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Dance Umbrella is celebrating 26 years as South Africa's largest and longest-running platform for contemporary dance, choreographic performance and development in the country. But this year's showcase came close to being a sombre one, as a lack of funding brought the dance festival to the brink of closure. Thankfully, the National Lottery recently came on board as the new main sponsor for a one-year term.
So whereas Dance Umbrella 2015 is guaranteed, the future of the festival is still uncertain.
But according to Dance Umbrella artistic director Georgina Thomson, this lifeline goes a long way.
"We will be going back to our usual time slot. Dance Umbrella 2015 will happen between February and March next year. The National Lottery takes a whole year to assess your progress, so you sit up waiting and holding your breath. That's the only hiccup.
"But once you get the funding, it's glorious, because they provide full support. You get total freedom to go for the projects you want," Thompson says.
Since First National Bank withdrew its sponsorship of 17 years in 2011, Dance Umbrella was left with no main funder until it partnered with the Johannesburg Arts Alive International Festival in 2012. The three-year contract with Arts Alive ensured the continuity of Dance Umbrella, which moved to September to coincide with Arts Alive. Dance Umbrella's contract with Arts Alive ends this year.
Earlier in the year, with no funding in sight, Dance Umbrella started a Facebook conversation with stakeholders who would have been directly affected by the possible demise of the festival. A strong sentiment that came from that conversation was the suggestion for Dance Umbrella to restructure and reposition itself, with the idea of a new start. A crowdfunding campaign was also mooted to raise funds.
Dance Umbrella's plight echoes the general outcry that the arts is under-supported. Durban's contemporary dance festival, Jomba, which receives structural support from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Centre for Creative Arts, is also at a crisis point with a lack of external funding.
Fifteen years ago, Dance Umbrella was the only contemporary dance festival in the country before the emergence of Jomba in 1998 and Cape Town's Baxter Dance Festival in 2004. However, Dance Umbrella remains the biggest nationally and the only such event in Gauteng.
In 1989 two dance-passionate journalists, Marilyn Jenkins and Adrienne Sichel, co-founded the concept of a free democratic choreographic platform with Philip Stein, who was the director of Vita Promotions (the biggest arts-business partnership of the time, responsible for the Vita Awards), and the Vita Dance Umbrella was born.
"We wanted to connect dancers, choreographers and companies across racial, cultural and artistic divides. That was the philosophy. There was an environment, but it was separate. We wanted to create a space where South Africans could see themselves and that's still true today," says Sichel.
It became the FNB Vita Dance Umbrella in 1993 and lost the Vita moniker in 2003. Thomson took over the management and administration of Dance Umbrella in 1997. She helped take it from being a Gauteng-based festival to one with a high national and international status. She restructured it to include commissioned work of local and international productions and helped launch the Stepping Stones programme, a platform for semi-professional and upcoming artists, developing young choreographers and dancers.
She was also behind the young choreographers' residency programme. One of the festival's biggest achievements has been the establishment of the Dance Space in Newtown, a dance development venue opened in 2009.
"Dance Umbrella evolved with what the choreographers wanted. It has grown from being a space where only choreographers came to watch their work to a platform where the dance community, local and international, comes to see what is happening in dance nationally and in parts of the continent. I've been able to travel into Africa to network and bring works from Burkina Faso, Réunion Island and Madagascar," Thomson says.
The festival garners an audience of about 8?000. It has launched the careers of contemporary dance stars like Robyn Orlin, Sello Pesa, PJ Sabbagha, Boyzie Cekwana, Nelisiwe Xaba, Mamela Nyamza and Gregory Maqoma — who, respected for his poignant collaborations with artists of his generation, has carved out a rich repertoire of works exploring his personal history and cultural and artistic identity.
"Dance Umbrella represents a lot of firsts for me. It's where I was first seen professionally, where I presented my first choreographic work. It gave me my first award," says Maqoma.
Sabbagha has become known for his issue-driven dance theatre, dealing especially with HIV/Aids. "Dance Umbrella is a critical platform for emerging artists who experiment with new ideas," he says. "It allows us to see what the international trends are. It has created for me an opportunity to explore personal and creative ideas. It would not exist if it were not for the artists. But artists struggle to find money to dedicate to a production.
"Artists are as dependent on the funding as Dance Umbrella is. It's imperative for funders to know this. It's important to nurture a relationship between artists and Dance Umbrella where they are mutually supported," he says.
Thomson believes collaboration within dance is also key, noting the immense pressure that ballet dance companies are under to close down.
Dance Umbrella is on from August 31 to September 7, with shows at the Wits Theatre, the Market Theatre and the Joburg Theatre. Visit arts-alive.co.za for more details.


