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Life + Outdoors » Short Stories
Witness Recounts Stabbing
by Ryan Burns
If Barbara Groom hadn't been craving a pint of Häagen Dazs after a movie, she wouldn't have driven into the parking lot of Ray's Food Place in Eureka; she wouldn't have seen two men fighting there; she wouldn't have tried to stop them by yelling and inching her car into the fracas; and she wouldn't have seen one of those men -- 36-year-old Andrew Pease of Eureka -- get fatally stabbed in the stomach.
Groom owns the Lost Coast Brewery and Café, where, earlier that same night (Friday, Feb. 6), men matching the description of the alleged murderers attempted to rob an employee at knife-point, according to Groom. She said the men were caught briefly on a parking lot security camera trying to rob a Lost Coast employee with a hunting knife identical to the one that would later be used to kill Pease. The men's car -- a white Volkswagen Jetta -- also matched descriptions of the car used in a string of at least five robberies or attempted robberies that culminated in the murder of Pease, according to police reports. Groom recounted her experience in a phone interview last week with the Journal.
First, the incident at Lost Coast: "It was over in, like, three seconds," Groom said. "Our employee was there in his car. The driver [of the Jetta] got out and was eyeing him," Groom said. The employee got out of his car and walked toward the back door of the restaurant. "Then the other guy got out and confronted him over by where our garbage cans are and asked for his money," Groom said. The assailant was wielding the hunting knife, she added, but the employee refused to comply. "He pushed the knife away and ran inside," Groom said, describing her employee's actions as pure instinct.
Groom was in the movie theater when all this went down. She knew nothing of the crime spree that had taken place all over Eureka that night. So when she saw two guys "wrestling" in the Ray's parking lot, she assumed they were "just a couple of guys fighting over a girl or something. I didn't realize one of them was being assaulted." She rolled her window down and yelled for them to stop, then tried to pull her car between them. In the tussle, Pease fell onto the hood of Groom's car before the battle went upright again. When Groom saw another car approaching, she instinctively put her car in reverse and backed away. The car didn't belong to a fellow shopper, though; it was the white Jetta.
"That's when the stabbing happened," Groom said. In the flurry of motion, Groom said she couldn't tell exactly which blow (or blows) caused Pease's death. The assailant then jumped into the Jetta, which sped away, she said. Groom got out of her car and saw Pease bleeding from his stomach. He was coherent and sitting upright, Groom said, and he gave her a look she described as, "I can't believe this is happening to me." Since Groom didn't have a cell phone on her, she yelled at a kid who was hiding behind a nearby car to call 911. The kid, who she later found out was a developmentally delayed charge under Pease's care, just stared at her.
Groom ran inside Ray's and shouted, "Call 911. There's been a stabbing in the parking lot." She said she had to repeat herself before people realized that she meant it. "This woman who looked like she was a nurse ran out," Groom said. "She looked like she knew what she was doing." When Groom returned to the parking lot, she saw that Pease was bleeding profusely and had apparently gone into shock. Someone told her that the attackers had driven to a nearby hotel, so Groom got into her car and tried to track them down, but they were "long gone," she said. Groom returned to the parking lot and waited, along with the crowd that had gathered, for the police to arrive. She remembers seeing one witness holding onto Pease's bloodied name tag. Pease was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital, where he died of his wounds.
Groom, perhaps in shock herself, proceeded into Ray's, bought her ice cream, then went home and ate it. "It wasn't so traumatic [at the time]," Groom said of witnessing the stabbing. "More so the next day when I was thinking about it, and when I was reading the paper and saw [Pease] was such a nice guy." Though she witnessed the event up close, Groom said she could not identify the men because it all happened so quickly. On Tuesday of last week she went into the Eureka Police Department and gave a detective a full account of her memory of the incident. "The detective thanked me and said I filled in a lot of holes," Groom said.
The accused men -- John Lewis Way, 30, of Eureka, and James Robert Stanko, 26, of Santa Cruz -- have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, robbery and attempted robbery and are currently being held in the Humboldt County jail. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 26. Pease, an aspiring teacher and Army veteran, left behind a wife and two sons.


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'Into the Badlands': Steeped in Old Hong Kong Style and New American Weirdness
'Into the Badlands': Steeped in Old Hong Kong Style and New American Weirdness
Roy Graham
Danny Wu
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AMC is no stranger to the genre of post-apocalyptic television, with "The Walking Dead" possessing the highest total viewership in cable history. But in the first scene of AMC's new series, "Into the Badlands," Daniel Wu confronts a group of nondescript apocalypse-ians in a red leather trenchcoat, sporting shades. He's just rolled up on a gold-plated motorcycle, and you know in your heart of hearts that he is about to kick some major bandit ass.
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Already, there's reason to suspect that this isn't going to be like other entries into the increasingly swollen post-apocalypse genre. And right away, your suspicions are confirmed: the ensuing fight bucks all sweaty, dirty, desperate convention. His assailants' may sport rusty, spiked weapons, but Wu carries a gleaming sword into battle, which he promptly leaves back at his motorcycle, along with his shades, because either might get in the way while he is beating all of them to death with his bare hands.
The scene is filmed in wide-angle, direct shots, with refreshingly few of the cuts or shaky camera work often used in filmed fight sequences as smoke screens, to cover up the awkward flailing of a lead actor without much fighting experience. It should come as no surprise, then, to learn that Daniel Wu has done this before. A lot, actually.
Though Wu's quick fists haven't graced the reels of many American films, he's been a leading man in Hong Kong film for over a decade, despite being born and raised in America. He's previously signed on with Jackie Chan's agency and worked extensively with the former martial arts superstar, with Chan going so far as to say that Wu was "like a son."
But even a great performer like Wu needs an expert choreographic hand, which is where Stephen Fung comes in. Fung acted opposite Wu in the latter's first feature film, and has worked with him repeatedly over the years; for "Into the Badlands," he won't be appearing as an actor but serves instead as the Fight Director. Fung has a history of working with the great choreographers of the genre, such as Yuen Wo Ping, the legendary hand behind the "Kill Bill" and "Matrix" choreography.
When choreographing the fights for "Into the Badlands," Fung has relied on techniques he learned in the world of Hong Kong cinema. Improvisation between skilled fighters, for example, is often used in place of more specific choreography. Speaking about the difference between Western fight choreography and the style he's adopted for "Into the Badlands," Fung noted how "the rhythm is different. Hong Kong is very 'fight, fight, fight,' but then you break up and go into a stance. So at the end of the day it's not about which martial arts style is being used, it's about what looks cool." And cool it looks: the fights in Episodes 1 and 2 hold up to the standard set by Fung's choreographic tradition.
"Into the Badlands" isn't strictly inspired by Hong Kong cinema, though. While it's only ever referred to as "the Badlands," the show was largely filmed in the extremely visually recognizable American South. Early in the first episode, Wu cruises his Harley down Oak Alley, one of Louisiana's most famous views, to arrive at the plantation-turned-fort belonging to his boss, the Baron Quinn. Quinn is a Southern preacher type, complete with vest, suspenders and a molassesy drawl. In his first moment on screen, he hefts a Bible above a crowd of young boys. He disavows the notion of a higher power pretty quickly after that, but the visual cue is clear enough.
The aesthetics of "Into the Badlands" duel and crash with a lot less grace than Wu and the many folk he beats bloody, though. Watching Quinn smoke from an opium pipe or cavort with his new mistress (a blonde belle type inexplicably named Jade) feel like blunt and surface-level attempts to graft a Hong Kong aura onto more than just the fight scenes and camerawork.
Almost accidentally, the conflicting styles of "Into the Badlands" hits on its most questionable feature coming out of the gates: the specter of cultural appropriation. This is a show grounded in Eastern culture, based on a 16th century Chinese novel ("Journey Into the West"), and created by two white men, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It's exciting to see pedigreed staples of the Hong Kong martial arts world like Wu and Fung involved, but disappointing that they seem to be the only Chinese people involved in the project. Like Wu's wandering warrior Sunny, they appear to be some of the only people of color in a very white world.
At the very least, the heart and soul of the show — the beautiful pummel-fests delivered by Wu and directed by Fung — remain in safe, furious hands. The show may be new and untested, but these fight scenes are decades in the making.
"Into the Badlands" premieres Sunday at 10pm on AMC.
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static NSString *kSelectedCalendars = @"SelectedCalendars";

