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Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author and currently founder and CEO of Tina Brown Live Media, a company dedicated to summits, salons, flash forums and debates. TBLM will expand nationally and internationally the annual Women in the World Summit at New York's Lincoln Center, launched by Brown in 2010. The summit convenes extraordinary leaders such as Meryl Streep, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie and Christine Lagarde as well as inspirational activists and political change-makers from all over the world to come and share their stories, and offer solutions to building a better life for women and girls. Prior to this, in October 2008 Brown launched and edited the award-winning digital news site The Daily Beast. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Talk—and later Newsweek in 2011. She also authored the 2007 best-selling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles. In 2000, she was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth for her services to journalism. She is married to editor, publisher and historian Sir Harold Evans and lives in New York City.
When 'Crazed' Jackie O Came to Dinner With Claws Out
Jackie, Yo!
While editing 'Vanity Fair' in the '80s and '90s, Daily Beast founder Tina Brown confided some of her best dish to her now published diary, including this gem about Jackie Kennedy.
Published Nov. 19, 2017
Hillary vs. The Huge Lie
James Comey may have cleared Clinton's 'new' emails, but voters in a recent poll still, somehow, see Trump—who's created an alternate reality with his falsehoods—as more honest.
Why Hillary Should Savor This Moment
After a quarter-century of hell week, Hillary Clinton was rewarded for her courage and competence. Now, one final bully stands between her and the White House.
Published Jul. 30, 2016
From Camelot To Shamelot
SURFACE APPEAL
Watching the glossy, shiny reality TV-friendly Trumps in action this week in Cleveland reminds us, depressingly, just how debased American democracy has become.
Cool Down RBG, and Channel Obama
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's intemperate outburst at Donald Trump shows how much of his toxin has invaded the body politic's bloodstream. Why has everyone lost the plot?
Theresa May: The Best PM for Brit Sanity
Michael Gove may have successfully plotted Boris Johnson's downfall, but his political life may yet be long. Until then, Theresa May is best placed to clear up the Brexit mess.
Published Jun. 30, 2016
Beware Boris Johnson, the Cunning Clown
Boris Johnson may appear shambolic. He is anything but. The UK's possible next prime minister is an upper-class master of schmoozing and game-playing.
Even Kochs and Soros Agree: Fix Prisons
Strange Cellmates
The Koch brothers and George Soros might have been on opposite sides last Tuesday, but they were united on one issue—our system of mass incarceration needs urgent reform.
Forgotten Mothers
On Mother's Day don't just grieve for the heartbroken moms in Nigeria, spare a thought for mothers all over the world whose daughters have been taken from them.
Published May. 11, 2014
How Monica Changed the Media
Monica Lewinsky's 'Vanity Fair' article reluctantly plunged us straight back into the frothing world of '90s gossip—and answers so many questions about today's media.


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Gruen Transfer team to tackle federal election
July 5, 2010 — 6.52am
The popular television show that decodes commercials has set itself the task of untangling the show business behind the federal election.
ABC TV's The Gruen Transfer will launch the Gruen Nation, a series of 45-minute programs to be broadcast during the coming federal election campaign.
Political insiders and campaign veterans will join host Wil Anderson to dissect each week's events.
"If the ABC is the national broadcaster, then Gruen Nation is the national bullshit detector," Anderson said.
Producer Jon Casimir said the show will run an X-ray over the federal election, its advertising and all the other tricks political parties use to get their message out.
"An election campaign is about show business. But while everyone else will be busy discussing the business, at Gruen Nation we're only interested in the show," he said in a statement.
"Whether it is a million dollars spent on an advertising campaign or a hundred dollars spent on a haircut or a tie, Gruen Nation will be there to decode what's going on for the audience and point out the many strategies political parties use to influence voters."

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Smart Phone Apps: DIY, Template, or Hire a Developer?
There seems to be a smart phone app for everything these days. Do you have an app idea in the back of your mind, but you just don't know how to go about creating it? Well, fear not. You've got options. You can either choose to create the app yourself from scratch, you can use a template or you can hire a developer to create the app for you. Either way, creating an app for your product or service is a fantastic marketing tool. Chicago-based company Red Foundry, Inc. allows business owners to create an app for free using their templates. If you have a membership to Apple's developer program (which costs $99 a year), you'll be able to publish the app to Apple's mobile-software marketplace. But if that seems a little too intense for you, Red Foundry can publish the app. They'll also give you performance analytics for just $39 a month. Early next month, the company is planning to offer a platform for Android mobile devices. The entire app-creating process takes about six days. The process is something of a fill-in-the-blank, with you adding your own images and company or service information. It is all pretty straightforward and appears to be relatively stress-free. If you're more of a do-it-yourself person, you can make your app sans template. If you've got some programming experience under your belt, then you might want to create your app from scratch instead of using a template. You can download software-development kits from Apple and Google, which will allow you to use the programming languages behind apps. Granted, these kits come with some helpful hints and tools, but you'll need to be tech-savvy to successfully use them. Let's circle back to this Apple developer membership. It will let you publish as many apps as you like for an annual fee of $99. As for the Android side of things, they only charge a one-time $25 developer-registration fee for publishing apps to their marketplace. So, if you're happy to log the hours of labor, and pay Apple and/or Android, then by all means, create the app yourself.
A third option is to get in touch with an app developer and have them create the app for you. Twisted Castle is a mobile development company specializing in Android applications. They're a team of young, motivated individuals just looking to create quality products and innovative ideas. If you contact Twisted Castle, they'll take care of the entire app creating process for you. So, if you're not too technologically savvy or if you simply don't have the time to devote to developing an app yourself, give Twisted Castle a call and they'll deliver the app results you covet.
iPhone users are always looking for new apps to download; from amusing games to useful apps worthy of showing friends and colleagues. Having an app that corresponds to your book can give readers something to keep busy as well as draw in new readers. The number of iPhone apps that are linked to books is growing at an increasingly rapid rate. The number of books available on the iTunes App Store has far exceeded the number of games available. So what better way to market your book than to hop on the bandwagon and create an app for it! There are many ways you can transform your book into an app. Your app can contain anything from an excerpt of your book to a game that corresponds with the characters in your story. Sharing an excerpt can provide readers with a preview of your story and draw them into either purchasing an audio, kindle or paperback version. On the other hand, games can give readers the opportunity to interact with the characters they've grown to know and love from your original story. Create a game that mimics your story line in an interactive fashion or a quiz that allows readers to identify quotes from the story and assign them to the appropriate characters. Games can be especially useful for children's storybooks seeing as how children love interactive scenarios, especially with their favorite characters. A great example of a book being transformed into an app is one created from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Currently a top seller, the Harry Potter: Spells application allows users to learn the spells that they've seen in action throughout the magical series and use them to battle with other iPhone users. Apps such as this help bring the story to life in a new way for readers and will keep your story alive in their minds long after they've finished reading. If your book is non-fiction, there are other ways to translate it into an app. You might be interested in creating an app that emphasizes tips, key points or interesting facts from your book. For example, a popular app, Military Cadences, provides users with the words associated with the various songs and chants used in military settings. Providing this can help readers better understand the concept of your book and provide them with new information on the subject that they find interesting. The current top selling iPhone App for a book is Dora's Ballet Adventures. Available for $2.99, users can partake in an interactive storytelling adventure and help Nickelodeon's Dora prepare for her ballet recital. The app gets 5 star rating reviews from parents and has definitely brought publicity to it. As mentioned before, children's books can be easily transformed into iPhone apps and are a great way for parents to keep children entertained on errands or in the car. Another thing to consider when deciding whether or not to create an iPhone app is that an app can be a great way to bring in a little extra revenue. You can charge a small fee for your app or offer it for free. By charging a small fee, you bring a little more money with each purchase/download. If you decide to offer your app for free, more people will download it and will be aware of your story. Regardless of which path you choose, you can expect to see an increase in sales, which is always a good thing. iPhone apps are a great way to bring your story to life for readers as well as draw in new readers. There are many prestigious and affordable companies that can be of service if you are looking to create an app. Contact me for details if you are interested.


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By Erin Hunter
SkyClan has returned to its rightful place among the other four warrior Clans, hoping to find a new territory to call home. But not every cat is convinced that this is where SkyClan belongs--and the fate of all five warrior Clans remains uncertain.
Full of epic adventure and thrilling intrigue, this fifth Warriors series is the perfect introduction for readers new to the Warriors world--while for dedicated fans, it's a long-awaited return to the era of Bramblestar's ThunderClan, after the events of Omen of the Stars.


