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How Britain was sold
Why we need to rethink the case for a national capitalism in the age of uncertainty.
By David Edgerton
How did the most successful conservative party of the 20th century become the agent for a national humiliation? How could a political party so firmly tied to power, not least economic power, come to disregard its own particular view of the national interest?
The Conservative-born Brexit crisis that has tormented the nation since 2016 has multiple causes, the most crucial and under-explored of which is economic. The great financial crisis of 2008 certainly had an impact on the referendum result: it led to economic stagnation, not least in productivity and wages, as well as disastrous cuts to many public services. Local authorities, responsible for social care, were hit especially hard, as were the working poor.
But the really significant economic transformations behind the decision to leave the EU have deeper roots. Over the past 40 years the nature of capitalism in the UK has changed in ways that concepts such as "neoliberalism" and "post-industrialism" have failed to grasp. The relationship between capitalism and politics has also changed radically.
Before 1945 the UK operated in a global economy. Imperialists viewed Britain as the political and commercial centre of an empire; liberals saw it as the world's largest importer. After 1945, however, the UK turned in on itself, transforming both materially and ideologically. It was a country with a national industry. All the main users of coal, as well as the producers of coal, became publicly owned industries, such as the National Coal Board, the British Transport Commission (which included British Railways) and the British Electricity Authority.
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There was also something resembling a British national capitalism, one closely allied to the Conservative Party and made up of large private firms, including Imperial Chemical Industries and Associated Electrical Industries. This national capitalism produced a radically different economy from anything that had existed before it. In the 1950s and 1960s, the UK was more industrial than ever before. Manufacturing output formed a higher proportion of GDP and manufacturing employment had a greater share of employment than when the UK was considered the "workshop of the world" in the 19th century.
This national industry supplied the British people with nearly all their common infrastructure – railways, roads and energy – as well as their cars, TVs, aeroplanes and clothes. By the 1970s and 1980s most British people ate British cuisine, rather than foodstuffs imported from abroad. The nation was self-sufficient in energy, too, thanks to the development of modern coal mines, such as those in Selby, and offshore oil rigs in the North Sea. Whereas once the British economy was geared to exporting manufactures to enable it to import up to half of its food, raw materials and much of its energy supply, it suddenly no longer needed to. The "export or die" mentality of the immediate post-1945 years was no longer relevant.
But British capitalism underwent a subsequent, and no less momentous, transformation. Beginning in the 1980s the economy was progressively opened up to foreign trade and capital, with remarkable results. The UK became a net importer of manufactures, running a trade deficit of a scale unthinkable in the post-Second World War years. Great national enterprises that were once at the core of British industry, such as Imperial Chemical Industries, the General Electric Company, or British Leyland, vanished. Today whole national industries have become foreign-owned. During the 1950s and 1960s the UK was the second-biggest car-maker in the world, with Coventry and other cities in the Midlands serving as the heart of the nation's auto manufacturing. The car industry is now a net importing sector. Many of the largest employers in the UK, from the Indian conglomerate Tata (the largest manufacturing employer) to the French food corporation Sodexo, are not even listed on the London Stock Exchange. Office for National Statistics figures released in 2017 showed some 34 per cent of the turn-over of non-financial businesses in the UK was attributable to foreign-owned firms. In manufacturing it was more than 50 per cent.
Even government contractors are often registered abroad, and in tax havens. A recent Demos report found that 25 of the government's 34 strategic suppliers – the largest suppliers to the public sector, including health and defence services – were part of bigger corporate groups that used tax havens.
Large-scale overseas ownership is hardly unique to Britain: the Swedish brand Volvo, for example, is owned by the Chinese firm Geely. However the German car industry remains largely German-owned and operates globally, including in the UK (no British car firm operates in Germany). PSA Group and Renault are all still French-owned. The Italian industry, which is dominated by Fiat-Chrysler, is still partly owned by the wealthy Agnelli family. Siemens, a huge global electrical engineering enterprise, is German based and part-owned, and has a much bigger presence in Britain's economy than any UK electrical firm has in Germany's. The point is not only that continental European nations have retained more national capitalisms, but also that these national firms are global businesses as well.
The UK has a competitive financial sector, but most of the financial activity in the City of London has nothing to do with the UK economy. Where once the City stood for both national finance and national industry, today finance and industry are indistinct. Fifty per cent of the UK stock market is owned by foreign capital. Since many of the top-listed firms do most of their business abroad, the FTSE 100 index does not reflect either the performance of, or confidence in, the British economy.
In the 1980s the Conservative Party moved the UK to a radical free-trading position for goods, services and capital, to a greater extent than its European counterparts. This had many benefits including bringing efficient, well-run firms into the UK, which revived some industrial sectors. It was a good thing that the UK was equipped with the best the EU and the world had to offer. And it was a good thing for London that the City was opened up. But the benefits were very unevenly distributed.
In this new economic setting, London has emerged as a city state of inordinate wealth and power, a cosmopolitan service enclave in a fallen industrial nation. In postwar Britain, London was a declining city in terms of population, reaching its nadir in the early 1980s. Then, with a new liberal economy, London thrived, returning in many ways to the pomp of the Edwardian years. It seemed that the world of Mary Poppins – bankers, nannies, chimney-sweeps and all – had returned. But the global city of today is very different; rather than trading goods and channelling British investment overseas, it has become a place that trades in the world's money. The dominant investment flow is inwards rather than outwards.
From the 1980s London attracted foreign capital and foreign talent, becoming a great cosmopolitan centre. In 2018, 36 per cent of the city's population was born outside the UK and 22 per cent comprised of non-British residents (compared with 14 per cent and 9 per cent respectively for the UK). The new London had not only an immigrant working class, now a typical feature of many European capital cities, but an immigrant elite, which is much less common. London has become an international capital of the global kingdom of capital. The City cannot, as it once did, speak for British industry, nor indeed for British finance.
Home comforts: workers pose on British Leyland's production line for the Austin Maxi 1500, 1969. Credit: Mike McKeown/ Daily Express/ Hulton Archive/ Getty
But Brexit is not the policy of the City of London, nor of the foreign-owned enterprises that run the motor and many other UK-based industries. Soft Brexit positions taken by the foremost agents of the free market – including the Confederation of British Industry, the Financial Times and the Economist – highlight how leaving the EU is not the policy of capitalism. Instead, Brexit represents a new disconnection between the Conservative Party and capitalism, and between capitalism and the nation.
