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How I Met Madeleine
Paul Gregson
Issue 05 (December 2005)
It happened in the evening of September 6th 1952. We met in a train standing at the platform of the Gare St. Lazaire railway station in Paris. The train was waiting to go to Dieppe.
In the summer of 1952 I worked for Commercial Union in Athol Street in Douglas [on the Isle of Man]. I had two weeks vacation so I decided to take a trip to France. I got a passport, issued on the 26th of August, and bought rail and ferry tickets for a round trip to Dieppe. I put on my old R.A.F. uniform, prepared to sleep under the stars if necessary. My warm uniform was left over from my two years national service.
The journey began with the four hour boat trip from Douglas to Liverpool, a long train journey to Euston Station in London, then another train to the port of Newhaven. On arrival in Dieppe I had lunch in a restaurant, left, and almost immediately felt the need of a bathroom. Unfortunately I couldn't remember the whereabouts of the restaurant in order to return and use theirs. I couldn't speak French but I saw a policeman directing traffic at a very busy intersection. I went over to him, and mimed the use of a bathroom. He jerked his thumb at the place where I stepped off the sidewalk – right outside a clearly identified urinoir. And so I learned my first practical word of French: That and s'il vous plaĭt will get you anywhere in France.
I went down a busy street that had a signpost indicating it was the road to Paris. I stuck out my thumb as a hitchhiker. I immediately got a lift, which got me to Rouen. In Rouen I got a ride to Paris in a very large lorry. In both cases the drivers stopped every now and then and bought me drinks: my R.A.F. uniform was paying unexpected dividends. Everybody recognized the blue uniform but they hadn't seen one since the end of the war. On arrival in Paris my driver took his large vehicle down a succession of narrow back streets where he would stop the truck, disappear into a building for a couple of minutes, come out shaking his head, restart the lorry, go somewhere else and repeat the performance. Quite a feat, maneuvering that vehicle throughout the back streets. I had no idea what he was doing. Finally he came out with a big smile. He had been checking hotels looking for one that was both cheap and clean. Each morning I paid in advance for that evening. Somebody showed me how the very efficient Metro system worked and in no time at all I was travelling all over the city.
As I explored, I found myself again the recipient of overwhelming generosity from the French. In one instance I went into a restaurant on Boulevard Sebastopol. The cashier looked at my uniform and made me understand that it was an expensive restaurant. She directed me round the corner to a back street where I dined very well. There are plenty of cheap restaurants tucked away in the back streets of Paris. The vin du table was somewhat harsh on my throat but I had that and good soup with bread for very little money.
I actually spent a week in Paris for £10. That sum was recorded in my passport on August 30th in compliance with the British currency regulations then in effect concerning the export of sterling. Britain was still trying to recover from the war and didn't want people moving their money to more profitable countries.
One of the first things I did in Paris was to buy a one way rail ticket from Paris to Dieppe, where I would connect with the other ferry and rail tickets I had a bought. That way, when my funds were exhausted I was able to return home.
There were two trains a day going to Dieppe. I asked the hotel proprietor to wake me at 7:00 the following morning but couldn't have explained it very well because I woke after 8:00 a.m. and realized I had missed the morning train. No problem, I had enough money left to see some more of Paris
I went to Gare St. Lazaire that afternoon and boarded the train for Dieppe. I was alone in the compartment until a young lady came in, accompanied by a man who turned out to be her father, seeing his daughter off to Nelson Hall Teachers Train-ing College England. He was a small man, perhaps five feet tall and had difficulty getting one of her suitcases up into the luggage rack. It was remarkably heavy. I found out later that it was full of books. I watched him struggle for a minute or two, then went over, took it off him and put it on the rack. I was very strong when I was twenty three.
That was Madeleine and her father. Her English was far superior to my French and we got talking. (The conversation went on until we separated, some thirty-six hours later). Eventually the compartment filled up with six of us, all young people. When a French Canadian girl got up and went to the toilet I stole her seat so I could sit opposite Madeleine.
Our conversation continued, even on the night ferry, up to the time when I went to the toilet, came back, and she was nowhere to be found. I learned later she had gone to the Ladies Lounge.
So I lost her. The boat docked in Newhaven at five or six in morning, There were three or four gangplanks for the passengers to disembark, with a crowd of people at each. To my great surprise and delight I found Madeleine standing in the crowd beside me. It was drizzling rain and cold at six a.m. She had the presence of mind to loan me in a blanket.
Having previously been to Britain she knew the arrival routine better than I did. Passengers were split into two queues at Customs and Immigration – British and foreigners. She was aware of this division and knew that being an honest Brit. I would have to find her to return the blanket.
Holders of British passports passed through fairly quickly; so I went over to the exit for foreigners and waited for her. When she came through we found we were both going to the Newhaven railway station.
Then we learned that we were both taking trains from Euston Station in London, so we joined forces and split the cost of a cab to the Newhaven railway station. At Euston station we discovered we would again be taking the same train; she would get off at Stoke-on-Trent whilst I continued to Liverpool.
So we were able to continue our conversation for many more hours, during which time we exchanged addresses. I continued on to the Isle of Man, thinking what a nice girl she was and went down to the Commercial Union office in Douglas, where Jim Ebling was the temporary manager, to tell him about my holiday. At one point he said I was talking about nothing else except the girl I'd met on the train. He said, "You'd better go back and secure her affections" or something like that, "You've still got a week's holiday."
I said "I can't, I have no money" whereon he opened his wallet, took out a five pound note, gave it to me, and said, "Pay me back when convenient."
Next morning I was back on the boat heading for Liverpool where I took a train to Stoke-on-Trent. I located a bed and breakfast place near Madeleine's address, left my luggage there and went round and rang her doorbell.
Madeleine was employed as a teachers aide in the Stoke school system. She was staying with, Fred and Enid Clarke, who had three children. Madeleine paid the trivial amount of one pound a week in return for bed and board
I asked Enid for Madeleine only to be told she was out, and would be back later. When she returned, Enid told Madeleine a young man had been asking for her. This bothered Madeleine, thinking it was a Frenchman living in Stoke-on-Trent whom she didn't especially care for. She was very surprised when I later came to the door.
I spent several days in Stoke-on-Trent. The weather was kind to us and we walked around some beautiful parks. I know a good thing then I see it so on the second day I asked her to marry me. In spite of her earlier inclinations to stay single and travel, she said "yes". However we had to wait until she graduated from teachers training college.
On the 17th of July 1954 we took a bus and got married in the Registry Office in the town of St. Helens. St. Helens has responsibility for Garston, the suburb of Liverpool in which we set up home. Being as poor as church mice we borrowed a ring and had a honeymoon later when we could afford it.
Our wedding took place on the wettest day for eighty years.
Paul Gregson. How I Met Madeleine. Issue 05 (12/2005) The Ecphorizer (www.ecphorizer.com)
Ecphorizer: How I Met Madeleine
reveals all in this first-person story of Love in the Fifties.
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Trump Blasts Fake News Media For Burying Story On Indictment Of Obama White House Legal Counsel Greg Craig
