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Burl Veneer's Tie Blog
An online journal of my life among the wild neckties.
Primo Polyester
Following up yesterday's tie was a daunting task; even a great tie might seem dull in comparison. Clearly, my only available course of action was to go to the Permanent Collection and pull out a previously-worn but as-yet-unblogged All-Time Favorite. This is one of the CD-logo-embazoned polyester Christian Dior Monsieur ties I mentioned in passing last month. Every tie in that line that I've seen has a fantastic design, super-rich colors, and a complex jacquard weave providing a counterpoint to the print. Since I was raving about overlaps yesterday, this tie is a natural continuation of that theme: a melange of ovals, each with its own interior pattern, overlapping each other to create intricate new patterns in their intersections. Again, this tie provided a pick-me-up all day long, and is now tied with yesterday's tie for my favorite tie on the blog. I won't even try to match this level of exuberance on Monday; I'll use the weekend as a cooling-off period and start next week with a clean slate.
For some fun computer-generated geometric graphics, many of which are eminently suitable for neckties, here's a new link to Levitated.net (previously linked from my Verner Panton tie entry).
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Hawaiian Mod
Wow! I really love when patterns are overlaid on each other and their colors allowed to blend to form an additional combinatorial pattern, so it's no surprise that I love this tie! There's a basic grid of eccentric square spirals (which is a cool enough design on its own), then on top of that float two more layers of rounded lozenges which change the color of the grid in different ways. The printing is very precise in that the different colors of the square spirals all line up, which is no small feat. The only label on the tie is the fabric label (100% acetate, definitely vintage), so once again I cannot credit a tie maker. I was excited about this tie all day, and I'm still excited writing about it. I think this is my favorite tie on the blog so far; it may sound like sacrilege, but I find it even more engaging than Puccis. This necktie will now advance to the Permanent Collection.
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This tie is a Perry Ellis "Handmade," most likely from the mid-1980s when the skinny ties of new wave fashion drove mainstream tie widths down to just 3 inches. Perry Ellis (1940-1986) was a fashion wunderkind, starting his own fashion house in 1978 and becoming the President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1982 (and lauching the career of Isaac Mizrahi, currently bringing style to a Target near you). Tragically, Ellis died in 1986 of AIDS-related complications. He is commemorated by the CFDA's Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Best New Designer in menswear and womenswear. And of course the Perry Ellis company lives on, as a billion-dollar multinational corporation.
Sow the wind...
Reap the whirlwind. (Or as Ultravox has it, "Reap the Wild Wind." I've been on a mild Ultravox kick. I prefer the proto-cyberpunk John Foxx version to the more techno-romantic Midge Ure version, but I like that too. I'm leery of the latter-day Foxx-less and Ure-less incarnation, and have stayed away so far.) But is it wind depicted in this tie (from Peachick, hand made in Korea from 100% polyester), or water? Viewer consensus says water, and the swirl-ending flourishes do resemble traditional Asian representations of waves, the best-known of which is undoubtedly Hokusai's "In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa" (ca. 1831), a.k.a. "The Great Wave," number one of his Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (which actually contains 46 prints). I'm not suggesting this tie is in Hokusai's league, but it has an interesting design that far outclasses its base material.
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Absolute Monarchy
The colors in this tie are the same as those of the monarch butterfly (and its mimic, the viceroy), and they are arranged in roughly the same proportions, but the tie's pattern is more random than the geometric precision of the butterflies' wings. Since I first read about the viceroy in a Ripley's Believe It Or Not Sunday comic thirty-odd years ago, I went with the generally-accepted theory that the viceroy is tasty to predators, but achieved a degree of safety by mimicking the bad-tasting monarch. More recent studies, however, conclude that the viceroy tastes just as bad, so maybe it's just a fashion thing. Speaking of fashion, this necktie is a Stradivari by Park Lane, a label that usually promises a creative and original design.
Today's tie is from the Guggenheim Museum. I had hoped to identify the piece it's based on, but I've drawn a blank; it's not in their current (very limited) tie offerings, and I couldn't find it by browsing the online collection. If you know what it is, please post a comment!
Pat Argenti
Pat Argenti's route to the fashion world was a strange one. His first career was as a stockbroker; then in 1980, he founded Argenti, Inc. as a wholesaler of primarily women's clothing. Argenti is not a designer; as he tells it:
"Artistic" skills, such as sketching and painting, are not necessary to accomplish design success. What is crucial is the ability to come up with the next great idea to move the business forward. An idea born from watching fashions while sitting in a Paris café turned into a $70 million dollar business.
Argenti focused on finding innovative silk fabrics and patterns throughout Asia (and especially in China) , lowering his per-unit costs by keeping the factories busy year-round, and selling the end products at lower prices than competitors. Somewhere along the way he had some of the silk made into neckties, which show up on ebay occasionally (Argenti, Inc. folded in 1991). I have never seen a dull Pat Argenti tie. They consistently sport bright colors and bold designs, ranging from regular florals through more abstract batik-style designs (e.g. today's tie) to brilliant Pucci knock-offs (and I mean that in a good way).
Pat Argenti is now the Founder/CEO of Silver Miracle, Inc., a merchandising consulting firm. There's a short video of him on this page.
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This vintage tie from Giofer of Italy is unusually short, at just 50" long (today's standard length is 57"). I think it may have been meant as a boys' tie, but I was able to tie it into an almost-reasonable length (though the tail end did not reach as far as the keeper, so I had to use a handy-dandy pants clip to keep it tucked in). This tie will never be mistaken for a Pucci, but it probably wouldn't have existed without the Marchese's trailblazing designs.
In the absence of anything constructive to say about this tie (I know, that never stopped me before), I would like to address the two most common objections to the wearing of neckties:
1. "They're uncomfortable." That's ridiculous, a tie just hangs on the outside of your shirt, how could that be uncomfortable? The uncomfortable part is not the tie, but the shirt collar when buttoned all the way up. If that is uncomfortable, then you're wearing the wrong size shirt. Get one with a bigger neck size. Unfortunately that usually means every other dimension of the shirt will be bigger; if you end up swimming in the shirt, try on some "fitted" or "trim" or "athletic" sizes. Or if you like being enveloped in voluminous swathes of fabric, that's cool too. A collar extender will also do the trick (it fastens to the top button, then has another button that goes through the top buttonhole), though some are more discreet than others.
2. "It feels too much like a uniform." Not all ties are the same! They don't have to be boring! (I hope I have demonstrated that on these pages.) There's enough variety in neckwear that surely something will appeal to you. Check out ebay, there are 13,000 ties up for auction and another 33,000 for immediate sale, most for much cheaper than retail! Besides, if you're in a "business casual" workplace I think you will agree that the polo shirt is even more of a uniform these days. (And Pretty Lady hates them, by the way.) Let your freak flag fly!
Spring!!! Is!!! Here!!!
The nasty weather went away and left us with a beautiful cloudless sky and temperatures in the 60s, so I now deem it safe to break out the lightweight, bright clothing. To celebrate the advent of "actual" spring (as opposed to "calendar" spring) I wore an airy Gene Meyer tie that is full!!! of!!! exclamation!!! points!!!!! There's really nothing more I can say about it, but if you wish to peruse my previous Gene Meyer entries, please click here.
I was all set for a week of bright spring colors and light fabrics, and then the weather turned rainy and chilly and completely dreary. There was nothing to do but dress darkly and warmly, with corduroy trousers, tweed jacket, and a Kandinsky-inspired Nino Cerruti tie. Nino Cerruti took over his family's fine-wool textile business in Biella, Italy in 1950, at the age of 20, upon his father's death. In 1957 he revolutionized the industry by making the company the first textile mill to launch its own clothing line, Hitman. In 1961 (or 1964, accounts vary) Cerruti hired a young Giorgio Armani to design menswear; Armani would remain with Cerruti until 1970. In 1967, Cerruti opened his own fashion house in Paris, Cerruti 1881 (after the founding year of the original company). Cerruti helmed the business (overseeing several offshoots) until 2001, when he sold it to Italian holding company Finpart, who subsequently licensed the Cerruti name to Rezidor SAS Hospitality (the European Radisson franchise holder) to create the Cerruti hotel brand. However, it appears that Finpart was declared bankrupt last year, dragged down under massive debt incurred by Cerruti France. These chains of holding companies, corporate licensing agreements, joint ventures, and other financial contrivances of modern business make my head spin. It shouldn't take that much to make a nice tie. It's when you want to make more than one that trouble looms.
If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then surely neckties are its curtains. (I have anticipated the arguments against this thesis: the eyelids are the blinds, and sunglasses are the shutters.) Even moreso if the necktie was homemade out of curtain material, as I suspect this one was (if not upholstery fabric). The fabric probably dates from the 1930s; at least that's what my father estimates, and I'll take his word for it since he lived through part of that decade himself (the latter part). Since silk is so sheer, the construction of a tie from it requires the silk to be wrapped around a lining or interfacing of a heavier fabric to give the tie its shape (unless using the luxurious and difficult seven-fold method). But with a heavy fabric with some stiffness to it, such as curtain fabric, the interfacing can be dispensed with, making for easier construction, as in today's necktie. I also like the color palette, which you don't see much on ties. I wish I could have pulled more of the magenta flowers through the knot, but I was already pushing the appropriate limit of tie length. At least there was enough for a nice accent.
