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National Society of Mural Painters records
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Baskerville, Charles, 1896- Search this
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1895 - circa 2007
The records of the National Society of Mural Painters measure 13.1 linear feet and date from 1895 to circa 2007. The activities of the society are documented through administrative files, membership files, correspondence, committee files, exhibition and competition files, artist files, financial and legal records, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographic materials.
The records of the National Society of Mural Painters measure 13.1 linear feet and date from 1895 to circa 2007. The activities of the society are documented through administrative files, membership files, correspondence, committee files, exhibition and competition files, artist files, financial and legal records, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographic materials. Administrative files include meeting minutes and agendas, historical information, and newsletter drafts, and the organization's constitution and by-laws. Membership files contain correspondence with members about their applications and acceptance or denial of membership, member voting ballots, and lists of members. General correspondence is with artists, members, organizations, universities, and federal commissions, and documents a wide varity of NSMP activities; additional correspondence is scattered throughout other series. Correspondence is with Charles Baskerville, Arthur Covey, Allyn Cox, Dean Fausett, Ruth Fortel, Edward Lanning, Everett Molinari, Jack Stewart, and Helen Tredwell, as well as with the American Federation of Arts, the Commission of Fine Arts on War Memorials, Fine Arts Federation, and the U. S. Capitol Historical Society. Committee files document the work of various NSMP standing and ad hoc committees. Exhibition and competition files include correspondence, photographs, catalogs, itineraries, and printed materials for the NSMP's 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebration projects, including the "Freedom Murals," "Caravan of Freedom," and "Momentous Events in American History." Additional files document the Red Cross Canteen Project, Federal Art Project, the Municipal Art Society exhibition in 1940, New York City subway murals, and other competitions and public art mural projects. Artist files primarily date from the 1960s through the 1990s and often include biographies, resumes, correspondence, and photographs of works of art. Financial and legal records include the NSMP treasurer's files, ledgers, and miscellany. Also found in the records are printed materials; a mixed media scrapbook dating from 1923-1935; photographs of meetings, events, exhibitions, and works of art; photo collages of members with examples of their works of art. There are also lantern slides of Francis D. Millet in his studio and with his murals, and of J. Scott Williams with his art work.
The collection is arranged as 10 series reflecting the original order of the records. Series 1: Administrative Files, 1895-circa 2007 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-3) Series 2: Membership Files, 1915-2001 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 3-4) Series 3: Correspondence, 1912-2001 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 4-5) Series 4: Committee Files, 1909-1960s (0.3 linear feet; Box 5) Series 5: Exhibition and Competition Files, 1917-1998 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 5-7) Series 6: Artist Files, 1915-1990s (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 7-8, 18) Series 7: Financial and Legal Records, 1895-1996 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 8-10) Series 8: Printed Material, 1915-2000 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 10-11) Series 9: Scrapbook, 1923-1935 (0.2 linear feet; Box 11) Series 10: Photographic Material, circa 1900-1997 (2.5 linear feet; Boxes 12-18)
Originally named The Mural Painters, the National Society of Mural Painters (NSMP) was founded in 1895 in New York City by a group of artists, including John W. Alexander, Kenyon Cox, Edwin Blashfield, and John LaFarge, who were concerned with the design and execution of mural art for architecture in the United States. The organization's first president was Frederic Crowninshield. For well over one hundred years members of NSMP have created significant and monumental works of art across the country. Many significant American artists have been members and served as past presidents, such as George Biddle, Hildreth Meiére, Arthur S. Covey, Allyn Cox, Helen Treadwell, and Xavier Gonzales, among many others. Since its founding, the NSMP has collaborated with the Fine Arts Section of the Treasury Department, the federal WPA Arts Project, and the design boards of several World's Fairs. As a member of Artists for Victory, NSMP coordinated the execution of murals for barracks and camps, as well as many triptych alterpieces. NSMP organizes exhibitions and conductes competitions. In celebration of its one hundredth anniversary, a centennial exhibition was held in October 1995 at the Art Students League. Society members work with other organizations, actively sponsoring legislation for the development and commission of public works of art. Still active today, the current president is Jeff Greene.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel NSM1) including 83 photographs of mural paintings and mural studies, and 25 exhibition boards showing sculptures, mosaics, and mural paintings with the artist's name, medium, title, and location listed. Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.
The National Society of Mural Painters lent materials for microfilming in 1963 and donated records in 1965-1966. The National Society of Mural Painters, via President Jeff Greene, gave papers in 2009.
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
The National Society of Mural Painters records are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as posessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
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National Society of Mural Painters records, 1895 - circa 2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund
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LGBTQ Italians on alert as right-wing alliance triumphs in election
The triumph of a right-wing alliance in Italy's election has raised concern among LGBTQ advocates, who fear nationalist leader Giorgia Meloni could adopt anti-gay policies as prime minister and set back their efforts to boost equality.
Meloni, who is set to become Italy's first woman premier at the head of its most right-wing government since World War Two, fiercely denounced what she calls "gender ideology" and "the LGBT lobby" just months before Sunday's vote.
But she has also played down her party's post-fascist roots and portrays it as a mainstream group like Britain's Conservatives.
So what would her leadership of Italy's new government mean for the LGBTQ community?
What is the state of LGBTQ rights in Italy?
Italy ranks 23rd in the 27-member European Union when it comes to legal protections for LGBTQ people, according to advocacy group ILGA-Europe.
It is the only major country in Western Europe that has not legalized same-sex marriage, though some microstates such as Monaco and San Marino have also not done so.
Italy has legalized same-sex civil unions, but these do not grant gay couples the same rights as married heterosexual couples, particularly when it comes to parenting. Joint adoption is not available for same-sex couples.
"Even if she doesn't introduce any anti-LGBT laws, she will not speed up what we're trying to do to improve the current situation," Roberto Muzzetta, a board member at Italy's biggest gay LGBTQ group Arcigay, said from Milan.
"In fact, she will slow it down, or do nothing about it, even though we're already lagging behind our neighbors."
Last October, the Italian Senate voted to block debate over a bill that would make violence against women and LGBTQ people a hate crime, effectively killing off a proposal previously approved by the lower house of parliament.
The bill, championed by the center-left Democratic Party (PD), triggered fierce discussion in Italy, with the Vatican saying that it could restrict the religious freedom of the Roman Catholic Church.
Arcigay said it records more than 100 hate crime and discrimination cases a year.
Despite lagging most of its EU neighbors on LGBTQ rights, a 2020 study by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center found 75% of Italians think homosexuality should be accepted.
"Still, Meloni's opponents were just not able … to make these issues more meaningful (and) promote a different, more progressive vision of society," political analyst Martina Carone at Torino-based consultancy firm Agenzia Quorum said
What is Meloni's stance on LGBTQ rights?
Meloni, a Christian, has sprinkled speeches with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and conservative statements on family-related issues.
"Yes to natural families, no to the LGBT lobby, yes to sexual identity, no to gender ideology, yes to the culture of life, no to the abyss of death," she said as she addressed supporters of Spain's rightist Vox party in the southern Spanish city of Marbella in June.
But in the past few weeks, Meloni has repeatedly denied suggestions she might roll back legislation on abortion or LGBTQ rights, while reaffirming her opposition to adoptions and surrogacy for same-sex couples.
Days before the election, however, a senior member of her Brothers of Italy (FdI) group suggested same-sex parenting was not normal.
Federico Mollicone, culture spokesman for the FdI, reiterated his criticism of an episode of the children's cartoon "Peppa Pig" that featured a polar bear with two mothers.
He said further that "in Italy homosexual couples are not legal, are not allowed" — despite the country having legalized same-sex civil unions in 2016, a reform the FdI opposed in parliament.
FdI does not mention LGBTQ rights specifically in its election manifesto, but calls for "support for childbearing and the family."
In a Facebook message to an LGBTQ activist who confronted her earlier this month, Meloni said: "I believe a child has the right to grow up with a father and a mother."
What are ordinary LGBTQ Italians concerned about?
Some gay, bisexual and transgender people fear Meloni's nationalist stance could increase discrimination against LGBTQ people in Italy.
"This morning, when I woke up, I had a feeling of strong discomfort. I felt a great uncertainty, as if I had become aware that things could change for me and my safety," said Cristian Cristalli, a 34-year-old trans man based in the northern city of Bologna.
"I wondered if I didn't deserve a future elsewhere, perhaps in a country worthy of our lives," Cristalli added.
In the northern city of Verona, Stefano Ambrosini, a gay 28-year-old PhD student, said he feared Meloni's election triumph could lead to an increase in homophobic violence.
"A lot of the people who voted for her are the ones who are already perpetuating violence and discrimination against the community," he said.
"Now that she has won, these people will feel empowered and definitely safe in doing the terrible things that they want to do to our community."
