Samuel Ryder (24 March 1858 – 2 January 1936) was an English businessman, entrepreneur, golf enthusiast, and golf promoter. He originated the idea of selling garden seeds in "penny packets" and built a very successful business on the concept.
At the age of 50 he became an enthusiastic golfer and then from 1923 to 1925 he, together with his brother James, started sponsoring a number of golf tournaments and matches mostly at his home club of Verulam near St. Albans. From late 1925 he started employing Abe Mitchell as his private coach. In early 1926 the idea for a match between British and American professional golfers was proposed. Ryder became involved and sponsored the event. It had been his intention that the match would be the first Ryder Cup but it was later decided that the match would not be an official contest. The first official event did not take place until 1927 for which Ryder donated a gold trophy.
Ryder was born at Walton-le-Dale near Preston, Lancashire. He was the fourth of the eight children of Samuel Ryder Sr. (1823/4–1904), a gardener, and Elizabeth (née Martin) (1822/3–1904), a dressmaker. He had three elder and two younger sisters, and two younger brothers. He trained as a teacher at Owens College in Manchester (now Manchester University), but did not graduate due to ill health. Ryder first worked at a shipping firm in Manchester, and then for his father, whose business has expanded to include a Nursery, florist, and seed merchant. Friction with his father led Ryder to move south to London to join a rival seed merchant. Ryder married Helen Mary (née Barnard), known as Nellie, on 20 November 1890.
In the 1890s, Samuel Ryder started to sell packets of seeds through the post, priced at one penny each. Other seed merchants also made postal sales, but their packets were much more expensive. He started selling from his home in St Albans, which had good mainline railway connections. He kept his stock in the garden shed of his terraced house on Folly Lane, and was assisted by his wife and daughter. The packets would be posted each Friday so that his customers, working men, would receive them for their time off on Saturday afternoons. The business grew rapidly and Ryder became wealthy. Eventually, the business moved to a large packaging workshop on Holywell Hill, employing around 100 staff. The art deco seed hall is now a Café Rouge restaurant. He established a separate herb business, Heath and Heather, with his brother James in 1922 and in 1924, the company moved to a former hat factory, which had a floor area of some 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2).
Ryder was a committed Christian. He had been a Sunday school teacher in Sale in his youth, and became president of the Mid-Hertfordshire Sunday School Union in 1911. He joined the Independent Chapel in Spicer Street in 1895, the only Congregational Church in St Albans at that time. He assisted the minister, Rev. William Carson, to persuade the church deacons to build a new and larger Congregational church building, Trinity, on the corner of Beaconsfield Road and Victoria Street. When the new church opened on 8 October 1903, there was a civic procession and service at the church. Despite this, there was a significant divide between the Anglicans (Church of England) and the Non-Conformists, which was accentuated in St Albans. (Adherents of each denomination would not trade with the other). Ryder was a Deacon at Trinity Congregational Church (now Trinity United Reformed Church) until he resigned in 1922.
Ryder was elected to the St Albans town council in 1903, as a Liberal. He was Mayor of St Albans in 1905, and remained a councillor until 1916. When elected Mayor in 1905, he surprised his fellow councillors by a tough and uncomplimentary assessment of Council's lack of achievement.
Ryder enjoyed cricket in his early life, but seems to have played little sport in adult life until he was 50 years old. After he had experienced a period of ill health in 1908, his friend Frank Wheeler, the preacher at Trinity Congregational Church, suggested that he take up golf as a way to get more fresh air. He became an enthusiastic amateur, quickly securing a single-figure handicap and joining Verulam Golf Club, where he served on the greens committee for 20 years. He made large donations to the club, and was appointed captain in 1911, 1926 and 1927. He was also captain of the Stratford-upon-Avon Golf Club in 1929 and 1930.
When Ryder took his family to Dorset for their annual summer holidays, he played golf at Came Down Golf Club. There he met the Whitcombe brothers—Ernest, Charles and Reg—and was impressed by their superb skill. He asked Ernest if they ever played in important tournaments like The Open Championship. Ernest answered "no" as he could not afford it, and went on to say, "The Americans come over here smartly dressed and backed by wealthy supporters; the Britisher has a poor chance compared to that". Ryder considered that something vital was required to rouse clubs to take a real interest and responsibility in encouraging young professionals of talent like the Whitcombe brothers.
From 1920, Samuel Ryder's brother James ran a business in St. Albans called "Heath and Heather" for which Samuel had provided some capital. The company sold herbal remedies.
James was, like Samuel, a keen golfer and on 10 July 1923 the brothers sponsored a tournament under the "Heath and Heather" name at their home club of Verulam. The tournament was a 36-hole medal contest with an invited field of 48 professionals. Uniquely, it was the first event in which all the players received prize money to cover expenses. Arthur Havers won the event with a score of 142 which included a course record 67 in the afternoon. James Ockenden took second place, a stroke behind. The total prize money was £500 of which the first prize was £50.
The Ryle Memorial Medal is currently awarded to the Open Champion if he is a member of the PGA but in 1925 it was awarded to the leading member in the Open. In the Open Championship, Archie Compston and Ted Ray had tied for second place behind Jim Barnes. A match was arranged to decide the winner of the medal and "Heath and Heather" agreed to finance the event which took place at Verulam on 24 October. In the morning round Ray took a three-hole lead but Compston won five of the last six holes to be two up at lunch. The afternoon round was evenly matched and Compston eventually won 2&1. At the 11th hole in the afternoon someone accidentally trod on Ray's ball, pressing it into the soft ground. Ray appealed to the referee, Harold Hilton, but before they could do anything Compston had removed the ball and given Ray a good lie. The hole was halved in four.
After the Compston/Ray match in October 1925 it was announced that "Heath and Heather" would no longer sponsor golf events. However it was immediately announced that Abe Mitchell would, from Christmas 1925, be taking up a "private appointment" with Samuel Ryder with a salary of £500 and £250 for expenses. Although it was formally announced that Mitchell would be Ryder's private coach, a major purpose of the appointment was to enable Mitchell to play in all important tournaments and to practice as much as he wished. Ryder saw Mitchell as the man who could beat the Americans in the Open Championship. The appointment was initially for three years.
An informal 1926 match held at Wentworth Club between teams of professionals from Great Britain and the USA served as the impetus for the first official match for the Ryder Cup, staged at Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts, USA during June 1927. The format, which is still used today, consists of competition staged in alternate years, with the two sides taking turns as hosts. Ryder attended the first two home matches played at Moortown and Southport in 1929 and 1933 respectively, being especially pleased to present the cup to Britain's successful captain George Duncan in 1929. The trophy was manufactured by Mappin & Webb and cost nearly £300.
28 September 1927 – Young Professionals' Tournament at Verulam. Invitation tournament for 12 young British professionals with prize money of £100.
4 April 1928 – Seniors v Juniors match at Verulam. 10 players-a-side 36-hole matchplay with £250 for expenses and prize money.
11 and 12 July 1928 – Ryder Tournament at Verulam. The tournament was restricted to the leading British professionals in the 1928 Open Championship. The players had to be resident in Britain. The Times noted that it was "in the nature of a British Close Championship". Prize money was £500.
Ryder suffered from poor health in later life, and spent some time in South Africa and with his elder daughter Marjorie in Rhodesia, where she had emigrated. He died on 2 January 1936 at the Langham Hotel in Portland Place, London, the family's traditional Christmas holiday residence. After a funeral at Trinity Congregational Church in St Albans, he was buried in Hatfield Road Cemetery. His youngest daughter Joan took over the management of his companies after his death.
Ryder's widow Helen died in 1955 at the age of 91. They had three daughters, Lucy Margaret (1893–1985, known as Marjorie), Kathleen Mary (1895–1969) and Joan Elizabeth (1904–1985). All three daughters married but Kathleen had no children while Marjorie and Joan had just one daughter each. Marjorie's daughter, Mary Moore, still regularly attends Ryder Cup matches. Joan's daughter Rosalind died in 1991. Her two sons are Sam and Tom Ryder-Smith.
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Environmental Policy (PDF)
It is with great pleasure and huge amount of pride, that we can announce that effective of 21st May 2019, Burwell Architects Limited is offically a Carbon Neutral practice!