Brexit is something quite peculiar. It is certainly not a call for economic nationalism and for taking back control of the economy – at least not for its promoters, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg. For Brexiteers the biggest free trading area and single market in the world – the EU – is not good enough. They want to achieve unilateral free trade with the world. They want to deregulate and make the UK, or even just England, a buccaneering business base for a reheated conservative capitalism. But pro-Brexit globalists, not least David Davis and Liam Fox, have indulged in a fantasy about advantageous trade deals; a delusional revivalism in which Britain is once again an innovation nation, ready to lead the world into the fourth industrial revolution as it led it into the first. Indeed, they seem to believe that British capitalism has already been revivified and transformed, and that "declinists" and "defeatists" talk it down.
But it is one of the great ironies of Thatcherism that it did not unleash a successful British capitalism – nor is Brexit a plausible plan for reviving one. It is what old-fashioned Marxists might recognise as an "impossibilist" programme that is deeply hostile to reform – only a total revolution will do. It is a dream of radical deregulation by capitalists who are seemingly neither committed to nor dependent on the national economy.
Who are the capitalists associated with Brexit? The first significant Eurosceptic businessman was the London-based, Anglo-French financier James Goldsmith, who helped fund the Referendum Party. Nigel Farage, former head of Ukip and now leader of the Brexit Party, worked in the City as a metals trader. Arron Banks, who funded the campaign group Leave.EU, owns a small and mostly offshore insurance company. Michael Ashcroft – formerly a deputy chairman of the Tory party – and Andy Wigmore, director of communications for Banks's Leave.EU, are both closely connected with the low-tax former colony of Belize.
There are also a handful of manufacturers who have moved abroad, having already developed their manufacturing overseas, such as James Ratcliffe of Ineos, a European company that does only a fraction of its business in the UK; and James Dyson, who is now based in Singapore. Brexit was also supported by City financiers – Crispin Odey and Rees-Mogg, for example – as well as major London-based newspapers (the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the Sun and the Daily Mail) with owners whose financial centres are outside mainland Britain. In short, they are not national capitalists, but international capitalists with a set of economic interests that are not overly dependent on the political and economic health of the nation.
The question is: given these disconnections between Brexiteer rhetoric and capitalist reality, between capitalist interests and national policy, why has the whole Brexit fiasco not fallen apart? Why does a fantasy Brexit have such an extraordinary grip on British politics and public life, not least the Conservative Party?
The first extraordinary feature is that the pro-EU position of most businesses operating in the UK was not more strongly felt in the councils of the Tory party. In the past, had a prime minister attempted to pursue a policy of national economic self-harm, the mass ranks of British capital would have intervened to prevent it (perhaps the best example of this was when businesses were strongly and openly in favour of voting to remain in the European Economic Community in the referendum of 1975).
One answer is that there no longer exists a British national capitalism whose success depends mainly on business done in the UK. Nissan and Tata, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase can easily move their British operations abroad. Like German car manufacturers, they have greater interests elsewhere in the EU, as well as in Asia and the rest of the world. They are reluctant, too, to intervene openly in the politics of one of the many places where they operate.
The Brexit vote was driven by politics not economics, and of a strange sort. The majority of people of working age were not Leavers. Though this can't be fully pinned down from the surveys, much of the Leave vote came from the English, and especially the retired; from Conservative rather than Labour voters; from outside the large productive cities. In other words, the vote had little to do with the productive economy. It also had little to do with the EU. It was, perhaps, a vote against the modern, foreign-directed form of capitalism, and for the return to the conservative national capitalism of the postwar period. One way of thinking about this is to see the various campaigns for leaving the EU as having mobilised a potential anti-London vote as an anti-Brussels one.
One of the reasons Brexit has become unstuck is that the changing nature of the British economy since the 1970s and 1980s has made it hard to identify what the economic interests of the nation really are. Are they those of British-owned firms operating in the UK, or foreign-owned firms operating in the UK, or British-registered firms of foreign ownership operating in the UK? Will the British state back Dyson in selling vacuum cleaners made in the Far East to China? What does it mean to promote the sales of British cars in China? Little wonder that Boris Johnson's examples of British exports to promote are both homely and irrelevant – whisky, haggis, Melton Mowbray pies and bus shelters.
The transformations in the nature of British capitalism also make Brexit an unrealistic policy for the state itself. In the days of national technocratic intervention in the economy, the state had officials who, through experience and expertise of particular sectors, were in a position to understand the detailed needs of the economy. But that expertise is in short supply, while the conservative political class – once led by great businessmen and manufacturers such as Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain – has become less knowledgeable about the workings of modern industry and capitalism.
It is now clear that having the fifth or sixth largest economy is meaningless when you are in competition with the emerging power blocs of the international economy – the EU, the US and China – as well as Japan and India. The UK is no more of a global player than many other medium-sized countries. For all the talk of entrepreneurial and innovative British genius, national productivity is low and stagnant – hardly the sign of an innovation leader.
The whole lamentable charade, however, does have upsides. Brexit has highlighted the UK's inequalities. It has drawn attention to what is referred to as the foundational economy, which encompasses everything from transport networks to supply chains.
It has also made us understand not only where much of our food comes from but how quickly some of it arrives from southern Europe. Who knew that so much British fish and British lamb was sold to Europe? Who but the most expert understood the trans-European just-in-time system that had car components moving backwards and forwards across Europe such that it barely makes sense to talk of a British car industry as opposed to a European one?
Progressive reform has always depended on understanding present realities in order to determine exactly what needs changing about the economy and how it can be changed. If nothing else, Brexit has been a long overdue education in the realities of Britain's economy.
While both liberals and Marxists argue that the nationality of capitalism does not matter, there is a need to rethink the case for a national capitalism in this age of economic inequality, political fracture and geopolitical uncertainty. If nothing else, by embedding the economy more deeply into the nation and the daily lives of its citizens, and by directing itself towards national purposes and having a greater stake in developing national skills and innovations, a national capitalism would underline and reinforce that lost idea of the common good.
David Edgerton's most recent book is "The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History" (Allen Lane)
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David Edgerton is professor of modern British history at King's College London and the author of books including The Rise and Fall of the British Nation and Britain's War Machine.
