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High, Bright, Light and Clear (1983)
performed by Canadian Brass (brass ensemble)
composed by Henry Purcell, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Scheidt, Various Composers, William Boyce
Sir Neville Marriner: The London Recordings (2018)
performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Antonin Dvorák, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Henry Purcell, Jules Massenet, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, William Boyce
William Boyce: 8 Symphonies (1987)
performed by Alastair Mitchell (bassoon), Amanda MacNamara (double bass), David Reichenberg (oboe), Francis Turner (violin), Graham Cracknell (violin), Guy Williams (flute), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Julie Lehwalder (cello), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
composed by William Boyce
The Royal Wedding: The Official Album [2018] (2018)
performed by Anba Angaelos (speech/speaker/speaking part), Bell Ringers of St. George's Chapel, David Blackadder (trumpet), David Conner (speech/speaker/speaking part), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Jane Fellows (speech/speaker/speaking part)
composed by Anonymous, English Traditional, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Irish Traditional, John Hughes, John Rutter, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Spoken Word, Thomas Tallis, Traditional Spiritual, William Boyce
Encores [12 Tracks] (1993)
performed by Virgil Fox (organ)
composed by Charles-Marie Widor, George Frederick Handel, Henri Mulet, Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, William Boyce
Boyce: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1999)
performed by Andrew Watts (counter tenor), Hanover Band, Patrick Burrowes (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), William Purefoy (alto), New College Choir, Oxford (choir, chorus), Graham Lea-Cox (conductor)
William Boyce: 12 Overtures: Concerti grossi (2002)
performed by Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd (conductor)
The Jane Austen Companion (1996)
performed by Alexander Michejew (cello), Hanover Road Band, John Anderson (oboe d'amore), John Wallace (trumpet), Peter Thomas (violin), Rainer Kuchl (violin)
composed by Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Michael Haydn, William Boyce
Reflections for the Heart: Sacred Anthems for Choir
performed by Anne Kathryn Deviney (keyboards), Javier Laya (violin), Jorge Rodriguez (cello), Josue Ramirez (bass), Mario Torres (viola), Raul Munguia (violin), Carlow Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by David Haas, David Lantz III, Deanna Light, Hal Hopson, Herb Frombach, Jim Stanton, Lee Dengler, Leon C. Roberts, Lorie True, Martin Barry, Paul A. Tate, Ragan Courtney, Steven C. Warner, Théodore Dubois, William Boyce
Boyce: 8 Symphonien
Meditations at Sunset (1994)
performed by Gerhart Hetzel (violin), Martin Jones (piano)
composed by Béla Bartók, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gerald Finzi, Johann Christian Bach, Ottorino Respighi, Sergey Prokofiev, William Boyce, Zoltán Kodály
William Boyce: Trio Sonatas (1996)
performed by Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (harpsichord), Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
Boyce: The Eight Symphonies (1994)
performed by English String Orchestra, William Boughton (conductor)
William Boyce: Peleus and Thetis and Other Theatre Music (1997)
performed by Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Christopher Lemmings (tenor), Jack Edwards (vocals), Jilly Bond (vocals), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Julia Gooding (soprano), Michael Bundy (bass), Opera Restor'd, Philippa Hyde (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter tenor)
William Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op. 2 (2005)
performed by Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (1995)
performed by Consort of London, Joseph Frohlich (violin), Julia Girdwood (oboe), Sarah Brooke (flute)
composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Domenico Zipoli, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Tomaso Albinoni, William Boyce
composed by Charles-Marie Widor, Edward Elgar, George Frederick Handel, Henri Mulet, Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, William Boyce
Where'er You Walk: Arias for Handel's Favourite Tenor (2016)
performed by Allan Clayton (tenor), James Eastaway (oboe), John Beard (vocals), Mary Bevan (soprano), Philip Turbett (bassoon), National Choir of Turkish Classical Music (choir, chorus), Classical Opera Orchestra, Ian Page (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel, John Christopher Smith, Thomas Arne, William Boyce
A Grand Concert Of Musick: English Baroque Concerti [Includes Archiv Produktion Catalogue] (1985)
performed by Simon Standage (violin), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
composed by Charles Avison, Francesco Geminiani, John Stanley, Pieter Hellendaal, Thomas Arne, William Boyce
Three Baroque Tenors (2011)
performed by Alberto Grazzi (bassoon), Andrew Clark (horn), Benjamin Hulett (vocals), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Jonathan Gunthorpe (vocals), Madeleine Shaw (vocals), Mark Bennett (trumpet), Sophie Daneman (vocals), The English Concert, Bernard Labadie (conductor)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Francesco Gasparini, George Frederick Handel, Johann Ernest Galliard, Thomas Arne, William Boyce
Boyce: Pindar's Ode; New Year Ode 1774 (2001)
performed by Charles Daniels (tenor), Christopher Josey (counter tenor), Hanover Band, Michael George (baritone), Patrick Burrowes (soprano), New College Choir, Oxford (choir, chorus), Graham Lea-Cox (conductor)
Great Cathedral Anthems (2018)
performed by Adrian Bawtree (organ), Elizabeth Green (vocals), Ellen Spurling (vocals), James Hall (vocals), Nicholas Wearne (organ), Paul Young (vocals), Samuel Sytsma (vocals), Saskia Jamieson-Bibb (vocals), Stephen Foster (vocals)
composed by Charles Villiers Stanford, Herbert Howells, Hubert Parry, Kenneth Leighton, Maurice Greene, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, William Boyce, William Byrd, William Croft, William H. Harris
William Boyce Eight Symphonies (1996)
performed by Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord), Herbert Tachezi (organ), I Solisti di Zagreb, Antonio Janigro (conductor)
William Boyce: The Three Concerti Grossi Overtures 10-12 (1992)
performed by Adrian Shepherd (cantilena)
Trafalgar: A Celebration of Horatio, Lord Nelson (2005)
performed by Band of Coldstream Guards, Band of the Royal Marines (Royal Marines School of Music), London Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus), Victorian Singers (choir, chorus)
composed by Albert Edward Matt, Charles Williams, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Holst, Henry J. Wood, Jack Beaver, John Bacchus Dykes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Boyce, William Walton
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Yakima EJ Communities Rising
"We need a government that is truly of, by, and for the people. That means being represented by elected officials who share the experience and values of the collective whole. It's having government agencies enforce public health laws without fear of repercussions from powerful polluting industries. And very critically, it's when government goes to the community to listen with an active ear in the process of making decisions." – James Parks, Chairman, Yakima NAACP Youth Work Committee
Members of Washington's Environmental Justice (EJ) Task Force are continuing to learn about life on the frontlines of climate change and pollution. Last November, they went directly Yakima to hear from community members at Henry Beauchamp Community Center.
Local residents were well prepared to share their stories thanks to a pre-meeting the Yakima NAACP Chapter organized a week before. The NAACP provided a comfortable space for folks to gather, talk about their environment, and shape their stories. Nuestra Casa and Community Health Workers Coalition for Migrants and Refugees encouraged folks from their network to attend both meetings. This ensured the vital voice of farm workers, in one of the nation's leading agricultural producing regions, was heard – laying the groundwork for the transition to a just and healthy Washington.
A poignant moment where a lifelong environmental activist shares his life experience, fears, and hopes for the future
Following the community conversation led by local organizations, the State's Environmental Justice Task Force held a regional meeting in Yakima. This was an opportunity for our coalition and local frontline member organizations to participate in a unique partnership within the State's government process.
As Front and Centered, we see our role as providing opportunities and breaking down barriers to participation in the public comment portion of these meetings to help inform the Task Force's recommendations. The Task Force must consider this public input in developing its recommendations on how State government can prioritize EJ in a report to the Governor and Legislature that's due by October 2020 (see page 180 here).
