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#14 | Kit de Waal
By WriteStuff Last updated Oct 1, 2018
This episode of WriteStuff features Kit de Waal. Kit's latest novel; The Trick to Time tells two love stories, both involving Mona, a woman who has suffered a lot and who comes up with a way of using dolls to provide healing to women who have suffered the loss of a child. We talk about this in this interview as well as her great first novel; My Name is Leon, in which she drew a lot from her professional life in describing the experience of a child in a foster care system. Kit is also an advocate for protest, which comes up in this discussion in the context of the housing protests taking place in Ireland.
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The Benefits of Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide for Food Processing
A blend of gases — carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen — help preserve packaged food by reducing the amount of oxygen inside the sealed package. Gas flushing or Modified Atmosphere Packaging, as the process is called, also reduces the amount of processing that food must undergo. This preserves the quality and nutrient content of meats, vegetables, and other foods.
Estimates suggest that 25-40 percent of fresh food does not reach consumers due to spoilage in transit. Modified Atmosphere Packaging enables fresh food to stay fresh by slowing down the food spoilage process, reduces food waste, and allows consumers to store purchased foods for longer.
Without Modified Atmosphere Packaging, oxygen levels inside food packages would be 20.9 percent. By introducing nitrogen into the package, facilities strive to lower oxygen levels, sometimes as far as zero. With no oxygen inside the package, bacteria will be unable to grow and the food will not oxidize. Carbon dioxide also inhibits bacteria growth and lowers the pH of preserved food. Carbon monoxide is often used in meat packaging, as it can preserve the red color. Packing plants use either low-barrier, breathable film that allows fruits and vegetables to breathe, or high-barrier film that prevents gas inside packaged meat, fish, or cheese from seeping out.
As oxygen is flushed out of the package, the blend of nitrogen and carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide is piped in and the package is sealed, trapping the inert gases inside.
While the process of Modified Atmosphere Packaging revolutionized food packing, it isn't without risk. Nitrogen gas, a critical component of the gas flushing blend, has the potential to create an oxygen deficient environment if a leak occurs. As nitrogen leaks, it physically displaces oxygen, often in a matter of minutes. As employees breathe air that does not have enough oxygen, they may become tired and confused or experience difficulty breathing. Within minutes, employees could die from asphyxiation as a result of breathing oxygen-deficient air.
Since nitrogen gas has no color or odor, secondary measures must be used to detect a leak before staff experience life-threatening symptoms. One simple and cost-effective way to monitor the food packing facility for leaks is by using an oxygen monitor.
How an Oxygen Monitor Protects Workers in Food Packing Plants
While it's critical to maintain the right blend of gas in packaged foods, it's also important to ensure that gas used in food packing equipment does not leak out of the machines. Gases used in food packing, including nitrogen, are colorless and odorless, so staff would be unable to detect a leak visually. By installing an oxygen monitor in the food packing facility, employers can detect leaks before workers' health is adversely affected.
Since nitrogen gas depletes oxygen, it's easy to tell whether nitrogen is leaking by taking continual measures of oxygen. The secure, wall-mounted oxygen monitor checks the levels of oxygen in the room and remains silent as long as oxygen is above the minimum amount.
The oxygen monitor will sound an alarm if oxygen falls to 19.5% or 18.0%. The 90 db alarm is designed to be heard over the sound of the equipment, and there's also a flashing light to warn employees of a drop in oxygen levels. Employees can then leave the room before the oxygen falls below the acceptable threshold and staff begin to experience health problems.
In addition to using oxygen monitors on the food packing line, facilities should also use oxygen monitors wherever inert gases are stored. Oxygen deficiency monitors from PureAire are designed to last for a minimum of 10 years with no maintenance or annual calibration. The monitors feature a digital display that's easy to read, and do not drift as a result of barometric pressure. If you're looking for an oxygen monitor that's low maintenance, accurate, and easy to use, consider PureAire. Visit www.pureairemonitoring.com to learn more.


The gardening club have been very busy harvesting produce for Rafal to cook!
Class 3 enjoyed their picnic. They had been busy baking and were ready to eat it all.
On Friday 3rd July Class 1 and Year 2 went to the beach at Rockcliffe. The sun shone all day and was finished off with an ice cream or lolly.
Last Thursday Mrs Sweetman, Mrs Harrison and 8 children who entered the Fairtrade T-shirt competition took part in a walk along a section of the Cumbrian Fairtrade Way, from Carlisle to Dalston with 4 other schools.
On Tuesday 16th June 2015 the whole school went to Edinburgh Zoo for the day.
Here are some images from this year's PTA Summer Fair which was held on Sunday 7th June 2015. Lots of fun was had by all.
Pictures from the whole school thinking and skills day Easter 2015.
We had fun in the snow building snowmen and igloos and throwing snow balls.
Images of the Christmas Fair which we held in December 2014 at school.
Our Christmas Lunch with hats & crackers.