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Witnesses describe 'crazy' chase that turned fatal in downtown Tallahassee
Jeff Burlew and Karl Etters, Tallahassee Democrat
March 28, 2018 | Updated 7:28 p.m. ET March 29, 2018
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The man who died during a high-speed police pursuit along one of Tallahassee's busiest thoroughfares has been a habitual traffic offender for more than a decade, with a history of fleeing officers and a long rap sheet.
Jerrod Shamburger, 34, died after a chase that started at the Red Roof Inn on North Monroe Street near Interstate 10 and ended downtown with his Chevrolet Camaro crumpled against a mangled speed limit sign. The crash happened in broad daylight around 7 p.m. while traffic was still relatively heavy on Monroe.
Jerrod Shamburger (Photo: Clerk of Court)
Lacy McMullen Jr., a loan officer at InstaLoan on North Monroe, saw the police chase twice — once when the suspect was racing north on Monroe toward Lake Jackson and again, about 15 minutes later, when he was speeding south on Monroe toward downtown. He said several officers followed closely behind with their lights flashing and sirens blaring.
"The guy in the car was going extremely fast," he said. "He was ducking and dodging in between the lanes. When I saw him go down the first time, I thought OK — just a guy running from a stop or something. But when I saw it come back, I thought, oh my God, this must have been pretty serious."
The Red Roof Inn on North Monroe Street. (Photo: Jeff Burlew/Democrat)
He caught a glimpse of the chase the first time outside of work and a second time after stopping by the Lake Ella Publix after work.
"When I saw the car again, it was dented up pretty badly," he said. "I saw something drop off the car and it sounded like the police that were chasing him ran over it. It was crazy. It went on for quite a bit. I've never seen anything like that in my life."
The Tallahassee Police Department issued few details but said in a news release the chase began after officers were called to the Red Roof Inn in response to a "weapons call." While officers were on the scene, Shamburger tried to run over two pedestrians, police said, and drove away.
More: Update: Man killed during police chase a 'habitual traffic offender'
Tallahassee Police officers can pursue vehicles if they suspect a violent felony
Zac Ernst, who was staying at the hotel, said he saw a police officer confront the driver in the parking lot just before the chase began. Another police vehicle was blocking the entrance to the hotel.
"There was an officer with his gun drawn pointing at the driver of the car that was parked," Ernst said. "He was ordering him to do something — I couldn't quite hear. After a few seconds, the driver of that car peeled off at top speed and went down this long part of the parking lot. I heard a crashing sound. I assume he had hit maybe a police car on the way out. Meanwhile, the officer ordered him to stop."
A suspect being pursued by the Tallahassee Police died after crashing his car at the intersection of North Monroe and Tennessee streets on March 27. (Photo: Special to the Democrat)
Two homeless men, Martin Gilbert and Joshua Horne, were hanging out near North Monroe and West Tennessee streets when they heard sirens blaring and saw the chase approaching the busy intersection. One of Shamburger's tires was gone and he was driving on the rim, with sparks flying, they said.
"His tire was out," Horne said. "That's what made him lose control."
Gilbert and Horne said it was lucky no one was walking or riding their bike in the intersection at the time.
"Knock on wood there were no pedestrians in the street because when he came through, it was like he didn't care," Gilbert said. "He was just trying to get away."
A history of eluding police
On July 9, 2008, Shamburger led Tallahassee police on a chase that started just a block from where he died. The chase began after an ex-girlfriend of Shamburger's flagged down a motorcycle officer to report that he was knowingly driving on a suspended license.
The officer got behind Shamburger's 1997 Chevy sedan, which was waiting at a red light at West Tennessee and Calhoun streets, and ordered him to pull over. But Shamburger ignored the officer and sped through a red light at Monroe Street. The officer followed him for a few blocks but ended the pursuit without making a traffic stop.
Two days later, a police officer familiar with Shamburger spotted him pulling into the Shell gas station on Mahan Drive. At the time, he had four active arrest warrants.
Shamburger came out of the store and ran away, ducking into a patch of kudzu along the railroad tracks. Officers looked for him with search dogs but couldn't find him. They later got a tip that a man matching his description had gone into the Patients First next door to the gas station. Officers found him hiding in an employee bathroom, curled up inside a small cabinet.
A Tallahassee police officer walks the scene of a fatal crash Wednesday near Monroe and Tennessee streets. (Photo: Jeff Burlew/Democrat
His driver's license was suspended a number of times since 2002, according to Leon County court records. He was cited at least a dozen times for driving with a revoked or suspended license.
He was also arrested numerous times on charges including burglary, petty theft, possession of marijuana and fleeing police with no regard for the safety of others. He was adjudicated guilty in 2013 in Holmes County for driving with a license suspended for more than six months. He was driving without a valid license at the time of Tuesday's crash.
TPD is asking anyone who witnessed the crash but hasn't been interviewed by officers to call (850) 891-4200 and ask for the Traffic Homicide Unit. Tipsters can also leave information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS.
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I should probably be writing about the tax bill, or augmenting my series on the 100th anniversary (deathiversary?) of communism, but I can't resist sharing some humor about socialism that appeared in my inbox this morning.
Today, we'll look at three more images to learn about socialism.
And the first one, which I received today, is my favorite since it might actually help educate Crazy Bernie about the inherent unfairness of socialism (sort of like this yard sign).
I wonder, by the way, if the Democratic National Committee and the rest of the Democrat establishment now regrets rigging the rules in favor of Hillary? And why did they even bother when DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz couldn't even explain the difference between a Democrat and a socialist?
But let's stick to the topic of socialism. I shared an amusing image back in January making the point that nobody ever has to crawl under barbed wire to escape free markets. Though, as illustrated below, I sometimes wish advocates of socialism in America would stop trying to impose that awful ideology on the rest of us and just move someplace that already practices that poisonous system.
I do wonder whether a year in some hellhole such as Venezuela, North Korea, or Cuba would change their opinions.
Last but not least, I like this third image because it cleverly makes two points.
First, it reveals how some on the left would actually prefer equal levels of poverty rather than unequal levels of prosperity (if you think I'm exaggerating, the IMF inadvertently confirmed Thatcher's warning by trying to justify a 30 percent reduction in national income if it meant a society would have more equal levels of misery).
Second, it wryly observes that there's always a rich elite in socialist nations.
The moral of the story is that socialism should be mocked, both in theory and practice.
P.S. I recommend my two-part series (here and here) on the bizarre allure of socialism, though here's all you really need if you want to understand the economics of that awful ideology.
P.P.S. I shared some pro-socialist humor last year, both because I thought it was somewhat clever but also because it gave me the opportunity to point out that voluntary sharing isn't socialism.
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The political Left is comprised of fairly rigidly enforced castes [special interest and/or victim groups] with the upper, "management" levels where statists of various flavors decide where and how to drive the herd of 'democrats' and liberals, mostly with a few "mavericks" and some useful 'wranglers' of the true believer' type along with some anarchists, mercenaries, etc to help keep 'em moving toward full statism, without spooking them over THAT. Spooking them using fear to keep them moving toward the slaughterhouse's feed lots is done at all those levels in a team effort.
People are just cattle—just 'workers of the world'—after all, and should be glad to sacrifice themselves for the good of the cause…er…"greater good".


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New York, New Jersey pursue another battle in SALT deduction war
July 17, 2019, 4:23 p.m. EDT
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are again suing President Donald Trump's administration over a provision in the 2017 tax law that limited write-offs for state and local taxes.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday asks a court to stop recent Internal Revenue Service regulations that invalidated state workarounds to help residents maximize the amount of state and local taxes, or SALT, they could deduct. The effort is one of several to reverse one of the most politically contentious changes in Trump's 2017 tax law, and it's not clear if it will get any more traction.
The 2017 Republican tax law limited the amount of SALT deductions to $10,000. Write-offs were previously unlimited. Democrats in Congress and state lawmakers said the change was intended to target Democratic-led states that tend to have higher taxes. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called it "economic civil war."
The case is a "long-shot" and likely to be thrown out by a judge, said Lawrence Zelenak, a tax law professor at Duke University School of Law. The legal challenge would have a better chance coming from someone who was hurt by the IRS regulations, such as a wealthy individual who paid more in taxes because of the rules, he said.
This is the second lawsuit northeastern states have filed in an attempt to nullify the SALT cap. The village of Scarsdale and the town of Rye, both wealthy New York City suburbs, also filed a lawsuit against the IRS regulations Wednesday. Last year, the states sued the Trump administration seeking to get the cap itself declared unconstitutional. That case, which many legal experts also say is a long-shot, is still working its way through the courts.
Democrats in Congress are also seeking to change the law, though that is likely to get blocked in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The White House on Wednesday cast the issue as one of fairness. Doug Hoelscher, the White House's director of intergovernmental affairs, told an audience in Washington that the changes mean the federal government is no longer subsidizing certain states.
Under SALT, some states "were subsidized by federal tax policy," he said at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington. "They can still do whatever they want to do. We're just not going to subsidize what they're doing anymore. And so — why should we subsidize some states versus others?"
"Proponents of the cap were clear about their objectives," the states said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York. The states said that according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, "The cap would 'send a message' to states with generous social welfare programs that their tax and spending policies would need to conform to those of the administration and the Republican Congress."
The IRS in June dealt the final blow to many of the workarounds passed by state legislatures to help residents circumvent the cap. Treasury said those programs allowed taxpayers to claim too many tax breaks.
States including Connecticut and New York have passed laws allowing residents to donate to a state-created charitable fund instead of paying property taxes. That donation could then be written off as a charitable gift on an individual's federal taxes and get a state tax credit for some of that. The regulations killed these programs.
Members of Congress have introduced several bills to repeal or raise the cap, which was one of the few provisions in the 2017 GOP law to offset the tax cuts. A House Ways and Means subcommittee held a hearing last month to discuss changes to the SALT cap, but House Democrats are still considering if and when to bring a bill to a vote.
Such legislation might pass the Democratic-controlled House but has little chance of advancing in the Republican-led Senate that has no interest in unwinding parts of the GOP's signature tax law.
The case is State of New Jersey et al v. Mnuchin et al, 19-cv-06642.
— With assistance from Josh Wingrove
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 Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau (ZDA): Die Trägerschaft des ZDA setzt sich zusammen aus der Universität Zürich, der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, der Stadt Aarau und dem Kanton Aargau.

