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December 20-26: President pays State visit to Cambodia
Nhan Dan Online reviews the notable events that made headlines over the past week.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni (Photo: VNA)
President pays State visit to Cambodia
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a State visit to Cambodia on December 21-22 at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.
During the visit, President Phuc met King Norodom Sihamoni, paid a courtesy call to Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, and held bilateral meetings with Cambodian leaders.
Both sides agreed to enhance the exchange of all-level delegations, encourage people-to-people exchange activities toward mutual recognition of vaccine passports and vaccination certificates.
The success of his visit once again affirms the Vietnamese Party, State and people's determination to foster fine neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability between the two countries, contributing to consolidating political trust and further deepening bilateral all-around ties.
Vietnam establishes circular agriculture association
The convention to establish the Vietnam Circular Agriculture Association
A meeting was held in Hanoi on December 19 to establish the Vietnam Circular Agriculture Association and hold the first convention of its 2021-2026 tenure.
The association will work for the development of Vietnam's circular agriculture, towards making it a driver of the circular economy while contributing to sustainable development.
The establishment of the Vietnam Circular Agriculture Association is highly significant as Vietnam is implementing projects to restructure agriculture and develop organic agriculture for the 2020-2030 period with a goal of enhancing added value and sustainable development.
Winners of contest on compiling Vietnamese language learning materials for OVs honoured
Winners of a contest on the compilation of Vietnamese language learning materials for overseas Vietnamese were honoured at an award ceremony held on December 24 by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The contest was held from September 2020 until this December. As many as eligible 28 entries comprising a total of 62 books and documents were sent to the organising board. Contestants included those from Ukraine and Poland.
The award-winning works will be digitalised and widely introduced to serve teaching and learning of Vietnamese language free of charge for OVs.
Vietnamese students win four golds and two silvers at Junior Science Olympiad
Vietnamese students won four gold and two silver medals at the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), which were held in the UAE from December 12-22.
The winners were from Grade 10, specialising in Chemistry, Physics and Biology at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. The gold medallists were La Chau Giang, Bui Tuan Kien, Nguyen Phuong Thuy, Trinh Anh Minh while the silver medal winners were Nguyen Trinh Bao Nhu and Trinh Ninh Ngoc Mai.
Nearly 400 students aged 15 years and younger from 59 countries and territories around the world have met both in direct and online forms during the 18th IJSO to test their knowledge and skills in physics, biology and chemistry.
Phong Nha – Ke Bang among top 39 destinations for 2022
The US travel magazine AFAR has listed Phong Nha – Ke Bang, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the central province of Quang Binh (Vietnam), among its 39 best destinations to visit in 2022.
According to AFAR, it's easier than ever to dive deep into the gigantic caves of this UNESCO World Heritage site. Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, a geologically notable site in central Vietnam, has tempted daredevils since 2013, when Son Doong, the biggest cave on the planet (large enough to hold a Boeing 747), opened for multiday tours.
The magazine also cited that on the new Hang Ba tour (still in development), the guides will lead spelunkers through upwards of five caves with gigantic limestone chambers and dangling stalactites. When cavers aren't crawling, swimming, or paddleboarding, they'll be camping and trekking through jungles.
Vietnam's representative crowned Miss Eco Teen International 2021
Bella Vu Huyen Dieu was crowned Miss Eco Teen International 2021. (Photo: the organising board)
14-year-old Bella Vu Huyen Dieu from Vietnam, triumphantly overcame 60 contestants from various countries around the world, to be crowned Miss Eco Teen International 2021 at the finale held on December 20 in Egypt.
Representatives from the Philippines, the US, Belgium and Egypt were named as first to fourth runners up, respectively.
In addition to the title of Miss Eco Teen International 2021, Bella Vu Huyen Dieu also entered the top ten for the Talent competition and won first prize in the category of costume on environment, which helped her secure a ticket to the Top 10 in the final of the pageant.
Martial artist wins gold medal at 2021 Asian Karate Championships
Hoang Thi My Tam on December 20 clinched a gold medal at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Kazakhstan.
The 18-year-old martial artist defeated N. Penpisut of Thailand in the final of the women's kumite 55kg in the U21 championship. Earlier, she won against rivals from the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
The 2021 Asian Karate Championships are the 17th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and 19th edition of the Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, with the participation of nearly 500 competitors from 23 countries and territories.
Giang Brothers break own world record in Spain
The Giang brothers performed a head-to-head balancing act climbing 100 stairs within 53 seconds, breaking their own world record.
Vietnamese acrobat duo Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep broke their own world record by doing a head-to-head balancing act and climbing 100 stairs of the Girona Cathedral in Catalonia, Spain on December 23.
The duo originally set a world record in 2016 when they climbed 90 stairs of the cathedral in 52 seconds.
Guinness World Records proposed adding 10 more steps this time and the Vietnamese duo agreed to take on the new challenge.
Quoc Co started practicing circus at the age of 4, Quoc Nghiep began at the age of 5. The two have been professional performers from 1999 to present.
Vietnam out of 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup
Vietnam were eliminated from the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup after a goalless draw with Thailand in the return leg of the semifinals, which took place on December 26 at the National Stadium of Singapore.
The squad lost to Thailand 0-2 in the first leg three days ago.
Vietnam went on full attack from the beginning of the match. However, they could not capitalise on their chances and failed to find the rivals' net.
The defending champions came second in Group B of the tournament's group stage, with three victories against Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia, and one goalless draw with Indonesia.
August 15-21: Vietnamese, Lao NAs hold 11th exchange
Nhan Dan Online reviews the notable events that made headlines over this past week.
August 8-14: NA Standing Committee's 14th meeting wraps up
August 1-7: Vietnamese leaders extend sympathy to Cuba over oil tank explosion
July 25-31: Party, State leaders pay homage to martyrs
Monday, July 25, 2022 03:55
July 18-24: Conference looks into resolutions adopted at fifth plenum of 13th Party Central Committee
July 11-17: Party chief chairs meeting of Central Military Commission
July 4-10: Party chief receives Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
June 27 – July 3: Party chief holds phone talks with CPP President, Cambodian PM
June 20-26: Vietnamese, Cambodian leaders exchange greetings on 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties
June 13-19: Mozambican Assembly President arrives in Hanoi for official visit
June 6 – 12: Party leader holds online talks with RoK President
May 30-June 5: Vietnam persists with Doi Moi, door-opening and integration policy: PM
May 23-29: National Assembly's third session opens
May 16-22: PM congratulates Vietnam's U23 football team on their championship at SEA Games 31
May 9-15: Prime Minister attends ASEAN-US summit and visits US
May 2-8: Fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee opens
April 25 – May 1: Japanese PM pays official visit to Vietnam
April 18-24: Indian parliamentary leader visits Vietnam
April 11-17: Party chief sends greetings to Lao, Cambodian leaders on Bunpimay, Chol Chnam Thmay festivals
April 4-10: Party leader pays working visit to Quang Ninh province
March 28 – April 3: Party chief holds phone talk with German Chancellor


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Consumer & Class Action Litigation Newsletter - March 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Prevailing Debt Collector Can Recover Costs Without Showing of Bad Faith and Harassment in FDCPA Action
First Circuit Rules That Mortgagor Has Standing to Challenge Assignment of Mortgage
Debt Collector's President and Its Attorney Acted in Bad Faith by Failing to Disclose Professional Liability Policy
Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Position on Lawyers as Debt Collectors Under the FDCPA
CFPB's Additional Plans for 2013
On February 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of respondent debt collector in Marx vs. General Revenue Corporation, holding that the prevailing party in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) action may be awarded costs where the lawsuit was not brought in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment. Petitioner consumer had defaulted on a student loan, for which the creditor authorized the debt collector to collect. The consumer filed an FDCPA action against the debt collector, alleging that the collector harassed her and falsely threatened her with garnishment. After a one-day trial, the consumer did not prove any violation, and the district court awarded the debt collector costs for witness fees, witness travel expenses, and deposition transcript fees.