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Tag Archives: Ann Eliza Cromwell
pekinhistory 5:52 pm on July 27, 2018
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The abolitionists of Pekin and the formation of the Union League
This is a revised version of a "From the Local History Room" column that first appeared in February 2012 before the launch of this weblog, republished here as a part of our Illinois Bicentennial Series on early Illinois history.
On Friday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m., in the Pekin Public Library Community Room, the library will have a showing of two videos about Pekin's first astronaut Lt. Commander (ret.) Scott Altman. The videos are a part of the library's Illinois Bicentennial Series.
First will be a 35-minute video of Altman's keynote address at an April 1996 meeting of the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce. Afterwards will be a showing of the footage of Altman's recent induction into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astronauts' Hall of Fame, a video 20 minutes in length.
While the Bicentennial Series videos next week exemplify the astounding technological progress of the modern age, this week's "From the Local History Room" column looks back to an important aspect of the push for moral and cultural progress in Illinois. This will we will take a trip back to the days of the slavery abolition movement, which made its mark in Pekin and Tazewell County, as it did in many other communities in the Northern States. The "Pekin Centenary 1849-1949" volume presents an enlightening narrative of that important time in our local history.
As we have seen from earlier columns in our Illinois Bicentennial Series, although Illinois was a "free" state, pro-slavery sentiment was predominant throughout southern and central Illinois. In our area, according to the Centenary (p.15), "Pekin was a pro-slave city for years. Some of the original settlers had been slave-owners themselves, and the overwhelming sentiment in Pekin was Democratic. Stephen A. Douglas, not Abraham Lincoln, was the local hero, although Lincoln was well-liked, and had some German following."
Lincoln, of course, was one of Illinois' leading abolitionist attorneys and politicians, and in 1841 he argued and won a case before the Illinois Supreme Court that secured the freedom of "Black Nance," a Pekin resident who was the former slave of Nathan Cromwell, whose wife Ann Eliza had chosen Pekin's name. On Oct. 6, 1858, Lincoln and his fellow abolitionist politician, U.S. Senator Lyman Trumbull, came to Pekin and addressed a large crowd in the court house square. (Trumbull would later co-author the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing slavery.)
It was largely due to the influx of German immigrants into Pekin, many of whom had fled religious persecution in their home countries, that abolitionist sentiment began to flourish in our city. Many Baptists were abolitionists, and in 1853 a German congregation of Baptists organized in Pekin – the origin of Pekin's Calvary Baptist Church.
Among Pekin's abolitionist leaders, according to the Pekin Centenary, was Dr. Daniel Cheever, who engaged in Underground Railroad activities from his home at the corner of Capitol and Court streets (and whose farm near Delavan was a depot on the Underground Railroad), by which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada. Other early Pekin settlers active in the abolitionist movement were the brothers Samuel and Hugh Woodrow (Catherine Street was named for Samuel's wife, and Amanda Street was named for Hugh's). The Woodrows aided runaway slaves at their homes in the vanished village of Circleville south of Pekin.
With the onset of the Civil War in 1861, Illinois cities such as Pekin and Peoria were divided between the pro-slavery element, who favored the Confederacy, and the abolitionist and pro-Union element. In the early days of the war, a secessionist organization calling itself the "Knights of the Golden Circle" (which was something of a precursor to the Ku Klux Klan) boldly worked in support of secession and slavery. The Centenary says the Knights were "aggressive and unprincipled," and "those who believed in the Union spoke often in whispers in Pekin streets and were wary and often afraid."
This detail from an 1877 "aerial view" map of Pekin shows the building, marked by the number 55, where the Union League was organized on June 25, 1862.
To counter the dominance of the Knights and promote the cause of the Union, a secret meeting was held on June 25, 1862, above Dr. Cheever's office at 331 Court St., where 11 of Pekin's early settlers formed the Union League to promote the cause of Union and abolition. The anti-slavery Germans of Pekin quickly became active in the League. Soon a chapter of the Union League was organized in Bloomington, and then an important chapter in Chicago, where John Medill, founding publisher of the Chicago Tribune, was a leading member.
Very soon the Union League had "swept the entire North and became a great and powerful instrument for propaganda and finance in support of the War" (Pekin Centenary, p.21). After the war, the League became a Republican Party social club, but would carry on its abolitionist legacy through support of civil rights for African Americans.
The 11 founding members of the Union League were the Rev. James W. N. Vernon, Methodist minister at Pekin; Richard Northcroft Cullom, former Illinois state senator; Dr. Daniel A. Cheever, abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor; Charles Turner, Tazewell County state's attorney; Henry Pratt, Delavan Township supervisor; Alexander Small, Deer Creek Township supervisor; George H. Harlow, Tazewell County circuit clerk; Jonathan Merriam, stock farmer who became a colonel in the Union army; Hart Montgomery, Pekin postmaster; John W. Glassgow, justice of the peace; and Levi F. Garrett, Pekin grocery store owner and baker.
The building where these 11 men gathered in June 1862 was later the location of the Smith Bank and Perlman Furniture in downtown Pekin. Perlman Furniture burned down in 1968 and a few years later Pekin National Bank was built on the site. Plaques commemorating the Union League's founding are displayed inside and on the outside of the bank building.
A historical plaque on the outside wall of Pekin National Bank at the corner of Court and Capitol streets in downtown Pekin marks the site where the Union League of America was founded. IMAGE COURTESY OF ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Jacob Tharp's memoir of Pekin's founding
The founding of Pekin was due to the influx of settlers of central Illinois during the 1820s, in the decade following Illinois statehood. This area's newcomers in that wave of settlement were first attracted to Fort Clark (Peoria), but before long pioneers were establishing homesteads up and down the Illinois River valley in Peoria' vicinity.
Pekin, as it well known, began with Jonathan Tharp's homestead of 1824 on a ridge above the Illinois River, at what is now the foot of Broadway near downtown Pekin. Within a year, Tharp had been joined by several other settlers, including his own father Jacob Tharp (1773-1871) and brother Northcott Tharp, and his friend Jesse Eggman, all of whom arrived in 1825 and built cabins near Jonathan's.
Most of what we know of Pekin's "pre-history" during the 1820s comes from three sources: the 1860 diary of Jacob Tharp, William H. Bates' 1870 account of Pekin's history that he first published in the 1870-71 Sellers & Bates Pekin City Directory, and Charles C. Chapman's 1879 "History of Tazewell County."
The 1860 diary of Pekin pioneer Jacob Tharp (1773-1871), shown here, is one of the most important primary sources for the history of Pekin's founding.
Jacob Tharp's diary contains the earliest surviving reference to Pekin as "the Celestial City," referring to the old pioneer tradition that Pekin had been named after Peking (Beijing), China. A transcript of Tharp's diary was itself published on pages 565-562 of Chapman's history, and Tharp's account was substantially reproduced in the 1949 Pekin Centenary and the 1974 Pekin Sesquicentennial volumes. Following are excerpts from Tharp's diary, drawn from Chapman's county history:
". . . After a streak of bad luck, in 1825, [I] left Ohio, where I then resided, and traveled through Indiana with one ox-team, a span of horses, and a family of twelve persons, reaching the site of Pekin just before Christmas.
"Jonathan Tharp, my son, built the first house ever erected in the city of Pekin, in 1824, on the spot now occupied by Joshua Wagenseller's residence. Jonathan's farm embraced the land now covered by our heaviest business houses.
"At the time of my arrival, Jonathan was the only occupant. Their neighbors were Major Nathan Cromwell, living on the Hawley farm; Gideon Hawley, living on the Mackinaw side of Sand Prairie; Seth Wilson, living on John Young's farm; John and Geo. Clines, between that place and Tremont; the Woodrows and John Summers, living in the Woodrow settlement; the Dillon family, after whom that township was named; the Hodgsons, friends and relatives of the Dillons; old Benj. Briggs, afterwards Sheriff; James Scott, who with Wilson, acted as constable in those days; and Wm. Eads, who was the first miller in this section of the State. He ran a 'horse-mill,' and ground only corn. On New Year's day, 1827, I went to Fort Clark, now Peoria, where I found a few cabins occupied by John Hamlin, James Dixon, and others. Hamlin had a little store, and I bought groceries, coffee selling at 37 ½ cents per pound. On my way home I contracted for mast-fed pork at $2.50 per hundred. I soon built my cabin, placing it about half way between Joshua Wagenseller's house and the present landing at the river.
