencil art (before it was inked) at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. In the 1960s, Marvel Comics would make the copies and send them to Jack (this helped him keep up with continuity as he began each new issue). In 1970 or so, Jack got a copier for his home, and xeroxed the pencils himself before sending in his art, in case it got lost in the mail. These photocopies are all the Kirbys' property to do with as they please; always have been, always will be, and they're a remarkable record of his pencil work from the 1960s to the 1980s.
DAVE STEVENS: I was out there for dinner a couple of times in the last year before she died, and she was lamenting the fact that she couldn't get all this material back from him. Apparently he was sitting on a mountain of stuff, copies or whatever it was, whatever format, but it was a lot of pieces of Jack's art, that she just has no record of, if he didn't return it. It was stuff that she couldn't access. I guess he'd taken the stuff, or borrowed it over a period of years, with the promise of bringing it back, and it never happened.
JOHN MORROW: Roz told me last Summer she wanted you to return the xeroxes. She wanted Jeremy [Kirby, Jack and Roz's grandson] to have them.
GREG THEAKSTON: Yes, I know. We spoke about that at length on several occasions.
JOHN: So you know she wanted you to return the xeroxes?
GREG: Yeah. I told her to have Jeremy call me. He never did, so he lost his chance.
With an apparent resolution, things died down on Kirby-L. But another four years went by, with no action on Greg's part to return the xeroxes to the Kirbys.
So on New Year's Eve, 2002, with the approval of the Kirby family, I attempted to mediate a solution. I sent Greg an email, offering a resolution that would involve TwoMorrows scanning what Greg had borrowed, and then both Greg and the Kirbys would receive a set of the scans, with the originals going back to the Kirby family.
Following that exchange, in early 2003 I received a shipment of xeroxes from Greg, with the freight billed to my FedEx account. After inventorying what he'd sent, it was clear this couldn't possibly have been all the ones Greg had. So I sent Greg another message, politely asking him to send the rest when he could. Greg never sent the rest of the xeroxes, so no scans were sent to him, and this is where the situation sat for another five years.
From there, Rand and the Museum enter the picture. I'll leave it to Rand to speak for what took place beyond this, except to say that the Kirby Estate is in possession of a letter from Greg, dated Sept. 2009, in which Greg unequivocally states he has "donated" the materials to the Museum. For the record, all of the photocopies that were sent to me by the Kirbys (and by Greg in 2003) are no longer in my possession, and haven't been for several years. TwoMorrows long ago completed scanning what we had access to, and the Museum is now re-scanning them at even higher archival quality than we could a decade ago.
But my position now is, and always has been, that those xeroxes were a loan only, and belong to the Kirby family; not to me, the Museum, or Greg Theakston. Roz made that clear to me and several other people, including Greg. I hope this helps put the issue to rest, but if not, I'll present more evidence to support this position in an upcoming Jack Kirby Collector article, and offer a more comprehensive look at this situation.
Full disclosure: I am a proud Trustee of the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center (www.kirbymuseum.org), along with Rand Hoppe, Tom Kraft and David Schwartz. Rand founded the Museum in 2005, and acts as its Executive Director. The Museum was recognized as a non-profit entity by the IRS in 2007. Rand has also (along with Tom) put in thousands of hours of his time since 2005, for no pay, to further Jack's legacy by putting on exhibits around the world (one is coming in a few months in conjunction with the Angouleme comics festival in France). His efforts include a very successful pop-up museum at Jack's birthplace on New York's Lower East Side last year (with another in the works), and scanning a wealth of pages of Kirby original art for posterity in the Museum's digital archive. It's an entity I fully support, both with my efforts, and my financial contributions.
This entry was posted in TNT on 11 September 2014 by Mr. Morrow.
This entry was posted in TNT on 10 September 2014 by Mr. Morrow.


