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La Ma-13a o carretera d'Inca (antiga C-713) és la principal carretera de l'illa de Mallorca que uneix les localitats de Palma i Inca (Mallorca). Al seu pas per Palma s'anomena carrer d'Aragó, si bé és freqüent d'anomenar-lo pel nom de la carretera. La dècada de 1990 es va construir l'autopista Ma-13, que fa el mateix recorregut i ara és la principal connexió entre ambdues localitats. Abans que es construís l'autopista, la carretera arribava fins a Alcúdia, però ara el tram que va d'Inca a Alcúdia rep el mateix nom que l'autopista, i està desdoblat solament d'Inca a la Pobla.

Passa per les localitats de Palma, el Pont d'Inca, Santa Maria del Camí, Consell, Binissalem i Inca.

Referències

Carreteres de Mallorca

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CABLEMAKERS
Indicator Loops consisted of long lengths of cable laid on the sea floor to detect the passage of enemy submarines. This page has the details of some of the cables and the companies that made them. These are not the same cables as used for underwater (submarine) telegraphy even though the cables may be similar. For further information visit the home page shown below.
If you have any feedback please email me:
Dr Richard Walding
Research Fellow - School of Science
Email: waldingr49@yahoo.com.au
Author with cables at Bribie Island
LINKS TO SOME OF MY RELATED PAGES:
Indicator Loops around the World (Home Page)
How an indicator loop works
CABLE TYPES
"LOOP CABLE" - SINGLE CORE LEAD LOADED CABLE - ADMIRALTY PATTERN 1989
This is the cable that actually detected the crossings in WW2. It was made principally by W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Company, London. Â Their registered office (on their invoices) was Holborn Viaduct but this would certainly not have been a manufacturing site - land values are too high, and there is no access to the River Thames. Henley's works was at Gravesend, many miles downstream on the south bank of the Thames. Indeed as manufacturers of submarine telegraph cables, it was essential to have a river-front location, so that ocean-going cable ships could moor at their jetty and take on considerable lengths of cable. (Similarly Henley's competitors, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, earlier Enderby's, had their works on the south bank of the Thames, though further upstream, just downstream of Greenwich, and traces of the jetty, and a symbolic stanchion and large pulley remain, now that the works has closed.) The cable was also made by Siemens, London.
The "1989" cable (shown above) consists of a single core of seven strands of 0.029" tinned copper wire (#1) covered with three layers of India rubber (#2 in Fig.) on which is attached the manufacturer's identification tape. Covering this is a layer of thin (0.5 mm) waterproof tape (#3) and wound with 16 strands of jute yarn each about 2 mm in diameter (#4). The jute yarn layer is then covered with a tarred hessian mesh (#5) and a spirally wound anticlockwise layer of eight strands of 3.2 mm diameter pure lead wire (#6). These lead windings are covered with more waterproof tape (#7), 24 strands of a tarred jute serving (#8), and one more layer of hessian tape (#9). The whole is protected with a clockwise winding of 22 steel armour wires (#10), each about 1.9 mm diameter covered in pure lead 0.8 mm thick (Fig. ). Then there is a braiding of dressed hemp yarn wrapped over hot pitch and resin (not shown), and finally a preservative coating. The final diameter is 1.35" (34.3 mm).
It has a linear density in British imperial units of 6.09 tons per 2000 yard mile in air (6.8 lb per yard) or in metric units: 3.4 tonnes/km (3.4 kg/m). Final diameter (1.35") 33 mm. It weighed 6.09 tons per 2000 yard mile in air (6.8 lb per yard) and 4.56 tons per mile in sea water. Its breaking strain was 3.00 tons and had a resistance of 11 Ω per mile. The cost in 1938 was ₤180 per 1000 yards (which equates to approximately ₤9000 per 1000 yards in today's money). In some harbours the Royal Navy used ADM Pattern 13142, a 7-core lead-loaded cable. The electrical resistance was 6 ohms/km. Henley's also made another type of cable offered as a replacement for the Type 1989. It was Type 6190A - a lead covered single core of 28 strands or 0.012" tinned HD (hard drawn) cadmium copper wire. The cadmium increased the breaking strain from 250 lb to 470 lb.
2 CORE CABLE (possibly ADM Patt. 841B)
2 core, 7 strand, 0.029" cable as used in the HDA loops for sending out the signal. It was made by British cablemaker W T Henley (London) in 1940 and used in WW2. Longitudinal section shows the two cores insulated with white centered black india-rubber wound in silk with jute beddings. This is wound with more silk and oiled jute insulation and 12 strand steel armour wire. A double layer of tarred hemp wound in opposite directions encloses the steel.
The silk in the cable appears to have been made by Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire - the oldest surviving silk (throwing) mill in the UK still weaving silk on original Victorian looms, in its original Regency building. You can find more on the website: www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk
In recent years, silks produced at the Mill have been used in period costume dramas and silks for restoration work have been woven for the National Trust and various stately homes throughout the UK. During WWII, the ministry approached the Mill owner to see if he would weave silk for parachutes. Unfortunately he was very elderly and, like himself, he felt that the Victorian machinery was not up to the job. Instead, the Mill supported the war effort by weaving a type of raw silk organza for insulating communication cables.
My thanks to Jacqueline Browne who is currently working on a short social/economic history (guide) of the Mill, to mark their bicentenary this year.The charity will seek to raise funds by selling the book to visitors to the Mill; funds raised going towards their Bicentenary Appeal for urgent repair work to the fabric of the buildings and machinery.
3 CORE CABLE - ADMIRALTY PATTERN 5700
The 3 core, 7 strand, 0.029" was used for 110 V DC power. It had 12 strands of armour wire. It was made by British cable maker Hoopers in 1940 (for WW2). The 3 cores are insulated with 5 mm black rubber and printed with numerals 0, 1 and 2. Each is wrapped in cotton gauze and there is more cotton gauze around the three cores. Six strands of hemp beddings is used, followed by 12 strand armour and two layers of tarred jute braid (not shown in photo).
4 CORE CABLE - ADMIRALTY PATTERN 7048 and 9610 (and Patt. 13139 & 13140)
The ADM Patt. 9610 was a 4 core, 7 strand, 0.029" cable used for loop tails. It was made by Johnson & Phillips (UK) in 1941. It has a diameter of 25 mm. This cable has greater endurance than Patt. 7048 (below) and was often used on the shore end of rocky landings. The longitudinal section of Patt. 9610 shows the four central cores insulated with 5 mm diameter rubber (3 are white, one black), surrounded by 18 mm diameter rubber bedding. Also visible is the 25 mm wide cotton gauze around the rubber; the central square white rubber core (not visible) and the 22 strand steel armour. This cable was supplied by Johnson & Philips. You can just make out the reversed name transferred on to the white rubber (see photo below for a better image).
The Johnson and Phillips name is clearly visible on the cotton. Any attempt to move this fabric results in its destruction as it is made of single strands of cotton, not woven together.
The ADM Patt. 7048 Edison Swan cable. This is also a 4 core, 7 strand made by Edison Swan Cables Ltd, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire in 1940 for their parent company Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies Ltd (38 Upper Thames Street, London). The details on the tape can still be seen quite clearly after all these years on the beach. This cable has 3 cores in white rubber and one in black rubber which are laid up together with centre divider of black rubber, square in section. The cores are insulated with a rubber sheath and armoured with 20 galvanised steel wires, finally braided with hemp yarns and compounded with preservative. Weight per mile in air: 3.1 tons. The Australian Naval Board paid UK£144 per 1000 yards for this type of cable in 1938.
7 CORE CABLE - ADMIRALTY PATTERN 660
7 core, 7 strand, 0.029" was used as a loop Tail cable, or for 220 V DC power or for the HDA "Training" tails. It was made by Hoopers in 1941. The 7 cores were each insulated with india-rubber and wound in silk and separated by jute beddings. This was wrapped in more silk and tarred jute braid and protected by 15 steel armour wires (30 mm diameter) and two layers of tarred hemp braid wound in opposite directions. Similar to Admiralty Pattern 13135.