To ensure the input received is truly representative of the community the Task Force experimented with a creative approach to public comments through a new format called a Community Conversation. For the meeting's final three hours, Task Force members ate dinner with the public, allowed attendees to address the crowd, and then broke out into groups for a rich dialogue.
Some of the main issues raised included:
Air pollution enforcement is weak: The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency neglected enforcement of burn bans and laws preventing agricultural emissions.
Cattle farming produces significant harmful pollution: In one example, during a recent winter freeze over a dozen dairy farms allowed hundreds of cattle to die. Instead of composting their bodies, they were dumped in a landfill that created contamination. Separately, poorly regulated dairy waste dumping continues to pose a significant threat to local water supplies.
Drought harms our people the worst: Shrinking public groundwater levels are expected to harm low-income families who can't afford to buy private water and drill wells. Multiple types of competing water users and climate change make this a dreaded and serious concern.
Industries wield too much influence and the people too little: Government meetings where the public can comment on draft environmental rules are typically flocked by the representatives of polluting industry. Meanwhile, vulnerable communities are left out of the conversation for a number of reasons, such as poor communication about the meeting, limited resources to participate, and a simple lack of trust.
Farm worker welfare is not a priority of business or government: Safety protocols are followed in a lackadaisical manner by businesses with little government oversight. Without preventative care and measures, pesticide exposure creates health harms.
Some Task Force members in a breakout group for a community conversation
This new format allowed for folks to go deep into their personal struggles in a way that a traditional 2 minute presentation may not. Many solutions on how government can make communities healthy were also brought up during the conversation. They included:
Government should actively track and maintain employer records pertaining to employee health and safety procedures. The existence and active monitoring of such records can be evidence that farm workers are operating under safe conditions.
Open public meeting should be held when it is easy for farm workers and others who can't easily leave their jobs to attend. The meetings should be intentionally advertised to reach Spanish language speakers through relevant radio and print materials.
Government can build public trust by recruiting and hiring employees who are from our community.
Gustavo Caravajal a local solar business owner speaks before meeting attendees about the health, employment, and economic benefits of clean energy while Task Force co-chair David Mendoza looks on from the back
The mission of the EJ Task Force and the work we are doing to drive it forward is pioneering. While the journey to achieving that in Washington is long and hard we're taking real steps forward by shaping the Task Force recommendations and planning to advocate for their passage into law in 2021. Stayed tuned for more updates!
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Frege in Philosophical-Historical Context
December 31, 2021 jhapfrege, husserl, jhap, kant, logic, special issueAudrey Yap
Volume 9.11 of The Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy (JHAP) has now been published online, with full open-access:
https://jhaponline.org/jhap/issue/view/461
This special issue was edited by Juliet Floyd and Sanford Shieh and consists of the following papers, as well as an introduction.
"Frege, Hankel, and Formalism in the Foundations" by Richard Lawrence: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5007
"Frege's Curiously Two-Dimensional Concept-Script" by Landon D. C. Elkind: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5008
"Logical Concepts vs. Logical Operations: Two Traditions of Logic Re-revisited" by Tabea Rohr: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5010
"The Fate of the Act of Synthesis: Kant, Frege, and Husserl on the Role of Subjectivity in Presentation and Judgment" by Jacob Rump: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5030
"Frege on the Fruitfulness of Definitions" by Rachel Boddy: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5031
"Strictures on an Exhibition: Frege on his Primitive Laws" by Alexander Yates: https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/5033
JHAP is a free, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. It is available at https://jhaponline.org/. Submissions welcome!
Sellars, Price, and the Myth of the Given / Review of work on Kant's logic
August 10, 2020 jhap, Newskant, logic, myth of the given, price, sellarsMarcus Rossberg
Volume 8.7 of The Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy (JHAP) has now been published online, with full open-access.
It features an article by Michael R. Hicks entitled, "Sellars, Price, and the Myth of the Given". Here is an abstract:
Wilfrid Sellars's "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" (EPM) begins with an argument against sense-datum epistemology. There is some question about the validity of this attack, stemming in part from the assumption that Sellars is concerned with epistemic foundationalism. This paper recontextualizes Sellars's argument in two ways: by showing how the argument of EPM relates to Sellars's 1940s work, which does not concern foundationalism at all; and by considering the view of H.H. Price, Sellars's teacher at Oxford and the only classical datum theorist to receive substantive comment in EPM. Timm Triplett has claimed that Sellars's discussion simply begs the question against Price, but this depends on the mistaken assumption that Sellars's concern is with foundationalism. On the contrary, Sellars's argument concerns the assumption that the innate capacity for sensory experience counts as "thinking in presence" in the way needed for empiricist accounts of content acquisition. Price's distinction between noticing universals and being aware of them encapsulates the tensions empiricists face here.
The volume also contains a review of Huaping Lu-Adler, Kant and the Science of Logic (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), written by Tyke Nunez.
Rawls on Kantian Constructivism
September 1, 2016 Uncategorizedconstructivism, ethics, jhap, kant, rawlsRichard Zach
Volume 4.8 of the Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy (JHAP) is now online. It features an article entitled "Rawls on Kantian Constructivism", by Nathaniel Jezzi. Here is an abstract:
John Rawls's 1980 Dewey Lectures are widely acknowledged to represent the locus classicus for contemporary discussions of moral constructivism. Nevertheless, few published works have engaged with the significant interpretive challenges one finds in these lectures, and those that have fail to offer a satisfactory reading of the view that Rawls presents there or the place the lectures occupy in the development of Rawls's thinking. Indeed, there is a surprising lack of consensus about how best to interpret the constructivism of these lectures. In this paper, I argue that the constructivism presented in the Dewey Lectures is best understood as involving the view that moral truth is correspondence with procedurally-determined, stance-dependent facts. Employing Rawls's discussion of rational intuitionism as a foil, I defend this reading against textual discrepancies from within the lectures, as well as those one finds across Rawls's other works. In addition to settling interpretive disputes, I draw out the ways in which this understanding of Kantian constructivism fits within the broader comparative project in 'moral theory' that Rawls inherits from Sidgwick.
The volume also features a review of Erich Reck., ed. The Historical Turn in Analytic Philosophy, by Sean Morris.
JHAP is available at: https://jhaponline.org. Submissions welcome.


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Chatham Manor
11.4 miles from Fairview Beach, VA
Chatham Manor was a plantation overlooking the Rappahannock River, began in 1768 by William Fitzhugh. It had a dairy, icehouse, barns, stables, fish hatchery, orchard, mill and even a horse racetrack. Many famous historic figures have had ties here, visiting for elaborate parties. The home has been the site of ...
Historic Kenmore Plantation
12 miles from Fairview Beach, VA
This 1752 mansion is haunted by the husband of George Washington's sister, Betty. Colonel Fielding Lewis, who died in the 1780s, spent many an hour in the upstairs bedroom worrying about money. His ghost can be seen in Revolutionary-era attire poring over his documents. His footsteps have been heard as ...
This church, built in the mid-1700s, and its cemetery are said to be popular spots with the haunts. The old graveyard has tombstones dating back to the 1730s.
Fall Hill Plantation
Fall Hill Plantation is a private residence haunted by a Native American Sioux princess named Katina who was engaged as a nanny for the Thorton family who lived here in the 1770s. Witnesses have described Katina's apparition as well as moving shadows, disembodied voices, electrical anomalies, and doors opening by ...
Deep Creek Vintage
The former plantation manor housing the store was built about 1750 and enlarged until the 1860s. Its ghosts, of which there are many, have been heard and seen. Typical activity includes footsteps, knocking, soft voices and singing, and people (especially women with long hair) being touched. More rarely, objects ...