(Gateway Pundit) – President Trump blasted the "Corrupt News" on Friday morning for burying the indictment of Obama's White House counsel Greg Craig.
"President Obama's top White House lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was indicted yesterday on very serious charges. This is a really big story, but the Fake News New York Times didn't even put it on page one, rather page 16. Washington Post not much better, "tiny" page one. Corrupt News!" Trump said in a tweet.
Former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges stemming from Mueller's probe related to work he did for Ukraine in 2012.
President Obama's top White House lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was indicted yesterday on very serious charges. This is a really big story, but the Fake News New York Times didn't even put it on page one, rather page 16. @washingtonpost not much better, "tiny" page one. Corrupt News!
Above: Greg Craig
Greg Craig worked with Paul Manafort, but since he's a long time Clinton-Obama fixer, the media ignored the story.
NewsBusters reported that the combined airtime allowed by ABC, CBS and NBC for Greg Craig's indictment was a whopping one minute and 15 seconds.
NewsBusters pointed out that NBC didn't even mention that Greg Craig worked for Obama and Clinton, rather, the network concentrated on Craig's ties to Paul Manafort.
How does this square up with the mainstream media's coverage of Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort?
According to NewsBusters, following the indictments of Paul Manafort, 60% of their airtime was dedicated to covering Manafort and Rick Gates.
The fake news media is truly the enemy of the people.
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personally, and I trust the same is true for him in response to my postings.
and among AFSC, something of which I am not guilty--and I reciprocated.
do not now, on reflection.
the Society of Friends?"  On what basis can one say such a thing?
that someone might confront or respond to another's fundamental views.
in this regard as an effort at propagandizing.  I await some responses.
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> are not appropriate.  This is something like a censoring clerk.
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> before I do something really dumb.
> so inclined to explain your who what or whys.
> always had a better answer to the problems then I could generate.
> solution.  The solution may help others to better define the problem.
> remark that you said the way you want it recorded in the proceedings?"
> But no thanks to Penny and the spirit, I keep it quite and let it go.
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'Boys will be boys' mantra risks girls' safety
Mia Sanders
Stanford University students protest against a lenient jail sentence given to a rapist.
"It was just a group of boys having fun".
This comment might evoke thoughts of boys splashing around in a swimming pool, skateboarding on the road or tagging a brick wall.
But this comment was made in defence of a vile Instagram account called "ys [young slut]_academy_puspus" which sexually objectified underage girls as young as 11 years' old.
Worse still, the comment was made by a man who identified himself as an "old boys' club" father of one of the Brighton Grammar boys who ran the Instagram account, in a threatening anonymous phone call to a victim's mother.
The Instagram account, which invited people to vote for the "slut of the year", featured photographs of young female students in various stages of dress with captions such as "[*****] is an up and coming draft pick in the 2018 slut draft we like to start them young!! Key traits — she's 13 but tits of a 14 year old, loves anal but doesn't mind copping it up the pussy!!"
A photograph of three Year six students was titled as an "orgy of YS [Young Sluts]" who would make "prime candidates for the YS Slut Draft".
The ringleaders appear to be senior students. It was originally reported that two Year 11 footballers were expelled over the posts, but it is now understood that the boys' parents were advised by staff to withdraw them to avoid technical expulsions.
However, the group behind the account consists of more than 40 members, most of whom appear to attend Brighton Grammar in Melbourne and have not faced any consequences.
Now is the time for apologies and education. Instead, several Brighton Grammar parents have rushed to the defence of the boys with "boys will be boys" excuses, as well as launching an attack on one victim's mothers for calling attention to the issue.
"What's the big deal? It was only up for a few hours" one mother wrote of a photo of primary school girls with an explicit sexual caption.
"The [Year six] girls should have been wearing tracksuit pants [instead of shorts]. Think about how this will impact the poor boys, one of them is suffering depression.
"[The boys] just made a silly mistake and [the girl's mother] needs to let it go."
Some horrified onlookers have pointed to the school's prestigious reputation to explain the defensive responses.
The annual cost of tuition for a Year 11 student at Brighton Grammar is $36,982. Those are the fees paid by people who will do nearly anything to preserve the future careers of their children — even bully their child's victims into silence.
The incident came to light just one month after it was reported that Brock Turner, the Stanford University athlete convicted of the rape of an unconscious woman, is expected to serve only three months of his six month sentence.
In a court statement, Turner's father described the violent rape as "20 minutes of action" and detailed his son's swimming achievements in an argument for leniency. His statement made no reference to his son's victim.
The readiness of these parents to minimise and excuse the sexual violence perpetrated by their children sends some unnerving messages about privilege and entitlement.
It says 16 to 17-year-old boys can sexually harass 11-year-old girls and it will be described as a "silly mistake", as though they accidentally poured orange juice on their cereal instead of milk.
It says a man can rape a woman and his father can present the argument that his son should not be judged on whether or not he is a rapist, but on how many minutes it took him to rape a woman.
Most importantly, these incidents send the disarming and pervasive message that the sons of privileged families can escape the repercussions of their actions and the women and girls they victimise will rarely see justice.
These are not feminist myths, nor are they isolated incidents. For women and girls, these are daily realities.
These messages both reflect and enable a society with a real problem with sexual violence, overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women.
A study by Centres Against Sexual Assault found that girls between the ages of 10 and 14 form the greatest proportion of survivors of sexual violence, followed by young women between 15 and 24 years.
Unfortunately, the parents who are content to repeat the old saying "boys will be boys" are inadvertently dooming countless girls to suffer at the hands of boys who have never learned about consent and respect.
According to the United Nations, Australia has one of the highest rates of reported sexual assault in the world. Until we do away with victim blaming and making excuses for sexual assault, we will not arrest the crisis of sexual violence in Australia.
We need to put an end to violent behaviour before it begins, with a massive expansion of compulsory sexual education programs for all children that deal with respectful relationships, gender equality, consent and bodily autonomy.
Reversing the gutting of the Safe Schools program would be a good start!
But we also need to revive the women's rights movement in a big way and take to the streets to demand a definitive end to sexual violence.
This type of movement is not about targeting men. It's about empowering the women involved and onlooking young girls in the process.
It is about demanding women-only domestic violence shelters, investment in rape crisis services and serious sexual education in schools.
Only through this type of movement will we finally drown out "boys will be boys" with a cry of: "Yes means yes, no means no; However we dress, wherever we go!"
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Morrelganj () is an upazila of Bagerhat District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.  Morrelganj (Town) consists of 9 wards and 12 mahallas. The area of the town is 15.36 km2. The town has a population of 321153; male 51.76%, female 48.24%. The density of population is 1441per km2. The town has one dak bungalow.

