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Chubb announces two new appointments within the Middle Market Independent Broker Segment
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LONDON, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb has today announced the appointment of two new positions within its Middle Market Independent Broker segment.
Hannah Hosking has been appointed as Head of Distribution – Independent Brokers UK&I, while Steve Bear has been appointed as Independent Broker Team Manager – London Corporate.
Prior to Chubb, Hannah worked at Hiscox Insurance where she most recently held the role of Regional Manager for the Maidenhead region. Hannah brings with her 15 years of insurance industry expertise and has also formerly held posts at Axa Insurance and Aon.
As Head of Distribution – Independent Brokers UK&I, Hannah will be responsible for managing and driving forward the Chubb UK&I broker proposition. Hannah will play a pivotal role in delivering Chubb's business strategy into the broker and customer community while overseeing the UK&I Business Development Managers who focus on Independent brokers. Hannah will be based in Birmingham and will report in to Sara Mitchell, Head of Corporate Division, UK&I.
Sara Mitchell, Head of Corporate Division, UK&I said:
"Hannah's valuable industry expertise will help us to continue to deliver and grow with our important panel of Independent brokers in the UK&I and execute Chubb's Multiline business strategy into the Independent Broker community through structured sales and distribution."
In a newly created role, Steve Bear has been appointed as Independent Broker Team Manager – London Corporate. Steve joined Chubb in 2009 as a financial lines Underwriter in the Watford office before moving to London in 2011 and joining the Financial Lines Corporate team. Since 2011, Steve has had management responsibility for the Middle-Market financial lines D&O portfolio. Prior to this, Steve worked as a financial lines underwriter at AIG.
Steve will be responsible for driving financial results across London within this Independent broker group, with direct line management responsibility for Chubb's core lines of business including property, casualty, combined package and financial lines. Steve will also work to align the objectives of Chubb's underwriting teams to ensure improved client and broker service, across sales and underwriting perspective. Steve will continue to be based in London and report to Emma Bartolo, Corporate Regional Manager – London.
Emma Bartolo, Corporate Regional Manager – London, said:
"This appointment is testament to our commitment to developing strong relationships with our independent brokers in London, and ensuring that our sales and distribution model is strongly aligned with our underwriting capability and product offering. Steve's role will ensure that underwriting service delivery and day to day trading with our important independent brokers, is consistent and relevant."
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London and other locations, and employs approximately 31,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: chubb.com/uk
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Score one for the budget guys: Elves won the Star City Games Invitational in Somerset, NJ. While Liam Lonergan's deck still retails for about $800, almost half of the price is in 4 Cavern of Souls and 3 Horizon Canopy. If you're tight on cash (or waiting for a reprint, like me) you can get away with some Windswept Heaths and Temple Gardens. I played Elves this weekend to an embarrassing 0-2 drop at a local PPTQ, so I can also remind you that not every deck that wins a tournament is the best one out there.
Moving forward, we shouldn't really see any big shifts in the cost of the deck. There is no untapped gem that was just waiting for a breakout performance from Elves to spike. We actually just got a reprint of the most likely card, Heritage Druid, in Eternal Masters. Due to Magic's increasing popularity over time and how long ago Lorwyn block was, those cards are more likely to be the target of vicious buyouts. Outside of Nettle Sentinel, most of the Elves deck has seen a liberal amount of reprints that has kept the price down.
Due to the split format of the Invitational, I don't suggest looking too much into the Top 8 decklists. Even the 7-1 Modern Decklists should be taken with a grain of salt since they ignore players with winning Modern records who didn't make the cut to Day 2 due to a poor Standard showing. These data are still relevant, of course. But I'm more interested in the Top 8 of the Somerset Modern Open, which was dominated by Bant Eldrazi.
In July Bant Eldrazi pushed into solidly Tier 1 territory, and it's being championed by a lot of pros. It's a bit slower than other linear aggro decks like Burn, Zoo, and Affinity, but packs more of a punch in the midgame, and the creature base lines up really well against removal in Modern. Reality Smasher in particular is a nightmare to deal with at parity—I even considered playing some in the sideboard of my Elves deck this weekend because of how miserable removal is for that creature right now. Most of the rest of the creatures are Lightning Bolt-proof, making it a real problem to deal with each threat. Being able to cheat mana with Eldrazi Temple is really just icing on the cake.
If we see more players pick up Bant Eldrazi in the wake of its finishes at Somerset, some of the core cards could jump in price. A couple were probably already due for a price correction—higher prices on those cards are likely to stick, even if Bant itself doesn't take over the metagame. I'm thinking of two in particular.
Cavern of Souls continues to push new highs. A big spike last year around the release of Magic Origins brought it from $30 to $50. After the post-spike dip it began climbing again, and now it's retailing for $55 a copy. Because it's a land you often play four or none of, it causes a huge strain on the price of decks that need it. Unlike Elves, Eldrazi feels the real pain of fighting Remand and Mana Leak—making sure your five-mana creature doesn't get countered is important!
I was hoping to see Cavern in Conspiracy: Take the Crown but now that we've seen the full spoiler I am disappointed. The most logical place I can see them putting Cavern of Souls is in a Modern Masters 2017 product next summer. The product announcement section during early Kaladesh spoilers will let us know if a redux of the popular reprint series is in the works for next year.
If I asked you which card from Modern Masters 2015 had the biggest price increase since its release, could you pick it? The one with the biggest rebound is Noble Hierarch. I was at GP Las Vegas 2015 and was able to buy a playset for $140 (or about $35 each). Now they are over $50!
It's only been a year since Hierarch was reprinted at rare and a lot has happened to make it grow. Infect has never been more popular since Splinter Twin was banned. Eldrazi adopting it to give them more chances to land a turn two Thought-Knot Seer without double Eldrazi Temple has also ratcheted up the amount of play it sees. Looking at the metagame breakdown it doesn't look like Hierarch is nearly that dominant, but I'm certain there are far more people playing Infect and Eldrazi who simply aren't winning. Noble Hierarch is the most played creature on MTGO right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same were true in paper. It's one of a few that really has a lot of multi-deck appeal.
I'm not sure Wizards of the Coast will be able to curb the enthusiasm for Noble Hierarch with another reprint before it ends up close to the peak of its Conflux version. I also expect more people will be interested in playing Legacy Infect because they recently reprinted Force of Will and Berserk is in Conspiracy 2. While you're still a few Tropical Islands short of a real Legacy deck, some people might decide Breeding Pool is close enough. Any more stress on Noble Hierarch gives people a real opportunity to cause a nasty spike and then a subsequent crash.
In addition to the reprint of the much needed Inquisition of Kozilek, we are getting a pretty good number of mid-cost cards that are welcome reprints. These cards should see solid dips in value once Conspiracy: Take the Crown hits the shelves. After things have settled it will be a great time to pick up copies for players who still need their sets. Each of these cards has a proven pedigree, and prices will start inching up again as years pass.
