US ready for serious talk with Russia on Donbas conflict, - Volker. Manafort's lawyers are asked to reduce his sentence, which can be awarded for work in favor of Ukrainian politicians. The US government demands from the RF immediate release of captive Ukrainian seamen, - the director of the agency of the Ministry of Defense of the United States McKeighy. The Russian General Staff stated that the US is developing a plan "Trojan horse" against Russia with the involvement of the protest "fifth column". In Europe, the true purpose of Russia's construction of the Kerch Bridge was called. Manufacturers of ammunition and small arms in Russia suffer losses due to sanctions. Ukrainian women soldiers have caused a furor at NATO headquarters. Lukashenka made an unpleasant statement to Ukraine about seizing the Crimea. Lukashenko made an unpleasant statement to Ukraine about seizing the Crimea. The composition of the court in the case of Savchenko-Ruban was determined.
The U.S. is interested in continuing negotiations with Russia regarding the restoration of the Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity when Russia is ready for a serious talk.
As reported by Censor.NET citing Ukrinform, this was stated by Kurt Volker, the U.S. State Department Special Representative for Ukraine, at the 5th International Forum "The Occupied Crimea: 5 Years of Resistance".
As Volker notes, the U.S. is further interested in negotiating with Russia regarding the restoration of the Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, primarily in the Donbas area. As of today, Russia has expressed no interest in resolving this issue, but the U.S. hopes it will happen someday.
He also predicts that the humanitarian situation in the region will improve, and the territorial integrity of Ukraine will be restored only when Russia starts a serious talk about ending its aggression in the east of Ukraine.
Volker promised that the U.S. will support Ukraine until it happens.
He also stresses that the United States will never recognize the annexation of Crimea, supporting the recent statement of Mike Pompeo, the U.S. Secretary of State.
Last November, Kurt Volker announced his plan to meet Vladislav Surkov, the aide to Russia's president, sometime in December. However, this meeting was canceled after the Russian military attacked the Ukrainian Navy ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors.
He later said that the resumption of this meeting depended on whether the captured sailors would be set free.
Volker last met Surkov in Dubai on Jan. 26, 2018.
The next week, Virginia judge plans to punish Paul Manafort on charges of financial and tax fraud. Prosecutors offer between 19 and 24 years of imprisonment.
On March 1, lawyers from the former head of the Donald Trump election campaign asked the judge to "considerably less punishable" for Manafort for work in favor of Ukrainian politicians, according to censor.NET with reference to Voice of America .
During a lawsuit in Virginia, Manafort was accused of sending money from Ukrainian oligarchs Viktor Yanukovych and Opposition Bloc abroad to avoid taxation and then resorting to bank fraud to maintain a luxurious lifestyle, in particular, trying to obtain bank loans in a fraudulent manner after the patrons of the political technologist in Ukraine lost power after the Revolution of Goodwill.
In a note filed by a Virginia judge, lawyers call punishment offered by public prosecutors "manifestly inappropriate" for bankruptcy and tax fraud offenses committed by a political technologist.
Manafort's lawyers point out that the health of their client has deteriorated, he has suffered significant financial and reputational losses.
"Mr. Manafort acknowledges that the court was fair and accepts the jury's verdict and truly repents in its behavior," the statement said to the judge, the media reported.
For the 69-year-old Manafort, the sentence of prosecution offered by the prosecutor may become livelier.
On February 15, when Paul Manaforth was present during the trial, he was disorientated. This is what CNN analyst Jeffrey Tubin says. He "could not be known", - said Tubin.
According to the indictment, Donald Trump Manafort, the ex-head of the election headquarters in the period from 2006 to 2017, received $ 30 million for counseling pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. At the same time, he led lobbying without proper registration.
In mid-September 2018, Manafort agreed to an agreement with Muller on a so-called political affair. He pleaded guilty to two allegations of seven.
Since June 15, a political technologist is held in custody. The trial of Manafort's "financial" case began on July 31st. On August 21, the jury judged Manafort guilty of eight of the 18 charges.
This was stated by director of the Agency for Missing Persons in Conflicts of the United States Department of Defense, Kelly McKeighy, during a meeting with the Minister of Veterans Affairs Irina Fris in the Pentagon.
During the meeting, they discussed the directions of the Agency's activity, writes censor.NET, referring to the press service of the Ukrainian department.
In particular, about the work of the laboratory for the identification of the remains of missing bodies, communication with the families of servicemen, information and education activities. Separately, they have stayed on international cooperation and attracted higher education institutions for such activities, as well as innovations in the field of research and analysis.
"Thank you for the principled position of the United States regarding the release of our prisoners of war. At present, 73 Ukrainian military servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 14 representatives of the National Guard and 5 borderguards are considered to be missing, and in 2018 the Parliament passed the Law" On the Legal Status of Missing Persons. " A registry of missing persons has been set up for the regulatory act, and the challenge for us is identification, so we need the experience of the successful laboratory's work to identify your agency, "stressed. Ila during the meeting Iryna Frisz.
She also announced the opening of the Humanitarian Training Center in Dnipro, February 18, which is intended to increase the level of personnel qualification and inter-agency coordination of all services involved in this process. It is about employees who carry out forensic medical examination, national police, as well as representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Director of the US Department of Defense Agency for Missing Persons during Conflicts assured that they were ready to advise Ukraine on the establishment of this center and expressed hope for further cooperation.
"We have a special kind of guardianship over our military, we bring them back home even many years ago, they have fulfilled their duty, and that is our honor to them and their families," said Kelly McKeighy.
Recall that on November 25, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation's border ships committed aggressive actions against Ukrainian ships that were carrying out a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Azov Sea. In particular, the Russian border ship "Don" carried a ram of the Ukrainian raiding tug, which damaged the main engine of the ship, lining and liner fencing, and also lost the life raft. The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasizes that the intention to implement the transition was warned in advance and acted within the framework of international law.
At the same time, the Russian Federal Security Service states that the three Ukrainian warships in the Azov Sea "illegally entered the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and headed to the Kerch Strait."
As a result of illegal actions of Russian security forces, three ships of the Ukrainian Navy were captured and 24 Ukrainian servicemen captured. The Russian-controlled Russian court of the occupied Simferopol has chosen a precautionary measure for 24 sailors in custody until January 25, 2019.
On November 26, the Verkhovna Rada voted for the introduction of a military state for 30 days in Vinnytsya, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions, as well as the internal waters of the Azov-Kerch water area.
The decision to introduce a martial law was taken in connection with the act of aggression against Ukraine in the Kerch Strait. As a result of illegal actions of Russian security forces, three ships of the Ukrainian Navy were captured and 24 Ukrainian servicemen captured. The Russian-controlled Russian court of the occupied Simferopol has chosen a precautionary measure for 24 sailors in custody until January 25, 2019.