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Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Walter Pidgeon was the son of Hannah (née Sanborn), a housewife, and Caleb Burpee Pidgeon, a haberdasher. His brother, Larry, was an editorial writer for the Santa Barbara News-Press. Walter Pidgeon attended local schools and the University of New Brunswick, where he studied law and drama. His university education was interrupted by World War I, and he enlisted in the 65th Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery. He never saw action, however, as he was severely injured in an accident when he was crushed between two gun carriages and spent seventeen months in a military hospital. Following the war, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a bank runner, at the same time studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music. Discontented with banking, Walter Pidgeon moved to New York City, where he walked into the office of E.E. Clive, announced that he could act and sing and could prove it. After acting on stage for several years, he made his Broadway debut in 1925. Pidgeon made a number of silent films in the 1920s. He became a huge star with the arrival of talkies, thanks to his singing voice. He starred in extravagant early Technicolor musicals, including The Bride of the Regiment (1930), Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930), Viennese Nights (1930) and Kiss Me Again (1931). He became associated with musicals, and when the public grew weary of them his career began to falter. In 1935 he took a break from Hollywood and did a stint on Broadway, appearing in the plays Something Gay, Night of January 16th, and There's Wisdom in Women. When he returned to movies, he was relegated to playing secondary roles in films like Saratoga and The Girl of the Golden West. One of his better known roles was in The Dark Command, where he portrayed the villain (loosely based on American Civil War guerrilla William C. Quantrill) opposite John Wayne, Claire Trevor, and a young Roy Rogers.
It was not until he starred in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941) that his popularity returned. He then starred opposite Greer Garson in Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor) and its sequel, The Miniver Story in 1950. He was also nominated in 1944 for Madame Curie, again opposite Garson. His partnership with her continued throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s with Mrs. Parkington (1944), Julia Misbehaves (1948), That Forsyte Woman (1949), and finally Scandal at Scourie (1953). He also starred as Chip Collyer in the comedy Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) and later as Colonel Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar, who is given the difficult task of repatriating Russians in post-World War II Vienna in the drama film The Red Danube (1949). Although he continued to make films, including The Bad and the Beautiful and Forbidden Planet, Pidgeon returned to work on Broadway in the mid-1950s after a 20-year absence. He was featured in Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason and received a Tony Award nomination for the musical play. In 1962, he portrayed General Augustus Perry in the episode "The Reunion" on CBS's Rawhide. He continued making films, playing Admiral Harriman Nelson in 1961's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, James Haggin in Walt Disney's Big Red (1962), and the Senate Majority Leader in Otto Preminger's Advise & Consent. His role as Florenz Ziegfeld in Funny Girl (1968) was well received. Later, he played Casey, James Coburn's sidekick, in Harry in Your Pocket (1973).
Pidgeon guest-starred in the episode "King of the Valley" (November 26, 1959) of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater. Pidgeon plays Dave King, a prosperous rancher who quarrels with his banker over a $10,000 loan. When the banker dies of a heart attack on the job after a confrontation with King, it is discovered that the bank is missing $50,000. Leora Dana plays Anne Coleman, the banker's widow and the rancher's former paramour. The banker lost the funds with a bad investment, but the irate and uninformed townspeople are blaming King. His other television credits included Breaking Point, The F.B.I., Marcus Welby, M.D., and Gibbsville. In 1963 he guest starred as corporate attorney Sherman Hatfield in the fourth of four special episodes of Perry Mason while Raymond Burr was recovering from surgery. Pidgeon was active in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and served as president from 1952-57. He tried to stop the production of Salt of the Earth, which was made by a team that had been blacklisted during the Red Scare. Pidgeon retired from acting in 1978. Walter Pidgeon became a United States citizen on December 24, 1943. He died on September 25, 1984 in Santa Monica, California two days after his 87th birthday, following a series of strokes.
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Top Santa Monica Activist May Leave City
June 24, 2019 -- The potential shuttering of another Santa Monica rent-controlled building could have an impact on the local political scene.
Last week, former City Council candidate and political activist Armen Melkonians received notice that the 13-unit complex north of Downtown where he lives will be cleared by the owner.
Although no move-out date has been set, the proposed buyout of the tenants could throw Melkonians' future as a possible Council candidate and head of Santa Monica Residocracy up in the air.
Armen Melkonians 2016 candidate picture (Courtesy City of Santa Monica)
"I don't know what's going to happen with me, whether I'm going to stay in Santa Monica. I don't know if Santa Monica is the right place to raise a kid," said Melkonians, who has a year-and-a-half-old son.
He and his wife's decision will hinge on real estate prices and the quality of local schools, said Melkonians, a structural engineering consultant who has lived in the city for nine years.
"Santa Monica is changing," he said. "A single-family home is out of the question. The schools are good, but public safety is down.
"Do I stay and keep fighting, or go somewhere I can concentrate on myself instead of the city?"
Melkonians' decision comes at a time when Santa Monica could see a shift in its political landscape and battles are brewing over major developments proposed for the Downtown.
By this time next year, the California Court of Appeal will likely have decided whether Santa Monica must replace its at-large election system with districts ("Appeals Court Grants City's Request to Expedite Voting Rights Case," May 7, 2019).
If the panel upholds a lower court ruling that the current system intentionally discriminates against Latinos, the make-up of the Council would change in November 2020.
Melkonians' current address would likely place him in a Downtown district that includes no incumbents.
Still, Melkonians -- who finished a distant fifth in the 2016 Council race that saw the four incumbents win reelection -- said he is not sure "100 percent now about running," even if he remains in the city.
Melkonians' decision also comes at a time when voters could be asked to decide the fate of three major hotel mixed-use developments proposed for the Downtown.
Residocracy -- an online residents group that serves as a sounding board for local slow-growth activists -- is expected to play a crucial role in organizing residents against the projects.
Five years ago, the newly formed group successfully led a campaign to overturn the Council's vote approving a major mixed-use development in Santa Monica's light industrial zone ("Council Repeals Approval of Controversial Development," May 14, 2014).
Melkonians, who says he spends "easily a couple of hours a day" moderating the site, would look for a volunteer to take over.
"I would probably transition it to someone else and probably start one where I move to," he said. "Throughout the last couple of years, I have had people volunteer to moderate.
"I don't moderate much," Melkonians said. "Some moderators who want to help want to limit (the content) more."
Should he stay, Melkonians says he would focus on a trend that is causing more and more rent-controlled tenants to lose their homes ("Speculators Turning Small Santa Monica Rent Control Properties Into Single-Family Homes, Report Says," June 3, 2019).
"I see what's going to happen to my neighbors," Melkonians said. "Only three or four will be able to afford to stay in Santa Monica. "
Whatever decision he makes, Melkonians is confident Residocracy will survive.
"Should I leave, people would have to step up, and they will," he said. "I have no doubt they will."