As part of our on going commitment to Environmental Management, the Practice undertakes annual carbon footprint analysis' to gain a better understanding of how our office management, travel & energy usage effect the wider environment.
We calculated our annual CO2 emmissions as an office to be 19.5 tonnes, to allow us to offset this amount we worked closely with Carbon Footprint Ltd to produce a proposal that not only allowed us to offset the carbon usage by giving something back to the environment, but also benefitted one of our local schools! We were able to purchase 20 trees and donate them to one our local schools for planting!
Our trees have been delivered, and are due for planting in Autumn! This will happen now on an annual basis so if you are a local school, hospital or hospice that would benefit from some new trees, please get in contact!
For more information on how you too could become Carbon Neutral please visit www.carbonfootprint.com
We are currently seeking a confident and motivated Architect, to join our design-led, forward thinking studio on a range of exciting higher education projects.
We require a Qualified Part 3 Architect with 5 years post Part 2 project running experience.
Experience with leading a team, client liaison and a strong knowledge of Vectorworks and/or Revit is essential. Knowledge of SketchUp, BIM and InDesign is desirable, as are freehand drawing skills.
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The Lower Refectory for AJ Retrofit Awards
The Lower Refectory has been shortlised for an Architect's Journal Retrofit Award 2018!
Winners to be annouced on the 12th September 2018.
Burwell Architects have obtained planning and listed building consent from the London Borough of Camden for the modernisation of the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at Lasdun's Institute of Education & Law.
The proposals involve sensitive updates to the Grade II* Charles Clore House, designed by the late Sir Deny Lasdun. Located on Russell Square, the scheme proposes a comprehensive refurbishment of the library facilities whilst also improving current accessibility, security and environmental performance of this iconic brutalist building.
Modernisation of the building has been carefully considered within the framework created by the existing building's striking form. Accumulated fixtures and fittings will be removed to showcase the original exposed concrete finishes while the reorgaisation of the work and academic research spaces will assist the Institute in raising its profile as a world class facility.
A new external accessible lift is proposed adjacent to the main entrance. This has been designed to reference the existing building, replicating the palette of materials whilst providing increased street presence for the institute.
Prepared alongside Alan Baxter Associates and Indigo Planning following close consultation with Historic England, the project is currently out to tender with works due to start on site this summer.
"The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, part of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London, is a postgraduate research institute with an international reputation as a national centre of excellence and houses one of the finest legal research libraries in the world. The Institute was established in Bloomsbury in 1947 as a national and international centre for the promotion of advanced legal studies and moved to its purpose-built home in 1976. The Institute is delighted by the opportunity to restore its iconic home for legal research to the state of the art facility for which it was designed" – Jules Winterton, Director of Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
We are currently seeking confident and motivated Architects, to join our design-led, forward thinking studio on a range of exciting projects. Current projects include a refurbishments within iconic listed buildings, a new medical school master plan and large residential developments.
We require ARB Senior Architect's with 5 years post Part III project running experience.
Experience with Vectorworks and/or Revit is essential. Knowledge of SketchUp, BIM and InDesign is desirable, as are freehand drawing skills.
The Making of The Lower Refectory
Join Burwell Architects, UCL Estates and BDP for the second in the series of Transforming UCL's 'The Making Of....' lectures.
We are delighted to be hosting 'The Making of The Lower Refectory' and invite our colleagues, clients and consultants to join us for technicial talk and a walk around our recently completed project. Tickets are free and available at:
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Deptford: An Architectural Tour
We are delighted annouce Deptford: An Architectural Tour in it's third year! Join Nicholas Burwell and architectural historian and local resident Tom Ravenscroft for a walking tour of Deptford, where we will explore the historical highlights, modern masterpieces and hidden contemporary gems of this lively neighborhood.
This tour is running as part of Deptford X, London's longest-running contemporary art festival – its core programme is a platform for emerging contemporary artists, with a strong foundation of support from art-world professionals. Deptford X Festival takes place in multiple locations across Deptford over 10 days from Friday 23rd September to Sunday 2nd October 2016. It is a unique opportunity to see new commissions in diverse spaces all within walking distance of each other. For further information on Deptford X, click here to visit their website.
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Burwell Architects have completed the refurbishment of two office floors at Elsley House, a former 'rag trade' building in London's West End for Great Portland Estates, occupied by the marketing, media and creative industries.
A deliberately nostalgic approach was taken from the outset, with new finishes chosen to recall the building's Art Deco past. Patterned terrazzo flooring, laser-cut metal panels and bespoke moulded architraves provide a layer of contemporary decoration in the common parts, whilst a more utilitarian pallet of brick, glazed ceramics and exposed iron columns add interest to the general office areas. The original fine metal windows have been painstakingly restored, with micro double glazed units greatly improving their thermal performance. New wall and floor openings provide much needed light into the deepest parts of the plan, whilst a new central void provides a dramatic physical connection to the lower ground floor. Energy efficient air conditioning is provided via floor-by-floor heat recovery AHUs and localised VRF units. Underutilised pavement vaults and a former oil tank room have also been reclaimed as part of the works, expanding the existing toilet, locker and shower facilities without compromising lettable floor area.
The next stage of the project involves the refurbishment of a rear reception and lift lobby, a redesigned courtyard and the provision of basement cycle storage.
Brick Awards 2017 || Queen Elizabeth Street
We are very pleased to annouce that 19 Queen Elizabeth Street has been Shortlisted for The Brick Awards 2017!
University of Westminster Summer Works
Burwell Architects have been appointed by the University of Westminster to undertake the refurbishment of a number of teaching spaces.
Split over two sites on the University's Harrow and Marylebone Campus', the project involves the refurbishment of a number of Lecture Theatres, classrooms, circulation spaces and some WCs. The brief evolved fluidly, with information being received from the university's lecturers and project managers. The scope initially included a small number of spaces only, and was widened to include more spaces during the initial design stages. The project, currently at RIBA Stage 5, will be split between two contractors, for the two different sites and is due for completion in September 2017.
SLMS Cell Imaging & Screening Facility at UCL
As part of the Transforming UCL £1.2 billion building and refurbishment programme, Burwell Architects were appointed to undertake the refurbishment of a number of rooms within the basement level of the Anatomy and Medical Sciences building to create a world-class high-throughput cell imaging and screening laboratory. This comprises 2 areas, a MRC screening platform and an imaging facility for both confocal and electron microscopes
Currently on site, the first phase of the project is due for completion later this month with the second phase following shortly after in July.
Connect at the LSE
This week we were at the LSE with Grafton Architects checking out a prototype of our Connect Seating. It is being trialled with a view to rolling Connect out across some of the new lecture theatres within the Marshall Building, due to open in 2021.
Burwell Architects are acting as Teaching & Learning Space Designer as part of Grafton Architects RIBA Competition winning design team for the LSE Marshall Building.
Burwell Architects have now completed the refurbishment of the Mechanical Engineering lecture theatre at the University of Leeds. This is one of three theatres being refurbished as part of a wide-ranging review of existing learning & teaching spaces. The designs include bespoke iterations of Burwell Architects' award-winning Connect Seating, previously used at Queen University Belfast and Loughborough Design School. Burwell Architects' modular seating system is considering today's changing teaching method and encourages collaborative working within a single teaching session.
Lonelyleap
Burwell Architect's have completed the fitting out of new offices for documentary film making company Lonelyleap.
Located at the ground floor of a new build residential block, adjacent to the practice's own studio, the team worked closely with the client to deliver a bespoke fit-out for less than £650 per sq.m.
An open plan workspace, with bespoke steel and plywood desks, is supported by meeting rooms, editing suites and a central kitchen that forms the social heart of the company.
A restrained industrial aesthetic, with sections of raw concrete left exposed, allowed the client the freedom to personalise the space with their own eclectic collection of loose furniture.
Deptford X: An Architectural Tour 2016
Following on from the succes of last years tour, we are delighted annouce Deptford: An Architectural Tour in it's second year! Join our very own Nicholas Burwell and architectural historian and local resident Tom Ravenscroft for a walking tour of Deptford, where we will explore the historical highlights, modern masterpieces and hidden contemporary gems of this lively neighborhood.
