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30/01/2019 Two works by Jordan Parushev are part of the exhibition "Donations 2015-2018" at the Bulgarian National Gallery.
02/04/2018 We are pleased to announce that several works by Yordan Parushev leave his studio in favor of Bulgarian Institutions. Two works are donated to the National Gallery after the exhibition "Traces". One work was sold to a private collection "Svetlin Rusev".
08/02/2018 Opening of the Jubilee Exhibition "Traces" in the Kvadrat 500 gallery, Sofia. 73 of Jordan Parushev's most significant works from his 2001-2011 collage cycle will be shown. With the cooperation of the National Gallery, curator Stanislav Pamukchiev.
07/03/2017 Opening of the 1st commercial exhibition "This thing inside us" since the artist died in 2011. For the 1st time a part of the foundation's collection will be available for selling. "Rakursi" art gallery, Han Krum street n°4a, Sofia (Bulgaria), until the 27th of March 2017.
18/04/2015 The catalogue from the first edition of the national contest for contemporary art "Yordan Parushev" is out of print. This catalog became a reality thanks to the Ministry of Culture and will be offered to all participants, judges, and all our partners. It will also be delivered in national libraries and cultural institutions to be accessible to the public.
15/01/2015 Our 4th and last representative exhibition of the finalists in the competition for contemporary art "Yordan Parushev" will be opened the 15th of January 2015 at 19.30 in the Bulgaria Cultural Institute of Paris, 28 rue de la Boétie, 75008 Paris !
17/10/2014 Welcome to the opening of the third representative exhibition of the finalists in the competition for contemporary art "Yordan Parushev" 17th October 2014 at 17.30 in showrooms "Rafael Mihailov", Veliko Tarnovo.
06/08/2014 Opening of the nominees' exhibition in the national contest for contemporary art "Yordan Parushev" Wednesday 6th August 2014, 18.30 hours, "Raiko Alexiev" hall, Sofia.
06/06/2014 The national contest for young authors "Yordan Parushev" 2014 is now over ! Thank you to 309 young artists who participate in our competition. Stay tuned around the 10th of June to see the list of all nominees for the exhibitions and awards.
12/05/2014 Two works of Yordan Parushev are presented among 50 other contemporary bulgarian artists in the "Untold Abstraction" exhibition in Shipka 6, Sofia. Opening : 12/05/2014, Art curators : Stanislav Pamukshiev & Peter Tsanev. "The untold abstraction" is an exhibition that aims to trace how ideas of abstractionism pass and receive specific implementation in the Bulgarian art.
04/04/2014 The national contest for Contemporary Art "Yordan Parushev" received patronage and financial support from the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Bulgaria. This will allow us to issue a catalog which presents the Foundation, the contest finalists and nominees of the exhibition with their biography and work. It will be offered to all partners, members of the jury and the institutions they represent, and all finalists.
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24/03/2014 "Yordan Parushev Foundation" is now in the official register of cultural organizations of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture.
14/03/2014 Official launch of the National contest for Contemporary Art "Yordan Parushev" for young authors under 36 years old with 10 000 levas pizes and 4 representative exhibitions. Dead line 1/06/2014 !
01/11/2012 The artist, Yordan Parushev is posthumously awarded "Honorary Citizen of Sliven" – for significant contributions in the development of artistic culture and spiritual life in Sliven Municipality.
Parushev works in the area of abstract painting until the year 2000, using oil on canvas techniques. Since 2000 he is working with paper while developing his own technique of layering of semi-transparent paper. This method helps him express to the greatest extent his refined soulfulness and aesthetic vision. Although Parushev defines himself as a collagist (in line with the definition of "collage", i.e. "Pasting together", he attains an exquisite expressive complexity on a par with that of painting. Art critiques define it as painting with paper.
Using his original technique of working with paper, Parushev reaches a harmonious balance of expression in congruity with his real essence, a delicate, exquisite and refined human being. All of this seeps through his complex compositions, always precise and well-balanced, carrying a unique metaphysical mark. His paintings are not only an expression of an aesthetic vision; they also reflect their author's spiritual state.
Even the titles of his paintings are determined by the perceptions embodied by them. He always spent the necessary amount of time even to name his paintings – this just came across my mind right now, but I am not an art specialist or a painter - so, please do not take it too professionally.


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4th-Largest US Rental Car Company, Advantage, Files for Bankruptcy: 3rd Time in Decade, Hertz & Private Equity Written All Over It
by Wolf Richter • May 27, 2020 • 67 Comments
The "bare bones" petition is a sign that "something was about to happen." Pressure piles on the used-vehicle wholesale market.
The second major rental car company popped in less than a week – but this one is owned by a private equity firm, Catalyst Capital Group in Canada. Advantage Holdco Inc., the holding company of Advantage Rent-a-Car, the fourth largest rental car company in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday late evening.
The filing included subsidiaries Advantage Vehicles, E-Z Rent A Car, Advantage Opco, Central Florida Paint & Body, Advantage Vehicle Financing, and RAC Vehicle Financing.
Advantage is far behind the three giants: #1 Enterprise, #2 Hertz, which last Friday already filed for what will likely be a messy bankruptcy, and #3 Avis Budget Group. Each of the three giants – after years of gobbling up competitors – has several major brands under its belt. And Advantage once belonged to Hertz; more in a moment.
