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Omega Is Bringing Back a Watch Part That Walked on the Moon
The Caliber 321 might be the most famous movement in watch history.
By Cam Wolf
If I may be so bold as to suggest an addendum to a classic R.E.M. jam: it wasn't just a man we put on the moon, but a watch as well. Specifically, an Omega Speedmaster, worn on the wrist of figures like Buzz Aldrin, and with a fascinating history of its own. Before it was given permission to blast off, the Omega was put through a battery of harsh tests to prove it could survive the mission. NASA exposed the watch to extreme temperatures, collisions, and intense pressure. Thanks to Caliber 321, the movement that powers the watch, the Omega was able to keep ticking, and was used by NASA astronauts from 1957 until 1968, when the movement was retired. (In the simplest terms, the movement is the watch's engine—the mechanism that powers the hands and any other of a watch's functions.) To honor its history, Omega worked over the past two years to create an exact reproduction of the original Caliber 321. The brand even named the project "Alaska 11," the code word given to the original NASA project in the '60s. Now, 50 years after it went out of production, Omega is bringing the movement back—not to send to space, necessarily, but to the delight of watch obsessives everywhere.
Although the movement of the watch isn't something a casual wearer might appreciate on a day-to-day basis, it's an important detail for originalists. And the Caliber 321 might be the most revered and important movement in the history of horology. Slotting that feat of engineering into an Omega Speedmaster—the watch worn during many of the Apollo missions—makes the watch as close to original as possible, which is of the utmost importance to collectors. The Caliber 321 is what Jack Swigert used during an aborted mission to the moon to time the 14-second increments during which the crew was able to power up the engine without it exploding. (Maybe you've heard of that one?) The Caliber 321 is inside the watch strapped to Aldrin's space suit in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong (!) on the moon (!!). (Aldrin's Omega might be the most famous missing timepiece in the world—it was stolen when the astronaut mailed the watch to the Smithsonian in 1970.) You can understand why the movement holds a special place in the hearts of timepiece collectors.
At every level, the movement is an important piece, and one that's historically increased the value of Omega watches. Because of the Caliber 321, any watch that contains it is inextricably tied to the historic moment that humans first walked on the moon. That's the sort of marketing that pays dividends not just for Caliber 321-equipped pieces but Omega as a whole. And in the auction world, Caliber 321s remain sought after. An Omega Speedmaster with the movement just sold for $32,500, more than double its high estimate, at Phillips in December. Since Omega stopped producing the movement in 1968, it's grown increasingly rare and valuable. Now, of course, it's coming back.
Omega wasn't generous with details on how exactly the historic movement will be reintroduced, just that it will appear in future releases. Still, in a market where value is often dependent on how close to original a piece is, future Omega watches that include the movement used to make space exploration possible is about as juicy a story there is for watch enthusiasts.
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Several Wisconsin groups, led by Neighborhood Food Solutions in Dane County, are developing a training and production system that will help Black farmers be more successful with grains. (Adobe Stock)
MADISON, Wis. -- Federal data show the farming industry is older and mostly white, and an emerging Wisconsin program could open more pathways by training for small grain production, in an effort to remove barriers for people of color pursuing agriculture.
With the support of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Dane County's Neighborhood Food Solutions, known for helping those formerly incarcerated learn about urban agriculture in South Madison, aims to teach Black farmers how to grow and sell grain products such as rye, oats and rice.
Robert Pierce, founder and executive director of Neighborhood Food Solutions, said while his nonprofit is tied to a large urban setting, it can also show aspiring producers how to succeed with commodities beyond fruits and vegetables.
"Teaching and showing young Black farmers that there's money to be made if you do things right, and the commodities are a way of doing this," Pierce explained.
Organizers hope the new program taking shape helps Black farmers embrace more intensive production, including equipment operation, while overcoming disparities in owning land. The latest Census of Agriculture said Black farmers make up less than 1% of Wisconsin producers.
Donale Richards, food systems program manager at the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, said beyond production, another component is showing how to have success with customers at local events, such as the South Madison Farmer's Market.
"To provide visibility that, yes, there are people of color who are doing this, and there is a lot of support to help people enter this as well," Richards pointed out.
He noted the support is important because a number of grain markets around Wisconsin are very competitive. For those in South Madison, he said it boosts access to healthier foods for underserved communities.
Richards added in general, farming can be a hard industry to break into if you don't have connections, and there has been a longstanding disconnect between traditional forms of outreach and the Black community.
"It's available, but it's not something that's really been concentrated for people of color to really understand and get that training," Richards remarked.
Other partners for the project include the Artisan Grain Collaborative and Meadowlark Organics.
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OUT TODAY — "Thanks, Obama. My Hopey, Changey White House Years" by former White House speechwriter David Litt: In advance of the book's publication, we conducted an iMessage interview with David late last night. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
JI: In the book, you write "if something kishke-related came up (at the White House), I was the go-to guy." How did you become that guy?
Litt: In 2011, President Obama delivered a speech at the Union of Reform Judaism's annual meeting. I had this moment where I was like "As a kid, I did eight years of Hebrew school and never knew why. This is why!" After that speech if something was going to be delivered to the American Jewish community, I generally handled it.
JI: How was teaching Hebrew to the President?
Litt: It was great, except for the hard 'CH' sounds. Those didn't go so well. People could be pretty hard on him if he didn't get a "Chag Sameach" right, but I write in the book about how he gave it plenty of tries. And it's not like he grew up with that sound. As we all know, it's a tough one!
JI: In 2012, you were in the storm path of one Harvey Weinstein. How did that happen?
Litt: Maybe it's best to let people read the whole story in the book!
JI: You mention your great-grandparents from Eastern Europe several times in the book. If they were still with us, what do you think they would be most surprised to read?
Litt: Honestly, I think they'd be stunned that I ended up in the White House just a few generations after they arrived here with almost nothing, in many cases not even speaking English. That's such a typical American story, but we shouldn't lose sight of how remarkable that typical-ness is. And I like to think they'd understand that in it's own way, the fact that I got serve under America's first black president is part of that story too. This is a country that at its best is always expanding its definition of what's possible, and my family got to be part of that.
JI: Not to spoil the ending to a chapter about the legendary Correspondents' Dinner speeches, but what did you have to tell the President after he asked what happened to using a photoshopped picture he liked of him and Bibi Netanyahu in 2013?
Litt: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, we just couldn't use that picture. You kind of looked like Hitler in it." Like you said, it's a long story. $18.29 for the hardcover. Available now [Amazon]
"Ivanka Trump talks Hillary's book on 'Dr. Oz'" by Maggie Coughlan: "The first daughter sat down with Dr. Oz for an interview about her life in Washington, D.C., but surprised the audience when she commented on Hillary Clinton's newly released book… Ivanka said she'd be curious to know what Hillary, 69, would do when she disagreed with husband Bill while he was president. During the interview, Ivanka, 35, also revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression following the birth of her first child, Arabella… "The highlight of the show was when Ivanka joked about taking over her father's Twitter account."" [PageSix]