Ghostly Prison is a rather expensive uncommon sideboard card that is actually very good at fighting multi-creature aggro decks like Affinity and Zoo. The last printing was in 2012 in a Planechase product. After hovering in the $6-7 range for the last few years it recently jumped up to $15ish. Note that this is another avenue for combating Dredge without dedicating sideboard space to a single-purpose narrow card.
Birds of Paradise has been reprinted a ton of times but was recently starting to pick up a nasty price tag. It's been five years since the last Birds of Paradise reprint in Magic 2012. That doesn't seem that long until you realize Birds of Paradise was printed 14 times over the first 18 years of the game. Its return in Conspiracy 2 should go a long way to making it a much more affordable Noble Hierarch replacement.
After being unexpectedly absent from Modern Masters 2015, Serum Visions is getting another reprint albeit at a higher rarity. This will be a good opportunity for people that prefer the Fifth Dawn Serum Visions art to pick up new copies if you were begrudgingly using FNM ones.
Beast Within is another in a long list of New Phyrexia uncommons posting prices that would surprise the average player. Played in Living End and the RG Land Destruction (or Ponza) deck, this doesn't see a ton of play in Modern at the moment—but it's a very versatile card that's instrumental in the archetypes that do use it. It's nice that they're also using the Duel Deck version of the art, which previously has not been available in foil.
Conspiracy 2 may not have a ton of high-profile reprints that Modern players have been hoping for, but I think it will do a good job bringing down the price of the ones it does include. Show and Tell and Berserk will put a lot of downward pressure on the rares and uncommons in the set. Exciting chase rares like this will drive sales of packs, flooding the market with the less desirable cards that get opened in the process.
This weekend is the triple Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Lille, and Guangzhou. If a dealer is overpaying on a card we could see it fly out of stock on TCGPlayer. If you're holding out for a weekend to see what's good, you should probably buy before Thursday.
Finally, I'm still looking for more ideas on topics for this column. What topics of Modern finance interest you the most? Do you want a guide on how to get into Modern from Standard? Do you want an article on best purchasing practices? Leave a comment below on what topics most interest you, and I'll see you next week!
Thank you for another great article Jim. Personally, I'd love to see you cover the concept of the buyout and the recent Martin Shkreli controversy regarding WotC and IIRC Moat, as this sort of action in the MtG market may impact future card purchasing decisions for Modern. While it's generally more difficult to buy out a card in modern compared to Legacy/Vintage, I at least would find the idea interesting to read about and learn from.
Honestly, the best way to avoid that kind of behavior is to ignore it. Martin didn't buy a single card and did it mostly to see the reaction of people. Almost every Modern card that gets "bought out" quickly falls unless there is real demand at the new price.
I like finance content that predicts – either the modern playability and value of new cards or finding likely spikes (as you did with this article). Before long well be speculating on mm17 reprints – are we guaranteed liliana and snapcaster? Or should we count on wizards trolling and not reprinting one or the other? Will clique or goyf be back again? Etc.
This sort of thing is definitely on my short list. Thanks for the feedback!
While I wouldn't rule MM17 out, we do have to remember that they would likely do a large scale GP weekend again featuring the product like they did last time. The only one that seems to possibly fit that would be the Richmond/Bologna/Beijing weekend which is 5/5-5/7 (2017). That would put release on that product at 4/28. HOWEVER we can speculate, based on Pro Tour Nashville being 5/12-5/14 (2017) that the set after Aether Revolt will release two weeks priot, which is also 4/28 (as Pro Tours generally are about two weeks after release).
Based on this, I would expect to NOT see a modern masters set early in 2017. It's far too late right now to delve into the possibility of it being later in the year, but my guess is that our earliest big reprint set is in 2018 (though hopefully they'll give us other goodies to tide us over, fingers crossed for a Zendikar fetchland reprint and finishing the cycle of fast lands).
We will know if there is a MM17 probably around the time Kaladesh comes out. Wizards has announced with the announcement here: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcement-day-2016-05-16 that they will release information in the Fall and the Sprint for the next block (aka 6 months). We should get the Spring and Summer sets for next year during this announcement in the fall.
Interesting article. Do you have any thoughts regarding the ally-color cycle of pain lands? They haven't been reprinted since 10th Edition, and the likes of Adarkar Wastes and Brushland have gotten a pretty solid bump with the rise of the Eldrazi.
I don't think we see them being reprinted anytime soon since they've got plane specific names. They're also unlikely to really see any big increases in price unless we get more cards that cost colorless mana because they're just generally worse than all other available options in Modern. For example, a deck that might play Brushland would probably just play Horizon Canopy instead if they never planned on using the colorless mana.
I would like an article about how to get into modern without paying a ton of money.
The problem with that, unfortunately, is that you can't build an established competitive deck on a budget outside of a couple of tier 3 outliers. I run Mono Blue Tron and that's on the low end at about $400. That deck I built over a few months, saving up money here and there while also trading out of standard.
Actually, Jim, that may be a great way to help newer players: identifying good standard cards to sell at any given time that someone may have, and ideal cards to buy in modern either because they are staples in multiple decks or happen to be on a downswing. It's an idea, anyways.
I think your best bet is to do exactly what this article today did: figure out the good cards (especially reprints) available in any given product and decide if you want to buy them to work towards decks. Many players bought in with the Khans fetchlands as they heavily mitigated the entry cost for modern (to an extent). Snagging things like Serum Visions and Inquisition right now (with Conspiracy) makes a ton of sense, even if you don't plan to use them quickly. They are that ubiquitous in the format.
Unfortunately Magic costs an amount of money that most would consider substantial. There are definitely ways to save money if you're patient but you're unlikely to ever be able to purchase a whole Modern deck for anything less than several hundred dollars.
Modern can be a really pricey format, both for people getting in, buying a new deck, or even upgrading their existing one. The initial cost can be pretty daunting even if in the long run its less expensive than say standard over a few seasons. As a result I really appreciate the (always data driven on modern nexus) financial side of modern and these articles in general.
One topic I would be interested in reading about that deals with finance is budget articles. Either cards you think are underplayed and therefore underpriced, decks you think are at a low price at the moment but may spike if they resurge. Even budget alternatives (though in many cases there aren't perfect alternatives which is why the price is so high) to various modern staples could be a big aid in someone trying to start building a deck but without the upfront cash to put it all together. Essentially just rescources for the more budget oriented players in modern.
Hello Jim! I'm also very happy to see Modern Nexus venture into the finance part of the game and have enjoyed your articles so far. My suggestion for content would be a sort of buyer's guide to building different archetypes. For example, let's say you're covering URx decks (you could go deck by deck but using groups where a lot of money cards overlap might be more efficient).
So, for prospective URx players (Jeskai Control, Grixis Control/Delver, etc), who aren't in a hurry to pick up all the pieces to their deck, you could give advice on what to pick up right now, which cards are on a downswing (say, Serum Visions) and when they're likely to hit their floor, which cards are highly likely to be reprinted in the next year (i.e. Snapcaster in MM2017 if it's a thing), and which cards are unlikely to see a reprint or significant price dip in the next year, i.e. the ones where you'll have to just bite the bullet and shell out full retail if you want to acquire them in the next year or so. This could really help people who only have "x" amount of money to spend on MTG each month to maximize their buys, or people looking to build a second deck (therefore not in a huge hurry since they own a Modern deck to play with) without breaking the bank.
