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Why Did Li Auto And Xpeng Stock Tank On Wednesday?
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The stock prices of major U.S. listed EV players including Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) and Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) declined sharply on Wednesday. The sell-off was likely driven by China's top economic planning body's decision to investigate the investments and land use of Evergrande Auto which is seen as a key player in the Chinese EV market. [1] While the move doesn't appear to impact Li Auto or XPeng directly, it's likely an indicator that the government wants greater regulation of China's electric-car players who have been growing quickly, driven partly by sizable government subsidies. Although the major Chinese EV players are expanding rapidly and innovating in areas such as battery technology and autonomous driving, the State's moves and growing competition could limit the near-time upside for these companies which have seen stocks soar over the last few weeks. For perspective, Xpeng stock is up about 3x over the last month alone, while Li Auto stock is up over 2x.
See our analysis Nio, Xpeng & Li Auto: How Do Chinese EV Stocks Compare? which compares the financial performance and valuation of the major U.S. listed Chinese electric vehicle players.
[11/24/2020] Xpeng's Autonomous Driving Unveil Drives Stock
Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) stock jumped 34% in Monday's trading after it unveiled its next-generation autonomous driving architecture that will feature in its 2021 production models. [1] The system will add laser-based lidar technology along with other significant software and hardware enhancements. While Xpeng and other Chinese automotive companies already offer autonomous highway driving on their vehicles, the lidar-based solution is expected to improve accuracy, helping Xpeng cars to drive themselves in more densely populated urban areas as well. Notably, Xpeng will be the first company to use lidar sensors in mass-market vehicles. Google GOOG uses the technology in its Waymo self-driving cars, although they remain in the test phase.
While the 34% jump in the stock price appears overdone, given that we don't yet know the effectiveness of the system or the incremental costs that the new sensors will add, investors have reason to be optimistic. Autonomous driving is seen as one of the hottest themes in the automotive space. Moreover, self-driving algorithms are based on machine learning, and the more miles people drive using autonomous cars the smarter the algorithms become. If Xpeng's system works well, it could enable the company to build an early mover advantage in the space, enabling it to gather more data and improve its self-driving capabilities.
[11/3/2020] Strong October Deliveries Drive Chinese EV Stocks
The stock prices of major U.S. listed Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturers soared on Monday, as they reported strong deliveries for October. Nio (NYSE:NIO) – one of the largest EV startups in China – saw its stock soar by about 9%, as it reported that deliveries in October almost doubled year-over-year to 5,055 vehicles. Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV), another premium EV player saw its stock rise by about 7%, as it delivered about 3,040 vehicles through the month, marking an increase of about 230% from a year ago, driven primarily by sales of its P7 sedan which was launched earlier this year. However, deliveries were slightly lower month-over-month. Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), a company that sells EVs that also have a small gasoline engine – said that it delivered 3,692 of its Li ONE SUVs in October, marking a month-over-month increase of about 5%. The company began production only late last year.
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[10/30/2020] How Do Nio, Xpeng, and Li Auto Compare
The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) space is booming, with China-based manufacturers accounting for over 50% of global EV deliveries. Demand for EVs in China is likely to remain robust as the Chinese government wants about 25% of all new cars sold in the country to be electric by 2025, up from roughly 5% at present. [2] While Tesla TSLA is a leader in the Chinese luxury EV market driven by production at its new Shanghai facility, Nio (NYSE:NIO), Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV), and Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) – three relatively young U.S. listed Chinese electric vehicle players, have also been gaining traction. In our analysis Nio, Xpeng & Li Auto: How Do Chinese EV Stocks Compare? we compare the financial performance and valuation of the major U.S. listed Chinese electric vehicle players. Parts of the analysis are summarized below.
Overview Of Nio, Li Auto & Xpeng's Business
Nio, which was founded in 2014, currently offers three premium electric SUVs, ES8, ES6, and EC6, which are priced starting at about $50k. The company is working on developing self-driving technology and also offers other unique innovations such as Battery as a Service (BaaS) – which allows customers to subscribe for car batteries, rather than paying for them upfront. While the company has scaled up production, it hasn't come without challenges, as it recalled about 5,000 vehicles last year after reports of multiple fires.
Li Auto sells Extended-Range Electric Vehicles, which are essentially EVs that also have a small gasoline engine that can generate additional electric power for the battery. This reduces the need for EV-charging infrastructure, which is currently limited in China. The company's hybrid strategy appears to be paying off – with its Li ONE SUV, which is priced at about $46,000 – ranking as the top-selling SUV in the new energy vehicle segment in China in September 2020. The new energy segment includes fuel cell, electric, and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Xpeng produces and sells premium electric vehicles including the G3 SUV and the P7 four-door sedan, which are roughly positioned as rivals to Tesla's Model Y SUV and Model 3 sedan, although they are more affordable, with the basic version of the G3 starting at about $22,000 post subsidies. The G3 SUV was among the top 3 Electric SUVs in terms of sales in China in 2019. While the company began production in late 2018, initially via a deal with an established automaker, it has started production at its own factory in the Guangdong province.
How Have The Deliveries, Revenues & Margins Trended
Nio delivered about 21k vehicles in 2019, up from about 11k vehicles in 2018. This compares to Xpeng which delivered about 13k vehicles in 2019 and Li Auto which delivered about 1k vehicles, considering that it began production only late last year. While Nio's deliveries this year could approach about 40k units, Li Auto and Xpeng are likely to deliver around 25k vehicles with Li Auto seeing the highest growth. Over 2019, Nio's Revenues stood at $1.1 billion, compared to about $40 million for Li Auto and $330 million for Xpeng. Nio's Revenues are likely to grow 95% this year, while Xpeng's Revenues are likely to grow by about 120%. All three companies remain deeply lossmaking as costs related to R&D and SG&A remain high relative to Revenues. Nio's Net Margins stood at -195% in 2019, Li Auto's margins stood at about -860% while Xpeng's margins stood at -160%. However, margins are likely to improve sharply in 2020, as volumes pick up.
Nio's Market Cap stood at about $37 billion as of October 28, 2020, with its stock price rising by about 7x year-to-date due to surging investor interest in EV stocks. Li Auto and Xpeng, which were both listed in the U.S. around August as they looked to capitalize on surging valuations, have a market cap of about $15 billion and $14 billion, respectively. On a relative basis, Nio trades at about 15x projected 2020 Revenues, Li Auto trades at about 12x, while Xpeng trades at about 20x.
While valuations are certainly high, investors are likely betting that these companies will continue to grow in the domestic market, while eventually playing a larger role in the global EV space leveraging China's relatively low-cost manufacturing, and the country's ecosystem of battery and auto parts suppliers. Of the three companies, Nio might be the safer bet, considering its slightly longer track record, higher Revenues, and investments in technology such as battery swaps and self-driving. Li Auto also looks attractive considering its rapid growth – driven by the uptake of its hybrid powertrains – and relatively attractive valuation of about 12x 2020 Revenues.
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Blog: Bena Burda
Maggie's Organics founder Bená Burda began her career in the organic industry as an order-taker for Eden Foods in 1978, where she first learned about sustainable agriculture from a group of Michigan organic bean farmers. After spending the next ten years marketing and selling organic grain and bean products, she moved to California to work as the VP of sales and marketing for Little Bear Organic Foods. It was on an organic inspection for Little Bear that a farmer inadvertently taught Bená about the hazards of conventional cotton, and from there the idea for Maggie's was born.
Maggie's Organics' mission was to convert as many acres of cotton from conventional to organic production as possible. Soon after, the company began to adopt fair labor practices as Bená helped to form a number of 100% worker-owned cooperatives in Nicaragua and the US. In May 2002, Bená was recognized by the Organic Trade Association with the prestigious "Special Pioneer Award", and in 2004, she was voted one of the "25 People who Most Influenced the Organics Industry".
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Maggie's Organics is thrilled to be hosting the Concentrate blog and getting a chance to reach out directly to our local community.
First, we would like to say that we had a blast earlier this month at the Green Fair and Mission Zero Fest with a2energy.org! Thank you to all who stopped by, we hope you are enjoying your free pair of Maggie's a2energy socks! (If you missed out, click here).