TODAY AT 10:30 AM: President Trump delivers his much-anticipated address at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will attend the President's speech. Netanyahu is expected to speak around 1:00 PM. Trump will be in the UN building, meeting with the UN Secretary-General, during Bibi's speech. [Livestream]
"Egypt's Sisi meets Israeli PM at UN for first public talks" by Emmanuel Parisse: "Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu publicly for the first time in New York to discuss Middle East peace… Sisi emphasized the importance of "resuming negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides to reach a comprehensive solution," the [Egyptian] presidency said. The two leaders discussed "ways to resume the peace process and establish a Palestinian state," it said." [Yahoo; Haaretz]
BIBI MEETS TRUMP: Trump met with Netanyahu for over an hour yesterday at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. Ahead of the meeting, Trump that there's a "good chance" for Middle East peace. "It'd be a fantastic achievement. We are giving it an absolute go." Netanyahu said, "I want to say that under your leadership the alliance between America and Israel has never been stronger, never been deeper… "I want to say, that under President Trump, America's position towards Israel and the U.N. has been unequivocal. It's been strong." [Video]
HOW IT PLAYED: "Trump at U.N. Talks Up, but Does Not Press, Mideast Peace" by Mark Landler: "While Mr. Trump has clung to the hope for peace… he has put much more time into cementing alliances with the Sunni Muslim kingdoms of the Persian Gulf, as a way of confronting Iran… "Middle East peace is desirable because it's the mother of all diplomatic deals," said Robert M. Danin, a senior fellow… at the Council on Foreign Relations. "But the conflict that's taking place in the Gulf is harming U.S. interests in a more immediate sense." … The allure of a history-making peace accord is still strong, as Mr. Trump's remarks with Mr. Netanyahu illustrated. While the Israeli leader kept his focus on "the terrible nuclear deal with Iran," Mr. Trump spoke expansively about a peace agreement as though it was a genuine possibility, somewhat to the Israelis' surprise." [NYTimes]
KAFE KNESSET — by Tal Shalev and JPost's Lahav Harkov: Netanyahu said that he "shares the desire to reach peace with the Palestinians, but I insist on those vital interests – the goal is peace, security, security and peace. There will be no peace if we cannot anchor the security of the State of Israel." Despite the fact that the peace process was the only topic mentioned by the President during the photo op, Israeli and US officials told Kafe Knesset that the issue took second place during the meeting, which was mostly dedicated to Bibi's favorite topic – Iran. Read today's entire Kafe Knesset here [JewishInsider]
"Mea Culpa: I Said Trump and Bibi Would Blow Up" by Aaron David Miller: "A year or so ago in this space… I predicted that it would be only a matter of time before U.S. President Donald Trump and… Netanyahu would be annoying the hell out of one another… Even I'm a little stunned by how the relationship has blossomed seemingly without serious disruption and complication… Trump may be unpredictable on many issues, but when it comes to the U.S.-Israeli relationship he's been preternaturally and consistently pro-Netanyahu." [FP]
BRIEFING: "The President and Prime Minister Netanyahu had a very good meeting," State Department Director of Policy Planning Brian Hook told reporters at a briefing yesterday. The President reaffirmed America's unshakable bond with the Jewish state." The two leaders, according to Hook, discussed "at length" countering Iran's malign influence in the region, not allowing the "Lebanization" of Syria, and the Middle East peace process.
Hook told JI's Jacob Kornbluh that the peace process didn't take up much time in the meeting: "I didn't keep a stopwatch, in terms of just how long everybody discussed each subject. As I said, they spent a lot of time talking about Iran and about Syria — Middle East peace. I would say it was an equitable distribution of topics. I think each was given the time necessary needed to kind of give it full justice. So, it was a very good discussion. But these discussions are so regular, it wasn't a lot of time that had elapsed because the trip that Jared and his team recently made was only a few weeks ago. We're in regular discussions with the Israelis."
Hook on the two-state solution: "What the President has been talking about in the context of Middle East peace is trying to avoid bumper stickers and slogans around this. He does not want to impose a solution. And what he's really trying to do is work as a facilitator to find a solution that both sides can accept. Ambassador [David] Friedman has talked about it in terms of a win-win for both the Israelis and the Palestinians. He does want to take a new approach."
'Ridiculous' if Trump doesn't back two-state solution: Palestinian official: "It would be utterly ridiculous if Mr Trump doesn't eventually say that," Nabil Shaath, a senior Abbas adviser, told journalists in Ramallah when asked about the two-state solution. "What the hell are we negotiating? We are negotiating a diplomatic accord between Abu Mazen and Mr Netanyahu where they can meet each other? No." [YahooNews] • More Palestinians Seek Abbas Resignation; Skeptical of Trump [AP]
WHAT NETANYAHU WANTS TO TALK ABOUT — Netanyahu at a briefing for Israeli reporters: "The American establishment has changed its approach toward Iran. We're in agreement with the Americans that this agreement is terrible. There's a clear American interest, which was conveyed to me explicitly, about the desire to fix the problems in the agreement… I said in the past that the biggest problem I see isn't if Iran violates the agreement, but if it upholds it… The president's starting point regarding Iran is identical to ours. That wasn't the case in the previous administration. Like us, this president sees Iran as the root of the Middle East's problems." [Haaretz]
ON THE HILL — JI's Aaron Magid asked Senators yesterday what they'd advise the administration to do on October 15th, the next certification deadline for the Iran deal.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT): "I would support the administration on decertifying Iran from adherence to nuclear deal. He (the President) can lead on that particular issue, which is fine with me."
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): "I think as they (Iran) are adhering to the nuclear agreement, we should stay in the agreement and not change it. All of the reports have said so. The Trump administration has certified that they (Iran) have been."
HAPPENING TODAY — United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) will host its second annual Iran Summit at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Speakers include New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, General (Ret) David Petraeus, HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, Joe Lieberman, John Bolton, Dennis Ross, former Governors Jeb Bush and Bill Richardson; Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ron DeSantis, former Congressman Steve Israel, former Senator Mark Kirk, and former Attorney General of Canada Dr. Irwin Cotler.
HEARD YESTERDAY — Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt called on the Palestinian Authority to reassert control over Gaza in an address before donor nations to the Palestinians. "The time has come to stop monitoring the situation in Gaza and start changing the situation in Gaza," Greenblatt said, according to a transcript released by the White House. The New York attorney slammed Hamas for its abusive treatment of Palestinian people since its 2007 coup over Gaza. "For too long, Hamas has exploited the people of Gaza as hostages and shields, bullying them into submission. Hamas rules by the fist, instead of by improving the lives of the people it purports to govern," he added.
While the Trump administration is now supporting the Taylor Force Act, which would cut off all US economic aid to the PA for terror payments, Greenblatt urged donor countries to help the PA during its current economic struggles. "The PA is still dependent on international donors and is unable to afford important services which Israel is willing to provide – so I encourage all of us to work with the parties, in a coordinated manner, to reduce fiscal losses and ensure that the Palestinian Authority collects the taxes it is owed," he explained.
"The Hubris of Hezbollah: How the militant group will fumble into the next Middle Eastern war" by Andrew Exum: "Israel knows it cannot intercept each and every shipment of arms. Sometimes the weather is too poor, or the intelligence too fuzzy, to act. And now Hezbollah is reportedly developing indigenous arms-making capabilities that will render cross-border shipments of advanced weaponry less necessary. So, for nearly two years now, Israeli military and intelligence officials have been warning every American official who comes through Tel Aviv and Jerusalem that the next war is coming. Israel has methodically prepared its allies—and most especially the Americans— for a very, very ugly war on the horizon… Hezbollah has grossly underestimated Israel, a mistake that will prove costly. Hundreds and perhaps thousands of Israelis could die in another conflict, but Israel isn't going anywhere. This is existential for them. It will be the Lebanese who suffer immeasurably more."[TheAtlantic]
