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Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and the Arctic Encounter host the first Arctic Encounter London in London, UK, on 17-18 January 2019.
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The Rt Hon The Baroness Jay of Paddington PC, Member of the House of Lords; Member of the Executive Committee, British-American Parliamentary Group; Formerly, Leader of the House of Lords and the Lord Privy Seal; Minister for Women, 1998-2001; Chair of the Constitution Committee, House of Lords (United Kingdom)
The Rt Hon The Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC, Member of the House of Lords; Formerly, Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism; Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC); Governor of the BBC; Chair, QinetiQ (United Kingdom)
The Lord Chidgey of Hamble-le-Rice, Member of the House of Lords; Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, 1994-2005; Co-currently, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth; Chair, Commonwealth Policy Development Centre; Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on International Affairs (DfID); Companion, Royal Aeronautical Society (UK); Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers; Fellow, Institute of Highways and Transportation (United Kingdom)
Mr Andrew Rosindell MP, Member of Parliament for Romford (UK); Member, House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee; Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Isle of Man, and UK Overseas Territories; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Denmark and Gibraltar; Governor, Westminster Foundation for Democracy; Formerly, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, 2007-2010; Opposition Whip (Commons), 2005-2007; Vice-Chair, Conservative Party, 2004-2005 (United Kingdom)
Mr Mark Garnier MP, The UK Regional Envoy to the US; Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest (UK); Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Space Committee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Fusion; Formerly, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Investment, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Mark Pritchard MP, Member of Parliament for The Wrekin (UK); Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty; Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Space Committee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Georgia, India, South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, Vietnam, the British Museum, Gardening and Horticulture, and the Media; Officer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tourism, Leisure and the Hospitality Industry (United Kingdom)
Mr Alex Sobel MP, Member of Parliament for (UK); Member, Environmental Audit Committee; Member, Backbench Business Committee; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Enterprise; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Anti-Semitism, Hydrogen and Drones; Officer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Climate Change (United Kingdom)
US Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, Alaska (United States)
His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, 1996-2016; Finance Minister of Iceland, 1988-1991; Chair, Arctic Circle; Chair, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)'s Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation
The Hon Aleqa Hammond, Chair of the Foreign and Security Policy Committee, Parliament of Greenland (Inatsisartut); Chair of the Greenland Committee, Danish Parliament (Folketing); former Premier of Greenland (Greenland)
The Hon Peter Olsen, Vice Chair of the Foreign and Security Policy Committee, Parliament of Greenland (Inatsisartut)
The Hon Alexander Downer AC, Executive Chairman, International School of Government, King's College, London; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia, 1996-2007; Chair of Trustees, Policy Exchange; High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom, 2014-2018; Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, 2008-2014; Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, 1994-1995; Member of the Australian Parliament for Mayo, 1984-2008 (Australia)
Mr Mead Treadwell, President, Treadwell Alaska Consulting; Lt. Governor of Alaska, 2010-2014; Chair US Arctic Research Commission, 2010-2016; Current Co-Chair, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative and Private Investor (United States)
Mr Tero Vauraste, Chair, Arctic Economic Council (Finland)
Dr Heike Deggim, Director, Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime Organisation (IMO); formerly, Senior Deputy Director, Marine Environment Division, IMO, and Head, Marine Technology Section, IMO (United Kingdom/Germany)
Her Worship Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of the City of Iqaluit, Nunavut; President, Nuvujaq Society; Chair, Nunavut Legal Services Board; President, Ajungi Tourism; President, Ajungi Arctic Consulting; Mentor, Fondation Trudeau Foundation; Formerly, Executive Director, Qiqiqtani Truth Commission (Canada)
Mr Mininnguaq Kleist, Head of the Greenlandic Representation to the EU (Greenland)
Mr Tyrone Duarte, Deputy Head of Mission in the UK, HM Government of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
Ms Dena Brownlow, Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health, U.S. Embassy London (United States)
Ms Anna Brodin, Political Officer, Embassy of Sweden in the UK (Sweden)
Brigadier (AF) Lars Hedemark, Defence Attaché, Embassy of Denmark in the UK (Denmark)
Capt Maurice AuCoin, Naval Attaché, High Commission of Canada in the UK (Canada)
Vice Admiral John Henry Stuart McAnally CB LVO, Chairman, The Naval and Military Club; Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies, 1998-2001; Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment, Naval Recruitment Training Agency (1996-1998), Director of Naval Staff (1994-1996), Director of Naval Logistics Policy (1993-1996); Assistant Director of Naval Plans (1989-1993); HMS Torquay, HMS Alacrity, HMS Ariadne and HMS Hermione, Royal Navy (United Kingdom)
Rear Admiral Frederick J Kenney, Jr., Director, Legal and External Affairs, International Maritime Organisation (IMO); formerly, The Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel, United States Coast Guard (United States)
Rear Admiral Nick Lambert, Former UK National Hydrographer; Former Captain of Royal Navy Icebreaker HMS Endurance (United Kingdom)
Brigadier Matthew Jackson, Brigade Commander, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines (United Kingdom)
Colonel Eric Maxon, Deputy Chief of Staff, Alaskan Command (ALCOM), United States Army (United States)
Colonel William H Kale III, Commander, 501st Combat Support Wing (CSW), US Air Forces in Europe (United States)
Captain John Aitken RN, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Submarines), Royal Navy; Formerly, Commanding Officer of HMS Talent (United Kingdom)
Captain John Lloyd RD MBA FNI, Chief Executive Officer, The Nautical Institute (United Kingdom)
LTC Darryl W Lyon, Lieutenant Colonel and High North Action Officer, Maine National Guard (United States)
Ms Nancy Stewart, Honorary Commander United States Air Force 422nd Air Base Group (United States)