// Properties auto-synthesized.
@implementation CalendarInfo @end
@implementation EventInfo    @end

@implementation EventCenter {                      // Accessed on:
    EKEventStore         *_store;
    NSCalendar           *_cal;
    NSMutableDictionary  *_eventsForDate;          // _queueWork
    NSDictionary         *_filteredEventsForDate;  // _queueIsol
    NSMutableIndexSet    *_previouslyFetchedDates; // _queueWork
    NSArray              *_sourcesAndCalendars;    // _queueIsol2
    dispatch_queue_t      _queueWork;
    dispatch_queue_t      _queueIsol;
    dispatch_queue_t      _queueIsol2;
}

- (instancetype)initWithCalendar:(NSCalendar *)calendar delegate:(id<EventCenterDelegate>)delegate {
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        _cal = calendar;
        _delegate = delegate;
        _sourcesAndCalendars = [NSArray new];
        _eventsForDate  = [NSMutableDictionary new];
        _filteredEventsForDate = [NSDictionary new];
        _previouslyFetchedDates = [NSMutableIndexSet new];
        _queueWork = dispatch_queue_create("com.mowglii.Itsycal.queueWork", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
        _queueIsol = dispatch_queue_create("com.mowglii.Itsycal.queueIsol", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
        _queueIsol2 = dispatch_queue_create("com.mowglii.Itsycal.queueIsol2", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
        _store = [EKEventStore new];
        [_store requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
            if (granted) {
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                    [self->_store reset];
                    [self refetchAll];
                });
            }
            else {
                // Fail silently. The alternative is to kick out to the
                // delegate so it can display an informative alert. But
                // that would happen every time the user launches Itsycal
                // (including when the system launches it at startup) and
                // seeing the same modal alert would get old fast.
            }
        }];

        // Refetch everything when the event store has changed.
        __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:EKEventStoreChangedNotification object:_store queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note) {
            [weakSelf refetchAll];
        }];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

#pragma mark - Public (main thread)

- (BOOL)calendarAccessGranted {
    return [EKEventStore authorizationStatusForEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent] == EKAuthorizationStatusAuthorized;
}

- (NSString *)defaultCalendarIdentifier {
    EKCalendar *cal = [_store defaultCalendarForNewEvents];
    return cal.calendarIdentifier;
}

- (EKEvent *)newEvent {
    return [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:_store];
}

- (BOOL)saveEvent:(EKEvent *)event error:(NSError **)error {
    return [_store saveEvent:event span:EKSpanThisEvent commit:YES error:error];
}

- (BOOL)removeEvent:(EKEvent *)event span:(EKSpan)span error:(NSError **)error {
    return [_store removeEvent:event span:span commit:YES error:error];
}

- (void)updateSelectedCalendarsForIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier selected:(BOOL)selected {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%s", __FUNCTION__);
    // The user has selected/unselected a calendar in Prefs.
    // Update the kSelectedCalendars array in NSUserDefaults.
    __block NSMutableArray *selectedCalendars = [NSMutableArray new];
    dispatch_sync(_queueIsol2, ^{
        for (id obj in self->_sourcesAndCalendars) {
            if ([obj isKindOfClass:[CalendarInfo class]]) {
                CalendarInfo *info = obj;
                if ([info.calendar.calendarIdentifier isEqualToString:identifier]) {
                    info.selected = selected;
                }
                if (info.selected) {
                    [selectedCalendars addObject:info.calendar.calendarIdentifier];
                }
            }
        }
    });
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:selectedCalendars forKey:kSelectedCalendars];

    // Filter events based on new calendar selection.
    dispatch_async(_queueWork, ^{
        [self _filterEvents];
    });
}

- (NSArray *)sourcesAndCalendars {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%s", __FUNCTION__);
    __block NSArray *sourcesAndCalendars;
    dispatch_sync(_queueIsol2, ^{
        sourcesAndCalendars = [self->_sourcesAndCalendars copy];
    });
    return sourcesAndCalendars;
}

- (NSDictionary *)filteredEventsForDate {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%s", __FUNCTION__);
    __block NSDictionary *filteredEventsForDate;
    dispatch_sync(_queueIsol, ^{
        filteredEventsForDate = [self->_filteredEventsForDate copy];
    });
    return filteredEventsForDate;
}

- (void)fetchEvents {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%s", __FUNCTION__);
    MoDate startMoDate = [self.delegate fetchStartDate];
    MoDate endMoDate   = [self.delegate fetchEndDate];
    dispatch_async(_queueWork, ^{
        @autoreleasepool {
            [self _fetchEventsWithStartDate:startMoDate endDate:endMoDate refetch:NO];
        }
    });
}

- (void)refetchAll {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%s", __FUNCTION__);
    // Either the system told us the event store has changed or
    // we were called by the main controller. Clear the cache
    // and refetch everything.
    MoDate startMoDate = [self.delegate fetchStartDate];
    MoDate endMoDate   = [self.delegate fetchEndDate];
    dispatch_async(_queueWork, ^{
        @autoreleasepool {
            [self _fetchSourcesAndCalendars];
            [self _fetchEventsWithStartDate:startMoDate endDate:endMoDate refetch:YES];
        }
    });
}

- (void)refresh {
    dispatch_async(_queueWork, ^{
        [self->_store reset];
        [self->_store refreshSourcesIfNecessary];
    });
}

#pragma mark - Private (GCD thread pool)