Morrelganj thana was established in 1909 and became an upazila in 1985.

History
Morrelganj is named after the Morrel family. During the British rule Henry Morrel established Kuthi Bari and terrorized the locals by forced labor and torture. In protest, a peasant rebellion spread under the leadership of Rahimullah of Baraikhali, who was killed on 25 November 1861.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, 35 people were killed in an encounter between the freedom fighters and the Razakars on 15 August 1971. This is commemorated in the War of Liberation Memorial monument.

Geography
Morrelganj is located at . It has 61210 household units and a total area 460.91 km2.

Morrelganj Upazila (Bagerhat district) is bounded by Bagerhat sadar and Kachua upazilas on the north, Sarankhola and Mathbaria upazilas on the south, Pirojpur sadar and Bhandaria upazilas on the east, Rampal and Mongla upazilas on the west. Main rivers: Baleshwar, Ghasiakhali, Panguchi and Bhola.

Demographics
Population 321153; male 50.48% and female 49.52%; Muslim 86.59%, Hindu 13.28% and other 0.13%.

Economy
The main occupations are: Agriculture 35.49%, fishing 3.65%, agricultural labourer 20.73%, wage labourer 6.85%, commerce 11.85%, transport 1.4%, service 5.6%, others 14.43%.

There is a big Shopping Place in Morrelgonj Called Morrelgonj Center or Morrelgonj Bazar and it is the big Business place of Morrelgonj.

Points of interest
Neelkuthi (1849) and Rajbari at Bonogram.  The nearby Mosque City of Bagerhat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a formerly lost city, located in the suburbs of Bagerhat city in Bagerhat District, in the Khulna Division of southwest of Bangladesh. Bagerhat is about 15 miles south east of Khulna and 200 miles southwest of Dhaka.  The mosque city is situated at the confluence of Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers

Administration
Morrelganj Upazila is divided into Morrelganj Municipality and 16 union parishads: Baharbunia, Balaibunia, Banagram, Baraikhali, Chingrakhali, Daibagnyahati, Hoglabunia, Hogla Pasha, Jiudhara, Khuolia, Morrelganj, Nishanbaria, Panchakaran, Putikhali, Ramchandrapur, and Teligati. The union parishads are subdivided into 120 mauzas and 181 villages.

Morrelganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 12 mahallas.

Transport
Roads: Paved (pucca) 59 km, improved (semi pucca) 82 km and mud road 765 km.  The traditional use of the palanquin for transportation is nearly extinct.

Education

The average literacy is 49.5%; of which male literacy is 53.9% and female literacy is 40%.
Morrelganj has many educational institutions: college 6, high school 76, madrasa 291, most noted of which is Govt. S.M College (1968),  Fulhata High School (1946), Daibajnahati BM High School (1915), A C Laha Pilot High School (1924), Shahid Sheikh Rasel Mujib High School(1995) Bipin Kamol Balika Vidyalaya, Maa Babar Reen College Surjumukhi, Baharbunia, Hironmoy Halder Karigori College, Baharbunia, Nihar Halder Sanskrit College, Baharbunia, Baharbunia Halderbari Dakhil Mohila Madrasa, Surjumukhi Halder Bari Prathomik Vidyalaya, Baharbuna. KP sarkari prathomic vidyalaya. Baharbunia

Notable people
 Shahid Rahimullah, died 1861, leader of an Indigo Revolt.
 Liakat Ali Khan, born 1951, student freedom fighter commander in 1971.

See also
 Upazilas of Bangladesh
 Districts of Bangladesh
 Divisions of Bangladesh

References

Upazilas of Bagerhat District
Bagerhat District
Khulna Division

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Retail Remembered
"It's sad," I complained.
"Shopping in London now is just like shopping in New York. The same fashionable stores parade on the fashionable streets in the same way they do here.
"It's all Gucci, Vuitton, Armani, Prada, and Hermès. One or the other seems to pop up on every other corner. There are no more special little places that sell Guernsey sweaters or Irish linen sheets or things that aren't readily available here. There's nothing unique, nothing reminds you that you're in the UK. Harrods and Harvey Nichols showcase the same things you see at Bloomingdale's or Macy's in every American mall."
It's certainly true that retail shopping has been globalized and that localized panache has gone the way of the manual typewriter. The re-born but essentially American Abercrombie & Fitch now flaunts itself on Savile Row. Of course it's not the real Abercrombie & Fitch, the one that was on Madison Avenue and 45th Street and that sold fishing tackle with as much reverence as Tiffany sells diamonds. That Abercrombie & Fitch boasted a shooting range in the basement and outfitted Charles Lindbergh for his flight across the Atlantic in 1927.
But thinking about this change in the retail world a little more, I realize that visitors here in New York could complain in much the same way I do on my travels.
Where have all the stores gone? All those places that I knew growing up like the real Abercrombie & Fitch? What happened to them?
For example, B. Altman & Co. was a glorious emporium that stretched from 34th Street to 35th, from Fifth Avenue to Madison. It was the place to find linen tea napkins and decent Chinese antiques, Shetland sweaters and tasteful old prints. Several well-known interior designers got their start in Altman's home decorating department–a part of the furniture showrooms. There was a men's department, a woman's department, a toy department, and a nice restaurant called "The Charleston Garden." But the store closed in 1989.
In the same part of town was Arnold Constable at Fifth Avenue and 40th Street. Founded in 1825, it was at one point the oldest department store in America. Stern Brothers was at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street next to Bryant Park. Oppenheim Collins was at 35 West 34th Street and their somewhat upmarket sibling, Franklin Simon, was at 414 Fifth Avenue at 38th Street. That establishment promoted itself as the first retailer using the "collection of specialty shops" concept as opposed to a more traditional department store. I remember it being cheerful and interesting with a particularly nice staff.
When Franklin Simon closed in 1977, the building became the flagship store for W. and J. Sloane, an extraordinary and influential furniture and rug retailer that had moved uptown from Broadway and 19th Street. This was in an area known as the "Ladies' Mile," but that's a whole other topic. Sloane's sold all kinds of tasteful things to make a home out of a house and, like Altman's, provided decorating services as well. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1985.
Further uptown, at 645 Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, was Best and Company, a well-respected survivor of late-Victorian times famous for its children's wear. It closed in 1971. De Pinna, at 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue, was a high-end men's and women's clothier where the very walls seemed to exude tasteful luxury. Once, at about age twelve, I spotted the Hollywood actor James Stewart shopping there in a camel hair coat. I was very impressed. Wow! The man who starred in Rear Window with Grace Kelly and in Bell, Book and Candle with Kim Novak was shopping in the same place where I'd found a jacket for Easter Sunday. Alas, in 1969, after an amazing liquidation sale, it too closed.
There was Ohrbach's on 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, across from the Empire State Building, which I remember as providing line for line copies of the then-top French and Italian couture: Dior, Balenciaga, and the like. S. Klein at Union Square did more or less the same thing but more cheaply. Gimbels and Saks 34th Street were across the street from Macy's at Herald Square and were connected to each other by an indoor bridge spanning the street. John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia mainstay was downtown, at Broadway and 9th Street.
Throughout midtown there were fancy women's stores and specialty shops.
On the northwest corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue was Tailored Woman. In his 1988 New York Times obituary, Eugene K. Denton, its founder, was quoted as having said about his customers, "There are those who like simple, lovely clothes and there are clotheshorses. We don't cater to clotheshorses. I am opposed to the tackers-on-of-trifles, doodads, furbelows, sequins and beads."
Just down 57th Street, at number 24, was Jay Thorpe where the clothes were slightly more trendy but equally chic. And in close proximity was Milgrim, credited with introducing couture quality to off-the-rack clothes.
In these days of yore there was also Russeks (coats, suits and furs); Hattie Carnegie (hats and various other garments deluxe); Peck and Peck (the ne plus ultra of the understated and tailored country club look); Martha (with locations on Park Avenue and 58th Street and in Palm Beach, it managed to exemplify both locales); Mr. John (more hats); and Chez Ninon. Chez Ninon, at 480 Park Avenue, was where First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy could buy clothes that were legitimately made in America. (They were usually designed in Paris and created out of French fabrics.)
And of course for very stylish and well-off ladies there was the lushly glamorous Bonwit Teller on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street with its signature logo of violet nosegays. At one time, Bonwit's was the only place in New York where you could buy Hermès scarves. When you entered the store, automatic spray guns spritzed the space to enhance the opulent ambience. This was not always pleasant.
Gentlemen had lots of choices as well.
Generally for older, very rich males who enjoyed being upholstered in heavy silks and not-so-subtle tweeds, there were Finchley at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, F. R. Tripler & Co. at 366 Madison Avenue, and Sulka on Park Avenue and 55th Street. It was said that Winston Churchill, Clark Gable, and the Duke of Windsor all shopped at Sulka.
For those with more conservative taste, there was Chipp, and for traditionally minded gentlemen with more limited clothing allowances, there was Rogers Peet at 485 Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.That store's reputation was strong enough to merit a lyric in Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls. Adelaide, the ever-optimistic and slightly over-the-hill showgirl is discussing ways to improve men with Sarah, the Salvation Army missionary:
(Adelaide): Slowly introduce him to the better things; respectable, conservative, and clean.
(Sarah): Readers Digest!
(Adelaide): Guy Lombardo!
(Sarah): Rogers Peet!
(Adelaide): Golf!
(Sarah): Galoshes!
(Adelaide): Ovaltine!
Browning King & Co.; Broadstreet's; and Wallachs were less-expensive versions of the same thing.
Mark Cross at 655 Fifth Avenue, the shop famous because its owners, Gerald and Sara Murphy, were immortalized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, offered the most beautiful leather goods. For riding equipage and everything to do with horses, there was the very posh M. J. Knoud at 63rd Street and Madison Avenue as well as Miller's and Kaufman's on East 24th Street (a block described by the New York Times in 1975 as "the equine epicenter of New York"). Lewis and Conger at 45th Street and Sixth Avenue was the place to go for smart house presents, barware, and the like. At one time it boasted that it was the only place in Manhattan where you could find beer mugs. And if you happened to be looking for a place to send over a bon voyage basket to one of the trans-Atlantic steamship lines, Charles and Company at 340 Madison Avenue was just the ticket.
Yes, they're all gone, all the smart shops that boasted of being "purveyors to the carriage trade" and would have blanched at the sight of tattoos or body piercings. But it is somewhat encouraging to know that some old-timers, albeit changed, are still around.
Macy's is still Macy's and so is Saks Fifth Avenue still Saks. In the sixties, Bloomingdale's reinvented itself and changed from a rather frumpy and bland place into the height of hip. Similarly Barneys, which used to be at 17th Street and Seventh Avenue, moved uptown, had several face lifts and became too chic for words. Alas, in the process, "Barney's Boys Town," a place where hard-to-fit youngsters could feel right at home, disappeared.
Lord & Taylor is still, more or less, Lord & Taylor and Brooks Brothers, although far more with it than it ever was, seems to retain its audience of people most comfortable in classic clothes. It may have once inspired Ralph Lauren but now Ralph Lauren seems to inspire it.
And there's still Elizabeth Arden on Fifth Avenue. It is not quite the template for Claire Boothe Luce's The Women that it once was, but it's still vogueing there behind its red door. Similarly Henri Bendel is not quite the ultra-smart emporium of days gone by, but it does retain some of its prestige and style. Hammacher Schlemmer at 147 East 57th Street has now become a catalogue showcase store, but the things it stocks–gadgets, hardware, and real Turkish towels–are very much in keeping with a tradition that goes back to 1848. Bergdorf Goodman, that temple of high-end retailing at its very best, is, thank heaven, still very much Bergdorf Goodman and it is bigger and better than ever. Somehow, this store has managed to adapt to the times but still maintain its standards.
Then there's Abercrombie & Fitch.
Well, as discussed, Abercrombie & Fitch is a whole different ball game. The name may be the same, but customers seeking the hushed and lush citadel of sporting country gentlemen would be more than a little surprised to find nearly naked male models promoting logo-emblazoned tee shirts and tank tops.
Do things really stay the same the more that they change?


