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Chances are, if you're participating in a Sioux Center recreation program, the person who started it was Dave Ruter. Ruter, who has led as the city's Recreation Director for 45 years and overseen the launch of many programs and facilities, has announced plans to retire in early 2021.
"Dave, you were the perfect person," Sioux Center City Councilman Dale Den Herder said after Ruter shared his plans.
"Part of being a great town is having places for families and kids, and I think our rec department does that," added Councilman Dale Vander Berg.
Ruter, a Kanawha, Iowa, native, started working for the City in December of 1975, when he was a senior at Dordt University – then Dordt College, where he played basketball and ran track. Prior to this, Sioux Center's recreation was not led by a single individual and was limited mainly to summer baseball and softball for children. He began with the city in what was a 6-month training program but was quickly asked to stay on as Sioux Center's full-time Recreation Director, even as he finished his Dordt degree.
Ruter began adding programs people were interested in, things he was interested in, and ideas people shared through a survey. That included indoor sports, slow-pitch softball for men and women, co-rec volleyball, sand volleyball, soccer and many more. In his 45 years, Ruter oversaw more than 1,400 recreation programs. He helped manage Sioux Center's first indoor pool, launch the All Seasons Center with its indoor pool and ice arena, and open the award-winning Siouxnami Waterpark.
"My experience as a recreation director was tremendous for me," Ruter said. "I enjoy the people, the athletics, and watching people participating have fun – I think that's what it's all about – having fun and learning through the experience. It's been impactful for me as well. I couldn't have wished for more for my life."
Ruter plans to retire at the end of February 2021, anticipating time to enjoy home projects, raising dogs, working part-time and volunteering. He knows he will miss many aspects of what he does as Recreation Director, especially his co-workers.
"I've gotten to work with such a great team over the years. The people have been phenomenal and an influence in my life," Ruter said. "I've worked with thousands of people over the years – this year alone we have 100 employees. They do so much – things I don't even know how to do. It's really a team effort, and I call myself their cheerleader."
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DOJ Tax Division Alumni Blog
This blog is for news and other items of interest to DOJ Tax Division Alumni. Comments are welcome, but comments are being moderated to prevent inappropriate comments. Alumni aware of items of potential interest to all Alumni should email them to Jack Townsend (jack@tjtaxlaw.com).
Former Tax Division Attorney Pleads to Tax Perjury (6/22/19; 6/22/19)
DOJ Tax announced here that James F. Miller, a former Tax Division attorney, pled guilty to willfully filing a false tax return that "underreported his gross income on his 2010 through 2014 tax returns by approximately $2,215,587." The plea count was § 7206(1) which is a three year felony. The announcement indicates that he agreed to pay $735,933 restitution.
According to my database, Mr. Miller served as an attorney in the Tax Division Appellate Section from 1979 to 1983.
Update 6/22/19 10:15am: Peter Reilly, a frequent and interesting commentator on the tax scene, has posted an entry on Miller's plea and some of the background information. Peter J. Reilly, Tax Lawyer Turned Lobbyist Pleads Guilty To Leaving Over $2M Off Tax Returns (Forbes 6/22/19), here. I highly recommend Peter's discussion. Peter offers links for further information on Miller.
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Labels: Attorney Crimes
Death of James Dewey O'Brien (6/19/18; 6/24/19)
Dewey O'Brien, known to and loved by many of the "old-timer" DOJ Tax Alumni, died June 18. I received notice of his death from his son, Daniel O'Brien. I do not have a link right now to an internet offering with further information, but I post below an obituary sent to me by his son, Dan O'Brien, which I think will be sent to the Washington Post and perhaps other publications (see the links below).
Mr. O'Brien was born in rural Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Growing up under difficult circumstances after the death of his mother when he was eight-years old and the onset of the Great Depression at age 12, he forged a remarkable career and a reputation as a kind and cheerful optimist.
After working for the Civilian Conservation Corps, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1938. During the war, he saw action in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters, most notably the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. He attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer, served on the staff of Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, and was awarded the Bronze Star after a kamikaze plane struck his ship, the USS Natoma Bay.
After the war, he attended Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches where he met his future wife, Neoma R. O'Kelley. He obtained his law degree from Louisiana State University.
Committed to public service, he worked to support orphanages in Louisiana. Assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he formed a citizens committee that investigated and prosecuted public corruption within the state government and judiciary.
After an unsuccessful campaign for Congress, he was hired by the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division in 1953 where he prosecuted criminal tax cases for most of his career. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division during the Ford Administration.
Upon retirement, Mr. O'Brien gave pro bono legal assistance to many genealogical, patriotic, and hereditary organizations as a national officer, member, or friend, including: Sons of the American Revolution, First Families of Connecticut, the Crown of Charlemagne, and Early Quakers. On April 12, 2014, the National Huguenot Society awarded him the NHS Distinguished Service Medal, one of his prized possessions.
He is the author of two books, "Our Colonial Ancestors," a genealogical study, and "An American Experience, The First Ninety-Three Years," an autobiography.
He is survived by his wife, Neoma, and four children, Terrence C. O'Brien of Venice, California, Kathleen E. O'Brien Lockwood of Reston, Virginia, Michael S. O'Brien of Waldorf, Maryland, and Daniel J. O'Brien of Redondo Beach, California, as well as four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Services will be held June 25 at the Kalas Funeral Home in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Mr. O'Brien will be buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Links for further information are:
Washington Post Obituary (6/23/19), here.
Natchitoches Times, here.
JAT Comment: I'm sure you all can feel the love of the son in the brief obituary. Dewey had some remarkable experiences in his life that made him the great attorney and friend that he was. So, I can add to the obituary that my own observation that he was a friend and mentor to those of us who encountered him in the Tax Division.
Labels: Obits
Jennifer Wilson Nominated to be U.S. District Judge for MD Penn (5/4/19)
Jennifer Wilson, a Tax Division Alum, has been nominated by President Trump to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The White House release is here. The release says:
Jennifer Philpott Wilson of Pennsylvania, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Wilson is a Partner with Philpott Wilson LLP, in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, where her practice includes civil litigation, criminal defense, and family law matters. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Wilson served as a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice's Tax Division and was an Associate with Chadbourne & Park LLP. She has been an Adjunct Professor at Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, teaching a course on "Written Advocacy and Judicial Opinions." Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Wilson served as a law clerk to Judge Jon P. McCalla of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and to Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Ms. Wilson earned her B.A., cum laude, from Swarthmore College and her J.D., summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as the Executive Notes and Comments Editor for the Brooklyn Law Review.