Activist Muzzetta said a clear majority in parliament could pave the way for the right-wing alliance to introduce anti-LGBTQ policies that have already been discussed in some regions or municipalities, such as LGBTQ-related books and events bans.
But both Cristalli and Ambrosini said they are determined to defend their rights.
"Let's see how it goes. I'm ready to fight back," Ambrosini said.

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Proceedings: DIA China 2020
Development of COVID-19 Treatments During the Pandemic
Are we ready for the future?
Ran Hu
Sanofi, Inc.
he COVID-19 outbreak became a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic very quickly. As of this writing, COVID-19 has infected more than 50 million people and caused 1.2 million deaths worldwide. Industry and academic researchers took prompt action to search for a treatment. Although more than 3,400 anti-COVID clinical trials have been launched globally, there is still no effective drug to cure COVID-19.
The DIA China 2020 session Clinical Development for Drugs/Treatment for COVID19 Pandemic shared physician, pharmacologist, and clinical operations experiences in COVID-19 clinical trials to review progress and provide insights, specifically focused on improving clinical study designs and clinical operations models, for the sake of future development.
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a syndrome that affects many more organs and systems beyond pneumonia. Anti-viral drugs have not shown significant efficacy (based on disclosed clinical trial results). Abnormal blood clotting is a high-risk factor in severe COVID-19 patients, so timely anticoagulant therapy is important. Identification of early warning signals and early interventions are critical to prevent disease progression to severe status and then death.
The first clinical trial of remdesivir was initiated in early February 2020 in Wuhan and enrolled 237 severe COVID-19 patients within one month. This trial provided valuable experience in fast trial set-up and execution, infectious disease laboratory assessment, investigational medicinal product supply, and staff security under pandemic conditions. It also reminds us how difficult it is to design a trial to combat a new infectious disease in its early stages.
The major challenge to designing COVID-19 clinical trials was insufficient pre-clinical and early clinical research data to support initiating phase 3 studies on the basis of the urgent public health need to initiate trials quickly. It remains essential to consider the 4R rule –Right Patient, Right Drug, Right Dose, and Right Timing – in randomized controlled trial design. Adaptive platform and post-exposure prophylaxis trials were recommended COVID-19 study design approaches.
COVID-19 Clinical Trial Experience and Challenges
Fast response and action have been key factors in clinical research during this public health emergency. Wuhan City was locked down on January 23 and the WHO declared COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international concern" on January 30, 2020. The Chinese remdesivir study received ethics approval on January 31 and was completed with database lock on March 31, 2020.
Tingting Shi (TigerMed), who led the remdesivir study in Wuhan, shared these experiences from conducting a clinical trial per GCP requirements during a pandemic:
Randomized controlled trial (RCT) design with a feasible efficacy endpoint is recommended.
Staff security is critical when conducting a clinical trial on an infectious disease; clinical research associates, investigators, and other study site staff must be provided with protective approaches and materials and be sufficiently trained in their use.
Develop a business continuity plan to mitigate organizational and study risks presented by the pandemic.
Manage infectious samples carefully (a temporary central lab was set up in Wuhan for this study).
The investigational medicinal product (IMP) supply should be secured within the epidemic area, and the process of IMP management customized to the infectious disease.
Establish an Independent Data & Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to assess patient safety and data integrity.
Although the result of this study (published in The Lancet in May 2020) did not show any clinical improvement or shortened hospitalization discharge time compared to placebo, it triggered deeper thinking into how to optimize study design and identify efficacy endpoints for COVID-19 trials.
COVID-19 Disease Mechanism and Treatment Strategy
Presentations detailed the known disease mechanism of COVID-19 and highlighted abnormal blood clotting as one high-risk factor leading to death which must be identified and treated early.
Anti-viral drugs, including Lopinavir/Ritonavir, Remdesivir, and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), did not show significant efficacy to treat COVID-19 based on published results. In the WHO Solidarity study with more than 12,000 COVID-19 patients enrolled worldwide, the arms of remdesivir, lopinavir, HCQ, and Lopinavir+interferon β-1a did not show significant clinical benefit (based on interim analysis results released October 15, 2020).
Glucocorticoid (e.g., dexamethasone) showed efficacy in reducing the 28-day death rate and shortening hospital discharge time in the RECOVERY study conducted in more than 10,000 COVID-19 patients in the U.K. Although anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibody demonstrated certain improvements in several single-arm studies with small sample sizes, it didn't show significant efficacy in a randomized clinical trial.
Development strategies for COVID-19 therapies should consider disease mechanism, clinical symptoms, and abnormal laboratory test values. Comprehensive treatment, including oxygen therapy and supportive therapy, anti-virus therapy, anti-inflammatory therapy and correction of abnormal blood clotting, were all recommended per disease stage. Anti-viral treatments may be effective during the first two or three days after infection, but because many infections have no clinical symptoms in the early stage, these cases can be difficult to detect.
Clinical trials for SARS-COV-2 antibodies and other new COVID-19 therapies are ongoing. High-dose immune globulin (IVIG) showed clinical benefit in a retrospective study but more evidence from RCTs is desired. Vaccine research now holds significant hope for the future, based on results announced in November 2020 for two distinct vaccines.
Optimizing Study Design and Repurposing HCQ for COVID-19
The path of anti-epidemic drug development is different from the traditional drug development path due to the urgency and huge reach of the public health need. To design a successful COVID-19 clinical trials in the absence of pre-clinical, early clinical, or proof-of-concept data that often supports phase 3 pivotal trials, using the 4R rule (Right Patient, Right Drug, Right Dose and Right Timing) was recommended in addition to current best practices including randomized controlled trial design, sufficient sample size, ethics compliance, clinical feasibility, and GCP.
The doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) used in clinical trials were respectively reviewed via in vitro-in vivo translation, which disclosed that the clinical dose of HCQ used in trials could not reach the effective concentration in lung extracellular space compared to the positive in vitro experiment result.
Flexible study design is recommended in order to optimize COVID-19 studies, and adaptive platform trials and post-exposure prophylaxis trials are two important approaches to move forward. Future developments in COVID-19 cocktail therapy and combined therapy are our best hope to treat COVID-19 effectively.


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Client Service September 13, 2016
PANC 2016: Top Trends
Two leading executives discussed the new fiduciary rule, retirement readiness, income and more.
By Lee Barney
Executives from Voya Financial and MassMutual discussed 10 developments in the retirement planning industry at the 2016 PLANADVISER National Conference's panel, "Top Trends."
First and foremost are new regulations and policies, led by the new fiduciary rule, said Charles Nelson, chief executive officer of retirement at Voya Financial. "Each company will approach it differently," he said. "Some may utilize the best interest contract (BIC) exemption or retreat from offering certain services. At Voya, we will utilize the BIC where it is most appropriate."
Another regulatory development is open multiple employer plans (MEPs), which have a chance of being "approved in Washington, and that could help us grow our industry," Nelson said.
Second, is the growing recognition of the cost of employees not being retirement ready. "Many years ago, companies sought to limit their liabilities by freeing their defined benefit plans," said Tina Wilson, senior vice president, head of retirement solutions innovation at MassMutual. "But that liability still exists if employees don't have sufficient funds to retire and are financially trapped."
Sponsors and their advisers need to ensure that participants are "funding their plan adequately," Wilson said. "Typically, the CFO is not engaged in the plan. We looked at plans with 1,000 employees and found that, on average, it is costing them $2.7 million to $3 million a year in the liability of employees unable to retire. We must measure this cost" and call sponsors' attention to it.
Third is the need to engineer a retirement plan for success. "401(k) plans were designed to be supplemental," said Nelson, who then pointed to six ways advisers can help "DB-itize" defined contribution plans. Use automatic enrollment, he said, paired with qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) that place participants' funds into appropriately diversified portfolios. "Optimize the match to ensure people are saving at the right levels. Use escalation, reenrollment and embrace income" options, he said.
NEXT: Outcomes
Fourth is the value of investments in driving outcomes. MassMutual has studied outcomes in detail and has learned for "savers early on, investments are irrelevant," Wilson said. "Instead, it's about how much you save. But at age 40, 45, investments become critical." That's why people at this age and older need to be invested in "target-date funds, managed accounts or custom portfolios that are a diversified default," she said.
Fifth, it is important to apply behavioral science to retirement innovation. "Innovation is critical and we haven't been that innovative with enrollment," Nelson said. "We don't think everything should be digital. Choose different platforms" for different touch points, he said.
Sixth, are data-driven asset allocation solutions. By this, Wilson said, the industry needs to embrace smart data platforms where demographics are tailored to "individualized circumstances to select [a certain] glidepath or custom allocation. It's much more proscriptive on am individualized level."
