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Sweden's generous welfare system and Europe's open-border policy are to blame for the recent influx of immigrants.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein
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Citing threats to "inner order and security," Sweden announced this week that it would reassert control of its borders. For decades, Sweden has been known for its generous asylum policy. Only the relative difficulty of getting to the geographically isolated and historically homogenous kingdom kept the flow of refugees at a manageable level. In the 1980s, Sweden welcomed approximately 25,000 asylum seekers every year. In a single week last month, however, 16,000 individuals from the Middle East and North Africa sought entry, throwing this nation of 9.5 million people into full-blown crisis.
Prior to entering the European Union in 1995, Sweden balanced its generous asylum policies with an onerous visa system. Like most European countries, it refused to grant visas to individuals from countries suffering from "unrest," and it imposed hefty fines on any airline or shipping company transporting individuals from such countries. After entering the E.U., however, Sweden became subject to the terms of the Schengen Agreement, which abolished Europe's internal border controls. Migrants who made it to Italy or Greece could travel within Europe to the most generous countries—such as Sweden—and apply for asylum there.
Last month, the Swedish Migration Agency released its official immigration projections for the next two years. In 2015, the agency said, 190,000 individuals are expected to arrive in Sweden—nearly triple what the agency had projected a few months earlier. The agency estimated that it would cost $3.5 billion to manage the influx, a cost that could reach as much as $8.6 billion by 2017. The Swedish government wants to finance the cost of resettling these asylum-seekers through loans and by raising municipal taxes.
If the influx was overwhelming, Sweden had only itself to blame. Until this week's announcement, the government in Stockholm had elected not to enforce the Dublin regulation, an E.U. law stating that a refugee has to apply for asylum in the first European country he or she sets foot in. This meant that Sweden didn't send asylum seekers back to the countries where they first arrived in Europe, instead allowing the application process to begin in Sweden. In the interim, the applicant had full access to Sweden's social-welfare system, including health care and education, even if he or she was living underground. Most asylum seekers who have made it to Sweden have done so illegally, usually by paying someone to smuggle them in.
Where are these migrants coming from, and why now? Many reports suggest that the civil war in Syria is responsible for the surge, but in fact, just 34 percent of the mostly young, mostly male asylum seekers pouring into Sweden are Syrian. Unaccompanied adolescent males from Afghanistan make up the largest cohort. During the 13-year, American-led war in Afghanistan, a total of 1,000 Afghan immigrants arrived in Sweden; during a single week this past October, 2,000 came. They're not fleeing war. They're responding to incentives—Sweden's generous system of social benefits coupled with Europe's open invitation to come.
In Sweden, as in much of Europe, skepticism about this open-door policy is interpreted as racism. Sweden recently cut $950 million from its foreign-aid budget. Those funds will now go toward dealing with the massive influx of refugees. The scale of the crisis is likely to require more cuts from other welfare programs.
Malmö, the Swedish city with the highest concentration of immigrants, offers a glimpse of what the future holds. Already essentially bankrupt, Malmö stays afloat thanks to a yearly $600 million bailout from the federal government. It consistently ranks as the worst Swedish city for income, education, employment, and quality of life. Without help from Stockholm, Malmö's structural deficit would exceed Greece's. And yet, even with such a cautionary example to learn from, Sweden has no plan. In two years, the country will spend the equivalent of two defense budgets—or the entire cost of unemployment benefits for the current population—on welfare for new immigrants. The government has not announced which spending programs it will cut or taxes it will raise to pay for it.
What's happening in Sweden, and in Europe as a whole, is not a refugee crisis but a migration crisis, one caused less by world events than by Sweden's generous welfare system and Europe's open-border policy.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein (@truthandfiction) is a political consultant and writer who contributes to such publications as Israel Hayom, Commentary, Mosaic, and Ricochet.com. She lives in Sweden.
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Bree Cole - Olympic Silver Medallist in Diving - now onto the next chapter of my life!
Hello and welcome to my blog. Here you will find posts and photos from all my international diving competitons. I hope you enjoy your visit and please feel free to leave any comments.
On the 29th of April the Australian Diving Team was off to North America, the first stop was Montreal. The team included: Sharleen, Melissa, Nikki, Peter, Scott, Rodger and me. Support staff included: Hui, Xiangning, Dr Song and Lisa Barrow as team manager. The Canada Cup was held at the 1976 Olympic Pool, which is in Olympic Park, which has lots of the other stadiums and halls they used for the Olympics. The pool is part of Olympic Tower which is the worlds tallest inclined building at 30 degrees of incline!
The diving pool itself was pretty good, the 5m and 10m platforms were new and they were nice and wide. The 3m springboards weren't too bad, but there were only two boards.
We stayed at the Auberge Royal Versailles Hotel, it was quite nice but the food was average. We caught the Metro to and from the hotel, between stations Radisson and Viau, which was only four stops. It was pretty cold in Canada, on average 12 degrees during the day, and very cold at night.
My first event was the Womens 3m on the 3rd of May. After prelims I was 7th out of 24. Next was semi-finals, I didn't dive very well and in the end I finished 10th.
On the 5th, Melissa and I had Womens 10m Synchro. We just didn't have a great day, our synchro wasn't as good as normal and our individual dives weren't fantastic. We ended up 4th which was really disappointing for us both. China won, then Meghan and Roseline from Canada in 2nd, and Mary Beth and Hayley from America in 3rd.
On the 6th, Sharleen and I had Womens 3m Synchro. We were pair 1, out of 8 teams. Our first two dives were good. I did an average back twist, Sharleen did an average back 2.5, and our synchro score were only 7 and 7.5's. Our full out was good, but we thought we were out of the medals so we went off to have a shower. That was until a lady told us to hurry up and marshal for our medal, we didn't believe her until we saw the scores. China won, then the Canadian pair and us only a few points behind.
The next stop on the North American tour was Ft. Lauderdale in sunny Florida! We stayed at the Sheraton Yankee Clipper, which was 1/2 a mile from the pool and right on the beach!
We competed at the Hall of Fame Pool with is a block from the beach. I was not really looking forward to diving 10m here cause it gets quite windy in the afternoons.
On the 11/5 I had Womens 3m in the morning, there were 26 girls in the event. My inward, front and front twist were pretty good, but my back and reverse were both short, so I didn't make semi-finals, which is disappointing. That evening at 6:45pm, Sharleen and I had Womens 3m Synchro. We both dove better than we did in Canada, Hui was happy this time! We came 3rd, behind the Russians - Yulia and Anastasia, who dove beautifully, in 2nd place was the Chinese - Li Ting and He Zi. So we got another funky glass trophy to join the one we got last year.
On the 12/5, Melissa and I had Womens 10m Synchro. Our event got underway at 3pm, just as the wind was really picking up! In 14 years of diving these were the worse diving conditions I have ever dived in, plus it was synchro so that made it even harder. We dove quite well, our synchro was a bit out, so our synchro scores were averaging 7.5's. It was so windy for inward and back twist that we had to stand down and wait until it was less windy. In the end we came 2nd, again behind the Chinese - Chen Roulin and Wang Xin. In 3rd place were the Canadian girls - Meghan and Roseline. So that was another heavy glass trophy to take home!
At the Sheraton, there were a few pools, one of pools had under water windows that can be seen from the Sheraton bar. I got Scotty to take a photo of Sharleen and me! This bar was where they shot a few scenes from the movie Anaylze This.
On the last night we had a cruise in a big yacht called Caprice, we cruised around the Ft Lauderdale area for a few hours. We had dinner on the yatch and just hung out with all the divers. It was lots of fun and I took heaps of photos. After the cruise lots of the divers headed down to the beach near the hotel, thats was heaps of fun too.
The third and unexpected stop in the tour of North America was a stop in Houston Texas. Our American Airlines plane from Ft. Lauderdale to LA was a dodgy one, so we had to stop and refuel in Houston. It added an extra 2 hours to our already 5 hour long flight, plus we had to stay on the plane and wait.
It was a good trip to Canada and USA, we had a week of winter, then a week of summer. My synchro results were pretty good, but my individual results need to improve.