- (void)_fetchSourcesAndCalendars {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, " %s", __FUNCTION__);
    // Get an array of the user's calendars sorted first by
    // source title and then by calendar title.
    NSArray *calendars = [[_store calendarsForEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent] sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(EKCalendar *cal1, EKCalendar *cal2) {
        if ([cal1.source.sourceIdentifier isEqualToString:cal2.source.sourceIdentifier]) {
            return [cal1.title compare:cal2.title];
        }
        else {
            return [cal1.source.title compare:cal2.source.title];
        }
    }];

    NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    NSSet *selectedCalendars = [NSSet setWithArray:[defaults arrayForKey:kSelectedCalendars]];

    // Make an array of source titles and calendar info.
    NSMutableArray *sourcesAndCalendars = [NSMutableArray new];
    NSString *currentSourceTitle = @"";
    for (EKCalendar *calendar in calendars) {
        if (!calendar.color) {
            // Skip calendars where the color is nil.
            // This normally doesn't happen, but there are some
            // edge cases where it does.
            // See: github.com/sfsam/Itsycal/issues/152
            continue;
        }
        if (![calendar.source.title isEqualToString:currentSourceTitle]) {
            [sourcesAndCalendars addObject:calendar.source.title];
            currentSourceTitle = calendar.source.title;
        }
        CalendarInfo *calInfo = [CalendarInfo new];
        calInfo.calendar = calendar;
        calInfo.selected = selectedCalendars ? [selectedCalendars containsObject:calendar.calendarIdentifier] : NO;
        [sourcesAndCalendars addObject:calInfo];
    }
    dispatch_async(_queueIsol2, ^{
        self->_sourcesAndCalendars = [NSArray arrayWithArray:sourcesAndCalendars];
    });
}

- (NSArray *)_validCalendars
{
    // Valid calendars are calendars in _sourcesAndCalendars.
    // They have been filtered to remove calendars where the color is nil.
    // See -_fetchSourcesAndCalendars
    __block NSMutableArray *calendars = [NSMutableArray new];
    dispatch_sync(_queueIsol2, ^{
        for (id obj in self->_sourcesAndCalendars) {
            if ([obj isKindOfClass:[CalendarInfo class]]) {
                CalendarInfo *calInfo = obj;
                [calendars addObject:calInfo.calendar];
            }
        }
    });
    return calendars;
}

- (void)_fetchEventsWithStartDate:(MoDate)startMoDate endDate:(MoDate)endMoDate refetch:(BOOL)refetch
{
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, " %s", __FUNCTION__);
    if (refetch) {
        _previouslyFetchedDates = [NSMutableIndexSet new];
        _eventsForDate = [NSMutableDictionary new];
    }
    // Return immediately if we've already fetched for this date range.
    NSRange dateRange = NSMakeRange(startMoDate.julian, endMoDate.julian - startMoDate.julian);
    if ([_previouslyFetchedDates containsIndexesInRange:dateRange])  {
        os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "SKIPPING: %@ - %@", NSStringFromMoDate(startMoDate), NSStringFromMoDate(endMoDate));
        return;
    }

    // Reduce the range [startMoDate, endMoDate] based on dates previously fetched.
    NSMutableIndexSet *notYetFetchedDates = [NSMutableIndexSet new];
    for (NSInteger julian = startMoDate.julian; julian <= endMoDate.julian; julian++) {
        if (![_previouslyFetchedDates containsIndex:julian]) {
            [notYetFetchedDates addIndex:julian];
        }
    }
    if (notYetFetchedDates.count > 0) {
        startMoDate = MakeGregorian(notYetFetchedDates.firstIndex);
        endMoDate   = MakeGregorian(notYetFetchedDates.lastIndex);
    }

    // Update _previouslyFetchedDates for this fetch.
    [_previouslyFetchedDates addIndexesInRange:dateRange];

    NSDate *startDate = MakeNSDateWithDate(startMoDate, _cal);
    NSDate *endDate   = MakeNSDateWithDate(endMoDate,   _cal);
    NSArray *cals = [self _validCalendars];
    NSPredicate *predicate = [_store predicateForEventsWithStartDate:startDate endDate:endDate calendars:cals];
    NSArray *events = [_store eventsMatchingPredicate:predicate];
    NSMutableDictionary *eventsForDate = [NSMutableDictionary new];

    // Iterate over events matching startDate/endDate. We will
    // populate a dictionary, eventsForDate, that maps each date
    // to an array of events that fall on that date.
    for (EKEvent *event in events) {

        // Skip events the current user has declined.
        // Use 'valueForKey' to get private 'participationStatus' property.
        // This is much faster than accessing the 'attendees' property
        // and then looping over the participants to see if the current
        // user has declined the event.
        if (event.hasAttendees &&
            [[event valueForKey:@"participationStatus"] integerValue] == EKParticipantStatusDeclined) {
            continue;
        }

        // Iterate through the days this event spans. We only care about
        // days for this event that are between startDate and endDate.
        NSDate *date  = [event.startDate laterDate:startDate];
        NSDate *final = [event.endDate earlierDate:endDate];
        date  = [_cal startOfDayForDate:date];
        while ([date compare:final] == NSOrderedAscending) {

            NSDate *nextDate = [_cal dateByAddingUnit:NSCalendarUnitDay value:1 toDate:date options:0];
            nextDate = [_cal startOfDayForDate:nextDate];

            // Make an EventInfo object...
            EventInfo *info = [EventInfo new];
            info.event       = event;
            //   isStartDate = (it starts on `date` AND ends not before `nextDate`)
            info.isStartDate = ([_cal isDate:date inSameDayAsDate:event.startDate] &&
                                [event.endDate compare:nextDate] != NSOrderedAscending);
            //   isEndDate   = (it ends on `date` AND starts before `date`)
            info.isEndDate   = ([_cal isDate:date inSameDayAsDate:event.endDate] &&
                                [event.startDate compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending);
            //   isAllDay    = (it's a real all-day event OR
            //                  (it starts before `date` AND ends not before `nextDate`))
            info.isAllDay    = (event.allDay ||
                                ([event.startDate compare:date] == NSOrderedAscending &&
                                 [event.endDate compare:nextDate] != NSOrderedAscending));
            // ...and add it to the array in eventsForDate.
            if (eventsForDate[date] == nil) {
                eventsForDate[date] = [NSMutableArray new];
            }
            [eventsForDate[date] addObject:info];

            date = nextDate;
        }
    }

    // eventsForDate is a dict that maps dates to an array of EventInfo objects.
    // Sort those arrays so that AllDay events are first, the sort by startTime.
    // All-day events are sorted by calendar title with real all-day events before
    // spanning all-day events.
    for (NSDate *date in eventsForDate) {
        [eventsForDate[date] sortUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(EventInfo *e1, EventInfo *e2) {
            if (e1.event.isAllDay && e2.event.isAllDay)  { return [e1.event.calendar.title compare:e2.event.calendar.title];}
            else if (e1.event.isAllDay && !e2.event.isAllDay) { return NSOrderedAscending; }
            else if (!e1.event.isAllDay && e2.event.isAllDay) { return NSOrderedDescending; }
            else if (e1.isAllDay && e2.isAllDay) { return [e1.event.calendar.title compare:e2.event.calendar.title];}
            else if (e1.isAllDay) { return NSOrderedAscending;  }
            else if (e2.isAllDay) { return NSOrderedDescending; }
            else { return [e1.event.startDate compare:e2.event.startDate]; }
        }];
    }

