Starting in December and through the beginning of January, the Loire Châteaux celebrate Christmas. Decked out for the holidays, the castles are opening gourmet Christmas markets, nativity scenes, giant Christmas trees. Families are invited to storytime around the fireplace with a warm mug of hot chocolate. At Christmastime, the Châteaux are more magical than ever!
It's not just in Alsace that you can find charming Christmas markets! Many of the Loire Valley's châteaux are organizing them, too. At the Château de Brissac, artisans from all over France are coming to sell their creations: Christmas decorations, wooden toys, and more.
At the Chateau de Brézé, local craftsmen are opening their own market in a somewhat unusual location: the old feudal cellars where the riches of the Château used to be hidden. Adults can taste local wines while children can take poney rides around the castle's moats.
Another château, another taste of French cuisine: Azay-le-Rideau invites you to visit its food-themed collections, followed by a tasting of local candy, gingerbread, and artisanal apple juice.
For the Christmas holidays, every room of the Château de Chenonceau has been decorated by the castle's team of florists (who also take charge of decorating the rest of the year). Bouquets of flowers, tinsel, and giant Christmas trees decorate the Grande Galerie - unique from year to year, the effect is absolutely splendid.
The Royal Fortress de Chinon is also adorned with floral decorations, where a dozen trees - each different from the next - are just waiting to be discovered.
To enjoy nativity scenes, check out the Château d'Amboise (for a Neopolitan manger scene), the Château de Villandry (Provençale manger scene), or the Château de Cheverny. The famous Château de Tintin also invites you to enjoy a warm mug of hot chocolate around the fireplace.
To get a twinkle in your eye, head to the Château de Langeais, which is all lit up for Christmas.
Christmas is also - indeed, is above all - a holiday of traditions, including telling stories around the fireplace. Enjoy tales at the Château de Chambord, the Château de Meung-sur-Loire, or the Château de Beaugency, where children might just get a chance to meet Father Christmas.
To understand the history of Christmas in France from the Renaissance to today, see the decorated royal chambers of the Château d'Amboise. The "Christmas Through the Ages" cartoon show reveals all the secrets of this traditional holiday.


Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two dismissed military personnel and three others in connection with diverting truck loaded with groundnut oil worth N13 Million.
The State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal paraded the suspects alongside 11 armed robbers today at the command headquarters, Ikeja. According to the CP, the five man highway robbers who specialized in interception and diverting Lorries laden goods were arrested along the Sagamu expressway by team of operatives who acted on tip off.
The truck, marked LSR 266 XW loaded with 25 kilograms of groundnut oil, was presented to a cross section of the media during the parade of the suspectd.
The fake soldiers were caught wearing army camouflage uniform but, after screening, it was revealed that two were earlier dismissed from service, while the third person was an impostor. The remaining two suspects are the driver and conductor of the truck.
The identity card recovered from the two dismissed soldiers revealed one Akintola Abiodun with 13/NAF/89/8911 a lance corporal and 13NA/69/8911 lance corporal Moses the both were dismissed from the Nigerian Air force and Army respectively but have been using their uniforms and military identity cards to perpetrate heinous crimes across the country.
Also paraded alongside the fake soldiers include eight persons linked with the killing of a Police Sergeant recently at Ifako – Ijaiye and three other suspected armed robbers who had been terrorizing residents of Okokomaiko area of the State.
Imohimi urged parents and guardians to always advise their wards to shun cultism and keeping of bad association that could lead them to crime.


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Wroxeter, Ontario is a community in Howick Township, part of Huron County.

The first settlers of Wroxeter were the Gibson Brothers, Thomas and Robert, who founded the community in the mid-19th century. During its peak period, Wroxeter had five general stores, five hotels, two schools (which ran until 1950), a library, a woolen mill, and a grist mill, and an arena, which ran until it was torn down in the late '70s. Wroxeter also had a railway which was completed in 1874, when a train station was constructed to connect the village to the Toronto area. The population of Wroxeter in the late 19th century is estimated to have been 700–800 people.

Today, Wroxeter's old industries have vanished. In 1948, the Township of Howick made Wroxeter an unincorporated village.

Climate

See also

 List of unincorporated communities in Ontario

References

Communities in Huron County, Ontario

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Democrat Jared Golden has defeated Maine Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the nation's first use of ranked-choice voting for a congressional race, according to state election officials.
The Democrat won just over 50 percent of the vote in the ranked-choice tabulation, meaning he'll be the next congressman from the 2nd District unless Poliquin's legal challenges to the voting system prevail.
A Golden win in the 2nd District, which President Donald Trump carried in 2016, mean Democrats have picked up 35 seats and wiped out all New England Republicans in the House.
A federal judge on Thursday morning rejected a lawsuit from Poliquin that sought to stop the secretary of state from running the ranked-choice voting tabulation. But Poliquin's suit had also asked the district court judge to rule ranked-choice voting unconstitutional, and in a statement after Thursday morning's ruling, his campaign said it planned to further litigate its constitutional concerns over the voting system, even if Poliquin had won under the new system.
Poliquin reiterated that commitment in a statement after the ranked-choice tabulation resulted in a win for Golden.
Golden, the state House Assistant Majority Leader, is a Marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Leeds native, a former committee staffer to GOP Sen. Susan Collins, represents part of Lewiston-Auburn, an old mill town on the Androscoggin River that makes up the major population center of the district.
Democrats held the 2nd District in northern Maine for 20 years before Poliquin flipped the seat when it opened in 2014. He defeated Democrat Emily Cain. Despite heavy spending against him, he defeated Cain by an even bigger margin in 2016 when Trump picked off an electoral vote from the district.
No incumbent has lost the 2nd District since 1916.