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Jerald Stillwell "Jerry" Thompson (August 15, 1923 – August 26, 2021) was an American long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.  Earlier in the year, he was NCAA Champion, though he was runner up to Curt Stone at the Olympic Trials. He was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. Thompson died in August 2021 at the age of 98.

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Il doppio  dell'IPP Trophy 2011 è stato un torneo di tennis facente parte dell'ATP Challenger Tour 2011.

Gero Kretschmer e Alex Satschko erano i detentori del titolo, ma quest'anno non hanno partecipato.

Igor' Andreev e Evgenij Donskoj hanno battuto in finale James Cerretani e Adil Shamasdin 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2).

Teste di serie

  James Cerretani /  Adil Shamasdin (finale)
  Philipp Marx /  Igor Zelenay (primo turno)

  Ken Skupski /  Horacio Zeballos (semifinali)
  Jordan Kerr /  Travis Parrott (quarti di finale)

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Der Malanphulan (auch Melanphulan oder Malangphutang) ist ein Sechstausender in der Khumbu-Region in Nepal, südöstlich von Pangboche im sogenannten Hinku Himal.

Der  hohe Malanphulan ist mit dem westlich gelegenen Kangtega () über einen Bergkamm verbunden. Ein Berggrat führt vom Malanphulan nach Osten und spaltet sich später nach Norden, Osten und Süden auf. Nach Norden führt der Grat weiter über den  hohen Mingbo La zum Ama Dablam (). Nach Süden führt von dem Verzweigungspunkt ein Grat zum Peak 41 (). An der Südostflanke des Malanphulan erstreckt sich der Hinku-Shar-Gletscher, an der Westflanke der Hinku-Nup-Gletscher. Die Nordflanke wird zum Imja Khola entwässert.

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Peter Carse und Supy Bullard bestiegen den Malanphulan am 28. April 2000. Die Aufstiegsroute führte über die Westwand des Berges.