On November 30, seamen were transported to Moscow: 21 Ukrainians were taken to the Moscow Siege "Lefortovo", and three wounded - in "Sailor's Ticks".
On January 15 and 16, the Lefortovo Court of the Russian Federation decided to extend the term of seizure of 24 captured Ukrainian sailors for three months . Consequently, they will remain under arrest at least until the end of April.
The Russian court has decided to extend the term of 24 arrests of Ukrainian seamen detained for three months . Thus, under arrest, they will remain at least until the end of April.
The Russian General Staff stated that the US is developing a plan "Trojan horse" against Russia with the involvement of the protest "fifth column"
The General Staff of the Russian Federation argue that the Pentagon is developing a strategy of hostilities against Russia called "Trojan horse."
This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, General Valery Gerasimov, informs censor.NET with reference to TASS.
Gerasimov said that this is "a fundamentally new strategy", to which the US plans to attract the protest potential of the "fifth column" to destabilize the situation in Russia. Also, the Pentagon allegedly can use high-precision weapons to strike at the most important sites in the country.
In Russia, they are confident that they are "ready to oppose any strategy", since in recent years the military has developed "conceptual approaches to neutralize aggressive actions of probable opponents."
According to the general, the United States and their allies determined the aggressive vector of their foreign policy. They process offensive military actions, such as "global blow", "multisphere battle", using technologies of "color revolutions" and "soft power". Their goal is to eliminate the statehood of unwanted countries, undermine the sovereignty, and change the legitimately elected bodies of state power.
Gerasimov added that one of the "victims" of this US policy is Ukraine.
Recall, February 12, the State Duma of Russia in the first reading, supported the bill on "sovereign Internet", which involves the autonomous work of the Russian segment of the Internet.
Subsequently, The Washington Post reported that the United States blocked the Russian "troll factory" from accessing the internet during the Congressional elections.
In the city of Kosice, Slovakia, a summit of the Bucharest Nine was held, during which a declaration was adopted on concerns about Russia's actions in the Donbass and in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
It is reported by " European truth".
"We are particularly concerned about the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the recent tensions in the Azov and Black Seas, which stems from the illegal annexation of the Crimea and the build-up of military resources," the document said.
Marine escalation in the declaration is called "another manifestation of Russia's neglect of international law, its confrontational model of conduct and the use of military as well as non-military measures, such as the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, to advance their geopolitical goals."
All this, the leaders of the states, demand from NATO a more coherent and strategic approach.
Bucharest Nine is an association of NATO countries from Eastern Europe: Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Bulgaria. In November 2015, at a summit in Bucharest, these states signed a joint declaration declaring united efforts to provide, where necessary, a "strong, credible, balanced, military presence" of NATO in the region.
Recall, as previously reported by the "Apostrophe", Russia initially sought to block the Sea of Azov when the Kerch Bridge was built.
Sanctions imposed in 2014 on Russia for aggression against Ukraine led to the fact that manufacturers of small arms and ammunition in the Russian Federation lost about 50 billion rubles. revenue.
It is reported Censor NO with reference to the Russian edition of RBC. It is reported that before the sanctions, about 80% of Russian products went to the markets of the United States and European countries, where civilian weapons are allowed. In 2013, Russian media claimed that with the permission of the Pentagon, American companies bought hundreds of millions of Russian ammunition cartridges per year. In particular, in 2012 alone, five private American companies signed contracts with the Russian ammunition factories for the purchase of 900 million cartridges of various calibers.
Rifle ammunition in the Russian Federation produce Tula, Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk, Klimovsk and Amur cartridge factories. At the same time, in the United States in private possession there are 393 million weapons, of which tens of billions of rounds are fired annually.
The Russian market is much smaller. According to the General Directorate of State Control and Licensing and Permissive Work of the Russian Guard, as of February 2019, more than 4.5 million gun owners are registered in Russia. They have about 7.3 million weapons in their hands.
After the imposition of sanctions, Russian manufacturers of rifle ammunition lost an average of about 10 billion rubles. revenue per year. Accordingly, since 2014, total losses amounted to about 50 billion rubles.
According to RBC, the United States began to replenish the "patronized hunger" with ammunition from China and Bulgaria. Nevertheless, it is noted in the publication, the products of Russian ammunition factories are still represented in the United States, since there are still loopholes that allow legally supplying cartridges to the American market.
For Russian manufacturers of small arms, the situation is even worse. The Kalashnikov Concern, which was on the US sanctions list on July 16, 2014, and on the EU sanctions list on September 12, 2014, was forced to suspend many of its product contracts on the American market. The volume of these contracts ranged from $30 million to $50 million.
Ukrainian soldier women have conquered the hearts of NATO headquarters staff, earning endless ovations.
"We, the Ukrainians, fight not for the" peace at any price ", not for the" ceasefire ", but for the release and return of our land. In 2016, I participated in a raid near Mariupol, where we captured a military card made Russian officer, and on this map were marked the positions, forces and means of our enemy, including those that were officially owned by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and it was clearly written: "The Armed Forces of Russia. " Can I ask you what it looks like in the light of the continuing Russian allegations that their troops are not taking part in battles in the Donbass?"- said during a speech, soldier Elena Belozerska.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made an unpleasant statement to the Ukrainians through the annexation of Crimea by Russia.
She voiced her on Friday, March 1, during the "Great Conversation with the President," answering the question of the Russian journalist, whether the time has come for Belarus to officially recognize the entry of the Crimea into the RF.
"When I was in the inauguration of President Poroshenko four years ago or when .. Zharyche was 30 degrees. And before the Soviets, I was surrounded by Western and Ukrainian journalists and tortured me, whose Crimea is Russian or Ukrainian. I have not been preparing for this issue and not I asked them the question: "How many died Ukrainians during the seizure of Crimea by Russia?" There are no silence, but how many shots were sounded? None. So, you silently agreed that Crimea was not yours. It was a completely unexpected answer for them. , which is that if it's your dying, fight for this piece of land, "Lukashenko said.
He also added that "such a position of Belarus can be useful in this conflict".
"Tell me what will change after I now, on live broadcast, I will declare that our Crimea or Crimea is Russian, nothing." This will be news in the evening, and in the morning, they will forget, no words will be said. "In the West, well, maybe Someone will notice: Our people will think: Well, Lukashenka, why did you get to this, so much time has passed? Ukraine will say: "dog" - and spit on my side. "- said the head of state.
Lukashenko called for "to look further and deeper in these matters" and to try "at least in this case" to understand him.
"I can not be a puppet: I signed one document yesterday, but today I am climbing and start shouting. Although I always say to the Americans and the West - I really had to speak for Russia's support," he explained.
