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"I told anybody that it was my land"; or, "Why don't you stir it while it's hot?"
May 7, 2015 Lisa Y. HendersonArtis, Coley, court case, land dispute, Wayne County Leave a comment
The ninth in an occasional series excerpting testimony from the transcript of the trial in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis, Wayne County Superior Court, November 1908.
(Tom Pig Artis' testimony continued from here.)
CROSS EXAMINED.
I have been claiming this land all the time. I have not been listing it for taxes. Before the mortgage was given I was listing it. I have not listed it ever since 1892, 'till this last year. I listed my other property, but don't know that listed this land. I have been mortgaging the crops on this land. I mortgaged it one year in 1893. I guess I did. To Mr. Minshew. I don't know that I described the land in the Minshew mortgage as the land belonging to Napoleon Hagans. I don't say I didn't. I can't tell the date, but I have rented some land from Hagans. Two or three years. That mortgage to Minshew was intended to cover the crops to be made on the 30 acre piece. (Defendant objects to all about mortgage.) I don't know that I made another crop lien on that same land in 1895. I don't remember that I made one then. I made a mortgage to Mr. Peacock in Fremont on the same land. I described the land as mine. I don't know that I said it was known as the Hagans land. I made a crop lien to Peele & Copeland in 1906. That was to cover crops on the 30 acre piece I guess. I described it as the land known as Will Hagans land. I guess, I don't know. I might have described it as mine. I made Peele & Copeland another crop lien in 1907 on the same land. I described it as the land known as the Will Hagans land, if its there, I expect I did. I didn't say in that mortgage that it was my land. On April 16th 1908 I made Peele & Copeland another crop lien. I don't know that I gave them a mortgage this year. I may have. I guess I did. If it shows it, I did. I described it as my own land. First time that I ever put a statement in a paper or that made reference to crop on this 30 acre piece, that they would be grown on my own land. On March 23rd 1908, I made a real estate mortgage on this land to Peele & Copeland for $420.00. This crop lien I made this year, and also this mortgage on this land was made after the action was made to recover the land. I rented some other land from Hagans beside the 30 acre piece. I didn't have any of the Hagans land under rent beside the 30 acre tract last year in 1907. I had land rented off, but not the Hagans land. (This action was brought March 18th 1908.) The real estate mortgage to Peele & Copeland was given Mar. 23rd, 1908. Was served Mar. 27th 1908, and the crop lien Apr. 16th 1908.) Last year I didn't have any of W.S. Hagans' land rented. I cultivated only the 30 acre tract, and lived in the house on the other side. (Summons introduced by Plaintiff.) At the time Mr. Cook was negotiating about buying this land from Hagans I was cultivating the 30 acre tract, and was living across the line on the 24 acre piece. I knew that Cook was trying to buy the Calv place. I didn't know that he was trying to buy both places then. Not until I heard from other people that he was trying to buy both places. I heard that a few days before he came up here to get the papers fixed. When I heard this news, I didn't go see Mr. Coley. I happened to see him. I was just passing and saw him. He spoke to me first about it. He said he understood Mr. Cook was about to buy all the land about there, and mine too. He said why didn't I let him know. He said if he had known it he would have bought some. I told him I understood they were going to fix the papers the next day. I said if he is, I am going to Goldsboro, and he said if you go, and he and Cook don't trade, tell Hagans to send me a note. I went the next day, and I told him exactly what he told me. I carried it to him. The rumor was that he Cook was buying both places. I told Coley that if anybody got it I would rather him get it, for I didn't think that I could get along with Mr. Cook. I didn't have any reference to my place. I didn't tell Coley that I didn't mean the 30 acre piece. I told him myself. I told him I understood Mr. Cook was trying to but all the land down there, trying to buy the 30 acre piece and the 24 acre piece. I told him I was coming to Goldsboro, he asked me to speak to Hagans. I told him if anybody had to have it, I had rather for him to have it than Cook. I came and saw Hagans. I didn't ask Hagans not to sell it to Cook. I didn't ask him to let Coley have it. I didn't tell him I would get along better with Coley than Cook. I didn't say that. I don't remember that I told Hagans I could get along better with Coley than Cook. I don't swear, but I never told him that. I told Coley. I told Hagans what Coley said, if he and Mr. Cook didn't trade to send him a note. Hagans and Coley did trade. They went to my place. I got in the buggy with him. Rode over to Mr. Coleys. They were talking but I don't know what they were talking about. They were around the house. I didn't hear a word except that Hagans would see him later, maybe some other things were said, I don't remember. I didn't hear how much Coley was to give him for it, not until he had bought it. Mr. Coley came, but I don't know if he came to see me. He just passed by. He didn't say anything about renting it. He said he never knew where these lines were, and he said he wanted me to go around and show them to him. I don't know whether he had any deed for it or not. I went all around and showed him the lines between his and mine too. There was a fence off the line a little. He told me to take the fence and put it around the pasture. He didn't say he wanted me to. I didn't move the rails of the fence, because Mr. Cook saw me with my cart. He said that fence was on the line of the 30 acre place, and told me not to move it. I didn't because Cook said it was on the line. I went to move it. This fence was on the line between the 30 acre place and Cook's line, not between the 30 and 24 acre pieces. Mr. Coley came back at another time, and talked about renting the land. Never reached any agreement. He said Uncle Tom aren't you going to rent it. I said "No, I never rented my land." I told him all the time it was my land, when I was showing him the corners etc. He was Now was the time to stir while it was hot. I told him I didn't have to rent my own land. I told anybody that it was my land. I don't know when I told Coley first it was my land. He knew I suppose that it was my land. I told him before I went to see Hagans that it was mine. I offered to buy from Hagans an acre along the 24 acre piece. He asked me if I couldn't get somebody else to buy the rest of it. I told him I didn't know. I never offered to buy the 30 acre piece, in presence of Reid or anybody else, nor offered to pay any on the mortgage, but I told him I could take up the mortgage. I told him that this year, and told him so last year. This last winter. I made a mortgage to H.J. Harrell in 1895. It was intended to cover crop on the 30 acre tract. I described it as the Hagans & Ward land. I tended some land on the Ward place, the other was on the 30 acre piece. That was on the 11th of May, 1908. (Book 18, Page 180) Reason I didn't move the fence was because Cook stopped me. I didn't go to see Coley and tell him what Cook said. I told him about about it. I don't remember where I told him, but I told him. I said Mr. Coley Mr. Cook said you gave him these rails, and he said no he didn't. Cook had done moved the rails. I was aiming to have the line run. I went to have the lines turned out. I knew the fence was off the line for maybe 25 years. I never have had it run. I didn't advise Mr. Coley to have it run. I showed Mr. Coley lines and corners, because he asked me to go around with him. I told him at the time it was my land. I didn't tell Coley he would get Cook's tobacco barn. I told him the line would strike the tobacco barn. It was on my side. There had been a division since then. He had alreday told me that Hagans had sold him the land, he wanted to know the land between me and him. He said, "Let's go all around and we went with two more men. I told him it was my land. He asked me why didn't I stir it while it was hot. He said not to let it get cold, do it now. I gave Peele & Copeland a lien on this land for $420. for supplies etc. I owed for supplies last year and for now. I have a statement of how much I owed him. He had crop lien as security last year. I paid him some. I owed him about $300 together with the mule claim and cow, they amounted to about $200 or $300. I gave him a note for $420. I bought the mule from Mr. Pat Coley. He stood for me. That was put in the Peele & Copeland mortgage. They took up my claim for Mr. Pat Coley. I gave them a mortgage for $420.
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A home for his lifetime.
April 1, 2015 Lisa Y. HendersonArtis, Hagans, land dispute, Wayne County 1 Comment
The seventh in an occasional series excerpting testimony from the transcript of the trial in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis, Wayne County Superior Court, November 1908.
Defendant introduces JESSE ARTIS who being duly sworn, testified:
I had a conversation with Tom Artis and Hagans about this land. I was working there for Hagans (Plaintiff objects) as carpenter. Tom Artis was working with me. The Old man Hagans was talking to Tom about claim which Mrs. Exum had on his land, and was telling him that he had some money at that time, and was would take it up if he wanted to, and give him a home for his lifetime. He left us, and Tom talked to me. I told him he did not know whether he would have a home all his life or not. I advised Tom to let Hagans take up the papers, and Tom did so. Hagans told me next day that if Tom should pay him 800 lb. of cotton he should stay there his life time. When he paid him his money back, the place was his. I don't know that Tom and I are any kin. Just by marriage. We are not a member of the same Church.
When I was a carpenter 'Pole told me all about this on his place. He took me into his confidence. I don't know whether he told me all. He told me a good deal.