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England and Always: In the Good Old Colony Days
Aug 12, 2015 Charles A. Coulombe
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"England and Always"
The British, the Empire, and the Faith
Part III: In the Good Old Colony Days
In good old colony days
When we lived under the King,
Three roguish chaps fell into mishaps
Because they could not sing
After Queen Anne died in 1714, the Whig Oligarchs brought over her next closest protestant relation, George I of the House of Hanover. He was accepted with little comment as King in the colonies; and as he spoke no English and did not care to attend cabinet meetings, he was popular with the Whigs. Thus was begun the slow evolution of the office of First Lord of the Treasury from useful functionary to — as Prime Minister — master of the realm. But George was sufficiently hated by his new subjects to inspire the Jacobites with hope; in 1715 they rose in Northumberland and in the Highlands of Scotland; James III joined them there, but by then George's troops had rallied, and he was forced to flee while his men were killed. Many of their leaders were executed for "treason" on Tower Hill — foremost of whom was the gallant Catholic nobleman, Lord Derwentwater. An even less successful attempt was mounted in 1719.
George's son, George II, was a usurper, but not a coward; he was the last reigning British King to go into battle, at Dettingen. He spoke English better than his father but was more concerned with his Electorate of Hanover than with Britain. Nevertheless, he gave his name to the last of the Thirteen Colonies: Georgia. Designed as a place where felons and convicts could redeem themselves, it rapidly became a typical southern colony, slaves and all (slavery had initially been banned), much to the chagrin of founder and ex-Jacobite James Oglethorpe.
Meanwhile, the Catholic Church had been growing in Pennsylvania. In the colony's capital of Philadelphia, St. Joseph's was founded by Maryland Jesuits in 1733 as the first legal Catholic Church in the English-speaking world since the overthrow of James II. It was rapidly followed in the City of Brotherly Love by St. Mary. English and German Catholics settled in towns like Conewago, Lancaster, and elsewhere in the southeastern part of the Province. Other congregations could be found in Delaware — the other Penn family colony. In the meantime, each of the colonies, based upon its particular history and ethnography, developed its own small Oligarchy.
Although there were no churches for them, there were by 1741 a great many Catholics in New York City — a large proportion of whom were slaves, brought up from the Spanish West Indies. But in that year, fear of a slave uprising, fear of Catholics, and fear of Jacobites culminated in the "Great Negro Plot," wherein it was believed that the slaves and poor white Catholics of the city were going to rise and deliver it to the Spanish, with whom Great Britain was fighting the War of Jenkin's Ear. Things were not improved by the Spanish gift of freedom to all slaves who joined their ranks, which offer eventually culminated in the founding of the freed Black settlement of Fort Mose outside St. Augustine. In the event, scores of blacks and whites were hanged or deported; many more were imprisoned.
In George II's reign, Great Britain was involved in another World War, the War of Austrian Succession (predictably called in America "King George's War"). In its course, Britain suffered a great defeat at the Battle of Fontenoy, due in no small part to James III's subjects, the Irish Brigade in the service of France. Emboldened by this feat, perhaps, the King-over-the-Water's son, Prince Charles —"Bonnie Prince Charlie" — essayed another attempt on taking back his ancestral Kingdoms: that glorious, doomed effort called the '45. His landing with a few companions in Scotland, raising his father's banner at Glenfinnan; leading the clans through the Highlands and holding court at Edinburgh; his skilful defeat of the enemy at Prestonpans; and the mad dash through England to Derby: these are all the stuff of legend, song, and story. If his Highlanders were the bulk of his army, Irish, English, and Welsh marched with him. Who knows what might have happened had his lieutenants not overruled him, and had they pushed swiftly onward via Oxford to London, where George II was packing his bags? What would have happened in prostrate Ireland? It is one of the great what-ifs of history. But in the event he was overruled, and the clansmen retreated to be slaughtered at Culloden Moor. Then followed months of hiding until the Prince — ably assisted by Flora MacDonald — made his way back to France (there is a curious possibility that he made a stop in Ireland en route) and dejection. His brother Henry had decided to enter the clergy and in swift order became a Cardinal — Cardinal York. Although King James lived on until 1766, father and son would never meet again.
For the Catholics of the British Isles and their Jacobite confreres, this defeat, the end of the fourth civil war, so to speak, was an unmitigated disaster. The Highlands were pillaged, and kilt and tartan outlawed; the Clan system was smashed, and the Clearances began; executions and expulsions were rife. Many of the Scots took the oath to King George and emigrated to North Carolina (as did Flora MacDonald and her husband) or to the Mohawk Valley of New York (many of these latter being Catholics) There would never again be a threat to the Whig establishment of the sort that the Stuarts had posed, and Catholics in all the three Kingdoms and thirteen colonies were bereft of any kind of political voice whatsoever.
In 1757, world war broke out again; but where the past series had witnessed Protestant Great Britain allied with Catholic Austria against Protestant Prussia and Catholic France, this latest saw the four powers divided religiously, with Britain and Frederick the Great fighting Louis XV and Maria Theresa (this revolution in alliances had been sealed by the wedding of Louis' grandson, the future Louis XVI, with the Empress' daughter, Marie Antoinette). Different too was the spark that ignited the conflagration — rather than some European skirmish, it was the massacre of some French troops by the American Captain George Washington. Thus was born the Seven Years War or, as we call it in America, the French and Indian War. In 1760, as the war raged, George II died. He was replaced by his grandson, George III; first of his line for whom English was his first language, he was called the first of them to "glory in the name of Briton."
Because of his role in the mythos of American independence, as well as because of the bouts of madness he suffered as the years wore on, he has been depicted as everything from evil to weak. But this is quite an unfair characterization. The truth is that he was pious in a low-church Anglican way, devoted to wife and family, a keen and curious patron of the arts, sciences, literature, and learning in general. He was keen on alleviating as many of the burdens upon his Catholic subjects as he could — to the degree, of course, that they did not conspire with foreign enemies: France, Spain, Austria, and of course, James III. But he and James shared an aspiration — to be King in the sense that their common fathers had been Kings; not absolute rulers, but chief executives of their peoples' happiness. For George, this would mean breaking the power of the Oligarchy in Parliament.
But first there was a war to be won. In due course it was, and when the smoke cleared in 1763, King George had acquired New France — almost wholly French-speaking and Catholic; with it he acquired the diocese of Quebec. Also there came into his realm a number of Indian tribes, former allies of Louis XV. By treaty he was obligated to treat them as though they were his own native-born subjects.
Three years later, James III died in Rome. Thereupon, despite Cardinal York's entreaty, Pope Clement XIII recognised George III as King of Great Britain and Ireland, and forbade anyone in Rome to offer Prince Charles — or Charles III, as we must now call him — Royal honours. When the rectors of the Pontifical English, Scots, and Irish Colleges did just that, they were all fired from their posts — the rector of St. Isidore's Irish College somehow escaped that fate. The stage was set for something approaching a working relationship between the Holy See and the Court of St. James. Cardinal York took up his father's position as distributor of benefices in the shadow world of English-Scottish-Irish-colonial Catholicism. In truth, he was far better off than his elder brother: the 20 years since Culloden had not been kind to the rightful King, and the 22 that would follow would be in some ways worse.
Meanwhile, George III received Catholic nobility at court — the first ruling sovereign to do so since 1688. He slowly and methodically worked at assembling a party of King's Friends to oppose the Whigs in Parliament. Meanwhile, as the 1760s progressed, Whig cabinet after Whig cabinet wrestled with the problems of colonial administration. In the late war, the government had run up a huge debt on behalf of colonial defence — once which continued to climb with the never-ending expenses of guarding the frontier and keeping the Royal Navy mistress of the seas. It fell entirely upon the British taxpayer, who was beginning to resent it. Some way must be found to get the colonies to pay a symbolic amount of the monies expended on them, past and present.
For His Majesty's Catholic subjects, the period after James III's death was a quiet one. Blessed by prelates like the Scottish Vicar Apostolic George Hay (a survivor of Culloden) and his London District counterpart, Richard Challoner, in the British Isles and the colonies alike they were content to quietly practise their Faith, assist at low Masses offered in private chapels — or, in London, the Spanish, Sardinian, and Portuguese/Bavarian Embassy Chapels. Male and female religious in the Continental establishments offered their daily offices for continued safety from open persecution and an easing of the Penal laws. Their style of reserved, undramatic piety is well expressed in Bishop Challoner's prayer book, The Garden of the Soul. Prayers were said for the King — though which King might be another matter. Unlike their Nonjuror counterparts, Catholics were coming to feel ever greater loyalty to George III. Freedom to live their religion privately and to fit in with the rest of their fellow subjects was all they wanted after 250 years of nonstop defeats. By 1770 the last thing most English-speaking Catholics on either side of the ocean wanted was another civil war, let alone another attempt at restoring the Stuarts.
While he was able to name at last a friendly Prime Minister, Lord North (ushering in what has been called his "personal rule"), North confronted the same problems that neither the Stamp Tax nor the Townshend Acts had been able to resolve. The problem the ministry faced was that the Oligarchy in each colony was dead set against paying any tax at all; moreover, they were talented men: the four wealthiest magnates in the colonies were George Washington, John Hancock, Charles Carroll of Carrollton (a Catholic), and Philip Schuyler — all of whom would play key roles in the coming struggle. While complaining of being taxed while unrepresented in the British Parliament, however, the fact that the colonial assemblies they dominated — which only a minority of white men could vote for — nevertheless levied the vast majority of the taxes the King's American subjects paid. Apparently taxation without representation was only bothersome when they were on the paying end.
By the beginning of the 1770s, the religious map of the colonies was something like this: Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia boasted the Church of England as their State Church, as did the lower four counties of New York (who also had a newly chartered Anglican college). New York also had many members of the Dutch Reformed Church, as did New Jersey — though that colony's governor and other officials were generally Anglican. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut were officially Congregational, but the Anglicans were making inroads, especially in the latter colony. Rhode Island permitted any religion except Catholicism, and as we have seen Pennsylvania and Delaware permitted the Faith.
So did Maryland, barely. But the established Church was the Church of England, and Catholics suffered a number of restrictions. The result was that in the mid-1770s, many Catholics there began to settle in central Kentucky, on what was then the frontier — a movement that would go on after the Revolution. This region, included such centres as Bardstown, Holy Cross, St. Mary, and others. This region of English-speaking Catholicism came to be known as the "Holy Land." After independence, Catholic Marylanders would send out a few other colonies, including Locust Grove, Georgia. While the latter was not a tremendous success, it did survive; one of its most noted descendants was Catholic novelist Flannery O'Connor.
In the meantime, the King was dealing with the political situation in the colonies. His ministry had the brilliant idea of selling untaxed East India Company tea; this would at once bankrupt smugglers like John Hancock by offering the public a cheaper brew, while the expected profits would save the Company from a bankruptcy that could only have the then unimaginable effect of forcing the government to run the Company's Indian possessions. Logical as the idea would seem, it sparked the Boston and other tea parties, as local magnates realised the extent to which it would cut into their profits.
In response, 1774 saw Parliament pass a number of acts to punish Boston as the ringleader city, until such time as her citizens paid for what they had destroyed. These were denounced as the "Intolerable Acts." At the same time, the King rushed through the Quebec Act, which gave the French Canadians freedom or religion and continued them under their old law code; it also expanded the province to include such Francophone settlements as Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Prairie du Rocher, Vincennes, La Baie, Detroit, and Prairie du Chien. This act was just as hateful to the newly convened Continental Congress.
The Continental Congress spent October of 1774 writing and dispatching letters to the people of Great Britain, Quebec, and the King. On October 10, they sent "An Address to the People of Great Britain," in which they condemned all of these measures. Of the Quebec Act, the document said: "the act passed in the same session for establishing the Roman Catholic religion, in the province of Quebec, abolishing the equitable system of English laws, and erecting a tyranny there, to the great danger (from so total a dissimilarity of religion, law and government) of the neighboring British colonies, by the assistance of whose blood and treasure the said country was conquered from France." This was followed by a missive to the people of Quebec, in which the same worthies declared "We are too well acquainted with the liberality of sentiment distinguishing your nation, to imagine that difference of religion will prejudice you against a hearty amity with us." Unfortunately for them, copies of both fell into the hands of Quebec's Bishop, Jean-Oliver Briand. The same day, an appeal was sent to the King, asking him "We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief …". That is, to overrule all that Parliament had enacted — an interesting notion, given that the subjection of King to Parliament had been a cornerstone of British governance since 1688, and that no sovereign since Queen Anne had dared to veto a bill passed by Lords and Commons. In any case, the Congress were affecting to believe that George III's Kingship over the colonies was separate from that he exercised over Great Britain, Ireland, and the rest of the Empire, and moreover that Parliament's Sovereignty did not extend to them. Although this notion of the "divisilibility of the Crown" was erected into law by the Statute of Westminster in 1931 (which is why Elizabeth II's Queenships of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and the rest are separate from her reign over the United Kingdom, and why her father, although at war with Germany in World War II as head of the British Empire, was neutral as King of Ireland), it was unheard of in 1774. Regardless, given the totality of the Congressional messages, both Bishop Briand and His Majesty might be forgiven for doubting their sincerity.
Meanwhile, Fr. John Carroll, scion of the powerful Carroll clan and cousin to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, having been superior of the Maryland Jesuits — and having rallied them when the Society was suppressed in 1773, became the foremost Catholic priest in the Thirteen Colonies, thanks to both his family connections and his political beliefs. He accompanied Benjamin Franklin and two other Congressional commissioners on a trip to Quebec in 1776, in hopes of bringing the French-Canadians over to the rebel side. But they found that all of Congress' addresses were well known there; Bishop Briand excommunicated Fr. Carroll and suspended the local priest with whom he stayed. (That excommunication was purely local; but it is why Carroll would go to England after the war for Episcopal Consecration rather than Quebec — it was only lifted in the 21st century by Marc Cardinal Ouellet at the request of Cardinal Foley). At any rate, Catholic or non-Catholic, loyal or rebel, the peoples of the Thirteen Colonies were on the brink of another civil war.
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June 28, 2017 – The partners of Cohen | Ruiz and their entire legal team are joining the Miami office of McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm with a more than 85-year history, effective July 10, 2017.
Robert A. Cohen and Mario M. Ruiz, who have extensive experience in real estate, banking and financial frauds, will be members at McDonald Hopkins. Joelle H. Dvir and Regen Shanzer will be joining as associates. The Cohen | Ruiz firm focused on real estate transactions and appellate law as well as many areas of litigation including business, banking, real estate, title insurance and construction.
"We are so pleased that the talented attorneys of Cohen | Ruiz will join our firm and will further strengthen our national litigation team and our commitment to South Florida," said Shawn M. Riley, president of McDonald Hopkins. McDonald Hopkins has 20 attorneys in its Miami and West Palm Beach offices. With additional offices in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus and Detroit, McDonald Hopkins has more than 140 attorneys.
Cohen and Ruiz have more than 60 years of experience and have participated in the development of title insurance law throughout the United States. Cohen has been an advocate on issues important to title insurance underwriters and helped set the industry standards. In the area of appellate law, the attorneys of Cohen | Ruiz have appeared in both state and federal courts where their efforts have set precedent in Florida affecting business, real estate and title insurance law.
Both Cohen and Ruiz lecture for many professional organizations on various topics, including real estate law, trust accounting and the challenges of litigation. Ruiz is board certified in business litigation law.
The Miami office of McDonald Hopkins is led by Raquel (Rocky) Rodriguez, who worked on some of the most complex and urgent issues facing the state of Florida when she served as general counsel to former Governor Jeb Bush. John T. Metzger, managing member of the firm's West Palm Beach office, has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients in complex real estate transactions and business litigation matters.