As Lukashenko noted at the press conference "The Great Conversation", which lasted for seven and a half hours in Minsk on March 1, 2019, 98% of Belarusians would oppose such a move to a possible referendum on association with Russia, informs Espresso .TV with reference on BelTA.
"What's wrong with building alliances, but living in their homes?" - said the Belarusian president.
He assured that in the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin they "decided" this position, and the phrase "unity at the presidents level", said earlier, was a joke.
At the same time, Lukashenka added that if we talk about the principle of equality, why the Russians do not say, for example, to join Russia in Belarus, and not vice versa.
On March 1, 2019, the Solomyansky District Court of Kiev received criminal proceedings against Nadezhda Savchenko and Volodymyr Ruban.
According to censor.NET with reference to the press service of the court , according to the results of automated distribution, the composition of the court was determined, in particular: the chairman of the case was judge Sergey Agafonov, members of the board of Ada Pedenko and Olena Kurova.
Recall that on March 15, 2018, the Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada three submissions : the removal of immunity, detention and arrest of people's deputy Nadezhda Savchenko. She is suspected of attempting to organize an "armed state coup by terror".
Savchenko himself, commenting on these allegations, said: " I planned to show the authorities what it might be. I began to create surrealism."
The same day, the Rada revoked the immunity , as well as gave permission to detain and arrest the deputy Nadezhda Savchenko.
After such a decision, Nadia Savchenko was arrested in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada and taken to the SBU investigatory detention facility .
On March 23, Savchenko declared a hunger strike . On the same day, the court chose her preventive measure in the form of detention until May 20 . In addition, Savchenko complained to the representatives of the ombudsman on video surveillance in the cell.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Savchenko was a partner of Vladimir Ruban, detained on March 8 at the KPVV "Mayorskie" during an attempt to transport large quantities of weapons from the territory of the Donetsk region under the control of the Russian occupation administration. On March 9, Pechersk district court of Kiev arrested Vladimir Ruban without a right to a pledge.
Ruban is suspected of illicit handling of weapons and preparing for terrorist attacks, including armed attacks on statesmen and political leaders, including President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov. Ruban himself rejects the prosecution.


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Outline History of English and American Literature: For Use in Colleges and ...
von Charles Frederick Johnson
THE NORMAN-FRENCH PERIOD (1066 to 1360)
Historical References
FREEMAN, E. A. The Norman Conquest, v. 5, c. 17.
GREEN, J. R. Short History of the English People, c. 2.
JUSSERAND, J. A. A. J. Literary History of the English People :
From the Origins to the Renaissance.
CARLYLE, T. Past and Present. (Contains an excellent picture of a
monastery of the period, the daily life and many-sided activity of its
inmates.) JEWETT, S. O. Story of the Normans.
THE year 1066 is not strictly either a linguistic or a literary date; it marks a political event the effects of
which on literature were ultimately very imporHistorical Sketch. tant. The central authority was taken possession of by a foreign conqueror who could not speak the national language. His officers, spiritual and temporal, were given positions of authority in all parts of England, and many French traders settled in the cities. The speech Change in of the ruling class was French; the technical Language language of the priests and scholars was Latin. But the great body of the people continued to use their mother tongue, — Anglo-Saxon, already considerably simplified in grammatical inflections. We have no means of telling how numerous they were, but the race had lived in England for five hundred years, and the French ruling class was comparatively insignificant in numbers,
although it controlled the military and ecclesiastical organization. The Anglo-Saxon language passed in two centuries (1150 to 1350) through stages of transition, till it became middle English, used by Chaucer, which differs from our modern English principally in spelling and the retention of a few Saxon words which have since been dropped.
The conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy, with an army of possibly sixty thousand men Other Effects speaking French, and his assumption of the of Norman throne as king of England, was one of the Conquest.
most important events in English history from the social, national, and literary points of view. In the course of two hundred years it created a new England and a new language. The national spirit was modified without losing its essential character. King William was a man of great administrative ability and force, and sternly repressed all resistance to his authority. He spoke no English, and French became the language of the court. Norman priests were appointed to the most important ecclesiastical offices. The feudal system of landholding and a graded nobility with the sovereign as the head were imposed on the nation. The social institution of chivalry, which cherished an ideal at once manly, unselfish, and poetic, though sometimes degenerating into fanciful and affected absurdities, also took firm root in England under the Norman kings and their successors. The social code, even of manners, influences literature, but the social code that furnishes elevated standards for the conduct of life as chivalry did, must profoundly affect all artistic expression. The "perfect knight without fear and without reproach" is still a favorite type in literature.
The Normans.
The Normans, the ruling class in Normandy, were descendants of Danes or Northmen who had conquered a
province in France and given it their name.
The second and third generation of Northmen had amalgamated with the French, given up their Danish language, and become Frenchmen. The successors of William the Conqueror were not only kings of England, but Dukes of Normandy, and became by marriage and conquest lords of all the western part of France from the English Channel to the Pyrenees. The Normans proper were the most able and adaptable of all the northern races, and the conquest of England is rightly called the Norman Conquest; but intellectually it was France, and not merely Normandy, that was brought into relation with England.
After a period of depression the English began to translate and adapt works of French literature, in the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries. Rhyme and stanzaic Influence. forms were imitated in the English language. This alone was an important innovation. The French tone of gay, mocking persiflage and witty, ironical social satire, so well exemplified in the next period in Chaucer's " Canterbury Tales," began to modify the seriousness of the English mind. The French imagination is less disposed to dwell on the shadowy, the vague, and the terrible than is the original English imagination, and the French sense of artistic form is more logical and better regulated than is that of the English. It is not without significance that Taillefer, the first to advance against the English force at the battle of Senlac, rode forward singing " The Song of Roland," for the spirit of the French literature entered into English literature somewhat as Norman-French words have entered into the English language; adding variety
and increasing scope without changing its fundamental character.
For some time the relation between English and Normans was that of rulers and ruled. But historical events soon made them one nation. Normandy and Anjou were lost by King John early in the thirteenth century. The Great Charter, which affirmed the rights of the English people and limited the power of the throne in imposing taxes, was wrung from him in 1215. By this, and still more by the Barons' wars, the nobles and the people were brought into sympathy. Gradually the English tongue became the national language. It was used in the grammar schools in the middle of the fourteenth century, and the statute of 1362 ordered English to be used in the courts of law. " The perfect fusion of conquerors and conquered into an English people was marked by the disuse even among the nobler classes of the French tongue." It was, however, a new England that arose after the transition. It had taken up a new element. Its culture was wider, its sympathies and power of appreciation were broadened. It found its expression in the verse of Geoffrey Chaucer, the great poet of the next period.