Full disclosure, I want to build Jeskai Control as my second deck and this idea is biased by that, but I honestly think it could be a pretty interesting feature and would encourage players to buy smart while building towards the deck they want. Either way, keep up the great work, and I'll look forward to your next article!


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Donor Recognition and Appreciation: Doing It Right – Giving Tree Associates, Inc.
This month, we launched a blog series focused on the "care and feeding" of your team. We began with staff appreciation and discussed the myriad of ways in which you can express gratitude to employees and colleagues. Last week's topic was all about appreciating the volunteer. The final episode in this series covers donor appreciation — and there's no messing around here. Why? Because showing appreciation to our donors and planning for continued relationship building is perhaps one of the most important functions staff and lay leadership can play in a campaign. And an intentional plan for thanking and recognizing our donors should be a regular piece of our annual campaign planning. I will cover two key areas: recognition and appreciation. They tend to go hand in hand.
First let's talk about recognition. Donor recognition takes many forms. For capital campaigns, it usually involves an opportunity to acknowledge major gifts with plaques, either individually on rooms and large spaces or on a group donor wall. Many campaigns acknowledge donors in both ways – in other words, if a donor makes a gift large enough to "name" a classroom in a school, they might be recognized both on a plaque outside the classroom AND on a donor wall in the school's front entryway. Recognition policies are typically determined by the organization's campaign committee and then approved by the board. They should also be documented within the organization's gift acceptance policy.
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Now let's talk about donor stewardship. Not only must we come up with a plan to formally recognize our donors before we solicit even our first gift, we must also determine our strategy to continue to thank, update, show appreciation and maintain a close relationship with our major donors. Most sophisticated campaigns will do this both by giving level and by individual for their top 20 – 25 donors. First, define the giving levels for your campaign, and based on the work you have completed in your donor recognition plan, decide who gets what. It may be that your organization has decided to invite donors at the $5,000+ level to a special reception or event, but those at the $10,000+ level also receive complimentary tickets to your annual gala.
A stewardship plan by giving level would list the benefits or "moves" associated with each giving level ($2,500+, $5,000+, $10,000+, $25,000+, $50,000+, etc.) and is often an internal document. A donor wall and/or listing on a plaque might be just one of the moves or benefits. Others might include a special donor newsletter, an insiders briefing, a special reception, VIP seating at events, meetings with organizational leadership, a framed photo, and more. Major donors to your annual campaign will hopefully continue to give generously to your institution long into the future, and so the deployment of time, energy and resources to their stewardship is a wise investment.
The development of a stewardship plan by individual (as opposed to giving level) is a plan to pay special attention to those at both the highest levels of giving to your campaign, as well as those who have the potential to give generously into the future. The organization's lay and professional leadership should jointly determine who would benefit most from this type of a highly individualized plan, which typically consists of a calendar of moves customized for each donor (based on personal preferences, passions, interests and relationships within the organization). It will include not only the benefits they receive based on their giving level, but additional one-on-one interactions and communications. Again, this plan is typically developed for the organization's top 20 – 25 donors. It is important to commit to doing this well (and consistently), so if the organization can only manage a list of 10 donors for this plan, that's ok — be realistic about your capacity to steward.
We have included a sample stewardship plan as your freebie this week, so feel free to take a look if this is your first time developing such a document.
Here's to a successful New Year for you and your organization!
Join us in three weeks for New Year Resolutions. See you then!


Own By Femme - REVIEW: DESIGN ESSENTIALS COCONUT & MONOI!
I traveled to Africa for three weeks, and in the process was presented with an opportunity to work with one of my absolute favourite natural hair brands, Design Essentials!
So who is this brand? Design Essentials has been around since 1990. They are the number one hair care brand for professional products in the USA and number two for natural hair care products in the U.S., just behind Shea Moisture. That really says a lot considering how many natural hair care lines there are available in the current market! A key part of the Design Essentials brand that really sets them apart is their continued dedication to educating consumers on how to care for their hair. Not only do they create amazing products, but they support and sponsor a number of events, both domestically and internationally, that are aimed at educating their clients on how to manage their hair to grow it strong and healthy.
Myself and fellow natural hair blogger, Ginny ( @FroGirlGinny), worked with Design Essentials to produce our "Fro's In Bloom" brunch event in Johannesburg, South Africa which had over 45 beautiful curly girls come out and engage with us. Each attendee left with a Design Essentials goodie bag which had a few full size products in it!
From my experience with the products, the basics behind this line is to add lots of moisture to the hair and then to seal it in with oil. So moisturise and seal. Moisturise and seal. The products are lightly fragranced leaving the hair smelling fresh and clean. Each product is packed with a number of beautiful ingredients such as argon oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, vitamin E and of course monoi oil. Oooo but what exactly is monoi oil? I have heard of it many times but in actual fact, was quite unsure as to what exactly it was until I started using Design Essentials.
Monoi oil is made by infusing our beloved coconut oil with Tiare Tahitian flowers. You let the flowers soak in pure coconut oil for a period of time during which the combination produces a light and fragranced oil. This oil helps moisturise and sooth the hair shaft while locking in protein. Protein loss in hair results in breakage and poor growth so this property is super beneficial in growing long and healthy hair!
WHAT DESIGN ESSENTIALS PRODUCTS DO I USE?
As much as I have talked about the Coconut + Monoi Oil line, I actually use their Almond + Avocado line to start off with. It consists of the shampoo, the conditioner, and the leave in conditioner. This line is geared towards moisturising and detangling. I haven't found a more moisture rich shampoo and conditioner duo than this set here. Twice I "forgot" aka was too lazy, to add products to my hair after doing the wash process in the shower. The first time I was jet lagged and the second time I was just tired, yet both times my hair still felt so moisturised. I don't recommend you leave your hair high and dry post wash day, but I can assure you this line would be the best one to attempt that with! For the shampoo, conditioner, and leave in conditioner bundle it costs $35 which is a great price for what you are getting.
For the styling process I like to follow the L-O-C method. If you are not familiar with the L-O-C method, it basically means you use a Liquid product first (water based), then an Oil, then a thick styling Cream or gel.
I apply the Almond + Avocado leave in conditioner to damp hair and distribute it evenly using my fingers or my Tangle Teezer brush.
Then, using my fingers again, I like to add the Coconut + Monoi Deep Moisture Oil Treatment. I try to start as close to the root as possible when applying this one as it helps to separate the curls so they become more defined.
Finally I like to add the Coconut + Monoi Deep Moisture Milk Créme from the middle of the shaft to the ends to help reduce frizz and really seal in the moisture. This hair cream is nice and thick so you will really see its benefits on day two and three hair where moisture retention is much more noticeable.
At night I like to sleep with my hair in a pineapple. I loosely tie my hair up using my favourite ties Snappees, then I wrap my hair using a silk/satin scarf. This method keeps the ends curly and reduced breakage. It also helps retain moisture that would be lost by resting your hair directly on cotton pillow cases. The cotton absorbs moisture from your curls during the night leaving you with dry, frizzy hair in the morning.
