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How does Shakespeare dramatise the murder of Duncan in Act II Scenes (i) and (ii)?
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The murder of King Duncan in the play Macbeth is an important part of the play. It shows the point at which Lady Macbeth and Macbeth begin their downfall, which ultimately ends in their deaths at the end of the play. The first and second scenes in Act Two are important because they are immediately before and just after the murder, so they are where the play is at it's climax, and most tense. Shakespeare dramatises the murder by not only building up the tension before Macbeth commits the murder, but also keeping the pressure up through the next scene during Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's conversation.
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Our very first impression of Macbeth in Act One is that he is a character to be wary of, because the witches are the first people to mention him, and witches are associated with evil, so Macbeth is linked in the audience's mind with wickedness.
However this idea is pushed to one side as we hear glowing reports on the 'brave', 'worthy' and 'valiant' Macbeth, (Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 16, 24) from King Duncan and the Captain of the Army. It seems Banquo and Macbeth are both very honest and good people before we ever meet them personally. Then when we do see the two for the first time, they meet the witches, who tell them the prophecies which the whole play is based around: 'All hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter'. (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 48)
We are shown Macbeth's latent desires come to the forefront of his mind; although he is already successful and has more than most could want, hidden ambition and greed becomes apparent as the witches promise his greatest dreams.
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He seems to be solely focused on the biggest prize – though the first of the witches' prophecies comes true immediately, he is more happy that the prophecy of him becoming King now seems a plausible idea, than the present promotion: 'The greatest is behind' (Act 1 Scene 3 Line 116). All in all, the character of Macbeth is introduced to the audience as a worthy and noble person (from the reports by the Captain in Scene Two) but one with a less virtuous side, to do with his ambition and never being satisfied with what he has, – which turn out to be his biggest weaknesses and ends up bringing about his downfall.
Also in Act One we see the highly influential role Lady Macbeth plays in persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan so they can become King and Queen. As Macbeth is her husband she knows him best and knows he is 'not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it' (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 18-19) so she knows exactly how to manipulate him to do things he otherwise would not do. She does this by playing on his weaknesses – by questioning his manliness and asking him to do the deed to prove his love for her. Lady Macbeth appears to be driven by her own ambitions and her ruthlessness and determination are established effectively in the opening Act.
She shows her willingness to do evil things when she calls for dark spirits to 'fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty, make thick my blood, stop up the th'access and passage to remorse' (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 41-3) She also shows her strength of will when she tells Macbeth what to do: 'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't.' (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 64-5) and when she manages to persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan. At the beginning of Act 1 Scene 7 he is decidedly against the act: 'We shall proceed no further in this business' (Line 31) but by the end of the scene she has made him change his mind: 'If we should fail?' (Line 59).
Shakespeare sets the scene for the murder in Act II Scene I by creating a tense and mysterious atmosphere with Banquo and his son Fleance's conversation, and then their encounter with Macbeth as he is setting out to kill Duncan. The scene opens with Banquo talking to Fleance and describing the dark setting. He says that 'the moon is down' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 2) and 'the candles are all out' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 5), meaning the night is pitch black with no moon or stars – perfect for a concealed murder. Fleance tells us that 'tis later' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 4) than midnight, which was considered in those times to be the scariest hour of the night, the 'witching hour' – the audience in the original performance of the play would pick up on this timing as a sign to be wary of what is coming next.
Banquo refers to the theme of sleeplessness, saying 'I would not sleep…[for] the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose'. (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 7-9) We see this idea again in Act Two Scene Two after the murder, when Macbeth is very traumatised by what he has done, and he says he 'hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more' (Lines 45-6) Because Banquo used the word 'cursed' he reminds us of the witches and plants the idea that their prophecies could in fact be curses, which is foreshadowing what actually happens. Then, Banquo hears a noise and calls immediately for his son to 'Give me my sword', before warily calling out 'Who's there?' (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 9-10)
This builds up the tension in the atmosphere very well because it is odd for him to be so alert and tense in his best friend's castle, where he should feel safe. Banquo has already been established as a calm, good and perceptive character, (from his association with nature) so because he is on edge and tense the audience knows the next scene cannot be good. The tense atmosphere is heightened during Macbeth and Banquo's conversation, because they talk in relatively short lines to one another. The audience is also shown how tense and nervous Macbeth is, and how he is slowly 'falling from grace' because he lies to his best friend, by saying 'I think not of them [the witches]' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 21) when it's all he has been thinking about since they met them.