Literatura of the
The great intellectual activity of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is evinced by the volume and variety of
the writings produced. The old Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle was kept up intermittently for some Anglo-Nor time, but history was usually written in Latin man Period.
and in a more connected form. The legend or religious story and the secular short story, usually lively and satirical, contributed to the mass of literary material on which poets have drawn ever since. The rhymed chronicle and the romance in various forms, the allegor
Romances.
ical or didactic poem, the romance of adventure, the love romance, and the Provençal song of gallantry, became known in England, and in time these forms were translated, imitated, or adapted. English literature became more cosmopolitan and began to show the effect of a wider culture and of contact with another civilization.
The most important literary phenomenon was the appearance in literature of the Arthurian story, into which
a great number of episodes were worked, the
sources and development of which constitute a special study of great intricacy. Frenchmen and Englishmen took up the Celtic legends about Arthur, and, in a succession of poems, infused into them new ethical ele
its of knightly courage, fidelity, and idealism. The British or Celtic historical tradition became vastly enriched and elevated by assimilating the Christian legend of the Holy Grail, the conception of the perfect or holy knight, Galahad, and by compounding Christian ideas with the old race stories of the fellowship of the Round Table and all the episodes which go to make up the Arthurian cycle. These have been one of the great fountain-heads of English poetry, and they took definite literary form during the Norman period, and in the Norman-French language. They were translated into the vernacular or English tongue even before French ceased to be the language of literature, and it therefore happens that although King Alfred remains the ideal English race-hero, Anglo-Saxon tradition has had much less inspirational effect on the national imagination than has the semi-epic song of the conquered Celtic race. The Norman Conquest is, therefore, quite as important an event in English literary history as it is in English political history, although the English national character remained
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Owen entered Queen's College, Oxford, at the age of twelve and received a B.A. in 1632 and an M.A. in 1635 at the age of nineteen. "While at Oxford his tutor was Thomas Barlow, an anti- Arminian philosopher whose metaphysics were to prove a formative influence on the thought of the young Owen" ( ibid.). In 1637 Owen became a pastor; in the 1640s he was chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, and in 1651 he was made Dean of Christ Church, Oxford's largest college. In 1652 he was given the additional post of Vice-Chancellor of the University. After 1660 he led the Independents through the bitter years of persecution until his death in 1683.
Owen's first publication was A Display of Arminianism (1642), a severe critique of the Arminian theology becoming prevalent in his day. Later works included Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers (1656) and Of Temptation: The Nature and Power of It (1658), which reflect Owen's more pastoral nature.
In 1662 the Act of Uniformity established various rules and requirements which were to be followed in the Church. Owen did not ascribe to this, and thus was known as a nonconformist.
Later works of Owen involved massive works on the Holy Spirit and Hebrews.
Sinclair B. Ferguson (1987). John Owen on the Christian Life. ISBN 0851515037.
Peter Toon (1971). God's Statesman: Life and Work of John Owen. ISBN 0853641331.
John Owen—His Life and Work by Greg Herrick at bible.org.


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{
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}

How to achieve it?
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Marsh & McLennan Companies to acquire Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc
Marsh says deal accelerates its strategy to be "the preeminent" global risk firm
Staff on September 18, 2018
What gives brokers the competitive advantage in R&W insurance
National brokerage expands through acquisition
Rhodes & Williams expands in Ottawa
In-house claims handling a key feature in this merger deal
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT).
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Whisky lovers take note. Surrounded by mountains and built between two rivers lies Miyagikyo Distillery of Nikka Whisky, one of the foremost producers of whisky in Japan. This refreshing Scotch whisky puts Japan on the map for having one of the top-notch spirits in the world.
The Miyagikyo distillery is located in northern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture not all that far from its capital of Sendai. You can experience a guided tour to discover Nikka's humble beginnings and the process of making whisky — and it includes free tastings.
The distillery was established in 1969, making it the second distillery by "The Father of Japanese Whisky," Masataka Taketsuru. The first one, Yoichi Distillery, in Hokkaido, was established a little over 30 years before that.
Once the tour finishes, you can savor free whisky.
Born from a family of sake (alcohol) brewers, Taketsuru was very much fascinated by Scotch whisky. After he apprenticed in Scottish distilleries, he came back to Japan with a vision to produce high-quality Japanese whisky with his supportive Scottish wife, Rita.
The Miyagikyo location came about because Taketsuru wanted to experiment more with blending. Thus, he needed another distillery to achieve this goal. When he tasted the water from the Hirose and Nikkagawa rivers in Miyagi, it is said he knew that was the right location to open his second factory. Its tranquil mountainous location, cool climate, fresh air and water were the elements needed for making soft malt whisky.
Photo by: Maureen Del Rosario Surrounded by water, mountains and forest.
The mesmerizing smell of distilled grain will instantly captivate you as you enter the distillery. At the waiting area, you can see Nikka's various awards and watch videos (with English subtitles) about Taketsuru's journey in fulfilling his vision.
Next, the tour guide will lead the way to various buildings where you can get a glimpse at how whisky is manufactured. Although demanding, Nikka still uses the same method that Taketsuru utilized before, hence their products' distinctive flavor.
The tour is only in Japanese. However, there are audio headsets in English, Chinese, and Korean to help foreign visitors further understand the history and distillery process. Apart from that, you can also access the foreign guide (English) or grab one of their English pamphlets.
Photo by: yyzdez Some of their select whisky.
Once the tour finishes, you can savor free whisky, apple wine and non-alcoholic beverages at the tasting corner. If you want more, you can buy shots at the bar or a bottle as a souvenir. Some whisky at the bar may not be available at the shop because they're limited edition, like the Date Blended Whisky (named after the historic figure, Masamune Date).
Miyagikyo Distillery offers the chance to experience the art of making whisky in a stunning natural setting and admire Taketsuru's struggle and success in perfecting Nikka.
Miyagikyo is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m and closed during New Year's holiday and plant shutdowns. There are distillery tours every 20 minutes. The last one is at 3:30 p.m. No admission fee.
Making reservations are not necessary, but for group tours of more than 10 people and other inquiries contact them at www.nikka.com/eng (English) or call at +81 (0) 22 395 2865.
From Sendai station, ride the train bound for Yamagata and get off at Sakunami station. From there, it's a 20-minute walk.
From Sakunami station, you can take the free shuttle bus to the Miyagikyo Distillery.
Drive through Route 48 from Sendai station about 30 minutes.
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The government, heeding calls from animal rights activists, announced the creation on Monday of a new state authority aimed at investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty. The new so-called dyrepoliti (animal police) will be a cooperation between the state agricultural ministry and its Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet), and the state police directorate and economic crimes unit Økokrim.
Norwegian agricultural authorities have faced some tragic cases of cruelty towards animals in Norway lately. Now they'll have tackle crime against animals with the police. PHOTO: newsinenglish.no
"This is a great day for everyone concerned with animal rights, and efforts to fight crime against animals," Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug said at a press conference Monday afternoon. Her ministry finally responded to calls that have gone out for many years, also during previous governments, to make a concentrated effort to ensure animals' rights.