In the spirit of these great local events, we wanted to talk a little bit about why our Michigan community is so important to us. There is no doubt that Maggie's Organics has always been focused on the "big picture", establishing worker-owned cooperatives and developing fair trade and organic standards internationally. But as our business grows, it has been easy to lose sight of our local community and what it has meant to us throughout the years. A2 and now Ypsi have been incredibly supportive places for a company like ours to call home, and meeting old and new friends at various events over the past few weeks has inspired us to reflect on our recent 20-year birthday and the value of our local roots.
Maggie's beginnings can be traced back to a small condo on the west side of Ann Arbor in 1992, where orders were processed on the kitchen table and invoices were filed next to the bed. After moving to California for a few years and buying her partner out in 1997, Maggie's founder Bená Burda followed her heart and chose to come back home, first to Ann Arbor and now to Ypsi. Though an unpopular decision at the time, it turned out better than anyone could have expected. Maggie's loves calling Southeast Michigan home for the same reasons that many of us are drawn to live here year after year: a community of creative minds, a collective spirit of support, and a vibrant multicultural environment, all embedded within a grounded Midwestern atmosphere.
We are also particularly grateful for residents' passion for environmental sustainability and social consciousness, which is why we are so excited about our recent collaboration with the city's Clean Energy Coalition. We created a special Maggie's organic cotton sock with the a2energy.org logo, which was introduced at the Green Fair and Mission Zero Fest. The socks are being used to educate us all in conserving energy as we help our eco-city grow more green. What started out as a quick conversation with A2's Environmental Coordinator Matthew Naud has evolved not only into a cozy organic cotton sock, but it has also made Maggie's realize how crucial it is that we engage locally.
So while we appreciate that local residents may buy Maggie's products because they share our values of environmental sustainability and social responsibility, we don't want our interactions to be limited to an occasional purchase of our merchandise. Just as we have worked hard to develop personal relationships with the 2,000 farmers growing our organic cotton in Nicaragua and the families in North Carolina that knit each pair of our socks, we want to continue strengthening our connection to the vibrant Michigan community in which we live, work and play on a daily basis.
As we look forward to spending more time with the residents of Ypsi and A2 in the future, we want to pause and offer our heartfelt thanks to those that have supported us throughout the years. Sometimes it can be easy to lose sight of your immediate surroundings as a business, but we know that without this local encouragement, we would not be sitting here today. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that the connections Maggie's has built within this dynamic Michigan community remain an integral part of our values and our identity.
A2 Energy.org photo courtesy of Maggie's Organics
Having been a fair trade and organic company since our inception 20 years ago, we believe that what makes Maggie's Organics most unique is our involvement in every step of the complex apparel supply chain. From the day the 2,000 co-op farmers plant their organic cottonseed to the day the last color is added to our Tie Dye socks, we are constantly engaged with all of our producers. It is this collaborative effort among many voices that we believe characterizes us as a business. Our next goal is to take these efforts beyond our global production chain and work to develop more local collaborations with the many creative designers, innovators and entrepreneurs right here at home.
Since Maggie's began in 1992, we have helped to establish three 100% worker-owned cooperatives around the world: independent production houses that sell to a variety of clients (including Maggie's) and share all the profits among the workers. The first co-op (called the Fair Trade Zone) was formed in an economically ravaged area of Nicaragua, and it has since given over 50 hurricane refugees in the area a chance to earn an independent income in order to determine their own futures. Boasting tremendous success as the world's first worker-owned "free trade zone", the Fair Trade Zone now runs completely autonomously with a customer base stretching across several continents.
After also establishing cotton gin cooperatives and farmer cooperatives in Nicaragua, we helped bring the idea of worker-owned co-ops to the U.S. in 2008 by forming Opportunity Threads in Morganton, NC. Like the Fair Trade Zone, this is another 100% worker-owned business that is busy creating all sorts of products for Maggie's (and other customers), most notably our Tie Dye Chickens, which are handmade from irregular Maggie's socks.
As we continue to maintain strong relationships with these cooperatives and the integral role they play in Maggie's global production chain, we have begun to forge new partnerships here as well.
We recently met with former University of Michigan basketball player David Merritt, a talented 26-year-old who has already founded his own socially conscious fashion brand. Called "Merit", his company aims to create stylish clothing products that will, in his words, "help committed, disadvantaged youth attain a college education" by putting 20% of the brand's revenue into college scholarships for underserved communities. We are excited at the prospect of connecting with more local entrepreneurs like David, and it is inspiring to see young voices like his generating positive social change in our community.
We are also collaborating with Rachel Blistein of Original Moxie – an Ypsi-based line of natural hair products – to develop a new line of Maggie's hair accessories, which will be made from our signature organic cotton and are set to be released this fall.
Apart from collaborating with like-minded businesses and leaders, Maggie's latest project is to start a worker-owned sewing cooperative in Southwest Detroit. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Detroit Community Cooperative, and Urban Neighborhood Initiative are already involved, and though this will no doubt be a challenging project, we are optimistic that it will happen. We are energized by the recent efforts taking place to revitalize Detroit, especially among youth. In fact, Maggie's most recent intern (and recent University of Michigan graduate) Alan Sedghi has moved to Detroit for Green Economy Leadership Training (GELT), a program run by our friends at Global Exchange. Check out Alan's work on Maggie's new homepage and videos!
Overall, we are very excited to begin a new chapter of collaboration at Maggie's, and translate what we know from our global efforts with worker-owned cooperatives into a dynamic set of projects within our local Michigan community.
Bená Burda and David Merritt photo courtesy of Maggie's Organics
So what does the term "fair trade" really mean? Some of you might be surprised to learn that the leaders shaping the movement from within can be just as perplexed by this question as the consumers trying to understand it through news articles and packaging labels.
Many of us are increasingly aware of the labor exploitation that pervades all different types of global production chains, be it a plantation or a sweatshop. So it makes sense that when we buy something, we want to be reassured that our purchases are promoting fair wages and good working conditions for its producers. This attitude is the essence of fair trade, a movement whose growth over the last few decades has led to the creation of numerous third party certification labels, each with a different set of standards and goals. At the same time, growing awareness about the phenomenon of "fairwashing" (like "greenwashing") has made many people skeptical about the truth behind companies' fair trade claims. We may try to simplify our choices by seeking out familiar labels from a certification agency that we trust, but it is important to realize that fair trade products cannot be reduced down to a basic choice between "certified" or "not". No label is a panacea for worldwide labor exploitation, and there are many conflicts and compromises that underlie fair trade certification systems.
This idea has been given new prominence with the controversy surrounding Fair Trade USA's recent decision to allow large coffee plantations and private estates to apply for fair trade certification. While some believe that giving more coffee industry players the chance to adopt fair trade principles is ultimately a good thing, others argue that this will weaken both fair trade standards and the movement's original mission of empowering small farmers to compete in the global market. Many point out that the inclusion of coffee plantations will make it even easier for large companies to certify only specific product lines under their existing production facilities, a technique that is often resented by the 100% Fair Trade companies who take great care to ensure that each product is fairly produced.
These arguments over coffee certification standards are relevant for the rest of the fair trade movement as well, including the apparel sector in which Maggie's is involved. We have been very proactive in seeking out third party certification for Maggie's products, but in the process we have learned that earning a label is not necessarily the most effective way to adhere to our fair trade principles.
Over the last two years, Maggie's has spent over $60,000 in order to meet fair trade certification requirements – regulations that the farmers and producers who make our products have largely found to be cumbersome, restrictive, and not very financially beneficial for themselves or their organizations. This is why we have recently begun to use alternative methods of conveying our fair trade story, such as detailed step-by-step disclosures of our supply chains and thorough third party rating systems like free2work.org.
As a 100% Fair Trade company, we strive to stay connected with our producers and the reality of their working conditions, so for us being "fair trade" goes far beyond the presence of a certification hangtag. We want our brand's integrity and transparency to clearly show that Maggie's products embody the welfare and satisfaction of every worker in our chain.
After years of experience in the fair trade movement, Maggie's defines fair trade as an aspirational method of commerce that is still evolving as it seeks to level the playing field for all workers around the world. We hope to inspire more fair trade consumers to look beyond labels and to get to know individual brands and the producers behind their products. It is through this insight that the world can truly become fair.
