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'Avengers: Endgame', 'Uri' highest ticket sellers in 2019 on BookMyShow
2 min read . Updated: 31 Dec 2019, 03:25 PM IST Lata Jha
'Avengers: Endgame' emerged as the most popular film on online ticketing site BookMyShow in 2019
It was followed by war epic 'Uri-The Surgical Strike' that sold 5.6 million tickets
Beating all local language offerings, Marvel's superhero flick Avengers: Endgame emerged as the most popular film on online ticketing site BookMyShow in 2019, selling 8.6 million tickets, the highest for the year. It was followed by war epic Uri-The Surgical Strike that sold 5.6 million tickets.
The Bigtree Entertainment Pvt Ltd-owned website that released its annual entertainment report Show of the Year said demand for Hindi movies grew 12% from last year but non-Hindi local languages were not too far behind--films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi were amongst the top rated regional language films. In fact, demand for Malayalam movies rose 108% followed by English at 45%.
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Following Avengers and Uri as the top ticket sellers were Shahid Kapoor's controversial romantic drama Kabir Singh and action thriller Saaho. Meanwhile, movies with the longest shelf life, or the ones that remained listed for the longest time on the platform were Hollywood musical fantasy Aladdin (179 days) followed by Tamil movie Ayogya (125 days) and Kabir Singh (102 days).
Further, 30% of the top 10 movies (in terms of the number of tickets sold on BookMyShow) were based on real-life stories and incidents. As far as actors go, Akshay Kumar with 9.2 million tickets and Ayushmann Khurrana with 6.3 million tickets overall, dominated charts with three films each. Sunday evening was the most preferred show time for movie-goers while 3% of the total tickets were booked in the last 30 minutes before a movie's the show time. Hyderabad was home to the maximum number of movie lovers, followed by Mumbai and Bengaluru. In fact, Hyderabad moved from fourth position in 2018 to outnumber its peers and lead the charts in 2019. Meanwhile, Kochi witnessed a 56% increase in the number of people using BookMyShow to watch films as compared to 2018.
The number of international live events listed on BookMyShow grew 62% in 2019 while the number of live events wholly executed by BookMyShow grew 156% since last year. Residents of Mumbai held the top position when it came to live entertainment experiences followed by the National Capital Region and Chennai. Jaipur emerged as the city with most number of customers buying tickets for live entertainment offerings, followed by Kochi and Guwahati. India's fascination for cricket continued as the live entertainment genre which saw most ticket sales, followed closely by music concerts and theatricals. Home-grown music festival Sunburn grew significantly this year with over 3,00,000 fans attending the festival across shows. The top live event of the year was the U2: Joshua Tree Tour, for which 26% of attendees travelled from NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad to Mumbai. It was followed by the NBA (National Basketball Association) India Games 2019 which saw 100% occupancy with the average ticket price for the event at Rs. 12,000.


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Tag Archives: Novartis
ONYX SOLAR IN THE BEST PROJECT OF NEW YORK 2014
December 4, 2014 – 3:23 pm
Tagged Novartis, Onyx Solar, photovoltaic constructive solutions, photovoltaic skylight
The Best Regional Project in New York 2014´ has been awarded to Novartis' building, where Onyx Solar has implemented the largest skylight in the world, by the prestigious magazine ENR.
The pharmaceutical giant Novartis received the award ´The Best Regional Project 2014´in the Green Project category by the one of the most prominent construction and engineering publication that is part of McGraw Hill and Standard & Poor Group. This award took place only a year after Onyx Solar installed the world´s largest photovoltaic skylight, setting the benchmark worldwide for innovative solutions for energy efficiency, design, and sustainability.
This impressive photovoltaic skylight, implemented by Onyx Solar, in the new headquarter building of Novartis in the United States, was designed by the renown architect Rafael Viñoly in collaboration with Turner Construction. The vast 27,500sq.ft skylight consists of hundreds of large photovoltaic glass units developed by Onyx Solar. These innovative units feature crystalline technology which incorporates perforated solar cells that introduces an optimal amount of filtered natural light into the interior of the building, which is essential especially for the office spaces. The photovoltaic glasses of the skylight also generate clean free electricity from the sun, enough to power lightings for more than 600 houses.
Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record, known as ENR, is a part of McGraw Hill and Standard & Poor´s group. ENR is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data, and opinions for the construction industry worldwide.
ENR annually ranks the largest contractors and design firms in the U.S. and internationally. Its "construction economics" section covers the cost fluctuations of a wide range of building materials.
Onyx Solar, the Unstoppable
Since its establishment in 2009, the growth of the company could not have possibly gone unnoticed with the spectacular increase in its turnover, estimated at 100% annually, along with many other things. The company has more than 500 open opportunities in 50 countries with projects in the United States, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, China, and many others. They also have an international network composed of 200 partners and distributors across 5 continents.
Novartis, exemplary model of sustainable growth
The giant Swiss company, which employs more than 120,000 people, had a turnover of $50,000+MM in 2012, a success due also to their sustainable practices and policies and CSR. Novartis regarded as the leader in its industry for sustainability and green policies, according to Green Rankings 2012: Global Company. Its new campus in New Jersey will promote cancer research and create 1,600 additional jobs. Moreover, this campus will set an architectural milestone for green building.
Turner construction: leadership and safety
A prestigious magazine, Engineering News Record (ENR), has ranked Turner on top for having the largest domestic turnover in construction. Turner has also been awarded with excellence in the field of safety in 2013.
Turner was responsible for the success of Novartis Oncology Consolidation project by providing quality assurance, coordinating multiple teams, and leading the communications between all trades.
Rafael Viñoly´s commitment to cutting-edge architecture
Awarded in 2013 by the Society of American Architects, Viñoly is one of the most committed architect in sustainability and innovation in the realm of international architects. Since 1983 he has been developing many projects from his offices in New York (headquarter), London, Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, and Tokyo.
For Novartis, Viñoly designed a project that shines for its sustainability strategy, energy efficiency, and innovation.
His commitment to Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV), as displayed through the largest skylight in the world at Novartis, will certainly make him an undisputed leader in the sector.
ONYX SOLAR COMPLETES THE LARGEST PV SKYLIGHT IN THE WORLD FOR NOVARTIS
September 18, 2013 – 12:51 pm
Tagged BIPV, Novartis, OnyxSolar, PV Skylight, Turner
Spanish company Onyx Solar, through its US subsidiary, has completed the installation of the largest PV skylight in the world, a PV double skylight sizing 27,500 sqf which was executed for the new Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation´s headquarters in New Jersey, United States.
The skylight will allow the firm generate free and clean electricity from the sun, equivalent to the lighting of more than 600 houses, at the same time that it provides the building with cutting edge technology that will turn it into an international reference for innovation, efficiency and sustainability.
The PV skylight is comprised of 820 units of PV glass modules in large format and they incorporate photovoltaic crystalline perforated solar cells which made the manufacturing process more complex due to the higher fragility of the cells; on the other hand, such solar cells allow a more homogeneous natural light transmission through the building, enhancing its interior lighting which is key for any office space.
The execution of the project was especially demanding due to the complexity of the skylight system which had to be movable (open and close) for maintenance purposes.
In this way, general contractor Turner Construction entrusted the entire project to Onyx Solar under a turnkey solution contract, which was executed successfully, reaching the highest quality standards that delighted the owner.

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The Nomination Committee's task is to prepare and submit proposals for the number of Board members to be elected by the AGM, election of the chairman and other members of the Board, Board fees and possible remuneration for committee work, election of chairman of the AGM, election of auditors (if applicable) and auditor's fees and proposed rules for the appointment of the Nomination Committee for the 2019 Annual General Meeting.
The Nomination Committee consists of Staffan Lindstrand appointed by HealthCap VII L.P., Göran Wessman as representative of Protem Wessman AB and Evert Carlsson as representative of Swedbank Robur. Vicore Pharma's chairman, Leif Darner, is also a member and acts as the convener of the Nomination Committee.
The Annual General Meeting of Vicore Pharma Holding AB (publ) will take place on May 15, 2019 at the company's premises at Astra Zeneca in Mölndal. Shareholders who wish to submit comments or proposals to the Nomination Committee may do this by 15 March 2019 by email to info@vicorepharma.com or by letter to Vicore Pharma Holding AB (publ), c / o BioVentureHub, Pepparedsleden 1, 431 83 Mölndal. The Nomination Committee's proposal will be presented in the notice convening the Annual General Meeting and on the company's website.