Several ugly cases of cruelty towards animals have cropped up in recent months, not least the case of a farmer who allowed all his cattle to starve to death. It was by no means the first time such a tragedy occurred in Norway, and the agricultural inspectors have also sought more authority and means of preventing or prosecuting such cases.
Listhaug said the new "animal police" unit will be launched as a pilot project in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, where the local police district and Mattilsynet will work together to fight violations of animal welfare. The agency primarily in charge of food safety will continue to carry out inspections and have veterinarians on staff, while the police set up a group charged with handling cases of criminal animal abuse.
"This will be tested over a three-year period and evaluated along the way," Listhaug said. She said the goal was to establish a "well-functioning" organization for cooperation between the police and Mattilsynet.
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen said that crime against animals "often fell between the cracks" and it was now important to make it a priority, with Listhaug saying it can also prevent assaults on people.
Officials at Mattilsynet, who handled 38 cases of animal cruelty last year alone, were relieved. "We have sought a cooperation like this for a long time," Harald Gjein, director of Mattilsynet, told state broadcaster NRK. Animal rights activists were also pleased.
"The process of taking violence against animals seriously is underway," stated Siri Martinsen, head of animal rights organization NOAH, in a press release Monday afternoon.
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While viruses are counted among the simplest forms of life, they have quite a bearing on its advanced forms…
by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits
While viruses are counted among the simplest forms of life, they have quite a bearing on its advanced forms. And the coronavirus epidemic is, unfortunately, alive and well. What are the implications for the gold market?
Coronavirus Infects Europe
The coronavirus epidemic is, unfortunately, making its presence well known. Actually, it spreads quickly around the globe. The worldwide number of confirmed cases has reached almost 90,000, while the death toll has surpassed 3,000 people.
Three important developments have occurred over the weekend and since our last edition of the Fundamental Gold Report. First, the World Health Organization reported on Sunday that "the number of confirmed cases in Hubei province, China, has increased for two successive days after a period of decline." It means that the epidemic in China may not be peaking yet, especially as China counting methods (excluding asymptomatic infected individuals) may underplay extent of outbreak, according to Caixin.
Second, the new coronavirus infections soared across Europe on Sunday. The situation is particularly grave in Italy, where confirmed cases jumped 40 percent in 24 hours to 1,576 (and to 1,713 on March 2), adding a great burden on the country's healthcare system. However, the number of infections have also jumped in France (to 130 cases), Germany (130 cases), Spain (74 cases), and the UK (36 cases). As the whole continent will be infected soon, the economic effects will become greater. The French government has already admitted that the effect of the coronavirus will be larger than previous estimates and promised to provide the necessary support to companies. With slower economic growth across France and the whole continent being already fragile, guess what Christine Lagarde will do? Yup, she will hurry with help and the ECB will remain accommodative or even ease its monetary policy even more.
Third, the more decisive spread of the coronavirus across the United States is a matter of time. The number of cases has increased to more than 80, while two people have already died. The governor of Washington, where these deaths occurred, has already declared a state of emergency. The Vice President Mike Pence admitted that we "could have more sad news". These developments will lead to the intensification of fear among Americans, spurring possibly some safe-haven demand for gold.
Implications for Gold
What does it all mean for the yellow metal? Well, from the fundamental point of view, growing fears that the spreading coronavirus will weigh on global growth, the dovish central banks, a weaker US dollar and the stock market volatility should all support gold prices.
We are, of course, fully aware that the price of gold plunged on Friday, as the chart below shows. But we warned our Readers that a downside move was likely, given the scale of previous huge rally. The sell-off could be, thus, a normal profit-taking for those wishing to cash in on the runup.
Chart 1: Gold prices in 2020 (London PM Fix, in $)
Another issue is that the greenback strengthened on Friday against the euro, maybe because investors focused on the much more grave epidemiological situation in Europe. However, the epidemic should arrive in the US as well but with a certain lag. And even with the scale of the outbreak smaller than in Europe, the new coronavirus will negatively hit the profits of US international companies.
Should we panic? No, after all, the risk of the coronavirus-related death to the average person remains low. And each year, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal flu. So, when the fears recede, a move lower in the gold prices is likely.
However, we are rather before the peak of the epidemic and related worries, so there is more room for gold to shine as a hedge against viruses, especially if the Fed reacts and cut interest rates just as a vaccine to the new economic disease.
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The Wallis Presents 'An Evening With Nathan And Julie Gunn'
BroadwayWorld.com Feb. 28, 2018
American baritone Nathan Gunn and pianist Julie Gunn, partners in life and often on stage, will make their debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in an evening of cabaret by iconic composers ranging from Leonard Bernstein and Cole Porter to Billy Joel and Tom Waits. The evening concert from an eclectic American Songbook joins Bernstein at 100, the worldwide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history. An Evening with Nathan and Julie Gunn takes place Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7:30pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis.
"An Evening with Nathan and Julie Gunn joins our varied musical programming this month," said Paul Crewes, The Wallis' Artistic Director. "Their cabaret style performance will feature an eclectic roster of composers including the great Leonard Bernstein who we salute on his 100 birthday."
Single tickets for An Evening with Nathan and Julie Gunn are now available for $45 - $95. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit TheWallis.org, call 310.746.4000, or stop by in person at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Ticket Services located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The running time for An Evening with Nathan and Julie Gunn will be 80 minutes with no intermission.
For the complete listing of all Winter @ The Wallis programs visit TheWallis.org/Music.
About Nathan Gunn
Nathan Gunn has made a reputation as one of the most exciting and in-demand baritones of the day. He has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Royal Opera House, Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. His many roles include the title roles in Billy Budd, Eugene Onegin, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Hamlet; Guglielmo in Cosí fan tutte, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore, Ottone in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Danilo in The Merry Widow, and The Lodger in The Aspern Papers.
A noted supporter of new works, Gunn most recently created the role of Inman in Jennifer Higdon's Cold Mountain at the Santa Fe Opera. He also created the roles of Sid Taylor in Jake Heggie's Great Scott, James Dalton in Iain Bell's The Harlot's Progress at the Theater an der Wien, Yeshua in Mark Adamo's The Gospel of Mary Magdalene at the San Francisco Opera Paul in Daron Hagen's Amelia at the Seattle Opera, Alec Harvey in André Previn's Brief Encounter at the Houston Grand Opera, Father Delura in Peter Eötvös' Love and Other Demons at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival, and Clyde Griffiths in Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy at the Metropolitan Opera. Because of this dedication to new works, Gunn held the title of Director of the American Repertoire Council at the Opera Company of Philadelphia, a steering council that focused on advancing the company's American Repertoire Program which was committed to produce a new American work in 10 consecutive seasons.