In the second part of Act Two Scene One Macbeth hallucinates a floating dagger, covered in 'gouts of blood' (Line 46) with 'the handle toward my [his] hand' (Line 34) leading him towards Duncan's room to commit the murder – 'thou marshall'st me the way that I was going' (Line 42). In the original play Shakespeare chose not to show the audience the dagger Macbeth is imagining, because this way focus is shifted from the dagger onto Macbeth himself, which means the audience is more dramatically engaged by the character, rather than special effects. Another reason Shakespeare decided not to show the dagger is that it is a figment of Macbeth's imagination, a 'false creation, proceeding from the heat oppressed brain' (Line 39) representing his confusion and indecisiveness being controlled by external and sinister forces, which therefore makes the murder seem more inevitable, because Macbeth is not in control of it.
If the dagger were shown the representation would be lost, because it would become a real thing. This shows great psychological understanding from Shakespeare. Even though the audience is shown a real dagger when Macbeth pulls out his own to compare: 'I see thee yet, in form as palpable as this which I now draw' (Line 40-1) Shakespeare only did this to reinforce the idea that Macbeth sees it as clearly as a real dagger, but the audience can't see it. Most other productions of Macbeth follow Shakespeare's original intentions, with the only exception being Roman Polanski's feature film version.
Polanski decided to show the floating dagger, but this was probably because the film was aimed at a wider, more 'mainstream' audience, and he thought subtle details like an imaginary dagger should be made more obvious, even though this loses some of meaning of the idea. Macbeth's reactions to the dagger show he is in a very unstable and volatile state of mind, and shows his inner turmoil and confusion about what he should do and what he wants to do. The fact that he is hallucinating in the first place shows he must be slightly delirious with the pressure of what he is about to do.
At first he was alarmed by the dagger, however, as soon as he realises that the dagger is not real ('Art thou a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat oppressed brain?' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 37-9)) he stops being alarmed by it, and as he follows it, he becomes fascinated with it, and more intense, so he describes it in great detail using plosives 'And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 46) to make it more vivid for the audience. The dagger symbolises the murder, and makes the deed seem more inevitable, because the dagger that leads Macbeth to Duncan's door is bloody, so it is as if it is a projection of what Macbeth's real dagger is going to look like after the murder. It also symbolises how Macbeth is being controlled by other forces, how he is being led to do things he doesn't really want to do because he isn't controlling the dagger, the dagger is 'in charge' of him.
Shakespeare uses the last half of Macbeth's soliloquy in Act Two Scene One to build atmosphere and tension as he prepares himself for the murder, by using lots of imagery to help create the dark mood. For instance Macbeth says that 'Nature seems dead' (Line 50) which is a very dark idea, foreshadowing how after this scene nature will be turned on its head because Macbeth upset he natural order. Macbeth also talks about a recurring theme in the play; the idea of two sides of everything, the good and the bad, or the fake fa�ade hiding a worse side underneath ('Now o'er the one half world' (Line 49)) To darken the mood further, he talks about 'wicked dreams abus[ing] the curtain'd sleep' (Lines 50-1) which is what he is about to do: as he is trying to kill Duncan in his sleep, so he is being wicked and abusing the safety one should feel when they are asleep.
Macbeth also mentions witchcraft, which shows he is thinking about and maybe being controlled by the witches still, saying 'Witchcraft celebrates pale Hecate's off'rings' (Lines 51-2). It seems Macbeth tries to justify the murder by reducing his involvement. He does this by showing he is merely an instrument doing the deed by personifying murder, so that it is more murder who is to blame for the crime, rather than Macbeth: 'Wither'd murder, alarum'd by his sentinel…with Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, moves like a ghost' (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 52-6). Macbeth uses more and more intricate language, referring to Roman stories of the tyrant Tarquin who raped his friend's wife to personify murder further, and long sentences as he expresses the strong external forces (e.g. 'Murder' and the witch-queen Hecate) that may be manipulating him to kill Duncan. However he starts to come back to himself and realise that he is still the one doing it after all, using shorter sentences as he comes to the end of his soliloquy.
He thinks of more practical ideas, asking the Earth to 'Hear not my steps, for fear thy very stones may prate of my whereabout' (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 57-8) but still using imagery that conjures up in our minds the idea that he is at least being helped by the Earth, or some other strong omnipotent being. Macbeth seems more resolute closer to the end of the soliloquy, saying 'Whiles I threat he live; Words to the heat of deeds to cold breath gives' (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 60-61) The fact that these two lines rhyme give it definition and finality, as Shakespeare often uses rhyming couplets to signify the end of an important scene. In these lines Macbeth also shows how unwavering he is, by almost scorning himself for fretting about it too long, by saying 'whiles I threat he lives'. After this the bell rings, to further signify Macbeth's resolved and determined state of mind, which is backed up again by his saying immediately after 'I go, and it is done.' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 62).
The short sentence shows his feeling of inevitability. The very last two lines of the soliloquy are also a rhyming couplet, to end the scene neatly. They show Macbeth knows he will go through with the murder, because he says 'The bell invites me' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 62) and then he says 'Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell, that summons thee to heaven or to hell.' (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 63-4). The building up of tension and inevitability is shown very well in the Trevor Nunn version of Macbeth, where Ian McKellen portrays Macbeth preparing for the murder, making him seem absolutely resolute by rolling up a sleeve. This version also takes advantage of different lighting to increase tension; Macbeth is in darkness for most of the scene, stepping forward to the audience to engage them, and as he says 'like a ghost' he steps into an eerie bright light, which can be quite scary and unexpected, because it is as if he appeared out of nowhere.