Labels: Career Moves
Renée McDonald Hutchins Appointed Dean of Law School (4/22/19)
Renée McDonald Hutchins, a DOJ Tax Alumnus, has been appointed Dean of the University of the the David A. Clarke School of Law (University of the District of Columbia Law School). See press release here. The relevant excerpt about her DOJ Tax experience is:
Hutchins moved to Washington, D.C., in 1997 to work as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. She served as a trial attorney in the Criminal Enforcement Section of the department's Tax Division as well as a special assistant in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Her work with the Department of Justice brought her to the attention of Sills Cummis & Gross, where she became a Senior Associate in the firm's white-collar criminal defense and general civil litigation practice in 2000.
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Grimberg Nominated to be U.S. District Judge (4/4/19)
On April 2, 2019, President Trump nominated Steven D. Grimberg to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Atlanta. The announcement is here, which I just cut and paste because it is brief:
Steven D. Grimberg of Georgia, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Steven Grimberg is a Managing Director and General Counsel of Nardello & Co., where he heads the global investigation firm's Atlanta, Georgia, office. Before joining the firm in 2018, Mr. Grimberg prosecuted white collar crimes as an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Economic Crimes Section in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia and as a Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice's Tax Division. Mr. Grimberg also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law, teaching courses on criminal procedure, criminal law, and trial advocacy. He received his J.D., with distinction, from Emory University School of Law and B.A., with honors, from the University of Florida.
According to his current firm bio, here:
Steven served as an Assistant United States Attorney and a Deputy Chief of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, where he investigated and prosecuted numerous complex white collar criminal cases involving corporate fraud, embezzlement, public corruption, insider trading, tax evasion, computer hacking, bank fraud, and health care fraud.
During his time with the US Attorney's office, Steven helped supervise a section of approximately 25 federal white collar prosecutors and other professionals. He developed and led a Cyber Crime Unit, comprised of prosecutors who worked closely with highly-skilled law enforcement agents from the FBI, United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, and other law enforcement agencies to investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute some of the most prolific cyber-criminal organizations in the world. Steven served as a National Security Cyber Specialist for the US Department of Justice, which meant that he was the point of contact in the Atlanta metro area for all cyber-related threats and attacks that had national security implications. He regularly engaged in outreach to the private sector, collaborating on cyber defense practices through one-on-one meetings, seminars, panels, task forces, table top exercises, and case interactions.
Steven served for over 12 years in various capacities at the US Department of Justice, during which time he received numerous awards and recognitions, including the prestigious US Department of Justice Director's Award on two occasions. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, he worked in private practice for seven years representing clients in complex civil litigation across the country.
I don't have information about the DOJ Tax section(s) in which he worked. If anyone has that information, please either post it as a comment or email me at jack@tjtaxlaw.com
Desmond Confirmed and Sworn in as Chief Counsel (3/19/19)
See Michael Desmond Confirmed And Sworn In As Trump's First IRS Chief Counsel (Tax Prof Blog 3/18/19), here. His Wikipedia page is here.
Mike Cox Named VP Taxation for Norfolk Southern (1/24/19)
Michael F. ("Mike") Cox has been named Vice-President Taxation. See Norfolk Southern names Michael F. Cox vice president taxation (Cision Newswire 1/23/19), here. The announcement says only with respect to his service in that Tax Division that he was a trial attorney there.
Clare E. Connors Nominated as Attorney General for Hawaii (1/8/19)
Clare E. Connors has been appointed to be the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii. She awaits Senate confirmation. See Former assistant U.S. attorney picked to be Hawaii's new attorney general (Khon2 1/3/19), here. Her Wikipedia page is here.
She had previously been nominated by President Obama named to a district court judge slot, but the nomination expired at the end of Obama's term. See Wikipedia page above; and Clare E. Connors Nominated for Federal District Court Slot (Federal Tax Crimes Blog 9/9/15), here.
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Mike Desmond Nomination as Chief Counsel Stymied (1/9/18)
I picked this up from Checkpoint Newstand for 1/9/19:
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has remained steadfast in blocking Senate floor action on the nomination of Michael Desmond to serve as IRS chief counsel. As described on the agency's website, the chief counsel "serves as the chief legal advisor to the IRS Commissioner on all matters pertaining to the interpretation, administration, and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as all other legal matters". There was some hope that Desmond's nomination would come before the full Senate before the end of December but that was not the case. Menendez's office confirmed to the media that he had delayed floor action on the nomination. On Jan. 3, the Senate Finance Committee returned Desmond's nomination, along with a number of other nominations, to President Trump under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. According to the Congressional Research Service, "nominations that are pending when the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days are returned to the President unless the Senate, by unanimous consent, waives the rule requiring their return. If a nomination is returned, and the President still desires Senate consideration, he must submit a new nomination to the Senate". Menendez has described his opposition to the nomination of Desmond as well as his earlier opposition to the confirmation of current IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig as a protest against the agency's proposed regs, pursuant to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA; P.L. 115-97, 12/22/2017), that would prevent states from declaring certain state and local tax payments as charitable contributions. For the return of the nomination to the President, see here.
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Sex and Tax (Including the Tax Division) in the Movies (1/7/18; 1/19/19)
Many readers will already know that there is a new movie, On the Basis of Sex (Wikipedia page here), which revolves around a tax case involving a constitutional issue on gender discrimination in the tax law in a case pitting Ruth Bader Ginsburg (yes, the notorious one, often referred to as RBG) and her husband Marty Ginsburg against the Tax Division. (Sorry to disappoint, but it is not that kind of sex, although the confluence of sex and tax is usually an oxymoron but surely an attention grabber.) RBG needs no introduction and, I suspect, neither does Marty who was, in my mind, the smartest tax lawyer around. I have several Marty stories, but none related to the Tax Division Alumni.
The tax case was Moritz v. Commissioner, 469 F.2d 466 (10th Cir. 1972), here, cert. denied, 412 U.S. 906 (1973). According to the movie portrayal, the principal actors from DOJ were: Jim Bozarth, (Appellate Section line attorney now in private practice, here), Ernest J. Brown (Appellate Section reviewer and former tax professor at Harvard Law School, now deceased), and Erwin Griswold (Solicitor General and former tax professor and Dean at Harvard Law School, now deceased). The movie does not include the SG tax assistant, Richard Stone, who would likely have been a principal player in the real drama.
Those who worked in the Appellate Section (like me, there at the time) may see some liberties taken in the movie (like the absence of the SG tax assistant who would have pulled the laboring oar in the SG's office, although my experience was that SG Griswold did take special interest in tax cases and would have done so in authorizing the petition for cert). Whether the SG was materially involved prior to the Tenth Circuit decision seems unlikely.
