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1 killed, 1 injured in crash involving Franklin fire truck
By Kristen Spicker
Speed and impairment are believed to be factors in the crash
A 19-year-old was killed and another person seriously injured in a crash involving a Franklin fire truck on Interstate 75 north late Thursday night.
The fire truck was parked in the left lane of the highway with its emergency lights on while providing traffic control for a separate non-injury crash near mile marker 39, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Around 11:23 p.m., a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze hit the back of the fire truck.
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The driver of the car, 19-year-old Dominique Horton of Dayton, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to OSHP. A 21-year-old passenger, also from Dayton, was transported to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.
They were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, according to the patrol.
Four Franklin Fire and EMS Division personnel were inside the fire truck at the time of the crash, but none of them was injured.
Speed and impairment are suspected to be factors in the crash, according to OSHP.
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Franklin and Springboro police, the Warren County Sheriff's Office and Franklin, Clearcreek Twp. and Joint Emergency Medical Medical Services assisted troopers at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation at this time.
There have been at least five fatal crashes reported in Warren County so far this year, according to OSHP. In 2021, the county had seven total fatal crashes and 15 in 2020.
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The Voting News Daily: Voter ID Laws Target Rarely Occurring Voter Fraud, Saudi king grants voting rights to women
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National: Voter ID Laws Target Rarely Occurring Voter Fraud | AP/Fox News
Several states adopted new laws last year requiring that people show a photo ID when they come to vote even though the kind of election fraud that the laws are intended to stamp out is rare. Even supporters of the new laws are hard pressed to come up with large numbers of cases in which someone tried to vote under a false identify.
"I've compared this to the snake oil salesman. You got a cold? I got snake oil. Your foot aches? I got snake oil," said election law expert Justin Levitt, who wrote "The Truth About Voter Fraud" for The Brennan Center for Justice. "It doesn't seem to matter what the problem is, (voter) ID is being sold as the solution to a whole bunch of things it can't possibly solve."
Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin have passed laws this year that allow voters without the required photo ID to cast provisional ballots, but the voters must return to a specific location with that ID within a certain time limit for their ballots to count. Read More
Saudi Arabia: Saudi king grants voting rights to women | CBS News
Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. In an annual speech before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, the Saudi monarch said he ordered the step after consulting with the nation's top religious clerics, whose advice carries great weight in the kingdom.
"We refuse to marginalize the role of women in Saudi society and in every aspect, within the rules of Sharia," Abdullah said, referring to the Islamic law that governs many aspects of life in the kingdom.
The right to vote is by far the biggest change introduced by Abdullah, considered a reformer, since he became the country's de facto ruler in 1995 during the illness of King Fahd. Abdullah formally ascended to the throne upon Fahd's death in August 2005. Read More
Arizona: State will not investigate recall candidate Cortes | AZ Central
Chaos erupted Friday in the recall election of Senate President Russell Pearce. A Legislative District 18 voter filed a lawsuit alleging that Olivia Cortes is a fraud candidate running with the intention of pulling votes away from candidate Jerry Lewis to help Pearce. The Secretary of State's Office declined to investigate the same complaint another district voter filed with that office.
Cortes, who has for weeks evaded questions about her candidacy and political positions, on Friday sent out an e-mail announcing a campaign Web site and seeking voter support.
Chandler attorney Tom Ryan filed the lawsuit on behalf of Mary Lou Boettcher. Ryan also represented Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group that collected signatures to get the recall on the ballot. Boettcher, a Republican, was involved in that group. Read More
California: Before Bush v Gore there was the Diamond Bar Recount | Diamond Bar, CA Patch
The early years of Diamond Bar cityhood were contentious as those favoring strict limitation of development clashed with those favoring granting city council with more flexibility in planning land use. In 1992 and again in 1993, the City Council revised and adopted two General Plans presented by citizen advisory committees. Both rescinded by referendum, Diamond Bar's early distinction included holding the state record for being incorporated without an accepted General Plan.
"The City of Diamond Bar is almost 6 years old now…That doesn't mean the City Council has to Act that way" was the headline on a Diamond Bar Caucus 1995 campaign flyer endorsing Bob Huff and Carol Herrera. With conflicting visions of how the city should mature, the 1995 election cycle brought out 11 candidates vying for two city council seats, including one held by Phyllis Papen, who would not be re-elected.
Planning Commissioner Bob Huff surpassed the other candidates at the polls. The vote spread for the second seat between Carol Herrera and Don Schad was close, fluctuated, and involved litigation that did not end until May of the following year. Herrera remembers on election night, she was down by six votes. The absentee ballots added in, she was ahead by 12. Schad requested a recount. Herrera could have chosen a hand recount, but she was concerned with the additional cost and believed the recount by machine would provide equitable results. Read More
Colorado: Clerks prepared to fight effort to make voted ballots available to public | The Denver Post
Colorado's county clerks say voted ballots should remain private even if there is no way to associate a ballot with the individual who cast it, and they will fight any effort by the public to inspect them — even if it means going to court or asking legislators for help.
The clerks' position follows the unprecedented citizen review of ballots in Saguache County orchestrated by Secretary of State Scott Gessler's office. Gessler and many open-government advocates believe that making ballots available for public review is a way to maintain voter confidence; voters literally can see for themselves that a race or races were counted accurately.
The clerks believe the opposite is true. The disagreement is doing more than adding tension to an already strained relationship between Gessler and the clerks. Read More
Editorials: Colorado's besieged clerks | Vincent Carroll/The Denver Post
Wherever you go in Colorado, the most public-be-damned civil servant is likely to be the county clerk.
I've reached this conclusion with regret, since my experience with clerks over many years, without fail, has been pleasant and fruitful. But the clerks this year have dug themselves into a stance that endangers the integrity of elections. Moreover, to protect their monopoly on access to voted ballots — a monopoly to which they clearly have no right under the Colorado Open Records Act — they are trying to scare the public with lurid tales of how voter anonymity is at risk.
Back in March, you may recall, the clerks association denounced a bid by Secretary of State Scott Gessler to conduct an official, public recount of a contested election in Saguache County, claiming his "proposal sets a dangerous precedent." The clerks' real fear, however, was not that Gessler might look over their shoulder but that he would let the public do so, too. And he did — once a district judge ruled in August that "voted ballots are election records" under the open records law, permitting the recount to proceed. Read More
Connecticut: Bridgeport absentee ballots becoming focus of election complaints | Connecticut Post
More than 1,000 absentee ballot forms have been requested for the Democratic mayoral primary between Mary Jane Foster and Mayor Bill Finch and some have become the focus of elections complaints. The Mary Jane Foster for Mayor campaign has unleashed a pack of charges against the supporters of Mayor Bill Finch, charging that there is fraud and other illegal activities regarding absentee ballots.
Jason Bartlett, Foster's campaign manager, said that Councilwoman Lydia N. Martinez, D-137, illegally assisted several elderly residents of Harborview Towers in filling out their absentee ballots. Martinez could not be reached for comment. Read More
Oklahoma: Cherokees hold election; results won't be known until next month | Tulsa World
The Cherokee Nation on Saturday held a second election for principal tribal chief, but voters will not know who the winner is until next month. With the ballots not being counted until Oct. 8, official voter turnout figures were not available Saturday. However, outside some polling places, volunteers from both campaigns kept a running total of voters.
"We've counted about 400 so far," said Tribal Council member Jodie Fishinghawk at noon Saturday, who stumped for Tribal Councilor Bill John Baker outside the Wilma P. Mankiller clinic in Stilwell. "That's about on pace with what we saw here in the June election."