Shakespeare decided not to script or perform the actual murder of Duncan, because that way the audience is left to imagine the murder scene on their own and therefore make it as horrible as they could imagine. Shakespeare also misses out the murder to put more emphasis on Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the next scene and to remind the audience how closely she is involved in the murder. There is no gap in the drama because Scene Two follows on from the last in quick succession and the fact that we see Lady Macbeth, sustains the anxiety and tension because she is already associated in our minds with evil and bad deeds. This is because she spoke to the evil spirits in Act One Scene Five, as well as being instrumental in manipulating Macbeth and persuading him to kill Duncan in the first place.
Before Macbeth returns, Lady Macbeth feels triumphant, powerful, and in control. She has done what she wanted, and got the better of men by manipulating them and making them do things for her benefit. She shows this by saying 'that which hath made them drunk, hath made me bold; that which hath quenched them, hath given me fire'. (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 1-2) This also alerts the audience again to her association with evil, and the witches (from when she called upon evil spirits to '…fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty' (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 41,42) because she is talking about opposites, and this is what the witches talked about when they were first introduced at the beginning of the play: 'Fair is foul and foul is fair' (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 12)
She uses eloquent language filled with imagery personifying death and nature around the drugged guards: 'Death and Nature do contend about them, whether they live, or die' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 7-8) This fits in well with what her husband was saying just moments ago about murder as a real being, rather than an action or abstract noun, and shows well how Shakespeare ensures there is no break in tension between scenes, because they flow on so well from each other. She seems very fired up and quite jumpy because of her excitement, so when she hears an owl screech in the night, she exclaims 'Hark!' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 2) then 'Peace,' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 2) to calm herself, but the fact that she is talking to herself is one of the early signs of her going mad. However she is still 'on a high' from her excitement of the murder of Duncan being carried out, that she confidently speaks about the owl straight after her fright: 'It was the owl that shreik'd, the fatal bellman which gives the stern'st good-night.' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 3-4)
Here she is comparing the owl's shriek to the night watchman who rings his bell outside the cells of prisoners condemned to death, in this case it is Duncan who is about to be killed. This comment about the owl is linked to her earlier speech before Duncan arrived at Macbeth's castle, when she spoke of the raven, another bird linked with death: 'The raven himself is hoarse, that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan' (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 37-8). As Macbeth arrives she gets very anxious, saying she is 'afraid they have awak'd, and 'tis not done; the'attempt and not the deed confounds us.' (Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 9-11) In the Trevor Nunn stage version of Macbeth, Judi Dench, who plays Lady Macbeth, shows her excitement to an almost psychopathic degree, by talking very quickly and in a very high-pitched voice, which conveys the idea of drunkenness on power very well.
During Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's initial exchange, they convey their own nervousness and create even more of a tense atmosphere by talking in short questions and answer to each other. Line 16 in this scene is shared between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and cuts back and forth between them twice:
Lady Macbeth: 'Did not you speak?'
Macbeth: When?
Lady Macbeth: Now.
Macbeth: As I descended?'
This creates the tense atmosphere because the actors have no choice but to throw these short sharp words back and forth very quickly. The next line is unusual as there is only one syllable in it, said by Lady Macbeth in answer to Macbeth's question 'As I descended?'. She says 'Ay.' (Line 20) and the rest of the line is finished by either silence, or a noise coming from the night. This is the only time Shakespeare has scripted in a gap or a pause, and he did this because the lack of speech after such a quick exchange would make the silence almost 'deafening' to the audience, as they anticipate what is going to happen next. After the brief pause, Macbeth starts the conversation again, when he says 'Hark!' (Line 21) which shows his awareness of either the silence or the noise from the night, and his jumpy nature because he exclaims after it.
The next section of their exchange shows a sharp contrast between the two, as Macbeth starts to get almost hysterical, as he can't process the horror of what he has just done, while Lady Macbeth gets frustrated with him as she struggles to keep control of the situation. Macbeth starts by looking at his bloody hands holding the daggers and saying 'This is a sorry sight.' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 24) but straight away Lady Macbeth retorts 'A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 25) which is almost scornful of him, as one might scold a child. However her efforts are soon to turn out futile, as Macbeth get so wrapped up in his own emotion that he barely seems to register she is there.
