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Marika Marchese
I have been living and working in Milan since 2016 where I teach and write about contemporary art. I follow my passion for art always, not only for my career, but also for my hobbies, in fact, I define myself an art lover. I also love to travel and read. I have been writing for Made In Mind since 2017, I have been manage the Streams column since 2020.
MUSTAFA SABBAGH
Mustafa Sabbagh is an Italian artist and photographer, born in Amman, Jordan, in 1961.He grew up in the Mediterranean Sea area but was educated overseas. In New York he became assistant to Richard Avedon and in London a lecturer at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design. Mustafa Sabbagh
STREAMS/ GIUSEPPE STAMPONE
In this new addition of Streams, we decided to interview Giuseppe Stampone, an Italian artist, born in Cluses, France, in 1974. Stampone is based between Rome, New York and Brussels. His artistic production
Artefiera 2018: Winners&Winners
Bologna (2-5 February 2018). The 42nd edition of Arte Fiera has distinguished
The Argentinian Leandro Erlich, Galleria Continua's artist, internationally known, began his artistic
THE BAROQUE SUPERFLAT, AN ANTIPHRASE OF BEAUTY.
Before talking about the contemporary and Tomoko Nagao, the super Japanese artist I will interview, we need to take a big step back and go to Pop Art, 60 years ago. What was
COLOURFUL LIFE
For our latest edition of Streams, we decided to interview Pascale Marthine Tayou, an internationally renowned Cameroonian artist attentive to social and environmental issues, above all, the pollution of the planet, the
Mohau Modisakeng is a contemporary artist, born in Soweto in 1986. He lives and works between Johannesburg and Cape Town. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Michaelis School of Fine Art,
QUESTIONS FOR A SOCIETY'S REGENERATION
Streams, the new Made In Mind column, comes from the desire to create a moment of reflection on social issues with established artists and professionals.We chose the name Streams because we would
THE REVOLUTION IS US
October 6, 2019 July 5, 2021
"Art is the only power to free humankind from all repression."– Joseph Beuys With these words we introduce The Revolution is Us, title of the second edition of the Autostrada Biennale Prizren,
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Francesco De Molfetta, born in 1979, lives and works in Milan, Italy. His work, discovered by the famous Arte Povera art dealer Franco Toselli, has been exhibited in Italy and abroad in
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Silvia Camporesi, photographer, winner of numerous awards tells us about her way of narrating through images. Each work is a discovery for us, because her way of seeing reality is almost a
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Spanish fragrance maker Iberchem attracts private equity bids
Spanish fragrance maker Iberchem has attracted first-round offers from several private equity groups in a deal potentially valuing the company at about 400 million euros ($448 million), people close to the matter said.
The company posted sales of 105 million euros in 2015 - Iberchem
The company's owner, Madrid-based buyout group Magnum Capital Industrial Partners, is working with investment banking boutique PJT to find a buyer for the company it acquired in 2013.
CVC, Bridgepoint and Charterhouse have handed in offers for Iberchem, which posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 27 million euros last year, the sources said.
Listed fragrance makers like Givaudan, Symrise or IFF, trade at 15-17 times their expected core earnings.
Given its strong sales growth of 20 percent annually, Iberchem may be able to fetch a similar multiple, the sources added.
Iberchem, founded in 1985 in Murcia, offers fragrances used in shampoos, detergents and air fresheners and in 2015 posted sales of 105 million euros.
Magnum was not immediately available for comment, while PJT and the bidders declined to comment.
Perume maker Firmenich scents strong rebound for fine fragrances

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Learn why competition from the Gurus necessitates "smart marketing".
Just like a short basketball player, you can move around the Internet Marketing field, quickly taking advantage of what the big "players" overlook.
Did you know that the Gurus generally do not market to over 90% of their list? How can that be?
Continue reading Guru Destroyer: How To Make a Lot of Money from a Small List.


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KC Scholars
Become a KC Scholar at Donnelly
Whether you're a high school student or adult learner who is looking to continue your education, you may be eligible to apply for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's new KC Scholars program and attend Donnelly College.
KC Scholars is available to low- and modest-income students living in Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
Donnelly College will accept these two scholarships from the KC Scholars Program:
Traditional Scholarship
applications submitted by students in their 11th grade year
awarded up to $10,000 per year, renewable up to five years
must maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher
must be age 24 or older
awarded up to $5,000 per year, renewable up to five years
Additional application criteria and applications can be submitted online at KC Scholars website at kcscholars.org.
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Tony earned Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees from Texas Tech University. He was a high school band director for 31 years, the last 27 at Robinson High School. In addition to directing the Meadowbrook Sanctuary Choir, he currently serves as Executive Secretary of UIL Music Region 8. He and his wife Jackie are long time Meadowbrook members and are active members of the Adult 3B Sunday School Department.
Tony's interests include golf, the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Cowboys, and anything Texas Tech, but most especially granddaughter Grace Ann.


Today after my leg workout, I went to Whole Foods grocery. Whole Foods is not a store where I do my weekly shopping but if there is a special item that I want, they will usually have it. For example, they have those lovely machines that will grind up nuts for you to make your own nut butter without the added sugar. They also have some meat and really fresh, local seafood that you will not find at other chains. Today I picked up some salsa and other seasonings and found a different type of almond milk that I wanted to try. The milk is made by the "So Delicious" company and has 5 grams of protein in one cup. One cup is only 40 calories, contains 2 grams of fat, and 0 grams of sugar, and only 1 carb. It also only has 95 mg of sodium….some meat products contain more sodium than that! I will be using this up until the last week of competition prep because it is DELICIOUS in my protein shake. It is better than ice cream!
Here is my recipe for a delicious vanilla protein shake that will have you licking the cup when you are finished. (That might just be me because just about everything tastes good at this point).
Blend for about 60-90 seconds. If you have a blender that has different settings, use the "milkshake" setting or one that mixes at a medium speed.
Enjoy! You will definitely be sad when the shake is gone!
195 calories, 5 grams of carbs, 5 grams of fat (Depends on the protein powder that you use).


Spotblue.com is delighted to offer this key ready three bedroom luxurious apartment which is situated within a fabulous 5 star resort, that can be found nestled in the southern part of the Bodrum Peninsula, in Turgutries. This property is being sold freehold, yet includes all the amenities of the award winning Spa Hotel.
It's built right by the sea within a "Well-being Resort" this property forms part of the hotel premises so you can enjoy lots of added extras. The entrance lobby is extremely grand with large marble columns and central bar area overlooking the stunning swimming pool, sunbathing areas and gardens.
The place comes alive in the evening time and you can walk down to the beach front and find the Elani Beach and its Mediterranean restaurant serving gourmet food, modelled on a Greek Town. There is also entertainment around this area, both in the daytime and evening. The residences have a further selection of bars and restaurants within the hotel grounds.
This garden residence offers three double bedrooms, with the master having en suite and stunning sea views, a central hallway with a family bathroom off from this as well as lovely sea facing lounge with open plan kitchen and dining areas.
From the lounge area, sliding doors open out onto your own terrace area and small garden areas which are perfect places for enjoying al fresco dining and once again you have stunning uninterrupted sea views. It has a luxurious finish with high quality fixtures and fittings as well as a traditional design offering all of the comforts of modern day living.
This well presented home comes fully furnished to a very high standard with Siemens kitchen appliances, a Jacuzzi in the master en-suite, LG air conditioning system and Samsung LCD TV's. They even come with bedding and crockery, so everything is there ready to move straight into.
This is a great opportunity to purchase just not a property, but one that offers a fantastic lifestyle and facilities.