I do have a friend, Peter Reilly, a tax blogger at Forbes, here, who has tried to gather information about the portrayals in the movie. He has discussed the movie with me; to date those discussions with Peter were before I saw the movie. I could then just talk about the working of the Appellate Section and the players involved, including the missing SG tax assistant (Richard Stone) and others. Most significantly, Peter talked with Jim Bozarth. As of this writing, Peter has written three blog entries on his sleuthing about the movie, including comments from the screenwriter, Daniel Stiepleman. I list those current blog entries (updated) below, but urge readers interested in the topic to check back with Peter's blog because there will be later blog entries. These are presented in chronological order.
"On The Basis Of Sex" - What To Read Before You Watch (Forbes Peter Reilly 12/28/18), here.
On The Basis Of Sex: How A Tax Case Became A Victory For Gender Equity (Forbes Peter Reilly 12/31/18), here.
On The Basis Of Sex: Portrayal Of Opposing Attorney Has No Basis In Reality (Forbes Peter Reilly 1/4/19), here.
On The Basis Of Sex - Watch The Other Lawyers (Forbes Peter Reilly 1/13/19), here. (This is the most focused presentation on the DOJ Tax Appellate lawyers (Brown and Bozarth) and the Solicitor General.
Also, the TaxProfBlog re-posted Peter's first offering here. Apparently given its very wide readership the TaxProfBlog got some great comments for the article, so I strongly recommend clicking on the Tax Prof Blog link and reading the comments. Here is my favorite, although not about DOJ Tax lawyers:
My wife and I saw the movie at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. The movie is a sweet love story, about a tax issue. We both liked the movie. I thought it was lovely. Just about a nice, married couple, and taxation. Who could ask for anything more?
Having now seen the movie, I will say that much of the presentation about the interactions of and with the DOJ Tax lawyers (Brown and Bozarth) did not strike me as what would have really happened. Some of Peter Reilly's blogs linked above get into that. But, I don't think that they are so far off (except in one respect that I will note) that they take away from the overall movie or the zeal with which the DOJ Tax lawyers presented the case.
My only complaint is that they presented the Tenth Circuit argument almost as if it were a jury trial. My experience with DOJ Tax Appellate is that the attorneys avoided the drama at oral argument (it is a tax case, after all). The movie had, for example, Bozarth turning from the judges to look at the taxpayer (Moritiz) and the opposing lawyers (the Ginsburgs), and even casting an aspersion that the Ginsburgs promoted the case for reasons other than the client's interest. I would be stunned if Bozarth did that (he is too class a lawyer for that) and am disappointed that the makers of the movie felt it appropriate to put that fictional (in my view) event in the movie.
I would appreciate comments from DOJ Tax Alumni. Please make them below or send them to me at jack@tjtaxlaw.com. Any information, anecdotes, etc., sent to me will not be published or shared with anyone else (including Peter Reilly without express permission). One thing I am particularly interested in is who the SG tax assistant was (I may know that later today when a document package is delivered to Peter Reilly) and whether, if the SG tax assistant is still alive, how he might be contacted.
Also, those having difficulty posting comments (some do), please email the comments to me with a request to post the comment and I will take care of posting them.
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Labels: Appellate Section, Sex and Tax
DOJ Tax Alumni Directory
Career Opportunities / Moves
Postings may appear on this blog related to (1) career opportunities that may attract candicates with DOJ Tax Division experience or (2) DOJ Tax Alumni that may be looking for a career move. If anyone has item of this nature to post, please notify me at jack@tjtaxlaw.com.
DOJ Tax Alumni Links
DOJ Tax (Wikipedia Entry)
DOJ Tax Alumni Yahoo Group Emails
DOJ Tax Web Site
Death of Rick Halberstein (10/29/18)
Article on Mabel Walker Willebrandt, First AAG Tax (11/10/18)
Tax and Bankruptcy AUSA Position in S.D. Alabama (7/29/18)
Pat Mullarkey Retires (9/15/18)
Interesting History on Carlton Fox, DOJ Tax, and His Compilations of Legislative History (8/8/18)
Main Justice (Web Magazine on DOJ)
Main Justice Articles on DOJ Tax
Wikipedia Entry for DOJ Tax
Key Words / Labels
Alumni in the News (7)
Alumni Publications (2)
Alumni Update (1)
Appellate Section (1)
Attorney Crimes (1)
Career Moves (61)
DOJ Tax Attorneys (2)
DOJ Tax Awards (6)
DOJ Tax Criminal (1)
DOJ Tax Functions (2)
DOJ Tax History (6)
DOJ Tax Leadership (11)
DOJ Tax-General (3)
DOJ-General (1)
Front Office (17)
Nominations (19)
Obits (53)
Sex and Tax (1)
Tax Division Event (1)
USAO SDNY (1)
Wikipedia Entries for Alumni (1)
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Former Tax Division Attorney Pleads to Tax Perjury...

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I have limited my vacation travel mostly to Ohio because of gasoline prices and the need to conserve this valuable resource. I have found that many townships, counties and even some state highways do not have proper signage at intersections.
Many crossroads, side roads and forks in the road have absolutely no signs. You do not know at these intersections whether to go straight, or turn right or left. The roads often have the same surface and center lines, so there is not any clue. Often I have taken the wrong road because of the lack of signs and have wasted gasoline.
I suggest that people in all 88 counties look for roads without proper signs and notify the proper officials to determine if signs could be provided. Better yet, perhaps The Dispatch could print a list once a week of roads without signs to bring this matter to the attention of the governor and other officials.
I wonder how many gallons of gasoline could be saved with roads properly identified.


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I wanted to share with you, why my brand is called Rainbow Gecko Gallery. First though let me introduce myself.....My name is Sarah, I am 33 and i live in Tasmania, Australia. I got serious about Mixed Media Art about a year ago and created Rainbow Gecko Gallery.
Where did the name come from? I have always loved Geckos and the colour Rainbow. Ever since i was about sixteen I wanted to get a tattoo of a Rainbow Gecko, Now in my personal opinion, I think tattoos are overrated, everyone has one. For me, I never thought I would get one. So why did I ? I got my tattoo as it is me, in the 10 years between knowing what I wanted and actually getting it done...THE DESIGN NEVER CHANGED....I have a 5cm rainbow gecko crawling up the back of my ankle...for anyone if you want a tattoo, choose your design, think about it for a few years, and then if you still want it..get it..make sure you are 100% happy with it. IT IS PERMANENT.
So after the tattoo a great friend of mine made me my surfboard which I designed a huge Rainbow Gecko on the front, and rainbow all down the back. It was amazing.
This is my Surfboard...shaped by Glen Johnson Gangsta Surf.
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My works are free and expressive, always bright, metallic and glittery.
I use butterfly, flower and feather imagery, I create stamps, stencils and artist collage papers to use in my artworks.
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Hear No Monster Club's new album People Are Weird
The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
If the back catalogue of Bobby Aherne's No Monster Club has taught us anything is that the talented Dubliner has an ability to write insanely catchy guitar songs. It's something he's done with a regularity in the last five years: 'Be My Bone', '(I Think You Could Get Away With This Carry On When You're In) The Sun', 'A Better Fit' or 'La La Land' to name but several songs of his.