About 15,000 people voted in the June election, including almost 900 at Stilwell. In accordance with a federal district court order, the Cherokee Nation Election Commission will not count any ballots in the race between former principal chief Chad Smith and Baker until Oct. 8. Read More
South Carolina: Spartanburg County SC Council rejects paying for presidential primaries | GoUpstate.com
Spartanburg County voters' ability to vote in next year's Republican presidential primary is in question. The county will not stage presidential primaries next year unless the county's costs to run the contests are fully covered or the county is forced by the state to pay certain expenses, County Council Chairman Jeff Horton said Friday morning.
Horton's pledge came after County Council, a body of six Republicans and one Democrat, voted unanimously to file a lawsuit against the state Election Commission if needed to keep the county from bearing any of the costs of a presidential primary.
Council members — along with the county's top election official, the county election commission and voter registration board — believe counties should be reimbursed for all costs associated with a presidential primary. Horton has repeatedly called presidential primaries a "beauty pageant" because their results do not carry the weight of an actual election. Read More
Wisconsin: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes out in favor of recall revision bill | JSOnline
Setting a higher threshold for recall elections in Wisconsin is a good idea. And while the devil will be in the details, and this has to be done right, a proposal from Reps. Robin Vos, Gary Tauchen and Paul Farrow at least offers a starting point.
Wisconsin was host to a record number of recall elections this summer, all stemming from the controversy surrounding Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair and budget bills earlier this year. Six Republicans and three Democrats were the subjects of recalls – the Republicans generally because they had favored Walker's proposals, the Democrats generally because they had left the state to delay action on the proposals.
The recalls were unwarranted. A vote or stance on one issue is not sufficient in our view to justify the expense of a recall election. And they were expensive: The elections cost the state and local governments $2.1 million; the opposing sides in those campaigns spent a record $44 million, with Democrats and their allies outspending Republicans by just under $3 million, or about 14%. Read More
Argentina: Soria leads by wide margin in Río Negro gubernatorial elections | BuenosAiresHerald.com
With only a 22.16 percent of the votes tallied, the preliminary recount in the Río Negro gubernatorial elections showed that Victory Front candidate Carlos Soria was beating his opponent César Barbeito by a wide margin, suggesting that he will become the province's next governor.
With only a 22.16 percent of the votes recounted, Soria had obtained a 54.68 percent of the votes, while his main opponent had only obtained a 32.40 percent. Earlier, polls in the Río Negro province closed with no major incidents reported as the population cast their ballots in order to pick their next governor. The main contenders in the race are César Barbeito, a "Kirchnerite-Radical," and FPV Carlos Soria. Read More
Bahrain: Protesters and Police Clash During Election | NYTimes.com
As the government of Bahrain held parliamentary elections Saturday, hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces while trying to make their way to Pearl Square, the site in the capital where the kingdom's pro-democracy movement got started early this year and was heavily suppressed. In the village of Sanabis, where the protest began, the police used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets against hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protesters, witnesses and human-rights advocates said.
The protest was a main part of the Shiite majority's response to the election in the Sunni-ruled monarchy, which was boycotted by the mostly Shiite opposition. The aim of the protest was to march to Pearl Square, in Manama, where the government destroyed a 300-foot sculpture topped by a giant pearl in March after forcibly removing the protesters' tent city.
"Security forces closed all access to Pearl Square today," Mohammed al-Maskati, president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, said by telephone. "The square is now like an army base. Thousands of protesters turned out in Sanabis and got attacked badly by the security forces." Read More
Pakistan: Kashmiris will retain dual vote right: AJK official | thenews.com.pk
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has agreed in principle with the AJK authorities to retain the right of dual vote for Kashmiris settled in the four provinces and Islamabad. "Yes, they have approved retention while accepting our arguments for the dual votes of AJK people who are living in Pakistan," confirmed AJK election commission Secretary Muhammad Younas.
Talking to The News on Sunday, he said the ECP with its chief election commissioner (CEC) would give a formal nod to reject the pending proposals and continue the recognition of AJK people in exercising their right to vote. The CEC, Justice (Retd) Hamid Ali Mirza, and ECP members, full commission, would meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to dispose of the applications. They would discuss different aspects i.e. legalities, input from AJK authorities and Right of Citizenship Act. "The ECP secretary conveyed me the willingness of the ECP that the Kashmiris' right of dual vote, one in AJK and second in Pakistan, would be maintained in accordance with previous arrangements," Younas said. To a question, he described it an achievement under which the Kashmiris' right of two votes would not be snatched. Read More
Pakistan: Election Commission of Pakistan excludes 37.1 million suspected votes from electoral rolls | South Asian News Agency
Election Commission of Pakistan excluded 37.1 million suspected voters from the electoral rolls and the new electoral roll is composed of more than 87.2 million voters. The Secretary ECP Ishtiak Ahmad Khan issued details from headquarter of Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday.
Ishtiak Ahmad Khan said the ECP handed over its database of Electoral Rolls-2007 to NADRA on 11th February 2011 for verification of voters against their database. NADRA reported back on 05/03/2011 that out of 81 Million voters registered in Final Electoral Rolls 2007, 44 Million voters were verified against CNIC database whereas approximately 37 Million voters were not verified which was made public by the ECP through a press release dated 8th March 2011.
After deletion of these 37 million unverified voters from the Draft Electoral Rolls, 2011, NADRA added 36 million who had obtained CNIC after preparation of Electoral Rolls-2007. NADRA can provide evidence from its database with regard to 37 Million unverified voters as well as 36 Million voters who have been added into the Draft Electoral Rolls, 2011. Read More
Saudi Arabia: Saudi women to be given voting rights | ABC News
Saudi King Abdullah has announced women will be given the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the only public polls in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom. He also announced women would have the right to join the all-appointed Shura (consultative) Council, in an address opening a new term of the council.
"Starting with the next term, women will have the right to run in municipal elections and to choose candidates, according to Islamic principles," he said.
This means that women will be able to take part in the elections that will be held in four years, as the next vote is due to take place on Thursday, and nominations for those polls are already in. Read More
Saudi Arabia: Saudi society to change forever | Arab News
Chairman of the Municipal Election Commission Abdul Rahman Al-Dahmash said the participation of women in the next election as voters and candidates would strengthen the Kingdom's electoral experience. He hoped the spirit of the National Day would encourage all Saudis to participate actively in the Sept. 29 elections.
Jedaie Al-Qahtani, spokesman of the commission, described the king's announcement as historic. "It allows women to participate in municipal elections on an equal footing with men," he pointed out. He said the decision came in line with the king's desire to involve all members of the society in nation-building efforts.
Speaking about the coming elections, Al-Qahtani urged all voters to show their IDs or other identification documents when entering polling booths. Voters will be presented a list of candidates and each one is allowed to vote once. If they mark more than one candidate the vote will be invalid. Read More
UAE: UAE holds second-ever advisory body elections, women elected | Philippine Star
About 130,000 voters of the United Arab Emirates elected Saturday half of the 40-member Federal National Council (FNC), the second such election in the Emirates' 40-year history. Around 450 candidates, including more than 80 women, ran for the 20 seats in the FNC, which mainly acts as an advisory body. The other half will be appointed by the Federal Supreme Council, the country's highest governing body.
One woman, Sheikha Isa Ghanem Al Ari from the Emirate of Umm Al Qaiwain, was elected to the FNC, said the state news agency WAM.
An encouraging number of voters from an electoral population of about 130,000 turned out to vote at 13 polling centers across the Emirates. The number of voters increased significantly compared with that of about 6,700 voters in 2006, when the first-ever election was held since the FNC was formed in 1972, a year after the federation's independence. Read More
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Recipes for the Ideal Singaporean Female
posted in Family, Identities	on January 16, 2018 by	sheere 0 Comment
A sewing class in progress at one of the convent schools, c.1950s.