Other facilities available to the residences include, concierge services, VIP Transportation, 24 hour security, private parking, boat mooring, housekeeping services, garden services a shopping centre with hairdressers, small designer boutique, and souvenir shop, a business centre cinema, children's club and babysitting services.
This unique property is being offered cheaper than the developer is selling their units for and it comes fully furnished.
Services included in maintenance fee are reception services, technical services, garden services, access to all pools and beaches including Elani Beach (private), 25% discount on all hotel facilities like restaurant and spa services and there is 24 hour security for total peace of mind.
This truly offers an excellent lifestyle choice in a beautiful location with 5 star facilities. It would be perfect to enjoy as a holiday home for the family.


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Client Alerts
PTO's Proposed Rules for Supplemental Examination Draw Sharp Criticism
By BRUCE M. WEXLER & KATHERINE O'BRIEN
Previously we released an alert discussing Congresss enactment of the "supplemental examination" provision of the America Invents Act, which provides a method by which patentees may proactively disclose information to the PTO post-issuance to immunize the patent against a potential future charge of inequitable conduct based on that information.
Read the previous Stay Current here.
In accordance with its duty to implement this provision, the PTO issued proposed regulations which were open for public comment through March 26, 2012.
See PTO page regarding proposed regulations here.
Although the PTO's website has not yet posted the substantive comments that were submitted, several are now available directly from the sources. In this alert, we briefly set forth important aspects of these recent comments, providing links to the documents themselves.
On March 21, Paul Hastings submitted comments and proposed amendments to the rules on behalf of our clients Eisai Co. Ltd. and Eisai Inc.. See Eisai's comments
. We understand that, on March 23, the Intellectual Property Owners Association ("IPO") submitted comments, and, on March 26, the American Intellectual Property Law Association ("AIPLA"), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ("PhRMA"), and the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted comments. See IPO's comments
, AIPLA's comments
, PhRMA's comments
, and EFF's comments
The comments address the following key issues:
Amount of disclosure required for the submission: Eisai explains that the PTOs requirement of a detailed description of relevance of the information and the patentability issues it raises will likely prevent patentees from using the procedure entirely, effectively requiring the patentee to attack its own patent, expose its thoughts about the potential for future inequitable conduct charges and create a risk of future inequitable conduct charges based on misstatements in the supplemental examination. The IPO, AIPLA, and PhRMA comments are in agreement. Eisai and PhRMA both note that the proposed rules seem to be in conflict with the intent of the America Invents Act.
Timing Issues: To immunize the patent from inequitable conduct, the supplemental examination must be competed before a patent challenge is made. 35 U.S.C. § 257(c)(2). The PTOs rules decline to afford a filing date if the PTO finds that the submission is in any way incomplete. Eisai, IPO, AIPLA, and PhRMA argue that the combination of the onerous requirements for submission and the lack of certainty as to whether the filing will be accepted creates unmanageable risk for patentees because they cannot estimate when a supplemental examination might be completed in time for immunity to occur. Eisai, IPO, AIPLA, and PhRMA also suggest that patent owners be given something like conditional filing dates as of the dates of their original requests for supplemental examination so as not to lose the statute's protection against inequitable conduct allegations.
Fees and the limitation of 10 items of information per submission: The implementation provisions provide that if a patentee wants to have more than 10 items of information considered in supplemental examination, the patentee must pay another separate supplemental examination fee. The IPO and EFF believe the fees are excessive, and AIPLA and PhRMA believe that the number of items should not be limited in that way.
Eisai and IPO also suggest changes to the proposed rules that would alleviate some of the problems commented upon.
Click here for a PDF of the full text
U.S. EPA Proposes CO2 Emissions Standard for New Power Plants
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IP Transactions and Licensing


I am an awards booker. I spend hours per day looking at airfare, both in terms of award mileage and cash fares for positioning flights. Basic economy fares have made my work unnecessarily complicated.
United and American have billed basic economy as a new class of service. Fliers who normally don't have the funds to travel on a major carrier now can, the airlines claim.
I find that assertion to be flat wrong. Instead, airlines are using these fares to manipulate and complicate the process of searching for and booking flights. Based on my experience, basic economy fares appear to be a hack conceived to move an airline's flights higher in cost-based search results, without compromising revenue.
Take this recent flight I booked for a client between Los Angeles and Houston. The advertised fare was $257 round trip.
See the note about carry-on baggage?
United certainly makes it clear that customers are purchasing a basic economy fare. The landing page features this big orange box, next to a button allowing customers to upgrade to a standard economy fare.
The fare class rules are not what is deceptive here. Instead, the basic premise of offering this fare is fraudulent.
There is a $20 difference between the basic economy fare and standard economy fare, each way. It costs $25 to check a bag, which you are required to do if you buy a basic economy fare. The only scenario in which a basic economy fare affords a net savings is if a flier is travelling with no substantial luggage.
Why would anyone pay $25 to check a bag when they can upgrade to a fare class that allows them to carry on their bag AND pick a seat for $20?
The basic economy fare does not offer fliers any net savings over a standard economy ticket. In fact, presuming a flier is bringing something other than a purse with them across the country, the basic economy fare, with baggage fees, is actually more costly.
The basic economy fare is valuable for United, though. Remember that Google Flights search page we started on? United's basic economy fare positions its flights near the top of the search results.
If United had advertised its standard economy fare — remember, the only one that makes economic sense for the customer — its flights would have appeared several rows down, behind American Airlines.
The net cheapest option for any passenger not living out of a backpack is the American Airlines flight. This itinerary costs the same as United's advertised fare, but includes baggage.
In this example, United Airlines comes across as the cheater, but United is not alone in this game. American also publishes these basic economy fares, replete with checked baggage requirements, on other routes, effectively boosting its standing in search results.
What this appears to be is an arms race to manipulate flight search engines. This is a deceptive business practice designed to marginally improve online ticket sales at the expense of transparency. The practice adds to the time it takes to search for flights, as customers have to reconsider the cost of additional fees and fares advertised by other carriers that include those services.
Google, Kayak and other search engines that are being manipulated in this scheme should react accordingly. If anything, this practice is a threat to their value proposition, which is to simplify the process of searching for flights. Basic economy fares complicate that process in a way that favors airline profits over consumer convenience.
Agree with you but this sentence is wrong "The price of a checked bag, which you are required to purchase if you buy a basic economy fare, is $25. ".
United requires basic economy passengers to check luggage. If basic economy passengers fail to check luggage before boarding, gate agents assess additional fees starting at $25, in addition to the baggage fees. The only pay-ahead option to carry-on a bag is to pay the $20 difference to move into a standard economy fare.
I think what Brian is implying is that you don't HAVE to have anything with you when you fly. I travel light, but I don't really know who travels that light.. But that is really a silly silly premise. I guess I could envision a day trip with a small backpack. Or an overnight to a warm climate.
I fully agree with what John is saying. I am now super obsessive when I book a flight to make sure I haven't clicked on one of these silly and ridiculous fares. It scares me a bit…..
The best way to fight back against the greed is to own the airline stock(s). Large institutional investors(think Blackrock, Vanguard etc…) are squeezing management to grab every nickel out the flying public in a myopic effort to pump up share prices. Kinda like healthcare stocks. Don't fight city hall. Participate.
My point here is that the search enginges themselves are in a position to end this nonsense by excluding these fake fares from results and prohibiting them in their terms of service, and they should. Basic economy fares make it more difficult to use the search engines. If I were operating a search engine, I would see this type of manipulation as a threat to the quality of my service and a threat to my direct customers.
Buy a big trench coat with lots of pockets and stuff all your belongings in there. They can't discriminate against fat people.
