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In The Trenches: Harper's Weekly Covers the Philippine-American War
July 24, 2018 July 5, 2019 Thomas Kenning
This lesson is a part of a larger unit on the Philippines: At the Crossroads of the World.
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The Philippine–American War was an armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States that lasted from February 4, 1899, to July 2, 1902. While Filipino nationalists viewed the conflict as a continuation of the struggle for independence that began in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution, the U.S. government regarded it as an insurrection. The conflict arose when the First Philippine Republic objected to the terms of the Treaty of Paris under which the United States took possession of the Philippines from Spain, ending the short Spanish–American War. The war resulted in the deaths of at least 200,000 Filipino civilians, mostly due to famine and disease. Some estimates for total civilian dead reach up to 1,000,000. Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was a widely read news magazine which offered extensive coverage of the war for its American readers. One of its most prominent correspondents during that war was John F. Bass, the author of this dispatch from Manila in March, 1899, a month after open hostilities between the Filipinos and the occupying American army commenced.
Answer the following questions using details from the text to support your answers:
To whom does Bass assign blame for the war?
What does Bass think of the American project of bringing self-government and civilization to the Philippines?
What are Bass's ideas about race? How does this shape his understanding of the war?
Does he seem to think that the Americans deserve their bad reputation among the insurgents?
What is the purpose of Bass's anecdote about the Spaniard?
An excerpt from "In The Trenches" by John F. Bass, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
Manila, March 9, 1899.
John F. Bass was a correspondent for the American magazine Harper's Weekly, covering the Philippine-American War from Manila. He is pictured here with a cage full of homing pigeons which he used to file breaking news dispatches from the field.
New comers in Manila keep asking where the blame lies for this outbreak. Is the responsibility alike for American and Filipino deaths with our government or with the leaders of the Filipino people? At such a time as this it is difficult for a good American not to throw the blame on Aguinaldo and his followers. The American army has done so well that one feels like overlooking the past. Although the true cause does not lie within the scope of any generalization, but rather in a multitude of small detached facts, still I believe that the fundamental reason for our present fight lies in an unrestrained race antipathy. Americans differ so absolutely in mind, body, and soul from Filipinos that the two could not live together in harmony under the then existing conditions. First among these conditions was an American and a Filipino volunteer force, both more or less undisciplined and longing to jump at each other's throats; and, secondly, a want of any consistent policy in our government. Moreover, both American and Filipino leaders have been so provincial in their point of view that at no time during the military occupation of Manila has the least good feeling existed between the American and Filipino governments. We have ignored Aguinaldo and his followers in so far as it is possible to ignore an army which for months has been encircling Manila in a peaceful siege. Aguinaldo has stuck out through thick and thin for the independence of his people. Instead of getting what he wanted, he received the hard-and-fast declaration of our President that the islands were American property, that the army would proceed to take possession of them, and that any one resisting our authority would be suppressed by force of arms. Since this manifesto was issued there has been no hope of a peaceful settlement.
Illustration from Harper's Weekly, April 24, 1899 edition, drawn by G.W. Peters.
The bone of contention is the sovereignty of the islands. It is said that the Filipinos will not be able to establish a good government, but the same argument would apply to many of our own communities at home which have wretched local self-government. Much as one may dislike the native – and I must say that I have never met with a more unlovable people – it is important occasionally to get his point of view. No doubt the government which the natives would establish would not please the Anglo-Saxon, but would it not be good enough for the natives themselves?
The natives soon learned to dislike us. We plastered the town from end to end with beer and whiskey advertisements. And, so far, Americans who have followed the army have their time and money into saloons. No other business attracts them. According to native standards, the American soldier has been rough and tyrannical, while from our point of view the natives have been tricky and dishonest. The extreme East and the extreme West have learned to hate each other. The importance of these things is great as indicating what the future has in store. The immediate cause of the outbreak was that the insurgent officers and soldiers, being under less control than our men, became so hostile and insulting that we had either to fight or to leave the islands. The outbreak was hastened and made inevitable by the unsettled state of public opinion in the United States, the absence of any fixed policy in Washington, and the consequent contradictory and restricting orders on our local government in Manila. The fact of the matter is that the policy of ignoring the insurgents completely has had its origin in Washington. It reminds one of the ultra-idealistic philosopher who ignored the hard-and-fast world of environment, and while absorbed in thought bumped his head against a stone wall. The insurgent government is here and must be dealt with.
Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization – "Our New Citizens – A Native Family in Iloilo," January 14, 1899.
Formerly we might have compromised with them; now we must crush them. There are a few men of education and ability who are managing the insurrection; the rest of the army follows blindly, misled by false reports about our cruelty, and they look upon us now as a species of ogre. We have fallen heir to the hatred which the natives felt for the Spaniards, and the same stories are told about us that were told about our predecessors. The Spaniards and the priests have done what they could to make trouble by circulating false reports in both camps. These reports have been believed by the insurgents and in many instances by our own officers.
The Spaniards are jubilant over the present state of affairs. One of them said to me:
"I speak to you as a Spaniard and an enemy of the United States. If fifty insurgents are killed, good; if the insurgents kill one hundred Americans, better; if the Americans in turn kill two hundred insurgents, best all."
Read more on this subject -> The Origins of the Philippine-American War ◦ The Brutality of the Philippine-American War ◦ The Philippines in the American Empire ◦ "The White Man's Burden": Kipling's Hymn to U.S. Imperialism ◦ Stereoscopic Visions of War and Empire ◦ In The Trenches: Harper's Weekly Covers the Philippine-American War ◦ Ninoy and Marcos – "A Pact with the Devil is No Pact at All."
Harper's History of the War in the Philippines edited by Marrion Wilcox.
History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis Francia.
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IMF blackmails Cyprus into making people homeless
This music video from Ireland is called Lough Sheelin Eviction, by the Wolfe Tones.
The song tells about one of many similar tragedies in nineteenth-century Ireland.
The Wikipedia article about the lake Lough Sheelin writes about it:
Lough Sheelin (from Irish: Loch Síodh Linn meaning "lake of the fairy pool") is a limestone freshwater lough (lake) in Ireland located in County Westmeath, County Meath and County Cavan near the villages of Finnea (also spelled Finea) and Mountnugent and the town of Granard, (County Longford).
The lake is naturally populated by brown trouts whose native stocks had depleted in recent years, hence the Central Fisheries Board stocking with farm reared the lake for the pleasure of anglers.[1] Trout stocks are estimated to be over 100,000.
It is also the setting of the song "Lough Sheelin Eviction", made popular by The Wolfe Tones. The lyrics tell the sad, but unfortunately, too typical story of a family being evicted from their home by an unforgiving & merciless landlord. Absentee landlords were common in Ireland and for many landlords the main interest was income rather than the conditions of their tenants. Many landlords realized that they could get a higher income by turning their properties to pasture than to continue with the old practice of collecting rents from tenant farmers. Evictions were the most common way of getting rid of unwanted tenants. In the song the woman, Eileen, dies in the cold and the man is forced to flee his native land in order to find a new home.
It seems that the International Monetary Fund of Ms Christine Lagarde now want to bring back the horrors of nineteenth century Ireland to the twenty-first century. Not only in Ireland, but in other countries as well.
Often, one hears that decisions by parliaments are expressions of democracy. To hell with democracy, the International Monetary Fund apparently thinks; if such a parliament's decision benefits poor people who are threatened with homelessness, instead of Big Banking for which the IMF stands.
From daily The Guardian in Britain:
IMF holds back Cyprus bailout funds
International Monetary Fund says expected tranche of €88m will not be paid after parliament suspended new foreclosure law
Friday 19 December 2014 02.56 GMT
The International Monetary Fund has said it will not release a further €88m (£69m/US$108m) in bailout money for Cyprus on Friday after the country's parliament delayed a key foreclosure law that was due to take effect at the end of December. …
The eurozone released its latest tranche of bailout loans to Cyprus in November after the government amended laws on foreclosures and on forced sales of mortgaged property in line with the conditions of the loan. The original laws would have made it easier for the country's hobbled banks to start collecting on bad loans, which account for around half of all loans. …
Lawmakers said they approved the suspension to give the government time to draft additional insolvency legislation that would act as an extra buffer protecting those who lost jobs or saw their income slashed amid the country's near financial meltdown from also losing their homes. …
This is the second time that Cyprus has run into trouble with its creditors over the foreclosures law. In September Cyprus's eurozone partners refused to release a bailout instalment after parliament passed additional legislation weakening the law. The hurdle was overcome after lawmakers backtracked and amended some of the legislation while the supreme court struck down other pieces as unconstitutional.
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Can you imagine the fate of Cuba when the IMF, gets its vacuum cleaner working sucking the life juices out of this country if America succeeds in getting its teeth into this island.
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Submissions Open for NYS Craft Beer Competition
The New York State Brewers Association (NYSBA) is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual New York State Craft Beer Competition. Sponsored by 1886 Malt House, the Competition is one of largest beer competitions in NYS.
Open to all licensed New York State Breweries, NYSBA is expecting to receive over 1,000 beer submissions for the 2020 competition. » Continue Reading.
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State University at Albany History Professor Gerald Zahavi is set to give a lecture on the dynamics of gender and the importance of women in the temperance movement, on Thursday, August 29th, at the Adirondack History Museum.
The lecture "Dry Women-Wet Men: Gender, Temperance, and the Fight for Prohibition" will look at the early years of the struggle for a "dry" America and the National Prohibition of alcohol following the the passage 18th Amendment on January 16, 1919. » Continue Reading.