Someone once asked me, "What did you learn to cook at home economics classes?"
In reply I proudly rattled off: fried rice with hotdog cubes, minced chicken on egg tofu, and spaghetti with sauce made with tomato ketchup. Imagine my embarrassment when a fellow (and older) food writer said that she had learned to make meat pies, mee siam and all sorts of kueh-kueh.
How did a 13-year-old get to make all these complex adult dishes at school while I was entrusted to cook with only processed and ready-to-eat ingredients? One crucial factor set us apart: time, or rather different periods of time.
I studied home economics in 1999, while she took the course back in the 1970s when it was known as domestic science, a name that was eventually replaced because it suggested a narrow focus on nutrition and sanitation.
Between the 1930s and 1997, home economics was taught in Singapore schools to train girls to be good homemakers. Depending on the era and the nation's immediate needs, a "good homemaker" could mean different things – as defined by the prevailing syllabus set by the education authorities.
In the 1970s, for instance, being a good homemaker meant having the skills to just cook and clean. In the 1980s, it expanded to include being a good mother and raising a child. Then, in the 1990s, as more women joined the workforce, good homemakers became prudent consumers of outsourced and commercialised housework.
In "studying" home economics a second time around as research for this essay – reviewing textbooks, minister speeches, newspaper reports and oral histories – what became apparent was not just changes in cookery styles and ingredients over the years, but also official definitions of the "ideal" Singaporean woman.
Read the full article in Biblioasia (Vol 12 Issue 4)
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Singapore Vermicelli Not an Inspiration for Singapore Noodles
posted in Identities, Immigration	on January 11, 2018 by	sheere 0 Comment
Drying beehoon under the sun in 1956, print screened from National Archive Singapore.
Before "星洲米粉" (xing zhou mi fen) referred to a dish in Singapore's Chinese press, it was a term for Singapore manufactured rice vermicelli. I wondered if Singapore Noodles was named 星洲米粉 because Singapore's vermicelli was key to the making of Singapore Noodles in the earlier days. To find whether the made-in-Singapore vermicelli was any special, I spoke to Goh Soon Poh, general manager at Par Corporation, a trading house that since the 1970s has been supplying broken rice to local vermicelli manufacturers, and also consulted the Singapore Noodle Manufacturers' Association 20th Anniversary Celebration Souvenir Magazine published in 1990.
Singapore began to produce vermicelli around the 1920s, and the industry was pioneered by immigrants from Fujian in Southern China. While the Northern Chinese commonly consume wheat noodles, the Southern Chinese, favour rice noodles such as vermicelli. Within Fujian, rice vermicelli dishes from Fuzhou and Putien stood out, says Goh.
Vermicelli productions took place in kampungs, mostly in Changi, according to the noodle association's magazine. The producers worked with archaic tools such as stone mills and charcoal fire, to grind rice and steam vermicelli respectively, before taking it out to dry in the sun. Based on my earlier findings, there was competition from China as early as the 1940s, and local vermicelli producers never became powerful enough to edge out the imports. By the 1970s, during Singapore's massive physical development, less than 10 surviving producers relocated their businesses to industrial estates such as Defu Lane. These businesses eventually automated their processes and exported their higher outputs.
Eating Together II: Consider the Wok
posted in Identities	on May 24, 2017 by	sheere 0 Comment
We created a smaller iteration of Eating Together for the Asian Civilisation Museum earlier this year. It's called the Museum of Eating, which included a new section about the material culture of hawker tools. Here's the writeup, and Jovian Lim's beautiful photos.
MUSEUM OF EATING
Eating is a universal act. The ways we eat, however, are cultural and personal. Where we consume our meals, who we chat with over lunch, and what we use to put food in our mouths all affect how we think about our food. In the Museum of Eating, we go beyond the typical foodie conversations about chefs, ingredients, and tastes to look at the designs and techniques used to cook, contain, and carry food in Singapore.
Consider the Wok
Kitchen utensils are common across the world, but look closer and you'll find variations born out of cultural differences. Singapore hawkers have fed many generations with their good, quick meals. These dishes and the tools to prepare them have persisted despite the onset of modern industrial cooking. But to feed a larger and an increasingly time-starved population, hawkers have had to devise better ways to use or even re-design these age-old tools. Whether it is a wok or a scoop, these kitchen utensils have not just enabled faster and better cooking, they also record the craft and considerations these hawkers have put into perfecting their dishes.
PERFORATED SCOOP
Popiah is a spring roll filled with stewed turnip that is delicious when moist but not soggy. Glory Catering is well-known for such mouth-watering popiah, and they can consistently produce them thanks to a perforated scoop designed by the owners, the Chin family. A typical scoop tends to pick up too much turnip juice, and that aluminum tool falls apart when the cook presses down on it to drain out the liquid. The stew cannot be drained beforehand either, because it's what keeps the turnip juicy and tasty. Glory's inventive tool comes with more than 400 perforations to drain more quickly, and its trough shape lets the staff scoop the exact portion of filling, in a shape that is easy to fold into a roll. Truly a handy way to capture Glory's craft in making popiah.
The back of the scoop fits nicely into the trough – both made of hardy stainless steel – to squeeze out excess juice.
Eating Together: The Design of Sharing Food in a Connected World
posted in Family, Identities	on June 2, 2016 by	sheere 0 Comment
PHOTOS: Clarence Aw
How and what does it mean to eat together today? Last month at Objectifs, my partner and I presented Eating Together: The Design of Sharing Food in a Connected World, an exhibition that examines the objects, systems and spaces that help us share food today.
Commissioned for the inaugural FoodCine.ma 2016, this showcase presented 15 objects, speculative designs and installations that arose out of observations of how design facilitates the ways we eat together in Singapore. Whether it is consuming forever "fresh" food, having meals at our hawker centres, dining in both life and death, or eating with digital devices, we invited visitors to look at eating beyond a mere ingestion of food, but as a consumption of values and cultures.
More about the exhibition, as well as the book we published to document the concepts and our ethnographic research.
Finding Singapore in Granolas and Pizzas
posted in Identities	on March 27, 2016 by	sheere 0 Comment
Eating pizzas and pastas in between plates of chicken rice and nasi lemak is part of a typical Singaporean diet. For some in Singapore, this mixed cultural diet has even become imaginations of a new national cuisine.
Nasi lemak granola, bak kut teh pulled pork salad and hebi hiam pizzas are amongst the foods created by young entrepreneurs over the last two years. Growing up eating food from their own heritage as well as cuisines from elsewhere has informed their own formulae for cooking: combining local flavours with international food ways.
Granola was the first thing that came to mind when Chin Hui Wen wanted to produce food for sale. She instinctively gave this American snack a Singaporean twist as she was targeting the local market.
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We are the Curry Puffs and Laksa We Eat
posted in Identities, Immigration	on March 4, 2016 by	sheere 0 Comment
Every Friday, at a mosque in Roxbury, men and women covered in thawb and hijab patiently stand in line for a taste of Singapore cooked up by Madam Saadiah Hassan. Since moving to Boston three years ago, the Singaporean has been running the mosque's café to pass her time, turning it into an informal gateway to the country where the fifty-something used to sell the very same delicacies in a food court.
Her standard staple for Singaporeans has become curious flavours for the mosque-goers who once knew little about Singapore. But Saadiah's culinary prowess prompted them to find out more. "They tell me 'You know mama I read about Singapore'," chirped the lady who is popularly addressed as 'mama' here. "They say Singapore expensive, Singapore clean, Singapore no chewing gum."
Saadiah is just one of many overseas Singaporeans who have created their own home outside of home through food. By cooking dishes from their home country for the locals, these Singaporeans seek to find a sense of belonging and be recognised by where they come from.