Seventh is weighing income replacement versus account balances. "Income is the new outcome," Nelson said. "Plan sponsors are becoming increasingly focused on income, and that is how you are going to be measured going forward. But include all sources, including IRAs and Social Security."
Eighth is finding solutions for income. "Income is also very personal," Wilson said. "Solutions need to work for each individual. No one size fits all. It must be a set of solutions that are worked through an adviser, not a tool."
Ninth is financial wellness that extends beyond the defined contribution plan. This means "holistic solutions to solve income stream needs. Income needs fluctuate in retirement, so solutions should be designed accordingly," Nelson said.
Finally, participants need help navigating healthcare costs and building true financial wellness. "Because participants say healthcare costs prevent them from saving more for retirement, we need to talk about a benefits budget to optimize their spending and help them make better financial decisions," Wilson said.
Tagged: 401k, Defined contribution, Guaranteed income, Managed accounts, Participants, Plan design, Post Retirement, Retirement Income
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Humanitarian issues merely rhetorical cover for regional gambit to dismantle Iranian influence.
November 14, 2011 - As stated in February 2011's "The Middle East & then the World," the US-funded, armed, and backed "Arab Spring" was far from "spontaneous" or "indigenous" but rather a premeditated region-wide destabilization to solidify Wall Street-London hegemony throughout the Middle East in an effort to cut-off and isolate both Moscow and Beijing in a gambit designed to establish an uncontested, corporate-fascist "international order."
US Senator John McCain, chairmen of the International Republican Institute, an organization dedicated to fomenting extraterritorial seditious unrest and revolution throughout the world, openly said of the unrest his IRI had helped fund starting in Egypt, ravaging Libya, and now consuming Syria, "I would be a little less cocky in the Kremlin with my KGB cronies today if I were Vladimir Putin. I would be a little less secure in the seaside resort [of] President Hu and a few men who govern and decide the fate of 1.3 billion people." McCain who has openly consorted with Al Qaeda in Libya and led corporate-fascist delegations touring the now hopelessly destabilized Cairo as they prepare to reap the benefits of their foreign-funded sedition, let slip the true nature of the global gambit playing out via US-fueled color revolutions and that indeed, their final destination is in the capital cities of Moscow and Beijing.
Now the Jerusalem Post has reported that a "strike on Syria could be less costly way of weakening Tehran," revealing that power mongering, not humanitarian concerns, lie at the heart of the "West's" designs toward Syria and that the clearly foreign-funded, and now armed, sedition unfolding in Syria's border cities aims at weakening the Iranian sphere of influence, with concerns of "democracy" only rhetorical fodder scattered on the ground for anyone ignorant enough to gobble it up. The Post reported that Gabriel Ben-Dor, director of national security studies at the University of Haifa, hailed the recent decision by the Arab League to suspend Syria but stated that further action would be necessary to "back it up," revealing indeed that the League is acting as a proxy for Wall Street, London, and Israeli interests.
Ben-Dor would confirm that, "they're hoping to dismantle the axis of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, and to somehow weaken this entire coalition, which is a common interest of all major powers of the Arab world," revealing with absolute certainty that the last half year of corporate media reports citing the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Soros-funded Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International (page 10) have been nothing more than crass propaganda in a bid to justify what is essentially a proxy war being fought not with US troops but with US-trained youth groups in Egypt, Al Qaeda thugs in Libya, and Muslim Brotherhood militants in Syria.
The report titled "Syria urges Arab League to reconsider suspension," and written by Oren Kessler of Jerusalem Post and Reuters - in itself illustrating the incestuous, completely compromised nature of the mainstream corporate-fascist serving media- even degenerates into wailing and chest beating over humanitarian concerns, citing the now entirely discredited UN and "activists." This breathtaking display of corporate-funded agenda-driven propaganda irrefutably lays to rest the illegitimacy of the foreign-funded protests/unrest in Syria, the legitimacy of mirroring foreign-funded "activism" throughout the world, and the paid liars throughout the mainstream media.
With this confirmation in hand - it may be worth re-reading "The Middle East and Then the World," as the megalomania of Wall Street-London and its legion of treasonous helpers consume the world and edges us all closer to World War III under the guise of humanitarian concerns, "democracy," human rights, and "freedom."


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By Cornea Associates of Texas on August 09, 2016
Dr. Zaffos is now seeing patients in our Dallas and Fort Worth locations. He comes to us from the Medical College of Georgia where he earned his medical degree, followed by Ophthalmology training at the Kreiger Eye Institute at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. He completed his fellowship in cornea/refractive surgery at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine.
Following his fellowship, Dr. Zaffos is specially trained and able to perform the most advanced techniques in corneal transplantation such as endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK, DSAEK) and laser-assisted/conventional Lamellar Keratoplasty/Penetrating Keratoplasty. His training also extends to specialty in refractive surgery, secondary (scleral-fixated) intraocular lens placement, pupilloplasty/anterior segment reconstruction, conventional and femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, and, of course, medical and surgical management of ocular surface disease.
Dr. Zaffos is happily married to his wife, Lauren, who was a registered nurse (RN) for 8 years with the US Army. They stay busy with daughters Elizabeth (4) and Julianna (2), but when he's not spending time with them, Dr. Zaffos enjoys exercising, cooking, and playing percussion. He's excited to be moving back closer to extended family and residing in the hometown of his favorite NFL team; the Dallas Cowboys!
We hope our patients are as excited as we are to welcome him to the Cornea Associates family.


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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has cut the number of law firms failing to hand over data on the diversity of their staff from 1,106 to 108.
The regulator said it had made it "very clear" to the remaining firms that they would face enforcement action. The SRA published a survey based on the data earlier this month.
This year was the first time firms were asked to provide diversity data, rather than individuals. By mid-January fewer than half had provided the information, though the exercise began the previous July.
By the original deadline of 31 January 2014, 79% of firms had complied, a figure which rose to 86% by the extended deadline of 25 February 2014.
An SRA spokesman said: "Throughout this annual exercise we have issued several reminders to firms on their duty to report their workforce diversity data to us.
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In a separate development, the Judicial Appointments Commission has published its 10th set of statistics on 18 selection exercises carried out between October last year and March 2014.
The results showed a strong performance by women, who made up just under half of those recommended for appointment, but disappointing results from BAME candidates, who accounted for only 7% of those appointed to legal posts.
Three more women judges entered the High Court, bringing the total to a record of 21, and women made up of 54% of appointments as district judges, compared to only 44% of applications. Solicitors did less well than usual, taking 34% of legal posts.
Figures for religious belief and sexual orientation were included in the figures for the first time. The results are broadly similar to those reported by the SRA's diversity survey for partners in law firms.
Just over half of those appointed as judges identified themselves as Christian, with 24% saying they had no religion. Around 4% were Jewish, 2% Hindu and 2% Muslim. Gay, lesbian or bisexual judges accounted for 2% of the total.


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Manchin Calls for a 'Lot of Changes' to Build Back Better Act
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Jeremy Frankel | Monday, 06 December 2021 09:01 PM
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said on Monday that President Joe Biden's spending plan, known as the Build Back Better Act, needs ''a lot of changes,'' Breitbart reported.
He is also uncertain if the bill could be passed before Christmas, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said he hopes to do.
''I'm not skeptical. I'm just basically a realist. There's an awful lot there, and a lot of changes to be done, and you're throwing it at a time when it's very vulnerable in our economy,'' Manchin said.
He added that he doesn't know ''how you control inflation when there's the first year of spending is going to be quite large,'' contradicting Biden's assertion that the bill would reduce inflation.
The Congressional Budget Office found that the Build Back Better Act would amount to trillions of dollars in spending, and would cost $750 billion over the first five years. The CBO also found that the bill would add $367 billion to the deficit.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget found that if the programs and policies with sunsets do not expire, the bill would cost $4.91 trillion.
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Music producer and musician Robert Seagrove is busy with No Tax working on the next CD scheduled to be released early in 2014 will be released on Seagrove's new record lable, Popular Original Record Network.
Popular Original Record Network, Seagrove's music organization, was founded in lieu of the former label, Bounce Records, being shadowed by his honeycombed involvement in the music business.
Popular Original Record Network (P.O.R.N.) was founded to incorporate Seagrove's original song catalogue, original recordings, recording studio, art work, publishing, custom audio, audio repair, modification, and manufacturing all under one name. There was also unpublished works from other colleagues which Seagrove plans to publish under the new company name.
When the domain name of the company was first published, Seagrove received a call from his son in law Terry, CEO at Planet CPU. Terry pointed out the bloop in the short form version of the company name. "I was aghast at first" says Seagrove. "I don't know how I ever missed that one but I was so happy with the name that I registered it and swiftly had a web page on the go. Terry had found it quite funny and thought that it might potentially be a good thing. Seagrove continues, "Terry's view on it lightened me up a little so I left the name alone. It does restrict the company to adult content only though! I hope that others can see the humor buried within the name!"