This is shown well in the Nicol Williamson staging of Macbeth, where Lady Macbeth is trying to push Macbeth off the stage, but because Nicol is a very tall person it is obvious that Lady Macbeth has no chance of moving him. Macbeth himself begins to get hysterical as Lady Macbeth loses control of him. He starts to think of himself as a hangman ('with these hangman's hands' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 30)) and thinks he maybe a damned man, when he thinks he cannot say 'Amen' after someone calls out 'God bless us!': 'One cried 'God bless us!'…I could not say 'Amen" (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 29, 31) The original audience would pick up on the fact he could not say Amen, which would increase the tension and fear because it shows him to be possessed by evil spirits. Macbeth refers to 'the innocent sleep' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 39) which is a recurring theme throughout the play, he refers to himself in the third person saying 'Macbeth does murder sleep' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 39) and then talks about his different roles 'Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 45-6)
This repetition of his different roles shows him slowly falling to pieces because of what he does, and also shows how much he is trying to find a way to make it not his fault and to dislocate himself from what he has just done, which brings him to be almost schizophrenic. However he also knows that his evil deed can leak into the reputation his other roles or identities and will ultimately destroy him. His talk about damnation and sleep is an example of foreshadowing, because after this time, neither Macbeth or Lady Macbeth will sleep properly again, and shall therefore be deprived of the 'balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 42-3). In the Trevor Nunn production of Macbeth, Macbeth is shown starting to be almost atavistic, by talking in a child-like manner, which brings out his vulnerability and guilt for killing Duncan.
Tension is increased in the next part of the scene when Lady Macbeth shows her frustration with Macbeth because he is not listening to her. He is fraught with fear over what he has just done, and however much she tries to keep control over the situation he ignores her completely. She tries to take his mind off his rambling by trying one of her persuasion techniques, saying 'Worthy thane, you do unbend your noble strength to think so brain-sickly of these things' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 47-9). Here she compliments him ('worthy thane') before telling him that he is losing his 'noble strength' by thinking about these 'brain sickly' things too much. She encourages to 'Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 49-50) even though later on in the play we will find out that she realises that 'a little water' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 70) does not clear them 'of this deed'. (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 70)
However she changes her mind when she sees that Macbeth is still clutching the daggers he used to kill Duncan, and is therefore ruining the plan. She gets very angry and accuses him of being 'Infirm of purpose!' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 55) and tells him the daggers 'must lie there' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 52) But Macbeth refuses because he does not want to go back ('I'll go no more' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 53)) which means she must 'get her hands dirty' by going back and smearing blood over Duncan's guards so it looks like they did the murder. Because of this, she is very annoyed with Macbeth as because of his incompetence she had to be involved, but she retains her strength telling him 'my hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 67-8).
As the scene comes to it's dramatic climax, the contrasting attitudes and state of mind of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are shown and exaggerated further. Macbeth is very emotional and stressed, he seems to look at his hands as if they are someone else's, saying 'What hands are here? Ha: they pluck out mine eyes.' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 62) This shows how detached he is feeling from his own body, perhaps a instinctive result of the stress he has just gone through, his brain is trying to distance Macbeth from it. Macbeth uses very rich visual images to describe how he disagrees with Lady Macbeth's notion that 'A little water clears us of this deed' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 70) asking if 'All Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red'. (Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 63-6)
This conjures up a very vivid image in the audience's mind's of vast oceans turning red with blood from his hand, with words such as 'multitudinous' and 'incarnadine' adding to the image of excess, as they are almost onomatopoeic of the idea of vastness because the words themselves have many syllables. Then, this idea of enormous and excessive things is followed by a close-up image as Macbeth says 'making the green one red' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 62) which focuses the image down into maybe a drop of blood making a small pool of green water red, because the words are monosyllabic and Macbeth uses the word 'one'. The way Shakespeare has used short, simple words after the long, elaborate words increases the contrast from the big and the small.
In contrast to Macbeth's figurative contemplation, Lady Macbeth is not so deep in thought; her mind is still on the task in hand (quite literally) and if she is feeling any remorse or panic for what they have just done, she does not show any emotion at all in fact, apart from frustration for Macbeth because he is not being brave or strong like a man should be: 'My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 67-68).
The knocking that comes towards the end of the scene succeeds in further racking up the tension. It instils a sense of urgency in the situation, that while Macbeth stands around, waiting for 'occasion [to] call us and show us to be watchers' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 73-4), for the longer they wait there with the 'filthy witness' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 50) on their hands, the more likely it is they are going to get caught red-handed. It is a harsh loud and repetitive noise that should bring Macbeth out of his inward turning thoughts, but as it does not it further shows how hard he is taking the stress. It brings out a bit of anxiousness in Lady Macbeth though, as she gets more and more tense as the knocking continues: 'Hark! More knocking' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 72)