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The fourth annual Southern Adirondack Local Food & Craft Beverage Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers' Market will be held Friday, June 21st from 3 to 6 pm. Warrensburgh Beautification Inc., in partnership with the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce, will be offering samplings of locally grown and prepared foods by area restaurants and farms to compliment tastings of wine, beer and spirits. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Coast Brew Festival June First
More than 20 craft breweries, wineries and distilleries from throughout New York State and Vermont will be coming together at the Brew Force Craft Festival on June 1st outside on the historic Plattsburgh Air Force Base. » Continue Reading.
Wild Times at the Adirondack History Museum
The Adirondack History Museum's 2019 Season focuses on Wild Times in the Adirondacks. 2019 marks the centennial of the 18th Amendment's ratification which not only began Prohibition but also ushered in a period of lawlessness across the country.
An exhibit at the museum in Elizabethtown, Bootleggers and the Law in the Adirondacks, explores how the region was part of major bootlegging routes between Canada and New York City. The popular Adirondack Suffragists exhibit has been expanded to examine the Temperance Movement, which opposed the consumption of alcoholic beverages. » Continue Reading.
Tupper Lake Brew-Ski Fest Saturday
by Diane Chase
Tupper Lake is combining my love of skiing with a micro-brew experience and I don't even have to leave the trail. It isn't an après ski experience, but more "pendant" skiing. I'll be experiencing sampling of various local beers during a cross-country ski or snowshoe.
On Saturday, February 23, Tupper Lake Cross-Country Ski Center is grooming their trails for two events, Brew-Ski and its annual Ice Golf Tournament. Both activities sound fun, but my family is going to be hitting the Brew-ski trail. » Continue Reading.
Intoxication: Animals and Alcohol
It's the time of year when the landscape is laid bare, the ground is impenetrable with frost, and flying insects have faded into memory. As fall slides into winter, resident songbirds like robins and waxwings must switch from their warm weather diets of earthworms and arthropods to the best of what's left: fruit, and lots of it. As it turns out, this is also the time of year when conditions become ripe for the conversion of fruit sugars into alcohol via natural fermentation.
Studies show that waxwings, whose winter diet is comprised almost exclusively of fruit, metabolize alcohol seven times faster than finches (seed eaters) and three times faster than starlings (omnivores). In addition, a waxwing's liver constitutes nearly 5 percent of its total body weight, compared to just under 3 percent for starlings and finches. Larger livers and higher rates of alcohol metabolism likely evolved in response to occasional exposure to fermented fruit. For the most part, these adaptations enable waxwings to dine on boozy berries without ill effect. » Continue Reading.
Frontier Town Campground, Paradox Brewery Update
DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and Office of General Services Commissioner RoAnn Destito joined local elected officials and other partners at a ribbon cutting event last week in North Hudson. They were there to unveil the first phase of the former Frontier Town theme park site development on the Schroon River at the corner of Route 9 and Blue Ridge Road, nearly adjacent to I-87 Northway Exit 29.
The completed project is expected to feature a 91-acre universally accessible state campground, an equestrian campground, along with two day-use areas (Riverside and Trail Side). The project's official name is Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area. The two day use areas are now open; the new campground is expected to open for the season in the spring. » Continue Reading.
Washington County Battles and Brews Tour
The Washington County Historical Society is set to conduct a Battles and Brews Tour through Northern and Central Washington County, on September 8th, from 9 am to 5 pm. The trip's focus is the contribution Washington County's people made to the Civil War effort.
Traveling north from Greenwich, the tour bus will visit Salem, Granville, and Whitehall. After lunch in Whitehall, the tour will continue on to the Hartford Recruiting Center where a first person performance of Rice Bull, a Union Army Soldier in the Civil War and author of the book, Soldiering: The Civil War Diary, will take place. The trail turns south to Hudson Falls to visit memorials at Union Cemetery. » Continue Reading.
Tupper Lake Craft Beers and Cross Country Event Saturday
The Tupper Lake Brew-ski returns on February 24 with eight local breweries serving their craft beers along the one-and-a-half miles of maintained ski trails at the Tupper Lake Golf Course.
Breweries will bring their beer to several tasting stations along the trails, pouring samples as skiers and snow showers pass through. » Continue Reading.
Local Breweries Have Big Potential; Local Hops Challenges
by Richard Gast
There's an old Irish toast: 'To long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold beer and another one!' I can think of no better way to bring in the New Year than raising a glass of frothy-delicious craft beer from a homebrewer friend or relative, or small, independent craft brewery.
According to the 46,000-plus-member American Homebrewers Association, a division of the Brewers Association (an American trade group of brewers, breweries-in-planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and individuals concerned with the promotion of craft beer and home-brewing), more than 1.2-million Americans brew their own beer at home. And, as an industry, beer is massive.
The Brewers Association says U.S. retail sales of beer exceeded $107.6 billion in 2016, with craft beer accounting for $23.5 billion of that total. Directly and indirectly, the beer industry employs nearly 2.23 million Americans, providing more than $103 billion in wages and benefits. In NY, 269 breweries produced 1,000,785 barrels of craft beer in 2016 (2.1 gallons for every American over the age of 21), with a retail value of $3,439,000,000. » Continue Reading.
Whiteface Oktoberfest Celebrates 26 Years
The 26th Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, NY will take place September 30 and October 1.
This years Oktoberfest is presented by Spaten and features entertainment by Owen Benjamin and Jason Smith, a biergarten, giant Jenga, lawn Dominos, food, specialty vendors, adventure zone for kids, gondola rides, and live German music. » Continue Reading.
Lake Placid Brewfest Set For Saturday
The Lake Placid Brewfest is set to return for its sixth year, bringing back dozens of breweries, hundreds of beers, food and more, on Saturday, September 23rd.
The Brewfest features live music with Drunk & in the Woods and as many as 66 brewers and hundreds of different brews. Ales, ciders, lagers, pilsners, porters and stouts will all be available to drink and sample, from 4 to 8 pm in the Olympic Center's 1932 Rink. » Continue Reading.
Tupper Lake Guided Paddle and Brewery Outing Sept 16th
TAUNY, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, has invited the community to a guided paddle and brewery outing in Tupper Lake, on Saturday September 16 from 7 am to 4 pm.
The day will start at The TAUNY Center where a bus will take participants to Tupper Lake for a morning paddle and then lunch at the Raquette River Brewing Company. The group will return to The TAUNY Center after lunch. » Continue Reading.
Spruce Beer: An Old Adirondack Favorite
In keeping with last week's spruce theme — Sprucelets: An Original Adirondack Medicine — is a look at one of the most common drinks in early Adirondack history: spruce beer. Like the aforementioned Sprucelets, it was believed to be of medicinal value due in part to its vitamin C content. Several evergreens share those same properties, and their use dates back centuries.
In one of the earliest mentions of evergreens used as a health aid in North America, there remains disagreement as to which tree along the St. Lawrence River (at today's Quebec City) was used by Jacques Cartier in 1536 to cure scurvy. His voyage journal says that after learning nearby natives were quite ill with an unknown disease, Cartier quarantined his men on their ships, which were frozen in the ice.
As he noted, the precaution didn't work. "Not withstanding these defences, the disease begun inside our group, in an unknown manner, as some of us were getting weak, their legs were becoming big and swollen, the nerves as black as coal. The sailors were dotted with drops of blood, and then the disease went to their hips, thighs, shoulders, arms and neck. Their mouths were so infected and rotten that all the flesh fell to the level of the roots of the teeth which had fallen out." » Continue Reading.
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Q: Command line options to jump to search term in .txt file searched from within Xbench (and opened in EmEditor) I am using a glossary search program called Xbench, and it allows you to use command line parameters to automatically jump to the relevant line in the file where your search term is. The developer told me to look for tips on how to achieve this with EmEditor @ https://docs.xbench.net/user-guide/xbench-settings/
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Officials say strong winds failed to fuel wildfire in Penticton, B.C.
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
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The 1,400 hectare Christie Mountain wildfire burns above south Penticton above Skaha Lake Wednesday night.
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Strong winds that were expected to fuel a wildfire burning south of Penticton, B.C., on Friday failed to do so, fire officials said Saturday.
The 20-square-kilometre Christie Mountain fire did not experience significant growth overnight, and Penticton fire Chief Larry Watkinson said crews and residents are lucky.
"We were very fortunate yesterday with the wind event. Although it was quite vigorous above Penticton and on the hillsides, it was very soft on the fire," he said at a news conference.
The blaze burned along similar lines as the Garnet fire from 1994, which burned 55-square-kilometres, destroying 18 homes and forcing more than 4,000 residents to flee.
Watkinson said the track allowed the Christie Mountain fire to move quickly, but also meant it had limited fuel sources.
"We feel very confident that the fire is no longer threatening structures adjacent to the fire in the city of Penticton," he said.
The department has allowed 110 firefighters to return home to their respective communities after battling the blaze, Watkinson added.
However, Dan Taudin-Chabot with the B.C. Wildfire Service said there remain some concerns.
The wind pushing the fire north towards the city has reversed course, allowing the fire to potentially burn new fuel sources, he said.
"Once the cold front passes, the wind shifts 180 and starts going back the other direction," said Taudin-Chabot. "So now we're getting winds pushing on the fire in a direction that we haven't seen yet, so for us it's really important that we gain and establish control, with the winds now pushing in the other direction, before we make decisions."
The fire is burning on rocky, sloped terrain, making it hard for ground crews and heavy equipment to tackle.
An evacuation alert in the city of Penticton for more than 3,600 properties remains in effect.
Mayor John Vassilaki praised citizens for allowing fire crews to freely operate, as well as for not stopping their vehicles to look at the fire.
A special weather statement from Environment Canada also warns of the impact of smoke on the area's air quality over the next few days.
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Q: panda dataframe to numpy array using pandas.dataframe.values I have a data frame as below. I want to make it a numpy array.
When i using df.values command it is making as numpy array but all the attributes are converted to float. I checked df.values documentation but was not helpful, can i assign same datatype of df to numpy?
Thanks in advance for your help
                   High          Low  ...      Volume    Adj Close
Date                                  ...
2018-12-20  2509.629883  2441.179932  ...  5585780000  2467.419922
2018-12-21  2504.409912  2408.550049  ...  7609010000  2416.620117
2018-12-24  2410.340088  2351.100098  ...  2613930000  2351.100098
2018-12-26  2467.760010  2346.580078  ...  4233990000  2467.699951
2018-12-27  2489.100098  2397.939941  ...  4096610000  2488.830078
2018-12-28  2520.270020  2472.889893  ...  3702620000  2485.739990
2018-12-31  2509.239990  2482.820068  ...  3442870000  2506.850098
2019-01-02  2519.489990  2467.469971  ...  3733160000  2510.030029