Gunn is working on several creative projects that will premier over the next three seasons, in which he is a collaborating artist with the creative teams. These include projects with producing companies such as the Pittsburgh Opera and Beth Morrison Projects, and are created with some of today's leading and cutting-edge composers. Also a distinguished concert performer, Gunn has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Rundfunkorchster, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The many conductors with whom he has worked with include, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Antonio Pappano, David Robertson, Donald Runnicles, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Mark Wigglesworth.
A frequent recitalist, Gunn has been presented in recital at Alice Tully Hall and by Carnegie Hall in Zankel Hall. He has also been presented by Roy Thomson Hall, Cal Performances, the Schubert Club, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Vocal Arts Society in Washington, DC, the University of Chicago, the Krannert Center, the Wigmore Hall, and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. As a student, he performed in series of recitals with his teacher and mentor John Wustman that celebrated the 200th anniversary of Franz Schubert's birth. Gunn has recently ventured outside the standard opera repertoire with appearances in performances of the title role in Sweeney Todd with the Houston Grand Opera, Camelot and Carousel with the New York Philharmonic (both broadcasted on PBS) and Show Boat at Carnegie Hall and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He also appeared in the New York Philharmonic's 80th birthday gala celebration for Stephen Sondheim and appeared with the orchestra in an evening of Broadway classics with Kelli O'Hara. Other engagements have included appearances with Mandy Patinkin in Rochester, the Krannert Center the Ravinia Festival and on tour in Australia and New Zealand, a series of cabaret shows at the famed Café Carlyle in New York City and at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, special guest artist in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's annual Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, and a performance of Sting and Trudie Styler's work, Twin Spirits in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Gunn's solo album, Just Before Sunrise, was released on Sony/BMG Masterworks. Other recordings include the title role in Billy Budd with Daniel Harding and the London Symphony Orchestra (Virgin Classics), which won the 2010 Grammy Award; the first complete recording of Rogers & Hammerstein's Allegro (Sony's Masterworks Broadway), Peter Grimes with Sir Colin Davis and London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live!) which was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (SONY Classics), Cold Mountain (Pentatone Music), The Hubble Cantata (Naxos), Kullervo with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc), and American Anthem (EMI). He also starred as Buzz Aldrin in Man on the Moon, an opera written specifically for television and broadcast on the BBC in the UK. The program was awarded the Golden Rose Award for Opera at the Montreux Festival in Lucerne.
This season, Gunn returns to the Metropolitan Opera in The Magic Flute, appears in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and presents recital in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Kalamazoo, and Thomasville, and at Vanderbilt and Notre Dame universities. He also performed Paola Prestini's The Hubble Cantata at the Ford Theater in Los Angeles, appears in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Bernstein celebration, and premieres his one-man show, Flying Solo, at the Laguna Playhouse and the San Diego Repertory Theater. Gunn was the recipient of the first annual Beverly Sills Artist Award, and was awarded the Pittsburgh Opera Renaissance Award. He is an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Program and was a winner of the 1994 Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition. Gunn is also an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he is currently a professor of voice and the General Director of the Lyric Theater @ Illinois. Gunn is a partner in the Los Angeles City Club, RVCC, which is a forward-thinking analog space for artists and entrepreneurs changing the downtown of Los Angeles.
About Julie Gunn
Julie Gunn is a pianist, educator, and music director. She has performed on many of North America's most prestigious recital series, including the Aspen Festival, Boston's Celebrity Series, the Carnegie Hall Pure Voice Series, the Cincinnati Chamber Music Society, the Cliburn Foundation, the Dallas Opera, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center Great Performers, Manhattan's Café Carlyle, the Metropolitan Opera Summerstage, Notre Dame's DeBartolo Center, the Ravinia Festival, St. Paul's Schubert Club, San Francisco Performances, the Sydney Opera House, Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall, University of Chicago Presents, Washington's Vocal Arts Society, the 92nd Street Y, and the United States Supreme Court. She has been heard in recital with William Burden, Richard Croft, Elizabeth Futral, Isabel Leonard, Stefan Milenkovich, Kelli O'Hara, Mandy Patinkin, Yvonne Gonzales Redman, Michelle De Young, the Pacifica and Jupiter Quartets, and her husband and artistic partner Nathan Gunn.
In the upcoming season she looks forward to recitals and cabarets at the Interlochen Center for the Performing Arts, the DeBartolo Center, Vanderbilt University, Thomasville, GA, Western Michigan University and the McCallum Theater for the Performing Arts. Director of Lyric Theatre Studies at the University of Illinois, she produces three mainstage operas or musical theatre works a year at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A faculty member at the School of Music, she enjoys teaching singers, pianists, chamber musicians and songwriters, and conducting new works and musical theatre. She has given master classes at universities and young artists' programs all over the United States, including the Aspen Festival, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Houston Grand Opera Studio, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Opera Theatre St. Louis, the Ryan Young Artists' Program, the Santa Fe Opera, Ravinia's Steans Institute. She enjoyed tenures as artist-in-residence at Cincinnati Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival. She is the founder of the Illinois School of Music Academy, a program for talented pre-college chamber musicians and composers. Dr. Gunn enjoys working at the intersection of different disciplines and collaborates with artists in the fields of theatre, dance, and design whenever possible. She has served as a coach or conductor at Chicago Opera Theater, Highlands Opera Studio, the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program, Opera North, Opera Theater St. Louis, Southern Methodist University, Theaterworks!, and Wolf Trap Opera.
Gunn is committed to new works and in recent seasons has been part of several world premieres, as a co-producer, a pianist, or as a conductor: Twilight Butterfly(Thomas), Dooryard Bloom (Higdon), Polly Peachum (Scheer/Van Horn), Variations on a Summer's Day (Meltzer,) Letters from Quebec to Providence in the Rain (Gill,) and Bhutto (Fairouz.) She works with Beth Morrison Projects and American Opera Projects to produce workshops and academic premieres of new operas. A member of ASCAP, she is the author of many arrangements of songs for chamber groups and orchestras. Her arrangements have been heard at Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Symphony Center, the DeBartolo Center, Ithaca College, Interlochen, the Kennedy Center, the Krannert Center, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, and in Sun Valley, Idaho.
About The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Since opening its doors in October 2013, The Wallis has produced or presented more than 250 dance, theatre, opera, classical music and family programs to an ever-expanding audience. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Paul Crewes and Managing Director Rachel Fine, The Wallis brings audiences world-class theater, dance and music, performed by many of the world's most talented and sought-after artists. Featuring eclectic programming that mirrors the diverse landscape of Los Angeles and its notability as the entertainment capital of the world, The Wallis offers original and revered works from across the U.S. and around the globe.