Macbeth's final words in this scene show his true emotion that he is feeling after the murder. He says 'To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself' (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 76) which seems as if he is asking for a kind of self-inflicted schizophrenia, so he doesn't have to deal with the sorrow and regret he is feeling. But his very last line, 'Wake Duncan with thy knocking; I would thou couldst.' (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 77) shows his deep sadness, regret and sorrow for what he has done.
In conclusion, the murder of King Duncan is dramatised by Shakespeare's decision not to show the murder, instead shifting the focus onto the scenes preceding and following the offstage event, where suspense for the murder is built up in the audience's minds using dark imagery, and emphasis is put on how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin to come to terms with what they have done and what lays ahead for them now they have committed this heinous crime.
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Today I want to revisit a little trivia about President Taft. He was of course the Person-of-Mystery last March 31.
Taft is one of our lesser known presidents, but if people remember him for anything, it's his weight. It is said that he was about 332 pounds when he was in office.
President Taft in 1908
Taft in profile on the links after leaving the executive office
Even his bathing was the source of jokes as it was rumored that he had become stuck in a bath and needed the help of several assistants to be removed. This was not helped by the fact that he had an oversized (about 7 ft by 3 1/2 ft) custom built tub installed at the White House. One newspaper at the time described it as having "pond-like dimensions."
Workers relaxing in Taft's custom tub before leaving the factory
I don't believe that Taft would have won even a single term in the modern age. His weight would have become the fodder of comedians who would have had a field day with his campaign slogan, "Get on the Raft with Taft."
A musical rendition of his campaign slogan
I'm also certain the press would have produced this Dukakis-like photo of Taft on a water buffalo during his time as Governor of the Philippines.
Taft it is said to have disliked the presidency. While being groomed for the office, then President Teddy Roosevelt was privately joking late one evening with Secretary and Mrs. Taft. Speaking like a fortune-teller, Roosevelt said, "I see a man standing before me weighing about 350 pounds. There is something hanging over his head. I cannot make out what it is. At one time it looks like the presidency—then again it looks like the chief justiceship." Mrs. Taft blurted out, "Make it the presidency!" Secretary Taft somewhat less enthusiastically replied, "Make it the chief justice-ship." Taft would later win the presidency, but after a single term, he also ignominiously became the only sitting president to finish third in a presidential election behind the other major party and the more successful third-party candidate in the election of 1912.
He is remembered for being the first president to throw out the opening pitch at a baseball game and many believe he was responsible for starting the seventh inning stretch. After he left office he lost 150 pounds and was eventually appointed to the Supreme Court and later became Chief Justice, a position he found much more to his liking (thus making him the only person ever to be President and Chief Justice) . All-in-all he seems a like a pretty decent fellow to me, he enjoyed his food, and had a grand sense of humor.
Of his laugh, Taft biographer Henry Pringle wrote, "It was by all odds the most infectious chuckle in the history of politics. It started with a silent trembling of Taft's ample stomach. The next sign was a pause in the reading of his speech, and the spread of a slow grin across his face. Then came a kind of gulp which seemed to escape without his being aware that the climax was near. Laughter followed hard on the chuckle itself, and the audience invariable joined in."
A much leaner Chief Justice Taft
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Rob From Amersfoort said...
The last photo is a bit of a shock.
al_luz812 said...
Taft was governor-general of the philippine civil government before he became an american president.
He was the head of the Taft Commission which enacted and put into law the local gov't code that created the municipalities and provinces of the country.
A major Manila thoroughfare, the Taft Avenue, was named after him.
...the carabao(water buffalo) with pres Taft seems to be in pain.
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What a fine moustache! They just don't grow 'em like that anymore.
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Volume II, Issue 3 | September 2012
Author(s): Blitman & King LLP
Welcome to the next issue of CUEd In, our guide to the law and business of employee benefits for credit union executives.
In this issue, we highlight the importance of understanding the impact that career related decisions—such as accepting a promotion, switching credit unions, or volunteering to partake in a voluntary layoff program—may have on your rights under an employee benefit plan.
To illustrate the concept, we focus on a recent case involving an executive who relied upon a representation from a service provider of the company in connection with the amount of pension benefits the executive was entitled to. Perhaps throughout the years the executive developed a relationship with the service provider, or maybe the executive assumed that because the company hired the service provider it would be competent. Regardless, the executive made a life altering decision, to his/her detriment, based on faulty information provided by the company's service provider rather than seeking out advice from an independent source. We dissect this case and apply it in the context of credit unions.
In addition, please join our CUEd In LinkedIn Group by visiting: http://tiny.cc/ud88kw. Through our LinkedIn Group, we will be disseminating information and updates for credit union executives.
Executives of credit unions who participate or seek to participate in a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") need to understand the benefit formula of the SERP, the impact that promotions, terminations and career related decisions may have on the calculation of benefits and their rights under the SERP. This is particularly true, as we discussed in our last issue, due to the complex nature of challenging the decisions of SERP plan committees, how courts review SERP plan committee decisions and the standards that apply. In short, it is always better to receive an opinion that you can rely on from an independent employee benefits counsel to determine the impact that a career related decision may have on your right to receive pension and other benefits. A recent case involving an executive that relied upon a representation from a service provider of the company provides an unfortunate, but realistic, example.1