Short for ガンダムのプラモデル (Gandamu no puramoderu, "plastic model of a Gundam robot").
Kono bangumi no shūjinkō wa, uchūjin de arinagara, ganpura o tsukuru koto ga shumi to iu kawatta shūjinkō desu.
The protagonist of this show is a strange protagonist whose hobby is constructing Gundam models despite being an alien.


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Top 10: Eye-Popping Contracts
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Magic Johnson - Guard
Contract: 25 years, $25 million
Although the total sum may not surprise you, the length definitely should. At the time, the NBA league minimum was roughly $65,000, so the $1 million-per-year salary for the eventual 3-time MVP and Hall of Famer was significant. Once the NBA introduced the salary cap, the deal was shortened to 10 years, but the contract still stands as the longest in North American sports history.
Financial advice: Johnson helped the Lakers win five NBA Championships, was a 12-time All-Star player and proudly represented the United States as part of the Dream Team. All things considered, the Lakers got a pretty good deal.
Derek Jeter - Shortstop
Contract: 10 years, $189 million
He's a perennial MVP candidate, a former World Series MVP and baseball's top shortstop. Derek Jeter, the current New York Yankees captain, is the glue that keeps a pricey roster together. In 2001, he signed a lucrative 10-year pact and the total payout was the second-largest in North American sports history; only Alex Rodriguez's purse of $252 million topped his.
Financial advice: Considering the contracts of Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright, a fan would have to consider the investment into Derek Jeter as one of George Steinbrenner's best moves.
Kevin Garnett - Forward
Contract: 6 years, $126 million
When Kevin Garnett put his John Hancock on an extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the contract became the richest payout in North American Sports history. With his smooth moves in the post, The Big Ticket was worth every penny. He has since set a record for averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in six consecutive seasons and was the 2003 All-Star MVP.
Financial advice: KG has delivered superstar statistics season after season, but aside from one run in the playoffs, his postseason success has been few and far between with the Timberwolves. For that kind of money, a perennial playoff berth would be nice.
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Antique Map East Indies by Bowen (1752) – SOLD
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Antique Map East Indies by Bowen titled 'A New and Accurate Map of the East India Islands, Laid down according to the latest discoveries (..)'.
English map of South East Asia, the Philippines and part of Australia, with a compass rose and illustrated title cartouche depicting natives under umbrellas and an incense burner amongst heaps of spices. Published in London round 1744-52 by Emanuel Bowen, (1694?–1767) a English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographer.
One of his earliest engraved works, Britannia Depicta, published in 1720, contained over two hundred road maps together with a miniature county map of each of the counties of England and Wales. It was an unusual feature of the atlas that the maps were engraved on both sides of each page, and this resulted in a handier-sized book.
He also issued with John Owen a book of road maps based, as was usual at the time, on John Ogilby but again incorporating his own style of historical and heraldic detail. In spite of his royal appointments and apparent prosperity he died in poverty and his son, who carried on the business, was no more fortunate and died in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790. He published "A Complete System of Geography, 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745(?); a 'Complete Atlas … in sixty-eight Maps,' 1752; 'Atlas Minimus; or a new set of Pocket Maps,' 1758; and a series of separate maps of the English counties, of Germany, Asia Minor, and Persia, between 1736 and 1776.
Artist: E. Bowen
Purchase Code: M2412
Antique Map Batavia by Leti (c.1690) – SOLD
Antique Map Batavia by Leti titled 'Waere affbeeldinge Wegens hets Cafteel ende Stadt BATAVIA/gelegen opt groot Eylant JAVA Anno 1681'. The very rare and sought after large map of Batavia in 1681 in old colour...
Antique Sea Chart of Indonesia by Norie (1821)
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Antique Sea Chart of Indonesia by Norie titled 'New Chart of the East India Archipelago'. Large and very detailed early 19th century Sea Chart of Indonesia, by the famous English chart maker and publisher John...
Antique Map Java by Tombe (1811)
Antique map Java by Tombe titled 'Carte de l'Isle de Java et des Détroits de la Sonde de Madure et Baly / dresée par Mr. Tombe, Chef de Batallion, Officier Supérieur d'Etat Major; gravé par...
Antique Map South-East Asia by Valentijn (c.1724)
Antique Maps, Plans & Charts, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Southeast Asia
Antique map South-East Asia by Valentijn titled 'Tabula Indiae Orientalis et Regnorum Adjacentium J. Van Braam et G. onder de Linden'. Early 18th century map of Australia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, from Valentyn's...
Antique Map Chinese Empire by Bonne (1750)
Antique Map Chinese Empire by Bonne titled 'Carte de l'Empire de la Chine ~ De la Tartarie Chinoise, et du Royaume de Corèe: avec les Isles du Japon'. Rare map of showing China with Corea,...
Antique Map of Batavia (1780)
Antique Map of Batavia titled 'PLAN der Stad en 't Kasteel BATAVIA. Aanwyzing der Stad en Kasteels Punten'. A very rare late 18th century detailed plan of Batavia with an alpha-numeric key showing the main...
Antique Map of South-East Asia and the Philippines (1812)
Antique Map of South-East Asia and the Philippines titled 'Oceanique Occidentale'. Attractive map of the region bounded by Taiwan, Pegu and Northern Australia, centered on the Philippines and Borneo, by Malte Brun, published in 1812 in...
Antique Map South-East Asia by De Wit (c.1670) – SOLD
Antique Map South-East Asia by De Wit titled 'Tabula Indiae Orientalis. Emendata a F. De Wit'. Attractive hand coloured mid- to late 17th century map covering all South East Asia. The map encompasses the region from...
Antique Map Batavia by Van Krevelt (1780)
Antique Map Batavia by Van Krevelt titled 'PLAN der Stad en 't Kasteel BATAVIA. Aanwyzing der Stad en Kasteels Punten'. A very rare late 18th century detailed plan of Batavia in modern colour with an...