"Putin Seeks Syria Deal That Both Iran and Israel Can Swallow" by Anshel Pfeffer: "According to well-placed sources in Moscow, Putin is planning to propose a formula to Netanyahu whereby no foreign country will be allowed to turn Syria into a platform for attacking neighboring states. This won't go as far as Netanyahu's insistence that Iran be prevented from establishing a permanent presence in Syria. If enforced, though, it would prevent them from establishing air and missile bases there. Netanyahu is unlikely to accept such a formula in public, but he is unlikely to have much of a choice." [Haaretz] • U.S. Establishes Permanent Military Base in Israel [RealClearDefense]
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Kushner Cos. Acquires New Jersey Apartment Complex for $190 Million [Bloomberg] • Rubenstein Partners Sells 1000 Washington Street in Boston [BusinessInsider] • As 'Diller Island' Sinks, Whitney Plans Major Artwork on Hudson [NYTimes]
Exhibit Allows Virtual 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors: "An exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City called "New Dimensions in Testimony" uses hours of recorded high-definition video and language-recognition technology to create just that kind of "interview" with Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's stepsister, and fellow survivor Pinchas Gutter. "What we've found is that it personalizes that history," says concept designer Heather Smith. "You connect with that history in a different way than you would just seeing a movie or reading a textbook or hearing a lecture." The project is a collaboration between the Steven Spielberg-founded Shoah Foundation, which has recorded nearly 52,000 interviews with Nazi-era survivors, and the Institute for Creative Technologies, both at the University of Southern California." [AP]
"When Life Asks for Everything" by David Brooks: "Most religions and moral systems have aimed for self-quieting and, figuring that the great human problem is selfishness. But around the middle of the 20th century, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and others aimed to liberate and enlarge the self… Rabbi Wolfe Kelman's life was fraught with every insecurity when he marched with Dr. King in Selma, but, he reported: "We felt connected, in song, to the transcendental, the ineffable. We felt triumph and celebration… That was a warming, transcendental spiritual experience. Meaning and purpose and mission were beyond exact words."" [NYTimes]
"TV tonight: Seinfeld stand-up, Conan goes to Israel" by Kelly Lawler: "Jerry Before Seinfeld Netflix: Jerry's back. The comedian is debuting an intimate stand-up special on Netflix, the future home of his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series. The nostalgic special was filmed at The Comic Strip, the New York club that helped launched his career, and mixes new and archival material and even childhood videos… Conan Without Borders: Israel – TBS, 10 ET/PT: Conan O'Brien is on the move, again. The host of TBS's Conan is taking his seventh international trip in the past two years, this time to Israel, where he visits Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other sites. The trip follows earlier sojourns to Mexico, South Korea and Cuba." [USAToday; NYT]
DESSERT: "Treif No More at Franklin Barbecue: Aaron Franklin goes kosher for the day" by Daniel Vaughn: "Last week, under the burned out shell of Franklin's now-fireless pit room, this barbecue brain trust gathered to cook a trio of kosher briskets, the likes of which had never been attempted at Franklin. The idea was hatched during a brisket competition in Brooklyn. Franklin and I were judges, and agreed with the five others on the panel to crown Sruli "Izzy" Eidelman the Brisket King of New York. His duo of smoked brisket and pastrami, both of them kosher, wowed the judges. He celebrated with his friend and fellow kosher barbecue cook, Ari White, who took 2016's title. Eidelman felt especially proud that judges from Texas had crowned his barbecue." [TexasMonthly]
WSJ A1: "'I Still Have Nightmares.' The Dicey Future of Jarred Gefilte Fish" by Lucette Lagnado: "Traditional jar fans haven't gone away by any means, but times and tastes have changed. In an artisanal food world, Manischewitz is struggling to make its shelf-stable product hook a new, more-finicky generation of eaters. Among its more popular innovations are gluten-free gefilte fish and a "Premium Gold" version. A new secret variation is yet to come. The emphatic response from Jewish foodies? Don't bother. "I ate gefilte fish from the jar as a child," says Chanie Apfelbaum, a gourmet cook and kosher blogger from Brooklyn. "I still have nightmares."" [WSJ]
SPOTTED: Mrs. Sara Netanyahu at Reserve Cut, a kosher steakhouse in NYC's Financial District, last night. [Pic]
BIRTHDAYS: Entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder with his brothers of a large industrial parts and electronic component distribution firm, Morton Mandel turns 96… Actor, writer and Dean Emeritus of the Drama School at Pace University, James Lipton turns 91… Professor of Jewish history and literature at Yeshiva University, he is the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Haym Soloveitchik turns 80… Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2016, he was a professor of health management and policy at the University of New Hampshire, Jeffrey Colman Sallowayturns 76 (h/t Jeff Wice)… Professor at Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law and director of the Innocence Project, he became famous as a member of O.J. Simpson's defense team called the "Dream Team," Barry Scheck turns 68… Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, after a 28 year Pentagon career as a Middle East expert, Harold Rhode turns 68… Reporter for the Voice of America, following a long career as the Washington correspondent for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, Bruce Alpert turns 67… Stockton, California-based physician, he is Board certified in both sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine, he practices at The Pacific Sleep Disorders Center, Ronald Kass M.D. turns 65…
Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, she was born to a Jewish family in Cairo, Egypt, and wrote a prize-winning book about her childhood, Lucette Lagnadoturns 61… Attorney at the Boston-based law firm of Weston Patrick, Mark A. Chapleau turns 57… Bow tie-clad field reporter for "Major League Baseball on Fox" since 2005, sportswriter and reporter Ken Rosenthal turns 55… Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington since 2001, Ronald Halber turns 49… Author of four popular business books, former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Mike Michalowicz turns 47… Founder and CEO of MassChallenge (a startup accelerator), John Harthorne turns 44… Director of external relations at the DC-based bipartisan think tank, the Center for New American Security, Neal Urwitz turns 34 (h/t Playbook)…
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Holy Trinity Council and staff introduced themselves by sharing their favorite hymn. Josh Brodbeck will work these into a medley during Sunday's council installation service.
Pastor Steve led a brief exercise designed to determine Myers-Briggs personality types. Council discussed how to use everyone's different strengths and weaknesses to work together as an effective body.
Vicar Andrew led a devotion with a reading of "The Fall of Freddy the Leaf"by Leo Buscaglia.
There was a discussion of council norms and expectations.
The Council formulated goals for the coming year.
Reminder to attend installation of council members and annual meeting on Sunday, January 27.
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GSA recently awarded FTS 2001 telecommunications contracts to Sprint and MCI WorldCom, promising that new contracts would save billions of dollars compared with the current FTS 2000 contracts held by AT&T and Sprint. Prices for an average phone call during the first year of FTS 2001 would start at about 5.5 cents per minute, according to GSA.
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The report points out that the agency's chief information officer has no direct authority over the HUD Office of Information Technology and the contractors performing the work, despite a recommendation from the OIG to place the Office of Information Technology under the CIO.
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EDS received a task order to oversee operations, maintenance and some development of the agency's information management systems.
Under its task order, CSC will oversee systems for law enforcement functions.
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Unidentified Serbian computer hackers last week successfully froze up the main World Wide Web server supporting the public affairs apparatus of the United States-led NATO operation in Kosovo.