Terminating lugs on a 2-core cable in the HDA Room. The same cable showing how the steel armour wires were layed back over "pudding rings" (Adm Patt 841B) on the ends.
Close-up of a 7-core cable armour wire and braid. A hot pitch and resin mixture was applied by the cablemaker (in England) over the armour wires and then two layers of braid were wound on in opposite directions. A waterproof protective coating was added to the outside.
USA EAST COAST HARBOR DEFENSE CABLES
The USN used two types of cable for indicator loops: Type 111 cables was used for the Legs and Type 113 was for the Tails.
TYPE 111 LEG CABLE
According to the USN harbor Defense manual, the Type 111 Leg Cable consisted of a central conductor of 7 strand 0.040" 10AWG tinned copper insulated with 6/64" rubber compound. Covering this was a 0.012" thick rubber filled tape and a jacket of high gravity rubber compound. Another single layer of rubber filled tape (0.012") was next, followed by 28 strands of No. 12 BWG (0.109") armor wire. A waterproof outer serving of 16 strand 3 ply jute was used which was covered in coal tar. The total weight of the cable in air was 1421 lb per 1000 ft (897 lb in sea water). This cable had an over SG of 2.8 and was 1.218" in diameter. Its tensile strength was 13000 lb. A typical reel of cable contained 8000 ft, weighed 13, 700 lb and was 84" in diameter. The reel occupied a volume of 300 cu. ft.
The cable shown below was recovered from a harbour on the East Coast of the USA in August 2011 (probably Boston). It appears to be the Type 111 Leg Cable. Its diameter is 1 inch (25mm). The manufacturer is unknown. My thanks to Jerry Butler for procuring the sample and to Chip Calamaio for posting it to Australia.
No. Component Outside diameter (mm) Outside
Diameter (in) Component
diameter (mm) Component
7 copper conductors
1 layer rubber insulation
13 jute strands (CW)
19 jute strands (ACW)
16 armour wires (CW)
18 tarred jute strands (ACW)
18 tarred jute strands (CW)
The copper wire is 19 AWG, the steel armour wire is 10 AWG.
The cable consists of a single core of seven strands of 19 AWG 0.036" tinned copper wire (#1) enclosed in a single layer of rubber insulation (#2). Covering this is a layer of 13 strands of jute yarn (#3) - laid clockwise - overlain with 19 strands of similar jute yarn (#4) laid anticlockwise. Protecting this core is a clockwise (CW) winding of 16 steel armour wires (#5), each about 1.6 mm diameter (10 AWG). The armour wire are protected and waterproofed by a braiding of 18 strands of dressed jute yarn wrapped anticlockwise (ACW) over hot pitch and resin and another 18-strand layer of 18 strands of dressed jute yarn. The cable is finished with a bituminous preservative coating. The final diameter is 1.00" (25.1 mm).
It has a linear density in British imperial units of about 2 lb per yard (3550 lb/mile or 1.8 short tons per mile; 1.6 long tons/mile). The metric equivalent is 1.0 tonne/km. Its linear density in water is 0.51 tonnes/km.
TYPE 113 TAIL CABLE
The cable shown below was located in Casco Bay USA by Chris Whalen (email: Whalenolder@aol.com). Chris operates a salvage business along the coast of Maine and has recovered some submarine cables from Casco Bay. His company, Coastal Reclaim, LLC salvages abandoned utility wires that riddle the mid-East Coast ocean floor, as well as lighthouse cables that are obsolete due to solar technology. It is probably Type 113 Tail Cable.
A longitudinal section of some east coast harbor defense cable. This is probably Type 113 Tail Cable. The outer armour wires are badly corroded from 60 years in a salty environment. The original diameter was about 40mm (1.6 inches) assuming there was an outer waterproofing covering of tarred jute. The steel armour wires are 2.5 mm diameter (10 gauge AWG) protect two layers of jute, each wound clockwise and consisting of 18 strands. Under these is a waterproof linen tape which surrounds the six cores of the cable. Each core consists of a tinned copper conductor of 1.3 mm diameter (16 gauge AWG) insulated with a rubber sheath of 5 mm diameter. The cores are protected and separated by seven strands of hemp packing. There is also a twin white thread enclosed with the cores - possibly an identification thread. To gat a sense of the scale I have shown the diameter of the outer jute serving as 30 mm. This cable is quite possibly a indicator loop tail cable. More about this cable at my US Navy Peaks Island website
FIRTH OF FORTH INDICATOR LOOP CABLE 1915
This cable was manufactured by Liverpool Cables in 1914 and used for experiments by Prof. Alexander Crichton Mitchell at the Admiralty Research Station, Hawkcraig in 1915. The cable was recovered at the end of the war (1918) and given to Prof. Mitchell for his experiments on the variation in the vertical component of the earth's magnetic field when he was Director of the Eskdalemuir Magnetic Observatory in Southern Scotland. The cable was recovered in December 2005 by John Riddick using additional information supplied by Richard Walding and Peter Robinson; and Mitchell's article published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, viz: Mitchell, A C. On the vertical force changes during the "sudden commencement" of a magnetic storm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. 45, no. 26 (1925) pp. 297-301.
Longitudinal view Cross Section
"Liverpool Cable" used at Eskdalemuir: Four core, single strand 1.23 mm copper wire (#7) sheathed in 2-layer rubber insulation (#6) of diameter 3.7 mm and wrapped in jute identification tape (red, white, black and blue) (#5) with the manufacturer's name "Liverpool Cable" printed on inside. The cores are separated with five strands of 36-thread cotton serving (#8), wrapped in two layers of linen identification tape (#4) and encased in a 1.5 mm thick lead sheath (#3) of diameter 12.8 mm and wrapped in 18 strands of tarred hemp serving (#2) and armoured with 26 strand 2.0 mm steel wire (#1) to a final diameter of 18.8 mm (¾").
Linen identification tape (#4)
The cores are separated with five strands of 36-thread cotton serving (#8)
Toy showing Liverpool Cable reels. The Liverpool Electric Cable Company works was located in Linacre Lane, Bootle, Merseyside. These massive cable drums would be seen delivered to the docks on the backs of 'Pickfords' low loader trailers.
There were two distinctive electric cable manufacturing companies next door to each other on Linacre Lane. There was the Liverpool Electric Cable Company, established on 10 August 1901, which was on the corner opposite Vernon's (Football) Pools. The other was Mersey Cable Works Ltd, which was was next to the Coronation Hotel. The Liverpool Cables started life as a wire rope factory, later converting to electric cables. In 1953, AEI acquired Siemens Bros, taking over the Liverpool Electric Cables Company in 1958. The factory then became Vactite Wire Company. The Liverpool Electric Cable Company was formally dissolved on 5th February 2002. Mersey Cables was acquired by Enfield Cables in 1961. After it folded it became Skellys motor dealership, then becoming Peoples motor dealership.
A view of the interior of the Liverpool Electric Cable Company, Bootle. Photographed by Stewart Bale Ltd, 1920-9. Mersey Cable Works Ltd employees with an electric cable drum, 1941. Photo: National Museums Liverpool, Stewart Bale archive reference 41497-5.
Workers in front of Liverpool Cable factory 1960. Demolishing the facade of the old Liverpool Cable factory.
The main entrance to the Liverpool Cables (later Vactite). There used to be a big crane here. The main office - Vactite.
Hoopers was named after William Hooper, a chemist, who became interested in rubber about 1845. He established a factory at Mitcham to manufacture rubber goods for the medical world, but at the same time was experimenting with rubber for electrical insulating. He established a process for vulcanising electrical cables. In 1864 a consulting company proved his process was superior to gutta percha, and resulted in an 1865 contract with the Indian Government for a submarine communications cable 12 n. m. in length. This cable, and an 1866 one to Ceylon were armoured by Henley's. An 1869 cable to the Persian Gulf was again a Hoopers core with Henley armouring. The passing years resulted in many more Hoopers cables. In 1870 Hooper formed Hooper's Telegraph Works Limited. Probably their biggest cable contract was producing and laying the 2,300 n. m. cable connecting Vladivostock-Nagasaki-Shanghai-Hong Kong. The C. S. Hooper when built in 1873 to lay the Brazilian cable, was the then second largest cableship in the world at 4,935 gross tons, second only to the Great Eastern. Hooper was sold in 1881 to the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company and renamed Silvertown.