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National spokesperson Ajoy Kumar expresses confidence of win in Littipara by-poll
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 00:32:28 IST
Jamshedpur, April 7: Former Jamshedpur MP and Congress national spokesperson Ajoy Kumar has demanded CBI investigation in the murder of Dhanbad former deputy mayor Neeraj Singh. He alleged that the BJP-ruled state government was trying to protect the BJP Jharia MLA Sanjeev Singh a named accused in the murder.
Addressing a press conference at Tilak Pustakalaya, the Congress leader also expressed confidence that their alliance with JMM would help them win the Littipara by-poll.
The Congress national spokesperson also questioned on the role of the Election Commission in not heeding to JMM and Congress protest on allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi program at Sahebganj.
�We had approached the election commission of the Prime Minister program as it was a violation of model code of conduct ahead of the Littipara by-polls. But our request were not heeded to by the commission which casts doubt in the mind of masses towards the commission,� said Kumar.
He also criticized the PM for ignoring the model code of conduct and distributing smart phones to women self help groups during his visit to Sahebganj yesterday.
The former MP has floated a non-political wing in a district called �supercop� of 90s. The outfit which was launched early this month has been named as Ajoy Kumar Vichar Manch and would include members irrespective of their political affiliations from the East Singhbhum district.
According to Ajoy Kumar the front would start off with health check-up camps in remote areas not having proper accessibility to health centers and in due course would be raising social issues.
� It is our ambitious project and we have plans for health check-up camps later this month at remote blocks and panchayats underserved by healthcare facilities.
We would also help people facing problem and other civic issues through this organization and take it forward with the concerned departments. The objective is to empower people for their rights and stand with them in getting justice,� said Kumar.
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The Fraternity Club
History of a Castagne Roaster
Thirty years ago, Emilio Felli built a chestnut roaster with his bare hands.
His contraption moulds cast iron with hots grills and rotating mettle, producing chestnuts that melt in the mouths of those who line up at events to taste his wonderful creations.
Today, the same roaster continues to serve delicious chestnuts to warm the hearts and tastebuds of patrons at events such as Castagne Day, which is celebrated every third Sunday in May each year. As usual Emilio, 86, starts the day's celebrations by heating his homemade roaster before cooking around 1100kg of chestnuts for wide-eyed customers. The retired boilermaker is passionate about his work and producing quality chestnuts, which has become a main attraction of Castagne Day, a festival which marks the beginning of the Italian nut season.
"The roaster has always worked well. It's strong," he said. "The grills on each side let me see when the chestnuts are cooked. I can also tell by the different levels of smoke, which come from the side of the roaster, as to whether the chestnuts are ready. It's enjoyable to cook them and to see the people enjoying them."
Once in full operation, Emilio reckons the roaster reaches about 80 degrees on its exterior. When asked how hot it gets inside, well that's anyone's guess. "It would be extremely hot, just like lava!" he joked. Recently the roaster underwent modifications and repairs, courtesy of hard-working club members. The work involved new parts and hours of welding, ensuring the roaster will be in top shape for many more Castagne Day celebrations.
Apart from his beloved chestnut roaster, Emilio has a rich and proud history as a valued contributor to The Fraternity. He became a club member in 1963 and has previously taken on numerous roles including the running of carpet bowls, bocce and, of course, the success of his chestnut roaster.
Castagne Day celebrations are held on the club grounds on the third Sunday in May each year from 10am-4pm and features amusement rides, market stalls, food stalls and live entertainment.
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The Values need to have behavioral do's and don'ts for any employee to understand clearly what is on-brand behaviour and what's not.
Strategic planning is important, however, refinements to traditional strategy processes are needed in the current business environment.
The new economic reality has important business implications in several key areas; the competitive landscape has changes, customer preferences and buying behavior is shifting substantially, power dynamics in the value chain continue to shift, and technology is changing faster than ever before. Moreover, new financial and environmental regulations threaten to distort existing markets.
Strategic planning has to be aspiration driven rather than current reality focused, we believe the fundamentals of strategic planning will always apply. Tactical decisions should always be aligned with a high-level strategic plan based on clear objectives. While reactive strategies might work in the short-term, it is the long-term strategies that will generate, and ensure sustainable value creation well into the future.
Whether it is a new business you are getting into or an existing business that wants to get into new product/service lines, creating a well thought-through and detailed business plan is the first step.
Detailed research into the industry, customers, competitors, and costs of the business begins the process. A variety of resources can be used for research, ranging from databases and articles to direct interviews with other entrepreneurs or potential customers. Research should be documented and organized carefully with the information gathered and the source as there is a need to cite sources within the plan.
Next, the information from the research should inform the strategy you choose for your business. Revisit the strategy you created even before your research and dig deeper into decisions on appropriate marketing, operations, and hiring for the first five years of the company's life. Strategy generally pulls from the best practices of the industry, but uses this only as a foundation on which to add very different activities that create a competitive advantage.
All of the activities you choose for your strategy come as some cost and (hopefully) lead to some revenues. Sketch out the financial situation by looking at whether you can expect revenues to cover all costs and leave room for profit in the long run. Begin to insert your financial assumptions and startup costs into a financial model which can produce a first year cash flow statement for you, giving you the best sense of the cash you will need on hand to fund your early operations.
With financials more or less settled and a strategy decided, it is time to draft through the narrative of the plan's many sections. With the background work you have completed, the drafting itself should be a relatively painless process. If you have trouble creating convincing prose, this is a time to seek the help of a business plan writer who can put together the plan from this point.
Revisit the entire plan to look for any ideas or wording that is confusing, redundant, or irrelevant to the points you are making within the plan. Finally, proofread thoroughly for spelling, grammar, and formatting, enlisting the help of others to act as additional sets of eyes. You may begin to experience burnout from working on the plan for so long and have a need to set it aside for a bit to look at it again with fresh eyes.
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With the collaboration of Department of Registration of Persons, PAFFREL is holding a mobile facilitation service on 05th June 2013 from 9.00 am onwards at Karai Nagar Predeshiya Sabha , Karai Nagar Pradeshiya Sabha Office.
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Earthjustice Praises Nomination of Todd Kim to lead DOJ's Environment and Nat'l Resources Division
Kim is committed to enforcing the nation's environmental laws.
Keith Rushing, Earthjustice, (757) 897-2147
Washington, D.C. —
Earthjustice Senior Vice President of Programs Sam Sankar released this statement today on the nomination of Todd Kim to serve as Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) at the U.S. Department of Justice:
"Todd Kim is a fabulous choice for AAG. He combines a keen intellect and understanding of our environmental laws with humility and a deep commitment to public service. Earthjustice looks forward to working with Todd even when his team is on the other side from us."
Background: Kim is currently the deputy general counsel for Litigation, Regulation, and Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Energy. His prior government service includes more than seven years as an appellate attorney with the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. Kim will lead some 550 lawyers who work for ENRD, representing the government in cases involving everything from pollution to public lands, and from wildlife to tribal sovereignty. ENRD lawyers prosecute cases that enforce important environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Superfund law.
You've Probably Never Heard of This DOJ Division, but It's Key to Rebuilding Our Environmental Policy
Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
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Le comte Andreï Artamonovitch Matveïev (en ), né le  et mort le , est un diplomate russe, compagnon de Pierre le Grand et premier ambassadeur russe à Londres et La Haye.

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Fils d'Artamon Sergueïevitch Matveïev et d'une Écossaise, Eudoxie Hamilton, Andreï Artamonovitch est nommé stolnik de chambre (комнатный стольник) à l'âge de 8 ans. Sous le règne de Fédor III, Artamon Sergueïevitch tombe en disgrâce et est exilé avec sa famille dans le nord, à Poustoziorsk et Mezen. À la suite du décès de Fédor Alekseïévitch, la famille rentre à Moscou en mai 1682 mais Artamon Sergueïevitch est tué quatre jours plus tard lors de la révolte des streltsy. Andreï Artamonovitch fuit la capitale. De 1691 à 1693, il occupe les fonctions de voïevode dans la région de la Dvina occidentale.

Pierre le grand, dont la mère avait grandi au sein de la famille Matveïev et qui éprouvait du respect pour Artamon Matveïev, envoya Andreï Artamonovitch en qualité d'ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire dans les Provinces-Unies (1699–1712) puis en Autriche (1712–1715). À Vienne, il reçoit le titre de comte du Saint-Empire romain germanique.