When I take down my wrap in the morning I like to apply the Coconut Water Curl Refresher, which comes as a liquid in a spray bottle, followed by the Coconut + Monoi Intense Shine Oil Mist. These two for me work like magic. The liquid spray helps return moisture without making the hair heavy. You don't want to add much product on day two and three curls because they already have plenty! The mist is lovely to seal in the moisture from the liquid, and also to help keep the curls soft and malleable.
Hope this review was helpful for you!
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I've been seeing Design Essentials around lately, not years as you indicated they've been around, but maybe I'm just noticing it more now as I come along in this journey – natural – having cut my relaxed hair off in June 2015. I wasn't aware the brand was geared towards 'naturals', serving the wavy, curly, coily community. Definitely did not realise they were such a giant in the natural market either.
Your results with their products are absolutely amazing, I recall seeing a couple pics on the 'gram.
I'll definitely be further looking into their products, and hopefully can have the opportunity to try them here in in the triangle – aka Bermuda – if not, I'll have to wait til I'm stateside in NYC.
I have long heard of how Tahiti Monoi oil is great in natural hair care. You mentioned that the oil helps moisturize and soothe the hair shaft while locking in protein. Such an informative post!
Do you use any hair masques or deep conditioners?


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Sinag: Smugglers still in 'business'
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The Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura (Sinag) called on the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, Nicanor Faeldon, to file charges of economic sabotage against those who tried to smuggle 88 containers of onions into the country.
"This is the litmus test on both the resolve of the Duterte government to combat smuggling and the effectiveness of the recently signed law – RA 10845, that decreed the smuggling of agricultural products as an act that constitute economic sabotage," said Rosendo So, Sinag chair.
"We are hoping that this time, these smugglers will be apprehended, charged and punished accordingly. Many in the agriculture sector voted for President Digong because of his campaign promise to end smuggling," added So.
Sinag was alerted by source at the Bureau of Customs that these 87 containers were abandoned by the consignees – Sanfred Trading and Great Light Trading.
"Nung una, sinubukan nilang ilabas ang siyam na containers pero nahuli ito. Then, they wanted that these shipments to be inspected at their warehouse, hindi kami pumayag dahil dapat sa mismong pantalan pa lamang ang inspection. Next thing we knew, they are already abandoning their shipments citing decomposition. Most of the shipments were declared as garlic, but the content was onion," revealed So.
Under RA 10845, the amount of smuggled agricultural product subject to economic sabotage is equal or more than Php10 million for rice, and equal or more than Php1 million for other agricultural products such as sugar, corn, pork, poultry, garlic, onion, carrots, fish and cruciferous vegetables.
Smugglers and their cohorts will face a penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of twice the fair value of the smuggled agricultural product and the aggregate amount of the taxes, duties and other charges avoided.
Sinag contends that the 88 containers are worth at least Php 130 million; much more than the Php 1 million minimum amount for these smugglers to be charged with economic sabotage, also a non-bailable offense.
In the last five years, Sinag research suggests that close to Php 200 billion worth of agricultural goods were smuggled into the country.
According to the group, a market value of Php 200 billion translates to around Php 60 billion to Php 80 billion in lost revenues for the government since these agricultural commodities are supposed to be protected and levied a higher tariff of 30% to 40%.
Around 65 percent of global onion output comes from the top 8 onion producing countries, with China as the top onion producer with over 22.3 million tons. India is ranked second, producing some 19.3 million tons. The rest of the list includes USA, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan. It is estimated that for this year, onion production will increase by at least 10% in India alone.
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East Lake Waushacum Overlook
Donating or Selling Land
Donating or Selling a Conservation Restriction
For centuries, residents of Sterling, located in Worcester County, Massachusetts, have enjoyed rural surroundings, clean air and water and abundant wildlife. Like most towns in Massachusetts, Sterling has seen many changes in the last few decades. Numerous acres of farms and forests have been converted to one and two acre residential lots. Ironically, if those trends continue unchecked, they will eradicate the very features that made Sterling an attractive place to live in the first place.
With pristine forest, a babbling brook, meadows, an apple orchard and a stunning view of East Lake Waushacum, Virginia and Harvey Rittenhouse have enjoyed the scenic beauty of their land since purchasing it with Virginia's parents in 1963. Portions of the site, known as the Butterick Estate (as in Butterick of sewing pattern fame), have been in continuous agricultural use since the 19th century. The Rittenhouses started with 150 acres and periodically sold lots for residential development (see timeline.) By 2003, with 50 of the original 150 acres remaining, the Rittenhouses owned the largest parcel of private undeveloped land in the East Lake Waushacum watershed.
Recently, water quality has been a major concern in Sterling, where all residences in have septic systems. Increased nutrient loads and bacterial contamination have already caused closures at the popular town beach at Sholan Park. Residential development on the Rittenhouse parcel would surely have caused further adverse affects to the water supply. Additionally, this land was functioning as part of a larger open space network of state and town owned lands with great potential for trail linkages and the preservation of un-fragmented wildlife habitat.
The Rittenhouses recognized that keeping it in its natural state was crucial to protect the water quality of the lake, wildlife habitat and the Sterling's agricultural heritage. The Rittenhouses also recognized the potential recreational value that their land contained. For years, their favorite way to enjoy the land with their friends and family was walking through the orchard, into the woods, past the brook and into the meadow to take in the vista of East Lake Waushacum and the forested hills on its far shore. It was their wish to share this opportunity for recreation with people who enjoy bird watching, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and horseback riding.
However, unfortunately, at that time in 2003, it looked like the Rittenhouses would not be able to conserve their land as they wished. This is because in 1993, when they sold some of their acreage to a local builder, they inadvertently signed a deal that included a Right of First Refusal (ROFR) on the remaining 50 acres in their possession. The Town of Sterling was made aware of this dilemma and enlisted the help of the Trust for Public Land (TPL.)
Fortunately, after three to four months of negotiations, a deal was struck with the local builder that released the Rittenhouses from the ROFR agreement. At first, the local builder was extremely resistant to giving up the ROFR but TPL argued that the owner of a ROFR has to not only match the purchase price but also, the terms of the sale agreement, which in this case was conservation, not residential development. The local builder acquiesced and received a 3 acre lot while TPL acquired an option to purchase the remaining 47 acres by March 15, 2005, as well as $55,000 to be used for the purchase.
The Rittenhouses decided to split the 47 acres into 2 parcels, 30 acres of forested land that they wanted to sell outright to the Town and 17 acres of apple orchard that they wanted to keep and place under a Conservation Restriction (CR.) Two appraisals were conducted. The total assessed value from the first appraisal was $904,500, comprised of $435,000 for the CR on the 17 acre orchard and $469,500 for the deed to the 30 acre forestland. The figures for the second appraisal were $870,000 for the total value, $485,000 for the CR and $385,000 for the forestland. The Rittenhouses generously decided to sell both the CR on the orchard and the deed to the forestland to the Town as a package for $485,000, or about half of the appraised value. This constituted a bargain sale and they were able to claim a charitable deduction on their taxes.