Addendum: the Tie Yourself In Knots website has a page of instructions for making your own necktie here.
From Bullock and Jones of San Francisco comes this heavy tie with a woven pattern of multicolored circles peeking through a red "surface" in vaguely amoebic swathes. Bullock and Jones was founded in 1853 by Frank Bullock and John Luther Jones, and survived until 2000 (after being bought by Saks) on its reputation for luxury menswear and its latter-day strong catalog sales. But this tale of corporate takeover and closure has a happy ending: the firm was bought back from Saks by the son of its former owner, and reopened in a new location. Hurrah for independent businesses!
Now it can be told
Why did I "have to" wear a Pucci tie a couple weeks ago? Because that's the day that the Greenbelt Gazette sent a photographer to my house to take a picture of me to accompany this article on Greenbelt blogs (or blogging Greenbelters). I wanted to wear a tie that would establish my credibility as a necktie connoisseur, and while there are wide differences of opinion about various collectible brands, I think everyone agrees on Puccis. The article is quite nice, not the "Local Weirdo Collects Obscure Junk" piece that I somewhat feared, so thanks to Sara Schwartz for a great story!
And speaking of connoisseurs, Mark Valentine's tales of "The Connoisseur" (collected in In Violet Veils and Masques and Citadels from Tartarus Press) are the most exquisite weird fiction of the last decade. The Connoisseur is concerned not with luxury consumer goods, but with esoteric arts and philosophies and historical anomalies, usually with a supernatural aspect. Seek out the books (both out of print) and enjoy them with a fine ale, such as my favorite, Weyerbacher Quad, for the ultimate in reading pleasure.
The Brown Whisper
The amazing period neckwear of the dapper gentlemen at Knot a Blog and Will's Vintage Ties piqued my interest in real vintage ties, i.e. from the "swing era" of the 40s and 50s when pants were high-waisted and ties were short, and men called women "dames" and "broads" and "tomatoes" and ogled their "gams." I was lucky to find this rayon tie on ebay; it's "The Brown Whisper" from Wembley, 1950. I know that because it was in unused, mint condition, with its cardboard sleeve-label still intact! I'm sure I've just torpedoed its resale value by wearing it (after 56 years of careful storage), but that's how committed I am to my calling. A popular catch-all key phrase on ebay for anything moderately funky from that period is "Eames era," riding the coattails of Charles and Ray Eames, who popularized the "playful-industrial" look. It's an overused phrase, yet I wouldn't hesitate to use it to describe this tie. "Atomic" works too. Now please excuse me while I go toss back a few with the guys at the Frolic Room.
Update: Here's the label from the tie, which includes such quaint phrases as "For the man in her life," and "Correct color for fall:"
Italy -> France -> Japan
Emanuel Ungaro started his own fashion house in Paris in 1965, after working for the legendary designer Cristobal Balenciaga for six years. This tie's large label proclaims, "Emanuel Ungaro - Modèle Déposé," which means "registered pattern" according to this dictionary. There is a smaller label on the tail end indicating that the tie was made in Italy of 100% silk. Then there is one more label sewn into the opening of the tail end that says "100% silk, Mitsukoshi," which I take to mean that it was originally sold through a Mitsukoshi department store in Japan, probably in the 80s judging by its 3-inch width and modern print style. The Mitsukoshi chain traces its roots back to a single kimono shop that opened in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1673. How's that for provenance?
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I took a few days off to entertain our guests from England (including a trip to Philadelphia for a great Josh Rouse concert), which was quite delightful, but now I'm back with more ties. It looks like an airbrushed geometric pattern was used as the basis of this tie pattern. I've always thought the airbrush is best suited for specific genres, such as monsters on van murals (now that "custom choppers" are all the rage, I'm eagerly anticipating a van mural comeback), or rippling muscles and bodice-straining bosoms on fantasy novel covers. But there's always an exception, and this airbrushed rendition of a jumble of overlapping shapes fits right in with the Burl Veneer aesthetic. This is a Modaitalia tie of Italian origin but unknown maker; it has an unusually stiff lining, but makes a beautiful triangular knot. Which leads me to address the issue of dimpling. To dimple or not to dimple? In my mind there are three reasons to dimple your necktie:
The tie is insufficiently tapered to prevent bunching up as it emerges from the knot. In this case dimpling keeps the symmetry of the tie, instead of having unsightly bunches at one or both edges at the blade/knot intersection.
To show off a particularly rich and lustrous fabric. Ties don't drape, they just fall flat, so you don't get the play of light and shadow (a.k.a. chiaroscuro) that shows off a really fine fabric. The dimple provides a little bit of that.
You like wearing a dimple. That's a matter of taste. I try to avoid a dimple whenever possible, but I was unable to with the last tie.
If you ever look at tie auctions on ebay, you have probably seen a "dimpler tool" very prominently placed. You don't need a tool! All you need to do is this: pull the blade through the knot; as the knot begins to tighten, press into the middle of the blade with the index finger of the pulling hand to create a dimple; with the other hand, squeeze the knot; then continue pulling the tie through while continuing to squeeze the knot. That will preserve the dimple until the pull-through is complete. And voila!
(In case you're wondering what I wore to the Josh Rouse show, it was this Pucci-inspired Kenneth Cole shirt:)
For my final day in Florida I brought along a tie that, while not actually from Florida, seems to fit in with the "Florida style" as defined by the three previous ties. You'll never guess where this tie came from, so I'll just come right out and tell you: The Men's Store at Sears! It's nothing recent, though, probably another one from the Apollo era. After a long day including early conferences, several bus rides, and a delayed flight, I am finally home. I won't have to be separated from my family again until next year's conference in Vegas. Totally worn out from my trip, I'm taking the rest of the week off, so no new ties until Monday (but perhaps one or two archival entries in the interim).
Welcome to Space Station Five
This futuristic masterpiece is from "Pav's Resort Fashions, Palm Beach, Boca Raton." Wow, was there really a time when men wore neckties at resorts? Take me back there! The tie must be from the Apollo era (1963-1972), with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and its Space Station Five (where this tie would be right at home) coming on the scene right in the middle of it (1968). Check out the mod jacquard weave, too!
It's day three of the conference, I'm starting to wear down, and I miss Mrs. Veneer and the kids terribly. One more day until we are reunited, and I can't wait.
Men's Stuff
Here is the quintessential Florida necktie brand: Men's Stuff by Lilly Pulitzer of Palm Beach. Is it kitsch or high fashion? It's both, and no one does it like Lilly Pulitzer. Her colors and patterns are completely distinctive. Don't know about these pants, though. I only regret that I don't have the white shoes and belt that would really bring this ensemble to life. (And yes, she is one of those Pulitzers: she married the grandson of publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the prize.) I'm halfway through the conference; two more ties to go.
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A tie on a Sunday?
My conference in Florida began on a Sunday, so I figured I might as well put on a tie in the morning for the flight down and save myself the trouble of putting one on in the middle of the day. While the conference dress code is "business casual," I can't conceive of working without a tie; so I've chosen casual ties for the four days of the conference. Casual Florida ties, at that (and never mind that they don't look anything like the ties of bona fide Floridian Mike Segers; I'm more after the "concept of Florida," if you will). This is a hand-printed tie (silkscreen on cotton, I believe) from Key West Fashions. I knew I picked the right tie when I went to the check-in counter at the airport: I got my boarding pass, checked my bag, and the clerk said, "Welcome back to Orlando." Back? Now if that's not just a stock phrase that the clerks have to tell everybody (and I refuse to believe it is), then I can only assume she mistook me for a Floridian. Yes! Then one of the security screeners told me he liked my tie. Then, when I got off the plane in Orlando, who was sitting on the very first seat next to the door but... John Waters! He didn't say anything about my tie, though; he must have wanted to respect my privacy, so I returned the favor. Several more people complimented me on my tie throughout the day, so my trip is off to a good start. Oh yeah, I also learned stuff, too, and saw a motivational speech from Boston Philharmonic conductor Ben Zander, which was nice.
Other Blogs of Note
Put This On
ABCNeckties Blog
Will's Vintage Ties
The Great Coat and Tie Experiment
VintageGent's Menswear Daily
Bow Tie Bill's Blog
Burl Veneer's Music Blog
Necktie Links
Put This On: The Necktie Series
Nadine de Lange marbled silks
SoLace marbled silks
Lee Allison clever ties
Josh Bach clever ties
Jane Keith hand printed ties
Boxelder historical designs (wholesale only)
Duchamp London
Robert Daskal hand painted ties
JUN Japanese ties
Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont
K.N.O.T. (Kollectors of Nasty Old Ties)
Tiedeals.com discount designer ties
Catherine Gutsche necktie art
Rumpelsilkskin wearable art made from ties
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Q: Trying to add dictionary to nsmutable array in swift getting fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value I am trying to create a NSMutableArray and add dictionary values from db (using fm db result set) then I got this error:
"fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value ".

