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The Art of the Northern Renaissance by Craig Harbison (1995)
The period covered is 1400 to 1600.
'Northern' means north-west of the Alps, excluding Eastern Europe which had its own development, and Spain, ditto. So it includes the many different little German medieval states, France, but especially the northern part of the Duchy of Burgundy (modern-day Netherlands and Belgium). In these rich northern cities the wealth from the wool and textile trade created patrons who wanted paintings of themselves, decorations for their houses, but especially grand altarpieces for the big churches they built.
The Renaissance in Italy was closely linked to a rebirth of interest in classical statuary, architecture and literature, examples of which lay all around its Italian artists. This revival of learning led to new experiments in building in the pure classical style, to the introduction of mathematically precise perspective in painting, along with unprecedented anatomical accuracy in the human form. The paintings, like the architecture, were big, grand, monumental. At its peak, think of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Many Renaissance paintings are vast and use classical architectural features to emphasise their monumentality and to bring out the artist's clever knowledge of perspective. I often find this art sterile.
The Delivery of the Keys fresco (1481–1482) by Pietro Perugino
By contrast, northern art is more continuous with the medieval art which preceded it. Curly Gothic architecture continues to provide its frame of reference and design. The figures often still have the elongated, willowy S-shape of medieval statuary rather than the new, muscular bodies being pioneered in Italy by the likes of Michelangelo et al. Harbison says that northern art of the 15th century is in many ways a transfer of late-medieval innovations in manuscript illustration to the public spaces of altarpieces, painted boards and frescos.
St. John Altarpiece (1474 – 1479) by Hans Memling
What I love northern art for is:
its more flattened, less perspective-obsessed images allow for the surface of the work to be covered by gorgeous decorative schemes, particularly sumptuous fabrics and carpets
it is always teeming with life – there are always tiny figures in the distance riding into a wood or firing a crossbow – every time you look you notice something else
the faces – the people in northern art have much more rugged individuality than in Italian art – another way of saying this is that they are often plain and sometimes positively ugly in a way few Renaissance portraits are
As an example of gorgeousness of decorative design, I suggest Virgin among virgins in the rose garden by the unknown artist known from one of his other works as the Master of the St Lucy Legend.
Virgin among virgins in the rose garden (c.1480)
There's perspective of a sort, in that the wooden pergola covered with climbing roses creates a proscenium arch through which we can see an idealised version of the city of Bruges in the middle distance. But the overall affect of the foreground is more flat than in an Italian work. This brings out the wonderful detail of every leaf and petal of the dense rose hedge behind the characters; and emphasises the decorative layout of those figures, two on either side of the Virgin and in similar poses but with enough variation to please the eye. It allows the eye to rest on the sumptuous gold dress of St Ursula sitting left and contrast it with the plain white dress of St Cecilia sitting right. As to my 'teeming with life' point, I love the tiny figures of the two horse riders departing the city in the distance. In this work, I admit, the faces lack the individuality I mentioned, but I like this kind of demure medieval oval facial style.
Harbison contrasts this northern work with a contemporary Italian work, Madonna and child with saints by Domenico Veneziano (c.1445)
Madonna and child with saints (c.1445) by Domenico Veneziano
For me, all the human figures are dwarfed and subordinated to the ruthless application of the new knowledge of mathematical perspective. I find all those interlocking pillars and arches exhausting. And, ironically, somehow for me this does not give the image the desired depth of field but makes it appear flat and cluttered. The orange trees peeping up over the back wall don't make up for the clinical sterility of the architectural setting. And although the human figures are obviously individualised and their clothes, the folds of their cloaks and gowns, are done with fine accuracy, these aren't enough to overcome what I see as the overall flat, arid, washed-out and sterile effect.
As Harbison puts it:
In place of the clear, open, even and often symmetrical Italian representation, northerners envisioned subtly modulated, veiling and revealing light effects, intriguing nooks and crannies, enclosed worlds of privacy and preciousness. (p.35)
As an exemplar of this Harbison gives Rogier van der Weyden's wonderful three-part St John Altarpiece (1450-60).
St John Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden
The dominant feature in all three scenes in this altarpiece is obviously the Gothic arch. (These repay study by themselves, with a different set of saints and small scenes depicted on each of the three arches.) The three main scenes depict, from left to right, the presentation of the newborn John the Baptist to his father; John the Baptist baptising Jesus; and then John's head being chopped off and given to Salome.
The figures are given quite a lot of individuation, especially the balding executioner with his stockings half fallen down which gives a bizarrely homely touch. But the foreground scenes are really only part of the composition. Equal emphasis is given to the detailed backgrounds of all three. Perspective is used, but not ruthlessly – with enough poetic license to allow the backgrounds to be raised, tilted upwards, so we can see and savour them better.
In the left panel St Elizabeth being tucked into bed (a typically homely northern detail) is good, but better is the deep landscape behind Jesus in the central panel, with its church perched on cliffs on the right in the middle distance and city on a cliff in the remote distance left. But best of all is the right-hand panel, where our eye is drawn by the steps and tiled floors of King Herod's palace, complete with a lounger staring out a window, a bored dog lying near the table where courtiers appear to be feasting.
And, as always, at the very bottom, in the corners, the humble, everyday, weedy flowers of northern Europe which I love so much.
The St John Altarpiece is a prime example of the richness of detail which characterises northern art and makes it – to me – so much more enjoyable, homely, decorative and domestic – funny, even, with its wealth of humanist touches.
The Art of the Northern Renaissance
The book is divided into four parts addressing different topics:
Physical production & original location
Religious behaviour and ideals
Italy and the North.
Within these there are 35 separate sections addressing issues like 'artist and patron', 'manuscript illumination', 'the production of a panel painting', 'the pilgrimage', 'landscape imagery', 'the naked body', and so on. From these sections we we learn lots of detail about specific areas of medieval life and their depiction, but nothing which affects the basic thesis that at the core of northern art is, as Harbison puts it, 'a love of detailed description'.
It is as if one is always catching sight of something out of the corner of the eye. The ideal is not simple harmony but complex polyphony. (p.39)
Northern art is fragmentary, interested in detail. Italian art is more unified, classical and spare. Take this masterpiece by Rogier van der Weyden.
The Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1435)
For a start it was a north European convention to depict the Deposition within an architectural frame (cf. The descent from the cross by the Master of the Bartholomew altarpiece) which gives it a kind of continuity with the Gothic architecture of the church where it is located.
I love everything about this painting, the cleverness with which ten human figures are composed so as to make a polyphony without excessive artifice; the colour of the clothes e.g. the olive green and high cord of the woman holding the fainting Mary, the sumptuous fur-lined cloak of the rich burgher (Nicodemus) on the right. Harbison points out the detail of Christ's pierced bloody hand hanging parallel to the Virgin's long white hand, providing a powerful and moving real and symbolic contrast.
And, as always, I love the flowers in the foreground – is that yarrow at bottom left and herb bennet at bottom right? Harbison gives a detailed analysis of another northern masterpiece:
Central panel of the Portinari Altarpiece (c. 1475) by Hugo van der Goes
The detail of daily life, the sense of real people in an actual community, is what I love about this art: the unashamed flat-faced ugliness of the three shepherds, the (married?) couple standing by the gate in the background beside the shepherds; the wrinkled face and hands of old Joseph praying on the left.
As always, flowers in the foreground, here the highly symbolic lilies and irises (symbolising the passion), columbine (representing the Holy Spirit) and three small dark red carnations symbolising the nails of the cross.
Harbison makes the interesting point that the shadows of the two vases fall sharply to the right as if the floor of the stable (incongruously tiled) is almost flat; whereas, somehow behind the sheaf of wheat the floor suddenly tips upwards, presenting a much more flattened surface than strict perspective would suggest – which is then 'decorated' with the various figures. There are perspective points in it, but the painting ignores a strict rule of perspective in order to create a more effective, colourful and 'rhythmic' composition.
Top artists of the northern renaissance
If I summarised every one of Harbison's analyses this post would be as long as the book. Instead here's a quick overview of the key players and some major works:
Early Netherlands masters
Robert Campin (1375 – 1444) 'the first great master of Flemish painting'.
The wonderful Seilern Tryptich can be seen at the Courtauld Gallery in London. I love the gesture of the angel on the right, in the central panel, wiping the tears from his eye in such a naturalistic manner, and the phenomenal detailing of the grass and flowers, as well as the intricacy of the briar hedge on the right panel.
The Portrait of St Veronica is an astonishingly sumptuous, rich and detailed work.
His A man and a woman, two paired works, have to be seen to be believed. They are, for me, the best things in the National Gallery's Renaissance wing. People. Real people.
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 – 1441) The most famous of the early Flemish masters.
The scale, varied composition and sumptuous detailing of the Ghent Altarpiece (1432)
Look at the incredible detail of the Virgin Mary in the Ghent Altarpiece; obviously we are meant to be dazzled by the many jewels in her dress, but I also notice fine details like the folds of flesh at her wrist.
The wonderful naturalism of Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon (1430–1433).
Rogier van der Weyden (1400 – 1464) – 'the most influential Northern painter of the 15th century'
Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet Look at the rings on her fingers.
Hans Memling (c. 1430 – 1494) all of whose madonnas have the same oval, high-browed, smooth white face. It's a slightly acquired taste, but I've come to like them. I like his grace and gentleness.
Virgin with Child between St. James and St. Dominic (1488–1490)
Eve from Trypich of the Virgin and child enthroned
From the generation following the deaths of these early fathers of Netherlands painting comes the one-off genius of Hieronymus Bosch.
Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 – 1516) The religious triptych was the most common format of painting in this period, and Bosch produced at least sixteen, of which eight are fully intact, and another five in fragments. The most famous is the weird and wonderful Garden of earthly delights. No one has adequately explained where his bizarre fantasies came from.
I find the Germans a lot less pleasing than the Flemish or French painters of this period. They lack grace and delicacy. Their depictions of the human body, especially of the crucified Christ, seem to me unnecessarily brutal. Albrecht Dürer is meant to be the great genius but I like hardly anything that he did.
Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 1528) A really dislikeable artist, only ten paintings by him survive.
Large Crucifixion (1523–25) In colour, composition and design, in the faces, clothes and poses of the two mourners, but overwhelmingly in the pitted, tortured, badly drawn and clumsily cruel depiction of Christ, this is surely a terrible painting.
Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528) All his portraits are distinctive enough, but lack grace, are knobbly. They are technically finished but feel crude. I much prefer his drawings and watercolours.
Portrait of Oswolt Krel (1499) Sir Kenneth Clark disliked Dürer, finding something hysterical about almost all his works. Hard not to agree.
Self-Portrait at 28 (1500)
Adam and Eve (1507) This has a very Italianate feel, and you can see the high finish and technical accomplishment – but, for me, it is charmless.
Praying Hands, pen-and-ink drawing (c. 1508) A masterpiece.
Young Hare (1502) Watercolour and bodycolour Similarly, wonderful.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472 – 1553). Cranach's paintings have that German crankiness, an uncomfortable angularity of body – and all his faces have the same slitty eyes, witness this portrait of his friend, Martin Luther, who he painted many times.
That said there is something nonetheless appealing about his slant-eyed people with their late-medieval drooping posture, and especially in the medieval, heraldic posture of his animals:
Cupid complaining to Venus That said, I like the medieval crankiness of a work like this.
Apollo and Diana Ditto. The stag isn't attempting to be realistic; it is a medieval heraldic device.
After the Reformation
The Reformation forms a watershed halfway through the period 1400 to 1600, usually dated with great specificness to 31 October 1517, when the monk Martin Luther sent 95 theses systematically attacking Roman Catholic theology to his superior, the archbishop of Mainz. His arguments became a rallying cry and focus of decades of growing discontent with the corruption and over-complex theology of the Catholic church. His ideas spread quickly and were taken up by other theologians, who were often protected by German princes who had their own secular reasons for rejecting Papal authority, until it had become an unstoppable theological and social movement.
In artistic terms the Reformation's rejection of the grandeur of Roman Catholic theology and the authority of the super-rich Papacy played to the strengths of the northern artists, who already produced an art often characterised by its relative smallness and intimacy.
Harbison very usefully brings out the fact that fifteenth century art was so dominated by images of the Madonna seated holding the Christ child because such a static image encouraged silent devotion and meditation – in contrast with the more dynamic and emotionally upsetting images of the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
He points out how the corruption of the official church had already alienated many Christians from public worship and created through the 15th century a cult of private devotion. It was onto this fertile ground that the anti-establishment teachings of Luther and his followers fell, and proved so fruitful.
Thus Reformation theology tended to foreground personal piety, meditation and reflection – moving away from bravura displays of big ostentatious public ritual. And so while the Counter-Reformation in Italy (the theological and artistic reaction against the northern Reformation) was marked by the increasing ornateness and vast, heavy, luxury of the Baroque in art and architecture, in northern Europe – although Christian subjects continued as ever – there was also a growth in depictions of 'ordinary life', in domestic portraits and still lifes.
It was during the post-Reformation 16th century that landscapes and still lifes came into existence as genres in their own right.
Quentin Matsys
A figure who straddles the pre- and post-Reformation era is Quentin Matsys (1466–1530) (also spelt Massys) founder of the Antwerp school of painting. His mature work dates from the period of the High Renaissance (1490s to 1527) but is the extreme opposite of the vast panoramas of human history being painted in the Vatican (the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Stanza). Instead, Massys typifies for me the virtues of northern painting, with its small-scale atmosphere of domesticity, its focus on real, living people – not the Prophets and Philosophers of Michelangelo and Raphael – and its portraits not of heroic archetypes, but of plain ordinary and, sometimes, ugly people.
Quentin Matsys (1466–1530)
The Money Changer and His Wife (1514) Note the fashionable clever-cleverness of the open window reflected in the convex mirror on the table.
Portrait of a Man with Glasses (1515) What a conk! But notice how the eye is drawn towards the background landscapes. Within a hundred years artists will be painting landscapes like this but with few if any people in them, as objects of beauty in their won right.
Portrait of a woman (1520) A real unvarnished personage from 500 years ago.
This increasing valuing of secular life is one way of explaining the rise of the genre of 'peasant paintings', which was, apparently, more or less founded by the teeming peasant panoramas of the wonderful Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1530 – 1569) Growing up in a post-Reformation northern Europe, Bruegel's paintings are quintessential images of daily peasant life, vistas of the late medieval scene crammed with incident and character. I'm attracted to cartoons and there's no denying that much Bruegel has a comic cartoon element.
The Procession to Calvary (1564)
The Hunters in the Snow (1565)
The Triumph of Death (c. 1562)
The Tower of Babel (1563)
The Harvesters (1565) Maybe his figures could be technically better, more flexible and flowing – but everything is subsumed to his rejoicing in the spirit of life.
Hans Holbein the younger
The northern Reformation was suspicious of religious imagery. In many places it was stripped out of churches and burned; in others merely covered up. Certainly the market for grand altarpieces collapsed, and the period saw a rise in other more specialised subjects. Critics from centuries later define these as genre paintings.
Portraits also became more secular and more frequent, a trend which produced one of the most wonderful portraitists of all time, Hans Holbein the Younger.
Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 – 1543) Holbein's portraits from the court of Henry VIII are surely the most brilliantly realistic of any painter ever.
Portrait of Sir Thomas More, 1527
Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (c. 1527–28)
Portrait of Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1532–34)
Harbison explains a lot about the technicality of northern Renaissance painting. Some of the most notable learnings for me were:
Panel painting Almost all northern renaissance artworks were painted on wooden panels, 'panel paintings' as they're called. It wasn't until the 17th century that prepared canvas became the surface of choice for artists. Some works were painted on linen but almost all of these have been lost. A small number were painted directly onto metal and some onto slate.
The rise of oil painting Most 15th century paintings were made with tempera. Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of coloured pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. But as the 1400s progressed, northern artists experimented with using oil as the binding material – first mixing colour pigment with oil then applying it to prepared surfaces.
Most of these new 'oil' paintings were built up from multiple layers. This required paintings to be put to one side for weeks at a time to fully dry before the next level could be done – a repetitive process which explains the incredibly deep, rich and luminous colours you see in these works.
Most Renaissance sources credited the northern European painters of the 15th century, and Jan van Eyck in particular, with the 'invention' of painting with oil media on wood panel supports ('support' is the technical term for the underlying backing of a painting). There is ongoing debate about where precisely it originated but it was definitely a northern invention which headed south into Italy.
Destruction and loss
The vast majority of European art has been lost.
Much of it was created for ephemeral purposes in the first place – for ceremonies, processions, pageants or plays – and thrown away once the occasion had passed.
Thus, much effort and creativity was expended painting on fabrics, such as linen or flags, on backdrops and sets and panels, which have rotted and disappeared.
Huge numbers of paintings in the churches of northern Europe were lost forever when they were painted over with whitewash during the Reformation. Outbreaks of popular or state-sanctioned iconoclasm also saw the systematic destruction of statues, wooden tracery and decorative features – all defaced or thrown out and burned in the decades after 1520.
Successive wars wreaked local havoc, destroying in particular castles which would have held collections of art sponsored by rich aristocrats. As an example, only ten paintings and thirty-five drawings survive of the entire life's work of Matthias Grünewald – 'many others were lost at sea in the Baltic on their way to Sweden as war booty'.
The destruction of the Great War – epitomised by the German army's deliberate burning of the manuscript library at Louvain – was essentially localised to north-west Europe.
But the destruction of the second World War ranged all across Europe, deep into Russia and involved the destruction of countless churches, galleries, museums, libraries, stately homes, castles and chateaux where art works could be stored. Dresden. Hamburg. Monte Cassino. The loss was immense.
It's always worth remembering that the comfortable lives we live now actually take place amid the ruins of an almost incomprehensibly destructive series of wars, religious spasms and conflagrations, and that the art we view in the hushed environments of art galleries is not an accurate reflection of what was painted and created in Europe, but are the scattered remnants and lucky survivors from a continent of incessant destruction and artistic holocaust.
The Art of the Northern Renaissance on Amazon
Review of A Closer Look: Techniques of Painting by Jo Kirby (2011)
Review of Michelangelo and Sebastiano @ the National Gallery
Where to see some
You can see some masterpieces from this period for free in the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery (in London):
You can see the fabulous Seilern Triptych by Robert Campin in room 1 of the Courtauld Gallery, off the Strand, which currently costs £7 admission price, but is worth it for the stunning collection of masterpieces from these medieval pieces through the French post-Impressionists.
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Kerinci Seblat National Park is Sumatra's largest national park, which sprawls across four provinces. It is home to rhinos, tigers, elephants, bears and the misterious orang pendek. The scenery is magnificent, dominated by volcanic cones, including the highest peak in western Indonesia, Mount Kerinci. Lake Kerinci is the best place to see the parks's famous birdlife : hornbills, banded-boardbills and drongos, whose tails give the illusion that the bird is constantly being chased by two black butterflies.
Mt. Kerinci is the highest mountain in Sumatra. The peak is 3805 meters altitude, and still active volcano .It lies inside the northern end of the big Kerinci -Seblat Reserve, which covers a 345 km strip of Sumatra's mountainous spine straddling four Sumatra provinces. To the north and south are heavily populated farmlands. The volcano's cone is young and bare, while the main crater lies northeast of the remnants of the Berapi/ Elok crater system. Kerinci's crater, which erupted in 1934 is filled with yellowish -green water.
The mountain is squeezed in between even older mountain complexes to the west and east. Though Kerinci is a very nice mountain to climb, you need to be in good condition. Climber usually start from Kayu Aro (1500 meters) a small village south of the peak.
You can't loose your way on the ascent; there only one path through the jungle. The first leg is four hours to a covered shelter from there the climb is steep and hard. In some section you'll crawl on all fours through tunnels of trees and under roots. You need to rest every 10-15 minutes, the is so narrow and steep.
From Paiman Home Stay in Kersik Tuo, it takes seven and half hours to reach 3000 meters -here's a ruined house where you can put up a tent. Fresh water no available. Get up early in the morning, and climb three hours to the peak. There you can see the crater, with huge billowy sulfur clouds. Two hours to descend to the 3000 meters point, where you can pick up your things and be down off the mountain in just five hours.
Mt. Kerinci is gorgeous, where you can find many kind of birds, such as Sumatran hornbill and wild dove. Long tailed macaque. Beautiful yellowish flowers. Tropical rainforest with many kind of plants, canopy and big fern plants. It's a nice scenery.