"In the summer of 1827, the first consignment of goods was sent to Pekin, by one [Mordecai] Mobley, the land auctioneer. I received them, and so won the honor of being the first commission merchant. Most of the goods, however, went on to Mackinaw, which was the first shire-town. Pekin at this early day, was reported to be the best commercial point on the Illinois river. All goods came up from St. Louis, which was the great basis of supplies for the settlers.
"The Government surveys were made previous to 1828. This year we were cheered by a close neighbor, a Mr. Hinkle, who came to put up a trading house for Absalom Dillon. The goods came before the house was finished, and so my smoke-house was used for the first store. This season the Methodists established a mission, and their first service was held in Hawley's house, on Sand Prairie. In the fall of 1828, Absalom and Joseph Dillon moved to Pekin, and 'camped out' for a while. Major Cromwell came in 1829, and bought out Dillon's stock in trade, when those gentleman returned to the country. In the same year, Hawley and William Haines built cabins in our town. The inhabitants then consisted of Cromwell, Hawley, Haines, Dr. John Warner, the two Hiatts, Jonathan Tharp and myself. Mr. Clark made a raft of hewed puncheons, and started the ferry, placing a stake just below the present ferry landing to mark his claim.
"When the land sales were held at Springfield, there were several claimants for the Pekin town-site. On the first day of the sale the bidding ran high, and the land was knocked down to William Haines at $20.00 dollars an acre; but he did not comply with the regulations of the sale, and on the second day the same tract was sold for one hundred dollars per acre. The buyer again failed to comply, and the tract was once more offered on the third day. A man in Springfield, named Harrington, had in the meantime a deadly quarrel with Major [Isaac] Perkins, one of the principal claimants, growing out of some delicate question. Those were chivalrous days, and he determined on revenge. So he placed himself near the auctioneer, armed to the eyebrows, and when the coveted tract was put up, he bid one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, and swore he would blow out any man's brains who offered a higher bid. Major Perkins was stalking around the room, armed for battle and hunting blood. There was immense excitement, and death was felt in the atmosphere, but the tract was knocked down to Harrington. He complied with the regulations and walked out feeling sublime, but the Major and his friends captured the usurper, conveyed him to a room and persuaded him to make out deeds for the prize. From these papers the original title is derived."
"In the spring of 1830, the proprietors surveyed and laid out the town, Perkins, Hawley, Haines and Cromwell being the active agents. Cromwell did the surveying. About this time Perkins sold out to Thomas Snell, from Cincinnati, Ohio. The gentlemen were much exercised about the way in which to lay off the celestial city. The elder Hiatt had a claim upon the Lake shore, but when the land sales occurred he forgot to bid, and Carpenter bought his tract, also buying eighty acres on the east side of said tract. The proprietors of the future city included these two tracts in the town-site. Mr. Hiatt was appeased with a pony purse of seventy-five or eighty dollars.
"After some property sales, the foreign owners were bought out and the entire city owned, body and soul, by five persons, namely: William Haines, Thomas Snell, Nathan Cromwell, William Brown, and David Bailey. The surveys were finally completed, and it was found that the lots had cost just twenty-eight cents apiece. The advertisement for the gale of lots was immediately made, to take place in April, 1830. The deed of partition was drawn up before the sale, and is the one now on record."
Many additional details on Pekin's founding were recorded in four pages of the original handwritten minutes of the stockholder meetings of the company that founded Pekin. From these minutes we learn that on Dec. 28, 1829, Cromwell was appointed to survey and stake out the proposed town, and Cromwell reported on Jan. 18, 1830, that "the survey of Said Town, is Compleeted (sic) and the Stakeing (sic) nearly done."
On Jan. 19, 1830, according to the minutes, the company's commissioners met again to decide on the name of the new town and to arrange the sale of lots to be announced in several newspapers throughout the Midwest. Isaac Perkins made the motion to vote on the town's name, and three names were proposed: Pekin, Port Folio, and Portugal. According to old pioneer tradition, Nathan Cromwell's wife Ann Eliza had proposed the name of "Pekin," and that name garnered the most votes – and thus Pekin was born.
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Courthouse time capsule refreshes memories of Pekin's founding
Quite a lot has happened in Pekin in the 192 years since Jonathan Tharp built his log cabin at a spot that is today the foot of Broadway. Many of those events have been documented in books, newspapers, and photographs, but most have been forgotten – and even what has been recorded often suffers from gaps of detail that might be of interest to us today but didn't seem important enough to our ancestors to record.
Last month's opening of the Tazewell County Courthouse 1914 time capsule, however, is enabling local historians to refresh many of our memories of the county's and Pekin's history. Among those refreshed memories are forgotten details of the story of Pekin's founding which never made it into the history books.
One of those details is the fact that if a crucial vote of stockholders had turned out differently, we might today be living in the city of "Port Folio."
That and other fascinating details are found in a four-page document that was one of several items included in the 1914 time capsule but not listed among the contents of the courthouse cornerstone printed in the "Historical Souvenir" published for June 21, 1916 dedication ceremonies. Apparently it was decided to include this document and several other items only after the "Souvenir" was already printed. When the time capsule was opened last month, this document was found within a stationery envelope of Pekin attorney John T. Elliff. Typed on the envelope was this description of the document's provenance: "The within paper left in the office of the late William Don Maus and now in possession of John T. Elliff, Atty., Pekin, Ill." William Don Maus (1836-1901) — not to be confused with Pekin's pioneer physician Dr. William S. Maus (1817-1872) — had come to Tazewell County with his father in 1847. William Don Maus moved to Pekin in 1854 and became an attorney in 1857, later serving as a county judge in the 1860s.
The document in question dates from 1830 and contains handwritten minutes from the stockholder meetings of the company that founded Pekin. The minutes were taken at meetings held from Dec. 28, 1829, to Jan. 19, 1830, and then formally attested and signed in March 1830. The information in the minutes substantially corroborates the accounts of our city's founding that may be read in the standard published works on Pekin's history. Some of the specific traditions about Pekin's founding are not substantiated by the minutes, while other quite interesting details mentioned in the minutes go unmentioned in the standard Pekin histories.
To illustrate that point, let's first review what Pekin's pioneer historian William H. Bates (who seems to have selected most of the contents of the 1914 cornerstone time capsule) had to say about Pekin's founding in his account which was printed in the 1870-71 Sellers & Bates Pekin City Directory, pages 9-10.
"At the land sales at Springfield in the fall of 1828, the 'Town Site' was purchased by Maj. Cromwell for a company composed of himself, William Haines, William Brown, Thomas Snell, Peter Menard, Dr. Warner, A. Herndon and —- Carpenter, of Sangamon county, and the purchase was divided into twelve parts. The question as to who should possess so important a piece of ground as the present location of Pekin created considerable excitement and the feeling rose to such a pitch at the land sale that pistols were drawn and bloodshed seem (sic) inevitable. The parties above mentioned, were successful, however, and the matter was amicably adjusted. . . .
"In 1829 a survey of 'Town Site' was made by William Hodge of Blooming Grove, then County Surveyor. The compass run without variation and, in the absence of a surveyor's chain, the town lots were measured with a string.
"The survey made, and the town laid out, Mrs. Cromwell being called upon, exercised her share of woman's rights in that early day by christening the embryo city of the new Celestials, PEKIN. Why she thus named it the legendary history of the days gone by fail to record, and we can only surmise that in the plenitude of her imagination she looked forward to the time when it would equal in size that other Pekin – the Chinese City of the Sun."