I'm a fan of bargain or any thing that I can buy at a lower price, so when I heard that there will be a 3-day summer bazaar at the World Trade Center from , me with other bloggers trooped it to see what it will offer. Dubbed as the "Heat Wave Summer Bazaar," this is not your ordinary bazaar because first, they compiled all the merchants that sells fit-for-summer outfits, second, this is also the same venue where celebrity clothing will be auctioned off and they called it "Celebrity Ukay-Ukay, keep in mind that most actors/actresses only used this items just for a few times, so it feels and looks like brand new. Third, half of the proceed of this bazaar/auction will go to GMA Kapuso Foundation, so you don't just save a few penny but you also helped students to have a decent classroom for the next school year.
This is an aerial view of the bazaar, the far view is where they doing the live auction for celebrity items.
Here's LJ Reyes auctioning the Ogie Alcasid famous tee, "Pogi" the bid started at P400.00 but it closed to P1,800 as far as I remember.
We're fortunate to have a little chit chat with the La Divas namely Jonalyn Viray, Aicelle Santos and Garcia- Mezzo. They're so pretty in person. They did two songs to the delight of their fans in the audience area.
The trio also donated some of their items to be auctioned off, but they're not sure if that day or it will be auctioned the next day. I discovered the girl group when they sang the Philippine national anthem for a Manny Pacquiao boxing match. I asked them what's in store for group this year they answered, "A new album, hopefully we can finished it this year."
LJ Reyes of the StarStruck fame didn't just hosted one part of the auction, she also gave two of her beloved shoes. "Actually yung isa dun, never ko pa nagamit and yung isa naman super special sa akin. Sana alagaan siya mabuti ng makakabili" she said. Watch out for her as a kontrabida in "Sisid," an upcoming afternoon drama at GMA-7.
This TOD'S bag previously owned by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid is the next one to be auctioned off. Actually there are die-hard Asia's Songbird fans who are patiently waiting for this bag, and they keep on asking on what time it will be auctioned.
His husband Ogie Alcasid and her is the the one who is pushing through this celebrity auction for the benefit of GMA Kapuso Foundation for it's Kapuso School Development project. The singer-songwriter is the one who approached the celebrities not just from GMA-7 but also from ABS-CBN to donate some of their stuffs for the said auction.
This women is the winning bidder on the polo of Mark Bautista, she answered "I just wanna helped the kids through Kapuso Foundation, that why I bought it" She said she will give the polo to his teenage son.
The four photos above is from the "Celebrity Ukay-Ukay," as you can see the items looks new and it even contain some branded ones, like the Nine West pair of high heels and the Randy Ortiz-made polo owned by Ogie Alcasid.
I asked the seller (photos of her above) of Gag Atak! Wacky Gifts how is response of the people to the bazzaar, she answered, "Okay naman, mas gusto naman mag-sell sa mga bazaar kase mas mabenta, compared sa malls. Kase here sa bazaar, people go here, ready to buy their stuffs na."
Their fastest selling items is their 'naughty looking figurines' which they also costumized. They also add a photo to the figurine ala picture frame, "This is mostly bought by couples," she detailed.
Outside, I saw a lady, which I think a 20 year old on what's her reaction to the bazaar. "Napanood ko lang sa TV, first time ko lang dito sa World Trade Center, dinayo pa namin ng cousin ko," she said. "Okay naman siya, madaming items, nakabili ako ng three blouses and one pair of shoes," she continues. "Masikip nga lang, sobrang daming tao, I wish na mas maaga sana kami." she concludes.
These are the other items that will be auctioned off, this time it's online. Specifically on ebay.ph. Before we left, we were told that the celebrity items that will be auctioned off in three days is SOLD in one day. Congrats GMA Kapuso Foundation, good intentions can really go a long way!
Sobrang dami ng tao noh!
sayang di ako nakapunta its for charity pa naman.
Wow, ang daming great deals... too bad hindi rin ako nakapunta.... Almost sold out daw ang mga items according to news.
Super successful event! Hats off to GMA staff and organizers!
wow, eto pala yung kinukwento mo sakin.. have you bought anything?


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Q: Short answers to questions with multiple auxiliary verbs How would you give short answers to questions with multiple auxiliary verbs?

Example 1

Have you been sleeping?
  a) Yes, I have.
  b) Yes, I have been.

Example 2

Would you have left if you had had money?
  a) Yes, I would.
  b) Yes, I would have.

Example 3

Should you have told her?
  a) Yes, I should.
  b) Yes, I should have.

What's the general rule? Should we include all the auxiliary verbs used in the question, or just the first one? If both are correct, which is more common?

A: I have just copy pasted the definition from the book "Oxford Guide to English Grammar". (Since that's a book, I can't give you a link, so I have copy pasted). I hope it will help you understand.
Leaving  out  words  after  the  auxiliary
Sometimes we have to use two auxiliary verbs. When the first is a new word, we cannot leave out the second.

Have the team won? ~ Well, everyone's smiling, so they must have.
I don't know if Tom is still waiting. He might be.
When will the room be cleaned? ~ It just has been.

Here must, might and has are not in the previous sentence.
But when the two auxiliaries are both in the previous sentence, then we can leave out the second.

The corridor  hasn't been cleaned, but the room has (been).
You could have hurt yourself. ~ Yes, I could (have).

A: I think that in everyday English either answer is acceptable and would have the same impact and meaning.
However, sometimes when multiple auxiliary verbs appear together the first auxiliary verb functions as a minor part of speech called an operator. Operators are often used in English grammar to make questions, to make negatives and to provide emphasis .
In each of your  b) phrases/replies the operators are: have would, should . These words  would be spoken with emphasis and given major stress i.e.  spoken louder and longer probably to convey some emotion depending on the situation.

A: Just found an answer to my question:

When there is more than one auxiliary, ellipsis usually happens after the first.
You wouldn't have enjoyed the film. ~ Yes, I would. (= ... I would have enjoyed the film.)
  However, more auxiliaries can be included. The first is stressed.
Could you have been dreaming? ~ I suppose I could / COULD have / COULD have been.
  We often include a second auxiliary verb if it has not appeared before in the same form.
I think Emily should be told. ~ She has been. (More natural than ... She has.)
  And we normally include a second auxiliary verb after a change of modal auxiliary.
Emily should be told. ~ She must be. (More natural than ... She must.)