Get over it. There's nothing deceptive about it. The website is clear as to what is and what is not included. Just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean that others won't or shouldn't. As to the likes of Kayak or Google, it's not UA's job to make their lives easy.
Personally I'd rather they hadn't unbundled fares but I do understand that, for many people, an unbundled fare is the more attractive proposition. Indeed, for short flights and day trips, I generally use them.
Please find some real world examples of people who are enjoying now receiving less for service for the same amount of money and being treated like sh!t in the process. The fares didn't go down and even on high last minute fares you buy gargbage low-end service class.
Do enlighten us, how are consumer benefitting here, and how is this not just a deceptive money grab from someone who has a monopoly on many markets?
Basic economy on United and American is not an unbundled fare. Passengers aren't saving money. This is not similar to what Spirit Airlines does with its fares. It is a trick to manipulate search results.
Imagine you went to the grocery store, saw two different brands of yogurt next to each other, and took them both to the cash register. One brand had prepaid sales tax, so even though the posted price was higher, you are paying less for that yogurt. The other brand you chose because the sticker was less, but when you get to the cash register, you find out you're actually paying more. Would you consider that a deceptive business practice?
I don't agree with the analogy.. More like finding out the spoon was extra and trying to decide how ape like you would be eating with your hands.
You're getting the spoon either way. How many times have you travelled cross-country with only a purse or backpack?
In this editorial, I'm not saying that basic economy fares are deceptive from a service standpoint. I am saying they are a form of price manipulation that is outside the perception of the average consumer.
You should consider a different example which mirrors the behavior the big 3 are targeting. Do a search for Philadelphia Chicago and assume the audience isn't a reader or someone you're booking flights for.
That's the target of basic economy. The 88% that buy based on price and fly once per year.
As a frequent traveler, I can only say my disappointment is that the tools I use to consider my travel options are less helpful than they used to be. Sounds like an opportunity to provide value added services to a distinct segment.
In the era of commerce, segmentation and personalization is how to drive revenue.
I used to believe airlines should be allowed to offer anything they want and let the market decide. But as more routes become monopoly routes or have few choices, and the "normalization" of <30" pitch, I'm starting to think it may be time to impose some minimum standards or require clearer "initial search" view of anything below some reasonable minimum.


Even the best loading horses can have their attitudes soured by just one really bad trailering experience.
That is what happened to the horses owned by Tina of Vandergrift, PA. One of her horses had "multiple trailer accidents" that made him tough to load and impossible to tie into a trailer. She used an onboard camera system to watch her horse as he gazed out the back door of her old trailer during every trip.
"I had to haul him loose and found that he preferred to ride backwards," she explained to us during a recent interview.
In hopes of teaching her horses to ride calmly and comfortably in a tied configuration, Tina contacted Double D Trailers for a new trailer. She was initially attracted to the patented reverse load configuration that is unique to Double D Trailers. This type of trailer is not available from any other manufacturer in the United States.
Tina and her horses do a variety of equine activities together. They enjoy going on day trips to clinics and lessons. So far, they have even gone on one "cold" camping trip where she slept in the gooseneck hang out quarters of her new trailer.
"I have a Paint, an Arab, and just bought a Quarter Horse. My new Quarter Horse is a sorter. My Paint is a pasture pony as he has a navicular. The Arab is an all-around."
How Did the Custom Trailer Design Process Work for Tina?
As with all potential Double D Trailers customer, Tina was able to research information about our trailers using our website customization tools. She was initially attracted to the Rumber flooring and open concept designs.
SafeTack trailers are slant load horse trailers where the rear tack storage compartment swings out like a second door. The major appeal for this patented design is that it lets a loading horse and handler enter the trailer through a wide open rear door.
This feature is much safer than a typical slant load horse trailer with a stationary rear tack and very narrow rear loading door. Since each trailer is custom built-to-order, other features can be added like a side loading door, reverse load stalls, and Rumber flooring.
Tina chose a 2 horse gooseneck trailer with a side loading door and ramp with a forward or reverse load configuration. This means, she can load her horses from the side door and walk them into their rear-facing stall.
Tubular dividers with 2-inch handmade padding surround each horse while they travel in the trailer. When it is time to offload the animals, the dividers can unlatch and swing open. Then, horse and handler can walk straight off the rear of the trailer.
Since it's a forward or reverse facing combination trailer, she could also choose to load her horses from the rear door, walk into a forward facing stall, and then exit from a side door. The direction of travel depends on each horse's preferences.
Their conversation went back and forth a few times so that Tina could clarify exactly what details she wanted in her new trailer.
As we mentioned, Tina's horse preferred to ride in the rear facing orientation when left loose in his old trailer. She hoped that the SafeTack Reverse orientation would suit his natural tendencies and also allow her to retrain him to safely tie while in the trailer.
Rear facing horse trailers are becoming more popular as people learn about the benefits of this type of trailer. Still, our particular SafeTack Reverse trailer is a patented design with technology not available from other trailer manufacturers.
"My serious problem hauler has only been walked on and off the trailer with everything open. He was pretty good and only seemed nervous that I was taking him away from his herd." This type of calm loading is a far cry from her experiences with her old horse trailer.
Her Arab is the horse that used to rear up to see over the solid divider in her old trailer. Since the SafeTack Reverse comes with tubular Z-Frame dividers, horses are better able to see their surroundings without that feeling of confinement.
Now that Tina has her new trailer, she is able to compare her expectations to the actual quality and construction on her finished design.
Tina chose a gooseneck horse trailer without fully installed typical living quarters features like a kitchenette, bathroom, shower, or sofa seating area. Still, she did decide to upgrade the basic dressing room with some "hang out features" that includes a sink, space for a mini-fridge, and some wooden cabinets.
This is a great in-between solution for customers that want a bit more than the basic gooseneck, but who are not interested in the cost and size increase of a full living quarters horse trailer.
Overall, Tina feels that the hangout quarters "Worked out great," and are "Perfect for my needs." She said it is probably small for others, but it suits her needs and works well for short camping trips.
She is also having a bit of a problem with the front divider fitting into place. As with all Double D Trailers, customers who are having any issues with their trailer should reach out to Brad for help with repairs.
If the item is covered under warranty, we can often help you connect with a quality trailer service provider in your area. Or, if necessary, we've even sent our own technicians out to make repairs.
Tina's trailer also has a separate mid-tack storage area in addition to the SafeTack storage area. Organizational features can be added to this small room to help you keep all of your equipment, grooming supplies, and tools well organized.
For her, the SafeTack storage compartment in the rear of the trailer has pros and cons. Although it is an option, Tina not opted not to include the rain gutter cover on her SafeTack compartment.
As with all Double D Trailers, Tina was able to take advantage of our flat rate Nationwide Delivery program where her trailer was delivered to Vandergrift, PA for a flat fee of $395. Typically, a driver will contact the customer at least two days in advance to provide delivery notification. Customers are free to tell us if this date and time doesn't work so that alternate arrangements can be made.
When a trailer is paid in full up front, we are able to send along an owner's manual, Certificate of Origin, and an invoice. The customer can inspect and approve a trailer before taking ownership.
If, for any reason, a customer is not satisfied with the trailer, they are allowed to refuse delivery as part of our Money Back Guarantee. Once the customer takes ownership, they can pay sales tax at a local motor vehicle department for registration and plates.
During that period of time, the customer can still use their trailer as long as they carry a copy of their invoice and evidence that sales tax has been collected.
Now that Tina has her trailer, she is happy with the way her horses are loading more safely with this new reverse load orientation. She is also very happy with the hang out quarters on her trailer since it works well for her particular lifestyle.
If you would like to see some photos of Tina's 2 horse gooseneck horse trailer, click on the Facebook photos link here.