The attack, launched against the NATO headquarters Web server in Brussels, Belgium, included an e-mail attack from the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade, that clogged NATO's e-mail server with 2,000 messages a day. An official with NATO's Integrated Data Service, which provides public information on the NATO operation over the Internet, late last week said the attacks were ongoing but added that NATO was beginning to get control of the situation.
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Bury St Mary, Lancashire Genealogy
Lancashire Parishes
Bury St Mary
Guide to Bury St Mary, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Here is a Comprehensive List of Bury Chapelries and Parish
Bury St Mary, Lancashire
Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Blackburn; Salford
Poor Law Union
Registration District
Bury; Haslingden
Records begin
Parish registers: 1590
Bishop's Transcripts: 1603
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery
Legal Jurisdictions
Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
Location of Archive
Lancashire Record Office
1 Parish History
3 Genealogy
3.3 Taxation
Parish History[edit | edit source]
BURY (St. Mary), a borough, parish, and the head of a union, chiefly in the hundred of Salford, S. division, and partly in the Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division, of the county of Lancaster; comprising the chapelries of Edenfield, Heywood,and Holcombe, the hamlet of Ramsbottom, and the townships of Bury, Coupe with Lenches, Elton, Heap,Musbury, Tottington Higher-End, Tottington Lower End, and Walmersley with Shuttleworth; 48½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Lancaster, 9 (N.N. W.) from Manchester, and 195½ (N. N. W.) from London. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, New Connexion of Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel, erected in the year 1840. [1]
The church was the garrison church for the Lancashire Fusiliers and colours of the Regiment hang proudly from their pikes around the walls of the nave.
The nave stands 76ft 6ins high, 84ft 6ins long and 30ft wide. The windows on the north wall depict Old Testament figures whilst the south windows are of New Testament figures. The detailed stonework includes over 150 heads, many said to represent members of the congregation and community. On the west wall are heads depicting the churchwardens, architect and clerk of works, whilst the Earl and Countess of Derby are to be found on the chancel arch.
Sharp eyed observers will find a "green man" in the decorative stone on the north wall. The west wall is inspired by Westminster Abbey, rising in four stages to the great rose window.
1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
1603 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 at FamilySearch — index and images
Bury St. Mary parish registers and those registers of all of its smaller chapelries lying within its boundaries have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:
LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk project
FMP = findmypast
AC = Ancestry.co.uk
BURY ST MARY PARISH (1590) Indexes
AC 1813-1915 1754-1854
FS 1590-1909 1591-1935 1785-1976
LOPC 1699-1844 1591-1849, 1860-1861 1699-1728, 1739-1748, 1759-1837
FMP None 1598-1760 None
FREG 1590-1698, 1817-1846 1591-1646 1591-1699
BURY HOLY TRINITY Chapelry (1865) Indexes
FS 1865-1881 1866-1880 None
LOPC None None None
BURY ST JOHN Chapelry (1770) Indexes
FS 1785-1829, 1846-1852 None 1785-1812, 1819-1867
LOPC 1770-1859, 1879-1906 None 1784-1855
FREG 1820-1826 None 1843-1855
BURY ST PAUL Chapelry (1841) Indexes
FS 1841-1868 1877-1909 1843-1853, 1862-1868
BURY ST PETER Chapelry Indexes
BURY ST THOMAS Chapelry Indexes
EDENFIELD Chapelry (1728) Indexes
FS 1728-1771, 1798-1845, 1857-1877 None 1774-1820
LOPC 1731-1845, 1857-1877 None 1774-1845, 1856-1877
LBMD None 1838-1900 1837-1861
ELTON ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1837) Indexes
FS 1858-1867 None 1844-1846, 1858-1867
LBMD 1837-1889 1844-1900 1837-1888
HEYWOOD ST LUKE Chapelry (1731) Indexes
HEYWOOD ST JAMES Chapelry (1841) Indexes
FS None None None
HOLCOMBE EMMANUEL Chapelry (1730) Indexes
FREG None None 1846-1852
RAMSBOTTOM ST PAUL Chapelry (1850) Indexes
FS 1850-1854 None 1851-1854
LBMD 1899-1901 1850-1900 None
TOTTINGTON ST ANNE Chapelry (1799) Indexes
FS 1752-1754, 1770-1862 None 1791-1862
LOPC 1799-1838 None 1799-1838
AC 1799-1837 None 1799-1837
UNSWORTH ST GEORGE Chapelry (1730) Indexes
FS 1730-1910 None None
WALMERSLEY CUM SHUTTLEWORTH CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1785) Indexes
FS 1785-1812, 1838-1842, 1860-1864 1785-1812 1785-1812, 1838-1841, 1858
WATERFOOT ST JAMES Chapelry (1860) Indexes
Original Records in Archives
Original parish and chapelry registers are held in the Manchester Archives and Studies centre in Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 2PD. Also, microfilm copies of these original registers are held at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. See the Family History Library online Catalog for further details about their holdings.
Content Film
Baptisms, marriages and burials of Bury, 1603- 1641, 1662-1785. Includes baptisms and burials from St. John's, 1769-1785.
FHL BRITISH Film
1545462 Items 2-5
Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1785-1812. Includes baptisms and burials from St. John's and St. Anne's (Tottington).
Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1813-1818. Includes baptisms and burials from St. John's and St. Anne's (Tottington). FHL BRITISH Film
Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1839-1845. Includes baptisms and burials from St. John's, St. Anne's (Tottington) and Christchurch (Walmersley) from 1842. FHL BRITISH Film
Baptisms and burials, 1846-1853. Includes St. John's, St. Anne's (Tottington), St. Pauls from 1849 and Christchurch (Walmersley). FHL BRITISH Film
Baptisms and burials, 1854-1860. Includes St. John's, St. Anne's (Tottington), St. Paul's, Christchurch (Walmersley) and All Saints (Elton) from 1858. FHL BRITISH Film
Baptisms and burials, 1861-1873. Includes St. John's, St. Anne's (Tottington), All Saints (Elton), Christchurch (Walmersley), and St. Thomas, 1867-1873. FHL BRITISH Film
Baptisms and burials from St. Paul's, 1845-1846, and All Saints (Elton), 1843-1846; baptisms from St. Stephen's (Elton), 1882-1894. Also includes baptisms and burials from St. Luke's in the Chapelry of Heywood, 1807-1818. FHL BRITISH Film
1545473 Item 1
Baptisms and burials from St. Luke's Chapel in the Chapelry of Heywood, 1819-1828. FHL BRITISH Film
any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed.
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
MacRae, David. The MacRaes of Barwood Lee. Family history and family tree of John McRae and Alice Johnson his wife, descending from 1779-1956. Other surnames Duncan, McLean, Oddie, McCray. Article in The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society Magazine, vol. 13. no.2, pages 30-37, FHL Ref 942.72 B2r
Burrows, Constance: Holt of Tottington: From a Family Bible. Family tree of James Holt and Jane Crampton married in Bury 1716, with the following descendant surnames. Wolfenden, Amphlett, Cunliffe, Roscow, scattered through, Prestwich, Bispham, and Whitefield, dating from 1716-1983, to be found in The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Soc. Magazine vol. 10, no.4. pages 28-29.
Todd, Andrew A. Lowe of Heaton and Hinds. History and Family tree of Lowe of Heaton and Elton starting with Robert Lowe marrying 1. Alice Yates, and 2. Hannah Walls, dating 1784-1860, with the following surnames, Barlow, Wade, Nuttall, Garside, Settle, Blomley, Griffiths, Ogden, Blomley, Rushton, Pemberton. Article in The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society Magazine. vol.5,no.3,pages16-20, FHL Ref 942.72 B2r
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Bury Poor Law Union, Lancashire Haslingden, Lancashire Poor Law Union
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
1541 - 1541 Subsidy of Burye (p. 144)[2]
1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Burie (p. 161)[2]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Bury on GENUKI
↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 452-460. Date accessed: 10 September 2013.London.
↑ 2.0 2.1 J.P. Earwaker, Three Lancashire Subsidy Rolls, viz., for the Hundred of Salford, 1541, the Hundred of Salford, 1622 and the Hundred of Leyland, 1628, Together with a Recusant Roll for the Hundred of Leyland, in 1628 (London: Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1885). Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53011 British History Online Bury
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53012
Retrieved from "https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Bury_St_Mary,_Lancashire_Genealogy&oldid=3302772"
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Road pricing – eighteenth century style
Posted on June 5, 2011 by BrownhillsBob
The generosity of readers is fantastic. Bt by bit we're assembling a useful historic record amongst the ranting.
Following the interest by reader David Evans, top commenter and part-time whittler, I have acquired through the generous and covert use of a photocopier, a fine, nearly lost work on the toll roads and of Walsall. Sadly, this doesn't cover the exact area of David's interest, but it's a useful and engaging read that details the legalities and buildings of this interesting and engaging part of local and national civil history.