Mr Michael Hardy, EBRX – Arctic, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourgs M, UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Cdr Marcus JC Hember RN, Overseas Crisis and plans (Maritime) | Defence Commitments and Crisis | UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Ms Ashley Manning, Defence Strategy & Priorities | UK Ministry of Defence; formerly Director for Global Force Posture in the Office of the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, (United Kingdom/United States)
Mr Michael Essex, Maritime and Engineering Lead, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Ms Charlotte Martin, Senior US Trade Policy Adviser, Trade Policy Group, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Andrew Whitten, Head of North America Team, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Ms Irene Kerrison, Senior Desk Officer, North America, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Alex Wright, Canada Lead, North America, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Ricky Chima, Principal Economis, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Daniel Banks, Economist, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Joel Plaja, Senior Policy Adviser, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Ms Vanessa Gould, Head of Implementation Unit, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr George Radice, Policy Adviser, Trade Policy Group, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Ms Eleanor Weavis, Head of Transport and Delivery Services, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr James Burn, Policy Adviser, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
Mr Michael Vibert, Maritime Security Team Leader | Security Policy Department | UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
Mr Paul Wood, Policy Manager | International, EU & UK Relations Team | Scottish Government (Scotland)
Prof Tahseen Jafry, Professor, Glasgow Caledonian University; Arctic Consultant to the Scottish Government (Scotland)
Dr Fiona Bloor, Law of the Sea, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (United Kingdom)
Mr Brinley Salzmann, Director, Overseas & Exports, ADS Group (Farnborough); Secretary to the Export Group for Aerospace, Defence and Dual-Use (EGADD), the Business Ethics Network, the Defence Export Strategy Group (DESG), and the British Industrial Participation & Offset Group (BIPOG) (United Kingdom)
Mr Anthony Marzi, General Manager, Praxis, Inc. | A Technology Service Corporation Company (United States)
Mr Kim O'Neil, Fellow and Flight Operations Group Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (United Kingdom)
Mr Kyle Hurst, Director Maritime Safety and Security Services, Iridium Communications (United States)
Mr Phil Holland, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyds Energy (United Kingdom)
Mr David Clarke, Project Management Consultant to Lloyds Energy (United Kingdom)
Mr Neil Roberts, Head of Marine and Aviation, Lloyd's Market Association' (United Kingdom)
Mr Jos Standerwick, CEO, Maritime London (United Kingdom)
Ms Sarah Johnson, Overseas Marketing Representative (UK and Northern Europe), Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (United Kingdom)
Ms Alice Rogoff, Owner and Publisher, Arctic Today (United States)
Mr Krestia DeGeorge, Editor, Arctic Today (United States)
Mr Julian Clark, Global Head of Shipping, Hill Dickinson LLP (United Kingdom)
Mr Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates (Ireland/United Kingdom)
Mr Steve Cameron, Principal, Cameron Maritime Resources (CMR); Executive Director, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners (United Kingdom)
Mr Jack Ferguson, President, Jack Ferguson Associates, Inc.; Formerly, Chief of Staff to US Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska); Administrative Aide to US Representative Don Young (R-AK); Legislative Aide to US Representative Floyd Hicks (D-WA) (United States)
Ms Sabra Simmonds, Northern Policy Associate, North Star Group (United States)
Mr Stian Osmundsen, CEO, Turbo Tape Games (Norway)
Mr Stephen Payne, President, Linden Strategies (United States)
Mr Alexander Borodin, Iridium Polar Advisory Board (United Kingdom)
Prof Heather Nicol, Professor, School of the Environment, Trent University (Canada)
Dr Rowan Allport, Senior Fellow, Defence and Security, Human Security Centre (United Kingdom)
Ms Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; US Lead, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United States)
Ms Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Indigenous Leader & Motivational Speaker; Tribal Member of the Native Village of Kotzebue, NANA Regional Corporation, and Kikiktugruq Inupiat Corporation (United States)
Ms Rachel Kallander, CEO, Kallander & Associates; Founder & Executive Director, Arctic Encounter (United States)
Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI); Human Security Centre (HSC) and Commonwealth Policy Development Centre (CPDC); Honorary Fellow, UCL Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London (United Kingdom)
Mr Casey Pape, Operations Manager, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation (United States)
Mr Thomas Bishop, Head of the Built Environment Unit, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United Kingdom)
Mr Max Daniels, Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative; Parliamentary Researcher, Office of The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, UK House of Commons (United Kingdom)
Mr Frank Manning, Parliamentary Researcher, Office of Andrew Rosindell MP, UK House of Commons (United Kingdom)
Mr Jackson Blackwell, Associate, Kallander & Associates; Outreach Development Coordinator at Arctic Encounter (United States)
Mr Peter Sherwin, Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United Kingdom)
Dr Daniel Volland, Photographer, Tinker Street; Creative Strategist and Member of the Advisory Board at Arctic Encounter (United States)
Dr Maryna Panamarova, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, King's College London (United Kingdom)
Dr Hazel Woodland, Doctor of Medicine Student, University of Bristol; Clinical Research Fellow in Hepatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust (United Kingdom)
Ms Ieva Satkute, Commercial Director, Oxford Economics (Lithuania/United Kingdom)
Ms Minal Bhanshali, Associate Director, Edelman (United Kingdom)
Ms Malin Bogue, Public Affairs Manager, GFG Alliance (United States/United Kingdom)
Ms Maitri Soga, Project Coordinator, Praxis Inc. (United States)
Ms Michaela Peykovska, DPhil, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Mr Cyrill Ibrahim, Concert Pianist (The Netherlands/United Kingdom)
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At last night's Easter vigil, I realized something. While I believe what we wear to church matters and reflects the dignity and solemnity of the liturgy, my dress clothes aren't the most important things I wear to worship. It's not the nice shirt, pressed pants, or tie that completes my ensemble.
I haven't been able to force myself to watch the following video yet. I'm still stuck on the title and concept. Apparently, the blogger at Out-Numbered was asked to post a video from Momversation. The title of this meeting of the minds? Are You Stressed When Dad Watches the Kids?