Personen
An der PH FHNW sind über 680 Mitarbeitende angestellt, die über 3600 Studierende ausbilden und rund 30'000 Lehrpersonen in Weiterbildungskursen betreuen. Seit März 2022 hat Guido McCombie die Stelle des Direktors der PH FHNW inne. Zuvor leitete Sabina Larcher Klee die Hochschule (2015–2022). 2006 bis 2015 war Hermann Forneck Direktor der PH FHNW.

Angebote
Die Angebote orientieren sich am vierfachen Leistungsauftrag der Fachhochschulen, der Ausbildung, Forschung, Weiterbildung und Dienstleistungen umfasst. Im Zentrum steht die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrpersonen.

Ausbildung
Die PH FHNW bietet Ausbildungsgänge für Lehrpersonen aller Schulstufen an:
 Bachelor-Studiengang «Kindergarten- und Unterstufe»
 Bachelor-Studiengang «Primarstufe»
 Bachelor- und Master-Studiengang «Sekundarstufe I»
 Diplom-Studiengang «Sekundarstufe II»
 Bachelor-Studiengang «Logopädie»
 Master-Studiengang «Sonderpädagogik»
Seit 2021 bietet die PH FHNW die Studienvariante Quereinstieg für berufserfahrene Personen über 30 Jahren an (Kindergarten-/Unterstufe, Primarstufe, Sekundarstufe I).

Ab dem Herbstsemester 2023 ermöglicht die PH FHNW mit der Studienvariante BachelorPlus/MasterPlus im letzten Studiendrittel die Verbindung einer professionell begleiteten Anstellung im Schulfeld mit einem auf den Berufseinstieg abgestimmten Teilzeitstudium.

Weiterbildung und Beratung
Der Leistungsauftrag Weiterbildung wird in den Angebotsformen Weiterbildung und Beratung durch das Institut Weiterbildung und Beratung (IWB) verantwortet.  Die Angebote richten sich nach dem Bedarf der Schulen und der Bildungspolitik und nehmen die Bedürfnisse der (potenziellen) Teilnehmenden und Organisationen auf. Die Angebote sind strukturell in drei Zentren mit entsprechenden Organisationseinheiten verortet:

 Zentrum Professionen im Schulfeld
 Fachdidaktische Vertiefungen
 Führung und Qualitätsmanagement
 Kurse & Tagungen
 Vielfalt, Sonderpädagogik und Begabungsförderung
 Zentrum Organisationen im Schulfeld
 Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Beratungsstelle Gesundheitsbildung und Prävention sowie Beratungsstelle Umweltbildung
 Digitale Medien und Informatik in Schule und Unterricht – imedias
 Unterrichtsentwicklung und Lernbegleitung – schul-in
 Schulentwicklung
 Theaterpädagogik

 Zentrum Hochschulen und ausserschulische Bildung
 Berufseignungsassessment
 Beratungsausbildung
 Hochschullehre

Forschung und Entwicklung
Im Bereich Forschung und Entwicklung bearbeitet die PH FHNW verschiedene Fragen aus der Bildungspraxis und entwickelt aus den Forschungsergebnissen gut anwendbare Formate für das Berufsfeld, die Politik und die Gesellschaft. Das Institut Forschung und Entwicklung (IFE) ist in fünf Forschungszentren organisiert:

 Zentrum Lehrer*innenbildungsforschung
 Zentrum Lernen und Sozialisation
 Zentrum Lesen – Lesen, Medien, Sprache
 Zentrum Naturwissenschafts- und Technikdidaktik
 Zentrum Politische Bildung und Geschichtsdidaktik

Dienstleistungen
Zu den Dienstleistungen der PH FHNW gehören:
 Beratungen und Coaching für Schulleitende
 Evaluationen
 Fachdidaktische Kurzberatung
 Fachstelle Digitales Lehren und Lernen in der Hochschule
 History Helpline
 Q2E (Qualität durch Evaluation und Entwicklung)
 RessourcenPlus R+ (Anforderungen und Ressourcen im Lehrberuf)
 Ausgleichsmassnahmen für Lehrpersonen mit einem ausländischen Diplom

Geschichte
Die PH FHNW entstand als Teil der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz am 1. Januar 2006. Sie ging aus der Fusion der Pädagogischen Hochschule Aargau, der Pädagogischen Hochschule Solothurn und der Hochschule für Pädagogik und Soziale Arbeit beider Basel (HPSABB) hervor.

Gründungsdaten der Vororganisationen:
 1822: Eröffnung des kantonalen Lehrerseminars Aargau
 1845: Gründung des Schullehrerseminars im Kanton Solothurn
 1847: Gründung des Lehrerseminars Wettingen
 1873: Gründung des Lehrerseminars im Kanton Basel-Stadt
 1966: Gründung des Lehrerseminars im Kanton Basel-Landschaft

Inhalte
Die Studiengänge der PH orientieren sich an den folgenden vier Studienbereichen:

 Erziehungswissenschaften
 Fachwissenschaften
 Fachdidaktik
 Berufspraktische Studien

Forschungsberichte
Der jährliche Forschungsbericht der PH FHNW (herausgegeben bis 2017/18) stellte eine Auswahl von Projekten unter einem Schwerpunktthema vor und bot einen Überblick über die Forschungs- und Entwicklungstätigkeit an der Pädagogischen Hochschule FHNW. Die Projekte orientierten sich am Berufsfeld Schule und Unterricht und stellen Institution und Organisation von Schule einerseits und das pädagogisch didaktische Handeln andererseits ins Zentrum. Seit 2018/19 gibt die PH FHNW einen kürzer gefassten Überblick über die Forschungsprojekte heraus.