Michael Swan, Practical English Usage 4th edition, entry 279.5

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Teenage Engineering is making modular synths for the masses
Reasonable prices and compact sizes are the goal.
Terrence O'Brien, @TerrenceOBrien
01.18.19 in Gadgetry
Modular synths are all the rage right now. And it's not just the usual players either. Korg and Stylophone recently dipped their toes in the modular world. And now Teenage Engineering is getting on the bandwagon. The company is best known for its portable music creation tools like the OP-1 and OP-Z, not to mention the damn near disposable, but kinda awesome Pocket Operator line. This year it's making it first modular system and also its first analog synth with the Pocket Operator Modular series.
Gallery: Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Modular | 12 Photos
Dubbed simply the 16, 170 and 400, these new devices are what Teenage Engineering is proudly calling "the poor man's modular." They're reasonably priced introductions to the complicated and often incredibly expensive world of modular synthesis, where instead of having a traditional keyboard with a predetermined signal path, you actually have to wire different parts together to create the sound you want.
The 16 is a simple modular membrane keyboard, it doesn't make any sound on it's own, but it can be connected to other gear with control voltage (CV) in jacks. The 170 keeps that membrane keyboard and connects it to a simple monophonic synth with a single square wave oscillator, LFO, envelope generator, sequencer and everything else you'd need to start making music (or at least noise), including a speaker. Lastly there's the 400 -- the big boy of the group. It includes Square, Sine and Saw oscillators, 2 VCAs, 2 envelopes, a mixer, random generator, a 16-step Sequencer, LFO, noise module, filter, and more for a total of 16 different modules. It loses the keyboard from the 170, but keeps the speaker.
Unsurprisingly these new synths are neither pocketable, nor as affordable as the rest of the Pocket Operator line. The 16 is $149, the 170 is $349 and the 400 is $499. Those last two in particular might induce a bit of sticker shock considering the most expensive pocket operator until this point was $89. But they're significantly cheaper than most of your other modular options (though not all).
If you're wondering how a $500 synth the size of a coffee table book fits in next to the $50 PO-12 you're not alone. I asked Teenage Engineering's Head of Development Oscar Ahlgren and he explained that Pocket Operators are about "getting a lot for the money" rather than pure price. He also said, "when you open the box and start unpacking the kit you'll definitely feel that it's got that pocket operator vibe... It's all very playful and fun, without sacrificing sound quality."
Interestingly, Ahlgren said the company took a lot of inspiration from its work with Ikea for the new line. After "leering at the modular world for a while" the company realized it could create flat pack kits where it "compromised on everything except sound quality" that the customer had to assemble. For example, Ahlgren said "the casing is sheet metal that gets folded into its final shape, which requires some attention to the user manual because you don't want to bend it one way having to discover you bent it wrong and then having to bend it the other way. Hence the slogan for this project; 'twink twice, bend once'."
And don't worry, Teenage Engineering already plans to release single module expansions later this year.
We're eagerly anticipating a chance to get our hands on a kit. But for now we'll have to make do with the behind the scenes video above.
In this article: art, diy, do it yourself, doityourself, gadgetry, gadgets, gear, modular, Modular Synthesizer, ModularSynthesizer, music, musical instrument, namm2019, pocket operator, pocket operator modular, pocketoperator, synth, Synthesizer, teenage engineering, TeenageEngineering
By Terrence O'Brien @TerrenceOBrien
After a brief stint in the IT industry, Terrence made the transition to tech journalism and never looked back. Early in his career he took a particular interest in the intersection of technology and politics. Now, as managing editor of Engadget, he helps lead an impressive team of reporters that explores how that tech permeates our society. He's appeared on RT, NY1, The Brian Lehrer Show, WSJ Radio and ABC Radio. In his downtime Terrence brews beer and collects hobbies at an alarming rate.