Please give tips to solve this issue.
Code:
var arrCategory :NSMutableArray!

while rs.next(){

    arrCategory.addObject(rs.resultDictionary())
}

A: Before add dictionary, you should check that it is nil or not:
 while rs.next(){
     if(rs.resultDictionary() != nil){
         arrCategory.addObject(rs.resultDictionary())
     }
 }

A: It is because you are putting nil in the NSMutableArray which is not allowed. Some where rs.resultDictionary is returning nil.If that should not be the case check that out. Meanwhile the following answer would work.
THE BETTER METHOD keeping in view the spirit of Swift language would be:
while rs.next()
{
    if let result = rs.resultDictionary
    {
         arrCategory.addObject(result) ;
    }

}

A: In addition to checking that rs.resultDictionary isn't nil, make sure you have allocated the mutable array to begin with. In the code you posted, it is only declared:
var arrCategory:NSMutableArray!

...but it is not clear if you ever allocated it or not; e.g.:
arrCategory = NSMutableArray()

Also, there's a chanve rs is nil, not just resultDictionary (impossible to tell witohut seeing your full code), so perhaps the check should be:
if let rs = rs {

    while rs.next(){

        if let result = rs.resultDictionary {
            arrCategory.addObject(result)
        }
    }
}

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Alec joined J.R. Saint & Associates in 2010 as an administrative assistant for both the investment and the life insurance & living benefits divisions. During this time he continued his education in the industry attaining his life insurance license in 2013 and his mutual fund license in 2017.
Alec has worked with a wide variety of clients with different needs. He enjoys building a plan to fit a specific scenario whether that be accumulation, income or estate planning. Alec stays up to date with financial changes by taking available courses and attending industry events.
In his spare time, Alec enjoys keeping active by playing sports and camping. He is also an avid reader.


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Palmetto Running Company's Low Impact Alliance aims to elevate environmental responsibility in run specialty.
In just one calendar year, the apparel and footwear industries account for an estimated eight percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. That's nearly four metric gigatons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere each year.
In the face of various environmental, social and governmental challenges, the run specialty industry and its respective brands and retailers must adopt new strategies in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and extend the life of our planet.
One of the more intriguing and ambitious efforts in the run specialty industry is being spearheaded by Keri Straughn and Christian Fyfe, owners of Palmetto Running Company in Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, SC. Running Insight reached out to the sister-brother combo to explain the Low Impact Alliance and how the run specialty industry can get involved and benefit.
Keri Straughn: "To do our part, in late 2021 Palmetto Running Company launched The PRC Eco-Initiative with the collective goal to purchase and sell more sustainable, recycled and eco-friendly products as well as to find new ways to improve the sustainability of our planet and, more directly, our local environment. With the support we received both in our local community and the overall running industry, as well as being recognized at the 2021 Running Event with the Impact Award presented by On, Christian and I felt it was the right time to take our mission to the industry level."
Christian Fyfe: "In December we launched the Low Impact Alliance, an industry-wide alliance of brands, retailers and events to promote transparency and environmental responsibility within the running industry by educating, advocating and inspiring action for impactful change. Since then we've built a growing list of members on all industry levels and have connected with many leaders in our industry, advocating for the necessary changes that need to be made towards eco-friendly manufacturing and shipping processes, responsible material sourcing and sustainable end-of-life practices and opportunities.
"Climate change and sustainability are very complicated and often hard to talk about, especially when the wording and metrics haven't truly been defined or agreed upon yet as they pertain to the running industry."
Straughn: "This year we are focusing on starting the conversation through webinars and educational resources. We are going to be focusing on educating retailers on how to train their staff on the efforts being made by brands in the industry and how to bring that up when speaking to their products with customers. We will also be going over how to host local events in your community, marketing topics on social platforms and then finishing the conversation in-store.
"A major goal for 2022 is educating retailers on the environmental impacts of the running industry and how they can make small strides for big change while creating internal demand for a more responsible running industry."
Fyfe: "Another important initiative for this year is to inspire the global running community to be as environmentally minded as they are performance minded, becoming their own advocates for change and influencing and evolving consumer behavior to think holistically about the full lifecycle of a product. Retailers must understand that we are the true influencers of our industry. It's time to use our power for good.
"We view the Low Impact Alliance website as the resource to refer to regarding environmental responsibility within the run specialty space. Not only will it offer retailers a clearer view in to what every brand is doing to lower their carbon footprint, it will also provide retailers and race directors a framework on everyday sustainable business practices and a detailed guide to directing eco-friendly events."
Straughn: "The LIA website will also include a forum for anyone, whether a member or not, to ask questions on how to run their business or events more sustainably. None of us are experts at this and many of us are just getting started. We feel like this will provide a great platform for everyone to come together to share ideas and inspire one another to do our part in protecting our planet.
"Most recently, the Low Impact Alliance was invited to speak at the 2022 Brooks Symposium at Brooks headquarters in Seattle, WA. Following an inspiring presentation on their People and Planet Path, led by Dave Kemp, Brooks director of corporate responsibility, Brooks voiced their appreciation for the work the Low Impact Alliance is doing and announced that they have officially joined as a brand member.
Fyfe: "Surrounded by the entire Brooks executive team as well as store owners from the top running stores in the country, Keri and I were given the opportunity to present the Low Impact Alliance and our mission to industry pillars that we have looked up to for many years. It was a surreal experience."
Straughn: "The outpouring of support and admiration we received from everyone in attendance was incredibly rewarding."
Fyfe: "It truly validated the work we are doing and gave us hope that the running industry is ready to make the responsible and necessary changes needed to foster the success and longevity of both our industry and planet."
The Low Impact Alliance Explained
The Low Impact Alliance is a global organization advocating for a more responsible running industry. Together it seeks to promote transparency and environmental responsibility by educating, inspiring action and advocating for change.
• Advocating for transparency and sustainability in all facets of the running industry, from supply chains to retailers. By advocating for more sustainable products and production practices, the industry can lower the environmental impact running has on the planet.
• Educating retailers on the ecological impacts of the running industry and how they can make small strides for big change. By educating retailers of the small changes they can make to both lower their own environmental impact as well as become advocates of change, LIA can help create internal demand for a more responsible running industry.
• Inspiring the global running community to become their own advocates of change. By inspiring the global running community to be as environmentally minded as they are performance minded, LIA can change consumer behavior to think holistically about the full lifecycle of a product.
From the store level and all the way to the manufacturing and shipping of goods by major brands, the LIA goal is to foster the success and longevity of both our industry and planet.
Brand and Retailer Partners include: On (co-founders), Brooks, Nike, RIA, Fleet Feet, Around the Crown, Trials for Miles, Palmetto Running Company (co-founders), Mill City + Saint City Running and A Runner's Mind.
Commit to joining the alliance and becoming an advocate for change in the industry:
@lowimpactalliance
www.lowimpactalliance.com
Low Impact Alliance Goes Online To Facilitate Communication