Many of the details in Bates' account are supported by the testimony of the minutes, but many other things of which Bates tells aren't mentioned in the minutes at all. For example, the names of company members Cromwell, Haines, Brown, Menard, and Carpenter appear in the minutes (which give Carpenter's first name as William), but Bates' account doesn't mention other settlers who have long been known to have been important members of the company, such as Major Isaac Perkins and Gideon Hawley (called "Isaac Pirkins" and "Gidian Holley" in the minutes).
As for the skirmish at the land sale, related in Jacob Tharp's 1860 diary as well as the 1949 Pekin Centenary and 1974 Pekin Sesquicentennial volumes, perhaps understandably no reference to it appears in the company minutes, nor is there any mention of the purchase being divided into 12 parts. The minutes merely state that the land be surveyed and laid out into lots, and that Major Nathan Cromwell was appointed "to survey said parcels of land, and lay it off into Town plat and forme (sic) as the Commisioners (sic) present did devise and agree upon." The minutes record the surveying of "Town Site," calling for the hiring of "Chain carriers and Stakers" to "afsist and Compleet said Survey," but the name of the actual surveyor, William Hodge, isn't mentioned, nor is anything said in the minutes of the unavailability of a surveyor's chain making necessary the use of string.
This image, photographed by the author with the assistance of David Perkins of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society, shows a detail of page two of the minutes of the settlers' company that founded Pekin telling how the town got its name. IMAGE COURTESY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY COURTS ADMINISTRATOR COURTNEY EETEN
The minutes are especially valuable for providing specific dates for key events in the process of Pekin's founding. Later sources generally give only the year or the season of the year in which these events took place, and sometimes these sources even give the wrong year. The minutes make clear, however, that it was on Dec. 28, 1829, that Cromwell was appointed to survey and stake out the proposed town, and Cromwell reported on Jan. 18, 1830, that "the survey of Said Town, is Compleeted (sic) and the Stakeing (sic) nearly done." On Jan. 19, 1830, the company's commissioners met again to decide on the name of the new town and to arrange the sale of lots to be announced in several newspapers throughout the Midwest. That same day, the commissioners directed Cromwell to have the town plat "recorded according to law," and then chose two of its members as officers of the corporation. Brown was named treasurer as well as the land agent for the stockholders, and Haines was named secretary.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact mentioned in these minutes, however, is the account of the naming of Pekin on Jan. 19. This passage of the minutes is worth quoting in full (spelling, capitalization, and punctuation as in the original):
"on motion of Isaac Pirkins, to Chainge the name of Town Site to Some other name. the votes where Called to decide, whether – Pekin – Port-Folio – or PortuGall – Should be the name of the contemplated Town. and after the votes being legally takeing and Counted, it appeared that a large majority announced the name of said Town to be forever hereafter Known by the name of Pekin."
The minutes say nothing about Ann Eliza Cromwell choosing the name "Pekin," but given the unanimity of the early sources that "Pekin" was her idea, there is no reason to doubt that tradition. The early sources and standard histories say nothing, however, about "Pekin" being just one of three possible choices – and consequently we don't know who wished the new town to be named "Port-Folio" or "PortuGall" (Portugal).
How very different Pekin's history would have been had "Port Folio" or "Portugal" beat out "Pekin." There would never have been a Pekin professional baseball team named "the Celestials," no Chinese-themed downtown theater, and instead of the "Pekin Chinks" and "Pekin Dragons," we might instead be rooting for the Port Folio Financials or the Portugal Galos (Roosters).
Full images of the 1830 minutes document, along with a complete transcription of the document's cursive script, may be examined below. The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society will also feature the document and a transcription in its monthly newsletter.
Shown are the first and fourth pages of the 1829-1830 minutes detailing the actions taken by Pekin's first settlers to organize and found a new town in Tazewell County. IMAGE COURTESY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY COURTS ADMINISTRATOR COURTNEY EETEN
Shown are the second and third pages of the 1829-1830 minutes detailing the actions taken by Pekin's first settlers to organize and found a new town. On page 2 is the account of the vote that gave the town the name of Pekin. IMAGE COURTESY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY COURTS ADMINISTRATOR COURTNEY EETEN
Town Site  Tazwell County, Ill., December 28th – 1829.,
In Conformity to appointment William
Carpenter, William Haines, and Isaac Pirkins, being
a majority of the Commifsioners appointed by the stock
-holders of the property Known by the name of Town Site
Meet and proceeded to buisinefs as followes.
1 – first, ordered that the lands, and parcels of lands, be
surveyed and laid out into Town lots.
2 – appointed Nathan Cromwell to survey said parce
-ls of land, and lay it off into Town plat and forme
as the Commisioners present did devise and agree upon
and ordered that the necefsary Chain carriers and
Stakers be employed to afsist and Compleet said
Survey.
3 – That in Compliance with an article, signed
by said stockholders, regulating themselves
in the further prosecution of their joint interests
ordered and appointed the 18th day of January 1830
to be the day for the Said proprietors to meet and
adopt Sutch measurers as a majority of them
present may think Consistent with the best interest
of the proprietors of said property.
Adjorned
Till January    Signed
18th 1830 meeting
Monday  January 18th 1830.  Town Site
1 – Persuent to ajournement the Stockholders of
the property Called Town Site, meet at the place and time
appointed and proceeded to buisinefs as followes –
William Haines
Isaac Pirkins       Commisioners present
reporte as followes, that the survey of Said Town, is Compleeted
and the Stakeing nearly done, designating the plan of the
Town, with a plat of the same.
on motion of William Brown, the proprietors present
proceeded to buisinefs – after Some explination, and inves
-tigation, it was agree to adjorne to Tuesday the nineteenth
inst at ten in the morning. at Town Site.
2 – Tuesday, January 19th 1830
Persuant to ajornement the Stockholders meet and prosee
-ded to buisinefs.
3 – on motion of Isaac Pirkins, to Chainge the name
of Town Site to Some other name. the votes where Called
to decide, whether – Pekin – Port-Folio – or PortuGall – Should
be the name of the contemplated Town.
and after the votes being legally takeing and Counted,
it appeared that a large majority announced the name
of said Town to be forever hereafter Known by the name
of Pekin.
4 – on motion of Sgt. Griffin, for Peter Menard, to offer for
Sale the lots of the Town of Pekin, it was ordered that the
Same be offered for Sale on the fourteenth day of Aprile
next at the Town of Pekin. Tazwell County Ill. And that the
Same be published in a paper Edited at Sprinfield Sangamo
county, in one at Gelena. Jo davis County - in one at Vandalia
Fayett County Ill., in one of the papers at Saint Louis – in one
at Nashville Tennesee – in one Louisville Kentuckey, in one
at Indianoplis, in one at Da ton Ohio, the Same to be
inserted in the Springfield and Saint Louis papers till the
twelfth of aprile next – the Editors of the other mention
-ed papers to give three insertions and send their accou
-nts to Springfield for pament.
5 – on motion of Nathan Cromwell to record the Town
of Pekin, it was ordered that the Town plat of Pekin be
recorded according to law.
6 – on motion of William Brown – for Treasuer –
William Brown was nominated and duly appointed, and auther
-rised to receive all moneys notes and other property that
may be paid for lots purchaised of Said proprietors.
7 – on motion of Gidian Holley, for Secetary –
William Haines was nominated. And duly appointed
and autherrised to Keep a regular record of all buisi
-nefs and papers belonging to the proprietors of Said Town
of Pekin, and account for the Same, makeing a dividend
of all moneys, notes, and other property, that Shall be
received in payment for the use of said proprietors.
every two months. the same to be subject to the dispo
sition of each and every proprietor for Settlement
at Some regular appointed time.
The Treasuer and Secetary Shall have a reasonable
Compensation for their Services.
8 – on motion of William Haines, for agent –
William Brown, was nominated by William Haines, and
Duly appointed agent for the Stockholders of Pekin
9 – on motion of Gidian Holley for defraying
the expences that Should a crew by Surveying and
plating said Town, and the Chaining and Stakeing out
said Town – it was ordered that the persons thus enga
-ged Should exhibit there bills for the same to the
Proprietors for payment the day of Sale.
10 – on  motion of William Haines for granting pre em
-tions, Orrin Hamlin, David Bayley were allowed to
Select lots and build on the Same and hold Said lots
as a right of preemption, the Same to be Considered and
valued by the price of Simmilar lots sold at the Sale.
[11 – on motion] of William Brown to adjorne - ,