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Kayla Varley
Interview 061 • Jan 29th 2018
Interview by Lou Noble, Portraits of Kayla Varley by Allister Ann
About Kayla Varley
Kayla Varley is a lifestyle and fashion photographer based in Southern California. In 2005 she was gifted a tiny camera, and began to document her teenage life.
Varley's work reels you into a spontaneous, but intentional space, where every photograph feels like a poignant moment in her life. She thrives on the philosophy that time not spent being creative is time wasted.
Kayla's self-driven desire to be her best has yielded a pure, singular, photography style. Unemcumbered by the desire for views and popularity, Kayla seeks inspiration in the beauty of the written word and daydreams. Wary of the false accolades and potential bubble that social media may bring, Kayla instead focuses on producing work that meets her own expectations.
…I feel like an asshole when I let people down.
Do you have to finish books you read?
Yeah, there's plenty that I have to finish. I feel so much pressure to finish anything in my life, but more for photo related things.
Like business side?
Yeah, totally.
Why do you feel so much pressure?
Because I just want to be the best version of myself that I possibly can be, every single day. I don't know why I have that inner drive to constantly be on top of my game, I think it's probably due to how we're raised as Americans, we have such a strong sense of "work work work", whereas other countries don't necessarily have that. My dad also really pushed me to be the best, so I think that all of it just makes me really hard on myself.
It's got to be exhausting!
Yeah, but I also really love it, I think it keeps me happy. If I wasn't as hard on myself I would be really bored, I think, and boring! Haha!
Ha! How often do you shoot right now?
I'm not shooting personal stuff, really, I don't shoot day-to-day things, which is really sad, actually. As far as commercial work, I've been doing about two or three jobs a month, which is keeping me pretty busy since I retouch all of my own work. As for editorial, I probably shoot once a month, because those are kind of harder to get it, it takes a lot out of me to do it because I don't have always have help with a producer.
This year's been super busy with commercial work, which is awesome, because last year was the complete opposite. It was so slow, but I think it's just one of those cyclical things that happens. You work for so long, you're bound to have a slow year, and then all of the sudden things change for whatever reason. This year (2017) has been really good.
It's been slow for a lot of people, actually.
Yeah, seriously.
I've had the craziest year. Everybody else has been saying that it's slow, but I feel like it's been a lot busier for me, I don't know why.
One of the things I wanted to ask you, because I remember when we first met, you were thinking about leaving Art Center? I don't think you had actually left yet.
Oh gosh.
Looking back, how do you feel about that decision?
Best decision I've ever made, I'm not kidding.
Of course the money saved, but how do you feel your processes have either benefited or…?
I think Art Center is really great for someone that's a designer, or an illustrator, someone who wants to get into advertisement. But as a photographer, I just felt kind of stifled. And maybe certain artists will feel the same way I do, it just depends on the person. There was so much heavy work and such strict deadlines and guidelines for shoots in order to build these skills that I lost myself, and I didn't feel good. I think leaving allowed me the space and time to grow and to really find out what it is I like to do. I was so young- I was barely 18, and the median age of people going there is 33 or something if I remember correctly. I feel like I blossomed after I left. It took a few years, but I was able to figure out what I wanted to shoot without these guidelines. It allowed me the space to grow as an artist, really. And yeah, the financial aspect was just killing me.
It's a great school, and at the beginning of it, it taught me how to work constantly, which is another reason I think I put so much pressure on myself, because every single day you had an assignment or shoot due, and you kind of work yourself to the bone. That was great, because it taught me how to constantly be on it, and sometimes, to this day, I work until midnight; I don't need to. Or I wake up at 6am trying to finish a deadline…I work with London now, and they're in a different timezone so I have to get up earlier certain days.
11-hour time difference?
Yeah, it's 10 or 11 hours. I'll wake up too late some days to emails that are like, "shit it's urgent right now," and I'm like "oh my god", but just that mindset of having to work constantly and being on top of it- I think that's what was so great about Art Center. It was a little too stifling for me- I'm so loose and fluid with the way that I work. For someone who's really strict with themselves and likes to be a total to-do, I think it's a great school.
Without that kind of academic structure, do you have a process to continue to learn and continue to grow?
Like a process for each shoot? Or just teaching myself how to…
Yeah, how to improve.
Right. I read a lot. I read on the internet, I read books, I watch TV. I take information from everything and store it in my brain, and then I can draw on it later on. I really just feel like I teach myself from the internet these days, because there's such a vast wealth of knowledge online- I don't know if that's a weird answer but…I would say reading and watching interviews, and even watching music videos, things like that, they all add to the way I view art and the world. I'm constantly learning. Even just through meeting people, I feel like face-to-face interaction helps me understand my emotions better, and I think a huge part of my work is being intuitive, and knowing when someone's nervous or upset or sad, and being able to tune into that and be more sensitive to a situation. During a shoot, for example, if someone is on guard, I can pull back and let them come to me, if that makes sense.
Because I'm so sensitive.
Do you feel like shooting self-portraits when you were starting out helped you?
Yeah for sure. There's probably nothing better I could have done in order to build my skill set. I was able to shoot myself and find my angles – which helped me find angles of other people, figure out what I thought looked pretty, what looked interesting to me aesthetically.
It feels like that is a trend that did not exist 15-20 years ago.
No, not at all.
You get a lot of talented photographers right now who started by taking pictures of themselves.
Like a laboratory.
It helps you flesh out your feelings or emotions, and then also helps you figure out what you think looks beautiful, or what you're drawn to. Then it helps you direct models, which is huge. I think it's a huge part of our job – how to interact with someone, how to tell them in a polite way, what you want them to do without hurting feelings – it's such a dance.
Do you see yourself getting better at directing people?
Yeah, for sure. It's a lot more subconscious now than it used to be. I used to really think about, in the moment, what I was saying to someone. Now I don't really think before I speak while directing, and I just know how to, it's so inherent in me now.
You trust yourself.
Yeah, I trust myself to be kind and loving and open to energy, and allowing things to flow a lot better. I said it already, but I'm super-sensitive to people, especially the models I work with. They're all so special to me, and they're sensitive, too. These people are all human. Some photographers treat models like meat, and it's not fair, so I always want to make sure they're taken care of. That's a huge part of direction, for me.
Do you see that rewarded on a shoot?
Mm hm, yeah. Some models will tell me, actually -I've had a few say that nobody is as nice to them as I am, and that makes me feel so good, that warms my heart. Then they'll tell me horror stories of how people in this industry are rude about their bodies, or just the way they look in general, or the way that they're emoting. It's frustrating. So I try to be that one exception. Whether or not I'm achieving that, I don't know, I mean I think I am, but it makes me feel better about my job, because it can be draining and difficult sometimes to have to be in such a superficial environment and industry where you're basically trying to sell this certain idea of a woman and/or person.
Do you feel an obligation to push back against that?
Sometimes. I don't ever want to make my work political, and I don't think it is political, but yeah I definitely want to be that person who's making a difference, however small, but it's still something.
I've never thought about it like that!
We ask the challenging questions here at the Journal!
How would you describe your work right now?
Right now…how I would describe my work right now…can I say how I used to view my work?
You can say whatever you want!
I feel like my work is going into a direction that's a lot more segmented or compartmentalized, compared to how I used to view fashion and lifestyle. I feel like I was always trying to amalgamate the two into this thing called "fashion-lifestyle", which worked for a little bit, but now that I'm viewing my work more separated, I think it's hitting hard in each category better. My lifestyle work is very lifestyle, and then fashion is very much like fashion, and it doesn't feel like lifestyle anymore, and it's a bit more posed and feels a little more mature. My lifestyle work feels so young to me.
Ah, okay.
And it always has this youthful freedom and happy feeling, and I don't know if that is going to be me for the rest of my life, so I think it's good that I'm trying to differentiate the two.
Right. Yeah, I've always been curious how people define "lifestyle", it's such a vague…
It's my favorite thing to shoot, I would say, it's the stuff that I would shoot day-to-day that I don't really do anymore. I would take my camera on trips or vacations, and shoot more candidly…sometimes I would actually pose things, too, but I feel like it's more organic when it's real. I'm evolving, and I would say my work is evolving. I don't know how I would put it into one simple sentence. But I don't know, it's becoming different.
When you start out shooting at such a young age, your work's going to keep changing, and with that, you're just going to have to keep getting better at what you do and making sure that the market you're trying to hit understands where you are.
And I don't know, I never want to pigeonhole myself to a certain time in my life….
"Kayla does the young stuff."
I don't ever want to be stuck in one place. So yeah, I guess that's the way you describe it, ha!
Heh. Are there certain photographers you think of as peers right now?
You know, I don't really try to pay attention to too many names, because there's a lot of social media fluff these days. I don't really try to hang out with other photographers.
Is that purposeful?
I mean, my fiance is a photographer and he's super-talented, but I can definitely say that he's the only person that is a photographer that I really involve myself with.
Do you talk about photography a lot with friends?
I talk about work, it's not so much about the art or process of it. When my friends and I get together, it's like, "oh god, I've got this stupid deadline," or like, "this job is killing me!" For example, I had a freakout last week, a full-on meltdown, because I've been so overwhelmed with talking with London, and waking up in a frantic state because of these emails, their emailing me in the middle of the night, how do I deal with this, and that's what I'll talk about. But I won't necessarily talk about the shape or the light, or the technical side of things. But if I see stuff that's beautiful, of course I'll call it out, because how can I not?
That's what Instagram Stories are for!
Oh god, Instagram is kind of killing the world…
I could seriously do an entire interview on that.
One of the things that I noticed I guess more in the Flickr days, it was easier to meet up with other photographers, hang out with photographers. I mean, that's what helped me grow more than anything else. But for you, you don't have a circle of photographers?
No, not really. Like I said, I don't know if it's on purpose or just that I don't trust people…
In general?
Well, I'm very trusting with people I don't know, but when I see a certain side of people, I'll just completely withdraw.
I feel like a lot of people in this industry are in it for themselves. And that's kind of why I probably don't involve myself with other photographers. I don't know if that's me being overly-worried and critical of myself and my art, but I have to protect myself. What I do is super-dear to my inner-being and soul, and I like to make sure I protect it.
Do you ever have the urge to talk about photography with others? Does Dane serve that role?