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UK PM May reaches out to rivals after winning confidence vote
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speak during a debate on a motion of no confidence, in the House of Commons in London on Jan 16, 2019. (Photo: AFP / HO / PRU)
17 Jan 2019 03:23AM (Updated: 17 Jan 2019 09:10AM )
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May reached out to her opponents on Wednesday (Jan 16) after narrowly surviving a confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat in parliament of her Brexit deal.
After a tumultuous 24 hours which she admitted voters might find "unsettling", she conceded the divorce terms she struck with the EU had been roundly rejected, but vowed to work to find an alternative.
"Now MPs have made clear what they don't want, we must all work constructively together to set out what parliament does want," May said in a televised evening address to the nation.
On Tuesday, MPs dealt the prime minister the heaviest drubbing in modern British political history by rejecting the divorce agreement by a stunning 432 votes to 202.
But May emerged victorious on Wednesday night in a confidence vote triggered by the opposition Labour party, the first for 26 years, winning 325 votes to 306.
READ: UK parliament rejects Brexit deal in historic vote
READ: Commentary: Theresa May's breathtaking defeat points to a Brexit delay
She set out a schedule of cross-party talks that began immediately with meetings with the Scottish nationalist, Welsh nationalist and the pro-EU Liberal Democrat leaders.
"We must find solutions that are negotiable and command sufficient support in this House," she had told earlier told parliament.
However, opposition leaders set out a list of demands for cooperating, including discussing delaying Brexit beyond Mar 29, and ruling out the possibility that Britain crashes out without any deal at all.
LATE NIGHT TALKS
May is working on the tightest-possible deadline as Britain prepares to leave the bloc that for half a century defined its economic and political relations with the rest of the world.
Her defeat sparked warnings from European leaders that the prospect of "no deal" had increased, with the potential for huge economic disruption on both sides of the Channel.
May must return to parliament on Monday with a Plan B that she and her team intend to negotiate with various MPs through the weekend.
But main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would only meet May if she could "remove clearly, once and for all the prospect of the catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit".
May said she was "disappointed" by Corbyn's decision and stressed that "our door remains open".
Ian Blackford of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said after meeting May late Wednesday that his 35-seat party would only hold "genuine" talks.
If she were prepared to consider delaying Brexit, ruling out "no deal" and the option of holding a second referendum, they would participate, he said in a letter afterwards.
May has flatly rejected a second vote.
DIVORCE DELAY?
May survived Wednesday thanks to the support of members of her Conservative Party and its Northern Irish allies in the Democratic Union Party.
But more than a third of the Conservatives and all 10 DUP members of parliament voted against her Brexit arrangements on Tuesday - each for their own reason.
May will thus tread carefully as she tries to win over opposition lawmakers - many of whom want to remain in the EU - while also attempting to appease more hardened Brexit-backing coalition partners.
She stuck to two key principles on Wednesday: limiting EU migration and pursuing an independent trade policy.
Both points rule out Labour hopes of membership of an EU customs union or its single market.
Yet she also hinted at the possibility of delaying Brexit.
May said the EU would allow this "if it was clear that there was a plan that was moving toward an agreed deal".
EU officials have said extending the negotiating period could be possible until the newly-elected European Parliament meets in July.
European leaders have repeatedly said they will not reopen the draft withdrawal agreement sealed at a special Brussels summit in December.
French President Emmanuel Macron suggested the EU might be willing to tweak a few minor points - but only if they did not alter the bloc's existing position on trade and borders.
"We won't, just to solve Britain's domestic political issues, stop defending European interests," he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was time for talks as long as London could present a clear and united position.
"We're now waiting on what the prime minister proposes," she said.
And Irish Prime Leo Varadkar added "that if the United Kingdom were to evolve from its red lines on the customs union and on the single market, that the European Union could evolve also."
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I was talking to Keith at work one morning about how you would go about bootstrapping a computer from scratch. How would you get the first code on it? How would you work your way up to an operating system with development tools? Although we theoretically knew how computers worked at a low-level, it wasn't from personal experience.
This was when I pointed out that, thanks to my otherwise slightly-less-than-useful college degree in computer engineering, this was actually something we could do ourselves. I used to consider making video games my hobby, but since I started running Zachtronics full-time a few years ago I haven't had many projects to work on in my spare time. It was in that moment that the idea for Project Gibson was born.
Professionally, we make video games, but Keith has a degree in computer science and Zach has a degree in computer science and computer engineering. Over the years we've learned a lot about how computers work at a low-level in theory, but never had a way to apply it... until now.
The goal of Project Gibson is to design and build a computer (one copy for each of us) and bootstrap it to the point where we can write two programs: a spreadsheet application, and a real-time networked game. Since we're game developers, we couldn't do a project like this without establishing an aesthetic, so we're going for a sort of retro-futuristic cyberpunk/Fallout vibe in all aspects of the hardware and software.
Really? A spreadsheet application? Yes! VisiCalc was (allegedly) the killer app for the Apple II, which is similar in scope to our computer. I also really like spreadsheets (they're useful for both game design and running a business), although I suspect that after writing one I may feel differently. They also make an appearance in The Windup Girl, which for some reason sticks in my mind as a good example of crappy retro-futuristic computers.
Making a real-time networked game makes a bit more sense, as it's technically interesting and is obviously in our wheelhouse. I've had a vague idea for a while now about a hacking-themed RTS with a keyboard-only console interface that would be perfect for Project Gibson. Games with real-time symmetric competitive gameplay are also fairly simple from a balance and content perspective, which will help to make the game interesting to play (as opposed to yet another electronics project that implements Tetris).
Yeah, basically just like that.
Like everything I do, this project needs arbitrary, self-imposed rules.
No code may enter the project from another computer. A lot of simple Z80 computers run code written and compiled on a modern computer, but that would defeat the challenge of bootstrapping the Gibson from hardware up.
Using modern computers for other purposes is okay, such as looking things up on the internet, designing circuit boards, and learning to write Z80 assembly.
The "no foreign code" restriction also means no microcontrollers! Things like video generation and interface peripherals will all have to be implemented in discrete hardware.
All hardware used should be similar to what you'd find in a personal computer in the early 80's.
When in doubt, err on the side of cyberpunk!
The official Pandora playlist for Project Gibson is this random playlist I found inspired by Hackers. Without it, you're sitting in a poorly ventilated room soldering together glitchy, 500-pin circuit boards. With it, you're a hardware hacker straight out of Burning Chrome.
Design and build a hardware debugger, capable of suspending the CPU and allowing us to manually read and write values to and from any memory or IO address.
Write a simple software debugger that allows us to quickly enter hand-compiled machine code using a PS/2 keyboard and a small character LCD.
Write a basic operating system that can save and load code to and from a simple removable storage device.
Write a simple assembler (or interpreter) that allows us to write real code directly on the Gibson using a PS/2 keyboard and the NTSC video display.
Write a spreadsheet application and a real-time, networked game.
The Z80 can easily read and write up to 256 IO ports, which we've split into 16 devices (the top four bits) each with 16 registers (the low four bits).
The Z80 has a single interrupt pin, which means that, in order to service multiple inputs, we require a simple interrupt controller (located on the interrupt/network board). It suports four active-low interrupts that can be individually set and reset, and will continually trigger the /INT line to the CPU as long as any of them are set.
The assembled main board, with some tape on the oscillator (to keep it from shorting out other boards) and an ill-fitting memory chip.
This board is actually a fairly straight-forward Z80 SBC, albeit with zero peripherals and some logic that lets the debug board shut off the CPU and act in its place.
One of the very first decisions we made was to use a Z80, without really thinking about it and before even choosing the aesthetic. In retrospect, there are actually quite a few other processors we could have chosen, but the Z80 is both widely available and has found its way into many hobbyist computers, which has provided us with a lot of reference material for best practices.
A computer like this in the 1980's would probably have a bunch of DRAM chips instead of a single 32KB SRAM chip. Although the Z80 allegedly has built-in DRAM refresh circuitry, we went with the SRAM because it's trivially available, reduces the complexity, and enables us to easily write values into memory by hand.
A computer like this in the 1980's would have probably used a ROM to store the BIOS and low-level OS functionality. We swapped it for an EEPROM so that we could write it by hand and easily make changes.
We shortly discovered an error where code running from EEPROM that writes to the EEPROM causes horrible errors that trash memory. We suspect that this is caused by the speed of the EEPROM, which is close to the minimum acceptable speed for our CPU speed. Fortunately, the production system won't be writing to EEPROM so this isn't a big deal; Keith was able to work around it by having the software debugger copy itself from EEPROM to RAM and run from there.
The schematic for the main board of the Gibson computer.
Most of the parts in the Gibson require 5V (with the exception of the removable storage, which runs at 3.3V) but the LCD screen we'd like to use to make this portable is designed for a car and runs on 12V. We decided to use a 12V/5A external power supply with a cheap 12V to 5V DC-DC converter, which makes me uncomfortable from a noise standpoint but appears to work fine so far.
It's quite cheap to have small boards manufactured now, so we knew that we wanted to do that instead of bread-boarding or wire wrapping. We also knew we'd be designing the hardware incrementally, so we knew that we wanted modular boards. Although traditional backplanes look cool, the connectors are expensive and would require an additional board, so we took a hint from the Arduino and used an array of stackable headers on the edges of the board.
The assembled debugger board, with the "hot-fix" jumper wires replacing three of the four counters.
The hardware debugger connects directly to the main system board and can disable the CPU and read and write to memory and IO ports as if it were the CPU. It is attached by a 40-pin ribbon cable, so that it can be disconnected when no longer necessary.
to read and write memory and IO ports as we debug the inevitable problems that occur in untested hardware.
The hardware debugger can shut off the CPU by holding it in the reset state. According to the Z80 documentation, this will hold the data and address lines in a high-impedance state, but not necessarily the control lines. To fix this, they're routed through a buffer on the main board which is also disabled when the processor is held in the reset state.
One of the main uses of the hardware debugger is to enter code into memory, which consists of punching in a long sequence of bytes into adjacent memory locations. So that we wouldn't have to manually increment the memory address between writes, we attempted to make a loadable address counter that would accept a starting value and automatically increment with a single button press.
However, I totally misread the datasheets and messed up the synchronous load, which made it impossible to load values into anything but the first four bits. So, only the low four bits of the memory address are automatically incrementable, which I guess is still better than none.
The schematic for the hardware debugger board. Later "hot-fixes" include jumping the upper three counters, as they're not actually loadable.
Normally, while the CPU is running, the data bus, address bus, and control signals (RD, WR, MREQ, IORQ) are all driven by the CPU. The contents of the data and address busses drive the data and address LED banks regardless of whether the debugger is active or not, which is helpful for "watching" what the CPU is up to.
When the hardware debugger is active, the data bus is driven directly by the data DIP switch, while the address bus is driven directly by the address DIP switches (upper 12 bits) and the address counter IC (lower 4 bits). A small switch determines whether MREQ or IORQ is active, which determines whether a memory address or an IO port is being accessed.
When the "write" button is pressed, the WR line is activated, which together with MREQ or IORQ replicates a CPU-style write to memory or IO of the value currently on the data DIP switches.
When the "read" button is pressed, the RD line is activated as the data DIP switches are disconnected from the data bus. This allows whatever device is being read to control the data bus, and thus control the value displayed on the data LED banks.
Due to a schematic error, the DIP switches are not properly connected to 5V and, by default, do not work. This error made it into the hardware due to my generous usage of auto-routing, which happens to work spectacularly in DipTrace.
The original schematic for the input/output board. Later "hot-fixes" include switching the buzzer to be driven by U3 and adding an inverter between the keyboard's DAT line and shift register U5.
The PS/2 protocol is a simple synchronous serial signal, with a data line that is clocked into the IO board on the negative-edge of a clock line. These inputs are fed into a pair of chained together shift registers (74HC164) that can be read by the CPU through a simple buffer (74HC244).
Keyboard messages can consist of up to three bytes, spaced about 1 mS apart. This means we cannot simply poll the data, but must use an interrupt to let the CPU know when each byte has arrived. The interrupt signal is generated by "tapping" the shift register at the location where the start bit of the PS/2 message arrives when the entire message has been shifted in from the keyboard.
In the original hardware design, I mistakenly thought that the start bit of a PS/2 message was a one, which would be easily distinguishable by resetting the shift registers to all zeroes between PS/2 message bytes. However, the start bit is a zero! To work around this, we invert the data signal in hardware (changing the zero to a one) and then invert it again in software.
The HD44780 is a common LCD controller that, although similar to the bus interface, cannot be connected directly to the processor. Instead, its pins are hooked up to two IO-mapped registers (74HC373) that allow us to bit-bang the LCD protocol.
A video of the speaker test program in action.
The LCD only uses ten of the sixteen bit-banging pins, so we also hooked up four LEDs and a speaker. The speaker was originally driven by the write pulse to a specific IO port (like the Apple II) but the pulse was too short and was barely audible. With the speaker hooked up to a bit-banging pin, it can be toggled directly for a full duty-cycle square wave.
Keith's been writing a lot more software than I have been for this, but one of the few programs that I have written and hand-programmed into the Gibson was a speaker test program. With no development software to speak of, it must be written in assembly and hand-assembled.
Unfortunately, the Z80 documentation sometimes has bugs, like repeating the translation for the OR opcode on the page for the XOR opcode (which took me an hour of debugging to realize). This program was "assembled" so that all the instructions were sequential, but a more practical solution is often to place labels at well-spaced and pre-determined intervals and NOP out the bytes between the end of one section and the beginning of the next label.
This section is coming soon, and will describe the Gibson's premier spreadsheet application, CyberCalc!
This section is coming soon, and will describe the number one hit game for the Gibson, Keyboard Jockey!