People Are Weird, his latest album is chock full of them, making it his most accessible work yet and an album that feels like a progression in that Aherne has nailed the catchiness in a distilled songwriting style that moves the music he makes into a wider territory, and he's done it with his humorous character intact and a cleaner production throughout (with mastering by his bandmate Mark Chester).
It's there in the opening track of 'Can't Get Enough Of That Hippy Dippy Bullshit', a bright march into tight lo-fi pop track 'Arms Across America' which leads to a less-than two minute keyboard-pop stomp of 'The Severed Head' which hurtles into perhaps, the best song Aherne has ever written 'I've Retired', an ultra-catchy fuzz-pop wonder and the most celebatory song about ending a music career you're likely to hear.
"You got to treat this life as a laugh," goes 'Winning Streak', a credo which Aherne puts across in his fun songs and it's something which is felt on 'A Bad Example' a song which addresses the often traumatic school-going experience with a classic rock'n'roll rhythm or 'Late Bloomers' a psychedelic bounce track which suggests that people don't always hit their potential early on in life, which is a nice way to say that this is Aherne's best No Monster Club release so far. People are weird and also, great.
Buy the album on Bandcamp.
People Are Weird will be launched on March 14th in Bello Bar, with support from Soil Creep & Laurie Shaw – €7 in, or else €10 with the album on CD or tape.
People Are Weird
No Monster Club
Nialler9 Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The best songs of January 2015
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Design Museum wins European Museum of the Year 2018
London's Design Museum has won the European Museum of the Year 2018 prize, the seventh UK winner in 41 years.
The annual competition is run by the European Museum Forum, the longest-running and most prestigous museum award scheme. The Design Museum is described on the European Museum of the Year website: "In its unique building this inspiring, socially-aware museum is an exceptional achievement, celebrating and exploring the magic of human creativity, the objects, ideas skills and forces that shape our lives. Without losing its identity, this museum was able to renew and strengthen its public values, reopening with a wide range of new exhibitions along with an intense program of activities, providing an impressive and memorable experience for its visitors of all ages, achieving accessibility of the highest quality.
The Design Museum moved premises from its original position near Tower Bridge, reopening in West London on 24 November 2016. This year saw the museum receive its millionth visitor and its Ferrari: Under the Skin exhibition (which opened 25 March and finished 18 April 2018) has had the biggest audience in its history with more than 100,000 visitors. The Design Museum has also toured a number of its exhibitions: 'Hello, My Name is Paul Smith' has visited Taipei and Shanghai, and is set to open at Beijing's Today Art Museum on 6 June until 7 October 2018.
Previous UK winners of the European Museum of the Year award include Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Shropshire; Beamish Museum, County Durham; the National Conservation Centre, Liverpool; National Railway Museum, York; the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London; and the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
Image of the Design Museum from designmuseum.org.
London's new Design Museum is open
Three UK museums nominated for European Museum of the Year 2018
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OTHERS MAGNA PRIMA BERHAD ("MAGNA" OR "COMPANY") MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE STATUS OF DEFAULT IN PAYMENT TO ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD ("ALLIANCE BANK") PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 9.19A OF THE MAIN MARKET LISTING REQUIREMENTS OF BURSA MALAYSIA SECURITIES BERHAD ("LISTING REQUIREMENTS")
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MAGNA PRIMA BERHAD ("MAGNA" OR "COMPANY")
MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE STATUS OF DEFAULT IN PAYMENT TO ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD ("ALLIANCE BANK") PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 9.19A OF THE MAIN MARKET LISTING REQUIREMENTS OF BURSA MALAYSIA SECURITIES BERHAD ("LISTING REQUIREMENTS")
Reference is made to the Company's announcements made on 24 June 2020, 25 June 2020, 26 June 2020, 17 July 2020, 22 July 2020, 24 August 2020, 21 September 2020, 19 October 2020, 19 November 2020, 21 December 2020, 19 January 2021, 23 February 2021, 22 March 2021, 21 April 2021, 20 May 2021, 28 June 2021, 27 July 2021, 30 August 202, 8 September 2021, 29 October 2021, 30 November 2021, 30 December 2021, 28 January 2022, 28 February 2022, 29 March 2022, 28 April 2022, 31 May 2022, 30 June 2022, 29 July 2022, 29 August 2022, 29 September 2022 and 28 October 2022 in relation to the Default in Payment to Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad ("Announcements"). Unless otherwise defined, the definitions set out in the Announcements shall apply herein.
The Board of Directors of Magna wishes to inform that there has been no change to the status of default in payment to Alliance Bank since last announcement dated 28 October 2022.
Further announcement on the development of the above matter will be made as and when necessary.
This announcement is dated 29 November 2022.
Company Name MAGNA PRIMA BERHAD
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Reference Number GA1-29112022-00086
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30 Dec 2022 Change of Address
20 Dec 2022 DEALINGS IN LISTED SECURITIES (CHAPTER 14 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) : Dealings Outside Closed Period
20 Dec 2022 Changes in Director's Interest (Section 219 of CA 2016) - MR LEE CHIN CHEH
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BOARD NEWS | APRIL 2022
Presidential appointees bring wealth of experience to NPPA board
The National Press Photographers Association is proud and ecstatic to announce Maria Carrillo and Shaminder Dulai have accepted invitations to join the association's board of directors as presidential appointees.
Texas drone law overturned after judge rules for NPPA in federal lawsuit
When the law was first proposed in 2013, NPPA urged the legislature to reject the bill which amounted to a broad ban on drone use for a wide range of purposes that included journalism.
NPPA AWARDS | MARCH 2022
NPPA honors Jodi Cobb, Rich Beckman with Sprague Awards
NPPA honors Jodi Cobb, Rich Beckman and other outstanding visual journalists, educators and First Amendment advocates
SUNSHINE WEEK 2022
Celebrating Sunshine Week 2022
Celebrating Sunshine Week 2022: A Challenge to Openness – An Opportunity to Shine
NPPA RAFFLE | March 3, 2022
Fundraising raffle celebrates 75 years of the National Press Photographers Association
Celebrate the National Press Photographer Association with the NPPA 75th Anniversary Raffle.
NPPA MENTOR PROGRAM | March 2022
NPPA Mentorship Program has new co-chairs
The National Press Photographers Association is proud to announce two new co-chairs of the Mentorship Program: Srijita Chattopadhyay and Matt McCabe. As co-chairs and alumni of the program, Chattopadhyay and McCabe will bring continue to build the initiative.
NPPA Advocacy submits letter to Grand Teton National Park superintendent
NPPA Advocacy submits a letter to Grand Teton National Park superintendent in support of a member who does wedding photography.