The consumer appealed the district court's decision awarding costs. Specifically, she argued that the court's discretion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) was displaced by 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(3) of the FDCPA, which provides, in pertinent part, that "[o]n a finding by the court that an action under this section was brought in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment, the court may award to the defendant attorney's fees reasonable in relation to the work expended and costs."
Despite the filing of an amicus brief by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in support of the consumer's position, the Supreme Court held that costs are allowed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). The Court concluded that the language and context of 15 U.S.C. §1692k(a)(3) demonstrate that it is not contrary to Rule 54(d)(1).
Marx vs. General Revenue Corporation, No. 11-1175, slip op. (U.S. Feb. 26, 2013)
For more information, please contact Barbara Fernandez or your regular Hinshaw attorney.
In Culhane v. Aurora Loan Services of Nebraska, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 563374 (1st Cir. 2013), plaintiff consumer claimed that an assignor lacked authority to assign her mortgage to defendant assignee because the assignor did not hold the note, and, as a result, that the assignee could not foreclose. The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the assignee. On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit determined that the consumer had established a personal stake in the outcome of the litigation through injury, causation and redressability.
The First Circuit further analyzed whether the consumer had standing because she was asserting her own legal rights. Because a mortgagor has a right under Massachusetts law to ensure that a foreclosure is conducted lawfully, and because Massachusetts is a nonjudicial foreclosure state which does not give the mortgagor the opportunity to challenge the assignment of the mortgage as a defense to the foreclosure, the First Circuit ruled that a mortgagor has standing to challenge the validity of an assignment of mortgage. However, the First Circuit's holding is limited to lawsuits claiming that the assignment of mortgage is invalid, ineffective or void. Based on this, the First Circuit reviewed the record and affirmed summary judgment in favor of the assignee, finding that the assignor could assign the mortgage despite the fact that it was not the note holder.
Culhane v. Aurora Loan Services of Nebraska, ___ F.3d ___ (1st Cir. 2013)
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found that defendant debt collector's president and chief operating officer (president), along with the debt collector's lawyer, acted in bad faith by failing to disclose that the debt collector had a professional liability policy sufficient to cover plaintiff's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claims. Plaintiff brought a class action FDCPA suit against the debt collector and was awarded her fees and costs. The debt collector filed for bankruptcy and its insurer refused to cover the loss because the debt collector never tendered a timely claim. The district court found that the debt collector's attorney and president acted in bad faith to deprive plaintiff of a recovery from the insurer and ordered them to pay plaintiff's damages and fees owed by the debt collector as well as costs incurred litigating the bad faith issue.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the sanction. The court noted that not only did the district court not believe the lawyer's and president's excuses for failing to disclose the insurance information, but also properly relied upon the facts that: (1) the debt collector had professional liability coverage for suits arising from its wrongful act, (2) the lawyer and president knew this, (3) during discovery the attorney failed to turn over documents reflecting the applicable insurance policy, and (4) the lawyer and president allowed the period for filing a timely claim to lapse. The court also found that there was sufficient evidence to uphold the district court's ruling that the attorney had a "peculiarly close relationship" with the debt collector to warrant holding him jointly responsible for his "client's misdeeds in which he actively participated."
Anchondo v. Dunn, 2013 WL 599798 (10th Cir. Feb. 19, 2013)
For more information, please contact Jennifer W. Weller or your regular Hinshaw attorney.
In a short but potent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stood by its holding in Glazer v. Chase Home Finance LLC, No. 10-3416, 2013 WL 141699 (Jan. 14, 2013) — handed down just one month prior — which subjects lawyers who meet the general definition of "debt collector" to the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) when engaged in a mortgage foreclosure.
In this appeal, the borrowers, after losing a first home to foreclosure, defaulted in March 2010, on a mortgage loan secured by a second property. Foreclosure counsel notified the borrowers of the current loan servicer's intent to commence foreclosure proceedings on behalf of the mortgagee. The borrowers ultimately did not qualify, and later sued multiple defendants. Their claims included an FDCPA claim against foreclosure counsel. The district court dismissed the borrowers' FDCPA claim against foreclosure counsel, holding that a law firm enforcing a security interest in a mortgage can not be a debt collector for purposes of compliance with the FDCPA.
The Sixth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of the FDCPA claim against foreclosure counsel. The court concluded that the borrowers had sufficiently alleged foreclosure counsel's status as a debt collector under the FDCPA in their complaint. The court also considered the borrowers' appeal of the district court's dismissal of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) claim against the loan servicer and held that the borrowers' allegations — that the loan servicer untimely responded to a Qualified Written Request and that the borrowers had consequently suffered "damages," — met the plausibility standard in pleading a RESPA violation.
Mellentine v. Ameriquest Mortgage Company et al., 2013 WL 560515 (6th Cir. Feb. 14, 2013)
In addition to the new mortgage rules announced in January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) declared on February 13, 2012, its plan to work with the mortgage industry to ensure that the CFPB's new rules are implemented accurately and expeditiously. The CFPB plans to finalize proposals later in 2013 concerning: various disclosure requirements that were added by the Dodd-Frank Act; integration of mortgage disclosures under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); and a simpler, more inclusive definition of the finance charge for purposes of disclosures for closed-end mortgage transactions under Regulation Z. The CFPB expects to consider whether to adjust regulatory thresholds in connection with any change in the calculation of the finance charge later in 2013.
Specifically, the CFPB discussed its plans for the remainder of 2013, which include:
Coordinating with other agencies to ensure that all regulators have a shared understanding of the CFPB's new rules
Publishing plain-language, easy-to-understand summaries of the regulations in both written and video form
Publishing updates to the official interpretations which will provide guidance on how to comply with the rules
Publishing readiness guides to help mortgage originators and servicers prepare to comply with the new rules
Educating consumers by providing information about their new protections under these rules through a broad-reaching consumer education campaign
For more information, please contact Tim Sullivan and Michael D. Morehead or your regular Hinshaw attorney.
This newsletter has been prepared by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers. It is not intended to provide legal advice for a specific situation or to create an attorney-client relationship.
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Residents of SCV journey through African music at CalArts
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Azoli performs at the concert, African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine at the Wild Beast music pavilion at CalArts on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Bright-colored lights sprang from the Wild Beast music pavilion at CalArts as listeners were taken on a journey through the history of African music Saturday evening.
A wide variety of bands and dancers graced the stage as over 300 people were in attendance to enjoy the concert, African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine, who is the outgoing president.
Carissa Songhorian performs Pandora's Box at the concert, African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine, at CalArts on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
"I am interested in how the wild beast lives in the jungle, not in the zoo," read a quote from Morton Feldman displayed on the outside of the stage.
And listeners got the opportunity to experience the wild beast that is song and dance as bands played a hybrid of African music and other genres to create a unique experience.
The African Music and Dance program at CalArts has allowed students to immerse themselves in the music and dance of West Africa ever since its inception in the early 1970's.
The concert also celebrated outgoing President Steven Lavine, who ran CalArts for 29 years.
A member of the Kidi Band performs at the concert, African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine at the Wild Beast music pavilion at CalArts on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
"I am looking forward to the CalArts community coming out to celebrate Steven Lavine's accomplishments," said Dave Bossert, the master of ceremonies for the event and a current member on the board of trustees.