The book is 'The Story of Walsall Turnpike Roads and Tollgates' by W. F. Blay, associated with the Walsall Historical Association, of whom the author was a former president. Published in 1932, by J.W. Griffin Limited, I have been able to scan this and upload for all to read due to the remarkable generosity of an anonymous reader who came upon it in a bookshop in south Birmingham. The scans aren't great, but if printed at A4 size they're quite readable. You can download this excellent book in PDF form (Adobe reader required) by clicking on the cover image above or following this link.
I'd just like to take this opportunity to repeat the following fact: Dick Turpin never jumped the toll gate at the Anchor Bridge. He didn't pay, either; he died before it was instituted and therefore the myth would have been impossible. I hear this factoid repeated in all sorts of places, and between familiars of the Brownhills Blog it's become somewhat of an in-joke. Like Robin Hood and other light-fingered folk heroes, we all seem to want a historical piece of the bad boy Turpin… whom I doubt was as prolific a criminal as we imagine. I've often mused that if a coachman got shook down by a bunch of rogues on a lonely road, who would he have been robbed by by the time he got to town? A few local yobs, or the finest highwayman in the land? Of such stuff are myths made…
The former tollgate at Anchor Bridge. To clear up confusion, there was only one Anchor pub, which was to the right, out of shot in this photograph. Lindon Road is heading off left, ant the buildings featured stand where the now-demolished maisonettes did.
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10 Responses to Road pricing – eighteenth century style
Julian Ward-Davies says:
That's great stuff of real historical importance.
You can even copy the text into a text file or Word doc from the PDF (well in my version of Acrobat, anyway).
Julian Ward-Davies
Please don't forget the change to my website's URL – it's
http://www.q-trax.co.uk/blog/
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Hi Julian
Thanks for that. I'm getting quite good with this Acrobat malarkey. The character recognition isn't perfect, but considering the state of the scans it's remarkable.
I have you link mods scheduled for tomorrow, haven't forgotten.
D.Evans says:
this book is fascinating !
How things begin to link together. The Lichfield Road, Walsall Tollgate article is interesting. It mentions a Farmer Arthur Burton, of Rushall Farm. He moved to Sandhills in the late 1930s..it was he whose farm received one of the bombs from Adolf..years after both had been otherwise engaged in the first world war near Ypres. Adolf lost a bit more than Arthur in this previous conflict, though!
The Brawn family farmed Home Farm, Sandhills, before the Lane family moved there. It was the then young Walter Lane, who in 1940ish felt the force of the other ("biggest bomb of the war"..a Hermann?) bomb in the same air raid .
best wishes…and many thanks,
David Evans, whittling postponed a while until arrival of new specs. Best, really! Knots can be terminal!
I think the Farmer Burton mentioned in the book above may have been Fred Burton who married Mary Bailey. They farmed May Bank Farm, Leigh Road , Walsall..by Rushall Church.Their third son Arthur moved to Sandhills Farm in 1939, moved to MillGreen Farm in the 1950s, and died in 1974 at the age of 82
I think you have shown photos of the fields near to this farm recently…….some good blackberries to be found!
source; The Diary of Pte A.C.Burton M.M…a transcribed copy is lodged in the Cloth Hall Museum, Ypres
details appear in one of your earlier pages..Hermann, was he alone, I think
David Evans, enjoying a real Rhubarb and Elderflower half-ender!
It is interesting that you mentioned the Brawn family. They appear in the Stonnall Mysteries several times, as brick makers in Lower Stonnall and as steam millers in Quebb Lane (now Mill Lane), Lynn in the early 19th century, and as farmers in Sandhills and Lynn late in the same century.
The family may have originated in Shelfield, because a daughter of a branch of the Brawns from that village married Rev James Downes, the first Vicar of Stonnall. (Rev Downes was instrumental in the creation of a new church and vicarage in Brownhills, but that is another story. He was also behind the creation of the National School in Stonnall.)
Does anybody know what happened to the Brawns? Are there any members of the family still in the area?
Julian Ward Davies might like to learn of the chapel in the drive at Home Farm, Sandhills…labourers used to start the day's work with communal prayers..long time ago in the time of the Brawn farmers.
The family names Price and James, both Stonnall families originally ,may be of interest, to him,too.
The National School..is that the one which stood near the church and was demlished some years ago?
Yes, the National School was located next to the church in Thornes. It was built in the early 19th century and abandoned in 1874 when the original St Peter's C of E School was opened. The National School was demolished in the early 1960s, as was St Peter's. I am appealing for photos of both buildings.
Where exactly was/is Home Farm? Does it still exist and the chapel building too?
Thornes Hall was another historically important building in Thornes. Does anybody have an image of it? It was demolished in about 1840, but I believe a part of it still exists, albeit in a different guise. When I have completed the research, Bob will be the first to hear about it.
Julian may be interested to know that Home farm is midway between Shire Oak and Barracks Lane…the chapel is in the drive near the farmhouse, at the end of the long drive.
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Tim Jenkinson says:
For your information a new book 'The Toll-houses of Staffordshire' by Tim Jenkinson and Patrick Taylor is set for publication in November 2104. Copies will be available from local bookshops and museums or direct from me at jatpjenk@aol.com at £9.95 (158 pages) per copy. The book includes Walsall and Wolverhampton etc and makes reference to WF Blay.
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BANGOR, Maine — University of Maine athletic director Steve Abbott said Wednesday that "over half" of the University of Maine's men's and women's basketball games will be played at the new Cross Insurance Center this coming season.
The rest will be played on the Orono campus at Alfond Arena and Memorial Gymnasium.
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The men's and women's basketball schedules haven't been released yet. Last season, the men's team had 12 regular-season home games and the women's team had 10.
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Already reeling from another embarrassing MCG capitulation, West Coast will head into Saturday's western derby against Fremantle without several key players.
The Eagles have confirmed tough forward Jamie Cripps will be sidelined for two months after injuring his ankle during their 51-point loss to Hawthorn on Sunday.
Young defender Jackson Nelson fractured his wrist and will miss about a month, having cemented his spot in the side this season.
"Jamie, as we saw, had a nasty turn of the ankle very late in the game," West Coast football boss Craig Vosso said.
"Unfortunately it's a fairly high-degree injury with that ankle and he's likely to miss a period of about eight weeks.
"Jackson Nelson suffered a fracture to his wrist in the course of the game; (he) played it out really well. But it's pulled up sore, so he'll be out for about a four-week period."
The Eagles are hopeful wingman Andrew Gaff (ankle) and defender Brad Sheppard (knee) will be available despite pulling up sore after the Hawthorn game.
But veteran midfielder Sam Mitchell appears unlikely to play for a second straight week as he recovers from an ankle injury.
Vozzo said Mitchell would be given a chance to prove his fitness later in the week, but coach Adam Simpson earlier admitted the 34-year-old's recovery was not progressing as well as the Eagles had hoped.
Mitchell was sorely missed against his old side Hawthorn, with the Eagles smashed in the contests and seemingly troubled again by the width of the ground.
Ruckman Scott Lycett remains four to six weeks away from returning from a knee injury, while superstar Nic Naitanui (ACL) is unlikely to play this season.
West Coast are bound to be tested by the resurgent Fremantle, who have notched impressive wins over the Western Bulldogs, Melbourne and North Melbourne after losing their first two games.
The Dockers will be without wingman Stephen Hill, who will miss up to a month with a hamstring injury.
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Q: Interior of union of complex set is empty For any $n\in\mathbb{N}$, define $X_n=\{z\in\mathbb{C}\mid\hspace{0.2cm}Re(z)+Im(z)=\frac{1}{n},Re(z)\geq 0, Im(z)\geq 0\}$. I have already prove that $int(X_n)=\emptyset$ for any $n\in\mathbb{N}$. Let $X=\bigcup_{n\in\mathbb{N}}X_n$. Graphically it's easy to see that $int(X)=\emptyset$, but I don't know how to prove it.
I would appreciate any help.