Cavan Roads Policing Unit charge a man following calls from the public of erratic driving on the N3.
The Unit responded to the calls on Sunday evening, and found the car crashed, and lying on its side.
The driver was located and found to be under the influence of drugs, driving whilst disqualified, and in possession of a stolen car.
He was charged and appeared in court yesterday.


Do you ever wonder what size plant you should buy? Is that bigger plant really work twice the price of a smaller plant?
I have no clear position on this. Years ago when I was first starting this garden I got very involved in a plant co-op that I purchased dozens (or maybe hundreds) of plant liners through. It allowed me to buy a lot of plants that I never could have afforded, but they were a lot of work. Some of those plants are now important features in my garden but many others didn't receive the nurturing they needed and failed.
I remember having a discussion about the cost of plants with a gardener many decades my senior once. She quipped that she was too old to buy small plants.
But the point is well taken: When you buy a bigger plant, you're buying time. And you're not just buying the time it took to grow a plant to that size, you're buying the initial pruning and training of it (in the case of some trees and shrubs). You're also buying the time you won't have to spend fawning over it when you bring it home. All plants need water and care to get established, but a plant with a bigger root system will be far better off tolerating a little bit of neglect.
On the other hand, sometimes smaller plants adapt better to a new home and they will catch up with that bigger plant at some point. Just how long that will take depends on the plant and the difference age and size, but I have several spireas that started in quart-size pots just four or so years ago that I would say are now fully grown.
It's an interesting conundrum, and now I'm undertaking a little observation (this is hardly science-based so I'm going to avoid calling it an experiment) with Proven Winners. They sent me two of the same shrub—the beautiful oakleaf hydrangea called Gatsby Gal—in two different sizes. The larger plant is in what they call an 8-inch jumbo pot, which is, by my eye, bigger than a gallon container and not quite as big as a two-gallon container. It sells for $37.99 from Garden Crossings (I did not price it locally). The smaller size is a quart pot, which isn't much bigger than the pots you buy annuals in. It sells for $20.99.
The larger of the two is offset from the Picea at the front of that bed.
The smaller shrub in the foreground with the larger in the back (looking perpendicular down the bed).
I planted them in the same area of the garden, about 8 feet apart—they get about 5 to 6 feet tall and wide—and hooked them up to the nearby drip line already running to the hornbeams. They are planted in part sun, getting probably six hours a day or so. This isn't a test to treat them exactly the same way; the goal is to have them both survive and thrive. I'm expecting the smaller plant to need a little more tending.
I'll keep an eye on these two shrubs over the next few years and keep you informed as to how they grow over the next few years.
I like the process of watching plants grow. I guess I am not to the age of not having that time. I would purchase a larger plant if I needed immediate impact. I have always thought the opposite about plant size nurturing needs. The larger plant is used to constant watering and perfect soil conditions. The smaller hasn't gotten used to that and adapts easier to my poor soil. ha… So it goes.
I put in eight Miss Ruby butterfly bushes this June and bought the small pots from Proven Winners. Couldn't be happier! They started at three inches and are already over two-feet-tall and blooming like crazy. For slow to moderate growers I don't mind paying for the bigger pots, especially if it is in a high-traffic area.
I still buy things in small sizes but more often that is because that is the only size I can find. With shrubs these days, I want them big enough to make at least a modest impact. Can't tell you how many times I've stepped on a tiny shrub that I'd forgotten about.
This is always an interesting situation. We are lucky enough that our "local" Destination Garden Center always has multiple sizes (even 3 or 4) of every shrub they carry. My general rule is buy big when it is a specimen or one-of plant. When one needs 5 or more (like installing a hedge, like we have done on a number of occasions) we go small so that I don't do the thing where I skimp on the proper number of shrubs to fill the space because I can see the tally at the register going higher and higher, faster and faster.
I paid to have a six larger Rose of Sharon shrubs put in a couple of years ago. They were beautiful and did well. Last spring's freeze/thaw in southeastern WI killed them all! The financial investment of larger plants that don't make it hursts….
I've read that this has a big impact on transplanted trees, where the root ball can sometimes be quite a bit smaller than the volume of what's above ground for larger transplants. I wish I saved the journal article that I read earlier this year, but the authors showed that smaller transplanted trees became larger than the originally larger transplanted trees after about 5-10 years. Maybe the period it takes for the smaller plant to overtake the larger one will be shorter for shrubs – it'll be interesting to see what happens!