Photo of co-op employee in Nicaragua courtesy of Maggie's Organics

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An Insider's Guide to the Best Things to do in Bayonne
By: Author Sophie Nadeau
Posted on Last updated: 4th October 2022
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Bayonne. The largest city of the French Basque Country is as charming as it is quaint and is a must-see while in South West France. Boasting timber-framed architecture, a Gothic cathedral, and plenty of cute spots to grab a drink or a bite to eat, here's your ultimate guide to the best things to do in Bayonne, as well as what to know before you go.
In the local language of Basque, Bayonne is known as Baiona. Most signs in the area are bilingual for French and Basque.
In all honesty, during my recent weekend in Biarritz with some friends, we weren't planning on visiting Bayonne as we weren't sure that we would have enough time to see the city.
However, the journey between the two cities is a simple bus ride of around half an hour each way and you can easily see all of Bayonne's best attractions over the course of an afternoon. For more inspiration, be sure to check out our French Basque Country itinerary.
Introducing Bayonne
What is Bayonne known for?
Best things to do in Bayonne
Bayonne Cathedral
Cathedral Cloisters
Château Vieux
Have brunch at Café Muxu
Musée Basque
Wander around the town
Le Trinquet Saint-André
Bayonne is the largest city in the French Basque country and boasts a population of around 200,000 residents. It's honestly one of the most breathtaking place to see in this area of France and is characterised by its timber-framed houses, position alongside the confluence of the Rivers Nive and Adour, and its smattering of medieval buildings.
Bayonne itself is divided into three distinctive sections: Grand Bayonne (this is where most of Bayonne's attractions are located and where you'll spend the majority of your time exploring the city), the Saint-Esprit district (surrounding the train station- you'll only really see this if you arrive by train), and the Petit Bayonne district (where the Musée Basque is located).
Close towns and cities of note to Bayonne include Biarritz, Saint-Jean de Luz (and its adjoining town of Ciboure), Guéthary, and Espelette.
Talk to anyone with an interest in French food and they'll soon tell you that Bayonne is best-known for Bayonne Ham, a cured ham that is known as jambon de Bayonne in French. On an annual basis, Bayonne hosts one of the largest summer festivals in France, les fêtes de Bayonne.
Taking place for 5 days and starting on the last Wednesday before the start of August, the event sees parades featuring people in traditional Basque outfits, drummers, and live music. A million visitors attend the feria of Bayonne on an annual basis.
The Fêtes de Bayonne was originally created around the tradition of bullfighting (Bayonne is the oldest bullfighting town in France), with the city opting to create a festival which mirrored that of Pamplona in Spain, and the running of the bulls. Today, there is unfortunately still bullfighting in Bayonne.
The bull fight season in Bayonne takes place during the summer months. If you are considering attending a bull fighting match (known as La Corrida in French), then I highly recommend reconsidering this stance and researching about bull fighting. You can read more about why bull fighting should be banned here.
The crowning jewel of Bayonne is its grand Gothic Cathedral, dedicated to Sainte Marie, which can be spied from almost every angle in the city. Constructed between the 13th and 17th-centuries, the church is a blend of Gothic and Romanesque architecture and was built on the site of a former place of worship which burned down in 1258.
Today highlights of the cathedral at Bayonne include a particularly vibrantly painted cloister, stained glass windows which take after the style of the windows of Chartres Cathedral, and a shrine dedicated to Saint-Léon de Carentan, who was the Bishop of Bayonne during the 9th-century.
Located alongside the Cathedral, the well-preserved medieval cloisters were built between the 13th and 14th-centuries and are a lovely example of Gothic architecture. Just like the cathedral, the cloisters are free to visit and are some of the largest surviving cloisters in France.
The 'Old Castle' is located just a short walk away from the cathedral and is a fantastic example of a fortified Château dating back to the 12th-century. Built for the Viscounts of Labourd, the Château was then used as the official residence of the governors of the city.
Unfortunately, the Château Vieux is now owned by the military and so its interior is closed to the public. However, its amazing exterior can still be viewed by the public and is well worth checking out while wandering around town.
Like many French towns, Bayonne has its own late 19th-century covered marketplace, which is known as Les Halles. Overlooking the River Nive, the market place is open from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM (2:30 PM from Friday to Sunday).
Les Halles boasts a selection of fresh produce from the region, including fresh fruits, vegetables, and Bayonne ham and is a great place to pick up picnic supplies for a lunch along the river. In Les Halles, visitors can also purchase a Basque cake. This local sweet cake is made with cream or black cherries and is a Basque speciality.
The French Basque region is particularly well-associated with the Espelette pepper (known as piment d'Espelette in French) as it originates from the Basque town of Espelette. This chilli pepper is used to flavour plenty of local products, including dips, oils, and seasonings. A product created with the chilli pepper is the perfect souvenir to bring home from your trip.
If you're looking for a trendy and modern place that serves up speciality coffees and offers vegan and vegetarian options on the menu (as well as brunch on a Sunday), then you need to look no further than Café Muxu. The coffee shop and restaurant is named for 'Muxu,' a type of local cream and, of course, you can get muxu on top of various dishes in the restaurant, including pancakes.
For those who are interested in learning more about the history of the French Basque region and its surrounds, a visit to the Basque Museum is a must. Exhibitions include displays about the history, culture, and Basque language.
Truth be told, one of the most charming ways to explore Bayonne is to wander around the town by foot and exploring the little cobblestone alleys and leaning houses that make up the majority of the town.
Particularly charming streets in Bayonne include rue Port de Bataco and rue d'Espagne (which acts as the main high street of Bayonne). If you want to discover more about the history and hidden gems of Bayonne together with a local guide, then you might consider booking a walking tour like this one. Bayonne is also known for its chocolate, so those with a sweet tooth could look at this Private Walking Tour and Chocolate Tasting.
One of the more unusual things to do in Bayonne is to head to Petit Bayonne where you can learn about the local sport of pelote Basque. This game is something of a mix of tennis and squash and is known as Basque pelota in English. As well as watching people play in the courts, there is a small brasserie on site serving up local fare and beers in a relaxed setting.
One of the best things to do in Bayonne is to visit the Botanical Gardens (known as Jardin Botanique in French). These free to visit gardens are open from Tuesday through to Saturday and are also known as Jardin botanique des Remparts. Highlights of the gardens include wisteria in the late spring, a pond with fish and turtles, and a Japanese style garden in one corner.
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If there's one thing you can say about Whitechapel it is that it has a lot of history, some of it of a certain flavour. Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins plied their trades round here. The Elephant Man was displayed in a freak show on the main street, before being taken to live in the nearby Royal London Hospital. The brown-coloured, second-cheapest neighbourhood on the original Monopoly board is the epitome of the East End, with its historic association with slums and crime. It is also where things were made, both objects and ideas, literature and progressive politics – the latter forged by the very extremity of the place.
All of which means that Whitechapel is high on the list of case studies of the global phenomenon whereby places of industry become places of art become places of property development and hipsterdom. To live in the area, as I do, is to hear the constant rush of old things disappearing and new ones arriving. Stories tend to run along similar lines: the multilayered fabric of the past is stripped out, and the complexity that makes it attractive to speculators is normalised by speculation. Places shaped by work become generic residential real estate.
Nothing exemplifies these issues more than the current struggles over the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, a fusion of houses and workshops deeply soaked in past labour. Church bells have been made in the area since at least the 14th century. This particular business, having started in 1570, was Britain's oldest manufacturing company. Shakespeare and Samuel Pepys would have heard its products. Big Ben and the Liberty Bell were cast here, as were bells now in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and several African and Caribbean countries.
The foundry closed in 2017, with its last owner, Alan Hughes, declaring that it was no longer viable to make a living making church bells, and that the old buildings were no longer suitable for their use. The growth of residential property around them, he also said, "will give us neighbours who would find difficulties with our industrial output and noise".
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Hughes sold its premises, where the company had been since 1738, to a property developer who immediately resold it – for a profit rumoured to be at least 50% – to the New York-based venture capitalists Raycliff Capital. They want to build a hotel next to it, demolishing a 1980s extension in the process. They promise to respect the foundry's manufacturing history: they have invited the Midlands-based company Westley to make small replica bells in its older buildings, and offered space to the AB Fine Art Foundry. Artists and creatives will, they say, work in the warren of rooms made singular and wonderful from housing centuries of craft.