A: Topologically $Re(z) + Im(z)$ is the same as $f(x,y) = x+y$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$, which is open as it is the composition of open maps. If $ U \subset X$ where U is open then  $ f(U) \subset \{ 1/n  |  n \in \mathbb{N} \} $ where $f(U)$ is open in $\mathbb{R}$. But a countable open set in $\mathbb{R}$ is empty so $U$ is empty and as this holds for all open sets $U$ contained in $X$, the interior of $X$ is empty.

A: Let $z\in X_m .$  Any open set $U$ containing $z$ covers an open ball  centered at $z$ with radius $2r$ for some $r$ with $0<2r<\frac {1}{m(m+1)}.$ Now $z+r\in U$ but $Re(z+r)+Im(z+r)=\frac 1 m +r\not\in \{\frac 1 n :n\in\Bbb Z^+\}.$ So $U\not\subseteq \cup_{n\in\Bbb Z^+ }X_n.$ So $z\not\in int (\cup_{n\in\Bbb Z^+}X_n).$

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Young Somali woman sets herself alight in Australian detention
By Pamela Boykoff, CNN
Updated 2:11 AM EDT, Tue May 3, 2016
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A young woman has set herself on fire at a center for asylum seekers on the island of Nauru
It is the second self-immolation incident at the facility in a week
A 21-year-old Somali asylum seeker has set herself on fire at an Australian offshore processing center on the pacific island of Nauru, less than a week after refugee advocates say she was forcibly sent back there.
The woman, named by refugee advocates as Hodan Yasin, is currently in a critical condition, according to Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. She has been transferred to Australia for medical treatment.
Hodan Yasin suffered critical injuries.
On Sunday, another refugee, named as Omid, died in an Australian hospital after setting himself alight on Nauru two days earlier in the presence of United Nations officials.
Critics say the self-immolations reflect the desperation of refugees living under Australia's controversial immigration policy.
Asylum seekers who arrive on Australian shores by boat are told they will never settle in the country, and are transferred to remote processing centers on the pacific islands on Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Hundreds of people, including children, have lived for months or even years in these detention centers.
An image on the Facebook site "Free the Children NAURU," uploaded in November, 2015, shows a small child with a tally of how long they have been on the island.
At the end of 2015, 537 people were being held in the Nauru detention center. Of those, 68 were children.
At the end of 2015, of the 1,792 people being held in Australian immigration facilities, 23.2% had been held for more than 730 days, or more than two years.
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Australia reopened its controversial offshore processing centers in 2012, after a surge in arrivals of unseaworthy boats. In 2013, families with children were transferred to Nauru until their claims could be processed.
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The Australian government accepted all 19 recommendations made in the report. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton vowed to tighten security at the center, saying "I find the thought of anybody, in particular children, being sexually assaulted
completely abhorrent."
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Immigration Minister Dutton on Tuesday struck out at refugee advocates for "encouraging them to engage in behaviors they believe will pressure the government to bring them to Australia."
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Children urge Australia to free them from Nauru island 'prison'
The country's opposition Immigration Minister, Richard Marles said the government must secure a viable third country to settle refugees in. He said the current government policy was leaving people "desperate and without hope."
In a statement, the Nauru government said: "We are distressed that refugees are attempting such dreadful acts in order to attempt to influence the Australian Government's immigration policies."
Refugee "longed for a future"
A former teacher of Yasin's described her as a kind woman and a good friend.
"Quietly, gradually, in her gentle voice she told us tragic pieces of her past in Somalia. She wanted to learn, she longed for a future," the teacher said.
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The Refugee Action Coalition said Yasin had been receiving medical treatment in Australia for a head injury for six months. Last Wednesday, she was one of three refugees returned to Nauru by immigration authorities, according to the advocacy group.
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Free Free / Super Music Maker (écrit en capitales : FREE FREE / SUPER MUSIC MAKER) est un single "double face A" sorti en 2007, attribué à , collaboration à priori ponctuelle entre la chanteuse Ami Suzuki et le musicien Yasutaka Nakata du groupe capsule.