    [_eventsForDate addEntriesFromDictionary:eventsForDate];
    [self _filterEvents];
}

- (void)_filterEvents {
    os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, " %s", __FUNCTION__);
    NSMutableDictionary *filteredEventsForDate = [NSMutableDictionary new];
    NSArray *selectedCalendars = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] arrayForKey:kSelectedCalendars];
    for (NSDate *date in _eventsForDate) {
        for (EventInfo *info in _eventsForDate[date]) {
            if ([selectedCalendars containsObject:info.event.calendar.calendarIdentifier]) {
                if (filteredEventsForDate[date] == nil) {
                    filteredEventsForDate[date] = [NSMutableArray new];
                }
                // Check if there is a virtual meeting (e.g. Zoom) link.
                // We limit this check to filtered events in an
                // attempt to limit how much text processing we do.
                [self checkForZoomURL:info];
                [filteredEventsForDate[date] addObject:info];
            }
        }
    }
    dispatch_async(_queueIsol, ^{
        self->_filteredEventsForDate = [filteredEventsForDate copy];
    });
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self.delegate eventCenterEventsChanged];
    });
}

- (void)checkForZoomURL:(EventInfo *)info {
    static NSDataDetector *linkDetector = nil;
    if (linkDetector == nil) {
        linkDetector = [NSDataDetector dataDetectorWithTypes:NSTextCheckingTypeLink error:NULL];
    }
    void (^GetZoomURL)(NSString*) = ^(NSString *text) {
        [linkDetector enumerateMatchesInString:text options:kNilOptions range:NSMakeRange(0, text.length) usingBlock:^(NSTextCheckingResult * _Nullable result, NSMatchingFlags flags, BOOL * _Nonnull stop) {
            NSString *link = result.URL.absoluteString;
            if (   [link containsString:@"zoom.us/j/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoom.us/s/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoom.us/w/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoom.us/my/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoomgov.com/j/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoomgov.com/s/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoomgov.com/w/"]
                || [link containsString:@"zoomgov.com/my/"]) {
                info.zoomURL = result.URL;
                // Test if user has the Zoom app and, if so, create a Zoom app link.
                if ([NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace URLForApplicationToOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"zoommtg://"]]) {
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"https://" withString:@"zoommtg://"];
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"?" withString:@"&"];
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/j/" withString:@"/join?confno="];
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/s/" withString:@"/join?confno="];
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/w/" withString:@"/join?confno="];
                    NSURL *appLink = [NSURL URLWithString:link];
                    if (appLink) info.zoomURL = appLink;
                }
            }
            else if ([link containsString:@"teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/"]) {
                info.zoomURL = result.URL;
                // Test if user has the Teams app and, if so, create a Teams app link.
                if ([NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace URLForApplicationToOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"msteams://"]]) {
                    link = [link stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"https://" withString:@"msteams://"];
                    NSURL *appLink = [NSURL URLWithString:link];
                    if (appLink) info.zoomURL = appLink;
                }
            }
            else if ([link containsString:@"chime.aws/"]) {
                info.zoomURL = result.URL;
                // Test if user has the Chime app, and if so, create a Chime app link.
                if ([NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace URLForApplicationToOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"chime://"]]) {
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Bevolking
Op 31 december 2020 telde het dorp Treskavets 514 inwoners, een daling ten opzichte van het maximum van 1.479 personen in 1975.

Het dorp wordt nagenoeg uitsluitend bewoond door etnische Turken.