Dave Bossert, the master of ceremonies, gives a speech at the concert, African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine at the Wild Beast music pavilion at CalArts on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal


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Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
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This object has related works. See partner of Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025)
Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period
Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Overall: 32.5 x 22.1 cm (12 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Recto Image: 27.7 x 10.3 cm (10 7/8 x 4 1/16 in.); Verso image: 26.3 x 20.7 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.169
Seemingly uninterested in the emissaries and gifts, a prince kneels with six royal women under an open tent and tries to coax one to have a drink.
The painting on the verso of this folio is the first half of a double-page frontispiece now detached from a Shah-nama manuscript (see CMA 1956.10 for the second half of the frontispiece). The scene does not illustrate a narrative from the Shah-nama, but is likely a representation of the courtly audience for whose entertainment the manuscript was created. The date and style of the painting indicate that it was made during the reign of the Timurid dynasty in Shiraz, Iran.
Yā kabīkaj
Inscription Translation
King of Cockroaches
Inscription Remark
The inscription on the recto is a talismanic inscription against insects that might damage the book.
Recto: Effaced seal
Philipp Walter Schulz [1864-1920], Leipzig, Germany
before 1935-1945
(Mrs. Kirkor [Antoinette P. Clark] Minassian [1874-1961], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, F. R. Martin, Max van Berchem, Moriz Dreger, Ernst Kühnel, Camillo List, and Severin Schröder. Die Ausstellung von Meisterwerken muhammedanischer Kunst in München, 1910. München: F. Bruckmann, 1912. vol. I, pl. 22, no. 653
Schulz, Ph.W. Die persisch-islamische Miniaturmalerei. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Irans. Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1914. Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 1, p. 87; vol II, pls. 37, 110
Diez, Ernst. Die Kunst der Islamischen Volker. Berlin-Neubabelsberg: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion M.BH., 1917. Reproduced: p. 187, fig. 225
Aga-Oglu, Mehmet and Walter Heil. Exhibition of Islamic art, M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, February 24 to March 22, 1937. San Fransisco: Carlisle, 1937. p. 30, no. 52
Ackerman, Phyllis. Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art. New York: Iranian Institute of America, 1940. p. 194
Milliken, William M. Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
Robinson, B.W. "Origin and Date of Three Famous Shah-Nameh Illustrations," Ars Orientalis I (1954):105–112. p. 105
Stchoukine, Ivan. Les Peintures des Manuscrits Timurids. Paris: Institut Français d'Archéologie de Beyrouth, Bibliothéque archéologique et historique, 1954. pp. 44, 46, 60
Bussagli, Mario. Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Milan: Silvana editoriale d'arte, 1956. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 506, p. 273, pl. LXXXVI
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Shāhnāmah Frontispiece." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (December 1956) vol. 43, no. 10, 1956, pp. 213–217. Mentioned: pp. 213–217; Reproduced: p. 217 www.jstor.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 722 archive.org
Gray, Basil. Persian Painting. Cleveland: Editions d'Art Albert Sikra and The World Publishing Company, 1961. pp. 96, 102–103
Ghirshman, Roman. Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962. Paris: Association francaise d'action artistique, 1961. no. 1079, p. 193
Grube, Ernst J. and Alberta Maria Fabris. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada. Venice: N. Pozza, 1962. Mentioned and Reproduced: no.34, pp. 46–48
Reisner, Jacob. "7000 Jahre Persische Kunst zur Austellung in 'Villa Hugel,'" Die Kunst und das Schone Heim 60 (March 1962): 226–233. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 96, 102–103
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 222 archive.org
Robinson, B.W. ed., Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1976. pp. 153, 154
Neils, Jenifer. "The Twain Shall Meet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 45, p. 350 www.jstor.org
Williams, Marjorie. "Dragons, Porcelains and Demons, Cultural Exchange between China and Persia," Orientations 17 no. 8 (August 1986). Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 26, fig. 5
Grabar, Oleg. The Meditation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 215, fig, 187
Blair, Sheila S. and Jonathan S. Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250 – 1800. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. p. 318, n. 24
Grabar, Oleg. "Toward an Aesthetic of Persian Painting," in The Art of Interpreting: Papers in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University vol. IX, ed. Susan C. Scott, pp. 129–162. University Park: Pennsylvania State University, 1995. Reproduced: fig. 6-3
Sims, Eleanor with Boris I. Marshak and Ernst J. Grube. Peerless Images: Persian Painting and its Sources. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 115–116, fig. 32
de Selliers, Diane, ed. Orient: Mille ans de poesi et de peinture. Paris: Diane de Selliers, 2004. pp. 106, 108
Curtil, Sophie and Miloš Cvach. L'Art par 1001 Mains. Toulouse: Éditions MILAN, 2008. p. 52
Gharipour, Mohammad. Persian Gardens and Pavilions, Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2013. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 85, p. 95
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 228–229
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: p.132, fig. 4.3; Mentioned: p. 133
Soucek, Priscilla. " Looking East, Looking West: The Artistic Connections of Ming China and Timurid Iran." In Ming China: Courts and Contacts, 1400-1450. Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall, and Yu Ping Luk., eds., p. 233. London: The British Museum, 2016. Reproduced: p. 233, pl. 26.8a-b
Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014). (1945.169.b only)
Exhibition of Islamic Art. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (February 24-March 22, 1937).
Exhibition of Persian Art. The Iranian Institute, New York, NY (1940).
Exhibition of Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1944).
Mostra d'Arte Iranica [Exhibition of Iranian art]. Instituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, Rome (June-August 1956).
7000 Ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris (October-November 1961).
Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy; Asia House, New York, NY (September 1962-February 1963).
Imperial Images in Persian Painting. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977).
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
Order and Rhythm: Carpets from the Islamic World. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 10-November 7, 1993).
Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-December 8, 1947).
The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962).
Muslim Miniature Paintings. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, Venezia, Italy (organizer) (September 1-October 31, 1962); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 4, 1962-February 3, 1963).
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).
Persian Miniature Manuscripts. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (August 13-September 11, 1977).
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The reality, however, is that marriage as an institution has various public consequences impacting in areas such as inheritance, tax and medical insurance – and this requires legal certainty. Although the Constitution provides the scope for legislation to regulate such religious marriage, no such legal recognition exists.
Currently, parties to a religious marriage such as a Muslim, Hindu or Jewish marriage must also register their marriage either in terms of the Marriage Act or Civil Union Act, for it to be legally recognised. However, a further anomaly exists in that a polygamous couple, married, for instance, in terms of Islamic or Jewish rites, are not only excluded from the Marriage Act and Civil Union Act (applicable only to monogamous marriages) but also the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (Customary Marriages Act). The Customary Marriages Act provides legal recognition to monogamous and polygamous customary marriages but is restricted to customary marriages concluded in terms of the customs of indigenous African people of South Africa. Therefore, unless a couple married in terms of religious tenets (and only those in monogamous relationships) also registered their marriage either in terms of the Marriage Act or Civil Union Act, there would be no automatic legal consequences on the dissolution of such marriage by divorce, for instance. Such automatic legal consequences include, for example, the division of property and the custody of children.
