The story of my great-great-great grandfather's life is the best true story I know. It has everything – a strong, handsome, charismatic, tragic lead man (William Litt). It involves crime, disloyalty, poetry, love. It's a mystery story. It even has some epic fight scenes. I'd known for a couple of decades that I'd have to write it, but – until now – I'd always resisted.
Why, if it was such a gift? Well, to explain that has taken the whole book. But let's start with this photograph of my father, David Litt, standing in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, in Litt Place – named after my great-great-great grandfather.
I took the photo in 2009, when we went together to Cumbria to seek the traces of our ancestor. But I went reluctantly. It wasn't the right time. Yet.
When I was a boy, my Dad passed on the story of who William Litt was and what he achieved – as a Champion Wrestler and a renowned writer. He also told me about William's later failures, his smuggling adventures, his loss of £3000, and how he had to run away to Canada 'to escape the local Lord'. How he died in 1850, without ever returning to Cumbria.
But I didn't – God, no! – because, for me, writing has always been about getting away from my father, heading fast and far in the opposite direction. Writing was an act of disobedience, truancy. It was about telling the stories I wanted to tell, which were about the world I lived in and the time I knew. My father was an antique dealer. The past belonged to him.
So, I began with Adventures in Capitalism. I wrote about people who live in a very shallow, technological present moment. I wrote about quick lives going violent and perverse and weird and sometimes haunted. Because that's how I saw things. That's how things are, isn't it?
It's a common enough trajectory. You want to be different, to be original. You start out thinking that you come from nowhere and owe nothing to anyone. And that this is all good and necessary. Idiosyncrasy, self-reliance – yes.
Then, as years pass, you realize just how dependent on others you've always been, and how similar to them you now are.
And rather than hating this (although sometimes it's still oppressive and daunting), you come to welcome it. You're not alone.
Finally, you arrive at a point when you realize, you have to go back and take a good hard look at what really made you who you are. You have to acknowledge your debts. You have to measure yourself against your forbears.
For me, about two and a half years ago, this time had come. It had come from looking up and looking down – looking up at my father, who is becoming frail and forgetful and has never asked me to write anything, except the story of William; looking down at my sons, who are desperately looking up at me for clues about how to grow up, how to be a man.
There are things I'd wanted to write about, ever since I began writing, but had never found a way to approach: growing up in the Cold War and taking its geopolitical violence very seriously, internalizing it; being badly bullied at boarding school, and deciding the best I could do was never pass any violence on; going from being sporty (Public Schools Relays and First Fifteen) to being anti- sport; spending most of my life – like so many of us do – sitting looking at words on a computer screen.
At the end of 2014, I sat down and read William Litt's book Wrestliana for the first time – and I suddenly saw a way in: through William.
Here was a man who was both a wrestler and a writer – who was both immensely physical and intensely intellectual.
It seems this – balanced – is something we're not able to be. Perhaps because the two tribes, Jocks and Nerds, are so culturally separate; or perhaps because we have to specialize so intensely in order to become good at any skill. If you're an athlete, you train so many hours of the day that you never have time to read a book; if you're a writer, you spend so many years at the desk that your muscles go slack and your spine gets crocked. If you're well-balanced, you're a well-balanced failure.
But because William, somehow, was able – if only for a few years – to exist successfully in both world, he seems to me a fascinating, mysterious figure.
Luckily, William left plenty of clues behind. He was famous, his name familiar in every household in the north, his doings retailed in the local press. And, aside from Wrestliana, he left behind many poems as well as his novel Henry and Mary, a supernatural adventure story set among smugglers. He confessed in novel's introduction that 'there is in reality more truth than fiction' in it.
I wanted to write another book called Wrestliana – to take William on, on his home ground. Because all of this man-stuff was something I needed to wrestle with.
Could I, by investigating his life, find out what William's secret was? Can I understand more about both him and myself?
Could I put us into the arena with one another, to see who won – as a wrestler, as a writer, as a man?
And, by wrestling with the past, could I say something worthwhile about our unbalanced present?
Wrestliana will be published by Galley Beggar in May 2018.
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Put Out the Welcome Mat for Angel Investors!
I've been involved in Angel investing for over 20 years, so the process seems simple, although the relationship part is never simple. I forget that it comes across as a strange world to those who have not participated in this process.
I was reminded recently that there is no easy way to get inside this world, and I want to help change that because New Hampshire needs more active angel investors! As I participate in Northeast Angels Investment Group, the Live Free and Start Advisory Council, and other entrepreneurial efforts and programs in the state, I am officially putting out the welcome mat! To help demystify angel investing, I've answered a few questions below.
What is Angel Investing in New Hampshire? It is putting in some of your own funds in exchange for debt or equity ownership in an early stage business. Angels make the decision to invest or not to invest based on individual preference, while also looking at the homework done on the industry, the company, and the team.
How do we work within Angel Groups in New Hampshire? Generally we see presentations from two or more entrepreneurs seeking funding at monthly meetings. We have the opportunity to ask questions, spend time with the entrepreneur, discuss among members, and read company documents and examine any related paperwork in detail. Some groups lead investments, some act as follow on groups for other more established groups, and some do both.
Who qualifies to be an Angel Investor in New Hampshire? Those who qualify as accredited investors can participate in groups. I often meet individuals who do not consider themselves accredited investors, and they are surprised when, after discussion, they find they meet the criteria. Even if they are not accredited investors, under current NH security laws there are some instances when non-accredited investors can participate in early stage ventures. If you have interest in angel investing this is worth a discussion!
Women have not participated in great numbers in angel investing. We currently have a project underway through Live Free and Start where we are trying to change this. We are working on our first event, a Breakfast for Women Accredited Investors on September 27th. If you are interested in being on the mailing list or attending this first event, please send a note to Liz Gray, our Director of Entrepreneurship leading the Live Free and Start initiative at connect@livefreeandstart.com.
If you are interested in learning more about the Northeast Angels Investment Group or angel investing in general please send me a note at hollis.mcguire@unh.edu.
September 22nd Investing in NH Forum, Littleton, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
September 27th LFS Women Investor Breakfast Event, Portsmouth, 7:30-9:30 a.m. – by invitation only, email connect@livefreeandstart.com if interested.
October 13th Investing in NH Forum, Keene, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
November 1st Investing in NH Forum, Plymouth, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
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NH Small Business Development Center Hollis' experience spans over three decades and includes being a business owner, controller, finance manager, and product manager for traditional and high technology companies. She serves on the board of Northeast Angels Investment Group and is a past board member of the New Hampshire High Technology Council and the Rockingham Economic Development Corporation. She has been a frequent lecturer, speaker and author on business topics concerning emerging business.


Mistake! The book, Gavin Francis' 'True North', which is excellent, was 'now' in Greenland and he had reached a point where he touched on 'the canary in the cage' - Greenland's retreating glaciers, sliding ever more energetically into the sea, the Artic's signaling of climate change; and, his own complicities in this very journey reliant on plane (not for him, probably wisely, St Brendan's calf-skin boat, one of the explorer's whose lives he vividly recreates).
Suddenly this stark reminder, and my own mood, reminded me of the cartoon and now we were all lemmings slowly massing to our own collapse!
If there was a moment in the day that captured it, it was a casual remark from my companion that yesterday the building we were in had been pouring out heat, today they had switched up the volume on the air-conditioning - anything but design a world that sustainably responds to its environment, anything but perhaps be sensitive to our environment.
And the canary keeps warbling and we march on mostly obliviously and even when you pay attention, as I do, you find surrendering your hypocrises remarkably difficult - the lemming is fated (according more to legend than biology, I think), we are not but we do behave as if we are! Beyond collapse making it necessary, I do not know how to shift my own pattern let alone anyone else's!!!
No wonder I am depressed, I am a lemming!
On a brighter note, there are always smart lemmings!
I know of a local environmental agency, who two years ago moved into a splendid new building, converted for 'maximum environmental sustainability and responsiveness' (as I think the architects called it).
They have discovered that it is achingly cold in the winter (for which they have bought a fine set of electric heaters) and punishingly hot in the summer (hence, the response of a bevy of huge electric fans). It is, if anything, rather worse than the concrete 1960s edifice they inhabited previously.