W. T. Henley was born in 1814 at Midhurst, Sussex. He was a worker on the London Docks in 1830 and self educated himself. He established himself as a maker of scientific and electrical instruments. One of his customers was Professor Wheatstone. W.T. Henley cableworks began in a workshop in London, 1837, with the manufacture of covered wires. Henley's first submarine cables were produced in 1857. In 1859 he spent £8,000 building a factory at North Woolwich beside the Thames. His name would soon be synonymous with the development of submarine telegraph cables, a success story that culminated in 1863 with the laying of the Persian Gulf telegraph cable, 1615 miles long, for the Indian Government. By the end of 1873 the Henley site had spread to cover some 16 acres and Henley owned 3 cable laying ships and a 400 foot wharf to allow 500 ton ships to load and unload. In 1880 the original firm was reorganised as W. T. Henley's Telegraph Company. He died in 1882. In 1906 work was completed on the impressive Gravesend factory on the Thames, which like the North Woolwich factory included wharf facilities but, perhaps more impressively, extensive purpose built research laboratories. The choice of Gravesend for a site was an easy one, as company historian Ernest Slater wrote in 1937 "Gravesend is where the sea ends and the river begins".
The Second World War saw Henley's company winning praise for various tasks performed for King and Country, especially its development and provision of harbour defence cables for indicator loops and mine cables as well as supplying degaussing cables to protect ships from magnetic mines. Henleys received special praise for its contribution to 'Operation Pluto', the system of petrol pipe lines across the English Channel.
Some of the cable ships were attended by local shipping company Wavecrest Ltd. When ships were loading at the jetty the cable used to run in one continuous length from the factory and was wound onto special drums on board the ships (photo below). Loading continued 24/7 until finished. The depth of water at the jetty was too shallow to accommodate some of the modern cable ships. Barges used to be brought alongside the jetty and the cable ships would then more up to them in deeper water. Getting on and off the ships was an interesting exercise involving scaling a number of ladders from the main jetty up and over the barges and then finally onto the ship. A bit of a marathon especially when carrying ship's papers, sea charts, ship's spares and trying not to drop them in the river! The main Henley factory at North Woolwich however, suffered repeated damage during the war years which led to the decision to build a purpose-built factory at Birtley, completed in 1950.
In 1959, W T Henley & Co was taken over by the AEI conglomerate. AEI was in turn taken over by industrial giant GEC in 1967. Finally in 1997 the cable operations were divested to T T Electronics. In October 2009 it was announced that Henleys/AEI, (one of the last manufacturing companies based by the River Thames in Northfleet) would be moving it's remaining operations to a new site in Sandwich after more than 100 years in the town. Cable making finished in Northfleet a couple of years ago but one division of the company continued to make specialist compounds (used to cover cables). Some of the last submarine cables manufactured at the plant were used on the Kentish Flats wind farm project in the Thames Estuary off the North Kent Coast. In November 2009 Glen Humble took some pictures (above) for posterity "before it is turned into another faceless housing estate" (his words). More at: http://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.com
View from the riverside footpath of some factory units in poor condition. These buildings look older, maybe from 1906. View along Crete Hall Road showing factory buildings which are believed to have been built around 1939.
This office overlooking The Thames is in a terrible state. The cable may have been run out from this tower to the works own jetty where it was loaded onto specialist cable ships.
W T Henley's fine looking disused office building on Crete Hall Road is unfortunately already attracting attention from vandals. Henleys had their own research laboratory. During the WW2 and were involved in several important military projects. They manufactured degaussing cable for ships to counteract the threat of German magnetic mines and anti-submarine indicator loops were their main contributions.
Advertisement for loop cable for the Australian Navy - 1938 Invoice for loop cable for the Australian Navy 31st August 1938
EDISON SWAN
H.W. Smith & Co., established in 1910 as the Electric Wire & Cable Co. at the Trafalgar Works in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, moved into new premises on the other side of Stowfield Road near the River Wye and adjacent to the then Steam Railway Junction in 1912, to be known as the Lydbrook Cable Works. The Cable Works, during the first World War, 1914/18, employed some 650 people, producing cable for the field telephones, some 15,000 miles of it was made. The factory was then acquired by the Edison Swan Electric Co. in the mid 1920s, then employing some 1200 people, producing Power Line Cables. It closed down in 1965 with the loss of some 650 jobs.
During these same Victorian years Sir William Siemens, who founded Siemens and Halske in1858, was equally as active in the manufacture of submarine cables, in addition to projects as diverse as dynamos and recording instruments. The Victorian Era came to a close and soon the Great War clutched Europe, acting as it ravaged as a great catalyst for technological and industrial change, particularly in the realms of electrical equipment and distribution. The great depression followed and during these bleak years The Edison Swan Electric Company became the founder member of the Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) in 1929.
In 1953 AEI acquired Siemens Bros., taking over the Liverpool Electric Cables Company in 1958 and Henleys a year later. These cable companies were integrated as the AEI Cable Division, reorganised in 1960 into four product groups. In 1967 the General Electric Company took over AEI Cables and Hackbridge Cables Co., culminating in the formation of AEI Cables Ltd in 1968. In 1982 production of Mineral Insulated Cables commenced at AEI's Cables Bootle factory in Merseyside.
Invoice for loop cable for the Australian Navy, 20th September 1938
Henley, Siemens and Edison Swan eventually merged into one of the biggest cable manufacturing companies in the world.

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Dunmurry Cricket Club Square Vandalised
Gavin Irwin
The NCU has been informed by officials at Dunmurry Cricket Club that the square at McComb Park has been vandalised. A fire was set on the square on Monday night (28th July) which is the latest incident in a prolonged and sustained campaign against one of our member clubs.
Over the past number of years, Dunmurry Cricket Club has fought hard to stay in existence in spite of numerous acts of vandalism. At least five major break-ins have led to the clubhouse and changing facilities being abandoned – the building is completely unusable given the damage caused. It is estimated that the repair bill to make the building safe to use again would run to tens of thousands of pounds. The club is reliant on its neighbours, Dunmurry Rec FC, to fulfil home fixtures by letting the cricketers use its changing facilities.
In other attacks, arsonists have destroyed an outfield mower; practice nets, sightscreens and covers have been destroyed; and the pitch has been damaged through the scattering of broken bottles / glass, fires set, corrosive liquid poured on to playing surface, motorbikes ridden on the pitch and cars driven onto pitch.
While this latest incident has damaged one pitch, players and officials at Dunmurry Cricket Club are determined to keep fighting to ensure cricket survives. It is a cross community club with Protestants, Catholics and ethnic minorities (Indian community) playing alongside each other and provides a valuable service to the local community. Dunmurry intends to play its final two home fixtures at McComb Park using other pitches on the square.


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Dave rides a Neversummer board and recently brought The Chairman which is the bomb for carving the hill.
Local knowledge for everyone staying at Ski Rider is to use the FREE guest shuttle service. "We love Mick and the boys, especially on a powder day on a weekend when the car park is full".


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TOWN OF VIRGIL
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Welcome to the Town of Virgil
Our American culture got its start in places like the Town of Virgil. The qualities of our early settlers can still be seen in the people who live here today. The pioneering spirit, civic mindedness and friendly hospitality live on in Virgil residents today. Virgil was established as part of a military tract in Central New York, which granted Revolutionary War soldiers land as payment for their service to the military. The Town was named by Albany officials in honor of the Roman poet, Virgil. The Town was first settled in 1792. Shortly after settlement the Town was connected by roads to neighboring communities. Farming and related industries were the main occupation of the early settlers. Farming was the predominant industry in the area, until very recently. The beauty of our township with its rolling hills and gorgeous views is due to in large part to the local farmers stewardship of the land for over two hundred years. More information on Virgil's history can be found in the publication titled "As We Were: A Picture History of Virgil." The publication was compiled by Virgil's Historical Society in 1979. The publication is available for sale at the Virgil Town Hall.