Your friend gets a new home and you can't help feeling excited about visiting for the first time. This is your friend's first home and first time owning their own land. They are just as excited as you are about having people over in a home instead of an apartment.
The first thing they do when they settle into the home is invite you over for a house-warming get-together. When you get there, you slip and fall down the stairs as you walk around the home during a tour.
Your friend knew about the slippery stairs but didn't think anyone would fall down them. As the owner of the property with an awareness of the issue, it is your friend's responsibility to pay your medical bills.
Your lawyer tells you about premises liability and gives you more information about a possible case. Let's take a deeper look into premises liability and what it entails.
There are several types of injuries that would fall under a premises liability case. They include slip and fall, snow and ice accidents, inadequate maintenance, defective conditions, and inadequate security that leads to an injury or assault.
They also include elevator/escalator accidents, dog bites, swimming pool accidents, amusement park accidents, fires, water leaks or flooding, and toxic fumes or chemicals. As you will notice, there are quite a few incidents that can be considered a premises liability case.
If there is an unsafe condition on the person's property that they knew about, they are responsible for paying the medical bills for any injuries you sustain because of that condition.
Property owners are required to exercise reasonable care when it comes to the maintenance of the property. That way, no visitors are harmed while visiting the property.
Visitors are separated into three categories: invitees, licensees, and trespassers. Property owners are not responsible for trespassers unless the trespasser is a child. If it is a child, then the owner is responsible for making sure the child gets treated by medical professionals.
An invitee has the owner's permission to be on the property and are usually family, friends, or neighbors. A licensee has the property owner's permission to enter the property but is doing so for a motive of some sort.
An example of an licensee would be a salesperson going door to door. The property owner is duty-bound to tell the person about any dangerous conditions if they know about the condition and the licensee is not able to discover it on their own.
You have the option of opening a case if you wish to do so. As the owner of the property, it is their responsibility to pay for any medical bills you incur. You know it may be a hassle to open a case but you can't afford your medical bills otherwise.
You may not have another choice, especially if your family is pressuring you to file a lawsuit against the owner of the property. At the end of the day, it is up to you what you decide to do from this point forward.


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The San Francisco Federal Executive Board (SFFEB) is the hub of the Federal Community in the Bay Area & Northern California. It serves as a vital link to intergovernmental coordination by identifying common ground & building cooperative relationships across the 9-County Bay Area & Northern California. The SFFEB represents approximately 70,000 federal, postal and military employees at 461 Federal Agencies & Offices throughout the nine bay area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma) as well as the de facto support of Federal Employees throughout the 48 counties of Northern & Central California for projects & programs including the annual Combined Federal Campaign.
The Members of the SFFEB Governing Council are the senior executives of the representative agencies. The Governing Council meets monthly to address agency concerns at the policy level.
The SFFEB and all Federal Executive Boards (FEBs) have the following operation framework:
Emergency Preparedness and Employee Safety & Health
Workforce Development Readiness and HR Lifecycle
Strategic Partnerships & Intergovernmental Affairs
Through the combined efforts of our senior Federal leadership we:
Provide communication between Federal agencies during emergencies.
Provide & administrate Leadership Training Programs.
Recognize exemplary work & employees through the Federal Employees of the Year Awards.
Connect to our local community through outreach projects.
Provide local training for our Federal workforce to reduce travel dollars.
Are poised to facilitate large interagency projects.
Share special skills & resources between agencies including: mediation, trainings, translation support, and recruitment activities.
In these times of budget cutbacks, FEBs are critical to the future success of the Federal government. Connecting local agency offices to your local FEB is the best way to stretch your budget and collaborate with local leaders.
Presidential Directive – 465 Memorandum on the Need for Greater Coordination of Regional and Field Activities of the Government
FEB Bylaws
What are the FEBs?
The Federal Executive Boards (FEBs) are small Federal Agencies which were created by Presidential Directive in 1961 to foster communication, coordination, and collaboration among Federal Agencies within regions outside of Washington, DC. Approximately 85% of Federal employees then & now are located outside the Washington, DC area. FEBs are located in the 28 regions with a high concentration of Federal agencies & employees. The functional framework of a FEB is similar to a Trade Association. FEBs build interagency partnerships & community involvement to create & nurture working relationships that address issues of shared interest. FEBs provide a forum for local Federal leaders to share management challenges & to develop strategies to meet agency missions & goals, identify common issues, develop collaborative efforts to address those issues, and to share best practices among their peers.
How many Agencies/Federal employees are covered by the FEBs?
Each FEB represents an average of 140 agencies & offices, and the size is dependent upon its geographic area of responsibility. Approximately 780,000 Federal employees are served by the 28 FEBs throughout the US.
Who is involved in the FEB?
The FEBs support & welcome involvement from all Federal employees within all three branches of the Federal Government who are associated with a local FEB. The voting membership & FEB direction is primarily made up of the highest ranking leaders of Federal Agencies & Offices within the local FEB's geographic area of responsibility. Members represent civilian, military, postal, law enforcement agencies, and quasi-federal agencies regardless of size.
What happens at Board meetings?
The Board meetings provide a forum for local Federal leaders to pinpoint local priorities and needs, and work together to design strategies to tackle them. Additionally, the Boards will often host experts from Federal agencies, the Presidential administration, and business or non-governmental organizations to share pertinent information with the local Federal leadership.
What do the FEBs do?
While the three primary areas of focus (Intergovernmental Affairs, HR Lifecycle, and Safety, Health, and Emergency Management) are consistent across the FEB network, specific FEB activities are largely dependent upon the needs & desires of the local Governing Board.
How are FEBs involved in emergency preparedness?
FEBs increase emergency preparedness of Federal communities by facilitating planning, training, and coordination among Federal agencies to ensure continuity of operations; assure Federal community awareness by providing timely & accurate communication of emergency information; and work to identify & address information or communication gaps for Federal community preparedness.
How are FEBs involved in workforce development & support?
FEBs conduct outreach to inspire & educate key pools of talent needed by government; support Federal agency leadership & HR professionals with resources for strategy development and cross-agency job fairs; convene or provide critical training opportunities & learning experiences which are identified as a need by multiple agencies; provide free mediation & facilitated discussions to resolve disputes & preserve working relationships through their Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) or Shared Neutrals Program (SNP); provide & administrate several Leadership Training Programs; and recognize exemplary work & employees through the Federal Employees of the Year Awards.
What are the benefits of the FEBs organizing trainings and programs, rather than agencies organizing their own programs?
FEBs organize and offer programs leveraging agency resources to produce maximum public value. Through active membership and coordination by Federal leaders, agencies are able to reduce duplicative efforts and achieve increased efficiencies.
How are FEBs involved in intergovernmental and community activities?
FEBs improve communications among Federal agencies within each FEB, across the nationwide FEB Network, and with headquarters' agencies in Washington, DC. They serve as a focal point for State and local governments planning emergency response for the Federal workforce; cultivate community relations by coordinating Federal participation in local events; and support the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) by providing Federal employees the opportunity for giving to local charities.
What is the size of each FEB office?
Each FEB office is authorized one or two full-time equivalent (FTE) Federal employees (Executive Director with a Deputy Director or Program Assistant) who manage the daily operations of the FEB as well as all of the programs, activities, councils, and committees. Most FEBs are provided with the opportunity to pursue additional support through various leadership programs, internships, and Federal employee 'detail' opportunities.
How are the FEBs funded?
All funding is provided by a voluntary host department or agency. Office space, staffing, telecommunications, and the general operating budget are preferably sponsored by one department or agency, but these areas are sometimes split between multiple local departments or agencies. Additional special projects & trainings can be funded by either individual agencies or groups of agencies.
Why is my duty area not covered by an FEB?
FEBs are located in areas with significant federal populations that serve as hubs for federal interagency activity. The regulations at 5 CFR 960.103 authorize the OPM Director to create, dissolve, or merge FEBs. Several factors are considered for these actions including the size of the general population, the size of the Federal population, the activity level & local commitment of agencies, as well as the ability to secure resources to support the FEB staff office & programs.