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At Malorees we follow Jigsaw PSHE curriculum which combines the new relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) requirements. This will be covered through 'Changing Me' unit of work.
We want all children to grow up healthy, happy, safe, and able to manage the challenges and opportunities of modern Britain. That is why, from the academic year 2020/2021, all primary age children will be taught Relationships and Health Education.
These subjects are designed to equip your child with knowledge to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships as well as preparing them for a successful adult life. The world for all young people looks very different from the way it did 20 years ago when this curriculum was last updated – these changes bring the content into the 21st century, so that it is relevant for your child.
Malorees School has flexibility to deliver the content in a way that is age and developmentally appropriate and sensitive to the needs and religious background of its pupils.
Relationships Education will put in place the building blocks needed for positive and safe relationships, including with family, friends and online.
Your child will be taught what a relationship is, what friendship is, what family means and who can support them. In an age-appropriate way, your child's school will cover how to treat each other with kindness, consideration and respect.
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The important lessons you teach your child about healthy relationships, looking after themselves and staying safe, are respected, and valued under this new curriculum. Teaching at school will complement and reinforce the lessons you teach your child as they grow up.
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Gippy Grewal, Meera launch BMO PIFF 2013
Pakistani actor Meera poses for the cameras
BMO PIFF 2013 had its official kick off April 25 at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre with a star studded press conference, reception and North American premiere of the Punjabi feature film, Lucky Di Unlucky Story starring superstar and Punjabi singer Gippy Grewal. Grewal attended the event and made an exciting entrance as part of a dance number by the famed Shiamak Davar's Toronto dance team. The launch also saw performances by Bhangra dancers and appearances by Pakistani film star Meera, director Harry Baweja and many others from the film fraternity.
"This year's festival is going to be bigger and better than ever with a diverse mix of films that touch of themes of Punjabi culture," said festival president Sunny Gill.
Most festival events are free to the public thanks to the generous support of festival sponsors including title sponsor BMO Bank of Montreal and lead sponsors Qatar Airways, Kudoo mobile and Metroland Media.
More than 800 people attended the launch evening events with a packed theatre for the screening of Lucky Di Unlucky Story. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, city councilors Bonnie Crombie and Jim Tovey, MPP Dipika Damerla, MPP Todd Smith, Ontario Minister of Education Liz Sandals and many other dignitaries were on hand along with representatives from festival partners including: Sheridan College, The Mississauga Arts Council, Brampton Board of Trade and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
Gippy Grewal with dancers from the Shiamak Davar Dance Academy
Visit PIFF online at www.pifftoronto.com for all the latest information about the festival.
About BMO PIFF
The BMO Punjabi International Film Festival (PIFF) – Toronto 2013 will be a five-day extravaganza with short, documentary and feature length film screenings from around the world, on themes of Punjabi culture and identity. In addition, the festival will include gala events, concerts, after parties, workshops and industry networking opportunities. This year's festival will take place from May 16 – 20, 2013 in Ontario, Canada with exciting and glamorous events planned for the cities of Toronto, Brampton and Mississauga.
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'Shocked' Couple Vow To Take Care Of Baby Born With Two Heads
Rebecca Shepherd
Last updated 6:55 PM, Monday November 25 2019 GMT
Two new parents have spoken of their surprise after they welcomed conjoined twins to the world, vowing to 'take care' of the new arrivals.
Jaswant Singh Ahirwar, 25, and his wife Babita Ahirwar, 21, were thrilled at the prospect of their first children.
But while the couple were expecting twins, they were not expecting their children would be born with two heads sharing one body.
The children were born conjoined. Credit: Caters
Jaswant said: "My wife fainted after she saw the baby. We are shocked. It is unbelievable. Everyone is shocked to see them. We cannot believe our child has two heads.
"We were told after ultrasound that we are going to have twins. We were very happy to have two kids but it is one baby with two heads."
The twins, who have separate heads but share the same internal organs, are under observation around the clock.
Dr Surendra Sonkar, child specialist at the district hospital, said the children would be referred to an advanced hospital for further treatment.
She said: "They are a case of conjoined twins. We are taking care of [the babies] and will take the opinion of expert doctors in Bhopal and Delhi, who had earlier done the operation of such kids."
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Jaswant Singh Ahirwar and his wife Babita Ahirwar. Credit: Caters
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Doctors said it was a critical operation, with Dr Pratibha Oswal saying: "This is the first child of the woman, who was married one and a half years ago.
"She had come to the hospital on the 35th week of the pregnancy and during the ultrasound we found she was carrying conjoined twins."
Jaswant added: "This is my baby and I will raise him as he is. I am yet to hold him in my hands. People are saying many things but he is my baby and I will take him home.
"I do not have money for operation and if the government help me, I will get him to better hospitals. As long as he is alive, I will love him and take care of him."
A team of surgeons successfully operated on a different set of conjoined twins. Credit: SWNS
Last year surgeons in India made headlines after successfully separating three-day-old conjoined twins.
The baby girls were joined at the tummy and had a combined weight of just 7lbs. During a five-hour operation, which took place on 6 December 2018, the doctors anaesthetised both of the baby girls at the same time, before going on to separate their breastbones and livers.
The babies' parents had been understandably anxious about separating them, but thankfully the team at S. S. Hospital in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, had been able to convince them it would be for the best.
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Security threat to 2023 elections real —NNPP chair
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The National Chairman of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Ahmed Alkali, has said the security threat to the forthcoming 2023 elections is real.
Alkali made the revelation on Wednesday while speaking to journalists at his party's national secretariat in Abuja.
However, he noted that the NNPP was convinced that the Independent National Electoral Commission was fully prepared for the conduct of the general elections as scheduled.
Speaking on the alarm raised by a National Commissioner of INEC, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, on rising insecurity challenges which could undermine the conduct of the elections, Alkali said, "We're aware that some foreign nations raised security alarms. We don't know what they know, but they didn't share what they know with the Federal Government; that of course was enough to raise tension.
"But they should also have announced their return the way they announced their exit. However, no matter the circumstances, there must be a new government in 2023. Therefore, both INEC and the leadership of political parties must work towards that.
"We know INEC doesn't talk anyhow to have said this at this critical time, there must be a reason.
"We also know that the CBN Governor also changed the currency of Nigeria. Maybe the intention was right, but the timing is wrong; we don't know what they want to achieve but that is a sufficient reason to undermine the election.
"Also, political parties signed an agreement under the National Peace Committee and we all agreed to conduct our campaigns, peacefully.
"But you are aware of the development since INEC announced that parties can kick start their campaigns. Governors aren't allowing the opposition to campaign in some states. In Borno, they removed the billboards of our governorship candidate.
"When our presidential candidate was to go to Maiduguri, the APC government in the state shut down our office. You have seen a serving minister saying they have money to win elections, that's intimidation.
"You can also hear people asking for the removal of the INEC chairman. Once you do that, the whole process is disrupted.
"I haven't even mentioned security threats to INEC offices and even their personnel.
"But we are sure the security forces have the capacity to stop all these threats to conduct the election."
Speaking on court cases involving NNPP candidates, Alkali appealed to the judiciary to speedily attend to their cases while urging its candidates to continue with their campaigns.
He said, "For all those whose names have been approved by the courts, we urge INEC to take appropriate action.
"Our party has benefitted immensely from the sound judgements of the Federal High Courts and the Appellate Court which were delivered with dispatch in spite of the court's crowded dockets
"The NNPP wishes to use this medium to express our appreciation and gratitude to the Nigerian judiciary for being the last bastion of hope for the people and a pillar of democracy and democratic processes, particularly leading to the general elections."
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John Edwards: Is Progressive Taxation to Help the Poorer Fair?
I don't take it for granted that "the wealthy should be taxed at higher rates to help the poorer", as some say.
Even if the wealthy are taxed at the same rate, they are still paying more tax than the not-so-wealthy are paying.
And seeing they are wealthy, presumably it's because they are clever entrepreneurs - so why take even more money off those who are most capable of using the money to create jobs? Is the Government really going to create jobs better than the nation's most experienced business-operators?
Leaving the money in the entrepreneurs' capable hands would eventually increase the Government's revenues anyway - because the nation's wealthiest are known for using their money to create more money - and hence, pay more taxes - unlike the poor who tend to use their money for day-to-day needs rather than for creating more money.
From an ethical point of view, it's interesting that in the Law given to Israel by God through Moses, a progressive tax was never imposed on society to help the poor - it was always a flat 10% for everybody without discrimination as to industry or amount of profit. That was the pattern in God's Word - the standard of justice and compassion.
So I don't think it ought to be taken for granted that the wealthy should be taxed at higher rates to help the poor. It's certainly worth considering whether there isn't a fairer and more successful way of delivering for the poor.
Compassion isn't justice if you're unfairly using someone else's money to do it.