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dirk.
Carnival vase
long time no carnival it seems...
recently got this vase; it's clear glass with marigold iridescence.
the base is very czech-like with birdbath (love that term),
ground and polished.
height about 20cm resp. 8"
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Re: Carnival vase
What an interesting (and puzzling) vase. I have not seen it before, however it has many similarities with the Rose & Drape vase. The unusual and very distinctive fluting around the top of the neck of the vase is identical to that of the Rose & Drape. The cylinder shape, polished base and panelled sides are also similar, as is the distinctive "tear drop" shape at the bottom of the panels near the base (I don't think I have described that feature very well, but it's early Monday and I have not yet had a coffee )
I suspect the same maker. My current theory leans toward Poland but Czechoslovakia is not entirely ruled out.
You can see the Rose & Drape vase here
http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/RoseDrape.html
http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/AztecRose.html
Just released—Carnival from Finland & Norway e-book!
Also, Riihimäki e-book and Carnival from Sweden e-book.
Sowerby e-books—three volumes available
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hi Glen!
thanks for your opinion. had been to your fabulous site but
- obviously - missed that rose-drape vase. yesterday evening's
photos were a bit poor concerning the colour. here are two
further in (whatsocalled) daylight
the small vertical channels and the base in general are rather
silverish golden. is that caused by different temperatures while
the iridescence is applied? Or is it possible that the marigold
colour was done separately before?
Lustrousstone
I think it's a heat thing, the hotter the glass while the metallic salts are sprayed on the better the iridescence. As far as I am aware it's a one-coat job.
Christine, Uranium Towers
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was just wondering why the rim's got no colour at all?
As with a lot of things "Carnival", it's complicated.........
First let's look at your questions about the marigold colouring. The glass has a clear base (no colour) and would have been pressed, removed from the mould and then (while hot) sprayed with marigold iridescence. The "marigold" would not have been applied before.
The effects and varying colours that may show in the iridescence can be caused by variations in the temperature of the glass, as well as by the thickness of the glass (which would also affect its temperature) and of course, the composition of the iridescence itself.
We can go right to the top and quote from Harry Northwood to find out what effect heat had on iridescence. "Spray on the glass very hot for Matt Iridescent and not so hot for Bright Iridescent" (Harry Northwood as quoted in "Harry Northwood: The Wheeling Years": Heacock, Measell, Wiggins). The matt iridescent effect is often described as satiny, while the bright iridescence is what may be called "radium".
Chas West Wilson, in his book "Westmoreland Glass", describes an iridised sugar and cream jug where the jug had a silver iridescence and the sugar had a gold iridescence. His explanation is that "while both the sugar and the creamer were about 1000 degrees F when sprayed, the temperature of the gold sugar was slightly cooler than the silver creamer�.
And then of course, the actual type of iridescent spray itself creates different colour effects. Ferric chloride produced marigold. Combine it with a second iridescent coating (perhaps a tin solution) and you'll get different colours yet again.
Imperial were renowned for their triple doping.....three lots of iridescent sprayings! A knockout effect!
http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/iridescence.html for some info on iridescence.
And now let's consider your recent question about the apparent lack of iridescent colour on the rim. Tricky question . I've looked at my three vases and I can see exactly what you mean. The sides of the vase are richly iridised but that top section seems to be clear(er). It could have been done by masking that edge - but I doubt that very much. What I think has happened is that the spray has been angled at the side panels, and the rim (which slopes in and is at a different angle) has not caught the spray. That could have been accidental or intentional. I actually think it was intentional. It's a quality item, beautifully made.
thanks a lot for your detailed answer - much appreciated! :hiclp:
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One of the most renowned card magicians of all time, Richard Turner astounds audiences around the world with his legendary sleight of hand.
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3. Vehicle Dynamics 10:32
4. Automotive Electronics 5:30
5. Chassis Components 7:59
Discover how you can be "moved" by cars and car parts. Cars are an essential part of everyone's life. For some, it's an appliance to move from Point A to Point B. For others, it's a point to express themselves and relax. Either character needs to have the basic understanding of how cars work and how to take care of them - After all, it's an investment you have for yourself. By understanding how cars work, you can prolong your investment, save money, and get more for what you paid for. This first course will give a basic introduction for the different systems in cars - (Engine, Transmission, etc).
Sam Shah
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Hi - My name is Sam Shah. Cars have always been a passion of mine. Everything from detailing, to maintaining, and even modifying cars fascinates me. In fact, it's because of cars I chose to pursue a career in mechanical engineering. I currently work for a Fortune 500 company as an engineer. Prior to this, I worked at Honda R&D as a co-op. All the companies I have worked for have a strong sense of "teaching" and sharing knowledge. Even in high school & college, I tutored friends to help them prepare for exams, homework, etc. I want to inspire students to achieve their dreams, just as cars have done for me.
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So when facing a life threatening trial, how do you refuel the transformation needed to replenish the balance in life itself? What do you lean on, trust on, or hope on? I am a recently retired OB-GYN-Infertility nurse practitioner of almost thirty years in the field, and I experienced delivering a spectrum of diagnoses in my area of expertise. There were the 'good news' moments with joy, success, and cure. But there will be moments we witness overwhelming pain and the devastating news of death. The shoe is on the other foot now for me. I am the patient with metastatic melanoma skin cancer and not the provider, a very uncomfortable and humbling place for me. Sometimes the biggest battle fought isn't the cancer, but the emotional battle we suddenly find ourselves in. We are not prepared for this emotional turmoil or how to deal with it. The journey I experienced and now share with you had its difficulties, filled with approximately fifty appointments, two surgeries, hospitalization and therapies, but life continues. If you have recently been diagnosed with cancer, I know you are scared; I certainly was. Because in the beginning when you first hear the news, you immediately wonder: 'How is this all going to end?' The journey has only just begun and we are already wondering: 'How it's all going to play out?' I know all the questions you are asking yourself, for I am the patient now and my perspective has changed. I can feel the uncertainty of your courage and strength to proceed through the demands of appointments, diagnostic testing, surgeries, pain, and treatments. I know the tears you will wipe quietly away from your cheek in the middle of the night when you can't sleep or when you are simply all alone, afraid, in pain, or discouraged. I can feel your heart pounding so loud that certainly anyone standing next to you must hear it also. Your mind is spinning with worry from all the 'what ifs.' What will help me 'succeed' at alleviating the fear that is ever present and now sprinkled into my daily life?As a lifelong believer in Christ, a foundation of faith was laid long ago. I was just a believer, as some years were more inclusive of Christ Jesus than others. But I never doubted there was a God. I would learn how to respect, love and nurture this new found relationship in the months ahead. I chose to lean on, trust on, and hope on my faith and I began introducing a spiritual element into my new daily routine. In the months of pain and challenges, reaching for spiritual encouragement and journaling as the days, weeks, and months would pass, I found myself in a relationship with my Creator. He sat with me, walked with me and became my companion when I was alone and tired. Experiencing the joy with this new relationship was a gift to me, from God. But, of course, the medical provider in me led me to bring an educational element to my book. It is not the number one cancer killer, but it is the universally number one diagnosed cancer. I had recognized the lack of awareness amongst my friends and family, in regards to skin cancers and the serious threat they pose. So I include many Medical Pearls, which may be facts, or a helpful hint to pay additional attention to. For those who want to read about an amazing spiritual journey I include several Holy Spirit Moments which could be visions or occurrences in which only God could provide and explain. And, I share Spiritual Pearls which are my spiritual thoughts on scripture, visions or dreams that occurred both past and present, as it contributes to who I am. In my most vulnerable moments, my trust needed to lie somewhere other than myself. I am very good at taking care of myself, thank you very much. Suddenly my life takes a turn, and I better get ready for the unchartered course it will take. One day at a time. We all have a story within us. This shall be my story.