Dreams and Pragmatism: A Conversation Between Generations
posted in Family, Identities	on October 2, 2015 by	sheere 0 Comment
Most people queue to buy food, but Ng Chiam Hui and Malcolm Lee waited for hours to find out how the hawkers prepared their favourite dishes.
Chiam Hui is born in 1949 in Fujian, China, while Malcolm is born a Singaporean Peranakan almost 40 years later. These men belong to two different generations but they have the same patience for a good recipe.
In the late 1960s, Chiam Hui ate duck rice for a week so that he could spy on the adjacent stall, the famous Lao Zhong Zhong outside the old Thong Chai Medical Institution. In a triumphant voice like a prankish kid, the 67-year-old exclaims in Mandarin, "I know every single thing he put in the sauce! No big deal lah! He was mixing there, and I was eating my duck rice and watching him!"
SGX : Sambal Goreng Exchange with Aida Muda
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Sambal tumis telor.
Aida texts me a few hours before I'm due to meet her at her sister's flat. She has already cooked the sambal for the exchange with Rose, because it is also for her lunch with her sisters and their mother.
I arrive at 4 p.m. to find a household full of young and older women. There is Aida, two of her older sisters, their mother, her niece and her niece's toddler, and her young nephew — the only opposite gender who can be home on a weekday afternoon.
The sambal tumis for Rose is already packed in a plastic container. I ask to take pictures of it, so Aida scoops another portion into a pretty glass dish found in many Malay kitchens. There are pots of leftovers on the stove, including a fermented durian (tempoyak) curry. There is also a box full of cempedak that they plan to fry for dinner.
SGX : Sambal Goreng Exchange with Rose B. Rusdi
Sambal Mak Kasek
Rose takes a while to open the metal gate. When she appears from behind a wooden screen, which blocks the view of her flat from the corridor, she's in tudong and home clothes. The mismatched outfit suggests she has gone to cover herself after I knocked on the door. The moment we're in the dining area, she takes off her tudong. I remind her that I'll be taking pictures, so she puts it back on, along with a nice set of baju kurung.
While she's changing in her room I notice the ingredients on the dining table. A shallot is frozen in a half cut state, while a tablet continues blasting euphoric American-accented commentaries.
Singapore Noodles is "a cross-cultural mutated freak of nature"
posted in Identities, Immigration	on August 9, 2015 by	sheere 0 Comment
Singapore Noodles is popular, but whether it is Asian, fusion, or a cross-cultural mutated freak of nature, no one knows for sure. With little information to offer, the media place their bets on this mystery. They get away with such shoddy journalism, partly because the noodles needs little introduction. Anyone who has lived in Hong Kong, or has depended on take-outs in the UK, the US, and Australia, is no stranger to the bright yellow, curry-laden noodles.
But when studied all together, the print, television (online), and blogs paints a telling picture of the dish. I analyse key phrases in the first 80 Singapore Noodles recipes that Google generates based on the keywords "Singapore noodles recipe," and here is what I found:
Popular in the West, Except Hong Kong
"one of the most popular dishes on any Chinese take-out menu"
"a favorite in Chinese-American restaurants"
"popular takeout noodles here in Australia"
"popular dish in Hong Kong"
The media say it's "famous" and "popular," but is careful to set the scope within which this statement holds water. Hong Kong stands out as the only Asian city where Singapore Noodles is said to be prevalent. Whether it is Hong Kong or Australia, such specifications suggest that the writers, and possibly the men in the street of each city, are unaware of their common love for the noodles.
The media also tend to specify the food categories — Chinese take-out or Chinese American restaurants— under which this dish is a favourite, hinting at a different assessment should it be taken out of its usual contexts.


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Meninas venho aqui trazer um presentinho de páscoa, mas ele não é só meu não ele é da Mari designers tb!!!
Eu fiz um kit com uns CUs dela que eu amei, e ela trabalhou com meu kit e vcs nem sabem, presenteou a gente com as QPs dos Los dela que ficaram lindos de morrer!!!
Girls come here to bring an Easter gift, but it is not just mine it's not the designers Mari!
I made a kit with some CUs that I loved her, and she worked with my kit and you guys do not know, presented us with the Los QPs of her that were beautiful to die!
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Muslims on the annual hajj pilgrimage made their way across the Mina valley of the western Saudi Arabian Mecca province.
Pilgrims clad in white threw seven stones each at a pillar symbolising satan, shouting "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest") under the watchful eyes of security forces.
"Thank God it hasn't been too crowded this year. There hasn't been a big rush," said Mohammed Osman, 27, who regularly attends hajj.
"We are under God's protection," said May Khalifa, a 37-year-old Egyptian Muslim living in Riyadh.
"Despite the exhaustion, I'm enjoying my first hajj," she said, lifting her small bag of stones.
The hajj is one of the world's largest Muslim gatherings and drew this year nearly 2.4 million pilgrims to Saudi holy sites.
Roads from Muzdalifah — another holy site where pilgrims spent Monday night — to Mina were littered with plastic water bottles as sanitation workers scrambled to remove them.
Bangladeshi Moueeneddine Ahmed, 35, complained of the scorching heat but said he was "very excited" to take part in the stoning of the devil ritual.
In keeping with customs he said he would then "shave his head" and trade the white seamless robe he wore for the hajj for his "normal clothes".
Ahmed also praised the Saudi government for keeping the peace throughout the hajj. "There's a lot of security. Very disciplined," he said.
Tens of thousands of security forces, including police and civil defence, have been deployed for hajj, according to Saudi authorities.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud made the trip to Mina on Tuesday and was seen on state-run television observing worshippers from the window of a high-rise.
The king, who took to Twitter to say it was a "great honour" to welcome the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, later paid homage to Saudi soldiers in a televised speech.
"On this day, we must remember our martyrs and heroes, who gave their lives to protect their faith and country," the king said, in an apparent reference to the war in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia leads a regional military alliance battling Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen, where more than three years of war have killed thousands and triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Muslim tradition holds that pilgrims must throw seven stones each at a pillar representing satan on the first day of Eid al-Adha, which comes after two days of prayer and meditation.
Pilgrims can purchase coupons from the Saudi government, which organises the slaughter and freezing of the meat to avoid public health problems.
Revenues from the coupons are considered "zakat," or a charity donation, another pillar of Islam.


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Protection Prayers
A Word about Spiritual Protection
Anytime we work for Love, good is done in the world – and the world needs a lot of good to counteract the unloving forces which seem to be active in many places.
Those who belong to the various faith and spiritual traditions are aware of the struggle between good and evil, between Love and unlove. Those who are unbelievers in a deity are aware of the growth of hate and the many -isms that work against justice and equality and the resistance that faces those who work for a fair and just society.
As Sacred Healers, we band together in heart and spirit, committed to the healing of individuals, institutions, governments, and the planet with its abundant lifeforms.
We are aware of forces that oppose our work, forces motivated by greed, the lust for power, and hate for those who are different. We are aware of the need for protection.
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How -and whether - each Sacred Healer chooses to protect their work is a personal matter we leave to each person. Our prayers are with each healer that good may be done in the name of Love and service to humanity.
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The Prayer to St Michael
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle,
be our protection against the wickedness
and snares of the devil;
may God rebuke him,
we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
cast into hell Satan
and all the evil spirits
who prowl through the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen


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Merophyas therina is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is known from Australia, including the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. The habitat ranges from wet eucalypt forests to open montane forests.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have pale brown forewings, with a brown spotted diagonal band across each wing. The hindwings are pale brown and have a recurved apex.

The larvae feed on Acaena anserinifolia.