Thomas Hughes (1851-1928), of Edenmore, DL, High Sheriff, 1903.
JOHN BASIL HUGHES TORRENS (1902-).
CAPTAIN FREDERICK MICHAEL ALEXANDER TORRENS-SPENCE DSO DFC AFC RN (1914-2001), of Drumcullan House, near Downpatrick, County Down, High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1979, had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Ulster Defence Regiment and Ulster Special Constabulary.
Captain Torrens-Spence succeeded Sir Norman Stronge as Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh (1981-89) following Sir Norman's heinous murder with his son James at Tynan Abbey (my father and I attended their funeral at Tynan parish church).
BRIGADIER EDWARD JOHN (Johnny) TORRENS-SPENCE CBE.
HERBERT FREDERICK, of whom presently.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HERBERT FREDERICK SPENCE (1880-1937), of Rosstulla, Whiteabbey, County Antrim (see above).
EDENMORE HOUSE, Whiteabbey, County Antrim, was built in the Italianate style ca 1865 for James Torrens (1796-1884), a prosperous solicitor and land agent for the Donegall and Shaftesbury Irish estates.
The mansion was likely designed for Mr Torrens by the architects Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon.
There were two gate lodges, long since demolished.
It remained the Torrens residence for 63 years years, until the death of James Torrens's son, Thomas Hughes Torrens (1851-1928).
Following his decease, Edenmore became the quarters of Edenmore Veterinary Hospital under the patronage of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
In 1950, the house and demesne were adapted as RAF Edenmore, a base for No. 67 NI Reserve Group and No. 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Group.
Edenmore opened as a hotel from 1963 until the mid-1980s.
Its principal function rooms were named Eden, Torrens and Shaftesbury.
Subsequently Edenmore became a care home.
It was demolished in 2016 for a housing development.
DRUMCULLEN HOUSE, Ballydugan, near Downpatrick, County Down, was a part of the ancient Demesne of Down.
Through the Middle Ages the demesne, including the townland of Hollymount, was owned by the Downpatrick Benedictine Abbey.
During the Reformation, the land was seized by HENRY VIII and granted to Gerald, Earl of Kildare.
The ownership of the land passed through several hands to Lady Cromwell, who married the Rt Hon Edward Southwell MP, Secretary of State for Ireland.
In 1695, Lady Cromwell leased Hollymount Townland to General Nicholas Price, of Hollymount.
Mrs Mary Delany stayed at Hollymount House in the summer of 1745, sketched the house and wrote a romantic description of it and the surrounding woodlands.
From the Prices, the property passed by marriage and inheritance, in 1779, to Francis Savage and then, when he died in 1723, to his widow, the Lady Harriet Butler.
Lady Harriet later married Mathew Forde, of Seaforde.
Her ladyship greatly enlarged Hollymount House, building a new Georgian-style wing in front of the old house, now ruinous.
In 1838, Lady Harriet sponsored the construction of Hollymount Church; and in 1841 arranged for the construction of a new house on her estate, Drumcullen, as a residence for the Rector of the new church.
In 1853, she enlarged the house after a design by Charles Lanyon for herself and her nephew, the Rev Pierce Butler, Rector of Hollymount, 1852-56.
Later residents of Drumcullen House included the Rev F H Hall, William Russell, a solicitor in Downpatrick and Portaferry, the Whitesides and the Galways, from whom Captain Torrens-Spence bought the property ca 1948.
The estate comprises 113 acres including the house, garden, farmyard and woodland.
103 acres have been let on a con-acre basis to the same tenants for about 20 years.
There are farm buildings, including stables and three Dutch barns (recently re-roofed).
The property has recently been sold, following the death in 2017 of Mrs Rachel Torrens-Spence.
9, WELLINGTON PLACE, BELFAST, a red-brick Georgian townhouse of four storeys, was built ca 1830.
The premises were purchased outright in 1860 by Richard Davison and James Torrens, who were recorded as occupants in that year.
Davison and Torrens were solicitors who established an office at 9, Wellington Place, but also had a branch at 65, Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Davison and Torrens continued to operate from their Wellington Place offices until the 1920s.
They also conducted business as estate agents and principally administered the estate of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
In 1910, Thomas Hughes Torrens was recorded as Lord Shaftesbury's agent.
The solicitors continued to operate from the address in 1918; however, by that time the firm had changed its name to Torrens & Bristow, when John Bristow took over as partner from Davison.
Mr Torrens still operated as Lord Shaftesbury's agent at this time.
Torrens & Bristow had vacated the building ca 1924.
The coronet of an earl is a silver-gilt circlet with eight strawberry leaves alternating with eight silver balls (known as pearls) on raised spikes.
The coronet itself is chased as if in the form of jewels (like a royal crown) but is not actually jewelled.
It has a crimson cap (lined ermine) in real life and a purple one in heraldic representation.
there is a gold tassel on top.
The raised pearls on spikes distinguish it from other coronets.
This coronet, which is one of the most striking, has, rising from a golden circlet, eight lofty rays of gold, each of which upon its point supports a small pearl, while between each pair of rays is a conventional leaf, the stalks of these leaves being connected with the rays and with each other so as to form a continuous wreath.
The coronet of a countess (below) is smaller in size and sits directly on top of the head, rather than around it.
Earls rank in the third degree of the hereditary peerage, being next below a marquess, and next above a viscount.
First published in June, 2010.
THE TOWNLAND of Ballydugan lies a few miles south-west of Downpatrick, County Down.
In olden times the county was occasionally referred to as Downshire, and the Hills, Marquesses of Downshire, take their title from this county.
The nearest railway station was at Downpatrick, though the line closed down in 1950.
Downpatrick Racecourse had a halt which operated on race days only.
Ballydugan flour mill, now restored as a guesthouse, was built in 1792.
Ballydugan Lake, which stands nearby, was used as a water source for the mill.
Ballydugan House stands between the Lake and the race-course to the east.
Directly beside the lake is the Lakeside Inn.
Ballydugan Cottage was associated with the adjacent mill and seems to have been built ca 1830.
This is a 1 1/2 storey house with dormers comprising three bays, overlooking Ballydugan Lake, on Drumcullan Road.
The cottage has a modest garden at the front, bounded to the road by a rendered boundary wall.
A sloped garden rises via stone steps to wooded ground at the north.
There is a larger garden at the opposite, lake side of the road, a well-maintained, sweeping lawn, bounded by Ballydugan Lake to the west.
It truly is a most picturesque landscape, with a fine prospect of the lake and the Mourne Mountains to the west.
Isaac Hardy rented the single-storey cottage and the associated mill from William Wallace, Robert Denvir and Sarah Rentoul, though we do not know whether Mr Hardy resided at the cottage.
By the mid-19th century, Ballydugan Cottage lay vacant whilst the flour mill, less than 70 years after its construction, had been abandoned.
In 1871, the cottage was leased by William Wallace & Partners.
Major Charles C Johnston resided at the cottage, then known as 'Lake Cottage' during the 1870s.
Major Johnston continued to reside at Lake Cottage until 1889, when the Rev Canon Lewis Arthur Pooler acquired it.
The cottage was subsequently considerably remodelled ca 1890 with the addition of Victorian features, including its dormer windows.
Dr Pooler was a canon of Down Cathedral and also Deputy Master of the County Down Grand Orange Lodge.
He continued to reside at Lake Cottage until the end of the 19th century.
In 1901 Lake Cottage was occupied by a solicitor called George T Harley, who changed its name to Ballydugan Cottage.
Mr Harley was a native of the city of Cork and resided at Ballydugan with his wife, Clara, and their daughter, May.
The 1901 census records that there were a number of staff employed to administer the household including a nurse and two domestic servants.
Ballydugan Cottage comprised 14 rooms at this time.
The Harleys continued to reside at the cottage until 1909, when the property briefly came into the possession of Mr C M Russell, also a solicitor.
Mr Russell resided at Ballydugan Cottage with his wife Ann until 1912, when it was bought outright from Colonel the Rt Hon Robert Hugh Wallace CB CBE (1860-1929), of Myra Castle, by one James Kelly.
Mr Kelly occupied the cottage during the 1930s; however, he had vacated it by the 1950s, when, about 1956, his relative, Kathleen Kelly, came into possession.
I visited the Lake House recently and it appears to be undergoing a complete restoration.
The garden in front of the house (beside the lake) has been landscaped and lawn sweeps down to the water.
I intend to revisit Ballydugan during the summer, have a small shandy in the Lakeside Inn, and photograph the Lake House and its garden beside the lake.
Yesterday I paid a visit to Inch Abbey, Downpatrick and Ballydugan.
It is such a long time since I have visited Inch Abbey, that extensive, ruined monastic site on the banks of the river Quoile, just outside Downpatrick, county town of County Down.
These visits always fill me with a sense of nostalgia, a taste of former times, picnicking, glorious meadows in the summer.
Inch Abbey, by the way, is an idyllic picnic spot, if the weather is clement enough.
It was a monastery from about 1180 till 1541, when it was dissolved by HENRY VIII.
The graveyard adjacent to the little car-park at Inch Abbey is dominated by the tomb or vault of the Perceval-Maxwells of Finnebrogue.
They were the landowners and presented Inch Abbey to the state in 1910.
Thence I jumped into the two-seater and made my jolly way in a south-easterly direction, over the river, to the historic town of Downpatrick.
Down Cathedral stands proudly to the extreme west of the town, overlooking Inch Abbey across the Quoile.
I made a bee-line for Down County Museum, which is located in the historic buildings of the former County Gaol of Down.
The Gaol was opened in 1796 until its closure in 1830, when it became a military barracks.
I ambled up the hill to the cathedral.
The cathedral's graveyard lies directly opposite the west front.
The most commanding vault, almost like a little chapel itself, boasts stone pinnacles (larger versions of which adorn the cathedral) and stands at a corner of the graveyard directly overlooking the cathedral's west front.
It has an inscription in capital letters, viz. HASTINGS.
A black cat was sleeping on a grave further along.
Any reader who knows me shall be aware that I never pass a cat without greeting it cordially, and this occasion happened to be no exception.
In fact I persevered and at length my feline devotee was roused and befriended me; to the extent that it followed me into a field and up to the threshold of the cathedral.
Incidentally, the Perceval-Maxwells, like many other landed families of County Down, were patrons of Down Cathedral.
Their armorial bearings are resplendent on large, carved, colourful plaques along the walls of the nave.
Thereafter I motored in a south-westerly direction towards the townland of Ballydugan, a truly heavenly spot in the county.
Ballydugan is a hop, skip and jump away from Downpatrick; yet you are struck by its tranquillity and "olde worlde" charm.
A cursory glance at the map shall indicate that we are within riding-distance of Downpatrick Racecourse.
I have already written about Ballydugan House.
The old flour mill of Ballydugan is now a guesthouse and undertakes weddings and other functions.