Although often overshadowed by the grandeur of Wren's neighbouring Greenwich, Deptford itself is not lacking in architectural significance. Buildings designed by a Stirling Prize winner, RIBA Gold Medalist, international starchitects and some of the UK's best emerging talent can be found within this rapidly changing Thames-side community.
Deptford X Architectural Walking Tour of Deptford
Although often overshadowed by the grandeur of Wren's neighbouring Greenwich, Deptford itself is not lacking in architectural significance. Buildings designed by a Stirling Prize winner, RIBA Gold Medalist, international starchitects and some of the UK's best emerging talent can be found within this rapidly changing Thames-side community. Join Deptford-based award-winning architect Nicholas Burwell and architectural historian and local resident Tom Ravenscroft for a walking tour of Deptford, where we will explore the historical highlights, modern masterpieces and hidden contemporary gems of this lively neighbourhood.
Deptford X Architectural Walking Tour of Deptford, Thursday 1st October 2015 at 6pm, meet at Burwell Architects. Places on this tour are limited - to book please send an email to info@burwellarchitects.com with your full name.
David Keir Student Hub shortlisted for WAN Education Awards 2015
David Keir Student Hub shortlisted for RIBA Northern Ireland Award 2015
The David Keir Student Hub and Auditorium at Queen's University Belfast has been shortlisted for an RIBA Northern Ireland Award 2015.
The Exchange wins RIBA South West Award
Winners were announced at an awards ceremony in Bristol earlier this month. John Pardey, Jury Chairman, said, "These are learning spaces at their best, allowing formal, quiet learning alongside social, group activities and no corner is left without oering space to be occupied".
Camden Design Awards
Further to winning the Camden Business Award for Best Small Development Scheme, we are very pleased to announce the Oculus and Octagon Gallery at UCL has been Highly Commended in the Camden Design Awards for The Heritage Award.
Camden Business Awards for Best Small Development
We are very pleased to announce the Oculus and Octagon Gallery at UCL has won the Camden Business Award for Best Small Development Scheme.
Almost 150 business representatives attended the first Camden Business Awards, which took place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on 21 November, to celebrate the contribution of local businesses to the borough.
The project involved reopening an oculus at the heart of UCL's Grade I Listed Wilkins Building whilst retaining a statue in its original position at the centre of the Flaxman Gallery. A structural glass plinth was inserted over the oculus and the ground floor Octagon's 'non-space' below has been transformed into a museum gallery, showcasing the university's collections to the students, staff and the public.

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"Photograph" – We Are All Ringo Now
by Katie Kapurch
One of Ringo Starr's saddest expressions is captured in the Let It Be film. During "The Long and Winding Road," there is a cut from a close-up of Paul McCartney's earnest, bearded face to Ringo's head and shoulders behind the drum kit.
Ringo is drumming while nodding in time, but it's reminiscent of an inward sobbing, especially in retrospect. The breakup, which Starr later admits he never wanted, is nigh, but not here – yet.
Related: "The Abbey Roadshow: A Live (Remote) Event"
Ringo has always been the Everyman Beatle. Affable and dependable, Ringo is us at our most likeable. Just five years prior to this somber music-making, our mates were running around London in A Hard Day's Night. The following year, they went into hiding and then rescued "us" from kidnapping in Help!. But in 1969, we simply sit in a room, remembering a journey about to conclude.
Related: "'Solid State': The Story of 'Abbey Road' and the End of the Beatles"
Reflecting together is one thing. But solitary reflection is quite another, and that is the retrospection voiced in Starr's hit solo song, "Photograph," released in 1973.
To me, "Photograph" can be read as a follow up to the sentiments of "The Long and Winding Road."
"Every time I see your face / It reminds me of the places we used to go," Starr begins, concluding the first verse with acceptance of a harsh reality: we can't get back. There will never be a reunion at "the door" about which McCartney previously sang.
"But all I've got is a photograph," repeats Starr throughout the song.
We are all Ringo now.
Our lives at the moment are not much more than a series of photographs. Our social media is a stream of images and videos from previous times. Why bother to keep track of which day it is during social isolation? It can be Throwback Thursday and Flashback Friday every single day when all you have is a photograph. We imagine the outside world. Who knows when we'll get back to "places we used to go"?
"While my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you," sings Ringo. His vulnerable everyman-ness is why "Photograph" resonates so — especially these days. In retrospectives over the years, he voiced love for his Beatle brothers and disappointment in the disbanding that he didn't want – or at least in the way that it unfolded. We empathize with the injustice of being left with only a photograph when we feel powerless, too.
"Photograph" is a song about aloneness, but it was composed by George Harrison and Starr together beginning in 1971, a year removed from the official breakup and as the band's notorious legal issues were ongoing. In 2002, Ringo performed the song (alongside Harrison's son Dhani) at the Concert for George.
The irony of the song's composition is compounded when we consider another sad Ringo moment, his memory of last seeing his friend. Through tears, the drummer remembers that George, ill and dying as he was, offered to accompany Ringo (whose daughter had a brain tumor) to Boston.
During these difficult days, sometimes we don't even have a photograph. But we will always have our memories, bittersweet as they are. And that's what makes Ringo's "Photograph" all the more poignant.
-Katie Kapurch
Photo by John Pratt/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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AboutKatie Kapurch
Katie Kapurch is Associate Professor of English at Texas State University and co-editor of the academic journal, AMP: American Music Perspectives. She writes about the Beatles, Disney, melodrama, and youth culture and co-edited (with Kenneth Womack) the book "New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles." Forthcoming books include "Blackbird Singing: Black America Remixes the Beatles" (Penn State University Press), which offers new discoveries about Billy Preston, Bettye LaVette, and others. You can learn more about Katie's publications at katiekapurch.com.
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Wall Street's millennial crisis: For young people, the spell has worn off
Author Kevin Roose explains why fewer and fewer young people are succumbing to the allure of high finance
By Peter Finocchiaro
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko from "Wall Street." (Reuters)
A half-decade after the financial crash, with Wall Street's ruinous misdeeds receding into the past, it might seem like the world of investment banking has been practically absolved of its sins.
Bankers themselves have certainly done their best to encourage the impression that they've repented: Bonuses are down. New standards were (grudgingly) implemented. Even their once-extravagant holiday parties have been scaled back to human levels of decadence.
But in a remarkable scene toward the end of Kevin Roose's new book, "Young Money," the banking world's bad behavior is once again cast in sharp relief. In it, Roose describes how he sneaked his way into a lavish gathering of Wall Street's most exclusive secret society, Kappa Beta Phi. Among the gathered horde of investment-banking executives and private-equity moguls -- "If you had dropped a bomb on the roof, global finance as we know it might have ceased to exist " -- poor taste was as bountiful as top-shelf champagne. Over the course of the proceedings (which Roose first wrote about for the New York Times in 2012) the attendees casually traded jokes laced with sexism and homophobia, and evinced an startling elitism that would make even Uncle Pennybags blush. By all appearances, these people had learned almost nothing from the (very recent) past.
Which gets at a larger point: While much has changed since 2008, the leadership at the top of the financial pyramid remains largely the same, ensconced in the protective armor of its staggering wealth. But what about the next generation of Wall Street leaders? Will they turn out exactly like their predecessors?
In the course of writing "Young Money," Roose spent three years following the career development of eight recent Wall Street hires, from the moment they were first introduced into the crucible of high finance. Along the way, as Roose documents with both candor and empathy, their mettle and their principles were repeatedly put to the test. Many of these young people, once the crush of Wall Street's torturous work schedule sank in, evan began questioning the value of the industry into which they had enlisted.
Last week, I spoke with Roose about the major generational shift that's shaken the foundations of investment banking, and solicited his forecast for the future of the industry. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
I think a lot of people right now associate working on Wall Street with an environment along the lines of "The Wolf of Wall Street." But one of the first things that struck me about your book was how life for a young banker is in many ways exactly the opposite of that. Were you surprised?