Q: Without totally boring us all, could you include a brief bio?
A: I grew up for the most part in Stamford, Connecticut, and got as much as one semester of college completed before going into the Air Force's Aviation Cadet program. Following my USAF stint, mostly skiing at Sun Valley (I was based at Mountain Home AFB, in Idaho) in the mid-fifties, I returned to school, graduating from the University of Colorado. Parlaying my pilot training in the USAF, I spent an eternity or so flying as an airline pilot for several small airlines and finally getting into the bigs flying both for Pan American World Airways, and, due to a fluke, transferring to United Airlines, where I ended up.
During my flying years I took painting, drawing and cartooning lessons here and there, freelancing - when time permitted - as a cartoonist, illustrator, or political cartoonist, mostly acquiring heaps of rejections slips. My first more or less permanent gig as a political cartoonist was for the weekly Lakeville (CT) Journal in the late eighties and early nineties, and then after moving to the seacoast area of New Hampshire drawing for the fortnightly New Hampshire Gazette, from 1999 until the present, where I still, in pen-and-ink, vent my ire at the nutty world we live in.
Q: Why would I want an original versus a good copy?
A: In art galleryspeak, the original is unique, meaning it's the genuine article, a one-of-a-kind, the ur-drawing. The original also shows any and all warts -- the pencil under-drawing lines not completely erased, the Wite-Out™ areas to correct inking mistakes, erasures, notes, dates, etc., that might be on the perimeters of the draw or on the back. Some folks like seeing the "work" that went into the the draw, and holding the real McCoy in their hands.
Q: What are the dimensions of the actual cartoons?
A: 8.5" x 11" -- practically always. That's the standard size of computer printer paper, and that's the paper I prefer. At two pennies per sheet, computer paper is a fabulous bargain, one of the few bargains relating to computers and printers. Plus computer paper is exceptionally ink-friendly.
At other times ideas evolve and revolve and devolve in my head usually from some issue that infuriates me. Needless to say, when Bush was at the helm the opportunities for anger, wrath, high dudgeon, have been endless. So at least Bush was good for something.
Sometimes ideas just fall out of the sky -- but not nearly often enough.
Q: Why are the watercolors more expensive?
A: (1) Because a hell of a lot more work goes into them, and (2) because there can't be any mistakes, or if there are any, you have to live with them. Or at least I do.
Q: Could you explain again briefly the difference between a watercolor and a watercolor drawing?
A: (1) A watercolor drawing is essentially a drawing in ink which is colored utilizing watercolor paint, often referred to in artspeak as "wash."
(2) A watercolor, per se, is more painting than drawing -- nothing but watercolor paint is used in its production. They are also much more difficult to pull off successfully.
Q: Since George W. (W) Bush and donald trump seems to have got you pretty well cranked,if you could ask them one question, what would you ask them?
A: "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Q: Why does an original drawing usually cost $80? Isn't that a bit pricey?
Watercolors are more expensive as they take longer and are harder to do. Trying to conquer watercolor painting, in short, ain't beanbag.
Q: How come you don't use capital letters when writing mr. trump's name?
A: The honorific and capital letters implies some respect, which I don't have a lot of for mr. trump. So I refer to him in lower case. I'd use even lower lower case if there was such a thing.