Literatur
 Lucien Criblez, Peter Gautschi, Pia Hirt Monica, Rudolf Künzli, Oswald Merkli, Peter Metz: Erfolgreicher Abschluss des Tertiarisierungsprozesses. Die Integration der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung ins Hochschulsystem, in: René Bortolani (Hg.): Die Schule im Glashaus. Entstehung und Entwicklung der Fachhochschule Aargau Nordwestschweiz, Baden: Hier und Jetzt 2006, S. 94–109.

Weblinks
 Website der Pädagogischen Hochschule FHNW
 Beratungsstelle für Medienpädagogik und ICT im Unterricht
 Fachstelle Digitales Lehren und Lernen in der Hochschule

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"I'm not throwing 3000 people out of work two weeks before Christmas." This is how Aaron Feuerstein explained why he kept paying his factory workers their wages after the Lawrence, Massachusetts textile mill he owned burned to the ground in December 1995. In many media interviews occasioned by his compassionate magnanimity, he said he was motivated by Jewish tradition.
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"Mondegreen" signifies a phrase in a poem or song, which is misheard by the listener and replaced with another expression that may significantly alter the meaning of the original. The term is taken from the Scottish ballad, "The Bonnie Earl O'Moray." The verse "They have slain the Earl o' Moray/And layd him on the green" was mistaken for "They have slain the Earl o' Moray...
Basketball coaching legend John Wooden said, "The true test of one's character is what you do when no one is watching." This sentiment has a long history and deep roots in Jewish morality.
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Physician-author Dr. David Perlmutter, though viewed by many as controversial, elicited little dissent when he wrote: "Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer."
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On Thursday, an Israeli-led resolution calling for a clear definition of Holocaust denial and concrete steps to fight it, passed the...