A: Numpy arrays have a uniform data type, as you can see from the documentation:

numpy.ndarray class numpy.ndarray(shape, dtype=float, buffer=None,
offset=0, strides=None, order=None)[source] An array object represents
a multidimensional, homogeneous array of fixed-size items. An
associated data-type object describes the format of each element in
the array (its byte-order, how many bytes it occupies in memory,
whether it is an integer, a floating point number, or something else,
etc.)

When you use the df.values, it will cast all values to the most suitable datatype to keep the homogeneity.
The pandas.DataFrame.values also mentions that:

Notes
The dtype will be a lower-common-denominator dtype (implicit
upcasting); that is to say if the dtypes (even of numeric types) are
mixed, the one that accommodates all will be chosen. Use this with
care if you are not dealing with the blocks.
e.g. If the dtypes are float16 and float32, dtype will be upcast to
float32. If dtypes are int32 and uint8, dtype will be upcast to int32.
By numpy.find_common_type() convention, mixing int64 and uint64 will
result in a float64 dtype.

A: You can do it with NumPy structured arrays.
I will create a DataFrame with only 2 rows and 2 columns similar to yours to demonstrate how you can do it with any size of DataFrame.
import Pandas as pd
import Numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame({'High': [2509.629883, 2504.409912],
                   'Volume': [5585780000, 7609010000]},
                  index=np.array(['2018-12-20', '2018-12-21'], dtype='datetime64'))

Then you create an empty NumPy array defining what datatype each column must have. In my example, I only have 2 rows so the array will only have 2 rows as following:
array = np.empty(2, dtype={'names':('col1', 'col2', 'col3'),
                          'formats':('datetime64[D]', 'f8', 'i8')})

array['col1'] = df.index
array['col2'] = df['High']
array['col3'] = df['Volume']

and, the array will look like:
array([('2018-12-20', 2509.629883, 5585780000),
       ('2018-12-21', 2504.409912, 7609010000)],
      dtype=[('col1', '<M8[D]'), ('col2', '<f8'), ('col3', '<i8')])

You also can create a np.recarray class using command np.rec.array. This is almost identical with structured arrays with only one extra feature. You can access fields as attributes, i.e. array.col1 instead of array['col1']. However, numpy record arrays are apparently slower than structured arrays!