At the core of this legal lacuna is the question of the constitutional right to equality. More specifically, it concerns the right to equal protection and benefit of the law for women who have been historically marginalised in the context of family power structures. The question of the constitutional right to equality in this instance was also the central focus in the recent Western Cape High Court judgment, Women's Legal Centre Trust v President and Others, Faro v Bingham N.O and Others and Esau v Esau and Others (Women's Legal Centre matter), delivered on 31 August 2018. In the Women's Legal Centre matter, the State was taken to task for its failure to enact a legal framework to regulate Muslim marriages. This was argued to be a direct constitutional failure on the State's part to put reasonable measures in place to protect rights such as women's right to equality, dignity, and access to Courts. The State was ordered to introduce and bring such legislation into operation within 24 months. It is important to keep in mind that a draft Muslim Marriage Bill was already drafted by the South African Law Reform Commission in 2003. Further, in 2011 Cabinet published the Muslim Marriage Bill (X-2011) for public comment, but no further legislative steps were taken. The State argued that the matter raised complex and diverse views on the interpretation of Muslim personal law and, importantly, that there is no direct or indirect unfair discrimination on the basis of religion and gender, as women can choose also to register their marriage in terms of either the Marriage Act or the Civil Union Act.
This counter argument strikes at the heart of equality. The notion of the constitutional right to equality is context-sensitive. A guiding factor is the need to address the historical marginalisation of especially Muslim women. The fact that the Constitution now celebrates voluntary religious pluralism does not necessarily translate to bargaining power afforded to women. This lived reality must be addressed. This is a key take-away from the Women's Legal Centre matter. The Court held that in the eyes of the law, the status of a spouse married in terms of religious tenets is essentially not equal to that of spouse married either in terms of the Marriage Act, Civil Union Act or the Customary Marriages Act. She does not have the automatic legal option, for instance, to approach the Court to request for a division of property in terms of the Divorce Act,which is just and equitable and which would have been possible for a spouse in terms of a civil marriage. Therefore, not only is there differentiation on the basis of religion, but also importantly, considering the historical vulnerability of women, on the basis of gender. These grounds are listed grounds for unfair discrimination in terms of section 9(3) of the Constitution. The State's argument of voluntary choice, according to the Court, did not rebut this presumption of unfair discrimination, as it assumed women who historically had very little bargaining power in family structures would be able to insist on civil registration as well.
It is important to keep in mind that the Women's Legal Centre order was not a judicial pronouncement on whether the Muslim Marriage Bill in its current format would stand constitutional scrutiny. It was a reaffirmation of the State's constitutional duty take active measures to ensure that a legal framework is in place to provide the equal benefit and protection of the law to Muslim Religious marriages. In a broader context, the Women's Legal Centre matter now also raises the question of other religious marriages. The Court specifically responded to the facts of the matter at hand and the long history of the vulnerabilities of women in Muslim marriages, evidenced by many court cases where the Court had to intervene to extend legal protection of certain legislation on a case-by-case basis.
The State has a constitutional duty to ensure that reasonable legislative measures are in place to ensure women in all religious marriages have equal protection and benefit of the law.
By Ms Christine Botha: Legal Officer, Centre for Constitutional Rights
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April 26, 2020 August 4, 2020 by Ari Lentini
Rather than making separate posts, I decided to just make one long post that is labeled. These are discussions about most of the books we read for class and the prompts we were given.
What is your overall response to A Mercy ? How does the novel inform your ideas of the settlement of the US South and/or the US in general during the colonial period?
The way Toni Morrison writes in this particular novel is so chaotic and sometimes difficult to follow. However, after a while, I got used to it and it actually was slightly enjoyable. Toni Morrison was able to teleport her readers back in time to the colonial period and life for slaves "up close". Slavery is a difficult concept for us modern day student to imagine but it's still important to remember our past and to learn from it. I found myself realizing more and more connections between this novel and Place, considering that A Mercy is located in the south. It's also interesting to see how some of the factors within A Mercy such as socioeconomic status, race, and gender still play a minor role in some minds within the south.
How does Morrison depict the new settlers going about creating "place" in the new territories they are encountering in the way that a social geographer like Cresswell describes? How does the conception of "place" differ from the perspectives of the characters who are colonial settlers versus the characters who are indigenous to the area?
Place isn't just about forests, beaches or mountains as Cresswell explains. Toni Morrison expresses place and socioeconomic status as one entity. The white men had these elaborate mansions while the indigenous people had the polar opposite. Places goes further than that, as white men saw The South as "their place". They were superior in that territory and made sure that everyone knew that it was their place and where others fit in their place.
What are some ideas about gender or sexuality norms that you encounter in the novel? Do these gender norms vary across cultures?
From my former history studies, it seems that Toni Morrison was historically accurate on her gender norms during this period. Women faced various forms of violence from physical to sexual. Women were only around to serve men, even when it came to slaves. Slave women were slaves to slave men. Slave women had less freedom than slave men. At the end of the day, women were simply property to men.
Grade received: 100%
Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America: 1400-1850
When someone talks about Native Americans in the US, what region of the country first comes to mind? Why do you think this is?
I know that Native Americans come from all over the United States and that are tons of reservations in modern day America. However, I do find myself typically thinking of Native Americans being in the North Eastern part of the United States. The reason I think I may instantly refer to this portion of the United States is because I know from past history courses that the original settlers made a life for themselves in New England.
What do you know about indigenous cultures that lived here in the Southeastern US?
I'm aware that the Southeast was/is home to Cherokees. Sadly, that's about the extent of what I know.
What do you know about any beliefs regarding gender or sexuality that were held by various indigenous cultures in the US during the pre-colonial period? Anything? If not, what do you think some of the gender norms and/or social values/norms were regarding sexuality? Don't worry if you don't know. Take a guess!
I have absolutely no clue but I'd guess that women were able to much less in comparison to men in every aspect. I would guess that women had the duties of taking care of the home, kids, and animals.
Discuss 2-3 items you learned about the gender beliefs of one or more of the indigenous tribes after reading the text.
I initially thought that gender beliefs in indigenous tribes would be similar to most societies: men being at the top and women suck being the housewives. In "Nought but Women", Slater describes how femininity and masculinity were viewed in different societies. Women, rather than being forced to stay at home and do chores, were actually viewed as "guardians" and that they had an air of "chastity, humility, and piety." There was a sense of almost reverence for women of that period rather than treating them as a tool or commodity. It was also extremely bizarre to me to read that Native American men were deemed at lazy in the chapter titled "Subverting Gender Roles in the Sixteenth Century." I would have imagined prior that it would be the opposite way around.
Discuss 2-3 items you learned about beliefs regarding sexuality after reading the text.
When reading "Subverting Gender Roles in the Sixteenth Century," I was a bit saddened to hear about how sexualized the Conquistadors were, albeit not surprised. For example, Columbus wrote about the earth as if it were a breast, then compared the Indies to the nipple. They had also compared the New World to a "virgin bride". It was also saddening to read how Native American women were seen as "voluptuous, sensuous, insatiable, lust-filled" and more. Everything about the conquistadors seemed hyper sexualized. In the chapter "Womanish Men and Manlike Women," it was really interesting to read about Boudash, a seemingly transgender figure, who was able to take on a wife and embody the phrase "Manlike Woman."
Some of these chapters focus on cultures of the US South; whereas there are also a few chapters that feature cultures and groups that lived in the south at one time but were then forcibly removed and/or cultures that were always primarily outside of the south. How did you find that the sense of place that each culture came from shapes their beliefs or identities after reading the text?
In the chapter "Who Was Salvadora de los Santos Ramierz, Otomi Indian?", Salvadora had interactions within Spanish cultures and Indian cultures. Her story gave a very good sense of place and allowed us to have an inside look into the challenges she faced with these two cultures. In the chapter "Hannah Freeman," it describes a Lenape woman and her neighbors, which were Quakers. The chapter describes her lifestyle and challenges, much like the chapter on Salvadora.
Cherokee Women
Pick three chapters that you enjoyed the most in this text. Please explain what you learned, what you liked, and what you found interesting.