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Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Commercial Legacies
Commercial Firms
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Historical Legacies
Imperial Legacies
Physical Legacies
Political Legacies
Rt Rev. Henry Phillpotts
Profile & Legacies Summary
6th May 1778 - 18th Sep 1869
Claimant or beneficiary
The Bishop of Exeter and three others appear in the compensation records for Whitney and Rymesbury in Clarendon and New Yarmouth in Vere, all in Jamaica, because they were trustees and executors of the will of John William Ward, Earl of Dudley (q.v.)
Son of Henry Phillpotts of Bridgwater; matriculated Corpus Christi 07/11/1791 aged 13; fellow Magdalen 1795-1804; BA 1795; MA 179; BD and DD 1821; chaplain to Bishop of Durham 1806; Vicar of Kilmersdon 1804, Bishop Middleham 1805, Stanton-le-Street 1806, Rector Gateshead 1808, preb of Durham 1810-20, rector of Stanhope in Weardale 1820, dean of Chester 1828, visitor Exeter College 1831 and bishop of Exeter 1831, died 1869.
Note that beside being Bishop of Exeter from 1831 to 1869, Phillpots was also a Canon of Durham from 1831 to 1869 (and received emoluments associated with that). Originally the bishop had hoped to continue to receive the emoluments from Stanhope, near Durham (one of the wealthiest benefices in the country), where he had been rector, but the Government did not allow it. Instead, the Bishop of Durham arranged for one of his Canons to move to Stanhope, so that the bishop could take his stall in Durham Cathedral.
Ever since Eric Williams discovered the bishop's name in the compensation records, several authors have claimed that the bishop was a slave owner, but there is no evidence of this. His name does not appear in the Jamaica Almanacs or in the Slave Registers. On the other hand, his brother Thomas (q.v.) was a slave owner in Jamaica and appears frequently in those records.
T71/859 Clarendon nos. 284 and 320; T71/857 Vere no. 70. He is given as 'Philpotts' in these records. See separate entry for John William Ward, Earl of Dudley (q.v.) for details of his will. See Morning Post 31/12/1862 for an interesting obituary of Phillpotts.
CCEd [database online] Person ID: 28960, sourced to Foster.
Email from Peter Wingfield-Digby 23/10/2019. The role of Phillpots at Durham can be seen in the Clergy Lists.
For more on Thomas Phillpots see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs//media-new/pdfs/phillpottsslaveowner.pdf. For an example of continued references to Henry Phillpots as a slave-owner see Nigel Pocock and Victoria Cook, 'The business of enslavement', BBC History in depth http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/slavery_business_gallery_03.shtml [accessed 30/04/2012]: 'Phillpotts and three business associates invested in slave plantations in Jamaica, and when slavery was abolished they were paid compensation for the loss of 665 slaves. A bishop personally owning slaves must have been a powerful legitimating tool for Caribbean interests in Britain.'
We are grateful to Peter Wingfield-Digby for his assistance with compiling this entry.
Absentee?
Name in compensation records
Rt. Hon. Rev. H. Philpotts
Oxford (Corpus Christi) [1791-1795 ]
Associated Claims (3)
Jamaica Clarendon 284 (Whitney)
£5,480 13s 1d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
Jamaica Clarendon 320 (Rymesbury)
£2,412 6s 8d
Jamaica Vere 70 (New Yarmouth Estate)
Associated Estates (1)
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association
06/05/1833 [SD] - → Trustee
Rymesbury [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
Legacies Summary
Thomas Phillpotts
Exeter, Devon, Devon & Cornwall, England
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Relationships [1]
Addresses [1]
Colin Campbell Lloyd (née Baillie)
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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'Driver, cold morning'
One of over 300 drawings of landscapes and enslaved people in Jamaica by William Berryman, 1808-1815.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Rt Rev. Henry Phillpotts', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/18347 [accessed 22nd January 2020].
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You Can Take My Life – But You'll Never Take My Castle
Waaaay back in 2012 our very own Brian Baglow dubbed Scotland the 'Mobile Tower Defence Capital of the World'. At that point, weirdly, several companies across Scotland were producing the popular defend-em-up genre, and doing it rather well. Like Hollywood movies featuring giant killer asteroids, or the more recent TikTok tortilla 'hack', it seemed to be a product of the time.
However, there's a lot to love here – especially if you're a TD fan (we are, WE ARE). So we thought a quick roundup of the best tower defence games from Scotland would be a lovely way to kick off your day.
Oh and there's one which was NOT made in Scotland, but really really wishes that it was – so very hard that we couldn't help but include it. You'll recognise it. It's the Scottish one…
Monkeys, Balloons And Darts, Oh MY!
Arguably the biggest Tower Defence franchise ever! If you also include the proviso that it must contain monkeys. The Bloons franchise has reached millions with it's cartoony aesthetic and 'just one more level' addictive nature. Who doesn't want to command a monkey army to defend against an encroaching balloon menace?!
For the three people in the world who haven't played a Bloons Tower Defence game, the premise is simple. You'll start a level with an empty field, on which a path is drawn out. Your goal is to strategically place dart wielding monkeys (ranging from regular, to ninjas and even superheroes) and defensive weaponry to stop an ever growing amount of balloons from reaching the end of the path.
This franchise comes from Ninja Kiwi, who's Dundee-based studio has been making lovely monkey-based games since 2007 and is showing no signs of slowing down. With it's timeless pick-up-and-play, addictive design (to be honest, I started redownloading Balloons TD 5 while writing this article), Bloons is here to stay and we, collectively, should be very grateful.
They're Coming Out The God Damned Walls
Let me ask you a question, who doesn't like taking on waves of aliens in a seemingly endless battle for intergalactic supremacy? Aliens are here and they are not the friendly, slightly awkward, hiding in a closet full of toys E.T, your-best-friend-from-space kind. They have arrived with one goal, invasion! And possibly probing. It's up to you to stop them and defend the earth.
Are you up to the challenge? Outplay Entertainment is the giant floating brain-in-a-jar behind the wonderful Alien Creeps, a classic TD game chock-a-block with fiendishly difficult levels, awesome upgradable hardware and endless waves of aliens which make Starship Trooper's giant bugs look like, umm, smaller, less scary bugs.
With over 20 million downloads world wide Alien Creeps is definitely one to look out for. You can download this title – free – for your mobile device and start fighting back against alien invaders in mere minutes!
If you prefer your ravening hordes a little more Lord of the Rings to Star Wars, don't worry Outplay has your back there too. The company's Castle Creeps takes the laser-wielding aliens out and replaces them with orcs, weird monsters, spellcasting and bold adventurers. Swords, axes and bows will be your weapons of choice against ye classic Tolkein-esque monsters in this equally impressive fantasy tower defence title.