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"5.1 million Floridians made it resoundingly clear that they believe in second chances by passing Amendment 4. State lawmakers should be protecting the integrity of our democracy instead of obstructing rightful access to the ballot box.
"The House voting restriction bill is a blatant overreach of the state legislature, raises serious constitutional concerns, is overly broad, and thwarts the will of Florida voters. It will broaden the narrow exclusions for sexual felony offenses in the amendment, and expand what was contemplated by completion of one's sentence to include monetary obligations unrelated to one's sentence. It goes well beyond the text of Amendment 4 or what voters intended when they approved Amendment 4.


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He joined his father in practice in 2006 and remained in joint practice for 9 years. He learned a tremendous amount from Dr. Berastain Sr. and his years of experience. In February of 2014 he became affiliated with the Orthopaedic Center of Corpus Christi.
Dr. Berastain Jr. works to develop a partnership with his patients by helping them make informed decisions about their health. He offers both non‐operative and operative treatment options and he understands that listening and clear communications are essential for quality patient care. Honesty and transparency have worked in helping patients make the best decision for themselves.
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She looks so feminine, love the special touches of glitter. Your coloring is just awesome, I always love all your work. Great LO of your card, just the right amount of embllies. Beautiful card, really makes me want to play now.


There are many articles that discuss the pros and cons of a reverse mortgage; however, what do you do if you have decided to obtain a reverse mortgage but your circumstances suddenly change? If you have chosen to get a reverse mortgage, or you are in the process of securing one, there are still options available to you should you change your mind.
You want to move out of your home. If you have a reverse mortgage and choose to relocate, you can pay off your loan before it is due.
Opting out of a reverse mortgage depends on how far along you are in the process. When purchasing a home, you are not obligated to the loan until it has funded. Prior to this occurring, you can let the lender know that you no longer wish to proceed and they will cancel the loan.
With a reverse mortgage, once you have signed your closing documents, there is a right of rescission period. This period allows you three business days to review all of the closing documents you have signed and affords you the opportunity to opt out of the loan should you change your mind.
If you decide to get out of your reverse mortgage during the rescission period, you must notify your lender in writing. As long as you provide the proper notice before the expiration date, the lender must cancel your loan and refund any applicable fees, closing costs, and funds.
What Happens After the 3-Day Recession Period Ends?
If you decide you want to get out of a reverse mortgage after the right of recession period is over, you will need to repay the loan. The good news is that you can repay a reverse mortgage at any time without incurring penalties for paying off early. The amount you must pay back is the amount borrowed plus any interest that has accrued on your loan.
It is essential that you be properly educated in order to make an informed decision about obtaining a reverse mortgage. If you still have questions and want to see if a reverse mortgage is right for you, call 1-800-976-6211. A licensed loan advisor will answer your questions and provide you with a no-obligation personalized loan assessment.


Is there any document which lists alt the types of nodes we can create using Rest API. I have randomly tried with couple of node types and have a mix results like Email folder, folder, Document are fine and can be created whereas when i tried to create Compound E-Mail (557) its not working.
I don't know, if there is such list. The list would be likely to grow with every update. The easiest way for you as a developer is inspecting all CSNode orphans. Only node types with their appropriate CSNode orphan can be created by the CS REST API.
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 Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (1756–1804), deutscher Statistiker und Kulturhistoriker
 Wolfgang Grellmann (* 1949), deutscher Physiker, Werkstoffwissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer
 Walter Grellmann (1888–1963), deutscher Politiker (DNVP)

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Books and Christmas Cookies. Two of the greatest things ever. I think its that time of year again at the moment, don't you? What more inviting time to delve into a gripping read then when outside the temperature has fallen, snowflakes dance in the air, the wind has picked up, the day falls dark even before dinner time. With the indoors even more inviting, books beckon.
This is of course, not news, but I have been reading a lot lately. As much as ever. I usually blow through anywhere between three and six books in a month. Sometimes even a couple more, other times only two or three, depending on how long they are.
For this particular entry, I thought I would offer two rather fitting topics for the month at hand. Some rocking reads, as well as one of my longtime favorite holiday sweet recipes (this one has roots in my childhood).
James Kier looked back and forth between the newspaper headline and the photograph of himself, not sure if he should laugh or call his attorney. It was the same photograph the Tribune had used a couple of years earlier when they featured him on the front page of the business section. He had worn a silver herringbone-weave Armani over a black silk Tshirt for the photo session, the corner of an ebony silk handkerchief peeked strategically from the breast pocket. The black and white photograph was carefully posed and lighted to leave half his face in shadow. The photographer, a black-clad young Japanese man with a shock of bright pink hair, chose to shoot in black and white because, in the photographer's words, he was "going for a yin-yang effect -- to fully capture Kier's inner complexities." The photographer was good at his craft. Kier's expression revealed a leaky confidence.
While the photograph was the same, the headline could not have been more different. Not many people get to read their own obituary.
Utah real estate developer James Kier was pronounced dead after his car collided with a concrete pylon on southbound I80. Rescue workers labored for more than an hour to remove the Salt Lake man's body from the wreckage. Authorities believe Kier may have had a heart attack prior to swerving off the road.
Kier was the president of Kier Company, one of the West's largest real estate development firms. He was known as a fierce, oftentimes ruthless, businessman. He once said, "If you want to make friends, join a book club. If you want to make money, go into business. Only a fool confuses the two."
Kier is survived by his son, James Kier II, and his wife, Sara. See page 1 of the business section for more on James Kier.
Kier put the paper down. Some idiot's going to lose his job over this, he thought.
He had no idea what the article was about to set in motion.
This book is utterly spellbinding. For Harry Potter fans, its a MUST. Though this one is far darker, and more intricately detailed than Harry Potter. And even for those who aren't Potter fans, this is a totally fun and worthwhile read. The scenes of magic in this book are awe-inspiring and breathtaking. Super whimsical and just totally awesome, yet somehow, it manages to feel real. The plot line is totally unique and engrossing. I was swept up in this story literally from the start. It takes hold of you and doesn't let go, right up until the end. Its suspenseful, dark, creepy, but also wildly romantic. And yes, this is a book that both men and women would love. The ending is unconventional and surprising from what one might expect. Definitely check this one out for a perfect wintry read.
Despite this being a children's book, the imagery in this story is AWESOME. This one is about a child and her father venturing out into the woods at twilight to look for owls together. The tone of the story is a magical and poetic one With lines such as: "the trees stood still as statues," "a train whistle blew, long and low, like a sad song," and "when their voices faded away, it was as quiet as a dream." Her writing style and way with words makes for an engaging and actually rather wonderful read. This story engages and tugs at the senses, pulling you into the snowy, glittering, mysterious world that she and her father inhabit that morning together.
This book was a surprising, shimmering delight. And no, its not a children's book (though I know it resembles one from the looks of the cover). The story follows an ancient Russian fable that tells of a man and woman who cannot have a child of their own, which has caused distance and sadness in their marriage. One night after a blanketing snowfall, they venture outside and in a moment of emotional openness and playfulness, and they build a snow child. The next day, the snow child they built is gone. A little girl shows up at their door who seems to know more about the forest then she should, her hair the whitest of blondes, her eyes the lightest of blue.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. I thought it might be boring or cheesy. It was neither. I was swept up in the story, which is mysterious, magical and sad. The author is excellent at painting the scene of the wild Alaskan wilderness for the reader. She is a poetic and visual writer, absolutely worth reading. I highly recommend this one. I couldn't predict any of it. The entire story as it unfolded was an unexpected surprise.
This book is one of the sweetest love stories I have ever read, but with a touch of raw truth. I love the ending. Unconventional. Honest. The story itself is surprisingly beautifully written. I gobbled this one up. The characters are believable and easy to connect with. Their story is tender, sweet, heartfelt, but best of all, its real. I love that it doesn't follow the usual love story script. Absolutely read this book. It has excellent reviews on Amazon.com for a reason. And yes, I imagine many men would love this story as well.
The first recipe is a delicious "mock" gingerbread cookie (though really, you might not be able to taste the difference between this and the real deal). From all who have sampled it, I received enthusiastic, rave reviews. They cannot believe its sugar free, gluten free and lactose free. This is one of my easiest to make as well. It takes literally 10 minutes to mix together the "batter." The recipe is found here, a direct link straight to it. Enjoy!
The second recipe is close to my heart, as its rooted in my childhood. These are my moms traditional Christmas cookies, which she made for us every year growing up. I awaited Christmas time with bated breath so that I could chow down on a number of these within the days closing in on Christmas. So delicious. Soft, sweet, cakey, oh man. You can find the recipe here. Another shockingly easy one to make.