Jesse Artis (circa 1847-circa 1910) was a brother of my great-great-great-grandfather Adam Artis and his brother Jonah Williams, the latter of whom also testified in this trial.
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The question of a half-acre in Fremont.
March 19, 2015 Lisa Y. HendersonAldridge, education, Fremont, land dispute Leave a comment
North Carolina, Wayne County } In the Superior Court Before A.T. Grady C.S.C.
A.A. Williams & R.J. Barnes }
vs } Complaint
John W. Moore & Isaiah Barnes }
The plaintiffs allege
1. That the plaintiffs and the defendants are tenants in common of a lot of land situate in the town of Fremont in said State and County adjoining the lands of W.R. Ballance & others bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the centre of Sycamore Street below J.P. Hopewell's lot and running the centre of said street 47 yards; then at right angles with said street nearly East to R.E. Cox and W.R. Ballance line; then nearly North with said line 47 yards to a stake thence nearly west to the beginning containing one half acre.
2. That the plaintiffs and the defendants are seized and possessed in fee simple of said lands as tenants in common in the following proportions to wit 1. A.A. Williams to one third part thereof 2. R.J. Barnes to one third part thereof 3. Isaiah Barnes to one sixth part thereof 4. John W. Moore to one sixth part thereof
3. That the defendants Isaiah Barnes and John W. Moore refuse to [illegible] with the plaintiffs in a petition for the sale of said lands for division.
4. That the plaintiffs desire to have partition of said land made amongst the plaintiffs and the defendants according to their respective rights and interests therein so that each party may hold his interest in severalty, but the number of the parties interested it is impossible that actual partition thereof can be made without serious injury to the parties interested
Wherefore the plaintiffs demand judgment
1. That the plaintiffs and the defendants be declared tenants in common in said lands
2. That an order issue for the sale of said lands on such terms as this Court shall deem reasonable and that the proceeds of such sale may be divided among the plaintiffs and the defendants according to their respective shares and interests in the said lands.
W.S.O'B.Robinson, Atty for plaintiffs
North Carolina, Wayne County } Superior Court Before the Clerk
A.A. Williams & R.J. Barnes
Jno. W. Moore et als
The defendants Jno. W. Moore, Isaiah Barnes and R.J. Barnes, answering the petition herein say:
I. That paragraph I thereof is not true.
II. That paragraph II thereof is not true.
III. That paragraph III thereof is not true.
IV. That paragraph IV thereof is not true.
For a further defense defendants allege:
I. That on the [blank] day of 1888, the plaintiffs and defendants, together with Geo. Aldridge and Wm. Durden for the purpose of obtaining a school site for a free school in District No. 6 Colored, in Wayne County, which district had been in July 1888 created at the request of the said persons above-named, paid for the lot of land described in the petition and procured a conveyance thereof from R.E. Cox to themselves, it being the intent and purpose of all the parties thereto that the parties in said deed should hold the lot therein conveyed as trustees for the said district for use as a free school in the same, and that the said deed should be executed to them as said trustees.
2. That by the eventual mistake of the parties to said deed the same was executed by the said R.E. Cox to the parties individually and not as trustees.
Wherefore defendants pray that they be hence dismissed and that they receive their costs of plaintiff A.A. Williams and for such other and further relief is they may be entitled to.
Aycock & Daniels, Attys for Deft.
These undated pleadings do not exactly speak for themselves, but I hesitate to read into them something that's not there. I don't know how the suit turned out, but if the answer is credited, something like this happened: my great-great-grandfather John Aldridge's brother George and five others purchased a half-acre from R.E. Cox to be used for the erection of a school for Fremont's African-American children. (That's how it worked then — communities had to donate the land for schools to be built upon.) Through mistake and oversight, Cox made out the deed to the six men individually, rather than as trustees. Subsequently, Williams and R.J. Barnes, seeking to take advantage of the tenancy in common, sought to force a sale of the land — which was too small to divide — so that each owner could cash out his share.
Who were these folks?
A.A. Williams was a teacher and principal of the Colored Graded School in Goldsboro.
John W. Moore appears in the 1880 census of Nahunta, Wayne County, as a 57 year-old farmer. He is named in Goldsboro newspaper as active in colored school affairs.
Isaiah Barnes appears in the 1880 census of Fremont, Wayne County, as a 30 year-old farm laborer. By 1894, he is named in Goldsboro newspapers as a poll holder for Fremont voting district.
R.J. Barnes cannot be identified.
William E. Durden is most likely the "William Darden" who appears in the 1880 census of Nahunta, Wayne County, as a 29 year-old farmer.
R.E. Cox was a physician and Fremont town commissioner. Goldsboro newspaper show that he also owned a drugstore and was active in other business ventures. He was white; the other men were African-American.
Document found in School Records, Miscellaneous Records, Wayne County Records, North Carolina State Archives.
I would be glad if you would wait a few days.
December 1, 2014 Lisa Y. HendersonArtis, cotton, Eureka, Hagans, land dispute, tenant farmer, Wayne County Leave a comment
The second in an occasional series excerpting testimony from the transcript of the trial in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis, Wayne County Superior Court, November 1908. Paragraph breaks inserted for better readability.
Plaintiff introduces H.S. REID who being duly sworn testifies as follows:
I know the Defendant Tom Artis. I had a conversation with him in reference to payment of cotton to [William S.] Hagans. This last fall I was on the road with Hagans and met Tom Artis carrying a bale of cotton. Heard conversation between Artis and Hagans. When we met in the road Tom said, "You are leaving home, and I have started to your house with a bale of lint cotton." Hagans told Tom to carry it on as quick as he could, for he needed it about as bad as he ever saw anyone. He said that in a joking way. Hagans started off, and he said, "Hold on Captain!" He told him that he understood that he was going to sell the land down there. Hagans said yes, that it was for sale. Tom said, "I would be glad if you would wait a few days Captain, I think I can raise the money for that place, didn't say what place just then. Hagans said he had rather sell it altogether. Tom said if he would give him a few days until he could see his boys, he thought he could raise the money for it all. Hagans said alright, it was all for sale. That was about the end of the conversation and we parted. Later then that one day, at Eureka, Artis asked me if I knew when Hagans would be out at his place. I told him about the day Hagans told me he would be out there. Artis said I wish I would deliver a message to Hagans for him, "ask him not to sell that place to Mr. Wright Cook. Said if he did, he would be out of house and home. He said he would rather Hagans sell it to Coley, for he thought he could get along better with Mr. Coley. I delivered the message to Hagans when he came out home. I think this is about the substance. That last conversation was a short while before the sale I think. Am not real sure when it was.
I told this conversation about Tom wanting Hagans to wait before he sold the land. I told several people, I don't remember all. I am not able to tell. I think Hagans and I talked about Tom Wanting to buy the land. I am not positive. I heard Hagans say that the old man wanted to buy the land from him, as I remember. I think I told the lawyer about the first conversation.
HENRY S. REID recalled by Defendant.
I don't know that on the occasion I met Tom Artis, that he forbid Hagans selling his land. It wasn't mentioned that day. I have never admitted to Tom that he forbid Hagans selling that land.
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He never said he had any claims on the land.
April 11, 2014 Lisa Y. HendersonArtis, cotton, Hagans, land dispute, tenant farmer, Wayne County 1 Comment
The first in an occasional series excerpting testimony from the transcript of the trial in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis, Wayne County Superior Court, November 1908. Paragraph breaks inserted for better readability.
The Plaintiff introduces W.S. Hagans, who being duly sworn testifies as follows:
I sold this land, the 30 acre, 24 acre, and the 9 1/3 acre pieces to Mr. Coley. Mr. Cook had been negotiating with me for the purchase of the 30 acre tract and the 24 acre tract. He did not want the 9 1/3 acre tract. I met Mr. Cook on several different occasions, until finally we met at Eureka one afternoon, he was considering it, and we finally decided on the deal. Mr. Cook was to give me $40.00 per acre for the the 30 acre tract, and the 24 acre tract. Before Mr. Cook did this however, he informed me that there was a missing link in the title, that he had found after investigating it. I told him that that was perfectly alright, as there had never been any question about it.
After our conference at Eureka, the day was set for me to meet him in Goldsboro, where he was to pay me the consideration, the price of the land, and I in turn to give him a deed for the land. He did not come on that day, but 'phoned me at Fremont that he did not succeed in raising the money, but to please hold it open until tomorrow.