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The governing board of the Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC) has reiterated its commitment to tackling issues that threaten to cripple anti-piracy activities of the Commission.
Dr Tonye Jaja, Chairman of the Board which was inaugurated on May 28, made this known at its maiden meeting held in Abuja on Monday.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the newly-elected Board was the first in the history of the Commission that has all the representatives across sectors as stipulated in the Act.
Speaking with NAN, Jaja said that the Board's focus was to change the narrative of copyrights in Nigeria and improve welfare of the Commission's staff.
He said, "the focus is having a strategy that will re-position the commission, including staff welfare.
"Once you sufficiently motivate the staff through welfare, their work will improve. The board has approved certain innovations that will improve the commission."
Speaking earlier, the Director General, John Asien thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, for sticking with the provisions of the Commission's Act during the selection of board members.
He noted that the move would help the Commission work better as the different sectors are well-represented by practitioners who understand copyrights pains.
Also speaking, Rev. Bayo Awala representing sound recording on the Board said that the Board as a collective had to live up to its responsibilities for all sectors represented and more.
He added that the Board had identified some challenges including finance and it will devise creative ways to solve the challenges.
He said, "The entertainment industry used to control the US economy. The signs are there for the same to happen here.
"If we are able to solve the challenges, the entertainment industry can also become like the oil industry.
"Nigeria is not short of talent. It's about piracy. Every aspect of the creative industry in Nigeria is afflicted by piracy. So, it is going to be a situation of solve one and solve all as well," Awala said.
NAN reports that members of the Jaja led board include, Asien; Mr Austin-Odigie, representing the Federal Ministry of Justice; Mr O. U Umoh, representing the Ministry of Education; Mr John Abang, representing the Police Force and Mr G. Muhammed representing the Customs Service.
Representing the creative industry , Sir Jesse Odutola representing Literary Works, Dr Alewai Mamza representing artistic works, Mr Bongos Igwue representing musical works.
Others also include Mr Othman Isa representing Cinematography and Film, Mr Bayo Awala representing sound recording and Mr Danjuma Muhammad representing broadcasts.
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State Contributions to Federal Tax Revenues
State differences in federal tax payments seem driven by rich people, profitable businesses, and higher-income middle-class earners.
Joseph N. Cohen
Federal Redistribution
PrevPreviousFederal Tax Payments by State
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This analysis examines the structure of federal taxes through an examination of state-level federal tax payments data that is disaggregated by tax type. A look at this data provides a more concrete and precise estimate of which communities serve as the economic engines upon which federal government operations depend. This analysis uses a compiled set of state-level public finance and socioeconomic variables detailed here.1 The data is from 2018.
Deconstructing Federal Taxes by Tax Type
Federal taxes are mostly comprised of income taxes. The largest source is personal income taxes, levied on people's new money receipts. This is a progressively redistributive tax, in the sense that richer people pay proportionally more of their incomes. These yields will be higher in states that house proportionally more very high income households.
The second largest tax source is payroll taxes – the Social Security and Medicare deductions on people's paychecks. Although these taxes are sometimes considered a form of personal savings or investment in some public retirement fund, the reality of the program is that the services that these taxes fund are financed in the year that they were drawn. It is a tax on current earners to finance benefits by current recipients, and thus the same kind of taxation for current redistribution as any similar redistribution program. These taxes are levied on middle class tax payers, as the rate only applied to the first $132,900 in income, and so their burden is proportionally lighter on those who earn more than this amount, and become proportionally lighter as one earns more money.
The third major income tax is corporate income taxes. This rate is flat. These tax yields will be higher in states where corporations make more money. Combined these income taxes comprise 90% of federal tax receipts.
THe remainder of federal revenues come from a variety of sources. Excise taxes are special taxes on goods like motor fuel, airline tickets, tobacco, and other targeted products. Estate and gift taxes are taxes on larger personal transfers, which in 2018 was in excess of $5.6 million. In 2020, these taxes were on gifts and estates over $11.4 million. Customs are taxes on imports. The remainder is comprised of an assortment of special taxes, fees, and other revenue sources.
Figure 1 (below) presents a pie chart depicting this distribution:
Figure 1: Distribution of Federal Taxes across Tax Type, 201
Where are these Taxes Collected?
Below, our analysis focuses on state-level differences in per capita tax payments by these major federal tax types. The analysis gives us a refined sense of which communities generate the revenues that sustain government operations.
Personal Income Taxes
Personal income taxes are progressive,in that wealthier people are supposed to pay higher tax rates and thus give up proportionally more of their income to taxes than poorer people. For example, an individual earning $30,000 per year would have been expected to pay 12% of their income to federal taxes (before adjustments like deductions, credits, etc.). Someone earning $150,000 would pay 24%, and those earning above $501,300 paid 35% of their income in federal taxes.
Of course, wealthy people are known to have the means to reduce their taxes, and we have all seen media stories about super-rich people who pay proportionally less in taxes than poor people. Despite such stories, America's highest income households appear to be a major source of revenue for the federal government. According to IRS estimates2, America's top 0.001% paid about 2.1% of all personal income taxes. Its top 0.01% paid about 9% of all personal income tax revenues, the top 0.1% paid 20%, and the top 1% paid 40% of these taxes. Federal revenues from personal income taxes are very heavily comprised of payments from very high income households.
The figure below shows per capita personal income tax payments by state. A table at the end of this post gives precise estimates. The range of per capita payments is considerable, ranging from $2,302 per person in Mississippi to $8,708 in Connecticut. Oregon was the median state, paying $4,225 per person in federal taxes on personal incomes.
Figure 2: Per Capita Personal Income Taxes Paid, 2018
Per capita personal income taxes are higher in states whose populations include more high-income earners. Personal taxes are highest in states whose populations are dominated by residents of the country's high-income and high value-added major metropolitan areas: New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, and the District of Columbia regions. Wyomng and South Dakota are outliers among the states that remit large personal taxes on a per capita basis, in that they are not connected to such "mega-cities". It may be that these states high aggregate payments reflect these states' very small populations and their success in attracting wealthy residents. Jackson Hole is reputed to be a venue for vacation property ownership among the very wealthy. South Dakota established niche industries in the financial sector. Their small populations could make these cases similar to those of, say, Barbados or the Cayman Islands when examining international differences in macro-finance metrics.
Figure 3: Per Capita Production & Metro Population's Relationship with Personal Income Taxes Per Capita
Payroll taxes are mainly comprised of people's Social Security and Medicare payroll deductions. Unlike personal income taxes, payroll taxes fall most heavily on the upper-middle class, while their impact on very high income households is more limited. In 2018, these taxes were due on the first $128,400 of wages. As such, a person earning $1 million and someone earning $150,000 would pay the same amount in payroll taxes. The rate was the same for all those earning below $128,400
Figure 4: Per Capita Social Insurance Taxes Paid, 2018
States tend to pay more of these taxes on a per capita basis when their wage-earning population is generally earning more. The figure below demonstrates how per capita payroll tax receipts are higher in states with higher median incomes and lower poverty rates.
It is also worth noting that population concentration in major metro areas and payroll taxes are also higher, because wages are generally higher in highly-productive and -profitable metro regions.
Figure 6: Metro Population Concentration and Personal Income Taxes
Corporate Income Taxes
Per capita corporate income taxes are the total income taxes levied on a state's corporation's income, divided by the total population. The figure gives the reader a sense of how the business activity generated by a state also sustains federal government finances. Tax hauls seen to be higher in states where higher personal incomes prevail. Ultimately, there are a set of states who are experiencing high production or profit, which creates both high income people and enterprises.
Figure 7: Corporate Income Taxes
The federal government's finances are primarily sustained by tax levies on the personal incomes of higher income households, and secondarily by taxes on the incomes of wage earners and corporations. All three tend to prevail in states whose populations are concentrated in "rich states" that house the country's major metropolitan economic powerhouses.
Insofar as taxation levels across states are concerned, US federal government finances looks quite progressive, in that it redistributes money away from communities with high earners and profitable businesses to communities with low wages, less business activity, and less attraction to the wealthy. The benefits of this redistribution to those who live in communities sidelined by the rich and big businesses is obvious – it allows their communities to finance federal services that are better funded than what local taxes could afford on their own. It is progressive in the sense that it takes money from economically dynamic communities to those where such dynamism is in shorter supply.
However, what about the poor who live in these wealthy regions. Are their interests necessarily ensured by this redistribution. It depends on whether the money that is drawn from their community is spent on federal services that benefit the typical, run-of-the-mill family living in metro New York, Los Angeles, Boston, or so on.
Connecticut 8709 New Jersey 8709 Delaware 8709
Massachusetts 8333 Connecticut 8333 New York 8333
New York 7587 Maryland 7587 Connecticut 7587
New Jersey 7418 New Hampshire 7418 Massachusetts 7418
Washington 6262 Massachusetts 6262 Minnesota 6262
California 6215 Nebraska 6215 Iowa 6215
New Hampshire 6200 Minnesota 6200 Washington 6200
Wyoming 6050 Virginia 6050 Illinois 6050
Delaware 5949 New York 5949 Wisconsin 5949
South Dakota 5913 Washington 5913 Indiana 5913
Florida 5818 North Dakota 5818 California 5818
Maryland 5749 Rhode Island 5749 Nebraska 5749
Illinois 5717 California 5717 Ohio 5717
Colorado 5618 Delaware 5618 South Dakota 5618
Nevada 5568 Illinois 5568 New Jersey 5568
Virginia 5423 Hawaii 5423 Pennsylvania 5423
Minnesota 5280 Pennsylvania 5280 North Dakota 5280
Rhode Island 4951 Alaska 4951 Texas 4951
Texas 4948 Vermont 4948 North Carolina 4948
Pennsylvania 4926 Wisconsin 4926 Kansas 4926
Alaska 4730 Colorado 4730 New Hampshire 4730
North Dakota 4617 Wyoming 4617 Michigan 4617
Wisconsin 4360 Kansas 4360 Georgia 4360
Michigan 4233 South Dakota 4233 Oregon 4233
Oregon 4225 Iowa 4225 Louisiana 4225
Hawaii 4204 Michigan 4204 Tennessee 4204
Vermont 4152 Oregon 4152 Missouri 4152
Georgia 3994 Indiana 3994 Colorado 3994
Kansas 3993 Texas 3993 Utah 3993
Nebraska 3928 Tennessee 3928 Rhode Island 3928
Ohio 3908 Georgia 3908 Virginia 3908
Missouri 3861 Ohio 3861 Kentucky 3861
Tennessee 3810 Missouri 3810 Arkansas 3810
Arizona 3742 North Carolina 3742 Alaska 3742
Iowa 3723 Utah 3723 Maryland 3723
North Carolina 3722 Maine 3722 Alabama 3722
Utah 3629 Montana 3629 Nevada 3629
Montana 3605 Florida 3605 Oklahoma 3605
Indiana 3597 Arizona 3597 South Carolina 3597
Maine 3597 South Carolina 3597 Vermont 3597
Louisiana 3341 Oklahoma 3341 Maine 3341
South Carolina 3338 Alabama 3338 Arizona 3338
Oklahoma 3292 Arkansas 3292 Idaho 3292
Idaho 3158 Kentucky 3158 Florida 3158
Arkansas 3151 Louisiana 3151 Mississippi 3151
Alabama 3093 Idaho 3093 West Virginia 3093
Kentucky 2964 Nevada 2964 Hawaii 2964
New Mexico 2876 West Virginia 2876 Montana 2876
West Virginia 2577 New Mexico 2577 New Mexico 2577
Mississippi 2302 Mississippi 2302 Wyoming 2302
Cohen, Joseph N. 2020. "State Balance of Payment Data, 2018." Retrieved (<osf.io/eh2d9>).↩
IRS (2020) "Number of Returns, Shares of AGI and Total Income Tax, AGI Floor on Percentiles in Current and Constant Dollars, and Average Tax Rates, 2001 – 2018" Online data set. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/18in01etr.xls↩
Disaggregating Federal Spring by State
A breakdown of federal spending differences by state
Where Do People Retire?
Which states have more elderly? Where do the elderly move on retirement?
Federal Spending, Poverty, and Population
Federal spending favors states with more poor and smaller populations.
Federal Redistribution between U.S. States, 2018
Which states benefit from federal government redistribution?