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Natuur,
Toekomst,
Overeenkomstig
27 juli 2012 Simone Schoutens
New Order catalog, p 14-15
Spread from the New Order catalog, which was included in Volume Magazine 32:2 (2012) and could be picked up for free at Mediamatic Bank. Editors: Katja Novitskova, Rory Hyde. Published after the New Order exhibition.
New Order Catalog
The New Order catalog was included in Volume Magazine 32:2 (2012). It features information on the artworks, an interview with Femke Herregraven and Chris Lee, an introduction by curators Katja...
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Spread from the New Order catalog, which was included in Volume Magazine 32:2 (2012) and could be picked up for free at Mediamatic Bank. Editors: Katja Novitskova, Rory Hyde. Published after the New...
The covers of Volume 32 (2012) 2, titled Centers Adrift, and the New Order catalog, which was included in the issue of Volume Magazine and could be picked up for free at Mediamatic Bank. Editors:...
New Order catalog, p 8-9
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This entry was posted on June 25, 2014. It was filed under Bonsai, Canada, Larch, Larix laricina, Toronto, Yamadori and was tagged with Bonsai, larch, Larix, stolen, tamarack.
Have forwarded your email to all Matsuyama Bonsai Club members…I have contacts in BCI …would you like me to forward them as well?
Thank you Joan. I'm sure any communication with your BCI contacts would be greatly appreciated by the tree's owner. All the best.
I just posted an alert on my own blog, at http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com/2014/06/bonsai-stolen-toronto.html I also snagged and reposted your picture, with attribution. Under the circumstances, I really didn't think you would mind.
It's been posted on Reddit in /r/bonsai – we have a lot of hits, hope that helps.
Office: Community Safety Branch, lower level, DRPS Central West Division, 480 Taunton Rd W, Whitby…Taunton and Anderson.
Joan , I've met her and had a brief conversation with her at Seedy Saturday in February! She'll be a good contact and will direct you to other groups or may be 'urged' to do this for you re. bonsai theft the other day. Hope this helps, Gay.
What's the story on stolen trees? I remember a bonsai collector in St. Louis who hired a bus to take visitors from the convention to his garden so that no one would remember how to get there on their own.
In Italy, the theft of bonsai is not uncommon. I have a sophisticated burglar alarm in the garden!
Especially in the area of Milan, but many times they are thieves who try to sell them, then fail. It is not easy to sell bonsai.
However, with the crisis recommend everyone to put a good burglar alarm.
Very sorry to hear of the tree theft, unfortunately it is all too common an occurrence particularly here in UK and Europe. It seems these trees from Europe at least can all too easily be taken east into the eastern European countries when there is a ready market and no questions asked. Surely in your case it is not terribly likely that they would go beyond the north American Continent. Importing into Europe by road is easy but by ship far more difficult and rules strictly enforced. I would send your report worldwide on my Events calendar mailing list but I do not think it would be of any use.


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Faringdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Faringdon rural sanitary district which was in Berkshire; however, it also included for a time Lechlade, a small market town in Gloucestershire. It was situated in the northwest region of historic Berkshire, but the area was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974 and is now in the southwestern region of that county. The Faringdon rural district bordered Gloucestershire to the northwest, Wiltshire to the west and Oxfordshire and the River Thames to the north.

It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with other districts to form the new Vale of White Horse, which was in the new non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire.

Civil parishes
The district contained the following civil parishes during its existence:

References

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10220646

Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
Former districts of Berkshire
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Rural districts of England
History of Oxfordshire