Early tomorrow morning, before sunrise, a bitter cold morning, the Defendant [Tom Artis] came to my house in Goldsboro. I asked him what brought him to town on such a cold morning, he said he came to bring a message from Mr. J.F. Coley, that Mr. Coley said that he wanted to buy that land, and would take all three of the tracts instead of two, said the Defendant to me, "that will be to your advantage." The Defendant stated to me that Mr. Cook's time was out yesterday. I expressed surprise that the Defendant should be familiar with those circumstances. Afterwards I said to the Defendant, that while Mr. Cook's time was out yesterday, that Mr. Cook had phoned me yesterday & said he had a great effort to reach me, and finally did so asking me to hold the matter open until tomorrow. I told him that I would feel honor bound if Mr. Cook should come to me with the purchase price for the two tracts of land, to let him have it, although I would prefer selling the three tracts together. The Defendant said to me that if Mr. Cook got possession of this place that he the Defendant would not be able to stay there as Mr. Cook was a very disagreeable man to get along with. I told the Defendant that I would not deed this property to Mr. Cook, or to any one else until they made the same promise to me in reference to the Defendant's staying where he has, that I made to my father in the presence of the Defendant.
The Defendant remained in shooting distance of me all of the day, waiting for me to see Mr. Cook that he might get from me a final message to take back to Mr. Coley. I saw Mr. Cook, and he informed me that the reason he couldn't take it was that he had experienced great difficulty in raising that money. That money was hard. I was really glad of this, and so informed the Defendant, for I wanted to sell the three tracts if possible, together. Then I asked the Defendant to say to Mr. Coley on his return home, that I would meet him at the Defendant's house on Friday, I think it was, but having business out there, I drove past, and got the Defendant and took him out to the Plaintiff's place of business that was on Thursday, I went the day before the time set, and stated to the Defendant the object of my going down there, and asked him to go with me.
We went down there and Mr. Coley and I had a talk aside from the Defendant, and finally wound up in the Defendan't presence. The conversation we had in the presence of Tom was Mr. Coley might have the three pieces of land, in consideration of $3250, and I take his paper. This was said in the Defendant's immediate presence, he sitting on the buggy beside me. We left, the Defendant expressing himself as highly pleased that Mr. Coley had bought the three pieces of land, said he thought I had made a fine trade. He made no objection at any time to the sale of the land. He encouraged it all the while. He never intimated to me that he had any claims on this land of any kind. None whatever.
I got the land about 1899, deed of partition between my brother [Henry E. Hagans] and myself. After I got the land I rented that to the Defendant. The first year I think, I charged him 850 lb. of lint cotton, thinking all the while that my brother having acted for us both got 850 lb. for the two places, the 30 and the 24 acre lot.The Defendant informed me that my brother had been charging only 800 lb., and I agree to the 800 lb. He did not at any time when delivering this cotton say that he was paying it as interest and taxes. (Defendant objects.) He has never said anything about paying it as any way than rent. He has never mentioned taxes to me on that property. I listed that land and paid the taxes.
I had some work done on that house since I came in possession. The Defendant patched the roof and also built a porch. I do not wish to state that I had it built. I paid for the lumber. The Defendant did the work himself.
The Defendant came to my place in front of the gin house last fall, and said to me that he had understood that I was going to sell those three pieces of land down there, we called it the Tom Pig place, the Calv Pig place and the Adam [Artis] place. He said he wanted to buy the Tom Pig place or the 30 acre. He asked me if I would prefer selling it all together. I asked him what he would want to give me for the 30 acre tract piece, and he said he would give me $800.00 for it. I told him I couldn't take that, as I had already been offered $40.00 an acre, or $2160 for the two places. He asked me to give him time that he might hear from his boys in Norfolk, that he was confident that he could raise the purchase price for the 30 acre tract, if not for it all. The Defendant and Durden Fort were present at the time. Durden Fort has since died. In payment of this land, Mr. Coley's notes were security fort this property. Mr. Coley's home place I think. 60 some odd acres in addition to what I sold was given as security. One note is due in January.
CROSS-EXAMINED.
Tom said to me, "I think you sold those three pieces of land well." He said that on the buggy. Mr. Coley and I behind the barn talked about this land. He wanted to get the land for $3000. I had an idea that Mr. Coley was a pretty good trader, and wanted to get it as cheap as possible, and I told him behind the barn what three pieces I wanted to sell him them for. I didn't have to go through any particular form, we didn't close the thing out, we continued the conversation until we separated. The pieces of land were all understood. He said in the presence of Tom, "For the three pieces of land I will give you $3250.00." I thought it was necessary to innumerate the three pieces so he would see what he was getting.
Tom has lived on that place ever since I had it. I don't know to my personal knowledge if he lived off of it. I was in school at the time, or at any rate away from home. Durden Fort was present at the conversation we had. He died in the summer. I had him as a witness. I did not rent my land at the same price every year to every body, not necessarily, to some I did, some I didn't. The reason I charged him 800 lb. was because my brother rented it to him for 800, and I thought it was all he was able to pay, and there were other considerations. There were other considerations that induced me to charge only 800 lb. of lint cotton for the land. (Plaintiff objects.) It arose out of a conversation I had with my father [Napoleon Hagans] and Tom. My father was in feeble health in 1896. He called my brother and myself under the cart shelter at the home place and said to us that he was not going to live long, and he did not know to which one of us, that is his two sons, would fall heir to that property. Tom was present. That was the land in controversy. (Plaintiff objects), but as long as the Defendant, whom he called "Pig" paid his rent, let him remain. We promised. He did not say how much rent. I did not know as far as I remember that Tom paid to my father 800 lb. of lint cotton. I don't know. I would rather believe he did. (Plaintiff objects.)
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Coley v. Artis.
September 15, 2013 Lisa Y. HendersonArtis, cotton, Hagans, land dispute, lawsuit, tenant farmer, Wayne County, Williams 14 Comments
At the heart of Wayne County Superior Court proceedings stemming from the suit in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis (1908) was a dispute over 30 acres of land. Thomas "Tom Pig" Artis began renting the property in 1881 from W.J. Exum. In 1892, Exum's widow Mary sold it to Napoleon "Pole" Hagans. In 1896, after Napoleon's death, the land passed to his sons Henry and William S. Hagans, and in 1899 Henry sold his interest to his brother. In 1908, William S. Hagans sold the 30 acres to J.F. Coley. Coley filed suit when Tom Artis laid claim to it, arguing that Napoleon had sold it to him. Tom claimed that the 800 lbs. of cotton he tendered to Napoleon Hagans (and later, his son William) was interest on a mortgage, but William Hagans and other witnesses maintained that the payment was rent.
The trial transcript is replete with testimony revealing the personal relationships among witnesses. Tom Artis testified that he rented the "Adam Artis place." William Hagans testified that his father was in feeble health in 1896 when he called him and Henry together "under the cart shelter" to tell them he would not live long and did not know to whom the land would fall. William testified that Pole asked them to let "Pig" stay on as long as he paid rent, and they promised to do so. Tom Franks testified that "Pole was a first-rate business man." Jonah Williams, Adam Artis' brother, testified that he borrowed money from Napoleon to open a brickyard in the spring of 1893 and had preached his funeral. He also noted that "Tom married my sister [Loumiza Williams Artis, who was deceased by time of this trial]. He is not a member of my church. I turned him out. He is a Primitive Baptist. I preached Napoleon Hagans' funeral." Jesse Artis, another of Adam Artis' brothers, testified that he had worked on Hagans' property as a carpenter for 18 years and noted, "I don't know that Tom and I are any kin, just by marriage." John Rountree testified that he was a tenant renting from Hagans on thirds. Simon Exum, Delilah Artis' husband, testified: "I am no kin to Tom [Artis] as far as I know, except by Adam. His first wife was my wife's sister." H.S. Reid testified that he was Tom Artis' son-in-law.
The court found for Coley and against Artis.
Thomas Artis was a son of a free woman of color, Celia Artis, and her enslaved husband, Simon Pig. Though, ultimately, nearly all free colored Artises are descended from a common ancestor in southside Virginia, by the late 1800s knowledge of these remote links had faded. There were dozens of Artis families in Wayne County during the antebellum period, and the relationships between them are unknown. Celia Artis was a close neighbor of Adam Artis, but the families apparently did not regards themselves as kin. Still, they were inextricably intertwined. The Artises, Haganses and Reids had been neighbors in the Eureka area for generations. Celia Artis and Henry S. Reid's grandmother Rhoda Reid were the wealthiest free women of color in the county. Adam Artis married Napoleon Hagans' half-sister Frances Seaberry. Adam's sister Loumiza married Tom Artis, as noted above. Henry S. Reid, son of Washington and Penninah Reid, married Tom Artis' daughter. Henry's first cousin Henry Reid, son of John and Mozana Hall Reid, married Adam Artis' daughter Georgianna Artis. Adam Artis' son William Marshall Artis and grandson Leslie Artis married Tom Artis' nieces, Etta and Minnie Diggs. And on and on.
Documents found in file of the Estate of Thomas Artis (1911), Wayne County, North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, familysearch.org