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Home Politics ACLU Sues Betsy DeVos Over New Title IX Rules That Make It...
ACLU Sues Betsy DeVos Over New Title IX Rules That Make It Easier For Schools To Ignore Sexual Violence
The ACLU on Thursday, May 14, 2020, filed suit to block provisions of the Department of Education's controversial new rules set to take effect in August governing how all U.S. schools, including higher education institutions, must handle sexual harassment and assault allegations involving students.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled the rules last week to replace Obama-era guidance she suspended in September 2017. The ACLU's complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court in Maryland, names the Education Department, DeVos, and Kenneth Marcus, assistant secretary for civil rights at the federal agency, as defendants.
Critics have warned that the new policy for Title IX—the U.S. law that bars sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal funding—will silence student survivors and limit their educational opportunities, and have vowed to fight against it.
In this federal lawsuit, the ACLU and the firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP are representing four organizations that help student survivors of sexual misconduct continue their education: Know Your IX, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Girls for Gender Equity, and Stop Sexual Assault in Schools.
"Betsy DeVos has created a double standard that is devastating for survivors of sexual harassment and assault, who are overwhelmingly women and girls," Ria Tabacco Mar, director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, said in a statement. "We are suing to make sure this double standard never takes effect."
"Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration have shown, once again, that they have no interest in supporting student survivors and their rights," declared Sage Carson, manager of Know Your IX, a project of Advocates for Youth. The new Title IX policy, Carson warned, "makes it harder for survivors to report sexual violence and easier for schools to sweep sexual violence under the rug."
Stop Sexual Assault in Schools co-founder Joel Levin echoed Carson's criticism. "In a reprehensible move that puts students at risk, the new rule gives schools more leeway to ignore their Title IX responsibilities," he said.
The complaint raises alarm about five "unlawful" provisions from the department's policy, which is detailed in over 2,000 pages:
Redefining sexual harassment to exclude many instances of misconduct that currently fall within the agency's definition, and that continue to fall under the agency's definition of harassment based on race, national origin, and disability;
Directing schools to ignore many Title IX reports of sexual assault that occur off-campus/school grounds, including in off-campus housing or during study abroad, regardless of the effect they have on-campus and on survivors' educations;
Relieving colleges and universities of the obligation to address sexual harassment unless reports of sexual harassment are made to a limited number of school officials while requiring those same officials to respond to all harassment on the basis of race, national origin, or disability of which they knew or should have known;
Permitting, and in some cases requiring, schools to apply a higher standard of proof in sexual harassment hearings than has been required in hearings involving other forms of harassment committed by students
Holding schools accountable for their failed responses to sexual harassment only when they are "deliberately indifferent," while requiring schools to "take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end harassment, eliminate the hostile environment, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects" in cases of harassment based on race, national origin, or disability.
"The regulations absolutely fail to consider the experiences, challenges, and needs of students with disabilities, who already face additional barriers to education," said Selene Almazan, legal director at Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates.
While the Education Department has framed its policy as "historic action to strengthen Title IX protections for all students" based on "years of wide-ranging research, careful deliberation, and critical input" from experts and survivors, Almazan accused the administration of choosing to "ignore research and best practices that fully support the rights of students with disabilities."
Ashley Sawyer, policy director at Girls for Gender Equity, warned that "the new Title IX regulations are a blatant threat to the years of work to create safe, supportive academic environments for students across the gender spectrum."
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Finding a niche on twitch
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Jim Stevens, now 63, was only 17 when his father withdrew him from school and insisted he join the military. His boot camp training was shortened from 12 weeks to nine when unrest developed in Cuba.
Stevens boarded the USS Ranger in 1957 shortly after the ship was commissioned and before it sailed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Over the years, his of memories being on board what was once the most splendid, powerful ship in the world stayed with him. �You don�t ever forget a ship like that. You become part of the ship,� Stevens said. He was aboard the Ranger about nine months, cranking up planes and moving them around for the pilots, before plans were announced to set sail for a nine-month cruise around Cape Horn to San Diego, Calif. But, despite the thrill of being on a ship as large as three football fields, his heart was being pulled in another direction. He had met a beautiful young lady named Nancy, and he feared that if he left on the cruise, she would be gone when he returned.
�I had been dating a woman and my father didn�t approve. He wanted me to meet the daughter of a man who worked for him, so he slipped her name and address in my sea bag,� Stevens said.
He wrote to the address stowed away in his sea bag, and she wrote back. Soon the two were inseparable.
Stevens requested and received permission for shore duty so he could be with Nancy, although only a few were allowed off the ship, he said.
Jim and Nancy Stevens married 44 years ago. Stevens completed his four-year term of duty with his new wife at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., where their first son, Jim Jr., was born. Another son, Robert, was born later.
�I wanted him to re-enlist, desperately,� Nancy Stevens said. Navy families formed close relationships, which she said lasts forever.
When the movie Apollo 13 was filmed, Jim Stevens recalled the astronaut portrayed by actor Tom Hanks as the man who had deeply influenced his life - his division officer, Lt. James Lovell, whom Stevens served with at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
positive effects they would have in his years to follow.
She was the Top Gun of the U.S. Navy in her time and for 36 years was manned by some of the finest of officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy.
To CV/A-61 and all who proudly served aboard her......THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
with membership eligibility open to all officers and enlisted personal who have ever served aboard the USS Ranger no matter how short or long the tour of duty.
Also, inquire into the USS Ranger Museum Foundation (A foundation to save the USS Ranger).
Take it from Stevens, it's the Patriotic thing to do. You will be proud you did.....So Front And Center, Step Out And Step Up!
was fulfilled when he got to visit the "Ranger" at Bremerton.
That meant so very much to him.
loss is great, he was our anchor always.