Weems Botts Museum
Dumfries, Virginia
Weems–Botts House Museum is dedicated to the history of Dumfries and the two people who lived here: Mason Locke "Parson" Weems and attorney Benjamin Botts. Weems (1759-1825) was a clergyman and author, the first biographer of George Washington, who created the cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I ...
The Old Mansion - Bowling Green Farm
Bowling Green, Virginia
The ghost of Colonel John Waller Hoomes, who built this house in 1670, haunts his old home, some say. His daughter Sophia has been witnessed around the property as well, usually riding in a coach to visit her father's home. And one more ghost who resides here is a Mrs. ...
Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
At the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, the ghosts in residence like to rearrange chairs and place settings or manifest as lights that glide around backstage.
Occoquan Inn
Occoquan, Virginia
The apparition of a Native American man has been seen in the Occuquan Inn, built in 1810. Legend has it that the man was enamored of the owner's wife, and he was shot when the owner caught him sneaking down the stairs one night. His ghost has been seen in ...
Haunted Alexandria & Northern Virginia
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Tim Krepp
The Loft Gallery
A haunting experience happened at The Loft Gallery in the 1990s when a painting flew off a wall. Then, one early morning in October 2006, an artist saw a glowing mist float through the gallery. Witnesses also report footsteps, creaking floors, and doors closing when no one is there.
Stratford Hall
Stratford Hall Plantation was the home of the Lee family, including two Declaration of Independence signers, and it was Robert E. Lee's birthplace. It is said to be haunted by Elizabeth McCarty Storke, rumored to have had an affair with Henry Lee, Robert E. Lee's step-brother, when she was only ...
Historic Woodlawn was originally built in 1805 for Martha Washington's granddaughter Nelly Parke Custis and her husband Major Lawrence Lewis. Now a museum, the place is rumored to be haunted by some of its many generations of former residents.
Linden House Bed and Breakfast Plantation
Caret, Virginia
Reports say that this historic bed-and-breakfast is no longer open for business. When it was, it was often visited by ghosts. The building was known to harbor mysterious aromas, and footsteps were often heard on the 3rd and 4th floors. Strange lights, orange and yellow in color, were said to ...
Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre
Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre, explored on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, is said to be haunted. The complex includes an 1822 courthouse and jail, 1830 farmhouse, 1875 church, 1928 one-room schoolhouse and the Brentsville Tavern archeological site. Knocking sounds and apparitions have been reported in the jail, as well ...
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum
The historic house museum is said to be haunted by the apparition of Mrs. Frankie Mudd. Witnesses also have heard unexplained voices, and during a Civil War reenactment, electric candles in the windows repeatedly turned on by themselves. A human-shaped bed impression routinely appears in a room where John Wilkes ...
Olde Towne Inn
A ghost called Miss Lucy is said to haunt rooms 51 through 54. She is rumored to levitate guests and frequent the tavern.
Central Park Aquatics Center
Having worked at Central Park Aquatics for almost a year now, I and any of the other employees can tell you, hands down, this place is haunted. We hear voices when the building is empty, things move around, and we hear our diving blocks being adjusted. I've worked here ...
Summerseat Farm
Mechanicsville, Maryland
Summerseat Farm is believed to be haunted and has been investigated by ghost hunters, who found lights had come on after they had turned them off. Visitors have witnessed bed covers that move on their own and a rosary that swung by itself. The property includes a family cemetery that ...
The John Douglass Brown House - Fawcett-Reeder House
The John Douglass Brown House, aka Fawcett-Reeder House, was built in 1772 and was allegedly visited by George Washington during his lifetime. Around the colonial home, witnesses claim to have seen apparitions of ghostly Revolutionary War-era soldiers.
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Ramsay House
Ramsay House is used as a visitor information center, and originally was named for William Ramsay, Scottish merchant and city founder. Witnesses claim to have seen apparitions in 18th-century clothing in the building's basement.
Gadsby's Tavern
Gadsby's Tavern was built in the 1770s and reportedly was visited by many of the country's founding fathers. According to rumor, the tours through the historic site do not include one of its rooms, which is closed tight. Why? It's said that a lovely ghost resides there. Legend has it ...
Lee-Fendall House
The Lee-Fendall House museum, once used as a Revolutionary War hospital, is said to be haunted by female apparition in period clothing, a woman and child who appear on the back stairs, and the sound of an antique telephone. The site has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost ...
The crew team at George Mason University has reported seeing the ghost of an old man near the docks or dam. Legend has it that he's Old Man Johnson, a deceased area rower who, in the 1970s, found his wife having an affair. The distraught man went out rowing and ...
Surratt House Museum
The historic 18th century inn and tavern building, now a museum, was once owned by Mary Surratt. Her son John sometimes met with friends there, one of whom was John Wilkes Booth. These meetings were said to be when the plot for the assassination of President Lincoln evolved. The guns ...
Oxon Hill Cemetery
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
This cemetery is located off Oxon Hill Road, catty corner to Levi's Barbecue, behind the Post Office. About 10 years ago my husband and I were hanging out with a group of homeless people. We would go to wherever they set up camp and just sit around and drink and ...
Piero's Corner Italian - Carlos O'Kelley's
This location was once a "Carlos O'Kelley's" restaurant. Now it is an Italian place called "Piero's Corner." Back when it was Carlos O'Kelley's, it was said that a dishwasher who worked there hanged himself in the building and haunted the premises from then on. Numerous waitstaff reported ...
Historic Manassas National Battlefield Park contains an unfinished railroad ordered by Robert E. Lee. The Civil War-era railroad site is said to be popular with the spirit set, as several accounts of paranormal activity surrounding the area have been reported.
A variety of ghost stories surround this former Civil War hospital. From a laughing nurse, to a ghostly tapping that people say sounds like dancing, to a possible humbug of a ghost who delights in toppling Christmas trees; the Black Horse Inn has more than it's share of ...
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Paranormal experiences here have included groaning sounds, footsteps, cold spots, and strange noises. The site is still an operational hospital and trespassing is not permitted.
Ghosts of Virginia's Tidewater
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Haunted Richmond
The ghost of Mary Surrat, convicted in a plot to assassinate President Lincoln, has been seen here, presumably trying to convince fort guests of her innocence. Building 21 has an unknown spirit lingering in spirit form. Workers here have heard footsteps in the attic and have felt something behind them ...
Old Post Chapel
Many Arlington National Cemetery burials started in this old military chapel, in use since the 1930s. Witnesses have reported unexplained voices and footsteps, locked doors have been known to open by themselves, and at least once, a soldier went into a room to find all the cabinets wide open. A ...
Old Long Bridge - 14th Street Bridge
General Edward Braddock's 1755 expedition to capture Fort Duquesne was attacked, killing or wounding 900 men, in what is now known as the Battle of the Monongahela. Rumor has it that on the anniversary of Braddock's departure near the bridge or along the nearby bluffs, the ghostly sounds of military ...
Mills House
Beaverdam, Virginia
Mysterious fires broke out at the Mills House in January 2014, destroying it. The place was a historic home to bachelor farmer Buster Mills, the last of the Mills family who lived there; he died after a stroke in 1989. Locals remember Buster talking about "haints" in the home's front ...
Marine Barracks - 8th & I
The mysterious presence is said to linger around the lower parking garage, where a fatal accident involving a young child occurred. Some Marines have heard the child calling out early in the morning; others have seen a red ball rolling down a garage ramp.
Independence Avenue SW
This part of the avenue is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves. It is the former site of two notorious slave markets: the Yellow House or Williams Slave Pen, now the FAA headquarters, and the nearby Robey Slave Pen, at the 7th Street corner. Locals have heard ...