We are going to be sharing more of these Trailer Stories in the coming months so you can read about real customers and their experiences with Double D Trailers. Additional testimonials and comments can be found here.
As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Brad Heath here.


Through war and peace we can have hope. People do what they can to help their neighbor even when it is dangerous. Democracy is fragile and we must do all we can to keep it alive. Ms Albright does a great job telling the story of the war and the country she was from. Her father was a diplomat which led her in that direction for her life's work.
This book should be required reading for middle school students. I have worked in middle schools with student that look and act different. It is so hard to be accepted by other students. Some teachers help but some do not do a very good job. Be kind to everyone even if they look different.
I enjoyed this book. It helps when the beginning of each chapter the narrator said what it was about. Sometime with audible books it is hard the follow. I liked how the two old brothers loved the girl and the baby and their life were better because they said yes.
The third and final volume takes us through World War II, FDR's death, the founding of the UN, and Eleanor Roosevelt's death in 1962. It follows the arc of war and the evolution of a marriage as the first lady realized the cost of maintaining her principles even as the country and her husband were not prepared to adopt them. Eleanor Roosevelt continued to struggle for her core issues - economic security, New Deal reforms, racial equality, and rescue - when they were sidelined by FDR while he marshaled the country through war.
I liked book one and book two better then this book. I think Eleanor was not as relevant during these years. The war years were covered better in Doris Kerns Goodwin's book.
Would you consider the audio edition of The Worst Hard Time to be better than the print version?
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Worst Hard Time?
The genocide of the Native Americans which is how it all began.
What does Patrick Lawlor and Ken Burns (introduction) bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
Ken Burns talked about the importance of the diaries people kept to tell this story. He used the book and talking to Patrick to do his documentary on the dust bowl.
The story of Black Sunday.
Now I want to go watch the Dust Bowl again and read more about this event in history.
It was very hard to keep listening to this book. The story was shallow and depressing. The end was crazy with all the money that had been in the accordion but it never helped all the people who had it. The reader was not good. He had to pause to breath. It was hard to listen to.
The twists and turns are amazing in this book. I never thought the Indian killed Frank's sister. It was a great ending with the truth coming out.
Thank you for a good performance as well.
Jen thank you for an amazing book! Thank you for your honesty and passion. It was so great to hear you read it! I love that you are a messy transparent!
I live in St. Paul MN. This book drops so many local places and it is over the top. I got this book for book club so pushed to finish it. I would not have finished it if no for book club.


Choosing one's career is perhaps one of the most important decisions in a person's life. It should be an informed decision and some of the factors that influence this decision would be the person's qualifications, aptitude, skill, remuneration and possibility of growth in that chosen field. In today's age and time, there are several unique career options and the prospects of growth are quite high, provided the person makes the correct choice. An apt choice will ensure professional and personal growth and development of the individual.
It is essential to invest a lot of thought and effort while choosing one's career. But once on the right path, it is bound to yield rich results. There are many interesting and challenging career options to choose from and the above mentioned is a list of some such promising options.


The visual work titled "Mastering the wheel" was produced by UCI in collaboration with the Swiss wheel specialist DT Swiss. Beginners and experts should be taught and trained step by step in the art of wheel construction.
In 115 minutes a manual instruction for all work around the impeller for road, rail, MTB and BMX is demonstrated. The explanations are comprehensive, understandable and down to the smallest detail. Suitable for beginners as well as for professionals.


The Destruction of Humanity: corrupting God's image.
Who were the "sons of God" and the "giants" in Genesis 6, and what does the story have to do with today?
The so-called "Sethite View" is one idea that simply puzzles me, not only because it goes against the plain reading of Scripture, but because it also exhibits the ignorance that many Christians have regarding what is truly taking place in the world today. If you are unfamiliar with the "Sethite View," it is the view that the "sons of God" in the sixth chapter of Genesis were nothing more than the godly descendants of Seth while the "daughters of men" were the supposed wicked daughters of Cain. Although it is not the purpose of this article to disprove this view, I would like to point out that the view is entirely based upon eisegesis, reading certain assumptions into the text rather than pulling all the relevant facts from the chapter itself.
The setting is immediately established by the relative clause speaking of "when men began to multiply" and had daughters. This is a general statement of human activity which makes sense after the genealogy in the previous chapter, and distinguishes the human race from "the sons of God" in the main sentence of the text. The text reads that "the sons of God saw the daughters of men," that is, the daughters in the preceding clause who were born "when men began to multiply on the face of the earth." This is clearly describing other beings – fallen angels – taking human women as wives.
Yes, it is true that in a sense every child is "knit together" by God in the mother's womb, but every child born to a mother and father is born as a biological "son or daughter of Adam," not a "son of God." Therefore, since Adam sinned, it is necessary that every human is "born again" as a "son of God" by trusting in the Lord Jesus as the promised Messiah. Yet, even as born again believers, each person is still a "direct creation of Adam," made a son of God indirectly through the work of the Lord Jesus.
The fact of the matter is that the history of this planet is far stranger than the majority would like to believe it to be. Further, this same majority are content to bury their heads in the sand in blissful ignorance of the agenda of the globalists.
First, the globalists have been for years steadily working toward the destruction of human genetics through the work of corporations like Monsanto with genetically-modified food (GMOs). Despite numerous tests which continually show that even animals will not touch GMO food unless given no other option and the only positive tests being the ones funded by the particular corporations that benefit from GMOS, much of the food in the United States is still genetically-modified. Thankfully, however, recent years have seen a surge in demand for Non-GMO products, and to meet consumer demands, more companies have begun to offer Non-GMO Verified products.
Second, and perhaps more insidious, is the rise of the transhumanist movement which aims at not merely genetically-modifying food, but genetically and technologically modifying humans. This may seem like science-fiction, but the 2045 Initiative – first begun in Russia by Dmitry Itzkov but is now a global scientific effort – projects that by 2025 the human brain will be able to be transplanted into an "avatar" at the death of the body, and by 2035 human consciousness and personality will be able to be transferred to an alternative carrier, the brain no longer necessary. Obviously, Itzkov is the most "optimistic" of transhumanist researchers regarding such a short timeline, but the point is, the technology is being researched and developed which is strikingly similar to what is described in the sixth chapter of Genesis that brought about the great flood.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repententh Me that I have made them. … for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
There has always been great speculation about how God could have repented, or "changed His mind," about His creation. Yet, the key statement is "both man, and beast," which exhibits that this is not referring to moral corruption. Animals do not sin; they just act as animals act. It was man that was put over the animals and it was man that fell into sin; the problems in the world and in the animal kingdom are the result of man's sin against God, not because of any moral corruption in animals. Yet, we read of the days before the worldwide flood that "all flesh," including animals, had become "corrupt," and thus, referring not merely to the corruption of sin, but to the physical corruption of the "sons of God" coming down in the first few verses.
A Just (or Righteous) Man.
First, Noah was a man of godly character, and yet, he is secondly, described as "perfect in his generations." One could argue that this refers to his being born into a godly family which feared the Lord; after all, his great-grandfather was Enoch who we are told "walked with God" and was taken bodily into heaven without seeing death (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5). Such is certainly true of Noah and the word בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו beDorotayn, rendered "in his generations," literally pertains to "lineage" or a "family line." Although some translations such as the NASB and ISV render the word "in his times," even these place a footnote that it literally means "in his generations." The word refers to Noah's "lineage" or "family line," a group of persons related by birth, not merely the general "times" in which he was born.