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The large David Bradley factory works in Bradley, Illinois.
By the time Sears Roebuck bought out the David Bradley Manufacturing Company in 1910, the "David Bradley" name was already associated with a wide range of different farm machinery products manufactured at its site in Bradley, Illinois. Nonetheless, the company remained small and relatively unknown outside its local market. Its connection with the Sears mail-order system, however, changed all that. Once David Bradley farm implements were offered to the public through Sears catalogue, David Bradley became a household name across the nation.
After Sears purchased the company, it added a great number of farm implements to the David Bradley line of equipment. Many of these implements were manufactured by other companies and merely sold under the David Bradley name. Soon these implements out-numbered products actually manufactured by the David Bradley Works. Nevertheless, whether made by the David Bradley Works or by someone else and merely sold under the David Bradley name, some products became very popular with farmers. Two examples were the very popular David Bradley garden tractor and the David Bradley farm wagon gear and wagon box. The garden tractor was a product manufactured at the David Bradley Works in Bradley, while the widely-sold David Bradley wagon was an example of one of the products made by another company and sold under the David Bradley name.
The wooden flare box manufactured by David Bradley was painted green as were nearly all makes and models of wagon boxes prior to the Second World War.
In 1938, Sears attempted to add a farm tractor to the David Bradley line. This tractor, called the Graham Bradley, was manufactured by the Graham Paige Motors Corporation and sold exclusively through the Sears catalogue or through Sears retail outlets. In 1946, however, all tractor production by the Graham Paige Company ceased when the company became part of Kaiser-Frazier Corporation. Despite the fact that the tractor was marketed in the Sears farm equipment line, the name "Bradley" on the Graham Bradley tractor appears to have had no connection with the David Bradley Manufacturing Works.
The 1938 Graham-Bradley farm tractor.
The post-World War II streamlined David Bradley "walk behind" tractor made for work in the garden. Shown here complete with some of the tools made for the tractor.
A post-World War II David Bradley walk-behind tractor complete with wheel and the streamlined hood.
With sales still strong, three new models of the garden tractor were tested again in 1959. The 375-pound Super 575 David Bradley delivered 3.88 hp. to the belt and 2.64 hp. to the drawbar. The 486-pound Super 300 David Bradley delivered 1.77 hp. to the belt and 1.38 hp to the drawbar. The 175-pound Bradley "Handiman" tractor delivered 2.19 hp. to the belt and .69 hp. to the drawbar. (Ibid., pp. 254-255.) As a sign of urbanization (and suburbanization) of the United States in the 1950s, a more modern four-wheel riding tractor called the "Suburban" was also tested in 1959. Fitted with a 12-volt electrical system, the Suburban delivered 3.90 hp. to the belt and 2.80 hp. to the drawbar. All of the tractors tested in 1959 were fitted with Briggs and Stratton engines.
David Bradley garden tractors were offered with a wide assortment of implements specifically fitted to the tractor. These implements included a cultivator, a plow, a disc, and a drag harrow for use in the garden; and a sickle bar mower, a power reel-type lawn mower, a lawn roller, and a utility cart for use on the lawn. Additionally, there was a bulldozer blade, a buzz saw, an air-compressor with spraying attachment, and a 1000-watt electrical generator for all those special needs that might arise. One particularly uncommon attachment was the sulky which allowed the walk-behind tractor to become a riding tractor. The sulky could only be used in a limited number of operations, however, because the sulky attached to the same part of the tractor as did nearly all the other rear mounted equipment. One exception was the dump rake which attached to the rear of the sulky itself.
The characteristic red and green color scheme was used on the garden tractor. The hood was red, with green "David Bradley" lettering on both sides. The wheel rims on the tractor were light green. All of the accompanying yard and garden implements for the garden tractor were red. This color scheme, used for the entire David Bradley line of equipment, identifies the David Bradley light green as Martin Senour 90R-3724 or PPG – 41780. This light green paint is cross-referenced as Martin-Senour 21944 or DuPont 43073. David Bradley red is identified as Martin Senour 90R-3725 or PPG – 72155. However, collectors have found that these paints can be hard to find. To solve this problem, an exact match to the David Bradley green can be made by a mixture of 50% John Deere green and 50% John Deere yellow. The exact shade of green is a "Signal Green," which is available from NAPA Stores under Martin-Senour paint number 21944. The Ditzler number is #41780 and the DuPont number is #43073. C.H. Wendel, in his collection of paint numbers published in a booklet called Wendel's Notebook, is of great assistance to the restorer of farm machinery by identifying many different paint colors by their paint number. (Wendel's Notebook is available for $8.50 from C.H. Wendel in Atkins, IA, Tel:  446-7156.) Some collectors report that International Harvester red is indistinguishable from the color on paint found on the protected areas of some tractors. Other collectors, however, have found that Massey-Ferguson red is an exact match with paint found on their tractors. Actually, both of these findings may be accurate. The reason for the discrepancy in the red color is that David Bradley, like many companies, did not buy paint from the same company. They bought paint from the lowest bidder over the years which resulted in variations in the shade of red on the David Bradley equipment. The lettering on the side of the garden tractor is a darker shade of green than the "signal green" used for the wheel rims. The shade of this green appears to be the same as the "Meadow green" used on Oliver farm tractors. Wendel's Notebook says this is Martin-Senour 3751.
Following the color scheme of all David Bradley farm equipment, the walk-behind tractor was painted red with light green wheels. However, in its final year of production–1963–while all the implements remained with the traditional color scheme, the tractor was painted gold with royal blue wheels. One of these 1963 model tractors together with a complete set of implements–including a cultivator, plow, disc, drag harrow, sickle mower, bulldozer blade, sulky and dump rake–is owned by Marilyn (Hanks) Wells of LeSueur, Minnesota, and is exhibited at the LeSueur County Pioneer Power Show each year.
One of the special edition Super 300 David Bradley walk behind tractors with the gold hood manufactured in 1963.
Spurred by fond memories of David Bradley tractors, many people across the nation have begun to collect David Bradley tractors. Marilyn Wells bought the 1963 David Bradley garden tractor because it reminded her of an earlier version of the garden tractor that the family had formerly owned and used in their farm garden. In 1956, the author's family purchased a used David Bradley garden tractor for use in the family's garden. This garden tractor had the "nobby" tires which appear on the tractor in the Spring 1949 Sears catalogue rather than the diagonal lug tires which appear in the 1950 and 1951 catalogues; therefore, this particular tractor must have been a 1949 model garden tractor. The 1949 tractor was accompanied by the David Bradley bulldozer snow removal blade and the rear-mounted cultivator. The tractor was used extensively in the Wayne and Marilyn Wells family garden through 1965. The author had a garden project in 4-H and so appreciated the garden tractor from an early age. This tractor was eventually sold to Marilyn Wells' brother, Fred Hanks, of LeRoy, Minnesota, where it is to this day.
Another such tractor, purchased because of childhood memories of a David Bradley garden tractor, is a 1953 David Bradley tractor currently owned by E.A. Schreiber of Farmington, Minnesota. This tractor is outfitted with a Continental Red Seal engine, another engine that is sometimes found on these tractors.
Sears also had great success selling its David Bradley farm wagon gear and wagon boxes. However, nearly all of the wagon gear and virtually all of the rims for all David Bradley farm equipment were purchased from the Electric Wheel Company of Quincy, Illinois. As noted earlier, United States auto makers began moving away from installing 16″ tires on their cars in the late 1940s and early 1950s. (See the article called "Restoration of the Clark-Christenson Tractor: the Jim Ellis Plow" in the March/April 1998 Belt Pulley magazine [Vol. 11, No. 2.] p. 15.) By the mid 1950s, the 15″ tire was universal on all cars. Since, Sears often sold David Bradley equipment with only rims, thereby allowing the farmer to mount old car tires on new David Bradley equipment, in recognition of the complete shift by automakers from the 16″ tire to the 15″ tire as the universal tire of choice, Sears began offering 15″ rims on its wagon gear as optional equipment. By 1955, the 15″ rim was standard equipment and the 16″ rim was optional. By 1957, only the 15″ rim was available.
In 1951, the Howard Hanks family placed an order for a new David Bradley running gear for a wagon. As expected, the running gear arrived without tires, so the family mounted old tires on the gear. Howard Hanks, who had inherited his grandfather's skill in woodworking, made a barge box for the wagon with sides that were removable. (As noted in an earlier article, Howard Hanks had many times previously outfitted wagon gear with the appropriate hayrack or box. See "The Larson Bundle Wagon" in the March/April 1996 issue of Belt Pulley, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 28.) Following the custom for wagon boxes and hayracks, he painted the wagon box green. (This shade of green also appears to be the "Meadow green" used by Oliver.) With the sides of the box removed, the wagon could be used for hay and straw baling, thereby allowing the same wagon to be used all year around. The running gear, with its rocking bolster in the front, allowed the wagon to move over rough ground without unduly tipping the load. The rocking bolster was a feature not often found on competitive wagons of the same era; specifically, it was not found on the wagon gear offered by Montgomery Ward. The rocking bolster was one of the features of the 7000-lb. wagon on which Sears placed special emphasis in its catalogue advertisements. The Hanks family found the David Bradley wagon and barge box to be a great success, and in 1957, the family ordered another identical 7000-lb. wagon gear. This wagon too was outfitted with another homemade green-painted barge box. The two wagons were nearly indistinguishable, except that the running gear on the newer wagon had longer hubs on the wheels. This may have been an indication that the wagons were manufactured by two different companies, thereby implying that Sears had turned to a different wholesaler of wagons sometime around 1953. The two wagons continued to be used on the Hanks farm until the mid-1970s when they were replaced by heavier John Deere wagons.