The Octagon House
Built by Colonel John Tahoe in 1799, the historic Octagon House was used as The White House during former president Madison's term. One ghost here is the spirit of Colonel Tahoe's pregnant daughter, who died when she threw herself from the top banister. She committed suicide after finding out her ...
Lafayette Square - Presidents Park
President's Park, a.k.a. Lafayette Square, is said to be haunted by Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. As legend has it, in 1958 Philip Key had an affair with the wife of one of his friends, Daniel Sickles. In his rage, Sickles shot Key, who was unarmed, ...
At the U.S. Capitol, folks say that late at night, the statues in the Statuary Hall come to life and move about the room. It is also said that a black cat appears in the basement just before a national disaster occurs. The ghost of a builder who died during ...
Tales are told of a ghostly police officer who haunts the stacks at the famed Library of Congress, often helping those who become lost amid the vast collection. Appearing both in uniform and in casual clothes, the officer, who often even tells people his name, is deceased sergeant. Other strange ...
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Willard InterContinental
The grand hotel has had many famous guests, such as Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, General John J. Pershing, and Harry Houdini. Another renowned guest, once a U.S. president, is believed to still reside here. An apparition believed to be Ulysses S. Grant has been ...
A number of mysterious happenings have been reported in the White House. President Abraham Lincoln's apparition is seen in the Lincoln Bedroom and all over the White House, President Andrew Jackson is seen in the Rose Bedroom, and President William Henry Harrison is heard in the attic. Abigail Adams is ...
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It's not a bus stop, it's Pittsburgh's smallest jazz club. OK, it's both.
Scooby-doo-wop-wop, it's jazzy at the bus stop.
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In the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's cultural district is the city's smallest jazz club.
At the corner of Ninth and Liberty, you can see the 'burgh's hottest new club in action.
Can you see it? It's right there! GIFs via CBS Pittsburgh.
Now, this is no ordinary jazz club — it's actually a bus stop.
Zoom in, enhance, and voila, here it is:
Abracadabra (and a few months later), this bus shelter is now a jazz club. Photo by Amy Kline for Manchester Craftmen's Guild.
The project is the brainchild of Amy Kline, marketing manager of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, a staple in Pittsburgh's thriving jazz community.
"I dreamt the idea up after seeing some bus shelters the previous winter with a heating system installed," Kline told Upworthy. "I figured, if the bus shelter people can run a heater, they can play music."
Constructed inside a traditional bus shelter, the jazz club offers an interactive experience like no other.
The music is triggered by a sensor, and visitors can listen to a who's who from Pittsburgh's storied jazz scene. The shelter also features photos of local jazz legends like Stanley Turrentine (saxophone) and Ray Brown (bass), creating a truly multi-sensory experience.
Photos of Pittsburgh jazz legends Stanley Turrentine (left) and Ray Brown. Photo by Amy Kline for Manchester Craftmen's Guild.
The project was brought to life with financial support from the Awesome Foundation, which is a very real, and (unsurprisingly) awesome organization.
In 2014, Kline submitted a proposal for the the bus shelter to Awesome Pittsburgh, the local chapter of the Awesome Foundation. Each chapter awards $1,000 grants with no strings attached to encourage makers and dreamers to develop innovative projects around the arts, technology, or community development.
Awesome Pittsburgh unanimously selected Kline's proposal.
So far, the response from the Pittsburgh community has been overwhelmingly positive.
Kline is a frequent visitor to the shelter and says community members have been supportive. Bus passengers are enjoying the change.
Well, most of them.
A child plugs his ears to keep from falling under the bewitching spell of jazz.
The club may be small, but it has big potential.
Currently the shelter is on display until September 2015, though Kline is hoping it runs even longer. "I'd like to be able to continue it through December and change out the music for the holidays or a particular concert we are presenting, " she said.
For now, Kline is making the most of the summer. In late July, MCG is launching a series of free pop-up concerts inside the shelter. Follow along on their Facebook page for dates and times.
Projects like this are a win for public transportation and the community.
It's no secret public transit is wonderful tool for building strong communities and decreasing our carbon footprint, but many are still reluctant to ride.
Projects like Pittsburgh's Smallest Jazz Club offer a unique way to surprise and delight existing passengers and may boost ridership. Plus, the entire community can share and enjoy homegrown talent. It's an innovative project that hits all the right notes.
Selfies and photo ops are not uncommon at the bus shelter. Photo by Amy Kline for Manchester Craftsmen's Guild.
Want to see (and hear) Pittsburgh's smallest jazz club in action? Check out the video from CBS Pittsburgh.
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Analysis: what's behind the slew of new renewables funds in Germany?
New entrants tapping growth of demand from institutional investors
Jan Wagner
Last month, First Private, a Frankfurt-based fund manager, issued an unusual press release. It said its Wind Infrastructure I fund had acquired an onshore wind park, while another park the fund had previously bought was now on stream. Nothing unusual about that, you might say. And yet, since its start in 2003, First Private has only ever been known for one thing: quantitative equity investments for institutional clients. That hasn't changed, it says.
But it hastens to add, though, that four years ago, it began "initiating" renewable funds for its clients. That means that instead of managing the products, First Private brands them and works to raise the investor capital. The management is done by a separate company, in this case a Swiss affiliate of First Private called re:cap global investors. First Private's new sideline is going well. Wind Infrastructure I has already taken in €50m from German institutions and should hit its target volume of €200m in 2016. In addition, Solar Infrastructure I, another fund it launched, closed last year after hitting a volume of €150m. Both funds' promise of a 6% annual return after costs has no doubt been a key draw.
First Private's experience reflects a larger trend, which is that a slew of German asset managers are launching renewable funds to tap into a recent surge in institutional demand.
An example: According to VGF, the German Association for Providers of Closed Funds, those institutions – banks, insurers, pension funds, churches and corporates – placed €556m with green energy funds last year, or more than double the figure for 2010.
German asset managers joining the fray range from prominent ones like Allianz Global Investors (AGI), which recently closed a fund after taking in €150m from institutions, to less known ones like First Private or Munich-based CHORUS Gruppe.
The segment has, however, been dominated by two German private equity houses, namely KGAL in Munich with a 40% share, and Aquila Capital in Hamburg with 20%.
"Many in German asset management recognise that renewables are the institutional investment story for the next 10 to 15 years," says Markus Götz, Senior Executive at CHORUS in charge of institutional sales.CHORUS recently launched a renewable fund that, like many others targeted to German institutions these days, is based in Luxembourg. This is attributed in part to a slight tax benefit for investors stemming from the treatment of dividends. Having started with €40m in seed money, Götz says he also expects the fund to close with €150m from German institutions. Like First Private, CHORUS aims to return 6.5% annually with its renewable fund.
Given such return promises, as well as the market environment, it's easy to see why German institutions are investing more in renewable funds. Pension funds and insurers are, in particular, under pressure to find pockets of return, because their mainstays, whether German Bunds (ten-year government bonds), Pfandbriefe (covered bonds) or highly rated corporate debt, offer yields that barely make them money after inflation. Equity markets also look less attractive since they began sliding due to the crisis in Ukraine. Says Götz: "From an asset-liability perspective, renewable investments are a good fit for long-term investors like pension funds. Thanks in part to public subsidies in places like Germany, but also in France and the UK, renewable projects provide a cash flow for that long term." Such cash flow, combined with the 50% leverage typically used, are helping the funds deliver on their return promises. Providers also claim that these funds can be more stable, as returns are not correlated to financial markets but instead factors like subsidies, leverage and the weather.