NPPA seeks Supreme Court review of lawsuit challenging California's AB5
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) filed a Petition for Certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States asking it to review our AB5 lawsuit. The NPPA is a co-plaintiff/petitioner with the America Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA).
PANEL DISCUSSION | FEB. 27, 1:00pm ET
Journal-isms Roundtable, NPPA join forces for panel discussion
Journal-isms Roundtable, NPPA join forces for a panel discussion featuring photojournalists of color. The discussion will center on the impact of new technology on photojournalism, their experiences as photojournalists of color and why so few photographers of color are working in major news media outlets. They will also discuss the need to increase diversity in visuals staffing and newsroom leadership.
Arizona HB 2319 would make it illegal to film police within 15 feet
A hearing will take place in the House Appropriations Committee at 8:30 am (MST) on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022.


Shayne P Carter is pleased to announce the release of his albumOffsider, out on CD and digitally 9th of September via Flying Nun. This August Shayne P Carter and band are on tour around New Zealand - the tour dates are below. Pre-release CDs will be available to purchase at these shows. Offsider will be released internationally and on vinyl early 2017.


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home » about-bto » press-releases » BTO's longest-running census goes online
BTO's longest-running census goes online
01 Jun 2015 | No. 2015-28
The Heronries Census, run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), counted its first Grey Heron nest way back in 1928; 400,000 nests later it has gone digital.
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The Heronries Census began in 1928 and has been in operation ever since. It collects annual counts of 'apparently occupied nests' in UK heronries and uses the data to monitor the population sizes of Grey Herons and Little Egrets. For the last 88 years, the Census has provided an annual estimate of the total UK breeding population of Grey Herons: this is the longest series of such data for any bird species in the world!
Counts are made at heronries by the BTO's volunteers. It is one of the simplest surveys and requires no special skills. Until now, most counts have been mailed to BTO on special cards but, from 25 June, the option of direct online input of data became available to our observers for the first time.
John Marchant, National Organiser of the Heronries Census for the BTO, for the last 22 years, said, "Going online is the most important development in the long history of the Heronries Census. It will make it easier for existing volunteers to contribute and will open the scheme up for members of the public to report new nesting sites for herons and enter casual counts of nests apparently occupied. We hope in due course to expand the concept to cover more species that habitually nest in colonies, such as Rooks and inland nesting Cormorants."
Online data input is now available for all of the BTO's major surveys, alongside the submission of paper forms. The online option has quickly become mainstream for other surveys and we expect a rapid take-up for the Heronries Census, too.
The long-term information shows a general increase in numbers, though there has been a strong downturn since 2001, perhaps due to recent cold winter weather and the increasing frequency of spring gales. The most striking feature in the trend over the last 88 years is the effects of harsh winters which leads to high mortality rates and a clear dip in the population levels.
The BTO's Heronries Census has gathered nest counts annually since 1928 at an increasing proportion of the UK's heronries. We aim to count as many heronries as possible each year and to ensure that newly established sites are quickly discovered and brought into the programme of annual counts. http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/heronries
John Marchant
(BTO National Organiser of Heronries Census)
Email: john.marchant [at] bto.org
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Exploring the value of a complete quarter-century of weekly garden bird observations from BTO's Garden BirdWatch covering the length and breadth of the country.


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21 March 2019 / SF News / Jay Barmann
No One Knows Why, But Juvenile Crime Has Gone Way Down In California
Across the Bay Area and the state, juvenile detention centers are more than half empty, and the rates of juvenile crime have dropped precipitously over the last two decades.
The Chronicle did a big cover story today about the not-well-understood trend of falling juvenile crime rates, which have been steadily dropping since a well noted spike in the late 1990s.
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) reported the astonishing figure back in 2016 that juvenile crime in San Francisco had dropped 80 percent over the course of the previous 20 years. CJCJ noted that about 6,000 juveniles were referred to the Juvenile Probation Department in SF in 1996, and in 2015 that number was down to 1,200.
And Child Trends reported on the trend at the national level, saying that overall rates of juvenile crime were significantly down among all races between 1997 and 2015.
According to the Chronicle's analysis, this has meant that about 4,700 fewer juveniles have been killed in California over the last two and a half decades as would have been killed if juvenile homicide rates had remained steady.
Experts have yet to arrive at an explanation for this trend, either at the state or national level. "Nobody knows why this occurred," says Mike Males, a senior research fellow with CJCJ, speaking to the Chronicle. "[The downward trend happened] almost regardless of what local, state or national policies were adopted."
Only one clue in the California data possibly points to the economy — the downward trend reversed and spiked up briefly just before the Great Recession, in 2006, only to begin falling again the next year.
SF District Attorney George Gascon tells the Chronicle he believes that policies around juvenile incarceration changed over the past two decades after research showed that even one stint in juvie could lead to recidivism.
"We recognized that actually institutionalizing people, especially young people for low-level offenses, actually has the reverse impact. It doesn't deter them," Gascon tells the Chron.
The spike in juvenile crime led to a building boom for juvenile detention halls back around 2000, as well a state proposition imposing harsher sentences on current and former gang members even if they committed minor offenses.
Now those juvenile halls have plenty of space in them. Per the Chron: "Nevada County had an average of five juveniles locked up each day last year in a facility built to hold 60. Alameda County had 66 kids in a building designed for 358."
Violent crime at the national level is at a historic low, as this 2018 report by the Congressional Research Service showed, though rates of violent crime appeared to be on the rise in cities of all sizes between 2015 and 2016.
Still, as the CJCJ reported, there are twice as many arrests each year of people over age 50 in San Francisco than of those under 18.
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Why Camel Club is special ?
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If you like crazy parties, loud music and dancing till late night, then better save Camel Club's address, as it is one of the most famous party destinations in Da Nang. It is usually full on weekends and is popular mostly with local young people.


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Killybegs
eOceanic has been made aware of this haven. We are looking for a sailor with first-hand experience to provide their direct personal insights so that we may complete our write up. In advance of this we have posted these preliminary research notes. Do you know this location? Please contact us or click the 'Report a Mistake or Omission' button below to help share this location with the sailing community.
Killybegs is a harbour inlet off McSwyne's Bay situated on the northern shore of Donegal Bay, approximately 13 miles (21kms) west of Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland. The town of Killybegs, which is Ireland's premier fishing port, is located on the western shore of the harbour about 2 miles within the entrance. The harbour affords a choice of anchorages, the best of which is to the northeast of the town with the opportunity for a short stay alongside berthing to the west end of the town pier after contacting the Harbour Master. Another reasonable anchorage for an overnight stay is in Walkers Bay to the northwest of the slip, on the east side of the entrance to Killybegs Harbour southeast of Rough Point which gives good shelter in southwest or west winds.