However, Noah's family line is said to have been "perfect," and the Hebrew word rendered as "perfect" is תָּמִ֥ים tamiym which pertains to a spotless, unblemished animal without physical defect. It is the same word use of animals necessary for sacrifice in the book of Leviticus, and it is this word used to describe Noah's "generations." While the word may sometimes be used for moral perfection, such is not the ordinary usage of the word and is clearly not the usage in this passage because moral perfection is not passed down through genetics. The blessed apostle states clearly that "in Adam all die" (1 Corinthians 15:22) and "by one man sin entered the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men" (Romans 5:12). The issue is not about Noah's raising up by his family, but that his lineage had not been corrupted by the intrusion of the fallen angels at the beginning of the chapter. Noah was not "perfect" in the moral sense; that becomes evident very soon after the flood when he plants a vineyard and gets drunk in his tent.
The corruption of "all flesh," both man and beast, before the flood also explains the origin of the many stories within human mythologies of not just giants, but half-animal, half-human creatures such as centaurs, minotaurs, and satyrs. The noted 19th century Christian scholar E.W. Bullinger explains that the hybrid progeny, called "the mighty men which were of old, men of renown," were "the heroes of Greek mythology. The remains of primitive truth corrupted in transmission." To humans, the hybrid beings were renowned as great warriors, stories spread abroad about their feats. Yet, God looked on in sorrow, His divine order that everything reproduce "after its' kind" superseded by rebellious angels.
Yet, Christians ought not to be surprised or fearful by the direction the world is being taken, however. Thousands of years ago, the prophet Daniel foretold that the coming kingdom of the Antichrist would see a return of the hybridization program of the fallen angels, that "they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men" (Daniel 2:43). Many of the leading transhumanist scientists such as Nick Bostrom and Maxwell Mehlman openly state that what they intend to do has the very real possibility of destroying all life on the planet and yet they fully intend to continue treading beyond the bounds which God has put in place.
While there are several benefits transhumanists can point to as reasons for doing the research in which they are engaged, the words of the Lord from Matthew 24:22 echo in the background, "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." In Genesis 1:24, God placed clear boundaries between the kinds, yet the "directed evolution" as they call it of transhumanist science is ignorantly crossing the boundaries. God knows things that we as finite humans do not know and He placed the boundaries there for a reason.
As I said earlier, though, Christians ought not to be fearful by any of this. Our Lord, in admonishing His followers to watch for the signs of His return, says, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28). As Christians we must take a clear stand against transhumanism and win souls for the Lord Jesus who may be looking to the movement for answers to life. In the end, our Lord will win the day, and thus, we have no reason to be hopeless. Rather, our stance is not to stop prophecy from happening, but to win souls for the Lord out of the hopeless movement.
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Electrocompaniet joins forces with Audio T
By What Hi-Fi Admin 2009-05-19T09:00:00Z News
Norwegian hi-fi company Electrocompaniet has signed a deal with Audio T to sell its products in the UK
"For Electrocompaniet this is a major breakthrough," says managing director Mikal Dreggevik. "Our ambition is to be one of the major players in the British hi-fi market."
Electrocompaniet was founded in 1973 and is the leading Norwegian manufacturer of hi-fi equipment.
It produces CD players, amplifiers and speakers in its Classic range and a budget line-up called Prelude.
The company will launch several new products at this week's High End Show in Munich, including a new DAB/FM/internet radio tuner, the ECR 1. We'll bring you more details on that later in the week.
Audio T merged with Audio Excellence and Practical Hi-Fi in September 2008 to create a national hi-fi chain with 23 stores across the UK.


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Tishman Speyer SPAC to take Latch public with $1.5B valuation
by REW January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021 03960
Tishman Speyer's special purpose acquisitions company, TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. is merging with Latch, a digital entry and building management software company, to take the tech firm public in a deal that values it at $1.56 billion.
Founded in 2014, Latch is an enterprise SaaS provider to buildings and residents. The company has been working with many of the country's largest real estate owners as partners and investors including Tishman Speyer, since its launch.
Today, the Latch system is used in over 300,000 apartments across more than 35 states, and one in ten new apartments were built with Latch already installed in 2019.
Co-founder and CEO Luke Schoenfelder will continue to operate and manage Latch following the transaction. Rob Speyer, president and CEO of Tishman Speyer and CEO and Chairman of TSIA, will join the company's Board of Directors upon completion of the transaction.
LUKE SCHOENFELDER
"Latch has successfully created an entire ecosystem around our full building operating system, devices, and partners that enhances the building experience for both owners and residents," said Schoenfelder.
"This transaction provides the capital for Latch to accelerate our product and market expansion and drive bookings growth. Furthermore, Latch will be able to harness Tishman Speyer's global real estate platform to more rapidly create new products, leveraging their vertically integrated real estate business and on-the-ground teams across the globe. We are fortunate to benefit from Rob's vision and leadership and look forward to partnering with the entire Tishman Speyer team as we create value for our shareholders, customers, and residents by scaling our business in this next phase while we continue to enhance the way people interact with their spaces."
"As a long-time real estate and capital markets investor, Tishman Speyer has helped accelerate many of the prop tech innovations reshaping our cities," said Speyer.
"We launched our SPAC knowing that our expertise and portfolio could power the next generation of innovators on the public stage. Our mission has been to partner with a growing company; one with a great team, a strong and differentiated business model and the ability to scale quickly through our platform. As both a customer and early investor in Latch, I know Luke and his talented team check all of these boxes. We look forward to serving as an incubator, operational partner and launch customer as Latch develops and expands its exceptional product lines."
LatchOS is the first multifamily operating system that brings together all the elements that make up the modern building for building managers, residents, and service providers.
Its core capabilities are designed to unify operations for everyone, and building owners have the flexibility to select the specific capabilities they need to meet their needs.
It provides Smart Access, Delivery and Guest Management, Smart Home and Sensors, Cellular Connectivity and resident experience and community management capabilities.
The company already has deep relationships with many of the country's largest residential real estate owners, including seven of the ten largest NMHC developers, alongside other large NMHC developers like Alliance, Avalon Bay, Greystar, and NRP Group, plus AMLI Residential, Prometheus, RXR Realty, Toll Brothers, and more.
The Company generated $167 million in revenue in 2020, which represents 49 percent growth from 2019.
The market for an apartment building operating system is massive, with an estimated 47 million rental homes in the United States representing an approximately $54 billion total annual market.
Latch currently services less than one percent of this market and is positioned to drive continued growth.
Partnering with TSIA will bring together Latch's leading software and products with the global real estate platform of Tishman Speyer, the parent of TSIA's sponsor. With an international portfolio encompassing nearly 80 million square feet of first-class real estate across many asset classes, including residential, commercial office, mixed use and life sciences, among others, Tishman Speyer will deliver synergies to Latch to further its growth and product expansion.
Upon completion of the transaction, Latch expects to have up to $510 million in cash, net of fees and expenses to fund growth initiatives, including growing the number of units on its platform, expanding to additional asset classes and spreading to new geographies.
This includes net proceeds from TSIA's cash held in trust of $300 million from its initial public offering in November 2020 and approximately $60 million of cash on Latch's balance sheet. The transaction is further supported by a $190 million PIPE at $10.00 per share from key investors, including funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners, Durable Capital Partners LP, Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, Chamath Palihapitiya, The Spruce House Partnership, Wellington Management, ArrowMark Partners, Avenir and Lux Capital.
Latch's existing equity holders have agreed to convert 100 percent of their ownership stakes into the new company, and are expected to own 64 percent of the pro forma company at close.
The transaction, which has been approved by TSIA's board of directors, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021, and is subject to approval by TSIA's shareholders and other customary closing conditions, including any applicable regulatory approvals.