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Bankruptcy Court: D&O Insurance Available for MF Global Executives' Defense, Without Restriction
By Kevin LaCroix on September 8, 2014 Posted in D & O Insurance
On September 4, 2014, in the latest in a series of rulings on the issue of whether MF Global's D&O insurers may pay the defense expenses the company's former officers and directors are incurring in the various lawsuits pending against them, Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn held that the insurers may pay the individuals' defense expenses without restriction and he ruled further that payment of the individuals' defense expenses should not be subject to any further bankruptcy court oversight, except with respect to $13.06 million of the D&O insurance proceeds that the bankrupt estate could claim under the policy if the estate were to pay indemnification to certain individuals. The detailed opinion makes for instructive reading for anyone interested in knowing how the issues affecting the operation of a D&O insurance policy in a bankruptcy context. A copy of Judge Glenn's opinion can be found here.
MF Global had filed for bankruptcy in October 2011 after concerns about the company's investments in European sovereign debt had set in motion a series of events that led to the company's collapse. In the wake of the company's failure, a series of claims were filed against the company's former directors and officers. The former directors and officers sought to have the stay in bankruptcy lifted so that the company's D&O insurer could lfund their defense in the litigation.
At the relevant time, MF Global had maintained a $225 million D&O insurance program, consisting of a primary policy of $25 million and various layers of excess insurance totaling an additional $200 million. As discussed here, in April 2012, Judge Glenn had ruled, over the objection of various claimants who had asserted claims against the individuals, that the D&O insurers could advance the individuals' defense expenses subject to a "soft cap" of $30 million. The court did not at the time make any determination whether the policy proceeds were part of the bankrupt estate. In a subsequent ruling, Judge Glenn raised the amount of the cap to $43.8 million.
The individual defendants then filed a motion with the court seeking a ruling that the payment of their defense fees under the D&O insurance policies should no longer be subject to a cap. The defendants argued that because the bankrupt companies were unlikely to be subject to any claims that would trigger the policies' entity coverage and and because the bankrupt entities' indemnification obligations were unlikely to give rise to a claim under the D&O policy, the individuals should have access to the D&O insurance proceeds without further limitation.
In his September 4 opinion, Judge Glenn said that the individuals had "advanced compelling arguments that the proceeds should not be subject to further bankruptcy court oversight." He said that "at least with respect to insurance policies to which the Debtors have no direct claims to policy proceeds, the Court has no legal basis to limit or restrict claims by the Individual Insureds that are within the coverage."
The Court did express alarm about the rate at which the defense expenses are accumulating. He noted that "the amount of insurance proceeds expended to date for the defense of the Individual Insureds has been staggering." He noted that more than $48 million had been incurred already "even before the first deposition has been taken," adding that this fact "is of great concern to the Court." But despite his alarm over the amount of the defense expenses, Judge Glenn said that "it is not the proper role of the bankruptcy court to police litigation in other courts that does not directly affect that property of the estate." Judge Glenn said he does not believe the law "supports placing the bankruptcy court as the overseer of defense costs."
Observing that the Debtors (that is, the bankrupt companies) had "negotiated the insurance policies that provide their former officers, directors and employees with protection against the kinds of litigation claims that have been asserted," Judge Glenn held that the individuals were entitled to the full amount of the D&O Insurance proceeds – with the exception of $13.06 million he reserved for reimbursement of future indemnification payments by the bankruptcy estate.
This exception for future indemnification payments is interesting. The administrator of the court-approved bankruptcy plan had argued that the individual defendants should not have unrestricted access to the policy proceeds because of the possibility that the bankrupt estates could have claims under the policy for indemnification amounts it might pay to or for the benefit of the former MF Global directors and officers. Judge Glenn said that likelihood of any such indemnification is "speculative" other than with respect to specific amounts of indemnification for which certain of the individuals had filed claims in the bankrupt estate. The court had in fact entered an order in which these indemnification claims had been estimated at a total of $15.56 million.
The bankruptcy estate has not yet provided any actual indemnification to the insureds. If the estate were to pay the indemnification and seek reimbursement out of the D&O insurance proceeds, the estate's claim against the insurance would be subject to the applicable $2.5 million retention, meaning that the most the bankrupt estates could seek would be $13.06 million. Judge Glenn said that "it would be premature to label [an indemnification] payout as purely hypothetical." He added that the individuals "will not be prejudiced by establishing a $13.06 million reserve in light of the substantial unused amounts available under the D&O insurance policies."
There are a number of interesting features of Judge Glenn's ruling, The first is his clear sense that in allowing the individual insureds to have access to the policy proceeds to fund their defense, he was merely providing the benefit of the bargain that MF Global had struck when it purchased the policies. The policies' inclusion of a provision that gives priority of the payment of the insurance proceeds for the protection of individual insureds in preference to the protection or reimbursement of the entity means that the policy was designed to provide the very benefits that the individual insureds were seeking. Jude Glenn noted, significantly in my view, that it "would be fundamentally unfair to allow the litigation to proceed while denying the individual insureds coverage for the defense cost."
It is also significant that Judge Glenn mostly rejected the suggestion that he should retain control over the policy proceeds because of the possibility of future payments by the bankruptcy estate of indemnification to the individual defendants. He called this possibility "speculative" and not a valid reason for the court to retain control over the proceeds – except with respect to the specific amounts for which the individuals had actually filed a claim in the bankrupt estate and with respect to which the court had entered an order estimating a value. While indemnification claims generally were speculative, Judge Glenn was prepared to preserve a portion of the policy proceeds for which an estimated amount had been established in a court order.
But though Judge Glenn reserved this amount of the policy proceeds, his willingness to reserve these amounts was a reflection of several very specific conditions. First, he noted that any request by the bankrupt estates for reimbursement of indemnifications amounts paid would be subject to the policy's priority of payments provision. In other words, the application of the insurance proceeds to the payment of the nsureds' defense expenses would take priority to any reimbursement of indemnification amounts paid by the bankrupt estates. Second, his willingness to set aside the reserve was justified in part because doing so would not prejudice the individuals, due to the "substantial unused amounts" of insurance available. These determinations imply that he might not have been willing to reserve the $13.06 million if the individuals were to be prejudiced thereby or if there were not ample amounts of unused insurance proceeds. Finally, in establishing the reserve, he noted that it was "premature" to conclude that the possibility of an indemnification payout was purely hypothetical. This suggests that a time may come when the possibility of an indemnification payment may be assessed and disregarded if it appears at that time to be only hypothetical or unsubstantiated. .
I have highlighted the very specific factors surrounding the $13.06 million Judge Glenn reserved in order to emphasize the limited basis on which he made the reservation. I frankly believe the purpose of the insurance in this context is to provide defense expense protection for the individuals without limitation, and I hope it is clear that in most instances potential future claims against the bankruptcy estate for indemnification should not serve as a basis for restricting the payment of individual insureds' defense expenses. The existence of the prior bankruptcy court order estimating the indemnification amounts and the absence of prejudice to the individuals are important factors that should limit the extent to which insurance proceeds are reserved from payment of the individuals' defense expenses due to hypothetical future indemnification requirements.
I also think it is interesting that Judge Glenn concluded that there was no basis for the bankruptcy court to continue to exercise oversight over the payment of the insurance proceeds, notwithstanding his concerns about the alarming rate at which the defense expenses are accumulating. The involvement of bankruptcy courts in the process of payment of individual insureds' defense fees can be a complicating factor that sometimes muddles or unnecessarily adds expense and uncertainty to the process of claims administration in the bankruptcy context. In many instances, it would be helpful if other bankruptcy courts were to conclude that there is no basis for the court's to maintain an oversight role.
I have often thought that the whole question of whether or not the proceeds of the D&O insurance policy should be allowed to be applied to the payment of individual insureds' defense expenses has been belabored unnecessarily. As I have emphasized in numerous posts on this site, including even a prior post about the payment of the individual defendants' defense fees in the context of the MF Global bankruptcy (here), the failure to allow the individuals access to the insurance proceeds in order to be able to defend themselves would frustrate the very purpose of the insurance. Claimants often confuse the purpose of liability insurance and argue that it should be preserved for their protection or benefit. The fact is that policyholders buy insurance for their own protection not for the protection or benefit of third-parties that might file claims against them. The insurance is there to protect the insured persons from liability, not to create a pool of money for the benefit of prospective claimants. To be sure, payment of insured persons' defense expenses reduces the amount of insurance remaining to fund any settlements or judgments, but that is in the nature of the insurance. The payment of the insurance proceeds for this purpose is merely putting into effect the benefit of the bargain the policyholder bought when it acquired the insurance.
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An article entitled "The Mainland has employed a large number of chip talents from Taiwan with its generous salaries and wealth" has become popular on the Internet. Since the establishment of a $22 billion sound module industry development fund in China in 2014, nearly 1,000 such people have traveled to the mainland. It points out that the big increase of salary; eight free returns to home each year and a high subsidized apartment are an ideal job that cannot reject for a Taiwan chip engineer.
From the fermentation of the ZTE event to the D-round financing of AI Speech China, the chip industry in mainland China has developed rapidly. However, there is nothing happens at one blink at all. Talents are indispensable for the rapid development of the chip industry. "If you stay in Taiwan, then you will not have any chance. It is for hope to come to mainland China," said a Taiwanese engineer working in mainland China.
Since 2014, it has become a key part of actively developing sound module industry in mainland China so as to reduce dependence on overseas companies to attract semiconductor talents from Taiwan. Compared with the recruitment of talents from Korea, Japan, and even European and American countries, Taiwanese engineers can better adapt to the environment of the mainland and devote to working faster and better because of the same culture and language. Although the Taiwanese authorities have revised the relevant regulations to retain talents and promised to relax the tax control on employee stock ownership in order to help enterprises retain talents, the effect is very little. Mainland companies not only offer salaries three times higher than that of Taiwan but also have a list of engineers in their hands. Many Taiwanese engineers cannot resist the temptation of high salaries, high benefits and high positions offered by mainland chip manufacturers such as SMI International Company. Many Taiwanese engineers even have said frankly that "three years' earning in mainland China is equivalent to ten years' earning in Taiwan".
According to the statistical analysis of H&L Management Consultants data from Taipei Recruitment Company, it is estimated that more than 300 senior engineers from Taiwan have gone to Chinese mainland sound module manufacturers so far this year.
On July 10, 2018, Luo Wen, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, went to ZOL, Beijing to conduct an on-the-spot investigation of AI sound module.
After reviewing the AI sound modules, algorithm development, application situation, existing problems and relevant opinions and suggestions reflected by enterprises, he went to Shenzhen without a single halt to investigate some AI and sound module enterprises, and attended the Symposium on the development of AI chip industry.
At the Symposium on the development of the AI chip industry, Luo Wen responded and affirmed the situation of AI sound module enterprises in Beijing and Shenzhen.
Luo Wen pointed out that AI sound module is the strategic commanding point of the development of information technology industry. Its market prospects are broad, the technological path has not yet been determined, and the industrial ecology is forming, which provides us with a rare opportunity to achieve innovative development. This survey adheres to the problem orientation, focuses on understanding the situation and identifying key issues, and puts forward targeted and operational measures and suggestions, providing an important basis for the next precise implementation of the policy. At the Symposium on the Development of Artificial Intelligence Chip Industry in Shenzhen, Luo Wen put forward four aspects to promote the development of Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Sound module Industry.
Firstly, docking the national strategy. The state has issued a series of plans in the field of artificial intelligence. Enterprises should actively integrate product planning with national strategy according to the requirements of national planning and deployment.
Secondly, highlight the integration of applications. Shenzhen city should give full play to the advantages of whole machine application and Internet industry development, promote the deep integration of AI sound module manufacturers and industry application fields, speed up the landing of AI algorithms, computing power and data in application scenarios, and promote the coordinated development of products.
Thirdly, increase R & D efforts. Artificial intelligence industry is still in its early stage of development. We should focus on in-depth learning technology and increase the research and development of algorithm improvement and chip structure optimization for image recognition, speech recognition, automatic driving, and other application scenarios.
Fourthly, strengthen financial support. The government should continue to increase its support to the industry of AI sound modules. Enterprises should earnestly study the relevant supporting policies and accelerate the pace of development.
An expert in the field of sound modules once said unilaterally, "In the field of AI sound modules, the gap between China and foreign countries is not as big as that of traditional sound modules. At present, the development of AI sound modules is still in the era of jungle competition and contention among hundreds of schools of thought, and there is no monopoly giant like Intel that is difficult to shake. So a great many of start-ups are accelerating their R&D, hoping to seize the commanding heights of the future and becoming a new Intel in the AI era.