Tourists and schoolchildren will be able to visit the site and see exhibits on bell making. Raycliff have also hired the local architectural practice 31/44 to design scrupulously sensitive adjustments to the old buildings and a dignified form for the hotel.
None of which is enough for supporters of a counter-proposal, backed by luminaries including Antony Gormley and the Victoria and Albert Museum's director Tristram Hunt, put forward by the United Kingdom Historic Building Preservation Trust (UKHBPT) and the Factum Foundation, a conservation organisation best known for its three-dimensional digital recreation of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Seti I.
They want to keep the entire site in its original use, the physically impressive and skilled business of working molten metal into large but highly tuned musical instruments. The same premises, they say, can be used to make the ambitious works beloved of contemporary sculptors.
A petition has been launched to influence the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, to whom Raycliff has submitted a planning application. The blog Spitalfields Life, which continuously unearths marvels of local history, argues that Raycliff's plans are cosmetic, that they reduce the area devoted to a foundry by 90% (a figure that Raycliff contests), that they amount to making little more than "a bell-themed boutique hotel".
On the face of it, the counter-proposal looks like a long shot, as those making it don't own the site, and Westleys and Raycliff question whether there is a market to sustain such a facility. But UKHBPT and Factum say they can raise the necessary investment in re-starting a foundry and make it a going concern.
Planning policy obliges Tower Hamlets to consider what would be an optimum viable use. If the onus is on UKHBPT and Factum to prove that their ambitious plans are viable, they are optimum. It can only be better if the whole of the foundry is given a new life doing a modern version of what it did for centuries. There is a profound difference between the large-scale manufacturing that UKHBPT is proposing and the making of small bells as a tourist attraction. There could be much worse plans than Raycliff's – someone might want to convert the whole site to luxury homes, for example – but they are not equal to the unique significance of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. This is not any factory, nor any bell foundry, but the oldest and most famous in the world.
'It feels built to last': the elegant new East End home of the Royal College of Pathologists, designed by Bennetts Associates. Photograph: Peter Cook
Which is not to say that all change is for the worse. One of the less expected and less noticed recent shifts in the capital is the flight of medical institutions from the plush centre, pushed out by the prospect of their leases expiring and by the prohibitive cost of renewing them. Three have landed on western edges of Whitechapel – the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal College of Pathologists.
The latter has just moved into a handsome new building designed by the architects Bennetts Associates and the contractor Gilbert-Ash. It is satisfyingly solid, with visible concrete bearing on visible brick, both inside and out, and with substantial steel stairs given warmth by tactile walnut handrails. It feels built to last – which, as the college intends to stay there for decades, if not centuries – it is. At the same time it is airy and light, with generous spaces, animated by the subtle rhythms of its verticals and horizontals.
Both institution and building speak of faith in the future based on the efforts of the past, of productive work, of society and community – the things you don't usually get from the average property speculation. The power of a place like Whitechapel has always been to sustain such qualities through blitz, fires and deprivation. To this extent the college and the foundry are new and old manifestations of the same thing.
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PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island's oldest black church is marking its 200th birthday.
The Congdon Street Baptist Church has had an integral role in providing spiritual and educational needs for Providence's black communities.
The original members of the church came from the First Baptist Church in America, where they were forced to worship in a segregated space, according to The Providence Journal.
In 1863, as tensions grew among the congregation and their white neighbors, the original church was torn down without their approval.
State Senator Harold Metts, a Providence Democrat and a church deacon, said the congregation has always combated ''such evil'' with good.
Metts pointed to the aftermath of the 2015 mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., when nine people were killed, as an example of that.


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Where No One Has Gone Before, And May Never Go Again
May 11, 2009 April 23, 2010 ~ riggledo
"That's what J.J. had in mind when he made the movie," K told me. We'd just finished discussing whether her husband would enjoy the new Star Trek movie. He was never a fan of Star Trek and didn't watch any of the series and upon hearing that, I said, "Well then he'll probably love it."
I wanted to love it. I really did. I was a big fan of Star Trek growing up. I wasn't a freak about it. I went to one, I repeat one Star Trek Convention and it was enough to tell me that I never wanted to go to another one. Star Trek fans are freaks, pure and simple.
But I liked the shows of my generation. The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. But after Voyager, after Gene Roddenberry died and the production staff stopped adhering to his philosophy things started to change.
On December 19th, I wrote a blog entry on an old blog of mine about this phenomenon:
Lawaxana Troi as played by Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Lwaxana Troi died yesterday.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry and Gene Roddenberry
Majel Barrett who played Lwaxana Troi, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST: TNG), died yesterday at the age of 76, from Leukemia. If you care, and you want to read up on it, I'm sure you can find any number of stories about her and about her death (not to mention her life) on the internet today. But what really bothers me, aside from the obvious sadness that goes with any loss of human life, is what this means for Star Trek.
The wife of Gene Roddenberry, who created Star Trek, Barrettt is one of the few actors who has been in every version of Star Trek ever to exist. Most notably, she has provided the voice of the Federation Computer systems in every show (except Enterprise – I think) since the first Star Trek movie. She is a Star Trek icon and things will never be the same.
I remember being a young boy in the '80s, lying on my mother's bed on Saturday afternoons, watching the original Star Trek series. I remember thinking that this show must have been on forever. I knew it wasn't a current production but I honestly didn't know the history behind it. I didn't know that the show was only on for three seasons. I didn't know that NBC canceled it after the first season and that it was brought back, only because of the outpouring of viewer objection and a letter writing campaign. I just knew it was a fun show to watch and I liked Captain Kirk. It's funny how things change because in later years while watching The Next Generation, I remember reflecting on the original series as not being that great and thinking that the acting and the stories were lame and not liking Captain Kirk all that much. For years, I have reflected on the original series as being hokey, and William Shatner as being a ridiculous caricature of a man. His speech patterns and over-acting leave a lot to be desired, even now. As Denny Crane on Boston Legal, he could only be laughed at for being such a buffoon. But not long ago I watched a few digitized episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series (ST: TOS), on HD Net. I was quite surprised to see that I actually found Captain Kirk quite attractive, in his youth.
I have loved Star Trek for as long as I can remember. Even when I did not like it, I loved it.
After those original series episodes became harder to find, I forgot, to some extent that Star Trek existed, outside of the movies and then one day my family was visiting another family and the kids were watching this new Star Trek series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation". I was roughly 12 years old and I thought it was really dumb. More importantly, I thought it would never work, "There can't be a Klingon on a Starfleet ship" we said. And honestly, if you watch that first season or two, you'll see that it was pretty hokey. But then the show caught on and, I'm sure, got more money and it started really improving until it became one of my favorites and a can't miss show.
About five years in, a new series was introduced, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (ST: DS9). Being the natural born skeptic that I am I had a hard time imagining how a show about a space station could fit the Star Trek mold, but they made it work and ST: DS9 was another favorite, not to be missed show. When ST: TNG went off the air two seasons later, I was disappointed. It was, and remains to be, my personal favorite incarnation of the Star Trek Universe. My disappointment that the show was ending, as All Good Things… must, was tempered only by the immediate announcement that there would be a ST: TNG movie coming out the following year.
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
ST: TNG ended in May, 1994 and in January, 1995 the third, and to date, final "Next Generation" series, Star Trek: Voyager (ST: V) premiered. Again, I was skeptical. The ship was flung to the far side of the galaxy which means, none of the usual alien species would appear. The hoke potential was considerably higher as a result, however, it turned out to be really well done. This series debuted at a time in my life when things were really rough and I was very unhappy in my circumstances. ST: V provided me with just a little taste of what "normal" was like for me, a taste of my life before I moved to Dead Beat Dad's house and before my fiancé cheated on, and then broke up with me. ST: DS9 ended in 1999 and then ST: V ended in May, 2001.
When I heard that there would be a new Star Trek series in September 2001, I was happy. As far as I was concerned (and still am) there should always be a Star Trek series in production. And then I heard that Enterprise (later known as Star Trek: Enterprise) (ST: E) was going to be a prequel. That it was going to take place before the time of ST: TOS and I was really disappointed. ST: TOS was created in the 1960s and the technology was far inferior to what we have today. I felt that taking us back in time was a bad idea. After we became accustomed to all the "modern technology" of that futuristic existence, how could they expect us to be interested in a show with switches and dials (instead of the touch screens of the TNG era) and how could they expect us to believe a "prehistoric" iteration of the show if it used the touch screen technology to which we were accustomed. But it was a Star Trek series and of course I watched it.