Goldman Sachs is acting as exclusive financial advisor to Latch and acted as joint placement agent on the PIPE. Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal advisor to Latch. Allen & Company LLC and BofA Securities are acting as joint financial advisors to TSIA and also acted as joint lead placement agents on the PIPE. Sullivan & Cromwell is acting as legal advisor to TSIA.
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Appellant G. Narasimhulu Chetti and anr.
Respondent K. Sundara Chariar and anr.
1. The first question which arises for consideration in this appeal is whether the evidence establishes that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu had authority to sell the house in question on behalf of the defendants-an authority to sell either at the price for which he purported to sell it or the best price that could be obtained or at any proper price. In other words, does the evidence establish that he had a general authority to sell the house without a further reference to his clients or principals on whose behalf he purported to be acting Then there is the further question, which is to a great extent a question of law, as to whether, assuming that the evidence does establish that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu had authority to sell on behalf of certain principals, he had by virtue of that general authority also an authority to receive the purchase money on behalf of the principals so as to bind the principals by that receipt.
2. With regard to that second question, I will dispose of it at once before I proceed with the facts of the case. We find the law to be thus stated in Dart on Vendors and Purchasers on page 213 : 'He,' (that is the agent), ' cannot, without special authority, receive the purchase money.' One case which is cited by the learned author in support of that proposition is the case of Mynn v. Joliffe, which is now to be found reported in 43 Revised Reports, page 802. There it was held that 'an agent employed to sell an estate has not, as such, authority to receive payment.' It was suggested that that decision had only reference to the facts of that particular case where apparently the agent was an auctioneer and it is suggested in one of the Text Books-Wright on Agency-that that was the effect of the decision. But there is nothing in the decision itself to suggest that its application is to be limited to cases where the agent is an auctioneer. So far as I know, it has never been so suggested in any of the later cases in which this question has been discussed. I also find in the case of Viney v. Chaplin (1858) 27 L.J. Ch. 434 the following observation of the Lord Chancellor Cranworth on page 437:-' It is quite clear that if a purchaser pays his purchase money to a person not authorized to receive it, he is liable to pay it over again; and it may, I think, be considered as established, that the possession of the executed conveyance, with the signed receipt for the consideration money indorsed, is not, in itself, an authority to the solicitor of the vendor to receive the purchase money.' There were authorities cited by the learned vakil who argued this case on behalf of the respondents, and argued with great ability, but it seems to me none of them is in point with regard to this particular question. None of them displaces the authority of the cases to which I have referred. If it became necessary for me to express an opinion on the point, I am prepared to hold that a mere general authority to sell land does not carry with it an implied authority to receive the purchase money for the land on behalf of the principal.
3. Now let us see how the evidence stands in regard to the first question, i.e., does it establish a general authority in Mr. Devarajulu Naidu to sell this house on behalf of the defendants? Mr. Devarajulu Naidu is a Vakil of the High Court. The property in question is owned by two brothers who form an undivided family. Their mother is also alive. On the 20th February 1906 Mr. Devarajulu Naidu wrote the letter Exhibit A. That is the first document which has reference to this transaction. In that letter he acknowledged the receipt of Rs. 2,000 in respect of the sale of the house in question, the price settled according to the letter being Rs. 3,500. The balance, the letter goes on, would be paid in the course of a month. Then the letter says : 'I will give you the title-deeds of the house on my return from Nellore which will be on or about the 8th March when you can inspect them.' There is not a word in that letter to suggest that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu was acting on behalf of clients. Any one reading the letter, it seems to me, would at once form the impression that he was selling this property on his own behalf.
4. What is the evidence of any antecedent authority given by the defendants to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu to sell this house The 2nd plaintiff gives evidence. He speaks of a writing, of an advertisement on the wall of the house : ' This house for sale, intending purchasers should make enquiries of Devarajulu.' Then he goes on 'I went inside and saw the house. I then saw defendant 1 and defendant 2 and their mother and asked them. They said the house was for sale, also that Rs. 3,000 or Rs. 3,200 had been offered, and if I wanted the house I should go to Devarajulu Naidu.' Later on in cross-examination he says : 'When I visited the house all three told me Devarajulu was the person to settle with' Later on again : 'Both of them told me to go to Devarajulu and told me to settle everything with him.' It is to be observed that this witness, one of the plaintiffs, does not suggest that Devarajulu Naidu ever represented to him that he had authority to sell this house on behalf of the defendants, still less does he suggest that Devarajulu Naidu stated that he had authority to receive the purchase money of the house on behalf of the defendants.
5. Going back for a moment to Exhibit A, one cannot help observing that the method of payment adopted is of an unusual character, The contract apparently was made on the 20th February. In the ordinary course of business, I take it, the purchase money would have been paid when the conveyance was signed. What happened was that payment was made by the plaintiffs of no less than Rs. 2,oco out of the Rs. 3,500. Further, the payment was not made in cash; it was made by the endorsement of a cheque, which the plaintiff happened to have, to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu. That is a very curious feature of the case and at once, to my mind, gives rise to doubts as to whether this was an ordinary bona fide transaction in which Devarajulu Naidu was acting in the interests of his clients or whether it was not a transaction by which he hoped to obtain immediate command of a considerable sum of ready money. Passing on to the 1st plaintiff's evidence, he says:-'I made enquiries of the senior man, the junior man and the mother. They told me to settle everything with Devarajulu.' Now I pass on to the evidence of Mr. Devarajulu Naidu himself. Here again, so far as I recollect his evidence, he does not say that he represented to the plaintiffs that he had authority from the defendants to sell this house. At any rate, he does not state that he had authority to sell the house and receive the purchase money. He does not say so in so many words. What he says is: 'The house was for sale. A sale was put up. I was to arrange for the sale The defendants and the mother authorized me to sell the house and invest the money and purchase a small house for Rs. 1,000. They put up the notice that people were to enquire of me.' That is what he says in examination-in-chief. In cross-examination he says : 'I was to consult them after I got an offer. The plaintiff made the offer a week before I gave the receipt for Rs. 2,000. The price was fixed then. The 2nd defendant was present when I fixed Rs. 2,000. When I communicated it to the mother, I had not communicated with the 1st defendant before giving the receipt. I took the consent of the mother for the receipt of the advance. I did not know what the advance was to be.' Then he.says: 'I wanted money then and I used the money for my own purposes with the consent of the mother and the 2nd defendant.' That portion of the evidence has reference to another aspect of the case. Then there is another witness called for the plaintiff, Sundara Chariar. He says, 'The house was for sale. There was a notice on the wall. I offered Rs. 3,200 for a friend Srinivasa Chari. I made the offer to defendants and they referred me to Devarajulu Naidu.' There is also the evidence of Rangasawmy Naidu and Manavala Moodelly. That, I think, is all what I may call the antecedent evidence with reference to the alleged authority to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu to sell the house in question. The defendants and their mother deny that any authority was given to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu to sell the house on their behalf.