1 Duncan v. Milliman Inc., M.D. Tenn., No. 3:09-cv-00989, March 20, 2012.
A hypothetical credit union example based on the facts of Duncan v. Milliman Inc. Louisana-Pacific Credit Union ("LP Credit Union") is the sponsor of a SERP that is offered to its executive employees. F. Jeff Duncan, Jr. ("Duncan") was a 53-year old Vice President and the Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology with LP Credit Union. Duncan was a participant in the SERP.
Benefit Consultants Inc. ("BCI") provides actuarial consulting and other services to LP Credit Union in connection with the SERP, including the preparation of periodic benefit statements to be sent to each participant in the SERP. These statements include information relating to each participant's status in the SERP, an estimate of the participant's projected benefits, and a summary of SERP provisions. As a participant, Duncan received these benefit statements. In one such statement, the benefit statement provided by BCI to Duncan provided that Duncan had an "accrued benefit" of $1,234,572 as of January 1, 2008.
Executive makes life altering decision based on benefit statement. In October of 2008, Duncan learned that LP Credit Union planned a significant reduction in force and thus reevaluated his retirement options, including a review of the most-recent benefit statement provided by BCI, which included the $1,234,572 accrued benefit. After assessing his options, Duncan told the senior executives of LP Credit Union on October 23, 2008 that he was willing to be included in the anticipated reduction in force.
By letter dated October 29, 2008, BCI informed LP Credit Union that Duncan's estimated retirement benefit would be $517,103.10, assuming a retirement date of November 15, 2008.
On November 3, 2008, Duncan was provided with a letter confirming his termination and notifying him of this estimated benefit. Duncan responded that, had he known this was the actual amount instead of the $1,234,572 he anticipated, he would never have volunteered to be terminated.
On November 19, 2008, BCI provided Duncan with an "Explanation of SERP Benefit" that included the revised, lower amount, and explained that the higher "accrued benefit" amount on the January 1, 2008 benefits statement was based on the normal retirement age of 62 and service through December 31, 2007.
Executive signs Separation Agreement and attempts to reserve rights but doesn't. Duncan was then provided with a Separation Agreement drafted by LP Credit Union, which provided Duncan with certain severance pay benefits. In addition, the Separation Agreement provided that "All benefits and rights arising out of [Duncan's participation in LP Credit Union's retirement] plans and programs shall be payable or exercisable upon termination of Duncan's employment on his Separation Date solely in accordance with the terms of those plans, programs and related agreements in effect on that Separation Date." In exchange, the Separation Agreement contained a clause by which Duncan irrevocably and unconditionally released LP Credit Union and any of its agents from any and all future suits of any nature whatsoever.
Duncan returned a signed and initialed copy of the Separation Agreement to LP Credit Union. However, he also added a handwritten addendum to the "Release" clause which read: "This shall not preclude the right to pursue actions regarding my SERP Benefit including those provided in the Plan." Duncan was informed that this proposed addendum was not acceptable to LP Credit Union and, in response, he signed the Separation Agreement as originally drafted. Duncan notified a Vice President with LP that he was signing the agreement without the additional language because his lawyer had informed him that claims arising out of, or relating to, the SERP were expressly and unambiguously excepted from the release. In August 2009, Duncan was paid a SERP benefit close to the revised amount that had been computed by BCI in the November benefit explanation.
Executive files lawsuit alleging additional benefits due under SERP. In response, Duncan brought suit in Federal District Court against BCI based on the alleged negligent misrepresentation in the January 1, 2008 statement.
Duncan alleged that he was induced to volunteer for retirement or a termination from LP because the benefit statement, as he had understood it, indicated that he was entitled to receive a significantly higher SERP than actually paid.
Duncan argued that the release in the Separation Agreement unambiguously excepted claims pertaining to LP Credit Union's employee benefit plans and, in the alternative, such a release would violate Sections 410(a) and 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). Section 410(a) provides that any provision in any agreement which purports to relieve a fiduciary from responsibility of liability under ERISA is void against public policy. Section 510 generally prevents interference with an employee's pension rights.
How does the court see it? The Court first noted that a release of rights under ERISA must be clear and unmistakable and, therefore, ERISA waivers require closer scrutiny than waivers of general contract claims. However, the Court noted that the provisions of the Separation Agreement relating to the governing nature of the terms of the SERP with respect to Duncan's employee benefits did not have any effect on a claim for negligent misrepresentation because such a claim is one under state tort law and not a claim for "accrued benefits and rights under LP [Credit Union]'s employee benefit plans" which would have implicated the employee benefits language in the Separation Agreement. This fact was made clear by the fact that Duncan did not sue BCI seeking benefits in accordance with the written terms of the SERP; rather, the suit dealt with the alleged misrepresentations in the benefit statement.
As a result, the Court found that Duncan's claim for negligent misrepresentation was waived by the release provision of the Separation Agreement. The Court noted that the obvious intent of this provision was to release any causes of action Duncan may have had against LP Credit Union and its agents, including BCI, except for causes of action for benefits, in exchange for the severance payment. Accordingly, the Court granted BCI's motion for summary judgment and Duncan's claim was dismissed.