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In Theaters Review: Dark Waters
December 18, 2019 Jeremie Sabourin
When it comes to legal thrillers, there aren't many that automatically come to mind. While crime dramas, suspense thrillers, and horror flicks come out at an almost rapid fire pace, the legal procedural hasn't quite found its place among some of the top genres. Courtroom dramas have been much more successful with films like the classic 12 Angry Men as the slight offshoot legal thriller takes a backseat. That being said, there are a handful of really great titles out there. In 2007, we got the Oscar nominated Michael Clayton and now, in 2019, we get Dark Waters.
Director Todd Haynes has been a bit of an enigma when it comes to his film career. Though he has been active since the 1980's, his name is one that largely flies under the radar. His first claim to fame was his 1988 43 minute short film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. The film chronicles the rise and fall of singer Karen Carpenter and her battle with anorexia. The film is widely known due to its usage of Barbie dolls as actors and the legal struggles of Haynes from the toy company, Mattel, Karen Carpenter's brother and collaborator, Richard, and the Carpenters' record company, A&M Records for not obtaining permission to use licensed music. Haynes released his first feature length effort, Poison, in 1991 and landed an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his 2002 film, Far From Heaven. While only landing one nomination himself, films like 2007's Bob Dylan inspired I'm Not There and 2015's Carol have garnered awards recognition in other categories.
Dark Waters follows corporate defense attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) during his twenty year battle against the DuPont chemical company. Bilott is approached by a Parkersburg, West Virginia cattle farmer named Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp) whose livestock is dying off at an alarming rate. Tennant believes it to be due to a poisoned water supply from the nearby DuPont chemical plant. Bilott is discouraged from taking the case by members of his own law firm which represents DuPont including his supervisor, Tom Terp (Tim Robbins). Instead, he finds himself wanting to help Tennant. As Bilott investigates deeper into potential chemical runoff into the town's water supply, the case takes a toll on himself, his job, and his family as he aims to take down a company that he's supposed to be siding with.
Perhaps one of the reasons why strict legal thrillers don't have the support that some similar subgenres do is that they can be tough to manage. They have to provide an intriguing story while not being too heavy handed with legal speak for the layperson. Then, there has to be something for the characters to overcome. In many cases, corporate giants may have protection against such accusations or out of court settlements can be made. Luckily, Dark Waters is a perfect storm of everything you'd want from this kind of film. It's based on a true story that has seemingly been forgotten. The film is based on a handful of articles including, "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare," by Nathaniel Rich from The New York Times as well as Robert Bilott's own memoir, Exposure. The decades long struggle of Bilott is the type of story that viewers can get behind due to his persistence and faith in the work being done. You want to see him best a company he'd normally protect because of the damage being done to the community. It's an underdog story for someone who's not necessarily an underdog.
As a thriller, the film does an excellent job as well. No, it's not a thriller in the same way as something like The Silence of the Lambs or Seven but you do get an inkling that what Bilott is doing is dangerous. He's not tracking down serial killers or missing people but he's attacking a company's livelihood and championing for the people. Unfortunately for Bilott, there's a physical and mental toll that comes with that. The things that he discovers are horrific and shocking in nature which definitely contributes to the "thriller" side of things. It's one of those stories that makes you second guess what you put into your own body and what unknown things can be attributed to that.
When it comes to the cast, make no doubt about it that this is Mark Ruffalo's film. Not often a leading man, Ruffalo proves his mettle here but not in typical fashion. As previously mentioned, his character isn't really an underdog or even an every-man. However, it's refreshing to see someone who just wants to do the right thing. As the years go by, Ruffalo's Bilott becomes worn down but still doesn't give up his fight which continues for the real Robert Bilott to this day. Veteran actors like Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, and Bill Pullman put in noteworthy performances. Yet, it's Anne Hathaway as Bilott's wife, Sarah, that steals most of the secondary thunder. Initially, Hathaway doesn't seem to have much to do in the early part of the film. As Bilott continues the crusade and his own life is affected, Hathaway's Sarah steps into the spotlight with an excellent dramatic performance. Much of the focus swings to her as she's just as affected by the DuPont case as her husband.
As is the case with most films, Dark Waters isn't perfect. There are nitpicks but none of them are backbreaking. The main one is that there's a lot of time covered in the two hour runtime of this film. Needless to say, the events are quite accelerated and viewers often won't have time to gradually learn about the effects of DuPont on Parkersburg. While it mostly works, it often feels like characters are telling the audience what they need to know instead of showing it. In a legal thriller, this is to be expected and it's not too off-putting but it should be addressed. While you're watching, you get the feeling that a second viewing would probably be beneficial to connect the dots between some of the legal speak and the revelations by Bilott.
Other than that, Dark Waters is a surprisingly tense and captivating legal thriller. There are no action scenes or bombastic events that occur. Instead, the film is gripping in a way similar to a documentary. It's the investigation and revelation behind the horrors of a small city that grabs your attention and the toll it takes on the persistent Robert Bilott and his family that won't let it go. It's a well crafted film that tells a real-life story that many people may not even know about. For that alone, Dark Waters is commendable and highly recommended viewing.
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Yesterday gray skies filled the day with a bit of rain here and there. Minutes ago a rain shower brought a bit of hail and now the sun is shining.
Of interest to Manchaug Pond are a few items on the Sutton town meeting warrant: Article 12 is the annual appropriation for the management of the state public access ramp and Article 14 and 15 allow for the small installation of hydroelectric by special permit of the Planning Board.
Click the link or post title to bring you to the town website and then click to see the entire warrant to read it for yourself.
The members of the Manchaug Pond Association were present at the Planning Board public hearing when the hydroelectric power article was discussed. Personally, I found it very interesting that not a dam owner or potential dam buyer was in attendance and further I have heard word on the street that this article was brought by a potential dam owner, but in reality the Planning Board opened the hearing explaining that the Board was bringing the article for town consideration at the urging of the Town Administrator to address concerns at Manchaug Pond. Sutton has close to 20 dams within it's boundaries which would all fall under the bylaw.