After reading this book, I have found three chapters that I enjoyed the most. For starters, Part 1 "A Woman's World" was a great starting place for the rest of the book and provided a lot of important information to keep in mind. For example, the idea that men didn't control women was lovely to hear. It's nice knowing that not all cultures regarded men as the supreme gender. It was also interesting to read how their beliefs came about with Selu and Kana'ti. Women had most of the work from crops, land, and raising children. They were allowed to have a status of their own that wasn't dependent on their husband and could have economic power. I also found myself chuckling at the idea that women were viewed as powerful and dangerous when they were on their period. I think I really like that mindset.
The second chapter that I found interesting was Part 2 Chapter 3 "Trade". It was interesting to me that Natives really wanted and even depended on what Europeans had because their goods were all around better than what the Native counterparts were. It was also disheartening to read that women were more likely to be slaves where there was initially a lack of control. However, it also made sense since women had many handy skills compared to men. The children from women were instantly slaves and made for cheap work. Indian slaves also destroyed their population and forced warriors to take Europeans and ransom them. While it's an important part of their history, it's an extremely sad history to read about.
Finally, I found Part 2 Chapter 6, "Women in the Early Cherokee Republic", interesting. It explained the roles women had in their government during the early 19th century. Surprisingly, women could actively participate in decision making unlike most societies. They also decided to create "a bifurcated system of property holding", which meant that the land itself was owned by the Nation and any personal items, slaves, etc. belonged to the individual. Women, while they started out as these powerful workers, became rather stationary in the 19th century while the men did pretty much what you would expect: hunt, trade, fight. However, Cherokee men and women had the ability to own private property.
So far, what is your general response to the book?
I have actually read Beloved in Dr. Rice's course last spring. I remember it being quite sad in regards to Sethe.
What are some commonalities you see between this text and Laboring Women?
There is still heavy racism that can be found in this text, especially concerning Schoolteacher. Female slaves were still more important due to them being able to reproduce.
What are some differences you note between this text and Laboring Women?
This text is not revolving around such a faraway time period as the majority of Laboring Women was.
Now that you've finished the novel, what is your overall reaction to it?
Much like the first time I read this novel, the second time reading it also made me incredibly sad for Sethe. I understand why she tried to kill her children. Sethe had a first-hand understanding of the dehumanization that happens when you're a slave and she felt that death was a better route than actually being a slave. It was also really difficult to see how Paul D and Sethe's relationship took a huge turn once he learned of her eldest daughter's death.
What are some beliefs or norms regarding gender you observed the various characters discussing and/or living out?
How did these norms/beliefs/behaviors differ depending on the race and/or gender of the characters?
One of the gender norms I saw was through Sethe. She was relatively dependent on those around her and pretty helpless. She depends on Paul D emotionally and cannot do anything when schoolteacher's nephews violate her. She is the typical, helpless protagonist in the beginning. While male slaves in this time period had to endure suffering, it was a different type of suffering. Men were less likely to be sexually violated. For example, Sethe had the milk from her body taken by schoolteacher's nephews while Paul D had an iron bit in his mouth. Both are terrible acts of injustice but they are different forms of injustice.
How did these gendered and racial norms shift as the characters moved north, out of the south and out of slavery?
Sethe became more empowered. She fought for what she felt was right. She took on this strong motherly instinct where, even if many wouldn't agree, she attempted to murder her children for their safety. She gained some independence away from men.
Finally, since you've just finished two texts that discuss women's experiences with slavery, but one was non-fiction and the other was fiction, talk about strengths and/or weaknesses you think each genre/text brings to the subject. Which had a greater impact and why?
Both the fiction and non-fiction novels we read were extremely powerful in regards to expressing the true nature of slavery. Beloved really pulled me in with its intensity and allowed me to almost see life through the eyes of Sethe. Laboring Women provided a lot of real facts from our nation's history that helped to drive the ideas Beloved had home. I am someone who personally gets fairly bored with non-fiction so I feel as though Beloved was an easier read for myself and possibly most people. Meanwhile, Laboring Women helped readers to see exactly what was true in Beloved. Both have their place.
Joining Places
Write a paragraph explaining what you learned from reading the Intro and Chapter 1 of the book.
The Introduction to this book was quite interesting. It described the different neighborhoods including the Cotton Kingdom and how "slaves were essential to local planters' hopes for the region" (page 3). The intro also details the use of watercourses, such as being used for transit and even leisure. The sentence on page 4 that says "making places is always a process" really hit me. It can obviously allude to our first book, Places, but it also hit me during these weird times facing COVID-19. A lot of people have been uprooted and making a new place can be really difficult. The intro talks about how neighborhoods were almost like what we know of neighborhoods today. They had a place for work and a time for leisure. Neighborhoods could face collaboration or even strife. I think the intro was a great start for the rest of the book.
What is the author's main pint, thesis, or argument in chapter 3?
This chapter, which is called "Terrains of Struggle", focused on the actual struggle of slave neighborhoods facing punishment since there were no distinct lines between neighborhoods.
What are some examples or pieces of evidence he gives to back up his assertions?
At the end of page 120 into page 121, Kaye describes slaves killing their own slave owner.
What's something you learned about gender roles in this chapter?
Men were focused on plotting plantations while the women would take up the male role at the household as well as the typical female duties.
What's something you learned about beliefs and norms regarding sexuality and/or marriage customs in this chapter?
Men had to ask their owners for permission to live with a woman or marry her.
Tell me about something you found particularly surprising, enlightening, or just especially interesting in this chapter.
It really was a crazy world to live in. You had to prioritize yourself over everyone else if you wanted to make it. It was really sad to read. There was no real sense of community because of it.
Grade received: 93.33%
How do you, as a student who has been through this class, think you read this book differently than someone of a general audience would? In other words, how have our other texts and topics informed your reading of this text?
Because of the prior knowledge gained in this course, I was able to really look at the historical context of the text and the way gender roles played a part. Drusilla embodied a woman who wasn't afraid to break the typical gender norms. She seemed to be an all-around badass but it took a bit of a turn when she was scrutinized for the way she dressed and acted by everyone else. I understand the gender norms but there are also different gender norms like the female Cherokee warriors that were essentially revered for not fitting the social norms of other communities. Then there's Granny who fit the kind and warmhearted Southern stereotype but then ended up not being the entire stereotype.
What are some ideas about "proper" masculinity and femininity that the characters discuss or try to live by? How do these ideals differ across the races of people you encounter?
Drusilla didn't embody "proper" femininity whatsoever. She constantly fights how the typical Southern woman should be and was even forced to marry just to be somewhat "normal." These stereotypes play a larger role for the white community. They have a constant need to fit that cookie-cutter mold. Yet the non-white folks didn't feel that same social requirement.
Discuss at least two characters who trespass against these social norms of gender and/or sexuality. What are some of the prices they pay for doing so?
Like I said before, Drusilla is the biggest breaker of these social norms. She throws aside the feminine dresses and instead prefers the masculine attire and wants to fight like the men around her. She is chastised by Granny and other women for her desires but still goes forth with her desires. She pays for this by being chastised which fuels her to go crazy. There's also Granny, who is callous and isn't afraid to go head to head with anyone, including soldiers. She ends up paying the price for this by losing her own life.
How does Faulkner portray the war as shaping norms and behaviors related to gender and/or sexuality?
Women had to bend to the world around them. They were spoken for and told what to do while the men went off to war. Women didn't get the choice of what they did. Then there's them men. Men were expected to not only fight but WANT to fight. They were expected to essentially prove themselves through war.
Conversely, how does Faulkner portray the norms of gender and sexuality as affecting the war itself?