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Hong Kong's Made-in-China National Security Law: Upending the Legal Order for the Sake of Law and Order
Australian Journal of Asian Law, 2020, Vol 21 No 1, Article 01: 1-23
24 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2020
See all articles by Brendan Clift
Brendan Clift
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
Date Written: December 15, 2020
Hong Kong's sweeping new national security regime makes major changes to the territory with 27 years still to run on the constitutional arrangements agreed between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China. Drafted in Beijing and promulgated in Hong Kong, the National Security Law is a vast political document widely inconsistent with, yet overruling, Hong Kong's pre-existing constitutional, statutory and common law. Broad, draconian new offences are created, criminalising dissent and placing civil and political rights in jeopardy. Regional institutions are co-opted to serve the PRC security apparatus, diminishing their autonomy, while vast powers are conferred on executive authorities under mainland supervision. The vaunted 'firewall' between the PRC and Hong Kong legal systems is broken down as the transfer of cases into mainland jurisdiction is made possible, while the region's courts are shackled by ousters of interpretative and supervisory jurisdiction. The rule of law is recast in law-and-order terms to shore up the stability and authority of the one-party state. This article presents a detailed review and critique of the NSL and considers its implications for Hong Kong and the 'one country, two systems' model.
Clift, Brendan, Hong Kong's Made-in-China National Security Law: Upending the Legal Order for the Sake of Law and Order (December 15, 2020). Australian Journal of Asian Law, 2020, Vol 21 No 1, Article 01: 1-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3749674
Brendan Clift (Contact Author)
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School ( email )
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Resonance - Founder
Mr. Ram Kishan Verma, an edupreneur synonymous with success in cracking IIT-JEE, was born in a small village in the Kota district in the state of Rajasthan. He excelled throughout his schooling, in himself clearing the IIT-JEE and as an Electrical & Electronics Engineering student at IIT-Madras. After completing his B.Tech. in 1994, he joined BHEL as a Trainee Engineer.
Following a brief stint at BHEL, destiny brought him into coaching education which at that time was emerging in Kota and he joined a reputed coaching institute in Kota as part of the Physics Faculty in 1995 and continued there till 2001. Through his sincerity, dedication and hard-work, he earned respect from his students and became very popular amongst the student fraternity, as RKV Sir, for his in-depth subject knowledge, unmatched teaching skills and passionate aptitude for the coaching profession.
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Les élections départementales dans les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ont lieu les  et .