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use SlevomatCodingStandard\Sniffs\TestCase;

class LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniffTest extends TestCase
{

	public function testNoErrors(): void
	{
		$report = self::checkFile(__DIR__ . '/data/languageConstructWithParenthesesNoErrors.php');
		self::assertNoSniffErrorInFile($report);
	}

	public function testErrors(): void
	{
		$report = self::checkFile(
			__DIR__ . '/data/languageConstructWithParenthesesErrors.php',
			[],
			[LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES]
		);

		self::assertSame(15, $report->getErrorCount());

		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			5,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "continue" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			8,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "break" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			12,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "echo" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			13,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "print" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			15,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "include" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			16,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "include_once" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			17,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "require" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			18,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "require_once" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			22,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "return" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			27,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "yield" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			31,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "throw" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			36,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "die" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			37,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "exit" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			41,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "yield from" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);
		self::assertSniffError(
			$report,
			44,
			LanguageConstructWithParenthesesSniff::CODE_USED_WITH_PARENTHESES,
			'Usage of language construct "include_once" with parentheses is disallowed.'
		);

		self::assertAllFixedInFile($report);
	}

}

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Does it rain a lot in Banff in July?
Does it rain in Banff in July?
What is the wettest month in Banff?
Does Banff rain a lot?
How hot is Banff in July?
Is it cold in Banff in July?
How busy is Banff in July?
How many days does it rain in Banff?
Does Banff get cold at night?
What is the average snowfall in Banff?
Is the air dry in Banff?
How many days should I spend in Banff?
Are there bears in Banff?
What clothes to wear in Banff in July?
What is there to do in Banff in July?
Can you ski in Banff in June?
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July in Banff is decreasing, starting the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.4 inches or falls below 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.
Banff in July is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful times. July means it's summer in the Canadian Rockies. The rainfall is low, and if you're lucky, your vacation will mainly be sunshine and long warm days. The average temperature is 24°C but tends to be warmer in the afternoon under the sunshine.
The rainy period of the year lasts for 6.4 months, from April 13 to October 26, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Banff is June, with an average rainfall of 3.1 inches.
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The climate is cold and temperate. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in Banff. Even the driest month still has a lot of rainfall. … The annual rainfall is 755 mm | 29.7 inch.
The months of July and August offer the best summer weather in Banff. July is the peak summer tourist period and enjoys warm, sunny and long days. The average daytime temperatures are around 22°C (71°F) whereas the average minimum temperatures are around 7°C (about 45°F).
Banff enjoys warm, sunny summers, but cool temperatures are not uncommon. Being at an elevation of above 1,400 metres (4,600 feet), it cools off significantly during the night. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22°C (72°F).
July in Banff
July is usually the busiest month, so rates can be higher than other months. But it's also the perfect time to go canoeing, hiking and get some fabulous pictures of your surroundings. Photo: Warm weather in July is perfect for driving the Icefields Parkway and taking in the views.
Most rainy days are in June, July and August. On average, July is the most rainy with 16 days of rain/snow. On average, February is the driest month with 9 rainy days. The average annual amount of rainy days is: 140.
Basically, it's always cold at night in the Rockies, even in the middle of summer. If you want t-shirt and shorts temperatures at night, a different destination is in order, not a different time of the year.
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How Often it Snows in Banff
5.1 October 8.0
9.2 November 12.1
9.3 December 10.8
64.0 Year 75.2
The relative dryness of the air in Banff, however, makes even extreme temperatures more bearable. In winter, visitors must be especially careful of wind chill. A temperature of -20°C on the thermometer may feel like -30°C with the wind chill. … The length of the day in Banff varies greatly throughout the year.
Time required to visit
It is good, if you can allocate, at least two days to spend in Banff & Lake Louise. You need to spend 5 days, to SEE & DO the real Banff : like hiking and canoeing in summer & Skiing and Snowboarding in winter.
According to Parks Canada, the current estimate of the grizzly bear population in the mountain nationals parks includes 65 grizzly bears in Banff, 109 in Jasper, 11 to 15 in Yoho and nine to 16 in Kootenay.
Shirts, tank tops and shorts for sun. Sweaters, fleece and pants for cool nights or rainy days. A wind breaker/rain shell for rain or windy days and even a light hat and thin pair of gloves can be useful especially if you are hiking or going to the top of a gondola at higher elevations.
What To Do In Banff In July
See Lake Louise and Moraine Lake in the evening after the crowds have left.
Meet Boo the grizzly bear.
Spend a day hiking in the Rockies.
See the turquoise waters of glacier lakes.
Soar to 6,900 feet on an open-air chairlift.
Take a private horse-drawn carriage ride through Banff.
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June is officially the end of the ski season (boo), but that doesn't mean Banff isn't without anything to do (yay). June is an excellent time to visit Banff for hiking; the trails start to get popular in June.


I want to order ng bibingka nag de deliver po b Kau sa metro Manila?
Caroline, I'm not a bibingka store.
hi, Mhel! what halo-halo? was it the one in the SPJ feature?
Greetings! Can i get any contact numbers, landline can be better in one of your branch in Gabu,Laoag City ? Thank you.
This is a blog, lea.
Any contact numbers of kalamay vendors so we can have an order..pleaaseeeeee..
I like your replies-very cute and frank!
I just tried the taste and see toasted pastillas and loved it. Where can I buy some in makati?
i really don't know. try their FB page. they have online resellers as well.
Great Blog! Was really interested to see the post about the Luna Hotel. Hope to visit it next time we're in Vigan! Thanks again.
where can i order coffee? are you selling by kilos?
try your local market for Filipino barako.
Maybe you can contact them directly.
do you have a mangrove seedlings?
Hello. My friends, Patricio and Nita Mamaclay are Ilocanos who are already based in Hawaii. They are coming home this June and are looking for their old-time friend, Lita Marcos Roque. I googled her name and I was led to this website. I wonder if it is possible for you to relay this message to her and ask her to please email Pat atpmamaclay1@gmail.com. Maraming salamat. God bless.
I wonder why it led to my page? maybe it's because there's a Lita and there's also a Marcos in either comments or posts. so sorry i don't know a Lita Marcos-Roque. let's just hope someone who knows her whereabouts reads your post.
I am not Ruel Bimmuyag.
hi, cristina! i will email you the names.
I got mine from Red Dot (both Laoag and Tuguegarao), but it was a long time ago. Try Rustan's.
Hello po. Good evening, I saw your blog po, about Gamet seawwed..
where in Ilocos po kayo nakabili nung dry na po?sa Laoag po ba?
meron sa Laoag market but it's seasonal. dry siya. you can also buy dried gamet in Sta Praxedes near Pagudpud.
May I ask what is your address in Malolos, Bulacan, my mom will buy it and will send it to me here in US. Please reply. Thank you!
I am not from Malolos, Venice.
Hi ask ko lang po kung nadedeliver kayo ng cake .at paano ang payment pag nasa abroad po..
Hi! I am currently conducting a research paper about the One Town One Product of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur. I wonder if you can allow me to use your photos on the Balicucha making. Thank you.
Hi! Yes, but please credit Tina Tan, BlauEarth.com and FoodPrints on Lifestyle Network. Thanks!
Ha ha ha, I could laugh at many of the queries from people. I am not going to say more or I'd get in trouble.
LOL. I'd like to put — this is BlauEarth and it is a personal blog, and so on.
Hi, what kind of camera do you use? Your photos are clear, crisp and beautifully shot.
a Nikon D90. I've had it for years.
Greetings! I am a Market Rep. would it be possible to advertise our Pasalubong Products. Thanks and GOD BLESS!
pls email blauearth@yahoo.com your proposal. thanks.
Stumbled into your blog. Excellent pieces of advice for one who loves Ilocos Norte or wants to. Thanks for sharing.
Nice blog about Adams. We're planning a trip there next month. Is that a good time to go? How deep is it? How do we get there? Thanks.
Sorry for the late reply. You must have already visited Adams.