Partly dirt trial and half Road, trees inside the concrete jungle on HK island.
Along the river bed, a short run can also be a long one, depends on how far you want to go.
The road from 博多 to 大濠 got a few traffic lights and street lights so expect many stops but once you're in 大濠公園 it's a very nice circuit ~2km one round. We do not like too many stops so we took the train back to Hakata.


Jessica holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Psychology from the University of Victoria. Jessica began her career in private practice orthopaedics in Vancouver in 2003. After several years in Vancouver, she moved to the southern hemisphere where she worked for several years in Wellington, New Zealand and Perth, Australia. In 2005, Jessica returned to Vancouver and has been working there until her move to Victoria recently.
Jessica has continued her studies in the orthopaedic area and is certified in acupuncture through the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute and Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation (CGIMS). She has a special interest in soft tissue pain treatment using IMS and acupuncture. She feels it is very important to listen to the needs of her patients and combine hands-on treatment with education and exercise prescription to help her patients achieve their desired goals. Jessica is trained and experienced using the Gokavi Transverse Technique (GTT) of dry needling.
Jessica's interests outside of work include travel and running as well as keeping on top of the demands of a busy family life.
Jessica is accepting new patients.
Unfortunately, Jessica does not provide Physiotherapy Services for WorksafeBC Claims.
Shelbourne Physiotherapy, Pilates & Massage is a locally owned health company with 3 locations in beautiful Victoria & Saanich, British Columbia. Our clinics offer Physiotherapy, IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation) & Dry Needling, Kinesiology, Exercise Rehabilitation, Massage Therapy, Sports Rehabilitation, Post-Operative Rehabilitation, Vestibular, Dizziness & Balance Rehabilitation, Women's health (peri-partum and incontinence), Acupuncture, Hydrotherapy, Scoliosis Treatment, Clinical Osteofit Classes, Osteoporosis Treatment, Aquatherapy, Pool Therapy, Real Time Ultrasound, Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Treatment, Electrical Modalities, Pelvic Floor Physio, Pelvic Pain Physiotherapy, Incontinence Treatment, Thoracic Ring Approach Physiotherapy Treatment, Sports Physiotherapy, Chronic Pain Treatment, Shockwave Therapy (ESWT), Aquatic Therapy, Yoga, Yogalates, Saanich Physiotherapy, Polestar Pilates, Stott Pilates, Clinical Pilates, PIlates Instructor Training in Victoria BC, Scoliosis Treatment and Custom Knee Bracing, Physiocanhelp.ca.
Shelbourne Physiotherapy staff provide clinical instruction at our Victoria Clinic for students in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. We are an accredited facility for UBC Dept. of Physical Therapy Student Practicums.
Our 3 Victoria Physiotherapy clinics are modern and provide a relaxed healing atmosphere with private rooms available. Many Physiotherapy clinics in Victoria work out of a single room or a basement that does not offer the equipment, resources or space to help you recover properly. Our convenient locations make our clinics easy to access from all the neighbourhoods of Victoria, Saanich, Esquimalt and Oak Bay such as Dockside Physiotherapy Green, Fairfield, James Bay, Oaklands, Fernwood, Harris Green, Jubilee, Hillside Quadra, Gonzales, Rockland, Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay, Uplands, Downtown Victoria, Cordova Bay, Arbutus, Camosun College Lansdowne Campus and the Songhees. We offer appointment times ranging from 7:00AM to 7:00PM for your convenience.Our Multidisciplinary Health Clinic is located right across the street from the Hillside Shopping Centre. we share a building with the Shelbourne Medical Centre which has a walk in clinic and many great General Practitioners.
We are a friendly, local Victoria & Saanich owned and community based health company designed to meet your individual needs. Our mission is to provide Physiotherapy and related services to the communities of Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Victoria West and Esquimalt and help keep these residents active and healthy. We strive to creatively and professionally maximize client functioning and promote life-long wellness.
Our experienced and dedicated Health Care Professionals include Victoria & Saanich Physiotherapists Penny Salmas, Jennifer Kolot, Mark Gottfried, Nicole Gill, Jenna Peters, Brad Curry, Andrew Mills, Meena Sran, Phil Lawrence, Jessica Shave, Kim Lobb, Kathy Murdoch, Laura Werner, Rosie Chamberlin, Ruan Le Roux, Nina Bai, Seung Bai, Eimear Brogan, Faralay Vander Schilden, Kira Crover, Sarah Hubbs, Isaac Davies, Mary-Anne Levson, Alex Thompson , Victoria Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Miriam Haistein, Hilary Beck and Blair Braz. Our experienced Victoria BC Kinesiologists include Kira Crover, Heidi Nottelman, Larry Muir, Radek Wiechecki, Lindsey Tabish and Madeline Juba. Our experienced Victoria & Saanich BC Registered Massage Therapists include Taryn Krizan, Selena Curvelo, Jennifer Koebernick, Kathy Pantalon, T'airah Bowker RMT, Molly Scott, Jessica Bundy RMT and Rebekah Neubert. Our Certified Victoria Pilates and Yoga Instructors include Sharon McAuley, Dana Carter, Chris Csak, Alex Thompson, Amanda Rosts, Holly Newton, Regina Flueck, Rhiannon King and Jenny Stewart.