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With the ever-growing popularity of social media and advances in technology, there seems to be an app for everything out there at the moment. Today we'll bring you the low-down of what appears to be Snapchat for babies - well, kind of.
Baby Snap, developed by parenthood app-makers Hello Baby Inc, is an app which allows parents to take a short one-second snap of their child every day, to result in a time-lapse video. The whole idea is to capture their child's growth in their early stages to leave parents and families something to fondly look back on. So while it's pretty different to Snapchat itself, the principle of short, quick snaps is still in place.
The app also has a messaging feature where family members can chat, react to Snaps and make plans, with Baby Snap calling the app "a close family circle, private and secure." When a new snap is added to a thread, family members are notified to view it in the chats, enabling everyone to view special moments in an instant.
In their App store description, the creators also note how the app is great during pregnancy too, as a way to document the growth of Mum's stomach throughout. The app also boasts the fact it's free to download and without ads.
This app, while a simple and fun way to document childhood, may raise the on-going debate of parenting and oversharing on social media - read our take on it here. With Baby Snap, while the videos made on the app can be downloaded and shared on other platforms, the app itself does seem more intimate and family-orientated as compared to when parents initially share (or overshare) on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
Hello Baby Inc. also have other parenting apps available to download, including "the first smart parental assistant" Hello Baby, which includes the Baby Snap feature within the app which they call Daily Snapshot, alongside other features like a virtual scrapbook and stickers.
If you're not a parent but like the idea of Baby Snap, you're in luck. The developers also produced Daily Snap, which has the same principle, allowing you to record a second of your day to result in a cool time-lapse video, but it's not centered around babies and family so much. Instead, Daily Snap adopted the 'story' feature, which you can share with your friends within, and out of, the app!
Baby Snap and Daily Snap are currently only available on iOS, however Hello Baby Inc. does have a couple of their parenthood apps available on Android if you're looking for that kind of thing.
What are your thoughts on parenthood apps? Will you be trying out Baby Snap or Daily Snap?


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If Tom And Gisele Are Getting A Divorce, Our Idea Of Marriage Should End Too
Sep 3, 2015 @ 4:00 pm By Tiernan Hebron
2015 has been the year of divorces for celebrity power couples. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. And here's another one just added to the list: Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger. But honestly, can we blame her, he's the lead singer of Nickelback. No explanation needed on that one. And although this one isn't written in stone yet, it looks like the married couple that rules over all other married couples, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, are headed in a downhill direction too. According to Us Weekly, Gisele even spoke to a divorce lawyer. If Tom and Gisele can't make marriage work, who are basically a pair of gods walking among us mere mortals, then maybe it's time our society realizes that monogamy doesn't have to be the only choice.
According to the American Psychological Association, 50% of marriages end in divorce. 50. That's a shit ton. And the rate among subsequent marriages is even higher. That's not as surprising. But still, most little kids who wonder about the future and wonder what their life is going to be like, probably don't think they are going to get a divorce. But 50% of them will, possibly more than once. However, that statement does not have to be as depressing as it seems. Instead of seeing marriage (and the probability of divorce that comes with it) as the only way to live, maybe we should consider other options. Obviously, there is value in the commitment of marriage and the idea of of finding someone that you will love for the rest of your life and who will love you for the rest of your life is very seductive. But is it realistic? Is it truly what everyone wants?
I'm not saying that we all have to be polygamous and f*ck everything that moves. But this idea that we have to make it work with one person for our entire lives is so ingrained in our heads, that when it doesn't, we don't just feel heartbroken, we also feel like we have failed some unspoken cultural rule. Why does that have to be a rule? Why not a choice? People who want to be monogamous and get married should have that choice. Just like people who don't want to be monogamous and want to have multiple partners should have that choice…and not get ostracized for it. This may be a lot to ask, and will take years to accomplish, but there should be a cultural shift away from the 'requirement' of marriage and monogamy, towards an acceptance of any lifestyle people may choose to live.
This will be quite difficult, considering our culture's obsession with 'the one' and 'soul mates' and the 'sanctity of marriage.' But let's just think about this for a second. Why do so many marriages end in divorce? Why are examples of human perfection like Tom and Gisele failing at it? Most marital problems have to do with money, sex, and immaturity. Together they're worth $410 million, so money's out. She's a supermodel and he's an NFL quarterback, I'm guessing their sex is off the hook. She's 35, he's 38, they got married three years after they started dating, so they probably knew what they were getting into. Obviously this is an over-simplification, but even with the best possible odds, marriage can fail. Monogamy is f*cking hard. I applaud people for trying, but maybe our society shouldn't get so up in arms about the people who don't want to. Especially considering that it makes more sense to not be monogamous.
Instead of having to have sex with the same person for the next 50 years and most likely get bored, or uninterested, or cheat (look at the recent Ashley Madison fiasco), you could get busy with any number of people and always be sexually satisfied. Instead of dating or being married to one person and never getting a break, you could date several at once, who could each fulfill you in different ways at different times. Children are also a huge factor in marital problems. Perhaps we should stick to that old adage of 'it takes a village.' Numerous people could take turns taking care of each others children at different times, so the burden doesn't fall on one person or become too much. This is actually beneficial to the children as well as they get a variety of different teachings and perspectives. This is how our caveman ancestors raised their children, maybe a regression in that sense would not be so bad.
Marriage and monogamy is problematic. It leads to divorce and heartbreak and stress. It, of course, has its merits and those who choose to should lead that kind of life. But those who do not wish to be monogamous or get married or divorced should also have that choice without the threat of our society reprimanding them or ostracizing them.
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I just got a mail from the republicans that proports to explain how Healy and Patrick stand on the gubernatorial issues. The subject line was "Question Deval." I would have been more amused if they'd had an Elizabot with Deval's head that you could question.


Marketing ploy or serious improvement to fertility therapy?
Some un-cited, conversational 'science facts' are like earworms – those catchy songs that run through your head refusing to budge. Here's one: the idea that playing music before birth somehow helps a child's development. This dubious wisdom is repeated so often that I decided to ask for evidence, and I discovered a small industry based around music, pregnancy and fertility – being assiduously covered in the Daily Mail.
I did a bit of digging and since 2012, a private IVF clinic called the Institut Marques has made no less than seven appearances in the Mail (in case you want some light reading: here, here, here, here, here, here and here). Most recently an article featured that clinic's claim that playing music to incubators with sperm and eggs increases the chances of fertilisation – because the vibrations mimic the environment the egg experiences in the womb. An October 2013 feature profiled Freddie, the first British IVF baby to be "born thanks to" music played in his incubator, and the statistic that the success rate of IVF fertilization is increases by 5% when music is played.
The research they cite does come from a published study, albeit one conducted by scientists from the Institut Marques itself. To gain an expert perspective I emailed Sue Avery, director of the Birmingham Woman's Fertility Centre. She confirmed that vibrations "may have a positive effect by increasing the circulation of nutrients" but added "no huge improvements have been shown, and therefore no specific technology has been adopted" by other providers of IVF treatment. She also says that, "In some species low frequency vibrations can induce abnormalities".
A 5% improvement at best seems slight, and the Institut Marques has disregarded or does not address potential negative effects. If I were being cynical, I'd say that playing music to embryos is more effective as a way to secure column inches than a serious improvement to fertility therapy. It might seem just a bit of a giggle – but people desperate for a child are potentially vulnerable to such claims, and given the expense of private IVF therapy and the emotion involved, it would be a laugh in poor taste.