It was built in 1792 by one John Auchinleck of Strangford, County Down.
Rubble masonry was used in its construction.
It is six bays in width and six storeys in height, plus two attic storeys; an impressive, stone-walled forecourt and a gatehouse.
A lofty, tapered brick chimney stands behind the mill.
A mere thirty or forty yards along the road from the mill stands the Lakeside Inn, a former coaching inn, post-office and spirit grocer's.
Margaret Ferguson, whose family owns the inn, has traced the building back to 1840.
Margaret has run the inn for seven years, since the death of her mother Meta.
Her grandfather, Thomas Hutton, ran it in 1899; and his brother, Bernard, took over till 1890.
It came into the family in 1925 when Margaret's grandfather, Thomas Hutton, bought it after 26 years working there.
He died in 1959, and his daughter Meta ran it thereafter.
Meta Hutton died in 2012 and Margaret with her husband Geoffrey have taken the helm.
The two-seater was parked beside the charming little lake at Ballydugan.
I strolled along the road on its eastern side and several hundred yards further along The Old Town emerged.
It was almost akin to stepping back in time.
This is what the Irish call a clachan, a small cluster of buildings huddled together, usually inhabited formerly by extended families and neighbours.
A Christian community known as The Old Town Community is based here.
Ballydugan Cottages have been turned into holiday accommodation.
The Old Town overlooks Ballydugan Lake.
A wooden sign nailed to a tree declares that Belfast Anglers Club has the fishing rights.
Back at the lakeside car-park, I munched my sandwiches and gave a few crumbs to the sparrows outside.
At the north side of the lake stands an old cottage known variously as Lake Cottage, Ballydugan Cottage, and Lake House.
Its address is Drumcullan Road.
This building and its location interest me, and I intend to write an article about it and its inhabitants soon.
Skipper Street, Belfast, runs from Waring Street to High Street.
This is one of the the oldest streets in Belfast, where the River Farset used to flow openly along High Street itself (it still does, though it's culverted).
The street was thus named because skippers of sailing vessels lodged here.
This street is mentioned as far back as 1685; it was, however, significantly affected by the 1941 blitz.
In 1974, The Albert Inn stood at 3 Skipper Street; then it changed its name to the Blackthorn Bar.
The buildings are now all relatively recent since many, if not most, were destroyed by bombing during the 2nd World War.
The most notable premises today are The Merchant Hotel - formerly the Ulster Bank head office - which now runs along the entire left-hand side of the street (the even numbers).
The Spaniard Bar is at number three and Jackson Sports is located at the corner of Skipper Street and High Street.
First published in July, 2009.
I do enjoy wheaten bread.
It's particularly popular here in Ulster, though many wheaten loaves or bannocks sold in the supermarkets don't enthuse me at all.
I have been experimenting with various recipes and I think I've found a good one.
For this recipe I use a greased (buttered) baking-sheet.
Measure the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix them.
Pour the treacle into the buttermilk and mix in another bowl or dish.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk and treacle.
With your hands make the mixture into a round and place carefully on to the baking-sheet.
Cut a deep cross on it.
Sprinkle the top with wholemeal flour (I often forget to do this).
Remove from the oven, brush with melted butter and allow to cool on a cooling-rack.
I had the most enjoyable evening last night. An old pal, NCS, picked me up at Belmont GHQ and took me the short distance to that venerable academic institution, Campbell College.
There were a couple of stinkers at Campbell during my time, though thankfully they weren't there last night.
It was such a glorious evening that some of the former staff and guests were standing in the quadrangle, drinking Pimm's.
I leapt out of NCJ's car and joined Keith and a few others.
The refreshing glass of Pimm's was duly collected at a side table.
A waiter offered delicious little canapés from a large tray.
It was truly a pleasure to meet my friend and teacher, Johnny Knox.
Johnny - Mr Knox as I knew him when I was a pupil - and his wife chatted with me in the warm sunshine.
After a while we all moved in to the Dining Hall.
Keith introduced me to the Headmaster, Robert Robinson MBE BSc. I can recall apprising him that my Number was "SIX ONE TWO EIGHT".
My name was on a place-card and I sat opposite Keith.
Johnny and Mrs Knox sat within roll-throwing distance.
This was a formal dinner, of course, and the meal was first-rate.
The main course comprised perfectly cooked salmon.
I wish I'd taken a few photographs: my camera was in my pocket, though I was enjoying myself so much that I was oblivious to it.
Keith very kindly gave me a lift home.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, attended Receptions at Hillsborough Castle, County Down, on Thursday, 25th May, 2017, for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in the Award.
His Royal Highness was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast (Mrs. Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE).
THE coronet of a marquess is a silver-gilt circlet with four strawberry leaves around it, alternating with four silver balls, known as pearls, on points.
It has a crimson cap (lined ermine) in real life and a purple one in heraldic representation, and a golden tassel on top.
The alternation of strawberry leaves and pearls is what distinguishes a marquess's coronet from those of other ranks.
Coronets are rarely worn nowadays, although they are customarily worn at coronations.
They can, however, still be seen depicted on peers' coats-of-arms as a badge of rank within the five degrees of the hereditary peerage.
The coronet of a marchioness sits on top of the head (instead of around it).
A marquess is a peer of the second degree in the peerage, ranking above an earl and below a duke.
ADMIRAL LORD CHARLES WILLIAM DE LA POER BERESFORD, BARON BERESFORD, GCB, GCVO, was born in 1846 at Philipstown, County Offaly.
He was the second son of John, 4th Marquess of Waterford, and brother of John, 5th Marquess.
Lord Charles married, in 1878, Mina, daughter of Richard Gardner, in London.
He was educated at Bayford School, and Mr Foster's School, Stubbington, Hampshire.
His distinguished career is very well documented already.
Admiral Beresford was elevated to the peerage, in 1916, as BARON BERESFORD, of Metemmeh and Curraghmore, County Waterford.
Lord Beresford died three years later, in 1919, when the barony became extinct.
He died at Langwell, Berriedale, Caithness, aged 73.
After a State funeral at St Paul's Cathedral, Lord Beresford was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery in south London.
Lord Beresford inherited the County Cavan estate of his relation, the Most Rev Lord John Beresford.
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (1773-1862), Lord Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, possessing great wealth, was known for his considerable largesse.
His patronage extended largely to Trinity College, Dublin; to the College of Saint Columba; and he restored Armagh Cathedral, at a cost of £30,000.
Furthermore, His Grace augmented the salaries of his clergy.
The bust of this distinguished prelate stands in the private chapel at Curraghmore, County Waterford.
He is interred in Armagh Cathedral.
The Archbishop bequeathed his County Cavan estate to Lord Charles Beresford.
Learmount Castle in County Londonderry, belonged to the same family through marriage.
First published in May, 2013. Beresford arms courtesy of European Heraldry.
JAMES BRUEN, said to have been of Tarvin, Cheshire, went to Ireland in Cromwell's Army and settled at Abbeyboyle, County Roscommon.
He was administrator to his brother, Henry Bruen, of Dublin, in 1700.
MOSES BRUEN, of Boyle, County Roscommon, purchased land and property in counties Carlow and Wexford from the Beaucamp, Grogan and Whaley families.
Thereafter, the family settled at Oak Park, County Carlow, and Coolbawn, County Wexford.
Bridget; Mary; Elinor Catherine; Margaret; Elizabeth.
COLONEL HENRY BRUEN MP (1741-95), of Oak Park, removed, about 1775, to estates which he purchased in County Carlow.
COLONEL HENRY BRUEN MP (1789-1852), of Oak Park, and Coolbawn, County Wexford, was sometime MP for County Carlow.
He married, in 1822, Anne Wandesforde, daughter of Thomas Kavanagh MP, of Borris House, County Carlow, by Lady Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John, 17th Earl of Ormonde.
Katherine Anne; Mary Susan; Elizabeth; Eleanor; Helen; Grace.
GLADYS PATRICIA BREUN (1914-), of Oak Park, who wedded, in 1939, Mervyn Anthony Arthur Rudyerd Boyse, son of Major Henry Thomas Arthur Shapland Hunt Boyse. They had four sons.
She lived in 1976 at Maryvale, Church Road, Ballybrack, County Dublin.
OAK PARK, near Carlow town, is a large Victorian classical house by W V Morrison.
It has two storeys, the entrance front having a five-bay central block with a pedimented portico of four huge Ionic columns.
The main block is prolonged by wings of the same height, initially set back though returning forwards with Wyatt windows at their ends.
The garden front of thirteen bays is duller in appearance.
The interior has splendid plasterwork in the style of Morrison; while the Hall boasts giant, free-standing Ionic columns.
Part of the former Oak Park estate, once the home of the Bruen Family, from 1775 to 1957, is now the 127 acre Oak Park Forest Park.
The Oak Park demesne was bought by Colonel Henry Bruen in 1775, after making his fortune in the American Army.
He was the grandson of James Bruen, of Tarvin, Cheshire, who came to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell and received land at Abbeyboyle, County Roscommon.
The Bruens intermarried with the County Mayo families, Knox of Rappa and Ruttledge of Bloomfield.
HMS Drake, the wreck of which lies at Church Bay, Rathlin Island, was torpedoed in 1917. One of her Captains was Edward Bruen, son of the MP. He was Captain when the ship was flagship on the Australian station circa 1912/13.
The Senior Naval Officer in Australia at the time was Admiral King-Hall (Admiral Sir George Fowler King-Hall KCB CVO) who had a very strong Ulster connection. Captain Edward Bruen RN was married to Olga Ker, one of the Montalto and Portavo family.
Captain Bruen later went on to command HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Jutland.
The Bruen estate was mainly in the counties of Carlow and Wexford where they had houses at Oakpark in Carlow and at Coolbawn, Enniscorthy.
Francis Bruen was married to Catherine Anne Nugent, daughter of the Earl of Westmeath.
Three townlands in the barony of Athenry were offered for sale in the Landed Estates court in 1866.
All this land gave the Bruen family political power and, in 1790, Henry Bruen was returned to Parliament, winning the seat of a neighbouring family, the Butlers.
However, the Butlers reclaimed their seat five years later with the sudden death of the Colonel in December, 1795.
This allowed his son, also called Henry, to assume control of the estate.
The Bruen estate in County Galway amounted to over 700 acres in the 1870s but was part of an estate of almost 25,000 acres in total.
Manuscripts in the Irish Genealogical Office would suggest that the family held lands at Boyle, County Roscommon, in the 18th century.
These lands seem to have been at the centre of a legal case between the Bruen family and Richard St George.
Henry Bruen attended Harrow School alongside the poet Lord Byron and Robert Peel, with whom he would later serve as a Conservative MP.
Peel was Home Secretary at the time of Catholic Emancipation, a Bill which Henry Bruen supported.
Bruen quickly amassed the land surrounding Oak Park.
In 1841, a survey of every Bruen farm revealed that the family's estates in County Carlow covered 20,089 acres.