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How to Use Temptation to Strengthen Your Willpower
Posted on March 27, 2013 by Peter Bregman
I was running a leadership offsite at The Allison Inn and Spa in Oregon — one of my favorite hotels — and the food, as always, was exquisite. The carrot cake at lunch was so delicious that I ate two pieces. And when the staff brought out big, thick, gooey, homemade cookies during a break, I was already so far outside my circle of guilt that I ate three of them.
The offsite was a success. But physically, I felt so full, it hurt. So why did I keep eating?
The answer is simple: It's hard to resist temptation.
Picture the gap between wanting something and having it. Now imagine a rubber band stretched between you and that thing you want, pulling on you, drawing you toward that thing. We have a hard time staying in that tension and resisting the pull. So we do things — eat, buy, speak, act — to release the tension.
The idea is that once we release the tension, we feel better.
But the reality is very different. Yes, for a moment —usually a very short moment — we feel better. But then, very quickly, we go back to feeling the same as before or, in my case, worse.
There's a term in psychology for this disappointment: The Hedonic Treadmill.
We relentlessly pursue things and experiences that we think will make us happier. But once we acquire them, we quickly return to our previous level of happiness. So then we look for the next thing. That car you've been lusting after? The first day you sit in it you feel wonderful. You've dreamed of this moment. But within a couple of weeks, the car feels like every other car you've ever owned. That's when you start lusting after another new car.
This got me thinking: Maybe getting the object of our desire isn't what we really desire. Maybe it's the desire itself which we desire. In other words, maybe it's more pleasurable to want things than to have them.
Think about any good movie you've seen recently. I bet the first few minutes introduced a problem and the rest of the movie was devoted to the tension of a protagonist who wants something, usually with some urgency, that she does not get. Then, it was only in the last few minutes that the tension was resolved and she achieved whatever it was she was seeking.
The reason good movies follow that formula is that there is no way to keep an audience engaged once that tension is dissipated.
That's because ninety-five percent of our pleasure is in that tension. It's the tension of suspense, of anticipation, and it feels at least as good and lasts much longer than the resolution. In fact, we only care about the resolution because of the anticipation.
When I explored the pain I felt after overeating, some of it came from feeling overstuffed. But there was something else too, a disappointment that caused far more pain than my distended stomach.
I was too full to eat dinner.
Dinner at the Allison is truly my favorite meal — fish cooked to perfection, wild mushrooms, desserts to die for. I look forward to dinner well before I arrive at the hotel. And now I knew I would have to give it up. That disappointment robbed me of hours of anticipatory, tempting pleasure.
It's easy to think that it's mainly the dinner itself that gives me the pleasure. And it is, for the few short moments that I'm eating it. But consider how much time I spend anticipating the dinner, compared to eating it.
This, it turns out, is the key to strengthening our willpower. Willpower is mastering the tension of not getting what we want in the moment. How much easier would it be if, instead of withstanding, we could actually enjoy?
Want to make progress in the "opportunities to improve" section of your performance review? Changing your behavior is almost always about resisting temptation — either to act or not to act.
Feedback that you talk too much? Or not enough? Told that you need to work better with others? Or more independently? Need to micro-manage less? Or be more on top of your department? Yes, your ability to change is based, in part, on having a particular skill. But mostly it's about willpower and managing your impulses long enough to avoid getting in your own way. This is critical for managers and leaders.
The CEO at my offsite demonstrated that behavior admirably. He knew what he wanted from his direct reports. Yet he sat quietly as they worked their own way through the issues to arrive at the best answer.
It's tempting to jump in and give people the answer when they're struggling, especially when you're accountable for the result. And they want you to give them the answer. But that's a set up for failure, as it creates an organization dependent on you for everything.
Next time you feel tempted by something, take a moment to feel the pleasure of that tension. Don't think of it as temptation; feel it as anticipation.
Indulge yourself fully — think about what you want and feel the emotions of wanting it. Then realize that as soon as you give in to the temptation, as soon as you release the tension, all the pleasure will be gone.
I wish I had delayed my gratification long enough to enjoy the anticipation of dinner AND enjoy dinner itself. Unfortunately, because I ate so much at lunch, I lost both.
We know from research that people who delay their gratification succeed more on a number of different criteria — relationships, finances, achievements.
I'd like to add one more: Pleasure.
Originally published in the Harvard Business Review
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Welcome (back) to Oregon! Lots of great restaurants in the Portland metro area where you can (try to) exercise your resistance to temptation on your next trip! ;-D
nitin jain says:
Hey Peter, thanks for an intersting post.
Willpower, in fact, can be measured and enhanced by many such small materialistic things or day-to-day life situations. For example: I wont leave office until I fix this problem; I will have only salads and not have meat today. I'll run hard enough to break my own jogging time record. This list can go on.
In spirituality, they refer such restraints as controlling human senses. They also refer those as Continence, Abstinence, etc…
Needless to say, it is very true that every small step taken towards testing and improving your willpower actaully goes a long way in achieving bigger and better objectives.
Congratulations and thanks from a new admirer of your posts/work.
+ Nitin
Tigger Nitties says:
Not a shred of objective evidence to support this nonsense.
malaika says:
oof, I know that feeling of wanting cookies! something I've started telling myself that has helped,
"dear malaika," I say to myself in a low, patient voice, "I know you want to eat this cookie and I know you think it will be delicious. It probably will be. but I promise I'll feed you EVEN MORE DELICIOUS food at home. that cookie has gluten and dextrose and yellow no. 5 all of which do NOT feel good in your body. I will give you WHOLE, perfectly-cooked, hot food that will GIVE you energy instead of leaving you sluggish for the rest of the day. wouldn't you like that? Yes, I know you would. so drink some water and remember, I promise to feed you real food and I never break my promises."


A lot of people suffer from acne and most of them have used up tens of dollars trying different 'cures' which always end up disappointing them. Most people have become aware of how much more damage that many of these remedies have on their skin which is why natural methods are becoming popular. There are quite a number of these homemade methods of relieving acne but one of the best is apple cider vinegar for cystic acne (as well as other skin problems like skin tags). When used correctly, ACV relieves the skin from acne contributing to a healthier and even younger looking skin. The best part about it is that you do not have to break the bank for it. ACV costs just a few dollars per gallon yet the benefits are innumerable.
Many people around the world have testified on how ACV has helped rid them of acne completely. There are many reasons why the vinegar is perfect for curing acne such as the fact that it has antibacterial properties. This is perfect since it helps in getting rid of any unwanted bacteria on your skin that may contribute to your acne.
It also contains alpha- hydroxyl acids which contribute in dissolving any fat on your face. You may know that fat deposits on the face clogs pores hence contributing to pimples and it may cost you a lot to get creams and face wash that will clear all that. ACV naturally clears out the fat leaving your skins soft. ACV balances the skin's pH which helps in allowing it to naturally fight against any kind of bacteria and microorganisms that may attack it.
It is also advised that one ingests ACV a couple times a day since one of the reasons that one may have acne is internal. It helps in improving insulin sensitivity, thus enabling the body to better digest glucose which in turn regulates blood sugar levels. Increased blood sugar usually leads to a breakout in acne which is why most diabetic people suffer from acne.
There are two ways which ACV is commonly used to clear acne. One may use it externally or ingest it for better results. When using the vinegar externally, one is required to weaken it since raw ACV can be too harsh especially if the acne is very serious. Below is a recipe for when using ACV as a topical option.
• Use two or three spoonful of raw, unprocessed apple cider vinegar.
• Add one glass of water to this and mix well. You may add more water if your acne is severe.
• Take a cotton ball and soak it in the mixture then lightly dab on the skin.
• Leave it on for about 15 minutes.
• Rinse using warm water. DO NOT sleep or stay with it longer as it may cause some irritation, or worse, even burns.
Taking a glass of Acv mixture two to three times a day may help regulate blood sugar and cholesterol levels leading to a clearer, healthier skin. The recipe is the same as for topical use; except that you will drink the mixture as opposed to dabbing it on.
When using ACV both topically and by drinking, it is important to remember the following points.
Always dilute the ACV since it is too strong in its raw form and may harm you.
• Due to its high acid content, it is advised that you drink the ACV mixture using a straw so as not to damage the enamel.
Never leave the mixture on your face longer than the specified time.
You need to use the mixture for a couple of weeks so that you may notice some changes. Many people have used apple cider vinegar for cystic acne and if you use it in the correct way, then you will experience the same results. However, do not forget to eat and live healthy since this also contributes to the overall better health of your skin.


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Progressives should campaign against Supreme Court
by Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA columnist • April 18, 2014
Bill Fletcher Jr
When I first heard the news, my response was one of both outrage and a calm lack of surprise. I knew that there was a very real chance that the Supreme Court, in its McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission decision, would make it even more difficult to have limits on campaign spending. I suppose that I did not want to believe it. Thus, when the decision was issued, I found myself both resigned and furious at the same time.
The U.S. Supreme Court's majority has made a mockery of right-wing allegations that it is liberals who have been engaged in so-called judicial activism. The conservative majority of the Supreme Court has gone out of its way to ensure the political supremacy of what the Occupy Movement called the one percent—the plutocrats.
There have been discussions ever since the Supreme Court's notorious decision in the Citizens United case that there is need for a Constitutional amendment that addresses campaign finance. We now have an even more urgent need for such an amendment in light of the court's further opening of the gates to super-money.
So, what do we do?
The first and most immediate step must be the formation of a very broad coalition to take initial steps towards securing such a Constitutional amendment. This coalition needs to make the midterm 2014 elections about the super-rich and money in elections. In that sense, candidates need to be running against the Supreme Court. Progressive candidates need to make the McCutcheon decision their battle-cry and use it to demonstrate the extent to which the one percent is moving at breakneck pace to derail any pretense of democracy. And they must commit to fighting for a Constitutional amendment to remove corruption from the electoral process.
The McCutcheon decision must be understood in tandem with the voter suppression efforts that we have been witnessing over the past eight years. These are steps that are being taken to hold back the future, that is, to deflate the power of the growing majority in the U.S.A. that is seeking broad and significant social and economic changes. To the extent to which people of color, youth, seniors, veterans, and others are blocked from voting and to the extent to which the faucets are opened for the super-rich to contribute inordinate amounts of money to the candidates that they now own, elections lose any meaning other than being a veneer over a very clever dictatorship of wealth.
The time has come to refocus the November elections on what is really at stake: the greed and avarice that now feels completely comfortable showing its face in public.
(Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a racial justice, labor and global justice writer and activist. He is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of They're Bankrupting Us, And Twenty Other Myths about Unions.
Tags: campaign politics progressives supreme court
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Employee Teanna Haslett, right, rings up customer Alexis Caballero of Redlands as she purchases a book Thursday to donate to San Bernardino City Unified's North Park Elementary at The Frugal Frigate in Redlands.
North Park Elementary students returned to school, a week after Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, entered the campus with a gun, killing his estranged wife Karen Elaine Smith, 53, student Jonathan Martinez, 8, and wounding student Nolan Brandy, 9, before turning the gun on himself.
New books are coming to North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino.
The Frugal Frigate children's bookstore this week launched its #BooksForNorthPark effort to help students affected by the San Bernardino school shooting April 10 that left two dead and another wounded, and is asking the community to help.
The campus shooting left teacher Karen Elaine Smith and 8-year-old Jonathan Martinez dead. Another student, Nolan Brandy, was wounded. The shooter, Cedric Anderson, Smith's estranged husband, took his own life.
Store project manager Scott Winn said he had a conversation with an educator who will be teaching the students from Smith's classroom and from that he learned about the need for books.
The Frugal Frigate is hoping to add more support as the North Park community continues to heal, Winn said.
Since the launch of the store's effort Wednesday, Winn said feedback has been positive. The store's Facebook post has been viewed hundreds of times, he said, and people have been calling the store to find out more.
Alexis Caballero of Redlands intended to buy a new book for her sick child on Thursday when she walked into the bookstore. That's when she noticed advertisements for the drive.
Staff at the Frugal Frigate are ready to help customers select books suitable for Classroom B1 students, particularly books that have familiar characters like Pete the Cat, Winn said. Books may be purchased during business hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The store is at 9 N. Sixth St.
To learn more, go to www.facebook.com/FrugalFrigate or call 909-793-0740.