A number of important factors about Torrington and surrounding areas must be taken into account when planning future health services – in particular the age-mix of the population and the rural nature of the district.
Data published from the 2011 census shows Torrington's population profile (the red bars) is significantly older than the national average, particularly over the age of retirement.
Conversely, Torrington has far fewer people of school and working age than the national average.
Between 2011 and 2031, Torridge's population is set to grow by 16% and the age profile of the population is expected to change dramatically, especially in the oldest age groups. A high level of growth is projected among all those of pensionable age, with a 38% increase in those aged 65-74, 82% in those aged 75-84, and 119% in those aged 85-plus.
Another key issue facing residents of the Torrington area is the impact of rural isolation, as it is one of the more rural communities in the county. There is evidence that rural isolation impacts on health, wellbeing and access to services. For example a hospital outpatient appointment in Barnstaple for someone from the Torrington area can mean a whole day away from home. Yet the appointment itself might last just a quarter of an hour.


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Discussions of scientific research data management, bioinformatics, trends in scientific software, 21cfr11 compliance and the role of the Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) and Laboratory Information management systems (LIMS) in modern research workflows and collaborations. If you are you a bioinformatics specialist or an ELN / LIMS vendor, user, integrator or developer, and you want to share your experiences with others, please feel contact me via the email link in my profile below.
CERF ELN Version 5.0 is here!
Well folks, CERF ELN 5.0 is finally ready for release.
CERF 5.0 is the result of an enormous amount of hard work by many people and is the culmination of almost 2 years of work. This is the first version of CERF created by its new producer, Lab-Ally.
Job one was locating and moving the source code to an all-new, modern, agile and fully integrated development, build and support platform. This new platform will allow us to move forward more quickly after this initial release (or more accurately "re-boot"). Our next engineering task involved updating the core components that make the whole shebang work. JAVA, Tomcat , Open Office, MySQL and modern SSL certificates, plus dozens of other components and libraries that all needed to be updated.
Next came the hard part, refactoring all the code to get the updated components and build environment to work together and spit out a functioning product. This part took us months, but when the newest version was finally birthed, we liked what we saw.
Then we went on a graphics spree, refreshing and redesigning almost all of the icons and buttons, and adding support for GUI features (like Mac's full screen mode) that didn't exist when CERF was first created.
As we worked on the product and started using it for data management within our own organization, obvious priorities for new features, improvements and refinements started to emerge, as did the need to "comment out" certain older, buggy or deprecated features that we plan to circle back to later. The rate at which the team started to brainstorm new ideas began to accelerate. New feature requests poured into our request system (JIRA) and before long, an ambitious roadmap that stretches years into the future started to emerge.
CERF 5 focusses on shoring up the product's most powerful features: semantic metadata and semantic search, round trip editing, flexible import and export of data and the use of notes, tags and configurable ontologies to add meaning to your files. Several new search parameters were added and the default search parameter list was re-designed to make it easier to use. A new export tool was created and a new version of the Automaton (formerly the "Automation Client" was built. Lab-Ally has also redoubled efforts to prioritize product quality, speed and and stability and is also putting much more emphasis on clear and complete documentation as well as compliance with industry-standard security tools like MS and Apple code signing, (which previously had been largely ignored). looking into the future, CERF will become increasingly focussed on the needs of GLP or "spirit of GLP" labs, with full support for things like ALCOA and related documentation principles.
The last piece in the puzzle was tracking down the code for the iPad App and redesigning it to work with modern iPads and to comply with Apple's more stringent code and security standards. Honestly The iPad app was never much more than a prototype when it was first released in 2010 or 2011, so it took quite a lot of effort to finally get the new version to the point where we were comfortable releasing it. We called it iCERF and it's available on the itunes store now.
We are happy with the results and we think CERF is well positioned to take advantage of a growing demand for a full-featured Electronic Lab Notebook and 21CFR11 compliant document management system that can be installed on-site. The cloud may be popular for many sorts of data storage, but when it comes to mission critical, irreplaceable intellectual property, the smart organizations are getting tired of huge corporations holding their data hostage on the cloud where we all know that the US and Chinese governments will probably rummage through it any time they like.
If you want a free demo of this newest version, please contact lab-ally.
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By Jeff Chabot
Amazon LOVEFiLM customers in the UK and Germany will soon get access to all nine episodes of History's "Vikings" streaming in high definition. "Vikings" lands on LOVEFiLM in the UK on May 24, and in Germany on June 24. The exclusive streaming premiere will actually pre-date the traditional television broadcast of the series, a first for LOVEFiLM which Chris Bird, Director or Film Strategy calls "an incredibly exciting landmark in our history."
MGM Television will distribute the series in the UK and Germany, as well as any countries outside of Canada, Ireland, and the US. In the United States and Canada, "Vikings" premiered on the History channel March 3, 2013. The series has since been renewed for a ten-epiosode second season.
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iShares Cybersecurity And Tech ETF: Secular Tailwinds And Short-Term Risks (NYSEARCA:IHAK)
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We are now at a critical mass as we plan the future with combined technology; if we do not identify how separate technologies support or add problems we are just repeating the mistakes of the past. – Ian R. McAndrew
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The iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:IHAK), with over $500m in AUM focuses on developed and emerging market companies that are at the vanguard of cybersecurity development. Even though this is a global index, close to three-fourths of the holdings are American-based companies. To qualify for consideration the underlying companies should derive at least half their revenue from cyber-hardware or cyber-software.
The Case For Cybersecurity
There's no doubt that the modern world is becoming technologically complex and interconnected over time, but as things ramp up, it's worth questioning if we are doing enough to protect our digital assets. This becomes even more pertinent when you consider that since the pandemic, corporations have resorted to a broad front-loading of digital investments, and the associated migrations of not just plain vanilla tech applications, but more pressing business-critical initiatives to the cloud. As this multi-year transition takes place, it leaves enterprise systems prone to deficiencies, as compromises in security become easier to crack. It is now questionable if accelerated tech adoption is being overshadowed by an increase in cybersecurity risks.
Consider something like quantum computing that has the capability of solving problems at an exponential pace. This looks highly likely to gain scale in a few years, and soon you could have pernicious hackers leveraging this tech to crack complex encryption code that protects sensitive data of not just corporations but the government as well.
All in all, if companies continue to be lukewarm about the growing threat of cybercrime, they could pay a heavy price. Just to highlight the potential magnitude of this risk, note that the estimated cost of cybercrime which stood at around $6 trillion last year, could likely snowball by 4x and hit levels of $24 trillion in 7 years' time!
I believe there is a huge market in store for companies involved in this space. Mckinsey believes that the current vended market for global cybersecurity players stands at $150bn but the total addressable opportunity could well be 10x that figure at around $1.5 trillion-$2 trillion.
Admittedly, in the short-term, as recessionary conditions gather steam, cynics will likely question if tech-related spending will be as resilient as in recent years. Indeed, Gartner believes that IT spending in 2023 will likely only come in at mid-single-digit levels.
While that is quite an underwhelming number, it's important to not tar all IT sub-segments with the same brush, and given what I've covered above, you have to wonder if it makes good sense for companies to curtail security related spend at this juncture; rather, I suspect compromises will be made in other areas. In fact the CrowdStrike CEO recently noted that cybersecurity would be one of those areas where companies would find it hard-pressed to cut given the growing cyber risks over time. In addition to that, a recent survey carried out amongst CIOs highlighted that cybersecurity (alongside risk management) would continue to be one of the top areas of investment next year. In effect, Global X believes that security-related spending could likely grow at double-digit rates until 2026 (higher than the mid-single-digit rates of broad IT spending).
While few could argue with some of the secular tailwinds surrounding the cybersecurity space, some other considerations may make IHAK less than appealing at this juncture.
Firstly, given the earnings potential on offer, IHAK's valuation angle isn't the most attractive. According to YCharts, over the next 5-years, this portfolio could likely deliver earnings growth of only 8%, yet the ETF trades at a hefty forward P/E of 25x. Conversely, something like the tech-heavy Nasdaq offers earnings potential of 11%, and yet trades at a lower P/E of 22.2x!
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Sexual offences up by 4.6%, increase in murder and rape of children
By IAVAN PIJOOS - 12 September 2019
Police minister Bheki Cele at the release of the crime statistics at parliament. The number of murders of women is slightly down by 5.4%, but there has been a 2.9% increase in murders of children.