In the 1841 election, Henry defeated the Liberal candidate, Daniel O'Connell, Jnr., son of "The Liberator".
However, the Bruen hold on the seat lapsed with the death of Henry in 1852; but his son, also confusingly called Henry, returned to the House of Commons in 1857 and held his seat until 1880, which marked the end of the family's 90-year history of political involvement over three generations.
The current mansion house at Oak Park is the result of four periods of expansion and remodelling carried out between 1797 and 1902.
Twenty-two years after he arrived, Henry employed Michael Boylan to redecorate the house.
In 1832, the second Henry Bruen commissioned William Morrison to re-model the house and in 1876 Samuel Bolton, a builder, signed a contract for a major extension, which took three years to complete.
However, on 22nd February, 1902, the house was gutted by fire.
After eight hours of fighting the blaze, all that remained was the north wing. Fortunately, a large number of paintings, furniture and books were saved by the workers.
The house was rebuilt under the supervision of William Mitchell.
The last male Bruen, the fifth Henry, died in 1954.
By then, the estate had reduced in size to a relatively small 1,500 acres.
He left nothing to his estranged daughter Gladys, who had several years earlier married Prince Milo of Montenegro.
The remainder of the estate was bequeathed to a cousin in England, minus a weekly income for life of £6 to his daughter, Patricia.
In 1957, the estate was purchased at auction for £50,555 by Brownes Hill Estates, who already owned the nearby estate in which a Norfolk farmer was principal partner.
However, within three years the property was back on the market after fierce protest from smaller farmers in opposition to the purchase by the Norfolk farmer.
The estate was bought by the Irish Land Commission for £68,000, and seven hundred acres were divided up among small holders, while the house and the remaining land were taken over as a research centre for the Irish Agricultural Institute (Teagasc).
The last member of the Bruen family to be buried in the family's private burial ground at the Mausoleum was Gladys, the estranged wife of Henry (d 1969).
I am grateful to Henry Woods and Robert Power for most of the information; further reading about the Bruens and Oak Park can be read here.
THE BELL of Bangor Abbey, County Down, dating from 825AD, was reputedly found at the Abbey ca 1780, and it is speculated that it had been hidden at the time of the Viking attacks on Irish monasteries.
It was in private hands for some 150 years, and then housed in the Ulster Museum before coming to Bangor Borough Council in the 1950s.
The cast-iron bronze bell would have been used to call the monks to prayer.
THIS Bell was in the possession of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCance (1843-1922), of Knocknagoney House, near Holywood, County Down, whose great-grandfather found it in the ruins of the Abbey.
"this bell was found in the ruins of the abbey about sixty years ago" (last decade of the 18th century) and was in 1853 in possession of Dr Stephenson, of Belfast."
The Bell has been at North Down Museum, Bangor, since 1984.
It shows the flowering of Irish Christian civilisation which was set back by the pagan Viking attacks.
The bell would have been used to call the monks to prayer.
THOMAS ARTHUR HOPE JP (1817-97), of 14 Airlie Gardens, Kensington, formerly of Stanton, Bebington, Cheshire, married, in 1839, Emily, youngest daughter of Christopher Hird Jones, of Liverpool, and had numerous issue.
THE HOPES were a large, wealthy and well connected family of Liverpool bankers and landowners.
Samuel Hope was a Liberal non-conformist, noted for his philanthropic work in the city.
His son, Thomas Arthur Hope, and his wife, Emily Hird Jones, had thirteen children.
The family owned land in Cheshire, Flintshire and County Tyrone.
They lived in a succession of properties in Liverpool, the Wirral and London.
They are known to have associated with other prominent Liberal families including the Rathbones of Liverpool and the Gregs of Styal in Cheshire.
The famous Hope Collection can be seen at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool. The Hopes were wealthy bankers: Thomas Hope, born in 1769.
The Rt Hon Sir Alexander James Beresford Hope was married to the Hon Louisa Beresford, daughter of William, 1st Lord Decies (3rd son of 1st Earl of Tyrone).
First published in December, 2009.
The coronet of a baron is a circlet of silver-gilt, bordered with ermine, with six balls (known as pearls) set at equal distances.
It has a crimson cap with a a gold-threaded tassel on top.
The six large pearls distinguish the coronet of a baron (the lowest degree in the nobility) from the four other ranks of the peerage.
Like all coronets, it is customarily worn at coronations, though a baron is entitled to bear his coronet of rank on his armorial bearings, above the shield.
A smaller version, shown above, as worn by baronesses at coronations, sits on top of the head, rather than around it.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM DARRYL OLPHERT KEMMIS MC (1892-1965), Inniskilling Dragoons.
When Captain Kemmis died in 1965, Ballinacor was inherited by his maternal cousin, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lomer.
BALLINACOR HOUSE, Rathdrum, County Wicklow, is a two-storey, late 18th century house, enlarged, re-faced and re-roofed in the 19th century.
It has a three-bay entrance front with an Ionic portico.
The end elevation has six bays, three of which are in a shallow, curved bow.
There is a gabled office wing with an adjacent conservatory; an Italianate campanile at the junction of the main block and wing.
The clock has been said to keep time for the surrounding countryside.
The entrance hall is stone-flagged, with a plasterwork Victorian cornice; a large, top-lit, two-storey hall with oval lantern; oval gallery with iron balustrade.
The demesne is said to be magnificent, with wooded hills topped by high mountains; a mile-long oak walk; and a mile-long avenue from the front gate to the house, bordered by rhododendrons and firs.
There is a deer-park and the River Avonbeg flows by with abundant cascades and gorges.
THE PRESENT owners, Sir Robert and Lady Davis-Goff, bought Ballinacor Estate in 2001 as a working farm and shoot.
The house underwent an extensive renovation and modernisation project, which was completed in 2009.
This renovation was sympathetic to the time in which the house was built and is furnished appropriately.
The estate has a strong tradition of driven shooting and has game records going back well over a century.
Grouse were previously shot on the estate, and it is hoped to revive the moor in future years.
The coronet of the Prince of Wales, or, more properly, the demi-crown of the Heir Apparent to the throne is composed of a circle of gold; on the edge, four crosses patée, between as many fleurs-de-lis; from the two centre crosses, an arch, surmounted with a mound and cross, the whole richly chased and adorned with pearls; within the coronet, a crimson cap, lined with white sarsnet, and turned up with ermine.
The original coronet of this design forms part of the crown jewels exhibited at the Tower of London.
The royal coronet made for Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1728, is a golden diadem, the band decorated with embossed jewel-like lozenges and ovals with foliate surrounds, on a matted ground, between rows of gold pearls.
Above the band are four gold crosses-pattée and four fleurs-de-lis, partly matted and chased.
The single arch dips deeply in the centre and supports a monde with gold pearls and a cross above, fitted with a purple velvet cap and ermine band.
The Investiture Coronet of the present Prince of Wales was designed by the architect and goldsmith Louis Osman (1914-96) and given to HM The Queen by the Goldsmith's Company for His Royal Highness's Investiture at Carnarvon Castle, 1969.
It is 24 carat gold, with four crosses-pattée and four fleur-de-Lys made from a nugget of Welsh gold, reinforced with platinum and decorated with diamonds and emeralds. The orb mounted on the top of the arch was engraved by Malcolm Appleby with The Prince of Wales's insignia.
This is surrounded by thirteen diamonds arranged as the constellation of Scorpio, The Prince of Wales's star sign. The diamonds set horizontally represent the seven Gifts of God on one side and the seven deadly sins on the other.
BELMONT TOWER, as it is now known, is a two-storey five-bay former schoolhouse situated at the corner of Belmont Road and Belmont Church Road, Belfast.
The building was constructed between 1889 and 1892.
Before 1889, Belmont Primary School had been located in the grounds of Belmont Presbyterian Church, in a schoolhouse first opened in 1863.
The school continued to meet at the church site for over 25 years until the erection of the present building.
The architect of the new school was Vincent Craig (1869-1925), a local architect who was articled to W H Lynn between 1885-89, and who was the younger brother of the Rt Hon Sir James Craig Bt (the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland).
Belmont Primary School was built in the Gothic-Revival style, and locally quarried Scrabo sandstone was used in the masonry of the building with Locharbriggs sandstone as a secondary material.
The construction of the school was undertaken by the local building firm of Dixon & Campbell.
Belmont Primary School is said to have been erected in memory of Mrs Mary Ferguson, of Sydenham House.
Robert Ferguson, of Sydenham House, Strandtown, was a prosperous merchant and businessman who co-owned Robertson, Ledlie, Ferguson and Company.
The school was originally known as The Ferguson Memorial School and was administered under the state-managed National School System until after the partition of Ireland in 1922.
The Belmont Tower website states that the old school was originally divided between its two storeys: the boy's school occupied the ground floor; whilst the girls school utilised the upper floor of the building.
The southern extension of the school was added in 1910 by a local architect, Thomas Houston (1873-1938).
The Ferguson Memorial School continued to be administered by the National School System until partition.
In 1926, the school came under the auspices of Belfast Corporation's Education Committee, and consequently the school was renamed Belmont Public Elementary School.
Belmont Public Elementary School was sold to the Belfast Education and Library Board in 1975 and was listed in the following year.
By 1994, the condition of the building had deteriorated to a point where Belfast City Council did not consider refurbishment to be economically viable, and the building was declared redundant in May, 1999.
Staff and pupils moved to a brand new school that was built in the grounds.
Nevertheless, local residents, many of whom were also parents of children at the school, were concerned for the future of the school building and established the Old Belmont School Preservation Trust in May, 2001.
The National Trust subsequently acquired the building.
Work began to restore the fabric and introduce 21st century facilities, for various community uses such as a pre-school play group, coffee shop, function and meeting rooms.
Belmont Tower was officially opened by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in September, 2004.
BELMONT TOWER, Belmont Road, Belfast, is today used for small conferences, seminars, "away days", staff assessment centres, training, exhibitions, product launches, breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings, business networking, board and committee meetings, and receptions.
There is a café upstairs.
This was my primary school in the 1960s: Miss McMinnis was the headmistress; and Miss Cartright - aka Cartyballs - zealously banged children's heads together when she felt so inclined.
Little bottles of milk (1⁄3 of a pint, I think) were delivered in a metal crate for us every day.