Hermes's fire. Same as St. Helen's fire (q.v.).
I have myself passed through the fire; I have smelt the smell of fire. I have had experience in trouble. The allusion is to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. iii.).
If you will enjoy the fire you must put up with the smoke. (Latin, "Commodʹitas quœvis sua fert incommŏda secum.") Every convenience has its inconvenience.
More fire in the bed-straw. More mischief brewing. Alluding to the times when straw was used for carpets and beds.
No fire without smoke. (French, "Nul feu sans fumée.") No good without its mixture of evil.
No smoke without fire. To every scandal there is some foundation.
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Only in its second year, this new festival is far from a well-kept secret. Conceptualised and themed unlike any other festival currently on the market; being an intergalactic adventure of music, science, arts, culture and the exploration of space. Bluedot with OVO Energy is an award-winning festival at the grounds of a deep space observatory. With a truly unique backdrop of the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank, Bluedot combines a truly stellar line-up of music with a ground-breaking programme of live science experiments, expert talks and immersive artworks. The music line-up for 2017 includes Pixies, Orbital, Alt-J, Goldfrapp and Warpaint. Pick from the Safari Tent or Junior Tenthouse Suite, or if you're not looking for a canvas covered stay, the iconic American Airstream trailer is available. Prices start at £3,695. Book here. At Joderell Bank Observatory in beautiful Cheshire from 7-10 July.
With a fantastic line-up, including Two Door Cinema Club, Grace Jones and First Aid Kit, with dining banquets by Yotam Ottolenghi and Thomasina Miers, plus restaurants by Petersham Nurseries, The Pig and mouth-watering Patty & Bun, plus learn by attending talks, one by Tate Britain. The Boutique campsite offers a huge variety of luxury accommodation options from Yurts to beautiful Gypsy Wagons, fully furnished and with sumptuous bedding. The Boutique Campsite boasts luxury showers and toilets, a dedicated restaurant and bar, fire bowls, to congregate around, places to meet and gather with your friends for a drink. There's even private parking included in your booking. Bell tent prices start from £695, going up to the peak of luxury version with room to accommodate a whole team is £10,995 (other options are available in-between these prices). Book here. From 3-6 August 2017, in the beautiful ancient parkland of Cornbury Park set in Oxfordshire.
For a retreat of relaxation, community and musical entertainment, Soul Circus is the path to take. A yoga and wellness festival, the experience is bound to be a unique one. From outdoor sunrise yoga, aerial yoga for the brave, and restorative yoga for those escaping from those day-to-day stresses, this is perhaps one of few festivals that'll uplift your wellbeing. But of course, it isn't a festival without music, and the planners here have scheduled in a mixture of genres and artists, so you are sure to discover something new. Expect buskers, bands and a DJ after-party in the woods to keep you entertained throughout. Stay in the festival's dedicated glamping village in their luxury bell tents, whether you choose the most basic or the more extravagant Raj Palace is up to you (and your budget). And, sure to be much to the delight of many, situated in the village is a communal pamper tent for all those styling and indulgent needs, including hair dryers and mirrors as well as a dedicated meet and greet service. Tent prices from £695 to £4,995 depending on size and facilities. Book here. From 18-20 August 2017 in Elmore, Gloucester.
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This family-friendly festival possesses a unique atmosphere, partly due to its setting amongst the beautiful pleasure gardens at Larmer Tree. These form an ideal place to create a woodland wonderland, strewn with art installations and decorated spaces. Serving delicious organic and local (where possible) food alongside a wide range of local ales and other drinks. Most importantly, the menu of music is looking fantastic, with artists including Father John Misty, Jesus & Mary Chain, Slowdive and Perfume Genius heading the bill. As with the other festivals Pop-up Hotel caters for, a various of options are available, starting at £695 for a traditional yurt, and finishing with a luxurious Tenthouse for £4,995. Book them here. Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset from 31 August-3 September.
Perfect timing, as Shambala festival takes place across the August Bank Holiday Weekend at a stunning secret location in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside. A shocking amount of entertainment is on offer, surely to everyone's delight. With over 200 diverse musical acts across 12 live stages, world-class cabaret, an amazing array of workshops, stand-up comedy, inspirational talks and debates, circus and acrobatics, interactive theatre and celebrated poetry are all accommodated for in stunningly decorated venues. For the last decade, Shambala has impeccably combined creativity and individual involvement. Full of music and bands you have most probably never heard of, plus only serving meat and fish free food, this is sure to be a uniquely different experience. On offer is a range of luxury camping options from the extravagantly cosy tipis, yurts and bell tents, Hobbit-esque Shire houses in the woods (that are heated and lockable) and come with furniture inside and outside, so you can sit by the communal fire pit (ideally with s'mores in hand) during the evening. Each glamping option is hired by different vendors, see festival website here for more information. From 24-27 August 2017 at a Secret Country Estate, Northamptonshire.
Line-up for the festival includes great acts such as The 1975, Mumford and Sons, Glass Animals, The Horrors and Fleet Foxes. Plus, stages with comedy, dance, cabaret and theatre. The luxury private campsite is relaxing and useful, arrive in their private car park next to the campsite, to start off on the right foot in the journey towards a chilled-out festival experience. Our porters will help with your luggage on arrival, we'll then arrange your festival wristbands and accommodation while you enjoy a complimentary chilled glass of bubbly to help relax. The campsite also offers an A La Carte Restaurant, Cocktail Bar & Chill Out Area (perfect place to sip on a cocktail day or night, soak up some rays on a deckchair, or relax by the fire pits for late night fire-side talks); complimentary full breakfast every morning; 24-hour concierge service; deluxe bathroom facilities; spa and salon sessions, and a cinema tent for children. To glamp here, prices start from £1396 for a double bed tent. See the website for more details.
The renowned annual music festival returns to Bramham Park on August Bank Holiday weekend. On offer for the luxury glamper are a whole host of ticket and accommodation packages, from pre-pitched tents to swanky boutique camping. Depending on which package you decide on, camping facilities can include: Luxurious bathroom facilities (including hot, private showers), pamper tent (with the essentials of hair straighteners and hairdryers), and power, so you are sure to have enough phone battery to Instagram the event. For an added bit of fun, each place to stay doesn't look to dissimilar from a children's playhouse. Line-up includes Kasabian, Bastille, Muse and Liam Gallanger, amongst many others, leaving no room for boredom. From 25-27 August 2017, to book glamping, see the website here.
A historic opportunity to attend the last ever Secret Garden Party, with Metronomy, Crystal Fighters, Wild Beasts and Peaches. With stages featuring headlining and well-known bands, plus 'The Next Stage' which highlights some of the hottest upcoming new talent in music. 'The Drop' stage features British dance music, underground techno and house. Yoga at the Spiritual Playground, hot tubs and saunas, and The Sanctuary on the banks of the lake are dedicated to your relaxation. In fact, your four-day idyll is incomplete without time spent at this oasis of holistic heaven. A variety of boutique camping options, including the luxurious Royal Safari Tents, which are larger than an Executive King room at the Ritz, and include a king-sized bed with orthopaedic memory foam mattress, pure down duvets with Egyptian cotton linen, solid oak flooring, bedside lighting, and a wonderful addition of a complimentary bouquet of flowers. Book here.
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Marla A. Gallo Brown (born 1970) is an American politician who currently represents the 9th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2023. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Early life and education
Brown was born in 1970, the eldest of four siblings. She is of Italian ancestry and was raised in Edinburg, Pennsylvania. Brown graduated from Mohawk High School in 1988. She earned Bachelor of Arts degree from Gannon University in 1992 and a Master of Science from Geneva College in 2000.

Political career
In 2022, Brown won a three-way Republican primary election to challenge incumbent Democratic Pennsylvania State Representative from the 9th District Chris Sainato. She defeated Sainato in the general election.

Personal life
Brown lives in New Castle, Pennsylvania with her husband Greg Brown. She has three children.