I found ST: E disappointing. They made some valiant attempts to keep the fans engaged. The set designs and the technology of the times were actually successful, in my mind, though not as interesting because they weren't so advanced as the serieses (seri?) that took place a couple hundred years later. The show was fine for what it was, but it wasn't a great Star Trek series. Eventually, there was another television show that I wanted to watch that was opposite ST: E and I chose the other show. (I wasn't a proud owner of a TiVo or DVR yet.)
Enterprise ended in May, 2005 and for the first time in 18 years there would be no new Star Trek on television. That is a void which still has yet to be filled in my heart. Heroes makes an effort. It's an excellent SciFi show (though it's quality is waning) and they keep bringing in actors from the Star Trek Universe (although it's been original series actors only until this weeks episode with Michael Dorn) but it is no substitute.
Conner Trinneer, Commander Charles (Trip) Tucker III, on Star Trek: Enterprise
Recently I re-watched Enterprise on HD Net. I had the opportunity to watch the entire series from beginning to end and was surprised to find that I liked it quite a bit. I don't know if I was just nostalgic for the good ole days of yore, of if the show really was that good and I just didn't see it then, but I found the show very interesting and compelling and the two characters that once annoyed me, Hoshi and T'Pol, were now far more intriguing and appealing. Of course with my new found certainty in my sexuality, I wasn't afraid to admit that Trip (Conner Trinneer) was pretty fine to look at, as well.
The death of Majel Barrett, to me, solidifies the end of an era. The Star Trek Universe has been slowly imploding ever since the 1991 death of creator Gene Roddenberry, when Rick Berman took over as head Trekker. Don't get me wrong. I have loved the vast majority of the Star Trek Universe, but I have noticed on several occasions that Berman has not held true to Roddenberry's concept.
It seems to me that Gene Roddenberry envisioned a show that would parallel the real world…the times we lived in, but with an optimistic, positive spin. The Original Series so closely represented our nation in the time of the cold war, while simultaneously offering hope of a brighter tomorrow. In my opinion, Star Trek was about hope, and faith, and peace. Captain Kirk was a very physical man and often came to fisticuffs with the alien species du jur, but he was never the aggressor. Violence was never the solution, it was the last resort. Before Star Trek: Generations was released in theaters there was much discussion of the different temperaments between Captain Kirk and Captain Piccard. Some speculation suggested there would be a physical altercation between the two men and whether Captain Piccard, he of the peaceful nature, could hold his own against, Captain Kirk. In the end I think we saw that when pushed, Captain Piccard can hold his own against a good number of people. But first and foremost these were both peaceful men.
Species 8472 from Star Trek: Voyager
Gene Roddenberry once stated that all the aliens in the Star Trek universe would be humanoid, bi-peds. Of course, this was at least in part due to technological constraints regarding special effects. In the 1960s it would have been much more difficult and much more costly, not to have the aliens played by actors in costumes and make-up and certainly in the 1990s and 2000s sufficient advancements had been made to make it possible for producers of the shows to use CGI technology to include other types of aliens besides humanoid bi-peds. Nonetheless, Gene Roddenberry, made the declaration that aliens in the Star Trek universe would always be bi-pedal, humanoids. So when, in ST: V they introduced "Species 8472″, I was bothered by the disregard for his preference. Fortunately, Species 8472 had very few appearances on this show and therefore didn't impact the entire thing.
Star Trek: Enterprise, started out innocuously enough. It was "just another" Star Trek series and I enjoyed it for what it was, but many viewers lost interest fairly quickly, and by the end of the second season, there was talk of cancellation. I guess Paramount, who owns the Star Trek Franchise, and UPN, the now defunct network that aired it, wanted to give it one more shot. The final episode of the second season, starts with an alien probe dropping out of subspace in orbit of earth and firing on the planet cutting a swath from Florida to Venezuela and in the process killing seven million humans, among them the younger sister of Commander Charles (Trip) Tucker , Chief Engineer.
In that moment the entire series changed and grew dark. The ship and her crew were no longer on a mission of exploration and diplomacy. They were out to find the bastards who attacked earth and stop them before they returned.
Xindi, Aquatic Species, from Star Trek: Enterprise
Xindi, Insectoid Species, from Star Trek: Enterprise
The weapon that had fired on earth was but a test, and the next one, would destroy the planet. The race responsible for the attack was called the Xindi (pronounced ZEN-dee) and they were made up of five species. Three of those species were traditional, bi-pedal, humanoids. Two of them were not. The Aquatics and the Insectoids were CGI and made semi-regular appearances on the show. For me, this detracted greatly as it seemed a blatant slap in the face of Gene Roddenberry's original intent.
Star Trek: Enterprise also had very little to offer in the way of positivity and optimism. Captain Archer became dark and volatile after the attack on Earth (not that I don't think that a reasonable response.) As I'm writing this I'm realizing that the story then more closely paralleled our times with the attacks of September 11, 2001, and our desire to see the attackers brought to justice, but where the original series paralleled something that was an on-going (I imagine, though I'm too young to know) threat with no real result, September 11th was a very real attack, with real destruction and real death, and in my opinion, it was very uncomfortable to watch this sort of parallelism.
With the exception of the occasional nod in the TNG films, the other TNG series, DS9 and Voyager, were not deemed film worthy. Yes, The Doctor from ST: V makes an appearance in Star Trek: First Contact, and a post-Voyager "Admiral" Janeway, gives Captain Piccard his marching orders in Star Trek: Nemesis, but beyond that those other series might well have never existed as far as the Star Trek Film culture is concerned.
The presumed final Next Generation feature film, Star Trek: Nemesis came out in December, 2002 and while this film included, what appeared to be a lot of finality: Will and Deana finally got married; Will finally accepted a promotion and his own command, leaving the USS Enterprise; and of course the sacrificial death of Lt. Commander Data, we are left slightly hopeful by the idea that Data's predecessor, the "cleverly" named B-4, shows signs of being able to learn and make use of Data's downloaded memory engrams.
Six years later, I'm less hopeful of an additional installment.
There is another Star Trek movie on the horizon, and while it doesn't go back as far in history as Star Trek: Enterprise did, it is still what you'd call a prequel and I'm not really sure why we're doing it. This movie will be about James Kirk and his crew in their younger, academy or possibly immediately post-academy days. I watched a trailer for it the other day and I must say that, as an incarnation of Star Trek, I'm not impressed. It's dark and ominous and it doesn't visually fit the Star Trek motif. And with the comparatively dismal performance of the last attempt at a prequel, I'm really not sure what we're hoping for here. Are they expecting a resurgence of interest with the hopes of starting a whole new theatrical franchise or are they trying to squeeze one final drop of monetary blood out of a dying targ? If this film flops will this be the end of the Star Trek legacy? And if it doesn't flop, then what?
It's a Star Trek movie, and I will go see it, but a part of me can't help wondering, shouldn't we leave well enough alone? If it must eventually end, and it must eventually end, can't we let it end with dignity? Do we have to squeeze and squeeze until we've gotten all the quality material out and then keep squeezing to get all the junk out too? Might we be better off leaving well enough alone?
Earlier this year, Star Trek: The Experience, an all Star Trek themed exhibit at the Las Vegas Hilton ended its nearly eleven year run, an event which made me very sad at it's closing and, simultaneously happy that I got the opportunity to see it myself.
Star Trek: The Experience, Las Vegas Hilton
I was never particularly fond of Lwaxana Troi, and I don't know anything of Majel Barrett besides her Star Trek work. As for the computer, she was just the voice and of course that's easily explained away, if not merely replicated. And yet some how, I have been truly moved by this. I'm surprised by how sad this makes me, but it does.
With Gene Roddenberry's death in 1991 the helm changed hands and things started changing. Today with the announcement of the death of Majel Barrett, I just feel like, on some level, Star Trek has died with her. Gene Roddenberry is gone. Scotty is dead. Dr. McCoy is dead. William Shatner doesn't want to play anymore. Data is dead. Will and Deana have jumped ship, so to speak. Star Trek: The Experience is gone. And now, the voice of the computer is gone as well.