But what about deal flow? Renewable fund providers reply that while the situation is getting tighter, there are still opportunities, many of which are in Germany, where the so-called "Energiewende," or historic switch to renewables, is unfolding. Relying in part on public subsidies, the German government aims to have green energy account for 35% of the power supply from 2020 and as much as 80% from 2050. This will depend on Germany's ability to install tens of gigawatts of offshore wind capacity – an effort that is fraught with difficulty and the reason the German renewable funds have so far steered clear of it.
Germany's build-up of onshore wind and solar capacity, by contrast, has gone smoothly, with around 35GW of each source already installed.
In a recent report, KGAL says that over the mid-term, Germany would continue a significant expansion of onshore wind, with between 2.4GW and 2.6GW of additional capacity to come on stream each year.
KGAL was less optimistic about German solar power due to recent cuts in subsidies for the larger projects that funds typically invest in. Still, between the projects already completed and those yet to come on stream, Germany continues to offer nice deal-flow.
Meanwhile, other European countries, including the UK, the Nordics, France, Italy and Austria are shifting more to renewables, thereby creating new investment opportunities.
In the report, KGAL report was especially bullish on the UK solar market, noting that 25% of the overall capacity (4.5GW) was installed in the country during the first quarter alone. Though much smaller than other markets, KGAL also sees Austria as a growth market, with 2GW of onshore wind capacity to be installed by the end of 2014 and 3GW well before 2020.
Looking beyond solar and wind, another attractive option is hydropower. According to Aquila Capital, a provider of hydropower funds, the energy source is not only more efficient than solar or onshore wind, it is not subsidised, thus eliminating the possible risk to cash flow. Indeed, Spain, Italy and Germany have all rolled back renewable subsidies, though in Germany the cuts only affected new installations. Aquila's argument was in any case enough for Dutch pension investment giant APG, which, last month, invested €250m with Aquila.
According to Christian Holste, Managing Director at Aquila in charge of Real Asset Sales, the firm aims to deliver APG returns of between 6% and 8% by investing in markets like Scandinavia, Italy and Turkey. That German institutions are placing more money with renewables is welcome news for the government inBerlin, which needs the private investment to make the Energiewende work. However, Berlin should not take too much credit for that, as it has not made a renewable engagement easy for these investors. The reason is Solvency II, the EU's new regulatory regime for insurers. Under Solvency II, now expected to take effect in 2016, investments in renewable energy are considered to be – rightly or wrongly – as volatile as equity investment. That means insurers which, for cost reasons, are obliged to use Solvency II's standard risk model, face a capital charge equalling 49% of the value of their renewable investment.
As many of their 470 members include smaller firms that would face the capital charge if they invested in renewables, the German Insurance Industry Association (GDV), lobbied the relevant regulators BaFin (for Germany) and Eiopa (for the EU) to get some flexibility on this point. According to Holste, the GDV was unsuccessful. "Unfortunately, and for reasons that are not clear to me, the regulators wouldn't budge on this point. As a result, many small and mid-size German insurers are having difficulties investing into infrastructure equity such as renewable energy projects," says Holste. He adds though that as Solvency II will not apply to certain German pension funds like those for the free trades (so-called Versorgungswerke), there is still good potential for renewable investment from them.
Of course another barrier to more renewable investment from German institutions has been the lack of liquidity within the asset class. And while this may not be a concern to a long-term investor like a pension fund at the outset, it does pose a problem if the vehicle does not deliver on its return promise. Yet it seems that, currently, the desire among German institutions to find attractive returns is trumping these concerns.


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Q: group by - counting rows and if not existing add row with 0 value I know I already asked a similar question, but here I start from zero... Without giving any query I tried so I don't influance you.
If this is my table:
status  PGID    nvarchar5               nvarchar10  CatId   tp_ID   isActive
IT      NULL    Information technology  NULL        1       1       1
HR      NULL    Human Recource          NULL        1       2       1
FIN     NULL    Finance                 NULL        1       3       1
New        1    NULL                    1354        2       10001   1
New        1    NULL                    464         2       10002   1
New        1    NULL                    13465       2       10003   1
Active     1    NULL                    79846       2       10004   1
Deleted    1    NULL                    132465      2       10005   1
New        2    NULL                    79847       2       10006   1
New        2    NULL                    341         2       10007   1
Deleted    2    NULL                    465         2       10008   1
Deleted    2    NULL                    132         2       10009   1
Deleted    2    NULL                    465         2       10010   1
Deleted    2    NULL                    1           2       10011   1
New        3    NULL                    465         2       10012   1
New        3    NULL                    1465        2       10013   1
New        3    NULL                    132         2       10014   1
NULL    NULL    NULL                    NULL        3       20136   1
NULL    NULL    NULL                    NULL        4       22165   1
NULL    NULL    NULL                    NULL        3       24566   1
NULL    NULL    NULL                    NULL        10      24566   1

What should be the query if I want a result like this:
status  PGID    nvarchar5               total
new     1       Information technology  3
active  1       Information technology  1
deleted 1       Information technology  1
new     2       Human Recource          2
active  2       Human Recource          0
deleted 2       Human Recource          4
new     3       Finance                 3
active  3       Finance                 0
deleted 3       Finance                 0

Or is this not possible?
Edit:
If you want to see what I've tried: wrong number in count()
Update:
How I calculate my total:

A: I won't bother going into how bad the data looks, column names etc and will presume it's a case of 'this is what I have to work with'. So given the data try
SELECT t.Status, t.Department_ID, t.Department, COALESCE(s.Total, 0) AS Total
FROM (
    SELECT nvarchar5 AS Department, tp_ID AS Department_ID, Status
    FROM My_Table,
         (SELECT 'new' AS Status
          UNION ALL
          SELECT 'active' AS Status
          UNION ALL
          SELECT 'deleted' AS Status ) AS m
    WHERE tp_ID IN (1,2,3)
) AS t
LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT status AS Status, PGID AS Department_ID, COUNT(1) AS Total
    FROM My_Table
    WHERE PGID IS NOT NULL
    GROUP BY Status, PGID
) AS s
ON t.Status = s.Status
AND t.Department_ID = s.Department_ID

A: That is not the answer, but I think this can help you too:
declare @t as table (
num varchar(50)  null,
t varchar(50) null,
ord int not null,
pgid int null
)

insert into @t values ('IT',  'Info', 1 ,   null)
insert into @t values ('HR' , 'Human', 2 ,   null)
insert into @t values ('FIN', 'Finance', 3 ,  null )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10001,  1 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10002,  1 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10003,  1 )
insert into @t values ('Active' , NULL, 10004,  1 )
insert into @t values ('Deleted', NULL, 10005,  1 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10006,  2 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10007,  2 )
insert into @t values ('Deleted', NULL, 10008,  2 )
insert into @t values ('Deleted', NULL, 10009,  2 )
insert into @t values ('Deleted', NULL, 10010,  2 )
insert into @t values ('Deleted', NULL, 10011,  2 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10012,  3 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10013,  3 )
insert into @t values ('New'    , NULL, 10014,  3 )

select num, pgid, case when pgid = 1 then 'Information technology'
when pgid = 2 then 'Human Recource'
else 'Finance' end,count(num)
from @t
where num in (
'New'    ,
'Active' ,
'Deleted')
group by num, pgid

SELECT case when pgid = 1 then 'Information technology'
when pgid = 2 then 'Human Recource'
else 'Finance' end,
[New]    ,
[Active] ,
[Deleted]
FROM
(SELECT num, pgid
    FROM @t
    where num in (
'New'    ,
'Active' ,
'Deleted')) AS SourceTable
PIVOT
(
count(num)
FOR num IN ([New],
[Active] ,
[Deleted])
) AS PivotTable;

A: //try this query it will help you to solve this problem

select t.satus,t.PGID,u.nvarchar5,t.total from
    (select status,PGID,count(*) as total from USRData group by status,PGID where PGID is not null) t
    inner join USRData u on(t.PGID=u.tp_ID) where u.PGID is null and status is not null;

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Retailers backed by private equity dominate the list of most-distressed U.S. store operators. Investors are demanding massive premiums to own their debt, implying they're more likely to default than their peers.