Yeah…I talk with my agents a lot, especially my agents in London, Morgan and Alex. I'll ask Dane certain questions, but for the most part, I don't really like to give up too much of what my vision is. I don't know if it's because I'm afraid I'm going to jinx myself or give away my mojo, but if I have an idea and I know that it's good, and I call somebody else and they're not into it, I'm afraid that it could potentially ruin my drive or something. So I don't necessarily tell anybody else about ideas or work or concepts until they're completely fleshed out in my head, or on paper, or on the computer.
What about after the shoot's done?
I do work with this creative director a bit, her and I talk a lot about projects. If I'm working with an art director or a client, then I'm going to be talking with them about it. It's usually never a photographer that I'm going to bounce ideas off of, it's going to be my art director friends if I do.
I mean, on the other side, you shot it, you got all these photos, you do the whole edit and finish?
I edit everything myself.
Well, and it's just, you know which ones are good and all that. You feel very confident.
Yes. I make my selects, I edit my own website, I don't have anybody else do that, I don't trust anybody to edit my work for me. My agents in New York have a certain edit on their website that they've made. The girls in London have a different edit of my work, and they've kind of taken what I've done a little bit, and elaborated a bit more on it, and I love that. It's really cool. I know instantaneously what each photo means to me, what it's trying to convey, I just see it and I know that's the one.
Has it always been that way?
I think so. I'm pretty sure. Obviously when I was younger, I was making shitty work, so it wasn't that way. I wasn't taking the best photos, but I also didn't have the knowledge and experience to be able to edit my work properly, but I think as I started growing, I found my eye and developed my certain style. Now I can just look at stuff, like a group of photos and just be like, that one, that one, that one, that one.
It's super-apparent.
You have a very strong sense of what you're going for when you're shooting.
So by the time you get to the shoot, you know what you want to create?
Not necessarily. If I get to a shoot and it's super-concise and too strict, it sometimes will fall flat and I'm not into it. But if there's tons of room for spontaneity and creativity in the moment, then that's like a dream. Those shoots turn out the best because I have literally no expectations and zero pressure on myself. Of course, commercial jobs are different, but editorial-wise, if there's a little bit of room to kind of do things how you see them, then those are when the magic moments happen, and those magic moments keep me excited and makes everything worth it. It's like a drug, and I keep going back to those moments because I need them just to be alive.
Is there a reason you're not doing a lot of personal work right now?
I think this past year has been so busy with client and commercial work, that in my free time I literally don't want to pick up a camera. I want to go for swims or I want to go for hikes, or I want to read a book, I want to get out of my head. I really wish it wasn't that way and I need to get better at it, because I miss taking photos on the fly, I miss taking photos day-to-day and just hiding behind my camera. That's something I want to do better, moving forward in my life, over the next couple years. But I don't know, when you're a doctor and you're constantly operating with knives and things with people, I would think in your free time you wouldn't want to do that, because you're probably working super-long hours.
It's not a great analogy, because photography is completely different than that kind of work, but it's the same idea of needing to break away from it. I don't know, like I said earlier, I put so much pressure on myself, so, I have to have those little bit of breaks because I'll go crazy, and I'll burn out really fast, and it's not fun. Because then I go psychotic!
Ha! Would you say that you're more focused on the process or the result?
Oh, the result, for sure. I love re-touching. It is so therapeutic for me, I love colors and finding that end goal. What I don't love the most is actually shooting, which is the opposite of what most people say. I'm in love with editing and creating the final image. I really just want to see it finished, and see the pictures. I want to see the pictures at the end, that's all I'm…
We ask that question of all our victims interview subjects. And it breaks down 50/50.
Really? That's so funny. I mean I guess at certain points in my life, I could probably answer differently, too, depending on where I am with my work. That's the funny thing about art, it's always going to keep changing and evolving. Your mind is probably going to change 10 times in the next 4 years, you never know.
Do you, are there particular places you look for, you look at for inspiration? I mean, you said generally movies, but…
Yeah. Books, because those are in my head and I'm reading words, I'm visualizing them myself.
What kind of books?
I really like, this one I read recently, for example, is called Ready Player One.
Ernest Cline.
Yeah, you've heard of it? Or read it?
It's so dark and twisted, but I love stuff like that, things that are a little bit weird or creepy or have this dystopian view on society. By the way, that book freaked me out – I think that's going to happen to us. I really think so! So there's books like that, then there's documentaries, and I'm obsessed with documentaries!
And then there's Pinterest, and there's Tumblr. Pinterest, when I'm going to create a board or a concept for a shoot, that's usually where I go first to sort of figure out what it is I'm looking for and what I want to do, then I can just place everything in one area online, and then I can kind of edit it down, because if there's stuff I'm over by the time I finish it, then I can just pull them out, and I can send it to my creative director friends, or whoever, I can send them to the editorial magazine so they can approve, then I build a PDF from there. Then that goes out, that's kind of the process of concepting for a shoot, is usually Pinterest, PDF, emails, then it's gone. Then I print it.
I'd say internet and books. I'm trying to get back into reading, it's so good for my soul, I need it to be a functioning human, I think. What's so interesting about reading, for me since I'm such a visual person inside of my head, is that I can place myself in what I'm reading and visualize the entire room or the environment of the people that I'm reading about, and it's really fascinating. I love to be able to picture things, and visualize. I love to daydream.
Yeah, I'm a big fan of daydreaming. It's really relaxing.
Yeah! You're able to lose yourself while you're in a moment of real life.
But it's very much of your own design, so it's exactly whatever world you want to be in.
What would you say are your favorite things to photograph right now, topic wise? Like motion, color? A particular kind of person?
I would say, right now I'm interested in women that don't really fit the mold of the standard stereotypical model. People who look different, whether it's like a weird gap tooth, or freckles, or crazy hair. I'm really getting into shooting fashion, it's so different from where I feel like I've come from. I guess I would say fashion in general is where I'm taking myself and what I like to shoot these days.
Do you have your vision for where you want to be? Or more just going where the wind takes you?
Yeah, in 10 years I would love to be shooting ad campaigns for huge brands, and traveling, and hopefully I'll have a little family, and I want to be able to live somewhere other than LA. Yeah. I definitely want to be shooting advertisements, that's the end goal. I don't necessarily want to be shooting editorials or little online lookbooks, I want to be shooting billboards, posters…
You touched on this briefly, have you felt that Instagram has helped you?
You know, it's funny. It's really helped me, it's been a very helpful tool in getting me work, because without it I don't know that I would be where I am today. On the flipside of that, I also think it's ruining our society and creating a false sense of identity for a lot of people out there, not just for photographers, but also models. I don't know, I could really get into it and I don't want to say something that's rude.
How do you feel it's giving people a false sense of identity?
The fact that you can have a name and curate images of your life for yourself, or your family, whatever, and then you have a number to that name. I feel like people that don't need to be famous are all of a sudden getting famous, and they're getting paid for that. However, I feel like it's taken away from the actual talent of true musicians, or artists, and now the idea of fame is going to be no longer. We're not going to have these people like Tom Petty who just died, we're going to have Instagram Famous people, do you know what I mean by that? Fame is going to be a thing of the past and everybody's just going to be famous for themselves. So I don't know, I wonder what it's doing, the damage to the young people's brains- I worry.
Yeah. It's a monster, basically.
It's a necessary evil, for me.
Yeah, a necessary evil. All the other sites are useless for any sort of photo communities now, just because Instagram is so easy.
Yeah, I mean it's great, it's really helped me, like I said, it's just, it's hard to watch as such a sensitive human. There's people out there that are taking jobs for really low money, really low pay, in order to get exposure, because they've never had that, and these huge brands are taking advantage of them.
Would you say its helped you creatively? Or in business?
Oh business, totally.
I feel like creatively, it's probably made my life worse. There's too many photos out there, it's over-saturated, there's just a constant feed of photos, so you forget what's original anymore. You don't know what you've seen or what you've thought of, and then you go to sleep at night, and you've just got these photos flashing in your head of everything you've seen; it's intense, it's overwhelming.
Does it make it harder for you to shoot?
No, just harder to concept because you don't want to do something that's been done before.
Right. Do you judge your photos against other great photos you've seen? Just judge them yourself against yourself?
I try not to judge myself against others, but I definitely judge myself against my past work a lot, which is probably good, it's probably helping me grow. It's a struggle, I have to be very aware if I start comparing myself to others- it's something that I have to completely stop and not do, because it's a slippery slope and it's not healthy. I get hired most of the time because people see me on Pinterest or Instagram and they reach out, and I think that's why social media has been so good for business, because I wouldn't have these opportunities otherwise. The fact that I also have a couple thousand followers is also apparently a reason why people reach out to me, too, and I wish it wasn't the case, because I feel like it doesn't matter.
But the followers reflect a certain number of people like your work, it's not like it has no relationship to the quality, to people's perceived quality. They think your work is good because it's popular, and because you're popular.
Right. I just wish I wouldn't get the emails from people asking to gift me things so I'll post about them on my Instagram, and it's like….. really?
Gift you money.
Hire me for my work, not to do that! Some people offer to pay, too, which is weird.
But do you need pressure to create?
I need pressure on myself, but I can put myself through that every day.
Do you feel like you could work without that internal pressure, or do you need that?
I need that, I like that it drives me. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't be as on top of my shit as I feel that I am. I need that pressure in order to keep working consistently.
But it's also a balance, because too much…
Will drive me crazy. I don't know, it's like my life is constantly in balance, my rising sign is Libra and my moon sign is Libra, so I think I'm constantly craving balance. I don't know if you believe in astrology, but I believe it a little bit.
I'm familiar with it!
I like to pretend that it's real, it kind of helps me…I feel like it's fun and interesting to pretend that whatever's happening in the stars is happening in my life, keeps things interesting. I don't know, I'm always in need of that balance of too much or too little, and if I go over one way, I check myself and go back, figure out what I've done wrong. Constant self check, I'm so self aware, it's nuts. I need someone to shut off my mind for me, for just a day.
Is that kind of constant recalibrating is plesant, or enjoyable rather than functional?
It's enjoyable sometimes, sometimes I'm just like "why do I think about things so much?" I'm so analytical, I'll probably analyze our conversation later on today.
I'll send you the transcript!
I wish I could shut my brain off. At times I think it's great because I can really think about things, and get to the bottom of it in my head, but then there's the other side where I'm driving myself insane thinking about something over and over. I guess that's the joy of my brain, I'm just one of those people that thinks too much.