The Creeps franchise, from Outplay Entertainment, can be downloaded on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App Store.
You Sunk my BattleShip
Released back in 2012, this tower defence title, from Dundee's Cobra Mobile, can boast 'very positive' reviews on Steam. It also reduces our editor to giddy reminisence, about the several times he's completed the game, only to be outfoxed on the very last level of the seriously-bloody-difficult last level. For the sake of his blood pressure, we think you should give it a go…
Thus far we've spoken about games in which you fight against, marauding monsters, attacking aliens and even shit-your-pants-scary balloons. However, we haven't had a good old fashioned WWII blow-stuff-up type of game. If you've been reading this thinking, 'Yes. This is all well and good but when can I destroy tanks, troops, fighter planes, and sink battleships?' your search is over.
The sequel to the equally impressive and similarly destructive iBomber Defense, iBomber Defense Pacific is described in the game's trailer as 'old-school tower defence tactics, tuned to perfection' and that we can categorically confirm. It's good solid, cigar-chomping, take-the-hill-men, SAS-em-up FUN. All of the iBomber titles can certainly scratch your TD itch, but we'll recommend Pacfic Defence as the pinnacle of the series so far (Cobra – if you are not working on the new iBomber TD game, we'll have to listen to Brian banging on and on about this one until the end of time. Please, for our sake, make another one. Thank you).
Available on Steam, Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
A Yeti Attacked Us, No Breakfast Buffet: 1 Star!
Ooooooh God! How to describe Bad Hotel? The game's developer, Lucky Frame, describes it as a 'music generation tower defence game' but even that may leave you scratching you head. Forget EVERYTHING that you read above. The Tower Defence genre is not stuck in the realms of aliens, orcs, elves, catastrophic global conflicts, or naughty balloons. No, you can now enjoy a tower defence game set in the world of professional holiday accommodation. Yes, years before AirBnB became a 'thing', Edinburgh's Lucky Frame reimagined the whole genre, set it to funky beats, and produced the BAFTA award-winning Bad Hotel.
Where to even being? Essentially you play a hotel owner trying to literally build a business as the tyrannical Tarnation Tadstock send his army of rats, seagulls… and yeti (yes, you read that right, actual Yeti) to destroy your building. The goal is to build your hotel as quickly and sensibly as possible while fighting back the waves of enemies. The really cool thing about this title is the music however, the game will generate a soundtrack based on the player's actions and decisions. On Lucky Frame's website this feature is described as:
The Player becomes the composer, creating complex musical structures to defend their hotel. A vast variety of music can be generated, from delicate beach chillout to country banjo techno.
Lucky Frame
COUNTRY. BANJO. TECHNO. Essentially if iBomber seemed too sensible to you, or you're not convinced that balloons are truly and inherently evil, Bad Hotel will take you to a very (very) different place.
Bad Hotel is available on Steam
Defend the Highlands – You May Take our lives but you'll never take our Porridge!
OK cards on the table time. Defend the Highlands was not developed in Scotland. Far from it. Literally. The Australian development studio Kilted Camel produced this endearing culture clash back in 2015.
'What's this game about?' I hear you ask, to which my answer is, read the title.
The game isn't afraid to address the complex relationships between the four nations of the United Kingdom in the 21st century. So you'll recruit (bearded) warriors from all over bonnie Scotland to fight off teapot-wielding Englishmen, Sheep-riding Walshmen, and Irish potato farmers.
The subtle stereotyping doesn't stop there however. Your weapons include mighty porridge cannons, turnip turrets and, for some reason, cheese wheels! You will need to recruit more Scotsmen to man these highly technical machines of war however, so break out the bagpipes (yes, you play the pipes to gather more troops). What's not to love?
Hard drinking and amazing accents are included – at no added cost. The game has even spawned a sequel, with Defend The Highlands: World Tour, also available, in which the Scots embark upon a fremen-like jihad, meets a drunken stag party weekend, as they liberate their oppressed brothers around the world.
We really cannot think why this game wasn't made in Scotland…
You can find Defend the Highlands on Steam.
There you have it. It was a magical time. We, however briefly, had a 'thing'. What will be the next emergent trend from Scotland's vibrant games sector? We're kinda hoping it's Real Time Strategy, or maybe Interactive Fiction. Whatever it is, fingers crossed it doesn't rely upon porridge as a resource.
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Downing Street digital chief David Tomchak joins Evening Standard to head up website editorial team
Teaching assistant says she was sacked for talking to press about story unconnected to her job
BBC crew assaulted and forced to sign 'confession' for trying to interview Chinese parliamentary petitioner
BBC journalists were roughed up by local government "thugs" and compelled to sign a confession after trying to interview a Chinese woman seeking to petition the Government over an alleged miscarriage of justice.
Yang Linghua claims her father was beaten to death in a land dispute and wants to petition the annual Chinese parliamentary session for justice.
Last night the BBC showed footage of correspondent John Sudworth and his crew being roughed up outside the women's house and prevented from meeting them.
Sudworth had written about how the annual meeting of the parliament is a magnet for petitioners with personal grievances, but the Beijing authorities seem intent on keeping them away.
"It would rather keep this ragged army of the dispossessed away from its carefully choreographed piece of political theatre and so provincial officials the length and breadth of the land, are tasked with stopping petitioners making the journey."
He added: "As soon as we arrived in Yang Linghua's village it was clear they were expecting us.
"The road to her house was blocked by a large group of people and, within a few minutes, they'd assaulted us and smashed all of our cameras."
"After we left the village, we were chased down and had our car surrounded by a group of about 20 thugs.
"They were then joined by some uniformed police officers and two officials from the local foreign affairs office, and under the threat of further violence, we were made to delete some of our footage and forced to sign the confession."
He said that petitioner Yang Linghua was then placed under apparent house arrest and has now "disappeared".
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Hang on a minute, aren't these the same Chinese folk who Osborne virtually begged to finance our nuclear fuel reactor programme; later endorsed, after a small bout of indigestion, by the present PM?