It is a "bare bones" bankruptcy petition, Joseph Acosta, a partner at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney, told me. The petition gives few financial details. It lists the top 30 unsecured creditors. And check boxes indicate that assets are between $100 million and $500 million, and liabilities between $500 million and $1 billion.
But that "bare-bones" petition triggered the injunction that provided the company with bankruptcy protection from antsy creditors.
It's usually a sign that "something was about to happen," said Mr. Acosta.
I suspect – but don't know because Advantage is privately owned and doesn't disclose this sort of thing – that the creditors that funded the fleet had not been paid and feared for the value of their collateral, the rental vehicles. The vehicle debt would account for the lion's share of the company's $500 million to $1 billion in liabilities.
That's what happened to Hertz. It filed for bankruptcy after it failed to make the lease payment for its fleet of vehicles owned by its "bankruptcy-remote special purpose subsidiary." This subsidiary had securitized the leases into asset-backed securities (ABS), for which the rental vehicles are the collateral. The owners of these ABS – from pension funds to bond mutual funds – have to observe a 60-day waiting period before they can foreclose on the vehicles and sell them at auction.
Advantage's bankruptcy petition doesn't list the secured creditors, such as the entities that funded the company's fleet of vehicles, which would be the largest part of its debts.
But the petition lists the 30 largest unsecured creditors and the debts owed them. The top five include a $30.2 million loan and what looks like unpaid highway tolls of $3.5 million:
Aberdeen Standard Investments, PA, a loan, $30.2 million
Highway Toll Administration, NY, trade debt, $3.5 million
com, CT, trade debt: $1.9 million
P.S, CA, trade debt: $1.5 million
Scottsdale Insurance Company, AZ, insurance: $1.0 million
For Advantage, it's bankruptcy #3 in about a decade.
Bankruptcy #1: Advantage Rent-A-Car had been family-owned for decades until February 2006, when, upon the founder's death, it was acquired by ARC Venture Holding, Inc. But it didn't take long: In December 2008, ARC Venture and its subsidiaries, including Advantage Rent-a-Car, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy which was subsequently converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation. In 2009, as part of the liquidation, Hertz Global Holdings acquired certain assets of Advantage Rent-a-Car.
Bankruptcy #2: Hertz, on an acquisition binge, acquired another rental-car giant, Dollar Thrifty, in 2012. As a condition for approval of the deal, the Federal Trade Commission required that Hertz sell Advantage. But a dispute arose between Hertz and Advantage over part of the 24,000 vehicles Advantage was leasing from Hertz, and in November 2013, Advantage filed for bankruptcy again.
In bankruptcy court, a deal was worked out that allowed Catalyst Capital to buy Advantage for a song. When the acquisition closed in April 2014, Catalyst outlined what it had bought:
"At the time, Advantage was comprised of an aging, unattractive fleet, few/poor/inadequate systems, a disjointed management team, and cumbersome financial liabilities which handicapped the business. Advantage was under a very challenging position due to its remaining operational dependence with Hertz, its prior owner."
Rental car companies are in a world of hurt. Their airport rental business has collapsed, with airport passenger traffic down over 90% in April compared to a year ago, and now still down 87%, as measured by TSA checkpoint screenings. Airport business was what Advantage was focused on.
In addition, the normally very liquid and huge used-vehicle wholesale market had frozen up in late March and April. When rental car companies needed to shed their fleets to bring them in line with the collapse of their business, the auction market wasn't there for them.
Auction activity is now coming back, and dealers are back and buying, but volume is still much lower than before, and at the worst possible moment, as the rental car companies combined might have to shed 1 million vehicles over the next few months to bring their fleets in line with their business.
This might also involve forced selling, such as hundreds of thousands of Hertz vehicles that might hit the auctions starting in late July.
Wholesale prices dropped 12% in April, according to Manheim. In May, the wholesale market has begun to unfreeze, and dealers are buying again. The flood of rental vehicles will likely put further pressure on them. And if prices drop enough, there will be buyers. Price cures these issues in the used vehicle market. But that's precisely the nightmare for creditors.
Then there is vehicle depreciation: each day that a vehicle sits and gets older, it loses value. For stiffed creditors that are thinking about foreclosing on their collateral, this is not a propitious scenario. They need to act sooner, rather than later, to cut their losses – but this would put even more pressure on prices in the wholesale market. And the Advantage bankruptcy is going to add to these pressures.
Here come the "bankruptcy-remote special-purpose subsidiaries" and $14.5 billion in rental-vehicle-backed securities. The stock market – other than Carl Icahn – smelled a rat for years. Read… Hertz Bankruptcy & Fleet Liquidation Threaten to Make Mess of Used-Vehicle Prices with Burst of "Pent-Up Supply"
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67 comments for "4th-Largest US Rental Car Company, Advantage, Files for Bankruptcy: 3rd Time in Decade, Hertz & Private Equity Written All Over It"
So are auto manufacturers
And car dealerships.
"Rental car companies are in a world of hurt."
Car companies haven´t produced so the expectation is that new car prices will increase. Their hurt is only debt related and as such only a big deal for their stock owners
raxadian says:
Wolf, maybe you could make a Wolf Street report video about all the major companies that have filled or are filling for bankruptcy during Coronavirus lockdown?