References

Moths described in 1910
Archipini

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Kansas can't find a way to slow Villanova's 3-point barrage
Originally published March 31, 2018 at 8:16 pm Updated March 31, 2018 at 9:43 pm
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bill Self's exasperated and almost helpless reactions said everything about why Kansas' latest Final Four trip would last only one game.
The coach knew his Jayhawks had to close out on Villanova's deep well of 3-point shooters and contest all those deep shots if they were going to beat the Wildcats in Saturday's national semifinals. Instead, Self found himself flailing his arms in disbelief as Villanova's very first basket was a corner 3 on a clean look — the start of a have-no-answers night as the Wildcats made 3s at a record pace to shoot the Jayhawks right into the offseason.
"They got anything they wanted early," Self said, "and then of course they made the most of it and knocked them down."
Villanova ended up making 18 of 40 3-pointers in the 95-79 win, a record for any Final Four game while also flirting with a record for any game in the NCAA Tournament's history.
Kansas (31-8) came in playing a guard-heavy lineup that theoretically could give them a bit more ability to chase Villanova's shooters on the perimeter. And the Jayhawks had allowed opponents to shoot 32.7 percent from behind the arc this year while allowing 10 or more 3s just 10 times.
Meanwhile, Villanova came in needing just seven 3s to set a new Division I single-season record.
But the Jayhawks were a step slow all night in San Antonio, the site of their last national championship a decade ago. They couldn't keep up as the Wildcats whipped the ball around the perimeter or on drive-and-kickouts for open looks.
"We just let them shoot like that," senior guard Svi Mykhailiuk said. "We just wasn't quick enough on defense and wasn't aggressive enough. When you get hot, it's hard to miss."
Part of the problem, though, was that Villanova had so many shooters that there wasn't a way for the Jayhawks to attempt a switch or rotate for help defense without creating a problem elsewhere. Self noted afterward that 7-foot sophomore Udoka Azubuike and 6-9 freshman Silvio De Sousa rarely have to cover all the way to the 3-point arc.
The Wildcats made them pay with forwards Eric Paschall (24 points on 10-for-11 shooting, including 4 of 5 on 3s) and Omari Spellman (15 points, three 3-pointers).
"We tried to devise a ball-screen defensive plan, which we thought would eliminate some of the actions," Self said.
"We didn't do what we were really supposed to do with the aggressiveness we should've because we were worried about the result because they had already picked on us some."
Yes, things started badly, all right — then escalated until Kansas was in a 22-4 hole.
Self was irked right away when Paschall drained that open corner 3 less than 90 seconds into the game. Minutes later, the ball swung to Spellman near the top and Self immediately pointed for Azubuike to come out. Azubuike made it only to about the elbow before Spellman was knocking it down for a 9-2 lead and leading Self to burn an immediate timeout.
At another point, Villanova found Paschall alone in the corner right in front of the Kansas bench for another 3. Marcus Garrett couldn't recover down from the wing and Paschall buried that one, too, sending Self leaning back in his chair and raising both hands to his head.
Later in the half, Self was yelling to his team "Don't back off!" on the defensive end as though trying to re-emphasize a point from a scouting-report long since ripped to shreds.
"When we got spread out and our game plan went to crap on how we were going to guard certain actions, then we got caught in between," Self said. "And that's the worst thing you can do defensively, is be caught in between."
Things got so bad that the Wildcats had tied the Final Four single-game record of 13 3-pointers by halftime, prompting the NCAA to post a highlight montage of each and every one on Twitter.
"There's just certain things we can't do which obviously Villanova can do," Self said. "It wasn't very good. It looked good in practice, though."
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Tommy's Footprints…..
In WWI soldiers trained in Ampthill Park. One third died….
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WWI – Ampthill Command Depot in Ampthill Park – the Camp Diary, February 1919
The 'Camp Diary' provides an insight into the Bedfordshire Training Depot (1914-16) and No.9 Command Depot (1916-1919) that followed. Based on newspaper reports of the time.
Prisoners of War Dinner
On Tuesday, 4th February about 50 returned prisoners of war were entertained at the Volunteer Drill Hall in Dunstable Street. The guests came from Ampthill and the surrounding villages. Dinner was served at 1 o'clock and it was really quite a triumph in the days of rationing and food restrictions. Beer, minerals and port were kindly provided by Messrs Morris & Co, and concert party entertainment followed.
War Memorial Meeting
A public meeting to consider the provision of a war memorial for Ampthill was held at the County Court Hall on Thursday, 27th February. Mr J.W. Crisp took the chair, and was accompanied by eight members of the Ampthill Urban Council, with Mr F.W. Walker (Surveyor) and Mr W.L. Jones (Deputy Clark). The room was packed to its utmost capacity with townspeople.
Mr J.W. Crisp said that he hoped that what ever was done it would be something permanent and useful to the town for ever. It would be the wish of the men who had fallen that the memorial should take the form of something of use to the town. Mr John B. Hodge said that there was a suggestion abroad that it should take the form of a hall, which could be called the memorial hall. This might contain the roll of honour. Mr Andrew H. Tanqueray (Solicitor) said that a suitable site could be provided free of cost to the ratepayers, and the £2000 erection cost funded by subscription. Mr C.A. Jeffs suggested a public library to support education, with application to the Carnegie Fund for a grant. Mr Richards voiced support for a public hall which was 'absolutely wanted in the town.'
The chairman then put the proposition that the memorial took the form of a public hall, and the details be arranged by a committee. The following gentlemen were appointed:-
Ampthill Urban & District Council
Messrs J.W. Crisp, T. Izzard, W.T. Sharpe, H.G. Smith, and H. Swaffield.
Messrs A.H. Wingfield JP, J.B. Hodge, T. Hardwicke, A. Pye Smith JP, and the Rev. Westlake.
On the proposition of Mr W.T. Sharpe, Mr A.H. Tanqueray was unanimously appointed on the committee. Mr F.W. Walker was appointed as Hon. Secretary, Mr W.L. Jones as Legal Adviser, Mr J.B. Hodge as Treasurer, and Miss Wingfield and Mm. Cosier were added to the committee.
War Trophy
The War Office writes that, on recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant, Mr Samuel H. Whitbread, the town has been granted a German Machine Gun (damaged) with ammunition box and belt. The offer has been accepted but it was decided to ask for a field gun as a more 'worthy' addition.
The Ampthill Camp
On February 17th His Grace, The Duke of Bedford announced the proposal to erect a memorial to the men who were trained at Ampthill and have lost their lives during the war. A list of 368 names* has been published in the Bedfordshire Standard, and relatives invited to communicate any omissions to Major A. Nelson (Adjutant), for example men who were transferred to other regiments and whose casualty notifications were not sent to Ampthill.
*707 names were eventually gathered for inclusion on the Ampthill Camp Memorial.
There is also news of His Grace engaging Messrs Swaffield and Son of Bedford Street to sell by auction the whole of the camp buildings, and a large and varied assortment of camp equipment and furniture necessary for the accommodation of 1,000 men. Catalogues and conditions of sale are in preparation and may be obtained shortly. Public Notices has been placed in Bedfordshire newspapers and in the neighbouring counties. The sale is to start on Tuesday, 18th March and will likely take some period of days.
Cambridge Independent Press – February 28. 1919
Colour Sergeant Major Instructor Joe SMITH, of the Gymnastics Staff has now left the Command Depot and is at Aldershot awaiting demobilisation.
V.A.D. Hospital closes
The V.A.D. Hospital at Clevedon House, Dunstable Street has closed down. Patients have been at Clevedon since the formation of the Ampthill Camp. The V.A.D. Hospital has done splendid work for some years in caring for the sick from the Command Depot.