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Sexual offences have increased by 4.6% to 52,420 cases recorded in the 2018/19 reporting period, up from the 50,108 cases recorded the previous year.
Gauteng, which had the most recorded cases, saw a 6.3% hike, as did KZN.
However, the provinces with the highest percentage increases in sexual offences were Mpumalanga, with an 8.5% rise (from 3,198 to 3,470 cases), and the Eastern Cape, with a 7.9% spike, reflecting a rise in the number of cases from 8,094 to 8,731.
Sexual offences increased by 4.6% in 2018/2019.
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Rape also increased, by 3.9%, from 40,035 cases in 2017/18 to 41,583 in 2018/19.
In Gauteng, 6,743 women opened rape cases, followed by 5,895 in KwaZulu-Natal and 5,986 in the Eastern Cape. Women between the ages of 20 and 29 opened the most rape cases.
Girls aged between 10 and 19 reported 6,852 rape cases in the past statistical period.
Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal recorded the most rape cases of any single police station (338 cases), followed by Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape (280 cases) and Thohoyandou in Limpopo (268 cases).
Sexual crimes against children increased by 3.8% in 2018/2019.
Another sex crime shown to be on the rise was sexual assault, which increased by 9.6%.
The most cases were recorded in the Western Cape, followed by Gauteng and KZN.
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Attempted murder cases recorded among children increased by a massive 11.8%, while sexual offences cases increased by 3.8%.
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Weekend tour, the State Natural Park Altyn-Emel
By Yelemessov Sultan
This publication I want to dedicate to the most interesting place of the Semirechye, on the diversity of landscapes, - the Altyn-Emel nature park. From the article you will learn about the main attractions of the natural park, such as Singing Barkhan, Mountains of Aktau and Kututau, Paleozoic Massif of Small and Large Kalkans, Barrows of Besshatyr, and how to get there, where to stay and the program of tours offered.
The State National Nature Park is located in the valley of the Ili River, Altyn-Emel is bounded from the south by the Ili River and the Kapshagai Reservoir, from the north of the Dzungarian Alatau, from the east by the low mountains of Aktau and it is measures about 155 km from east to west and 65 km from south to north. The name Altyn-Emel has Mongolian roots and it is translated as a "golden saddle". According to the existing legend, in the summer of 1219 Genghis Khan's troops moved through this valley to conquer Central Asia. At sunset, seeing mountains covered with yellowed grass, the great commander exclaimed "The golden saddle!" If you look closely, the Altyn-Emel pass really resembles a saddle in appearance. This, though, a beautiful but still a legend, as in the conquest of Zhetysu Genghis Khan did not take personal part, but sent his forces headed by Zhebenion.
You can get to the nature park from Almaty by Kapshagai highway, first passing the city of Kapshagai we go to Saryozek village along the modern highway, then we turn to the direction of the city of Zharkent and drive along the asphalt road to Basshi settlement. The distance from the center of Almaty to Basshi, according to Google maps - 261 km, the journey time is 3 hours and 28 minutes.
Almaty – Basshi
Entry to the natural park is paid, you must pay a visit, car parking and a place for a tent if you are not traveling with a tourist group. Tariffs are as follows: a visit per person for one day - 800 tenge; car entry - 200 tenge per day for one car; place for a tent, day – 2,000 tenge. There are two options for payment of fees, the first to go to the Central Estate of the Altyn-Emel National Park in the village of Basshi and pay there, in the morning on weekends, small queues are possible, the second one is to buy permits in Almaty for self-visit to the natural park with payment of all fees.
Previously, an independent visit to the natural park was possible only accompanied by a huntsman, whose services cost 1,000 tenge per day according to an official document. The huntsman, who is also an inspector-conductor, shows the way and observes the rules of behavior in a natural park. At the moment, the services of the huntsman can be abandoned, well, if you have doubts about your ability to navigate in the park, you should probably take advantage of his services. Reference to the official order on the size of tariffs for services provided in the Altyn-Emel Nature Park (Appendix 12).
Mountains of Aktau and Katutau
The road to the Aktau mountain from the village of Basshi through the villages of Nurum and Araltobe is asphalt, then the paved primer begins, the road is not asphalted because the park is natural so administration don't want to create additional discomfort for the local fauna residing here. On the way to Aktau, tourist groups usually stop near a 700-year-old willow that grows on the cordon of Cosbastau, 30 km south of Basshi village, according to local legend the army of Genghis Khan once passed by this willow. Here you can relax, collect water and go to the toilet.
Photo: firsov.kz – 700-year-old willow
The way from the willow to the Aktau Mountains about 45 km. Herewith most of the route passes along the mountains of Katutau, which can be visited on the way back after visiting the Aktau mountains, since the viewing of Katutau takes much less time. At the foot of the Aktau mountains there is a parking place where authentic gazebos for rest and toilets are installed, here you can also set up a tent. For information, in no case you should not build a fire from the plants growing in this area. Aktau from the Kazakh language - the White Mountains, although in fact they are multi-colored.
Photo: firsov.kz – Aktau
According to official sources, Aktau is the Cretaceous mountains that formed 25-30 million years ago in the Cenozoic era and are a world-famous paleontological deposit. In these places, archeologists have repeatedly found the remains of prehistoric animals. The main feature of these mountains is the complete absence of vegetation, so the landscape resembles fantastic alien landscapes.
Katutau from Kazakh translates as frozen mountains, there is also a variant of "severe mountains". In the Perm period, two large volcanoes operated in this place, so the mountains are composed mainly of lava and other volcanic rocks. Turn in the gorge, where there are spills of frozen lava, is equipped with a pointer.
Photo: firsov.kz – Katutau
Singing Barhan, Oshaktas and the Sak Barrows of Besshatyr.
The most famous landmark of Altyn-Emel Park is Singing Barkhan (Aikai Kum) is located 50 kilometers south-west of Basshi settlement. The barkhan itself is a sand dune about 150 meters in height and 3 km long, the barkhan is called "singing" because of its deep distant sound-like organ vibrating hum, which at times comes from it. The voice of the barkhana is heard only in dry weather, if the wind is blowing, the stronger the gusts the louder the "singing", or if you walk along the barkhan.
Photo: firsov.kz – Singing Barkhan
There are many hypotheses explaining the "singing" of barkhan - the friction of moving particles when sand particles are scattered along the slope, resonance or electrization of sand. However, there is still no exact answer as to why this is happening. Legends say that under the sands of the barkhan the great Genghis Khan and his faithful soldiers are buried, and the sand sings, when the soul of the khan, "exhausted by spiritual torment, tells his descendants about his exploits."
Despite the fragility of sand, Barhan does not roam and has been in the nature park for several thousand years. This is due to the mountains of the Big and Small Kalkans, which prevent the blowing of sand by strong winds blowing from different directions at different times. Here is a special direction of the wind rose. That is why the dune always has a sharp crest.
Although the height of the barkhana is only 100 - 150 meters, climbing to the top is not so easy, since when you lift your feet they are buried in the sand and on the crest the wind blows almost constantly.
North-west, at a distance of 10 km from Singing Barkhans there are stone steles Oshaktas (Oshak - hearth, tas - stone in Kazakh) consisting of three large stones up to 2 meters high. The steles were installed a long time ago, according to one version, they were signal towers on which fires were lit in case of approaching the enemy. Another legend says that the stones were installed here in 1219 on the orders of Genghis Khan, a giant cauldron was installed on the steles on which food was prepared for the soldiers of the great commander.
Photo: firsov.kz – Oshaktas
20 kilometers to the west from the Oshaktas steles there is a complex of burial places of the Saka epoch – the royal barrows of Besshatyr (five tents). Besshatyr is a necropolis of the Saka leaders, who lived on this territory in the VI - IV centuries BC. In total, there are more than 30 cemeteries, the largest burial ground is the Great Besshatyr Barrow has a diameter of 105 meters and a height of 17 meters. In one of the barrow was a wooden building made of massive trunks of Tien Shan firs. On the territory of the complex you can see the remains of settlements, numerous rock carvings of animals and hunting scenes.
Photo: almatyregion-tour.kz – Besshatyr
Source: x-travels.ru
Since Altyn-Emel is a natural park, it is famous for its rich fauna. In the park there are more than 70 species of mammals, including 7 Red Book species: stone marten, bandaging, Central Asian river otter, Tien Shan mountain ram, snow leopard, gazelle and kulan. Kulans here lived for many centuries, but were completely destroyed by the 70th years of the 20th century, in 1978 23 kulans were brought to this territory. Today in the park there are about 700 of these rare animals. Another rare species, Przewalski's horse, disappeared from Kazakhstan in the century before last, and from wildlife in general - in the second half of the last century. To date, wild horses have survived only in several zoos in the world. In 2003, several horses were brought from Germany to restore the species in the wild. Now the horses are already familiar with the new conditions.
Photo: almatyregion-tour.kz – Przewalski's horse
Photo: advantour.com – Jeyrans
Also on the territory of the park there are about 200 species of birds, of which 18 species are included in the red book: the black stork, the white-eyed duck, the osprey, snake-eagle, the eastern imperial eagle, the golden eagle, the white-tailed eagle, the vulture, the lammergeyer, the himalayan vulture, the saker falcon, the crane, the demoiselle crane, the houbara bustard, brown pigeon, black-bellied pea, the Pallas's sandgrouse, owl. In the mountains nesting golden eagles, snake-eagle, lammergeyer, the saker falcon.
Reptiles are represented by 25 species. In the mountains, the usual asymblepharus, gloydius halys, steppe adder, elaphe dione, and in the desert and semi-desert - steppe turtle, phrynocephalus, scintillation and gray gecko, steppe agama, several species of eremias, snake-arrow and others.