(Bloomberg Gadfly) — Not all poorly performing retail bonds are created equal.
The worst of the bunch have a shared feature: They're all backed by private-equity companies.
Take Neiman Marcus, which carries nearly $5 billion in debt. Owned by Ares Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the struggling department-store chain said this week it planned to hire bankers to explore selling itself or its assets. It also said it had carved out what analysts estimate are about $500 million worth of assets into a separate subsidiary, out of bondholders' reach, diluting lender collateral.
But Neiman Marcus isn't an isolated case.
Retailers backed by private equity dominate the list of most-distressed U.S. store operators. Investors are demanding massive premiums to own their debt, implying they're more likely to default than their peers. And yields on this debt have only risen this year, even though junk bonds generally have performed well in 2017.
The list of retailers in this category is painful to look at, full of cringe-worthy stores, located in downtrodden malls, such as Claire's, Hot Topic and Rue 21.
These retailers may not even exist in any recognizable form three to five years from now. But as they hobble along, it's all too apparent the companies are taking actions to help their PE owners mitigate their losses. And that can be bad news for some bond investors.
Take J. Crew, which finagled a way to insulate valuable intellectual property (think: trademarks, web domains, etc.) from creditors by transferring the assets into a separate subsidiary. The company (and its PE sponsors) could later use those assets as collateral to raise additional debt or otherwise unlock value from the retail chain.
Ditto for Neiman Marcus if bought by Hudson's Bay, which would likely find a way to finance a deal by selling assets such as stores, leases, brands, or even the vaunted Bergdorf Goodman flagship, in a way that could pad the pockets of Neiman's private-equity backers while hurting some bondholders.
Neiman Marcus and many of these PE-backed retailers were troubled to begin with, so it's fair to wonder what came first, the bad business model or the vulture investors. What we do know is that bonds of PE-owned retailers are performing worse than those of their solo peers. These retailers also have more debt relative to income than other store operators. And these chains seem to be more likely to have crafted loose bond covenants, giving the owners flexibility to do things like sell valuable assets without repaying certain bondholders.
In an interview with Bloomberg Radio Thursday, Citigroup analyst Jenna Giannelli pointed out PE firms haven't taken a lot of money out of these retailers yet and are doing everything they can to stave off bankruptcy in order to protect their equity. She said bond investors should be concerned about weak bond covenants giving the companies "flexibility to move assets out, to the detriment of the creditors."
To be clear, these PE firms have a fiduciary responsibility to make money for their clients, even if that means stiffing some bondholders. Some debt investors brought pain on themselves by overlooking weak covenants in their zest for higher-yielding securities.
But at this point, there's a reason these notes yield so much more than even those of other retailers. Investors should think twice before considering the debt a bargain.


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So, Who Did Shoot J.R.? Why We Still Care About 'Dallas'
Max Marshall, who wrote our October cover story, had never seen the show before proposing his piece. Follow along on his journey to being seduced by the trashiest, campiest show of the eighties.
Larry Hagman on the set of Dallas, July 18, 1979. Maureen Donaldson/Getty
When 24-year-old Max Marshall pitched us an oral history of Dallas, he'd never watched an episode of the show. He knew that it had been globally famous and shockingly influential—it might have helped bring down the Romanian government, you know!—but he later admitted to us that he couldn't name two of its characters. Somehow, that didn't stop him from pitching a story about a prime time soap opera from the eighties, nor did it stop us from assigning him the story.
In order to catch up, Marshall spent the next four months with Dallas. He watched more than two hundred episodes, read half a dozen books, and interviewed dozens of cast members and crew. When he began watching, he was somewhat repulsed. Halfway through the first season, he was somewhat confused. Then, at some point, he got seduced. He joined the world of superfans, and then he flew out to Los Angeles to meet the people who'd turned Dallas into a global phenomenon on par with any show in television history.
This podcast tells that story in two parts. In the first episode, Marshall walks us through the experience of watching Dallas. He replays moments from some of its strangest and greatest episodes, and he captures some of what made the show so addicting and long-lasting. In the second, he shares intimate clips from talks with Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton, Patrick Duffy, and others. The former stars recount fights on set, get emotional about Larry Hagman's death, and give a rare window into real life at Southfork.
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In the rearview mirror I spied her little hand hanging out the half-open back window, the wings of her butterfly finger puppet flapping madly in the wind.
B is for butterfly. B is also for bunny ears, the alphabet item she brought to pre-school earlier in the week. Bunny ears are good. They are cute and they stay on her head, where I can see them bobbing sweetly in the same rearview mirror. They do not feel compelled to fly out the window.
Sophie, who is my five-year-old niece, does not laugh. She informs me that it is very unlikely a car would get close enough or that any bird would be so silly as to fly into her hand.
My toddler nephew sits in his car seat next to her quietly munching cashews. Before we picked up his sister, we ran around the local gym pretending to be monkeys and kicking soccer balls with eight other toddlers and their minders.
My nomadic lifestyle has led me to Denver, Colorado where I have been helping take care of my niece and nephew. Believe it or not, this is another travel adventure. I have landed in a foreign territory with two adorable monsters as companions who manage, somehow, to find trouble everywhere. We are traveling without a map and, while we speak the same language, we do not share a dialect.
Too often in the past week I've told Sophie not to do something. Reflecting on this makes me cringe. Why? Because I want her wonderfully curious and testing nature to drive her to do something she loves someday, and fear of perceived consequences can be a crippling obstacle for "grown-up" humans.
I mean, yes. Between now and then, I would also like her to refrain from activities like swinging a sturdy 6-foot cardboard tube in the same general direction as her brother's head. Sometimes the reprimands are necessary.
Simply put, I want her to be a courageous spirit. The evening before the butterfly incident, I attended a panel hosted by She Says Denver about women finding courage to change and/or advance their careers. The moderator began with a reminder that courage is about mental strength.
For this, I owe my mother. She believed I could do anything I wanted and she told me that often. She also worried (a lot) and doled out plenty of reprimands when I was a kid, but she found a harmony that fostered my determination to live the way I want.
If I never took a chance on leaving, I never would have seen the sights of Spain and Portugal or watched my shadow land on an ancient palace in Morocco or jumped into the Pacific and Indian oceans (at the same time) or seen giant and tiny creatures in Indonesia and the Philippines… or met all the fun and interesting folks I encountered on the journey.
Someday, when she is an adult woman, I want Sophie to have the mental strength to venture into whatever unknown she needs to explore, whether it's traveling the world on her own, starting her own company or something else altogether.
I hope she learns that C is for Courage. And, I'm sure she will learn C is for Caution too. But luckily there is B for Balance as much as for Butterflies and Bunny Ears.
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The Honorable John T. Montford is currently President & Chief Executive Officer of JTM Consulting, LLC. He has served as an independent director of Southwest Airlines since 2002 and currently serves as Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is also Chancellor Emeritus of the Texas Tech University System.
Prior to establishing his own consulting firm, John served as Senior Advisor for Global Public Policy for General Motors Company from January 1, 2010 to January 2012. At GM, he was responsible for GM public policy for federal, state, and international, as well as the GM Foundation. John was a member of the GM Executive Committee from January 1, 2010 to May 1, 2011.