6. Then we have to consider whether there is evidence which shows that the defendants ratified what Mr. Devarajulu Naidu did so as to make them liable for his action in entering into the contract and receiving the purchase money. The document Exhibit C is relied upon by the plaintiffs as evidence of ratification. This document to my mind raises a strong suspicion as to the bona-fides of this transaction. The plaintiffs' case is that they were in treaty with Mr. Devarajulu Naidu as vakil for the defendants for the purchase of the property, and on the 20th February they in good faith paid him Rs. 2,000 as part payment of the purchase money. We find that by Exhibit C the signature of the 2nd defendant is obtained to a somewhat extraordinary document which states that the consent of the 2nd defendant and his elder brother the 1st defendant is given for the sale of this house, that the plaintiffs had paid Rs. 2,000 by cheque and a further sum of Rs. 25 on the date of Exhibit C to the 2nd defendant, and that the 2nd defendant had received in cash Rs. 2,025. I cannot help asking myself : If this was an ordinary business transaction in which the plaintiffs relied upon Devarajulu Naidu's representations that he was selling on behalf of the defendants, what was the necessity for obtaining this document Exhibit C from the younger of the two brothers? Then we find that the document purports to be signed by the 2nd defendant on behalf of his elder brother. The document itself to my mind gives rise to suspicion, especially when we consider the fact that neither in Exhibit D, the draft conveyance, nor in Exhibit E, the sale-deed, although other payments of sums of money in part payment of the purchase money are recited, is there any reference to this alleged payment of Rs. 25 to the 2nd defendant. It is suggested that Exhibit C may have been antedated. I express no opinion about that. But, apart from any question of the possibility of its being antedated, it seems to me the document in itself is of a character which cannot but give rise to a considerable amount of suspicion.
7. Then what is the evidence with regard to the circumstances in which this document was given The evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs with reference to this document is quite general. I do not think Devarajulu Naidu refers to it at all. The 2nd defendant's evidence is as follows: 'I cannot read or write English or Tamil. I received Rs. 25 from plaintiff as a hand loan. Neither my mother nor my brother authorized me to receive Rs. 25. I took it for some business as a hand loan to pay debts. They said you must affix your signature on something like a receipt * * * I do not know in what language it was.' Then in cross-examination he said: 'I signed C as a Voucher for Rs. 25.' That is the second document upon which the plaintiffs rely as a ratification of the conduct of the alleged agent in entering into this contract to sell.
9. With regard to the oral evidence as to the alleged ratification by the principals, the two defendants, of what was clone by their agent, Mr. Devarajulu Naidu, the case put forward by Mr. Devarajulu Naidu is that he retained the whole of this purchase money and that he used it for his own purposes and that he did this under the authority of the defendants and their mother. The evidence of the 2nd plaintiff, if true, would show that the defendants authorized the retention of this money by Mr. Devarajulu Naidu. That authority to retain of course would be a ratification of the receipt by him of the money on their behalf. The 2nd plaintiff says; 'I paid by cheque on the National Bank for Rs. 2,000-0-0, in my favour which I endorsed in blank. I offered it to 2nd defendant but he told me to give it to his brother-in-law.' The witness is apparently speaking to what took place on February 20th. In chief examination, Mr. Devarajulu Naidu says: 'On the 20th I received Rs. 2,000-0-0. The 2nd defendant and his mother knew subsequently.'' I do not say these two statements are mutually contradictory : but the statement that the 2nd defendant and the mother knew subsequently, i.e., subsequently to the 20th February, is certainly inconsistent with the statement by the 2nd plaintiff that he offered the cheque to the 2nd defendant on the 20th February and that the defendant then told him to give it to his brother-in-law, i.e., Mr. Devarajulu Naidu. What does Mr. Devarajulu Naidu say with reference to the suggested ratification? I have read a portion of his evidence. He said : 'The 2nd defendant was present when I fixed Rs. 2,000-0-0 * * *. I wanted money then and I used the money,'' i.e., the money which he received from the plaintiffs, 'for my own purpose with the consent of the mother and the 2nd defendant. The 1st defendant was saying that the money was to remain wjth me. It had been settled that the sale proceeds was to be invested with me.' That certainly is a very curious story-it is a general statement that he had a general authority to retain the money which he was to receive on the sale of this property and to use it for his own purposes. Mr. Devarajulu Naidu was in a somewhat delicate, position and it beloved him, it seems to me, to be particularly careful to see that the sale proceeds of this property reached the hands of his clients-two young men not particularly 'bright' who were his connections or relations. After the money had safely reached their hands, it was open to him of course to come to a fair arrangement with them for the purpose of getting the money back for his own purposes. It seems to me if he was not prepared to pay the money over to his clients-I take it they were his clients-then he could have obtained precise and specific written authority from his clients before he proceeded to appropriate the money to his own purposes : and if he chose to act in the way he did act, all I can say is that it is necessary carefully to scrutinize the statements which he makes in the witness-box seeing that he was not only an interested witness in the sense that he wanted to support the sale but also an interested witness in the sense that he got and used the money. In these circumstances, I say it is necessary to scrutinize his evidence with the greatest care. Now the two defendants and the mother deny that he had any authority to sell the house at all. The question is : Which story is one to accept?
10. There is another somewhat curious feature in connection with this case. One would have thought that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu, a Vakil, would have taken the earliest opportunity in his examination-in-chief to explain that, although he was acting for these parties in connection with the sale of this house, it had been arranged that he was to use the money for his own purposes. There is not a word of this in examination-in-chief, and it is not until we come to his cross-examination he says: 'I wanted money. I used it for my own purposes with the consent of the mother and the 2nd defendant.' Of course it is an unusual story but it is a possible story, and if there had been something in the nature of evidence to corroborate it, one might be prepared to accept it, notwithstanding the denial given by the defendants and their mother. Mr. Devarajulu Naidu apparently saw the desirability of this story receiving some corroboration because he says in his cross-examination : 'It was at that time I gave a promissory note in favour of the mother for Rs. 2,500 of my own accord.' That Rs. 2,500 is the amount of the purchase money. ' I gave it to Alwar Chetty at her request.' Now the mother denies that she ever asked Devarajulu Naidu to give to Alwar Chetty. The person to speak of this transaction is of course Mr. Alwar Chetty himself. Mr. Alwar Chetty was not called as a witness by the plaintiffs. The learned Judge in coming to the conclusion at which he arrived attached a good deal of importance to the fact that there was no immediate repudiation of the allegations in Exhibit F which is a letter sent on the 2nd July 1906 by Mr. Doraisamy Iyengar, who was acting for the plaintiffs, to the defendants. In that letter the part payments of the purchase money are stated and a tender is made of the balance of the purchase money Rs. 975. It is admitted that the 1st defendant refused to accept the Rs. 975 which was then tendered as the balance of the purchase money. And, although no doubt weight is to be attached to the fact that there was not an immediate repudiation, seeing that the tender was refused by the 1st defendant, speaking for myself I do not know that I am prepared to attach as much importance to that fact as the learned Judge apparently thought should be attached to it.
11. I always hesitate to differ on a question of fact, where the Court of first instance had the great advantage of hearing the witnesses and seeing their demeanour in the box, and so it is not without some hesitation that I differ from the conclusion of fact at which Mr. Justice Wallis arrived. But after giving the best consideration I can to the evidence and having had the benefit of a full argument on behalf of the respondents, the conclusion at which I have arrived in this case is that the plaintiffs have not discharged the onus which rests upon them and that they have not shown that the 2nd defendant gave to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu a general authority to sell this house at the price at which he purported to sell it without any farther reference to the defendants or to their mother; and that being the finding of fact which I feel myself on the evidence compelled to arrive at, I think we must set aside the decree of the learned Judge in favour of the plaintiffs and dismiss the suit with cases here and in the Court of first instance. And one word with regard to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu. My learned brother and myself have consulted together in the matter and it seems to us that there is a prima facie case for enquiry into Mr. Devarajulu Naidu's professional conduct (see page 494) in connection with this transaction and the necessary steps will be taken with a view to holding an enquiry.