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Rocking, rolling, riding all the way there and back.
I've just returned from a week-long trip to Whanganui Vintage Weekend – an annual event held on Wellington Anniversary weekend, and what a weekend it was.
We are fond of old things, as you can see. I write about olden times and he drives cars from earlier eras and we have a few antiques in the house to keep up grounded.
My OH is a member of the Vintage Austin Register (VAR) and since it was their big 50th Anniversary, they decided to travel in convoy to Whanganui to join in the Vintage Weekend.
Our group of five vintages (ours is the dark red Austin 10, fourth one in) plus two more on trailers and a couple of modern cars and their drivers met at Ramarama. We headed off along the back roads to Tuakau to the west of the Waikato River and on through Pirongia, where we stopped for lunch before continuing towards Taumarunui our overnight stopover.
Stopping along the way for refreshments and to take in the some views, all was going well… until one car developed a fuel problem and decided going uphill wasn't a very good idea. We continued with one car short after making room for the passengers and their luggage. Not a mean feat in small cars without boots.
Next day, we headed south again and as we approached National Park in the misty, foggy rain, another car developed a loud knocking sound and lost oil pressure. A few more slightly frantic phone calls later and we are on our way again – this time with the poor unfortunate car owners are in a borrowed modern vehicle. Not quite the same when on a Vintage Rally.
Two cars down, we turned away from the main route and took Fields Track through to Whanganui. All, except for two brave souls – us and Camp Father in the large 16/6 who led the unwary over the Burma Hills Road and eighteen miles of loose metal. Up, up, up and round the corner and down, down down and… repeat… Not lost but out of sight and out of cellphone service, but we made it!
The weekend was a great success. Vehicles came from all over. Not all Austins, but about 50 of our sort and another 50 or so other vintages and shiny classics went on display through the streets. Steam traction engines gave rides, steam trains took visitors on trips and the paddle-steamer Waimarie churned up and down the river to the delight of many.
The only downside was one 16-year-old lout who is now in the hands of the police decided to torch one of the cars, which damaged one other. Horrendous and unforgivable. Over thirty cars were parked side by side in a locked carpark. We were fortunate that only one vehicle was lost. But it takes a lot to dampen the spirits of 'Austineers' who just love the challenge of rebuilding old cars.
We compared the weekend to the likes of Napier's Art Deco with a twist. Not as many people dressed up but there were bands playing all day Saturday and well into the evening. An excellent market emptied many a pocket and we ate and talked and talked and ate until the timetable insisted we do something else.
Nearly 750 miles later, our 1937 Dear Old Red Austin (Dora) delivered us home safe and sound, if a little stiff and sore. It can be a rather rocky-rolly-bouncy ride at times, but we kept up a regular speed around 40mph (except on the hills). Lots of gear changing and working the clutch, but great fun.
We hear the weekend gets better each year, so I recommend you give it a go and visit Whanganui at Vintage Weekend.
Next time, we plan to use Bridget our 1929 Burnham (left) who turns 90 this year.
Have you got any stories to share of adventures in cars of that certain age?