The secure natural harbour offers good shelter, but some unpleasant swell may be encountered in south to southwesterly winds. Access is straightforward by day or night in all reasonable weathers and tidal consideraions.
Consideration should be given to the large number of fishing boats that use the port, and yachts should not be left unattended except for very short periods.
Keyfacts for Killybegs
A completely protected location with straightforward access.
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this is the position of the harbours pierhead
The following Killybegs initial fix will set up a final approach:
This is set at the centre of the entrance to Killybegs Harbour midway between Port Roshin and Rotten Island
Taking a mean tidal offset from Dover's tide, we expect your targetted date's associated local tide at Killybegs to be:
Data based on an average tide is only accurate to within one hour, if you more precise times are required use the ISA tidal predictions, with Galway offset +00:45.
Click the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons to progress through neighbouring havens in a coastal 'clockwise' or 'anti-clockwise' sequence. Below are the ten nearest havens to Killybegs for your convenience.
Teelin - 4.1 miles W
Donegal Town Harbour - 5.1 miles E
Mullaghmore - 6.3 miles S
Dawros Bay - 7.1 miles NNW
Glen Bay - 7.3 miles WNW
White Strand Bay - 7.3 miles W
Malin Beg Bay - 7.5 miles W
Church Pool & Portnoo - 7.9 miles N
Rathlin O'Birne Island - 8.3 miles W
Inishmurray - 9 miles SSW
Brown Bay - 12.3 miles SSW
Rosses Point - 12.6 miles SSW
The 'Erris Head to Malin Head' coastal description provides approach information to the suggested initial fix. Vessels approaching from the south should select the northeast bound sequenced description; vessels approaching from the north should select the southwest bound sequence; western approaches may use either description.
Killybegs – Irish : Na Cealla Beaga, the name is believed to have been taken in early Christian times from a group of monastic cells. The town is located in County Donegal and is situated at the tip of a deep fjord like inlet which makes it one of the safest most sheltered deep water harbours on the Irish coast. Sitting at the base of a vast mountainous tract which extends northwards, the natural scenic deepwater harbour has a new pier that was completed in 2004 at a cost of 50 million Euros. Killybegs is Irelands premier fishing port and its harbour is often very full with trawlers as it is home to the largest Irish midwater trawler fleet and also to the whitefish fleet, but it also handles other types of shipping including passenger cruise liners and has more recently become the favoured port for the importation of wind turbines, and is also a service port to the offshore oil and gas drilling rigs. The town specialises in the processing and freezing of species of fish such as mackerel, herring, scad and blue whiting, which when finished is then exported to overseas markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
From the 17C onwards the town continued to prosper as a seaport and market town although today the area is equally important for tourism, as in the summer months it is a mecca for visitors who come to enjoy the beautiful scenery, golden beaches and rich cultural interests. Visitors spend many happy hours at the harbour just watching the fishing boats land their catches and the fishermen mending their nets. Fishing is not the only industry that Killybegs is famous for as it was renowned for its carpet and tapestry making some of which were produced on the biggest loom in the world at the Donegal Carpet Factory. The carpets known as Donegals are hand knotted in the Turkish style and have adorned many famous buildings such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, The Vatican, Dublin Castle and many other prestigious buildings around the world. Sadly the factory closed in 2003 but since 2006 it reopened as the Maritime and Heritage Centre which provides information and demonstrations of carpet making and the fishing industries. Visitors are encouraged to try their hand at making a carpet or repairing a fishing net or sail.
The Hidden Gems Tour which departs with local tour guides from the Information Centre on Shore Road, is a leisurely tour along the magnificent coast of southwest Donegal to the spectacular Sea Cliffs at Sliabh League, a trip well worth a visit. Less than a ten minute drive from Killybegs is the very safe blue flag bathing beach at Fintra Bay. The beach consists entirely of golden sand and is a favourite spot for tourists, and it is reputed to be the safest beach in Ireland, no fatalities ever having occurred there.
In August Killybegs holds its annual Street Festival which celebrates the fish catches and incorporates the tradition of the Blessing of the Boats. The Festival lasts three days with fun and games, plenty of music, song and dance and much craic for the visitor to enjoy.
Killybegs is brilliant for water sports such as surfing, canoeing, wind and kite surfing, water skiing and diving. A new dive centre has recently been opened with a resident teaching professional.
For the passing yachtsman Killybegs is a great place to drop into to stock up with new provisions and to enjoy some of the many local amenities, it also has good transport connections and Donegal Airport at Carrickfin is only 46 miles (74kms) away which takes about an hour to drive.
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Aerial overview of Killybegs Harbours
About Killybegs
Iain Miller wrote this review on Oct 19th 2017:
Along the coast from Killybegs you will find two of Donegal's oldest established rock climbing venues.
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http://uniqueascent.ie/sail_rock_guide
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Jessica Moss – Pools of Light
Tuesday 11th, July 2017 / 09:00
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By Cole Parker
Constellation Records
Jessica Moss is the violinist and composer that has been a member of the Montreal post-rock behemoth Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra since their second release, Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upwards (2001). Since the band's hiatus, she's been working diligently touring and writing her own solo material. First, with Under Plastic Island, an independant release in 2015 and now with her label debut, Pools of Light.
For fans of Silver Mt. Zion, the violin-centered Pools of Light will be a treat. Moss' knack for swelling orchestral layers of sound persists in her solo work but it is more strongly influenced by drone and folk. Rather than aiming to build emotion on top of itself, Pools of Light instead focuses on crafting atmosphere.
It has the capability to teleport you into its lush world. You can get lost in it, but so too can Moss and the improvisational tone of the record can sometimes leave it to meander without clear direction.
Nonetheless, Pools of Light can leave you drowning in its undercurrent of dark neo-classical.
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Libraries, parks and leisure
Cottons Park
Cottons Park, formally known as Cottons Recreation Ground is the closest park to the Romford Town Centre and is now on the edge of the ring road.
Despite it being located in a densely populated part of the borough, Cottons Park with its small wildflower meadow and conservation grassland is alive with activity.
Cottons Park was formally known as Cottons Recreation Ground. During the last war the whole area was used for war-time purposes, eg allotments, air raid shelters and a large building constructed as a decontamination centre, which was later turned into a pavilion and cafe.
Cottons Park is the park closest to the centre of Romford and is now on the edge of the ring road.
The park covers an area of 6.43 hectares and is laid out for formal sports, including rugby and football. It also includes a children's play area, wheeled sports equipment, a multiuse games area, outdoor gym, ornamental shrub beds and grass areas for informal recreation.
There are five entrances. two along London Road, one at Recreation Avenue, one on Marks Road and one through the car park at Cottons Approach. These all feed into the surfaced footpath network in the park.