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Striking Kellogg's Workers Vow to Hold Out for Better Contract, Urge Boycott of Company's Products
Kellogg's announced it would begin permanently replacing the 1,400 workers who have been on strike for over two months to demand fair wages and better working conditions.
The move comes after an overwhelming majority of Kellogg's workers rejected a new five-year agreement they say falls short of their demands and sparked widespread public backlash, including from President Biden.
"We are fighting for equal pay and equal benefits regardless of what the company is putting out there, and trying to replace us is something that they're using as a scare tactic," says Kevin Bradshaw, a striking Kellogg's worker and president of Local 252G in Memphis, Tennessee.
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import { quackAction } from './actions';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

@Component({
  selector: 'mister',
  styles: [':host { display: inline-block; }'],
  templateUrl: 'mister.component.html'
})
export class MisterComponent implements OnInit {
  says$: Observable<string>;

  constructor(private store: Store<fromRoot.State>) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.says$ = this.store.select(fromRoot.getMisterSays);
  }

  onClick() {
    this.store.dispatch(quackAction());
  }
}


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	<title>Interface org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContainer | Practica2_Servidor</title>

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Namespaces

						Composer

						Autoload

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						org

						bovigo

						vfs

						example

						visitor

						PHP

Classes

QuotaTestCase

TestvfsStreamAbstractContent

TestvfsStreamWrapper

vfsStream

vfsStreamAbstractContent

vfsStreamAbstractContentTestCase

vfsStreamContainerIterator

vfsStreamContainerIteratorTestCase

vfsStreamDirectory

vfsStreamDirectoryIssue18TestCase

vfsStreamDirectoryTestCase

vfsStreamFile

vfsStreamFileTestCase

vfsStreamGlobTestCase

vfsStreamResolveIncludePathTestCase

vfsStreamTestCase

vfsStreamUmaskTestCase

vfsStreamWrapper

vfsStreamWrapperAlreadyRegisteredTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperBaseTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperDirSeparatorTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperFileTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperFileTimesTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperFlockTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperMkDirTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperQuotaTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperRecordingProxy

vfsStreamWrapperSelectStreamTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperSetOptionTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperTestCase

vfsStreamWrapperWithoutRootTestCase

vfsStreamZipTestCase

Interfaces

vfsStreamContainer

vfsStreamContent

Exceptions

vfsStreamException

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				Namespace

Class

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Interface vfsStreamContainer