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"Princess Party" is the 15th episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Family's second season and the 39th overall. It originally aired on February 16, 2011 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode was written by Elaine Ko and was directed by Michael Spiller.

The episode revolves around the guest list for Lily's princess-themed birthday party which gets a little out of hand when Mitchell decides to invite his mom, much to Claire's dismay, and disinvite Fizbo, much to Cameron's dismay. Things get even more strange when DeDe shows up with Claire's old high school boyfriend in tow, and Jay and Gloria each turn to their own unique methods of dealing with this gathering of misfits.

"Princess Party" received mixed reviews with TV Squad writer Joel Keller calling it "one of the funniest episodes of the season". The episode saw a significant drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "Bixby's Back" which reached a series high.

Plot

At the Dunphy's Claire (Julie Bowen) is going berserk because her mother — grandma DeDe (Shelley Long) — is coming, so Phil (Ty Burrell) is arranging for the children to get off her back and orders Luke (Nolan Gould) to be extra-charming to ward off any unpleasant situation. It turns out that DeDe ran into Robby Sullivan (Matt Dillon), Claire's old boyfriend, and invited him for dinner, without telling him that Claire is now married with children, much to his surprise. Robby is a limo driver that has kept his good looks and taunts Phil. During dinner he starts telling anecdotes of his and Claire's escapades which reveal how much she was out of control when growing up, to the amazement of Phil and amusement of her children. After dinner is finally over, Claire and Phil caught DeDe making out with Robby when he walks her to his limo.

Gloria (Sofía Vergara) comes back home from purchasing Lily's present, a children's book with a recorder where they can record their voices reading the book. She arranges for the entire Pritchett-Delgado family to play the roles with disastrous results just as Jay (Ed O'Neill) had foreseen. Meanwhile, Gloria is very anxious about going to Lily's party the next day, because she does not want to run into DeDe again. This is used by Jay as an excuse to get out of a friend's of Gloria's first communion party because he feels that "the father does not like him very much". However his plan ultimately fails when Gloria rethinks her previous position and decides not to let DeDe prevent her from missing important family events because she knows that Jay will be there for her just as she will be there for him at María Victoria's first communion.

At Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron's (Eric Stonestreet) they are arranging Lily's birthday and Mitchell is nervous about DeDe's presence there. He has to disinvite Fizbo, much to Cameron's dismay, because it is a "princess-themed-party". At the party Cameron is angry because of the ban on Fizbo and he picks on the hired princess (Kate Reinders) and makes her break character by repeatedly asking how to pay for her services. When the Dunphys arrive Claire lets Mitchell in on all the events that took place after Robby left, namely that he and DeDe disappeared and she left to have breakfast with him. Jay and Gloria arrive, but Gloria is drunk, because she ingested a Xanax with a shot of tequila. DeDe and Robby arrive, which makes Claire and Mitchell angry because they think it is a ploy to taunt them but in reality it is Jay that DeDe is taunting. Claire confronts Robby about kissing her mother and he admits that he had a crush on DeDe while dating her. Later he asks Claire to admit that she is angry at him kissing her mother because she still wants Robby. DeDe overhears this and Claire makes a scene despite Mitchell's intention to keep the party about Lily. Jay finally confronts Robby and makes him leave. DeDe is approached by Jay who admits that she fell for the admiration of a younger man. DeDe does not want to be labeled as the "crazy nana", causing her to end up attacking Gloria. Finally Mitchell agrees that Fizbo is the only salvation of the party.

Production

"Princess Party" was written by Elaine Ko and was directed by Michael Spiller. This episode was Ko's first writing credit for the series and the tenth episode for Spiller. The episode is set to air on the American Broadcasting Company on February 16, 2011 in the United States as the fifteenth episode of the series' second season and the 39th episode overall. This episode was filmed on January 11 and January 13, 2011.

The episode features the second appearance of Mitchell and Claire's mother, DeDe Pritchett, played by Shelley Long, who previously guest starred on the season one episode, "The Incident". The episode also features the return of Fizbo the Clown and Matt Dillon playing Claire's former high school boyfriend and DeDe's new boyfriend. Matt Dillon's guest spot was originally announced December 2010 by Entertainment Weekly. Dillon filmed his guest appearance on January 11, 2011.

Reception

Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "Princess Party" was viewed by an estimated 10.453 million households and received a 4.3 rating/12% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 4.3% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 12% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This episode of Modern Family saw a 16 percent decrease from the previous episode, "Bixby's Back". Despite this, "Princess Party" was the most-watched scripted show for the week of broadcast among adults aged 18–49, and the twentieth most-watched show among all viewers.

Reviews

The episode received mixed reviews from critics many commenting on the return of Shelley Long and Fizbo.

TV Squad writer Joel Keller named the episode "one of the funniest episodes of the season" praising the "subtle fashion" of Fizbo's return. Keller also praised Long's performance, saying she stopped the character from being the "standard sitcom mom".

Rachael Maddux of New York said the episode was a "bit of a letdown", saying that no one of the plot-lines got the "time it deserved."

Alan Sepinwall criticized the show and the episode's use of Multi-camera-like humor, comparing it to a "bad episode" of 30 Rock writing that the episode featured "funny, talented people in front of and behind the camera, and it's not surprising that even a bad episode would have a good joke or three.".

Paste writer Christine Ziemba called the episode "respectable" writing that Long and Dillon were "perfectly fine in their roles", but criticized the fact that "they didn't bring an extra-added spark to the episode". She ultimately gave the episode 7.0/10.