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Testimony in Olympia opposing SB 5805 bad school district preservation idea!
Posted on January 10, 2018 January 18, 2018 by Michael Herschensohn
Here is our Olympia testimony opposing Senate Bill 5805 which if passed would authorize the board of the Seattle Public School District, the only school district in the state with over 50,000 students, to decide on its own whether or not to adhere to the provisions of the city of Seattle's landmark preservation ordinance.
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SB 5805 – 2017-18: Position of the Queen Anne Historical Society
SB 5805 – 2017-18 (Sponsored by Senators Reuven Carlyle and David Frockt): Concerning the application of landmark or historic preservation regulations with regard to school district property in school districts with more than fifty thousand students.
The Queen Anne Historical Society vehemently opposes SB 5805. It is a broadside attack on the quality of life in our neighborhood and a serious threat to the protection of our historic built environment. Although we could tick off many reasons for our opposition to the bill, an example says it best.
Queen Anne Elementary School, the original John Hay Elementary School, is a city landmark. It consists of two buildings, a wooden one designed by James Stephen in 1905 and a brick one designed by Floyd Naramore in 1921. At various times, the school district has neglected, abandoned and finally restored the buildings in respect, it appears, to their landmark status. The buildings occupy two square blocks bound by Newton St., Boston St., 4th Ave. N., and Bigelow Ave. N. The full width of Bigelow Ave. is designated a city landmark as part of the historic 'Olmsted' Boulevard that crowns the top of Queen Anne hill. These historic buildings tell the story of Seattle's early 20th growth, a story preserved only in the preservation of witnesses such as the John Hay Elementary School. Both the wooden and the brick buildings reflect Seattle's early 20th c. population boom and school district experimentation with revolutionary building designs that respond to that growth. At the turn of 20th C., James Stephen designed the earlier wooden building and many others in the city so that they could expand in size as the city grew. The school's prominent site in amongst single-family houses physically enhances its relationship to the neighborhood both historically and in terms of property values. Consequently, the quality of life in the neighborhood would be seriously jeopardized by the passage of SB 5805.
Historic photo of John Hay Elementary School (1905 wooden building, western and southern facades)
We encourage you to vote against SB 5805 and to bear in mind as you make that decisions the huge role buildings such as these play in the life of our community:
The oldest John Hay building is sited on the eastern edge of the property to capture in its large windows the sunniest hours of the day – a big deal in Seattle's dark winters.
The details on the wooden building echo the early 20th century houses nearby and reinforce their value as defining elements of the neighborhood.
The 1921 building echoes the city's recognition of the fire dangers in wooden school buildings, the easy availability of fireproof materials in the 1920s and a spurt in brick single-family residences.
Exempted from constraints of Seattle's Landmark Preservation Ordinance, these buildings would have been long ago demolished.
Now that the buildings have been restored and modernized, we don't risk losing them soon; however, SB 5805 might release the school district from its legal obligation to respect the buildings' historic character when, as now, they are being altered.
Based on the work at the school now, we do not believe that landmark designation or respecting the historic character of the buildings have added significantly to the cost of altering or adding to the building. No public hearings have been held; the Landmarks Preservation Board has required no additional work on the part of the Seattle School District.
If anything, the landmark designation may have required the school district to consider the opinions of Queen Anne residents, especially those living near the buildings.
John Hay School, 1922
John Hay Elementary School (1922 brick building, main entrance facing north on Boston Street)
The Queen Anne Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation of our neighborhood's historic fabric and cares about the quality of the built environment everywhere in Seattle. We are Senator Carlyle's constituents. Please vote against SB 5805. The bill does no service to our community.
Michael Herschensohn, PhD
President, Queen Anne Historical Society.
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John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (nascut el 29 de gener de 1944) és un cardenal nigerià de l'Església Catòlica, actual arquebisbe d'Abuja. Anteriorment havia estat President de l'Associació Cristiana de Nigèria, President de la Conferència Episcopal de Nigèria i bisbe d'Ilorin.

Biografia
Onaiyekan va néixer a la ciutat de Kabba, actualment a l'estat de Kogi, fill de Bartholomew i Joann Onaiyeakan. Estudià a la St. Mary's Catholic School de Kabba entre 1949 i 1956, a l'Escola Secundària Mount St. Michael's d'Aliade entre 1957 i 1962 i al Seminari Major de Sant Pere i Sant Pau de Bodija, Idaban entre 1963 i 1965. Completà els seus estudis religiosos a Roma el 1969, sent ordenat prevere el 3 d'agost d'aquell any. Ahmadu Bello, President de Regió del Nord, li havia ofert estudiar fora.

Onaiyekan ensenyà al St. Kizito's College, Isanlu el 1969. Esdevingué rector del Seminari Menor St. Clement de Lokoja el 1971. Acabà la seva llicenciatura en Sagrada Escriptura i aconseguí el seu doctorat el 1976. El 1977 esdevingué rector de Sant Pere i Sant Pau.

A l'octubre de 1980 el Papa Joan Pau II donà a Onaiyekan un nomenament de 5 anys per a la Comissió Internacional Teològica. Al novembre s'uní a la Comissió Internacional pel Diàleg Catòlic/Metodista.

Onaiyekan va ser ordenat bisbe el 6 de gener de 1983, esdevenint Bisbe auxiliar d'Ilorin. El 1990 esdevingué bisbe coadjutor de la diòcesi d'Abuja, i quan la diòcesi esdevingué seu metropolitana el 1994, John Onaiyekan esdevingué el metropolità d'Abuja.