To generate the funds needed, volunteers, the Town of Sterling Conservation Commission and the Trust for Public Lands conducted a fundraising campaign and applied for a self-help grant. The East Lake Waushacum Association, Town of Sterling Board of Selectmen and Open Space Implementation Committee were very supportive of the project. Efforts were well received by the community and private contributions exceeded expectations. The final purchase price of $485,000 was funded with $69,500 from private sources, $50,000 from the aforementioned local builder, $30,000 from the Town of Sterling Conservation Commission, $246,000 from a State Self-Help grant and $89,500 from the Town of Sterling Capital Fund.
The Rittenhouses are thrilled that despite the difficulty of the ROFR issue, everything worked out in the end and credit the hard work of the TPL and the Town of Sterling Conservation Commission. The Rittenhouses enjoy the benefit of keeping the views that they have grown to love and the knowledge that others also get to enjoy the natural beauty of the land. The feedback they have received has been extremely positive. Many friends and neighbors have expressed appreciation for their generosity and are pleased that the land is now a public park for the town.
The 30 acre forestland which contains maple, oak, beech, hickory, hemlock, birch and pine, as well as historic stone walls and a brook has been renamed Waushacum Overlook and is now opened to the public for recreation and scenic enjoyment. However, the official ribbon cutting ceremony has not occurred yet, because amenities such as benches, map kiosks and trail head plantings are still being planned and installed. Trails are currently being developed in the woods and soon a terrace at the vista point will be constructed. The other 17 acres remain as a working orchard and continue to represent the agricultural heritage of Sterling. By preventing residential development on these 47 acres, new recreational opportunities are afforded and wildlife habitat, as well as the water quality of East Lake Waushacum is protected.
(In addition to the websites listed above)
Nicole West, project intern, was hired in June 2005 by the Town of Sterling Conservation Commission to help make the recently acquired 30 acre parcel accessible to the public. Nicole West conducted site analysis, collaborated on parking and access issues, designed and flagged routes for new trails, created an interpretive map and guide (still under construction while trail names are finalized) and submitted designs for a vista terrace and trail head plantings. Therefore, Nicole West learned a great deal about the project that way, especially from my liaison on the Conservation Commission, Sue Valentine.
Fundraising documents by the TPL
Several articles by Faith Mayer in The Landmark, a local online newspaper (because the articles are no longer published, I did not include a link above.) Nicole West printed these articles in 2005 and no longer know the date of their publication. The titles are:
Land Trust to Assist With Rittenhouse Proposal
Rittenhouse Land Purchase Approved
Sterling Lands Major Grant for Rittenhouse Purchase
Town Eyes Purchase of Kendall Hill Parcel
Proponents Pitching for Rittenhouse Purchase
In May 2007 Nicole West conducted interviews with:
Nellie Aikenhead, senior project consultant for TPL
Virginia Rittenhouse, landowner
From the Rittenhouses: Because they inadvertently signed a deal with a local builder that included a Right of First Refusal on their remaining acreage, they warn others to be more cautious. Their advice: when you sign something, get a good lawyer, not just a friend. Don't hurry decisions that have lasting effects. Get plenty of advice.
From the Trust for Public Land: Be creative and flexible, there are many options to meet landowners' needs. In this case 47 acres were going to be sold as one parcel, but the TPL had to come up with a new plan when the Rittenhouses decided that they wanted to keep the deed for the 17 acre apple orchard. TPL also used creativity to negotiate with the local builder to release the Right of First Refusal (ROFR.)
From the Town: Because towns cannot commit funds to projects without approval, organizations such as the TPL can help to conserve parcels by quickly securing an option to buy. The option is then assigned to the town when they get the necessary expenditures approved.
Virginia and Harvey Rittenhouse along with Virginia's parents purchased 150 acres of land in Sterling, Massachusetts.
Virginia's parents passed away.
Lots were periodically carved from the original 150 acres and sold for residential development.
Several lots were sold to a local builder. The agreement included a Right of First Refusal (ROFR) for the local builder for the 50 remaining acres owned by the Rittenhouses.
Numerous developers attempted to make offers on the 50 acre parcel and were all denied due to the ROFR. The Rittenhouses decided that they would rather see the land conserved than developed but face the dilemma of the ROFR.
Virginia and Harvey Rittenhouse ask the Town of Sterling to purchase the parcel.
The Town of Sterling partnered with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and negotiated a deal with the local builder that released the Rittenhouses from the ROFR agreement. The Rittenhouses decided to split the 47 acres into 2 parcels, 30 acres of forested land that they wanted to sell outright to the Town and 17 acres of apple orchard that they wanted to keep and place under a Conservation Restriction (CR.)
Town meeting voters voted to approve the purchase of the CR on the 17 acre orchard and the deed to the 30 acre forestland by the Town, with the understanding that some of the funds would come from a self-help grant and private contributions.
Sterling, official Town website
Trust for Public Land


Master composer A R Rahman kicked off the concert series celebrating his 25 year completion in Indian film music as music director – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow – with his gig at the SSE Arena Wembley on the 8th of July. The concert that lasted nearly three hours and played to a packed venue, was replete with moments of delight for his fans based in the UK. Starting with a video montage of some of the man's career highlights (including the historic Oscar winning moment), the evening saw Rahman and the accompanying musicians regale the audience to some of his most popular songs, both old and new. The best aspect about the gig to me was the fact that the set list included a bunch of songs that are not normally bound to be part of a concert set – songs like Agar Tum Saath Ho (Tamasha), Usilampatti (Gentleman), Aathangara Marame (Kizhakku Seemaiyile) etc. There was also a wonderfully compiled and executed medley at one point, that started with the more melodic pieces (Kannukku Mai Azhagu from Pudhiya Mugam to Avalum Naanum from AYM to Malargale from Love Birds), gradually picking up pace and intensity to end with songs like Columbus Columbus from Jeans and Ellaa Pugazhum from Azhagiya Tamizh Magan.
While the first half of the concert featured – apart from the composer himself – singers Neeti Mohan, Jonita Gandhi, Haricharan, Benny Dayal, Arjun Chandy, Raihanah, Ishrath and Parag Chhabra, the second half also brought to the stage Javed Ali (who joined the composer with the sufi set that ARR had featured in his last concert at the O2 as well). There was also a solo performance by Indian-American rapper-songwriter Raja Kumari who debuted in films with the composer's Kaatru Veliyidai earlier this year. Another innovation attempted at the gig was the visual additives by way of laser lights and videos featuring the singers (choreographed by singer Neeti's sister Shakti Mohan – couple of videos even featured Shakti and their sister Mukti Mohan). While the visual spectacle at times proved distracting because of the flashiness of it all, at other times they did contribute very nicely to the song's charm (particularly loved the colourful visuals for songs from movies by director Shankar, matching the director's characteristically vibrant portrayal of his songs in the movies). The night came to an end with a short rendition of the staple entry of all of ARR's gigs, Jai Ho. While I enjoyed most of the vocal performances, once again I sorely missed the original singers of most of the songs – at least for a concert celebrating 25 years of the man's film music career, the presence of some of the senior singers who helped create a lot of the biggest hits of the career would have made the concert a lot more fun. I have also heard and seen a lot of outrage regarding the increased percentage of Tamil songs in the setlist – I would like to politely remind those people that this was a celebration of the composer's entire film music career, and given that he has done more songs in Tamil than Hindi, it only makes it fair game that the representation be appropriate. 🙂 And it never hurts to listen to a new song that you did not know of, why choose to be confined to just ARR's Hindi portfolio when he has done so much amazing stuff outside of it too?