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Lance Drenning
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Current responsibilities
Lance Drenning leads all client account operations and is responsible for the Client Sourcing & Procurement platform and its strategy for the Americas region including Work Dynamics, Project Development Services and Property Management.
He leads a team of 500+ employees and partners with Solutions Development, Product Sourcing & Category Management and JLL stakeholders to drive strategic sourcing initiatives, business growth, and operational excellence.
Lance is also a member of the Americas Work Dynamics Board.
Lance joined JLL in 2006, where he began his work on the Citizens Financial Group account leading data management, technology solution implementation and lean process control.
In 2008 he later moved into the Account Manager role on the RBS Americas account. There he oversaw service delivery for the centralized real estate Service Center, Lease Administration, Project Coordination and Data Management for the client's headquarters and 1800+ retail and office locations across the United States and Canada.
Lance was also a key leader amongst the team that developed, launched, and currently operate the IFM On Demand product. As a result of the overwhelming success, Lance and the team were awarded a Da Vinci Award and the JLL Innovation of the Year Award in 2011.
Most recently, Lance was a Group Account Executive in JLL's East Division and had Executive Oversight responsibilities for 20+ Work Dynamics accounts that stretched throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC and included a team of 1000+ employees. For the portfolio of accounts, Lance oversaw the management of all contracted services, client relationships, development and retention of talent and its overall growth and profitability.
Prior to joining JLL, Lance served as a Business Software Architect for both the BNY Mellon Financial Corporation and General Electric where he was a part of each firm's leadership development programs.
DaVinci – Innovation of the year - 2011
Spotlight Award (client service) - 2016
Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business
BS: Management of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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University of Tennessee, Haslam School of Business
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Problems created by financial stress aren't limited to people's pocketbooks. A new survey found that money-related stress is also taking a toll on Americans' waistlines, friendships, and sleep habits.
The telephone survey, conducted March 14–17, asked 1,011 U.S. adults to name all the ways financial stress is affecting their lives. Of those who rate their financial stress "very" or "somewhat high," almost half, or 47%, said they are sleeping less. Another 43% said they have less patience with friends or are seeing them less often, while 31% are eating more junk food or gaining weight.
The survey also found that about one-fifth of respondents (21%) who rate their financial stress as at least "somewhat high" are arguing more with their spouse or significant other. And one-sixth (17%) said they are getting sick more often, according to the survey results.
Harris Interactive conducted the survey for the AICPA in recognition of National Financial Capability Month, which is observed in April.
While the economy has improved since the darkest days of the Great Recession, an increase in payroll taxes that kicked in at the start of the year intensified financial concerns for many Americans. The increase effectively cut take-home pay for most workers by 2% and prompted more than two-thirds (68%) of those employed to cut spending, reduce savings, or make other sacrifices, according to a news release about the survey that was issued by the AICPA.
The long period of economic sluggishness exhausted many Americans' emergency funds, exacerbating the financial stress of the payroll tax increase, said Ernie Almonte, CPA, CGMA, chair of the AICPA National CPA Financial Literacy Commission.
The survey numbers back up that assertion. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults currently register a high level of financial stress—with women almost twice as likely as men to say it is "very high." Only 28% of adults see a reduction in financial stress over the next six months.
Almonte said this is an opportunity for practitioners to show clients their expertise. He is sitting down with his clients to show them how to prepare a budget. That allows people to take back control of their lives—financial and otherwise.
He also advises CPAs to direct their clients to a couple of AICPA resources that can help. The first is the comprehensive financial education program 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy, which has a website that includes tools, calculators, and advice to help Americans understand and manage their financial needs. In addition, the AICPA earlier this year published the CPA profession's first consumer book, Save Wisely, Spend Happily, with expert advice on myriad topics from CPAs across the country.


My first CD of original music is now available, both digitally and physical CDs. If you want to purchase a CD, signed or unsigned, from me, you can buy it here and I will personally ship them to you. Cost will be $13 (including shipping and handling). If you want to purchase multiple copies I will figure out the shipping costs for you and add that to the price of the CDs - $10 a piece for multiple orders. There is a 12 page, full color, booklet with lyrics, notes about the songs and additional pictures as well. For now, friends and family can email me with orders and address to send to, and I will email back with the total cost, etc. I should be able to ship cds the first week of July. You can also send me an email on the contact page of this website. Soon I will have buttons for paypal that will do orders automatically, but until we have that up, you can just email me and we can do it case by case. Thanks so much!


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Did Bella Hadid's Boyfriend Get Her the Cutest Present Ever?
Meet Bella's new dog, Hendrix.
By Hannah Weintraub
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 09: Model Bella Hadid and The Weeknd are seen walking in Soho on October 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)Photo: Getty Images
Yesterday was a major day for Bella Hadid. Not only was it her nineteenth birthday, it was revealed that the model slash It-girl was secretly battling Lyme Disease since 2012. While the news broke to the public yesterday, her illness wasn't going to get in the way of her celebrating her major life milestone. The brunette stepped out in New York City with her BF, The Weeknd, mom Yolanda Foster, sis Gigi Hadid and Joe Jonas, but it was the new guest on Bella's Instagram that she was clearly most excited to see.
In her latest post, Bella revealed that she got a brand new uber adorable puppy for her birthday. She captioned the photo "My new baby Hendrix ......I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3."
The photo of Bella's fluffy new friend had many speculating if he was a gift from bae, Abel Tesfaye. It's only natural the two would want to take their relationship to the next step, and maybe this was their way of moving forward. After all, taking care of a puppy is a big responsibility. It's not confirmed who gifted Bella with possibly the best present ever but it looks like whoever did, probably won best friend of the year in Bella's book. Hey Bella, if you need someone to house sit with Hendrix while you're on set and Abel's touring, we'll be happy to do so!
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Christina Porter Lambert, 68, of Lee's Summit, passed away unexpectedly on September 23, 2018. She was born November 7, 1949, in Fairmont, MN, the daughter of John Porter and Betty Nelson. Her parents preceded her in death. Tina worked in management for Dirty Don's Bargain Center in Raytown before she retired.
Tina leaves her daughter, Emily Lambert; brother, Bruce Porter; sister, Kitty Strauser; and companion of 30 years, Don Glenn and his family.
A private celebration of Tina's life will be held at a later date. Remembering her love for animals, donations instead of flowers are suggested to any shelter or related cause for animals.


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Today we'd like to introduce you to Lisa Abaya.
My story is similar to many artists, in that I grew up feeling like an outsider. I was born in San Francisco, to a Mexican Serbian mother and a Chinese father, who never liked to follow the rules. Early on, I was taught about my heritage but I never understood cultural identity, nor did I appreciate other people's strong sense of roots. I went to many cultural events and yet I felt the scrutiny of people because I didn't speak the language or look a specific way. I became accustomed to feeling "other" and began cultivating my own visual language and culture. This shaped my rebellion and led to my passion for painting.
My parents were strict with me growing up, but they also allowed me the freedom to take huge risks. They applauded excellence and hard work. For thirteen years I studied ballet at the San Francisco Ballet school, in a rigorous, preprofessional program. From the age of three, I decided I was going to be a principal ballet dancer. During my sophomore year of high school, I decided to drop out. I saw that a dance career was demanding and short-lived. I grew tired of conforming my body and art to the standards of perfection and beauty of ballet directors. I wanted more control and freedom. I had always made art and was studying fine arts simultaneously at a magnet arts high school, so this felt like a natural progression. Dropping dance gave me focus. I applied to art school and have pursued a life of creating ever since.