Accommodation is possible in guest houses located on cordons and in the village of Basshi. The cost ranges from 3,000 to 8,000 tenge per day per person. Also in the village of Basshi there are hotels with more comfortable living conditions, prices from 10,000 to 20,000 tenge. For lovers of unity with nature, you can spend an overnight stay in tents on the territory of the natural park itself.
Photo: track.kz – hotel Aigaykum
What to take with you when traveling alone
The most important water, take it as much as possible. There are several sources in the nature park, but they still need to be reached.
Food should also be taken away. There are no shops on the territory of the natural park, therefore you can replenish supplies only in the nearest villages.
If you do not plan to stay in the guest houses, then you need to bring a tent, sleeping bags and other tourist attributes. Also, do not forget about comfortable shoes, clothes, hats, sunglasses, sunscreen and documents, just in case.
Finally, the fuel. From the last refueling to the natural park and back about 160 km. Plus, for the park itself, the mileage will be at least 300 km, in case of visiting all available attractions, then approximately 500 km. Thus, keep in mind that the fuel reserve after refueling should be at least another 700 km.
The cost of tours depends on the chosen program and transport. Group tours start from 20,000 tenge per person, jeep tours in the form of wild rest (overnight in tents at the foot of Aktau mountains, preparation of hot food by guide) from 45,000 tenge per person, jeep tour with accommodation in a guest house from 60,000 tenge per person. Tours are usually designed for two days, meals usually do not include lunch on the first day, so you need to bring your food and drinks on the first day.
The price of the tour usually includes:
transport services;
excursion service;
hotel accommodation;
food (first day dinner, second day breakfast and lunch);
environmental charges.
Standard group tour program:
1 day.
Pick-up at 6:30 a.m., at 7:00 a.m. departure of the bus
9:00 – 9:20 a.m. sanitary stop at the Arkharly pass
11:00 – 11:40 a.m. visiting the museum and the grave of Chokan Valikhanov
1:00 p.m. arrival at the parking lot of buses at the foot of the singing barkhan
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. lunch at the foot of the singing barkhan (take food and drinks with you)
2: 00 – 6:00 p.m. a walk with a guide along the ridges of the barkhan
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. accommodation
7:00 p.m. dinner (included in the price), free time, overnight
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. breakfast (included)
8:30 – a.m. departure to the mountains of Aktau
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. a visit to a 700 year old willow
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. walk on the mountains of Aktau
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. travel to Katutau
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. inspection of Katoutau
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. return and rest
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. late lunch (included in the price)
4:00 p.m. departure to Almaty
9:30 p.m. return to Almaty city.
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Part 3 - The Rise of Ferrari, The 1951 Formula 1 Championship
Fangio was 10 points clear and looked set to wrap the title up in Italy, but anything can happen in motorsport, and it usually does.
Tristen Digby posted in Home Of F1
Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 here
The penultimate round of the season was at the high-speed Monza circuit for the Italian Grand Prix. All Fangio needed to do was finish ahead of Ascari to clinch the title. Peitsch was removed from the Alfa Romeo line-up for the race, with the team opting for de Graffenried again. Ferrari had the usual 4 car line-up, plus private entries for Brazil's Chico Landi in a 375, plus Fischers 212 and Whitehead's 125. Fischer wouldn't start after a practice crash. Gordini had three cars for Simon, Manzon, and "Trintignant". It was actually Jean Behra, who secretly replaced an ill Trintignant to avoid a starting fee cut. So secretive were Gordini that they even put a fake mustache on Behra to make him look like Trintignant, and somehow it worked, maybe the officials had one too many drinks of Italian wine. BRM was supposed to run but their engines blew up in practice, the start of a theme that would plague the British team for years. The final works entry was the small OSCA team. The first of only four races it qualified for, the 4500G was driven by Franco Rol in his only race of the season. The grid was rounded out by Talbots, of which there were six. Usuals Rosier, Chiron, Claes, and Cabantous were there, however, Etancelin decided not to run. Swaters was also there as was Levegh, in his last ever F1 race.
In qualifying it was Fangio on pole from Farina, but only just. Ascari came within two seconds of snatching pole, with Gonzalez, Villoresi, and Taruffi all within 5 seconds of Fangio too. Bonetto had to settle for seventh, coming within a tenth of Taruffi. Parnell qualified eighth in the BRM before its engine blew, and Ken Richardson tenth, meaning those grid slots were vacant. De Graffenried was ninth. The best Gordini was Simon in 11th, Cabantous was the best Talbot in 14th, and the OSCA of Rol was 18th.
The unusual-looking OSCA 4500G
The pack of 20 leaped off to what could be the deciding race of the championship. Fangio was the early leader from Ascari and Farina. Whitehead, Landi, and, crucially, de Graffenried were out on lap one. Alfa Romeo only had one backup car for their two drivers now. The race quickly developed into one of attrition, Claes was the next out, then Swaters. Then there was big news for the season, Farina had an engine failure and was out on lap 6. He took over Bonetto's car and Fangio now had nothing to fall back on if he retired. Levegh ended his F1 career in engine smoke, and Fangio pitted for more fuel, letting Ascari into the lead from Gonzalez and Villoresi. Chiron was next out, followed by Behra and Manzon. Then on lap 39, Fangio passed the pits belching smoke, his day was done, and with Ascari leading and no fastest lap, it seemed as though his lead would be obliterated. The attrition rate eased, and nine cars took the flag. Ascari winning a crucial race from Gonzalez and Bonetto/Farina. The Ferrari driver took 8 points, with Gonzalez taking 6 to keep him in the title race too. Farina had the fastest lap to give him 3 points to Bonetto's 2. Villoresi and Taruffi rounded out the points.
Ascari was only two points behind Fangio with a race to run, but with the rules of the time, only his top 4 results counted, meaning he needed to win or come second with Fangio behind to take the title. Gonzalez needed to win with both Ascari and Fangio out of the points to have any chance of the world title.
There were twists and turns throughout this 1951 championship, but the biggest of all happened off the track. The current regulations had been in place for nearly 20 years, and everyone knew there was a change on the way. The FIA announced that those new regulations would be coming in 1952, however, only Ferrari had the money and support to make a new car for the regulations. In the weeks preceding the Spanish Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo announced their retirement from Grand Prix racing. As a result, to avoid circuits pulling out due to lack of entries, Formula 1 made a switch to un-supercharged 2-litre Formula 2 regulations for the 1952 and '53 seasons.
There was still a title to decide though, and 20 cars made the trek to Pedralbes for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Pedralbes track was loved by drivers and fans alike for the challenge of fast sweeping corners, and the reasonably high safety standards considering the era, with expansive runoff thanks to the wide roads.
It was the last time we saw this car at a world championship race.
Both Ferrari and Alfa brought an unchanged lineup from Italy, and Gordini had three cars with Trintignant being there for real this time. Three Maserati's were privately entered for Prince Bira in his first appearance this season, Paco Godia in his first appearance ever, and Juan Jover, but his car expired before the race. It was the last time Talbot would be seen on a Formula 1 grid, and there were six cars, Etancelin was back, and Georges Grignard participated in his only race.
Alfa wanted to end their Formula 1 days on a high with a pole, but they missed out. Ascari took pole from Fangio and Gonzalez. Ferrari had fitted smaller wheels to get more acceleration and it seemed to work. Farina was fourth, followed by Villoresi and de Graffenried, with Taruffi and Bonetto seventh and eighth. The rest of the grid was fairly straightforward. Three Gordini's, headed by Manzon, followed by five Talbot's led by Chiron, then the three Maserati's. Rosier had a dismal session and would start last.
It was an end of term feel for the race, the last for Alfa and Talbot, and the 375 Ferrari and Maserati 4CLT. Could Alfa get a win in their swansong race, and could a Talbot steal a point before they leave for good?
The flag dropped and they were away. Bira's season ended after one lap with an engine failure, but it was Ascari who led early. It began to unravel very quickly though, the new small wheels weren't good over a race distance and Gonzalez had to pit with a flat tyre. Villoresi soon followed, as did Ascari. Fangio now led a tame, and nearly boring race. Bonetto was the only one giving action as he climbed and fell off the podium more than once. Taruffi underlined the Ferrari woes when his wheel parted company completely, leaving him out of the race. Villoresi had ignition troubles and had to retire too, but out in front, it was Juan Manuel Fangio who won by a minute to claim his first title. Jose Froilan Gonzalez was second to cap off a strong season, and Giuseppe Farina was in third. Ascari and Bonetto rounded out the points, while Louis Rosier rounded out Talbot's days with a seventh.
Talbot would never be seen in F1 again
The championship ended then, Fangio's 31 points gave him the title, 6 points clear of Ascari. Gonzalez was one point further back with 24, and the reigning champ Farina could be happy with fourth. only 10 points were scored by non-Ferrari or Alfa Romeo cars, thanks to Parnell's performances in the BRM and Vanwall, and Rosier and Cabantous scoring points in Talbots.
So, that was it. The end of the pre-war voiturette formula. Ferrari had the talent and funds to make a quick car in 1952, but they would have competition. Gordini and Maserati were building new cars to compete, British car makers, Cooper and HWM both planned a full season assault, and Connaught would attend some races too. Despite this, Ferrari with their new car looked strong to take wins in the Formula 2 era of Formula 1. It was the first season where no competitors died at the wheel of a race car, a stat that sadly wouldn't be repeated until 1963.
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Home Tech Technology offers online doctors appointments for Fort Smith patients