I had the same impression you had. I thought Wall Street was all cocaine and strippers and million-dollar bonuses. It turns out not to be the case at all for the people who are on the young end of it. It's still a place where people make good money: As a 23-year-old you can make more than $100,000 straight out of college. But the culture is much more subdued now. I think most of it has to do with the crash of 2008 and what happened after that: Regulation began to be implemented, and profits fell, and banks became much more austere places.
Young bankers sort of bore the brunt of that. They work these insane hours and they are tasked with some of the most boring, menial work you can imagine. I don't think they would have the time to go and get drunk even if they wanted to. There's a thing called the "banker's nine-to-five," where you work from 9 a.m. until 5 a.m. the next morning. That's something [young bankers] all talk about having done at some point in their career.
So you're right. It's very much not a "Wolf of Wall Street" culture anymore. In some ways it's a lot less fun, and a lot more hard work in an unforgiving work environment.
Speaking of the "banker's nine-to-five," there's actually been something like a national conversation recently about the insane hours that young bankers are working. The New Yorker, for example, published an article last month about how, from an empirical standpoint, working people that hard is just not productive, because efficiency goes down substantially after a certain number of hours worked. But it seems like there's been a lot of resistance in the financial world to changing anything about the way work is structured. Why is that?
Well, in the reporting that I did, and the people that I talked to, I came away with two answers to the question of why these guys are put through such a crucible.
The first is that these banks are essentially client service businesses. So, if your client is Coca-Cola ,and you're Goldman Sachs, and Coca-Cola needs a spreadsheet changed at 3 a.m. on Christmas morning, it's your job to do that. So banks actually need to be staffed by hundreds of young people who can jump into action at any moment. The second part, and the thing that I was surprised by: A lot of the young bankers that I talked to sort of took pride in the hours that they worked, in a way to separate themselves from people in other industries.
There's a thing called "misery poker" where they compare their work loads: One guy will say, "I'm staffed on three deals and I pulled four all-nighters last week"; and the next guy will go, "Oh, that's nothing, I pulled six all-nighters last week." So there's really a sort of status symbol in the amount you work. And for the firm it's also useful because you're trying to find out from your young analysts who is real Wall Street material. One of the ways you can do that is by pushing them all to the brink and seeing who sinks and who swims.
I should also say that this is terrifying in a way. These are the people who are managing our 401Ks and overseeing these million-dollar transactions. And on the bottom level, the real work is being done by these young people who are getting two hours sleep a night. So I think that should give us a lot of pause, as people who consume the products that these banks offer.
Some of the people you followed seemed to really push back at that culture, to resent this system that was working them into the ground. Is that kind of resistance becoming more common? Especially after the financial crash and Occupy Wall Street, are young bankers thinking more critically about the places where they're working?
The culture definitely doesn't go unquestioned. All of the eight young bankers I followed questioned, at some point, the culture of the institution. But, more to your point, that sort of the work environment has become much less widely tolerated because bankers are looking out to Silicon Valley -- where people wear jeans to work, and work relatively normal hours, and are making a ton of money. And they say, "Well, if they can do that, why do I have to stay here in the office in my suit until 4 a.m.?"
And I think for a lot of them it comes down to … well, all workplace politics is local, so for a lot of the people I followed, the banking schedule really took a toll on their personal lives. I followed people whose girlfriend or boyfriends broke up with them because they were never available or were always canceling dinner at the last minute because they got called back to work. So for a lot of them, I think it's that stuff, more than the big picture of morality, that ends up pushing them out of the industry. It's just a miserable way to spend your first two years out of college.
You mention how, in the years directly preceding the financial crisis, students from elite colleges were flocking at a ridiculous rate to investment banks. Princeton one year sent 40 percent of its graduates into finance. But as you noted, that's started to change. And what I'm wondering is, do you think that pressure could force Wall Street to make even bigger changes to how it does business? Or, when things start getting good again, will they just go back to the way things were before?
Well, to the second part of your question: Things have already gotten good for the banks themselves. Stocks are high, profits are recovering, and these banks are no longer in the existential-crisis mode. But I think they do have a recruiting problem, and I think the problem is that the next generation just isn't all that interested in investment banking. It's not the sort of indicator of status that it once was. One of the people I followed told me that the new status jobs aren't at Goldman Sachs, they're at Google and Apple and Facebook. So if you're a Princeton graduate or a Yale graduate or a Harvard graduate trying to figure out what's going to set you up for success, you're actually more likely now to go out to Silicon Valley or do Teach for America, or something else like that, than you are to go to Wall Street. It provides a much more pleasant experience.
I think that's a good thing. It makes me hopeful that there are more choices today, that if you go to one of these schools that tend to feed people to Wall Street, it's no longer the case that all of your friends are going into finance, or all of your friends are going into consulting. There are many more options available to people now. And I think the rest of the economy is going to be stronger for that.
One of the areas where, from reading your book, I didn't necessarily see a whole lot of progress was in terms of racial and gender politics. One of the people you followed, for example, was a young black man who was subtly made to feel very conscious about his race. Another of them went to an advocacy event for women on Wall Street, and found herself disillusioned about the industry's progress. In both of those cases there didn't seem to be a lot of forward momentum. How big of a problem is that? And what will it actually take for Wall Street to become more inclusive?
I absolutely think it's a problem, and it's a pervasive problem.
There are no female CEOs on Wall Street. If you look at the management committees of these big banks, they are dominated by white men. I think it's getting better. But it's not just Wall Street. If you look at the Fortune 500, it's largely white males running those companies too. I do think Wall Street has a special role and a special duty to make themselves as egalitarian as possible -- and I think they're trying to do that -- but they keep making all these, sort of, dumb mistakes. Just recently, Goldman Sachs was doing an event at Harvard for female computer programmers, and the gifts they gave out at the conference were nail files and vanity mirrors.
I think part of what the young bankers I followed were struggling with is that in some ways Wall Street still carries remnants of its "old boy" culture. And you can chip away at that, but it takes a while.
The central conflict of your book seemed to be the collision of young bankers' idealism and optimism with that "old boy" culture, and the difficulty your subjects had in reconciling the two. What happens when they can't? Are these kids you followed around, who seemed very fresh and optimistic at first, are they going to eventually end up just as cynical as the people who came before them?
You know, before I started writing this book I was very pessimistic. I thought, the markets will recover, the firms will live, and it will all go back to business as usual. But after spending three years with these young bankers, I feel much more optimistic. Even the bankers who are staying in finance and who still work in the industry, they think about their work much more holistically than the people who came before them. It's not just Gordon Gekko, and "greed is good." "Let's make as much as we can." They actually want to, sort of, do something to improve the world. For a lot of people on Wall Street, especially young people, there's a new sort of moral fabric that didn't exist before.
It's certainly not night and day. There are still people doing crooked things on Wall Street. I'm sure there will still be insider trading and accounting fraud and all manner of wrongdoing. That hasn't changed. But I think that the industry now has been forced to look in the mirror and say: "Do we want to keep being hated? Do we want to keep causing misery in people's lives? Or do we want to do the things that banks used to do, um, giving people loans and financing deals and making the grinding gears of capitalism run?"
I doubt any of the young people I followed will end of being the, sort of, tone-deaf fat cats that we see today. You never know, but I'm hopeful.
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Incoterms 2020: Introduction For Traders
What are Incoterms 2020?
Incoterms is short for international commercial terms. These were first published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1936. The ICC publishes updates to the Incoterms every once in awhile and the latest overhaul to the Incoterms was published in 2019, effective in 2020. The latest set of terms are referred to as Incoterms 2020. These are used to allow traders to better understand the allocation of costs, responsibilities and obligations when doing business with each other. In the latest version, there are 11 Incoterms. These are Ex-Works (EXW), Free Carrier (FCA), Carriage Paid To (CPT), Cost and Insurance Paid (CIP), Delivered At Place (DAP), Delivered At Place Unloaded (DPU), Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), Free Alongside Ship (FAS), Free On Board (FOB), Cost Insurance Freight (CIF) and finally Cost and Freight (CFR). FAS, FOB, CFR & CIF can only be used when transportation is by sea or inland waterway. The rest of the terms can be used for any mode of transport.