Electoral history

References

Living people
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
1970 births
American people of Italian descent

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP was founded in 1919 and quickly built a national reputation for excellence in the financial and corporate areas. During the mid to late 1930's, Cahill earned status as a "Securities Act" firm and during and after the Second World War, under the leadership of John T. Cahill, the legendary former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Cahill grew dramatically. Maintaining its innovative corporate law practice, the firm also came to be counted among the leading litigation firms in the nation.
Cahill is known for innovative trial strategies and financing solutions that draw on the strengths of the entire firm and reflect a wider perspective than that typically afforded by the specialized niches and micro practices that make up a large law firm. A passion for challenging and distinctive work is at the heart of our firm culture and explains why Cahill consistently wins cases and ranks among the most active firms in the financial league tables year after year.
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Chicago Shoppers Crowd Stores For Last-Minute Deals
17 million procrastinators expected to shop Christmas Eve sales
By Anthony Ponce	• Published December 24, 2012 • Updated on December 24, 2012 at 8:21 am
Still hoping to pick up a few gifts on Christmas Eve? You're not alone, and stores are trying to lure you in with last-minute markdowns to make a few more purchases.
The good news for procrastinators: Some of the best deals are up for grabs in the St. Nick of time.
About 132 million Americans took to the streets this weekend to snag last-minute gifts, according to Consumer Reports, and about 26 million hadn't started their shopping as of this weekend.
About 17 million are expected to flood stores to shop Christmas Eve sales in hopes of checking everything off their list.
Retailers are doing their part to try and make up for a sluggish holiday buying season by offering deep discounts in hopes that Christmas Eve will make up for lost time.
Sales started off big on Black Friday but tapered off since then. Some analysts say Hurricane Sandy, the tragedy in Connecticut and news of the pending fiscal cliff kept some people away until now.
"I think it's the atmosphere of being in the city, finding some great deals and being around everybody that's doing the same thing that we're doing," last-minute shopper Robyn Bakken said over the weekend on Chicago's Mag Mile.
Toys R Us, including the Roscoe Village location, held an 88-hour, all-day, all-night marathon. The store has been open since Friday and will remain open until 10 p.m.
Monday. Macy's, Nordstrom and Target extended their hours as well.


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Die Swiss Open 1987 im Badminton fanden vom 13. bis zum 15. März 1987 im Patinoire de Malley in Lausanne statt. Es war die 25. Austragung der internationalen Titelkämpfe im Badminton in der Schweiz.