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Article from the "Otago Witness" about the Alexandra District High School Celebrations
This article is from the Otago Witness of 16 March 1926, describing the celebrations that took place over several days for the Jubilee Celebrations. This article is in addition to the main article featured elsewhere in the same newspaper. Both Bethia Breingans and William Bringans are mentioned (with the name spelled as Brignans).
March	13. - Alexandra District High School Celebrations. - These notes are written with the object of supplementing the official report that appears elsewhere in this issue of the Witness.
The key-note of the whole gathering was intense enthusiasm that seemed to permeate the whole proceedings - an enthusiasm that went a long way to make the various functions connected with the celebrations the most successful that have ever been carried out in the history of Alexandra. Every one, visitors and townsfolk, declared that they had enjoyed, themselves to the utmost. Great praise is due to the energetic committee that had put in so much hard work in order to fittingly celebrate the jubilee, The outside of the school was gaily decorated with flags suspended in lines from main school to infant room. Over the gateway was erected an arch with "Welcome" in large letters, while from the flagpole flew the Union Jack with the New Zealand Ensign immediately below it. Each classroom was also decorated, and here there appeared to be great friendly rivalry for each standard tried to make its room look the best. Bunches of flowers, garlands of flowers, streamers, and flags all added to make the rooms bright and gay, and changed them from sombre schoolrooms into enchanted bowers of fairyland. By half-past one on Monday most of the visitors had arrived and were assembled in the rector's room, which is the oldest room of the school, "That's where I used to sit," "There's my corner," "What have they done with the old clock?" "I wonder it my Initials are still on that desk" "how strangely familiar the old room seems," and so on was heard on all sides from the band of happy men and women who became once more boys and girls of long ago.
After a few words of welcome from the president of the Reunion Committee, Mr Charles Weaver, and from the chairman of' the school committed, Mr Wm. Brignans, the rector briefly outlined the day's programme, and requested each ex-pupil to hand in his, or her name papers previously supplied. They were then invited to inspect the school and see the children at work. First the Technical School was invaded, where pupils were engaged at their various tasks. The girls In the cookery room, looking smart in their caps and aprons, were busily engaged in making some of the good things that the visitors were to sample a little later on. In the woodwork room boys were hard at it hammering, sawing, planing, chiselling, all at work with a preoccupied air as if the whole fabrication of the celebrations depended on their industry and assiduity. No thought of "down tools" here, no vexed questions between employer and employee, no threat of strike except the strikes the wood received from these zealous carpenters and builders. In the science room pupils of the high school were learnedly discoursing to the ex-pupils what a vacuum is, how plants obtain their nourishment, etc., etc., and were illustrating their discourses by various scientific experiments. Here was one lad showing wonders of the microscopic world by means of a powerful microscope; here another was weighing infinitesimally small objects by means of a delicate balance; here another was showing air pressure by means of an air pump, while others were showing how oxygen, hydrogen. C.O2 hydrochloric gas were formed. Boys of the primary and secondary departments were busy with spade and rake and hoe outside in the school garden and were hard at it as if their very existence depended on it, and never stopped a moment to rest, at least while visitors or teachers were near by. Then over the Infant room trooped the ex-pupils, and didn't the wee tots "do themselves proud!" Johnny was busy making plasticine models of leaves and flowers and other strange things. Tommy was doing chalk drawing on the blackboards; Mary was in her element paper-folding. Some were sewing, stick laying, all were industrious, bright, happy, and proud to show their ma's and pa's and uncles and aunts what clever little people they were. Then they sang their school songs, and wished they could have a jubilee every day. One little mite called the reunion the "art union!" So doth the present influence of the raffle influence us all! Visitors wandered through, the various standard rooms, where again they found the pupils busy doing their best to do their bit towards the celebrations. Truly it was a day of rejoicing; but the most joyous time, from the present-day pupils' point of view was at the flag saluting ceremony, when the chairman of the school committee announced a half-holiday for the next day and a whole one for the day following that The mighty shout that rent the welkin showed how truly they appreciated this glorious piece of good news.
After everybody had been photographed, ex-pupils again assembled in their old schoolroom to the "roll call." Then the fun was fast and furious. The pleasant banter that went on between Mr F. S. Aldred, the oldest head master present, and the rector, Mr W. H. Mechaelis, contributed not a little to the mirth of the gathering. "By Jove, It's a regular pantomime," one ex-pupil was heard afterwards to remark. "Those two fellows ought to go on the vaudeville!" Votes of thanks, accompanied with the most enthusiastic singing of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow were passed to Mr Weaver (president lent of the jubilee celebrations), Mr P. Weaver (oldest ex-pupil present), Mr Hillhouse (ex-pupil who came from the furthest distance to be present, right from Fremantle WA:), Mr Aldred (ex headmaster), Mrs Dewar (nee Miss Bertha Brignans, mistress in Mr Aldred's time, who, as a resident of Alexandra, was largely responsible for the success of the celebrations), and to Mr Mechaelis (present-day rector). Then an adjournment was made to the Technical School, where afternoon tea was served by the senior girls. Here a happy and informal hour was spent by the ex-pupils as they chatted one with the other and discussed old times at the school, old pranks they played, renewed old acquaintances, became boys and girls again, and took good care to discuss fully the good things before them, with which the tables were laden.
'Twas well after five by now, but none minded in the least for having been "kept in" so late. One and all now eagerly looked forward towards the evening's entertainment that was to be held in the town hail, which had previously been decorated by the younger local ex-pupils, who had enthusiastically undertaken their share towards making a success of the celebrations. At this function a number of speeches of a reminiscent nature were delivered by quite a number of ex-pupils. Perhaps the most marvellous one of the lot was that delivered by Mr T. Beck, who displayed an astonishingly accurate memory, and who made present-day teachers wish he were a little boy again and a member of the present roll of pupils. What a fine specimen he would have been to, trot out on examination day, when the ogre of the school, the inspector, makes his yearly visit. The ovation that Mr Aldred received must have made him a proud and happy man. Long may he be spared to enjoy the memory of his triumph. Mr Hillhouse made a most happy speech, and rounded it off by jingling on the old apology of a hall piano a piece of ragtime that he seemed to enjoy fully as much as his appreciative listeners did. A short but happy speech by the rector caused the whole assembly to roar with delight. The following ladies and gentlemen contributed to the musical part of the programme: Mrs Brown (nee Aldred), Mrs Iversen, Mrs Appleton, Mrs Aldred and Mrs McGeorge nee Aldred (duet), Mr C Weaver and Mr Hillhouse. By the time the happy band of ex-pupils were ready for supper it was near midnight. The way again those ex-pupils demolished the good things spread out for them made one think they had utterly forgotten of their previous attack at afternoon tea in the Technical School. Then they had a dance, and grey-headed ex-pupils mixed with later-day ex-pupils and fox-trotted and one-stepped, and two-stepped, and side-stepped, and now and then false-stepped, to their heart's content. They were all young once more, and enjoyed themselves to the utmost.
The picnic on the Tuesday afternoon in the recreation grounds was another joyous time. It was the present-day pupils' part, of it, but the	ex-pupils appeared to enjoy it equally as well as they did. There were races to suit them all, and some mighty big fields were witnessed. Much amusement was caused by the motor tyre races. -Where on earth did the boys obtain those motor tyres? They seemed to be legion. One wondered if any motor cars that day had to trundle home on three wheels. Talk about speeding, collisions, reckless driving, those motor tyre races were epics on that score. But the feature of the sports was a football match in the blazing sun between ex-pupils and present pupils. Great big burly grey-headed men stood up against the redoubtable school- boys. - It was wonderful to see a diminutive schoolboy throw his ounces or weight into a scrum and endeavour to push as if he meant it. It was the flea against the elephant. It was grand to see the small boy endeavour to collar low his giant opponent, and sometimes bring him down while the spectators laughed themselves hoarse at the sight. Who won? Let that rest in oblivion. Another outstanding event was a race of 35 yards between an ex-pupil and a present-day pupil who generously gave his opponent five yards start. Again, who won? Echo answers, "Who?"
The celebrations were brought to a conclusion on the Tuesday evening with a ball in the town hall, which was crowded to the door. Mr F. S. Aldred and Mrs Dewar, oldest ex-teachers present, led off in the grand march. Previous to this, a pleasing little ceremony took place when Mr C. Weaver presented Mrs Dewar with beautiful bouquet and Mr Aldred with a buttonhole. Mr Aldred thanked those assembled, on behalf of Mrs Dewar and himself, for their kindly act of appreciation. On Friday morning Mr Aldred paid an informal visit to the Alexandra District High School the scene of his early-labours for the cause of education. He visited each of the room and in each case delivered bright and interesting addresses to the pupils. A very pleasing part of this function was his shaking hands with each scholar whose father or mother he had taught in bygone days [and in] one or two cases he had actually taught [their] grandparents. Hearty cheers were g[iven to] their visitor, who expressed his keen [ ] at being present at the school and s[ ] pupils once more at their tasks.
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Irarrázaval est une station des lignes 3 et 5 du métro de Santiago, située dans la commune de Ñuñoa.