With a drop of 27 metres, The Henrhyd Falls is the tallest waterfall in Wales! The falls are best seen after a downpour; however, they are just as beautiful all year round! Not only will you get to enjoy the beauty of the falls, but after visiting them and getting some Insta-worthy snaps for your grid, you can carry on exploring the Nant Llech valley, admiring the wildlife and walking by the old watermill, the Melin Llech, on your journey. Henrhyd waterfall is a spectacular sight and the surrounding Graig Llech Woods are a haven for wildlife.
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The Lost Gardens of Heligan is an ESSENTIAL road trip destination. Situated in gorgeous Cornwall and makes for the perfect Insta photo opp! There are 4 campsites within 1.5 miles of the gardens, giving you a wide range of options as to where you can pitch up!
Don't miss The Giant's Head, Mud Maid and Grey Lady, which all wait to be discovered along the Woodland Walk - you'll want to capture the moment!
Well worth the entry fee, for just under £15, you get access to the beautiful gardens all day. There's also a Tearoom onsite where you can enjoy a Cornish cream tea.
Wasdale is the wildest of the valleys in the Lake District offering some truly breath-taking views. This remote valley, with sky-high mountains, cascading rocks and an awe-inspiring lake, is an adventurer's paradise. With Wasdale National Trust Campsite just a short walk away from the valley, you won't be stuck for somewhere to pitch your Gorilla Tent!.
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The Roman Baths is a site of historical interest in the city of Bath, showcasing a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing, developed around natural hot springs. A major tourist attraction in the UK and paired with the Grand Rump Room, they receive more than one million visitors a year.
The centrepiece of the constructed temple pediment – the mesmerising Gorgon's head, its beard entwined with snakes.
The magnificent gilt bronze head of Sulis Minerva, probably from a statue in the temple.
The easily-overlooked spring overflow, where the steaming water gushes through a Roman arch, its minerals colouring the stonework a deep russet.
The lead and pewter curse tablets scratched with Latin messages to Sulis Minerva, and thrown into the sacred spring. 'The person who has stolen by bronze pot is utterly accursed', says one.
Visit first thing in the morning or after 4 pm, to avoid school groups and lengthy queues. In the peak summer months, the baths stay open until 10 pm, and evenings are relatively quiet, perfect for that evening dip!
After dusk, the Great Bath is lit by torches and very atmospheric. Something that you'll definitely want to capture!
Just three miles from Land's End, Treen is a short walk away from some of Cornwall's finest beaches, including the secluded sands of Pedn Vounder.
Make sure your phone is fully charged, because your Instagram is about to be bombarded with pictures of the most stunning beaches you've ever seen in the UK. The campsite sits in a field overlooking the cliff top; but surprisingly it's not too exposed, even in unpredictable weather.
We say grab your tent, fill up your tank and go! At Treen Farm no bookings are required, so if you're feeling spontaneous, Treen Farm is a perfect destination for you to head towards.


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Just Mowing! Seriously! We can stop the dirt and turn thin hay into harvestable hay!
I invite perspective partners to join me in what has perhaps become the most dramatically inexpensive enterprise on the farm, going from hand dug clay brick tile using a surveyors transit, to today's technology that is well....Out of this World and tractors that a generation ago lacked the draft and Hp capable of pulling with bulls eye precision a modern day tile plow.
Tiling without government subsidies has become economical for the following reasons.
2) Laser levels and GPS systems.
Our founder thinks that this should largely be a local business! After first cutting (or the second), manure storage facilities are pumped down, perhaps spreading on hay fields, perhaps injecting into what will be next years corn.
If a partner has a 300 HP tractor that might be great, but a better alternative might be to haul a used track hoe to dig the latterals on our 28' bale wagon (low boy) with one 188 HP tractor and pull the land plow to the site with another 188 HP tractor, then cable the pair to pull the tile plow.
I liked the above vidio in particular. Note the laser setup in the foreground and the use of the track hoe (no little back hoe here) that they are using to connect the laterals. MOST OF THE VIDIOS YOU WILL SEE SHOW MIDWEST SOILS, STONE FREE MIDWEST SOILS!