Disabled people are routinely having their human and civil rights undermined because of years of underfunding and an outdated care system, according to one of the authors of a groundbreaking new book on personalised support.
Supporting People: Towards A Person-Centred Approach has been written by service-users and those who work closely with them.
The book builds on evidence from the Standards We Expect project, the largest independent study so far of person-centred support, which was also published this week.
Professor Peter Beresford, one of the authors of the book, said that more and more people who needed social care support were not having their needs met or their rights respected.
He told an event held to launch the book and the study that service-users and others on the frontline of social care had told researchers that person-centred care should ensure the "power is with the person, not the organisation", but the experiences of many of them had been "very different".
Beresford, who chairs Shaping Our Lives, the national service-user and disabled people's network, said the barriers in the way of proper person-centred support included the institutionalisation of long-term service-users, "tokenistic" and "ineffective" service-user involvement, the poor wages and other terms and conditions of care workers, and an over-reliance on unpaid carers.
Although there were "many examples of good practice" at local level, he said, the fundamental barriers preventing real personalisation were "many years of underfunding" and an "outdated" culture of means- and needs-testing of service-users.
He also warned that social care-users were increasingly being stigmatised as "dependant and scrounging".
The Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb, the chief parliamentary and political adviser to Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, welcomed the report.
He said there was a need to "radically move away" from social care's traditional "paternalistic approach".
But he warned that the move towards personalisation was "being undermined by a shortage of funds", while he was "very concerned" about the way that some local authorities had responded to public sector funding cuts.
He said that some disabled people in his home county of Norfolk had been transferred onto personal budgets while at the same time having their funding cut.
Among its findings, the study – which was led by service-users and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation – found there had been too much discussion of the methods and techniques of personalisation, and not enough on how to achieve person-centred outcomes.


Running NYC for Mr. Bones & Co.
I am going to run the 2017 NEW YORK CITY MARATHON!!
If you know me, then you know that I recently ran the Los Angeles Marathon in order to raise funds for Angel City Pit Bulls. You also know that animal welfare is a cause that I care deeply about. So, on Sunday November 5th, I'm going to run another marathon, this time, the NEW YORK CITY MARATHON! And because animal welfare is a national issue, I'll be running to raise funds for NYC based animal welfare non-profit, MR. BONES & CO.
Founded in 2013, Mr. Bones & Co., is an all-volunteer based 501(c)3 animal welfare non-profit supporting animal rescue and advocacy in New York City, as well as on a national and global level. Their main function is canine rescue, via One Lucky Pup, their signature rescue, rehabilitation and adoption program. While they emphasize Pit Bull rescue, they accept all breeds into their program. OLP specializes in dogs facing extraordinary challenges, whether it be extensive emergency veterinary care/surgery, unfair breed discrimination or those languishing in municipal shelters. MBC also provides support to existing shelters and rescue groups via outreach initiatives including spay/neuter events, fundraising, and adoption support. They award numerous grants each year for a variety of services; pet care and emergency assistance to low income families, adoption training to help harder to place dogs find homes, and assistance to selfless animal rescuers doing what they can on their own. And they believe animal welfare is a community effort and work hard to be part of the bigger picture.
Please consider making a donation towards my fundraising goal. No amount is too small and will help support an amazing organization. And, if you can't make a donation at this point, then please help me reach my goal by sharing this page with your friends or anyone who might be interested in the cause of animal welfare.
Thank you!!! And thanks so much for your generosity!!!


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Werner Gerhard Bodenbender (geboren 4. September 1959 in Altenvers) ist ein deutscher Jurist und seit 2019 Präsident des Verwaltungsgerichts Kassel.

Leben

Ausbildung
Nach der Ausbildung zum Einzelhandelskaufmann erwarb Bodenbender 1979 die Fachhochschulreife und studierte anschließend bis 1982 Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Fachhochschule Gießen-Friedberg. Von 1980 bis 1981 leistete er während des Studiums Zivildienst. 1982 begann er an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen ein Studium der Rechtswissenschaften. 1990 schloss er das Studium mit der zweiten juristischen Staatsprüfung ab.

Juristische Karriere
1991 trat er in den Staatsdienst ein als Regierungsrat zur Anstellung bei der Finanzverwaltung Hessen. 1993 wurde er zum Richter auf Probe ernannt und war an den Amtsgerichten Gießen und Friedberg und bis 2007 am Verwaltungsgericht Gießen in der 10. Kammer tätig. Zwischen 1999 und 2000 wurde er an den Hessischen Verwaltungsgerichtshof abgeordnet. Seit 1998 engagiert sich Bodenbender als nebenamtliches Mitglied des Justizprüfungsamtes und leitet Referendar-Arbeitsgemeinschaften in Marburg. Von 2004 bis 2008 wurde er an das Verwaltungsgericht Kassel teilabgeordnet. Ab 2007 wurde Bodenbender zum Richter am Hessischen Verwaltungsgerichtshof in Kassel berufen und dem 6. Senat zugeordnet, der unter anderem für Energierecht, Atomrecht und Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht zuständig ist. Von 2008 bis 2014 setzte sich Bodenbender als nebenamtliches Mitglied am Senat für Baulandsachen beim Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main ein. Ab 2009 engagierte sich Bodenbender als Fortbildungsreferent für die hessische Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit.

2015 wurde er zum Vizepräsident des Verwaltungsgerichts Gießen ernannt und übernahm den Vorsitz der 4. Kammer, die für Polizei- und Ordnungsrecht, Teile des Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrechts, Wasser-, Straßen- und Wegerecht sowie für Asylverfahren betreffend die Herkunftsländer Kosovo, Nepal und Türkei zuständig ist. Da die Anzahl der Klagen gegen abgelehnte Asylanträge zwischen 2008 und 2016 von 128 auf 7495 angestiegen war, wurde die Arbeitsbelastung so groß, dass neue Richter eingestellt wurden, um eine zeitnahe Abarbeitung der anhängigen Verfahren zu gewährleisten.

Seit 1. Oktober 2019 ist Bodenbender Präsident des Verwaltungsgerichts Kassel.

Mitgliedschaften und Ehrenämter
Seit 2014 ist Bodenbender Vorsitzender der Vereinigung hessischer Verwaltungsrichterinnen und Verwaltungsrichter (VHV), die sich für die Förderung der Verwaltungsrechtspflege und der beruflichen Belange der hessischen Verwaltungsrichter einsetzt.

Privates
Bodenbender ist verheiratet und Vater von zwei erwachsenen Kindern.

Veröffentlichungen

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Gerichtspräsident (Deutschland)
Richter (Verwaltungsgericht)
Richter (Amtsgericht)
Deutscher
Geboren 1959
Mann

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List of Pleasant Hill, Texas Opportunity Zones & OZ Funds
The city of Pleasant Hill, Texashas 1 designated Opportunity Zone.
In total these Opportunity Zones have a population of approximately 5,900. That represents 890% of the city's total population of 670.
The adjacent map shows all Opportunity Zones in Pleasant Hill. Click on any Opportunity Zone for additional information.
List of All Pleasant Hill OZs
The table below lists all 1Opportunity Zone in Pleasant Hill. The first two rows reflect average values for the state of Texasand the Opportunity Zones in the state.
48373210400 Polk $42K 27% $72K 84% 40
There are no Opportunity Zones in Pleasant Hill.


Hurrah! Chemistry is finally out in paperback. I hope it's worth the wait. You can find it right now at Createspace, and it should be up at other vendors soon. I'll keep updating its page as I learn more.
To celebrate, there's going to be a Goodreads Giveaway and possibly more. So don't be too much of a stranger.