Download our Incoterms 2020 summary chart by clicking here.
What do Incoterms not do?
Incoterms do not define title transfer, revenue recognition, currency of trade, block and brace standards or quality standards.
What is the most customer friendly Incoterm?
Shipping DDP places the greatest responsibility on the seller and the lowest responsibility on the buyer. However, this option can create extensive complexity for traders, because it will require the exporter in a foreign country to be familiar with the import formalities and procedures in the importing country. The exporter may also not have a legal entity in the importing country. The importer is protected from risk since delivery is on complete upon the seller presenting the cargo ready for unloading at the buyer's facility however, if the shipment is time sensitive to the buyer, then any delays in carriage or Customs clearance can result in negative consequences for the buyer in the production line or in meeting delivery deadlines to end customers.
Shipping DDP places the greatest responsibility on the seller and the lowest responsibility on the buyer.
What are the differences between Incoterms 2010 and 2020?
Incoterms 2020 are effective from 1st January 2020. There are 2 important differences between the two versions.
The Delivered at Terminal (DAT) rule has been replaced by DPU.
The level of insurance cover under CIP has been increased.
Traders should note that the new rules only affect contracts entered after the effective date if the year version of the Incoterms is left unspecified at the time of formalizing a trade agreement. Otherwise, the version of Incoterms in force at the time of signing any contract or the version specified in the contract, remains the version governing existing contracts.
Incoterms can be modified in contracts to suit trader's preferences. However, doing so will create legal complexities in the event something should go wrong since the courts will have to make judgements taking into account the non-standard modifications made.
Incoterms can be modified in contracts to suit trader's preferences. However, doing so will create legal complexities …
Which is the best Incoterm to use?
Many exporters and importers who are unfamiliar with the finer points of executing international trade may have difficulty in choosing an appropriate Incoterm to use.
When trying to determine the best term of trade, the following questions should be considered:
How involved is the exporter willing to be in terms of arranging transport?
Does the exporter have a legal entity capable of acting as an importing in the destination country?
Does the exporter or importer have an existing contract with a transportation provider than can provide better rates than the current spot rate?
Is the exporter familiar with the export and import procedures in both countries?
Is insurance cover necessary and who is in a better position to arrange for cost effective coverage?
These questions will present traders with the information they need to select a suitable term of trade.
Let's look at the Incoterms in a little more detail:
EXW Incoterms
EXW puts the most responsibility on the buyer. The buyer will have to pick up the cargo from the seller's premises and handle everything from that point on, including arranging for pre-carriage, export Customs clearance, arranging for main carriage, etc. Some traders like EXW because they believe it allows them to recognize revenue at the earliest possible instance. However, Incoterms do not define revenue recognition rules. This is the best Incoterm to use if the buyer wants to handle everything for a shipment without seller's interference or support.
Export clearance: Buyer
Freight costs: Buyer
Import clearance: Buyer
Insurance: Nil
Mode of transport: Any mode
Delivery point: At seller's facility or named place
FCA Incoterm
FCA requires the seller to do a little more work than EXW. Delivery can be at the seller's warehouse or another chosen point. If the point of delivery is at the seller's warehouse, the seller will have to load the cargo onto the buyer's collecting vehicle. However, the buyer will still have to make most of the other arrangements like main carriage and import Customs clearance. The seller will be the exporter of record at origin. Hence, the is an Incoterm to use when the buyer wants to arrange main carriage and requires the seller to be the exporter of record. Under the 2020 version of the terms, FCA specifies that if required, the buyer must request the carrier to issue an on-board B/L to the seller.
Export clearance: Seller
Delivery point: Seller's facility or named place
CPT Incoterm
CPT requires the buyer to pay for carriage to the first carrier or agreed delivery point. Seller will clear Customs at origin as the exporter. This rule is suitable if the seller has access to cheaper transportation rates. The point of delivery must be specifically tied down in the sales contracts. This rule is a favourite among traders since it generally allows earlier revenue recognition since delivery is made early. However, it must be mentioned (again) that Incoterms DO NOT specifically define revenue recognition principles.
Freight costs: Seller
Delivery point: Handing over the carrier
CIP Incoterm
This rule is similar to CPT, but in this case the seller must also purchase insurance. This rule is suitable if mandating sufficient insurance of the cargo is a concern. Many traders use CIF instead of CIP. However, CIF is a maritime transport only term while CIP can be used for any mode of transportation. The level of insurance cover under CIP is more comprehensive than CIF. Like CPT, many businesses like CIP since it supports an argument for early revenue recognition.
Insurance: Buyer for seller's benefit
Delivery point: Handing over to the carrier
DAP Incoterm
This rule requires the seller to arrange for pre-carriage, main carriage and sometimes on-carriage. The seller however, will not be importer of record in the destination. The seller is not responsible for unloading the cargo at the named place. This term is suitable if the seller has access to better transportation rates than the buyer.
Delivery point: Named place
DPU Incoterm
This term is similar to DAP. However, when DPU is used, the seller must also ensure that the cargo is properly unloaded as the place of delivery. This rule is suitable when the cargo is of a nature that requires special handling for unloading that the seller is better equipped to manage.
DDP Incoterm
DDP is effectively a door-step delivery arrangement and the only Incoterm that requires the seller to be the importer of record in the destination. However, it does not require the seller to unload the goods at the destination. This term is suitable when the seller prefers to handle everything up to the door of the buyer and when the buyer has the necessary equipment to unload the cargo at his/her facility.
Import clearance: Seller
FAS Incoterm
In FAS, delivery is made when the cargo is placed on the wharf alongside the vessel. Use of this term is uncommon, although it may still be relevant when the cargo consists of large and heavy machines or automobiles. The seller must carry out export clearance procedures while the buyer is responsible for import clearance activities.
Mode of transport: Ocean or waterway
Delivery point: Alongside vessel
FOB Incoterm
FOB considers delivery to be made when cargo is loaded onto the vessel. However, since the condition of containerized cargo cannot be ascertained at the time of vessel loading this Incoterm should not be used for containerized cargo. Buyers should use FOB when they want to arrange for their own main carriage and on-carriage.
Delivery point: On board vessel
CFR Incoterm
Similar to FOB terms, CFR considers delivery to be made when cargo is loaded onto the vessel. On that note, this term should not be used for cargo that is shipped in containers. This term may be suitable for bulk non-containerized cargo that the seller wants to arrange main freight for.
CIF Incoterm
Similar to CFR, CIF considers delivery to be made when cargo is loaded onto the vessel which makes this term also unsuitable for containerized shipments. Traders may find this term suitable when they are dealing with non-containerized bulk commodities. In this term the seller has to arrange for freight.
Insurance: Seller for buyer's benefit
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Sunday's Wisdom #276: Honor Oneself
Posted on March 1, 2020 by Merlin
"In the end, no one except the Peeps would know what she did and how she did it, nor would the way she conducted herself mean a thing to anyone… except her. That was the crux of it."
– from In Enemy Hands, by David Weber
Many times, in my commentaries, I have mentioned how storytellers need to let their characters hit rock bottom and actually feel the pain of the impact. In the saga of Honor Harrington, by David Weber, he repeatedly finds new, inventive ways to bring his heroes down, and then help them climb back up, better and stronger than they were before. That climb, however, must always necessarily begin in the same way: within oneself.
At this point in the story, the central protagonist (the saga's titular Honor Harrington) has been captured by the enemy. Even worse, however, she has been seized on by the very worst and most despicable faction within the enemy's ranks. For them, the idea of killing her, after tormenting and breaking her, is just the sort of treat that will make their day, and brag about for years to come. She is at the lowest point she has ever been at, and she's barely keeping it together even as she's slowly falling to pieces.
In an hour so dark as this, filled with indignity, abuse, pain, danger, and imminent death, the only choice left to her is how to conduct herself.
One might well ask why it would even matter. Anything inspiring in the example she might set would inevitably be suppressed. Even her strong sense of honor and duty to her monarch, her comrades, and the people of her nation could only carry her so far. These are external considerations, and thus ultimately void when everything external is stripped away.