Robert Seagrove is at Neptune Sound Studio recording tracks with his band "No Tax", Michael Sloski, drums and James Gannett, bass guitar. "I'm excited about the band name" says Seagrove. "It was another bloop. One day in haste I spelt tracks wrong. I thought No Tacks was a good band name but thought to change the spelling to No Tax because I'm trying to do this years return and can't get it off my mind. Though unfortunate, it won't be Robert Seagrove with No Tax. We'll still have to pay the Tax."
The new album, available on line at iTunes and other commercially available outlets in early 2014 is going to feature some Jimi Hendrix covers as well as new original songs. Seagrove continues, "I've always been a big fan of both Jimi Hendrix and Frank Sinatra. Both of them are at opposite ends of music genres but after all they both shared the Reprise label."
Robert has spent the bulk of his music career as a guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, audio engineer, putting together a number of bands spanning decades while writing and producing music. Past releases have found their way to admirable rotation on commercial radio airwaves. Robert has entertained audiences at many hotels and chains including Sheraton Hotels, Hyatt Regency Hotels, Park Plaza Hotels, including High Schools, Universities and music performance halls. He also works as a freelance guitarist, founded Neptune Sound Studio, designs, repairs, modifies and builds high end audio equipment. Most notable achievements include the invention of "The Electro Acoustic Sound Diffuser" for the electric guitar.


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Impaired and On the Road: Cities with the Most DUIs
With the holiday season fast approaching, drivers in these cities should be especially wary of drunk drivers on the roads.
Traveling home for the holidays is a decision many Americans are grappling with this year, as it has been made especially difficult during the pandemic. With the surge in coronavirus cases across the nation, experts are advising to exercise caution when traveling, if not to avoid it at all. While driving during the holidays may look different in 2020 compared to previous years, it's likely that there still may be an influx of heavy traffic on the roads across the country, especially given the heightened importance of avoiding public transportation this year.
The holiday season may be all about spreading cheer and being merry with loved ones, but unfortunately, these festivities also contribute to high rates of drunk driving over the holidays. According to the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration, rates of driving under the influence tend to spike during the holiday season, particularly between Christmas and New Year's. In 2018, this one-week period saw 285 drunk-driving related deaths, or approximately 41 deaths per day — for comparison, the average drunk driving fatality rate is 30 deaths per day during the rest of the year. The capacity restrictions on indoor gatherings mean that the season of holiday parties may be considerably less rambunctious this year. However, drivers across the United States should remain cautious when traversing the roads this holiday season. The data science team at Insurify looked to their database to identify the cities where drunk driving is the most prevalent.
National average. Across the U.S. cities surveyed, the average DUI rate is 17.07 DUIs per 1,000 drivers. The average DUI rate on the state level is 5.49 DUIs per 1,000 drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 10,511 drunk driving fatalities occurred in the U.S. in 2018.
No East Coast cities made the rankings. The twenty cities with the highest DUI rates are located in the Midwest, Northwest, and Southwest regions of the United States. However, this does not mean that drunk driving is less of a serious issue on the East Coast. While no East Coast states are within the top 10 in the rankings of states with the most DUIs — the East Coast state with the highest DUI rate is North Carolina, which is 12th in the nation — the region has experienced a substantial number of deaths caused by drunk drivers. NHTSA statistics from 2018 show that some of the states with particularly high numbers of drunk driving-related fatalities were Florida (814), North Carolina (421), and Georgia (375).
High rates of drunk driving in cities across the Golden State and Centennial State. California and Colorado are tied for having the most cities in the rankings for the highest DUI rates — both the Golden and Centennial states have four cities each that made the list. On the state level, California and Colorado are both within the top 10 states with the highest DUI rates, at 9th and 6th place, respectively. Many of the other cities that made the list are also located in states with particularly high DUI rates overall — Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin make up 5 of the top 10 states with the most DUIs per 1,000 drivers.
The data science and research team at Insurify, a website to compare auto insurance quotes, turned to its database of over 2.5 million car insurance applicants to find the cities with the most DUIs. When submitting an application for car insurance, drivers disclose their driving record, including whether or not they've had a DUI within the past seven years. Insurify's data scientists compared the number of drivers that cited a DUI on their record to the total pool of car owners for over one thousand cities across the United States. The cities with the highest volume of drivers with a DUI on record per 1,000 drivers were identified as the cities with the most DUIs. Statewide statistics on drunk driving fatalities come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2018 Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes Overview.
U.S. Cities with the Most DUIs (2020)
1. Gillette, WY – Drivers with a DUI on record: 68.56 per 1,000
2. Loveland, CO – Drivers with a DUI on record: 61.95 per 1,000
3. Rochester, MN – Drivers with a DUI on record: 57.06 per 1,000
4. Bozeman, MT – Drivers with a DUI on record: 55.87 per 1,000
5. Casper, WY – Drivers with a DUI on record: 50.85 per 1,000
6. Rapid City, SD – Drivers with a DUI on record: 50.43 per 1,000
7. Cheyenne, WY – Drivers with a DUI on record: 49.57 per 1,000
8. Costa Mesa, CA – Drivers with a DUI on record: 47.58 per 1,000
9. Fort Collins, CO – Drivers with a DUI on record: 46.93 per 1,000
10. Ventura, CA – Drivers with a DUI on record: 45.67 per 1,000
Cities with the Most DUIs
20. Fayetteville, AR
Drivers with a DUI on record: 41.88 out of 1,000
Statewide DUI rate: 5.24 out of 1,000 drivers (23rd in the nation)
Drunk driving fatalities (statewide): 134
19. Farmington, NM
Statewide DUI rate: 6.81 out of 1,000 drivers (16th in the nation)
18. Menifee, CA
Statewide DUI rate: 8.60 out of 1,000 drivers (9th in the nation)
Drunk driving fatalities (statewide): 1,069
17. Billings, MT
Statewide DUI rate: 11.47 out of 1,000 drivers (3rd in the nation)
Drunk driving fatalities (statewide): 79
16. Clovis, CA
15. Coeur D'Alene, ID
14. Longmont, CO
13. Caldwell, ID
12. Sioux City, IA
11. Golden, CO
10. Ventura, CA
9. Fort Collins, CO
8. Costa Mesa, CA
7. Cheyenne, WY
Statewide DUI rate: 13.97 out of 1,000 drivers (1st in the nation)
6. Rapid City, SD
5. Casper, WY
4. Bozeman, MT
3. Rochester, MN
2. Loveland, CO
1. Gillette, WY
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This festival has an interesting story behind it and is celebrated to mark the end of the Diwali season. According to mythology, Lord Krishna defeated and killed the demon Tripurasur on the day of Kartik Purnima. The people celebrated Krishna's victory and the end of the demon's tyranny by releasing lamps in the river. Since then it has been a tradition all over India to release small lamps in the river during the time of Diwali and especially Kartik Purnima.
An interesting element about the way this is celebrated in Goa is the distinctive local touch. The tradition takes the form of a very unusual competition – that of making miniature models boats and ships made out of thermocol and other materials. Besides the main boat competition, there are a host of cultural programmes including songs by well known artistes, performances of various Goan traditional folk dances along with a display of fireworks.


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The Writing Week
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Student Bursary Application
The Writing Week is now full. If you wish to have your name on a cancellation list, please email the registrar at: denmanrwsregister@gmail.com
The Writing Week with instructor Caroline Adderson
Monday to Friday July 15 – 19, 2019
9:00 – 1:00 daily in the Arts Centre
Price of Workshop: $400
Class limit: 8 participants
For description of this Workshop click here: The Writing Week
Blue Pencil Café is now full; if you wish to have your name on a cancellation list please email the registrar at: denmanrwsregister@gmail.com
Blue Pencil Café
Friday July 19th and Saturday July 20th
The Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival offers an opportunity for writers to get a professional manuscript review at the Blue Pencil Café, a program revived from previous years. Writers submit a revised and polished portion of a manuscript for written commentary, followed by a forty-minute consultation.
The Blue Pencil Café host is Jeanette Taylor of Quadra Island, who has four books in print with Harbour Publishing and another currently in final revisions. She teaches fiction and nonfiction classes designed to help writers build upon their strengths and develop new skills. She serves as a one-on-one coach through the Scribes Writing Services Collective, and writes their blog at: http://thescribes.ca
Taylor will provide detailed observations on the strengths and challenges of submitted pieces. "Thanks so much for your excellent suggestions, corrections and guidance," wrote Annie Siegel following a Blue Pencil Café for the Denman Writers group last year, "I was up half the night of our sessions wired with ideas – even got up at 2:30 a.m. to write some of them down."