Contexte départemental
En mars 2015, Gilbert Sauvan (conseiller départemental du canton de Castellane en tandem avec Alberte Vallée) est élu comme Président du Département des Alpes de Haute Provence.

Le , il annonce sa démission de la présidence du département, à compter du septembre

Gilbert Sauvan décède le 16 septembre 2017 à l'âge de , des suites d'une longue maladie.

René Massette est élu à la suite de Gilbert Sauvan, grâce au soutien de l'opposition de droite, le , provoquant une scission dans la majorité.

Assemblée départementale sortante
Avant les élections, le Conseil départemental des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence est présidé par René Massette (PS).
Il comprend 30 conseillers départementaux issus des 15 cantons des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Système électoral

Les élections ont lieu au scrutin majoritaire binominal à deux tours. Le système est paritaire : les candidatures sont présentées sous la forme d'un binôme composé d'une femme et d'un homme avec leurs suppléants (une femme et un homme également).

Pour être élu au premier tour, un binôme doit obtenir la majorité absolue des suffrages exprimés et un nombre de suffrages au moins égal à 25 % des électeurs inscrits. Si aucun binôme n'est élu au premier tour, seuls peuvent se présenter au second tour les binômes qui ont obtenu un nombre de suffrages au moins égal à 12,5 % des électeurs inscrits, sans possibilité pour les binômes de fusionner. Est élu au second tour le binôme qui obtient le plus grand nombre de voix.

Résultats à l'échelle du département

Résultats par nuances du ministère de l'Intérieur
Les nuances utilisées par le ministère de l'Intérieur ne tiennent pas compte des alliances locales.

Assemblée départementale élue

Élus par canton

Résultats par canton
Les binômes sont présentés par ordre décroissant des résultats au premier tour. En cas de victoire au second tour du binôme arrivé en deuxième place au premier, ses résultats sont indiqués en gras.

Canton de Barcelonnette

Canton de Castellane

Canton de Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Canton de Digne-les-Bains-1

Canton de Digne-les-Bains-2

Canton de Forcalquier

Canton de Manosque-1

Canton de Manosque-2

Canton de Manosque-3

Canton d'Oraison

Canton de Reillanne

Canton de Riez

Canton de Seyne

Canton de Sisteron

Canton de Valensole

Notes et références

Notes

Références
 Article HPI du  : http://www.hauteprovenceinfo.com/article-17273-rene-massette-elu-president-du-conseil-departemental-des-alpes-de-haute-provence.html

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Liste des conseillers départementaux des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 Arrondissements des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 Liste des cantons des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 Conseil départemental des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 Élections départementales françaises de 2015
 Élections départementales françaises de 2021
 Liste des communes des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Liens externes

 Site du Conseil départemental des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Départementales, 2021

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