Finalresultate

Referenzen
 24 Heures, 16. März 1987, S. 24
 Federball 28 (1987) (10) S. 9

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Badmintonwettbewerb in Lausanne
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Exemption from capital gains on sale of equity shares
Rushabh Mamania
Exemption from capital gains on sale of equity shares – Misuse and Amendment
Earlier to Finance Act 2017, section 10(38) of Income Tax Act provided opportunity to tax-evaders. It provided the exemption of tax on the capital gains arising on sale of equity shares after one year of its acquisition, if transaction was chargeable to securities transaction tax (STT).
STT was originally introduced in 2004 to stop tax avoidance of capital gains tax. However, recently the government realized that the exemption itself was being misused by certain persons for declaring their unaccounted income as exempt long-term capital gains by entering into sham transactions.
Misuse – Modus Operandi
Specified cases
Carve-outs from above cases
The operator has clients who wish to convert their black money into white (Mr. X) and also the clients who want their white money to be converted into black money (Mr. Y). In return, the operator gets the agreed commission.
The modus operandi followed by operator was as follows:
The equity shares of the shell company were listed on a stock exchange. That is, the operator would follow the listing agreement of stock exchange, SEBI regulations and MCA requirements only for establishing a company that has no assets or business in existence.
The company then makes a preferential allotment of certain number of equity shares at a low price to Mr. X. In some cases, Mr. X would buy the shares from the market on the instruction of the operator.
As per SEBI regulations, the equity shares allotted on preferential basis are locked-in for a period of one year. This period coincides with the period required to get the capital gain on sale of shares exempted. Thus, Mr. X would hold the shares for the period of one year.
The prices of the shares were rigged. Rigging of prices involves trading among the group of individuals who have formed the cartel amongst themselves, thereby increasing the demand for shares and consequently its price.
After completion of one year, Mr. Y who wants black money would buy the shares at high price from Mr. X, thus legally transferring the white money to the bank account of Mr. X. In return, Mr. X will give black money to Mr. Y through operator. Therefore, there is no tax implication on either Mr. X or Mr. Y since capital gain arising on sale of listed equity shares after one year was exempt.
In cases where there was no Mr. Y, common man was tricked into buying the shares of such shell companies at high prices by sending SMS and other promotional means. The black money of Mr. X will then be stocked by the operator for future needs.
Also, in cases where Mr. X required instant conversion of its black money without waiting for one year, the back-dated instruments were used for making preferential allotments of equity shares of shell companies at very low price at previous date. This would lead to 'instantly exempt capital gains'.
This simple technique was used to evade huge taxes and as per the investigation report of income tax department, the income tax department has identified about 64,000 entities who had evaded taxes to the tune of Rs. 38,000 crores.
The role of SEBI is restricted to regulation of stock market and can only act only on those cases where it is able to establish price rigging.
The Finance Act, 2017 therefore provided the much-needed amendment in section 10(38) to prevent its abuse. The Central Government also issued notification for the clarification of application of amendment to ensure that the genuine transactions are not denied the exemption.
The amendment states that for claiming exemption of capital gains on sale long term equity shares STT should have been paid at the acquisition of equity shares in specified cases. It is pertinent to note that the earlier provision had the condition of payment of STT only on the sale of equity shares. Thus, now the specified cases will have to fulfill both the conditions that are payment of STT on sale and acquisition of equity shares.
where acquisition of existing listed equity share in a company whose equity shares are not frequently traded in a recognized stock exchange of India is made through a preferential issue
where transaction for acquisition of existing listed equity share in a company is not entered through a recognized stock exchange of India
acquisition of equity share of a company during the interim period from the date on which the company is delisted till the date on which it is re-listed on a recognised stock exchange
This amendment is intended to cover cases where the exemption is already wrongly claimed by entering into sham transactions. Therefore, now the tax officer has a legal backing to disallow the exemption which is wrongly claimed.
First case covers the preferential issue of only that equity shares which are not frequently traded. Therefore the companies controlled by the operator will be covered under this case, since such companies are made only to route the black money and are not actively traded.
Furthermore, second case covers the acquisition of those equity shares which are not preferentially issued but which are bought at the instruction of operator in off-market transaction.
The government went one step further by specifying the third case which covers acquisition of equity shares during the interim period of delisting and re-listing. It may have come to the knowledge of government that earlier the operator would identify those companies which are delisted from stock exchange, enter into an agreement with the promoters of those companies to issue shares to the clients of operator at low price and then re-list the companies on stock exchange again to carry out sham transaction.
In all the above cases, STT would not have been paid at the time of acquisition of shares, since STT is only paid in an on-market transaction and therefore the exemption will be disallowed.
However, to protect the interests of genuine investors who would not have paid STT at the time of acquisition of equity shares, the government has carved out certain situations from the above cases. For example, acquisition through IPO, FPO, bonus or rights issue by a listed company; acquisition under ESOPs; acquisition by non-residents in accordance with FDI guidelines; acquisitions which have been approved by the Court/NCLT/SEBI/RBI in the scheme of amalgamation / merger; etc.
Therefore, investors now need to be extra careful while claiming the exemption in section 10(38) and should know whether they fall into any of the cases specified by the amendment or the carve-outs specified in the amendment.
For any deeper discussion on how this issue might affect your business, you can reach us at ersteadvisory@gmail.com
(Republished with Amendments)
Tags: Capital Gain, STT
Name: Rushabh Mamania
Qualification: CA in Job / Business
Company: Erste Advisory
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BIPINCHANDRA says:
When delisting of share happens, like coming Vedanta delisting,will we get opportunities for set-off and exemption on LTCG?
i have inherited listed equity shares held by by deceased brother, however I do not have the purchase cost by my brother, how do i compute capital gains tax. Can i take cost as the value as on date of transmission of shares to my account
G D Binani says:
After increasing holding period for LTCG authorities could have tackled all what you have stated i.e. for claiming LTCG benefit five years holding should be introduced.
Nice article Rushabh.
One thing that I want to ask is that why would "Y" convert his white money into black money?
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Fifth Avenue Shoppers Will Face Off With Straphangers Seeking Protection in Bus Shelters
By Terence Cullen	January 6, 2016 10:30 am
Bus shelters are slated for areas such as outside of the New York Public Library's main branch.
The holiday season has ended and decorations have been coming down on Fifth Avenue. But as the lights and displays go away, another kind of street art will be going up.
In the spring, there will be 15 new bus shelters erected along the world-famous thoroughfare between 35th and 58th Streets, which will include the glass, roofs, benches and advertising you see everywhere else in the city. But while this might be welcome news to straphangers, some in the real estate industry are furious that the Manhattan avenue will soon be littered with the structures at roughly one-third of the street's bus stops, creating more pedestrian traffic. Also, they will take up sidewalk space.
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"The sidewalks on Fifth Avenue are the most congested in the city," real estate attorney Stuart Saft, a partner at Holland & Knight, said via email. "Building bus shelters will only make it more congested and also create a barrier behind which muggers can hide before they pounce on a tourist."
Along those 23 streets, there are 40 existing bus stops on the east and west sides of the avenue, of which 15 will be sheltered. More of the bus stops could be covered later, should the community desire the street furniture, according to a spokesman for France-based outdoor advertising company JCDecaux, which is building the structures.
Some of the prominent locations approved by the city's Franchise and Concession Review Committee include the northwest and southwest corners of Fifth Avenue between West 41st and West 42nd Streets, according to the division's September hearing agenda. Those spots are in front of the New York Public Library's main branch. A few blocks north, there's another shed slated for the northwest corner of West 54th Street and Fifth Avenue, outside of the University Club. Further uptown, the city has okayed a shelter in the vicinity of 754 Fifth Avenue between West 57th and West 58th Streets.
There are several New York City bus lines that service that particular swath of Fifth Avenue, including those routed just in Manhattan, as well as lines running to the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Daily ridership on each of those Manhattan lines—the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5—averaged between 10,282 and 17,735 people a day in 2014, according to the most recent data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
"Bus shelters are an important public amenity," Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said in a statement to Commercial Observer. "We worked hard with the administration to strike a balance that would benefit the entire borough—adding shelters in neighborhoods that didn't have enough, negotiating better locations for some shelters in crowded areas and ensuring the final plan would result in a successful, stable franchise."
So how did this all start? Last fall, advertising company Cemusa's city bus shelter franchise was transferred to its new parent company, JCDecaux, which will now manage advertising on the street furniture. There are 11 years remaining in Cemusa's 20-year franchise agreement with the city. Over that time, JCDecaux will pay $650 million to build the remaining shelters, news kiosks and public bathroomsthrough the agreement. Cemusa in 2005 won a bidding process with the city to pay $1 billion to build 3,300 shelters, along with more than 300 newsstands and 20 public restrooms, as widely reported at the time. Part of the franchise transfer allowed for the Fifth Avenue shelters to be built. The JCDecaux spokesman declined to provide the cost of each shelter.
'Is someone from the city going to decide whether an ad for a men's club should not be outside Tiffany, or an ad for a low-end retailer should not be outside Saks Fifth Avenue? Of course not: the city will lease the space for the most that it can get and focus on the unintended consequence of bad ad placement.'—Stuart Saft, Holland & Knight
As part of the deal, the company will provide the city's tourism arm, NYC & Company, with $20 million per year worth of free advertising on billboards in 3,500 cities across 70 countries.
No one seems to deny that this will be a boon for riders who no longer have to be exposed to harsh weather. But with already congested sidewalk traffic, some are worried that it could impact businesses along Fifth Avenue.
Indeed, it can be one of the busiest streets to walk on. On the morning of New Year's Eve, when many had taken the day off, Fifth Avenue was bustling at 10 a.m. Walking through the Lord & Taylor holiday display between West 38th and West 39th Streets, for instance, was essentially navigating a live maze of tourists taking photos. Further north at the corner of West 59th Street, others were ogling some of the window displays at Bergdorf Goodman.
The Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District, which represents landlords and retail tenants on the street, did not return repeated requests for comment, nor did prominent landlords and shopkeepers on the strip.
The famous thoroughfare commands some of the borough's highest retail rents. A December Manhattan retail report from the Real Estate Board of New York found that asking rents along Fifth Avenue this fall were $1,203 per square foot at the ground level for stores running from 42nd to 49th Streets. That number came close to tripling further north, with asking rents averaging $3,397 per square foot between 49th and 59th Streets.
"In general, bus shelters are good, protecting riders from the elements," said retail broker C. Bradley Mendelson, a vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, via email. "In the case of upper Fifth Avenue [in the 50s] where the streets are already hard to navigate, due to the heavy pedestrian traffic, I think it's a mistake. We need more sidewalk, not less."
Real estate stalwarts are also concerned that bus advertising will block an otherwise clear view along the avenue. Their argument is that the streets are zoned to ensure that nothing—such as, say, a bus shelter or a news kiosk—blocks the iconic view that features the likes of Cartier and Tiffany & Co.
A New York City Department of Transportation spokeswoman told CO that the new bus shelters don't violate the incumbent zoning. "Regarding the zoning resolution, it does not apply to signs or advertising on streets," she added.
Within the zoning rules or not, that hasn't stopped some from worrying about what they'll look like when lined up next to high-end retailers that make the avenue famous.
"The appearance of Fifth Avenue will change with bus shelters with advertising," Mr. Saft said. "Is someone from the city going to decide whether an ad for a men's club should not be outside Tiffany, or an ad for a low-end retailer should not be outside Saks Fifth Avenue? Of course not: the city will lease the space for the most that it can get and focus on the unintended consequence of bad ad placement."
But some brokers believe the advertising will be a good for the existing and coming retailers to Fifth Avenue, who will have "another media outlet" to use to sell their location, said Faith Hope Consolo, the chairman of Douglas Elliman's Retail Group. Ms. Consolo, who's currently marketing retail space at 390 Fifth Avenue at the corner of West 36th Street, added that the shelters could give some directions and points of reference for otherwise confused out-of-towners.
"I know it's a crowded street, but there are so many confused tourists all the time. I think it'll be helpful," Ms. Consolo said. "This will be good for there. There's a lot going on."
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When I tell people I write horror, they invariably ask why horror. They joke about my twisted mind and how I'll never babysit their children. They say it like babysitting their children is some kind of awesome experience that I'm missing. I don't tell them that I'd never want to babysit their children anyway. Never. Ever.
While not a fan of their children, I'm a firm believer in the influences of childhood carrying over into adulthood. That's why I'm a fan of horror and write horror.
From the moment I read The Hobbit as a young boy, I knew I wanted to write. Every professional decision I've made in my life is based on my love of writing. When the Army recruiter asked me what I wanted to do, I said I want to write. So, he signed me up as an Army photojournalist.
Uncle Sam shipped me off to Germany for a couple of years writing for Army newspapers. Then, I was sent to the front lines of the gulf war in Iraq in 1990-91, where I covered our soldiers during the desert conflict. When my five-year enlistment period ended, I started my civilian career as a newspaper reporter because I wanted to write.
A little more than five years ago, I quit the full-time newspaper business cold turkey and started working in the real world. The reasons behind that decision were I'm not getting any younger and I want to pursue writing fiction. Why didn't I do that as a journalist? The truth is when you write forty hours a week at a stressful job in an industry struggling to adapt to the changes of the 21st century, you don't have the energy to write what you love when you get home. At least I didn't. I just had enough time and energy to eat the All-Star Special at Waffle House at 11 p.m., get fat, and sleep.
When I left the newspaper business and the stress, I lost those hundred pounds quickly and gained the energy to write what I love: horror.
As a kid and teenager, I grew up on movies like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Throw in a couple of the most gut-wrenching movies I'll ever watch, the original I Spit on Your Grave and The Last House on the Left, you see where the seeds of a horror writer wannabe get watered.
As my quote for this blog says: "Life is horror." So is war. The gulf war was brief, but real soldiers died. And when you drop bombs, those are real women and children getting blown to bits like afterthoughts in some insane mind. War influences you.
When you work for the media in the civilian world for a couple of decades, you realize the news covers the horror of everyday life. If you're not writing about it, you're reading about it. Every horrific crime, every tragic accident, every child getting molested, every death in the community. The obituaries aren't exactly light reading.
Ultimately, what I read to escape the real world is what formed and fed my passion for horror. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was high fantasy, yes, but it was the horror of the epic that kept me interested. Gollum, the Ringwraiths, Shelob … they kept me reading. Ray Bradbury may be considered sci-fi but his short story collection The Illustrated Man rocked my world. Who knew short stories steeped in horror could be so thought-provoking and pack such a punch?
However, it was when I read Robert McCammon's Boy's Life that I felt the same passion for a story as I did when I was that young boy following the adventures of Bilbo, Frodo, and Gandalf. Boy's Life single-handedly reignited my love for writing. That book was my life. It was a magical mix of Bradbury and Twain with a touch of Tennyson's heart. Set in Alabama, Boy's Life should be required reading in every high school in America, but particularly in the South.
You know when people ask you what your favorite book is, and you say, "I don't know. There are so many." It's the easiest question in the world for me. Boy's Life is and always will be my favorite book ever. At the time, McCammon was labeled a horror writer, so I read his books and all the other horror I could find. I read King and Koontz, of course. But I gravitated to the grittier horror of Brian Keene (his Ghoul is an all-time fave), Jack Ketchum, Richard Laymon, and Bentley Little.
I was reading a lot, but how would I find my writing voice? What kind of horror writer did I want to be?
Then, I read Jeff Strand's Dweller, a horror novel that chronicled the relationship between a boy and a Bigfoot-like creature for the entirety of their lives. It covered decades. The ending broke my heart. I didn't know you could write horror like that.
Then, I read John Everson's The 13th. A throwback to the horror of the 1980s when I grew up as a puffy-haired teenager. Filled with sex and sacrifices, blood and psychos. I loved how he could write what should've been stereotypical horror stuff, but his storytelling ability made it pop. In my review of his novel, The Family Tree, I wrote, "Everson is one of the best writers of modern horror today. He seamlessly stitches dread and suspense into well-worn horror tropes, giving the tried and true a sense of fresh and new."
Strand and Everson. My voice is somewhere between these two greats, I thought. I'll write 1980s movie-style horror with heart and humor.
Then, I bought Depraved by Bryan Smith as one of the first three books I ever downloaded on my Kindle. Set in rural Tennessee, Depraved makes The Texas Chainsaw Massacre look like a Disney cartoon. I remember my Amazon review: "The author Smith thrusts the reader into a gut-wrenching tale of sickening lust and intense brutality where the worst-case scenarios get worse and the twists get more twisted."
If Depraved was a movie, it would've been banned in sixty-nine countries and couldn't have been rated because there's nothing beyond XXX. After I read it, I thought I'm definitely on an FBI watch list now. This novel was insane, pornographic, stomach-churning, and visceral. Yet somehow Smith grounded it in a reality that made me believe this stuff could happen.
I knew I'd never be as bold as Smith in writing horror. No way. But the fact that he's out there writing horror like Depraved is great for the genre. It's like having a vigilante walking the streets killing the bad guys. You know you don't have the cojones to do something so brazen, but you're glad someone's out there doing it.
So, there's my recipe for becoming the horror writer I want to be. The ingredients: Mostly McCammon, quite a bit of Strand and Everson, some Keene and some Ketchum, a little Laymon and a little Little. Sprinkle a smidgen of Bryan Smith in there because his influence is somewhere in the back of my mind like a security blanket, reminding me not to worry about crossing lines with my horror. He's got it covered.
I know I'll never reach the level of the authors who influence me daily. They're just too damn good. But I'll have fun trying.
And that's my answer to why I write horror.
The fact that you'll never ask me to babysit your children is just an added bonus.
Life is horror and fantasy … and dreams
A Nightmare on Elm StreetBentley LittleBoy's LifeBrian KeeneBryan SmithDean KoontzDepravedDwellerFriday the 13thGhoulHalloweenI Spit on Your GraveJ.R.R. TolkienJack KetchumJeff StrandJohn EversonLionel Ray GreenRay BradburyRichard LaymonRobert R. McCammonStephen KingThe 13thThe HobbitThe Illustrated ManThe Last House on the LeftThe Lord of the Rings
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You have just opened up my horror-world tenfold! I didn't even know these authors and I claim myself to be a horror writer. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend… that's right, buying books by these authors. Thanks for this Lionel!
McCammon, Strand, Everson, Keene, Ketchum, Laymon, and Little are as good as I've ever read. I hope you get as much enjoyment from their novels as I have. Happy reading, Nthato!
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You picked a nice, creepy one to start with. Hope you like it!
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We are in full swing getting ready for spring. I am in preparation of my spring collection of crochet accessories, so to spice things up a bit here on the blog, this is a lovely flower pattern you simply must make!
Ch 4 and join with sl st to make ring.
I worked with 100% mercerized, gassed cotton and used 3 mm hook.
i love these little posies. so cute, so simple..tons of applications. but I can't wait to see what YOU do with them!! Thanks for the pattern.
I been gone too long, I love all your latest creations. They are simply lovely! Have a great week!
Oh, this is one of my favourites and beautifully photographed. I love forget-me-nots, one day the ground is barren and suddenly they are there. Spring is showing some signs here too!
Oh I love these wee flowers - I think they are my favourite of all the knitted/crocheted ones out there (well, my favourite for today anyway, ha!) Beautifully photographed!
Your lovely flowers would make a fine spring wreath, too, I think! Lovely, to see all those different colours, it's a fine pattern for flowers!
Your blog certainly IS a treasure!
What a pretty colour assortment you've chosen here Maya. A perfect springtime tutorial!
These are lovely, and the background fabrics are gorgeous.
Thanks so much Maya, these little flowers look so perfect right now! Great to see you on Craft Schooling Sunday!
The flowers are so lovely. Will send this on to my friend who is learning to crochet and making flowers. She will really appreciate it. May try some myself in the summer when I have more time. Sewing at the moment.
I have a question about these beautiful little flowers. I can't find where you tell where to attach the yarn between each petal. That bit of information is crucial to someone like me who has to have it all spelled out.
I can't tell from the photo, either. Please help. I MUST have them, but my skills are such that I can't accurately guess or fill in the blanks on my own.
Thanks, and congrats on these gorgeous creations.
Thanks for sharing...I have shared you link on Freebies For Crafters.
Thank you for sharing your pattern. The flowers are beautiful.