Technology offers online doctors appointments for Fort Smith patients
Once a week, Barb Goldsby's doctor making a house call. And he does it through her iPad.Telemedicine is one of the newest and fastest growing uses of technology by hospitals across the country. "I think it's great. I think truly it's one of the best things that's happened in medicine," said Barb Goldsby, a Mercy telemedicine patient in Fort Smith.Barb's in Fort Smith. Her Doctor is in St. Louis. "They call me for a regular appointment once a week. Once a month I generally talk to my doctor," said Barb.Dr. Kirtane stays updated on Barb's blood pressure, temperature and pulse through blue tooth and mobile apps. It sends him her vital signs daily – allowing him to monitor her health from 350 miles away. "It's quite innovative," said Dr. Kirtane. "One of the big issues with healthcare is trying to remove barriers and trying to get people treatment as quickly as possible and with telehealth and telemedicine we are removing a lot of those barriers." Mercy started their V-engagement program in 2015. Now there are nearly 3 thousand patients enrolled in the program, including 500 physicians. To date, there has been more than 150-thousand virtual appointments. And doctors say it's only going to grow. "The patients really, really appreciate how quickly we are able to attend to their complaints and come up with a treatment plan and treat them in their home. Sometimes a process would take days, we can cut it down to hours," said Dr. Kirtane.Other benefits of telemedicine include no waiting, no parking, no traveling to the doctor's office. "it's like having a doctor next door. It's like being able to go to your neighbor and say, hey, I've got this problem going on," said Barb.More than 7 million patients will use the technology this year.
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Once a week, Barb Goldsby's doctor making a house call. And he does it through her iPad.
Telemedicine is one of the newest and fastest growing uses of technology by hospitals across the country.
"I think it's great. I think truly it's one of the best things that's happened in medicine," said Barb Goldsby, a Mercy telemedicine patient in Fort Smith.
Barb's in Fort Smith. Her Doctor is in St. Louis.
"They call me for a regular appointment once a week. Once a month I generally talk to my doctor," said Barb.
Dr. Kirtane stays updated on Barb's blood pressure, temperature and pulse through blue tooth and mobile apps. It sends him her vital signs daily – allowing him to monitor her health from 350 miles away.
"It's quite innovative," said Dr. Kirtane. "One of the big issues with healthcare is trying to remove barriers and trying to get people treatment as quickly as possible and with telehealth and telemedicine we are removing a lot of those barriers."
Mercy started their V-engagement program in 2015. Now there are nearly 3 thousand patients enrolled in the program, including 500 physicians. To date, there has been more than 150-thousand virtual appointments. And doctors say it's only going to grow.
"The patients really, really appreciate how quickly we are able to attend to their complaints and come up with a treatment plan and treat them in their home. Sometimes a process would take days, we can cut it down to hours," said Dr. Kirtane.
Other benefits of telemedicine include no waiting, no parking, no traveling to the doctor's office.
"it's like having a doctor next door. It's like being able to go to your neighbor and say, hey, I've got this problem going on," said Barb.
More than 7 million patients will use the technology this year.
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Mexico ruling on personal marijuana use for 4 hailed by legalization backers
People demonstrate for and against the decriminalization of marijuana in front of the Supreme Court in Mexico City on Nov. 4, 2015.
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By Deborah Bonello
Nov. 4, 2015 2:34 PM PT
Reporting from Mexico City —
Relying on a unique constitutional argument, Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that it was legal to produce and consume marijuana for personal, recreational use.
The ruling applied only to four members of an advocacy group pushing to decriminalize marijuana, but could eventually lead to a legal precedent that would cripple laws against personal pot use.
The implications are intriguing for a country with a long and complex history of marijuana cultivation. Mexico, which remains the source for much of the illegal marijuana sold in the United States, has been ravaged for years by a drug war involving the cartels that harvest and sell pot, as well as an array of narcotics.
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Advocates for pot decriminalization argue that it could rob the cartels of a significant source of income and help alleviate drug-related violence.
By a vote of 4 to 1, the Supreme Court granted an "amparo" — a kind of legal protection — to the four plaintiffs in the marijuana case, members of a group called SMART (a Spanish acronym for the Mexican Society for the Responsible, Tolerant Auto-Consumption of Marijuana).
The ruling means that none of the four will be subject to prosecution for their marijuana use and production.
Arturo Zaldivar, the Supreme Court justice who backed the application and is considered a liberal by many, argued that Mexico's laws against the personal use and consumption of marijuana are unconstitutional because they suppress the rights of individuals to do as they choose.
"The responsible decision taken to experiment with the effects of this substance — whatever personal harm it might do — belongs within the autonomy of the individual, protected by their freedom to develop themselves," Zaldivar said.
That is markedly different from legalization strategies pursued in the United States, where marijuana advocates tend to focus on overhauling criminal laws or asserting an exception for medical use. Still, the success of legalization in parts of the United States, including the opening of a huge medical marijuana market in California, has prompted a review of Mexico's approach to the herb.
Wednesday's decision is expected to spark a wave of applications for similar rulings. The Supreme Court has to grant a total of four similar amparos to establish a legal precedent that courts around the country would be obliged to follow, and that in turn could open the door to legislative change.
"The discussion of this issue is based on our rights to various freedoms," said Lisa Sanchez, a member of SMART and the director of drug policy for the anti-crime collective Mexico United Against Crime, who worked closely on the pot initiative.
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In 2009, Mexico passed a law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin, and the leftist Democratic Revolution Party has proposed several initiatives to decriminalize cannabis. But Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has stated numerous times that he opposes legalization, and thinks it would open the door to increased drug use.
His conservative views are reflected in much of Mexico.
"There are much more serious problems to solve in the country. I can't believe that the Supreme Court is considering this issue which stalks our youth with the threat of addiction," said Consuelo Mendoza, president of the National Assn. for Parents, who was campaigning against decriminalization outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday. "One of the big problems we have is the huge amount of young people who don't have access to education or jobs, but now they are going to have free access to take marijuana. This is terrible."
Pro-legalization campaigners outside the court, meanwhile, lighted joints in celebration.
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera has said that he thinks Mexico City is ready for medical use of cannabis but that it was senseless to talk about such a move without first discussing the commercial issues it would involve.
Advocates argue that removing prohibitions will be a key tool in combating drug violence, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives in Mexico in the last decade as drug gangs fight one another for control of lucrative smuggling routes and challenge a government crackdown.
"We want to create a situation where people who use marijuana don't have to get it from organized crime," said Sanchez.
Alejandro Hope, a security analyst in Mexico City, applauded the "symbolic" decision Wednesday as a move in the right direction. But he said that its early legal and practical effect would be minimal and that expectations should be kept low.
"It won't strike down any laws, it will only protect the plaintiffs," he said.
Health Secretary Mercedes Juan Lopez echoed his remarks.
"From our point of view, this definitely doesn't mean the legalization of marijuana," she said in a television interview. "This is just one amparo granted to four people for their own consumption."
"As the federal government, it's up to us to watch over the people's health," she added, "and we're conscious that marijuana is a substance that can generate addiction, especially in the young, as well as damage to people's health. The most important thing is to reinforce our prevention measures."
Marijuana is the most widely consumed illegal substance in Mexico, and Sanchez said that nearly 60% of prisoners in Mexican federal jails were convicted of offenses related to it. She argues that decriminalization would allow Mexico's police and army to focus on crimes seen as more serious.
But Hope predicted that the Supreme Court ruling and similar cases that may follow would have "almost no effect" on bringing down drug-related violence.
"My guess is that most drug-related homicides aren't connected in any shape or form to marijuana," he said.
Although some analysts estimate that marijuana accounts for about a third of the business of Mexican drug cartels, criminal organizations have been focusing increasingly on heroin and methamphetamine in response to growing demand for those drugs in the United States.
Hope also predicted that few people would bother to grow their own marijuana, should personal cultivation become more widely legal. That would mean that the bulk of the market would remain in the hands of illegal commercial growers.
Some details about the ruling remained unclear, including how much marijuana the four plaintiffs will be allowed to produce and whether they will be free to give it to other users.
Jorge Pardo Rebolledo, who was the only judge to vote against the plaintiffs, expressed concern about where recreational users would get their marijuana — and suggested that they might have to commit a criminal offense to obtain it.
However, Justice Olga Sanchez, who voted in favor of the amparo, said: "Absolute prohibition is excessive.... The right to consumption for recreational means should be authorized in respect for people's personal liberties."
Bonello is a special correspondent. Cecilia Sanchez in The Times' Mexico City bureau contributed to this report.
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