Clevedon (later known as St. George's)
News of Ampthill Boys
A large number have received their discharge from the forces recently, including –
Private Stanley NEGUS (Royal Signals) of Saunders Piece.
Lieutenant Norman SHARPE (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) of Woburn Street.
Private Edgar SKINNER (1st Herts) of Baker Street.
Corporal R. SMITH has arrived back from Egypt where he has been stationed since 1914.
Private Henry STANBRIDGE (52nd Rifles Brigade) of Park Street.
Private Harry WILDMAN (North Staffs) of Baker Street.
Death of an Airman
On Wednesday, 12th February 1919 2nd Lieutenant Eustace McGEE (RAF) of Rotherfield took off from an airfield to the north of Gas House Lane in Ampthill. For reasons unknown, his plane entered a spiral nose dive and it crashed near King's Wood. Eustace (20) sustained a broken neck and died at the scene.
An inquest has been held at the Guard Room, Ampthill Park. Mr H.J. Webb (Deputy Coroner) presiding recorded a verdict of Accidental Death. Eustace' coffin was borne on an R.A.F. motor, draped with a Union Jack, for burial at St. Andrew's Church. A firing party of 22 RAF men was in attendance.
The Bedfordshire Standard; Bedfordshire Times. The original broadsheet is part of the Bedfordshire & Luton Archive.
Ampthill Parish Magazine
RBL Roll of Honour
Bedsatwar blog
Bedsathome blog
Ampthill's Fallen – by John Hele (2014)
Www.bedfordshireregiment.co.uk
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WWI – Ampthill Command Depot in Ampthill Park – the Camp Diary, January 1919
January 1919 – A number of Ampthill girls have received their discharge from the Luton Munitions Works and quite a number have returned to their former employment as machinists. More are out of work and report daily to the local Labour Exchange and receive each week the Government allowance of 25′. The general opinion is that the girls will not return to service.
Corporal J. SMITH has ably organized a social in aid of the 1st Battalion, Beds Volunteer Regiment, Ampthill Detachment at the Drill Hall. Dancing commenced at 8pm and the evening closed at 1.30am. The music was provided by Mr. Norman Walker (violin) and Miss Walker (sister), piano. Further attractions were games and musical items. During the interval Lieutenant F.W. BRADSHAW made reference to Captain Howard SPENSLEY (of Westoning Manor) who was seriously injured on Thursday, January 16th when cycling to Ampthill and struck by a oncoming motor car, and everyone expressed hopes of his early recovery. Most of the Volunteers were present in full uniform.
On Monday, 27th the Volunteers were disbanded and all of their equipment was called in.
Rumours are current in town that it is contemplated shortly to form a German prisoner of war camp on the site of the Pine Woods. At the month end we clarified that the prisoners are to be held at the Bird in Hand Pub on Park Hill as the Canadian Camp has been taken over by the Board of Trade
Ampthill Command Depot
We understand that in all probability men at the Command Depot for treatment will be leaving at the end of the month. The staff will be staying on for a while, but there is no doubt that the end of the Command Depot is in sight, and the camp will soon be broken up. Allied to that, it has been requested that all accounts due by the Ampthill Command Depot be sent at once to the President of the Regimental Institutes, Ampthill Command Depot. It will not be long before a man in khaki will be quite a rare avis in Ampthill.
On the afternoon of Saturday, 4th January the Command Depot Football Team played 'C' Depot, Royal Engineers from Bedford. Corporal H. SMITH, Corporal WILKINSON and Private CHAPMAN all scored for the home side. The Royal Engineers also scored twice, and the whistle went leaving the Ampthill team the winners by 3 goals to 2. The Command Depot Football Team is now second down the league list.
On Thursday, 23rd the Command Depot Concert gave its last show. All concerts are now to be held in the Recreation Room instead of the Olympia Hall which is much too large for the small number of men who are still at the Depot. There are only about 60 men left at the Depot now.
Bandmaster T.M. TUNBRIDGE, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanbridge of Melvern Villa in Ampthill, writes from Cambrai that he is well, and states that recently he took a walk amidst the ruins some miles from the town when he encountered an English nurse. By a strange coincidence it happened to be Nurse Mabel GASCOMBE, of Ampthill, who has for some years been engaged as a nurse in France. She was stationed at a military hospital in the neighbourhood.
Private A. BASS (Middlesex Regiment) who was in charge of the Drill Hall for some years during the existence of the Ampthill Training Depot, has had an eventful career. Joining up at the commencement of the war, he served for some time at the Ampthill Camp, and went out to France with an early draft. He came home wounded and was then transferred to the Middlesex Regiment. He was sent to India on board the transport "Tyndareus," which was torpedoed off the East of Africa, and has been cited as a parallel to the historic "Birkenhead." After some months service at Singapore, he was sent to Russia, and we now have news of him as part of Colonel John Ward's propaganda battalion in Russia
Private Claude FOSSEY (Middlesex Regiment) of Saunders Piece is home from Germany where he has been held as a prisoner of war for some time. Claude is one of five brothers serving with the forces, and has been wounded in action.
Private Arthur OSBORNE (King's Rifles) of Saunders Piece is home after being kept as a prisoner-of-war. His 22 year old brother, Lance Corporal Leonard OSBORNE (London Regiment) has been missing since March 1918.
Private Sidney STAPLETON (Sherwood Foresters) of Woburn Street is home on leave recovering from a wound.
Private James UNDERWOOD (Machine Gun Corps) of Park Hill, who was formerly a member of the Ampthill Training Depot band and went to France in February 1918, has been appointed to the bagpipe band of the 2nd Battery M.G.C., now on the Rhine.
Lance Corporal Ernest WOODLAND (Bedfordshire Regiment) of Dunstable Street, who has been stationed at the Command Depot for some time, has received his discharged from the Army and is now at home. He went through the Dardanelles Campaign with the 1/5th Bedfords' and was badly wounded in France. He has been playing in the Command Depot Olympia Hall Cinema Bijon Orchestra.
The following Ampthill boys have been discharged from the army:
Private Sydney H. LAKE (R.A.M.C.) of Park Street
Private Thomas A. LAMBERT (Bedfordshire Regiment)
Private Arthur G. ROBINSON M.M. (Hertfordshire Regiment) of Oliver Street
Private William A. STANBRIDGE (Bedfordshire Regiment) of Park Street
Private Charles P. STAPLES (Suffolk Regiment) of Arthur Street
Next instalment to be published on 28 February 2019….
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WWI – Ampthill Command Depot in Ampthill Park – the Camp Diary, December 1918
December 1918 – The Ampthill Volunteer Machine Gun Team has resumed their course of instruction under Corporal C.F. WOOD of Bedford.
The Town Band, which has been reformed, gave an excellent concert on the evening of Saturday, December 8th in The Market Place. Mr W. N. Walker and Sergeant Drummer A. PEPPER acted as co-directors, and collections were taken in aid of the band funds.
Dr. K. Roberts (Ministry of Health), for the Ampthill Rural District, reports that the influenza epidemic has abated.
On Sunday, 22nd a memorial service was held at St. Andrew's Church to those who had fallen in the war, and the names of some 40 men of the parish were recited. A very impressive sermon was preached by the Rector, the Rev. Walter D. May from John xv.13 "Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends." In the course of the sermon the Rector referred to the provision of a permanent memorial of those who had fallen in the war, and said that he considered no more fitting one could be chosen than that of a large stone Churchyard cross – the sign of Christ's own sacrifice – at the foot of which should be inscribed the names of all in the parish who had offered their lives for their country and their friends.