Only the internal, springing from that most intimate and personal thing which we call, "self," can remain when everything else is gone. So Honor learns, in her darkest hour yet, about who she really is, and intends to be, even if she is the only one who will ever know or care. What others think of her behavior is not so important. She has a duty to herself, first and foremost.
With nothing else left to her, she chooses to honor what she owes to herself: to be her very best, even until death.
It is the source of a new, powerful resolve, and a firm, unbreakable (though the enemy tries their hardest) strength of character.
It is a strength of self which is most pivotal to one's disposition, and one who possesses it may endure… though not always survive… even the worst Hell that the world throws at them.
Indeed, one must often pass through said Hell to gain that strength in the first place.
How poetic it is, that one must often be broken in order to reform into something unbreakable.
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5 Responses to Sunday's Wisdom #276: Honor Oneself
That's it some good wisdom, but I'm personally still waiting to be unbreakable and for others to see the strengths of my character.
I don't think it's something you wait for, exactly. I think it's more something that you grow into. But I believe I see some strengths in your character, including your principles, your willingness to keep learning if you are wrong, and your endurance of ungracious treatment from those who disagree with you.
I kind of wondered about that. It does make sense about growing into that. However, there's been a sense of fear in me to not make mistakes and to not look like the bad guy which is how I've been treated even for minor things when I don't see others treated the same way.
Thank you. I'm certainly still learning about so many things. I do have principles on various matters and it's a miracle that I kept going despite being bullied or shamed. Part of me wanted to do the same to others like to "punish" people with facts, but it has rarely ever happened and I have a hard time making insults. Thanks, Merlin.
Heh, and I'd say having a hard time making insults may not be very gratifying in the moment, but it's hardly a bad thing. 😉
I sure hope so. I was never one to intentionally try to hurt other's feelings or to make someone feel bad. It's something I actually have to put effort, but most of the time I say nothing.
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The battle between the Constitution and the Siad Barre inherited laws and practices in Somaliland
Nearly three decades ago, the authoritarian military leader of Somalia, General Mohamed Siad Barre who came to power in a coup, was ousted after over ten years of civil war that had devastated the country.
The overthrow of the civilian government in 1969 aborted a nascent democratic system in which Somalia was a flag bearer of democracy for post-colonial Africa. Incumbent president Aden Abdalleh Osman, who lost to the opposition in 1967, relinquished power. This was in stark contrast to other leaders on the continent, who had inherited the office from colonial rulers, who tightened their grip on power.
Siad Barre ruled twenty-one years of tyranny. The laws were drafted and interpreted to serve his dictatorial interests. Most of the government officials were military officers for whom rule of law and human rights were not in their vocabulary at all. The entire system was thus militarized.
After the collapse of Siad Barre's oppressive regime, in Somaliland, restoration of independence was declared and a peace building and state building process proceeded. The rebel groups, who fought and expelled Siad Barre, were dominated by people who were trained and worked under his regime. Hence, those who spearheaded the process of state formation and institutional creations were basically the same people as those who served under Siad Barre.
Apparently, they wanted a governance different from that of Siad Barre, but they had little knowledge on how to run a civilian government.
In the year of 2001, a new constitution was approved by the people of Somaliland by an overwhelming majority. The Constitution sets out a government system entirely different and opposite to that of Siad Barre's.
The preamble of the Constitution reads, that the people of Somaliland, "having experienced the devastation wrought by a regime based on dictatorship and a policy of divide and rule to which the country was subjected for over twenty years, and ever vigilant of the return of such a regime."
The Constitution has a bill of rights, emphasises rule of law and establishes three branches of state with separate powers that check and balance against each other. Inspired by the willingness and desire of the masses to have a government of their own, the Constitution is the protector of the public.
Despite having a constitution with such strong values, Somaliland has not properly reformed its institutions to comply with its requirements. Additionally, many laws that predate and contradict the Constitution are still in place. In fact, these laws are practically dealt as supreme over the Constitution.
The supremacy of the Constitution is stipulated in article 128(2) which says "the Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land, and any law which does not conform to it shall be null and void."
Since the adaptation of the Constitution, many people have got educated on the subject. Many of the young who read the Constitution have principles that directly contradict the strong views of many in leadership roles who are in key institutions. This has produced a conflict and deep disagreement created by different worldviews.
In a number of occasions, I have met with senior officials in decision-making positions who often cite other laws rather than the Constitution. When confronted with the Constitution they allude as if the Constitution is unrealistic.
Many of these officials have never read the Constitution. They grew up and were educated, if at all, in an era where there was no constitution, and what the superior officer said was the law. For them, that is easily understandable. Such mentality has been transferred into the subsequent generations who are in the government institutions.
It is arguable, of course, that the weakness of the rule of law plays a role in the disregard for the Constitution. However, it is clear that there is a generational gap as well.
To make the Constitution operational, respected and accepted as the supreme law of the land, the government institutions must be drastically reformed, and the authentic independence of the judiciary should be ensured.
The Constitution cannot be and should not be left for law students to review to pass exams and then leave to gather dust on shelves. It is the most important which has supremacy over all other laws.
There is a difference between having a Constitution and working within constitutionalism. Somaliland is the former. The progressive Constitution should not be allowed to be thus challenged and impaired.
Guleid Ahmed Jama
Lawyer and director of Human Rights Centre Somaliland
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HULL have brought Matty Fryatt and Yannick Sagbo into the starting line up as they take on Brighton in the FA Cup sixth round.
Nikica Jelavic and Shane Long are both cup tied and are ineligable for the replay.
Andrea Orlandi and Will Buckley miss the tie for the Seagulls through injury but Leonardo Ulloa passed a fitness test and starts.
Hull: Harper, Figueroa, Elmohamady, Chester, Davies, Meyler, Koren, Livermore, Aluko, Sagbo, Fryatt.
Subs: McGregor, Rosenior, Bruce, Huddlestone, Boyd, Faye, Quinn.
Brighton: Brezovan, Calderon, Dunk, Upson, Ward, Ince, Andrews, Forster-Caskey, David, Ulloa, Rodriguez.
Subs: Ankergren, Greer, Bruno, Chicksen, LuaLua, March, Obika.


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Eviction Refused – Landowners, Unlawful Occupiers and the "Just and Equitable" Test
Home Latest News Eviction Refused – Landowners, Unlawful Occupiers and the "Just and Equitable" Test
By ian@sitecreations.co.za | Latest News | Comments are Closed | 7 Sep, 2021 | 0
"PIE recognises that in appropriate circumstances the right to full exercise of ownership must give way, in the interest of justice and equity, to the right of vulnerable persons to a home." (Extract from judgment below)
"Unlawful occupiers" of land have strong rights under our Constitution and other laws, and most property owners and landlords understand the need to tread carefully whenever the issue of eviction arises. They are required to comply fully with the provisions of PIE (the "Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act") – certainly achievable but never to be taken lightly. Bear in mind that a court order is required before eviction, with additional restrictions applying during the pandemic lockdowns.
A recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision shows just how energetically our courts will enforce those occupier rights, even when the strict letter of the law appears to be 100% in favour of the landowner.
The 84 year old grandmother who can live on in her childhood home
A landowner bought on a liquidation auction a piece of land and a house occupied by an 84 year old widow and her disabled son.
The widow had lived in the house since she was 11 years old, her father being employed by the farm owner at the time. She in due course married another farm employee and lived on in the house with him. Widowed, she was reassured by verbal undertakings from previous owners that she had a lifelong right to live on in the house.
But when the new purchaser of the property (by now no longer farmland but an urban sub-division of the original farm) she was unable to produce any written agreement confirming her life right to occupation.
The new owner then gave the widow and her son notice to vacate and when they refused to leave, he obtained an eviction order from the magistrate's court.
After a 12 year trek through the courts, the SCA finally confirmed the setting-aside of the eviction order, and the importance of this to landowners lies in the fact that the owner here had jumped through all the hoops required by PIE –
The verbal "lifelong right of occupation" granted by previous landowners was not enforceable against subsequent buyers,
The landowner had removed his consent to the occupants' right of occupation, thereby terminating it,
The occupants were therefore "unlawful occupiers",
The landowner had offered them suitable alternative accommodation.