Interface for stream contents that are able to store other stream contents.

org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContainer
			 implements
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Direct known implementers

			org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamDirectory

		Namespace: org\bovigo\vfs

			Located at vendor/mikey179/vfsStream/src/main/php/org/bovigo/vfs/vfsStreamContainer.php

Methods summary

			 public

		#
		addChild( org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContent <var>$child</var> )

adds child to the directory

adds child to the directory

Parameters

<var>$child</var>

			 public

			boolean

		#
		removeChild( string <var>$name</var> )

removes child from the directory

removes child from the directory

Parameters

<var>$name</var>

Returns

					boolean

			 public

			boolean

		#
		hasChild( string <var>$name</var> )

checks whether the container contains a child with the given name

checks whether the container contains a child with the given name

Parameters

<var>$name</var>

Returns

					boolean

			 public

			org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContent

		#
		getChild( string <var>$name</var> )

returns the child with the given name

returns the child with the given name

Parameters

<var>$name</var>

Returns

					org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContent

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			boolean

		#
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checks whether directory contains any children

checks whether directory contains any children

Returns

					boolean

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			 public

			org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContent[]

		#
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returns a list of children for this directory

returns a list of children for this directory

Returns

					org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamContent[]

Methods inherited from IteratorAggregate

			getIterator()

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Cuba Has Rep in MLB All-Star Game
Aroldis Chapman when he pitched for Team Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
HAVANA TIMES — Aroldis Chapman, from Cuba, has had a fantastic first half season as a reliever for the Cincinnati Reds, which earned him a slot on the National League All-Star team for Tuesday night's game in Kansas City.
A few years ago Chapman was becoming the top left-handed pitcher on the Cuban national team when he decided to abandon ship and seek a MLB contract.
His gamble proved a success and he signed for $30.25 million dollars with the Reds.
A starter in the Cuban league, Chapman, 24, hopes to have that same role farther down the line in the majors.
However, this year he has been both set-up reliever and closer for the Reds who are battling for first place in their division.
In 35 mound appearances, nearly half of the Red's games, Chapman boasts a 1.83 ERA, a 4-4 record and 11 saves. The most outstanding of his statistics is 71 strikeouts in 39.1 innings against only 12 walks.
Chapman had been known in Cuba for his speed, with an over 100 mph fastball, but also for control problems in the local league when he pitched for his native Holguin. He has maintained his speed but now appears to have overcome the control lapses.
Cuba's most ardent fans have kept up on Chapman's numbers in MLB through illegal TV satellite dishes and word of mouth, thus getting around the blackout on all Cuban players by the Cuban media.
Cuban TV features professional soccer over baseball, the country's national sport, for international broadcasts. Most believe the reason is that there are no Cuban players on the top level soccer teams.
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Microsoft's Future Productivity Vision 2011
Microsoft has created another "Future Vision" video. They do this every year and they are always very impressive. Microsoft is very good at creating these future visions, they are not so good at turning them into real life products-apart from the XBOX Kinect.
One example, while sitting in the car she tells her phone to send the message: "Hi Quinn. I'll review it first thing tomorrow" and update the calendar. That's not the future. That is Siri which now comes with every Apple iPhone.
But there are plenty of other impressive things in this video. So take a look:
One thing you will notice is how everything is connected, but not in the you might think. The devices that "control" the experience are the ones you you bring with you. The "TV" in the hotel room is not a computer or a separate device it is just a viewer for your mobile phone.
The future won't be about having 10 computers in our homes. It will be about the computer we have in our pockets, projecting and/or interacting with "viewers" around us.
Note: This tablet is even more beautiful than the iPad!
There are two things we need to make this work. The apps and the interfaces are the easy part. But none of this would work without standards.
Apple has created AirPlay, which is impressive, but only works with Apple phones, Apple TV, and Apple "something." It only works if you have total monopoly over the entire phone, tablet and TV market.
That's never going to happen. We need standards; otherwise we won't be able project our phones screens schedules to other devices.
The other thing we need is the cloud. The phone/tablet itself is powerful and might be the one initiating the action. But without the cloud it is not going to work. And I'm not talking about synching (or even cloud synching.)
The cloud is the hub. Your mobile is your app platform, the screens and surfaces around you are the interfaces.
The only thing I think Microsoft misses, big time, is the allure of the connected refrigerator. That's one of the things everybody thinks will happen, but it won't. One reason (out of many): What about all the food that is not stored in your refrigerator?
It doesn't work because it confines you to a subset of food, in one place and in one location. Why not just check what you need directly on your phone?
But apart from the refrigerator, I cannot wait for this future to become real.
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Cartoon Brew recently had a post about a cut song from "The Rescuers".
I want to add a few visuals to that.
The song was sung by Louis Prima and the character was a bear, performing tricks at a zoo. Penny befriended the bear in this early version of the film.
and then Milt Kahl took a crack at the bear.
As far as I know no animation was done on this character, but even these sketches by Milt are great to look at. Wouldn't it be fun to do a test scene from Louis Prima's track with this design?
Milt DID animate a few scenes with spectators at the zoo, though.
sideways away from him. A girl at one end takes a fall.
Another scene shows a man throwing a coin to a coke salesman. The coke bottle is handed to the nearest person to be passed on, but the bottle never reaches the buyer.
Here are a few key drawings from that section. I'll try and put a pose test together in an upcoming post.
By the way I am a huge Louis Prima fan, and discovering this "new" song is a real find. There is such an enthusiasm in everything Prima sang, he is one of a kind.