There have been khaki weddings:
On Christmas Day at the Wesleyan Chapel the wedding of Miss Ethel Barker of Dunstable Street and Sergeant George H. GOODWIN (126th C.F.C.) who is now stationed at Brandon. Upon return to Canada Sergeant GOODWIN anticipates taking up his engineering work at Revelstoke in British Columbia.
On 28th December at the Wesleyan Chapel Miss Florence Sugars wed Sergeant Frederick T. SUDBURY (126th C.F.C.) of Ontario.
Also on 28th December at the Wesleyan Chapel in Streatham Miss Emmie Prior (V.A.D. Nurse, British Red Cross Hospital, Streatham) to Private Clement HARDWICK (Suffolks). They are taking up residence at 'Homeleigh' on Chandos Road, Ampthill.
On Saturday, 14th the two Polling Stations at Ampthill were kept throughout the day. Voters No.1 to 599 voted at the National School (Presiding Officer: Mr H. Robinson) and voters 600 to 1,215 for Ampthill and all Millbrook voters at the Wesleyan Schools (Presiding Officer: Mr H. Webber). It is believed that about 700 voted, and of these about 400 are women. This is not a bad total when the 240 absent uniformed voters are allowed for. The Deputy Returning Officer is Mr W.F.A. Fletcher (Under Sheriff) of Biggleswade.
The votes of men on service were handled separately at Shire Hall and in unexpected numbers. The total absent voters polling strength is 18,966, but of course many have died since the lists were prepared and many are too off to vote and have not taken advantage of their right to appoint a proxy.
The General Election result was declared on 28th December. The counting of the Mid Bedfordshire ballot papers took place at the County Court Hall in Ampthill, under the supervision of Mr Howard Spensley (High Sheriff). Among those present were Sir Arthur W. Black and Lady Black, and Mr and Mrs Max G. Townley, with their agents. At one o'clock the High Sheriff proceeded to the steps of the County Court Hall where the poll result was officially announced as:
Mr Max G. Townley (Coalition Union) 9,073
Sir Arthur W. Black (Liberal) 7,352
Majority 1,712
Nationally, it was a landslide victory for the coalition government of David Lloyd George – read more.
The Ampthill Command Depot Football Team served an overwhelming victory on Saturday, 7th afternoon, when playing the Army Service Corps in Ampthill Park. The whistle went leaving Ampthill the winners by 11 goals to none.
Private A.V. COOTE (Machine Gun Corps), late of the Command Depot, who has been a prisoner of war for sometime, has now been released and is back in England.
A grand victory ball was held in the Olympia Hall, in the Park, on Boxing Night.
The Military Medal has been awarded to 202116 Private Arthur LOWE M.M. (1/7th Middlesex) of Bedford Street. he is the eighth Ampthill boy to win the M.M. and it is in all probability the last award made in the war. The news was received in a letter from his officer, B.E.F. France, which stays:
"As the officer commanding No.6 Platoon, it became necessary for me to change my servant at a minute's notice on the night of the 6th November, as we were leaving a village in France to proceed to our "jumping off" place for what proved to be the last burst of the war. My choice of servant fell upon your son, who has served with me for some time, and from that moment until the declaration of the armistice he carried on in the double capacity of my batman and platoon runner, with a remarkable devotion to duty, and to myself personally. For three nights and until we were relieved on the fourth day we had a very trying and at times dangerous time, with practically no sleep. Your son was invariably very willing and unquenchably cheerful, and exceed his duty in many respects. He was particularly good in carrying messages, both under fire and otherwise."
Source: Bedfordshire Time & Independent (December 13th, 1918)
Lieutenant Ernest CHIVERS, who has been the Garrison Engineer at Hyderabad for some months, has been promoted to Captain, and is in charge of the military works at Karachi.
7029 Lance Corporal John ODELL D.C.M. (Seaforth Highlanders) who has been a prisoner of war for sometime in Germany, has returned home to Oliver Street.
60688 Sergeant Harry STAPLETON (R.A.M.C.) of Arthur Street has been returned from Germany, where has been a prisoner for some time.
Mrs M. A. Two of Oliver Street has heard that her son 30431 Private Albert E. TWO (75th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.) who has been missing since March, is presumed killed in action.
9400 Private William STANBRIDGE (1st Bedfords') of The Alameda has received his discharge from the Army. William was in the Regular Army, and previous to the outbreak of war was stationed in South Africa, cam over in 1914, and went to France in October 1914.
149453 Private James DAVIS (Labour Corps) of Park Hill has been discharged.
26765 Private Arthur ROBINSON M.M. has also been discharged and is now at home in Woburn Street.
Next instalment to be published on 31 January 2019….
24 February 2019 – Guided Walk to revisit the WWI Trenching Ground
A guided walk to discover what remains of the Trenching Ground in Steppingley Woods.
Starts: 2pm
Venue: Please gather in Ampthill Great Park, West Car Park (map) by A507 to depart at 2pm.
Detail: 2-3 miles. Please wear stout shoes and warm clothing. Child and dog friendly. We should be back in Ampthill Great Park for 4pm.
Cost: £3 on the day (no need to pre-book).
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WWI – Ampthill Command Depot in Ampthill Park – the Camp Diary, November 1918
November 1918 – the Armistice was signed at 5 o'clock on Monday, November 11th where after the news rippled through Bedfordshire that firing would cease on all fronts at 11am.
In Bedford, immediately afterwards flags were flying all over the town, the church bells rang merry peals, and schools and most of the factories closed down. Soldiers were heartily cheered in the streets and jubilant crowds marched through the principal thoroughfares. The welcome news rippled throughout the County and there were many relieved and joyous scenes – read more.
Bedfordshire Times – November 15, 1918
How Ampthill received the news
News of the signing of the Armistice reached Ampthill about 10.20 a.m. on Monday, and instantly the flags of bygone days made their appearance one by one, until the town presented a festive appearance. About the largest flag in town was a huge one of the British colours, which hung outside the White Hart Hotel. Workshops and places of business closed and gave their attendants a holiday, and others took it. Those who could not have a flag had bows and enterprising shopkeepers did a good trade. The soldiers from the Camp had leave, and many of them crowded into the centre of the town, singing patriotic songs and making merry. A brewery dray, making its way from Bedford Street, met with an enthusiastic reception from the soldiers, who started to tug at the barrels of beer. The drayman was forced to return for shelter to the brewery premises. The scholars paraded the streets waving flags, singing songs and making an immense salute of noise. The flag on the church tower was hoisted, and the bells pealed out one of the most welcome peals ever heard in Ampthill.
The good old town clock in the market place, which had been silent for some years, took upon itself to send out its familiar chimes at 11 o'clock, causing the ears of the towns people to tingle at the well-remembered sound which had been lacking so long.
At the Parish Church a united public thanksgiving was held at which all classes and conditions were represented, and the Rector led the service. A solemn Te Deum was sung by a large congregation including Lady Ampthill and the Hon. Miss Russell and special thanksgiving hymns and Psalms were sung. Later on the school boys paraded for hours, fondly thumping kettles, pans and drums, and carrying flags, singing patriotic songs. In fact there never was such a commotion in the town, and such a feeling of thankfulness. There were mixed feelings of joy and sorrow in many hearts, especially those who had lost loved ones, but at the same time one and all were thanking that further sacrifice of life was now not necessary. Up to late hours the festive crowd occupied the market place, and the streets were alive with people. Several windows threw out the almost forgotten light.
On Tuesday a party of the Royal Engineers from Haynes Park on horseback, paraded the town making merriment. In the evening the drum and fife band of the Command Depot, assisted by a number of men from the Depot, held a torchlight tattoo through the town, and were loudly cheered wherever they went. All the main streets were paraded, whilst the band played lively airs and the torches threw a lurid glare over the whole scene. In conclusion the band, halted in the Market-place and played "He's a jolly good fellow," followed by "Rule Britannia" and, as a finale, "God save the King."