Going back to the previous bullet point, the men were expected to want to fight. They were expected to be almost passionate about war and about proving their masculinity through war.
Finally, how do you think this text echoes what you learned from Southern Manhood? Is there anything else you'd like to say about the text after reading The Unvanquished?
It echos how masculinity was portrayed through war. Men were supposed to want to fight and not having the desire was not manly. I also wasn't a fan of this book.
South Carolina Women, Vol. 1
Choose three chapters and discsuss.
The first chapter I looked at was "The Lady of Cofitachequi: Gender and Political Power among Native Southerners." She was referred to as "The Lady" and impressed the Spaniards with her power. A woman with such power wasn't typical over so many males, which is why they were so impressed. It was interesting to see that her gender within her own community was disregarded and instead she was seen for her power. The Spaniards viewing her for her beauty and femininity shows a distinct divide between the two. It was also extremely impressive for me to read about how she managed to escape her capture from the Spaniards so easily to go back to her community and continue her rule.
The second chapter I read was "Mary Fisher, Sophia Hume, and the Quakers of Colonial Charleston: Women Professing Godliness." On page 41, it shocked me to read how "church fathers claimed that as daughters of Eve, all women had a share in the Fall, and they turned particularly to the writings of the apostle Paul who insisted that women should be silent in church and that only men should teach and govern." Then there's the Quaker named George Fox, who believed that "gender inequalities were one of Satan's tools." This gave way to Mary Fisher, who was one of the most famous female preachers in the Quaker religion. She was imprisoned for 16 months for being a female preacher but that only gave way to her having a bigger influence on the community, including the freedom of two horse thieves. She even went as far as to visit the Ottoman Empire to preach. I might be an atheist but I am always interested in headstrong women like Mary Fisher. Despite being a woman, who was shunned for having an active role in most religions and was even thought to be a witch for her preaching, she did it anyway and had many impacts within the Quaker religion.
The last chapter I read was "Mary-Anne Schad and Mrs. Brown: Overseers' Wives in Colonial South Carolina." This detailed the role women had in regards to plantations and specifically lower-class white women, which was a relatively unknown side of history before these two women. These women were "farmers, skilled craftswomen, nurses, midwives, supervisors of slaves, and business partners to their husbands" (61). They were "highly valued members of the plantation community" (65) which was extremely impressive for the period. Most women had little responsibilities but these two lower-class women had so many and were even respected for it.
(Sidenote: I chose to write about the chapters "Judith Giton: From Southern France to the Carolina Lowcountry", "Dolly, Lavinia, Maria, and Susan: Enslaved Women in Antebellum South Carolina", "Rebecca Brewton Motte: Revolutionary South Carolinian", and "Elizabeth Allston Pringle: A Woman Rice Planter" for my final project. I HIGHLY recommend looking at "Rebecca Brewton Motte: Revolutionary South Carolinian" because she's kind of a badass lady.)
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SELLER: Vince and Louise Camuto
LOCATION: Southampton, NY'
SIZE: 9,611 square feet, 10 bedrooms, 10.5 bathrooms
YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Thanks to a brief missive from our unofficial aide de camp Hot Chocolate it's come to Your Mama's attention that shoe tycoon Vince Camuto and his former beauty queen wife, Louise,* have slapped a fat $48 million price tag on Wooldon Manor, their historic ocean front estate in Southampton, NY.**
Settle down sisters, Your Mama knows Mister Camuto may not a household name in the vein of a Tinseltown celebrity but in the dog-eat-pony world of mid-prices ladies' shoes he is a power player of the highest order. He co-founded the Nine West footwear brand in 1978, which was sold to Jones Apparel Group in the late 1990s for nearly $900 million, and since 2001 his eponymous Camuto Group has provided design, development, marketing, and distribution for a variety of licensed shoe brands including (but not limited to) those of Jessica Simpson, Tory Burch, and BCBG Maz Azria. He also has a handful of his own footwear, handbag, accessories and apparel brands, among them VC Signature, Louise Et Cie, and Two by Vince Camuto.
The house that's nowadays known as Wooldon Manor was built in the early 1930s by five-and-dime heiress Jessie Woolworth Donahue and husband James Donahue as the pool house to a gigantic Tudor style residence designed by the noted architecture firm Barney & Chapman and built in 1900 for a wealthy physician turned stock broker named Peter B. Wyckoff. (Interior shots of the demolished Wyckoff manse can be seen here on the always delectably informative Old Long Island blog). So the scuttlebutt goes, Missus Woolworth Donahue hired high society architects William Treanor and Maurice Fatio to design her deluxe pool and pool house after she was rejected for membership in the notoriously snooty Southampton Bathing Corporation for not being waspy enough. Quel scandale! Anyways...
Sometime in the 1930s Wooldon Manor was acquired by financier Edmund Lynch—he was the Lynch in Merrill Lynch—who died in 1938. The sprawling oceanfront estate fell into a state of disrepair and in 1941 the massive main house was demolished and a number of the estate's numerous outbuildings, including Missus Woolworth Donahue's pool house, converted to private residences.
Property records Your Mama peeped and perused are, at best, vague so we' not entirely sure when or for how much Mister and Missus Camuto paid for the the various pieces of multi-parcel estate. Even though Your Mama's online investigation and rudimentary calculations indicate Mister and Missus Camuto actually own six separate but contiguous parcels that total 14.29 acres, listing details point out that the $48 million price tag includes only about 5.5 acres. Unspecified additional acreage is also available for an unknown price.
The existing residence, renovated and expanded over the years to become a proper main house with a separate pool house of it's own, was did over by Mister and Missus Camuto and measures about 10,000 square feet, according to current listing details, with 10 bedrooms and 10.5 bathrooms. Interior details include five fireplaces, origami-like vaulted ceilings with carved wood accents, limestone floors, and custom bronze and glass doors. In addition to the cavernous formal living and dining rooms, the Camuto's seaside summer house also includes a paneled library, a spacious center island kitchen with adjacent breakfast room, a finished basement and a home theater.
The day-core shown in listing photos is certainly correct and we'd bet both our long bodied bitches, Linda and Beverly, the furnishings cost the Camuto's more money than most people will ever see in their lifetimes. However, iffin we're being honest—and we always are—we'd tell the children that we find it all to be rather predictable and a boring. Much of the original architectural details, however, are fab and we admit that some of the more new-fangle-y interjections, such as the interior glass and bronze windows that separate the sky-lit upper landing and the master suite, are thrillingly unexpected.
As should they should in a beach front summer residence, many rooms at Wooldon Manor provide direct access to the vast outdoor living and entertainment areas that include an ocean view loggia that links to a (mostly) glass-enclosed terrace designed, we presume, to be used when the afternoon winds whip up off the surf. Recreational amenities includes broad flat lawns for croquet and lawn darts (or whatever sorts of lawn games rich people play), a sizable ocean-side swimming pool and pool house, a chain link fenced tennis court, small chunks of formal gardens, and a glass-roofed greenhouse folly that's flanked by a pair of classical columned open air pavilions.
Some of Mister and Missus Camuto's nearest Gin Lane neighbors include octogenarian businessman Carl Spielvogel, the former ambassador to Slovakia, and his wife, Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, whose 12,000 square foot Lake Agawam-fronting mansion has been on and off the market for at least six years and is currently listed at $24,995,000.