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Legal Mess Over Euro Alone In The Dark Reviews [Update]
Luke Plunkett
This week, the following events took place: 1. We got a bunch of tips telling us that the Xbox 360 version of Alone in the Dark had turned up on BitTorrent sites. 2. Scandinavian games site GameReactor (The Norwegian edition specifically) were one of the first to review Alone in the Dark. They gave it 3/10. Ouch. However, they then promptly pulled the review, and accusations of shady dealings were levelled against the site by Atari, who said that press copies had only been sent out the day before (the review has since been reinstated, and the 3/10 stands). Odd, seeing as many other European publications also had reviews go live this week, but whatever. 3. German site 4Players reviews the game. Gives it 68%. Then is threatened with legal action by Atari because, yes, Atari had no idea how the site got a copy of the game.
4Players' EIC Jörg Luibl says that Atari's lawyers have accused them of "breaking the law and violating the rights of their client (Atari)", all because 4Players reviewed the game prior to its release, but without using a copy sent to them by Atari. 4Players maintain that, like many other games not sent to them by publishers, they secured a copy via a "trusted dealer". Which could well just be a firendly local GAME manager cracking open his shipment of the game before the street date, it could be point #1 (the leaked copies of the game), who knows.
It's interesting that Atari are so worried about publications securing their own copy of a game. Do they fear that, because these outlets may have received copies of the game "early" (ie from pirated copies), that they're somehow reviewing incomplete code, which could affect their opinion of the game? Maybe. Pessimists could, however, be forgiven for thinking it's a convenient excuse for Atari to attack negative reviews of the only game they're releasing in 2008 that has any chance of making them some money.
UPDATE - Tor-Steinar Nastad Tangedal, from Norwegian site Gamer.no, has contacted us with a similar story. He writes (though without proof we're unable to confirm this):
Gamer.no was the second publication in the world to publish a review, and we also gave it 3 out of 10. The review was based on a retail copy obtained from a store on Tuesday this week. Atari contacted us just minutes after it was published, claiming that our review is probably based on a preview or pirated copy, and requested it to be removed. We never removed it, of course.