John Teti from The A.V. Club compared the return of Fizbo to last week's critically panned episode, "Bixby's Back" writing that it was "a relief" that Fizbo wasn't featured in the episode. He ultimately gave the episode a B+.

References

External links
"Princess Party" at ABC.com

Modern Family (season 2) episodes
2011 American television episodes
Television episodes about birthdays


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The Doncaster Lincoln meeting signals the start of the flat season. This meeting seems to creep up on you each year, a big flat meeting, but then little happens on the level for next three weeks.
With Aintree taking place next week, I won't be focusing much on the level until the Grand National is out of the way. We should have a runner on National day, it's a brilliant afternoon for owners to be involved with.
I'm told is Auxerre is well ahead of his rating in the Lincoln, he's expected to take a lot of beating, priced at 7-2. Just You Wait 4:45, works nicely with horses that are rated mid-80 and above. If that will prove enough to win, we'll see. Could green and all that on debut. He's an early horse for the notebook and will be winning races during the flat season ahead.


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Bow angle adjusting worm-worm wheel gearbox with hand wheel and counter pedestal bearing block is provided with the rolls for making warp angle adjustments. It makes it possible to make adjustments in bow angle at 360 degree warp angle. As the rolls achieves maximum wrinkle removing, it is recommended to stop making adjustments in the bow angle and set the roll on bow locked position. It is suggested to not make any change in the bow setting. An arrow indicates on shaft position and showcases the bowed position of the Roll.
For LDPE, LD, PP or other web materials, Bow Rubber expander roll, Slat Expander Rolls or scroll rolls does not work to remove wrinkles. This Roll is available in diameter 140mm, if the web width is over 1000mm. In case the web tension is not sufficient for driving the roll, additional drive such as sprocket or pulley can be provided as per requirements.
All kinds of Expanders/ Spreaders are provided in Bow angle adjustable type in order to make bow angle adjustments easier for the operator when the machine is in working condition. The roll can be fixed at best bow warp angle achieving maximum slit separating effects, spreading, and wrinkle removing. The roll diameter is dependent on the web materials speed, maximum web width and also the mounting center.
E.G. For 650 mm web width and web speed of less than 50 meters/min, a 90mm bow roll is apt with a 30mm shaft diameter. For web width of 4500mm, speed of 1000mtrs/min requires minimum 160mm diameter roll and 75mm or above shaft diameter. Customers can select the mounting type of the bowed roll. They can select between foot or flange mounting as per specific requirements and applications.
Stainless steel, alloy casting and carbon steel are used.
Surface :Mirror or Satin polished, Galvanized.


Last week, I appeared at a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce panel on behalf of LEAP. We were there as Miami's culinary entrepreneurs, speaking to other women who have or are looking to start their own business.
There I was, soulful plant-based food writer and advocate, with Dena Marino of MC Kitchen, Feverish Ice Cream's Felecia Hatcher, Chef Adrianne Calvo, Misha's Cupcakes creator Misha Kuryla-Gomez, caterer Joy Wallace and cookbook author and radio host Linda Gassenheimer.
The event, emceed by branding goddess Michelle Villalobos, sold out, and the room was buzzing with happy, nervous energy. People sat forward in their seats or texted like their lives depended on it, ready to take on the world, ready to soak up any advice we could offer. We offered this — you need to have a plan. Winning the lottery or appearing on "Oprah" helps position you for success, but you can't, you know, count on it. We mean business plans, financial plans, basic tools you really need to make it.
I want to succeed in my business, I want to make money, (buy my book, be my next VegTherapy client, book me on your show), but money and Facebook "Likes" aren't the only metrics. They're not the only things worth valuing. Make a business plan, get the website up and running, but align yourself with something beyond your business, too, something that matters to you so much it keeps you going when your server, numbers and spirits are down. Call it a mission statement. My mission statement — and my mission — is to create plant-based recipes to delight you now but also get you thinking long after a great meal about the impact of what we eat.
We need to lighten up on the planet that's already feeling our weight. For starters, there's seven billion of us, more of us than ever in the history of mankind. A good chunk of us — a third, in fact — are chunky. Dangerously so. We're also heavy in terms of the resources we use to produce our food. Livestock production generates sky-high amounts of greenhouse gases and consumes and pollutes oceans of precious water. It's also heavy on bad karma. Ten billion animals are killed every year in America alone just to feed our outsized appetite for meat. If we eat less meat and more plants, there'll be food enough to feed all of us and land aplenty to grow it.
Our challenge now in the food industry — and out of it — is realizing we don't live in a vacuum, that our actions, right down to what we eat, have an impact — politically, environmentally, ethically, on our health and even on our business.
It's good to have a business plan. It's vital. We need a business plan for life on Earth. Right now, we don't have one. We don't even have a plan B. Get out there and show the world what you're made of, but don't forget the world, either. The fattest bank account won't matter in an unsustainable world — that's the real bottom line.


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Ancient Grain Fails To Feed Ethiopian Family
"I will no more be a daily labourer to earn additional income."
YOHANIS IN HIS VEGETABLE FIELDS
Yohanis Desalegn is a hardworking farmer living in Anger, a community in the Lowlands of Sasiga, Ethiopia.
Yohanis is 42 years old with a large family. Until recently, he exclusively farmed sorghum, an ancient cereal grain first domesticated in his native Ethiopia thousands of years ago. Today, it's grown all over Africa and is considered one of the healthiest cultivated grains in the world. Due to a rising global demand for sorghum from the gluten-free revolution in the West, Yohnanis and his family should have been collecting a substantial wage from their sorghum sales and themselves been well fed and healthy.
But this wasn't the case.
Due to depleted soil and insufficient rainfall, Yohanis was only able to harvest enough sorghum to feed his family for four months! For the remainder of the year, he worked as a day laborer on a large farm in order to provide for his family.
In 2012, however, things started to turn around. Yohanis had the opportunity to attend a training on micro-irrigation and was given farm tools and fruit and vegetable seeds.
Immediately after the training, Yohanis started intensive work to get irrigation installed on his fields.
It was due to a lack of knowledge that irrigable land laid empty without being farmed. After getting training, I started working on more fields and discovered I could harvest twice a year instead of just once.
Not only was Yohanis able to increase his sorghum yield, he was also able to diversify his crops.
I have now extended the banana farm I was given by the project. I produce so many bananas a week that my family can eat as many as they want and I can still take three bunches to the market weekly and sell each for 120 birr - that's $21CAD a week!
During his first year of vegetable farming, Yohanis earned enough income off his farm that he could send his children to school and gradually raise the standard of living for his whole family. Yohanis has even been able to provide a better home for his family to live in.
He now works just under four acres of land for fruit and vegetable production. He uses exclusively organic fertilizer to improve the quality of his crops - Yohanis never uses chemicals on his farm land. The soil has really responded well.
Yohanis no longer works for another farm - he's 100% self-employed.
And his efforts have not gone unnoticed! Because of his hard-earned success, about 17 other farmers from his his village are copying his new farming techniques and have already begun to improve their own lives, just as he has.
Every area of my family's life has been improved as a result of the project input and capacity building done by FH Ethiopia. I will no more be a daily labourer to earn additional income. I'm very pleased and give thanks to God. And let God bless the project and those who provided us the resources to work with.
You can help other hardworking farmers like Yohanis by giving them farming training and start-up tools and seed:
GIVE AN AG-PACK
YOHANIS AND HIS GIANT PAPAYAS
YOHANIS' BANANAS GENERATE SIGNIFICANT INCOME FOR HIS FAMILY
YOHANIS TENDS HIS FIELDS FAITHFULLY
HARVESTING SOME VEGGIES
Ethiopia Food Security FoodFarming
Food for the Hungry: Ancient Grain Fails To Feed Ethiopian Family
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Home / Investor Relations / Press Releases / CyberKnife® System Provides Effective Treatment Option with Minimal Side Effects & Excellent Cosmesis for Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients
CyberKnife® System Provides Effective Treatment Option with Minimal Side Effects and Excellent Cosmesis for Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients
May 2, 2017 at 7:30 AM EDT
Robotic Radiosurgery System's Unique Motion Management Technique Limits Toxicity and Preserves Cosmesis in Convenient, 5-Fraction Treatment Regimen
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated(NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today preliminary results from a prospective, phase I clinical trial evaluating adjuvant stereotactic partial breast irradiation (S-PBI) in early stage breast cancer patients treated with the CyberKnife® System. The study, published in the May issue of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics, reported no recurrences or distant metastases at median follow-up of 26 months. Additionally, at two years, more than 95 percent of patients and 100 percent of physicians rated cosmesis as excellent or good, indicating both patients and physicians were satisfied with the appearance of the breast (cosmesis) following treatment.
For further information on the CyberKnife System, visit http://www.accuray.com/product/cyberknife
"The results of this phase 1 study highlight a new approach for treating breast cancer while minimizing tissue exposure. We believe our protocol offers reproducible and executable guidance for other radiation therapy teams interested in incorporating S-PBI into their practice," said Asal Rahimi, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, Texas. "Our study shows the benefits of real-time image guidance and motion control when delivering S-PBI."
The study titled, "Preliminary Results of a Phase 1 Dose Escalation Trial for Early Stage Breast Cancer Using 5-Fraction Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Partial Breast Irradiation (S-PBI)," provides results for 75 patients treated with S-PBI following lumpectomy. It showed:
Real-time image guidance and motion control with the Synchrony® Respiratory Tracking System enabled precise treatments, ultimately limiting toxicity and preserving cosmesis;
Dose escalation to 40 Gy/5 fractions is possible without exceeding the maximum tolerated dose. Treatments provided tumor control with minimal acute or late side effects;
S-PBI provides a more convenient treatment option than hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (NCCN guideline: 40-42.5 Gy over 15-16 fractions), with no compromise in tolerability or short-term efficacy.
"Numerous clinical studies have shown the benefit of breast conservation therapy, consisting of lumpectomy and radiation, for increasing long-term survival. With advances in radiation therapy technologies, clinicians continue to evaluate protocols to determine the best treatment approach," said Fabienne Hirigoyenberry-Lanson, PhD, Vice President Global Medical and Scientific Affairs, at Accuray. "This study indicates S-PBI could become an important option in the treatment of women with early-stage breast cancer. The CyberKnife System is a non-invasive option delivered in a reduced number of treatments, which may provide an optimal combination of efficacy, tolerability and convenience for many patients."
The CyberKnife System enables precise dose distributions to be confidently delivered to the patient with extreme accuracy over a minimum number of treatments, reducing side effects and preserving patients' quality of life. Unlike any other radiation delivery system, the CyberKnife® technology continually tracks and automatically adjusts the beam for movement in real-time, as the patient breathes normally, throughout the entire treatment session. The system's sub-millimeter accuracy enhances clinicians' abilities to treat effectively while preserving healthy tissue.
Said Joshua H. Levine, President and CEO of Accuray, "This study shows the benefits of hypofractionated doses delivered with the CyberKnife System in women with early-stage breast cancer: a short course of treatment that is effective with minimal side effects."
About the Phase I Trial
The purpose of this prospective, phase I study was to evaluate the maximum tolerated dose (MDT) of five fraction stereotactic body radiation therapy for partial breast irradiation (S-PBI) in treating early stage-breast cancer after lumpectomy. All patients were treated with the CyberKnife System which delivers non-isocentric and non-coplanar radiation beams. Patient follow-up occurred every three months for year 1 and every six months until year 5. Longer follow-up and additional Phase II/III data are required to follow late toxicities, control, and determination of the optimal dose to be considered for standard use.
For Important Safety Information please refer to http://www.accuray.com/safety-statement-radiation-treatment
About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) is a radiation oncology company that develops, manufactures and sells precise, innovative treatment solutions that set the standard of care with the aim of helping patients live longer, better lives. The company's leading-edge technologies deliver the full range of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatments. For more information, please visit www.accuray.com.
Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited, to clinical applications, clinical results, patient outcomes and Accuray's leadership position in radiation oncology innovation and technologies. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including but not limited to the risks detailed from time to time under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's report on Form 10-K, filed on August 24, 2016, the company's reports on Form 10-Q, filed on November 1, 2016 and February 3, 2017, and as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to the company at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
Beth Kaplan
Public Relations Director, Accuray
bkaplan@accuray.com
Jane Hauser
MSLGROUP
accuray@mslgroup.com
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cyberknife-system-provides-effective-treatment-option-with-minimal-side-effects-and-excellent-cosmesis-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-patients-300449366.html
SOURCE Accuray Incorporated