Other Gin Lane homeowners of note (and/or noteriety) include shopping mall magnate A. Alfred Taubman; hedge fund fat cat Mark Rachesky; entrepreneur George Kraus—he and his wife own auto heiress Anne Ford's former beach front house; petroleum and gas baron Robert Belfer; music industry mogul Martin Bandier; influential businessman billionaire Herbert Allen Jr.; movie producer (and co-founder of Planet Hollywood) Keith Barish,; blue-chip artist Roy Lichtenstein's widow Dorothy; private equity poo-bah Jonathan Sokoloff; and Citigroup honcho James C. Cowles. Retired hedge funder/investor Chris Shumway is the much rumored but unconfirmed $60 million buyer of a six acre ocean front estate that once belonged to flamboyant Broadway producer Marty Richards.
Vera Wang's late, sick-rich father owned a Gin Lane estate that's now owned by J. Michael Cline, a healthcare industry investor and the co-founder of ticket service behemoth Fandango, who bought the 2.2 acre estate in 2007 for $11.5 million and unsuccessfully attempted to unload it last year for $17.5 million. Next door the Wang/Cline crib, the estate of the late New York Times owner/publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger was listed last fall (2012) for 13.9 million. While at least one online listing indicates the property was sold for $10,200,000, property records Your Mama perused shows the estate is still owned by Mister Sulzberger's estate. Make of that what you will. Anyways and finally, in 2011 a corporate concern connected to hedge funder Scott Bommer paid $14,500,000 for a storied tear down cottage on 1.6 prime ocean front acres and it is retired hedge funder/investor Chris Shumway who is most often named as the mysterious 2008 buyer who paid $60 million for a six acre ocean front estate that had long been owned flamboyant Broadway producer Marty Richards and was briefly (and erroneously) believed by property gossips around the globe to have been acquired by philandering professional golfer Tiger Woods.
It could be that Mister and Missus Camuto want to sell Wooldon Manor—or at least a portion of it—since it's not the only historic and brutally high maintenance Hamptons estate they currently own. In 2005 they shelled out $35,000,000 to buy Villa Maria, a grand (but decrepit) 21,000 square foot mansion on 15 acres in the heart of Water Mill with 1,100 feet of frontage on Mill Creek and Mecox Bay. The original house had been built in the late 1880s and had a series of owners before it was acquired by a group of Catholic nuns in the early 1930s. The sisters first used the massive house as a training facility for novitiates and later as a retirement home for nuns. At some point it because a sort of non-denominational spiritual center.
Anyways, by the time the Camutos came along the massive house was in sad shambles. Many of the vast rooms had been divided into dormitory style accommodations, there was a substantial breach in the roof above the entrance hall and an entire wing had been all but destroyed by water damage. With the help of New York architect Andre Tchelistcheff, the Camutos spent four years and God only knows how many millions re-building the titanic, 11 bedroom house and transforming it into a period fantasia injected with a kind of low-key/high-brow Shabby Chic elegance. The imposing mansion includes a double height entry with sweeping staircase and faux-limestone walls; a 60-foot long living room with a long of white slip-covered furniture; a paneled gallery that looks long enough in pictures to accommodate a bowling alley; a double height atrium with gilded dome ceiling; and a formal dining room wrapped in Venetian plaster. Less formal family quarters include a colossal country kitchen with Carrara marble counter tops and a media room tucked up into the eaves on the upper level. A post renovation Villa Maria was featured and fawned over in the July (2013) issue of Architectural Digest.
In addition to their impressive and high maintenance residential real estate holdings in the Hamptons, Mister and Missus Camuto also maintain an imposing, early 20th century French Normandy style chateau on 30-plus secluded acres in Greenwich, CT.
*Missus Camuto, a high level executive at The Camuto Group, was crowned Miss Sweden in 1989 and later went on to be the runner up in the Miss Universe pageant.
**The kids at Curbed Hamptons already discussed the matter but we figured we'd go ahead and dive in anyways...
listing photos: Sotheby's International Realty
Posted by Your Mama at 11:05 PM
jayjay said...
could you please do a piece on Demi Lovato's new apartment? :) xxx
Villa Maria is beautiful now-
And Mrs. Camuto is drop dead gorgeous!
Together with the Hart Howerton Ronald S. Baron estate, I really like it...
Though all that tarmac to the west is hideous...
Does the 24 Gin Lane house also belong to Vince?
how many inches above sea level is the main building/house ?
"Though all that tarmac to the west is hideous..."
That's the parking lot for the Bathing Corp. -- complete with an 8-foot "fuck you" brick wall at Wooldon Manor's property edge.
As Mama pointed out, there's plenty of history for Wooldon Manor over at Old Long Island...
That photo of the fountain on Old Long Island shows a weird entity in the background. Some sort of pavilion? Another house?
"The house beyond the garden wall was the Dr. Thomas house. It was one of the first summer cottages in Southampton. When the Donahue family bought the Wyckoff estate, they also bought the Thomas house and tore it down and built the pool house, which still survives today."
Oh, I see.
Perhaps I can find a photo of it on the Old Long Island blog.
What do you think of the Camuto renovations and the whole look of the house and the property?
Desert Donna said...
Their Villa Maria property was worthy of buying a copy of AD, and I have not done that for a long time. Just when you think taste is gone, there is that fresh breath of air.
This is just gorgeous, drop dead beautiful.
This is a REAL trophy property!
Ya know, the shoe story sounded familiar, but this house wasn't right. Thank you, 2:28 for clearing up my confusion!
Sandpiper said...
Au contraire, Mama. Could have been furnished with cardboard boxes. Wouldn't matter. This property defies adjectives.
Little aside:
Neighbor Al Taubman is a humble shopping mall titan and former busy-as-a-bee chairman of Sotheby's. Oh, and he had a man-servant to push elevator buttons. You can't make this stuff up.
The Camuto's primary residence in Greenwich puts these all to shame. It honestly doesn't even look real. Aparently they hired uber expensive Xhema to do a once over on the place and results are jaw dropping.


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Мерігілл () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Клікітат штату Вашингтон. Населення — 58 осіб (2010).

Географія
Мерігілл розташований за координатами  (45.692754, -120.807170).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 7,29 км², уся площа — суходіл.

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкало 58 осіб у 25 домогосподарствах у складі 19 родин. Густота населення становила 8 осіб/км².  Було 27 помешкань (4/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 12,1 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 15,5 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 8,6 % — особи молодші 18 років, 67,3 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 24,1 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 54,0 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 152,2 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 140,9 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 0 осіб.

Джерела

Переписні місцевості Вашингтону
Населені пункти округу Клікітат (Вашингтон)

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Designing urban employment schemes for women | IDR
Designing urban employment schemes for women
Seven way to bring women back to the labour force, provide livelihood and income security, and increase women's agency in cities.
by Nikhil Iyer
With localised restrictions in 34 states and union territories, the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has effectively led to a national lockdown, yet again. Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) suggests that the urban unemployment rate neared 12 percent in the week leading up to May 9, 2021—up from 9.5 percent in the week ending April 25. In April 2021, India's labour force participation rate fell to 39.9 percent. This is the third consecutive month for which it has fallen and is the lowest since May 2020. Experience from the past year, when the urban unemployment rate shot up to nearly 25 percent in April 2020, puts the precarious nature of urban employment into sharp focus. This is particularly so for informal workers, nearly 80 percent of whom lost their livelihoods during April and May 2020, as per the State of Working India 2021 report. The economic shock due to the second wave might further worsen the unemployment crisis.
Women were disproportionately impacted by the economic shock of the pandemic last year, as COVID-19 guidelines prevented work in sectors like construction, beauty and wellness, domestic work, sex work, among others. Estimates suggest that nearly 70 percent of women in the working population in December 2019 had lost their jobs by April 2020, compared to 35 percent of men. The State of Working India 2021 report also states that 90 percent of men employed in late 2019 were employed in late 2020 as well, whereas the corresponding figure for women was only 50 percent. The second wave may also affect the female labour force participation rate, which was already down to seven percent in urban areas by November 2020, even as female enrolment has improved at all levels of education.