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Shaping, filing and polishing away, there sits a kind-faced old man in his grey cotton overcoat, his hands bearing the brunt of 76 years spent as a master craftsman cutler.
Peering through the old window of his Little Mester Street workshop at Kelham Island Museum, it is clear we're about to stumble upon one of South Yorkshire's finest unsung heroes.
Still hard at work at 91-years-old, Stan Shaw is a rare phenomenon for his age. But what makes his story even more special is the unbelievable products he crafts by hand.
One of the few remaining Little Mesters who brought Sheffield its legendary cutlery reputation, Stan has been making exquisite penknives for almost the entirety of his life.
Stamped with his name, his penknives have travelled around the world, gaining critical acclaim from royalty and celebrity alike. But what really glitters is the story of how it all began.
One of eight children, Stan was born in Worrall near Wadsley in Sheffield, before the family moved to Oughtibridge. The family saw times of hardship from Stan's early days; his miner father died from TB age 45.
To add insult to injury, so to speak, Stan slid off the coal house roof when he was four, landing on his hip and ending up in hospital for ten long years after contracting the same disease which stole his father.
In a time before the NHS and antibiotics, all of Stan's childhood was spent in King Edward's orthopedic hospital in Rivelin Valley and his teenage years in Dame Agnes Hunt orthopedic hospital near Oswestry where he had a bone graft on his right hip..
"I was the best off out of all of us, at least I got three meals a day. My mother had a hard life but I never knew it with being in hospital," he says.
After finally being discharged at 14, Stan left the hospital with little education having been taught the bare necessities bedside. Unlike his peers, he also hadn't learned a trade at school to enter straight into employment.
"I needed to look for a job. I was on crutches but I was lucky to be alive. I went to Sheffield on the bus for a penny and sat there thinking 'what am I going to do now?'"
After steadily walking the streets and looking around all the businesses, Stan came across George Ibberson & Co on Rockingham Street.
Famous for the finest quality pocket knives, Ibbersons had become synonymous with Sheffield cutlery.
"I knocked on the door and told them I was after a job. They said to me 'what's tha want to do, lad?' I looked around and pointed to the penknives. 'I want to make them,' I said.
"They took me on as an apprentice and I started on five shillings a week."
Back then, Sheffield was paved in steel and cutlers bore the coat of arms, and wealth, of its magnificent trade. But the industry started to decline and businesses closed.
Ibbersons was bought out in the 1980s and after working for several other firms who also closed, Stan decided to go it alone as a Little Mester; a lone wolf craftsman who would make individual items from start to finish.
When others would have been looking to retire, Stan was starting out in business at 56-years-old. But with the chance to finally make what he wanted to and not what he'd been taught in the factory, Stan has since enjoyed 33 years of working for himself.
"I was scared stiff that I'd never get work and I wasn't particularly young. But I took a dozen penknives to Sheffield Scene on Surrey Street and came out with a thousand pound order – I've never looked back."
With business taking flight, people were enamoured with the beauty of Stan's work. Starting out in an upstairs workshop on Garden Street, Stan moved to Kelham Island nine years ago when the stairs became a struggle for his bad hip.
Like the Rolls Royce of penknives, all his products are made from his own patterns and designs. The only machine in his workshop is a grinder – every component is cut, shaped and buffed by hand from flat steel he buys from Greensmiths on Spital Hill.
A one-man-band, Stan still uses the original Ibberson forge-made hammers he started off with all those years ago. Hundreds of files, screw drivers and drill bits line his desk in precise soldier-like order waiting to be used.
Getting up before 6am, Stan drives from his home at Deepcar to Kelham Island two days a week to make his way through his four-year waiting list of orders.
"Its physical work so I need to get something done. I keep saying I can't go just yet as I need to wait till I've finished all my orders.
"I start early at 7am and have a full day at it. People walk by but I'm always too busy to talk. I can hear them talking and questioning where I buy all my parts – they don't realise I make everything."
Like a mini assembly line, Stan creates the same components for many different knives at the same time for efficiency, even down to twisting the corkscrews.
Most will have never seen knives like them before, the elaborate workings of a true master of this art. Ranging from two to ten blades, the handles are crafted from everything from stag horns and aged ivory, to abalone pearl from the Pacific Ocean.
Stan shows us the Hallamshire, the 15 different components thrusting out and gleaming like the iridescence of a majestic peacock. With so much attention to detail, Stan has only ever been commissioned to make 25 of these knives in his time, each one hallmarked with its issue number.
Once upon a time, everyone on the street or at work would have owned a pocketknife. Yet today, they're bought to keep, becoming heirlooms and collectables due to their rising expense.
"Some will never imagine what one of my knives can cost, but people don't mind paying. Some say it's like having a pension or a classic car."
During his time, Stan has rubbed shoulder with both monarchy and rock and roll royalty.
When they Queen visited Sheffield in the 80s, Stan was commissioned to make a platinum knife for Her Majesty, stamped with the initials ER and a rose emblem.
"I didn't present it to her, but she asked me how I'd made it."
When her son, Prince Andrew visited for the HMS Sheffield Memorial a few years ago, he was desperate to be gifted with one too after studying his mother's knife for many years. Customary to give a coin when presented with a knife, the Duke of York personally swapped gifts with Stan at Sheffield Cathedral.
Moving onto musical royalty, Stan's knives have become popular within the Rockstar scene thanks to a lad from Stocksbridge called Rex.
After moving to Bristol to buy a hotel, Rex, an old school friend of Stan's wife Rosemary, would often have major music stars stay with him during their UK tours. With his own collection of Stan's knives, they would make an appearance and catch the eye of many famed singers.
"Buddy Holly and the Crickets – they all wanted one. Sonny Curtis, his lead guitarist invited Rosemary and me to visit him at his home in Nashville when we visited the USA.
"All the members of Elvis Presley's T.C.B. band have bought knives. When they were in concert in Sheffield, me, Rosemary, my daughter and granddaughter were invited to have dinner with them and the Sweet Inspirations before the concert. Glen Hardin, his pianist, still phones me every birthday."
Regardless of where his customers are based, every knife must be collected from him personally in Sheffield.
"They start here and they finish here. If people don't come, they won't get them."
With such a heavy demand for his knives, Stan's wife Rosemary is the backbone to his success, still taking control of his books and orders at 86.
Having worked in the offices at Samuel Fox's Steelworks in Stocksbridge, Rosemary learned on a computer and so is kept busy while Stan is in the workshop.
"She's clever and sorts me out. It keeps her active and we've got a great partnership, even after 63 years of marriage. I keep saying to her 'don't you go before me.' I wouldn't know what to do without her."
With three children plus four grandchildren, Stan brings his craft home with knives for family birthdays, christening and celebrations. He's even made 18th birthday gifts for his grandchildren who are nowhere near coming of age.
"I want them to have them now, not when I'm gone. I might never see the youngest get to 18. My two lads aren't that good with their hands so I can't see them taking it over, but they're very academic. The opposite of me as I can't add up."
With a remarkable outlook on life, Stan continues to take each day one step at a time. In the New Year's Honours list, he was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to industry – no surprise after his seven decades of working life.
"People always say to me, 'what you working for?' I tell you, if I was younger I could make a fortune. But it's not about the money, I can't take it with me.
"I just love what I do. It gives me a reason to get up in the morning. I'm not a miserable person and I don't worry about tomorrow. But I just hope my passion and love shows in my work."
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She sang the National Anthem and performed three numbers for the audience at the English National Gymnastics Championships and finished the year as a showgirl in T.A.O.S.'s production of "Annie Get Your Gun".
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