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The Jewelry of Black Panther & Marvel's First Licensed Jewelry Maker
Posted by Gemologist.ph July 07, 2019
Jewelry isn't the first thought that comes to mind after watching a superhero movie, but the motion picture production of Black Panther actually employs aesthetic creations from Marve's first licensed jewelry makre, Douriean Fletcher. The designer makes use of her unique and powerful creative tastes to help paint a world where one's ability and skill define one's role more in society.
African themed jewelry was an integral creative focus for her pieces, but she also wanted to show the manifestation of both bold strength and graceful spirituality- two traits that the women of Wakanda held proudly in their technologically advanced society. Fletcher mentions that the goal of her jewelry pieces is to remind wearers of an inner strength that they possess.
Her beautiful work was also shown for a brief period at the end of 'Avengers', another movie in the marvel cinematic universe. The usage of gold in feminine, yet strong motifs governed a large portion of the collection used by Marvel. The gemstone amethyst was also incorporated into some designs, possibly pointing to its historical connection with royalty and nobility.
Jewelry does not simply exist to be shown off as bauble or fashion statements. Throughout our existence on this planet, the wearing of precious metals and gemstones signified importance, wisdom, expression and culture. The passing down of mementos and heirlooms was something seen across every nation, with the intent of the older generations to leave behind a guiding emblem of their love and learnings to the children of the future.
(Photography: Marvel Studios & Press)
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Christie's Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence Auction Garnered $109.2 Million. The Second Highest Auction Total for a Private Jewelry Collection
Posted by Gemologist.ph June 24, 2019
On June 19th of 2019, Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani through Christie's auction house put together a ground-breaking collection of almost 400 gemstones and jewel-encrusted objects for public offer. This esteemed sale may prove to be one of the highest in value of all time, in tier with the Elizabeth Taylor collection- which itself garnered around 115.9 million dollars back in 2011.
Many of the breathtaking artifacts and jewelry have a historical significance factor added to their appeal. Certain items span centuries-worth of stories, and many lots are comprised of Mughal royal objects, such as a dagger with precious jade affixed to its hilt design.
Other slightly more modern items come from the notable design houses of Bulgari, Linzeler, Lacloche and Cartier among others. Different kinds of rare and illustrious colored stones will take to the spotlight, as emeralds, rubies, sapphires and of course diamonds get showcased through the prestigious sale.
High-visibility items like the Patiala Ruby Choker- commissioned by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala to Cartier in the early 1900's, will undoubtedly be some of the center-stage highlights. This item in particular has an estimate pegged at around 1.2 million US dollars.
Another included item that has garnered recent fame, is the elegantly named 'Mirror of Paradise' diamond, which is graded at D for color and IF (Internally Flawless) for clarity. This 52.58ct rectangular cut diamond has an estimate range of around 7 to 10 million dollars.
The collection's highlight pieces will be travelling around the world, to displays in Hong Kong, London and Geneva, as is expected of featured lots managed by Christie's. The full suite of the auction items will also be shown at the Christie's Rockefeller Center galleries located in Manhattan. The Al Thani Collection still holds around 5,600 individual items, some of which will be shown in Paris starting next year, at a new museum location.
Photography Credit: Christie's Auctions, The Al Thani Collection
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The Pastel Shades of Morganite, the Pink Beryl Cousin of Emerald
Most of you have heard about two very famous beryl colours that have captivated the hearts of jewelry buyers around the world; the oceanic blues of aquamarine and the forest greens of emerald. The science of gemology classifies beryl as an individual gemstone species, with both aquamarine and emerald belonging to this species, but existing as different varieties.
Photography Credit: BBBGem (above) and Christine K. Jewelry (below)
Today let's take a look at possibly the next most famous beryl variety used in jewelry- Morganite. This pastel peach-pink stone was named after J.P. Morgan, who himself was a notable gemstone enthusiast. Morganite was discovered in California and Madagascar sometime in the early 20th century, and has been circulating around many demure and elegant coloured-stone jewelry themes ever since.
It's no surprise that morganite's specific hue is a favorite of brides, debutantes and socialites. Many tout its color as a graceful accent for modern day women. Although morganite cabochon rings are also popular among men, especially when embellished with the warmer tones of yellow or reddish gold.
For those on a mid-market budget, morganite also makes a great alternative to padparadscha sapphire, the pinkish-orange corundum color that's been trending nowadays on the colored stone markets. Padparadscha can sometimes out-value blue sapphire colors even at fine jewelry auctions, so despite popularity, these stones can feel quite expensive for many collectors.
Morganite can be found in many parts of the world, like Brazil, Russia, Mozambique and Namibia among other places, but the best qualities are still quite sporadic in distribution. The supply and demand of gemstones plays an integral part in its popularity within the trade. Morganite currently sits behind aquamarine and emerald in terms of both public reception and price, however it has enough of a following for jewelers to actively use it as a main center-stone in rings, pendants and many other types of personal jewelry wear.
Sometimes called pink beryl, morganite's colour can range from a lightly toned brownish peach to salmon pinks with good saturation, although most material is typically orangey pink in a subtle pastel shade. Fashion trends love to make use of morganite along with light blues, and rose gold colours.
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Watching Frank Everett's Narration on The Magnificent Jewels of Barbara Sinatra
Many connoisseurs in the jewellery trade are familiar with the annual auction events held internationally. From Geneva to New York, greatly anticipated events led by the duopoly of Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses, have shown us some of the world's most tantalising jewellery from human history's most well known brands and designers.
Photography: Sotheby's Auction House, Plume necklace by Jean Schlumberger (Tiffany & Co.)
One particular storyteller we often like watching (just for his charismatic narration of significant pieces) is Frank Everett, who spotlights his own section called Frank's Files, on Sotheby's online platform. Here's an episode link where he timelessly describes a couple of novelty pieces from the collections of Barbara Sinatra (wife of Frank Sinatra) and Happy Rockefeller.
Some of the oldest jewellery design houses in the western world are often featured on his segments, including pieces by Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany & Co. Both diamonds and rare coloured stones are often incorporated within the same piece, creating a mysterious allure unbound by a single hue or theme. Rubies, emeralds and sapphires are among the world's highest priced gemstones, and they're often found in the collections of society's most well regarded socialites and personalities.
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The Story of the 101 carat Winston Legacy Diamond, that was Once Auctioned for 26.7 Million Dollars
The number 101 might be familiar in most modern day pop-culture references. Even children can relate to the catchy number being used as part of the 101 Dalmatians animation franchise. Did you know though that there is a beautiful pear-shaped diamond out there called the '101'? Precisely it actually weighs 101.73 carats, however 'point seventy three' didn't quite sound as catchy for its proprietors.
This diamond was once bought by Harry Winston, the famous jewelry design house, during a Christie's event several years ago. The purchases was a celebratory event of Harry Winston being acquired by the Swatch Group. The company currently owns many famous jewelry and watch brands such as Blancpain, Tissot and Omega, aside from their own Swatch brand.
The 101 diamond was described as the most perfect diamond ever offered at auction- by Rahul Kadakia, the head of Christie's Switzerland during the time of sale. Harry Winston originally purchased the stone for about 254,000 USD per carat, or about 26.7 million dollars in total. It sits today as one of the world's finest pear-shaped D-colored, flawless diamonds recorded in human history. It was soon after renamed to the 'Winston Legacy' in honour of the jewelry house's founder.
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This is a stunning dessert for a special occasion. It also has a nice element of surprise, as the meringue base is not quite what you might expect: gooey – almost toffee-like – rather than dry and crispy. This is due to the brown sugar in the mix. Combined with the praline cream and fresh figs, it's absolutely delicious. Pavlova is the dessert to make when you have a bit of time and are feeding people you adore.
The recipe calls for flaked almonds but you can easily substitute those with chopped pistachios, as photographed.
1 Preheat the oven to 170°C/150°C Fan/Gas Mark 3.
2 Spread out all the almonds (for both the pavlova and the praline, 70g) on a baking tray and toast for 7–8 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from the oven, divide into two piles (20g for the pavlova, 50g for the praline) and set aside to cool.
3 Reduce the oven temperature to 120°C/100°C Fan/Gas Mark ½. Cover a large baking tray with baking parchment and trace a circle, about 23cm in diameter, on to the paper. Turn the paper over so the drawn-on side is facing down but still visible.
4 First make the meringue. Pour enough water into a medium saucepan so that it rises a quarter of the way up the sides: you want the bowl from your electric mixer to be able to sit over the saucepan without touching the water. Bring the water to a boil. Place the egg whites and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk by hand to combine. Reduce the heat under the saucepan so that the water is just simmering, then set the mixer bowl over the pan, making sure the water doesn't touch the base of the bowl. Whisk the egg whites continuously by hand until they are warm, frothy and the sugar is melted, about 4 minutes, then transfer back to the electric mixer with the whisk attachment in place and whisk on a high speed for about 5 minutes, until the meringue is cool, stiff and glossy. Add the cinnamon and whisk to combine.
5 Spread the meringue inside the drawn circle, creating a nest by making the sides a little higher than the centre. Place in the oven and bake for 3 hours, then switch off the oven but leave the meringues inside until they are completely cool: this will take about 2 hours. Once cool, remove from the oven and set aside.
6 Place the chocolate into a small heatproof bowl and set it over a small saucepan of simmering water, making sure the base of the bowl is not touching the water. Stir occasionally until melted. Cool slightly, then brush the chocolate inside the meringue nest, leaving the top and sides bare. Do this gently, as the meringue is fairly delicate. Leave to set for about 2 hours.
7 Make the praline. Place the 50g toasted almonds on a parchment-lined baking tray (with a lipped edge) and set aside. Put the sugar and water into a small saucepan and place over a medium-low heat, stirring until the sugar has melted. Cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until it turns a dark golden brown. Pour the caramel over the nuts (don't worry if they're not all covered) and leave until completely cool and set. Once cool, transfer the praline to the small bowl of a food processor and blitz until fine.
8 Place the cream, mascarpone and blitzed praline in a large bowl and whisk for about 1 minute, until stiff peaks form. Be careful not to over-whisk here – it doesn't take much to thicken up – or it will split. If this begins to happen, use a spatula to fold a little more cream into the mix to bring it back together. Refrigerate until needed.
9 To assemble, spoon the cream into the centre of the meringue and top with the figs. Warm the honey in a small saucepan and stir through the 20g almonds (or pistachios, as pictured). Drizzle these over the figs, and serve.
Deirdre (08/10/2018) As I made this for 4 people, I drew two 12 cm circles. Both meringues ended up a bit bigger! The praline cream was exactly as in the recipe but I didn't use all of it. The fresh figs are a must - a fantastic counterpart to the richness of the meringue, chocolate and praline cream. The second meringue was enjoyed a few days later with 5% fat natural yogurt instead of the mascarpone folded into the whipped cream. Also delicious. My husband declared this is the only meringue recipe I should make in future!!


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