t we adjorne till the thirteenth day
ten in the morning at the Town
[of Pekin.]
[Signed]                Nathan Cromwell
Clerk for the above meetings
March      1830, Tazwell County, Ill.
We the undersigners do hereby Cirtify that all
the within written preambles and adoption have
been duly and regularly Subscribed in conformity, to
the full intent and meaning of an article of an agree
-ment entered into by the joint Stockholders of the
property, or Town of Pekin, and that the Same had
at the time of its doing been unanimously adapted
by us, the owners and part proprietors of Said Town
and that amajority then and there did adopt all
and every one of the within articles.    intestimony
we hereunto Subscribe our names –
Nathan Cromwell
Isaac Perkins
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How did Pekin get its name?
Here's a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns, first published in December 2011 before the launch of this blog . . .
The question of how Pekin got its name is shrouded in a haze of mystery and legend, but the resources of the Pekin Public Library's Local History Room can help bring the question into better focus.
All the standard reference works on the history of Pekin and Tazewell County affirm that Pekin was named in 1830 by Ann Eliza Cromwell, wife of Major Nathan Cromwell, one of Pekin's earliest settlers. However, early accounts disagree about the year she gave Pekin its name.
Local historian Fred W. Soady's 1960 paper, "In These Waste Places," says, "After the completion of the plat of the new town in 1830, Mrs. Nathan Cromwell, for reasons still obscure, gave the city the name of PEKIN, and thus it has remained to the present," adding in a footnote, "It is speculated, and a common legend in Pekin, that the city was so named by Mrs. Cromwell on the belief that the site was exactly opposite the site of Peking, capital of China."
The first known published sketch of Pekin's history is found in the 1870 Pekin City Directory of W.W. Sellers & W.H. Bates, which says: "In 1829 a survey of 'Town Site' was made by William Hodge of Blooming Grove, then County Surveyor . . . The survey made, and the town laid out, Mrs. Cromwell being called upon, exercised her share of women's rights in that early day by christening the embryo city of the new Celestials, PEKIN. Why she thus named it the legendary history of the days gone by fail to record, and we can only surmise that in the plenitude of her imagination she looked forward to the time when it would equal in size that other Pekin – the Chinese City of the Sun."
During the 1800s, "Pekin" was the standard English-language spelling of the Chinese capital, Peking or Beijing.
Charles C. Chapman's 1879 "History of Tazewell County," substantially repeats the same account, though he dates Hodge's survey to 1827 (apparently a printer's error for 1829). "Doubtless with a prophetic eye [Mrs. Cromwell] could see a brilliant future for their town in the not far distant time, and, therefore, gave to it the name of Pekin, we suppose after the celestial city of that name," Chapman comments.
The story that Pekin was named after Peking (Beijing) appears to be an authentic tradition handed down by Pekin's original settlers. Chapman quotes from the 1860 diary of Jacob Tharp, who came to Pekin in 1825. In his diary, Tharp gives an account of how the town's proprietors (including Major Cromwell) surveyed and laid out the original town in 1830, and comments, "The gentlemen were much exercised about the way in which to lay off the celestial city." His comment seems to be the earliest allusion to the story that Pekin was named for China's Celestial City Beijing. "The Celestial City" has long been one of our city's appellatives.
However, these old accounts do not mention the "common legend" to which Soady refers, that Mrs. Cromwell believed Pekin was on the opposite side of the earth from Peking. Perhaps that legend is only a later embellishment of the original tradition. It is worth noting, however, that Pekin, Ill., and Beijing are at about the same latitude on the globe – about 40 degrees for Pekin, about 39 degrees for Beijing.
Our city is not the only U.S. community with that name, nor was it the first. For example, Pekin in Washington County, Indiana, got its name around the same time as Pekin, Ill. There is also a small eastern Ohio community called Pekin, located near Minerva in Brown Township, Carroll County. Ohio's Pekin may have received its name prior to 1815, judging from a statement in the 1921 "History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio." Is it just a coincidence that Pekin, Ohio, is also at about the same latitude (39 or 40 degrees) as Pekin, Ill., and Beijing, China?
Several of our city's first settlers came from or through Ohio – but did any of them know about Ohio's Pekin? Could that have been what suggested the name to Ann Eliza Cromwell? It might be a worthwhile project for a contemporary researcher of our local history to investigate that question.
Early historical accounts indicate that Pekin, Ill., was named for the capital of China, Beijing or Peking. During the 1800s, a common English-language spelling of China's capital was "Pekin," as shown in this detail of a map from an 1874 grade school geography textbook, "Monteith's Independent Course — Elementary Geography," by James Monteith, page 62.
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First Look At Levi's iPod Jeans…OMG!!
Somehow I missed this (or ignored it) when first announced earlier this year, but Levi's RedWire DLX Jeans seem to be one step closer to reality with the first photos now starting to appear on the Net.
Levi's original press release for the RedWire DLX Jeans claimed that they would have an iPod dock and remote control built-in to the pocket, and would come complete with a set of retractable headphones. The photos seem to confirm all of this, but holy cow!! — Is it me, or does anyone else think it looks like a complete mess? What's the point of having shuffle-like control buttons sewn into the pocket if you still have to wear a white plastic brick on your waist? Why not just use an iPod Radio Remote instead? And what's up with the gratuitously long, red connector cord? It's the very opposite of the seamlessly integrated experience one should expect form this type of solution. Instead, it just looks like a bunch of unnecessary crap that they stuck on a pair of jeans. Lose the white plastic brick, lose the integrated headphones, lose the long red strap, and just give me a set of controls that I can easily access while the iPod is in my pocket. At $200 I honestly don't know who Levi's thinks the market is for the RedWire DLX jeans, except for maybe the most fashion-blind, conspicuous consumer. I can't wait to see these in person.
Thanks to GadgetTV.net for the link.
The red cord looks like it's inside the pocket most of the time until the iPod is pulled out. Might be handy to keep the iPod from getting pickpocketed, but I hope it comes in black. But for $200? I don't think so. I don't see the point of the buttons at all when the iPod itself has a perfectly good set to begin with AND ITS ALREADY RIGHT IN YOUR POCKET!! Do they really think that everyone is so lazy that they need a remote 6″ away from the device?
At that point, some cargo pants with good zippers will do just as good.
I'm pretty sure the "brick" is actually what their press release called the "handy wire retractor" that is attached to the headphones. It looks like it could just fit in the watch holder…at least I'm hoping, for Levi's sake that it can be fit in the watch holder. As far as the red strip, I'm sure that too is almost always invisible when the ipod is in the "docked" pocket. These aren't their official press release photos, so hopefully this is just something to show off how everything works/what is included. If the retractor can be put in a pocket, and the jeans are cute, I would consider buying a pair (I pay that much for jeans anyway, might as well get a pair that can hold my iPod — if they are cute that is). The initial pictures don't wow me, but I really like the idea.
The pocket controls really could be handy for riding on the subway or walking down the street or sitting someplace where it is inopportune to manually pull out the iPod…but for me anyway, the biggest push would actually be having the pocket built into the jeans so that it doesn't A) create an unnecessary bulge and B) provide people like me (a 23 year old chick with a very small frame) with a way to actually conseal an iPod in clothes period (try fitting an iPod video into the pocket of a size 0 pair of regular jeans…doesn't work that well). Of course all of this is useless unless the jeans actually look good and will fit well. Personally, rather than incorporating this in jeans, I would be interested to see something like this (even with a visible headphone retractor) in running shorts/pants.
I'm just not sure how having an iPod + a headphone brick + a long red strap all stuffed in your pockets is supposed to be more functional or convenient or fashionable than just an iPod and the standard earbuds. I've never had a problem skipping tracks or adjusting the volume of my iPod when it's in my jeans pocket.
I'm guessing these jeans solve a problem that very few people have, in a way that very few people ever wished for. Why not just add a separate iPod-sized pocket inside the front pocket and leave it at that? Like an iPod case built into your jeans. I think Levi's has *way* over-engineered their product.