Cottons Approach, Romford RM7 9QX
Parking and season tickets
There is a paid car park at Cottons Approach. Operating hours are Monday - Saturday 08:00-18:30 with a maximum stay of 5 hours.
If you wish to travel by bus, you can reach Cottons Park using route 86 which runs between Romford and Stratford. There is a stop on London Road just outside the park gates. Alternatively, it is also possible to take the 252 from Collier Row and alight at Romford Market. From here it is just a short walk to the entrance in Marks Road. Detailed public transport travel information and journey planner can be found on the Transport for London website.
The park is generally open from 8am to 8pm, but closing times will vary seasonably - generally half an hour after dusk. Exceptions may occur. Contact 01708 434743 for more specific daily details.
What is now known as Cottons Park was originally known as Cottons Recreational Ground and was once owned by the Cottons family as part of the famous Cottons Estate. It is believed that Cottons House stood where the Ford Garage now stands at the top of Waterloo Road by the Brewery Roundabout. (Waterloo Road was known as 'Dog Lane' that lead down to the old Romford Station).
Cottons House was owned by Nicholas Cotton who occupied a prominent position in Romford Town at the time. He died 2 years after Queen Elizabeth's visit in 1568. He may have met her.
An interesting entry in 'St Edwards the Confessor' registry dated Sep 22. 1574 reads: Robertus Cottonus – goonne powder. Alas no more details are available.
The family continued to live in the house for many years until they fell on hard times, reducing their once fine grounds of paddocks, orchards and house to an overgrown wilderness and ruin. The Council then sought ways of removing this eyesore that was so close to the town.
The 15 acres of Cottons Recreational Ground were purchased by the Council in 1920 for the princely sum of £4,500. After a year of heavy negotiations with the Cottons family solicitors and several grant applications to leading banks and approval from the 'Ministry of Health', the Cottons Family still refused to sell the land.
The Council must have automatically purchased it under a Compulsory Purchase Order. After its purchase the Council wasted no time in clearing the grounds and erecting six tennis courts and a putting green which it hired out to clubs and individuals.
The famous Three Town Show, held jointly by Romford, Dagenham and Hornchurch Councils, was held in 1947. This drew large crowds to the bandstand, bees and honey exhibits, rabbits, handicrafts, model railway and an unusual novel feature, the aquaria exhibits.
The main emphasis however was on 'self-sufficiency' in growing your own fruit, vegetables and flowers. Another popular exhibit was the poultry, where 'back-yarders' discussed the merits of the Bantams against the larger Light Sussex Breed. The Mayor at the time - Alderman Chaplin JP. Said "this is our most ambitious show that Romford had ever put on".
Most of the labour in the park was carried out by the unemployed by arrangement with the Unemployed Committee — this provided them with work and kept labour costs to a minimum. Furthermore, much of the foliage was donated by R H Page, in particular, fifty-three Lime Trees in 1922.
Of course back then, the Council provided funds for a Gardener and Gardener's Assistant. The gates and fencing cost £77 and 10 Shillings courtesy of Messrs Bayliss and Jones — a far cry from the cost today.
Nellie Sims, Romford's favourite flower girl, recalled during these hard-up-times of the 30s, that to survive boredom and lack of money, the 'workless league' formed their own football team and some grand matches were played in Cottons Recreation Ground on Thursday afternoons. This day was chosen because most of the worthy opponents were shop and store staff – and worked half days on Thursdays.
Cottons Recreational Ground was also used by the Salvation Army who played on a Thursday evening throughout the early 1920s in aid of their Instrument Fund. The use of Cottons Recreational Ground led to the Ministry of Health producing new byelaws which stated that the park gates would be locked at sunset and opened between 6.30am and 7.30am, dependent upon season. Cottons Recreational Ground was re-designated as a park in 1927.
The Wooden Sculpture memorial installed in 2009 dedicated to the six people who sadly lost their lives in Cottons Park during World War II. At 11.30pm on the night of 17 October 1940, during the Second World War, a line of bombs started to fall near Allen's car showroom, then all across Cottons Park to Recreation Avenue.
Tragically, one of the three bombs that landed in the park fell close to the parks underground public air raid shelte - as there were no 'blast walls' in front of the shelter entrance, six people out of the nine inside were killed.
Their names are:-
Edith Cole – 33
Terence Henry Cole – 5
Alan Christopher Cole – 12 months
Walter Charles Ellis – 28
Arthur Charles Ellis – 4
Arthur Henry Minter – 10
It seems strange that these young families were taking shelter there at this late hour. Mrs Theresa Alborough has kindly given the reason: these two families had their own Anderson type air raid shelters in their back gardens, but were both being lined with concrete at the time. The concrete was to stop the water seeping in to these semi-underground shelters and having to bail them out every day. It is known that one of these families' owned a bicycle shop opposite the park where the Ming Court is today.
During the World War II days, the ground in Cottons Park, from Recreation Avenue to the old tennis courts, was turned over and used as allotments, so local residents could 'Dig for Victory' as the war time expression encouraged. A line of houses in Marks Road that backed onto Cottons Park was compulsory purchased and demolished in the 60s.
These plots were given over to the park to compensate for new retirement homes (the Rotunda) being built on park land. That is why the odd numbered houses in Marks Road start at 131. An old path, seemingly going nowhere in the park, was the back garden entrance to these missing houses.
The park proved to be very popular with the flower beds, bandstand and park benches. In 2002, the Friends of Cottons Park were formed, and through their partnership working with the Parks and Open Spaces department, funding became available to carry out improvements in the park.
These improvements have included the provision of new fencing, new play equipment, a multi-use games area and an excellent urban sports facility.
Information from Havering Libraries Local Studies
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There is a large play area situated towards the centre of the park. There is also a multi-use games area and a skate park.
An outdoor gym is available on this site.
There are no public toilets on this site.
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Nearly half-century-old fish caught and released during fish surveys on Lake Superior
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BAYFIELD, Wis. — State fish biologists conducting spawning surveys on Lake Superior hauled in a lake trout earlier this month that hatched when Richard Nixon was president.
The fish was originally caught and released during the Wisconsin DNR's spawning assessments for lake trout in 1981. It was caught and released again Nov. 2 in the same fish refuge, the Gull Island Shoal of Lake Superior.
"We often think of a fish's life span being relatively short, maybe 10 years," says Terry Margenau, DNR fisheries supervisor. "But lake trout are slow growing and have a longevity that will rival that of the ancient sturgeon."
To help assess the condition of lake trout on Lake Superior, the DNR has been conducting spawning lake trout assessments since 1951. Part of the assessment includes tagging the fish caught and releasing them so biologists can monitor their growth and movement in future years.
The fish caught Nov. 2 had first been tagged in 1981 when it was 27.3 inches during a DNR spawning assessment on Gull Island Shoal of Lake Superior. The same fish was handled again in 2017 during the same spawning assessment and measured 35.5 inches, Ray says.