Register, starting May 1, for one of eight available consults on Friday July 19th or Saturday July 20th. Registrants will send up to four pages (approximately 1200 words) from the start of a fiction or nonfiction chapter or essay by e-mail before July 2nd. Details will be sent to registrants at the end of May. The registration form gives an option for Friday or Saturday for your Blue Pencil Café session; you will be allotted a time at a later date.
Price for Blue Pencil Café is $60.00
Half-day Workshops
Thursday July 18th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Community School
Dante Ambriel: Creative Playwriting Workshop
We will begin with a brief discussion about the five elements necessary for a great play, which are:
The Opening Event and Main Character – which is usually a crisis that involves the main character.
The Characters – each one revealing their own personal motivation (conscious and/or unconscious) in relation to the main character as they circle the main character's issues.
The Hidden Story – which unfolds as the primary event unfolds. This allows the audience to discover a Hidden Story in parallel time with the characters.
The Transformation – which is usually caused by the effect of the Hidden Story on the characters in the play; this information also affects the audience's perspective towards the entire story.
The Release – an unexpected event, usually brought on by one of the supporting characters, that completes the catharsis both for the characters and the audience.
In addition to this play map, we will explore pacing and timing which are crucial to the development of the play as it unfolds. This is done using file cards that can be colour coded for each of the five elements and can be moved independently of each other and reinserted into a time line of the story to change the events and elements chronologically until the right balance for the overall play is achieved.
Each person should bring some idea of an Opening Event and I will work with each participant over the three hours broken into one hour segments:
First Hour – will be spent sketching in a main character and the supporting characters and discussing how to apply dialogue to enhance the characters and support the story itself.
Second Hour – will be spent creating a hidden story, a transformation and a release.
Third Hour – will be spent pulling it all together and applying pacing and timing to the story.
When the workshop is over each participant will have completed what is called a "Treatment" for their play. Each person can then flesh out the dialogue, which we will have already discussed in detail, and they will have a completed play to present in the future.
Class limit: 10
Thursday July 18th, 2:00 – 5:00 pm at the Community School
Andrew MacLeod Just the Facts
Some days facts appear to be out of fashion. We live in an age of truthiness where our leaders seem to lie without repercussion, poisoning our public discourse. And yet the strongest antidote – the only one with hope of working in the long run – remains a command of solid facts that are difficult to deny or dismiss. Though threatened, they are more necessary than ever. As philosopher Bertrand Russell put it, "Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires." For nonfiction writers, fortunately, facts necessarily remain the core building blocks of what we do and they are the place to start for anyone wanting to put something true into print.
Join reporter and author Andrew MacLeod for a workshop on taking your nonfiction toolbox to the next level. Topics may include interview techniques, research skills and using freedom of information laws to find out what you need to know. Once you have the facts, it's up to you what to do with them.
Billeh Nickerson The Poetry of Place
Join editor, educator and poet Billeh Nickerson for a workshop on how writers can develop the good, the bad, the ugly and the snuggly of place in their work. This class will feature writing exercises, group discussions and other explorations. Participants need not be poets.
Saturday July 20th, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon at the Arts Centre
Heather O'Neill: Moments of Grace ** This Workshop is full.**
Together we will explore how to create and stage the transcendent moments that make literary fiction magical.
Price for Half-Day Workshops is $70
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These stories are taken from The Paradise or garden of the holy fathers which was compiled and translated by St Anthansius Archbishop of Alexandria, St Jerome, and others. We are using a translation of these works by Ernest A Wallas. Occasionally the Editor will add his own remarks below the story which will be clearly indicated as to make the story more clear. The titles for each one of the stories or sayings of the desert Fathers have been added by the editor of Alleluia Audio books for clarity and navigation.
159. There was a certain holy man whose name was Philagrius, who lived in Jerusalem, and he worked with his hands and toiled [to earn] the food which he needed; and the old man rose up to see the work of his hands, and he found a purse containing one thousand darics which had dropped from someone [on the road], and he remained in the place where he was, saying, "The man who lost this will come back seeking for it." And behold the man did come back, and he was weeping, and the old man took him aside and gave him the darics; and their owner laid hold upon him, and wished to give him some small sum of money, but the old man refused to accept anything. Then the owner of the darics began to cry out and say, "Come ye and see what the man of God hath done"; but the old man fled secretly and departed from the city, lest what he had done should become known, and men should pay him honour because of it.
To reconcile this rebuke with the fact that it can be a Holy and good thing to own spiritual books which are helpful in learning, teaching and are conducive to meditation we can conclude that the rebuke probably due to spiritual gluttony. Excessive spiritual books and readings is one of the signs of a spiritual gluttony.
Spiritual Gluttony does injure charity and in this case the Bishop points out that instead of putting his money to alms giving he has used it to amass an excessive number of books to his state of life.
161. Abba Theodore of ParmS possessed some beautiful books, and he went to Abba Macarius and said unto him, "Father, I have three books, and I gain profit from them, and the brethren borrow them from me, and they also have profit from them; tell me, now, what shall I do with them?" And the old man answered and said, "Ascetic labours are beautiful, but the greatest of them all is voluntary poverty." And when Abba Theodore heard these words he went and sold the books and gave the price of them to the poor.
165. They say concerning Abba Arsenius that as, when he lived in the world, his apparel was finer than that of anyone else, so, when he lived in Scete, he wore raiment which was inferior to that of everyone else. And when, at long intervals, he came to church, he used to sit behind a pillar so that no one might see his face, and he might not see the faces of others; now his face was like that of an angel, and his hair was as white as snow, and as abundant as [that of] Jacob. His body was dry by reason of his labours, and his beard descended to his belly, but his eyelashes were destroyed by weeping; he was tall in stature, but somewhat bowed by old age and he ended his days when he was ninety-five years old. He lived in the world, in the palace, for forty years, in the days of Theodosius, the great king, who became the father of the Emperors Honorius and Arcadius, and he lived in Scete forty years, and he lived for ten years in the Troja of Babylon which is opposite the Memphis which is in Egypt, and he dwelt for three years in Canopus of Alexandria, and during the two remaining years he came to Troja again, where he died. And he finished his career in peace and in the fear of God.
The Charity of the Poor.
170. Some of the old men used to tell a story about a gardener who used to work and to give away whatsoever he gained thereby in alms, but subsequently his thoughts said to him, "Gather together a few oboli, lest when thou hast grown old thou fall into want"; so he gathered together some money, and filled a large vessel therewith. And it fell out that he became sick, and the disease seized upon his foot, and he spent the whole of the money in the vessel on the physicians, and was not in the least benefited thereby. At length another physician came unto him and said, "If thou dost not cut off thy foot all thy body will putrefy," and he came to consider the cutting off of his foot. And in the night he came to himself, and he groaned, and wept, and said, "Remember, O Lord, my former deeds," and straightway a man appeared behind him, and said unto him, "Where are thy oboli?" and the gardener said immediately, "I have sinned, forgive me"; and straightway the man approached his leg, and it was made whole forthwith, and he rose up, and went to the garden to work. And in the morning the physician came to cut off his foot as he had said, and [the servants] told him, "He went to this work in the night"; and straightway [the gardener] glorified God.
174. They say that Abba Theodore excelled in the three following things more than any other man, and that he attained in their performance a degree which was greater than that of many, namely, voluntary poverty, self-abnegation, and flight from the children of men.
Money can be Great Trouble.
In the face of the virtue of the Desert Fathers we can feel inspired, perplexed, or even discouraged. But does God approve of such extremes?
Of St. John the Baptist our Lord said ""among those born of women there is no one greater than John" Luke 7:28. Did not The Baptist wear a camel hair garment, live in the desert and eat wild locusts?
Our Lord also chose to dwell in this world in poverty, "the Son of man hath not where to lay His head." Luke 9:58. One cannot deny that it is a holy and upright thing to live in poverty, even in outright destitution, when borne patiently for the love of God.
But does God require all to live in poverty? God requires all to seek to become perfect and He calls some to perfect poverty. "If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Matthew 19:21 These are the religious or lay people who renounce all of their worldly possessions and either rely on their religious communities (or in the case of certain very holy lay people) entirely upon the alms of others.
You might ask at this point "But I have not been called to such poverty, why should the stories of the Desert Fathers matter to me?" We need to look at the Fathers of the Desert so we can know what the perfection of poverty is, because wisdom and knowledge beget devotion. Knowing what the perfection of detachment and holy poverty are, we can be humbled in our own laxness and make practical resolutions that will help us become more devout.
You might ask "what in the world was practical about these stories!?" Quite a bit. Many of the monks would not take alms but instead ate only what they made from the sweat of their brow; a story such as that could make us resolve to be hesitant at taking handouts. The story of the honest, poor man who found the purse of money could make us resolve, if we ever find money on the ground or a possession, to always try to find the owner and to keep silent about our good work, and so on.