My name is Abu Bakkar and this website has been published to expose Government corruption. I have some land that has been forcefully and illegally taken over (possession) by land grabbers. The local or district government administration are aiding and colluding with these land grabbers by helping them in any way they can. I will prove all allegations with irrefutable evidence.
For your clarification and understanding, I will summarise the events leading to this predicament. The land in question falls in the mouza of Birkolosh, JL no. 282 in the union of Durgapasha, district of Sunamganj. The concerned plot/dag numbers are 45, 71 and 318 (hereinafter referred to as "the suit land"), marked in green, in evidence A. The total area within each plot being 0.52 acre, 12.55 acre and 5.19 acre, respectively.
Under the last settlement operation, the suit land was recorded under the name of the government (SA katian no. 1 in evidence B) and the local Hindu zamindar of Kamarkhal (see DP katian no. 3 in evidence C). The Government share of the suit land includes 0.09 acre, 2.09 acre and 0.87, between plots 45, 71 and 318, respectively. This was barren land ('potit') until the Government funded and constructed road(s) on their portion of the suit land (Upazila road no. 2005 and village road [B] no. 5044 (see evidence G). The Hindu zamindar's share of the suit land consist of 0.46 acre, 10.46 acre and 4.32 acre between plots 45, 71 and 318, respectively. Before the land grab, this was mostly fertile land, used for cultivation and now, a bazaar stands on a section of plot 71, while the remainder has been turned into barren land.
My father Haji Ashkor Ali bought most of the suit land from the Hindu zamindar, see deeds of sale (X3) in evidence D. At the time of sale, the deed writers seemed to have entered the wrong plot number, in error, for one of the three plots. Within the 3 deeds, they wrote 527 instead of 318. This is not an uncommon phenomenon and has been petitioned in a recent lawsuit – evidence M. Relevant tax has also been paid (evidence E) and Mutation carried out (evidence F), in order to show change of legal ownership. Although our mutation application managed to transfer 9.0 acre of the suit land (0.30 acre and 8.70 acre between plots 45 and 71, respectively) in my father's name, our claim is for the full amount, as sold by the Hindu zamindars and as stated in the deeds. Therefore, our claim is 0.36 acre, 9.54 acre and 0.90 acre, between plots 45, 71 and 318, respectively. This was also the area in our possession before the land grabbing took place.
With regards to the physical location as to where my claim falls within the three plots, this is outlined on the deed of sale (evidence D), which states the boundaries and/or boundary marks of the suit land. Taking this into account, I have plotted the physical location/area of my claim for plot 71 in evidence G, which covers approximately 9.54 acres. This area/location was in our possession prior to the land grab. The Government has funded and constructed two mud roads on their share of the suit land, consisting of an Upazila road no. 2005 and village road [B] no. 5044 (see evidence G).
Because I live in the UK with my family, local villagers (from my village, Burumpur and other nearby villages such as, Amria, Holdarkandi, Birkolosh and Sridorpasha etc.) held meetings and formed a committee (hereinafter referred to as the "bazaar committee"). This bazaar committee consist of, but not limited to, local villagers, those that are well connected such as, the elites, rich land owners, expatriates (NRBs) and the rich and wealthy etc. The names of the initial land grabbers are available from evidence H, I & J. The bazaar committee took forceful possession of a section of plot 71 next to the government earthen road. They then built a bazaar out of mud/straw/tin-constructed shops, which they named Bangla Bazar. These shops were then sold/transferred via false/invalid deeds/documents by the bazaar committee to themselves and others like themselves.
During this period, my father held meetings with local people and the bazaar committee and objected to their plans. The objections were, that the land is crop bearing land, legally owned by us and that they should not go ahead with their plans because they do not have any legal rights to the land. It was also emphasized that, if they wanted to build a bazaar in our land, they should buy the land from us, which were all rejected by the bazaar committee. Fearing for his safety, my father returned to the UK and instructed my stepbrother, Dhon Miah, to ask the Ward Chairmen to intervene. This was followed by my step-brother reporting the incidents to the local police station that also yielded no results (see evidence H for copy of the report). At this point, my stepbrother was threatened by members of the Bazaar Committee. My father then wrote a letter directly to the Sunamganj Police Station (see evidence I) summarising the events that had taken place, including the main people involved. Without any positive outcome, my father came back to Bangladesh and filed civil proceedings against those involved (see evidence J). When my father returned to the UK, the lawyer, advocate Abdul Salik had died and therefore the lawsuit stopped/stood pending.
In the meantime, the Bazaar Committee, researching on how to legitimise their illegal possession, instructed their secretary, Abdul Goni, to file a land claim suit in the Sunamganj district court. Aware of these incidents and weaknesses, Monor Ahmed of Kamarkhal also filed a claim to the suit land in the Sunamganj district court. At this point my father and brother, Abul Bashar, came to Bangladesh and filed counterclaims against these two individuals (Abdul Goni and Monor Ahmed) and won the case (see evidence K). Abdul Goni had no legal claim to the suit land and as such could not substantiate his claim with any valid/legal documents. Monor Ahmed, however, had registered deed to part of the suit land. According to his deed, in evidence L, Monor Ahmed had bought part of the suit land in 1978 from the same people as my father, yet my father's deeds were from 1975. It is clear from this that my father's deeds are valid and therefore my claim to the suit land.
Having failed at the courts, Monor Ahmed filed mutation review application at the Sunamganj Land/Revenue Office (evidence M). The aim was to strikeout my father's name and get his own name inserted on the record books. As before (mentioned above), this failed due to being invalid and against the law. Soon afterwards my brother took possession of some of the land, and with the aid of labourers, constructed pools of water (water bodies). In order to discuss the situation, the bazaar committee arranged a meeting for my father and brother to attend. At the meeting my father and brother were informed by the bazaar committee that the bazaar was built on government land at which point my brother argued that most of the suit land does indeed belong to us since we have all the relevant legal documents. My brother also asked as to why the bazaar committee was preventing us from accessing our land. Their reply was that the suit land did not belong to us. Whilst the meeting was taking place, some members of the bazaar committee retook possession of the suit land by destroying the water pools constructed by my brother. There were abuse and clear threats against my brother and father, during the meeting and afterwards, when my brother confronted them as to why they held a meeting with us and retook possession of the land by destroying the water pools. My father and brother realised then that the meeting was a distraction to move my brother away from the suit land in order for the bazaar committee to take back possession of it. Thereafter, in order to keep/maintain our claim to the suit land (alive) and reclaim our land, my father filed a lawsuit ('bonton mamla') against the (original) record holders of the suit land, the Hindu zamindar. The lawsuit has progressed very slowly as seen in evidence N. Upon appeal the judge decreed 6.71 acre in our favour.
Our lawyer has been difficult, making our lawsuit insignificant and not acting in our best interest. Ali Ahmod (our lawyer) dishonestly waived our claim to part of the suit land and included others as additional defendants to our lawsuit without our permission. He was able to do this, because we live in the UK and were unable to oversee the day-to-day running of the lawsuit. My father has passed away and we are having difficulties in managing and/or changing our lawyer. Therefore, I would like to emphasise that, this lawsuit is just for 'show' and was filed in order to preserve our claim for the suit land. We maintain our claim to the suit land as shown above, in table 1. Meanwhile the bazaar committee collaborated with a rich non-resident Bangladeshi, Kwaz Ali (also known as Ruab Ali), from my village (village: Burumpur, PO: Amria, district: Sunamganj). They persuaded Kwaz Ali to buy Monor Ahmed's [invalid] claim to the suit land. By this time Monor Ahmed had died, therefore his son, Fokhor Uddin, transferred the [invalid] claim by registered deed. This deed can be seen in evidence O. The Bazaar Committee did this, even though they knew that Monor Ahmed (along with Abdul Goni), had lost his claim to the suit land in the lawsuit filed at the district court (evidence K) and the mutation appeal suit filed at the revenue office, evidence M. But more importantly, they did this to ensure Kwaz Ali, being a rich expatriate from the United Kingdom, would keep us busy and therefor enable them to carry out their survey and settlement operation without any interference from us. In 2002, Kwaz Ali submitted application at the Sunamganj district land office to amend the record books (photocopy of the petition filed by Kwaz Ali can be seen in evidence P). Kwaz Ali wanted my father's name struck off from the record books and his own name inserted in it. Since it was legally invalid, and in addition to my step-brother, Dhon Miah's counter petition (evidence Q), it was dismissed. Kwaz Ali then took possession of some of the suit land. My brother, Abul Bashar, was in Bangladesh at the time and therefore objected. Kwaz Ali, with the aid of local criminals/gangsters and their weapons, threatened and forced my brother to retreat. In return, my brother filed criminal proceedings against Kwaz Ali and his men, see evidence R.
In the meantime, The Directorate of Land Records and Surveys (DLRS) and/or Survey of Bangladesh (SOB) started to conduct survey and settlement operation around my village. Sala-uddin, the surveyor/amin responsible for the 'maat zorif', issued 'maat forsa' (evidence S) for most of our land in Birkolosh mouza except the suit land, which were recorded under the name of the Bazar Committee and the Government. During the 'maat zorif' of Birkolosh mouza, my brother, Abul Bashar (who went to Bangladesh to oversee the survey and settlement operation of the whole of our estate), asked him about the suit land. Sala-uddin requested evidence of our ownership, to which my brother submitted, three deeds, tax receipts and mutation forsa etc. (as mentioned above in evidence D, E and F respectively). Having inspected the documents, Sala-uddin enquired as to why other people (bazaar committee) were occupying our land. Sala-uddin was informed of the events that lead to the illegal land grabbing of the suit land. It was emphasised to Sala-uddin, that the Bazar Committee has no legal documents to the suit land and that the main reason for the land grabbing was because we live abroad. Furthermore, Sala-uddin was informed that there were ongoing court proceedings for the suit land for the past 15 years. Sala-uddin told my brother, that he will not issue a maat forsa for the suit land, that he could not do anything about the situation and that we should take the matter up in court. My brother persistently emphasised to Sala-uddin that, as a government official, he is duty-bound to be just and show impartiality. And that, since we have legal ownership rights (title) to the suit land, with legitimate documents, having paid relevant tax and records mutated to our name etc., the suit land should therefore be recorded under our name. Sala-uddin told my brother that there were too many people involved, including, elites, rich/powerful land owners, expatriates and the well-connected etc. and that he was threatened. Sala-uddin also told my brother that, if he was to record the suit land in our name, his life would be in danger. Because of my brother's insistence, Sala-uddin told my brother to meet and discuss the situation at a later date. He stressed that, once the situation settles down, he would try and record the suit land under our name at the next meeting. Sala-uddin took BDT 40,000 from my brother and told him to meet him in a week's time. After a few days, my brother was informed that Sala-uddin had left our village, in secret, having recorded the suit land under the name of the bazaar committee. My brother went to the district survey and settlement office in Jamtola, Sunamganj and protested. Officials, present at the time, informed my brother that, since the maat forsa had already been issued, we should file disputes and take up the whole issue at the next stage of the survey and settlement operation - the attestation. They explained that, at the attestation, we are to show our documents to the respective official and get the record-of-rights amended to our name. My brother filed disputes as instructed.
At the time of the attestation, my brother sent his father-in-law, Abdul Lotif, to meet Ali Akkas. the attestation officer, at the Durgapasha union office. Ali Akkas only attested the other plots of our land in Birkolosh (see evidence T). When Abdul Lotif enquired about the disputed suit land, Ali Akkas informed him that a large sum of money (over BDT 5 laak) would have to be paid in order to amend the record-of-rights to our name. The amount requested by Ali Akkas was too much, given the fact that the suit land is legally owned by us. On this basis we did not pay and were therefore unsuccessful to correct/amend the records to our name. Without any positive results I wrote to relevant government departments for assistance and intervention, evidence V shows their replies.
I asked why my legitimately owned (suit) land was not recorded under my name, Mizanur Rahman Buiya responded that the Bazar Committee showed him a document and claimed that we had lost a civil lawsuit against the Bazaar Committee. I informed Mizanur Rahman Buiya that we did not lose the lawsuit but rather it was pending because our lawyer, advocate Abdul Salik, had died, see evidence J. I also informed him that my father filed a new 'bonton mamla' lawsuit (evidence N) on the suit land.
I further asked why the suit land was recorded under the name of Kwaz Ali, even though, Monor Ahmed (from whose son Kwaz Ali bought the suit land), had lost the lawsuit claim to the suit land (evidence K). Mizanur Rahman Buiya gave me a vague response by quoting a few deed numbers to Kwaz Ali's claim for the suit land and would not amend the records to our name. When I requested to inspect these deeds, Mizanur Rahman Buiya refused and said that he had seen them.
Addionally, Mizanur Rahman Buiya said that the government was claiming some of the suit land. I explained that the government funded and built a mud road on their part of the suit land, as mentioned above, consisting of an Upazila road no. 2005 and a village road [B], no. 5044 (see evidence G).
I also enquired as to what was the purpose of having legally establish land management procedures, such as, registration of deed of sale, mutation of records, tax payments, record-of-rights and maintenance of record-of-rights etc. including civil institutions, such as, the police, government and law and order. And the outcome of government employees not adhering to established rules and regulations which they swore to uphold as civil servants. Mizanur Rahman Buiya replied that we have no dokhol/possession of the suit land. I explained to him that we had possession of the suit land when it was bought by my father. But since we live abroad, the land grabbing Bazaar Committee took possession and have forcefully and illegally prevented us from reaching our land. And that we tried to retake possession but were unsuccessful (as mentioned above).
I also queried as to what was the purpose of having legal documents to a particular piece of land, when all that was required, was to have possession. Mizanur Rahman Buiya did not agree to a single point I raised, yet urged me to sign the dispute hearing forms, which he called giving 'hajira'. I did not sign the forms at that point but made a further appointment. At the next appointment, I raised the issues and arguments again.
Seeing my firm resolve and persistency, Mizanur Rahman Buiya agreed to record the suit land in my name. We agreed on a price and a further date to conclude the deal. At the next appointed date, Mizanur Rahman Buiya [unilaterally/decided and] recorded only a fraction of my claim to the suit land – 2.40 acre, having already taken BDT 60,000 (see evidence X). After repeating my legal arguments/claim (as stated above), I suggested that if he cannot record my full claim to the suit land as stated in my deeds (three plots totalling 10.80 acre; 0.36 acre, 9.54 acre and 0.90 acre between plots 45, 71 and 318 respectively), he should record the amount stated in the mutation katian, which, as stated in evidence F, totals 9.0 acre between two plot numbers (0.30 acre and 8.70 acre between plots 45 and 71 respectively). Mizanur Rahman Buiyan disregarded my arguments and said that the matter had been concluded. Since I was due back to the UK, I was unable to take this further. When I came back to the UK, I got a friend to encourage Mizanur Rahman Buiya to record more area under my/family name. A total of 3.20 acre was recorded (an additional 0.80 acre was added, see evidence Y).