"This lake trout grew about 8 inches over 36 years, or less than a quarter inch per year," he says. "So very slow growing. Its age is also interesting.
"Considering this fish was likely 10 to 12 years old when it was tagged in 1981, this fall it would have been at least 46 years old."
The same fish would be caught by DNR seven more times during surveys, Ray says.
In all of those instances, the fish was captured in the Gull Island Refuge.
"The spawning site fidelity of this fish, and many others we have sampled, emphasizes the importance of the refuges and the protection it affords the spawning stock of lake trout," he said.
Anglers who catch a tagged lake trout and intend to release the fish are asked by the DNR to write down the tag number and contact the Bayfield DNR office to get the capture history.
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"The Physicists" is an absurd comedy about dark political matters. It takes place in an insane asylum where two patients strongly believe that they are the physicists Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein while a third patient believes that he is speaking to King Solomon. The play begins as a murder investigation unfolds after Einstein murders the nurse who used to care for him.
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The great earmark debate: Who should determine federal spending priorities?
Opponents in the debate over earmarks have never fallen neatly along the partisan divide. Outspoken critics – organizations such as Citizens Against Government Waste and Taxpayers for Common Sense, as well as legislators such as Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) – decry the earmark process as a waste of taxpayer dollars at best, and a sign of corruption in the Capitol at worst. At the same time, many other commentators, policy analysts, and legislators from both sides of the aisle maintain a pragmatic view of earmarks as the "grease" that turns the wheels of our country's political machine.
To be sure, earmarks have, at times, been both wasteful and politically self-serving. Funding in 2005 for the nearly $400 million "Bridge to Nowhere" was the controversial spark that ultimately led to Congress banning earmarks altogether in 2011. It is no mystery that at least part of the difficulty Congress has had in passing spending bills in recent years can be attributed to the ban on earmarks, as they were a form of currency members could use to trade political favors.
The reigning debate over whether earmarks are fundamentally about either keeping corruption out (the idealist perspective) or allowing the wheels of the political machine to turn more easily (the pragmatist perspective) is secondary to the central issue. Simply put, the real debate is about power over spending and who should have it.
Since Congress banned earmarks in 2011, awareness of their centrality in the budgetary process has increased because executive branch power has grown significantly since 2011, and the importance of the balance of budgetary authority is still not well understood. We are more accustomed to hearing and reading stories about flashy political favor-trading and crippling legislative gridlock than budgetary process.
But if earmarks truly represented more spending of taxpayer dollars, or if earmarks were spent on inherently more wasteful projects, then no politician would seek the attention they provide.
The reality is that earmarks do not increase spending, nor are they inherently more wasteful, or without beneficiaries. Earmarks simply redistribute money that has already been appropriated. They are what happens when legislators attempt to allocate funding for projects or priorities that often benefit their constituents.
In a recent paper, I showed that the earmark ban had little impact on the way federal grant dollars were distributed across congressional districts. Legislators who used earmarking before the ban most likely found alternative ways to allocate funding to their home districts after the ban. For example, in a practice known as "lettermarking," members contact agency officials directly to request that agencies use appropriated money to fund specific projects in their home districts. Another approach has been for members to modify authorization bills to favor particular geographic areas, a more roundabout way of achieving earmarked appropriations.
The takeaway is that legislators are still motivated to override federal agency priorities when those priorities do not work for their constituents; before 2011, earmarks provided a sanctioned method for members to achieve this result. For example, the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General found in 2007 that 9 out of 10 projects earmarked in a Federal Aviation Administration grant program for airport facility improvements would not have been funded without being earmarked and that the inclusion of these projects had caused higher priority projects to be delayed by 3 years or more.
Should we find this troubling? Reports like these certainly appear to support – and in the case of the 2007 report did, in fact, support – the ban on earmarks. Of course, spending via earmarks is almost always motivated by political gain. Members of Congress relish getting allocated funding for big projects in their home districts. Bringing home the bacon helps them achieve their main priority: reelection.
Previous research has shown that earmark allocations are correlated with legislator attributes such as party affiliation, seniority, and membership on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. Critics of earmarks point to these connections as evidence of corruption in Congress. But this view seems to assume that executive branch agencies have the "right" budgetary priorities to begin with. This introduces a deeper question: How do we determine what the right priorities are?
Put another way, are funds allocated by legislator priorities somehow more wasteful than those allocated by bureaucrat priorities? It's a tough question to study because of the inherent difficulties in defining and measuring "effective" federal spending.
In my research on earmarks, I experimented with a wide range of potential ways to quantify federal spending effectiveness. Ultimately, I determined that no metric could reliably provide such a measure because people want different things. More to the point, beliefs about what the government should prioritize when spending taxpayer dollars vary widely, and in a society that values personal liberties and freedoms, every belief is equally valid. How, then, to decide?
The economic approach, and the one that the Constitution's framers seemed to have adopted, assumes that people respond to incentives. The key difference between a legislator and an agency official is that a bureaucrat is motivated to adhere to executive branch priorities, while a legislator is motivated to avoid deviating from their constituents' priorities.
When it comes to setting federal spending priorities, the executive branch should follow Congress's lead; allowing executive agency priorities to supersede legislative branch priorities (i.e. the peoples' priorities) short circuits an important feedback loop that holds the government accountable for taxpayer dollars: elections.
Earmarks or no earmarks, the power of the purse belongs in the hands of those who are incentivized to represent constituent concerns. There will always be abuses of power and bad ideas – we probably have not seen the last Bridge to Nowhere – but giving elected officials, not appointed officials, the power over taxpayer dollars puts spending authority where it belongs.


This is the story of Michelle Larsen and Daryl Jackson. Michelle is looking for a good man. The guys that she meets are not up to par in one way or another. They have issues that she just can't deal with, and some of the issues are pure comical.
Now enters Daryl Jackson. Daryl is a handsome, educated and seemingly paid man who wants to settle down. It is said that if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Daryl has a secret, but while most women can't handle the truth, Daryl thinks Michelle can. The question is...can she really handle the truth?
After dating for a while and Daryl not making a move on her, Michelle is wondering what is wrong with him. Of course, she makes a boatload of assumptions that turn out to be wrong.
A Hard Man Is Good To Find had a few typos, but not enough to hinder the story. The biggest error I saw was the one on the type of vehicle he drove. One sentence said Blazer and the next said Yukon. Although humor was spread all the way through the story, I felt that it became a little annoying. Daryl seems to be well paid, but we aren't told what he does for a living and Michelle began to work my nerves with Daryl. Why did she stay with him so long yet kicked the others to the curb with a quickness? Even though A Hard Man Is Good To Find isn't a long book, overall it was a good book.
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