My paintings are about light and its permanence. I use crude materials and reflective pigments to craft a moving picture. Film and dance have been very important to me and I enjoy the challenge to imbue as much life as I can within a two-dimensional plane. When I was ten, I went to catholic school which informed a lot of my world view. From mass, I learned to appreciate fragrance, gravity and transcendence through a carefully crafted experience. The dark churches with strategic windows created a complete mood and emotion to the spaces. I am committed to the idea that our world is a shell of what it is supposed to be. I use beauty to invite the viewer to "see" the world hidden behind the temporal.
Being an artist and trying to support yourself can be a precarious balance. I do not depend on selling art as a consistent source of income and instead work creative jobs to support my art. Any struggles I face, have become motivations. Those challenges are signs that you are heading in the right direction. Adversity can help you prioritize and determine what is truly important to you.
I have a piece currently hanging in the show Truth+ Image, at the International House located in west Philadelphia. This show will be up through mid-December of this year. I also update regularly my website with new works and I mention new shows on my blog. My Instagram is best way to follow my newest projects, design collaborations and inspirations.


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The Dad Diaries
Jennifer Kenny
VP Client Services, m5 Moncton
Okay, so I volunteered (rather enthusiastically) to share the story of my dad's impact on my life as we embark on Father's Day. We are calling this the "Dad Diaries" in recognition of our collective celebration of fatherhood, but I dedicate this to David Boyle, a really incredible dad. We lost him 6 years ago due to cancer. Yet, this story is not about that sadness. Rather, it's about a man who was the epitome of strength and how he passed that strength on to his 5 children (Yes, I am the eldest of 5 children, all born in a 6-year span. It was a busy household growing up to say the least).
My personal philosophy has always been "dedication and a strong work ethic leads to excellence," and it was my father who instilled this in me. For those who have visited my office, you may have noticed that I have a framed photo of my dad in my office. I love this photo for so many reasons. It was taken just a few years before he passed away; he was in remission at the time. In this photo, he is standing in front of the awards cabinet at St. Thomas University. He is wearing his traditional red golf shirt and khaki bottoms, and of course, has a golf-style ball cap close by (yes, he loved to golf!). In the cabinet, there is a yellow leather athletic jacket that is emblazoned with a badge that reads, "STU Tommies '71 Champs Soccer". This was his old jacket that he donated to his alma mater athletics department many years prior. He was so happy that day to be there and to see it so proudly displayed in the cabinet. After all, this was his championship coat that he would have won back when he was only 24 years old.
To me, this picture personifies the message that "dedication and a strong work ethic leads to excellence". It is literally a symbol of that very sentiment. You see, my dad was born in rural New Brunswick, the eldest of 10 children in a struggling family. These would have been pretty lean times. He used to talk about there not being enough bedrooms in their small house, so he slept in the attic. He said it was a rustic space with no heat, and he sometimes reminisced about icicles hanging down over his bed. I expect food security would have been an issue. There were also some tumultuous home challenges that led to him leaving the household at the age of 15. He was taken in by a relative for the duration of his high school years. During this time, he worked and made professional relationships that shaped his later years. He was determined to set forth on a positive path. He worked very hard – likely more than any of his peers – to not only get accepted into university, but put himself through university, all on his own. He became the first person ever in his family to go to university. I find it quite incredible to think about what he would have needed to overcome to do that – especially in the context of the late 60's/early 70's. And, he would have had no one behind him, just his own perseverance.
I remember that jacket hanging in a closet of our family home. In fact, I think it was in a closet for decades. I never gave it much thought at the time; it was just dad's old jacket. But today, that jacket, as so neatly captured in this picture, is the outcome of all that effort.
Of course, my dad's kindness, warmth, drive, and motivation would set the tone for the way I viewed the importance of work ethic. He was my cheerleader (he would literally drive 14 hours each way to bring me home on university break and take me back) and my mentor. He was the one that gently encouraged excellence in everything we did, shaping the people we would become.
While he may no longer be with us, he always will be beside me.
Happy Father's Day.
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I watched this a while ago. Does anyone know how accurate it is?
It is a 1000% accurate, making it divinely accurate and not up for discussion.
Proof that we should still be worshipping the sun, if we are weak and need a crutch in life.
Christianity is indeed influenced by earlier religions, but according some members of this forum that are more knowledgeable about the history of religion, Zeitgeist's research is sloppy and contains many errors.
Bethlehem is only about 30 miles from the coast. If Sirius was the so called Christmas star, then the wise men did not have much of a walk.
The Jews used a lunar calendar and as such were unlikely to have tracked a 12 month zodiac.
It is still mythology, whether it is christian mythology of Greek mythology, it is still just mythology.
. . . maybe it is Roman mythology ?!? What is it??
What I mean is in informatin on the mythology. Is it accurate?
-walk.Well from what I have read, is that the three wise men are actually three stars that we still see in the night sky,but who knows ?


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Development Beat
By James Borden | January 29, 2015
Today on the Development Beat: Denny's on Wake Forest & forensic labs at Wake County Detention Center to receive upgrades.
Work Set to Begin on Downtown's Newest Apartment Complex
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By James Borden | December 22, 2016
Permits have been issued for Raleigh's second location of the burger chain Bad Daddy's, which will be located in the North Raleigh Olive Park shopping Center. Plus: parking lot repairs for Cameron Village and a kitchen renovation for Chilango Tacos & Grill on New Hope Church Road.
Development Beat: Major Work Wednesday
We take a look at some plans to add a new porch and a second-story addition to a 1915 bungalow in the historic Oakwood section of downtown Raleigh.
Development Beat: Teardown Tuesday
We take a quick look at the very recent demolition of the "Crabshack" at the Crabtree Valley Swim Club.
Development Beat: Mind Your Manors Monday
We take a look at the last two week's new home and home renovation projects in and around the City of Oaks. Plus: a report on all the home sales during that period.
Development Beat: A New Use For The Old Rex II: The Rexening
The Old Rex Hospital site at the intersection of Wade and St. Mary's has officially been put up for sale, and the state is seeking a buyer who will transform the former hospital campus into a state-of-the-art mixed-use development.
We take a look at some recent commercial renovation permits, including the new coffee lounge Sir Walter Coffee, and the new convenience store Hillsborough Street Mart on the ground floor of the Hillsborough 1301 Apartments.
Significant renovations, including the removal of a double-height Georgian porch, are being planned for the Norris Heartt House, a Victorian Italianite style home originally built in 1879 and located at 421 N. Blount St.
Development Beat: Capital Projects in the Capital City
We take a look at five of the biggest Capital Improvement Projects the City of Raleigh is currently developing, including a brand-new municipal complex.
By James Borden | December 9, 2016
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[Pages:17]Issue Brief no. 2
Applying a Gender Lens to Agriculture
Farmers, Leaders, and Hidden Influencers in the Rural Economy
In This Brief
Women Farmers
Agroprocessing Employees
Hidden Influencers
What Makes an Agricultural Enterprise "Gender Inclusive"?
Areas for Further Research
We would like to thank the Citi Foundation and the Skoll Foundation for their generous support of this Issue Brief Series and more generally for their leadership in supporting the development of the smallholder agricultural finance sector.
The Citi Foundation supports the economic empowerment and financial inclusion of low- to moderate-income people in communities where Citi operates. The Skoll Foundation drives large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world's most pressing problems.
In addition, we extend our gratitude to the Kendeda Fund and to the Weissberg Foundation for their early support of Root Capital's Women in Agriculture Initiative (WAI). These multi-year partnerships have supported the launch and the growth of the WAI, and made this issue brief possible.
In this issue brief, the second in Root Capital's Issue Brief Series, we share our experience of applying a gender lens to our work in smallholder agricultural finance. Through our Women in Agriculture Initiative, we have been able to better understand the areas in which we know we support women (as farmers, agro-processing employees, and leaders). This work has also identified new areas for potential impact that further foster economic empowerment for women, underscoring the vital nature of women in less conspicuous -- but high-impact -- roles and positions. We call these protagonists "hidden influencers," and in agriculture they include midlevel managers at agricultural businesses, agronomists, leaders of farmer networks, and agrodealers.