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Welcome to Wonersh our village
I am attempting to gather as much information about the people and their families who have lived in Wonersh over the years
Person Page - 50
Wonersh History Society
Wonersh Past and Present Facebook
Wonersh Families
Attfield Family
Balchin Family
Brett Family
Chitty Family
Colebrook Family
Ede Family
Franks Family
Greener Family
Hook Family
Killick Family
Longhurst Family
May Family
Mills Family
Parry Family
Porter family
Risbridger Family (John)
Risbridger Family (Thomas)
Simmonds Family
Sparkes Family
Stemp Family
Virgo Family
Wonersh Fallen WW1
William Frederick Butt
William Charles Callingham
William Charman
Francis Albert Coleman
Wilfred Luke Covey
George Frederick Craddock
Arthur Jex Davey
Malcolmson Gardiner Donahoo
Leonard George Edwards
Thomas Alfred Hammond
Thomas Frank Hardwick
Edward Joseph Hawkins
Frederick Frank Hayward
Henry James Hayward
Frank William Head
Frederick William Hickman
Charles Basil Mortimer Hodgson
Cyril Arthur Godwin Hodgson
Edwin Arthur James
Frederick Lemon
James Longhurst
James Charles Mant
Alfred John Maxted
Albert Edward Milton
George William Moore
Henry Ockendon
Herbert John E Olds
Frederick Jones Roberts
James Shrubb
Frank Sparkes
James Weedon
Harry Albert Wheeler
George Henry Allen
William George Bishop
Thomas Edward Bramble
Nigel Harold Cain
Walter George Gardiner
William Thomas Hills
Peter Nesbitt Medd
Richard George Medd
Charles Frederick Edward Pullen
John Talbot Salmon
Donald Walter Tagg
Events - Marriages
Burial places
Search by name or date
Henry William Dibble
M, b. 1 October 1903, d. 1974
Charts Brett Family
Last Edited 4 Oct 2015
Henry William Dibble was born on 1 October 1903 in Lambeth, London, England.1,2 He was the son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett. He was the son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Dibble in the 1911 census in 144 Sulgrave Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England.3 He married Alice Blackman in 1924 in Kensington, London, England.4 He died in 1974 in Folkestone, Kent, England.5
Alice Blackman
Rose C Dibble
Iris G Dibble
Henry W Dibble
Margaret F Dibble
[S3] GRO Indexes 1903/Q4 Lambeth Volume 1d Page 418.
[S5] Based on educated guess - based on either census or GRO records.
[S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN256 RG78PN8 RD3 SD2 ED30 SN421.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1924/Q1 Kensington Volume 1a Page 335.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1974/Q1 Folkestone Volume 5f Page 1349 age 70.
Mary Ann Kate Dibble
F, b. 27 June 1905, d. 1980
Mary Ann Kate Dibble was born on 27 June 1905 in Lambeth, London, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett. She was the daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Dibble in the 1911 census in 144 Sulgrave Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England.3 She married Frederick R Dallamore in 1930 in Kensington, London, England.4 She died in 1980 in Ashford, Kent, England.5
Frederick R Dallamore
[S3] GRO Indexes 1980/Q2 Ashford Volume 16 Page 0034 age 75.
Alfred George Dibble
M, b. 1907, d. 1969
Alfred George Dibble was born in 1907 in Lambeth, London, England.1 He was the son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett. He was the son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Dibble in the 1911 census in 144 Sulgrave Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England.2 He married Ivy W Laurence in 1929 in Kensington, London, England.3 He died in 1969 in Kensington, London, England.4
Ivy W Laurence
[S3] GRO Indexes 1969/Q1 Kensington Volume 5c Page 859 age 61.
Edith Jane Dibble
F, b. 1910, d. November 1996
Edith Jane Dibble was born in 1910 in Lambeth, London, England.1 She was the daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett. She was the daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Dibble in the 1911 census in 144 Sulgrave Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England.2 She married William C Wareham in 1932 in Hammersmith, London, England.3 She died in November 1996 in Shepway, Kent, England.4
William C Wareham
[S3] GRO Indexes 1932/Q3 Hammersmith Volume 1a Page 785.
[S3] GRO Indexes November 1996 Shepway Reg SSA7 District 5731A Entry 241.
Alice Blackman married Henry William Dibble, son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett, in 1924 in Kensington, London, England.1
Henry William Dibble b. 1 Oct 1903, d. 1974
Frederick R Dallamore married Mary Ann Kate Dibble, daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett, in 1930 in Kensington, London, England.1
Mary Ann Kate Dibble b. 27 Jun 1905, d. 1980
Ivy W Laurence married Alfred George Dibble, son of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett, in 1929 in Kensington, London, England.1
Alfred George Dibble b. 1907, d. 1969
William C Wareham married Edith Jane Dibble, daughter of Henry William Dibble and Kate Clara Brett, in 1932 in Hammersmith, London, England.1
Edith Jane Dibble b. 1910, d. Nov 1996
Edwin Richard Perkins
M, b. circa 1843, d. before 1878
Last Edited 10 Sep 2020
Edwin Richard Perkins was born circa 1843 in Bernley, Aldershot, Hampshire, England. He married Mary Ann Brett, daughter of Richard Brett and Ann Hills, on 8 January 1867 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, The ceremony was witnessed by George Brett and Ann Brett. Edwin was in the Royal Engineers from Aldershot. His father William was a Gardener. Mary's father Richard was a shoemaker.1,2 He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in Royal Engineers Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, England. Edwin was a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers, his wife and daughters were with him in the Barracks.3 He died before 1878.4
Mary Ann Brett b. 1846, d. 1914
Sarah Perkins b. c 1868
Isabella Perkins b. c 1870
[S7] Ancestry Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1867/Q1 Hambledon Volume 2a Page 149.
[S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 819 Folio 80 Page 4.
Charles Smith1
Charles Smith was born circa 1838 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He married Emma Brett, daughter of Richard Brett and Ann Hills, on 23 July 1866 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, The ceremony was witnessed by Richard Brett and Mary Ann Brett. Charles was a sergeant in the Royal Engineers in Aldershot. His father Stephen Smith was a horse dealer. Emma's father Richard was a cordwainer.1,2 He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in Royal Engineers Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, England. Charles was a Corporal in the Royal Engineers living with his wife and children.3
Emma Brett b. 1848
Alice Smith b. c 1869
George Smith b. c 1871
Lois Priscilla Margaret Brett
F, b. 14 June 1912, d. November 1998
Last Edited 16 Oct 2017
Lois Priscilla Margaret Brett was born on 14 June 1912 in Wonersh, Surrey, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George William Brett and Amy Sherman. She was baptised on 28 July 1912 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, her father as Parish Clerk and bootmaker.3 She married Jack Hammond on 17 October 1936 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by T Hammond and Mary Langford Brett. Jack was a dairyman and his father John was a Tranways Inspector. Lois father George was a bootmaker.4,5 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Lois was listed as living at Kia Mena, Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Surrey, England, with her husband Jack. Jack was a Corporal R.A.F. Service Police No 507248 Cardington living with his wife.6 She died in November 1998 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, at age 86.7
Jack Hammond b. 9 Aug 1909
Jennifer Mary Hammond
[S1] Wonersh History Society Archives Wonersh baptisms.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1936/Q4 Surrey South Western Volume 2a page 1013.
[S41939] National Register - 29 September 1939 RG101/1955c/013.
[S3] GRO Indexes November 1998 Market Harborough Reg B2 District 6021B Page 285 age 86.
Jack Hammond
M, b. 9 August 1909
Last Edited 30 May 2016
Jack Hammond was born on 9 August 1909.1 He married Lois Priscilla Margaret Brett, daughter of George William Brett and Amy Sherman, on 17 October 1936 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by T Hammond and Mary Langford Brett. Jack was a dairyman and his father John was a Tranways Inspector. Lois father George was a bootmaker.2,3 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Jack was listed as living at Kia Mena, Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Surrey, England, with his wife Lois. Jack was a Corporal R.A.F. Service Police No 507248 Cardington living with his wife.4
Lois Priscilla Margaret Brett b. 14 Jun 1912, d. Nov 1998
Fanny Hardy
F, b. circa 1791, d. 1861
Fanny Hardy was born circa 1791 in Wonersh, Surrey, England. She was baptised on 25 January 1795 in All Saints, Witley, Surrey, England, her mother was Elizabeth Hardy.1 She married George Brett, son of Henry Brett and Elizabeth ..., on 15 March 1817 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Daniel Carnzie and Charlotte Larby.2 She was the wife of George Brett in the 1841 census in Wonersh, Surrey, England. George was a cordwainer living with his wife and three of his children, Benjamin, Caroline and Elizabeth. Thomas Woods age 30 and Charles Crackery age 40 both shoemakers are living with the family.3 She was the wife of George Brett in the 1851 census in Wonersh Street, Wonersh, Surrey, England. George was a cordwainer living with his wife and daughter with two servants, Thomas Tanner and Robert Stevens both cordwainers.4 She was the wife of George Brett in the 1861 census in Wonersh, Surrey, England. George was a retired shoemaker living with his wife.5 She died in 1861 in Wonersh, Surrey, England.6 She was buried on 27 November 1861 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England.7 She received the probate of the estate of George Brett on 22 January 1863.8
George Brett b. 26 Jan 1794, d. 30 Nov 1862
George Brett9 b. 17 May 1818, d. 1834
William Brett+9 b. 15 Sep 1819, d. 1869
Richard Brett+ b. 7 Oct 1821, d. 1875
Caroline Brett+9 b. 25 May 1823, d. 1884
Emily Brett9 b. 10 Apr 1825
Henry Brett9 b. 28 Nov 1826, d. 1840
Benjamin Brett+ b. 14 Mar 1830, d. 1918
Harriett Brett9 b. 1 Jul 1832, d. 1833
Elizabeth Brett+9 b. 29 Oct 1834, d. 17 Feb 1868
[S7] Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812.
[S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 1 June 1841 HO107 Piece 1045/7 Folio 6 Page 5.
[S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1597 Folio 397 Page 9.
[S41861] UK Census 1861 (RG9) - 7 April 1861 RG Piece 438 Folio 181 Page 4.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1861/Q4 Hambledon Volume 2a Page 68 aged 70.
[S1] Wonersh History Society Archives St J Registers.
[S7] Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995.
[S7] Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912.
Benjamin Brett
M, b. 14 March 1830, d. 1918
Benjamin Brett was born on 29 January 1828 in Wonersh, Surrey, England.1 He was baptised on 14 March 1830 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, his father George was a cordwainer.2 He was the son of George Brett and Fanny Hardy. He was the son of George Brett and Fanny Brett in the 1841 census in Wonersh, Surrey, England.3 He married Eliza Woodyer on 27 April 1850 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by William Rose and Sarah Mary. Benjamin was a cordwainer like his father George. Eliza's father James was a labourer.4,5 He was listed as head of household in the 1851 census in 12 Holywell Street, Westminster, London, England. Benjamin was described as a Police Constable living with his wife. This was a little premature since did not actually join the force until the day after the census. He was obviously excited and proud.6 Benjamin joined the police service B Division on 31 March 1851, was promoted to Sergeant on 11 January 1859, reduced to Constable on 6 February 1865. He was transferred to R Division on 8 February 1867 and did duty in that Division until 14 August 1867 when he was discharged from the Metropolitan Police as being unfit for work due to being kicked on the shins by a prisoner. He then was described as aged 39, 5 feet 9 inches tall, brown hair, grey eyes, and a swarthy complexion. He was living at Rose Cottage Paul Street, Stratford
Benjamin's time in the police force appears many times in newspaper articles.1 He witnessed the marriage of George Louch and Elizabeth Brett on 28 May 1859 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England.4,7 He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in High Street, Belgrave, London, England. Benjamin was a Superintendent of labour living with his wife and daughter with three visitors.8 He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census in 91 High Street, St George Hanover Square, London, England. Benjamin was a visitor on the School Board living with his wife and daughter Emily.9 His wife Eliza died in 1881 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.10 He married Susan Marshall on 18 September 1881 in St Andrew, Holborn, London, England, after a licence had been taken out. Benjamin was a widower from St Andrews Holborn, Susan was a spinster from Romford. The wedding ceremony was witnessed by George John Sneath and Thomas Challenger. Benjamin was described as a school board visitor living in 105 High Holborn and his father a cordwainer was dead. Susan was from Colyer Row in Romford and her father Robert William Marshall a soldier was also deceased.
Benjamins career as a school board visiting officer is reported several times in articles in the newspapers.11,12 He was listed as head of household in the 1901 census in 35 Moreton Terrace, St George Hanover Square, London, England. Benjamin was a visitor on the London School board living with his wife and son Benjamin.13 He was listed as head of household in the 1911 census in 35 Moreton Terrace, St George Hanover Square, London, England. Benjamin was a Police Pensioner living with his wife and their six year old grandchild, Benjamin William Norton Brett.14 His wife Susan died in 1912 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.15 He died in 1918 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.16
Eliza Woodyer b. c 1820, d. 1881
Emily Brett17 b. 1859
Susan Marshall b. c 1847, d. 1912
Benjamin Norton Brett+17 b. 12 Jul 1883, d. 1939
[S7] Ancestry London, England, Metropolitan Police Pension Registers, 1852-1932.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1850/Q2 Hambledon Volume 4 Page 227.
[S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1479 Folio 80 Page 46.
[S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 113 Folio 74 Page 41.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1881/Q3 St George Volume 1a Page 270 age 59.
[S7] Ancestry London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921.
[S7] Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921.
[S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 89 Folio 126 Page 26.
[S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN446 RG78PN15 RD5 SD2 ED15 SN317.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1912/Q1 St George H Volume 1a Page 584 age 67.
[S3] GRO Indexes 1918/Q3 Kingston Volume 2a Page 447 age 89.
Caroline Brett1
F, b. 25 May 1823, d. 1884
Caroline Brett was baptised on 25 May 1823 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, Her father was a cordwainer.1 She was the daughter of George Brett and Fanny Hardy.1 She was the daughter of George Brett and Fanny Brett in the 1841 census in Wonersh, Surrey, England.2 She married Thomas Smith on 26 December 1846 in St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, England, after a licence was issued. The ceremony was witnessed by George Brett and Sarah May. Thomas was a cordwainer. His father William Smith was a farmer. Caroline's father George was a cordwainer.3,4 She was the wife of Thomas Smith in the 1851 census in Byfleet, Surrey, England. Thomas was a cordwainer employing one man, William Furlonger Hillyer and living with his wife and children.5 She was the wife of Thomas Smith in the 1861 census in Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, England. Thomas was a cordwainer living with his wife, a boot binder and their sons.6 She was the wife of Thomas Smith in the 1871 census in Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, England. Thomas was a cordwainer living with his wife and two of their sons.7 She was the wife of Thomas Smith in the census of 3 April 1881 East Molesey, Surrey, England.8 Her husband Thomas died in 1883 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.9 She died in 1884 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.10
Thomas Smith b. c 1824, d. 1883
Edward Smith+ b. 22 Feb 1847, d. b 1901
George Thomas Smith b. 23 Jan 1849
William Henry Smith b. 9 Jan 1851
Henry Smith b. 8 Sep 1855
John Robert Smith+ b. 11 Nov 1855
Alfred Smith+ b. 1858, d. 1905
Charles Oliver Smith b. 5 Apr 1863
[S45000] I have a copy of Birth certificate 1846/Q4 Hambledon Volume 4 Page 229 - kindly sent by Joan Armitage.
[S41861] UK Census 1861 (RG9) - 7 April 1861 RG9 Piece 457 Folio 132 Page 20.
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Making natural paint and its application in printing techniques.
Saturday the 14th of April the workshop "Making natural paint" will be organized, where we will share our experience after 6 years of research in and around AGA. We will focus on the process: starting with growing the plants, to extracting the paint, and eventually applying it in printing techniques.
In the workshop we will use colours of plants that are available in this time of the year. We will also work with pigments of algae, curcuma and indigo.
During the workshop we will pay extra attention to the choice of binding agent: the best choice varies with the choice of dye and the choice of printing technique. In the afternoon we will experiment with silkscreen printing and relief printing with a linocut.
We will share our knowledge about the research in variation of colours over time: some colours are stable for years, others act as 'living colours' and change over the course of time.
You will find out that working with natural paint demands a conscious and attentive way of working. We are looking for participant who are in for a surprise!
The workshop will be led by Lucila Kenny and Naan Rijks.