You mean like solemnly read the names one after the other, memorial like, with a minute of silence afterwards?
That said, I will get bankruptcy-filings data in early June for the month of May, and I will have spiky charts to entertain you with. I might include a list of companies that was included. There are a lot of them. I might do it by category: retailers, gyms, rental car companies, chain restaurants…
Nah, I like the NYT variation, a name followed by date of founding and date of bankruptcy….
Actually that might get long for companies that have had multiple bankruptcies.
Phoenix_Ikki says:
Can you list all these companies filing for bankruptcy and arrange it in a V shape please? Cause apparently there's a V shape bounce that all these WS jackass are seeing, must be off the backs of all these companies filing for bankruptcy
Bobber says:
The bankruptcies have modest economic impact unless they are liquidations. In a Chapter 11, the business continues on and most jobs are retained. Shareholder interests are transferred to bondholders in a paper transaction.
In fact, a Chapter 11 might increase economic activity if the subject gets a debtor-in-possession loan used to fund operations adequately.
The Dunder Mifflin Paper Company starts to look healthier than many of these corporations with each passing day.
John Taylor says:
I have a friend who's a sales manager at a Kelly Paper in San Diego. He kept his job, but they had a lot of layoffs.
Shiloh1 says:
Cross-references with stock buybacks and PE equity stripping please!
RD Blakeslee says:
" … spiky charts … "
No straight lines …
GotCollateral says:
Vehicles as collateral in a time where all the marginal would be borrowers (those nice 60 month leases…) are just rushing to buy some used and fast depreciating assets… lol
Maybe Jerome and Muchkin and buy them on leverage 10 to 1 with tax payer funds at the auction lot at book value!
Fed has yet another chance to prevent price discovery and screw the Main St buyers from picking up a decent car at a reasonable price.
A reasonable price is a price at which the producer makes money. If i look at the profits of car makers in he last decade than prices are reasonable.
OutWest says:
Honestly and respectfully, it is wonderful to see car volumes on the roads way down. No traffic jams. Most of the jerk drivers are staying home.
I'm conflicted. Tourism drives so much including rentals but after all I love the relative peace and quiet in my neck of the woods.
The entire hospitality industry is in big trouble from what I can see. I'm still trying to decide when and how to visit friends and family without flying.
Too bad I still hear and see plenty of loud douchebag Dodge Charger/Challenger drivers reviving it up going over 100+ down a relatively emptier freeway in LA & OC. Guess Charger drivers are pretty immune to CV19
Michael Church says:
Don't forget the Harley Davidson morons whose bikes actually vibrate my house at rest. Christ only knows how they are legal for the sound level in the UK.
Debt Wazoo says:
They aren't legal.
They don't care.
Vehicle noise is a massive blind spot for the entire tort legal system. I finally gave up and made "over a mile down a dead-end road" one of my primary house purchase criteria.
That was one major reason why I sold my home in town and moved rural. When weekend warrior pony tailers started to buy Harleys, the aging manly men would squeeze into leather clothes after dinner and go for their evening rides in a thunderous roar…..one too many times. It turned beautiful summer evenings into irritation. One too many times.
Nice and quiet now. The only 'biker' traffic here are the town guys who want to come up for an hour ride on sunny summer weekends. They're gone by afternoon as there is nothing to do here and no one admires their bikes.
It's a phase. Younger people can't afford 30K bikes with 2K insurance for 'fun', and long term care facilities don't allow residents to bring them along. I give it 5-10 more years.
Loud cars and bikes are their own pandemic. Maybe it's just me getting older and more irritated, but in the past 5-10 years the noise on the street has increased dramatically. Seems like every other car/truck has a modified exhaust system (ie loud AF) as well as all the motorcycles.
I live 1/2 a mile away from a major street and even at that distance on quiet evenings I can hear the revving engines off in the distance if I have the windows open.
Loud noise alerts other drivers. Bikers have a high mortality rate. It's part of their charm.
Zantetsu says:
I always rode a motorcycle with stock exhaust which means complying with noise regulations. It was always my opinion that if you think you need loud pipes to be safe, you probably shouldn't be riding as you're just fooling yourself about the risks, and all because you just want to be a showboat.
What I really hate are lifted trucks, which violate bumper height rules and don't just annoy with noise, they actually increase the danger of their vehicle to others. Once again, just so showboat.
Small penises really are a scourge.
I'm with you Michael. My only complaint with my new motorbike is that it makes just enough sound to be heard when I ride down the alley as slow and discreetly as I can. My older bike is very quiet. My neighbors don't need to hear me ride IMO.
Power comes from airflow going through the motor and out the exhaust. This airflow can be acoustically attenuated and still have flow. A while back there was this invention called mufflers.
VeryAmused says:
All I hear is "Get off my lawn!!".
I wonder how many people here have seen Dennis the Menace – either the cartoon or the Sunday comic.
It was certainly part of my childhood back in the 80's (my favorite was Calvin and Hobbes), but those things changed so rapidly over the next few decades.
OutWest, you must live in a city/state run by power hungry politicians and are still closed In most of the country, traffic is back to normal. It was nice to have those few weeks of traffic-less highways though. Although ironically enough, people seemed to drive more slowly during that time, not faster. Probably because they have no place to go and in no rush to get there. I think whoever was on the roads was just driving around as a way to get out of the house for an hour or two, with no real destination.