On Sunday, 17th a special thanksgiving service for the victory of the Allies was held at St.Andrew's Church, when a large congregation was present. Ampthill Urban and District Council, the V.A.D and the uniformed organisations were well-represented. The Rector, Rev Walter D. May, took the service. Afterwards the various bodies formed up outside the church, and marched off to their respective headquarters.
A month of welcome relief
The Ampthill & Urban District Council's decision to have 30 lamps lit in the town was speedily carried into effect. The dark paint has been removed, and the town presents a cheerful appearance.
The Band of the Bedford Depot, from Kempston Barracks, arrived in Ampthill on the afternoon of Friday 15th, in motor lorries. It is 36 strong, under Bandmaster BAXTER, and seems to be composed chiefly of lads under military age. They were stationed at "Foulislea" in Church Street, and appear to be quite comfortable in their new quarters. The Band were inspected by Colonel His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G., A.D.C.,
A farewell tea, followed by a musical evening, was given to about 30 work men and staff of the Food Production Department, No. 2 Unit, Ampthill by the Flitt Cycle Company, at the King's Arms Hotel. The men spent a most enjoyable time, and the military section were sorry to have to return to barracks, owing the scheme closing down for the winter. No. 2 Unit has ploughed, cultivated or cut approximately 3,600 acres of land. This is really good considering the men were quite inexperienced in that particular work.
The Rev. A. M. RICHIE M.A., of Leicester, took both services at the Union Chapel, on Sunday. He has seen active service on the Western Front with the Y.M.C.A.
There was a good supply of cattle at the Ampthill Emergency Market on Tuesday 19th. Forty beast and 200 sheep were surplus, and were sent away for distribution to other centres.
That evening the Ampthill Boy Scouts arranged a concert in the Church Room. Mr A. H. Wingfield was in the chair, and the room was crowded out. Mrs Stearn and Miss Collins were the accompanists, and much of the success is due to them. The Troop Funds should benefit by about £9 as a result.
Private George DENNIS (Rifle Brigade), Private Edward SINEY (Machine Gun Corps), Private A. CARDINAL (Army Service Corps), Private Charles IZZARD (3rd Buffs) and Lieutenant Thomas Vaughan (Royal Scots Fusiliers) have been home on leave. Private Arthur MOORE (16th Middlesex) is also home on leave recovering from a neck wound.
Lieutenant Alfred WALDRON (Royal Engineers Signals) is now in France and has been laid up with an attack of influenza. Private Robert SHUTLER (Army Veterinary Corps) has been discharged from the Army, and is now home again. He has been looking after wounded horses in France.
News of Ampthill Park recruits at the Front
The final month of this torrid war has claimed the lives of 7 men who trained at the Ampthill Camp.
20341 Lance Corporal Robert H. WIGGINS M.M. (24) of Felmersham Died of Wounds on November 5
20740 Private Albert FORTUNE (19) of Bassingbourne Died of Wounds at Home on November 6
20675 Lance Corporal Harry MARKHAM (22) of Milton Keynes Killed in Action on November 9
22900 Private Richard FULLER (20) of Bedford Killed in Action on November 13
22013 Private Hedley BURR (21) of Holwell Died on November 14
18678 Private William JENKINS (23) of Preston Died of Wounds on November 20
23652 Private Frederick GARNER (28) of Biggleswade Killed in Action on November 21
Next instalment to be published on 31 December 2018….
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The Armistice – Ampthill, 1918
Monday, 11th November – the Armistice was signed at 5 o'clock where after the news rippled through Bedfordshire that firing would cease on all fronts at 11am.
Source: The Bedfordshire Standard, 15th November 1918
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WWI – Ampthill – the Camp Diary, September 1914
September – a list of His Majesty's Forces in which members of the St. Andrew's congregation and other from Ampthill are serving, has been placed in the Church Porch.
As at September 5th the Ampthill & District News believe the following to be the names:
Regulars Yeomanry Terriorials
Arthur ANSELL Edward LETTS Walter ANSELL
Charles BUNKER Bruce TUFFNELL Harry ATHEWS
Frank COX Tom BURRIDGE
Christopher COX Ernest BURGE
Edward DAVIS Reginald COLES
Frederick DILLINGHAM Herbert COLE
Ernest HARLOW Arthur GARDNER
LAMBERT Harry KING
McCARTY John LOWE
MARTIN Jack ROBINSON
Charles PALMER James RANDALL
Arthur PRESSLAND George SHARP
Percy STANBRIDGE Reginald SHOTBOLT
Sidney THOROUGOOD Jack SUGARS
Robert SHUTLER
Alfred WALDREN
Ernest WALTON
Horace WHITE
Cecil WHITEMAN
Ernest WOODLAND
Should anyone wish to add to the list will they please write the name of the Battleship or Regiment, together with the name of the sailor or soldier on a slip of paper and place it the box in the porch, marked "For Intercessions." (Ampthill Parish News)
The Bedfordshire Standard; Ampthill & District News. The original broadsheets are part of the Bedfordshire & Luton Archive.
Home Rule for Ampthill – Andrew Underwood (1974)
As part of Ampthill Armistice100 join us on 12th or 13th October for the WWI Living History Encampment in Ampthill Great Park.
Click here to download a copy of the Ampthill Armistice100 programme.
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February 1918 – On Tuesday, 12th the Church Room hosted a concert to help with recruiting volunteers to the Ampthill Detachment of the 1st Bedfordshire Volunteer Regiment. Lieutenant F. W. Bradshaw (O.C. Ampthill Detachment) and Volunteers in uniform were in attendance.
The main event was the 'Olympics' Concert Party from the Ampthill Command Depot, with Miss Belle Cameron of the 'Arcadians Company' also contributing with song.
During the interval Captain D. Scott (Adjutant, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Volunteer Regiment) outlined the scheme and Captain H. Spensley O.C. 'C' Company appealed for volunteers and explained how necessary it was to get the Volunteer Force up to strength in case of an invasion.
A collection was taken in aid of the Red Cross funds, which raised a goodly sum.
In the Ampthill Parish Magazine the Reverend W.D. May has gladly written of the presence of a good many members of the Urban Council attending, as well as officer and men of the Volunteer Training Corps, and those at the Command Depot.
Bedfordshire Standard – February 15, 1918
February has been a quiet month for Ampthill Park recruits who are serving on the Western Front.
23701 Private Ernest Charles DAY (24) of Ramsey Died of Wounds on February 11
22741 Lance Corporal Frederick ROOM (30) of Hemel Hempstead Killed in Action on February 20
The Bedfordshire Standard. The original broadsheet is part of the Bedfordshire & Luton Archive.
Report on the Activities of the 126 Company Canadian Forestry Corps. Ampthill 1917-18 (K.Fadden)
A Review of Activities with the 126th Company Canadian Forestry Corps while stationed at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Eng. (Sgt H. Porter, 1918)
BUY: Stencilling Tommy's Footprints
This 48 page book tells the story of how Tommy's Footprints came about and notes the many people who have contributed and connected. There are just 150 individually numbered books. A unique gift.
Proceeds will help to fund a book about the Ampthill Camp ~ profits to benefit the charity Combat Stress which was founded in 1919 to help WWI veterans deal with shell shock.
£6 (inc p&p). Please email hartleyhare135@gmail.com to order by PayPal or BACS transfer. The book is also available from Ampthill Town Council, The Hub and The Stationery Boutique in Ampthill while stocks last.
To remember that amazing day and the memories it went onto craft, here is a free copy of the book "Stencilling Tommy's Footprints" – click to download.
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