Onaiyekan va ser elegit vicepresident de la Conferència Episcopal Catòlica de Nigèria el 1994, i President el 2000.

L'arquebisbe Onaiyekan va rebre el Premi Pax Christi International 2012.

El 12 de setembre de 2012 l'arquebisbe Onaiyekan va ser nomenat pel Papa Benet XVI per servir com un dels Pares Sinodals de nomenament papapl per a l'Assemblea Ordinària del Sínode de Bisbes de la Nova Evangelització d'octubre de 2012.

Va ser creat cardenal per Benet XVI al consistori papal celebrat el 24 de novembre de 2012, rebent el títol de Cardenal prevere de San Saturnino.

El 31 de gener de 2013, Benet XVI nomenà el cardenal Onaiyekan perquè servís com a membre de la Congregació de la doctrina de la Fe i com a membre del Comitè Presidencial del Pontifici Consell per a la Família. Ocuparà aquests càrrecs fins a fer 80 anys.

El cardenal Onaiyekan va ser nomenat pel Papa Francesc Administrador Apostòlic i nutum Santae Sedis de la diòcesi d'Ahiara, a la Nigèria oriental, el 3 de juliol de 2013.

President de l'Associació Cristiana de Nigèria
El 19 de juny de 2007 el cardenal Onaiyekan derrotà al Primat anglicà Peter Akinola pel càrrec de President de l'Associació Cristiana de Nigèria, amb 72 vots contra 33. El seu vicepresident va ser Daniel Okoh, President de l'Organització d'Esglésies Instituïdes Africanes. El 2010 no va ser reelegit, sent substituït per Ayo Oritsejafor

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"The Priesthood in Pre-monarchial Ancient Israel and among the Owe-Yoruba of Kabba: A Comparative Study", unpublished dissertation (1976)
"The shariah in Nigeria: a Christian view", Bulletin on Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (1987)