Timeless photographs by The Kitcheners perfectly captured the love between our gorgeous bride Jenny and her husband Jack on their big day.
Jenny wore our Annabel French lace tee with a satin camisole and the Andrea crepe skirt and satin broad sash.
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{{cite web | title = United Kingdom general election, 2001 - Wikipedia | url = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001 | date = 2017-11-29 | archiveurl = http://archive.today/S7aLa | archivedate = 2017-11-29 }}
United Kingdom general election, 2001
← 1997 7 June 2001 2005 →
← outgoing members
elected members →
All 659 seats to the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
59.4% ( 11.9%)
Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Leader since
21 July 1994 19 June 1997 9 August 1999
Leader's seat
Sedgefield Richmond (Yorks) Ross, Skye & Inverness West
Last election
418 seats, 43.2% 165 seats, 30.7% 46 seats, 16.8%
Seats won
Seat change
10,724,953 8,357,615 4,814,321
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Prime Minister before election
Subsequent Prime Minister
1992 election ·
MPs ·
Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).
The United Kingdom general election of 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after the previous election on 1 May 1997, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. Under the leadership of Tony Blair, the governing Labour Party was re-elected to serve a second term in government with another landslide victory, returning 413 of the 418 seats won by the party in the previous general election, a net loss of 5 seats, though with significantly lower turnout than before - 59.4%, compared to 71.3% in the previous election. Tony Blair went on to become the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a consecutive full term in office. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media.[1]
There was little change outside Northern Ireland, with 620 out of the 641 seats electing candidates from the same party as they did in 1997. Factors contributing to the Labour victory were a strong economy and falling unemployment, as well as that Labour was seen as having delivered on many key election pledges that it had made in 1997.
The Conservative Party, under William Hague's leadership, was still deeply divided on the issue of Europe and the party's policy platform was considered to have shifted to a right wing focus. Hague was also hindered by a series of embarrassing publicity stunts, and resigned as party leader three months later, becoming the first Conservative leader since Austen Chamberlain to leave office without becoming Prime Minister.
The election was essentially a repeat of the 1997 election, with Labour losing only 6 seats overall and the Conservatives making a net gain of one seat (gaining nine seats, but losing eight). The Conservatives did manage to gain a seat in Scotland, which ended the party's status as an 'England-only' party in the prior parliament. Although they did not gain many seats, one of the new MPs elected was future Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. The Liberal Democrats gained six seats.
Change was seen in Northern Ireland, with the moderately unionist Ulster Unionist Party losing four seats to the more hardline Democratic Unionist Party. This transition was mirrored in the nationalist community with the moderate SDLP losing votes to the more staunchly republican and abstentionist Sinn Féin.
The election was also marked with exceptionally low voter turnout, falling below 60% for the first time since 1918.[2] The election was broadcast live on the BBC, and presented by Jeremy Paxman, Andrew Marr, Peter Snow and David Dimbleby.[3]
3 Controversy
4 Opinion polling
5.1 Results by constituent country
5.2 Seats changing hands
5.3 MPs that lost their seats
7 Manifestos
Overview[edit]
The election had been expected on 3 May, to coincide with local elections, but both were postponed because of rural movement restrictions imposed in response to the foot and mouth outbreak.
The elections were marked by voter apathy, with turnout falling to 59.4%, the lowest since the Coupon Election of 1918. Throughout the election the Labour Party had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some bookmakers paid out for a Labour majority before the election day.
However, the opinion polls the previous autumn had shown the first Tory lead (though only by a narrow margin) in the opinion polls for eight years as they benefited from the public anger towards the government over the fuel protests which had led to a severe shortage of motor fuel.
By the end of 2000, however, the dispute had been solved and Labour were firmly back in the lead of the opinion polls.[4] In total, a mere 29 parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001 Election.[5]
One of the more noted events of a quiet campaign was when countryside protester Craig Evans threw an egg at Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in Rhyl; Prescott then punched him and a struggle ensued, in front of television cameras.
2001 also saw the rare election of an independent. Dr. Richard Taylor of Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (usually now known simply as "Health Concern") unseated a government minister. There was also a high vote for British National Party leader Nick Griffin in Oldham, in the wake of recent race riots in the town.
In Northern Ireland, the election was far more dramatic and marked a move by unionists away from support for the Good Friday Agreement, with the moderate unionist Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) losing to the more hardline Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). This polarisation was also seen in the nationalist community, with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) vote losing out to more left-wing and republican Sinn Féin. It also saw a tightening of the parties as the small UK Unionist Party lost its only seat.
Campaign[edit]
For Labour, the last four years had run relatively smoothly. The party had successfully defended all their by election seats, and many suspected a Labour win was inevitable from the start.
Many in the party however were afraid of voter apathy, which was epitomised in the "Hague with Lady Thatcher's hair" poster.[6] Despite recessions in mainland Europe and the United States, due to the bursting of global tech bubbles, Britain was notably unaffected and Labour however could rely on a strong economy as unemployment continued to decline toward election day, putting to rest any fears of a Labour government putting the economic situation at risk.
For William Hague, however, the Conservative Party had still not fully recovered from the loss in 1997. The party was still divided over Europe, and talk of a referendum on joining the Eurozone was rife. As Labour remained at the political centre, the Tories moved to the right. A policy gaffe by Oliver Letwin over public spending cuts left the party with an own goal that Labour soon took advantage of.
Margaret Thatcher also added to Hague's troubles when speaking out strongly against the Euro to applause. Hague himself, although a witty performer at PMQs, was dogged in the press and reminded of his speech at Conservative conference at the age of 16. The Sun newspaper only added to the Conservatives woes by backing Labour once again, calling Hague a "dead parrot".[7]
The Tories campaigned on a strongly right-wing platform, emphasising the issues of Europe, immigration and tax, the fabled "Tebbit Trinity". However, Labour countered by asking where the proposed tax cuts were going to come from, and decried the Tory policy as "cut here, cut there, cut everywhere", in reference to the widespread belief that the Conservatives would make major cuts to public services in order to fund tax cuts.
For the Liberal Democrats, this was the first election for leader Charles Kennedy.[8]
Controversy[edit]
During the election Sharron Storer, a resident of Birmingham, criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair in front of television cameras about conditions in the National Health Service. The widely televised incident happened on 16 May during a campaign visit by Blair to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Sharron Storer's partner, Keith Sedgewick, a cancer patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and therefore highly susceptible to infection, was being treated at the time in the bone marrow unit, but no bed could be found for him and he was transferred to the casualty unit for his first 24 hours.[9][10][11]
Opinion polling[edit]
Main article: Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2001
The election result was effectively a repeat of 1997, as the Labour party retained an overwhelming majority with BBC announcing the victory at 02:58 on the early morning of the 6th June. Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the United Kingdom had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament. Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60%, 12% down on 1997. All of the 3 main parties saw their total votes fall, with Labour's total vote dropping by 2.8 million on 1997, the Conservatives 1.3 million, and the Liberal Democrats 428,000. Some suggested this dramatic fall was a sign of the general acceptance of the status quo and the likelihood of Labour's majority remaining unassailable.[12]
For the Conservatives, this huge loss they had sustained in 1997 was repeated. Despite gaining 9 seats the Tories lost 7 to the Liberal Democrats, and one even to Labour. The inevitable result was the speedy resignation of William Hague in the election aftermath resigning at 07:44 outside the Conservative Party headquarters. Some believed that Hague had been unlucky, although most considered him to be a talented orator and an intelligent statesman, he had come up against the charismatic Tony Blair in the peak of his political career, and it was no surprise that little progress was made in reducing Labour's majority after a relatively smooth parliament.
Staying at what they considered rock bottom however showed that the Conservatives had failed to improve their negative public image, had remained somewhat disunited over Europe and had not regained the trust that they had lost in the 1990s. But in Scotland, despite gaining one seat from the SNP, their vote collapse continued. They failed to retake former strongholds in Scotland as the Nationalists consolidated their grip on the Northeastern portion of the country.[13]
The Liberal Democrats could point to steady progress under Charles Kennedy, gaining more seats than the main two parties – albeit only six overall – and maintaining the performance of a pleasing 1997 election, where the party had doubled its number of seats from 20 to 46. While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in parliament and not just representing a protest vote.[citation needed]
The SNP failed to gain any seats and lost a seat to the Conservatives by just 79 votes. Plaid Cymru both gained a seat from Labour and lost one to them.
In Northern Ireland the Ulster Unionists, despite gaining North Down, lost 5 other seats.
Labour Conservative Lib Dem O
Gained
Net %
Labour Tony Blair 640 413 2 8 −6 62.5 40.7 10,724,953 −2.5
Conservative William Hague 643 166 9 8 +1 25.2 31.7 8,357,615 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy 639 52 8 2 +6 7.9 18.3 4,814,321 +1.5
SNP John Swinney 72 5 0 1 −1 0.8 1.8 464,314 −0.2
UKIP Jeffrey Titford 428 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 390,563 1.2
UUP David Trimble 17 6 1 5 −4 0.9 0.8 216,839 0.0
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 40 4 1 1 0 0.6 0.7 195,893 +0.2
DUP Ian Paisley 14 5 3 0 +3 0.8 0.7 181,999 +0.4
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 4 2 0 +2 0.6 0.7 175,933 +0.3
SDLP John Hume 18 3 0 0 0 0.5 0.6 169,865 0.0
Green Margaret Wright and Mike Woodin 145 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 166,477 +0.3
Independent N/A 136 0 0 1 −1 0.0 0.4 97,070 +0.3
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 72 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 72,516 N/A
Socialist Alliance None 98 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 57,553 N/A
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 114 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 57,288 0.0
BNP Nick Griffin 33 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 47,129 +0.1
Alliance Seán Neeson 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 28,999 −0.1
Health Concern Richard Taylor 1 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.1 28,487 N/A
Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 13,685 0.0
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 1 0 0 1 −1 0.0 0.1 13,509 +0.1
ProLife Alliance Bruno Quintavalle 37 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9,453 −0.1
Legalise Cannabis Alun Buffry 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8,677 N/A
People's Justice Shaukat Ali Khan 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7,443 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope and Catmando 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6,655 0.0
PUP Hugh Smyth 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4,781 0.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3,199 0.0
NI Women's Coalition Monica McWilliams and Pearl Sagar 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2,968 0.0
Scottish Unionist 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2,728 N/A
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Chris Driver 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2,634 N/A
National Front Tom Holmes 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2,484 0.0
Workers' Party Seán Garland 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2,352 0.0
Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Paul Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,960 N/A
NI Unionist Cedric Wilson 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,794 N/A
Socialist Alternative Peter Taaffe 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,454 0.0
Reform 2000 Erol Basarik 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,418 N/A
Isle of Wight 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,164 N/A
Muslim 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,150 N/A
Communist Robert Griffiths 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1,003 0.0
New Britain Dennis Delderfield 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 888 0.0
Free Party 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 832 N/A
Leeds Left Alliance Mike Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 770 N/A
New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 727 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 607 0.0
Tatton 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 505 N/A
Government's new majority 167
Total votes cast 26,367,383
Turnout 59.4%
All parties with more than 500 votes shown.
The seat gains reflect changes on the 1997 general election result. Two seats had changed hands in by-elections in the intervening period. These were as follows:
Romsey from Conservative to Liberal Democrats. This seat stayed Liberal Democrat in 2001.
South Antrim from Ulster Unionists to Democratic Unionists. This seat reverted to the Ulster Unionists in 2001.
The results of the election give a Gallagher index of dis-proportionality of 17.74.
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
UK Independence
Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
Democratic Unionist
Results by constituent country[edit]
NI parties
England 323 165 40 - - - 1 533
Wales 34 - 2 - 4 - - 40
Scotland 56 1 10 5 - - - 72
Northern Ireland - - - - - 18 - 18
Total 413 166 52 5 4 18 1 659
Seats changing hands[edit]
Constituency result 2001 by party
UUP DUP gain
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Labour 4,912 13,540 2,815 16,130 656 Plaid Cymru gain
Labour 17,738 16,753 3,116 1273 Conservative gain
Conservative 18,444 6,086 18,477 599 Liberal Democrat gain
Labour 3,613 18,663 21,249 437 Liberal Democrat gain
Dorset Mid and Poole North
Dorset South
Conservative 18,874 19,027 6,531 913 Labour gain
UUP Sinn Féin gain
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
SNP 12,222 7,258 3,698 12,148 588 Conservative gain
Liberal Democrat 25,223 9,676 22,397 2,106 Conservative gain
Londonderry East
Labour 20,983 16,910 5,970 Conservative gain
Norfolk North
Norfolk North West
Labour 24,846 21,361 4,292 704 Conservative gain
UK Unionist UUP gain
Conservative 20,386 3,986 22,756 Liberal Democrat gain
Tatton
Independent 19,860 11,249 7,685 Conservative gain
Tyrone West
Labour 15,410 14,169 3,183 1,089 Conservative gain
Labour 9,350 10,857 28,487 Independent gain
Ynys Mon
Plaid Cymru 7,653 11,906 2,772 11,106 Labour gain
MPs that lost their seats[edit]
Office held whilst in power
Year elected
Defeated by
Labour Party Alan Wynne Williams Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 1987 Adam Price
Christine Butler Castle Point 1997 Dr. Bob Spink
Fiona Jones Newark 1997 Colonel
Patrick Mercer OBE
George Turner Norfolk North West 1997 Henry Bellingham
Eileen Gordon Romford 1997 Andrew Rosindell
Keith Darvill Upminster 1997 Angela Watkinson
David Lock Wyre Forest 1997 Dr. Richard Taylor
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern
Conservative Party Stephen Day Cheadle 1987 Patsy Calton
Christopher Fraser Mid Dorset and North Poole 1997 Annette Brooke
Ian Bruce Dorset South 1987 Jim Knight
Nick St Aubyn Guildford 1997 Sue Doughty
The Hon.
David Prior Norfolk North 1997 Norman Lamb
Patrick Nicholls Teignbridge 1983 Richard Younger-Ross
Liberal Democrats Dr. Peter Brand Isle of Wight 1997 Andrew Turner
Jackie Ballard Taunton 1997 Adrian Flook
Ulster Unionist Party Willie Ross East Londonderry 1974 Gregory Campbell
Cecil Walker North Belfast 1983 Nigel Dodds OBE
William Thompson West Tyrone 1997 Pat Doherty
Sinn Féin
Democratic Unionist Party William McCrea Antrim South 2000 David Burnside
Ulster Unionist Party
UK Unionist Party Robert McCartney North Down 1995 Lady Hermon
Independent Martin Bell Tatton contesting Brentwood and Ongar 1997 Eric Pickles
The disproportionality of the house of parliament in the 2001 election was 18.03 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2001
2001 UK foot and mouth crisis
2001 United Kingdom general election results in Scotland
2001 United Kingdom general election results in Wales
2001 United Kingdom general election results in Northern Ireland
Manifestos[edit]
Labour (Ambitions for Britain)
Conservative (Time for Common Sense)
Liberal Democrat (Freedom, Justice, Honesty)
UK Independence Party
British National Party (Where we stand!)
Green Party of England and Wales
Progressive Unionist Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party (It's working – let's keep building)
Scottish National Party (Heart of the Manifesto 2001)
ProLife Alliance
The Democratic Party (The will of the people NOT the party)
Kidderminster Health Concern
Monster Raving Loony Party (Vote for insanity – you know it makes sense)
The Stuckist Party
Left Alliance
Communist Party of Britain (People's need before corporate profit greed)
Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
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General Election results, 7 June 2001 (Research Party 01/54), House of Commons Library
BBC News: Vote 2001 – in depth coverage.
Catalogue of 2001 general election ephemera[permanent dead link] at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics.
Election Night coverage All 34 parts uploaded onto YouTube
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President Trump is wishing Democrat Maxine Waters a happy birthday and has crowned her the leader of the Democratic Party.
Of course, President Trump has a history with Waters that isn't so cordial. After all, Waters has repeatedly called for Trump's impeachment.
Further, she's called on leftist activists to harass members of the Trump administration if they see them in public.
"Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents," Waters said at a rally in California.
At a campaign style rally earlier this month, Trump referred to Water's a "low IQ person."


As a man lowers to the ground on a melting ice cube, he explains that Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Heating Systems allow you to keep one or every room in your home toasty. He says the system will lower your energy bills and that it doesn't require new duct work. Regardless of how low temperatures dip outside, he insists your home will never feel like an ice box.


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Hattie Morahan, née le , est une actrice anglaise.

Biographie
Elle est la plus jeune fille du réalisateur Christopher Morahan et de l'actrice Anna Carteret.

Elle fait ses études à Frensham Heights School and New Hall, Cambridge, où elle a obtenu un diplôme d'anglais. Elle fait ses débuts à , à la BBC, dans le rôle d'Una Gwithian, dans une adaptation télévisuelle de The Peacock Spring (1996).

Elle rejoint la Royal Shakespeare Company en 2001. Elle joue dans le film de 2007 The Golden Compass (À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or), The Bank Job (Braquage à l'anglaise), ainsi que dans Raison et Sentiments (Sense and Sensibility), série télévisée de 2008 d'après le roman de Jane Austen, dans laquelle elle joue le rôle d'Elinor Dashwood.

Théâtre
 2001 : Love In A Wood, mise en scène de Tim Supple, RSC Sawan Theatre : Lucy
 2001 : Hamlet, mise en scène de Steven Pimlott, RSC Stratford and Barbican : une femme
 2001 : The Prisoner's Dilemma, mise en scène de Michael Attenborough, RSC The Other Place and The Pit, Barbican : Emilia
 2002 : Night of the Soul, mise en scène de David Farr, RSC The Pit, Barbican : Tracy
 2002 : The Circle, mise en scène de Mark Rosenblatt, YK Tour : Elizabeth
 2003 : Arsenic et vieilles dentelles, mise en scène de Francis Matthews, Strand Theatre : Elaine
 2003 : , mise en scène de Lindsay Posner, Cottesloe Theatre : Louise de la Vallière
 2004 : Singer, mise en scène de Sean Holmes, Oxford Stage Company, UK tour : Ruby
 2004 : Iphigénie en Aulide, mise en scène de Katie Mitchell, Lyttelton Theatre : Iphigenia
 2005 : La Nuit des rois, mise en scène de Ian Brown, West Yorkshire : Viola
 2006 : See How They Run, mise en scène de Douglas Hodge, UK tour : Penelope Toop
 2006 : The Seagull, mise en scène de Katie Mitchell, Oliver Theatre : Nina
 2008 : The City, mise en scène de Katie Mitchell, Royal Court Theatre : Clair
 2008 : ...some trace of her, fondé sur L'Idiot, mise en scène de Katie Mitchell, National Theatre Cottesloe : Nastasya
 2008-2009 : The Family Reunion, mise en scène de Jeremy Herrin, Donmar Warehouse : Mary
 2009 : Time and the Conways, mise en scène de Rupert Goold, National Theatre Lyttelton : Kate Conway
 2010 : The Real Thing, mise en scène de Tom Stoppard, Old Vic : Annie
 2011 : Penty, mise en scène de David Hare, Crucible Theatre : Susan Traherne
 2012 : Une maison de poupée, mise en scène de Young Vic : Nora Helmer
2019 :. Un espion très recherché : Suzanne