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Swoosh goes the ball as a Hematite stands at the line.
Escanaba, Michigan– 03/06/3018– The Ishpeming Hematites Girls Basketball team took on the West Iron County Wykons in Escanaba for their second game in Districts. The Hematites came into this game 19-3 as the Wykons were 18-4- two very evenly matched teams. Tyler Young and Bob Nadeau brought you all of the play-by-play action on 98.3 WRUP and streamed live at WRUP.com.
Emily Nelson won the tip-off for the Wykons and scored the first two points to start off the game. The two teams bounced the ball back and forth for quite a bit of time until the Wykons scored a good 11 points. The Hematites followed up as Chloe Sjoholm went to the line to make 1/2 free-throws. Madison Pruett closed the deficit for the Hematites with her three pointer right after Chloe's shot and then another three pointer to tie the score up to 11-11 at the end of the first. The second quarter had a little more action as the two teams took turns making buckets. The Hematites were able to take the lead back from the Wykons just minutes before the half. 26-23 was the score at half-time.
Hematite ball.
To start off the second half of the game, the Wykons had possession of the ball. It looked like the Hematites were going to keep the lead in the beginning of the third but the Wykons weren't giving up that easily. After a tough third quarter, a Wykon tied the score 42-42 and the two teams were neck-in-neck going into the fourth. Chloe Sjoholm scored a nice three pointer for the Hematites in the fourth directly followed up with a shot from Emily Nelson of West Iron County. Towards the end of the fourth, the Hematites were only ahead by one until Madigan Johns made a great old-fashioned 3 point play. Madigan scored the rest of the points for the Hematites in the fourth quarter after that and they took the win over West Iron County, 59-55, and advance into the Regional Finals!
Ishpeming Hematites: 59
West Iron Co. Wykons: 55
STATS: The Wykons had an average of 44% in their shooting this game, 8/10 free-throws, 12 turn-overs, and 31 rebounds. Emily Nelson scored the most on her team with 14 points. The Hematites had an average of 44.4% in their shooting (79% as a team for the year), 12/13 free-throws, 10 turn-overs, and 21 rebounds. Madigan Johns led all scoring this night with her 19 points. Following behind her for the Hematites was Mariah Austin with 13 points. Madison Pruett scored 12 points. Chloe Sjoholm scored 9 points, Mariah Bertucci scored 4 points and Katie Loman rounded off the scoring for the Hematites with 2 points.
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** The next Hematite game will be tomorrow as the Boys travel to Gwinn to take on the ModelTowners. The pre-game for that game will be around 5:30pm as the tip-off is at 6pm. Tune in with Brady Guilbault and Jesse Anderson on 98.3 WRUP and streamed live at WRUP.com.
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Every year, the official start of awards season is heralded by the Golden Globes, one of the few award ceremonies that celebrates movies and television in the same room. That fact alone makes the Globes a uniquely challenging show to plan and execute—in the Peak TV era, there's more competition than ever for recognition, and more A-list stars appearing on the small screen.So how, exactly, does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decide who sits where on the night? In the run-up to this Sunday's awards, ELLE.com sat down with Jorge Camara, HFPA's Chairman of the Board, to get the inside scoop. Camara first joined the HFPA in 1968, and has spent six years as HFPA President, among several other board positions.Below, Camara talks all about creating a star-studded seating chart, fielding requests from guests who want to sit together (or don't), and who the most difficult guests really are. Hint: It's not the A-listers.The Golden Globes is held in a relatively small venue—the Beverly Hilton ballroom seats around 1400 people, whereas the Oscars' Dolby Theatre seats 3400—and that's deliberate."It means that we have to say no to a lot of people. In 2017, the room sat 1371 guests, so it's large enough but still has a feeling of intimacy. We could get a lot more guests to attend, but we really think that feeling of intimacy has worked the best for the Globes. So each nominee can bring one guest, and each studio can bring a representative, and then if they require more seats for family or something like that, we have to wait and see if we can accommodate them. Usually we can, but that's where the problems start."It's not the stars or their representatives who get to choose who sits where, but the Globes camera crew."Remember, this is also a television show! We base a lot of who is seated where on camera range. What we call the pit, which is the tables closest to the stage, and also the first elevation, those are the seats that can be seen on camera. That's where we have to seat the nominees and the big stars, the people who are known and loved by the audience. Usually what we try to do is to have at least four or five big stars at each table. Each table seats twelve, so that would be four or five stars, their guests, plus another guest or studio head or a producer. That's how we try to work it, so that when the camera does a run of the room, you see it full of stars."But guests can still make requests to sit with friends—or avoid enemies."Sometimes they say who they want to sit with, and sometimes they tell us who they don't want to sit with! And we try to accommodate that. Once the seating chart is set, the production company makes sure everybody sticks to it on the night, because it's so important when they have particular people on camera. They make sure that everyone stays in the seat that they've been assigned."Not even the seating planners know who the winners are until they're announced, so there's no link between a star's seat assignment and their chances."Ernst & Young are the accountants that take care of the votes, and they would never, ever let us know something like that! We may guess, but sometimes we're right and sometimes we're wrong. We just try to be even as far as the nominations, and seat the nominees accordingly."The most demanding guests at the Globes? Not who you'd expect."It's never the big stars who demand the most—it's the executives. It's very important to them to be seated in what they perceive as the best seats. It's interesting this year because in the past, the one who demanded the most every time was Harvey Weinstein. They always got a lot of seats because they always had a lot of nominations, but still I felt sorry for the PR who worked for who had to come with their requests!"Guests are free to get as political as they want on stage, as with Meryl Streep's instantly iconic anti-Trump speech at this year's Globes."We don't encourage and we don't discourage it. The winners are free to say what they want, and certainly Meryl Streep got a lot of notice for her speech, and you could see other awards shows following suit. With the Cecil B. DeMille Award, they do a rehearsal and so we get a sense of what they're going to be saying, but I don't remember Meryl saying during the rehearsal what she said on the night. So you never know."Despite the envelope disaster at last year's Oscars, the Globes welcomes unscripted moments."It's very unpredictable, you never know, but the production company knows what it's doing. We don't have any worries with them. So far, anything unscripted that happens has been to our benefit, because it makes the Golden Globes more like a fun party. Everybody has dinner and drinks beforehand, so people are more relaxed and enjoying themselves."The 2018 Golden Globes will be held this Sunday, January 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. They will air live on NBC from 5 P.M. PT / 8 P.M. ET.
Every year, the official start of awards season is heralded by the Golden Globes, one of the few award ceremonies that celebrates movies and television in the same room. That fact alone makes the Globes a uniquely challenging show to plan and execute—in the Peak TV era, there's more competition than ever for recognition, and more A-list stars appearing on the small screen.
So how, exactly, does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decide who sits where on the night? In the run-up to this Sunday's awards, ELLE.com sat down with Jorge Camara, HFPA's Chairman of the Board, to get the inside scoop. Camara first joined the HFPA in 1968, and has spent six years as HFPA President, among several other board positions.
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Below, Camara talks all about creating a star-studded seating chart, fielding requests from guests who want to sit together (or don't), and who the most difficult guests really are. Hint: It's not the A-listers.
The Golden Globes is held in a relatively small venue—the Beverly Hilton ballroom seats around 1400 people, whereas the Oscars' Dolby Theatre seats 3400—and that's deliberate.
"It means that we have to say no to a lot of people. In 2017, the room sat 1371 guests, so it's large enough but still has a feeling of intimacy. We could get a lot more guests to attend, but we really think that feeling of intimacy has worked the best for the Globes. So each nominee can bring one guest, and each studio can bring a representative, and then if they require more seats for family or something like that, we have to wait and see if we can accommodate them. Usually we can, but that's where the problems start."
It's not the stars or their representatives who get to choose who sits where, but the Globes camera crew.
"Remember, this is also a television show! We base a lot of who is seated where on camera range. What we call the pit, which is the tables closest to the stage, and also the first elevation, those are the seats that can be seen on camera. That's where we have to seat the nominees and the big stars, the people who are known and loved by the audience. Usually what we try to do is to have at least four or five big stars at each table. Each table seats twelve, so that would be four or five stars, their guests, plus another guest or studio head or a producer. That's how we try to work it, so that when the camera does a run of the room, you see it full of stars."
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But guests can still make requests to sit with friends—or avoid enemies.
"Sometimes they say who they want to sit with, and sometimes they tell us who they don't want to sit with! And we try to accommodate that. Once the seating chart is set, the production company makes sure everybody sticks to it on the night, because it's so important when they have particular people on camera. They make sure that everyone stays in the seat that they've been assigned."
Not even the seating planners know who the winners are until they're announced, so there's no link between a star's seat assignment and their chances.
"Ernst & Young are the accountants that take care of the votes, and they would never, ever let us know something like that! We may guess, but sometimes we're right and sometimes we're wrong. We just try to be even as far as the nominations, and seat the nominees accordingly."
The most demanding guests at the Globes? Not who you'd expect.
"It's never the big stars who demand the most—it's the executives. It's very important to them to be seated in what they perceive as the best seats. It's interesting this year because in the past, the one who demanded the most every time was Harvey Weinstein. They always got a lot of seats because they always had a lot of nominations, but still I felt sorry for the PR who worked for [the Weinstein company] who had to come with their requests!"
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Guests are free to get as political as they want on stage, as with Meryl Streep's instantly iconic anti-Trump speech at this year's Globes.
"We don't encourage and we don't discourage it. The winners are free to say what they want, and certainly Meryl Streep got a lot of notice for her speech, and you could see other awards shows following suit. With the Cecil B. DeMille Award, they do a rehearsal and so we get a sense of what they're going to be saying, but I don't remember Meryl saying during the rehearsal what she said on the night. So you never know."
Despite the envelope disaster at last year's Oscars, the Globes welcomes unscripted moments.
"It's very unpredictable, you never know, but the production company knows what it's doing. We don't have any worries with them. So far, anything unscripted that happens has been to our benefit, because it makes the Golden Globes more like a fun party. Everybody has dinner and drinks beforehand, so people are more relaxed and enjoying themselves."
The 2018 Golden Globes will be held this Sunday, January 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. They will air live on NBC from 5 P.M. PT / 8 P.M. ET.
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A family try their best to get on with their lives as the bombs fall around them in Taylor's warm and sincere play, which follows their loves, fears and joys through World War Two. And A Nightingale Sang opens just before the beginning of the war on a house in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne filled with well-meant and bustling domestic chaos. But for all the family, nothing can be the same after the war. Filled with humour, And a Nightingale Sang explores the family's personal relationships, preoccupations, troubles and joys, and is a rich, warm picture of home life in wartime.
Based on Neil Simon's experiences as a junior writer for "Your Show of Shows," and set in 1953, the play follows the star/ host of a weekly comedy variety show Max Prince along with his staff of writers. Despite the shows ratings slightly slipping across the country, the Max Prince show remains a massive hit on the East Coast. Despite this, network executive Cal Weebs insists that the show is too sophisticated for people in the middle part of the country and has begun to urge Prince to make his act simpler for all audiences to understand. Or simply put, Prince needs to dumb down his act. Along with heckling from a local newspaper columnist, Prince's life has begun to unravel. Follow Max and his staff as they take us on a trip inside the writer's room and all the wacky antics and crazy arguments that happen on the 23rdfloor.
From the creators of the Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes Mel Brooks' monster musical comedy, Young Frankenstein. This adaptation of his legendarily funny film is now an electrifying stage musical. See Frederick Frankenstein inherit the family estate; hear the hilarious hunchbacked Igor sling asides; feel the electric sparks between leggy lab assistant, Inga, and Frederick as he tries to fill the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. Young Frankenstein sews together the wit and humor of the screen sensation with the flair of live theater to create a living, breathing monstrously funny musical that's scientifically proven to leave you screaming and gasping for more.