The pre-1955 David Bradley wagon gear with the red paint and the black lettering.
In 1958, Wayne Wells, also of LeRoy, Minnesota, in an attempt to modernize his farming operation, purchased a hydraulic hoist from the Big Bear farm equipment store in nearby Austin, Minnesota. The hoist, which had been manufactured by the Midwest Company and was sold under the Big Bear name, was intended for installation under the big barge-style home-made wooden grain box on the Wells farm. However, the hoist could not be mounted on the light-duty Montgomery Ward wagon gear which the family owned, so Wayne also purchased a David Bradley 5-ton capacity wagon gear. The heavy duty construction of the 5-ton wagon with its rocking bolster was ideally suited for the new hydraulic hoist, and it continued to render good service on the Wells farm until the family left farming in 1964.
As for wagon boxes, the Sears catalogue originally offered kits to farmers which would aid them in building their own wooden barge-style grain boxes: wooden, straight-sided double boxes for grain; and later, in the 1930s, 100-bushel, wooden flare-sided grain boxes. Starting in 1946, following the Second World War, Sears began offering two new steel flare boxes–a 100-bushel model and a 126-bushel model. The 100-bushel flare box was an all-steel flare box manufactured by the Horn Manufacturing Company of Fort Dodge, Iowa. (For a history of the Horn Company and its contract with Sears, see the Winter 1995 issue of the Hart-Parr/Oliver Collector magazine, Vol VI, No. 4, p. 20). The 126-bushel flare-sided grain box was manufactured for Sears by the Electric Wheel Company. The 126-bushel flare-style wagon box was not an all-steel box; it had a wooden floor made of 2″ tongue and groove lumber.
This is a David Bradley horse-drawn double box which hold 40 bushels of grain or corn. Triple and quadruple boxes werealso made which held 60 and 80 bushels, respectively.
As previously stated, custom and/or tradition dictated that all wagon boxes of whatever manufacture should be painted green, if they were painted at all, and since before 1900, this tradition had been upheld uniformly by all manufacturers of wagon boxes. In the first year of production after the war–1946–Sears also adhered to this tradition. Both the new all-steel 100-bushel flare-box and the 126-bushel flare box were traditional "meadow green" in color. In 1947, for the second year of production of the flare-sided wagon boxes, Sears broke with tradition and offered all its wagon boxes in David Bradley red. Red remained the color of Sears flare boxes as long as they were sold by Sears. Consequently, there are many more red David Bradley wagon boxes than there are green boxes. Nonetheless, there are still a few of the original green wagon boxes which can be seen around the country.
David Bradley's flare box broke the mold of the straight sided horse-drawn wagon boxes. These new post-World War II flare boxes held 100 bushels of grain or corn. Additionally, these flare boxes were painted red rather than the traditional green color.
In April of 1951, the Horn Company was sold to the AVCO\New Idea Corporation, and shortly thereafter, all Horn Company wagon boxes were sold under the New Idea name. Sears was then required to turn to the Elecric Wheel Company as a source for both the 100-bushel flare-sided grain wagon box as well as the 126-bushel flare box. However, the Electric Company's 100-bushel wagon box was not of all-steel construction; it came with a choice of a 1″ or a 2″ wooden floor.
Perhaps for the sake of old farm memories, Wayne Wells, in the spring of 1995, purchased a David Bradley hydraulic hoist at one of the regularly scheduled Fahey auctions near Belle Plaine, Minnesota. It was a post-1957 hydraulic hoist which contained the new-style "db" David Bradley logo. A year later, in the spring of 1996, Wayne saw a green flare-sided wagon box for sale in Dodge Center, Minnesota. The wagon box had a David Bradley decal on it and was owned by John Beder. As an employee of the McNeilus Corporation in Dodge Center, John was often directed by his employer to purchase old farm wagons for use on the McNeilus grounds. However, since McNeilus was only interested in using the wagon gear for hauling long lengths of pipe and other iron, John was to dispose of any wagon boxes which accompany the wagon gear. Therefore, this particular 126-bushel wagon box had been removed from a David Bradley wagon gear.
The 126-bushel flare box was green in color and, accordingly, was a 1946 model wagon box. John Beder had purchased the wagon and flare box from Suess Auction and Consignment House in Racine, Minnesota. Suess Auction House records indicated that the wagon and wagon box had come from Montana. However, the exact history of the wagon is uncertain. Perhaps it was used in the wheat growing areas of eastern Montana.
The David Bradley wagon box purchased by Wayne Wells was intended for use on the grounds of the LeSueur Pioneer Power Association during the field demonstrations at its annual threshing show held each year in August. However, the 2″ wooden floor was rotted through and needed to be replaced. Furthermore, since McNeilus Corporation was keeping the wagon gear that John Beder had purchased with the wagon box, another wagon gear needed to be found for the 126-bushel flare box. Coincidentally, in the spring of 1996, during the same time that the flare box was obtained, Dave Preuhs of rural LeCenter, Minnesota (also a member of the LeSueur County Pioneer Power Association) purchased a pre-1953 David Bradley wagon gear with short hubs. Dave had purchased the wagon gear at another auction held at the Fahey farm. Thus, it was decided to remove the barge box that came with this David Bradley 7,000 lbs. wagon gear and install the David Bradley hoist and the 1946 Model 126-bushel flare box, thereby having an all-David Bradley restoration project. Once restored, the wagon would be put to use collecting grain from one of the threshers during the field demonstrations. Since the David Bradley 7000 lbs. wagon gear had the short hubs described above, the wagon gear dated from prior to 1953. In fact, it could be a 1946 wagon gear. Accordingly, the wagon gear and flare box make an appropriate fit; only the post-1957 David Bradley hydraulic hoist is out of place. When fully restored, the wagon would appear on the Pioneer Power Showgrounds as if it might have been purchased by a farmer in 1946 with a 126-bushel flare box, and that later (after 1957) the same farmer might have updated his wagon with a David Bradley hydraulic hoist.
The pre-1953 wagon gear was also painted the proper color of red with black hubs and "lime" or "signal green" wheel rims. Additionally, two decals were obtained from Sign Pro for the wagon gear: one was the typical black-lettered David Bradley decal found on the rear axle of all David Bradley running gear of that period of time; the second showed the lot number of this particular wagon (No. 751) and was located on one of the front diagonal tubular braces of the wagon gear. Both decals were also obtained from Sign Pro and are currently a part of their computer database.
Earl Jacobson installed the David Bradley power unloading system on all three of his forage wagons. The only trouble encountered with the David Bradley power unloading system was that vigorous raking by the men with forks unloading the wagon produced tears and holes in the canvas conveyor. Therefore, Earl Jacobson replaced the canvas conveyor in all three wagons by a sled inside the wagon box. The sled was connected to the roller at the rear of the wagon by means of two cables. As the roller was turned, the cables would roll up and the sled would pull the load of ensilage to the rear of the wagon. This modified version of the David Bradley wagon unloading system worked well for Earl Jacobson until he retired from the custom forage business in 1958. Of all the products sold by Sears under the David Bradley line which were intended to make life easier for the farmer, the garden tractors and wagons were the most popular sellers. It is fitting that restorers are now working on David Bradley projects for use at various shows around the nation. These restorations will ensure that David Bradley, which played so large a role in North American agriculture, will remain a household name and will not be forgotten.
I am currently restoring a David Bradley Wagon box, running gear and hoist. The wagon sides are stenciled with David Bradley Special on both sides. It was in very poor condition, but I have had the running gear sand blasted and painted and will start on wooden deck this spring. Your posting was very interesting and informative. Thank you.
I have a David Bradley snow plow that I believe dates back to 40's, and would like to sell it, but would like to get the right buyer. Dont know if its pre war or after and been kept in the family all these years and in good shape.
I am looking for a spindle for a David Bradley Wagon made by the Electric Wheel Company. Part #Q455. Can you help me.
I just started to rebuild a David Bradley wagon running gear model No. 7001055 serial No. S-289490 it has 15 in. wheels and rather long hubs I would like to know the age and also mfg. I just finished a Dearborn model 21-2 serial No. 10832 and was struck by the similar features between the 2 the Dearborn is heavier and has 16 in. wheels and 6 lug hubs but the rocking bolster and stake blasters' are indicial could Ford have out sourced their wagon running gear to the same mfg.?
I have a David Bradley tractor without the hood, a mower, planter with 6+ planting plates, disc(s), plow(s) that I want to sell. It has been stored inside for around 35 years. I have had it out and running a couple of times (the last time was about (5) years ago, however, the carburetor was leaking and I put it back in the building. The tires are old and probably the original but did hold air the last time I had it out. Any idea of what it is worth with all the implements and if there is a group or individuals that would be interested?