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John was the 2005 Chairman of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, a catalyst for economic development in San Antonio with over 2,000 members. From 2007-2010, John was President of the Board of the National Western Art Foundation, for which he personally secured the lead gift to create the Dolph and Janey Briscoe National Western Art Museum in San Antonio. John was also Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He served as Chairman of the Development Board of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and President of the San Antonio Independent School District Foundation from 2008-2010.
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Maziarz may not be out of the woods just yet, as probe heats up
State senators, from left, David Valesky, George Maziarz, Thomas Libous and Joseph Griffo question Thomas King, U.S. president and CEO on of National Grid, during a public hearing on National Grid's accounting and expense account practices and its effects on rate payers Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)
BY TONY FARINA
Is former State Senator George Maziarz out of the woods nearly two years after he left office under the cloud of a federal investigation? While Maziarz left office denying he was being chased out, it appears the investigation into Maziarz's campaign account is now in the hands of the State Attorney General's office, and the probe is heating up.
When Maziarz announced in July, 2014 that he would not seek re-election in the 62nd District after 19 years, he said it had nothing to do with reports that federal investigators had expanded their probe into his campaign account.
The once-powerful state lawmaker, a political kingmaker in Niagara County and a leader in the Republican-controlled State Senate, told this newspaper at the time of his resignation that "I will be completely exonerated because I have done absolutely nothing wrong."
It was reported back then that U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District, who has won convictions against top Albany political figures like former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was examining dozens of payments made to the family of Maziarz's campaign treasurer as well as tens of thousands of dollars in unitemized checks that were made out to cash and never reported to the Board of Elections, fruits of the disbanded Moreland Commission that had been established to investigate political corruption.
But so far, no charges have been placed against Maziarz or any of his advisers or campaign aides, and King George appears to be thriving, joining the high-powered Albany lobbying firm of Patricia Lynch Associates last June, where he serves as president of the firm's Western New York division, and still boasting a campaign fund of close to $800,000 even after paying thousands to his lawyers.
Former State Senator George Maziarz has consistently denied wrongdoing. After one investigation, the US Attorney did not charge him. Now sources say the State Attorney General is looking at his campaign funding.
While sources tell this newspaper that federal investigators may have made a decision not to pursue Maziarz, we have learned that the State Attorney General's office is now turning its attention to the former lawmaker and has him squarely in their sights.
According to our sources, the Public Integrity Unit of State Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman's office is now focusing its attention on Maziarz after completing its work on the Steve Pigeon case which resulted in a nine-count state indictment against the former Erie County Democratic chairman on bribery and extortion charges. Pigeon and former State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek were both charged, leading to Michalek's resignation from the bench. Pigeon has denied guilt in that case and plans to fight it all the way.
As for Maziarz, sources tell us that the Public Integrity Unit is looking at funds from the Maziarz campaign account going to undisclosed recipients through third parties, possibly to keep the real recipients of that money from being identified in campaign filings.
In other words, a source tells this newspaper, investigators appear to be looking at whether Maziarz was able to steer many thousands of dollars from his campaign to undisclosed recipients through a third party. It could possibly lead to charges of false filings, according to legal sources.
As for Maziarz, he has hardly missed a beat since leaving office, working briefly as a grant consultant with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center ($2,000 to $3,000 a month) and also gaining appointment to the relatively obscure state Economic Development Power Allocation Board, an unpaid position. He is also seen as still wielding considerable political power in Niagara County from his long years of delivering patronage.
Maziarz and his lawyers have strongly denied any wrongdoing in the handling of campaign funds during his time in the State Senate and neither he nor any members of his staff have been charged with any crimes. But sources say the Attorney General's office is now focusing on Maziarz even as he works as a high-paid lobbyist for the Lynch lobbying firm.
The latest reports could be nothing more than Schneiderman's office looking to grab attention in the corruption-probe spotlight that so far has been dominated by U. S. Attorney Bharara. But only time will tell if this is just more saber-rattling by state prosecutors in the wake of charging Pigeon or something more, and whether it could mean King George–once a political ally of Steve Pigeon– will eventually be charged for actions involving his huge political campaign account.
Maziarz rumored to be considering a bid to challenge US Senator Kirstin Gillibrand
Rumors are swirling that former State Senator George Maziarz (R-Newfane), long considered an elder statesman of local politics, is considering a bid to unseat New York's junior United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-Hudson) in 2018. Gillibrand has performed strongly in
Tea Party leader calls for US Attorney Hochul to step down
Rus Thompson, the outspoken Tea Party leader,founder of TEA NY (Taxed Enough Already), and Grand Island businessman, is calling for US Attorney William Hochul to step down from his role as the region's top federal prosecutor. Over the last several months,
Maziarz's surprise decision comes as federal probe heats up
By Tony Farina, The Niagara Falls Reporter A federal investigation into his campaign spending stemming from the findings by the governor's now defunct Moreland Commission on Public Corruption may have prompted powerful State Sen. George Maziarz of Newfane to not


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Matt Singer Published: September 6, 2020
Having completed one dangerous stunt this summer — seeing Tenet in a movie theater with an audience — Tom Cruise is ready for more.
After a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mission: Impossible 7 is officially in production. Director Christopher McQuarrie confirmed that news with the first photo from the set, featuring someone one must assume is Tom Cruise standing on some kind of ramp in front of an enormous expanse of snow-covered mountains:
Given that this is Mission: Impossible and Tom Cruise, we have to assume Cruise is driving something — maybe a car, or possibly a flying motorcycle of his own invention — off that ramp into the great beyond. Godspeed, Tom Cruise.
Mission: Impossible 7 was originally supposed to begin shooting earlier this year. Back in June, assistant director Tommy Gormley predicted the film would be back to work in September — and here we sit on Labor Day weekend and Tom Cruise is jumping off stuff right on schedule. No plot details are known besides the general endangerment of the star's life, but it is known that Mission: Impossible 7 is supposed to shoot back-to-back with Mission: Impossible 8. After one postponement already, the films are currently scheduled to open in theaters on November 19, 2021 and November 4, 2022, respectively. And Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick is still awaiting a post-Covid release as well; it's currently expected in theaters on July 2, 2021.
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November 20, 2020 December 6, 2020 JeffreyButts
CUNY TV — DiverseCITY
CUNY TV's Diverse City program, hosted by Zyphus Lebrun, visits Port Richmond and neighboring West New Brighton on Staten Island to hear about a program in which former felons work with law enforcement to address the growing levels of gun violence.
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July 30, 2020 October 28, 2020 JeffreyButts
Fox News – Alternative Policing: NYC Mayor de Blasio Funding "Violence Interrupters"
Jeffrey Butts interviewed for this story on Fox News, July 30, 2020.
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City Lab – As Murders Rise, New York City Turns to a Police Alternative
[Cure Violence workers] "try to stop the cycle of retaliation, and because they are not seen as an extension of law enforcement, the people most likely to be walking around with handguns in their pocket will talk to them and will allow them to settle a dispute before it turns violent," said Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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The Intercept — Credible Messengers: Baltimore's Violence Interrupters Confront Shootings, the Coronavirus, and Corrupt Cops
Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research & Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, believes there are productive ways for police and violence interrupters to work together.
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June 10, 2020 August 16, 2020 JeffreyButts
NY Fox 5: New York Expands Cure Violence
On June 10, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the $10M expansion of Cure Violence programs in police precincts in New York City with the highest amounts of gun violence.
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September 10, 2019 October 28, 2020 JeffreyButts
Brooklyn Daily Eagle — Can you put a price on a life taken by gun violence? That's the $36M question.