It is helpful to read the lives of the Saints which match our duties of state and/or lived in similar circumstances to our own. Seeing how these friends of God lived, and often how they grew in virtue, can give us a roadmap of sanctity to follow. If we faithfully practice our little resolutions with the grace of God, the chains of inordinate love for earthly things will gradually be broken and we will enjoy the peace of Christ and liberty of spirit.
So let us pray and ask for grace from these Holy Fathers of the Desert that we might become more detached from our possessions and that we use what we have for the greater glory of God.


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Suusamyr (kirgisisch: Суусамыр) ist eine Dorfsiedlung im Süden des Suusamyr-Tals, einem Hochgebirgstal in Kirgisistan. Verwaltungstechnisch gehört das Dorf zur Gemeinde Suusamyr, dessen Verwaltungssitz es auch ist, im Bezirk Dschajyl des Gebiets Tschüi. Das Dorf selbst hat 3185 Einwohner (2015); die Gesamtgemeinde gleichen Namens hat 7087.

Es erstreckt sich auf einer Länge von rund 4 km von Nordwesten nach Südosten entlang der Straße M16 (A367) und entlang einer von dieser nach Norden anzweigenden Nebenstraße am nördlichen, orographisch linken Ufer des Flusses Suusamyr. Dieser vereinigt sich etwa 15 km weiter südöstlich bei Koschomkul mit dem von Nordosten kommenden Karakol (auch "Westlicher Karakol") und bildet damit den Kökömeren, der das Suusamyr-Tal dann nach Süden durch eine enge Schlucht zwischen den Gebirgsketten des Suusamyrtoo im Westen und des Dschumgaltoo im Osten verlässt.

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Denver calls off sweep of people camping at 27th and Arapahoe - Denverite, the Denver site!
Apr. 10, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
Denver officials called off a scheduled clean-up of a Curtis Park encampment this morning.
Public Works spokeswoman Nancy Kuhn says priorities were shifted because of the severe weather that's on the way. She says instead of clearing the tents erected along Arapahoe and 27th streets, the city is focusing on reaching out to get people without homes into shelters.
David Jackson says he woke up in his tent at 27th and Arapahoe this morning expecting to have to move. He soon heard the operation was off. He says he works in construction but had already been told there'd be no job today because of the weather. He was thankful not to have to search for another place to spend the next few days, which he expected to be wet and cold.
The city's Kuhn says Jackson and others at the camp would get advance notice when a new cleanup date is scheduled.


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Life History of the Grand Imperial
Life History of the Grand Imperial (Neocheritra amrita amrita)
Genus: Neocheritra Distant, 1885
Species: amrita C & R Felder, 1860
Sub-species: amrita C & R Felder, 1860
Caterpillar Local Host Plant: To be identified.
On the upperside, the male is dark brown with inner and basal halves of both wings in shining blue. The female is almost entirely brown. Both sexes have whitened tornal areas in the hindwing bearing large black quadrate marginal and submarginal spots. On the underside, both sexes are mainly yellowish orange but white in the lower half of the hindwing. Black post-discal striae are present in the tornal half of the hindwing. In the forewing, the basal part of vein 12 is not black (this is a key characteristic for distinguishing the Grand Imperial from the Great Imperial). In the hindwing, there are whitish tails at the end of veins 1b and 2 with the one at vein 1b much longer (about 2.5x as long as the one at vein 2) and fluffy in appearance.
A sunbathing female Grand Imperial displaying its upperside.
This species is rare in Singapore. The handful of sightings took place mainly in the catchment reserves, as well as the offshore island, Pulau Tekong. The adults have a graceful flight and typically perch with its wings closed upright between flights. In sunny weather, however, they have been observed to sun-bathe with wings fully open. They are sometimes sighted while hanging around a flowering plant for their nectar intake.
Favourite Nectaring Plants #6
Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring Plants
The Javanese Ixora (Ixora javanica)
This 6th instalment of our Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring Plants series features a species of the family Rubiaceae, Ixora javanica. The genus Ixora comprise a number of species, which are generally bushy plants with bright red, pink, orange, yellow and white flowers. These plants are typically used as accent plants (particularly the red flowered cultivar) in landscapes in our parks and gardens.
The attractive bunches of red flowers make the Ixora a good choice for garden border hedges and as standalone feature bushes. In Singapore, the red and yellow varieties are more often cultivated in our urban streetscape and gardens. Other species like Ixora coccinea, Ixora siamensis (dwarf cultivar), Ixora chinensis and others are also cultivated, often together with Ixora javanica in our urban greenery, often making the identification of the various Ixora spp. rather confusing.
Plant Biodata :
Family : Rubiaceae
Genus : Ixora
Species : javanica
Synonyms : I. amara, I. amoena, I. cyathosperma
Country/Region of Origin : Tropical Southeast Asia
English Common Names : Javanese Ixora, Jungle Geranium, Jungle Flame
Other Local Names : Todong Periuk, Pechah Periuk, Bunga Siantan, Jejarum/Jarum-Jarum, 爪哇龍船花
The Javanese Ixora is a native plant in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. In Singapore, most of the Javanese Ixora bushes are cultivated and the plant appears in many parks and gardens as part of the horticultural palette of the garden designers. One species of the genus, Ixora congesta occurs naturally in the forests and is common on Pulau Ubin.
The short petiole (the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem) is a distinguishing feature
An evergreen shrub that grows up to 3 m tall, the Javanese Ixora features light green, elliptic-oblong leaves ranging from 10-25cm long. The leaves can sometimes be corrugated, but has a distinct short petiole, which is one of the diagnostic features to distinguish this Ixora from closely related ones. The leaves are paired and tend to droop downwards.
Inflorescence and flowers of the red and yellow cultivars of Ixora javanica
The inflorescence has quite a long peduncle, and the small tubular flowers have 4 obovate lobes arranged in a cross-like pattern, with the lobes bluntly pointed. Freshly opened flowers are red-orange, slowly turning red as they mature. Flowers are arranged in large, dense clusters that are about 7.6 cm wide.
Berry-like fruits of Ixora javanica
After pollination, the flowers die off, leaving the remaining stems on the clusters. Green, berry-like fruits appear, growing up to about 8-10mm in diameter and turning purple-black as they mature. The Ixora bushes also tend to get woody as the bushes grow older and may need to be pruned regularly to maintain its lush form and ability to flower regularly.
I recall that in my younger days, we pulled out the stamen from each flower, and usually attached to the ends of the stamens would be a drop of nectar which we savoured. The distinct sweetness of the flower's nectar is likely to be what attracts myriad insects to the flowers to feed.
Ixora javanica bushes at a Reservoir Park
In Singapore, many parks, gardens, park connectors, natureways and urban landscapes which have been cultivated to enhance our biodiversity features the Javanese Ixora. Favourite butterfly-photography (and birds too!) locations that feature this plant are Pulau Ubin's Butterfly Hill, Jurong Eco Gardens, Gardens By the Bay, Upper Seletar Reservoir Park and Upper Peirce Reservoir Park, to name a few.
Swallowtails galore! Papilionidae species feeding on both the red and yellow flowers of Ixora javanica
Given the structure of the flower and the relative concentration of nectar, the flowers of the Javanese Ixora are attractive to both large and small butterflies. Amongst the larger Papilionidae that feed on the flowers are the Common Birdwing, Great Mormon, Common Mormon, Banded Swallowtail and Common Mime. As is typical with the Papilinidae, the butterflies are usually in flight, with their forewings flapping rapidly, whilst their hindwings are kept still and then probing their proboscis into the flower in search of nectar.
Pieridae species feeding on red and yellow flowers of Ixora javanica
Amongst the other families, we have come across Pieridae, various other subfamilies of the Nymphalidae, all medium or fairly large butterflies, feeding on the flowers of the Ixora javanica. The typical behaviour of these butterflies when feeding on Ixora is that they move from flower to flower whilst perched on the flower, constantly probing with their proboscis as they feed on the nectar from each flower.
Interestingly, the Danainae are not often photographed feeding on Ixora. Perhaps the Crows and Tigers prefer other flowering plants to the Ixoras? It would be an interesting subject to research how plants attract butterflies to their flowers, and why certain families or sub-families of butterflies are not attracted to certain flowers.
Lycaenidae species feeding on Ixora javanica. Note their fine proboscis probing into the flower
Many species of the Lycaenidae have also been recorded on Ixora javanica flowers - one of which is exceedingly rare in Singapore - the Golden Royal (Pseudotajuria donatana donatana). A female was recorded feeding on Ixora some time in 2005. It was almost 10 years later in 2013, that another individual was photographed in the field.