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Amalarico I de Châtellerault (h. 1075 – 7 de noviembre de 1151), fue el vizconde de Châtellerault y padre de Leonor de Châtellerault. A través de su hija fue el abuelo de Leonor de Aquitania, quien se convertiría en duquesa de Aquitania (por derecho propio) así como reina tanto de Francia como de Inglaterra. Leonor fue sin duda alguna la mujer más célebre de la historia europea medieval.

Familia
Amalarico nació, hijo de Bosón II de Châtellerault y su esposa, Leonor (Aleanor) de Thouars. Sus abuelos paternos fueron Hugo I de Châtellerault y su esposa, Gerberga. Sus abuelos maternos fueron Amalarico IV, vizconde de Thouars y Aremgarda de Mauléon.

A través de su nieta, Leonor, Amalarico es antepasado de varios monarcas y nobles, incluyendo a Ricardo I de Inglaterra, María de Francia (condesa de Champaña), Juan de Inglaterra, Godofredo II de Bretaña, Juana (reina de Sicilia), Leonor Plantagenet (reina de Castilla), Matilde Plantagenet (duquesa de Sajonia) y Enrique el Joven.

Biografía

Matrimonio
Amalarico se casó con Amauberga, llamada Dangerosa, la hija de Bartolomé de l'Isle Bouchard y su esposa Gerberga de Blaison. Tuvieron, al menos, tres hijos:

 Hugo, que sucedió a su padre como vizconde de Châtellerault,
 Raúl, que se convirtió en señor de Fay-la-Vineuse a través de su matrimonio con Isabel de Faye,
 Leonor (h. 1103 – marzo de 1130), que se casó con el duque Guillermo X de Aquitania. Fue la madre de la duquesa Leonor, Petronila, y Guillermo Aigret, quien murió a los cuatro años de edad.

Leonor de Aquitania fue conocida por tener mucho cariño a sus tíos maternos, Hugo y Raúl.

El asunto
En 1115, después de siete años de matrimonio, Amauberga fue "raptada" de su dormitorio por Guillermo IX de Aquitania. Fue llevada a una torre en su castillo de Poitiers llamado Maubergeonne. Como resultado de esto, Amauberga o Dangerosa fue apodada La Maubergeonne. Secuestros de este tipo eran bastante habituales entre los nobles en la Edad Media. Sin embargo, en este caso en particular parece que ella contribuyó voluntariamente al asunto.

El duque de Aquitania, el trovador más antiguo conocido cuya obra sobrevive, era bastante popular con las mujeres de su época y se sabía que tuvo muchos asuntos. Sin embargo, la vizcondesa se convertiría en su amante durante el resto de su vida. No constan quejas por parte de Amalarico. Se cree que esto se debe a que el vizconde temía la ira del poderoso y volátil señor. Sería la esposa del duque, Felipa de Tolosa quien emprendió acciones contra el ≪rapto≫ y el asunto. Sus acciones llevarían a que tanto Guillermo como Dangerosa fueran excomulgados por el papa. Guillermo usó su riqueza y su poder para, con el tiempo, reconciliarse con el papa y fue aceptado de vuelta a la iglesia católica.

En 1121 la hija de Amalarico y Dangerosa, Leonor, se casó con el hijo de Guillermo IX, su heredero, que se convertiría en el duque Guillermo X de Aquitania. Se cree que esta unión se produjo a petición de Dangereuse. Los historiadores no ven otra razón para la unión de tan poderoso hombre y la hija de un vasallo menor. No sólo eso, sino que además Leonor era la hija de la mujer que el futuro duque odiaría por el papel que tuvo en el tratamiento de su madre. Fuera cual fuera la causa, el matrimonio llevó al nacimiento de Leonor de Aquitania e hizo de Amalarico antepasado de algunos de los más famosos gobernantes europeos.

Bibliografía
 Markale, Jean (2007): Eleanor of Aquitaine:  queen of the troubadours. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions.
 Paden, William D. (1975): "The Troubadour's Lady: Her Marital Status and Social Rank." Studies in Philosophy 72.1: 28-50. JSTOR. Web. 14-11-2010.
 Painter, Sidney (1955): "The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault 1150-1250." Speculum 30.3:374-384. JSTOR. Web. 14-11-2010.
 Swabey, Ffiona (2004): Eleanor of Aquitaine, courtly love, and the troubadours. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
 Weir, Alison (2000): Eleanor of Aquitaine:  a life. Nueva York: Ballantine Books.

Vizcondes
Nobles de Francia del siglo XII

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Earl Cooper (* 2. Dezember 1886 in Broken Bow, Nebraska; † 22. Oktober 1965 in Atwater, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer.