Subsequently, I returned to Bangladesh and had a meeting with Yusuf Ali (Zonal Settlement Officer) at Alompur, Sylhet, who instructed me to file appeals, which I did. I am now waiting for the outcome of the filed appeals. Should the appeals fail, I would invoke, 'Rule 42: Special power of Revenue Officer Appointed with the Additional Designation of Settlement Office (The State Acquisition & Tenancy Act 1950, Section 144: Revision of Record-of-Rights)'. This allows for the cancellation of the survey and settlement operation and ensure the process is completed again, to reflect my claim to the suit land. With regards to my land and the way I have been dealt with by SOB/DLRS, I may have to invoke, 'Rule 42A: Correction of Fraudulent Entry Before Final Publication of the Record-of-Rights', of the said Act, which permit for the correction of record-of-rights as a result of fraud. My fundamental desire is for my legitimate claim to the suit land to be honoured and maintained and the entries corrected, as reflected by my legal documents.
Although the bazaar committee may have possession of the suit land, the act of land grabbing was carried out illegally (by taking the law into their own hand). This right of possession in itself is therefore invalid – otherwise anyone and everyone can do the same and we are left (result) with civil war, turning into animals where the strong devour the weak. Therefore, although the bazaar committee have bribed the DLRS/SOB into recording the suit land in their name, it is a legal custom that katian itself is not a document of title but rather a record of right of current possession (1981 BCR, 55 CWN 63, 35 CLJ 19, 56 CLJ 316). But I would like to point out that the possession occurred via an illegal act of land grabbing by the Bazar Committee, thus the right of possession has no legal basis. Furthermore, a well-established principle of law is that a registered kabala (my dolils) is evidence of title which will prevail over the records of rights (32 DLR 252). And the presumption of katian does not prevail over the recital kabala (49 CWN 59, 48 CWN 269). According to A. Noor v. Province of Bangladesh (1966) 18 DLR 666, it was held that the Revenue Authority has no power to declare a kabala void. And in any case, until the record-of-rights is finally published, no presumption of correctness arises (18 CWN 896 = 27 IC 229, 34 IC 857). And yet, although an entry in record of rights finally published shall be evidence of the matter referred to in such entry and it shall be presumed to be correct until it is proven to be incorrect (30 DLR (AD) 81, 33 DLR 126), my legal documents to the suit land ultimately prove my claim to be correct.
Various land acquisition legislations exist to accommodate the need of the government to purchase privately owned land, including paying for the land itself and any compensation for the loss of earnings that may arise as a result of this acquisition. The Bazar Committee established the bazaar without being sanctioned to by the Government. This was against the law according to, Section 2.1 of The Hats and Bazars (Establishment and Acquisition) Ordinance, 1959, 'No person shall establish any hat or bazar in Bangladesh'. The Bazar Committee, using force to establish a bazaar on land that is not owned by them or without permission from the land owner, is in itself, illegal. Whether the Bazar Committee forfeited the bazaar to the Government or voluntarily transferred the right to manage and control the bazar, is open for debate. It could just be a matter of convenience for both, the Government in tax revenue and the Bazar Committee in maintaining their foothold/possession of the bazaar. Under the circumstances, both entities gained benefit from the suit land.
What is of significance, is the Government's inaction with regards to, Section 2.3 of The Hats and Bazars (Establishment and Acquisition) Ordinance, 1959. It is clearly stated that any hat or bazaar, 'established on any land by a person or persons other than the owner of the land without the consent of such owner, the land shall not be forfeited', but rather the Deputy Commissioner (DC) is to step in to arbitrate in favour of the land owner. In contravention to Section 2.3 (i-iii) of the said Act, neither did the DC remove the hut and bazaar, take over its control on behalf of the government, having paid us market value of the land or issue license, permitting us to continue the hut and bazaar. Furthermore, any acquisition of a hut and bazaar by the Government is permitted by the law on payment of compensation. No such compensation was paid. The Government has not acquired the hut and bazaar or the land that fall within the hut and bazaar. Any plan or actions with regards to acquisition was not communicated/notified to me being a key holder of interest to the suit land nor was any notification or proclamation made at or near the vicinity of the suit land.
The DC, representing the Government, was clearly negligent and in breach of his duty with regards to the way he dealt with me and my rights to the suit land. I am of the opinion that the DC had played a part of the whole land grabbing and establishment of the bazaar. Under the circumstances, my preference is for the DC/Government to grant us license to operate the bazaar. Failing that, the bazaar should be removed. In either case compensation should be paid for preventing us from accessing our land and gaining any benefit. The bazaar committee and the DC/Government had ultimately gained the benefit from this situation.
The suit land consists of plot numbers 45, 71 and 318 with total area within each plot being 0.52 acre, 12.55 acre and 5.19 acre, respectively. My father, Haji Ashkor Ali, bought most of the suit land from the Hindu zamindar, see deed of sale (X3) in evidence D. At the time of sale, the deed writers seemed to have entered the wrong plot number, in error, for one of the three plots. Within the 3 deeds they wrote 527 instead of 318 (see Hindu zamindar's DP katian in evidence C). This is not an uncommon phenomenon and has been petitioned in the current lawsuit – evidence M. Therefore, my claim for the suit land includes 0.36 acre, 9.54 acre and 0.90 acre between plots 45, 71 and 318 respectively. The Government share of the suit land includes 0.09 acre, 2.09 acre and 0.87 between plots 45, 71 and 318 respectively.
The Government or other parties may wish to claim part of the suit land under the various Vested Property legislations (hereinafter referred to as "VP") but this can be disputed by the fact that Government records show that the land never fell under VP. For example, evidence C show copies of the Hindu zaminder's DP katian no. 3, obtained at different dates; on 03.04.1994, on 08.05.1997 and again on 03.07.2006. In all three instances, no mention of the suit land falling under VP is indicated, as would typically be the case. Furthermore, the Hindu zamindar never disputed our claim to the suit land and never came against our claim to the suit land. In addition, the surviving members of the Hindu zamindar family are living in Gupaltilla, Sylhet, Bangladesh. I therefore challenge this claim made by the Government, in that, either the Government's own records/processes/procedures are invalid or their VP claim is invalid. My father, being a Bangladeshi national, has bought the land from the record holders using the legal procedures laid down by the State and the freedom to do so as granted by the Constitution of Bangladesh and International Human Rights laws.
The Government has failed to provide any evidence that the Hindu zamindar or their family members were declared an enemy of the State. And even if the Government's claim was to be valid under VP, there remains some ambiguity as to whether this claim is applicable when surviving family members claim it or when interests are passed on to family members before an individual is declared an enemy the State. Whether this is by gift/inheritance/trust or sheer word of mouth, which were accommodated by the law, it was a common practice to transfer land rights by word of mouth. This would, therefore, make me a successor-in-interest, since the remaining surviving members of the Hindu zamindars sold the land to my father. The law should/would favour me as a likely candidate to return the land under VP (and/or its subsequent amendments).
There is vagueness in the VP, being amended/repealed many times in order to return the land to the original/suitable/respective owners/claimers/successor etc. The VP legislations allow for the land falling under VP to be returned to their respective successors (successor-in-interest). It also allows for the land that does not fall under VP but is included under VP to be returned. With this in mind, and as a result of my father buying most of the suit land from the Hindu zamindars (surviving members remaining in Bangladesh), I believe I am the most likely candidate to be the successor-in-interest to the suit land. As such, on application number 110 of 2013 (see evidence Z) filed with the Additional Deputy Commissioner's (ADC) office, I make claim to the land falling/included under VP under 'The Vested Properties Returns (Amendment) Act, 2011'.
The actions of the land grabbers (bazaar committee), the local/district government and DLRS/SOB have deprived me of my land and/or getting any benefit/gain from it. They did this, even though my father, paid for the suit land and transferred its rights, interest and title by registered deeds, mutated the records to his name and paid relevant tax etc. all of which, as stipulated by government legal procedures. I wonder what is the purpose of such procedures and legislation when the very people who are supposed to administer it, end up breaking it.
I think the local government and its relevant agencies have been biased towards us and did not fulfil their civic duties. It seems that the situation we are in profits everyone other than us. The land grabbers retain possession of the suit land and are preventing us from accessing or gaining any benefit from it. The local government and its agencies are aiding and colluding with the bazaar committee by collecting tax and allowing this to continue.
The parties involved have broken a number of laws/procedures/legal customs, including but not limited to, the Penal Code, Civil Code, The Hats and Bazars (Establishment and Acquisition) Ordinance, 1959, The Prevention of Corruption Act 1947, The Anticorruption Act 1957, the Constitution of Bangladesh and various human rights laws etc. In addition, the employees and office holders of the local government and its agencies, should further face disciplinary action under, The Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1985 and The Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979.
The bazaar was established illegally in contravention to, The Hats and Bazars (Establishment and Acquisition) Ordinance, 1959. In breach of the said Ordinance, the DC neither removed the bazaar, issued us license for operating it nor paid us any compensation for it. My preference is for the DC/Government to grant us license to operate the bazaar or remove the bazaar. In either case compensation should be paid to us for the loss of profit/revenue from the use of the suit land.
In conclusion, I plead for immediate action against the bazaar committee and the local/district Government and request that my claim to the suit land is upheld as evidenced by my legal documents. As such, my claim to the suit land is 0.36 acre, 9.54 acre and 0.90 acre between plots 45, 71 and 318, respectively, as demonstrated by my legal documents (evidence D). The location is mapped out in evidence G. I also make claim to any part of the suit land falling or being classed as VP under, The Vested Properties Returns (Amendment) Act, 2011. My claim, according to evidence Z, is therefore also 0.08 acre, 1.80 acre and 0.76 acre on plots 45, 71 and 318, respectively, under The Vested Properties Returns (Amendment) Act, 2011.
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Charles Fry, Greenville, PA
by: MyValleyTributes Staff
Posted: Jul 14, 2021 / 04:09 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 15, 2021 / 08:14 AM EDT
GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania (MyValleyTributes) – Charles Fry, 72, of Greenville, Pennsylvania passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in UPMC Jameson after an extended illness.
Charles was born in Warren, Ohio on January 1, 1949 to Raymond Fry and Velma (Urey) Fry.
He graduated from Reynolds High School in 1967 and joined the Army and served in Vietnam as a Spec 4 from 1968 to 1970.
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He was also an area coordinator for CCL Container.
Charles was of Protestant faith and an avid hunter who enjoyed the outdoors.
Surviving at home is his wife, Joy (White) Fry who he married June 15, 1968; a son, Troy Fry, Sr. of Greenville; daughter, Kim Hyde and her husband, Thomas, of Greenville; two grandchildren, Triston Fry and Troy Fry, Jr. and one great-granddaughter, Remi Grace Fry.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Matthew Fry and brothers, Francis Fry, Raymond Fry and James Fry.
Per Charles' wishes there will be no services.
Interment in America's Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by the John Flynn Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc.
To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Charles Fry, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
A television tribute will air Thursday, July 15 at the following approximate times: 6:43 a.m. WYTV, 9:32 a.m. on WKBN, 10:58 a.m. on FOX and 8:12 p.m. on MyYTV.
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A: Just put one under a conditional clause:
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The alarm went at 7am today as shopping down the valley was on the agenda. The big surprise was that it was snowing outside. Not settling outside the door but all the trees only 100m above us had a fresh dusting of the white stuff.
Undeterred we set off after breakfast with list in hand. First stop, La Forgue for floorboards, battens, screws and some waste pipe brackets. Then Mr Brico for some glass and gardening gloves. Next Gamme Vert for lettuce plugs and garden twine. The laundrette had a machine idle so that was filled and commissioned while we walked across town with a brolly to checkout gas cookers. No luck on that score so we had a coffee while the laundry finished.
Final stop was the supermarket for food supplies. The only bonus about shopping day is that we get fresh prawns and fish for either sups or lunch. This time it is supper.
On route to the barn we caught Clive in Couflens and got invited to eat with them tomorrow. Also saw Akouk & Renne at the Auberge in Salau to get our smart clothes hung up in their wardrobe. We have a couple of weddings to go to over the summer so smart clothes came out. As we are deficient in the wardrobe department they said they would look after them for us.
After a snack lunch we set about finishing the terrace. Fortunately it was dry enough with an occasional glimpse of blue sky.
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January 15, 2019 - Conservation International's Vital Signs team participated in a 4-day workshop in Naivasha convened by Kenya's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Land Use Land Cover Element Working Group. The meeting was officially opened by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment Mr. Ali Noor Ismal CBS. The main purpose of the workshop was to finalize on the technical manual, a document critical in guiding the development of land use land cover maps for Kenya. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary reiterated government's commitment and the need for the world to actively combat the effect of climate change. This could only be possible if accurate, spatially explicit, timely and reliable data can be used to help in decision making. He further noted that most of the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions emanate from land use and change sector - forest and agriculture. The land cover maps are an integral part of the necessary data that forms a foundation upon which every policy linked to life on land emanates.
The maps generated will be used to compute activity data (change statistics) which will later be used for National Communication by the Climate Change Directorate (CCD) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This directly links to GEF funded Conservation International's Vital Signs Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project which seeks to enhance the capacity of countries (Kenya) to transparently report on climate change. The data obtained from land use land cover changes will be included in the Greenhouse Gas Registry and the Measuring Reporting Verification system. Vital Signs is also implementing two more CBIT projects in Uganda and Rwanda.
The technical manual will not only guide the current (System for Land based Emissions Estimation in Kenya - SLEEK) program but also any other national land use land cover development. This is critical for Vital Signs in implementing its Food Security-Integrated Approach Pilot program in 12 countries including Kenya. Vital Signs is responsible for implementing Component 3 of the IAP Food Security Project on Monitoring and Assessment. Part of the task is to generate spatially explicit maps at high resolutions as baseline for the countries under the program. This will inform the participating country projects about the status of their land use land cover and the associated changes over time. Additionally, the maps will be used to monitor and assess the issues of importance such as degraded areas, areas that need immediate restorative interventions, rehabilitation initiatives among others.
Participants were drawn from government departments including Kenya Forest Service, Directorate of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing, Survey of Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Conservation International, local universities and other NGOs.
Vital Signs will continue to provide relevant tools, training and assistance for meeting the provisions stipulated in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement and strengthen national institutions for transparency-related activities in line with national priorities.