Hesperiidae species on flowers of Ixora javanica
The Skippers also feed on the flowers of the Ixora javanica. It is interesting to observe as the species like the Hoary Palmer and Conjoined Swift, using their extra long proboscis to probe deep into the Ixora flower, almost like anglers "fly-fishing" with their long lines!
So there you have it, our sixth butterfly nectaring plant, the Javanese Ixora (Ixora javanica) and some examples of the butterflies that visit it to feed. So when you are out in our parks and gardens, take a closer look whenever you encounter the Javanese Ixora bushes, and you may be delighted by the variety of butterflies that are attracted to the flowers.
Text by Khew SK : Photos by Sunny Chir, Khew SK, Koh CH, Loke PF, Horace Tan, Tan CP and Anthony Wong
The Concise Flora of Singapore : Hsuan Keng Singapore University Press, 1990
1001 Garden Plants in Singapore : Boo Chih Min, Kartini Omar-Hor and Ou-Yang Chow Lin, National Parks Board, 2nd Edition 2007
Plants in Tropical Cities : Boo Chih Min, Sharon Chew and Jean Yong, 2014
A Guide to the WildFlowers of Singapore : Foo Tok Shiew, Singapore Science Centre, 1985
Other Favourite Nectaring Plants in this series :
#1 : Snakeweed (Stachytarpheta indica)
#2 : Stringbush (Cordia cylindristachya)
#3 : Prickly Lantana (Lantana camara)
#4 : Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica)
#5 : Red Tree Shrub (Leea rubra)
Life History of the Blue Nawab
Life History of the Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber tisamenus)
Genus: Polyura Billberg, 1820
Species: schreibers Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies: tisamenus Fruhstorfer, 1911
Caterpillar Local Host Plants: Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae, common name: Red Saga), Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae, common name: Rambutan), Acacia auriculiformis (Fabaceae, common name: Earleaf acacia), Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae, common name: Silk-cotton Tree), Bruguiera cylindrica (Rhizophoraceae, common name: Bakau Putih).
A female Blue Nawab giving us a view of its upperside.
The forewing has a strongly arched costa, a pointed apex and a concave termen. The hindwing has a pair of short stubby tails, longer and more pointed in the female. On the upperside, the Blue Nawab is brownish black with a whitish median band, broadly edged in blue, stretching across both wings. The white band is broader in the female. On the underside, the Blue Nawab is silvery white and is marked with bluish and brownish bands and spots.
A male Blue Nawab giving us a view of its upperside.
Blue Nawab is moderately rare in Singapore. They can be found in urban parks, gardens, forested areas and mangrove wetlands. The adults are large-sized, heavy-bodies butterflies with rapid and strong flights. They have a habit of perching high at tree-top level and have also been observed to puddle on wet grounds, carrion and faeces.
Early Stages:
The early stages of the Blue Nawab have been locally observed to feed on leaves of five plants across different plant families. Of these, the Red Saga is most popularly utilized with regular sightings of caterpillars on young plants. The caterpillars feed on leaves of the host plants, and rest on the leaf upperside. The early instars rests on the midrib near the leaf tip where a silk bed has been spun. Larger caterpillars in later instars spin a silk mat across several leaves/leaflets (if the leaf or a leaflet is not large enough to accommodate the caterpillar) to create their "base camps" for rests between feeds.
Local host plant #1: Adenanthera pavonina (Red Saga).
Local host plant #2: Acacia auriculiformis.
The egg is laid singly on the upperside of a leaf/leaflet of the host plants. Each egg is yellow and spherical in shape, and its surface marked with barely distinguishable longitudinal ridges. The egg is rather large with a diameter of about 1.9mm.
Two views of an egg of the Blue Nawab.
Two views of a mature egg of the Blue Nawab. Note the head capsule being distinguishable through the egg shell.
The hatching event of a Blue Nawab caterpillar.
The egg takes about 4 days to hatch, and the newly hatched has a body length of about 5.5-6mm. The young caterpillar eats the entire egg shell as its first meal. Its body is initially golden brown but turning green a day or two later. It has a black/brownish head with 2 pairs of curved horns, the lower of which being shorter and more straight. There is also pair of pointed process at the posterior segment.
A sequence of three pics showing a newly caterpillar of the Blue Nawab eating its egg shell while its cephalic horns being unfurled concurrently.
Two views of a newly hatched Blue Nawab caterpillar, length: 5.5mm.
Two views of a 1st instar caterpillar, length: 8.5mm.
An early 1st instar caterpillar observed in the field.
After 5-7 days of feeding, the 1st instar caterpillar grows to a length of about 10mm. The caterpillar stays dormant in its base camp with the new head capsule growing progressively larger behind the current one. The caterpillar moults to the next instar about half a day later.
Two views of a late 1st instar caterpillar, dormant prior to its moult, length: 10mm.
The 2nd instar has green body. Its head capsule is now reddish brown and has proportionately longer horns than those in the 1st instar, reddish brown in colour). At the other end, the posterior segment is yellowish brown and squarish, with the two anal process proportionately shorter and positioned at the two corners of this segment. After 4.5-5 days in this instar, and having the body length increased to about 15mm, the caterpillar moults again.
Two views of a newly moulted 2nd instar caterpillar, length: 9mm.
Two views of a 2nd instar caterpillar, length: 13mm.
Two views of a late 2nd instar caterpillar, dormant prior to its moult, length: 15mm.
A 2nd instar Blue Nawab caterpillar resting on the upper surface of a Red Saga leaf in a western wasteland.
The head capsule of the 3rd instar caterpillar is pale beige brown initially; however all but the horns turn greenish (the horns) after a day or two. wide vertical streaks in dark brown. Some specimens might at this stage feature a small yellowish spot on the dorsum of the 3rd abdominal segment. This instar takes about 5 to 6 days to complete with body grown to about 23-26mm in length.
Two views of a 3rd instar caterpillar, early in this stage, length: 14mm.
Two views of a 3rd instar caterpillar, late in this stage, featuring the dorsal spot, length: 26mm.
Two views of another 3rd instar caterpillar, late in this stage, with the dorsal spot absent, length: 23mm.
A 3rd instar caterpillar found in the field, resting in its base camp on a Red Saga plant.
The head capsule of the 4th instar caterpillar is yellowish green with the horns red-tipped in most specimens. In this instar, the dorsal spot on the 3rd abdominal segment could be absent, occur as a tiny speck, a larger oval spot, and bright yellowish crescent mark (edged in black). The two anal processes are now minuscule in size and hardly distinguishable. This penultimate instar lasts a further 6-7 days with body length reaching about 34-37mm. In the last few days of the instar, pale green crescent marks start to appear on each body segment, giving us a hint of what the next instar will bring.
Two views of a newly moulted 4th instar caterpillar, length: 23mm.
Two views of a 4th instar caterpillar, with the dorsal spot in the form of a tiny speck, length: 38mm.
Two views of a 4th instar caterpillar, with the dorsal spot being a prominent crescent mark, length: 38.5mm.
A 4th instar caterpillar found in the field, with the dorsal spot being oval in shape, resting in its base camp on a Red Saga plant.
The 5th instar caterpillar closely resembles the 4th instar caterpillar. The horns on the head capsule are observed to be broader than those in the 4th instar, and the amount of red shading they carry varies from specimen to specimen. The same variation in the dorsal spot on the 3rd abdominal segment can be seen in this instar. Some caterpillars without the dorsal spot in the 4th instar have been observed to possess the spot in the final instar. Another noticeable change is in the posterior segment where the golden brown shading seen in in earlier instars is now absent.
Three 5th instar caterpillars, showing variations in the dorsal spot on the 3rd abdominal segment.
Head capsules of 6 final instar Blue Nawab caterpillars, showing variations in coloration.
Two views of a 5th instar caterpillar, with crescentic mark late in this stage, length: 60mm.
A 5th instar caterpillar found in the field, resting in its base camp on a Red Saga plant.
The 5th instar lasts for 12-13 days typically, but might reach 16 days for some specimens. The body length could reach up to 60-65mm. Toward the end of this instar, the body gradually shortens in length. The fully grown caterpillar soon abandons its "base camp" and goes in hunt for a pupation site. Eventually the caterpillar comes to rest on a spot on the under surface of a stem. There it spins a silk pad to which it attaches its claspers (anal prolegs). The pre-pupatory larva then hangs vertically, typically with its body curled up.
A pre-pupa of the Blue Nawab in its curled up posture
The pupation event of a Blue Nawab caterpillar.
Pupation takes place a day later. The pupa suspends itself from the same silk pad but now with its cremaster. The pupa has a berry like appearance with its thick and cylindrically oval shape. It is green but streaked with abundant white, especially on the leading edge of the wing pads. The tip of the pupa, where the head is sited, is colored reddish/pinky brown. Length of pupa: 24-25mm.
Three views of a berry like pupa of the Blue Nawab.