Net Sales are expected to increase by 4.6 percent Y-o-Y (up 4.6 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 2,995.2 crore, according to ICICI Direct.
ICICI Direct has come out with its first quarter (January-March' 19) earnings estimates for the Cement sector. The brokerage house expects Ambuja Cement to report net profit at Rs. 294.8 crore up 8.5% year-on-year (down 45.1% quarter-on-quarter).
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) are likely to rise by 1.7 percent Y-o-Y (up 27.7 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 515.8 crore.


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Q: How to unset the id of a cloned PHP object I am working on a project that uses Docrtrine and Symfony 2.7. I have a Document entity that I want to clone, and I of course need to make sure that  I don't have a duplicate primary key. Here is what I have attempted so far:
/**
 * Document
 *
 * @ORM\Table(name="documents")
 */
class Document {
    public function __clone(){
        $newObj = clone $this;
        $newObj->id = null;
        return $newObj;
    }
...
}

This does not seem to do much, however, as when I call clone myDocument and then try to persist, I still get this message:

SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry
'1' for key 'UNIQ_A2B07288ECC6147F'

How can I get my object's primary key to revert to a null or auto-incremented state?
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Upate: Using
public function __clone(){
    $this->id = null;
}

still results in the same error. Full error text:

An exception occurred while executing 'INSERT INTO documents
(usageFrom, usageTo, status, workflow_identifier, created_date,
modified_date, language_id, translationRoot_id, ownerGroup_id,
responsibleUser_id, production_id, media_id, created_user,
modified_user) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)' with
params ["2018-06-28 09:54:37", "2018-06-28 09:54:37", 100,
"4cc723c2a5730c1b9c2ed6428ae57205", "2018-06-28 09:54:37", "2018-06-28
09:54:37", null, null, null, null, 1, null, 1, 1]:
SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry
'1' for key 'UNIQ_A2B07288ECC6147F'

A: This is not how PHP's cloning works. Think of __clone like of __construct. In the __clone method, you must assign the new values to $this.
class Document
{
    public function ___clone()
    {
        // simple as that
        $this->id = null;
    }
}

In your current code, the $newObj is going to be thrown away, while the cloned object still has the original ID.
Also, remember to clone child objects in your __clone method if you want to create a deep copy, otherwise you'll end up with two entities referencing the same children. (Or, after persisting/reloading: One of the entities will have lost its children.)

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Jazda drużynowa na czas mężczyzn była jedną z konkurencji kolarskich na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1920. Zawody odbyły się w dniu 13 sierpnia. W zawodach uczestniczyło 44 zawodników z 11 państw.

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EXCLUSIVE: Kevin McCall Shuts Down Rumors of Beating Top Model Eva Marcille
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In this clip from his exclusive interview with VladTV, Kevin McCall addressed the lengthy drama between him and his baby's mother, America's Top Model winner Eva Marcille.
Kevin ran through their entire history together, dating back to when he and Eva first met when she requested his phone number after seeing him perform "Deuces" at one of Chris Brown's concerts. According to Kevin, she viewed him as a "thug" at first, but soon came to realize that there was more to him than the "penitentiary" exterior. He even claimed that he planned on "getting her pregnant" after seeing her on TV while he was still in college. Kevin explained how quickly he and Eva became serious, and that their baby, Marley, was made out of love, rather than an accidental pregnancy.
He went on to debunk any truth to Eva's claims that he beat her and chased her throughout their house during a heated argument. Kevin did admit that he kicked down the door to his own studio, but never laid a hand on her, nor did he chase her in any way. He ran through the very messy restraining order drama between them, and addressed the video he posted online of them arguing over his visitation rights to see his daughter.
Kevin also addressed his issues with Chris Brown and the label he's signed to, as Kevin believes that Chris signed him but didn't look out for him in ways that could boost his career and financial status.