12. This appeal is from a judgment of Wallis J. in a suit instituted by the plaintiffs to enforce specific performance of a contract to sell a house belonging to the defendants Nos. 1 and 2. The contract to sell the house was entered into by Mr. Devarajulu Naidu, a Vakil of this Court, and the first question is whether Mr. Devarajulu Naidu had authority in that behalf from the defendants. All that is proved in this connection is there was a notice put up on the outer wall of the house that the house was for sale and that enquiries were to be made of Mr. Devarajulu Naidu who was then acting as vakil of the defendants. Then we have the evidence of the two plaintiffs that on enquiry being made of the defendants they were referred by them to Mr. Devarajulu Naidu who would settle everything. There is also the evidence of another intending purchaser who was similarly referred to Mr- Devarajulu Naidu. This is all the evidence of authority relied upon on behalf of the respondents. They do not appear to have made any proper enquiries as to the nature and extent of Mr. Devarajulu Naidu's authority. It seems to me it will be going too far to say that the notice on the outer wall of the house and what was said by the defendants shows that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu had authority to sell on their behalf. All that it amounts to is that the defendants referred to their vakil who was authorized by them to treat with the purchasers and to negotiate with them regarding the sale of the house; and this is made still clearer by the fact which Mr. Devarajulu himself admits in his cross-examination that he was to consult the defendants as regards the price of the house. But it has been contended by the learned vakil for the respondents that, if there was no authority to begin with, there has been ratification of the act of Mr. Devarajulu by the conduct of the defendants; and for this purpose he relies upon Exhibits C and E. Exhibit C, as pointed out by his Lordship the Chief Justice, is a most curious document, and I agree with him in regarding it as a most suspicious feature in the case of the plaintiffs. Immediately after the contract was entered into Rs. 2,000 was paid to Mr. Devarajulu as an ' advance', but it appears that some time afterwards, the plaintiffs paid Rs. 25 to the 2nd defendant who at the time was about 18 years of age, and got him to sign Exhibit C. It is absolutely clear that the design of Exhibit C was to get an acknowledgment of the authority of Mr. Devarajulu from the 2nd defendant and there can be little doubt that the plaintiffs felt the need of such a document as they were not sure at the time that Mr. Devarajulu Naidu had authority to sell the house. The 2nd defendant says that he received the Rs. 25/-as a loan and he understood that the document which he signed only related to the loan. Exhibit C is written in Tamil. It is not proved that the 2nd defendant knows Tamil, and if he did read and write Tamil, Mr. Devarajulu Naidu, who was a witness for the plaintiffs, was in a position to prove it. The 2nd defendant has had no independent advice and, having regard to the circumstances under which Exhibit C was executed, I am altogether unable to rely upon it as evidence of ratification. I should also like to point out that the existence of this document, Exhibit C, is. not mentioned either in Exhibit D or Exhibit E. Exhibit D is a draft conveyance and Exhibit E is the sale-deed purporting to have been signed by the 2nd defendant. Both these documents recite the sums of money which had been paid; but most curiously make no mention of the Rs. 25. I find it, I must admit, difficult to conceive that a purchaser of property who had paid even a small sum like Rs. 25 under circumstances which would make the receipt obtained for Rs. 45 of the greatest importance to him, should have forgot the fact of the payment or the existence of the document. A suggestion was made by the learned vakil for the appellants that Exhibit C must have been antedated. In the absence of any explanation as to why it is not mentioned in Exhibits D and E, I am not prepared to say that the suggestion is without foundation.
13. Exhibit E is signed by the 2ud defendant. It is a document in English and the 2nd defendant does not know English; he can only sign his name in that language. The evidence as regards its execution is that the document was read out to the 2nd defendant and he signed it. But I do not see the use of reading out a document written in a language which is not known to a person without explaining what it is all about. The plaintiffs or their legal advisers could not have failed to realize the importance of the execution by the 2nd defendant of this document; and if the 2nd defendant executed it with knowledge of its contents, proof of this ought to have been forthcoming.
14. It has been contended by the learned vakil for the respondents that the 2nd defendant having signed the document, the burden is thrown upon him to show that he signed it without knowing its contents. Undoubtedly that is so. In ordinary circumstances, one would expect that the person who alleges that he signed a document without knowing the nature of its contents, must satisfy the court to that effect. But, having regard to the circumstances of this case, it is impossible for us to regard the signature of the 2nd defendant to Exhibit E as having been put with the knowledge of the contents of that document.
15. Now I come to the evidence of Mr. Devarajulu Naidu himself. The learned Judge in the Court of first instance has accepted his evidence and relied upon it. We are bound, on a pure question of believing or not believing the evidence of a particular witness, to attach the greatest possible importance to the opinion of the learned Judge who fow the witness while giving his evidence regarding the credibility of his evidence; but there are facts in this case bearing upon the conduct of the witness which, if unexplained, are of greater materiality as affecting the weight to be attached to his words than his mere demeanour in the witness box. It appears that, at the time of the transaction, this witness was in considerable pecuniary difficulties. There were decrees against him and he was pressed for money. It is possible there was some talk at that time among the defendants and their mother ofpartitioning their property. If there was such a proposal, Mr. Devarajulu seems to have seized the opportunity of suggesting the sale of the house with the result that the entire sale proceeds went to his pocket. He was their professional adviser and a distant connection. He dots not tell them, and there is no evidence in the case from which we might infer, that these two young men knew anything about his embarrassed circumstances. In the witness box he gives out that he owns certain mica mines worth I lakh of rupees; but all the same he was in great monetary difficulties. Without apprising his clients of his real pecuniary position, he advises them to sell the house, and when he manages to sell the house he appropriates the money to his own use. He says he gave a pro-note in favour of the mother of the defendants for Rs. 2,500 which he says he borrowed from them with their authority. But that pro-note is not produced and no attempt has been made to produce it. Alwar Chetty, to whom the pronote is said to have been handed over, was not examined. These are the facts which should be borne in mind in examining Mr. Devarajulu Naidu's evidence; and I must confess that these circumstances weigh with me considerably in not accepting his evidence unless corroborated by other evidence.
16. As regards the authority to sell the house, knowing, as I think he did, that he intended to appropriate the proceeds of it, I should have expected that, having regard to his professional relation to the defendants, he would have taken every precaution to secure a proper authority from them. He does nothing of the kind.
17. Then as regards his statement that he had authority further to invest the money with himself ', I should have thought that having regard to the facts already mentioned, he would have been still more careful not to leave the fact of his having such authority a matter for debate. He was a most interested witness in the case, perhaps in some respects even more interested to support the transaction than the plaintiffs; and there being no corroboration of his evidence as I read the record, I regret, I cannot agree with the learned Judge that the word of Mr. Devarajulu Naidu should be accepted on the question of authority.
18. As regards the question of law that has been discussed, whether authority to sell, supposing there was such authority in this case, would include an authority to receive the purchase money, it seems to me there can be hardly any room for doubt that, when the authority to sell is with respect to immmoveable property, it does not ordinarily imply an authority to receive the purchase money. The learned vakil for the respondents has relied on the cases of Capel v. Thornton and Howard v. Chapman reported in 33 Revised Reports, page 678 and 34 Revised Reports, page 814, respectively, in support of his contention to the contrary; but those were all cases of sale of goods. It seems to be quite evident that if an agent, for instance, an assistant in a shop, has authority to sell goods, it is to be presumed that he should have authority to receive the price of those goods. But the case of a sale of immoveable property is not governed by similar considerations and, as has been pointed out by the learned Chief Justice, the authorities show that a person having authority to sell immoveable property does not, by necessary implication, have the authority to receive the purchase money. I agree in the order proposed by the learned Chief Justice.


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The collection consists of two boxes.
Flood control -- Mississippi River -- History.
River steamers -- Mississippi River.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District.
Preferred Citation: Mississippi River documents collection, Manuscripts Collection 540, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of a journal, letters, publications, reports, charts, scrapbook sections, plans, tickets, an appraisal, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, a ship's manifest, a port register, and legal documents, all of which pertain to travel and commerce along the Mississippi River.
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