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"Gossip Queen" Book Event with Rinnah Y .Hope, Sat. Nov. 3rd at Florey's!
Florey's Books welcomes author Rinnah Y. Hope as she reads and discusses her new picture book: "Gossip Queen".
***Saturday, November 3rd, 2-4pm***
Gossip Queen takes us on a journey through the schoolyards and the hearts of our children. Little Elena struggled with isolation after losing her hearing and speech. She learned how damaging words could be when an angel freed her tongue and unclogged her ears. This delightful and uplifting story conveys an important message: words are powerful and the tongue is like a spark that can set a forest on fire.
Rinnah Y Hope. loves to write for children. Before she became a writer, she taught at an elementary school in San Francisco and enjoyed telling stories to her students. She also taught Mathematics and Biology in high schools and Mass Communications and Public Speaking at a college. Besides a B.S., she holds an M.A. degree in Communications and Theater Arts from the University of Iowa.
***Saturday, Nov. 3rd, 2-4pm***
Open 10am to 6pm every day
November 2012 Calendar of Events at Florey's!
Remember that you can get more information on each event
as it approaches on our sites:
-"Gossip Queen" book event with author Rinnah Y. Hope
Saturday, November 3rd, 2-4pm
-"125 Years of History, Ministry and Service" book event
with author Jean Bartlett, Saturday, Nov. 10th 2-4pm
-"That is the Question" Shakespeare board game event,
with creator John Ahlbach, Tuesday, Nov. 13th, 7pm
See his site here: http://www.thatisthequestion.t83.net
-"Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth" book event
with author Scott Terry. Saturday, Nov.17th, 2pm
See his site here: http://www.scottterryprojects.com
-*Please note, Florey's will be closed Thanksgiving day*
Note our ongoing events:
Fridays 6-8pm All varieties of string and fabric craft are welcome!
the second Saturday each month, Nov. 10th, 10-11am
-Sharon the Health Presents: natural wellness workshops,
3rd Wednesday of the month. Nov. 14th 6:45-8:30pm.
This months topic: 'What is Cancer?'
-Pacifica Poetry Forum, meets the 3rd Thursday of each month,
Nov. 15th, 7:30 pm. Come and share the joy of poetry!
"Wait a Lonely Lifetime" Book Event with Leigh Verrill-Rhys, Sat. Oct. 20th at Florey's!
Florey's Books welcomes author Leigh Verrill-Rhys as she discusses her new novel "Wait a Lonely Lifetime".
***Saturday, October, 2oth, 2-4pm***
Sylviana Langdon's marriage went bad from the start. She married the wrong guy, and there was no chance of ever making him right—not for her. Divorced and dating again, she can't stop thinking about a smart guy she met a few weeks before Steve came into her life. Eric Wasserman walked away from her with no explanation back then. What would he want with an airhead artist's model now, fifteen years and two little girls later?
Captain Wasserman's best buddy, Steve Langdon, saved his life and stole his girl. The career Army officer's second-in-command drops a pretty blue envelope on his desk. The handwriting isn't familiar, but the name pulls the pin on the grenade that has been in Eric's mind since he walked away from the green-eyed girl his buddy wanted.
When he doesn't reply to either of the two letters and a third arrives, his ungentlemanly behavior threatens the morale of his combat support unit. For the sake of his unit, Eric takes the hit from his best buddy's wife, wondering why Steve has put her up to writing to a man she doesn't know.
A native of Paris Hill, Maine, Leigh Verrill-Rhys spent most of her childhood and early adult years in San Francisco before emigrating to Wales to marry and raise three sons. She has been a writer, editor and lecturer for most of her life, intermingled with career portfolios in marketing, finance, and community arts projects.
An Award-winning editor, she has published three volumes of women's autobiographical writing about their lives in Wales during World War II. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Welsh Academy and several RWA chapters. 'Wait a Lonely Lifetime' is her first published novel.
For more information about Ms. Verrill-Rhys and her books, please see her website:
http://www.leighverrillrhys.com/
***Saturday, Oct. 20th, 2-4pm***
October Poetry at Florey's!
Florey's Books invites you to our two ongoing poetry events.
First, the Pacifica Poetry Forum meets:
***Thursday, October 18th, 7:30pm***
The Forum is open to the public and is free of charge. The Pacifica Poetry Forum meets monthly, the 3rd Thursday of each month. Come and share the joy of poetry.
Next, is the October Poetry at Florey's event:
***Saturday, October 27th, 7:30-9:30pm***
The featured poets this month are: Sherri Rose-Walker and Patrice Haan. Ms. Haan will also accompany herself on harp. The featured poets will be followed by an open mic period. Open mic sign-up is first come, first served. This event is also open to the public and free of charge.
Pacifica Poetry Forum: ***Thursday, Oct. 18th, 7:30pm***
Poetry at Florey's: ***Saturday, Oct. 27th, 7:30-9:30pm***
Sharon the Health Presents: Fit and Flexible at Any Age, Wed. Oct. 17 at Florey's!
Florey's Book Co. welcomes Sharon Caren of Sharon the Health and guest speaker Aaron Parnell, Posturist. He will lead a free, interactive workshop on the topic: "Fit, Flexible and Fabulous at Any Age!"
***Wednesday, Oct.17th 6:45-8:30pm***
First time speaker in Pacifica, Aaron Parnell, Posturist and the developer of Reposturing Bodywork, was a member of the first Olympic Sportsmassage Team in the Los Angeles Games. Working with these world class athlete's was how Reposturing was born. It worked for the best of the best and now it works even better for us!
Aaron started out his career as a massage therapist and personal trainer. He worked in a Chiropractic office and then enrolled into Chiropractic College. In his studies, he realized no one was really doing the important muscle work that was needed to balance the body according to gravity. It was the MISSING LINK!
He wants to share his secrets for your health and vitality no matter what age you are. Posture is the most under rated component for a healthy body. Aaron brings the time-honored traditions of Hatha Yoga, with leading edge research and developments in sports performance, exercise science, and kinesiology together to make a simple but effective way to get rid of pain in our everyday lives. This happens through a hands-on technique and a self care plan as well. Amazing? No, it's scientifically based and cutting edge discoveries he'll share with you. Don't miss it.
Please RSVP to Sharon at (650)359-6579
or email sharon@sharonthehealth.com
For more information on Sharon, please see her site:
http://sharonthehealth.com/sharoncaren/
***Wednesday, Oct. 17th, 6:45-8:30pm***
"What Happened to Pluto?" Astronomy talk with Jack Preston, Sat. Oct. 13th, 2pm!
Florey's Books invites you to an astronomy talk with Jack Preston.
***Saturday, October 13th, 2-4pm***
About the talk:
What Happened to Pluto and Why Isn't it a Planet Anymore?
Most of us know that Pluto has been downgraded from its original classification as a normal planet. We will be talking about why this happened, does it make any sense and how Pluto is now classified. We will also look at the history of what the word planet has meant in the past and how it has changed.
Jack Preston, now retired, was a professor of Astronomy at Cañada College in Redwood City, California from 1984 until 2008. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1966, and that year moved to California where he has lived ever since. He received his Master's Degree from San Francisco State University in 1974. Jack grew up in New England which is where he learned to love the night sky. He joined his first group of amateur astronomers while in the fifth grade in 1955 and has never lost his love for the stars. He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force in the late 60's and has taught Astronomy, Physics, and Math ever since. He is currently volunteering at the CuriOdyssey Museum at Coyote Point.
Saturday Story Time at Florey's! Oct. 13th, 10-11am
***Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10am-11am***
Bring the little ones to hear fun children's stories read by Nicole Sayres and friends. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Open 10am to 6pm every day!
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HWI News
Hayley's new album 'Paradiso' released NZ 18 April 2011
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 2011-04-04 15:01
UPDATED June 16
Hayley's new album Paradiso has been released so far in New Zealand (April 18), Japan (June 8) and Australia (June 10). The next few known releases will be in the United Kingdom (29 August) and USA (4 October).
Further information can be found in the two media articles below and you can join the discussions about this album here in the HWI forum.
Preview of Hayley Westenra's new album Paradiso
Track no 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Track Listing (New Zealand release)
1. Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream) lyrics by Hayley Westenra - 4m 27s
2. Cinema Paradiso: Profumo Di Limone lyrics by Ennio Morricone - 3m 10s
3. La Califfa lyrics by Ennio Morricone & Hayley Westenra - 4m 12s
4. Once Upon A Time In The West lyrics by Ennio Morricone - 4m 00s
5. Metti Una Sera A Cena lyrics by Ennio Morricone - 4m 29s
6. Cinema Paradiso: Would He Even Know Me Now? lyrics by Don Black - 4m 11s
7. Per Natale (L'Esprit de Noël) lyrics by Josephine Drai - 2m 53s
8. I Knew I Loved You (Deborah's Theme) lyrics by Ennio Morricone,
Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - 3m 39s
9. Lezione Di Musica lyrics by Ennio Morricone - 2m 33s
10. Da Quel Sorriso Che Non Ride Piu lyrics by Ennio Morricone - 7m 13s
11. The Edge Of Love lyrics by Tim Rice - 3m 44s
12. Amalia Por Amor lyrics by Joao Mendonca - 6m 06s
13. Here's To You lyrics by Joan Baez - 3m 40s
14. Malena lyrics by Hayley Westenra - 4m 06s
Total playing time - 58m 23s
Music composed, arranged, produced and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
Lyricists as shown.
For the song LYRICS and translations - click here
Online sales (where to buy): Marbecks, SmokeCDs, Amplifier.
Hayley Westenra Teams Up With Ennio Morricone
Monday, 4 April, 2011 - 14:08
Voxy.co.nz
Still at the tender age of 23, New Zealand born soprano Hayley Westenra celebrates ten incredible years in the music industry with the release of her fifth studio album, Paradiso - a collaboration that sees master Italian composer Ennio Morricone working with a vocalist for the first time.
With a CV that belies her 23 years, having performed with Jose Carreras through to Andrea Bocelli and touring North America with Il Divo, Hayley is now realising her dream of working with Morricone.
Well known for his iconic film scores including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West, Morricone received an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to the art of film music in 2007 and is regarded as one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era.
Despite the 60-year-age difference and distinct language barrier, Westenra and Morricone struck up an incredible bond whilst recording Paradiso with Ennio's orchestra in Rome last summer. This is, after all, the first time 83 year-old Morricone has added a vocal line to his compositions.
The album features an array of new compositions written by Morricone for Hayley, as well as some of his best-known film compositions of the last 50 years. With Ennio making new bespoke arrangements for every track, he produced all of Hayley's vocal performances, as well as conducting each session with his own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma.
Recorded last year at the Forum studio in Piazza Euclide - the very studio where Ennio has recorded his countless classic film scores with his multi Grammy-winning engineer Fabio Venturi - Paradiso showcases Hayley singing in English, Italian, French, Portuguese and Vocalese.
Says Hayley - "Growing up, I unknowingly listened to a great deal of Ennio Morricone's magnificent music, such as the haunting melodies of 'Cinema Paradiso' and 'The Mission'. To one day realise that all these pieces were the work of just one man blew my mind. Ennio Morricone is a musical genius and I still can't quite believe that I'm collaborating with him on a whole album."
This is the first time ever Ennio has allowed - and in Hayley's case encouraged - anyone to write new lyrics for his classic themes such as for Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream) - the theme from the 1986 film classic, The Mission. Hayley has also written English lyrics to two more of the album's tracks: La Califfa and the album's final track, Malena.
Oscar winning lyricist Don Black and Sir Tim Rice and Marilyn and Alan Bergman have all also contributed lyrics to this album.
Dickon Stainer, Managing Director for Decca Records, on the collaboration - "It's a match made in heaven - a true legend of film music collaborating with the purest voice in the world".
Hayley Westenra teams up with Italian composer
NZ Musician
Hayley Westenra will release her fifth studio album, 'Paradiso' in April.
The album is a collaboration with influential Italian composer and Academy Award recipient Ennio Morricone, best known for his iconic film scores including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. 'Paradiso' was recorded at the Forum studio in Rome with Morricone's own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma, and is also the first composition the 83 year-old has added a vocal line to.
Oscar winning lyricist Don Black and Sir Tim Rice and Marilyn and Alan Bergman also contributed lyrics to the album.
'Paradiso' will be available online and in stores April 18.
We will publish the release dates for other Countries as soon as they are announced. So far, we know:
New Zealand - 18 April 2011
Japan - 8 June 2011
Australia - 10 June 2011
Canada - 29 August 2011
United Kingdom - 29 August 2011
Taiwan - 31 August 2011
United States - 4 October 2011
News list - long
Hayley sings at Hong Kong Convention Centre
Hayley sings in Dame Vera Lynn 100th birthday tribute
Hayley Concert in Taiwan (Videos)
Concert: NCH in Dublin, Ireland
Hayley duet on new Placido Domingo album
Hayley crosses globe to sing with incurably ill 14 year old
Cricket World Cup: Hayley sings (video)
Concerts: Madison, Wisconsin 18-19 Dec 2014
Concerts: Cork City Hall 13-14 Dec 2014
Concert: NCH Dublin 28 Mar 2014
Songs of Praise 26 Jan 2014 (new video)
Hayley and Arnaud are married!
Songs of Praise 22 Dec 2013 (video)
Christmas Dream: Hayley sings in Children In Need's charity single!
Hayley in Hong Kong Nov-Dec 2013
Hayley concerts in Japan - April 2014
Sadako Ogata Tribute (Japan TV - video)
NHK TV 2 August 2013 (subtitled video)
NHK TV Japan 2 August 2013
Hushabye Interviews in NZ (audio/video)