VintageVNvet says:
U and Me both,,, just itching to head Out West to see the friends and family in CA and OR and, as you say, ASAP when I can figure out to do so without flying and without exposing my older frailer "mid 8th decade" body to even more lunk heads doing their best to provide "herd" AKA "NOT HEARD any damn thing about the benefits to each and every individual wearing face mask, etc.
What in the world these people are thinking about, I really cannot fathom, but wish they would go a fathom or ten deep in the pacific, as that is my ocean of choice for all such covidiots, eh, ( being the deepest!)
All seriousness aside,,, we can hope and pray that every hotel and motel will actually follow "best practices" not just for the federally mandated cleaning of sheets and pillow cases, but for ALL surfaces and areas of each and every room between each and every occupant change…
With plenty of what is called these days "disposable income" we are still the thrifty family that we have been since starting at nothing and now financially OK;; not rich, but no debt, and enough money to travel as we want, etc.
Usually referred to as "bottom feeders" with regard to temporary "stuff" including various forms of "liquidity" motels, etc., that may have to change; and, if so, I am thinking a lot of the more marginal mots and hots will go out of biz as have these car rental places with inferior service.
Suzie Alcatrez says:
Does this make late summer a good time to buy a 2-3 year old used car?
I think it would be a good time to look. I do think that next year sometime, the wholesale market will tighten up because rental car supply with drop sharply. This would indicate higher prices next year.
Always have found best prices the last few days, especially the very last day, of the months following the intro of the new model year Wolf.
Used to be in Sept fifty or so years ago when I started buying cars, but lately seems to be a bit earlier every year, so just look for the new year model ads..
Every sales manager has a quota to fill each month, and if your sales person will not deal, and do a "real" job of negotiation for the vehicle you want, insist on dealing with his or her sales manager.
Of course that does not work if you go into the dealership with your eyes blind to every other vehicle than the one you MUST HAVE, etc…
OTOH, I have ordered several vehicles exactly the way I wanted them, through "brokers" in CA, and through sales people in dealerships in AL and FL, and ended up with them all at least approx 20% off MSRP, ( 50% off in spring of 2009) paying cash on delivery for some, financing some to help out the dealer and sales person, then paying off in the minimum time so that they got their bonuses.
Engin-ear says:
In good times, one of the best used-vehicle buyer's moment I regularly observe is second half of September.
Means lot of offers pushing prices slightly down.
In bad times? Unpredictable. Might happen at next Hertz's fleet liquidation.
roddy6667 says:
Used car prices might take a cue from oil and go below zero for a while. We are in strange waters.
Cyclops says:
I love the open and free road uncluttered with useless rambling cars off the roads!
Clockwork Orange says:
The silver lining is that Icahn has reportedly booked a loss of 1.6B on Hertz.
"The silver lining is that Icahn has reportedly booked a loss of 1.6B on Hertz.". That does give me a schadenfreude moment.
On top of all that, for the selling all these petrol/diesel cars, is the fact that the range of electric cars is going up (and the guarantee on the batteries) at the same time as prices of EVs are coming down…. People might start to think that the two year old petrol car may be good value now but what will you get for it in three years. A good example, on top of that, is if I need to commute into London…the daily congestion charge for my car is between $13 and $17, ….EVs until 2026 go free. This will be coming to a city near you…lol…..and yes, we do have car hire companies in England, many of them American….
Here in Belgium, they're killing off the market for diesel cars (which not so long ago accounted for more than 50 % of the national car park). We bought a second hand 2011 Fiat Freemont (formerly known as a Dodge Journey, but with a Fiat diesel engine under the hood) as our family car 5 years ago, but now all major Belgian cities are starting to implement low emission zones. Next year, we won't be able to enter Brussels by car (unless we pay a fine or buy some sort of day pass – too expensive to bother, might as well take the train or the bus, which of course is the goal because of congestion problems), the year after that Antwerp and Gent will follow for our engine type, so it will rapidly become obsolete because of restricted possibilities of use. Consequently, on the second hand market these cars become increasingly difficult to shift. I figure we can keep ours for another 5 years and then we'll have to turn to a hybrid or an electric car, if the range has become acceptable. Resale value of the Fiat by then? Around 1.000 euro, I figure, at the dealer who sells you a new car.
Provided there are still dealers by then that actually sell cars.
Interesting story.
ICE cars bashing (especially diesel) is programmed in Europe indeed.
Yet I have a small hope that the affordable car usage as real economy enabler will be recognised very shortly,
And the role of real economy in the real life will be recognised too…
MC01 says:
Milan invented that stuff: it has zero to do with environment or congestion and a lot to do with padding the city's coffers.
Funny thing is they could not adapt it to motorcycles and mopeds (different license plates which the ultra-expensive software has problems reading and processing, very serious problems in the case of mopeds I may add) so the city "graciously" decided that motorcycles and mopeds can freely circulate because they "help eliminate congestion". They have been trying to fix that "glitch" for over a decade now, which tells you all you need to know about who developed this system. ;-)
Florence instead has decided to simply slap a toll on tour buses and be done with it: politically it's a much wiser move and it doesn't require a network of cameras. Since Florenze is a tourist-heavy city and since these tolls are truly hefty I predict a big hole in the city coffers, well at least bigger than usual.