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We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Krzywoszynska, Post Doctoral Research Associate at Durham University, as the as Nexus Network-Defra Fellow. Anna starts her role on 18 March 2015 and will base her Fellowship at Defra's London office over a period of 5 months.
The aim of the Fellowship is to explore Nexus issues at the interface between research and policy. The Fellow will engage across the range of Defra evidence teams, including those dealing with resource security/sustainable consumption, sustainable land, food security, farming, water, ecosystems and biodiversity.
I think the role knowledge and information plays in Nexus policy-making is an important issue, and something I would like to focus on during my Fellowship. As an academic it will be fascinating to gain an insight to how the evidence/decision making interface works in civil service and the roles played by academia. I am also interested in what role disciplinary and institutional training may play in how people within Defra interpret and transfer ideas across different areas and activities. I am looking forward to applying my skills in the context of Nexus policy-making in Defra in order to improve the policy-academia dialogue and cooperation around these domains.
I'm delighted that Anna is starting her Fellowship here at Defra today. For us in Defra, the Nexus is about making connections between apparently disconnected subjects- food, water, energy, environment. Of course we all know that those things are inextricably linked and that we need to manage them as a whole. We need to understand how these issues link and how different policy areas grapple with Nexus issues; in order to avoid unintended consequences, make tradeoffs whilst supporting innovation and growth.
We will bring you updates from Anna's Fellowship experience over the coming months.
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I'll be adding book signings, radio interviews, and other such appearances on this site under the Events tag.
So far, I've got a book signing at the Edinburgh (Ind.) Wright-Hageman Public Library in the works. Details to be announced when we set the time and date.