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Robert Bateman, renowned artist, conservationist and teacher has turned 90-years-old. (Bateman Foundation)
VIDEO: Trudeau, Atwood say 'happy birthday' to wildlife artist Robert Bateman
Famed Canadian artist celebrated May 23
A legendary, naturalist and artist with connections to Victoria has turned 90 years old.
Robert Bateman turned 90 on May 24, an occasion the Bateman Foundation calls an "incredible milestone" for an "iconic painter and conservation champion."
Bateman may be known for his evocative portrayals of the natural world, but his conservation and preservation work has earned the renowned artist recognition by the Audubon Society as one of the 20th century's "heroes of conservation."
His art has raised millions for environmental causes and at 90, Bateman still paints, talks about and advocates for wildlife, harnessing the power of his profile for a timeless and vital cause.
Bateman's work has also earned him friends in high places. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian literary sensation Margaret Atwood and world-famous conservationist David Suzuki are just some of the faces to appear in a short 'Happy Birthday' video celebrating nine decades of the Canadian naturalist.
READ ALSO: Bateman Foundation reflects on 2019, looks ahead to the new year
Located in Victoria's Inner Harbour, the Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature features rotating nature exhibits including Bateman's work. Locals and tourists alike stop in to the historic building for a glimpse of artwork capturing details of the wild and often unreachable natural world.
The foundation also promotes nature education across the country. Bateman himself worked as a high school art and geography teacher for two decades, and his finely articulated and enthusiastic philosophies on life and nature inspire the foundation's programs including the newest one, Sketch Across Canada.
The program's goal is to get 33,000 Canadians (also the number of days one has lived when they turn 90) to "venture outside and become bright-eyed three-year-olds again."
For those who want to celebrate his 90th birthday, the Bateman Foundation welcomes donations for its nature programs at batemanfoundation.org/support-us/.
Nature-enthusiasts can also send Bateman a personal birthday message by sketching their own nature drawing and posting it to social media with the hashtag #mynaturesketch.
READ ALSO: Robert Bateman Centre re-brands to promote mission of 'reconnecting people to the natural world'
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Stafford Hires New Administrator
Von der Hayden an 'Action-Oriented Guy Who Has a Knack for Seeing the Big Picture'
Supplied Photo Matthew von der Hayden
The Stafford Township mayor and council will welcome new Township Administrator Matthew von der Hayden of Upper Township on April 1. The announcement came in the form of resolution passed at the March 5 meeting, where Mayor Greg Myhre described von der Hayden as "highly qualified" and said he would give the new administrator a proper introduction when he could be present at a municipal meeting in the near future.
During public comment, Joe Mangino of Beach Haven West said he was familiar with von der Hayden's work and praised the council's decision to hire him.
"I think that's a good 'get' for us," he said.
The 39-year-old has been hailed as a "government rock star" by his former employers and colleagues in Ocean City. He left his job there as capital planning manager in 2017 to work as deputy administrator for Egg Harbor Township.
After completing his bachelor of science degree in biological and physical science at Rowan University, he went on to earn two master's degrees, one in business administration from Rutgers and one in public administration from Villanova, as well as a Water and Wastewater Certificate.
Prior to going to work in 2014 for Ocean City – where upon his departure he was described as "the hardest working man in the city" by Councilman Antwan McClellan – von der Hayden worked for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority for almost nine years, first as a lab analyst and then as a project analyst.
ACUA Director Rick Dovey is chairman of the Sustainable Jersey Board of Trustees and invited von der Hayden to serve on the Atlantic-Cape May Sustainable Jersey Hub steering committee, which facilitated a plastic bag education campaign.
Von der Hayden designed Ocean City's $112 million five-year capital plan, unveiled in 2017 – a conglomeration of road, drainage, dredging, beach, boardwalk and construction projects – for which he secured millions of dollars in state and federal grant money to help finance.
He was also the city's Community Development Block Grant coordinator, municipal housing liaison, Council on Affordable Housing administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency grant coordinator for disasters and storm events, grant writer and manager, Alternate Insurance Fund commissioner, and liaison to federal, state and local regulatory agencies.
As Ocean City's Green Team leader, serving on the Sustainable Jersey Local Economies Task Force (a steering committee member for the Sustainable Jersey Atlantic-Cape May Hub) and acting as liaison to the environmental commission from 2015 to 2017, he earned recognition as a "Sustainable Hero" in February 2017 by Sustainable Jersey. In 2016 he helped Ocean City to attain silver-level Sustainable Jersey certification.
Through the Sustainable Jersey Grant Program, von der Hayden secured $30,000 to buy a fleet of electric vehicles to promote Ocean City's new charging infrastructure.
To achieve certification, the Green Team implemented a community garden, a green building policy, a demonstration dune, safe routes to schools, a complete streets plan, an eco-lecture series, raingardens, a sustainable land use pledge, a natural resources inventory, a green purchasing policy, a municipal communications strategy and more.
An article in Sustainable Jersey magazine characterized von der Hayden as a "friendly and genuine, hardworking, multi-tasking, action-oriented guy who has a knack for seeing the big picture and then motivating his team to get things done."
Von der Hayden and his wife, Melissa, live in Woodbine and have a young son and 1-year-old twin girls.
— Victoria Ford
victoria@thesandpaper.net