The issue of car dealerships is pretty serious right now though. Incentives have already started even on usually unaffected models (Toyota Hilux to say one), but dealerships remain deserted.
During an ordinary recession you can still sell cars, albeit at a much reduced volume, but this time around everybody is sitting tight in his dugout and is not spending a penny more than strictly necessary. The only brand new vehicles you see around are delivery vans, and even then most are rentals/mid-term leases.
The government (yes, that same government that until one month ago was sending police helicopters to harass dog walkers) has predicted car sales will pick up in June, enter recovery in July and be strong for the rest of the year, but on what basis they are doing this nobody knows. May be they got those predictions from the OMS/WHO or perhaps straight from the Chinese government.
Jeremy Wolff says:
Congestion taxes are effective. They also do not need to be mandated and can be passed by referendum. Look at Stockholm.
Apparently somebody here does not know how Southern Europe works. ;-)
MC01, Jeremy, et alia,
Congestion fees or taxes or whatever you want to call them are very clearly needed in USA!
Last time across the Richmond/San Rafael bridge onto 80, late morning July 2 was a nightmare, with all lanes of 80 moving less than 10 miles per hour… got off a bit early in San Pablo, as I was going to Berzerkeley and know the 'surface' roads. And similarly , last time coming into the city north on the 101, forgettabout it…
And you certainly don't want to consider driving east from Ventura to Barstow any time of the day,,, maybe between midnight and 3 am, but never otherwise, and the other direction equally bad most of the time…
White line MC riding the only way to go in CA these days, for which I am too old and slow, even though I did it for years.
We have family in Milan. Our young lawyer friend commutes to downtown Milan on a Piaggio MP3. Those three wheelers seem to be pretty stable and you can park them anywhere. His BMW is his weekend car. Makes good economic sense. He has managed to keep it a secret from his Doctor Mother. The three wheelers appear to be safer as well as fun. Adequate storage for rain cover and helmet also.
Marc 60 says:
I'm truly surprised by the Bankruptcy of both Advantage and Hertz and all the others coming to us soon. I just can't understand how all of them can't just borrow more money to burn and get themselves out of trouble.
(Someone really needs to invent a sarcasm sign to add to posts on the Internet)
Uber had them on the ropes and decline for the last 5 years. Covid just sped it up for sure.
Hertz gave its top employees a $16M retention bonus for driving the company into bankruptcy. America, what a country!
breamrod says:
I'm sure the government will come up with another " cash for clunkers" program to destroy all of these excess vehicles. Can't let someone get a great deal and let the market decide the price. That's so old school.
rhodium says:
What counts as a clunker anyway. I'm loathe to think of these guys driving their expensive identity trucks getting subsidized to buy newer identity trucks. My old starting to rust honda doesn't really clunk but it's got a hell of a lot of miles.
I end up getting schadenfreude when gas prices go up. The identity truck types are slowly getting squeezed by the labor markets anyway, but then again, going through a rich neighborhood recently I was surprised by the number of brand new looking identity trucks parked in the driveways. After working in construction I started to feel like there was something wrong with a truck that didn't have scratches and dents in it.
One fault I find with my '95 Dodge Ram Diesel pickup: Very flimsy bumpers. The front one is now held in place with bailing wire and the rear one has been replaced with a strong one, homemade out of angle iron
Not living in the USA I didn't get this things with "trucks" until I had a look on Google street view on an ordinary housing estate in one those towns in the middle. Yes, every fourth house had a big "truck" on the drive,,,, amazing
Plus the trucks are so big, they won't fit in an average sized garage! That's why you see them in the driveways.
DanS86 says:
Crazy to package a quickly depreciation asset into ABS to sell bonds to "investors".
How can a rapidly depreciating asset even be considered a security?
RoundAbout says:
Just wait for these rioters to find the Dodger Stadium parking lot.
I live 1 km SSE of Minneapolis' 3rd Precinct. Today, I finished my bicycle ride by checking out the damage on Lake street. It looks like a freaking war zone.
The mayor and chief of the MPD said in their press conference that the arson last night was instigated by people who had come in from outside the city. News helicopters are flying overhead as I type, and another demonstration is planned to take place soon at city hall.
Mob mentality and behavior is a powerful and frightening force!
They should arrest those four, disband your city's entire police department or at least put them under federal control, and bring in national guard sourced from another urban area, so that the soldiers look something like the civilians they are protecting. Then it might start to feel fair. Let's be done with cops killing civilians over nothing.
The National Guard has been called in by Governor Walz, and Minneapolis mayor Frey has declared a 72 hour emergency.
The crazy thing is that both the cop who killed Mr. Floyd and the deceased himself worked security at the same bar and club, El Nuevo Rodeo, that's within a block of the 3rd Precinct headquarters. Mr. Floyd worked security on the inside for big events and Derek Chauvin worked outside at the entrance.
The first comment from Frey was that Chauvin should be in jail, and he and the chief fired the four cops ASAP. We are waiting to see how things proceed from here.
I rented from Advantage once. And then never went back. Garbage company that will be missed by no-one.