Karriere
Cooper begann seine Rennfahrerkarriere im Jahr 1908 in San Francisco mit einem geliehenen Fahrzeug. Er gewann das Rennen aber verlor daraufhin seine Arbeit als Mechaniker, da er bei diesem Rennen einen seiner Vorgesetzten besiegte. Im Jahr 1912 ging er zum Stutz-Team. 1913 gewann er sieben der acht bedeutendsten Rennen des Jahres und wurde Zweiter im übrigen. Er wurde von der Zeitschrift Motor Age zum besten Fahrer der Saison gewählt. Im Film The Speed Kings trat er an der Seite von Mabel Normand als er selbst auf. Im Jahr 1914 nahm er wegen einer Verletzung an keinen Rennen teil. Auch die ersten Monate der Saison 1915 musste er noch pausieren und wurde zum zweiten Mal zum besten Fahrer der Saison gewählt. Auch 1916 konnte er nicht vom Beginn an dabei sein, da Stutz aus dem Rennsport ausstieg, und belegte somit nur Rang fünf in der nationalen Meisterschaft.

Für die Saison 1917 wurde an ihn 1927 rückwirkend ein dritter (inoffizieller) Titel nach 1913 und 1915 vergeben. Danach zog er sich vom Vollzeit-Rennsport zurück und ging in den kommenden Jahren nur noch gelegentlich bei Rennen an den Start. So startete er unter anderem 1919 beim Indianapolis 500 und ersetzte 1921 Joe Thomas, der sich im Oktober dieses Jahres einen Arm brach. Als Ersatzmann gewann er ein 200-Meilen-Rennen in Fresno.

Im Jahr 1922 kehrte Cooper zum Vollzeit-Rennsport zurück und gewann in der Saison 1923 fünf Rennen. 1924 führte er das Indianapolis 500 nach 400 Meilen an, als er wegen eines Reifenplatzers einen Boxenstopp einlegen musste. Er kam als Zweiter zurück auf die Strecke und erkämpfte sich die Führung zurück, als nur noch 30 Meilen zurückzulegen waren. Gerade als er Joe Boyer passierte, platzte erneut ein Reifen und der damit verbundene Boxenstopp zwang ihn dazu, sich mit dem zweiten Rang zufriedenzugeben. Auch 1925 startete Cooper in Indianapolis und bei seinem letzten Start 1926 konnte er die Pole-Position erobern. 1928 zog er sich vom Rennsport zurück.

Literatur

 Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3.

Weblinks

 Earl Cooper bei Old Racing Cars

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Champ-Car-Rennfahrer
Rennfahrer (Vereinigte Staaten)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1886
Gestorben 1965
Mann
Grand-Prix-Fahrer vor 1950


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TWO SUSPECTS SENTENCED FOR BURNING INFANT IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 / NPJ
Hannah Barker, 26 of Montgomery, was sentenced today, May 4, in a Natchitoches Parish courtroom as part of a plea agreement with the state in the burning death of her 6-month old son Levi Ellerbe. She was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and 10 years for manslaughter.
The sentences will run concurrent and Barker will receive credit for the time she's already served since her arrest in July of 2018.
An independent defense attorney explained that Barker will likely end up serving 6 years of her sentence with the opportunity to knock even more time off her sentence by participating in life enrichment programs while in prison. Barker's defense stressed that the sentences were non violent for the purpose of sentencing under the Department of Corrections.
Levi Ellerbe was six months old in July 2018 when Barker initially told police he disappeared when two men confronted her at her home and pepper-sprayed her in the face. She said she escaped the confrontation and when she returned to her home, Levi was missing. The child was found a few miles away with severe burns over 90% of his body. He died several hours later in a Shreveport hospital.
Barker's girlfriend, Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith, 29 of Natchitoches, admitted to committing the homicide.
The sentencing was done under an Alford plea for Barker. This plea allows a defendant to claim to be innocent without taking the risk of going to trial.
Barker's attorney J. Dhu Thompson issued the following statement:
This case is an absolute tragedy on so many levels. One is the horrific manner in which baby Levi was killed by Felicia Smith. Second is what my client has also had to endure throughout this process. She's lost her only child to the horrible and unimaginable actions of Felicia Smith, and while having to grieve and mourn her baby boy, she's had to do so while losing years of her life and her freedom in the process. Faced with he resources of the state against her, the emotions of the case in front of a jury and the risk of a sentence that would incarcerate her for the rest of her life, my client had to make the decision to choose what was in her best interest and to accept a plea that will allow her to get out of jail in a few years while also maintaining her innocence. This was the basis of the Alford plea done today, which as the case law provides, allows a person to accept a best interest plea under protestation of innocence.
Immediately after Barker left the courtroom, her co-defendant Felicia Smith was led in after a request was made to move her sentencing to May 4 while the deceased families were already in attendance. She was sentenced to 40 years for manslaughter, 30 years for conspiracy to commit murder, and 10 years for cruelty to juveniles.
The sentences are consecutive and Smith will receive credit for the time she's already served since her arrest.
Both defendants' sentences were made without the opportunity for probation or suspension of the sentence.
Kathy Ellerbe, Levi's paternal grandmother, provided an impact statement during the court proceeding to both defendants.
"The loss of my grandson and knowing how he was murdered has been devastating. For the past three years, our hearts have been broken and there will always be a void in our lives because of this evil. I will never forget the joy Levi brought to us in his short life. I want to remember him in a happy way and not have to relive all of this again during a trial," said Ellerbe prior to the hearing.
Billy Ellerbe, Levi's father, thanked Natchitoches City Police Lieutenant Jeff Townson and the first responders for their compassion in the case.
District Attorney Billy Joe Harrington and Special Prosecutor Clifford R. Strider, III prosecuted the cases.
"We were able to secure convictions on both defendants, despite the lack of physical evidence on Barker, who enlisted Smith to carry out the crime. We could not allow the mother, who planned to have her baby killed, to not be held responsible for her actions," said District Attorney Harrington.
"Both defendants are culpable in this horrible crime and today Hanna Barker admitted as such when she pleaded guilty to avoid putting her fate in the hands of a jury," said Strider.
"In my experience prosecuting cases throughout Louisiana, this case ranks as one of the most heinous and callous acts of cruelty I have ever seen," said Strider, who has over 40 years experience in prosecuting capital cases and violent crimes.
"After numerous meetings and extensive input from the family of the victim, we agree that today's guilty plea and prison sentences at hard labor for both defendants will begin to bring some sense of closure to the family," said Strider.
Harrington commended the dedicated work of the Louisiana Fire Marshal's Office, the Natchitoches Police Department, and the Natchitoches Fire Department. Their commitment to justice was indispensable in obtaining these convictions. Harrington specifically noted the tireless and professional assistance rendered by Lt. Jeff Townson of the Natchitoches Police Department.
"Our prosecution team spent thousands of hours in developing this case. Every minute was worth it to secure guilty pleas from the mother who devised an evil plan to have her son killed and from Barker's girlfriend who carried out Barker's plan. In Barker's case, there was little physical evidence to implicate her in the murder of Levi, but substantial circumstantial evidence was developed by law enforcement. Apparently, the threat of testimony by Smith, coupled with the circumstantial evidence, motivated Barker to accept responsibility for her actions. We were fortunate to obtain Barker's guilty plea considering the nature of this crime and lack of physical evidence," said Harrington.
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US Marks 200M COVID-19 Shots Shared With World
The donated doses include more than 120 million in surplus from the U.S. stockpile of shots
By Zeke Miller	• Published October 21, 2021
Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. on Thursday donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world, the White House announced. The Biden administration aims to lead a global vaccination campaign even as it rolls out boosters for domestic use, which critics say diverts doses from those who are in greater need around the world.
The donated doses include more than 120 million in surplus from the U.S. stockpile of shots, as well as the initial deliveries of the 1 billion doses the Biden administration has purchased from Pfizer for overseas donation by September 2022. More than 100 countries and territories have received the American doses, and the U.S. remains the largest vaccine donor in the world.
"These 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have helped bring health and hope to millions of people, but our work is far from over," U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said in a statement. "To end the pandemic, and prevent the emergence of new variants, as well as future outbreaks within our nation's borders, we must continue to do our part to help vaccinate the world."
While aid groups have praised the U.S. for leading the world in vaccine donations, they have criticized the U.S. for approving booster doses for use in the country while many people in lower-income nations have no protection at all. The Food and Drug Administration approved booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines Wednesday, following last month's authorization of a third dose of the Pfizer shot.
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"The reality is, the more wealthy countries use booster shots, the further we will be from ending the pandemic," said Tom Hart, acting CEO of the One Campaign. "While some argue that we can both administer boosters and vaccinate the world, the simple fact is that boosters divert supply from an urgent area of need — administering first shots around the world."
While half the planet has been vaccinated, there are massive geographic and wealth disparities. The majority of global shots have been administered in high- and moderate-income countries.
Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, according to the White House.