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Temporary Tattoos, now for grown-ups, too
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At a Friday night cocktail party early this year at the auction house Christie's, some 400 prospective buyers in their 30s and 40s were checking out the old masterworks up for auction, including Caravaggio, a pair of Canalettos and a sketch by Rubens. But the art that drew the most fuss from the collectors was free: temporary tattoos that echoed the paintings for sale, including demons by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch and the monogram-like signature of Albrecht Dürer.
The tattoos — which the Phillip Lim- and Thom Browne-clad attendees applied two, three and four at a time (and Instagrammed in equal number) — were so popular that party organizers eventually had to ask representatives from Tattly, the company that created them, to stop handing them out. It was after closing time, the bar had stopped serving, and the guests, still debating between Delft-like seashells and flowers from Balthasar van der Ast, showed no signs of leaving.
"That's not typical for an old master painting party," Emma Kronman of Christie's said dryly. She added, "I can't tell you how many people wrote to us afterward saying, 'Do you have any extra tattoos?' "
So much for Kim Kardashian's edict about tattoos: "Don't put a bumper sticker on a Bentley." In recent years, the no-commitment-required ink has gone from staple of children's birthday parties to of-the-moment accessory for all ages, applied at events organized by Vogue and Christian Louboutin and worn by celebrities like Beyoncé and Sarah Jessica Parker. (The model Cara Delevingne sported custom Chinese birds and blossoms on her arms, neck and chest at this year's Met Gala.)
There are now more than a dozen companies offering ways to sleeve up for a day or three. But perhaps no company has done more to elevate temporary tattoos to wearable art than Tattly, a four-year-old Brooklyn-based company that works with artists like Milton Glaser, creator of the iconic "I ♥ NY" logo; Stefan Sagmeister, who has designed album covers for David Byrne and the Rolling Stones; and the fashion photographer Garance Doré. Tattly tattoos are available at 1,000 stores in 30 countries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Conran Shop in London, and Colette in Paris.
"I've never seen such tasteful temporary tattoos," said John Maeda, the design partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and a former president of the Rhode Island School of Design. "Temporary tattoos were down-market, and Tattly found a way to make them fashionable through high-quality content." (Mr. Maeda has worn a Tattly tattoo just one time — "I felt cool for once," he said — but regularly suggests them for gifts.)
Tattly started as a side project for Tina Roth Eisenberg, voice of the notable design blog Swissmiss (she grew up in Speicher, Switzerland), and the kind of person who has a permanent "out of office" reply on her email. Her other successful side projects include CreativeMornings, a design-focused speaker series now on six continents, and TeuxDeux, an app Fast Company called "the web's most beautiful to-do list."
In the spring of 2011, Ms. Eisenberg's daughter, who was 6, came home from a birthday party with yet another sheet of "butterflies and ugly smiley faces," Ms. Eisenberg said. "Granted, I'm probably a little bit snobby, but they were an insult to my Swiss aesthetics."
Ms. Eisenberg, who has a rule that she can only complain about something for so long before doing something about it, applied the offending tattoos to her daughter's arm, then promptly searched online for ways to make her own and emailed illustrator friends soliciting ideas. A specialist in user interface design, she created a website for Tattly (the name is a homage to her roots: "When you want to make something sound cute in Swiss German, you add -ly on the end," she said). The site went live that July with 16 whimsical designs printed in vegetable ink, including a candy-colored '80s style Casio watch that reads "late" (still one of the company's top sellers) and a pencil-like scribble.
Thanks in part to Ms. Eisenberg's blog and more than 430,000 Twitter followers, Tattly had 140 orders by the end of the first day. On the second day, a woman from the Tate Modern hunted down Ms. Eisenberg's phone number and called to request a wholesale catalog. Roughly 30 percent of online sales are international.
Things really took off when, six months later, the Brooklyn Brewery requested a custom tattoo to distribute at its events. (It was designed by Mr. Glaser.) Soon, NPR asked for its popular radio shows to be reimagined as vintage ink, like a "This American Life" mermaid, and two tangled cobras for the two hosts of "On the Media." (Take that, pledge-drive tote bag.)
Recent clients include SoulCycle, which distributed gold and silver wheels at its Hamptons studios; Mashable, which commissioned six emoji for its SXSW house; and the luxury brand Maiyet, which scattered hieroglyph-like black feather tattoos (one of the company's symbols) on the tables at a V.I.P. dinner in Gstaad, Switzerland. Also this year, Wilhelmina Models ordered gold script W's and "XOWilhelmina" (the founder's signature) forArt Basel, Coachella and New York Fashion Week.
"We wanted it to be cool because we're catering to the model crowd and the fashion crowd, and it was a hit," said Tatiana Acosta, director of marketing for Wilhelmina Models. In what appears to be a standard refrain with Tattly clients, she added, "Models kept coming back to my office and asking for more tattoos."
Tattly now offers some 600 designs, including vintage pastel-colored cameras, fruits and vegetables (distributed at the White House Easter egg hunt this year), Christoph Niemann's stylized battery running low on energy, and a black "No sleep till Brooklyn" (Instagrammed by Gwyneth Paltrow.) Artists receive royalties from the sale of their tattoos; last year, the company paid out more than $250,000. Last year, the company brought on Yng-Ru Chen, formerly of Sotheby's, to head up its lucrative partnerships (Athleta, for example, recently ordered 450,000 tattoos) and court the company's wish list of artists.
Paola Antonelli, senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, described the tattoos as "so easy to wear," and ticked off the ones she's tried: "The spiral labyrinth, the carrot, the arrows. I've worn the golden watch." Of Ms. Eisenberg, Ms. Antonelli said: "She's Wonder Woman. Ideas are a dollar a pound. Making them happen is a real heroic thing."
This Ms. Eisenberg does by sticking to her exacting standards. After a three-hour tour of a packing center in New Jersey, she was ready to sign on, until she realized the company "would slap an ugly UPS label" on shipments, she said, and wouldn't let her change it. In what she described as her "very unusual, refreshing, direct way," she told them, "I will not ship with you because my packaging needs to be awesome."
So it's done by hand in-house, which until this spring was a 1,600-square-foot space in a rundown former factory in Dumbo. ("I usually don't get in the elevator without food in case I'm stuck in here for hours," an employee said in that elevator.) Recently, the company roughly doubled its space with a move to a 1860s carriage factory in Cobble Hill, alongside studios of three of its artists.
Ms. Eisenberg's principles also involve buying quirky designs even if she doesn't think they'll sell (she cites one "sad straggler" of little people in cars that she won't take off the website, even though "we have like 4,996 left" of a run of 5,000). Artists say she is more likely to say of designs "not right now," instead of "no." Her criticism is usually spot on.
"I did a pizza slice, and they said: 'Make it more greasy. Put more pepperoni, more cheese, make it more drippy,' " said the illustrator Julia Rothman, whose designs include the "late" watch tattoo. "When I look back at the original, I think, for sure, it needed this."
Ms. Rothman, who has created 81 Tattly designs, said she has been pleasantly surprised by the company's success. "I knew because it was Tina it would be successful," she said, "but I thought maybe it would fade."
By COURTNEY RUBIN - AUG. 5, 2015
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California's wildflower super bloom attracts swarms of migrating butterflies
Posted 10:23 am, March 14, 2019, by CNN Wire Service
CALIFORNIA — This year's wildflower super bloom is not only filling California deserts with eye-popping displays of color — it's also providing a feast for swarms of painted lady butterflies making their way north from Mexico.
"This is the biggest outbreak since 2005," said Art Shapiro, a professor at the University of California, Davis, who's been studying the migration of butterflies in the state since 1972.
Painted ladies tend to thrive when there's a super bloom, Shapiro said, because there are so many plants for the butterflies to lay their eggs on and for caterpillars to eat.
In North America, painted ladies spend the winter around the US-Mexico border and fly north in the spring. Their descendants travel back south in the fall.
They are orange and black and are often mistaken for the more famous monarch butterflies. They're typically smaller than monarchs and have a different shape.
Shapiro said that last year's migration was the worst he'd seen in his career for both types of butterflies.
Unfortunately, the abundance of painted ladies does not forecast a comeback for monarchs.
"It has nothing at all to do with the monarch. It's like asking whether a good year for the economy of Tanzania will be helpful to the economy of Sri Lanka," Shapiro said. "Probably there's no relation."
The painted ladies have been spotted flying low and fast through Southern California.
"There's no missing them when they go like bats out of hell and they're going in a straight line from southeast to northwest," Shapiro said.
"I saw more butterflies in the last 10 minutes than I've seen my entire life," Jason Suppes wrote Tuesday on Twitter. Suppes is an education specialist at an agricultural research facility in Irvine.
Shapiro said that at the peak of the migration, the butterflies could fly by at a rate of one per second.
He said they tend to fly over obstacles instead of going around them, so they won't get disoriented.
Melanie Arias, a Los Angeles history teacher, says the butterflies form a little cloud when they get to a fence at the baseball field at her school. The migration has been a big topic of conversation for her middle and high school students.
"It's just a little bit magical," she said.
The painted ladies tend to migrate in waves, leaving from different breeding grounds over a couple of weeks.
Shapiro said they haven't made their way up to him yet, but he's keeping an eye out.
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DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Documentary director Ton van Zantvoort has won over 50 awards for best director, best cinematographer and best editor. His films have been theatrically released in several countries, screened at numerous prestigious A- film festivals and have been broadcast all over the world (VPRO, EO, KRO-NCRV, AVROTROS, ARTE/ZDF, Al Jazeera)
Production company NEWTON film BV newtonfilm.nl
For commercial work visit newtonsolutions.nl
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Below some of the award winning documentaries directed by Ton van Zantvoort
a WORLD to SHAPE
How do two passionate designers Nienke Hoogvliet and Dave Hakkens use design to tackle the world's biggest problems?
a TRAVELER'S GUIDE
A visual documentary of 63 minutes that shows, in fragmented observations, the gaze of a filmmaker who travels the world.
SHEEP HERO
DIRECTOR, SHEEP HERO, PRODUCER, TON VAN ZANTVOORT - EN, DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE LENGTH, CINEMATOGRAPHER | D.O.P., EDITOR
Award winning documentary of 81 minutes about a traditional shepherd that is forced to innovate in a neoliberal world that conflicts with his idealistic views.
a BLOOMING BUSINESS
It's time to wake up and smell the imported roses. Flower farms have enslaved locals, poisoned the land and water.
THE BENNO TAPES
DIRECTOR, TON VAN ZANTVOORT - EN, DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE LENGTH, CINEMATOGRAPHER | D.O.P., EDITOR
THE BENNO TAPES is a 54 minutes controversial documentary about the Dutch convicted pedo sexual Benno L, who tries to reintegrate into society.
GRITO de PIEDRA
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, TON VAN ZANTVOORT - EN, DOCUMENTARY, CINEMATOGRAPHER | D.O.P., FEATURE LENGTH, EDITOR
The life of a mine worker in the fascinating hardships of the silver mine Cerro Rico in Potosí, Bolivia and his son who works in the same mine as a tourist guide.