Cobalt Programmer says:
I read somewhere that Hertz was an immigrant working as a used car salesman in Chicago. He cannot sell any cars. So, he rented out cars as a taxi to jobless youth and got profits from it. Eventually, he became the business owner with rental cars. Little did we know…
Now, a man cannot rent a car and use it as a taxi profitably (regulations!). Uber on the other hand is not yet profitable but has user base and a growing business because, investors money. May be, Uber can buy all the used cars, rent it to people and collect profits from the taxi service. They must jump some legal loopholes here because traditional taxi is not profitable.
Another way is that, car companies will buy all these cars and smash them. That way common people have no other way but to buy the new cars.
Does the huge drop in sales plus the bankruptcy loss of some of their biggest customers foreshadow the collapse of at least 2 of the 3 us auto companies?
Pete in Toronto says:
Hi, Wolf.
Several of us aren't sure how these depreciating assets (vehicles) are used as collateral for loans (even fleet loans for car dealers), or for the asset-backed securities.
How does the industry account for the depreciation?
(For example, a pre-set low loan-to-value ratio; or perhaps a formula for each car where if the total collateral value falls below a set level, more collateral needs to be added?)
Pete in Toronto et al.
These ABS are securities — similar to MBS and regular auto-loan ABS — where principal payments (in this case, the payoff when the vehicle is sold and the amortization) are passed through to the holder, so the balance constantly falls as the holder receives these principal payments.
For example, if you want to maintain a $1 billion balance of ABS in your portfolio, you will have to buy new ABS all the time to replace the pass-through payments that you receive.
This is why the Fed has to buy MBS constantly just to maintain its balance. If it stop buying, the balance falls by the amount of the pass-through principal payments.
Meanwhile, regarding unemployment initial filing numbers, we seem to be closer to flattening the curve near the 2 million mark.
RR,
Would that that will be so; however, so far, the continuing scrambling of the UEI and stimulus and the trillions being tossed around like the candy it is will continue to distort any logical/reasonable analysis of the unemployment situation as it is clearly doing with the SM and other equity markets.
No way any real progress is going to happen unless and until some semblance of reality is allowed to happen IMHO.
Even though ready to do so, I will not be putting any of our hard earned cash into any market, even including RE (ok, maybe RE when it reaches a point I consider safe) until the nutso movements stop, or at least slow down to the "usual BS levels" coming from WS, MSM, etc.
Sub-prime auto just got a lot more sub-prime. I think the value of all non-specialty vehicles less than 3-4 years old has dropped. The same way a bunch of forced sales of RE lowers the value of all RE in the area.
Tonymike says:
Private equity equals the worst of vulture capitalism. Should be a law against them. There is no free market despite the ongoing myth to the contrary.
Jayson says:
I had an interview with Advantage in 2016, I still remember it. All the recruiter kept telling me was how what a heavy hitter and sharp person was I would be interviewing with. The woman was the biggest loon and idiot I have ever met. I asked how much cash they had on hand and told me I needed to tell her that because they were broke and the hedge fund wouldn't give them any more money and everything was a real mess. This is what they hand in charge in the Finance department.

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The Emeryville company's cocoa elixir was named "Best New Ready-to-Drink Beverage."
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REBBL's Gold Label Mayan Cocoa Elixir has just won the 2020 NEXTY Award for "Best New Ready-to-Drink Beverage."
Its ingredients include maca, reishi, maitake, turkey tail mushrooms, lion's mane mushrooms, cayenne, and ashwagandha, among others.
"We're thrilled our Gold Label Mayan Cocoa won this year's 'Best New Drink,'" REBBL's chief marketing officer Bonnie Neulight said in a press release.
"We developed this as the ultimate elixir featuring four premium mushrooms. It's our priority to create organic, plant-based beverages that do not compromise on taste," Neulight said.
Given every year to companies that distinguish themselves as leaders in the natural-products industry, NEXTY Awards are divided into four categories:
Flagship NEXTY Awards are given to one standout product in each of 23 different categories. NEXTY Consumer Choice Awards are given to the top products in each of three categories: Food/Beverage; Personal Care; Natural Living. NEXTY Editors' Choice Awards are selected by a team of New Hope Network editors. NEXTY Gold Awards are given to a few brands that for several years running "truly move the mission of the national products industry forward, disrupt the status quo, and make the world a healthier, better place," the NEXTY Awards website reads.
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YouTube's biggest star by far, Swedish national Felix Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie, who boasts 53 million subscribers, is out of his multimillion-dollar job. Kjellberg was dropped by Disney subsidiary Maker Studios following a Wall Street Journal revelation of his January 11 video showing a clip of two half-naked African men rolling out a sign saying "Death to all Jews."
According to the WSJ, Kjellberg paid the two men to hold up the sign. The crude joke was almost par for course for the PewDiePie show, who gained his unprecedented online popularity by showing clips of himself playing video games and telling crude jokes. Kjellberg apparently enjoyed editorial independence according to his contract.
On Monday, a Maker Studios spokeswoman said in a statement that "although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate."
According to the WSJ, something has been wrong with the seemingly playful and cheerful self-made star starting last August. Since then PewDiePie has posted nine videos featuring anti-Semitic jokes and Nazi imagery, including news reels of Adolf Hitler.