This is an old song we sang in school back in 1947 I remember some of the words.They are.
THANK YOU!!! For this much of the lyric. I sang it at my jr. high graduation in 1968 or '69. It's a really GOOD graduation song. I want to relearn it but I cannot find the song as I am unsure of the actual title. Your additional lyrics may be really helpful!!!! again thanks..
I sang it, too, as a boy soprano in the '40s. The music is the Largo from Georg Frederick Handel's Xerxes. Continues: Filling our souls with love like unto thine. Then shall all ........ (don't know), men shall proclaim, that Christ our Lord is God, God above, and Holy is His name, and holy is His name.
I have a copy of this song, and will shortly post it on IMSLP. It would be great to know who wrote the words!


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1944 Elmer 2022
Elmer Joe Tankersley
Elmer Joe Tankersley, 78, husband of Becky Tankersley, passed away January 22, 2022, after a brief illness. Born in Whitmire, SC, Elmer/Joe/"Tank" was the son of the late Hugh and Vallie Welch Tankersley and a true jack of all trades. He graduated from Southern Wesleyan University (formerly Central Wesleyan College) in 1966 with a B.A. and, at age 24, was appointed principal of Cateechee Elementary. Joe later earned an M.Ed. and an Ed.S. in Education Administration, both from Clemson University. For over 35 years, Joe served the Pickens County community as an elementary school teacher and principal, elementary and secondary executive director, and school board member/chairman, spending the highlight of his career as principal of Six Mile Elementary. During his time in education, he spearheaded the creation of many countywide programs still being implemented and impacting the lives of students, faculty, and residents today.
Having been the son of a lifelong barber (who, until suffering a stroke at 91, was the oldest practicing barber in SC), Joe acquired a barber license himself at the age of 14, making him the youngest practicing barber in SC at that time. He maintained his license throughout his life and, upon retirement, worked "full time" as owner of the Clemson House Barber Shop. He was also an entrepreneur, small business owner, and farmer; had many hobbies and interests; and was a member of various educational and community-focused clubs and organizations.
A devout Christian, Joe attended Rock Springs Baptist Church, frequently held Bible studies, and eagerly shared his faith with anyone who crossed his path. As dedicated as he was to education, his devotion to his Lord and Savior was, without a doubt, the foundation of his life. He made it a priority to leave this legacy for his family, whom he loved dearly.
Surviving, in addition to his wife of 55 years, are sons Brad Tankersley (Lisa), and their children, Marshall, Morganne, Rebecca, Graham, Jonathyn, Victoria, Daniel, and Reagann, all of Central; and Jeff Tankersley (Erin) and their children, Taylor (Joy), Anna, and Ben (Bri), all of Georgia; daughter Sarah Tankersley of Central; great-grandchildren, Ivy, Theo, and Violet Tankersley; sisters, Ruth McKee and Julia Mae Satcher, both of Newberry; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family.
In addition to his parents, Joe was predeceased by his in-laws, Wilton and Edalene Earle of Central; and beloved cousin, Eddie Tankersley of Whitmire.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 24, 2022, at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Central, SC.
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This time the victims are 10 monkeys and baboons who died as a result of being injected with d-amphetamine in an experiment that was testing the toxicity of Ecstasy. Failure by anyone at the laboratory to examine and properly label the vials containing d-amphetamine and Ecstasy, resulted in their death.
Don't we expect scientists to be meticulous about following proper scientific methods in the laboratory to protect the safety of the living subjects, not to mention to ensure the integrity of their findings?
Is the proper labeling of controlled, Schedule II psychoactive substances a requirement of FDA regulations?
A leading scientific journal yesterday retracted a paper it published last year saying that one night's typical dose of the drug Ecstasy might cause permanent brain damage. The monkeys and baboons in the study were not injected with Ecstasy but with a powerful amphetamine, said the journal, Science magazine.
The retraction was submitted by the team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that did the study.
The study, released last Sept. 27, concluded that a dose of Ecstasy a partygoer would take in a single night could lead to symptoms resembling Parkinson's disease.
The study was ridiculed at the time by other scientists working with the drug, who said the primates must have been injected with huge overdoses.
Two of the 10 primates died of heat stroke, they pointed out, and another two were in such distress that they were not given all the doses.
If a typical Ecstasy dose killed 20 percent of those who took it, the critics said, no one would use it recreationally.
In an interview yesterday, Dr. Ricaurte said he realized his mistake when he could not reproduce his own results by giving the drug to monkeys orally. He then realized that two vials his laboratory bought the same day must have been mislabeled: one contained Ecstasy, the other d-methamphetamine.
Dr. Ricaurte's laboratory has received millions of dollars from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and has produced several studies concluding that Ecstasy is dangerous. Other scientists accuse him of ignoring their studies showing that typical doses do no permanent damage.
At the time Dr. Ricaurte's study was published, it was strongly defended against those critics by Dr. Alan I. Leshner, the former head of the drug abuse institute, who had just become the chief executive officer of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science.
Dr. Leshner had testified before Congress that Ecstasy was dangerous, and Dr. Ricaurte's critics accused him of rushing his results into print because a bill known as the Anti-Rave Act was before Congress. The act would punish club owners who knew that drugs like Ecstasy were being used at their dance gatherings.
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package org.neo4j.driver.internal;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;