Situation

Sur la ligne 3, elle se situe entre Matta à l'ouest, en direction de Los Libertadores, et Monseñor Eyzaguirre à l'est, en direction de Fernando Castillo Velasco.

Sur la ligne 5, elle se situe entre Santa Isabel au nord, en direction de Plaza de Maipú, et Ñuble au sud, en direction de Vicente Valdés.

Elle est établie sous l'intersection des avenues Irarrázaval et Général-Bustamente.

Historique
La station est ouverte le  lors de la mise en service de la première section de la ligne 5 entre Baquedano et Bellavista de La Florida.

Le , la ligne 3 est ouverte à la circulation, en correspondance avec la ligne 5.

Service des voyageurs
La station comprend quatre accès dont deux sont équipés d'ascenseurs.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des stations du métro de Santiago

Lien externe

Ligne 3 du métro de Santiago
Ligne 5 du métro de Santiago
Station du métro de Santiago
Station de métro mise en service en 1997


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Drinks-led operators more optimistic about future than restaurants
11-Jul-2019 - Last updated on 11-Jul-2019 at 10:37 GMT
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A survey of 140 hospitality business leaders has found more than a quarter believe their company has under-performed in the last six months.
The findings, in the latest CGA Fourth Business Confidence Survey, are based on respondents working at senior management level in June.
It marks an increase of 9% from CGA's last confidence study in Q4 2018, when 20% said their business was performing below expectations.
A third say they are planning refurbishments across more sites this year than last, with only 14% planning fewer.
There was also muted optimism for the rest of the year. Nearly half (45%) of those surveyed think consumers will eat and drink out less often in the next six months than they do now, while just 9% predict they will do so more often.
But 61% of respondents from drinks-led businesses say they feel optimistic about the market going forward, compared to just 33% of food-led businesses.
CGA group chief executive Phil Tate says: "Our survey suggests that for many big brands in the sector, the aim for the second half of 2019 will be to preserve market share and invest in current assets ahead of new openings.
"The patchy optimism among food-led business leaders confirms that 2019 has been a rough ride, with casual dining operators buffeted by ferocious headwinds and several high-profile brands struggling. But leaders of drink-led businesses clearly feel they have much more to look forward to—a sign that after many years of pub closures and restaurant expansion, the tables have turned."
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Symbolism in Charlotte Bronte´s Jane Eyre
Dialectical Journal: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Bronte uses the moon as a metaphor to symbolize change in the novel. It is a representation of foreshadowing, because it is cuing that a change is about to occur before it actually does. Bronte mentions the moon when a new change is about to occur, such as when Jane first meets Rochester. I believe that the fact that the moon is waxing in the sky, rather than waning, is a metaphorical foreshadow that there is about to be a good change in her life. When the moon waxes it gets bigger and brighter, symbolizing that the change ahead of her will be big and bright.
Again, the moon is used as a metaphor to symbolize change. It is a representation of foreshadowing. After Rochester proposes to Jane, it states that the moon is not yet set in the sky. Although we are led to believe that this proposal will lead to the change of the two of them becoming a married couple, the positioning of the moon is a spoiler that unfortunately there will be no change. I think that it is foreshadowing the problem with the wedding and how they do not actually marry.
Food is used in this novel as a metaphor for want and need. It is representing the want for personal growth. When Jane is at Lowood school the food supply is very minimal and she and the other girls often go hungry. When she begins accomplishing things at the school and making friends, she focuses less on her hunger. My opinion on this is that shortly after arriving to Lowood school, Jane is still striving to grow, personally just as she is craving food. But as she begins to make friends and do good in her classes, she finds herself thinking less of her appetite.
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As the novel progresses we meet three different characters of religion: Helen, St. John, and Mr. Brucklehurst. Jane dismisses all three of the religious views shown by these three. Throughout the novel Jane questions her faith and idea of religion, until after a while she comes to her own conclusion and creates her own beliefs. Helen does not fear her death and shows little care about her life on earth because she believes heaven is more important. Mr. Brucklehurst is cruel and strict because of his religious beliefs. St. John chooses to deny the love of his life and attempt to marry a women he does not love because he feels that he must stay faithful to his God. Unlike the three religious people in her life, Jane learns to balance her faith in God and her love for the mortal world.
The Importance Of An Extrasolar Planet
Imagine the power of technology hundreds of years from now. Imagine the feats we can accomplish with this technology and then the earth moon seems possible. That is, of course, if we find one there. None of these ideas could happen if this moon earth does not exist. I guess one could say that we hope this earth moon does exist because the human race might depend on it one day.
Star Traveling To The Millennium
Movies such as Star Wars and Planet of the Apes have helped fuel our desire to get off the planet earth, find new life forms, and conquer the stars. Science-fiction dreams of worlds beyond our solar system have taken on a more realistic aspect since astronomers discovered that the universe contains planets in surprisingly large numbers. Studying those distant planets might show how special Earth really is and tell us more about our place in the universe (NASA homepage). Finding a planet that can support human life would revolutionize our society into the Jetson's. These ideas are soon to become our realities.
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Mars is our best chance for inspiring generations to create new things and solve world problems. Human survival and the advancements of technologies and inspiration is inevitable through space travel to mars. Therefore, humanity must make the next big step of mars exploration for all the good things it holds. Humans have the capability to go to mars. It is just whether or not they decide to go now.
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Pride and Prejudice - Different Attitudes towards Marriage
It makes people think badly of the family and shames them. People knew that Wickham wasn?t in love with Lydia, and that Lydia lives for the excitement. Lydia?s attitude towards marriage was that she enjoys flirting and having a good time, so wasn?t thinking of her future. In the book it says that Mr Wickham?s ?affection for her soon sunk into indifference?. As they were not thinking about love or their future, their marriage is not a happy one and although Lydia likes to brag about being the first one of the daughters to be married, it is predicted she will regret this later.
Women in the Religious Society of Deptford
This action causes a big uproar because the villagers view this as stealing from her husband's Church. Mary Dempster's kindness and generosity of spirit are definitely viewed by them as major character flaws. Also, as noted by the Bookrags study guide, Mary's refusal to take her husband's fears and securities seriously and her positive attidude and faith that life will work out for the best are not looked upon favourably by the villagers. They believe she is too simple and silly to understand her husband's fears. When breast-feeding her infant, Mary is not concerned about covering up.
Little Love in Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Lucas will marry to solidify her life, not because she loves, for many people are unkind about her ability to marry well; thus after her marriage to Mr. Collins, she spends all of her time avoiding him. Charlotte knows that even though she wants to marry more than anything in the world, she does not expect love to come about; thus, she decides that it is probably even better if you don't know a thing at all about the person you are marrying. While Charlotte is speaking to Elizabeth about her sister, she expressed her opinion as to Jane Bennet's relationship towards a gentleman. She says it is probably better not to study a person because you would probably know as much after twelve months as if she married him the next day. Charlotte even goes as far as to say that "it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life" (p.21).
Advancement of Technology and Science and its Influence on Science Fiction Novels
Even such a notably respectable news source as Newsweek has detailed the future maned missions to Mars (September, 23 1996). When I look forward to the future I can hardly imagine the changes that will occur as a result of new discoveries in science and new technologies. With so m any possibilities for the future, science fiction is able to capitalizes on this by showing the audience entirely new worlds and alternatives to our own. Technology presented in science fiction stories most commonly serves a very important role in the stories plausablilty to the audience. While this does not mean that technology is necessarily the focus of such stories it is often used as the vehicle for which such alternative and wonderous events occur.
Theme Of Love In A Midsummer Night Dream
This is introduces the "moon" as symbolism and imagery, relating the moon to chastity and desire. In modern times the moon was referred to as Artemis, the "ancient virgin goddess" during Midsummers night and Mayday. Theseus is claiming the love or "desire" he craves for his beloved Hippolyta, while Hippoylta is saying that the day will turn into night, then turn into his dreams which will pass the time to their wedding. The moon is also used in a symbolic way after four other main characters are introduced: Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia, and Helena. Egeus, Hermia's father believes that Demetrius is the fairest suitor for Hermia and they should be wed by
The Moon In A Midsummer Night's Dream Analysis
(1.1.6-11 (Shakespeare and ... ... middle of paper ... ...moon, therefore creating the image of the 'Man in the Moon': STARVELING: This lantern doth the horned moon present; Myself the Man i'th' Moon do seem to be. (5.1.235-236 (Shakespeare and Brooks)) Thus the moon takes on another more comical and amusing role in contrast to the darker, more serious roles it holds towards the other groups. Conclusion Returning to the introduction, the moon is not only ever present, it actively influences the proceedings throughout the play, not only connecting characters, but also giving them agency for their actions. Shakespeare once again displays his dexterity with imagery through his manifold portrayals of the moon; one moment merely the indicator of time, the next a symbol of the goddess Diana, at once a symbol of order and chaos, of happiness and discord, fertility and chastity, it encompasses all that transpires on the stage.
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In healthcare, job proficiency can have a direct impact on patient experience, safety, and outcomes. From customer service to the CMO, the ability to collect and correctly interpret patient information is critical to making good decisions about next steps.
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No matter how far along you are in developing new training programs – or any ongoing training for that matter – each person taking the course brings a different set of skills and competencies. A "one size fits all" approach to training sometimes doesn't fit anyone, and resulting proficiency gains (or lack thereof) can have significant consequences in healthcare.
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We have many customers that deliver medical education programs for doctors and nurses designed to reinforce critical thinking for diagnosis. This training often includes a patient case presented with test results, patient history, behavior and visual cues. Using short, purpose-built challenges, our customers are seeing long-term proficiency improvements in critical areas of patient safety, including prescription medication adherence, sepsis prevention and reduction in costs for HIPPA and Joint Commission compliance.
Coaching can be one of the most effective ways to improve job performance and talent development however is typically limited by time. As such, we need to help our managers make time for coaching and get the most impact from their coaching time.
In addition to understanding the underlying motivators for each person, it's also imperative that coaches have an understanding of individual competencies and behaviors that can be changed for optimum impact. Healthcare professionals are focused on patients; they are busy and not thinking about who and what needs coaching on their teams.
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It's been a long couple of days on US 12 near White Pass after a 500-foot section of the roadway that washed out and closed a 45 mile stretch from Naches to Packwood. We're now happy to report that a single lane will open at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.
Drivers will notice a signal light that will direct alternating single-lane traffic through a quarter-mile area just east of White Pass. If you plan a trip, expect some minor delays through the single-lane detour. Unfortunately, the roadway will remain closed to those driving oversized loads - just can't have you driving through there, yet.
Governor Inslee signed an emergency proclamation on Thursday, Oct. 3 which give us and local agencies the green light to pursue federal emergency relief funds for the fix.
We already have an emergency contractor on board, DBM Inc., of Federal Way, who is working with us to develop a temporary fix so we can get this section back open to two before winter.
Last week's rain storms are to blame for the severe erosion that closed the roadway Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Currently, US 12 remains closed to from just west of Naches at milepost 183, to just east of Packwood at milepost 138. Truckers and other commercial vehicles are not allowed past these closure points. Locals going west can get to recreational areas and businesses along US 12 up to the west end near of Rimrock Lake and those going east can get up to the summit of White Pass.
Until we get a single-lane open, you will need to use SR 410 andSR 123 as an alternate route. Remember these routes don't allow oversized loads, and it's already had a dusting of snow earlier this week, so please be prepared for winter driving.
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