Our general recommendation is to take 2 of our experts (Baler operator and his second) and biggest tractors tied together and phase one, dig your lines AND REMOVE THE ROCKS! Then phase 2 hire additional temps to lay and feed tile and connect the lines to the laterals, while our experts lay tile either with a single tractor or have a temp operate the tow tractor and while the other "expert", our baler operator operates the track hoe and connects the laterals to the main.
Are we just tiling or are we to land level and/or ditch?
WHAT ABOUT BUCKWHEAT? SERIOUSLY! If we tile, after the first cutting, it opens up the possibility of seeding to buckwheat, given enough acreage that is competitive for monthly delivery.
WHAT IS COMPETITIVE? It might be nice if we could BUCKWHEAT a poor hay field one year on one farm and his neighbors the next. THE AMOUNT OF LAND AVAILABLE IN A 42 MILE RADIUS IS CONSIDERABLE.
AND How many operations have updated corn planters, but are using seeders built shortly after WW II? Maybe it's time we multi-farm managed!
DO YOU HAVE A HOT BARN?
YOU ALREADY OWN THE TRACTOR (Bob Cat) for use with smaller trees!
Here at PleasantCreekHay.com we think the tree spade is the most under utilized piece of equipment NOT ON THE FARM.......HUGE POTENTIAL! Your (our) partnership can do a domestic landscaping business if you'd like, but the potential to work for and/or lease the spade to fellow land owners is HUGE!
Surely if you have no woods, there must be a rock pile, corner or fence line that has some trees available for shading your buildings! If not there is always bartering!
For every tree a landscaper moves, we can move 10, 20 perhaps 40 trees, he plants a tree, we plant a row! For every row he plants, we plant a windbreak! And with the purchase of a tree spade, he typiccally has to purchase a tractor or truck to run the spade...... while for us.... it's just an attachment for a peice of equipment we already own!
HUGE POTENTIAL WHEN THE COST OF JUST THE TREE SPADE IS SPREAD AMONG MULTIPLE LAND OWNERS!
On a trial basis, if you are reluctant to initially finance and invest in the equipment upgrades to become a partner in a Pleasant Creek Hay (your city), lets buy a spade together as a trial partnership, IN FACT WE ARE MOVING IN ON THE TREE SPADE BUSINESS. One by one we are hiring delivery personnel with the intentions of having a tree spade of some description or another through out the North Carolina to Maine region!
If you are all in, that is are updating your mowing equipment and baling large squares....... How big a spade? YOUR LOW BOY is capable of having a huge tree spade mounted on the rear of the machine and can transplant 5" trees! No trees? We think we'll be able to buy trees from fellow land owners. These bigger spades are expensive! If you prefer to share the cost with a smaller 3 pt hitch or Bobcat version capable of moving 2"-3" trees, it isn't PleasantCreekHay.com's call!
What if? What if we could load all 3 fertilizer ingrediants in the length of time we typically load liquid DAP?
What if? What if we built our "New" planter around a used mid-west 16 row unit! We could go 24, but we would need either a slow dual wheeled tractor or a tractor with wheel width, impossible to kick the planter, side to side to plant soybeans in 20's and 10's. We need a planter we can fly down the road with!
What if? What if we could load fertilizer, adjust rates field to field and never or rarely have to spread fertilizer?
You know the East Coast and how many fields have 2 or more soil types, what if? What if we could adjust fertilizer rates as we cross the field?
We can now with GPS!
So indeed, let's do that! We'll build a 16 row unit with dry fertilizer to meet the Potash requirements, add a tank for N or liquid DAP and add a 500 G tank to a cab forward JCB and add a fork lift, to the front lift of the JCB for another potential 500 gallons. We'll be able to plant for hours at a time only stopping to change corn varieties and when we do, we won't have 24 rows to clean, but 16!
Thus, we have built a high acreage East Coast Corn Planter!