import org.neo4j.driver.Identity;
import org.neo4j.driver.Node;
import org.neo4j.driver.Value;

/**
 * {@link org.neo4j.driver.Node} implementation that directly contains labels and properties.
 */
public class SimpleNode extends SimpleEntity implements Node
{
    private final Collection<String> labels;

    public SimpleNode( long id )
    {
        this( id, Collections.<String>emptyList(), Collections.<String,Value>emptyMap() );
    }

    public SimpleNode( long id, Collection<String> labels, Map<String,Value> properties )
    {
        this( Identities.identity( id ), labels, properties );
    }

    public SimpleNode( Identity identity, Collection<String> labels, Map<String,Value> properties )
    {
        super( identity, properties );
        this.labels = labels;
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<String> labels()
    {
        return labels;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return "node<" + identity() + '>';
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals( Object o )
    {
        if ( this == o )
        {
            return true;
        }
        if ( o == null || getClass() != o.getClass() )
        {
            return false;
        }
        if ( !super.equals( o ) )
        {
            return false;
        }

        SimpleNode that = (SimpleNode) o;

        return !(labels != null ? !labels.equals( that.labels ) : that.labels != null);

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode()
    {
        int result = super.hashCode();
        result = 31 * result + (labels != null ? labels.hashCode() : 0);
        return result;
    }
}

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Author Archives: Eric Abent
Eric Abent is the Gaming Editor of SlashGear. He is an avid gamer himself - very passionate about gaming and its community. Eric has been writing on SlashGear since 2012.
Twitter's desktop redesign is here, but you still can't edit tweets
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For a while now, Twitter has been testing a redesign that's meant to bring the desktop experience more in line with how the service appears on other platforms - namely smartphones. Today, that redesign is rolling out to everyone, complete with a hefty helping of new features Twitter users will want to know about. Unfortunately, the ability to edit tweets is not one of the new features shipping along with this update, so those of you who have been waiting for that functionality will just have to wait longer.
Apex Legends gives cheaters a taste of their own medicine
Most popular, competitive games will have some degree of cheating, and if the title in question is a free-to-play one, the problem can become rampant. That's certainly been the case in Apex Legends, but as Respawn Entertainment fights its unending war against cheaters and cheat makers, it's been keeping us abreast of its efforts. As it turns out, Respawn has been giving cheaters a taste of their own medicine when they queue up for games.
8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller is super customizable
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WhatsApp and Telegram hack: Here's what's possible
Most users of apps like WhatsApp and Telegram expect their communications to be encrypted and therefore protected, but that doesn't mean all communications shared through those apps are safe from intrusion. Symantec today published a report in which it details vulnerabilities present in both apps on Android that could potentially allow malicious actors to hijack shared media files and replace them before recipients realize what's going on.
Snapdragon 855 Plus drops a mid-year upgrade in time for Note 10
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Latest Pokemon Sword and Shield trailer is all about Pokemon battles
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Q: Add an arrow with filled head to ggplot by geom_label_repel I want to add an arrow with a filled head to a ggplot object by using the geom_label_repel function. I thought that I could use: arrow.fill = 'black' like I do with the geom_segment, but it does not work in the geom_label_repel. Is it another way to get a filled arrow?
The reason why I use the geom_label_repel is that it was the only way I managed to start the arrow at the border of the label. If this coordinate can be found in another way, I could use the geom_segment instead.
library(tidyverse)
library(ggrepel)

dmax <- iris %>%
  filter(Sepal.Length == max(Sepal.Length))

ggplot(data = iris, aes(x=Sepal.Width, y=Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_label_repel(data=dmax, aes(label = 'max'),
                   box.padding = unit(.25, 'lines'),
                   point.padding = unit(1.5, 'lines'),
                   arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.25, 'cm'), type = 'closed')) +
  geom_segment(aes(x=3, xend=max(Sepal.Width), y=0, yend=max(Sepal.Width)),
               arrow=arrow(length = unit(0.25, 'cm'), type = 'closed'),
               arrow.fill = 'black')