Lwaxana Troi died yesterday. And, I think maybe, Star Trek died too.
I saw the movie this weekend and my thoughts are conflicted on the subject. This version of Star Trek, on it's own merits, was a decent science fiction action adventure movie. The script had some troubled spots. Eric Bana as the villain, Nero, was thoroughly unimpressive and his characters motivation throughout the film was not especially believable. Chris Pine's portrayal of James Kirk comes off more as someone who accidentally saved the day and not a born hero destined for greatness. His place as captain feels more like an error in judgment soon to be regretted than a natural fit. Winona Ryder as Spock's human mother, Amanda Grayson, is simply not believable. Winona Ryder is not old enough to be Zachary Quinto's mother and certainly not old enough to be Spock's mother. This was casting that I simply could not accept or ignore. I could say more but with the movie in only it's 4th day of release I would not want to be responsible for spoiling the plot for anyone who has not yet seen it.
More importantly to me, as an unabashed trekkie, this film ruined everything that is good about Star Trek. It changes history and nullifies everything that Star Trek has been for 22 years.
K told me that JJ Abrams set out to make a Star Trek movie for the non-trekkie. If that's what he wanted he should have made a movie about an original, never before seen set of characters. He should not have been allowed to make a movie that effectively destroys everything that is known and loved by existing Star Trek fans the world over.
Shame on you JJ Abrams! And shame on you Paramount for allowing such a thing to happen.
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2 thoughts on "Where No One Has Gone Before, And May Never Go Again"
ieatsnowmanpoop says:
ok I won't call you a nerd again. Ok yes I am.. the last time though.
I wuffs you though even though u are a nerd.
Ok really I'm done.
Riggledo says: That's OK. I'm secure in my nerduality! You may call me Nerd all you– waaaaah waaaaah waaaaah. OK, I too am done now!


You English know how to make gardens that rise to the occasion, Cherry!!!
That is a lot of dedication towards the roses here, Cherry. Did they smell. What a wonderful garden.
It is a beautiful garden Unfortunately I cannot say if the Roses had a lovely scent. I have not sense of smell.
The Rose Garden is beautifully placed.
It was so gloomy when I was there so I didn't get to see all these lovely roses.
Just got back from my home country, Malaysia.


Lemons are high in vitamin C, a natural antioxidant that enhances the immune system and has antiviral and antibacterial properties. Lemons are also high in potassium, an important mineral that helps the kidneys function to their fullest potential and is involved in regulation of blood pressure. Since the kidneys are essential in helping to flush waste matter from the blood, drinking lemon juice in combination with water or other foods provides support for renal function. Lemons also help alkalize the blood and urine by creating an alkaline-forming environment in the body, which slightly alters the pH. All of these factors suggest that lemons are one of nature's near-perfect treatments to enhance the immune system and fight off a cold or flu.
By boiling a entire cut-up lemon and half an onion in a pint of water, you can make a decoction that will help cut through and reduce mucus in the chest, writes Jethro Kloss in "Back to Eden." This mixture makes a tea that should be consumed a cup at a time, several times a day, to dry up congestion and sinus inflammation. It is quite bitter and can be sweetened with a small amount of honey or stevia.
Slicing a lemon and boiling it in about 1 cup of water for 8 minutes makes a base for a soothing cough remedy. Once the mixture has cooled and you have removed the pulp, add 2 tbsp. glycerin and stir to mix. After 10 minutes, add 1 tbsp. honey. Take a sip whenever needed to relieve throat pain from a cold or flu.
Lemon juice and honey mixed together in a small bowl provides a simple and quick cough and sore throat treatment during the flu. Honey and other sweet syrups interfere with the mechanism that triggers coughing, soothing the tickling and itching and suppressing the cough.
Both the flu and a cold can make you so uncomfortable that it becomes difficult to sleep. A lemon-based hot toddy may provide relief. Mix together a shot of rum or scotch, 2 tbsp. each honey and lemon juice and a teabag of your favorite tea. Add boiling water and steep. This is an excellent drink not only for promoting peaceful sleep but for relieving a cough and a sore throat. Do not serve this to children unless you leave out the alcohol.
If your symptoms persist or worsen, call your health practitioner. In general it takes about seven to 10 days for a cold or flu to fully resolve. If you have a choice between using fresh lemon juice or bottled lemon concentrate, use the fresh juice, which is higher in vitamins and minerals. Organic lemons are preferred over nonorganic to avoid any pesticide or chemical residue that might remain on the skin and in the pulp.


Alberta Ferretti is certainly not the first designer to use a Jazz Age/Art Deco theme in recent seasons but when it looks this feminine and wearable why would anyone mind? The charmeuse cocktail dresses and Grecian inspired draped gowns are sure to have Hollywood swooning for starters. Things were saved from looking too much like a costume party with fresh looking pieces, like cuffed shorts and capri pants that will appeal to any modern woman. After all, aren't we all flappers at heart?


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Hearts plan to give 90 minutes to as many players as possible this weekend when they face Dumbarton and Partick Thistle in friendly matches.
Most of manager Craig Levein's squad played for 45 minutes at Arbroath on Tuesday night to ease them back into games after the close season.
Now Levein wants to see how his charges cope with a full match, or very close to it. Hearts travel to Dumbarton today for a 3pm kick-off before entertaining Partick Thistle at Central Park in Cowdenbeath at 2pm tomorrow.
"In pre-season friendlies, it can take a while to get up to full speed. I try not to get overly up or down in what I see in these games," explained Levein.
"I'm hoping to give everybody 90 minutes or close to it over the two games at the weekend. There may be some substitutions depending on who I feel can do the 90 minutes.
"It would be good for them all to get 90. If they don't get 90 minutes this weekend, then there's a game against Queen of the South next week and then we play Forfar next weekend."
Don Cowie, Kyle Lafferty, Zdenek Zlamal, Danny Amankwaa, Conor Sammon, Harry Cochrane and Anthony McDonald did not play against Arbroath, but some of them could feature over the next two days.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The French national railway's hope to bid on the first high-speed tracks in the United States is running into resistance from Holocaust survivors because of the company's role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps.
One of those leading the charge against the railway is Florida resident Rosette Goldstein, who says her father was taken away by French authorities, shoved in a cattle train and delivered to his death during World War II. Goldstein plans to voice her opposition on behalf of many Holocaust survivors to the railway Thursday when the Florida Department of Transportation holds a public meeting in Orlando on the $2.6 billion high-speed rail project, which would connect Tampa and Orlando.
Goldstein and others — including legislators — want the railway, known as the SNCF, to formally apologize for its role in the war, give full access to its records and make reparations.
"Why does this company deserve my tax dollars when they cooperated with the Nazis and let their trains transport people to be murdered?" said Goldstein, 71, who lives in Boca Raton.
SNCF stands for Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais. The company has argued that it had no control over operations when France was under Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1944 and was under orders to transport Jews to death camps. The firm also has said the French government has made an apology and offered reparations, although survivors contend the company itself has never made such amends.
"We plan to have a full disclosure of our records and complete transparency," said Peter Kelly, an American-based attorney for SNCF. "The fact is many railway workers were killed by Nazis, many were bullied and the company was under control of an occupied government."
Not everybody accepts that explanation.
Rositta Ehrlich Kenigsberg, vice president at the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center in South Florida, said corporations such as SNCF have long used coercion as an excuse. She said SNCF profited greatly from the transports, charging per person and kilometer.
"Being a collaborator and saying you were coerced is not acceptable," she said. "Nobody bought that at the Nuremberg Trials, Rwanda, Darfur and other genocides. You can't help murder people and then just say, 'Well, we were coerced.'"
In California, lawmakers passed a bill last month that forces companies hoping to compete for a piece of California's $45 billion high-speed rail project to disclose whether they transported Holocaust victims. SNCF is also hoping for that project and said it has no problems with the bill.
Florida lawmakers are also stepping into the fray.
U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, a Democrat who represents portions of Broward and Palm Beach counties, a district with a high Jewish population, said he was writing a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asking for some of the same things Goldstein wants.
"This was a company that was taken and used by the Nazis that profited from the deaths of tens of thousands of people," said Klein, who is also Jewish and serves on the board at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
SNCF employs 175,000 people and operates 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) of high-speed lines in France, and is generally respected as a heavyweight in French industry. But the company has had a hard time erasing its past.