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Q: python3 parsing XML I have the following xml which contains email configuration for various email service providers, and I'm trying to parse these information into a dict; hostname, is_ssl, port, protocol ..etc
<domains>
  <domain>
    <name>zoznam.sk</name>
    <description>Zoznam Slovakia</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>143</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>123mail.org</name>
    <description>123mail.org</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>993</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>Netvigator.com</name>
    <description>netvigator.com</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>995</port>
      <protocol>POP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
</domains>

I tried to parse the name for testing but could not succeed, I'm need to python.
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

configs_file = 'isp_list.xml'

def parseXML(xmlfile):
    # create element tree object
    tree = ET.parse(xmlfile)

    # get root element
    root = tree.getroot()

    # create empty list for configs items
    configs = []

    # iterate  items
    for item in root.findall('domains/domain'):
        value = item.get('name')

        # test
        print(value)

        # append news dictionary to items list
        configs.append(item)

    # return items list
    return configs

I appreciate your help. thank you.

A: You can still use bs4 to generate a dict.
For the if else lines you could use the more compact syntax of e.g.
'ssl' : getattr(item.find('ssl'), 'text', 'N/A')

Script:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
xml = '''
<domains>
  <domain>
    <name>zoznam.sk</name>
    <description>Zoznam Slovakia</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>143</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>123mail.org</name>
    <description>123mail.org</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>993</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>Netvigator.com</name>
    <description>netvigator.com</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>995</port>
      <protocol>POP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
</domains>

'''

data = {}
soup = bs(xml, 'lxml')

for domain in soup.select('domain'):
    name = domain.select_one('name').text
    data[name] = {
        'name' : name,
        'desc' : domain.select_one('description').text,
        'services' : {}
    }
    i = 1
    for item in domain.select('service'):
        service = {
                    'hostname' : item.select_one('hostname').text  if item.select_one('hostname') else 'N/A',
                    'port' : item.select_one('port').text if item.select_one('port') else 'N/A',
                    'protocol' : item.select_one('protocol').text if item.select_one('protocol').text else 'N/A',
                    'ssl' : item.select_one('ssl').text if item.select_one('ssl') else 'N/A',
                    'requires' : item.select_one('requires  \: ').text if item.select_one('requires  \: ') else 'N/A',
                    'authentication' : item.select_one('authentication').text if item.select_one('authentication') else 'N/A',
                    'usernameincludesdomain' : item.select_one('usernameincludesdomain').text if  item.select_one('usernameincludesdomain') else 'N/A'
        }
        data[name]['services'][str(i)] = service
        i+=1
print(data)

view the structure here

If you are literally converting xml to a json like structure maybe a library like untangle would work?