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Facundo and Chacho in Songs and Stories: Oral Culture and the Representations of Caudillos in the Nineteenth-Century Argentine Interior
Ariel de la Fuente
Hispanic American Historical Review (2000) 80 (3): 503-536.
https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-80-3-503
Ariel de la Fuente; Facundo and Chacho in Songs and Stories: Oral Culture and the Representations of Caudillos in the Nineteenth-Century Argentine Interior. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 August 2000; 80 (3): 503–536. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-80-3-503
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Q: Optimising the number of observations by checking observation overlap in dataset I have a dataset with about 70.000 observations.
# A tibble: 71,789 x 31
   X1    Profit   CTR X2           Cr     Pr Riskaversion X2            A098  01  02  incidence_gov_f~ incidence_eth_f~ warhist peaceyears    Expop NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.~ SI.POV.GINI
   <dbl> <dbl+> <dbl> <dbl+>    <dbl>  <dbl>        <dbl> <dbl+lbl>     <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>            <dbl>            <dbl>   <dbl>      <dbl> <dbl> <dbl+lbl>        <dbl+lbl>
 1 100   NA        35  3           NA     NA           NA NA            NA    NA    NA                   0                0       5          1 0.620 4202.208         NA
 2 100   NA        35  3           NA     NA           NA NA            NA    NA    NA                   0                0       5          1 0.620 4202.208         NA
 3 100   NA        35  4           NA     NA           NA NA            NA    NA    NA                   0                0       5          1 0.620 4202.208         NA
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10   6   NA        35 NA           NA     NA           NA NA            NA    NA    NA                   0                0       5          1 0.620 4202.208         NA
# ... with 71,779 more rows, and 13 more variables: tottax <dbl>, indiv <dbl>, corp <dbl>, indirect <dbl>, gst <dbl>, trade <dbl>, tottax_d <dbl>, indiv_d <dbl>, corp_d <dbl>,
#   indirect_d <dbl>, gst_d <dbl>, trade_d <dbl>, matchcode <fct>

This dataset however has a lot of missingness. If I would like to use all of the variables of interest in the regression, I would end up without any complete observations (and thus no regression). Although maybe not the most scientific solution, for getting some first results, I would like to identify the bottlenecks in my dataset.
Obviously the first step would be to kick out the variables with the lowest amount of observations,
dataobs <- as.data.frame(colSums(!is.na(data))) # Get observations

but this does not get me very far. I would like to measure the missingness dependent on the other variables.
I am thinking about what would be the best way to do this and how to implement this in R.
Any ideas?
EDIT: And no I don't want to remove the NA's in my dataset.
EDIT 2: I guess the second step would also still be quite obvious. I should somehow make:
dataobs <- as.data.frame(colSums(!is.na(data)))

conditional on the dependent variable.

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Soapy Smith: Con Man of the Wild West
Apr 6, 2022 8:18 AM EDT
There were many crooks in the Old West who prospered in territory that law enforcement had yet to reach. Soapy Smith, a man with a violent streak and a short fuse, was one of the most successful chiselers, until he wasn't.
A bearded Soapy Smith at his tavern in Skagway.
From Cowboy to Con Man
Jefferson Randolph Smith II arrived in an unsuspecting Wild West from Georgia in 1876. He was 16 when his family moved to Texas after being wiped out financially by having the misfortune to be on the Civil War's losing side.
Young Smith toyed with the cowboying trade but found the occupation onerous and poorly paid. He decided cheating other people out of their cash was more to his liking than hot and dusty days in the saddle.
In Fort Worth, he gathered a group of like-minded ne'er-do-wells skilled in the arts of three-card monte, the shell game, and crooked poker games.
Among Smith's accomplices were "Big Ed" Burns, a Chicago-based gangster who headed West to avoid answering for numerous crimes, and Texas Jack Vermillion, whose odd combination of occupations included outlaw and Methodist preacher. Collectively, these scoundrels and others of their ilk were known as bunco men (sometimes bunko).
Smith's gang moved from frontier town to frontier town where, it seems, they were able to find an endless supply of gullible rubes.
The Prize Soap Swindle
Jefferson Randolph Smith II acquired his nickname from one of his scams.
He would ride into town, a suitcase stuffed with bars of soap. "The con began with Smith setting up a Keiser (a suitcase on a tripod stand) on a busy street corner. In the suitcase would be piles of ordinary soap wrapped in plain paper."
Smooth-talking Smith would gather a crowd to watch him re-wrap the bars of soap inserting money, sometimes a dollar bill, sometimes a one hundred dollar note. He would then make a big show of mixing the bars of soap containing cash with the rest in his suitcase.
"Who wants to take a chance on winning $100 for a one-dollar bar of soap?" One of the early sales would go to an accomplice who would rip the wrapping apart to reveal some money. Sales would be brisk after that and another accomplice would win money.
As the contents of the suitcase grew low Smith would announce the elusive hundred bucks had still not been won and that now he would auction off the remaining bars. The value of the five-cent cakes of soap would rise until one of Smith's helpers would outbid everyone and score the big prize.
Sleight of hand or a hidden compartment in the suitcase ensured the soap with money only went to the right people.
With a "Yippee ki-yay" the team would catch the train for the next town and a whole fresh group of suckers.
The story goes that in one town the sheriff caught on to Smith's scam and arrested him. As he was filling out the charge sheet, the lawman forgot Smith's given name so wrote in "Soapy" instead. Smith preferred to be called Jeff.
"A gambler is one who teaches and illustrates the folly of avarice; he is a non-ordained preacher on the vagaries of fortune and how to make doubt a certainty. He is one who, in his amusements, eliminates the element of chance; chance is merely the minister in his workshop of luck; money has no value except to back a good hand."
— Jefferson R. Smith
Soapy Smith Owns Denver
In 1876, Smith moved his gang to Denver to start building a criminal empire. The city had a relaxed attitude towards gambling and that was a golden opportunity for Soapy and his company of grifters.
He opened the Tivoli Saloon and Gambling Hall and had the grace to put a sign above the entrance that read "Caveat Emptor" (Let the buyer beware). For those not schooled in Latin, and that likely included everyone, the warning that they were about to be fleeced went unnoticed. While rigged poker games in the Tivoli caused grown men to cry, Soapy Smith was also running a fake stock exchange and phony diamond sales.