A Court's discretion to refuse eviction – the "just and equitable" test
Our courts always retain a discretion to refuse eviction from residential property and "must be satisfied that the eviction is just and equitable".
The SCA held that in all the circumstances and facts of this particular case, eviction would not be just and equitable. Major factors were clearly the widow's advanced age, her 73 year history of living in the house, her disabled son, and her reliance on verbal assurances from previous owners that she had a lifelong right of occupation (which she clearly if mistakenly believed would be enforceable against new owners).
Had the land still been farmland the widow would have enjoyed the protection given to farmworkers by ESTA (the "Extension of Security of Tenure of Land Act") and although the land had now changed to urban land, "her status as a vulnerable person, even in the context of PIE, has essentially remained unchanged."
Commenting that "No case in which an order of eviction from a residence is sought can ignore the visceral reality of what is sought, namely the ejectment of a person from their home in vindication of a superior right to property. Nor can the legal process by which the order is obtained be divorced from our fraught history of eviction and ejectment of vulnerable persons from their homes", the Court held in all the circumstances that this was a case in which considerations of justice and equity "outweighed protection of the exercise of the right to property that an entitlement to an order of ejectment provides."
This despite the landowner's offer to give the widow alternative accommodation in the form of ownership of a unit in a secure residential complex, an offer she turned down because "She was accustomed to life in the house she presently occupied and enjoyed not only the freedom and space it afforded her but also the environment around it."
The offer of alternative accommodation, although made in good faith by the landowner, did not tilt the scales in favour of eviction because "This was not a case in which the reasonableness or otherwise of an unlawful occupier's refusal to vacate was a central issue … The true issue concerned the dignity of an elderly and vulnerable woman and a person with disabilities in the circumstances of the first respondent and her son. To hold that these weighty considerations are to give way merely because an alternative abode is offered would negate the first respondent's dignity rather than protect it."
The lesson for landowners and landlords
The significance of the landowner's defeat here is perhaps best summarised in the Court's own words (emphasis supplied): "PIE recognises that in appropriate circumstances the right to full exercise of ownership must give way, in the interest of justice and equity, to the right of vulnerable persons to a home."
Before buying property, check for any occupiers, "lawful" or not, and make sure that you can evict them if you need to. As a landlord, ensure that your lease is watertight, and your legal rights protected. There is no substitute for full and specific professional assistance!


With last year's second-gen Elite Sport true wireless earbuds acting as a solid refinement, 2018 is shaping up to be a big year for Jabra. It all starts at this year's CES in Las Vegas. Usually a playground for sin and vice, the week-long consumer technology mecca sees Vegas become a playground for gadgets, gizmos and everything in-between.
The Jabra's third-generation true wireless earbuds. This time, Jabra are pitching themselves less at fitness-junkies and more at the professional, office-working, business customers Jabra has successfully courted in the past.
The 65t includes one-touch access to Siri, and Google Now and Amazon Alexa on-the-go and touts up to 15 hours of battery life (five hours per charge, with two full recharges held by the case).
No local pricing has been confirmed yet.
The Jabra Elite 65t will be available in Australia and New Zealand from March.
The Elite Active 65t offers up the same 15 hour battery life but tilts the experience towards the kind of fitness-focused customers that Jabra impressed with the Elite Sport earbuds.
The new earbuds feature enhanced grip, through special coating, an integrated accelerometer for tracking features and IP56 sweat, water and dust certification.
The Jabra Elite Active 65t will be available in Australia and New Zealand in mid-2018.
A set of wireless earbuds linked together by a soft neck-band. Though this means it isn't quite as true-wireless as the others, Jabra insist the Elite 45e still uses the same core tech powering their third-gen Elite 65t and second-gen Elite Sport earbuds.
Jabra say the new Elite 45e comes engineered to deliver the best voice and music experience for users who want high audio quality without compromising on design and form-factor.
In addition, Jabra say it boasts a unique box microphone solution that delivers the clearest voice communication on any stereo wireless headphone.
The Jabra Elite Active 45e will be available in Australia and New Zealand in mid-2018.


What happened to the discussion thread "Why not switch to BroadVoice"?
Maybe has something to do about this being a Vonage forum, not sure myself why the thread was deleted.
5) The Vonage Forum is not a Voip comparison site.
Postings with comments regarding other Voip companies that are clearly off topic will be moderated at will.
No, posts about how bad Vonage is have not been deleted. The reason is that it was discussing another Voip provider and not Vonage. It's what you agreed to when you signed on here.


As I mentioned yesterday I tend to be a food monogamist. As with my salads, I will drink the same green smoothie everyday for weeks ( and weeks) at a time. A great smoothie is like the perfect pair of dark skinny jeans, it can be hard to break out of the box and try on something new.
With the early onset of spring in NYC (loving it!) I have been trading in my perfect dark skinnies for this spring's pastels, florals, and neons. Like my denim, my greens are also getting a spring update! With the warm weather I am pulling away from my usual wintery kale and towards lighter greens such as arugula and romaine in my salads and smoothies.
Adjust sweetness to taste and enjoy!


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Ceremonies on UTube, Part 3
BTHarner replied to baron-pierreIV's topic in Past Bids Discussion
Too bad that Bob Ley was never in a position to be a Olympic primetime host. Just my opinion, but he would have been far better than Jim McKay or Bob Costas.
What is Needed to Bid for the Pan Am Games?
BTHarner replied to anthonyliberatori's topic in Pan Am Games / Bids
I don't know about 2031 with LA hosting the 2028 Olympics and Salt Lake perhaps hosting the Winter Games in 2030 or 2034. I doubt the USOPC will be interested in presenting a Pan Am bid in that time frame unless PanAm Sports is desperate for a host and a some sort accommodation favorable to the USOPC can be reached. I like the idea about a DC-Baltimore bid, it being so close to home. However, despite the fact that the Pan Am Games do not require the mega-facilities of the Olympics, the price tag for 2015 and 2019 was more than a billion dollars for each edition. How would a US based games
Thanks for finding that ceremony. The audio wasn't the greatest at times, but I've been waiting to see it for so long that it was a minor problem. Found it interesting that the commentators were largely silent unlike American commentators who talk a little too much. The only opening left on my wish list that I haven't been able to re-watch is Lake Placid 1980. Every other one from Munich to the present has been out there for at least a short period of time.
BTHarner replied to Apple's topic in Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games
Five years already. Just doesn't seem possible.
Tokyo 2020 News - General
BTHarner replied to phandrosis's topic in Tokyo 2020 Summer Games
I don't like Bach anymore than some of you, but he is not a complete ignoramus who blindly believes that this is going off as planned. Surely they are working with the needed parties, and they are many, to reschedule this and is withholding any comment until everything is set in stone. I just wish they would announce it now and just reset the countdown clock, but this is going to be incredibly complex. I think they will pull it off though (using lots of money to keep many happy) and, barring another situation such as this, the Games will take place in the summer of 2021.
Tokyo 2020 Look of the Games
Well at least the look should be present from the beginning unlike 2016 when it seemed to arrive throughout the Games.
Interest in the YOGs is, at best, lukewarm around here (75 total posts in the forums pertaining to the 2018 and 2020 editions). That's probably why nobody was beating the door down to post the OC as soon as possible. You can slap the Olympic rings on it, but it just doesn't feel like an Olympic Games. Just my opinion.
BidWeek: The IOC Has Changed, Shouldn't Anti-Olympic Activists Change Too?
BTHarner replied to GBModerator's topic in GB Newswire
You just cannot reason with these people. You can address all their concerns and then they'll invent some new ones just to keep stirring the pot and any amount of attention they get just emboldens their resolve and their agenda. Why do they target the Olympics and the Olympics only? How about motor racing and it's effects on the environment? How about other sports organizations and the their insistence on using public funds to build stadiums? They don't seem to have too much to say about the issues related to the 2022 World Cup, either.
BTHarner replied to arwebb's topic in FIFA World Cup / Bids
Puts me in mind of the Rio Paralympic logo.
BTHarner replied to intoronto's topic in Pan Am Games / Bids
That was a fun few weeks. I had serious doubts a few years back about how this was going to turn out. After all, they seemed more concerned about the mascot than the venues. It all turned out fine in the end and I commend those who made it possible.