Présentation

Le single sort le  sous le label Avex Trax, produit par Max Matsuura, écrit et coproduit par Yasutaka Nakata. Il atteint la  du classement de l'Oricon. Il se vend à  exemplaires la première semaine, et reste classé pendant 4 semaines, pour un total de  exemplaires vendus durant cette période ; bien qu'avec des ventes inférieures à celles de ses singles en solo sortis jusqu'en 2006, il reste le single de la chanteuse le plus vendu depuis 2007 (en 2010 du moins).

Ce single contient aussi deux versions modifiées de ses chansons-titres. Il sort cette fois également au format "CD+DVD" avec une pochette différente et un DVD en supplément contenant le clip vidéo de la première chanson. Il sort aussi au format disque vinyle une semaine après, contenant seulement deux des titres : la version remixée de Free Free et la version originale de Super Music Maker. À l'opposé, les deux autres titres (la version originale de Free Free et la version raccourcie de Super Music Maker) figureront sur l'album Dolce qui sortira six mois plus tard. Une autre version remixée de Super Music Maker figurera sur le single Can't Stop the Disco puis sur l'album Supreme Show de 2008.

C'est le quatrième d'une série de cinq singles collaboratifs de la chanteuse avec divers artistes. Les trois premiers étaient sortis à une semaine d'intervale, produits en nombre limité, avec une pochette similaire ne représentant pas les artistes, et leurs chansons-titres ont figuré sur l'album de Ami Suzuki Connetta sorti une semaine après le dernier d'entre eux. Les deux autres dont celui-ci sortent plus tard dans l'année, mais avec cette fois une présentation dans la lignée des singles en solo de Ami Suzuki : avec une édition parallèle "CD+DVD", sans histoire narrée à la fin, et avec une pochette représentant la chanteuse seule, dans une pose particulièrement sexy pour la première fois de sa carrière ; en effet, ses précédentes pochettes de disques et photos promotionnelles donnaient jusqu'ici d'elle une image plutôt sage et innocente.