Au cours de son séjour à La Haye, il visite également Paris (1705-06) et Londres (1707-08), cherchant à dissuader la cour britannique de reconnaître Stanislas Leszczynski comme roi de Pologne.

Au moment de quitter Londres, Matveïev est arrêté par des baillis exigeant le versement de cinquante livres et maltraité tant physiquement que verbalement. Malgré les excuses de la reine et du Parlement, le corps diplomatique est en émoi. L'incident est à l'origine du Act Preserving the Privileges of Ambassadors du , première législation sur l'immunité diplomatique.

En 1716, Andreï Artamonovitch est rappelé à Saint-Pétersbourg et placé à la tête de l'académie navale au rang de conseiller privé. Trois ans plus tard, il devient sénateur et président du collège de justice. Il prend sa retraite en 1727 après avoir passé les trois dernières années de son service en tant que président du Sénat à Moscou.

Naissance en août 1666
Décès en septembre 1728
Décès à 62 ans
Noblesse russe du XVIIe siècle
Noblesse russe du XVIIIe siècle
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Please save the date and look out for registration details soon on the Faculty of Physician Associates website (www.fparcp.co.uk), including the conference theme and information on how to submit abstracts to share your work at the poster presentation session.
Last year was a stand out event, with this year expected to be even bigger. We recommend getting your early bird tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
PATH are pleased to announce that we again be sponsoring the Conference. PATH's recruitment manager, Nick Mattick, will also be speaking at the Student Conference on Thursday 27th Sept offering up tips on writing a standout CV, applications and interview strategy.
We will be running some competitions for all Physician Associates & student Physician Associates shortly to win free tickets to the Conference. Keep an eye open on our FaceBook page and twitter feed for details.


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Castor Gallery is pleased to present "Finally", an exhibition of new works by Jeanette Hayes, Stephen Lack, Stacy Leigh, Brad Phillips, Lucas Price, Michael Pybus, and Gregory Thielker. This will be the first show at the galleries new pop-up Chelsea address 548 West 28th Street - 2nd floor.
Opening reception will be November 10th from 6-9pm with select artists in attendance.
Jeanette Hayes is both a painter and multimedia artist, incorporating both influences into her pieces. Her work addresses the contrast between high art and pop culture, juxtaposing canonical images from art history with references to modern technology and contemporary figures in media and entertainment. Hayes has shown internationally at XPO Gallery in Paris, Levy Delval in Brussels and Motelsallieri Gallery in Rome. Complex Magazine chose Hayes as an artist to watch, The New York Times featured her in their first "Up Next" column and she been named one of Artnet's 30 Most Exciting Artists in North America Today.
Michael Pybus hijacks capitalist brands and icons as a means to create an instant 'relationship' with the audience. They may not know his work but everyone knows and has a relationship to brands and icons such as IKEA and Pikachu (love / hate or indifferent to them). Pybus processes this iconography through collage and painting (the scratchy dry brushing being his signature saturating the images that he's appropriated) to create new meanings, reading and narratives. Through doing so Michael also lay claim to such imagery in a sense so that this generic iconography and branding becomes personally linked to himself which then goes full circle and becomes associated with a brand again, only this time it's Michael Pybus's own brand as an artist. Upcoming solo shows include Depart Foundation LA in 2017. Prior solo shows include Johannes Vogt (NYC), Evelyn Yard (UK), & Carl Kostyal (Sweden).
Stacy Leigh is a photographer and painter based out of NYC. Leigh is primarily known and gained prominence as a photographer who examines the relationships between inanimate love dolls and humans through carefully staged and curated photographs. In this new series of paintings Leigh was inspired by the plight of social media girls known as "Instagram Models". A mix of both her imagination and real women, this new body of work explores the emotions of these "models" during moments that would be considered private. past shows include a solo show with Castor Gallery. upcoming shows include a soon to be dated solo show and group show.
Brad Phillips is a contemporary Canadian painter and writer. He is best known for his dark complex work with the deep tropes of suicide, sex and self-injury. He has exhibited around the world, and is the subject of various critical texts and interviews. Aesthetically, Phillips is noted for his photorealist style and often references his own photographs to compose his paintings. He is known for his dark and often sinister imagery[4] as well as text-based works, many of which include literary references. He often employs satire, autobiography, and black humor in his paintings. Phillips calls his work highly biographical and likens his style to "confessional poetry." His work has been shown at international art fairs, including the Armory Show New York, NADA Fair Miami, the Toronto International Art Fair and others. Brad Phillips' works are included in art collections of the Glenbow Museum, the Capital Group Companies, the Royal Bank of Canada, Hauser & Wirth Collection, and the Toronto philanthropist W. Bruce C Bailey.
Gregory Thielker (b. 1979) has participated in numerous exhibitions and has lived both in the United States and overseas. His previous works includes a Fulbright fellowship to research the Grand Trunk Road in India as well as site projects in Afghanistan, Norway, and El Salvador. Moving on from his most well know series of rain paintings we will be debuting a new work "Differential" - Continuing the themes of roadways and complex visual perspectives, the new painting series is concerned with the sense of movement. A zoom perspective is created through blurred shapes and colors, pushing the connection between observation and sensation. Thielker earned a BA in Art History from Williams College and an MFA in Painting from University of Washington, St. Louis. His work has been featured in The Observer (UK), La Repubblica (Italy), and Vermont Public Radio.
Stephen Lack has established himself as a renowned artist who has endured decades of changing trends in the art world, all the while staying true to his own artistic vision. His paintings, drawings, and sculptures speak to his unique interpretation of his surroundings. Emerging in the 1970's, Lack aligned with the increased interest in popular media, representing hyper-dramatic scenes in his artwork. But his range of subject matter is much broader; his body of work includes serene suburban landscapes, anonymous portraits and many other subjects that distinguish Lack from his artistic peers. Despite the characteristically pleasant palette, these works evoke an unsettling feeling in the viewer; the lack of detail in the faces of his portraits eliminates any trace of identity, an effect that is both mysterious and disturbing. His paintings of suburbia are similarly disconcerting, for often the scenes are left bare. His work is featured in many public and private collections, including those of the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, Australian National Gallery, Chase Manhattan Bank, M.T.V., Royal Bank of Canada,The New York Stock Exchange,The Ralph Lauren Collection, Warsh Collection and the Rubell Family Collection. Lack has exhibited throughout the world, including his home country of Canada, the United States, and Germany, among others. Notable shows include Indianapolis Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum, Wooster Gardens, The Andy Warhol Museum, The New Museum, Gracie Mansion & Forum Gallery.