The entire commentator-free ceremony is up on the Pan Am Sports Channel. The app is also now up, but only in Spanish and only on Android devices.
Still have to watch the rest of the ceremony after the parade of athletes. Decided to be a nice husband and go with my wife to a concert and returned home late and watched on the DVR through the end of the parade. I think my initial impressions might be clouded from fatigue and crankiness so I'll need to take the time to watch it again at a better time.
Enjoy the Games Tatsh. I wish I could be there.
There was absolutely no promotion on any of ESPN's English-speaking outlets and that is indicative of where the event ranks on the sporting hierarchy. Many friends my age remember them from the 70s and 80s (before the international sports calendar got glutted with more frequent and lucrative World Championships and the like) when CBS would broadcast the Games, but had assumed that they no longer existed because there was no English coverage from 1995-2003 and just snippets since. The amount of coverage on ESPNU is just fortunate timing since they have a lot of time to fill during the down peri
Actually the graphic look. I wouldn't trade my opening ceremony experience for anything, it will always be one of the most memorable experiences in my lifetime. I know those who are more into the artistic presentation didn't think much of it but, being culturally naive, they could have replaced Cirque du Soleil with thecombination of the Mummenschanz mime troupe and Up With People and I still would have found it memorable.


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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games – Loughborough highlights, day seven
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games – Loughborough highlights, day seven 4 August 2022
Loughborough athletes kept up their record of medalling every day at the Commonwealth Games as six more medals were secured on Thursday.
Team England's Para powerlifters stole the early headlines on day seven as Zoe Newson and Olivia Broome both medalled in the Women's Lightweight category in a Loughborough 1-2. To read the full report, see the below link:
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2022/august/newson-and-broome-in-double-medal-glory/
The evening session continued to be fruitful for Loughborough with a further four medals claimed. In Alexander Stadium, Zac Shaw took silver in the Men's T11/12 100m, Lawrence Okoye won a silver in the Men's Discus, and over at the NEC, both Mark Swan and Micky Yule added further medals in Para powerlifting. To read the full report on another successful night, see the below link:
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2022/august/four-midable-loughborough-athletes-win-more-medals/
Back in athletics, Loughborough alumnus Jake Wightman returned to the track following his World Championships win in Orgeon to qualify for the Men's 1500m final. Clocking 3:48.34, Wightman will head into Saturday's final as one of the favourites for the title.
Jake will also be joined in the final by current student Matt Stonier who clocked an impressive 3:48.50 to take second in the same heat.
Loughborough duo Morgan Lake and Emily Borthwick will compete for medals in Saturday's Women's high jump final (10.17am). Both competitors recorded the required 1.81m with Lake saying, "I would love to add a medal to the Team England total as we have so many. That's my main aim, just to jump as high as I can."
In the Women's 200m heats, alumnae Hannah Brier (Wales) and Beth Dobbin (Scotland) both eased through to Friday's semi-finals. Brier clocked 24.04, Dobbin 23:10.
Staying on the track, alumna Jessie Knight qualified for the Women's 400m Hurdles final after finishing third in her heat in 55.88.
In team sports, Loughborough athletes all performed well as medal opportunities begin to materialise.
Team England Women's hockey team advanced to the semi-finals after a convincing 5-0 win over Wales. The victory, which featured six Loughborough-linked athletes for the hosts, ensured England will now play New Zealand in the last four on Friday evening (6pm).
The Men's side, featuring alumni David Condon and Chris Griffiths alongside current student Stuart Rushmere, crushed Canada 11-2 in Pool B to set up a mouth-watering tie versus Australia in the semi-finals on Saturday evening (6pm).
England netball have also progressed to a huge semi-final against Australia after topping Pool B by beating New Zealand 54-44 in a pulsating tie. The match, taking place on Saturday, is a repeat of the 2018 Gold Coast gold medal contest in which England won 52-51.
In cricket, Alumna Amy Jones hit the winning runs as England easily chased down New Zealand's 71 runs to win by six wickets. Sarah Glenn took two wickets as the hosts cruised to a semi-final showdown versus India.


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Governor: Mississippi capital's water is again safe to drink after 7 weeks
Rogelio V. Solis/AP
Salvation Army members carry cases of water to a waiting vehicle in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The organization and a local Walmart store established a mid-morning distribution site to assist water needy residents. The recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems and the state Health Department has had Mississippi's capital city under a boil-water notice since late July. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
After nearly seven weeks of being forced to boil their water before drinking it or using it to brush teeth, people in Mississippi's largest city were told Thursday that water from the tap is safe to consume — but Jackson's water system still needs big repairs that the mayor says the cash-strapped city cannot afford on its own.
Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson officials said in separate announcements that the state health department lifted a boil-water notice that had been in place since July 29 in the city of 150,000.
"We have restored clean water to the city of Jackson," Reeves said during a news conference.
However, a state health department official, Jim Craig, said households with pregnant women or young children should take precautions because of lead levels previously found in some homes on the Jackson water system. Craig said although recent testing showed "no lead or lead below the action levels" set by the EPA, people should continue to avoid using city water to prepare baby formula.
Emergency repairs are still underway after problems at Jackson's main water treatment plant caused most customers to lose service for several days in late August and early September.
Reeves said the water system remains "imperfect."
"It is possible, although I pray not inevitable, that there will be further interruptions," Reeves said. "We cannot perfectly predict what may go wrong with such a broken system in the future."
Problems started days after torrential rain fell in central Mississippi, altering the quality of the raw water entering Jackson's treatment plants. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a precipitous drop in pressure.
When water pressure drops, there's a possibility that untreated groundwater can enter the water system through cracked pipes, so customers are told to boil water to kill potentially harmful bacteria.
Even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. The state health department had set the boil-water notice because of cloudy water that could make people ill.
The National Guard and volunteer groups have distributed millions of bottles of drinking water in Jackson since late August.
During a community meeting Tuesday, Jackson resident Evelyn Ford said she could only pick up water for herself and her older neighbors on weekends because of her weekday work schedule. Ford told Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba that workers at one distribution site criticized her for getting multiple cases of water and a state trooper told her to leave.
"I felt humiliated," Ford said.
Lumumba told Ford: "You're not begging for water. You deserve it. And nobody should make you feel like you're begging. Nobody should make you feel as if you're simply trying to take advantage."
Jackson is the largest city in one of the poorest states in the U.S. The city has a shrinking tax base that resulted from white flight, which began about a decade after public schools were integrated in 1970. Jackson's population is more than 80% Black, and about 25% of its residents live in poverty.
Like many American cities, Jackson struggles with aging infrastructure with water lines that crack or collapse. Lumumba, a Democrat in a Republican-led state, said the city's water problems come from decades of deferred maintenance.
Some equipment froze at Jackson's main water treatment plant during a cold snap in early 2020, leaving thousands of customers with dangerously low water pressure or no water at all. The National Guard helped distribute drinking water. People gathered water in buckets to flush toilets. Similar problems happened on a smaller scale earlier this year.
Jackson frequently has boil-water notices because of loss of pressure or other problems that can contaminate the water. Some of the mandates are in place for only a few days, while others last weeks.


Bkeeper is right. There is no way on any board that political discussions don't lead to hate speech. And, that is too bad as this country really needs some positive input regarding as to where we have been heading for years.


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Pasadena Streetcar Chatter Continues
By Dakota Smith Feb 5, 2009, 11:15am PST
Following up locals' suggestions for a streetcar in Pasadena, the Examiner blog reports there's a second route also being kicked around: "Alternatively, there's a more ambitious proposal that calls for a route through Green Street that would partially or completely close off traffic in that one way flow through. The Green Street line would give trains a dedicated rail free from traffic congestion. This alternative proposal also gives a shoutout to the original streetcars that ran right on Green back in the day. While Pasadena has embraced the Gold Line, a streetcar will likely garner far more mixed opinions." The blog also believes that for the project to work there needs to be a stop adjacent to the Del Mar or Fillmore station to connect local rail with Metro Rail. [Examiner]