Liste des titres

Vinyle
Face A : Free Free (extended mix) (FREE FREE…) - 7:37
Face B : Super Music Maker (SUPER MUSIC MAKER) - 7:25

Liens externes
  Fiche officielle du single CD
  Fiche officielle du single CD+DVD
  Fiche sur le site de l'Oricon

Chanson interprétée par Ami Suzuki
Single musical sorti en 2007


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Q: in nested for loop in JAVA, why is the faster big loop in small loop than small loop in big loop? When the number of iterations is the same, I wonder if the smaller iterations of the outer 'for loop' are faster.
This is my java code.
total loops iterations is 100 billion.
public class Test {

    public static long run1() {
        final long start = System.nanoTime();
        long cnt = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i<1000000000; i++) {
            for(int j = 0 ; j<100 ; j++) {
                cnt++;
            }
        }
        final long end = System.nanoTime();

        System.out.println("run1 : "+(end-start)*1e-9+" sec");
        return start - end;
    }

    public static long run2() {
        final long start = System.nanoTime();
        long cnt = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i<100; i++) {
            for(int j = 0 ; j<1000000000 ; j++) {
                cnt++;
            }
        }
        final long end = System.nanoTime();

        System.out.println("run2 : "+(end-start)*1e-9+" sec");
        return start - end;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        for(int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++) {
            long test1 = run1();
            long test2 = run2();
            System.out.println("Time diff : "+(test1-test2)*1e-9+" sec\n");
        }
    }
}

and this is result

run1 : 4.5772473950000006 sec
run2 : 1.7155700900000002 sec
Time diff : -2.861677305 sec

run1 : 4.4107229420000005 sec
run2 : 1.6532413140000002 sec
Time diff : -2.7574816280000003 sec

run1 : 3.815836296 sec
run2 : 1.761153921 sec
Time diff : -2.054682375 sec

run1 : 3.913543021 sec
run2 : 1.752971717 sec
Time diff : -2.1605713040000003 sec

run1 : 3.851766485 sec
run2 : 1.7262416440000001 sec
Time diff : -2.1255248410000003 sec

run1 : 3.95305219 sec
run2 : 1.7323067330000002 sec
Time diff : -2.220745457 sec

run1 : 3.924869236 sec
run2 : 1.6953032440000002 sec
Time diff : -2.229565992 sec

run1 : 3.839871705 sec
run2 : 1.692300162 sec
Time diff : -2.147571543 sec

run1 : 3.93864626 sec
run2 : 1.704322469 sec
Time diff : -2.234323791 sec

run1 : 3.863758493 sec
run2 : 1.700392962 sec
Time diff : -2.163365531 sec

like this,
I wonder why these results are coming.
and, edited by Triple nested loops, Similar results are obtained.

A: The short answer is: JIT and your math is wrong.
Let's start with your run methods, which end with this print line and a return
System.out.println("run1 : "+(end-start)*1e-9+" sec");
return start - end;

The problem here is you're printing end-start, and returning start-end. Instead of doing the math in the run methods, I shifted it around so that each run is only responsible for the run and the timing:
public class loops
{

  public static long run1()
  {
    final long start = System.nanoTime();
    long cnt = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++)
    {
      for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++)
      {
        cnt++;
      }
    }
    final long end = System.nanoTime();
    return end - start;
  }

  public static long run2()
  {
    final long start = System.nanoTime();
    long cnt = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
      for (int j = 0; j < 1000000000; j++)
      {
        cnt++;
      }
    }
    final long end = System.nanoTime();
    return end - start;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
      long test1 = run1();
      long test2 = run2();
      System.out.println("run1 : " + test1 + " ns");
      System.out.println("run2 : " + test2 + " ns");
      System.out.println("Time diff : " + (test1 - test2) + " ns\n");
    }
  }
}

I also took out the math because.. well, why bother? what's wrong with looking at the values as nanoseconds? That's what the actually are...
Running this you can see initial large values that decrease and approach zero. In some runs they do even reach zero for both versions.

Zero nanoseconds? Yes, instant computing. Let Quantum computing suck on that!
Okay, it's not really instant. Not when you check the nanoTime description:

This method provides nanosecond precision, but not necessarily
  nanosecond resolution (that is, how frequently the value changes)

It's just faster than is feasibly measurable becauser the JIT has probably ultimately figured out that the method doesn't actually do anything. Now why one or the other decreases faster than the other would require a deeper dive into the JIT and how it decides to optimize one method vs the another - which is more than I know.
Utilmately, there is virtually no difference. After the intial run of both methods, the largest time difference is only a few milliseconds at most. I don't believe this is anything significant to say that one version is truly faster than the other.
Interesting side notes:
JDK-11 didn't seem to perform as well...

GraalVM didn't seem to perform as well... although, there's probably some flag that would improve it...

A: The performance difference you see is because of loop unrolling, JVM unrolls internal loop first, but cannot unroll outer loop.
Unrolling means that:
for (int i=0;i<MAX;i++) cnt++;

is converted into something like:
int i=0;
for (;(i+16)<=MAX; i+=16) cnt+=16;
for (i<MAX; i++) cnt++; // handle case when MAX % 16 != 0

so total number of operations is actually:
run1: 1000000000 * (100 / 16 + 4) = 10 000 000 000 operations
run2: 100 * (1000000000 / 16)     =  6 250 000 000 operations


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No two organizations come to the same theory of change, have the same impact, or chart the same course. Our Impact Planning™ process is designed to expose and highlight your distinct beliefs and methods so that you stand out in the competitive marketplace of nonprofit service work.
After more than a decade as a top-tier donor, our own Aaron LeClaire devised a ground-breaking facilitation method beginning with an overview of the models, change theories, and exercises that we will collaboratively work through with you. We help your organization clarify its impact goals, which looks at how you define the overarching problem you are tackling as well as the long-term impact (solution) you are trying to achieve.
Impact Architecting is where the rubber meets the road. Our customized mapping approach coincides with the tail-end of our Impact Planning™ activities, and it aims to bring to the public all the distinction and clarity that you have unearthed about who you are as an organization, where you're going, and what problem you seek to address. Impact Architecting moves from the theoretical to the practical, converting our exercises into compelling, donor-centered communications and processes.
We believe our services should be accessible to emerging nonprofits. That's why we price them less than our clients pay first-year associate development staff.