On Monday, the WSJ asked Disney about those videos, and the company reacted swiftly by firing Kjellberg. The star, for his part, defended himself by saying it wasn't as if he himself had called on his viewers to recite the offensive message along with him, it wasn't serious, in other words. Now he knows better.
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Former Board Chairs for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Exhibitions, Research & Collections
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Marketing, Communications and Partnerships
Shawna Hachey
Social Media and Communications Specialist 902-425-7770 ext 264 shachey@pier21.ca
General Inquiries 902-425-7770
Procurement and Administration Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 262 amacpherson@pier21.ca
Khadija Khatib
Office Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 221
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Rafah Saoud
Capital Projects Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 257
rsaoud@pier21.ca
Marie Chapman
Chief Executive Officer 902-425-7770 ext. 222 mchapman@pier21.ca
Emma Roach
Executive Assistant to the CEO 902-425 7770 ext. 242
eroach@pier21.ca
Vice-President, Audience Engagement 902-425-7770 ext. 225 csmith@pier21.ca
Interpretation and Visitor Experience Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 237 kkovacevic@pier21.ca
Interpretation and Visitor Experience Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 255 cgaston@pier21.ca
Annette Carter
Volunteer Services Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 245 acarter@pier21.ca
Librarian and Genealogical Research Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 224 caramacdonald@pier21.ca
Dawn Collins
Genealogical Researcher and Library Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 224 dcollins@pier21.ca
Jocelyn Bourque
Genealogical Researcher and Library Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 224 jbourque@pier21.ca
Public Programs Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 263 rmackenzie-hopkins@pier21.ca
Tanya Bouchard
Vice-President, Exhibitions, Research and Collections 902-425-7770 ext. 229 tbouchard@pier21.ca
Curator 902-425-7770 ext. 278
dconlin@pier21.ca
Jan Raska, PhD
Acting Manager of Research 902-425-7770 ext. 285 jraska@pier21.ca
Tanya Higgins
Collections Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 265
thiggins@pier21.ca
Emily Burton, PhD
Oral Historian 902-425-7770 ext. 241 eburton@pier21.ca
Historian 902-425-7770 ext. 250 sschwinghamer@pier21.ca
Sara England
Exhibitions Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 280 sengland@pier21.ca
Sarah Little
Collections Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 279 slittle@pier21.ca
Exhibition Technician 902-425-7770 ext. 291 mdunphy@pier21.ca
Malcolm Smith
Retail Sales & Product Development Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 238 msmith@pier21.ca
Stephanie LeLacheur
Museum Gift Shop Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 272 slelacheur@pier21.ca
Facility Rentals Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 234 lpatterson@pier21.ca
Rayanne Guidry
Assistant Manager, Facility Rentals 902-425-7770 ext. 232
rguidry@pier21.ca
Chelsea Arseneault
Sales & Operations Coordinator 902-717-4569 carseneault@pier21.ca
Frank Morash
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Jorge Loza
Building Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 268
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Jennifer Sutherland
Vice-President, Communications and Partnerships 902-425-7770 ext. 289 jsutherland@pier21.ca
Gabriel LeVert
Acting Marketing and Brand Specialist 902-425-7770 ext. 228 glevert@pier21.ca
Colin Timm
Graphic Designer 902-425-7770 ext. 248 ctimm@pier21.ca
Fiona Valverde
Vice-President, Revenue Generation 902-425-7770 ext. 226 fvalverde@pier21.ca
Maria Almeida
Donor Relations Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 231 malmeida@pier21.ca
Daphne Carter
Development Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 259 dcarter@pier21.ca
Tania Martin
Development Database Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 276 tmartin@pier21.ca
Terri Harlow
Digital Platforms Manager tharlow@pier21.ca
Michelle Murray
Online Content Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 273 mmurray@pier21.ca
Alexandra Cherry
Digital Projects Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 253 acherry@pier21.ca
Ramya Rangalle
Human Resource Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 252 rrangalle@pier21.ca
Kendall Blunden
Chief Financial Officer 902-425-7770 ext. 223 kblunden@pier21.ca
Julie Desnoyers
Finance Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 244 jdesnoyers@pier21.ca
Sylvie Lagacé
Accounting Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 235 slagace@pier21.ca
Gina Vlad
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Peter Fletcher
Accounting Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 258 pfletcher@pier21.ca
Mike MacMullin
Information Technology Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 249 mmacmullin@pier21.ca
Daniel Li
Systems Administrator 902-425-7770 ext. 267 dli@pier21.ca
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Corporate Secretary 902-425-7770 ext. 266 jtramble@pier21.ca
Security 902-425-7770 ext. 236
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Countless Journeys. One Canada.
Hungarian Refugees at Dorval Airport, Montreal, QC, November 1956. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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ESWIC War bride club. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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Damiani family with Officers on board the S.S. Olympia. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
First Taste of White Bread
...We were the only ones on the ship not ill.
From Our Collection
Kevin Yip, arrived from Hong Kong, 1999
The second I land at the airport as overseas student, my gosh, that feeling was so great that I actually, you know, I was, I couldn't stop smiling. It sounds weird, but I couldn't stop smiling. Yeah, 'cause it's just hope and excitement and change.
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Doppenberg family on board the M.S. Ryndam, 1960. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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Visitor's Voices
My advice would be…Stay warm in the winter. Stop in at a Tim Horton. Try moose meat at least once. And keep smiling.