He focused all his rackets on travellers while carefully cultivating the allegiance of Denver residents. There were gifts to the poor and donations to churches. Politicians and police were on his payroll so Smith became the untouchable underworld boss of Denver, and the money rolled in.
Then, in 1889, reformers went on a campaign to clean up the city. Some of those who protected Smith fell out of favour and his supremacy began to weaken. Rival gangs started nibbling away at his endeavours and his drinking and bad temper diminished his popularity. So, Soapy sold the Tivoli and decided to move to some place where the folks weren't so persnickety about morality.
The Petrified Man of Creede, Colorado
In 1889, silver was discovered in the Willow Creek Canyon, right by the town of Creede. In two years, the population went from 600 to more than 10,000; the kind of boomtown made for con men such as Soapy Smith. He opened the Orleans Club and very quickly was the king of crime in Creede
During his brief stay in the community, Soapy acquired a large, primitive-looking figure that he buried out of town. With great fanfare, the "petrified" man (actually a skeleton with a concrete coating) was exhumed and put on display for those wishing to pay for a viewing. Somewhere along the way the statue acquired the name McGinty.
Then, the good burgers of Denver told Smith the reforms were going to be repealed and organized crime was once more welcome in town. He returned to Denver and took McGinty with him. He got out of Creede just in time because on June 5, 1892 most of the town, including Smith's saloon, was destroyed in a fire.
The return of lawlessness was short-lived. In 1894, Davis Hanson Waite was elected Governor of Colorado and he told Denver's leaders to clean up their city or he would do it for them.
The local politicians refused Gov. Waite's demands and the militia was sent in to enforce them. Waite's force was met by a rag-tag bunch under the command of Soapy Smith, now carrying the title of "Colonel."
Fortunately, everybody calmed down and the governor got his way, which included showing Soapy Smith the road out of town. A murder charge motivated his departure.
The standoff at Denver City Hall.
North to Alaska
As the rule of law crept westwards it became increasingly difficult for people such as Soapy Smith to practice their crafts. However, the discovery of gold in Alaska was an irresistible magnet for these wandering scofflaws.
Smith turned up in Skagway in 1897 pulling his shell game and three-card monte scams. Just as he had in Denver and Creede, Smith began putting together criminal enterprise.
The centre of operations was Jeff Smith's Parlor, which soon became known as the "real city hall." Bribes in the right places ensured immunity from prosecution but Skagway was home to some tough men who did not like Smith's nefarious ways.
In July 1898, the so-called Committee of 101 met to discuss how to run Smith and his gang out of town. Soapy showed up brandishing a Winchester rifle and was barred entry by armed guards. There was gunfire and both Soapy and a guard lay dead on the ground.
At his funeral, the officiating clergyman chose a text from Proverbs XIII as the starting point for his sermon: "The way of transgressors is hard."
Some of Soapy's customers or maybe members of his gang.
Bonus Factoids
A mummified figure, known as Sylvester, stands as an exhibit in Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington. It's believed that Sylvester is actually Soapy Smith's McGinty.
How are the mighty fallen? Four days before being killed, Soapy Smith was the toast of the town, leading Skagway's Independence Day parade as a grand marshal.
According to a website dedicated to his memory, Soapy Smith's motto was "Get it while the get'in's good."
"Soapy Smith – Bunko Man of the Old West." Kathy Weiser-Alexander, legendsofamerica.com, November 2021.
"Soapy Smith Killed in Skagway, Alaska." history.com, July 28, 2019.
"The Secret of Soapy Smith." R. Paul Wilson, casino.org, February 27, 2021.
Soapysmith.net.
"The Legend Of Soapy Smith" Shaylon Cochran, Alaska Public Media, November 19, 2013.
© 2022 Rupert Taylor


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Another name for Newfare is nenufar (Seeblomen). But they are presented differently in other manuscripts.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - GW 12270, Latin herbal with German synonyms, Passau, Anonym, Herbarius, Patavie, 1485, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Edit: Another spelling for Nenufar is Nenuphar. An older spelling for Seeblome is sêbluome (Mhd).
Is the assumption that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is Newfare / Nenufar too farfetched ? After all, the leaf shape is characteristic and the central feature.
The leaf shape is similar to the VMS, yes, but the flower is wrong. The VMS flower (and leaf) matches the Menyanthes/Villarsia species. They have one ring of five petals rather than several rows of petals.
Menyanthes/Villarsia are small water lilies, also known as frogbit. Villarsia is also found in a few herbal manuscripts, but usually one sees the larger ones (Nenufar and Nuphar).
Some of them are fringed, some are not. Some have prominent pistils, some don't, but Villarsia/Nymphoides matches the VMS drawing very well, especially when the flowers are not fully open. It even has a ridge on the base of the calyx as on the VMS flower.
They grow all over the world.
I split this into a dedicated thread about You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . There was one before, but it is extremely messy so it's better to have a fresh one.
The Villarsia I found grows in Australia, Southeast Asia and South Africa. That's probably the wrong Villarsia. Do you have a link to the right type ?
Nymphoides peltata/Villarsia peltata is indigenous to the Mediterranean.
For a similar European variety (they have fewer petals, but are very much the same otherwise), see Hydrocharis morsus-ranae. The American version is Limnobium.
Here's a pic of N. peltata that shows the variety with only a slight fringe: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
I've researched it for quite some time, but haven't been able to find info on whether N. indica had reached Europe by the Middle Ages. It's an easy plant to transplant, so it's possible it was in the Middle East by then, but maybe not Europe.
The plant drawing that triggered this discussion, in the Auslasser herbal, is definitely the plant known as Nymphaea (Greek) or Nenuphar (Arabic), i.e. a waterlily.
However, it seems that the drawing looks more like a different plant, as described by JKP in the original thread.
Quote: It is tremendously difficult to learn anything from the pictures in medieval herbals. There is debateamong the herbalologists about the actual utility of the pictures.
John Riddle, Sergio Toresella, and my wife (whom I take to be the heavy hitters in the field) all have somewhat different takes. My impression is that you sometimes have to regard the whole thing as a specialized kind of iconography: just as we can study the relationship between different pictures of St Jerome (say) in medieval painting, and can form an impression of what he looks like (large square forehead, balding, red hat, accompanied by a pet lion) while knowing that the actual person might have looked completely different, so we study the plant pictures in herbals, noting similarities between the pictures (which sometimes agree with the written text, and sometimes not) even though the actual plant might look quite different.
With that, even if the plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. doesn't look like a waterlily in all respects, it could still be one.
This is probably a representation in the Circa Instans. The leaf shape and size is clearly in the foreground here.
Universitätsbibliothek Basel, K II 11, Kräuterbuch " You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ", East Central Germany, around 1450, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.


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Posts tagged 'Jens Quistgaard'
Palshus Denmark
Palshus Pottery was founded by husband and wife team Per Linnemann-Schmidt and Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt in 1947 in the town of Sengløse just west of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Per came from a strong artistic background, having graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1931 and subsequent work as a sculptor.
The studio name is an acronym of P(er),(A)nnelise (L)innemann, (S)chmidt and HUS (house).