The mission of The Wallis is to create, present and celebrate unique performing arts events and educational programs that reflect the rich cultural diversity of our community. Nominated for 47 Ovation Awards, four L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Awards and the recipient of six architectural awards, The Wallis is a breathtaking 70,000-square-foot venue that celebrates the classic and the modern and was designed by Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA of Studio Pali Fekete architects. The building features the restored, original 1933 Beverly Hills Post Office (on the National Register of Historic Places) that serves as the theater's dramatic yet welcoming lobby, and houses the 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater, GRoW at The Wallis: A Space for Arts Education (a gift of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Family and the Annenberg Foundation) and the contemporary 500-seat, state-of-the-art Bram Goldsmith Theater. Together, these structures embrace the city's history and its future, creating a performing arts destination for L.A.-area visitors and residents alike.
The Official Sponsors of The Wallis' 2017/18 Season include: Delta Air Lines (Official Airline Sponsor), Montage Beverly Hills (Preferred Hotel) Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills (Official Automotive Sponsor) and Meridith Baer Home (Official Décor Sponsor).
For more information about The Wallis, please visit: TheWallis.org.
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What: An Evening with Nathan and Julie Gunn
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Bram Goldsmith Theater
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
When: Thursday, March 15 at 7:30pm
Tickets: Single tickets: $45-$95 (prices subject to change) Online - TheWallis.org By Phone - 310.746.4000 Box Office - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Ticket Service 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
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<title>dlib C++ Library - render_face_detections_abstract.h</title>

// Copyright (C) 2014  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
#undef DLIB_RENDER_FACE_DeTECTIONS_ABSTRACT_H_
#ifdef DLIB_RENDER_FACE_DeTECTIONS_ABSTRACT_H_

#include "full_object_detection_abstract.h"
#include "../gui_widgets.h"

namespace dlib
{

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    inline std::vector<image_window::overlay_line> render_face_detections (
        const std::vector<full_object_detection>& dets,
        const rgb_pixel color = rgb_pixel(0,255,0)
    );
    /*!
        requires
            - for all valid i:
                - dets[i].num_parts() == 68
        ensures
            - Interprets the given objects as face detections with parts annotated using
              the iBUG face landmark scheme.  We then return a set of overlay lines that
              will draw the objects onto the screen in a way that properly draws the
              outline of the face features defined by the part locations.
            - returns a vector with dets.size() elements, each containing the lines
              necessary to render a face detection from dets.
    !*/

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    inline std::vector<image_window::overlay_line> render_face_detections (
        const full_object_detection& det,
        const rgb_pixel color = rgb_pixel(0,255,0)
    );
    /*!
        requires
            - det.num_parts() == 68
        ensures
            - This function is identical to the above render_face_detections() routine
              except that it takes just a single full_object_detection instead of a
              std::vector of them.
    !*/

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

}

#endif // DLIB_RENDER_FACE_DeTECTIONS_ABSTRACT_H_

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE
Yves GARY	Published: 14 October 2015	Hits: 4300
Category: 1870 : CHALLENGE N°1
A long wait
Eighteen years were destined to pass between the winning of the cup by the America and the first challenge for it. The reasons for this lapse of time without a contest for the trophy may be easily discerned. English yachtsmen were digesting the food for thought the America had given them and profiting by the lesson, while during five years of war beginning with 1860, the United States had other things to think about than yachting.
The Great Ocean Yacht Race
The revival of the sport in this country was brilliant, and attracted the attention of the world. As the Yankees were the first to send a yacht across the Atlantic ocean, they were the first also to arrange an ocean race between yachts. Such a race was sailed in the winter of 1866, between the schooners Henrietta, owned by James Gordon Bennett, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, the Fleetwing, owned by George and Franklin Osgood, and the Vesta, owned by Pierre Lorillard. This race is worthy of mention in connection with the America's cup because of its effect in England. Interest in American yachting, which had been crushed by the war, was revived by the race of these three clipper vessels.
Arrival of the American schooner Sappho in English
Another event, following this race by a year and a half, which was to sustain the revival until something should come of it looking to an international match, was the arrival of the American schooner Sappho in English waters, in the summer of 1868. She had been built on a venture by C. & R. Poillon of Brooklyn. Her lines were very fine, and her dimensions were as follows: Length on deck 133 feet 9 inches; length on load water-line 120 feet, length on keel 108 feet, breadth of -beam 24 feet 9 inches, depth of hold 10 feet, draft 12 feet 6 inches. She was the largest yacht built up to that time in the United States, and great things were expected of her. Her first performance in English waters was not encouraging. In a race round the Isle of Wight, over the same course as that sailed by the America in 1851, she was beaten by four schooners, including Cambria, owned by Mr. James Ashbury.
James AshburyJames Ashbury was the son of a wheelwright, who invented a railway carriage, and thus laid the foundation of a fortune. He was a native of Manchester, but resided in London. Though possessed of great wealth his social standing was not high. His efforts to win the cup were in the nature of a bid for social and popular favor, though Mr. Ashbury was without question an aggressive sportsman. He died in London, Sept. 3d, 1895.
Sappho was in cruising rig, and had on board several tons of stone ballast she had carried across the ocean. She was not, therefore, at her best. Her performance, however, was a blessing in disguise to the sport of international racing, for it gave Mr. Ashbury the idea that he could easily defeat any American yacht, since this was the clipper of them all.
A first proposition of Mr. Ashbury
He therefore addressed a communication to the New York Yacht Club, October 3d, 1868, that was broad enough to show him to be, in his aspirations at least, considerable of a sportsman. While his communication was tentative rather than definite, it had the effect of a specific challenge.
Its conditions were:
First. I propose that during or before the season of 1869 the New York Yacht Club select their champion schooner of a tonnage not to exceed ten per cent, of the Thames measurement (l88 tons) of the Cambria.
Second. The vessel referred to I would desire to see arrive in England in ample time to take part in the matches of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club at R3de, for which races she would, doubtless, be permitted to enter. These races take place early in August, six or eight or nine in number, round the island [53 nautical miles], the Victoria and Queen's courses [about sixty], and probably a run to Cherbourg and back. The prizes would be the annual Queen's cup presented to the Royal Yacht Squadron, two cups of one hundred pounds each from the towns of Cowes and Ryde, and several cups of 100 pounds and 50 pounds; and I may add that if the yacht could arrive about a month earlier she would be in time for some of the best ocean races of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. At these races your representative vessel would meet all the best and fastest English and Scotch yachts — among others, schooners — and would have a fair opportunity of testing her qualities during the height of the Isle of Wight yachting season, and with the temptation of many prizes, highly valued and much sought after, but not for their mere intrinsic value.