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Pembrey - Round 7 - Sunday 29th September
After a fairly pleasant journey down to Pembrey on Saturday afternoon I was more than ready to walk the track and to contemplate the adventures of the next day - after not being at Pembrey for a year, it was likely that some changes had been made to the track which would need noting.
As predicted, there had been some changes but these did not affect the track or the entry / exit lines to the corner, although the rubble at the side of the track was a slight corner. This was corrected by the morning however when a barrier was put in front of the rubble and muck from where the barrier had once been.
Sunday morning came quickly and after a stress free scrutineering on Saturday night, we were ready to go as soon as the drivers briefing had been completed. I lined up on the dummy grid, with David Ewin in his Fiesta behind me. After being so eager to get in the car and out on track, I was one of the first out and this meant that I was greeted with a very slippy and 'green' rallycross track (due to not being used for so long) and so the practice session was greeted with caution and the hope that by the first heat, the green would have been removed.
Heat one presented a five car grid with Steve Cozens and Mike Howlin on the front row, David Ewin and Stuart Emery on the second row and me on the back row. After managing quite a good start I headed towards the first corner, noticing David Ewin and Steve Cozens behind me (perhaps after watching the wrong set of lights), but was quickly caught by David into the first corner as he frantically applied pressure to me and tried to find a way past. I managed to keep a tidy line through the first corner and kept David behind, whilst trying to catch Mike, Stuart and Gary Dixon. Unfortunately my luck changed on the exit of the loose on the last lap and hit a bump too quickly, resulting in me going off circuit and allowing David, who had been sat on my bumper, to go past and try to chase the others. I pulled back onto the track in front of Steve and managed to finish fifth - after my accident there was no time to try and pass David again - this was not the result we were hoping for.
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Whose Job Is It to Avoid an Accident?
As a general rule, motorists owe a duty of care to those with whom they share the road. This duty requires drivers operate their vehicle in a safe and responsible manner. When a driver violates the duty of care owed to other drivers, they can be held liable for any injuries caused as a result.
Somewhat at odds with that general rule is Maryland's doctrine of contributory negligence, which bars an accident victim from recovering for their injuries if they are found to be partly at fault for the accident resulting in their injuries. Although Maryland is one of only a few jurisdictions that still employs the doctrine of contributory negligence (which also includes Washington, D.C. and Virginia), the state's high court upheld application of the doctrine in a 2013 case.
Even under a contributory negligence analysis, however, it is not incumbent on a bicyclist to avoid an unforeseeable accident that is the result of another party's negligence. Thus, whether the fact that a bicyclist was wearing headphones at the time of an accident may not be relevant to every Maryland bicycle accident case, depending on whether there is any allegation that the bicyclist was at fault for causing the collision.
If you or a loved one has recently been injured in a Maryland bicycle accident, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. While the rules of recovery in Maryland are strict, do not let uninformed or biased opinions prevent you from pursuing a claim for compensation. Instead, call the dedicated Maryland personal injury lawyers at the law firm of Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC. We offer Maryland bicycle accident victims a free consultation to discuss their case and how we can help. To learn more, call 410-654-3600 to schedule your free consultation today.
Is Evidence of a Motorcyclist's Failure to Wear a Helmet Admissible as Evidence of His Own Negligence?, Maryland Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Blog, published September 27, 2018.


Many business owners go through rough patches at some point or another. The market constantly fluctuates, and that means your company's sales will probably fluctuate, too. But there's a difference between noticing the occasional dip on your sales charts and noticing a steady downward slope. If you're struggling to get your business back on track then it might be time to return to the drawing board. To help you reinvent your company, these pieces of advice should point you in the right direction.
You might think that you already know your target audience, but this probably isn't the case if you're struggling to push your business forwards. If you still have an existing base of customers but you're failing to draw in new ones then the problem probably lies in your marketing and lead generation. You might want to check out toddandleahrae.com for help with network marketing. Securing potential leads in this way is all about looking in the right places and building relationships with corners of the market that you might not ordinarily have approached. You need to cast your net a little wider and reach for corners of the cold market to generate leads. If you can prove yourself then you'll start to build your client base again. That brings us to the next point.
The best way to turn around a failing business is to work on your reputation. Your brand image is vital, as explained at inc.com. You need to get people to say good things about you again. Word of mouth is still one of the best forms of advertising; it's just the medium of marketing that's changed. If you want to encourage your customers to spread the word then you might have to give them an incentive to do so. You could start a referral scheme, for instance. For freebies or coupons, your clients will be much more likely to tell their family and friends about you. Of course, simply exceeding customer expectations is a great way to boost your reputation. If you simply offer great deals to your long-term customers (and ask for nothing in return) then this will show them that you value their loyalty. In return, they'll value your business and possibly even leave better reviews.
Another way in which you might want to point your company in the right direction is to evaluate your workforce, as pointed out at bizfluent.com. Many businesses fail because their teams fail. Don't underestimate the power of your employees to turn your company around. You could boost workplace performance by offering promotions and bonuses to hard workers. You could even spruce up the office design a little to lift spirits (surroundings really do impact people's mental states). You could also help to boost workplace performance by outsourcing certain tasks, as has been suggested previously on this site. It's a smart way to increase productivity in a cost-effective manner. Your business will be able to increase its output without having to hire additional full-time workers. Your existing members of staff can focus on the technical work at the core of your company's operations, and administrative tasks can be left to outsourced workers.


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Q: Mimic Golang-like interfaces in C++ I want to implement golang like interfaces without inheritance in c++.
Eg:-
//interface
struct Copyable{
    void copy();
}

class Animal { //which implements the interface but doesn't inherit it.
 ....
 void copy();
 ...
}

//consumer function
void Copy(Interface<Copyable> item){
    item.copy();
}

int main(){
 Animal a;
 Copy(a);
}

Is there any way to implement this?

A: Yes, you can use templates:
template <typename T>
void Copy(T item) {
    item.copy();
}

Then you don't need the class Copyable at all.
If the type T doesn't have a copy() method, it will fail to compile (as you would expect).
C++ Concepts is a proposed feature which might someday make it into the standard language, but for now is only supported by certain compilers such as GCC (6 or later).

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Den 55:e upplagan av Golden Globe Awards, som belönade insatser i filmer och TV-produktioner från 1997, hölls den 18 januari 1998 från Beverly Hilton Hotel i Beverly Hills, Kalifornien. Minnesvärt från detta år var när Ving Rhames, efter att ha blivit belönad med Bästa manliga huvudroll i en miniserie eller TV-film, bad Jack Lemmon att komma upp på scenen och gav bort sitt pris till den äldre skådespelaren.

Vinnare och nominerade
Vinnarna listas i fetstil.