The first items to be produced at Palshus were commercial wares in collaboration with Jens Quistgaard – being "Cherry Heering" Barware/Ashtrays for the Peter Herring Company, which they produced in very large numbers.
The early studio pieces from the studio were precise and minimalist in nature, with beautifully silken, matte haresfur glazes – mostly in subtle tones of either brown, blue, green or cream. The simple glazes and forms were a combination of Japanese and Scandinavian influences. Per was self taught in glaze technology and perfected these now iconic Palshus haresfur glazes. Per also often designed and drafted many of the forms and glazes and worked with other craftsmen and Annelise to realise the pieces.
Palshus Haresfur Glaze Bowl
At Palshus the 1960s saw a change in style with the use of chamotte (textured clay) along with impressed/sgrafitto patterns, used in conjunction with more roughly textured, glossy glazes.
Much of the output of Palshus was sold through Den Permanente in Copenhagen – as was the work of many important potters, craftsmen and artists at this time.
Palshus pottery is well marked with "Palshus Denmark" along with an inscribed number or number letter combination (which I believe is the form/shape number), and often a glaze or oxide colour number which is painted (rather than inscribed) on the base as a number or alpha-numerical code.
It will also have either Per's or Annelise's (or both) cyphers (PLS, ALS, APLS)….. but in the 1950s and 1960s several talented artists, sculptors and designers also worked at Palshus – including Kjeld Jorden (figurines), Jens Quistgaard, Billy Eberlein and Hugo de Soto (Artist/Painter).
The pottery closed in 1972, three years after the sad death of Annelise in a car accident at the age of 51. Per and Annelise had three children and five grandchildren including the ceramic artist/sculptor Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt (named after her grandmother) now back in Denmark after studying and working in the UK for several years.
Palshus Haresfur Glaze Bowl Base
Palshus Chamotte Vessel with glossy, textured glaze
Jens Quistgaard Ceramic & Rosewood Humidors, Kronjyden Nissen
Jens Quistgaard, Ceramic & Rosewood Humidors
Apart from the dinnerware designs Jens Quistgaard created in the 1960s and 1970s for Kronyjden Nissen he created a series of beautiful ceramic/rosewood accessories for cigarettes, smoking and cigars.
While this might seem odd to use these days, let's not forget this was at a time when smoking was seen as a normal part of daily life, and often portrayed as aspirational.
The pieces he created included humidors, ashtrays, cigarette jars etc. They were pieces made to be proudly displayed as luxury items.
The glazes used were mostly from the azure and umber dinnerware series, combined with the most beautifully crafted and sculpted rosewood lids on many of the pieces which Quistgaard also designed.
These designs also complimented a now iconic series designed by Quistgaard known as the "Rare Wood Table Top Collection" of trays, bowls, ice buckets, pepper mills for Dansk Designs in 1961.
Lettering was used on the ceramic surfaces as a decorative technique to stunning effect, with a repeated word embossed on to the clay body, accentuating the beauty of the glaze and form.
It is not often you find wood and clay combined well – but Quistgaard did so to perfection in these designs.
Below are some of the pieces I have come across, but there are several more designs in this series which is now very hard to find, and keenly sought by design collectors.
Jens Quistgaard, Cigar Humidor, Kronjyden Nissen
Jens Quistgaard, Cigar Humidor, Kronjyden Nissen – Top View
Jens Quistgaard, Ashtray, Kronjyden Nissen
Jens Quistgaard, Cigarette Jar, Kronjyden Nissen
Mexico Design, Kronjyden Nissen, Denmark
"Mexico" Kronjyden Nissen, Denmark.
At the end of the 1960s into the 1970s a new group of series was produced by Kronjyden Nissen Denmark, all on the same shape (form no 38). This group of designs started with Tema, then followed closely with Mexico & Columbia.
It is often purported that these designs were by Jens Quistgaard – but there seems to be no documentation around this. One theory is that he did design them, but did not want his name attributed to the designs due to a perceived conflict of interest with his Dansk Design company. To me looking at the forms and the decor of Tema & Mexico, they look and feel like designs by Quistgaard, but without a clear record this can not be confirmed.
Tema became the highest selling dinner service in Denmark at the time (mid 1970s) – although I find Mexico much more impressive looking and interesting. The way the Mexico glaze behaves on the form lifts the design to a whole new level, and lifts the otherwise plain and functional form of Tema to me.
Peru on form 45, and Coppelia on form 46 followed, but interest in stoneware dinnerware was now starting to decline, and by 1988 Kronjyden Nissen closed and was taken over by Bing & Grondahl/Royal Copenhagen. B&G continued producing some of the designs for several years and you will often find services such as "Cordial", "Rune", & "Contrast " with the Bing & Grondahl backstamp.
Mexico Design, Jug Form, Kronjyden Nissen
Mexico Design, Sugar Bowl, Kronjyden Nissen
Mexico Design, Large Tea Cup Kronjyden Nissen
Mexico Design, Teapot, Kronjyden Nissen


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FRISCO, Tex. — FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez recorded his first MLS career win as his team saw off an LA Galaxy side missing stars Romain Alessandrini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic by a 2-0 scoreline on Saturday at Toyota Stadium.
The home side navigated an opening-day tie as New England stifled the revamped possession-based 4-3-3 that Gonzalez has brought to FC Dallas, but the Galaxy had no answer for it on the day.
"I have to be happy as a coach," said Gonzalez after his first win. "As one of their coaches, because they grew from the last game. In terms of what we worked on in the week to improve with the ball, and in our shape, and the transitions. That led to us getting a win. I have to be really proud of the boys and their openness for us to be critical and take steps about how we want to play, and what the idea is going into this game against LA."
Diego Polenta's high kick on Matt Hedges gave Reto Ziegler the chance to open the scoring from the spot in the second half. The highlight of the game was undoubtedly new Designated Player Bryan Acosta's swerving half-volley just after the hour.
One sour point for Dallas was losing Reggie Cannon at halftime after he appeared to turn his ankle.
"I don't know too much," said Gonzalez about the right back's status. "It's good that he's moving and not in the hospital, so that's positive. The [walking] boot is there to keep the swelling down. It seemed like some kind of ankle sprain. I'm really proud of him for trying to push through it at the half. He tried to activate but it was already swollen and sore."
Gonzalez stuck to his guns after a tough opening week draw, making a single change as Jacori Hayes was sidelined with a tight hamstring. The midfielder is set to return to training next week, but it did give an opportunity for 19-year-old Paxton Pomykal to state his case for a larger role moving forward with a man of the match performance.
"It's huge," said Pomykal of the result. "It's momentum. It's our first win as a team this season as well as Luchi's first win as a professional coach. It's a big confidence boost, as well as showing the league that we have our concepts and our new style of play."
While Gonzalez has had an effect on a number of FC Dallas' 25 Homegrown signings as both a coach and his previous role at the club as academy director, his first signing as head coach was Edwin Cerrillo. Cerrillo made his MLS debut off the bench on Saturday, and touted his training in the academy to bring him to the landmark day.
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