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Indian Temples have a huge appreciation along with admiration all across the world. Their architect and the mysterious stories that they have got is always an interesting part of most of the temples across India. Kerala is called 'God's Own country' for a reason. The natural beauty along with the hill stations that it has got is one awesome place to be anytime.
Apart from this natural beauty that throngs the beautiful state, there are a few mysterious stories too. Ananthapura Temple, which is situated 40 km away from Mangalore, is surrounded by a rectangular lake. This makes the Ananthapura temple the only lake temple of Kerala. This temple is considered as the original abode of Lord Anantha Padmanabha. But, here we are not talking about the Temple or the Lord Anantha Padmanabha, there is a mysterious crocodile which resides in the Temple lake. It is named 'Babiya'. He is believed to be the guardian of this temple.
So, one might wonder what's so fascinating about this crocodile.
Well, the first thing about him is that he is a pure vegetarian. He only eats prasadam made of rice and jaggery. It is fed to him by the worshiper of the temple after the noon pooja. Folk simply calls his name and Babiya comes out of the cave quietly and eats the food offered to him. He doesn't harm anyone, not even the fish in the lake. Now isn't this amazing!!
The Mystery about BABIYA
There are many stories that can be heard about Babiya. Some believe that Babiya is 150 years old while others say that a new crocodile appears after one dies. There are many other crocodiles in the lake, but Babiya guards the entrance and shrine of the temple.
While there are many mysteries about this Temple and the crocodile, but the fascinating one is this crocodile has not till date killed or is believed to have not killed any other living being for its food.
It will always remain as a mystery and guess sometimes, it is because of these mysteries, we are attracted towards such places.
Babiya
Mystery Temple
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10/30/2017 in DC by Emily Robinson
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity" –Edgar Allan Poe
The celebrated, yet ever tormented, writer Edgar Allan Poe, famously spent much of his life living in Baltimore and Richmond, but he surprisingly spent very little time in D.C. despite residing in such close proximity. He did however have one…interesting encounter in Washington.
Edgar Allan Poe was a troubled writer and literary critic. He often faced mental and financial instability which led him to pursue a stable government job with the help of his friend Frederick William Thomas in the early 1840's. (Photo Source: Wikipedia)
Poe had many jobs both writing and editing for various magazines in his early years. Because of his, let's say, brutally honest literary critiques, Poe found staying at any one magazine for a long period of time nearly impossible, and discovered that his critiques led many of his contemporary colleagues, including Longfellow and Emerson, to regard him as a "literary troublemaker" who was "kicking up dust in his commentaries."[1] This constant state of instability eventually led Poe to determine that he needed to find a job that could provide him with more financial security.
In 1841, Poe's friend and fellow writer, Frederick William Thomas, had secured a clerkship at the United States Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. Thomas was rewarded with this position by President John Tyler as compensation for the campaign work Thomas had done in support of the late President William Henry Harrison.
Poe's friend and fellow writer, Frederick William Thomas, tried to help Poe secure a stable government job through his friend Robert Tyler--the President's son. Thomas had recently been appointed as a clerk in the US Treasury Department as a reward for his work on William Henry Harrison's campaign. (Photo Source: The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore)
Thomas soon wrote to Poe suggesting that maybe a government job could offer the stability he needed:
"How would you like to be an officeholder here at $1,500 per year payable monthly by Uncle Sam who, however slack he may be to his general creditors, pays his officials with due punctuality. How would you like it? You stroll to your office a little after nine in the morning leisurely, and you stroll from it a little after two in the afternoon homeward to dinner, and return no more that day." [2]
Despite his aspirations to create his own literal journal, the suggestion of a government job was intriguing to Poe with its promise of easy money. As a struggling writer, easy money was much needed, and would help give him mental stability as well as financial security. (Understandably, Poe wasn't the only great American poet tempted by government work and was later followed by Walt Whitman among others).
In September 1842, Thomas paid Poe a visit at his home in Philadelphia to discuss the possibility of swinging Poe a government job through a connection with the President's son, Robert. Poe agreed to meet with Robert Tyler at Congress Hall in New Jersey the next day, but failed to show up for the meeting. The poet explained his absence in an apologetic letter dated September 21, 1842:
"The will to be with you was not wanting—but, upon reaching home on Saturday night, I was taken with a severe chill and fever—the latter keeping me company all next day. I found myself too ill to venture out, but, nevertheless, would have done so had I been able to obtain the consent of all parties." [3]
Whether Poe was really sick, or just too hungover to leave home, is still contested today. Despite this clear sign that Poe was not cut out for a government position, Tyler, being "remarkably fond of poetry," recommended him for a position at the Customs House in Philadelphia.
In November, following this generous recommendation from the President's son, Poe went down to the Customs House to see the collector Thomas S. Smith. For reasons unclear to Poe at the time, there was significant confusion over his name, which had apparently been misprinted as "Pogue" on the paper listing expected appointments, and he was forced to wait. After waiting two days for a call that never came, Poe went back only to find out that Smith had been instructed to refrain from removing any employees, which meant he would not have an open position for Poe's appointment.[4] Poe mentioned that Robert Tyler had personally requested that Poe be appointed, and Smith laughed at the suggestion saying that he only took orders from President Tyler. Smith then led Poe on for a month by continually telling him that he would swear Poe in on a certain day, and then refusing to do so. Soon Poe came to learn that Smith was strongly anti-President Tyler, and was abusing his position by only appointing Whigs.[5] Enraged by the way he was treated at the Customs House, Poe prepared to visit Washington with the goals of securing the Customs House job by speaking with Robert and President Tyler, as well as getting government backing for his own literary magazine.
In March 1843, Poe arranged a visit to the White House and traveled to the District. Here's where the story gets a little hazy; while there is no doubt that Poe did indeed come to Washington with the intention of speaking with the President, there seems to be confusion over what exactly happened once he arrived.
The White House in the 1840's. Poe's ill-fated trip to the White House to meet with President Tyler is still contested today; it is unclear if Poe arrived intoxicated and made a fool of himself, if he was so intoxicated the night before that he didn't show, or if he was sent away only to come back the next day and complete a successful meeting with Tyler.(Photo source: Library of Congress)
Accounts vary but the general consensus is that Poe starting drinking excessively after arriving at his hotel in D.C. Some say that he then proceeded to show up to the White House meeting drunk where he made a fool of himself.[6]
Writer and Poe scholar Paul Clemens describes the White House meeting, as a two day affair:
"He showed up for the appointment quite intoxicated. He was wearing his cloak inside out. He was disheveled. And fortunately for Poe, the president's son Robert Tyler, intercepted him first and said 'why don't you come back in a few days.' When Poe showed up for the second meeting, he was quite sober and conducted himself very well—at first. But then, for some bizarre quirk, he decided to use the opportunity of this meeting not just to secure the President's help in getting him a position in the Customs House, but to solicit magazine subscriptions from him." [7]
Another account suggests that Poe might have been so depressed over finding out that the Customs House had received 1,200 applications, that he drank to excess and never made it to the White House at all. One friend wrote that "on the first evening [Poe] seemed somewhat excited, having been persuaded to take some Port-wine," while another recalled that Poe was, "seedy in appearance and woe-begone…he said he had not had a mouthful to eat since the day previous, and begged me to lend him fifty cents to obtain a meal."[8]
Poe himself seemed to confirm these suspicions of a wild, drunken night in a March 16, 1843 apology letter written to Frederick William Thomas in which he asks forgiveness for speaking inappropriately, wearing a cloak turned inside out, owing money to a barbershop, and for "making a fool of [himself]" in someone else's home due to the "excellent Port wine."[9] Curiously, Poe makes no reference to actually visiting the White House in this letter, and instead closes it by pleading that Robert Tyler still consider him for the government job, which he would gladly, and promptly, accept.
Interestingly, in a letter written back to Poe on March 27, Thomas mentions that he had the opportunity to speak with the President, who asked many questions about Poe and spoke very kindly of him. According to Thomas, during that meeting a servant came and privately told Tyler about Poe's "frolic from a man who saw [him] in it." Thomas claims that he "made light of the matter," and the President "seemed to think nothing of it" and that "he seem[ed] to feel a deep interest in [Poe]."[10]
Considering that it would not have actually arrived for at least a week or two, Thomas' letter did little to ease Poe's mind. Apparently in a deep panic over his prospects for the government job, the poet wrote to Robert Tyler expressing his belief that Judge Blythe, the Democrat recently appointed by the Senate as the new head of the Philadelphia Customs House, would appoint him with another recommendation from Tyler. Robert responded that he would be gratified to recommend Poe for the position and that he was "satisfied that no one [was] more competent, or would be more satisfactory in the discharge of any duty connected with the office."[11]
Whether it was because of his ill-fated Washington trip, or some other unknown political reason, ultimately Judge Blythe did not appoint Poe despite Robert Tyler's recommendation. Poe never wound up with any other government job or his own literary magazine. And, perhaps that is fitting. It's a strange thought to imagine Edgar Allan Poe, the tormented artist, as a government bureaucrat.
^ http://poecalendar.blogspot.com/2009/09/poe-and-politics.html
^ Collins, Paul. 2014. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 54.
^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - E. A. Poe to F. W. Thomas (September 21, 1842)." https://www.eapoe.org/works/letters/p4209210.htm.
^ Although John Tyler had previously been frustrated with Andrew Jackson's employment of the Spoils System (appointing family and friends to government positions as a reward for campaign help), he resorted to the practice himself in 1843 in an attempt to annex Texas. Because Poe went to the Customs House in 1842 (a year before Tyler would find patronage acceptable), it is not unreasonable to suspect that Tyler had issued a notice against the act of removing people from their positions in order to hire friends—an act which he claimed to find despicable.
^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - E. A. Poe to F. W. Thomas (November 19, 1842)." https://www.eapoe.org/works/letters/p4211190.htm.
^ http://www.thirteen.org/13pressroom/press-release/american-masters-edgar...
^ Edgar Allan Poe - His Own Worst Enemy. 2017. Accessed October 5. https://www.biography.com/video/edgar-allan-poe-his-own-worst-enemy-2080....
^ Collins, Paul. 2014. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 54-55.
^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - E. A. Poe to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow (March 16, 1843)." https://www.eapoe.org/works/letters/p4303160.htm.
^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - F. W. Thomas to E. A. Poe (March 27, 1843)." https://www.eapoe.org/misc/letters/t4303270.htm.
^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - R. Tyler to E. A. Poe (March 31, 1843)." https://www.eapoe.org/misc/letters/t4303310.htm; Tschachler, Heinz. 2013. The Monetary Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe: Banking, Currency and Politics in the Writings. McFarland. p 102.
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