Filmer

Television

Cecil B. DeMille Award
 Shirley MacLaine

Se även
 Oscarsgalan 1998
 BAFTA-galan 1998
 Guldbaggegalan 1998
 Razziegalan 1998
 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1998
 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1998
 Satellite Awards 1998

Externa länkar
Golden Globes 1998 på Internet Movie Database

1998
Filmåret 1998
TV-året 1998
1998 i USA


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System includes a 25 mic Radial Flow GAC 20" BB filter cartridge, a 5 mic Dual Gradient Polypropylene Sediment Filter, two 20" Heavy Duty Housing 1" with pressure relief button, mounting bracket with mounting screws, and a Heavy Duty Filter Housing Wrench.


600 BRINTONS BRIDGE RD is a house for sale in West Chester, PA 19382. This SQFT house sits on a 5.00 acre lot and features 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. Built in 1979, this house has been on the market for a total of 3 months and is currently priced at $1,094,999.
From RT 1 to 202N. make left turn onto Brintons Bridge Road, (ENZO on Corner) Cross over five points stop sign staying on Brintons Bridge, on left.


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El Ramal La Plata - Las Pipinas - Magdalena - Atalaya pertenece al Ferrocarril General Roca, Argentina. Recibió el número 47 en la lista de ramales del ex Ferrocarril del Sud.

Ubicación
Se halla en la Provincia de Buenos Aires dentro de los partidos de La Plata, Magdalena y Punta Indio.

Unía la ciudad de La Plata, con Magdalena, Atalaya, Verónica y Las Pipinas.

Servicios
Desde 1982 no presta servicios de ningún tipo. Se encuentra intrusado por casi 1.200 metros en las inmediaciones de Rufino de Elizalde.
La estación La Plata es cabecera de los servicios metropolitanos que presta la empresa estatal Trenes Argentinos Operaciones entre esta y Constitución. El tramo entre dicha estación y el cruce con la calle 1 presta el servicio conocido como Tren Universitario. Desde el cruce con la calle 1 hasta aproximadamente la calle 27, las vías se encuentran en proceso de recuperación para la futura extensión del Tren Universitario hasta Los Hornos. Entre la calle 659 y cercanías de la estación Ignacio Correas, las vías han sido limpiadas por la Asociación Tren A Pipinas, que continúa limpiando el tramo Arana-Correas. Desde la estación Arana al sur, la asociación "Vías Verdes" ha despejado 200 metros de traza. El resto del ramal se encuentra en estado de abandono.

Historia
El ramal 47 del FCGR fue construido por el Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires en 1887 entre La Plata y Magdalena. Tras la nacionalización de los ferrocarriles en 1948, pasó a formar parte del Ferrocarril General Roca. En 1978 la junta militar clausuró el ramal y dispuso su desmantelamiento. Sin embargo, en el año 1981 tuvo que ser temporalmente reabierto para trasladar material militar (tanques) hacia el sur, transportando también en 1982 a los jóvenes combatientes de las regiones lindantes al ramal hacia el sur, desde donde partirían a las Islas Malvinas. Desde entonces, no volvió a ver correr trenes.

En 2008 un documental realizado por tres egresados de la Facultad de Periodismos y Comunicación Social de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata que retrata la historia de algunos de los pueblos del ramal, llamado "Soy por el tren (o no soy)" recibió el Premio Nacional de Periodismo que entrega la agencia de noticias Télam. A partir de este trabajo, algunos estudiantes de la misma universidad, junto con vecinos de los pueblos que atraviesa el ramal, se inspiraron en el mismo para emprender la recuperación de las vías.

Realizando jornadas de limpieza y trabajo en los fines de semana, lograron limpiar más de 3 kilómetros a agosto de 2022, entre las calles 659 y proximidades de la estación Ignacio Correas. El objetivo primario es unir nuevamente las estaciones Ignacio Correas y Arana, para luego continuar con el resto del ramal. Es factible la puesta en marcha de un servicio turístico entre las mencionadas estaciones para servir la gran cantidad de personas que quieren pasar el día en los hermosos alrededores del arroyo, además de servir durante la semana con un servicio de transporte para los vecinos que cuentan con un muy pobre y deficiente transporte automotor (Solamente el ramal 80 de la línea Este llega, con frecuencias bajísimas). En una segunda etapa, se buscará recuperar el tramo Arana - Elizalde y reconectar nuevamente Elizalde con La Plata, logrando nuevamente la conexión directa a la línea principal del Roca: el mayor problema para esto son las construcciones hechas arriba de las vías en Rufino de Elizalde, que ocupan aproximadamente 1.200 metros. En una tercera etapa, se buscará reconectar el tramo Pipinas - Verónica - Punta Indio.

Imágenes

Véase también
 Ferrocarril General Roca
 Red ferroviaria argentina
 Plataforma 14

Referencias

Ramales del Ferrocarril General Roca
Ferrocarril en la provincia de Buenos Aires
Partido de Magdalena
Partido de La Plata
Partido de Punta Indio


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Q: Solving $xy + x\log x \geq z$ with respect to x. I have the inequality
$xy+x\log x \geq z$
I would like solve this equation in with respect to $x$ and essentially
rewrite the inquality above as
$x \geq f(y,z)$.
What would be the simplest (and somewhat most accurate) $f$ that solves the problem above?

A: This is not a very simple equation to solve. You can get
$$x = \frac{z}{W(e^y z)}$$
with $W$ the lambert-$W$ function.


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According to CVG, EA has confirmed that Alice: Madness Returns will release June 14 for PC, 360 and PS3. We had previously expected a later release date, so the news that madness will be returning this summer fills our hearts with a rush of red, viscous joy - the same sort of joy we plan to spill lots of this June.
Madness Returns is American McGee's answer to, "Hey man, why don't you make an Alice follow-up already?" The game takes place eleven years after the eleven-year-old PC original, American McGee's Alice, and continues the story of the troubled girl with a big knife.
"It's an actual narrative sequel. It finds Alice living in London and now confronting really the mystery of what happened, as opposed to the damage related to it - though there is still a lot of psychological damage as you move into Wonderland, you'll notice," said McGee in a recent MSNBC interview.
"This game is much more like a murder mystery, it%26rsquo;s her going back into her past again, using her mind as a tool, using Wonderland as sort of a conduit into her mind, and trying to piece back together the events that lead to the death of her family."