"People have tried to put a number on the cost of a death. If someone is shot — even injured — much less killed, there are policing costs," Butts told the Brooklyn Eagle. "Someone has to show up to process the scene. There are prison costs for the shooter, and then all the other costs for family who have a person shot and or killed. There's lifelong trauma, loss of income. You can actually estimate the total cost."
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January 8, 2018 February 20, 2019 JeffreyButts
Gotham Gazette—Why Does Crime Keep Falling in New York City?
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center found that between 2014 and 2016, there was a 50 percent decrease in gun injuries in East New York, Brooklyn and a 37 percent reduction in the South Bronx, two communities where Cure Violence has been implemented.
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NY1— Study: Community Program Reducing Violence in Two NYC Areas
Grassroots organizations have often argued they can stop violence in a way the police department cannot. NY1 News reports on a new study by John Jay College's Research and Evaluation Center that shows some of those community programs are making a difference.
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Updated 18 July, 2018 - 22:37 Theodoros Karasavvas
From Barter to Bitcoins: The 5,000 Year History of Money
Money has come a long way in 5,000 years. While people once bartered for the items they desired, today people are buying and trading in cryptocurrencies like the bitcoin.
In ancient times, people did not buy or sell with money. Instead they traded one thing for another to get what they wanted or needed. This exchange of goods or services is called barter. At the beginning this was sufficient, but with the evolution of societies, certain needs made the creation of a more stable and more efficient way of trading imperative. Many cultures around the world eventually developed the use of money whose value was based on the value of the material from which it was made. This type of money is known as "specie money" and its value is guaranteed by the precious metal it contains.
A white slave market ( public domain ). Slaves could be either bought or traded.
The first coins were originally manufactured from copper and then iron because these were strong materials used to make weapons. The monetary value of currencies was based on the value of the metal from which they were made. Coins were convenient because they could be counted rather than weighed. Coins were a trusted and efficient medium of exchange because they helped to significantly boost trade in the ancient world.
The first type of coin was used around 3000 BC in Mesopotamia and was called siglos or shekel. The shekel was an ancient unit of money and weight used to define both a specific weight of barley and equivalent amounts of materials such as bronze and copper. The great importance of formalizing the role of money in civil society was even mentioned in Hammurabi's law code created around 1760 BC. Mesopotamian civilization developed a large-scale economy based on commodity money. The Babylonians and their neighboring city-states later developed the earliest system of economics as we think of it today, in terms of rules on debt, legal contracts, and law codes relating to business practices and private property.
Silver shekel issued by King Darius I of Persia ca. 500–490 BC, obverse: the king of Persia firing his bow. ( CC by SA 2.5 / Jastrow )
In 700 BC the Greek king Pheidon of Argos was the first ruler known to have officially set standards of weight and money and to have coins made from a rather useless and decorative metal like silver rather than of iron. King Pheidon coined silver coins in Aegina, in the temple of the goddess of wisdom and war Athena Aphaia, and developed currencies with turtles on them. (Turtles are a symbol of capitalism today.) Turtle currencies were accepted and widely used as an international medium of exchange until the days of the Peloponnesian War , when the Athenian drachma replaced them.
According to Herodotus, the first gold coins of the Grecian age were struck in Lydia, in Asia Minor, around 700 BC, under King Croesus, but it was not until 390 BC when King Philip II of Macedonia issued the first gold currencies. The Lydian coins were made of a weighed amount of precious metal and were stamped with the image of a lion.
Hoard of ancient Greek coins, 6 th – 4 th century BC ( public domain )
Even in ancient times the excessive importance given to money was recorded by Livy, who mentions a temple that was built and consecrated to the worship of Hera Monitas, hence the English "money," in Rome around 413 BC. The temple contained the mint of Rome for four centuries.
The first paper money or banknotes were first used in China during the Song Dynasty, between 600 and 1455. These banknotes, known as Jiaozi, had been used since the seventh century AD. In Europe the first banknotes were issued by Stockholms Banco in 1661 and used alongside coins. it did not work well, and had to be stopped because the banks kept running out of coins to pay on the notes. But in the 1690s, the Massachusetts Bay Colony printed paper money and here the use became more common.
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) banknote ( public domain )
Using coins as money based on the value of the material from which they are made eventually led to representative money. This happened because gold and silver merchants or banks began to issue receipts to depositors redeemable for cash value, which were tabulated. Ultimately, these receipts were widely accepted as payment and began to be used as money.
The convenience of transactions provided by the issuance of banknotes allowed notes used for exchange to become a widespread and commonly accepted business practice. This monetary system, where the means of exchange is paper that can be converted into preset, fixed quantities of gold, replaced the use of gold coins as money between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe.
In the early twentieth century almost all countries adopted this system for which certificates were issued, and there was a predetermined amount of gold for redemption.
After World War II and the Bretton Woods Conference, most countries adopted "Fiat money," whose value was determined according to the US dollar. In turn, the US dollar was determined by reference to gold. In 1971, the US government ended the convertibility of the dollar into gold, leading many countries to follow its example, and the majority of the money worldwide stopped being backed by gold reserves.
The latest evolution in the way we use money is cryptocurrency, a form of digital money that uses encryption to secure transactions and control the creation of new units. The first cryptocurrency was the bitcoin, but many others are following suit. Whether the future lies in cryptocurrencies or not remains to be seen.
Money, in whatever form it is found, has proved a necessary evil from its creation, and there is no more apt definition of its origin than Aristotle's: "When the inhabitants of one country became more dependent on those of another, and they imported what they needed, and exported what they had too much of, money necessarily came into use."
Top image: Gustav Bauernfeind: 'Market in Jaffa', Gemälde von 1877 ( public domain )
By Theodoros Karasavvas
The History of Money by Mary Bellis. About Money.
Money in Classical Antiquity by Sitta von Reden, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day by Glyn Davies
The History of Money . Nova
The history of money: from barter to bitcoin . By Rebecca Burn-Callander. The Telegraph.
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tmobley1 wrote on 16 December, 2016 - 04:37
This was an interesting article. Two things caught my attention first was how the author stated that the metal could be used to make weapons, and the second was in an earlier comment utilizing coins in leu of actual animal rescources. I was wondering if the ancient babalononyn cuniform was and could have had scrolls that acted as the Doomesday book in england?
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Johnny R wrote on 7 December, 2016 - 15:36
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J.R. Bentley wrote on 8 December, 2016 - 10:14
Currency backed by metals is stable. Someone explained it to me this way while back…
In ancient Roman times one ounce of Gold would buy you a decent Horse. In the mid 1800's an ounce of Gold would still buy you a Horse at the face value of $20.00. Even right now one ounce of Gold would buy you a horse at $1,200.
Yep, the Wool is being pulled over our eyes for sure.
Fred762 wrote on 7 December, 2016 - 23:06
1964 the Minimum wWge was $1.25..I was in college & working 3 part-time jobs to get thru. Gas was 25 cents and a Corvette was $3300. The pay was 5 90% silver quarters, IF you made MW.
FF to 2016..those same circulated 5 quarters from `1964, if you kept some( I did) can be taken to a coin shoppe and the nice man will give you 18 Federal Reserve Notes(pieces of paper) for those 5 quarter coins. Notice please that 1. the FRNs are not legal notes bks they promise to pay nothing to anyone at any time and at no specific place. 2. the "minimum wage" in 2016 is..what..$7.50?? LOL that shows how inflation and gvt [email protected] folks..the MW is less than 1/2 of what it was..in buying power..as compared to 1964!!!
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Paying for Services: Illicit Brothel Coins of Pompeii Show What's on The Menu
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HS2 Excavation Hillingdon Hoard of Potins a "Once-In-A-Lifetime Find"
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Ancient Submerged Factory Reveals A Maya Salt Currency
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