The pupal period lasts for about 10.5 to 11 days, and the pupa turns dark to reddish brown the night before eclosion. The white median band on the forewings also become visible through the pupal skin at this stage.
Three views of a mature pupa of the Blue Nawab.
Eclosion takes place the next day. The pupal case first cracks open with the adult butterfly making its way out. It quickly turns around and perches on the underside of the pupal case to "dry" and expand its wings. A few hours later, the adult butterfly makes the first flight of its life.
The eclosion event of a Blue Nawab butterfly.
A newly eclosed Blue Nawab clinging on to its pupal case.
A newly eclosed Blue Nawab.
[C&P4] The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, A.S. Corbet and H.M. Pendlebury, 4th Edition, Malayan Nature Society, 1992.
Butterflies of Thailand, Pisuth Ek-Amnuay, 2nd Edition, 2012.
A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Singapore, Khew S.K., Ink On Paper Communications, 2010.
Text by Horace Tan, Photos by Lemon Tea Yi Kai, Tan Ben Jin, Simon Sng, Koh Cher Hern, Khew SK and Horace Tan


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MUMS readies for sixth-graders
Nov 5, 2020 | News
MUMS PRINCIPAL KRISTIN Holsman-Francoeur
By John Flowers
MIDDLEBURY — Students returned to classes just seven weeks ago, but Middlebury Union Middle School officials are already getting ready for next fall, which will signal a landmark event in MUMS's 25-year history.
When the curtain comes up on the 2021-2022 academic year, MUMS will — for the first time — begin absorbing sixth-graders from the Addison Central School District's seven elementary schools in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge. It's all part of the ACSD's ongoing pivot to an International Baccalaureate curriculum, which includes a Middle Years Program aimed at students age 11-16.
Kristin Holsman-Francoeur, MUMS principal, recently unveiled a plan on how the school will respond to the sudden enrollment surge and related International Baccalaureate requirements. She's recommending MUMS hire an additional 2.5 full-time-equivalent staff that she said will help ensure all students have equal educational opportunities next year and beyond.
The new staffing will primarily address music and languages.
District officials had hoped the sixth-grade-to-MUMS transition would not require new faculty hires. But Holsman-Francoeur and her colleagues said standing pat on staff would have shortchanged some students.
"What we found … is we were going to take our most vulnerable students — our students who are our struggling learners and most at-risk students — and they were going to be denied access to some classes if we had kept to exactly where we are now," she said. "Those students were going to have to be pulled out of music or language acquisition or art in order to give them their services and interventions."
Holsman-Francoeur drew from her own scholastic experience in advocating for the small staffing increase.
"I was a struggling math student, and if I had been pulled out of my world language classes to do my math intervention, I would have dropped out of high school," she said. "I can't stress strongly enough how much I personally and professionally feel that our students who are struggling learners, need to have access to everything."
MUMS officials have been meeting multiple times each month to lay the groundwork for the arrival of sixth-graders at MUMS next fall. Leaders unveiled what Holsman-Francoeur called a "Version 2.0" of a proposed MUMS transition this past spring, but it was scuttled after drawing concerns from school faculty about a potential loss of instructional time.
So planners went back to the drawing board, surveyed faculty and staff and held multiple meetings to get more input on how the transition might work better for students and faculty.
Middle school stakeholders emphasized a common goal: Keep the "teaming" system at MUMS. These teams — with names like "Ohana" and "Mosaic" — allow groups of kids to stick together and develop greater continuity of learning during their middle school careers.
"We had two roads we could travel," Holsman-Francoeur said. "One was that we could lessen the number of students that the teachers taught, but if we did that, that would in effect dissolve teaming at MUMS."
The latest, "Version 3.0," of an expanded MUMS maintains one team per grade (sixth, seventh and eighth). Each team would have approximately 120 students.
"In doing that, class sizes would not exceed 20 students," Holsman-Francoeur stressed. "We kept with a really nice size for classes."
Each team would have its own math, language, individuals and societies, science and physical education/health teacher.
Other nuances of Version 3.0:
• Incoming sixth-graders will "loop," meaning they'll retain the same group of teachers during grade seven. There'll be a stand-alone group of teachers for grade eight, "with the idea we'll be promoting independence and readying students for the high school," Holsman-Francoeur said.
• A total MUMS staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. In addition to the core subject areas, STEM, French/Spanish languages, special education and a variety of other subject areas, staff would include a math intervention teacher, a literacy intervention teacher and a supplemental special educator who would focus on "advancing literacy instruction across content areas," according to Holsman-Francoeur.
• "More flexible scheduling" on Wednesdays to allow teachers to coordinate interdisciplinary subject matter that encourages connections between studies in traditional subjects and the real world — a requirement of the Middle Years Program, according to Holsman-Francoeur. The interdisciplinary units will give students an additional 2.25 hours of direct instructional time each week.
"We liked that flexibility on Wednesdays to give students a different learning experience," she said.
• Classes that are 49 minutes long. Students would have six classes per day. Each grade would have a designated lunch period (30 minutes) during the middle of the day.
• Sixth-graders would be exposed to both French and Spanish languages. This would allow the younger students to make a better-informed decision about which language they'd like to pursue beginning in grade seven, MUMS officials said.
• What Holsman-Francoeur described as a "waterfall schedule" on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, allowing students to attend their various classes at a different time of the day, on each of those four days.
"The brain research on middle schoolers indicates if you get to see them at different times during the week, at least once, you get them at their best learning time," Holsman-Francoeur said.
District officials will continue to refine the grade-six-to-MUMS plan during the coming months, though Holsman-Francoeur thinks Version 3.0 is a winner. The plan will also have to make it through the 2021-2022 budgeting process, which could be challenging for the ACSD and other Addison County school districts. Taxpayers in districts that spend in excess of the state's equalized per-pupil spending threshold must pay a penalty of $1 for every dollar they are over the cap. The ACSD is bumping up against the threshold right now.
"We're facing times where we have to work together to figure out how we can maximize our resources to the benefit of the most students, and create structures our staff, communities and students can really get behind," ACSD Superintendent Peter Burrows said.
Still, Burrows said he supports the proposed 2.5 FTE bump in MUMS faculty.
Lorraine Morse, a longtime ACSD board member, also favors Version 3.0.
"To me, 2.5 (FTE increase) seems very reasonable," she said. "This model sounds very good."
Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.
John Flowers, MUMS, sixth grade
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If you're looking for a place close to Washington, D. that won't break the bank but still offers a wide variety of recreational activities, a vast number of public parks, and easy access to the Dulles International Airport, Reston has it all.
The treasure might be anything from a log book to an Xbox.
You can walk the Mount Vernon Trail in Arlington, or you can head right here for a memorable picnic.
Both are done outside during nice weather and would be a great date! You can bring a picnic or your own snacks, you can bring the kids (this is perfect for a toddlers first movie! These are typically only available in the summer, so plan accordingly and follow the facebook page of National Harbor (found here) and Stonebridge (found here) for updates.I should mention that geocaching rules state you must leave something of equal or greater value if you take the treasure. You'll have no idea that you're in the middle of Northern Virginia.There's an entrance fee per car to enter the park, about .00 but I would pay the per year if you live close for unlimited access. They have ponds and deep woods and the bathrooms are all clean (am I the only one that thinks about these things?The boys usually spend in craft beer and are thrilled, we pack chicken salad sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies and fruit salad. Cosmic bowling is when the lights come down and the glow in the dark features come out. Games and shoe rental can get more expensive than I like (I have mentioned I'm cheap right? Pack up a picnic, beach chairs or camp chairs and take them out to the airport. Set yourself up in the grass before sunset and pack a blanket to keep warm.We spend 2-3 hours playing monopoly, trivia, risk or even some of the lesser known geek games. 🙂 You can get the hours and special events at Heroic Aleworks here… ), but look on the website for Bowl America (who has a heavy presence in No Va), right now they have a 25 cent per game and 25 cent per hotdog promotion going on all weekend! I'm not a sports fan, I barely know anything about sports at all. They have dollar nights for every Monday night home game (click here for their website), where hotdogs and tickets are each a dollar. I was so excited about this date, I wrote a full write up on it… You can watch the planes take off well into the dark and it's always one of my favorite places. Air and Space Museum's Saturday Star Parties- click here for the link. While we usually avoid the Woodrow Wilson Bridge like the plague, there's a good reason to head over there.


In this week's episode, the Six Pack Team cracked open a four pack (heresy, I know) of the Wexford Irish Cream Ale by Green King/Morland Brewery out of England. This Irish style cream ale was a full experience from the moment you pop the top all the way to the end. It's creamy texture paired well with its earthy taste and floral aroma invoking everything you would expect of this brew. It was well received by the team earning a respectable 2.9 rating overall.