Third. On or about the 1st of September I would race your vessel from the Isle of Wight to New York for a cup or service of silver, value 250 pounds, no time allowance and no restrictions as to canvas or number of hands.
Fourth. I would at an early date race the said vessel round Long Island on the Royal Thames Yacht Club measurement and their time allowances; two races out of three over this course to decide as to the championship and the final possession of the America's Queen's cup of 1851. If I lost I would present the New York Yacht Club or the owner of the successful vessel with a cup, value 100 guineas, or I would race any other schooner of about my tonnage over the same course on the said conditions; the competing vessel to have been previously pronounced by the New York Yacht Club as the fastest vessel in America of her size and class, and providing the said vessel had not been built since the date of this communication and w as in all respects a seagoing vessel and not a mere shell or racing machine.
The New York Yacht Club did not accept Mr. Ashbury's invitation to participate in ocean races, but took up with his otter to sail for the America's cup, informing him that it "could only take cognizance of and respond to that portion of said communication having reference to the challenge cup won by the America," and calling his attention to the condition that a challenge for it must come through a regularly organized foreign yacht club.
A second proposition
Mr. Ashbury responded, February 24th, 1869, that he would obtain consent from "one of the several Royal Yacht Clubs" to which he belonged, to sail Cambria as its champion vessel. On July 20th, 1869, he wrote that he hoped to sail under the colors of the Royal Thames Club, to which he would present the cup, if he won it, "to be held as a challenge cup, open to any royal or other first-class recognized yacht club to compete for; providing six months notice is given, and the course not less than 300 miles in the channel or any other ocean." In case all the conditions he named were approved Mr. Ashbury stated he was ready to sail for this country about August 27th.
The New York Yacht Club did not relish Mr. Ashbury's attempt to set aside the deed of gift, and make new conditions under which the cup should be sailed for, should he win it. Neither did it accept the condition that it should defend the cup with one vessel only. There is no record to show that it told Mr. Ashbury this in so many words, or at all, until he had cabled: " Will the Cambria be allowed to sail your champion schooner for the America's cup on basis of my letter of July 20th '? "
To this Mr. Ashbury received a reply not distinguished for its directness, though it conveyed the club's meaning that if Mr. Ashbury wished to sail for the America's cup he would have to sail against a fleet. The America had not sailed against a fleet, but as one of fifteen vessels, each trying for the cup. In this case it would be a fleet against one vessel. There was none of the gospel injunction, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," in this position. Conditions construed as unfair by Commodore Stevens were to be meted out in fact to the first challenger who appeared. Viewed in the light of sporting ethics of to-day, it appears that Mr. Ashbury had the broader view of the subject. The cup had ceased to be a squadron trophy, to go to the individual who won it, when it passed into the hands of the owners of the America. It had been given in trust into the keeping of the New York Yacht Club, to be sailed for as an international challenge cup, in races between clubs representing their respective nations.
The assumption of Mr. Ashbury that it should be sailed for vessel against vessel, and not by a single vessel against a fleet, was sound and right, as later experience showed; for before the cup was sailed for a second time on this side of the water the New York Yacht Club was forced to recede from the position it took in the following note to Mr. Ashbury, in response to his cable quoted above:
"The necessary preliminaries having been complied with by you upon your arrival here, you have the right, provided no match can be agreed upon, to sail over the annual regatta course of the New York Yacht Club." Mr. Ashbury was assured he would be "heartily welcomed," and that he would find the club prepared to "maintain their claim according to the conditions upon which they accepted the cup." It will appear later that the club could not uphold the view that one of these conditions was that a challenger should sail against a fleet with a single vessel.
Nothing came of Mr. Ashbury's challenge, as he regretted he could not race that season, his reason being that he could not contest for the cup on the basis of his challenge.
It will be observed that in this, the first correspondence looking to a race for the cup as a challenge trophy, both parties fell into error; the New York Yacht Club in its lack of sportsmanlike spirit as shown by its interpretation of the deed of gift, and Mr. Ashbury in attempting to dictate terms. Both sides were feeling their way, according to their lights, and the time was not ripe for the broad and satisfactory contests for the cup that were to come in after years.
The third proposition
Mr. Ashbury, with a tenacity worthy of the cause, returned to the business of challenging for the cup in November of 1869. He had arranged an ocean race with Dauntless, James Gordon Bennett owner, to be sailed in September, 1869, but the arrangements fell through, as Dauntless could not be got ready on time. On November 14th, 1869, Mr. Ashbury wrote the New York Yacht Club that in the event of his racing Dauntless across the ocean in March, 1870, he would sail for the cup on May 16th, 1870, over a triangular course "from Staten Island, forty miles out to sea and back." Just how he expected to lay a triangular course from Staten Island out to sea and back he did not explain. His letter also contained these lines, which, in view of his contention that conditions which prevailed in the race of 1851 no longer held good — which diey did not — appears somewhat sophistical:
"The cup having been won at Cowes, under the rules of the R.Y.S., it thereby follows that no centre-board vessel can compete against the Cambria in this particular race."
To this argument the New York Yacht Club replied that it had no power to deviate from the terms of the deed of gift, and called attention to the condition that "in case of disagreement " the match is "to be sailed according to the rules and sailing regulations of the club in possession". The club stated that it could not therefore entertain a proposal to exclude from the race any yacht duly qualified to sail under the rules and regulations of the New York Yacht Club.
Notwithstanding his dissatisfaction with the terms offered, Mr. Ashbury came to this country with his schooner. He had sailed Cambria in three races against Sappho before leaving England, and lost two, defaulting one, because the course to Cherbourg and back did not on the day set afford a race to windward and leeward as agreed. Sappho the year before had been "hipped" (made wider amidships) by Capt. "Bob" Fish of Bayonne, N. J., and was then sailing very fast, entirely outclassing Cambria.
To add to the interest of the arrival of the first challenger in this country, Cambria sailed an ocean race against Dauntless from Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook, starting July 4th, 1870. Dauntless was a fast keel schooner, 123 feet 10 inches overall, 26 feet 7 inches beam, and 12 feet 6 inches draft. She was manned for the race with Cambria by a crack crew. Her sailing-master was Martin Lyons, a smart Sandy Hook pilot, with whom was associated Capt. Samuel Samuels, a noted blue-water skipper, and "Old Dick" Brown of America fame. Some friends of the owner also sailed on the vessel. Cambria, though the slower sailer, won the race, sailing 2917 miles in 23 days 5 hours and 17 minutes, by the narrow margin of 1 hour and 43 minutes. She came by the northern course. Dauntless came by the middle course, and sailed 2963 miles, or 46 miles more than the Cambria, in 23 days and 7 hours. Her sailing-master, speaking of this race in 1901, said "there was too much amateur talent aboard."
CREATION OF THE AMERICA'S CUP
THE RACE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE