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CHENNAI: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized ?4.23 crore worth of Indonesian cigarettes smuggled into the city from a container ship at Chennai port.
The sleuths arrested four people in this connection and remanded them in judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate court in Allikulam on Saturday.
On a tipoff, DRI officials conducted a surprise check of the containers marked as calcium carbonate. The officials found that three 20-ft containers were brought at Kattupalli port and then the consignments were shifted to a designated private container freight station.
The officials visited the station and found that the 'calcium carbonate' was delivered from Dubai.
When they opened the consignments in the presence of freight station authorities they found cigarettes of Indonesian origin. A total of 30.24 lakh cigarettes worth ?4.23 crore were seized.
These cigarettes do not bear statutory health and pictorial warnings mandated under Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008.
The cigarettes, the calcium carbonate bags and the three containers were seized under provisions of Customs Act, 1962 and four people including the importer have been arrested.
Cigarettes fall under Section 123 of the Customs Act, 1962, by which responsibility is on the people who are in possession of cigarettes to prove that the items are not smuggled into India.
In January, about 70.56 lakh cigarettes of the same brand were seized at the port by Special Intelligence & Investigation Branch (SIIB) of the Chennai Sea Port Customs Commissionerate.


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Andrée Murphy
Posted on February 5, 2018 by andreemurphy
Creeping Depravity of Privatisation
Did you ever find yourself in a place and you had no idea how you got there?
So last week I found myself at a medical appointment and it was being delivered by a private company. I didn't ask for the private company. I was sent an NHS letter that gave me the appointment. The appointment was in an NHS hospital. But it was nonetheless being delivered by a private company.
Now I should say I was grumpy anyway. My anxiety levels were through the roof because, well all of these appointments are anxiety inducing.
The thing is that I had had the exact same procedure carried out in the RVH by NHS staff on NHS time and it was a lot better. I mean a lot. The staff were more professional. They made what is a 45 minute ordeal as easy as physically and mentally possible and I was not treated like one of the cattle. The private healthcare provider did none of the above. And it was carried out in a container on the grounds of the hospital.
But it wasn't just that the provider was less than the NHS standard, it was that I had no choice. Until this week I hadn't noticed the creeping privatisation of the NHS. I definitely knew that lots of people had been choosing to get private appointments when they had been placed on NHS waiting lists that were months and years long. I was very aware of that. But all of those people were making an informed choice. Choosing "to go private". And we can all have our views on it good, bad or indifferent. But here is my Umbridge. I did not choose the private practitioner in this case.
Neither did the person close to me who has been waiting for months for an ultrasound appointment who was sent one from the NHS sending him to a private practitioner.
Neither did the other person close to me who went for a chest x-ray in an NHS hospital who was told she would not get the results for 6 weeks because the xray will go to a firm who will read it and send it back to her GP. Really.
We have, through no choice of our own, become complicit in the creeping privatisation of the NHS. And I deeply resent it. It is as clear as the nose on our face that those who want to make money out of delivering health care are gaining contracts at the exact same time as the NHS suffers crippling underinvestment. Them offering an earlier appointment is not an act of civil service. It is part of the dismantling of the Service.
And worryingly now the NHS is subject to being sued by these private contractors! Richard Branson recently successfully sued the NHS because he was not awarded a contract to deliver children's palliative care. How depraved will this system become?
If I am forced to live under British occupation (and I am), and I pay taxes to the British Inland Revenue (andI do), then I can defend the one good thing to come out of Britain with the entirely subversive view that a new Ireland will have its own NHS. But if things keep going like this a whole service will have to be rebuilt.
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Home > Anna-Kay Clayton's unwavering faith in God paying off
Published:Thursday | February 15, 2018 | 12:00 AMShanna Monteith/Gleaner Writer [1]
If God really gives His hardest battles to His strongest soldiers, as they say, then Anna-Kay Clayton is nothing short of a lieutenant.
Having surmounted financial hurdles and conflict at home to earn good Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate passes, she came to realise that her hardest battles were not yet behind her.
"My hope was to apply for sixth form, but at that point, my father stopped supporting me. He believed it was time for me to get a job and take care of him, but I wanted more for myself - to be more than just the ordinary, and to do something no one in my immediate family had done," she said.
Despite all the hurdles that were before her and the many discouragements hurled at her, the young woman, who said God favours her, was able to get the help she needed to complete sixth form and
later enrol in the nursing programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and even when the roadblocks were remounted, she pushed through and was even able to help her mother and family back home.
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Clayton revealed that at the time, her mother was suffering from lupus, and as the disease progressed, she was unable to walk or help herself and that her younger sisters had to assist with the activities of daily living.
"I believe I was in denial with regard to how her condition was deteriorating because when my sister called me at work and said she died, I couldn't see how that was possible. I cried inconsolably. I loved her. I wanted to finish school and take care of her. I had so many plans," she said, adding that the news was followed by a season of grief that affecting her academics and resulted in her having had to seek counselling.
"But I was reminded that God will not give me more than I can bear. He knows best. My job started to take over my life: I wasn't sleeping, had no time to eat, and I was missing classes and group meetings. I told God that I needed to focus on my studies," she said.
Clayton told Family & Religion that she was reminded of God's favour when she received a scholarship that she hadn't even applied for and was able to quit work and finally focus on her studies.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE
"And then it happened: I was pregnant. In school and pregnant. A Christian and pregnant. Unmarried and pregnant. I was devastated. I cried for days, more because I knew the criticism would come. But I sucked it up and accepted that it was real and it was happening. But I was about to give up.
"In the middle of final year, I was told that I wouldn't be allowed in school until six weeks after I gave birth. This would mean missing my exams, clinical, and having to wait another year," she said, admitting that she cried at first but then decided that she would continue fighting until she finally got some good news - that they would allow her to continue.
So Clayton attended school for the entirety of her pregnancy, had her daughter, and was back at school to sit exams three weeks later, completing her internship in an additional semester and earning the highest grade she had ever earned in all her years at the UWI.
The now 24-year-old woman believes that her setbacks were for the best.
"Now, look at me! I am the holder of a degree in nursing (honours), and I didn't do it alone. I achieved this all while being the mother to my daughter. God knew I needed this little girl. She inspires and motivates me every day to never give up. My mother would have been proud.
"Never let anyone set limits on what you can achieve. What they thought was a mountain for them could very well turn out to be your valley. If God takes you to it, He will take you through it. Have faith and believe Him when He said He will not leave you nor forsake you," she advised.
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People in the Film
Scene by Scene Synopsis
Woodlands Families
Shared History
Just Like Family
Home / About the Film / Credits
Shared History is a co-production of Felicia Furman Productions and SCETV in association with the Independent Television Service
Humanities CouncilSC
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Furman Family Trust
Daniel-Mickel Foundation
John I. Smith Charities
Amy & Cecil Conlee
Elliott R. Donnelley Family Trust
Messing Foundation
Anna Kate & Hayne Hipp
Priester Foundation
Dale R. Hill, Jr.
Boulder Arts Commission
Neodata Endowment
Houghton Foundation
Susan E. Cyr & Mark Johnson
Felicia Furman
Lillian E. Benson, A.C.E.
Writers/Co-Producers
Lillian E. Benson
Vivian Glover
Frost Wilkinson
Skip Clark
Segment Directors
Anthony Simmons
Charles Gregory Washington
Dorothy M. Manigault
Creative Consultant
Karen E. Fields
Katherine Robertson
Content Adviser
Jualynne E. Dodson
FOR SCETV
Executive Director, The ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
Elaine Freeman
Vice President of Broadcasting for Production
Director of Production Services
Keith Galloway
On-Line Editor
Jeanne Bryant
Titles and Graphics
Christine Brouwer
Skip Beach
Additional Audio
Videotape Technician
Jasa Landers
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION
Ways and Means Production
Go To Team
People Productions
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Bruce Borowsky
Steve Lang
Joe Savion
Dwaine Scott
Lesa C. Wineglass-Smalls
Benjamin B. Dunlap
Walter B. Edgar
John C. Guilds
Charles Joyner
LOCATION MANAGERS
Carl and Shirley Buck
Kathryn Elliott
Cathy Surratt
George Rowe and The Gospel Knights of Bamberg
"By and By" Charles A. Tindley, 1851 – 1933, Senior Choir, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Midway, South Carolina
"Walk With Me" American Spiritual led by Lottie M. Curry
ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Camille Buck
Alester G. Furman III
Joel W. Hand, Jr.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Joel Nichols
A.D. Oliphant
Neil Selkirk Photography, Inc.
Kinloch Rivers
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library) "A Soldier Returns" © Morgan & Marvin Smith, Photography and Prints Division
Alexandra F. Whitley
WE WISH TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT
Lottie M. Curry
Elona Carolyn Davis
Tony Duncan
Mazie Frazier Rumph Glover
Mary Simms Gregory
Bertha Mae Harrison
Eugenia M. Haynes
William D. Howard
James Laboard
Lela Ligon
Willie Cam Nimmons
Alex Oliphant
Ann Simms Pincus
Jane F. Pressly
Willie Reed
Patricia Rowe
Louis Rumph
Thomas and Martha Rumph
Sadie M. Ryant
Carrie Sojourner-Simmons
Daisy Bell Sease
Robert L. Singleton
Lue Tyler
Verdine Tyler
Luvenia Duckett
Earl Middleton
Joy Barnes
Meredith Woods
Sally Kaplan
Jim LaVita
Judy Bynum
Coby Hennecy
Denny Houghton
Robby Fahey
Albert Ridge
Lightwave Pictures
Timelapse Productions
Fersner's Outdoor Services
National Archives and Record Service
Pilgrim Baptist Church
South Caroliniana Library
AART (African Atlantic Research Team, Michigan State University)
Freedmen and Southern Society Project, University of Maryland
IFP (Independent Film Project)
AND THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED
Bessie Brown
Carl Buck
Edith George
Elliott Marigault, Jr.
George Rowe III
Earthlee Rumph
Rosena Warren
Awarded Best Film/Video on Matters Relating to the Black Experience
at the XXIII Black International Cinema, Berlin
The Smalls Family
The Smalls family is connected to Woodlands Plantation through the Laboards. Henry Smalls married Mary Anne Laboard, one of the youngest children of Wilson and Sallie LaBorde. According to the brochure of the second annual Smalls-Laboard family reunion, Henry Smalls–probably the father of the Henry that married Mary Anne LaBorde–was "the son of Ben Felder and Annie Smalls. Ben and Annie came over from England on a boat that docked in Charleston, S.C…. Ben Felder was a white Englishman, and Annie was a mulatto." A Ben Smalls, 21, black, is listed in the 1870 Midway census with Ann, 20. In the 1880 census, he is listed as age 32 and living with wife Ann and children Willie, George, Henry, Eugenia, and Rebecca. All are listed as mulatto. In the 1900 census, there is listed a Binn Smalls with wife Ann, and children Rebecker and Edmon. In that same census, there is listed a Henry Smalls, age 25, living with his wife (name illegible) and daughter, Dottie.
The Singleton Family
Harry, Ely, and Becky Singleton also remained in the Midway area after the war and are listed in the group of freedmen identified in the contract between Isaac Nimmons and Charles Carroll in July of 1865 as working at "the Pinckney Place." The Singleton name is also connected to Woodlands through William Gilmore Simms, whose mother was named Harriet Ann Augusta Singleton. At the time of her death in 1808, Simms inherited 25 slaves, and there is a possibility that the African American Singletons may be descended from them.
The 1870 Bamberg census lists a Harry Singleton, a 38-year-old black farmhand as head of a household consisting of Rebecca, age 37, and children Hura (sp?), 16, Elizabeth, 14, Christina, 12, Sylvia, 10, Eugenia, 6, and Harry, 2. In 1880, Harry, age 50, is recorded as head of a household that includes his wife Rebecca, 50, and children Hattie, Rebecca, Eugenia, Inae, and a nephew, Robert Olin. Also in that year, a Rebecca Singleton purchased 80 acres of land from Francis Fishburne Carroll just north of and adjacent to Woodlands. (Francis Fishburne Carroll was the son of Charles Carroll, who was a close friend, neighbor, and kinsman of William Gilmore Simms.) Harry Singleton, age 70, appears again in the 1900 Midway census with his wife Emma, 55.
The Rowe Family
As with the Rumphs, it is likely that the Rowe family has been associated with the Simms family since the 18th century through their earliest South Carolina ancestor, Michael Christopher Rowe.
Mrs. Oliphant also made several statements indicating the Rowe family was originally part of Oak Grove Plantation, and was part of the group of bondsmen who were brought to Woodlands when Simms married Chevillette Eliza and established residence there in 1836. In a tribute she delivered at the funeral of Mary Anne Rowe, she said, "For more than 200 years, the Rowe family have been associated with our family. They lived first with the Simmses on the Orangeburg side of the Edisto and in 1836 moved with us to the Bamberg side of the river. They have been with us here for more than 100 years."
According to Beecher's list of freedmen, at least three members of the Rowe family stayed on at Woodlands during the years after the end of the Civil War including Bundo, Berubo, and Caesar Rowe. However, the Woodlands Plantation Book does
George Rowe sharecropped Mary C. Simms Oliphant's portion of Woodlands between 1921 and 1930's. His daughter, Llewelyn Rowe Hopkins, was "sent up" by her father to Greenville—about 300 miles away—to work for Mrs. Oliphant. She stayed there for over fifty years.
Mrs. Hopkins daughter, Bertha Mae Harrison remembers her grandfather, George Rowe, telling them that his father was named Jim Redford and that he changed his name to Rowe when he married into the Rowe family—presumably to Clancia Rowe.
*Names are spelled as found in the historical record.
The Simms Family
The Simms family is descended from William Gilmore Simms (1806 – 1870), noted 19th-century literary figure and Chevillette Eliza Roach Simms, the daughter of Nash Roach. They had 16 children, but only six survived childhood including William Gilmore, Jr., Mary Lawson, Chevillette Eliza, Govan Singleton, and Charles Carroll. Simms also had a daughter, Anna Augusta Singleton, from his first wife, Anna Malcolm Giles.
By virtue of Simms' literary achievements, Woodlands is designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior and is currently used by the Simms descendants for family retreats, hunting parties, and community gatherings.
William Gilmore Simms was a native South Carolinian who gained far-ranging literary acclaim in his day as the most prolific southern antebellum writer. Hailed as the man of letters of the Old South, Simms garnered the respect of readers in the North and South, including such contemporaries as Edgar Allan Poe and James Fenimore Cooper. Simms' versatility and talent were evidenced in some 72 book-length works, including novels, short story collections, poetry, drama, literary criticism, essays, history, and biography. Among his better known works are The Yemassee, his most popular Indian novel; The Partisan, the first of seven Revolutionary War romances; Richard Hurdis, one of his eight Border Romances; and The Wigwam and the Cabin, A Collection of Short Stories. Following the Civil War and after his death, Simms' works fell out of favor.
His biographer, John C. Guilds, writes: "Alone among American novelists of the 19th century, Simms perceived a national literary need, sensed his capability to fulfill it, developed a plan to attain it, and lived to complete it. Simms had vision, commitment, intensity, and perseverance—ingredients without which sustained literary accomplishment of the first magnitude is impossible. Relatively early in his career, in 1845, Simms articulated his mission for artistic fulfillment with precision and comprehensiveness, and throughout his life he remained constant to that mission, neither altering its formulation nor wavering in his commitment. Simms' vision of America depicted in his fiction extends from 16th-century Florida (Vasconselos and The Lily and the Totem); colonial South Carolina (The Cassique of Kiawah and The Yemassee); the Revolutionary War (Joscelyn, The Partisan, Mellichampe, Katherine Walton, The Scout, The Forayers, Eutaw, and Woodcraft); through the trans-Mississippi migration in the early 19th century (Guy Rivers, Richard Hurdis, Border Beagles, Confession, Beauchampe, Charlemont, Helen Halsey, The Wigwam and the Cabin, the Cub of the Panther, Voltmeier). To Simms, his writings about ante-colonial America, the English colonies, the Revolutionary War, and the rampaging frontier were part of a sustained, interconnected literary saga. He traced the development of American national consciousness through four centuries in two dozen books which, taken together, form a powerful, intense, highly readable epic and constitute a unique national literary treasure. Though Simms' achievements are various and varied—his poetry [see "Among the Ruins"], in particular, is important for both historical and aesthetic reasons—his vision of an American literature by Americans found its fullest expression in the novel; and it is here that his immortality is assured."
Recent research by a core of southern scholars has revived interest in and appreciation of the writings of Simms. Since 1952, there have been a number of publications that support Simms' prominence as a nationally significant author including six volumes of his letters, The Letters of William Gilmore Simms, a collection of his poems, the Guilds biography, and a series of critical publications about his work including Long Years of Neglect and William Gilmore Simms and the American Frontier also by John C. Guilds and The Poetry and the Practical by James E. Kibler, among other related works.
William Gilmore Simms' granddaughter, Mary C. Simms Oliphant (1891 – 1988), was also an historian In 1916, the state superintendent of education asked her to update her grandfather's 1860 history of South Carolina for use as a texbook. In 1932, Oliphant wrote an entirely new South Carolina history textbook. The Simms History of South Carolina went through 9 editions and was used by South Carolina junior high school students.She later wrote a reader to introduce third-grade children to their state.Oliphant's most ambitions project, and the one for which she is most widely known, was her work to collect, edit, and publish Simms's letters.
Other grandchildren of William Gilmore Simms include Zaidee Aldrich Simms Cole (1882 – 1968), William Gilmore Simms IV (1883 – 1953), Harold Algernon Simms (1888 – 1965) and Anne Lee Simms Buck1893 – 1969).
The Nimmons Family
Although the Simms and Nimmons families did not maintain close ties after the Civil War, Isaac Nimmons was a key figure at Woodlands and a significant presence in the Midway community through the end of the 19th century. William Gilmore Simms, Jr. describes him as follows:
Isaac Nimmons was our father's body servant and coachman, and a great favorite with all the children. He had been a stable boy of my grand uncle A. R. Govan, who imported the great race horse Bosters from England, and as a partner of Col. William Johnson of Virginia ran a number of horses on the Washington Race trace at Charleston. Isaac was a born sport and knew the history of all the great races by heart, and being a good raconteur, endeared himself to the children of his many track anecdotes….
A.R. Govan, the uncle of the wife of William Gilmore Simms, Chevillette Eliza Simms, was a planter in the Orangeburg District who moved to Mississippi in 1828, indicating that Nimmons might have come to Woodlands at that time or in 1847 when Roach moved to Woodlands permanently.
Nimmons played a critical role in the lives of the Simms family at the end of the Civil War when he helped evacuate the family from Woodlands. He delivered food and other provisions to them in Columbia where they moved to escape Sherman's destructive march through South Carolina.
In February 1865, after Woodlands was burned by Sherman's stragglers, the neighbors in the community accused Isaac Nimmons of setting the fire. William Gilmore Simms, Jr. describes the incident as follows:
Sometime after the army had passed, a jury of citizens in the neighborhood arrested my father's coachman and body servant Isaac Nimmons and tried him for the burning [of Woodlands]. The weight of the evidence exonerated Isaac, although there was a good deal of feeling against him, but general opinion was that the dwelling was burnt by some of the bands of bummers that hung on to the outskirts of the army.
The Laboard Family
In a tribute Mrs. Oliphant delivered at the funeral of Arthur Laboard who helped her restore the gardens at Woodlands in the 1950s, she wrote: "The family of the LaBordes [sic] came to Woodlands from Beaufort in 1861 when the Northern Army occupied that part of the coast. The LaBordes have been with us ever since. Arthur LaBorde's grandmother, Sallie LaBorde, was beloved by every member of the Simms family and I have a picture of her which I shall always cherish."
According to Mrs. Oliphant, the LaBorde family had been part of a group of 40 or 50 slaves from the plantation of Dr. Fuller located near Pocotaligo in Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort County. However, the LaBordes (who now spell their name Laboard) may have already been at Woodlands prior to the Civil War. Bessie Laboard Brown has said that her grandmother, Sallie LaBorde, who Mrs. Oliphant referred to as "Maum Sallie," told her that she was "sold to the Simms in Midway." She said, "Grandmamma's father was a rice farmer in Beaufort." Sallie, who married Wilson LaBoard (possibly the same person called Vincent) who was already at Woodlands, may have been one of this group from the Fuller plantation.
According to Beecher's list of freedmen who remained at the plantation after the Civil War, Vincent, Sally, Tina, and Edmund LaBorde stayed on at Woodlands. The 1867 tax return book for Barnwell Parish also lists a Wilson Labboard [sic], who owed $1 in "capitation" tax. Also in that year, Wilson LaBorde filed a complaint with the Freedmen's Bureau against Daniel Rowell, a Midway farmer with whom he had contracted for one-third of the crop. When the harvest was completed, he and Sallie were ordered off the plantation, apparently in an attempt by Rowell to renege on their deal. He and Sallie are back at Woodlands in 1868 according to the Woodlands Plantation Book, which lists work completed by, items purchased from, or accounts with Vincent LaBorde in the years 1868 and 1874.
Edmund LaBorde, 42, is listed in the 1870 Midway census with his household composed of Eugenia (possibly the Tina mentioned above), 43, Dorcas, 69, and George, age 20. Edmund is also listed as owning land valued at $250 and other property valued at $200. The 1870 Federal Census of South Carolina Agriculture, Midway, lists an Edward Labord owning 25 acres of land although no deed is listed in the Barnwell County Courthouse records. The population census of that year also lists a Weston Laborde (probably Wilson LaBorde), 29, Sarah Anne (probably Sallie), 23, and children Jeffry, Nancy, Sandie or Landie, and Dolly.
The 1880 census lists an Edmon Labord, 65, and his wife, Eugenia, 60 as living in Midway. There is also a Vincent Labord, 45, with wife Sallie, 38, and children Nancy, James, Dolly, George, Cornelia, and Richard.
Additionally, one of the youngest children of Wilson and Sallie LaBoard, Mary Anne LaBoard, married Henry Smalls, forming the Smalls family link to Woodlands.
The Roach Family
Nash Roach was the father of Chevillette Eliza Roach, who married William Gilmore Simms in 1836. He also owned a plantation across the Edisto River in Orangeburg County called Oak Grove that he acquired through his marriage to Eliza Ann Govan (1791 – 1822), the daughter of Daniel Govan (? – 1797) and Louisa Robinson. This was Roach's principal residence and primary income property until 1846 when he sold Oak Grove and moved to Woodlands to live with his daughter and son-in-law. In colonial days, Oak Grove was called "St. George"; during the Revolution, it was referred to as "Chevillette's" after Eliza Ann Govan's stepfather, John Chevillette. "St. George," not to be confused with the town or district of St. George in adjacent Dorchester County, was a land grant consisting of many acres just below the town of Orangeburg. This land grant was given to Daniel Govan's father, Andrew Govan (? – 1771) in 1757. In 1758, Andrew Govan married Rachel Rowe (1740 – ?), daughter of Michael Christopher Rowe (1715 – 1787) by his first marriage.
Along with his two brothers Samuel and Henry, Michael Christopher Rowe, a Scotsman, was a landowner in the Orangeburg District. In 1757, he received two land grants near the town Orangeburg – one for 150 acres and the other for 250 acres – and in 1758 he received another grant for 700 acres. He also bought other lands in the same area for a total of over 3,000 acres.
On June 4, 1759, Rowe transferred 100 acres of land in the Orangeburg District to his daughter and son-in-law, Rachel and Andrew Govan. Daniel Govan, Andrew's son, was to inherit the "St. George" property – 1,300 acres – at the time of his mother's death, although it appears that Daniel died before his mother. Andrew Govan's will stipulated that his personal property, presumably including his slaves, would be split equally between his widow, Rachel, his son, Daniel, and daughter, Rachel, although other evidence suggests that Rachel inherited all of the slaves. The first federal census reveals that Daniel Govan owned at least eight slaves in 1790. His daughter, Eliza Ann Govan, who probably inherited Oak Grove at the time of her grandmother's death and also presumably her slaves, married Nash Roach in 1813. It is assumed that Roach became the proprietor of Oak Grove at that time.
The Glover Family
Isom Glover was known as the torch-tender and had charge of the firewood for the estate. According to Mrs. Oliphant, "It was he who, as a young man, at great personal risk saved the [Benjamin] West portrait of Simms when the house was burned [by Sherman's troops] in 1865." He does not appear in Beecher's list of freedmen at Woodlands in June of 1865. However, he is listed as having a sharecropper's account at Woodlands in January of 1868. An Isom Glover shows up in the 1870s census in Midway, at age 24, living with wife Sarah, 20, and son Robert, 2. There is an Isham Glover, age 35, in the 1880 Midway census with wife Martha, and children Mariah, Paul, Laura and Gabriel.
An Isham Glover from Bamberg is also recorded in the 1890s Special Schedule of Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows of the US during the War of the Rebellion. Although not identified in federal military records as having enlisted or served in the US Army, he apparently provided some service or support to federal troops during the Civil War, despite saving the West portrait of his master, perhaps when Sherman's troops as they passed through Midway. He was the only African American listed in the Special Schedule from the Bamberg area.
The Rumph Family
The earliest remembered ancestor of the Rumph family is Jim Rumph (1810 – 1922). His granddaughter Llewellyn "Mudd" Manigault (1901 – 1986) spoke of his own father. He was 112 when he died, having lived through 57 years of enslavement, the Civil War, Sherman's destruction of Woodlands and most of Midway, the famine after the war, the failure of Reconstruction, the difficulties of sharecropping, and the boom in farming that resulted from the exigencies of World War I. Jim Rumph fathered a son named Jim Rumph (1875 – 1937), who also had a son named Jim Rumph (1900 – 1985). All three farmed property that was once part of the original plantation and which the Rumph family has owned since 1917. All were the managers of Woodlands, on behalf of the Simms family, and all are buried in the cemetery on the plantation property. Earthlee Rumph (1907 – 1993), one of the grandchildren of the old Jim Rumph, reported that Jim Rumph came "direct from Africa" as a young man and was "auctioned off" in Charleston. According to Mr. Rumph, Jim Rumph was about 18 when he was put on a slave ship in Africa bound for Charleston. "He was auctioned in Charleston and [they] sent him from Charleston to Beaufort, where he started his home."
The only mention of a Jim in the plantation book after the Civil War is in the section entitled, "Births of Negroes." The first entries at the top of the page list the births of George, 1842, Ceasar, 1848, Abbie, 1849, Garrick, 1851, and Glover, 1856, all children of Jim and Doll. The Simms family presumes that this "Jim" was the old Jim Rumph and that this family was one of at least two families of which Jim Rumph was the father.
The Rumph name does not appear in the Midway District 1870 census, the first federal census in which former slaves were accounted. However, there is a listing for a James Easterling, age 38, a farmhand living alone and it is remembered that Llewellyn "Mudd" Manigault spoke of the Easterlings. Other grandchildren, Earthlee Rumph—Mrs. Manigault's brother—and Bessie Laboard Brown, recounted that Jim Rumph "ran away" and changed his name to Easterling; one could assume this man was the old Jim before he changed his name to Rumph or back to Rumph.
A James Rumff [sic] * is listed in the 1880 Midway census as a laborer, age 40, with wife, Mary, age 28, and children Ella, 8, Augusta, 7, Webster, 6, Martha, 4, and Sandy, 6 months. (Augusta may be Bessie Laboard Brown's mother Eliza Rumph who she said was originally named Augusta—also the name of William Gilmore Simms's oldest daughter—but she did not like the name and changed it at some point to Elizabeth.) This record would suggest that this James Rumff, listed as age 40 in 1880, is not the same person as James Easterling, listed as age 38 in 1870, however, census enumerators often just guessed at the age of those interviewed and sometimes simply made mistakes.
The Rumphs are related or associated with several other families in the Midway community. The 1900 Midway census lists Eugene (Moss) Rump as a "nephew," aged 13, living with the McCormick family including B. McCormick, age 53, Margaret, his wife, age 60, and their three children ages 16 to 22. Since Eugene Rumph is listed as a nephew, Margaret may have been a sister of the old Jim Rumph, Moss Rumph's father. The Rumph family remembers that Moss Rumph's mother (listed as Mary Black in his obituary) died when he was an infant and that he lived with cousins for a number of years.
The Rumphs may also be related to the Richburgs. According to William D. Howard, a descendant of the Hightower and Nimmons families in Bamberg and Barnwell Counties, his great great grandmother, Masouri Richberg, lived at Woodlands prior to the Civil War. Mr. Howard wrote an unpublished historical narrative, My Wealth Has Come, about his family's connections to West Africa and their early life in the United States. A copy is located in the Bamberg County Public Library. He reported that his grand uncle, Bequert Richburg, told him that Masouri had been a slave on the Simms place and that she also had a daughter named Masouri, but that she became a McCormick. She married Daniel Richburg and later settled in Bamberg. Madrew Ramsey Stuart, a great granddaughter of Abbey Ramsey, also remembered that she had an ancestor named Masouri. She said that Abbey was related to the Nimmons from the Orange Grove community. She was told by her cousin Annie Lou (nicknamed Plum) that Nimmons people used to visit Aunt Rachel, Abbey's daughter, in the hospital. Mrs. Oliphant wrote that Jim Rumph's wife, Birdie (Stokes) Rumph, told her "Jim's mother's people were Nimmons." If she was referring to her husband Jim (as opposed to his father or grandfather) his mother was Eliza Wright, daughter of Abbey Ramsey.
Earthlee Rumph said that the Richburgs were only indirectly related to the Rumphs. He offered that the Richburgs and Rumphs "came over on the same ship" and that one family was sold to the Simms and the other sold to the Richburgs. In a 1994 interview, a cousin of the Rumph family, Reverend Daniel Richberg, stated that his family, like the Rumphs, were from "George's." A white Richburg or de Richebourg family owned property near Summerton. William Howard stated that "Until about 1835, my ancestors [his mother's father's family, the Richburgs] actually were enslaved to the David and Hope Pearson family who lived on what is today Highway 21 which runs between Branchville and Orangeburg."
A number of the descendants of the Rumph still live near Woodlands Plantation today including the Manigaults, Currys, Warrens, Georges, Ryants, Hayneses and Kearse. Rhonda Kearse, one of the three narrators of the Shared History documentary, is the daughter of Margaret Kearse. Margaret's mother was Edith George. Mrs. George and her siblings including Elliott "Junior" Manigault, Dorothy Manigault, Sadie Ryant, Lottie Curry, and Eugenia Haynes, are the children of Llewellyn "Mudd" Manigault, the granddaughter of the first Jim Rumph.
The Curry Family
Mrs. Oliphant identifies Cynthia Curry as the head cook at Woodlands. Cynthia, Albert, and Billy Curry are listed in the group of 47 freedmen identified by James Beecher as remaining at Woodlands after Sherman's destruction of Midway. Beecher named Billy Curry foreman of the group who had planted a corn crop on the property, presumably after the Simms family moved to Columbia.
Cinthia and Albert are listed in the section of the Woodlands Plantation Book entitled "Births of Negroes" as being the parents of Sam, born 1862, Eugene, born 1856, and Alice, born 1859. Martha, born 1861, is listed as a "child of Cinthia." Apparently, Albert Curry, the father or brother of Billy, stayed at Woodlands at least until 1868.


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Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. is a production studio located in Austin, Texas of the United States that specializes in the creation of live action shorts, animated pieces and machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer
Founders: Burnie Burns Matt Hullum Geoff Ramsey Gus Sorola Joel Heyman
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. is a production studio located in Austin, Texas of the United States that specializes in the creation of live action shorts, animated pieces and machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer and video games. The name Rooster Teeth is a euphemism for Cockbite, an insult used in one of the group's trailers. Originally, the group ran a website called drunkgamers.com, a reviewing site in which Burnie Burns, Gustavo Sorola, and Geoff Ramsey reviewed video games while drunk to try to get games from video game developers. Burnie Burns also created voice-over-enhanced gameplay videos of Bungie Studios' popular first-person shooter video game Halo: Combat Evolved. Eventually, these videos led to the creation of Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, an award-winning comedic science-fiction series that was announced in May 2002, premiered on April 1, 2003 and ended on June 28, 2007, with the release of episode 100. Red vs. Blue gained a huge fan base and, while it is still ongoing and continues to be the main focus of Rooster Teeth's work, they have also branched off into numerous separate projects, including live-action shorts.
The fifth season of Red vs. Blue marked the end of The Blood Gulch Chronicles, and the beginning of new seasons that featured a more serious plot and more action, while still retaining its comedic roots (The Blood Gulch Chronicles also features a spin-off miniseries called Out of Mind, released between seasons 4 and 5.) The first three seasons released after The Blood Gulch Chronicles were Reconstruction, Recreation, and Revelation. These, along with the miniseries Recovery One and miniseries Relocated comprise The Recollection series. The next two seasons were simply called Seasons 9 and 10, and comprise the Project Freelancer series. Unlike past seasons, the Project Freelancer series is separated by two narratives. The first includes the cast of the Blood Gulch Chronicles, and continues after the events of The Recollection trilogy, while the second is a prequel of The Blood Gulch Chronicles, and tells the story of the Project Freelancer agents.
The tenth season of Red vs. Blue premiered on Memorial Day 2012, and ended on November 5, 2012. This season introduces a new character, Sigma, voiced by Elijah Wood.
As of March 15th 2013, Rooster Teeth's YouTube page has 1,878,338,142 video views. It also has 3,644,338 subscribers.
To completely tell the story, I'll need to go back a few years. The mid 90s were a confusing time for our nation. Being politically correct was envogue, Madonna was just beginning to show the first signs of old age, and three sub-standard students met on the campus of the University of Texas At Austin. Realizing that their grades would no doubt keep them out of any of the higher paying jobs the world had to offer, Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum and Joel Heyman began to explore other ideas. A seed was planted, and an independent movie was born. Burnie and Matt (being the ugliest of the three) wrote and directed the film, while the much more aesthetically pleasing Joel starred in it. It was called "The Schedule" and centered around a regular Joe who got stuck with the unfortunate duty of collecting souls for Death, the lowest paying employer of them all. They trio toured the film festival scene, and encountered some success. Unfortunately, as their friendship grew, so did other feelings. As love triangles usually do, their relationship ended in shambles. Joel, unable to handle the complicated feelings and emotions, fled to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in acting, the other lowest paying job of them all. Matt was torn, but decided to follow his heart (i.e. Joel), and ended up in LA as well. Still too ugly for acting, he began a career in Hollywood doing visual effects. He also began the long process of healing and growing said relationship with Joel.
Burnie was crushed. To deal with this double heartbreak, he became emotionally vapid, and did the only thing available for the apathetic and soulless, he entered the tech industry. His entropy helped propel him to the top, and eventually he became the Director of Operations at a tech support center, where a new group of poor students were just beginning to emerge.
Gustavo Sorola, fleeing from his stunning failures at Rice University, met Geoff Fink, a man who was simply too dumb for College. They embraced their low paying tech jobs, falling in love with the primary colors and blinking text of the internet. A kinship was formed, and the pair became fast friends, often playing video games till all hours of the morning while sharing their feelings and desires. Pillow fights were had, toenails were painted, and much alcohol consumed. It was heaven on earth.
The two quickly became disillusioned with the internet and learned to hate its mocking ways, so they created a website in defense. It was called Uglyinternet.com and it was mean. Too mean for the world. Lawsuits were filed, and death threats issued. The pair bought a baseball bat and hid in a closet for 6 months. When they emerged, they had a dream, to start another website, one that combined god's two greatest gifts to mankind - drinking and video games.
Drunkgamers.com began soon after in the spring of 2000. The site began to grow a small following, and much like the moth is drawn to the flame, Burnie was drawn to their radical ideas and raw passion. Slowly, Geoff and Gus taught Burnie how to care again. He began to write for them, and soon became the most prolific drunken video game writer of all time.
Drunkgamers quickly grew, adding a cheese-loving, shoe-hating hippy named Dan Godwin, and a pseudo homeless kid named Jason Saldana. Not a lot is known about how Jason actually became a part of the group, but one can assume it had a lot to do with pity. A few other staffers were added, but they all died in a car crash. It was sad.
Trying to find a way to weasel his quasi-filmmaking experience into the site, Burnie started adding weekly gameplay videos. No one watched them, but he refused to stop. One day while making a video showing how great he thought he was at Halo, he remembered a recent conversation during a game of CTF. It might have gone something like this.
Burnie: Hey, do you ever wonder why they call it a Warthog? I think it looks more like a Puma! Geoff: You're an idiot. Gus: Die.
Burnie couldn't shake the thought provoking conversation. It haunted him. Why WAS it called a Warthog? Not a single other person in the entire world cared (and still doesn't), but he had to know. So he decided to create his own answer, and RedVsBlue was born. He frantically called Geoff and Gus to tell them about his new idea, a movie INSIDE of a video game. They mocked him (and continue to, to this day). The world wasn't ready for his idea. No one could grasp the concept. Undaunted, he "filmed" a trailer to show them. They still didn't care. Burnie was heartbroken. Soon after, in a completeley unrelated incident, Drunkgamers.com ended. No one knows exactly why or what caused the sites demise, but some sources say a middle finger (possibly two), combined with six Irish Car Bombs, were partially to blame. This looked like the end.
Until...
One day, four months later, Computer Gaming World contacted Geoff, to ask if they could use an old drunkgamers video on one of their cover mount CDs. Geoff graciously accepted, and he and Burnie lamented about the pointlessness of having a video in a magazine of such stature, with no website to point to it. The group reunited in a flurry of activity. Plans were made, schemes were hatched, and just as they were settling on the idea of a Justin Timberlake fan site, Burnie remembered his little Halo movie. He knew there was only one way to convince Gus and Geoff (who were already drawing up scanning in their Timberlake pics), so he got them stinking drunk. They awoke the next day, hung over and strangely sore (but that's a story for another day), to see that Burnie had convinced them to sign their lives away for the promise of more Banana Daiquiris. They were beaten. He immediately called Matt and Joel to gloat, only to discover that they too were beaten. Broken down by the harsh and unforgiving Tinsletown machine. They begged him for a job, even if it was just washing cars. Burnie decided to be the bigger man, and fences were mended (literally, he made them build a fence in his back yard).
They were onboard.
And the world was without the best Justin Timberlake site ever...
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10 years since 26/11 Mumbai attacks: Effective counter-measures aside, eliminating terrorists alone can't end terrorism
Much like September 2001 attack in the case of the US, India's homeland security was tightened to a great extent post 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The lack of a repeat event in ten years and in fact the absence of anything near a mass casualty act is a measure of success for the Indian intelligence and response agencies.
Syed Ata Hasnain November 26, 2018 13:40:39 IST
On 26 November, 2008 ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who underwent specialised training as part of Daura-e-Khas, embarked across the sea from Karachi and after change of boats on the high seas through hijacking, struck south Mumbai. In three to four days of mayhem, the ten men, acting in small teams and directed from within Pakistan, targeted iconic hotels, popular restaurants, hospitals and a famous railway terminus, resulting in death of 165 people. The unconventional entry and the meticulous planning had all the ingredients of a military operation. Physical recce by a representative was reinforced by briefings on satellite aided maps, navigation too was aided by GPS and communication and guidance were executed through Thuraya satellite phones.
26/11, as the event came to be known as, achieved the negative aim of paralysing India's financial capital, received high decibel media hype, ended the peace process between India and Pakistan and brought the two nuclear armed neighbours to a situation where war was once again a possibility. Ten years later, is India more secure? Is there a feasibility of a repeat of a mass casualty terror attack anywhere in the country? This needs a carefully considered answer.
It is important to place a positive response at the outset. Much like September 2001 attack in the case of the US, India's homeland security was tightened to a great extent post 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The lack of a repeat event in ten years and in fact the absence of anything near a mass casualty act is a measure of success for the Indian intelligence and response agencies. The terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008 was unprecedented in its scale and intensity betrayed gaping holes in India's intelligence network with respect to the collection and coordination of intelligence and action between various agencies of the state and union governments.
The creation of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by an Act of Parliament was an immediate spin-off of 26/11. It acts as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency. The agency is empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states. The proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) with jurisdiction over both intelligence and operations would have been an ideal institution but its formation has been mired in bureaucratic and political tangle. The setting up of nodal centres of deployment of the National Security Guard (NSG) to reduce response time was a timely and effective measure to execute counter terror operations in a threat scenario against point targets in India. However, these are yet limited to important metros. While in the face of persistent threats India could do more, especially in the field of intelligence and its coordination, both internally and externally, the intelligence capacity has definitely enhanced quite dramatically with many successful intelligence operations. The appointment of a Special Envoy of the Prime Minister on Counter Terrorism is also a step which has added value in all directions.
File image of Ajmal Kasab, the terrorists who was caught and later executed.
While counter measures have a measure of effectiveness, threats have only multiplied over time. Pakistan's 'friendly' terror groups which are treated as strategic assets by the ISI and the increasing footprint of religious radicalism within Pakistan has enhanced threats manifold. With large scale mass casualty attacks by terrorist organisations working internally against Pakistan, such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) the 'friendlies' have been attempting to execute mirror copy of those operations in India. Pathankot was one such attempt that did not succeed to the extent desired by them.
The attempt towards resurgence of terrorism in Punjab through small scale terror attacks is a dangerous portent although the feasibility of a mass movement in the state is relatively remote because of lack of popular support. However, in such circumstances terror organizations are known to attempt one or two large scale actions to create a signature image about capability notwithstanding the negative effect that it may have on the potential for spread of antipathy within the population. This is because initially they wish to demonstrate loyalty to the sponsor agencies (the ISI in this case), more than their larger goal. The feasibility of alliance between the terror groups under the sponsor flag of the ISI remains live and that could spell a reasonable danger anywhere in northern India, especially Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The threat to military institutions and government installations remains high.
The high intensity phase of international terror witnessed with the rise of the Islamic State fortunately did not have a major impact in India in terms of recruitment or choice of targets. However, it would be a fallacy to imagine that the threat of Islamic State has evaporated. Islamic State continues to exist in Syria and also in virtual state. It has made unsuccessful efforts at establishing itself in Philippines and in Afghanistan. However, the feasibility of it carrying out a signature act in India, where it probably perceives that no strategic objectives exist for the present, does appear remote. Indian intelligence agencies however, will need to be sufficiently networked with international agencies to remain in the loop of early inputs.
Much has been written about the Rohingyas and the possibility of their recruitment for acts against India. That remains feasible although no major indicators of any such intent have emerged yet. The really high potential for big actions remains the possible employment of Kashmiri terrorists. With local terror groups gaining experience the possibility of them being tempted to take the acts of terror beyond Kashmir does exist. Except for the LTTE's unfortunate targeting of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi there has been no suicide bombing in India outside Jammu and Kashmir. This has been extremely rare in Jammu and Kashmir too but a determined adversary hell bent on spreading mayhem could test the waters with this. With the entry of greater radical footprint in Kashmir inimical sponsors of proxy war could be tempted to use the route of radical faith and motivate an odd individual to be the pioneer of such an action. It takes only religiously endowed motivation and hatred to set up such an operation and determined terrorists with such minds are not easy to stop. Thus every effort must be made to counter this and all organisations in the counter terrorist campaign in J&K should be sensitive to this.
It is also important to remember that terror acts are always possible when determined and hate filled individuals open themselves to exploitation. That hate and divisiveness is at the root of the problem. A society devoid of this remains far safer. India needs to work harder to make its public more conscious about the roots of terror and insecurity through that direction. The public information campaign on this has been relatively weak. Terror cannot be simply defeated through the physical route of elimination of terrorists but far more through an aware and well sensitised public. There is no better time to commence undertaking such strategic sensitization than on the anniversary of 26/11 a day India must never forget from its collective conscience.
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Abdul Rehman Makki: The UN-designated global terrorist related to Hafiz Saeed
The United Nations Security Council has listed Pakistan-based Abdul Rehman Makki, the brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed, as a global terrorist. Makki is believed to be the financier of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been involved in the planning of several terror attacks on Indian soil
India welcomes UN's decision of listing Abdul Rehman Makki as global terrorist
Earlier, on Tuesday, China lifted its 'technical hold' on the designation of Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions Committee after the country was left isolated in the Security Council
China Chicanery: It has been shielding Pakistani terror masterminds at UNSC... tried saving Makki too
China, on 16 June, 2022, placed a technical hold on Abdul Rehman Makki and after 6-month period, it again renewed its hold in mid-December
Abdul Rehman Makki, deputy leader of Pakistan-based LeT, designated a global terrorist by UN
The UN Security Council's 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee added 68-year-old Makki, the brother-in-law of JUD/LeT Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, to its list of designated terrorists on Monday after China withdrew its hold on a joint proposal by India and the US


Heads up guys, that for some reason this forum is running particulary slow tonight.
The site is hosted across 4 servers.. which server you land on is kinda pot luck, but investigations from this end would appear that server 02 is coming under some strain.
If you wait a couple of mins and try refreshing the page, then hopefully you will land on one of the other 3 servers which should then serve the page.
Ive already contacted my ISP about this, who are supposed to be looking into it.
It's still happening this morning unfortunately. Yesterday I had a couple of occasions in which I was using the forum normally and it suddenly seized up when I was trying to post a message.
I've been trying all morning to no avail, but seems to be OK now. Or did I just hit a lucky server thiis once. We shall see.
Yeah I get the same thing.. hit a good server and it will run ok, and then hit a really bad patch.
I'll try put a script up on the bottom of the page in a bit.. so we can check which server we're hitting.
Problem Ive been having with reporting this, is that some users and PN say they arent seeing any problems. grrrr.
sorry maybe not a good idea to try edit a script when site goes slow.
my fault if you just got a pile of errors.
Its not prettified but... details should display on the bottom of each page now.
been connecting via 01 and 03 and it seems ok.
We are currently investigating reports from customers advising that their CCGI website is unavailable or timing out.
Customer sites hosted on this platform may find that their website is intermittently unavailable whilst this problem exists.
Our network engineers are working on this at the moment, and will provide a further update shortly.
Because Ive been nagging them like hell since yesterday evening trying to tell them there was a problem.
I even phoned up this am to ask why a SS hadnt gone out.
Dear me, PN do seem to be lumbering from problem to problem these days. Congratulations on getting the phone answered quickly.
Are you sure you didn't ring your local double glazing company by mistake Kitz?
lmfao... now theres a point!
He did seem to know about loads and balancing and sites..
maybe it was the builders.
only gave me the page not found message.
Sorry, forget the last post, although I cancelled after about 3 minutes of waiting for it to submit, so a bit surprised it's there at all.
It's been playing up all night, so he PN assertion that the problem is solved is bolleaux.


Many may think Jemma Lucy shot to fame after her appearances on MTV's Ex On The Beach in 2015 and 2016 or – more recently – becoming a housemate on 2017's Celebrity Big Brother.
In 2005 she appeared on Channel 4's Brat Camp and in 2011 the tattooed star was a contestant on Signed By Katie Price, in which she came sixth.
And shall we take a look at 2011 Jemma Lucy?
Completely tattoo-less, Jemma looks TOTALLY different. Crazy, right?
And even just five years ago in 2012, the reality star was sticking to the natural look as she posed with Harry Styles in an Instagram post.
By 2013, Jemma was sporting a lot of tats, but rocked a very different style in a turquoise floaty summer dress and mid-length 'bronde' hair.
2014 Jemma Lucy saw a load more tattoos, and a very different look from the previous year. With dark locks, dark make-up and a snapback, the CBB contestant's wilder side had started coming out.
After appearing on Ex On The Beach in 2015, Jemma's look turned pretty glam as she started partying with fellow reality TV stars such as Geordie Shore's Vicky Pattison.
Back to the present, 2017 Jemma is a contestant in Celebrity Big Brother and is still up to her wild ways.
Well, at least it's never boring with Jem, eh?
Jemma in hiding before heading into the @bbuk house!
What's your favourite Jemma Lucy look? Tweet us at @Lookmagazine to let us know what you think!


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Astrid Westerlind Wigström tasks the Climate Action Network with becoming more responsive to developing country interests at international negotiations.
The author is a researcher with the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Developing countries have always been under-represented in the official climate change negotiations. This can be explained by a lack of resources, including the financial means to attend, but also a lack of knowledge of the process and the issues discussed and a lack of capacity to organize themselves and to be acknowledged.
This state of under-representation was the same for both Southern non-government organizations (NGOs) and official negotiators when the Climate Action Network (CAN) was established in 1989. Sixty-three NGOs from 22 countries, under the guidance of Greenpeace International and Environmental Defense (now the Environmental Defense Fund), decided to establish CAN as a network for NGOs who share a common concern for the problems of climate change. Today, CAN claims to be the main speaker on behalf of environmental NGOs, and increasingly also development NGOs, in the international climate change negotiations.
For the least developed countries, adaptation is inevitable and, therefore, emphasized as a priority by CAN's Southern members. This view is not, however, reflected in CAN's agenda nor in its activities in the negotiations. The Network claims to speak on behalf of all its members, but there is an observable lack of responsiveness to the interests of Southern NGOs.
This problem traces back to structural and agency-level barriers within CAN that complicate Southern inputs and, therefore, Southern demands. Barriers at the structural level include a lack of internal funding to invite Southern NGOs to negotiations, poor quality internal communication that often leads to ignorance of Southern demands, failure of coordination at and between negotiations and, finally, the fact that time dedicated to regional node activities has particularly benefited Northern CAN nodes.
At an agency level, unequal experience and knowledge of the climate change process often puts Southern NGOs in the background at negotiations. A history of powerful and charismatic leadership and informal ties within the network also inhibits Southern involvement and the possibility for Southern NGOs to influence the agenda.
Many of these issues can be overcome in order to increase Southern representation. One suggestion would be to invest in internal capacity building, crucially strengthening the regional nodes. CAN must be self-critical and aware of the deficiencies within its network. Awareness and criticism of one's own institutional assumptions is key towards ensuring a successful and sustainable future.
Astrid Westerlind Wigström, Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom. Fax: +44 1865 275850. Email: astridww@googlemail.com. Web: www.eci.ox.ac.uk.
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Why Does Too Much Caffeine Keep You Awake at Night?
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By Don Vaughan
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Caffeine is one of the most popular stimulants in the world and is most commonly consumed in coffee. People turn to caffeine to wake up in the morning and to stay energized throughout the day, but there's a downside: Too much caffeine can keep you awake even when you're ready to sleep.
The key to this unwanted aftereffect is a compound called adenosine, a byproduct of neuron activity in the brain. Receptors in our nervous systems constantly monitor adenosine levels, and, when they drop below a certain point in the brain and spinal column, the body readies itself for sleep. Caffeine seeks out specific adenosine receptors and mimics adenosine's effects, in essence tricking the body into thinking sleep time is a long way off.
How long a dose of caffeine affects the body can vary according to a number of factors, including tolerance, genetics, and physical health. In most cases, however, the effects last about five or six hours. Longtime coffee drinkers may experience a tolerance to caffeine that requires them to consume increasing quantities to achieve the same stimulant effect. If they stop drinking coffee cold turkey, they may experience withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, irritability, and nausea.
To prevent caffeine-related sleep issues, it is recommended that caffeine consumption be limited to four cups of coffee per day and that the last cup be consumed no later than midafternoon. Switching to caffeine-free coffee or tea can also help. Children and adolescents should avoid heavy caffeine consumption, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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AG's office identifies man shot and killed by Rochester Police in shootout
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The New York State Attorney General's Office identified the man shot and killed by Rochester Police during a shootout Friday night.
Rochester Police say Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams were conducting an arrest around 9:30 p.m. near Hudson Avenue and Durnan Street for Timothy Flowers, a "high risk" suspect. He was wanted for attempted murder, first-degree assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. Police also believe Flowers was involved in four separate shooting incidents.
Officers were following Flowers for a few hours. However, they were advised by Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan to hold off on the arrest until it was safe to do so because he was with family members.
When officers attempted to take Flowers into custody, police say he ran through the backyards, turned, and fired at the officers on Avenue D.
Two officers then returned fire, striking Flowers four or five times. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Herriott-Sullivan says this was a special unit that was involved in the shooting and they do not have body-worn cameras.
Because it was an officer-involved shooting, the New York State Attorney General's Office is conducting the investigation.
The officers are currently placed on administrative duty until an internal investigation has been completed.


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Kawasaki W175 Retro Motorcycle Set To Be Launched In India On September 25
The Kawasaki W175 has been in the news for a while as it was tested in India. But the retro bike is finally making its way here, with its launch scheduled for September 25, 2022. Kawasaki India has also teased the bike on its social media handles, and once released, the W175 will be the most accessible model in the Kawasaki range.
Like the other bikes in Kawasaki's 'W' series, the W175 is a proper old-school motorcycle. It get touches like a circular halogen headlight, a circular analog tachometer with no digital inputs, front fork shocks, and a single-piece ribbed seat. Up front, the W175 has a pair of telescopic forks up front and dual shock absorbers at the back.
In India, the W175 will be powered by a 177cc air-cooled single-cylinder engine, which puts out 12.9bhp at 7,500rpm and 13.2Nm at 6,000rpm. The engine will be mated to a 5-speed gearbox. Braking duties will be handled by disc brakes at the front and drum brakes at the rear. The W175 will also get single-channel ABS, but the tech on offer is expected to be limited, thanks to the retro-inspired look. The motorcycle is also very light with a total weight of 126 kg, making it easy to use for commuting within the city.
The Kawasaki W175 is expected to be priced at around Rs. 1.75 lakh mark, and upon launch, it will be up against competitors like the TVS Ronin and the upcoming Royal Enfield Bullet 350. As Kawasaki enters the entry-level motorcycle market, it will be interesting to see how Kawasaki's line up evolves in India.
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Taking art outside is one of the most exciting ways to add character to an outdoor space. Outdoor art can range from large installations to more subtle pieces, and there are many ways to incorporate it into a garden, courtyard or balcony.
When choosing outdoor art, there are two things to consider: balance within the outdoor area and your own taste. Art is a very personal decision and there is no right or wrong when it comes to selecting a piece. With that said, you should consider the size and scale of a piece and where it will go in a garden. A well-chosen piece of art captures attention without detracting from other elements in the space.
In the image above, the rusted metal has an earthy feel that works well with the aesthetic of the space, and its scale complements the height of the trees and smaller plants. The shape is also important, as a piece with harsh lines or angles would have created too much contrast with the organic shapes of the path and planting scheme.
Look for pieces that will reference the colours or forms of your home or nearby architecture.
Ensure the piece is in proportion with the surrounding plants or built surfaces.
Consider how the shape of the art will contrast with the rest of the garden.
One thing to consider is that outdoor art doesn't have to be art in the traditional sense. Using natural materials such as the basalt obelisk below is a great way to create form and function that is in sync with the flow of the space. Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden in Sydney is a great example of outdoor art positioned so that it feels like part of the natural landscape.
Both of these pieces are subtle, yet they have the right amount of impact for their respective settings. The soft curve and colouration of the empty urn is an ideal complement to an unstructured planting scheme, while the form of the rock sculpture lends itself to a more structured style of design. The use of a white sculpture in front of a white wall is an interesting choice that carries on the more formal aesthetic of this space.
In both of these gardens, the surrounding plants frame the art and each piece of art is the right height and scale for its immediate setting. When positioning art in planted settings like these, choose evergreen plants to maintain year-round impact. Plants like grasses are ideal for complementing art that has movement to it, while more structured plants like hedges will bring form to a structured garden or more traditional piece of art.
In small spaces such as balconies and rooftops, there are ways to integrate without sacrificing functional living space. Wall art is a simple addition for these spaces, but there are also other ways you can transform common garden elements into artistic features.
This small courtyard is another great example of less in more. The large potted tree adds height and scale to the space, which contrasts well with the metallic vessel and stools. The stools are not only functional, but they also become sculptural pieces when not in use. In spaces like this where there is a direct connection to an indoor space, positioning the art so that it is visible from inside is a great way to get more enjoyment from it.
On this rooftop in New York, the designers have cleverly transformed the built surface into a sculptural feature. This is a great solution for small outdoor areas, where you may not have the floor or wall to accommodate a piece of art. Likewise, this retaining wall is another clever example of how you can transform built surfaces into sculptural focal points.
This is a simple idea for a small space that transforms a potted plant into an artistic element come nightfall. If you spend a lot of time in your space during the evening, lighting an existing feature is a simple way to make a statement. This works best when the feature has a unique or striking form. If you do invest in outdoor art, lighting is something to think about when you install it, so that you can continue to enjoy it after dark.
When positioning a piece of art, place it in a spot where it won't be competing for attention. Generally speaking, art should be allowed to stand on its own and if you do have multiple pieces, try to scatter them around the garden so they can be 'discovered' and admired individually. With this said, repetition does work well for pieces that are visually similar, such as the water features above or a series of sculptures that form a collection.
This tactic works in both small and large outdoor areas and is especially effective in spaces such as entrance gardens, where the art pieces can be arranged to lead people towards the building.


Very Cool. Thanks Nadine and Jazzlover.
Shows paved Highway 85 as Wilcox street. View looking south (I think).
You sure that is looking South? I am not finding the landmarks I want but it looks North to me. Don't take my word for it tho.
I think it is looking south. Check out this Google Earth screen capture looking south. Compare with the 1925 photo. Pikes Peak in the far background? Note the mesa on the right side. Note the bridge over the creek on the west side of town.
I'm pretty darn sure it's looking south. Plum Creek is visible on the west side of town (at that time, most all of the town of Castle Rock was east of Plum Creek). The original County Courthouse is visible in about the center of the photo. It burned in 1978. The Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad tracks are at the left of the photo; the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe tracks at the far right (across Plum Creek). Photo was probably taken from the top of Castle Rock itself. Nifty looking little town. Sorry, but there hasn't been much of anything built since about 1940 that architecturally trips my trigger. The architecture in those older buildings has far more character than most any of the newer stuff. And the more pedestrian-friendly neighborhood character that was prevalent until the suburban boom is much more enticing. Guess I was born about 75 years too late.
OK, I think you are right. I missed the shadow that is Pikes Peak. Yes I love the beautiful old buildings too. We were driving to Coors field and everyone in the car told me to shut up and quit harping. We past some beautiful buildings surrounded by those ugly mirrored and glass things. And that old Station there at Coors field is absolutely gorgeous. Pleasantly surprised that those glass and mirror people did not destroy it as so many are or let go to rack and ruin. Our small town has some real nice building that are in so so condition, some covered up with whatever and some restored. We have so many built from the stone taken from the quarry that forms the back wall of the old Territorial prison. Then built the wall and the guard houses etc. I don't know my stone makeup but it sure built some pretty buildings.
Still working on getting info on the common route from downtown COS to DEN especially from downtown COS to the Palmer Divide. Got calls into the AAA and the UCCS Geography Department. Will visit the Special Collections Department located in the historic Carnegie library adjacent to the Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade in which are many historical maps. Basically looking for pre I-25 road and street maps of Colorado Springs.
OK, a buddy of mine loaned me a 1956 Pikes Peak region topo map. I scanned and cropped and monkeyed around with it. I also had to reduce the quality so I don't use up all of my upload space on City-Data. I had to break it up into three files. There is a lot of overlap.
Note at the very top it says "Monument 6768", I overlayed this on Google Earth and that point is actually about one half mile south of Baptist road on I-25. Not sure why that point is labeled that way???
This topo map in my hand here is really cool. There is nothing east of Circle. Templeton Gap to Austin Bluffs to (again Templeton Gap) to the intersection of Black Forest and Woodmen and then north on Black Forest past Shoup was one long road called Templeton Gap. Very interesting. Peterson AFB was waaay out east like DEN is now in Denver. Nothing out there at all. There were actual ranches called "Flying Horse" and "Wolf Ranch" where those two developments are now.
Highway 83 was Stout Allen Road (now called Interquest) up through and past Flying Horse ranch including Roller Coaster Road. The existing 83 road north of Flying Horse appears to be there on this map but it shows Roller Coaster as Highway 83 north from Flying Horse.
Platte, 94 & 24 look about the same east away from Colorado Springs.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nineteen years after her death, Pope Francis is ready to canonize Mother Teresa.
A special Mass is planned for Sunday in Vatican City which organizers expect up to a half million people to attend.
There are two Masses this weekend in Chicago celebrating Mother Teresa's canonization.
The first is at St. John Cantius Parish on North Carpenter Street in River West, at 3 p.m. Sunday. The second is at St. Malachy and Precious Blood Parish on West Washington Boulevard in the Near West Side, at 9:30 a.m. Monday.


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The 21-Year-Old Actress Flexes Her Action Skills in The Upcoming Syfy Series
Devon Preston
While there are a handful of heavily tattooed actors and actresses, in most instances where a character has tattoos, they're created using cosmetics or temporary designs. And while we'd love to see more stars with real tattoos, we love seeing A-listers given an inked makeover to play a badass character on television or in film. Take a look at the latest actress on the rise to go "under the needle" for a role and let us know your thoughts on her incredible transformation in the comments section on Facebook.
Lana Condor is a 21-year-old actress originally from Vietnam. She first gained recognition in Hollywood at the age of 19, when she was cast as Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse. However, in 2018 Condor's world turned upside down when the Netflix film To All the Boys I've Loved Before premiered on August 17th.
In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, which is based on a novel by Jenny Han, Condor plays the protagonist Lara Jean Covey—a teenage girl whose love letters are accidentally sent to her former crushes. From there, Lara Jean enters into a fake relationship with popular Peter and the pair gets more than they bargained for as real feelings begin developing.
After the film was released, the world went nuts for Condor and she was instantly thrust into the spotlight as the young Hollywood actress to watch—going from a couple hundred thousand followers on Instagram to over six million almost over night. From there, every major network jumped to get Condor on their film or television show, with the 21-year-old listed to appear in a number of high profile productions in 2019.
One of these projects is Syfy's original series Deadly Class, an action-thriller television series based on a comic book franchise by the same name. In the show, Condor plays Saya Kuroki, a student of King's Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts and the leader of the Kuroki Syndicate—one of the Yakuza's most powerful families. In both the comic book series and the television show, Kuroki is stylized with traditional irezumi tattoos, which are tied to her relationship with the Yakuza. And while Condor herself is squeaky clean and to our knowledge, untattooed, she's been given an inked makeover to play the katana wielding assassin.
Deadly Class is set to premiere on January 16th of 2019 and we cannot wait to see how Condor portrays the tattooed assassin.
What do you think about Condor's rise to success in young Hollywood? Are you stunned by her inked and edgy makeover for Deadly Class? Will you be tuning in to the Syfy original series? Let us know your thoughts, opinions and questions in the comments section on Facebook.
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