While much of the discussion to date among impact investors and development practitioners has been focused on the two ends of the spectrum ? women as leaders and women at the base of the economic pyramid ? we have seen that women in the middle play critical roles. We seek to expand the dialogue in impact investing and international development to document, celebrate, and support these hidden influencers.
Root Capital is a nonprofit organization that provides loans and financial management training to agricultural businesses in the "missing middle" of finance -- rural enterprises that are too large for microfinance and considered too small, too risky, and too remote for commercial banks to serve. Our clients are farmer associations and private businesses that help build sustainable livelihoods by aggregating or serving hundreds, sometimes thousands, of rural producers in Africa and Latin America. Since 1999, Root Capital has disbursed $700 million in credit to more than 500 businesses in Africa and Latin America, representing more than 850,000 smallholder farmers, including more than 220,000 women farmers.
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Since its founding in 2004, Rwandan coffee cooperative Musasa has grown from 300 to more than 1,800 members--among them many women who were made widows by the 1994 genocide. Today, some of Musasa's key managers are women, and the cooperative is pioneering new business opportunities for its female members.
In the past five years, women's economic empowerment has become a prevalent theme among international development practitioners, mainstream investors, and global companies alike. The theme is reflected in the mainstream media, with iconic books like Half the Sky and Lean In delving into issues ranging from basic human rights to corporate profits through a gender lens. Gender lens investing has emerged as a strategy to invest in companies that are run by women, offer equal opportunity to women and men, or have a positive impact on women and girls in some other way.1 There is mounting evidence that companies and countries that include and empower women perform better than those that do not.2 A report by Booz & Company says it plainly: "Positive steps intended to economically empower women not only contribute to the immediate goals of mobilizing the female workforce, but also lead to broader gains for all citizens in such areas as economic prosperity, health, early childhood development, security and freedom."3
Approaches to supporting women's economic empowerment -- that is, ideas on where to direct funding and services -- are generally concentrated at opposite ends of the economic spectrum; gender lens investors emphasize business leaders and entrepreneurs while international development practitioners focus primarily on women on the margins of the formal economy or those excluded from it entirely.
Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In focuses on the former, highlighting low numbers of women in corporate leadership positions. She calls on women to pursue the C-suite in their own careers, and on companies to recognize the strengths of women and the benefits of diverse perspectives as they hire staff and promote leaders. But for women and men alike, rising to the very top is the exception rather than the norm. Women leaders, while critical, represent only part of the story.
At the other end of the economic spectrum, empowering women "at the bottom of the power pyramid"4 is increasingly recognized as an important economic development strategy in low-income countries. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's Half the Sky chronicles women and girls who have endured some of humanity's most widespread atrocities and argues that a collective focus on women not as victims but as "economic catalysts" will ultimately transform their lives and the economies of their nations. We couldn't agree more.
1 2013, Keefe, Joseph, Pax World Investments, "Gender Equality as an Investment Concept."
2 For example, a 2008 McKinsey study and a 2011 Catalyst study show that companies with more gender diversity in leadership perform better than those without. The Catalyst study found that U.S. Fortune 500 companies with the highest representation of women on their boards (19 to 44 percent women) realize 16 percent higher net income as a percentage of revenue than companies with no women on their boards. On the macroeconomic scale, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that if women and men had equal access to productive agricultural resources, global hunger would decrease by 12 to 17 percent. Booz & Company estimates that raising female employment to male levels could have a direct impact on GDP of 5 percent in the United States, 9 percent in Japan, 12 percent in the United Arab Emirates, and 34 percent in Egypt.
3 2013, Booz & Company, "Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012."
4 Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn use this term in Half the Sky.
Issue Brief: Applying a Gender Lens to Agriculture
Root Capital client AgroMantaro provides a steady income to hundreds of smallholder farmers and job security for more than 600 employees at its processing plant ? 90 percent of whom are women holding their first formal job.
"By increasing women's participation in the economy and enhancing their efficiency and productivity, we
can bring about a dramatic impact on the competitiveness and growth of our economies. The gap between the
" developed and the developing countries would narrow significantly as productivity rises.
--Hillary Rodham Clinton in a speech at the 2011 Women and the Economy Forum of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Root Capital focuses on agricultural enterprises as change agents in rural communities. We support both leaders and base-of-thepower-pyramid farmers and agricultural workers. However, when we consider our impact through a gender lens, we uncover additional roles that women often play: midlevel accountants, production managers, and field officers, for example. This is an entire tier of employees who often go unnoticed but who are critical in making businesses function effectively today, and who have the potential to be the leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. By supporting women in these less conspicuous but highly influential roles, we can further expand our impact on women.
The purpose of this issue brief is to share Root Capital's experience of applying a gender lens to our work in smallholder agricultural finance. In doing so, we can better understand the areas in which we know we support women (as leaders, farmers, and agroprocessing employees), and identify new areas for potential impact that further foster economic empowerment for women (midlevel managers and field officers). We encourage other investors and development practitioners to similarly expand their gender lens beyond a narrow focus at one or the other end of the economic spectrum with the recognition that we collectively need to unlock women's potential across the entire continuum to realize the full benefits to society.
Root Capital provides loans and financial management training to agricultural enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Whether it be a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua, a maize seed distributor in Kenya, a mango exporter in Burkina Faso, or an artichoke processor in Peru, our clients serve as anchor institutions within their rural communities. In addition to linking farmers to markets to facilitate their primary source of income, many of these enterprises also provide access to a range of other benefits, including training programs, agricultural inputs, microloans, and social programs like educational scholarships and health clinics. Many of these businesses also provide employment -- frequently the first formal jobs their employees have held -- for dozens or, in some cases, hundreds of women sorting and grading coffee, cashews, or fresh produce.
Since our founding in 1999, we have understood that simply by working in agriculture and supporting these businesses, we have a significant impact on women's economic empowerment. That is, by financing and building the managerial capacity of rural organizations, we have supported hundreds of talented leaders and hundreds of
EstherKirungo, left,isoneof3,000womenagrodealersinKenya. She and her son sell high-yield, drought-resistant seed from Root Capital client, Freshco, to local smallholder farmers.
thousands of farmers and agricultural workers, many of them women. In 2013, for example, we provided $122 million in loans to 250 businesses. These clients sourced products from 400,000 farmers who rely on the businesses for income and a stable market. Approximately 115,000, or just under 30 percent, of these farmers are women.
However, because we are working within inherently inequitable s ystems in terms of women's decision-making power and access to training, land, farm inputs, credit, and other productive assets, we felt compelled to more deliberately address the issues affecting women. In 2012, we formally launched our Women in Agriculture Initiative to understand the impact we and our clients have on women and gain a deeper insight into all of the roles that women play along the e conomic spectrum.
If women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20 to 30 percent. This would raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5 to four percent, in turn reducing the number of hungry people in the world by 12 to 17 percent.
Roles of Women in Small and Growing Agricultural Enterprises
Entrepreneurship is a powerful force for economic growth, and in agricultural value chains, Root Capital has always regarded women-led enterprises as having particularly high potential for social impact. At the same time, the imperative to help the millions of women at the base of the power pyramid -- like the women farmers and agroprocessing employees whom Root Capital works to empower -- is indisputable from both a moral and an economic growth perspective. Importantly, our experience in applying a gender lens to our portfolio has highlighted additional ways we support women in different but equally compelling roles. Between the handful of women entrepreneurs and cooperative leaders and the roughly 200 million women farmers5 are millions of women playing less conspicuous roles who nevertheless have a profound impact on their families and communities.
We aim to "work where the women are," supporting women in the high-impact roles they are already playing, and encouraging women's participation in influential roles that currently are more often occupied by men.
5 Based on Dalberg's estimate that there are 450 million smallholder farmers globally in "Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance" (2012).