The livelihood insecurity of urban workers led to discussions on a centrally sponsored urban employment scheme (though these fizzled out due to an apparent financial crunch). Instead, 2020 saw three new state-level urban employment schemes (in Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, and Jharkhand) and continued budget allocations for two existing ones (in Kerala and West Bengal). Additionally, Madhya Pradesh is running a similar scheme with a limited scope, the Yuva Swabhiman Yojana, which is available to those aged 21-30 years. Tamil Nadu too is considering such a scheme, as we learn from the Finance Minister's recent budget speech.
It is vital that such schemes be designed to bring women back to the labour force, provide livelihood and income security, and increase women's agency. An analysis of the existing schemes provides us with seven key design principles to improve the gender-responsiveness of urban employment guarantee schemes (UEGS).
Evaluating existing urban employment schemes
Of the existing schemes, the ones in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, and Jharkhand are structured as a guarantee with unemployment allowances, while West Bengal and Odisha offer work when available. There are three similarities in how these schemes are designed:
First, the eligibility criteria require individuals to be willing to do unskilled manual work.
Second, beneficiaries must reside within the jurisdiction of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) which are the implementing agencies for the scheme.
Third, subject to local conditions, these schemes include development works and creation of urban infrastructure assets under their ambit.
Policymakers need to reimagine Indian cities to make them more women friendly, which has a direct co-relation in their ability to work. | Picture courtesy: Flickr
Kerala was the first state to provide 100 person-days of guaranteed wage employment through the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS)—which was launched in 2011. The scheme guidelines require ULBs in Kerala to prioritise women, such that they comprise at least 50 percent of the beneficiaries under the scheme. As a result, over the past decade, nearly 90 percent of the job-card holders are women, many of whom are also members of neighbourhood groups under the Kudambashree Mission.
In FY 2020-21, the scheme was allocated a budget of INR 75 crore. In this period, 89,160 households, and 81,958 women received employment under the scheme. This suggests a healthy uptake for the scheme by women. For FY 2021-22, an increased amount of INR 100 crore has been earmarked by the Kerala government—an indicator of the scheme's sustained relevance.
Reports suggest that nearly 3.5 lakh workers have benefitted from the scheme, with women apparently making up about 40 percent of the beneficiaries.
Odisha adopted an Urban Wage Employment Initiative in April 2020, initially up to September 2020, and later extended till March 2021. Work allocation depended on the availability of work in labour-intensive projects in 114 ULBs in the state. In doing so, Odisha was able to provide 13 lakh person-days of work by December 2020. Seeing the positive reception to the scheme, the state government decided to re-christen the scheme as the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan (MUKTA) to continue it in FY 2021-22, earmarking INR 200 crores for the scheme. Reports suggest that nearly 3.5 lakh workers have benefitted from the scheme, with women apparently making up about 40 percent of the beneficiaries. State officials are also looking to target women through urban self-help groups, informal workers associations, among others—a welcome step to leverage the networks shared by women.
In May 2020, Himachal Pradesh began the implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Shahri Aajeevika Guarantee Yojana, which guaranteed 120 days of wage employment to unskilled workers. The government also aims to impart skills training to beneficiaries, in partnership with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), to enable workers to create other work opportunities. Though the scheme design does not explicitly prioritise women, nearly 72 percent of applications approved under the scheme are by females.
Even though the government sought to target five lakh urban poor through the scheme, the actual uptake has been less than impressive.
Lastly, in September 2020, the Jharkhand government initiated the Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojana, guaranteeing 100 person-days of unskilled work. This scheme has received INR 10 crores in the Budget 2021-22. The state received a significant number of migrant returnees in the summer of 2020, which spurred the government to this action. Even though the government sought to target five lakh urban poor through the scheme, the actual uptake has been less than impressive. A report from December 2020 mentions that only 474 workers out of approximately 15,000 approved applicants, had availed of work. The reasons for the muted enthusiasm are unclear, though state officials have been quoted saying that the menial nature of work on offer may be unattractive to the workers.
Designing an urban employment scheme with a gender lens
In designing a women-oriented urban employment scheme, the following principles may inform the discussion.
1. Providing quality jobs appropriate for women
The quality and nature of work should be in line with local demographics and the aspirations and skills of women. For example, the convergence of the Kerala scheme with the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) has been noted to improve women's participation in the scheme as well as better fund utilisation by ULBs. Likewise, in places where women have attained high levels of education but are unable to find gainful employment, the scheme should include skilled work in its ambit.
2. Ensuring geographical proximity to the place of residence
Jobs need to be located close to where women workers reside. Distance from the place of work often becomes a barrier for women due to concerns of safety, time spent travelling, and poor connectivity of public transport. Therefore it is important that UEGS jobs are spread across the city for women to easily access work.
3. Guaranteeing equality of wages
Similar to NREGA, an urban employment scheme should mandate equality of wages for men and women.
4. Providing flexible work arrangements
Women must be given flexibility in timings such that it allows them to juggle wage work with their unpaid work. A gig work model where payment is made on the completion of a task rather than on a per-day basis could be considered.
5. Creating an inclusive administrative system
The procedures to apply, avail work, and change personal details should be inclusive in nature. Online portal-based registration systems, as in the case of Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh, may be exclusionary due to low internet access and digital literacy among women.
6. Building awareness via relevant platforms
Awareness measures should account for sources through which women receive information. ULBs can tap Aanganwadi networks, urban self-help groups (SHGs), slum development community associations, among others, and rely on offline modes apart from multimedia campaigns to reach out to potential beneficiaries.
7. Collecting gender-disaggregated data
It is extremely critical that gender disaggregated data be collected from the time states begin to implement their schemes. Currently, of the four states discussed above, only Kerala and Himachal Pradesh publicly publish such data, and even that is not granular in nature. Collected data should also note trends regarding choice of jobs, usual times of the year when women access these jobs, education levels of women opting for the scheme, and so on. This data can potentially inform the future design of these schemes and suggest corrective action where required.
There are other suggestions to enhance the impact of UEGS on women. States may also look to converge their schemes with the DAY-NULM, to tap into urban SHG networks, and to supply labour for community projects such as those under AMRUT, Swachh Bharat Mission Urban, among others. Economist and activist Jean Drèze, through a modification to his DUET proposal, states that women be given preference over men whenever work is available. Women can also be put in charge of placement agencies that facilitate work allocation.
Apart from these, policymakers need to reimagine Indian cities to make them more women-friendly, which has a direct correlation in their ability to work. Substantial investments need to be made in creating adequate child-care facilities to free up women's time. Similarly, cities need to make large-scale investments in improving last mile connectivity and other provisions to improve safety and accessibility of public transport for women. These long-term initiatives need to go hand in hand with a UEGS for women to be able to access more jobs.
An improvement in the female labour force participation rate is known to have a significant multiplier effect on the well-being and development of women and their families and is an accepted policy goal. A gender-responsive UEGS is a unique opportunity to move closer to this goal.
Follow the discussion and debate on Jean Dreze's DUET Proposal on Ideas for India.
Read IWWAGE's brief on a gender-responsive urban employment guarantee scheme.
Tags: employment, NREGA, women rights
Nikhil Iyer
Nikhil Iyer is a Policy Analyst at The Quantum Hub, a public policy research and communications firm based in New Delhi. He is a BA LLB graduate from the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Previously, he was a legislative assistant to a Member of Parliament. He is interested in issues of urban governance and development and can be reached at [email protected].
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