Filmographie

Cinéma

Longs métrages
 2007 : À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or (His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass) de Chris Weitz : Sœur Clara
 2008 : Braquage à l'anglaise (The Bank Job) de Roger Donaldson : Gale Benson
 2013 : Summer in February de Christopher Menaul : Laura Knight
 2013 : Having You de Sam Hoare : Lucy
 2015 : Mr. Holmes de Bill Condon : Ann Kelmot
 2016 : Alice de l'autre côté du miroir (Alice Through the Looking Glass) de Tim Burton : La Reine Elsmere
 2017 : La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) de Bill Condon : Agathe / l'Enchanteresse
 2019 : Official Secrets de Gavin Hood : Yvonne Ridley
 2022 : La Ruse (Operation Mincemeat) de John Madden : Iris Montag

Courts métrages
 2002 : Too Close to the Bone de Sebastian Godwin
 2004 : Out of Time de Blake et Dylan Ritson : Réceptionniste
 2009 : The Visit de Amelia Hann : une fille
 2009 : Love Hate de Blake et Dylan Ritson : Claire
 2010 : Good Boy de Ben Manley, Blake et Dylan Ritson : Ms Coward
 2011 : Victims de Tim Berry : Ellen
 2012 : Nora de Carrie Cracknell : Nora
 2013 : Penelope de Dan Susman : Helen

Télévision

Séries télévisées
 2004 : New Tricks : Totty Vogel-Downing (1 épisode)
 2005 :  : Beth Lucas Hall (7 épisodes)
 2007-2012 : Outnumbered : Jane (5 épisodes)
 2008 : Scotland Yard, crimes sur la Tamise : Sally Lawson (2 épisodes)
 2008 : Raison et sentiments (Mini-série) : Elinor Dashwood (3 épisodes)
 2008 : Masterpiece Classic : Elinor Dashwood (1 épisode)
 2008 : Agatha Christie's Marple : Elaine Fortescue (1 épisode)
 2010 : Money (Mini-série) : Martina Twain (2 épisodes)
 2010 : Lark Rise to Candleford : Enid Fairley (1 épisode)
 2011 : Inspecteur Lewis : Ruth Brooks (1 épisode)
 2012 : Eternal Law : Hannah English (6 épisodes)
 2013 : Inspecteur Barnaby : Hayley Brantner (1 épisode)
 2014 : Londres, police judiciaire : Alison Gardner (1 épisode)
 2014 : Enquêtes codées : Alice (4 épisodes)
 2015 :  (Mini-série) : Elizabeth Aldridge (2 épisodes)
 2015 : Ballot Monkeys : Siobhan Hope (5 épisodes)
 2015 : Arthur & George : Jean Leckie (3 épisodes)
 2016 : My Mother and Other Stangers : Rose Coyne (5 épisodes)
 2019 : Un espion très recherché (Bez vědomí) (mini-série) d'Ivan Zachariáš – Susanne Clayton

Téléfilms
 1996 : The Peacock Spring de Christopher Morahan : Una Gwithian
 2008 : Bike Squad de Guy Jenkin : WPC Julie Cardigan

Notes et références

Liens externes

Actrice britannique de cinéma
Actrice britannique de télévision
Actrice britannique de théâtre
Actrice britannique de doublage
Naissance en octobre 1978
Membre de la Royal Shakespeare Company
Naissance à Lambeth (borough londonien)


You're coming to a truly unique part of Australia, the meeting place of two UNESCO World Heritage areas – The Wet Tropics (Daintree Rainforest) and The Great Barrier Reef. There are many opportunities for an adventure holiday of a lifetime especially if you are a lover of Nature. David Attenborough called North Queensland an extraordinary place to visit - see his video clip below!
Reef Cottage Wonga Beach is 30 mins north of Port Douglas, 15 mins north east of Mossman, 15 mins south east of Daintree Village, 45 mins south of Cape Tribulation and 45 mins north east of Mount Molloy, where all of the sights, leisure pursuits and adventures listed below can be accessed conveniently.
We have an exceptional library with natural history and science books that relate directly to our region. An accompanying iPad has been loaded with expert material and up-to-date research files that cover many land and sea sites. Our coffee table books will enrich your discovery while a Saxon scouter binocular will assist your field trips. Using our resources on hand, you'll be able to plan itineraries with accurate expectation and experience this very beckoning region with a great deal of ease. We're also able to arrange small group private boat charter for exclusive touring of the Great Barrier Reef.
Not forgetting the beach - we have deluxe canopy chairs, beach chairs, camp stools, umbrella, ice box and also a picnic cooler bag for your enjoyment!
See Activities list below. -> Resources to find out more about driving distances.
DAINTREE STATION – an outback cattle muster show in Whyanbeel. Horses also used for riding at Rocky Point.
DIVING AND SNORKELLING – a variety of boats depart from Port Douglas. Single operator at Cape Tribulation. Mid-section to Outer Great Barrier Reef visits.
EXOTIC AND GOURMET FOODS – discover crocodile and kangaroo meat and sausages. Food tasting trail from Cape Tribulation to Mareeba and Atherton Tablelands e.g. gourmet dairy products, tea, coffee, chocolates. Also see tropical fruit winery below.
MARKETS – savour local produce and specialties e.g. exotic fruits, organic chocolate, ice cream at Mossman on Saturdays. Local art, crafts and tropical themes at Port Douglas on Sundays.
PRIVATE BOAT CHARTERS – most operate from Port Douglas from day dive trips to liveaboards for a few nights. Private boat hire for small groups to go to unvisited places can be arranged by Reef Cottage.
RAINFOREST INTERPRETIVE TOURS – tour guides often pick up visitors from accommodation to Mossman Gorge, Mt Lewis, Daintree and Cape Tribulation. Learn about Wet Tropics flora and fauna.
ZOOS – Daintree Wild Zoo is sanctuary and petting zoo 10 mins from Wonga Beach. Wildlife Habitat is wildlife enclosure with well-known "Breakfast with the Birds" at Port Douglas.


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Child Poverty and Inequality: Securing a Better Future for America's Children
Duncan Lindsey
One of the United States' great promises is that all children will be given the opportunity to work in order to achieve a comfortable standard of living. That promise has faded profoundly for American children who have grown up in poverty, particularly black and Hispanic children, and many of the deepening fault lines in the social order are traceable to this disparity. In recent years the promise has also begun to fade for children of the American middle class. Education and hard work, once steady paths to economic success, no longer lead as far as they once did. But that does not have to be ... More
One of the United States' great promises is that all children will be given the opportunity to work in order to achieve a comfortable standard of living. That promise has faded profoundly for American children who have grown up in poverty, particularly black and Hispanic children, and many of the deepening fault lines in the social order are traceable to this disparity. In recent years the promise has also begun to fade for children of the American middle class. Education and hard work, once steady paths to economic success, no longer lead as far as they once did. But that does not have to be the case, as this volume shows. America can provide true opportunity to all its children, insuring them against a lifetime of inequality; and when it does, the walls dividing the country by race, ethnicity, and wealth will begin to crumble. Long a voice for combating child poverty, the author takes a balanced approach that begins with a history of economic and family policy, from the Great Depression and the development of Social Security, and moving onward. He details the extent of economic inequality in the U.S., pointing out that this wealthiest of countries also has the largest proportion of children living in poverty. Calling for reform, the author proposes several viable universal income-security policies for vulnerable children and families, strategies that have worked in other advanced democracies and which also respect the importance of the market economy. They aim not just to reduce child poverty, but also to give all children meaningful economic opportunity. Just as Social Security alleviates the sting of poverty in old age, asset-building policies can insulate children from the cumulative effects of disadvantage and provide them with a strong foundation from which to soar.
Keywords: child poverty, inequality, opportunity to work, standard of living, social order, middle class, education, economic success, opportunity, Great Depression
Print publication date: 2008 Print ISBN-13: 9780195305449
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2010 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305449.001.0001
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Duncan Lindsey, editor
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Preface: The Future of Children
1 The Color of Child Poverty
2 Growing Inequality: From the "Era of the Middle Class" to the "Era of the Wealthy Class"
3 Doing for Children What We Have Done for Seniors: Government Efforts to End Poverty
4 The Failure of Welfare Reform to Reduce Child Poverty
5 Eliminating Welfare and Reducing Child Poverty
6 Embracing Capitalism:Investing in Our Children
7 Closing: The World We Leave Our Children


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