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Controversial new rejuvenation treatments use umbilical cord cells. Emily Listfield investigates.
Researchers have found what they hope is the next big breakthrough in the ongoing search for younger-looking skin—stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborn babies. While dermatologists have been using cells from patients' own blood for their purported rejuvenating powers for years (see Vampire Facials), they have high hopes for umbilical-cord stem cells because they're, well, younger. "Umbilical stem cells are brand-new, and they are multipotent, meaning they can take on the characteristics of tissue they come into contact with," says Mark B. Taylor, M.D., a Salt Lake City dermatologist and cosmetic laser surgeon who is currently leading pilot studies that use umbilical-cord stem cells for skin rejuvenation, vaginal rejuvenation, and hair regrowth. "They're like a new car—they drive better." That such a range of uses is possible is a testament to the power of multipotent cells. When they are placed in the skin after a collagen-stimulating treatment (i.e., laser or micro-needling), they become ambitious little copycats and begin producing collagen too, or so the theory goes. When the stem cells are injected into the scalp, their natural growth factors can stimulate hair regrowth, and, used in conjunction with facial fillers, they appear to work synergistically to regenerate healthier skin, build collagen, and regulate melanin. Multipotency also explains why they can't suddenly make up their nascent minds to grow an ear in the middle of your cheek.
"Used in conjunction with facial fillers, the cells appear to work synergistically to regenerate healthier skin, build collagen, and regulate melanin."


Votes are streaming in for the most popular best picture winner of the last 20 years, and neo-western No Country For Old Men is proving a hot favourite with readers.
Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men.
An instant Coen Brothers classic, the 2008 winner leads a raft of films including Titanic, Slumdog Millionaire and The Hurt Locker.
The conclusion to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Return of the King, follows closely behind with Martin Scorsese's gritty American mob drama The Departed currently in third.
This year's best picture winner, The Shape of Water, is polling at second-last trailed only by 2011 historical film The King's Speech. It won four Oscars that year, including a best actor gong for Colin Firth.
Argo has proven more popular than recent favourites Birdman and Moonlight, with 2013's 12 Years A Slave higher than crime-infused musical Chicago and French silent film The Artist.
You can vote for your favourite best picture winners here.


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Williams and Kerber face Wimbledon delay
Serena Williams goes for her eighth Wimbledon title but her tilt at equalling Margaret Court's record 24-grand slams is likely to be delayed on Saturday afternoon.
The 36-year-old American is scheduled to face Germany's Angelique Kerber in the final at 2pm on centre court.
However, tournament organisers have elected to schedule the conclusion of the men's suspended semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic for 1pm, on the same court.
The former champions began their match after 8pm local time on Friday, being forced to wait until Kevin Anderson defeated John Isner in the second-longest match in Wimbledon history - six hours and 36 minutes.
Djokovic saved three set points before taking the third-set tiebreaker to establish a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11-9) lead over his great rival.
With the history between Djokovic and Nadal's 52-career meetings as a guide, a swift conclusion to their match on Saturday appears a long shot with Williams and Kerber, the 2016 finalists at Wimbledon, seemingly left to wait their turn.
The day's scheduling left many questioning the All England Club's decision with former Australian tennis player and commentator Rennae Stubbs amoing them.
"i think they should play AFTER the woman final. Give the Women their due and give the boys more rest ....but i am NOT making the schedule." she tweeted.
Williams, in her first major championship since giving birth to her daughter, Olympia on September 1, is playing just her fourth tournament since returning to action in March.
"It's been a crazy 10 months," Williams said.
"I was still pregnant at this time last year. That's something I have to keep reminding myself."
Kerber, a two-time Grand Slam champion, is playing in her first major final since her triumph at the 2016 US Open.
She has rebounded nicely from a disappointing 2017, also reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open and the quarters at the French Open.
"I think it is a completely new match," Kerber said.
"She's coming back. For me also, I'm coming back from 2017."
Angelique Kerber, just like Serena Williams, on the comeback trail
Wimbledon Women's Singles Final: Serena Williams vs Angelique Kerber, live scores, updates, preview, video, highlights


Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the mountain range to the valleys it follows the Colorado River south towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean. To the west, it includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
The name Patagonia comes from the word patagón used by Magellan in 1520 to describe the native people that his expedition thought to be giants. It is now believed the Patagons were actually Tehuelches, who tended to be somewhat taller than Europeans of the time.


"After the 2008 campaign revealed her weaknesses on substance, Palin was advised by those who admire her natural gifts to bone up on policy and devote herself to governing Alaska successfully. Instead, she quit her job as governor after two and a half years, published a book (another is due next week), and seemed to chase money and empty celebrity. Now, rather than being able to highlight the accomplishments of Sarah Palin's Alaska, we get "Sarah Palin's Alaska," another cheesy entrant in the reality show genre. She'd so much rather be out dog sledding than in some "dull political office," she tells the audience. File that... She compares herself to Reagan. But Reagan didn't mud wrestle with the press. Palin seems consumed and obsessed by it, as her rapid Twitter finger attests, and thus encourages the sniping. She should be presiding over meetings on oil and gas leases in the North Slope, or devising alternatives to Obamacare. Every public spat with Dave Letterman or Politico, or the "lamestream media," or God help us, Levi Johnston, diminishes her," - Mona Charen, Townhall.
Sarah Palin is the only one who can bring our country back to a constitutional conservative republic. She is not part of the one world government camp and that is why the media have tried to paint her as un-electable. You have been brainwashed by the liberal media and are joining them. I will stop reading Townhall. Good bye.