Between 1941 and 1944, 3,000 wagons — originally designed for the transportation of cattle — were used by the SNCF to transport Jews to Nazi death camps, according to a study by French historian Christian Bachelier, ordered by SNCF in 1996. The study points out that there were acts of resistance, but they were sparse, isolated and mostly by workers — not SNCF administration.
SNCF is among about 30 companies hoping to bid for the Florida contract. Transportation officials are going through paperwork the companies have submitted.
Plans for high-speed rails were announced by President Barack Obama in January. Florida would get $1.25 billion in stimulus money and trains are expected to begin operating at speeds up to 168 mph by 2015.
At the very least, SNCF faces big challenges trying to win U.S bids.
"The court of public opinion may already have convicted them, and politicians don't want to be called soft on the Holocaust or anything," said Winston Nagan, a professor of international law and human rights at the University of Florida.
Goldstein and others whose families were wiped out have vowed to raise their voices.
Goldstein was 4 years old when she hid with another family on a farm outside Paris as her father enlisted at a nearby labor camp to avoid internment. He often sneaked away at night to see her, then one night he didn't come.
She said he was transported by an SNCF train — Convoy No. 64 — to Auschwitz, then Buchenwald and finally Langenstein-Zwieberge, where he was killed by Nazis just five days before the camp was liberated by Americans.
"If SNCF had resisted even a little, more people could have been spared," she said. "What's worse, is the way they've ignored us. Is it so hard to say, 'I'm sorry?' I'm one of the youngest survivors — soon there's not going to be any. We have to make sure people don't forget what happened."


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Broadway Returns to Form
Broadway December 11, 2007 Alfred Branch Jr.
Broadway Gross Ticket Sales Week Ending December 9, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy Now that the stagehands strike is completely settled, Broadway is finally back...
Broadway Gross Ticket Sales Week Ending December 9, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
Now that the stagehands strike is completely settled, Broadway is finally back to normal. Could it get any better? Yes, as five new plays opened in eight days: Shakespeare's Cymbeline opened Dec. 2, followed by August: Osage County, The Farnsworth Invention, The Seafarer, and Is He Dead? The opening of Homecoming was scheduled for the 9th but has been postponed until Dec. 16. Financially, Pygmalion has fared best of the 11 plays currently on Broadway with close to 93 percent attendance, followed by Cyrano de Bergerac with over 91 percent, and Rock 'N' Roll with more than 85 percent.
The verdict is in for Is He Dead? at the Lyceum Theatre, the adaptation by David Ives of Mark Twain's play. Unable to make his mark as a playwright in his lifetime, he'd be turning in his grave with delight today at the reception for his 1898 comedy. Also receiving high praise from theatergoers and critics is August: Osage County. Even at three and a half hours, it still manages to capture the delight of its audiences.
Catching the holiday crowds in the musicals with million-dollar box offices this week were Wicked, Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, and Mary Poppins, in that order.
Compared to the previous reporting period's gross of $14,626,123, this week's $19,709,594 brings a rosy glow to the cheeks of Broadway backers even when compared to the gross of the same week, last season, of $21,218,736. However, comparing total grosses to date for the season at $451,860,437 to the same time last season at $479,824,354, it is apparent that the fallout from the strike may never be made up.
Broadway Gross Ticket Sales
(Beaumont) $263,182 4,604 0 8 1,047 $57.16 55.0%
Dr. Seuss'…Christmas
(St. James) $1,376,658 19,911 0 14 1,706 $69.14 83.4%
(Neil Simon) $686,188 9,269 0 8 1,428 $74.03 81.1%
(August Wilson) $1,367,780 9,841 0 8 1,222 $138.99 100.7%
(Palace) $738,889 9,393 0 8 1,691 $78.66 69.4%
(New Amsterdam) $1,077,802 13,021 0 8 1,791 $82.77 90.9%
(Shubert) $626,947 8,359 0 8 1,441 $75.00 72.5%
The 25th…Bee
(Circle in Square) $207,548 3,803 0 8 684 $54.57 69.5%
(Broadway) $639,317 9,557 0 8 1,718 $66.90 69.5%
The Drowsy Chaperone
(Marquis) $426,555 6,287 0 8 1,611 $67.85 48.8%
(Lunt-Fontanne) $673,995 8,990 6 0 1,503 $74.97 99.7%
(Majestic) $698,375 9,171 0 8 1,607 $76.15 71.3%
(Gershwin) $1,446,244 14,468 0 8 1,809 $99.96 100.0%


The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent respect for this hero. Joseph M. Hamm stood for us and now we will stand for him. Joseph M. Hamm served honorably in the United States Army. His funeral service will be at Culley's Funeral Home on Riggins Road beginning at 12:00 pm on 14 March, 2019. Visitation will be from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will stand a flag line during visitation. Interment will follow at the Tallahassee National Cemetery beginning at 2:00 pm. We will stand a flag line during his interment service.
Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Joseph Hamm. May the peaceful moments and cherished memories bring you renewed strength in the days to come. Your faith will keep you strong during this time of sorrow. Hero, you may stand down, we have the watch.
Condolences to the family of Joseph Hamm.
May surviving family and friends find strength in acknowledgement that Joseph was willing to sacrifice all that another might taste or maintain liberty and stood courageously where few dare tread and for such dedication to nation, duty, and service rendered, is so remembered and honored among patriots.
My sincere condolences to the Family and Friends of Joseph M. Hamm. Rest in Peace, Hero.


Poland is one of the largest countries in Europe, a modern and dynamic member of European Union where education really counts. It is situated in the middle of the European continent at the crossroads between West and East. Poland is an ideal place not only for studying, but also travelling. A journey across Poland is a great opportunity to visit historical point of interests, such as monuments and sites listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to experience breath-taking landscapes of mountains, sea, lakes and woods as well as to taste Polish cuisine and hospitality. Compared to other EU countries the costs of living are a fraction of what a foreign student would have to spend in most other European cities.
The climate in Poland is determined mainly by the country's geographical location and geography. Poland is in the temperate latitudes, where maritime air from the North Atlantic and continental air from the east converge, causing frequent day-to-day and year-to-year variability in the weather patterns. The average annual temperature in Poland is about 8'C/46'F and varies for the regions of Poland depending on height above sea level and distance from the Baltic Sea. In the summer, for instance, temperatures are lower in northern Poland because of the Baltic Sea. The lowest temperatures are in the mountains and the highest are in western and central Poland. Poland sees an average annual rainfall of 600 millimeters. The highest precipitation is in the mountains and uplands and the lowest occurs in the central, lowland areas of Poland. On the average, precipitation in summer is twice that in winter. Spring arrives slowly in April, bringing mainly sunny days after a period of alternating winter and spring -like conditions. In the summer months of June, July and August, showers alternate with dry, sunny weather and the temperature averages about 18'C/64'F; the maximum summer temperature is 40'C/104'F. Early autumn is generally sunny and warm before a period of rainy, colder weather in November begins the transition into winter. Winter, which may last one to three months, is cold and cloudy and brings frequent snowstorms but relatively low total precipitation. The average temperature in January is about -4'C/25'F but it can fall as low as -35'C/-31'F.
Polish currency is Polish zloty (PLN) consisting of 100 groszy (gr.). You can exchange money in many exchange offices and banks. Most of the banks are situated near the centre of Gliwice, so it is not very difficult to find them. Banks are open from 10a.m. till 6p.m. on weekdays. Cash machines accept all international cards such as: Visa Electron, Visa, Maestro, MasterCard, PolCard etc. The exchange rate is about: 1 EUR ≈ 4.20 PLN.


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Memorial des Camps de la Mort
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
About Memorial des Camps de la Mort
The Memorial des Camps de la Mort in Marseille is a Holocaust memorial and museum which commemorates the Nazi occupation of the city during World War II between November 1942 and August 1944.
During this time, the Jews of Marseille were transported out of the city and into concentration and extermination camps.
The Memorial des Camps de la Mort chronicles this tragic period of history, with moving testimony from concentration camp prisoners and witness accounts detailing the bombing and occupation of Marseille, the persecution of the Jews and the resistance movement. Photographs and information panels are also on display.