As to what constitutes good teaching, John Hattie's Visible Learning, summarises many thousands of studies on that, and should be read by all those making policy on education – though those with their own pet prescription won't like what it says.
I've enjoyed reading your novels for at least 25 years, so I feel that I already have a window into the way you like to address problems in a multipronged approach.
It's my opinion that our inattentive approach to educating our population is directly effecting people's ability to parse scientific data. (Whether this was an intentionally dumbing down of the populace or a side effect of losing a lot of smart women to other career options…)Add to this, the problem of bias within the scientific community due to both turf wars and intentional fraud perpetrated by corporations, and the result is lethal stupidity.
So, my opinion is that many of these problems are interrelated. Which only makes solving them more challenging.
Thanks for using your novels to explore our political dilemma. I appreciate the enjoyable plots and thought provoking situations your characters find themselves facing.
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Discover your inner Attack on Titan
That show about fighting giants that are attacking a walled city and eating its citizens has led to one of the most popular cosplays in the past decade. Attack on Titan doesn't only have a compelling story, but it also features some great costumes that have since become a staple in anime conventions. Let's take a look at what it takes to cosplay as a character from Attack on Titan.
Who is Attack on Titan?
Attack on Titan, or Shingeki no Kyojin in Japanese, is set in a world where humanity lives inside walled cities that protect them from man-eating humanoid giants known as Titans. If ever those Titans get past the walls, it's up to the Eldian military to protect the civilians. The Survey Corps is tasked in fighting and studying the Titans in the hopes of finding out where they come from and how to get rid of this seemingly insurmountable threat once and for all.
The story follows Eren Yeager, who joins the Survey Corps after witnessing his mother getting eaten by a Titan. He vows to never be put in a similar situation of helplessness again and kill every last Titan out there. However, along his journey, he discovers something unexpected about the Titans, which puts into question everything he has ever known and forces him to make a decision that will dictate his true purpose.
The manga ran from September 2009 to April 2021, totalling 34 volumes. It has since become one of the most popular and well-known series in manga and anime.
How to Look Like Attack on Titan
The most distinct feature of Attack on Titan cosplay are the fairly consistent looks of both sides. The Survey Corps has the uniform, while the Titans all look like they're muscular giant humans with all of their skin flayed.
There's also the size disparity as the Titans are meant to dwarf the humans, but that may be hard to accurately show through cosplay unless the Titan cosplayer is really tall or certain camera angles are used to show it.
Attack on Titan Cosplay Variations
The main decision with Attack on Titan cosplay is choosing whether you want to be part of the Survey Corp or a Titan. If you choose to be Eren Yeager, then you have a choice of both. Whichever Attack on Titan costume you choose, the important part is that you're able to distinguish between the two.
Survey Corps
The Survey Corps uniform is composed of a light undershirt and light pants (both usually white), which is wrapped by the harnesses for the vertical maneuvering equipment, which is all attached to a dark brown belt and wrap around the waist.
Over that is a brown long-sleeved short jacket with the emblem of the Survey Corps on the left side of the chest and back. Knee-high dark brown leather boots are worn on the feet. They also wear a dark green poncho over whenever the Survey Corps personnel are travelling.
The Top Attack on Titan Costumes of 2021
Major characters also wear certain things to distinguish themselves. For instance, Eren Yeager wears a light tan v-neck undershirt instead of the off-white button shirt everyone else wears. Levi Ackerman wears a white ascot around his neck. Mikasa Ackerman wears the dark red scarf she got from Eren around her neck.
As seen in the anime, the Titans look like gigantic naked humans. Different types of Titans look different, like how Pure Titans look deformed and disproportional, while those that belong to one of the Nine Titans may have no skin and have exposed teeth, pointed ears, fur, or so on.


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HomeSportFootballThe College View reclaim Bill O'Herlihy Cup
The College View reclaim Bill O'Herlihy Cup
April 17, 2019 Football, Sport
Outgoing Sports Editors Gerard Grimes, John Morley and Hugh Farrell celebrate the College View's win
The College View beat DCUfm 13-4 in the Bill O'Herlihy Cup on Wednesday, reclaiming the title after a disappointing loss last year.
The match brought an end to this year's intense rivalry between The College View and MPS. On April 10th, sports fans nationwide had their eyes on John Delaney's appearance before the Oireachtas Committee, but the real action was happening in Glasnevin.
With both sides only having to travel from their home grounds in the Henry Grattan, they got off to an energetic start.
Goals came quickly for The View, with Craig Shaaban finding the back of the net in the 5th minute. Shaaban had an excellent performance, getting back to defend as well as scoring.
The View put pressure on FM's defence right from the start, and The View were two goals up in the 9th minute. The goals kept on coming for The View, with Shaaban scoring again two minutes later.
It's fair to say The View dominated the first 20 minutes, with a strong defence and a confident goalkeeper in Calum Atkinson.
20 minutes in The View were 6 goals ahead, and although it was early days, one couldn't help but wonder if FM would be able to come back from a poor start. With such a strong attack force for The View, there was little FM goalkeeper Cathal O'Rourke could do to stop them.
The View were 8 goals up in the 25th minute before FM managed to get two goals, and it was the end of the first half.
The View's John Morley scored the first of his hat trick in the 45th minute, and The View were winning 11-2 with 20 minutes to go. FM couldn't stop the likes of Ruairi Carberry, Ian Brennan, Lorna Lawless and Joshua Freeman, who gave stellar performances.
FM got two more goals, but it was too late for the side, who gave everything they had in the game.
Before the cup trophy was presented to The View, Morley thanked FM and said they were a difficult team to beat. "I'm delighted to finally get the result and avenge our fallen brothers Alex and Gav," he said, mentioning two players who were involved in the devastating defeat last year.
Speaking after the game, Morley said his side began training for the match two weeks ago. "We deserved to win but we went out there and we actually earned it as well so that was a very sweet way to end the three years in DCU."
The View's new Sports Editor Conor Breslin, who Deputy Sports Editor Shane Brennan described as "the Gary Neville of the squad", was overjoyed.
"It's an absolute honour, to be honest. Coming from the defeat last year, we just really learned and pushed on, and it's just unbelievable."
FM's Sean Breslin said they weren't prepared for the intensity of the game and it was too much for FM to catch up on the goals they'd conceded.
"It took us a while to get going, The College View really hit the ground running and they opened up a gap that was just too big for us to close."
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Churchill Road is a care home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.
We gave the service 24 hours' notice of the inspection visit. We wanted to ensure the people living in the home were available for us to speak with and to provide them with assurances about our visit. This was because some people with autistic spectrum disorder become anxious when in the company of unfamiliar people.
We reviewed information we had received about the service since the last inspection in September 2016. This included details about incidents the provider must notify us about. We used information the provider sent us in their Provider Information Return. Providers are required to send us key information about their service, what they do well, and improvements they plan to make. This information helps support our inspections.
During the inspection we spoke with one person living at the service. We spoke with two members of staff and the registered manager. We reviewed two people's care and support records and three staff files. We also looked at records relating to the management of the service such as incident and accident records, meeting minutes, recruitment and training records, policies, audits and complaints. After the inspection we sought feedback from health and social care professionals.