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Despite the general belief worldwide that the word, Istanbul, is Turkish, the reader would be well informed to know that, as a matter of fact, the word is Greek. Similar to the custom of residents of San Francisco and of New York who refer to their large urban areas as "the City," the Byzantines did exactly the same. Not only do San Franciscans call it "the City," they also constantly call South San Francisco [their southern industrial neighbor], simply, "South City." City-bound suburbanite New Yorkers or San Franciscans, when asked where are they going, more likely will respond: "to the City."
These are the exact same words a Byzantine would utter in Greek when responding to the same question. Namely, "ees-teen Pohleen" or "to the Polis" (that is, to the City, or to Constantinople). The refined elegance and euphony of the Greek enunciation deteriorated under the brusqueness of the language of the substitute occupants of Constantinople and became what we hear today, the grotesque "is-tan-bool."
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Australian burger bar Boneshaker has opened three stores in Shenzhen and now plans 20 in greater China, given the strong response to date.
Boneshaker describes its offer as "an Aussie burger with the lot" featuring beetroot, egg and pineapple, which is a new burger variation for China.
Owner Billy Petropoulos opened the first Boneshaker in Shenzhen in March last year, refining the format to the local market, before two more stores followed. The remaining 17 planned will open progressively over the next five years.
Petropolous said in an interview in his hometown of Adelaide that the market in China is young, and Shenzhen itself is just 40 years old.
Boneshaker makes its burgers using fresh, healthy organic ingredients. It also offers local menu items such as the recently launched Peking duck fries and serves South Australian beers.


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Born out of the extremes of economic inequality and the collapse of a civilization, the dystopian world of the Image Comics series BLACKACRE, starting in December, is one where the elite live in gleaming high-rises, while outside the walls of their city, others struggle for survival and freedom.
Auxiliary Captain Hull doesn't know about the machinations of power in the walled community of BlackAcre, either. When he's recruited for a rescue mission, he doesn't hesitate to accept, having been raised in military service with utmost loyalty to his brothers-at-arms. But as Hull ventures into the Hinterlands outside of the walls, he will discover the treachery behind the trust placed in him.
Artist on BLACKACRE, Wendell Cavalcanti, said the series gives him the opportunity to apply his skill to genres that have always attracted him. "I love sci-fi, dystopian future, war, and spy films, with all those diabolical characters and their sordid plans. And BlackAcre is a mix of all that," he said.
BLACKACRE is an ongoing series, with the first issue, which features a cover by Michael Avon Oeming, in stores on December 5.


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Tuskegee Is Ranked as top HBCU by U.S. News & World Report
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Tuskegee University remains one of the nation's and region's best historically black universities, according to national rankings released on September 12 by U.S. News and World Report.
In U.S. News' 2018 edition of Best Colleges, Tuskegee University tied for sixth place in its "Historically Black Colleges and Universities" category. It also was the only Alabama university to appear in the publication's list of Top 20 HBCUs. This U.S. News ranking measures the quality of the undergraduate education at HBCUs in context to the 80 HBCUs eligible to be ranked by the publication.
"Tuskegee University is focused on a model of continuous improvement for all university areas, especially academics," said Interim President Charlotte Morris. "U.S. News' ranking program is just one metric available to our university's senior leadership with which we can evaluate our success and academic rigor over time."
Tuskegee University also rated high among its regional peers in U.S. News' "Best Regional Universities South." The university tied for No. 27 in the category, making it the third-highest-ranked HBCU regionally, the second-highest-ranked regional university in Alabama, and the only Alabama HBCU in the Top 50 regionally. Institutions like Tuskegee appearing among evaluated "regional universities" offer a broad scope of undergraduate degrees and some master's degree programs but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Continually accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges since 1933, Tuskegee University offers its current 3,000-plus students 41 bachelor's, 16 master's and six doctoral degree options. In addition to SACSCOC accreditation, several academic units and degree programs in specialized fields or disciplines also are accredited by their respective accrediting bodies.
The university also ranked 54th in U.S. News' list of "Best Value Schools-Regional Universities South" — making it the category's third-ranked school both in Alabama and among regional HBCUs. The calculation takes into account the school's academic quality as reported in its 2018 rankings, and its 2016-17 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid.
Depending on the category, U.S. News and World Report's methodology relies on a number of indicators that, collectively, determine an institution's overall collegiate ranking. These include peer assessments or reputational scores derived from surveys completed by collegiate presidents, provosts and admissions deans, or high school counselors.
Other indicators are self-reported by each institution and include categories such as "faculty resources" (which includes faculty-student ratios, salaries and the frequency of terminal degrees); "student selectivity" (which includes students' pre-admission performance on standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, the proportion of enrolled freshmen who graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school classes, and the institution's acceptance rate); year-to-year graduation rates; "financial resources" (which includes the average spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures); and "alumni giving rate" (which is the average percentage of living alumni with bachelor's degrees who give to their school as an indirect measure of student satisfaction). read more
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In 2012 the group organized five thematic discussions with the goal to bring added value to the sustainable development discussions through pragmatic and result-oriented approaches. The following thematic discussions have been organized by the Steering Committee:
"Water related risk management – the impact of human intervention on water", by the Permanent Mission of Hungary, February 2012;
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"Integrated water resources management", by the Permanent Mission of Thailand, April 2012;
"Water in MDG's", by the permanent mission of Hungary and Finland, April 2012.
These series of events prior to the Rio+20 Conference, were aimed to render support to the UN Membership and assist the work of the Group of Friends of Water on water related issues in the spirit of the Rio follow-up. On 11 May 2012, the Steering Group held their final meeting at the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations to present the findings of the five thematic discussions and delivered its recommendations for Rio (10 Commandments).
As it is known, the discussion on post-2015 development agenda has started. Reflecting water and sanitation as part of the post-2015 agenda is equally important. Water plays a crucial role for eradication of poverty and is, in fact, a prerequisite for the achievement of many of the MDGs.
In 20 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 65/154 by which it proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. The resolution, expressing concern by the slow and uneven progress in achieving internationally agreed water-related goals, encourages all Member States, the United Nations system and all other stakeholders to take advantage of the Year to promote actions at all levels, including through international cooperation, aimed at the achievement of the water-related development goals, as well as to increase awareness of their importance.
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Under-16s: Bradley Huntington, Aaron Leech.
It has been a strong year for the Aberdeen Lynx development sides – as these images show.
The Lynx, whose senior team are widely recognised across the Granite City, run several age-group teams, with Minis, Under-12s, U14s, U16s and U20s all training and playing regularly.
This means there is an ice hockey provision in Aberdeen for youngsters from three to 19 years old.
The Lynx, who are based at the Linx Ice Arena at the beach, also run a "learn to play" section for those who can skate but are completely new to the game.
To find out more e-mail juniors@aberdeenlynx.com or pop along on Monday/Friday training.


New Delhi: The Indian government on Wednesday cut natural gas prices by 16% to USD 4.24 per unit for the six month period, beginning October 1. On gross calorific value (GCV) basis, the new gas price for October 1 to March 31 would be USD 3.82 per mmBtu as compared to USD 4.66 currently, officials said.
As the price of natural gas plummets in international market, government reduced the natural gas prices. The price cut is the second reduction in rates ever – the first being on April 1. While the cut will impact the revenue of producers like Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Reliance Industries, it will bring gains for users in the power and fertilizer sector.
As per the mechanism approved in October 2014, price of domestically produced natural gas is to be revised every six months using weighted average or rates prevalent in gas-surplus economies of US/Mexico, Canada and Russia to incentivize exploration in deep-sea that wasn't viable at USD 4.2 rate. .


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