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Lamb Family
Frederick Lamb's estate inventory was dated 8 June 1819, and can be found in the book Inventories & Appraisements Vol. D pg. 40 [Glynn County Probate Court]. Within were listed 6 slaves, to wit:
Pacience $500 Clowey $300 Peggy $225
Jinney $200 Orcharde $150 Liddie $100
When John Lamb died, he did not leave a will. His son John P. Lamb was the executor of his estate, and in an inventory of the goods and chattels taken on 27 March 1849 [Inventories & Appraisements Vol. E pg. 134] was listed one female slave named Annie valued at $250. Annie may have been sold out of the family as she is not listed in the following records of Celia Lamb, who is believed to be the widow of Frederick Lamb and possibly the mother of the above mentioned John Lamb and grandmother to John P. Lamb.
Book K folio 134 by Alex Scranton; 28 March 1849
In the accounting of Celia Lamb's estate, it lists provisions bought every month for the "Negroes".
23 February 1858 Cash was received from John Brooks in the amount of $84 for the hire of Minerva for 14 months from January 1857 to March 1858
31 March 1858 4 3/4 bushels of corn was bought for Dinah and family. This was also recorded for April, May, June, July, August, September, October as well. Medicines and syrup were bought for Dinah and her family in September and pills and other medicines were bought in October for her too.
26 April 1858 Cash received from the estate of J.R. Wood in the amount of $69.60 for the hire of Cornelia for 11 months & 18 days from 8 May 1857 to 26 April 1858. Also on this date were monies received for the hire of:
Martha for 3 months & 4 days from 26 November 1857 to 1 March 1858 at $15.66 from the J.R. Wood estate.
Leander for 3 months & 26 days from 1 January to 26 April 1858 at $19.33 from the J.R. Wood estate.
28 June 1858 Cornelia & Leander for 2 months from 26 April to 26 June 1858 at $24.00 from Thomas Hilleren.
5 July 1858 Negroes for 3 months from 1 March to 1 June 1858 at $39.50 from John Myers.
26 July 1858 Cornelia 1 month to date at $6 from Thomas Hilleren.
5 September 1858 Leander 1 month to date at $6 from R. Cohen.
26 September 1858 Cornelia 1 month to date at $6 from Thomas Hilleren.
3 October 1858 Leander 1 month to date at $6 from R. Cohen.
26 October 1858 Cornelia 1 month to date at $6 from Thomas Hilleren.
3 November 1858 Leander 1 month to date at $6 from R. Cohen.
24 November 1858 Cornelia 1/2 month from 26 October to 11 November at $3 from Thomas Hilleren.
27 December 1858 Cornelia 1/3 month from the 17th to th 27th of December 1858 at $2 from R.H. Powell.
25 June 1858 a listing "To cash paid for Negro clothes/ for Dinah & children, Cornelia, and Minerva.
17 November 1858 Mrs. F. DuBignon was paid $5 for services of negro as per bill for the month of November.
There is also a notation that is hard to read but looks like "services in child bed".
31 November 1858 notes provisions and medicines for Negroes in child bed $3.50.
25 December 1858 boots were bought for Dinah and children, Minerva, and Leander. 37 yards of Negro cloth and 18 yards homespun were also purchased on this date for Cornelia, Minerva, and Leander.
31 December 1858 Cash was paid for corn for Dinah, Cornelia, & their family for the month of December.
31 December 1858 $5 to Mrs. F. Dubignon for services of Negro woman Charlotte to Cornelia in child bed.
21 January 1859 Cash paid for corn & provisions for Dinah and family.
25 February 1859 City tax of $6 on Negroes for the year 1858.
11 April 1859 Cash received from John Myers for Negro hire 1 June to 1 December 1859, 6 months as per agreement at $79.
25 April 1859 Cash received from John Myers for one quarter hire of Negroes from 1 December 1858 to 1 March 1859 as per agreement at $39.50.
20 May 1859 Cash received from John Myers for Negro hire for one year as per agreement at $10.
18 June 1859 Same as above.
30 June 1859 Cash received from Mrs. S.J. Wood for hire of Negro woman Leander from 3 November 1858 to 30 June 1859, 7 months & 27 days less 10 days loss time at $45.40.
30 June 1859 Cash received from John Brooks for hire of Negro woman Minerva from 1 March 1858 to 30 June 1859 less 2 months loss time in child bed at $84.
Book G, by J.S. Gorton, Ordy.; 3 Sept. 1859
From 23 April 1857 to 22 October 1857, Dr. Hazlehurst visited Martha at a cost of $1.50 per visit totaling $24.25. The first visit has (infant) marked there, she may have given birth and did not do well afterwards. According to the lists, Martha would have been around 16 years old at the time of this birth. From reading the will, Martha was the child of Lydia.
Dinah and Minerva were both seen by Dr. Hazlehurst in the year 1856.
In the last will and testament of Celia Lamb she left her grandson, John Myers, the following slaves: Patience and Lydia, plus Lydia's three children: Martha, Primus, and Moses. Also left to him was Anthony (a cripple).
Dinah and her two children, Isaiah and Richard, were left to Celia's granddaughter, Caroline H. Flinn (formerly Caroline H. Lamb daughter of Burral Lamb). The two boys were to be given to Caroline Flinn's two children Mary and George Arnow (Celia Lamb's great grandchildren). The above mentioned slaves could be used to pay a debt.
Nervy (or Minerva) was left to granddaughter Anna Lamb. If Anna Lamb should die, Minerva was to be left to Anna's children: Rebecca and Celia Franklin. Minerva could be used to pay a debt.
Left to granddaughter Hester Arnow, formerly Hester Lamb, was Leander. Leander could be used to pay any debts if necessary. If Hester should died, Leander would be given to Mary and George Arnow.
Jim and Cornelia were left to the four great grandchildren: John Hazzard and William, Rebecca, and Celia Franklin. They were not to be used to pay any debts or liabilities.
The will was signed on 29 April 1854.
The following were listed on an "Inventory and Appraisement of Property" dated 11 December 1857.
NAME SEX AGE VALUE
Jim boy 14yrs $700
Martha girl 17yrs $750
Cornelia [with child] girl 26yrs $1000
Henry boy [Cornelia's] 18mo
Minerva girl 22yrs $800
Liana girl 16yrs $800
Jatima woman 70yrs $100
Anthony boy 15yrs $600
Primus boy 13yrs $600
Dinah [with children] woman 26yrs $1700
Isaiah child of Dinah 7yrs
Dick child of Dinah 5yrs
Infant child of Dinah no age
Filed on 20 January 1858
The following list came from another "Inventory & Appraisement" dated 6 February 1858.
Patience woman 65yrs $100
Dinah woman 27yrs $700
Minerva woman 22yrs $800
Cornelia woman 20yrs $800
Anthony boy [crippled] 17yrs $60
Isah boy 7yrs $400
Richard boy 5yrs $300
Joe boy 3yrs $250
Henry boy 1/2yr $150
Lydia* [with children] woman 45yrs $1100
Moses* son of Lydia 8yrs
Clifton* son of Lydia 3yrs
Hampton ?? 7mos $125
*At the time of this appraisal, Lydia and her two children were in Atlanta, Georgia with John Myers.
Recorded in Book G, folio 26 & 27; by J.S. Gorton; 6 September 1858


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Marijuana grows in a greenhouse operated by Minnesota Medical Solutions in Otsego, Minn., in May 2015. (Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune via AP)
Puerto Rico starts down path of regulating medical marijuana
Published: Jan 28, 2016, 6:31 pm • Updated: Jan 28, 2016, 6:31 pm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's Health Department has adopted a regulation that will allow for the cultivation, manufacturing and distribution of medical marijuana in the U.S. territory.
Officials say the substance can be used in forms including pills, creams, patches and oral drops. Authorities stress that smoking marijuana and cultivating it for personal use remains illegal.
The Health Department said Thursday that it will implement a seed-to-sale inventory tracking system. It will also award licenses to doctors and to private companies that seek to cultivate and manufacture medicinal marijuana. Officials say samples must be sent to independent labs to ensure they contain the correct amounts of THC and are free of contaminants.
Public Affairs Secretary Jesus Manuel Ortiz says the system should be in place by year's end.
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Q: How to create a button which resizes window when dragged in WPF? I'm trying to make a button which resizes the window when it is dragged, just like the bottom right corner of a window.
I tried using the .MouseMove and .MouseDown events, but it doesn't work. Here is an example of my code:
void ButtonResize_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
    {
        Point pos = e.GetPosition(Window);
        Window.Width += (pos - MousePos_OLD).X;
        Window.Height += (pos - MousePos_OLD).Y;
    }

    MousePos_OLD = e.GetPosition(Window);
}

I also tried using the MouseDown event, and a MouseMove event was taking care of updating the mouse position, but nothing...
So how can I do this in WPF?