Nahual?: Earning a Premium for Women-Produced Coffee
In the highlands of Guatemala, where 76 percent of the population is considered poor,6 Nahual? coffee cooperative sources beans from 160 smallholder farmers, including 70 women. Nahual? sells most of its coffee certified as organic and fair trade to specialty coffee buyers in North America and Europe. In 2004, the cooperative began to export a portion of its coffee through Caf? Femenino, an exporter that sources coffee exclusively from women. In 2013, Nahual? exported 20,000 pounds of coffee under the Caf? Femenino brand (about onefifth of its total export) for an additional $0.02 per pound premium.
As a result of Nahual?'s participation in Caf? Femenino, more women have joined the cooperative. Importantly, in a sector in which men typically collect payment, the women of Nahual?, in accordance with Caf? Femenino rules, are paid directly, which gives them enhanced visibility of cash flows. Nahual?'s women members attend cooperative trainings as often as their male counterparts, although they are still less likely to participate in the cooperative's assembly meetings, indicating that they continue to be underrepresented in decision making at the organizational level. While women still perform "women's tasks" on the farm, such as harvesting and sorting, they are increasingly involved in the steps of coffee production traditionally restricted to men, such as pruning and fertilizer application.
Members of the women-only group that produce "Caf? Femenino" at the Nahual? cooperative.
Maria Susana Guarchaj Tahay has been a member of Nahual? for two years, selling her coffee for a premium through the Caf? Femenino brand. She views coffee as an integral part of the well-being of both her community and her own family. She and her husband plan to pass down their coffee farm to their three children, and income from their coffee sales pay for important expenses such as their children's school fees. "Coffee is an asset in this community and has helped us meet many of our needs," she says. "As coffee producers, we have been able to access credit through the cooperative. Coffee is what keeps us fed and gives sustenance to the family."
Root Capital provides loans and financial training to agricultural businesses that provide higher and more stable prices than other buyers to their farmer suppliers. Our theory of change is that this access to finance and training leads to higher incomes for farm households. What's more, when farmers are women, we see additional benefits, including a focus on the nutrition and educational needs of children, women's increased self-esteem, and stronger decision-making voice in the home and community. Smallholder farmers, especially women farmers, are a linchpin for meeting rising resource challenges; investing in women is a key way to promote food security for individuals, families and entire communities.
As farmers, women face significant and well-documented constraints.7 In rural areas of low-income countries, women farmers often have less access than men to land title, credit, information, training, and
productive resources such as fertilizer and farm equipment. According to the FAO, if women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20 to 30 percent. This would raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5 to four percent, in turn reducing the number of hungry people in the world by 12 to 17 percent.8 Especially in cash crops like coffee, women are less likely than men to sign on as cooperative members or as registered suppliers to agribusinesses because of time constraints related to their roles of taking care of the home, child care, and elder care, lower mobility than men, and other cultural norms. While women's participation in agricultural activities varies widely by geography and other factors, their contributions are significant but economically undervalued.9 When women do become members or registered suppliers, their participation in leadership roles and enterprise-level decision-making is more limited than men.10
6 2011, IFAD, Guatemala Country Profile. IFAD.
7 The World Bank, FAO, and IFAD's Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides detailed accounts of the constraints facing female farmers, but provides a framework that identifies gender asymmetries in: 1) access to and control over assets; participation and power in land, labor, financial, and product markets; risk; market information, extension services, skills, and training; participation and leadership in rural organizations; rights, empowerment, and political voice; household composition and labor availability.
8 FAO 2010-2011. The State of Food and Agriculture.
9 San Ignacio has a population of 130,000 and is one of 13 provinces in the region of Cajamarca in northern Peru.
10 The World Bank, FAO, and IFAD's Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides detailed accounts of the constraints facing female farmers, but provides a framework that identifies gender asymmetries in: 1) access to and control over assets; participation and power in land, labor, financial, and product markets; risk; market information, extension services, skills, and training; participation and leadership in rural organizations; rights, empowerment, and political voice; household composition and labor availability.
Cajou Espoir: An Alternative to Migration
Cajou Espoir is a private company located in Togo's Tchamba region. It sources and processes cashew nuts from 550 smallholder farmers, and its processing plant provides employment to 500 local workers, 80 percent of whom are women. Cajou Espoir is the only industrial employer in the region, and since opening in 2004 it has contributed to a revitalization of the local economy. This trend is consistent with African cashew processing in general, in which women represent 80 percent of employees overall.
While the African cashew industry has traditionally been limited to primary production, with raw nuts then shipped to Asia for processing, value-added processing in Africa is on the rise and more than doubled between 2006 and 2010. According to the African Cashew Initiative, a 25 percent increase in cashew processing in Africa would generate more than US$100 million in household income in the r egion.
Before working at Cajou Espoir, many of the women in Tchamba would move to Nigeria to work as servants or sharecroppers. For example, Salamatou, a full-time employee in Cajou Espoir's processing
plant, has worked as a cashew peeler in the factory since 2009. Prior to working at the plant, she had moved from Togo to Nigeria to look for a job. When she heard about a factory opening in Tchamba, she moved back. Now 35 and expecting her third child, Salamatou is happy to be settled back in her hometown. "Cajou Espoir has transformed my life," she says. "I can now stay in Tchamba -- and pay for my children's clothes and school necessities."
At Cajou Espoir, women like Salamatou earn four to seven times more income than domestic workers in Nigeria and have been able to make investments such as sending their children to school, starting their own side businesses, and moving from mud huts to brick homes. Diaka Sall, Root Capital's Regional Lending Director for West Africa, points out that Cajou Espoir not only directly supports women by providing stable jobs, but also helps the next generation of girls stay in school: "Teachers say they see better attendance by young girls, and they stay in school longer because their parents don't need to send them to get jobs."
Agricultural businesses can address the forces that otherwise limit women's participation as suppliers in a variety of ways, including:
? Creating a woman's brand within the broader enterprise to provide direct income to women farmers and increase their participation as members and decision-makers (see Nahual? case on previous page);
? Offering social programs such as a women's health clinic, providing loans for microenterprises, and
? Offering a market for secondary goods commonly produced by women such as honey and handcrafts.
Agroprocessing Employees Women represent the majority of agroprocessing employees at enterprises that process raw goods (e.g., cashews, artichokes, and mangoes) collected from smallholder producers. At their best, these jobs provide women with an independent income stream, increased autonomy, and new social networks; frequently, they also offer long-term benefits such as education, health care, and training. But because these positions tend to require low skills and to be located in areas with low rates of formal employment, women in these jobs potentially face poor working conditions, job insecurity, and low wages.
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Kununurra Youth Join Ultimate Challenge
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Earlier in March, two Kununurra youth and one carer boarded the Leeuwin Ultimate Challenge in Fremantle, a week-long voyage specifically catering to youth with physical, sensory or intellectual limitations.
Traveling from the Kimberley, Christopher Cardell from Kununurra (20), Lieuwe Ynema from Wyndam (21) and carer David Thorncroft from Kununurra were funded to board the voyage through the Kimberley Aged and Community Services.
The voyage which ran from 8 – 12 March included 27 young people with limitations and support participants.
These participants had the opportunity to experience the thrill of sailing a tall ship for five days along Perth's coastline – in a safe, fun and supportive environment.
Jennifer Kelly, Carer Support Coordinator at the Kimberley Aged and Community Services comments on the success of the voyage.
"We would like to thank the Sail Leeuwin team and Sponsors, it's wonderful that these young men can participate in a once in a life time opportunity," she said.
"Coming from a remote area these opportunities rarely come along, being able to make new friends and long lasting memories is very special to both them and their families."
Current plans for the next Ultimate Challenge are to be held in February 2018. Should you wish to donate funds towards this cause, please call the office on (08) 9430 4105.
The Leeuwin Foundation is an award winning provider of personal development and leadership programs that provide key life skills for young people aged 14-25 that they will take into their studies, careers and community.
Since 1986, the Leeuwin has provided exciting and life-changing programs to more than 40,000 young people from across Australia.
The voyages aim to challenge and inspire young people to realise their personal potential and make a positive contribution to the wider community.


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