France Historic Sites
WW2 Sites
Holocaust Sites
Marseille History Museum
The Marseille History Museum chronicles the city's history including artefacts from ancient Greek and Roman times. Explore
World War Two, Late Modern (1800AD-1945AD), The Holocaust
Avenue Vaudoyer, 13002 Marseille
info@marseille-tourisme.com
Note: According to the Marseille official website, Memorial des Camps de la Mort is currently closed. Previously opening hours were: daily except Mondays, 10am-5pm (6pm June-Sept). Entry costs €2 (€1 reduced).
Found next to next to Fort St. John in Marseille. Bus 83 stops nearby.
http://www.marseille.fr/siteculture/les-lieux-culturels-municipaux/musees/le-memorial-des-camps-de-la-mort
http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/what-to-do/visit-marseille/museums/
Just as empires rise and fall so do entry fees and opening hours! While we work as hard as we can to ensure the information provided here about Memorial des Camps de la Mort is as accurate as possible, the changing nature of certain elements mean we can't absolutely guarantee that these details won't become a thing of the past. If you know of any information on this page that needs updating you can add a comment above or e-mail us.


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Mac Miller Has Died At 26
by Chris Mench
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The Pittsburgh MC dropped his latest album 'Swimming' just last month.
Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller has died at 26. TMZ reports that he passed away from an apparent drug overdose, while his friends and collaborators Wiz Khalifa and E. Dan of ID Labs confirmed the news of his death on Twitter.
His family later issued the following statement:
Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26. He was a bright light in this world for his family, friends, and fans.
There are no further details available as to the cause of his death.
Thank you for your prayers. Please respect the family's privacy at this time.
For several hours after his death, Mac Miller's Instagram story remained up. It played the final moments of "So It Goes," the last song on his latest album Swimming:
Mac Miller first rose to fame in 2010 with the release of his K.I.D.S. mixtape. Along with Wiz Khalifa, he put indie label Rostrum Records on the map. Over the course of eight years he released multiple successful albums including Blue Slide Park, Watching Movies With the Sound Off, GO:OD AM, and The Divine Feminine. His latest album Swimming dropped just last month. He released a series of hit singles in his lifetime, with songs like "Donald Trump," "Knock Knock," "The Way" with Ariana Grande, "Dang!" featuring Anderson .Paak, "Weekend" featuring Miguel, and "Loud." He also had popular mixtapes to his name, including Best Day Ever, I Love Life, Thank You, and Faces.
Miller was open about his struggles with substance abuse, and frequently addressed the topic in his music. He was considered one of the major artists of the blog rap era, and evolved his sound over time from the party-focused pop-rap of his early years to more serious, experimental music later on. He was also an accomplished producer under the moniker Larry Fisherman, and has worked with artists like Thundercat, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, Chief Keef, Tyler, The Creator, and more.
Many artists immediately paid tribute to the late rapper on social media.


Many people are confused about the controversial court proceedings on President Trump's travel moratorium.
Here is what you should know, that you won't hear or see on the biased media or fake online news.
Judicial activists try to stop President Trump's executive order. Following a lawsuit from the Washington State Attorney general, a Washington State federal judge decided to impose his own opinion on America by putting a halt on President Trumps temporary travel ban from 7 terrorist–infested countries.
The President has a constitutional right to protect America. A judge decided to interfere.
What is a judicial activist?
Many judges are not interested in interpreting and applying the law. They are political opportunists with a political agenda. They are "judicial activists": they legislate from the bench, and impose their own values on us all.
Is there a national danger to our security for the country?
President Trump signed the executive order to temporarily delay travel while he instituted extreme vetting.
Because it's too easy to come into the United States, and terrorists can take advantage of the lax enforcement.
Iraqi refugee living in Texas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to support the Islamic State.
a Somali refugee injured 11 in a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University.
Another Somali refugee attacked nine Americans with a knife at a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
And at least 73 more cases like the ones above.
It's the duty of the President to protect us. It's not the duty of the federal courts to make travel policy.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Who are they?
The next higher court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is now hearing the case.
This is the court which decided that the phrase "Under God" in our national Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional … a decision overturned by the Supreme Court.
In fact, 79% of all 9th Circuit rulings have been overturned by the Supreme Court, they are so radically liberal.
To the Supreme Court? President Trump will appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court. If the case goes to the Supreme Court, there is a good chance that the Judicial activists will agree and deadlock against the 4 more conservative justices. A 4-4 split at the Supreme Court will let the lower court decision stand.
Unless the US Senate confirms Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. He believes in a strict constructionist approach to the United States Constitution. He will support the President's executive order.
What are the main issues in the current appeals?
Only a judicial activist imposing his political views could oppose the ban … a judge interpreting the law would support it.
What questions did the 9th Circuit Judges and the Supreme Court Justices ask?
So far, the Justice Department attorney largely did a poor job. He focused on the President's constitutional authority to issue the ban, but he tripped up when the judges questioned whether refugees from those seven countries had committed crimes in this country.
The attorneys for Washington State, representing those who oppose the ban, had to explain to the panel of three judges why Trump's order is a "Muslim ban." The judges were really unhappy that the lawsuit had contended that it targeted all Muslims, when the ban only targeted 7 countries, which only impacts about 13% of the Muslim world.
What is the key judicial issue for discussion? Vice President Mike Pence said it very well: it's not a court's job to govern the national security of our country—nor should a judge be privy to classified information on how the President runs foreign policy.
But more pertinent to the facts of the case, the President has the authority to suspend immigration from any country. President Obama did that 19 times!
Let's not forget that ISIS has publicly called for jihadists to infiltrate and attack America. Our military and national security forces should not ignore these lethal threats.
A temporary pause on refugees and those traveling to America from 7 failed states overrun with terrorists—and with no possibility of proper screening.
Time to create extreme vetting to make sure that you, your family, and everyone else in your community is safe.
Calls to prioritize and protect Christians and other religious minorities targeted for genocide.
Are we safe now? Donald Trump did not campaign on false fear-mongering about the existential threat posed by ISIS and Islamic terrorism around the world.
The jihadists are at war with us. Terror at anytime, anywhere is real.
See the list above in #3 for the growing threat to this country from terrorists posing as refugees or students or visitors. Consider also that the 9-11 hijackers had overstayed their visas when they committed their horrific act of terror.
The current vetting process is not effective, and the Obama Administration did very little fix the problem.
The fact is that we are still not safe.
President Trump must appoint strict constructionists to all federal courts, not just the Supreme Court.
End the unreasonable "for life" appointments. Congress should set a retirement age for 70 years.
This county has battled judicial activism for decades. These liberal rulings upend the rule of law and put Americans' lives in danger. We need to stand with the President's travel ban and demand that he appoint federal judges who will interpret the law, uphold our Constitution, and protect our life and liberties.
Thank you so much for your information. Our President and our country needs our prayers and the Christians to hold them up daily.
We pray continually for our nation and for our elected officials as well as the president.
Thanks for the information. I hope that you have also informed President Trump that not all Californians are progressive liberals. The majority of people I know voted for and still support what President Trump is doing. Afterall, he is making good on his promises and that is why we voted for him. It would be sad to see him cut off Federal funds to CA, but maybe that would be what it takes to get the freeloaders to see the error of their ways. It would also be nice to see some new rules about protesters blocking streets, freeways and the airports. Most of them don't even know why they are doing it, when asked.
Trump is very well aware that there are many Trump supporters in California, too!
I am a Californian that totally agree with Dale. Couldnt have said it any better.
Excellent and easy to read piece. Should be easy for anyone to understand. Appreciate the breakdown.
Thank you so much! WOW!


On Saturday, my room mate Carolyn and I had like the best day ever at Manhattan Beach. I swam in the Pacific Ocean for the first time ever!! It wasn't as cold as I expected it to be.
I feel like I'm not even good at photography. Honestly, these pictures just take themselves. California is so beautiful that I actually feel guilty sharing this stuff. Is that weird?
Anyhow, Manhattan Beach is a really cool & classy little town. There's tons of restaurants and the beach was nice and clean. Also, because it's located a bit more south than Santa Monica and Venice, it's less of a clustercuss driving back to Hollywood and Downtown. I'm definitely going to go back!
PS Carolyn and I are looking for an apartment so send us some good vibes!


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