A: There exists a Control for that: a Thumb:
It containes an event events DragDelta which is what you search for.
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to customize his visualization you can set him a Style
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When the holiday season approaches, families across the country will begin pulling out boxes of decorations and digging into pantries for baking ingredients. But with these annual traditions comes the risk of bringing a variety of pests - from mice, rodents and spiders to a group of insects known as "pantry pests" - into homes. The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) encourages homeowners to use caution to prevent unwelcome pest guests this season.
"Mice, rodents, spiders and other pests find their way into homes by hiding in boxes of holiday decorations that have been stored in attics, basements and garages since last season," says Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs for the NPMA. "They create homes in these undisturbed items and then find new places to infest once these boxes are moved into family living quarters such as dens and kitchens."
To prevent such pests from hitchhiking into homes, NPMA recommends that homeowners keep holiday decorations - especially items like dried foliage, potpourri and Indian corn - in airtight containers during off-seasons. Decorations should be unpacked outside and inspected carefully. Similar caution should be taken to inspect live foliage that is brought indoors during the holidays, including Christmas trees, wreaths and garlands that can harbor pests.
"Pantry pests are often brought into homes through infested packages of food from the store," says Henriksen. "It is important to carefully examine pantry items before use - especially items that haven't been used since the past year. If you do find pantry pests, consult with a pest professional to keep them from multiplying and contaminating other foods."
Store food items in insect-proof containers such as glass or plastic, with tightly sealed lids.
Do not mix old and new food items, as this can spread an infestation.
Never purchase groceries if the packaging is broken.
Keep cabinets, pantries and countertops clean and free of crumbs.
Dispose of any food that is expired or shows signs of a pest infestation.
To remediate pest infestations, contact a licensed pest professional.


Teaching statistics to scientists and managers who work in environmental science can be stimulating and rewarding. Environmental science is data-orientated and there is a growing need for better statistical understanding amongst environmental scientist and managers. The Biomathematics Research Centre at University of Canterbury and the Centre for Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment (RUWPA) at St Andrews offer a workshops covering some aspects of environmental statistics. We discuss some of our experiences from these.


If a visitor hopes to experience the Sahara Desert on a 4×4 tour there are two destinations available: Erg Chigaga Dunes and the Erg Chebbi Dunes.
The Erg Chigaga is located in the Souss-Massa-Draa area and is about 100 km south of the town of Zagora. Erg Chigaga prides itself on being less frequented and more remote than its counterpart. To arrive in Erg Chigaga from Marrakech you must travel to Ouarzazette (estimated 3 hour journey) and then south to Erg Chgaga. The tarmac will stop in M'Hamid where your Saharan expedition could potentially begin.
Erg Chebbi is located abouy 60 km south of the town of Erfoud. Although Erg Chebbi is known for being more of a tourist destination than its counterpart, it is possible to find remote areas of the dunes. There is a bus that goes directly from Marrakech to Merzouga (its closest tourist enter) which can account for bringing many tourists right to the foot of the dunes. To arrive at Erg Chebbi from Marrakech you must first drive to Ouarzette (the same trek if you were going to Erg Chigaga) and then travel East. The tarmac will stop in Merzouga, from there you will be able to walk the dunes, camel trek, or 4×4 as you like.
Note: The travel time from Marrakech to each Dunes is roughly the same. HOWEVER, if you would like to take the tour of The Imperial Cities in Morocco, the dunes of Erg Chebbi are geographically easier to implement in to the itinerary.


Given the current state of maturity in cloud adoption, extoling the benefits of cloud computing to IT leaders is now preaching to the choir. In the past year, cloud services have gained mainstream recognition not just for enhancing productivity and collaboration, but also for improving security.
A watershed moment came with the public sector's embrace of cloud this year. After the OPM was burned by poor data security from legacy servers, we've seen government agencies like the US Air Force move forward with major cloud deployments. Chalk up US federal government CIO Tony Scott as the latest proponent of cloud in the public sector. Scott is bullish on cloud's security prospects, recommending organizations to "… get to the cloud as quick as you can because you're guaranteed almost to have better security there than you will in any private thing you can do." Enterprise cloud providers employ world-class talent and unmatched resources to solve IT challenges. Furthermore, cloud services' trust-based business model depends heavily on security. CIOs would be wise to stake their bets with market forces and the government's top IT leader by moving forward with cloud.
Of course, it's one thing to decide to migrate to cloud and another to execute. Enterprise-wide cloud deployments require different skills, and potentially a different mindset. An article posted by Seton Hall's Stephen Landry outlines the culture and skill shifts ushered in with the move to cloud. Many IT competencies will be outsourced to cloud vendors, requiring staff to focus on business challenges rather than "racking and stacking." Change can be off-putting at first, and IT leaders cite grumblings from staff initially when they're tasked with learning new skills. However, this can ultimately be a good this, such as was the case in Weather Company's cloud project, where staff members were able to adapt to their new roles and now function as a more dynamic, innovative department.
Anthony Stevens, CIO at KPMG, argues that the future is now when it comes to demand for cloud, as tomorrow's business models will be and are being built on cloud services. He offers advice from the cloud buyer's perspective and highlights the rapid innovation of service providers. When choosing a vendor, CIOs should be more concerned with vision than current product features because new versions release at such a rapid rate. Cloud services offer seamless product updates, ensuring customers have the latest and greatest capabilities deployed. This mindset is a testament to the innovative solutions cloud customers can look forward to, and a major reason companies turn to SaaS providers for technology solutions across business functions, from Human Resources to Product Development to Sales. New features may make employees more productive or increase user satisfaction, but it is also this model of constant updates that gives SaaS solutions a security advantage over traditional software. It's not surprising that Microsoft's security and cloud initiatives have progressed hand in hand.
Regardless of how far technology and attitudes have come, cloud security initiatives are still in the early days. Even network security vendors caution enterprises about the need to focus more attention beyond the network perimeter. Securing cloud networks will become central to every enterprise's risk management in 2016, according to predictions shared by three25's Christian McMahon. Palo Alto Networks' CSO predicts that businesses' private networks will shrink as companies turn to cloud services to store, manage, and analyze the massive data coming from connected devices and cloud-based systems of record. Whether as a repository for sensitive information or a method for hackers of exfiltrating data, expect SaaS applications to come under IT's InfoSec microscope in the months to come.
Whether IT is aware or not, attackers have already started to follow corporate data to the cloud. In the early days of cloud adoption, companies were most concerned about attackers using cloud services to steal data without detection, as in Anthem's breach earlier this year. Cloud deployments now rival on-premises systems of record as stockpiles of valuable corporate information, and security priorities have shifted appropriately. Companies are now worried about threats targeting enterprise cloud services like Salesforce, Box, and Office 365.
Studies show attacks against cloud services have risen 45% in response to data's exodus off-premises. Mark Bennet of Blustor highlights the central role of compromised credentials in the emerging threat landscape. Periodic breaches ensure a steady supply of user credentials for sale on the Darknet, and most companies would be hard pressed to detect malicious activity from normal employee use of a sanctioned service. Attackers are already exploiting stolen credentials to access corporate data in the cloud: the average company suffers five compromised account incidents each month. Now that organizations have warmed to the security capabilities of cloud services, it's time they look closely at user activity to sniff out malicious or unintentionally risky behavior. Vulnerabilities like compromised credentials and insider threats represent the next generation of cloud security challenges.
In this ebook, we will dive into the details of the framework developed by Gartner for managing cloud security.


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Bourbon Vanilla-Bean Chocolate Chunk Cookies – A Healthy Pinch.
So this is one of the flavor combinations I was dying to try and I have to say, the result was fabulous. There's just a subtle hint of bourbon and it pairs so well with the muscovado sugar. It adds a depth of flavor that I am really digging right now. Along with bourbon, we add vanilla. Now, I meant to add vanilla into the original recipe because, to be honest, I've never seen a chocolate chip cookie recipe without it. However I forgot, so with this version, you can tell the difference.
Again, I do not have celiac disease nor do I live by a gluten-free diet but I do enjoy testing different flours in my baking. When I saw trial packages of Cup4Cup flour on sale at Sprouts Farmers Market, I couldn't resist. Not only is the flour typically pretty expensive, but it was developed by Chef Lena Kwak of Thomas Keller's, The French Laundry. Anything related to the French Laundry must be amazing right? I felt I struck gold with this find and promptly bought every bag they had. Each package is 2 cups, which is perfect for me since I will never use up a regular-sized bag of gluten-free flour.
Smoked Sea Salt for garnish.
All other ingredients remain the same. These do not spread out as much if you freeze them prior to baking, so you may be able to skip this step.