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Iconic Dundee building set for £20m hotel and flats revamp
by Gregor Caul
An artist's impression of how the new hotel and flats development in Willison House will look if plans are approved by Dundee City Council.
A £20 million project which could breathe new life into one of Dundee city centre's most iconic buildings has been unveiled.
The facade of the former Robertsons furniture store in Willison House is set to be saved following fears from campaigners that it could be demolished.
The B-listed art deco building in Barrack Street had initially been eyed up for student accommodation by Structured House Group, having lain empty for the last few years.
However, company bosses have now revealed revised plans which will instead see a hotel developed on the site along with a restaurant — and fewer student flats — with the front of the building restored to its former glory. The number of student properties has been reduced from 250 to 85.
Alastair Cook, a spokesman for the company, told the Tele the scheme would likely cost between £18m and £20m — and had been tweaked to reflect public opinion.
Developers Scott Graham and Alastair Cook.
He said: "The key message I want to get across is that we've listened.
"This is a new plan with a new architect. We're taking a fresh approach. There's no point in pushing something that nobody wants."
Mr Cook was speaking at a public exhibition of the plans, at which locals had the chance to meet the planners and get their first opportunity to see the vision of how the development will look.
Discussing the building's facade, Mr Cook said: "The tiles are really nice but there are some chips and breaks — and unlike stone we can't just polish them. It's going to be a difficult job but I think we'll end up with something really nice and close to what it was like in 1935."
Series of hotels planned for Dundee to meet 'rise in demand'
Robertsons closed in 2011 after trading in Dundee for more than 100 years.
News that the four-storey building is set to be revitalised — should planning permission be granted — has been welcomed by city chiefs.
Alison Henderson, chief executive of Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce, said: "It's great to see plans for another hotel being proposed for the city centre, which will see a landmark building redeveloped and brought back into use.
The Robertsons building as it is now.
"As reports have shown, Dundee is short of hotel bedrooms, particularly at peak times.
"It's good to see private sector investment in preparation for the increased numbers of visitors who will come to the city to see the V&A Museum of Design Dundee, and also to enjoy the many cultural experiences which our region offers.
"There will be a number of opportunities for businesses to capitalise on the benefits that brings and what we need to build are those experiences, attractions and things to do to encourage visitors to spend time in our region.
"For anyone interested in the support that is available for this sector, our upcoming Dundee & Angus Tourism Conference will inspire and connect businesses to each other and the agencies who can help."
One retired town planner who attended the event voiced concern over how much demand there is for hotel space in Dundee.
He added: "The idea of renovating the building is first class but I still have my doubts about the market in Dundee and whether it will facilitate all the new developments."
Scott Graham, a planning consultant for the project, said: "We wouldn't be incurring the costs of the proposal and planning application if there wasn't any interest being shown."
Structured House Group


The good news about Jesus is that He makes a way so that we can come into God's presence without fear. When we put our trust in Him, we are welcomed by God's presence. We do not have to wait to be "good enough" or wait to "clean ourselves up" before God accepts us. He totally accepts us through our faith in Jesus and this is available for us now.
So instead of waiting to draw close to God because of some mistake you've recently made, draw close to God now. Now is the time to fearlessly come to God knowing that He will not turn us away, but will rather love us unconditionally.
Right now, stop trying to be good enough, and completely trust in Christ. Then, fearlessly come into God's presence. He's right there waiting. He's not holding back on you. He loves you. You're free. Just believe in His love and know that He will never leave you.


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Abu-Ghazaleh Meets Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Chancellor, Discusses Cooperation HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh highly commended the University's trend to provide e-learning using the latest ICT techniques that can provide high-class education to learners everywhere DUBAI --- March ..
ASIP & GCC Intellectual Property Training Center Enhance Cooperation Trainees from the GCC member states took part in two specialized courses tackling IP related issues RIYADH --- March 19, 2013 --- In their Endeavour to strengthen cooperation, the Arab Society for Intellectual Pro ..
Jordan Radio and TV Corporation and TAG-Org Sign MoU AMMAN --- March 19, 2013 --- Jordan Radio and TV Corporation (JRTVC) and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the technological services submitted by the Corporation and enhance I ..
Abu-Ghazaleh Highlights Distinctive Performance of PDF Task Forces HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh praised those members who submitted, according to regulations, tax clearance statements calling upon the remaining members to expedite the submission of such statementsAMMAN ---- March 14, 2013----- HE Dr. ..
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Die Beckumer Anschläge (auch Beckumer) sind eine Sammlung von närrischen Geschichten, die vorgeblich in der Stadt Beckum spielen und den Schildbürgerstreichen ähneln.
Diese und andere Erzählungen wurden im sogenannten Lalebuch (= Narrenbuch gedruckt Anno 1597 zu Laleburg) populär unters Volk gebracht und verschiedenen Städten angehängt. Fast jeder Landstrich hat auf diese Weise sein Schilda bekommen. Bei den Beckumer Anschlägen handelt es sich also um literarische Wandersagen.

Als in Beckum das erste Notgeld gedruckt wurde, hat man mit viel Selbstironie die Narreteien als ortstypische Darstellungen auf den Notgeldscheinen abgebildet. Einige von ihnen zeigen die Innenbemalung der Soestwarte, eines Aussichtsturms bei Beckum.

Beckumer Anschläge auf Notgeldscheinen

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