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VILLIERS Motorcycle Manual PDF
Villiers 1962 Users Handbook
Villiers 1962 Users Handbook.pdf
History of Villiers Motorcycles
A VILLIERS Motorcycle Manual PDF is above the page.
1880s John Marston's Sunbeam cycle had become extremely successful, by relying on high quality of production and finish. But Marston was dissatisfied with the pedals on his machines, which he bought in.
In 1890, he dispatched his son Charles Marston to the USA on a selling trip but included in his instructions that he must discuss pedal engineering with Pratt and Whitney in Hartford,
Connecticut and come back with a high class pedal and the machinery for making it. Charles has said that the Villiers Engineering Co was "the ultimate fruit" of his trip to the USA. He was impressed by the production system and the labour saving devices he saw there.
He pointed out that "it was not possible to develop these at Sunbeamland, which had long been working on another plan, but it was possible to start them in a new factory".
1898 As a result of the tour John Marston bought a small Japanning works in Villiers Street, Wolverhampton, that had belonged to Edward Bullivant. Under the direction of Charles, the new company made cycle parts for the Sunbeam cycle.
1902 John Marston sold the company to his son Charles for £6,000 on a loan against future profits. Secondly, it developed and patented the cycle free-wheel, which every cycle manufacturer required. The production of free wheels reached its peak just after WWII, as the company produced 80,000 per week or 4 million per year.
1912 Early in the year they introduced their first motor cycle engine, an inlet over exhaust 350cc four stroke with a built in two speed gearbox and clutch but it was considered too A complex and was not a success.
1912 At the end of the year they introduced their first two-stroke engine with a 269cc unit. This engine was designated the Mark I and given the code 'O'.
The cylinder had a fixed head and the bearings for the crankshaft and small end were made of phosphor-bronze while the big end a roller bearing.
The piston was a deflector head type made in cast iron.
The exhaust pipe and expansion box were made in aluminium. The lubrication system was by hand pump from the oil tank, which was built alongside the petrol tank.
The oil was passed through a drilled front crankcase bolt into the crankcase where oil-ways fed it to the bearings.
Surplus oil was splashed onto the walls where it was picked up by the incoming petrol vapour and taken to the upper cylinder.
1912 Situated on a half acre site and employed 20 men
1914 Listed under Cycle Manufacturers as Villiers Cycle Co and under Cycle Fittings Manufacturers as Villiers Cycle Component Co both of Upper Villiers Street.
1916 Introduced the Mark II with changes to the exhaust system which was now made in steel and in the method of holding the exhaust to the cylinder
1961 Manufacturers of internal combustion engines, including the Villiers 2-stroke and 3-stroke light internal combustion engine. Also manufacture cycle components, freewheels, magnetos, and carburettors.
1962 The company was claiming that: "jointly, the two companies produce a vast range of two-stroke and four-stroke petrol engines and four-stroke diesel engines from 1/3rd to 16 b.h.p.
These are the engines which power many of Britain's two-stroke motorcycles, scooters and three-wheelers and the great majority of the motor mowers, cultivators, concrete mixers, generating sets, elevators, pumping sets. etc."
1965 The company was taken over by Manganese Bronze Holdings.
1966 Together with AMC, the company became part of Norton-Villiers). At this point, Villiers stopped supplying engines to outside companies.
Production of the Villiers engine closed in the UK, but continued in Madras, India.
1966 Villiers Tool Development Ltd renamed Viltool Ltd at Wednesfield, Shropshire, specialising in transfer machinery for production lines; turnover had doubled in a year.
1968 Manganese Bronze Holdings sold its 70 percent interest in Viltool to the Snyder subsidiary of the Synder Corporation of the USA.
In 1999 Villiers Plc acquired the healthcare company Ultramind and renamed the company Ultrasis.


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William of Montmorency (1453 – 14 May 1531, Chantilly) was Baron de Montmorency and lord of Chantilly. As general of finances for the king, he was governor of several royal castles and accompanied Louis XII during the Italian War of 1494–1498.

Biography
William, born in 1453, was the son of Jean II de Montmorency and his second wife Marguerite d'Orgemont. His father decided in 1472 to disinherit his eldest son Jean de Nivelle following the disputes between his first two sons and their pro-Burgundian tendencies. William therefore acquired the title of Baron de Montmorency in 1472 at the age of 18. This would lead to forty years of legal proceedings between the descendants. The title of baron was contested by his nephews Jean de Montmorency-Nevele then Philippe and finally by his youngest nephew Joseph de Montmorency. Through his father, William was lord of Écouen, Thoré, Montjay, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. Through his mother, he was lord of Aufois, Chavard and Montepilloy. He entered the service of Charles IV of Anjou as chamberlain.

In 1484, William's maternal uncle Pierre III d'Orgemont, who died without children, bequeathed him the lordship of Chantilly and rebuilt the chapel of the castle there in 1507. In 1515, thanks to a papal bull, he obtained the right to have Mass and all the sacraments celebrated in this chapel. William took part in Estates General of 1484 in Tours as a deputy of the nobility of Paris during the minority of King Charles VIII and subsequently became chamberlain of the king of France. King Louis XII appointed him superintendent of waters and forests and gamekeeper in Touraine, as well as captain of castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. William join Louis XII during his Italian War of 1499–1504.

In 1503, William was appointed captain of the Bastille. He left for the Italian wars the same year with the king. On his return, William was  rewarded for his loyalty by the post of governor of Orléans. During the War of the League of Cambrai, he was appointed to the Regency Council alongside Anne of Brittany in 1508. William was appointed captain of Château de Vincennes and made a knight of the Order of Saint Michael. During the Italian War of 1521–1526 he was responsible for the protection of Paris and for collecting funds from the Parliament of Paris to have King Francis I of France released, who was taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. William was a signatory of the Treaty of Madrid which freed the king.

William died at Château de Chantilly on 14 May 1531 and was buried in the Saint-Martin de Montmorency collegiate church which he had had erected. The black marble slab of his tomb is still visible there.

Marriage and descendants
On 17 July 1484, William married Anne Pot (1472–1510), lady of La Rochepot, Damville and of Châteauneuf, countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Guyot Pot and Marie de Villiers l'Isle- Adam. They had:
 Jean (c. 1485–1516) Lord of Ecouen, married Anne (Jeanne) de La Tour, lady of Montgascon (daughter of Godefroi de La Tour, baron of Montgascon)
 Anne de Montmorency (1493–1567), marshal of France (1522), grand master of France (1526), constable of France (1538), duke of Montmorency (1551), married Madeleine de Savoie in 1529 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye
François (1496/98–1551), lord of La Rochepot and Châteauneuf, governor of Paris and Île-de-France, married (1524) Charlotte d'Humières, lady of Offemont and Encre, daughter of Jean, Lord of Humières, and of Françoise Le Josne de Contay
Louise, (c. 1490–1547) lady of honor to Elisabeth of Austria, wife Ferry de Mailly, baron de Conti, then (1514) Gaspard I de Coligny lord of Coligny
Philippe (c. 1496–1519), bishop of Limoges (1517)
Anne (c. 1497–1525), married Guy XVI of Laval, count of Laval
Marie (born c. 1500), Abbess of Notre-Dame de Maubuisson

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1453 births
1531 deaths
People from Chantilly, Oise
Military leaders of the Italian Wars
16th-century French people