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Gerald Wallace injury update: Nets forward will not play Friday
Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace will not be available on Friday night.
By Matt Brigidi Nov 9, 2012, 1:33pm EST
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Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace will not be available to play on Friday night against the Orlando Magic due to continuing issues with his sprained left ankle, according to Tim Bontemps of the New York Post.
Wallace missed practice on Thursday and has not been able to work since suffering the injury on Saturday night against the Toronto Raptors while attempting to block a Kyle Lowry layup attempt.
On Monday morning, head coach Avery Johnson stated that Wallace's status is day-to-day. On Thursday, Johnson confirmed that Wallace was unable to practice and stated that he may participate in a short workout on Friday morning. He also said that Wallace would not be returning to the lineup until he is able to show him that he is capable of playing.
According to Bontemps, Josh Childress could potentially return to the lineup on Friday night as he was able to practice on Thursday. Childress has yet to play this season due to a sprained ankle.


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Pasífae (en grec Πασιφάη) va ser, en la mitologia grega, una heroïna, filla d'Hèlios i de Perseis. Els seus germans són Eetes, rei de la Còlquida i la maga Circe.

Es casà amb Minos, rei de Creta, i fou mare de quasi tots els seus fills.

La llegenda més coneguda de Pasífae tracta dels seus amors monstruosos amb un brau. S'explicava que Minos, quan va reclamar el tron de Creta, havia demanat als déus un senyal que l'avalés. Quan va oferir un sacrifici a Posidó, va demanar al déu que fes sortir un brau del mar, i a canvi li va prometre que sacrificaria l'animal. Posidó va accedir als seus precs, però Minos es feu enrere i no li sacrificà l'animal. Com a càstig Posidó va fer enfurir el brau, i més endavant va inspirar a Pasífae un amor irressistible pel toro. També es deia que era un càstig d'Afrodita a Pasífae, perquè havia menystingut el culte a la deessa, o bé que la deessa venjava en la jove l'ofensa que li havia fet Hèlios, quan va explicar a Hefest els seus amors clandestins amb Ares.

Sense saber com satisfer el seu desig, Pasífae va demanar consell a Dèdal, que li construí una vedella tan perfecta, tan semblant a un animal de veritat, que va enganyar el toro. Pasífae es va col·locar dins d'aquesta vedella i així es va produir l'acoblament monstruós. D'aquests amors en va néixer un ésser mig toro i mig home, el Minotaure. Minos, quan va conèixer els fets, va prohibir a Dèdal, amb qui es va enfadar, que sortís de Creta, però es va escapar amb la complicitat de Pasífae. Una llegenda més corrent fa que Minos tanqui Dèdal en una torre, junt amb el seu fill Ícar, i que pare i fill s'escapin volant.

S'atribuïa a Pasífae una gran gelosia i virtuts de fetillera, com la seva germana Circe i la seva neboda Medea, filla d'Eetes. Per impedir que Minos s'unís a altres dones, va llançar una maledicció segons la qual totes les dones que el rei estimava morien devorades per unes serps que sortien del cos de Minos. Procris, filla d'Erecteu, el va sanar d'aquesta maledicció.

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Bibliografia
 Parramon i Blasco, Jordi: Diccionari de la mitologia grega i romana. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1997, p. 168. (El Cangur / Diccionaris, núm. 209). .

Enllaços externs
 Àmplia informació sobre Pasífae.

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Pope puts founder of Rosary Crusade one step closer toward sainthood
Posted on December 19, 2017 by Newsroom
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II's mentor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. (CNS/composite photo from Family Theater Productions and Arturo Mari, L'Osservatore Romano)
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II's mentor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.
The pope approved the decrees recognizing their heroic virtues during an audience Dec. 18 with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes.
The pope also recognized the miracles needed for the beatification of: Jesuit Father Tiburcio Arnaiz Munoz of Spain; Father Jean-Baptiste Fouque of France; and Sister Maria Carmen Rendiles Martinez of Venezuela. He also recognized the martyrdom of Father Teodoro Illera del Olmo, a member of the Congregation of St. Peter in Chains, and 15 companions, who were killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and 1937.
Father Peyton, known worldwide as "The Rosary Priest," was a Catholic media pioneer in the 1940s, using radio and later television to produce popular programs featuring Hollywood stars and other celebrities to promote family prayer.
His ministry produced more than 600 radio and television programs and 10,000 broadcasts. The priest also conducted rosary crusades for millions of people in dozens of countries. He had two especially famous mottos: "The family that prays together stays together" and "A world at prayer is a world at peace."
Father Peyton emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1928 when he was 19, with his heart set on becoming a millionaire after his dream of becoming a priest was thwarted when a seminary turned down his scholarship request.
He found a job as a sexton in the cathedral of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he and his brother joined the seminary and were ordained in the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1941.
Father Peyton's first assignment was as chaplain in Albany, New York, where he launched a project to promote praying the rosary and family life. He had a special devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary after attributing his recovery from tuberculosis to her intercession.
He founded Holy Cross Family Ministries, which includes Family Rosary, Family Theater Productions, Father Peyton Family Institute and Family Rosary International.
Father Peyton died in 1992. After the pope's decree recognizing his heroic virtues, in general, a miracle is needed for his beatification and a second one for his canonization.
Cardinal Wyszynski was primate of Poland from 1949 until his death from cancer in 1981. He was Poland's youngest bishop when he was installed as archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno during the imposition of communist rule.
Despite Vatican misgivings, Cardinal Wyszynski signed the first church accord in 1950 with a communist government, which promised the church protection in return for encouraging "respect for state authorities."
Although the accord was quickly violated, he defended the intentions behind it in posthumously published diaries, compiled while he was imprisoned without formal charges from 1953 to 1956 by Poland's ruling communists.
"I was of the opinion the modern world needed the martyrdom of work, not of blood," the cardinal wrote.
"It seemed possible, as well as indispensable, to establish several points in a 'modus vivendi' if the church was to avoid a new — perhaps accelerated and drastic — annihilation," he wrote.
In later years, Cardinal Wyszynski vigorously defended human rights and reminded Vatican diplomats they should secure local religious freedoms before signing top-level international agreements.
Acknowledged by Poland's ex-communists and anti-communists as one of their country's greatest modern leaders, Cardinal Wyszynski was credited by former President Lech Walesa with laying the groundwork for the rise of the Polish trade union, Solidarity, and the eventual fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
Among his proteges was the future St. John Paul II. When then-Father Karol Wojtyla was appointed auxiliary bishop of Krakow, the cardinal presented him to a group of priests, saying "Habemus papam" ("We have a pope").
"In the light of later events, one could say those were prophetic words," the pope wrote.
Cardinal Wyszynski also told him at the 1978 conclave, "If they elect you, do not refuse it."
The newly elected Pope John Paul told the cardinal there would have been "no Polish pope" without his "faith, heroic hope and limitless confidence in the Mother of God."
Among the other decrees Dec. 18, Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of three priests, three religious women and one Italian laywoman.
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