A: If you only need to get names, you can easily use BeautifulSoup:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

s='''<domains>
  <domain>
    <name>zoznam.sk</name>
    <description>Zoznam Slovakia</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>143</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.zoznam.sk</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>123mail.org</name>
    <description>123mail.org</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>imap.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>993</port>
      <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>smtp.fastmail.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <requires/>
      <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
    <domain>
    <name>Netvigator.com</name>
    <description>netvigator.com</description>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>995</port>
      <protocol>POP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
    <service>
      <hostname>corpmail1.netvigator.com</hostname>
      <port>587</port>
      <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
      <ssl/>
      <authentication>NONE</authentication>
      <usernameIncludesDomain/>
    </service>
  </domain>
</domains>'''

soup = BeautifulSoup(s, 'html.parser')

configs = [n.text for n in soup.find_all('name')]

and you get:
['zoznam.sk', '123mail.org', 'Netvigator.com']

To get information for each service, you can add this code:
soup = BeautifulSoup(s, 'html.parser')

configs = {}

services = soup.find_all('service')

for serv in services:
    hostname = serv.find('hostname').text
    configs[hostname] = {}
    configs[hostname]['port'] = serv.find('port').text
    configs[hostname]['protocol'] = serv.find('protocol').text
    configs[hostname]['auth'] = serv.find('authentication').text

and you get configs which is a dictionary of dictionaries:
{'imap.zoznam.sk': {'port': '143', 'protocol': 'IMAP', 'auth': 'PLAIN'},
 'smtp.zoznam.sk': {'port': '587', 'protocol': 'SMTP', 'auth': 'PLAIN'},
 'imap.fastmail.com': {'port': '993', 'protocol': 'IMAP', 'auth': 'PLAIN'},
 'smtp.fastmail.com': {'port': '587', 'protocol': 'SMTP', 'auth': 'PLAIN'},
 'corpmail1.netvigator.com': {'port': '587', 'protocol': 'SMTP', 'auth': 'NONE'}}

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Home News Local News State Democrats to hold pre-primary convention in Roswell
State Democrats to hold pre-primary convention in Roswell
Roswell has been chosen by the Democratic Party of New Mexico to host its pre-primary convention and state central committee meeting in March.
The Roswell Convention Center at 912 North Main St. is the venue of choice for the event, according to a letter sent out by Sean Ward, executive director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. A copy of the letter was provided to the Roswell Daily Record by the party.
"We're thrilled to be in Roswell for our upcoming pre-primary convention. In 2022, Democrats are committed to campaigning across New Mexico and engaging voters in all 33 counties. This convention is an opportunity for us to demonstrate that commitment and set the bar as we head into election season," Jessica Velasquez, chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, said in a statement Wednesday.
Sarah McArthur, chair of the Democratic Party of Chaves County, when reached for comment Thursday, said local Democrats are excited to have Roswell be the site of the convention.
"The decision to hold the convention here is a reflection of how Democrats are reaching out to voters in every part of our state," McArthur said.
When reached Thursday, Claire Chase, chair of the Republican Party of Chaves County, declined to comment.
Every two years the state Democratic Party holds a pre-primary convention, in which delegates elected at county conventions across the state determine which individuals for statewide and congressional office appear on the June primary ballot and in which order.
Miranda Van Dijk, communications director for the state party, said convention attendance ranges anywhere between slightly less than 1,000 up to 2,000, depending on how many delegates there are in a given year.
Federal and statewide candidates must collect a certain number of signatures or get a minimum of 20% of delegates to get on the primary ballot, she said.
The event will begin Friday night with a reception. The convention will happen Saturday, where in addition to delegate voting, candidates, party leaders and elected officials will have the chance to address delegates.
Following the convention, the state central committee, the Democratic Party of New Mexico's governing body will hold their spring meeting at the Convention Center to consider any possible party rule changes and other pending business.
Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 will be required to gain access and face coverings will be required in indoor settings, Van Dijk said.
She added that Roswell was picked by Velasquez and other state party officers for the convention, in part because it has a venue to accommodate the large number of Democrats, and because they wanted to hold the gathering outside of the major metropolitan areas.
"We were looking for somewhere in the southern part of the state and it's somewhere where we haven't been in a while," Van Dijk explained.
The convention will draw big names in the Democratic Party to Roswell, a city in a New Mexico oil patch county in the fiercely Republican southeast.
According to the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office, former President Donald Trump won the county with 70% of the vote in 2020 and Democrats failed to field candidates in most of the county's local or legislative races that same year.
As of Nov. 30, data shows that of the county's 34,518 registered voters, 17,195 (49.8%) are registered Republicans, compared to 9,295 (26.9%) Democrats; and 7,125 (20.6%) who are Decline to State — New Mexico's designation for registered voters not affiliated with any political party — while 312 (0.9%) are Libertarians and 591 are voters aligned with another political party.
Van Dijk acknowledged Chaves County is not favorable to Democrats on election night, but with a high-stakes midterm election on the horizon, the party is looking to energize its supporters and connect with crucial undecided voters.
"It's really important to us that we are not just staying in areas where, you know, we are seeing higher Democratic turnout. We know that Chaves County is a redder part of the state, but those Democratic votes there still matter," she said.
Breaking news reporter Alex Ross can be reached at 575-622-7710, ext. 301, or at breakingnews@rdrnews.com.
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Israelis aim to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon.
By Noa Amouyal
BUZZ ALDRIN with Morris Kahn.. (photo credit: ELIRAN AVITAL)
It was one small step for SpaceIL, but potentially a giant leap for the State of Israel at a summer party to promote an unmanned mission to the Moon, hosted by philanthropist Morris Kahn in Tel Aviv Wednesday night.
"I think that we will have a special celebration when SpaceIL becomes the first of the Google Lunar XPrize to use ingenuity and innovativeness, and that is what I think Israel is most famous for," boasted VIP guest Buzz Aldrin about the competition, which tasks nongovernmental organizations with one daunting mission: sending an unmanned spacecraft to the moon.
The start-up nation will be facing formidable opponents representing the United States, Japan, Germany and India.
While the lucrative $20 million prize is appealing, SpaceIL is looking to reach far beyond the competition and hopes to foster "an educational impact among the next generation in Israel and around the world," according to their website.
The project, while spearheaded by Khan, has received generous donations from Sheldon Adelson and Lynn Schusterman. To date, they have already raised $12m., two thirds of what is needed to get the project literally (and figuratively) off the ground, Khan revealed.
"Space IL will put Israel not only on the global map, but on the cosmic map," Khan told the audience.
"I can say that what you will be doing in some ways will be in the memory of Ilan Ramon," Aldrin said of the famed Israeli astronaut who died in the fatal Columbia mission of 2003.
This space endeavor, goes far beyond reaching the moon, Khan argued. It is, rather, an opportunity for Israel to demonstrate its capabilities to the world at large.
"We have a message of peace and prosperity for humanity as a whole, and the Middle East in particular," he said. "As people who care about Israel, the future of our country and of our world, we need to show that little Israel can be a technological giant."
"My personal dream is that SpaceIL will leave a legacy for this generation and for generations to come and I invite you all to join us
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By LISA SAMIN
Supreme Rabbinical Court rules out DNA tests for Jewish status in two cases
By JEREMY SHARON
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By AHARON E. WEXLER
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Eagle1: "Truth About Christine Lagarde's Jan.15 Numerology Speech."
Eagle1 » July 2nd, 2014, 2:17 pm
Good Morning, Family:
There has been a lot of misinformation and wild speculation about Christine Lagarde's speech, originally given on January 15th of this year. The link to the full speech is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUXTzVj5-uE
The offending editorialized version (seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QYmViPTndxw#t=0
is obviously put together by someone who doesn't understand the significance of the numerical patterns Christine refers to.
The mathematics Christine is using comes from Dr. Ivan Panin, a Russian mathematician who was exiled from Russia in 1890 for opposing the Czar and came to the United States where he became a Harvard scholar and mathematics professor.
Dr. Panin was a self-proclaimed atheist-turned agnostic who, seeking to disprove the authenticity of the Bible as the Word of God, sought to tear it apart from a scientific standpoint.
He discovered a hidden mathematical precision throughout the Word which defied any possible human agency or authorship.
In the fifty years leading up to his death in 1942, he studied every word and every phrase in both Old and New Testaments in the original Hebrew and Greek texts, eventually compiling a work larger than Strong's Concordance in which he detailed the mathematical precision and patterns hidden throughout the Word.
His work has come to be known as "Biblical Mathematics." Some have referred to it as "Numerology," and that is the term Christine used in her speech.
Dr. Panin corresponded with my parents during the years leading up to his death, and I am privileged to have some of his handwritten notes to my mother in which he details the significance of the number 8 in the Word.
The significance of every primary number from 1 through 9 is contained in Ivan Panin's work. For instance, he demonstrates the truth of Hebrews 1:2 in which Paul states that "[God] hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds." Dr. Panin notes that the numerical triplicate of 8's (which is the number of Jesus throughout the Word) appears throughout the entire Creation sequence in Genesis 1.
The triplicate (or triad) of 7's is representative of God the Father, and His direct involvement in events. Hence, when we see Christine Lagarde using the incredible collection of 7's which come together in July of 2014, she is drawing from Dr. Ivan Panin's discoveries in the Word.
There is nothing occult about this.
There is a divine order and pattern to the way things are unfolding.
That said, Rejoice, Family! Rejoice!
The day our Blessing is at hand!!
Blessings on you.