A: We can see from GeomSegment$draw_panel that the arrow.fill value in geom_segment is passed to the fill parameter in grid::segmentsGrob. The same modification can be applied to ggrepel::geom_label_repel:
ggplot(data = iris,
       aes(x=Sepal.Width, y=Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_label_repel2(data=. %>%
                      filter(Sepal.Length == max(Sepal.Length)),
                    aes(label = 'max'),
                    box.padding = unit(.25, 'lines'),
                    point.padding = unit(1.5, 'lines'),
                    arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.25, 'cm'), type = 'closed'),
                    arrow.fill = "green") +
  geom_segment(aes(x=3, xend=max(Sepal.Width), y=0, yend=max(Sepal.Width)),
               arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.25, 'cm'), type = 'closed'),
               arrow.fill = 'red')

Code for modified ggproto object & geom function:
GeomLabelRepel2 <- ggproto(
  "GeomLabelRepel2",
  GeomLabelRepel,
  draw_panel = function (self, data, panel_scales, coord, parse = FALSE, na.rm = FALSE,
                         box.padding = 0.25, label.padding = 0.25, point.padding = 1e-06,
                         label.r = 0.15, label.size = 0.25, segment.colour = NULL,
                         segment.size = 0.5, segment.alpha = NULL, min.segment.length = 0.5,
                         arrow = NULL, arrow.fill = NULL, # add arrow.fill parameter
                         force = 1, nudge_x = 0, nudge_y = 0, xlim = c(NA, NA),
                         ylim = c(NA, NA), max.iter = 2000, direction = "both", seed = NA)
  {
    lab <- data$label
    if (parse) {
      lab <- parse(text = as.character(lab))
    }
    if (!length(which(ggrepel:::not_empty(lab)))) {
      return()
    }
    nudges <- data.frame(x = data$x + nudge_x, y = data$y + nudge_y)
    nudges <- coord$transform(nudges, panel_scales)
    data <- coord$transform(data, panel_scales)
    nudges$x <- nudges$x - data$x
    nudges$y <- nudges$y - data$y
    limits <- data.frame(x = xlim, y = ylim)
    limits <- coord$transform(limits, panel_scales)
    limits$x[is.na(limits$x)] <- c(0, 1)[is.na(limits$x)]
    limits$y[is.na(limits$y)] <- c(0, 1)[is.na(limits$y)]
    if (is.character(data$vjust)) {
      data$vjust <- compute_just(data$vjust, data$y)
    }
    if (is.character(data$hjust)) {
      data$hjust <- compute_just(data$hjust, data$x)
    }
    if(is.null(arrow.fill)) { # define fill if arrow.fill is specified
      arrow.fill.gp <- grid::gpar()
    } else {
      arrow.fill.gp <- grid::gpar(fill = arrow.fill)
    }
    ggplot2:::ggname("geom_label_repel",
                     grid::gTree(limits = limits,
                                 data = data,
                                 lab = lab,
                                 nudges = nudges,
                                 box.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(box.padding),
                                 label.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(label.padding),
                                 point.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(point.padding),
                                 label.r = ggrepel:::to_unit(label.r),
                                 label.size = label.size,
                                 segment.colour = segment.colour,
                                 segment.size = segment.size,
                                 segment.alpha = segment.alpha,
                                 min.segment.length = ggrepel:::to_unit(min.segment.length),
                                 arrow = arrow,
                                 gp = arrow.fill.gp, # add gp
                                 force = force,
                                 max.iter = max.iter,
                                 direction = direction,
                                 seed = seed,
                                 cl = "labelrepeltree"))
  }
)

geom_label_repel2 <- function (mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "identity",
                               position = "identity", parse = FALSE, ..., box.padding = 0.25,
                               label.padding = 0.25, point.padding = 1e-06, label.r = 0.15,
                               label.size = 0.25, segment.colour = NULL, segment.color = NULL,
                               segment.size = 0.5, segment.alpha = NULL, min.segment.length = 0.5,
                               arrow = NULL, arrow.fill = NULL, # add arrow.fill parameter
                               force = 1, max.iter = 2000, nudge_x = 0, nudge_y = 0,
                               xlim = c(NA, NA), ylim = c(NA, NA), na.rm = FALSE, show.legend = NA,
                               direction = c("both", "y", "x"), seed = NA,
                               inherit.aes = TRUE) {
  if (!missing(nudge_x) || !missing(nudge_y)) {
    if (!missing(position)) {
      stop("Specify either `position` or `nudge_x`/`nudge_y`",
           call. = FALSE)
    }
  }
  layer(data = data, mapping = mapping, stat = stat, geom = GeomLabelRepel2, # change geom
        position = position, show.legend = show.legend, inherit.aes = inherit.aes,
        params = list(parse = parse, box.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(box.padding),
                      label.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(label.padding), point.padding = ggrepel:::to_unit(point.padding),
                      label.r = ggrepel:::to_unit(label.r), label.size = label.size,
                      segment.colour = segment.color %||% segment.colour,
                      segment.size = segment.size, segment.alpha = segment.alpha,
                      min.segment.length = ggrepel:::to_unit(min.segment.length),
                      arrow = arrow, arrow.fill = arrow.fill, # add arrow.fill parameter
                      na.rm = na.rm, force = force, max.iter = max.iter,
                      nudge_x = nudge_x, nudge_y = nudge_y, xlim = xlim,
                      ylim = ylim, direction = match.arg(direction), seed = seed,
                      ...))
}

A: While I would definitely go for the solution of Z.Lin, I just want to add a hack, which I usually apply, when I am not satisfied with the output of ggplot and I am too lazy to fix ggprotos (which are nightmarish to work with if you work with them only every now and then).
To make a long story short, here's my usual approach:

*

*Convert the ggplot object to a grob.

*Find the corresponding grob which I want to change.

*Change it.

*Use grid.draw to plot the whole object with the modified grob.

In our case this would look like this (N.B. I increased the distance to the label to be able to see the arrow in the first place):
library(tidyverse)
library(ggrepel)
library(grid)

dmax <- iris %>%
  filter(Sepal.Length == max(Sepal.Length))

gp <- ggplot(data = iris, aes(x=Sepal.Width, y=Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_label_repel(data=dmax, aes(label = 'max'),
                   box.padding = unit(2, 'lines'),
                   point.padding = unit(1.5, 'lines'),
                   arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.5, 'cm'), type = 'closed'))

### 1. Convert to grob
ggp <- ggplotGrob(gp)

### 2. Find the `arrow` grob
## panel is the main plotting area of the ggplot
pan_idx <- grep("panel", ggp$layout[, "name"])
## the repel grob
repel_idx <- grep("repel", names(ggp$grobs[[pan_idx]]$children))

### 3. Change it, i.e. add a `gpar` with a fill
ggp$grobs[[pan_idx]]$children[[repel_idx]]$gp <- gpar(fill = "green")

### 4. Draw it
grid.draw(ggp)

Why I'd go with Z.Lin's proposal
As you can see, this approach relies heavily on some assumptions:

*

*The structure of ggplotGrob. As this is an internal representation, we do not have any guarantee that this stays stable with future changes to ggplot2.

*The structure is highly dependent on the plot you draw. Add some facets and it will require again a lot of skimming through the structure of the grobs to find the relevant one.

*We rely on the fact that the repel grob's name contains the string "repel". This is again some internal convention, which may change over time and is thus not reliable on the long turn.

Bottom line is: this approach works nicely for a lot of quick fixes in case we need to change the appearance of a plot, but is by no means stable and always needs some manual browsing through the internal grob representation, which makes the solution fragile. However, I just wanted ot add it here as a maybe useful addition to your toolbox.