Thank You Canada
We have had a wonderful life in this country. My brothers and sisters join me in saying, Thank you Canada - definitely the land of opportunity! and God bless the staff at Pier 21 for making sure we, as a family
– Jean Elizabeth Marlin nee Robson, 1955
Cecil Harrison, arrived from Scotland, 1951
While we sailed away from Ireland I stood at the stern of the ship and watched Ireland disappear over the horizon, a sad moment. During the crossing of the North Atlantic, I was standing at the rail of the ship with an old English fellow, who was a farmer from Saskatchewan returning home to Canada (he had emigrated many years before) we were looking out over the water and that's all you could see in any direction. I said to him "boy that's a lot of water" and he said "yeah and that's only the top.
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My husband, 2 small daughters 7 & 4 arrived from London U.K. on May 24 weekend on the SS Statendaam at Pier 21, Halifax. Crowds of immigrants being processed, long train journey to Toronto. Arrived 7 am. No Jobs, NOWHERE TO LIVE, NO PROSPECTS. Didn't know anyone. This was 1966. We lived in a hot attic room at the rundown FORD HOTEL in Toronto, and my husband immediately went job hunting (I wanted to go back). Eventually settled in London, ONTARIO where we thrived and raised our girls in a great City. Made lots of friends, worked hard, joined in everything Canada had to offer. We moved to B.C. (Parksville) 18 yrs. ago. My husband passed away 4 yrs. ago, but I'm still here. Made lots of trips back to England, but this is "HOME." Thank you Canada
Jean Booth
Leonida Zeikute, arrived from Lithuania, 1948
I love being a Canadian. The greatest thing is not having to live in fear. I had no money but I had everything because I had peace. This wasn't so with everyone. Some of my friends cried, cursed, etc., because they were homesick or had hard employers. Some even ran away.
Zohra Mawji, arrived from India, 2013
I'm proud of my new country Canada, because of the culture, diversity positive people; it feels like home away from home. Some things that I appreciated about Canada were that Canadians stand up for what's right and they work hard to keep the environment clean and safe. They're also friendly and will do anything to help each other and the stores open early rather than at one in the afternoon. Now that I think about it, I feel very happy and grateful to live in Canada. Canada feels like home.
Displaced people on board the S.S. Ostervag. Origins Unknown.
...At first the soft white sliced bread tasted like cake to me
...I felt wonderful to be in a new country.
Paul Callaghan, arrived from Scotland, 2007
It was all done within the course of a flight and the 30 minutes in the airport. That was it. And that was me, at that point, a permanent resident of Canada and it was like: wow! This is, this is it! I'm free to work, I'm free to do anything here. So, no, there was nothing to hold me back.
Maria Carriero, arrived from Italy, 1954
My mother assured him that we only had personal belongings and oil and cheese, he marked the trunks with a check mark and away we went on the train. If course it wasn't the whole truth because my grandmother was loaded up with liquor bottles sewed inside the coat she was wearing…
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...On the train they served us fresh wonder bread, today its beautiful in 1954 I took a slice squeezed it and said look mom it's not cooked.
Helmut Max Erxleben, arrived from Germany, 1952
My parents died in Penticton, BC in February 1988 within three days of each other. Fate had brought them together at the right time and in the right country. I owe a great debt to both of them and to Canada.
Dr. Elisabeth Zoffmann, arrived from Denmark, 1957
The prairies were dreary in March and seemed to go on forever and ever given we had come from a country that one could cross by car or train in a matter of hours. The big surprise came in the middle of one night when our father shook us all awake and told us to look at the mountains. I rolled over in the berth and looked out and saw rock walls, then I rolled on my back and far above us, shining in the moonlight, were snow-covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Amazing! Denmark's "Heaven Mountain" is a whole 480 meters high - these mountain peaks were beyond imagining.
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Bottos family with group on board the S.S. Conte Biancamano, August 1953. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
M.S. Saturnia, April 1959. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
First Home In Canada
…In the spring of 1947 we bought our first house; a two storey log house in Bear Creek.
Evacuee children on board the S.S. Duchess of Bedford, 1939. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
...For our train trip, we were given ten dollars per person to get us to our destination, enough to buy that pure soft cottony white bread we had never seen before.
We took one bit and gagged - SALTED BUTTER!
Having been brought up with hard crusty bread we found the loaf we bought extremely soft with a strange smell that has remained with us ever since. We never ate that bread nor have we ever consumed that bread since our settling in Canada...
I hungrily bit into the slice that was offered and I got the first shock in this new country
It is okay to cry. Missing home is normal. You're a very strong individual. Remember that change doesn't happen over night.
Matt Evans Halifax, NS
Italian immigrants on board the T.S.S. Nea Hellas, spring 1953. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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...Actually I already know a few words. When a man comes around selling food I just say, "Ham sandvits!"
Image courtesy of Rina Caron.
Ole Falkeisen, arrived from the Netherlands, 1955
At Pier 21, I was met by Immigration officials and after clearing the necessary paperwork, I received my landed immigrant stamp and boarded a train for Lethbridge, Alberta. My first recollection of a good Canadian meal came in the form of Kellogg's Corn Flakes served in a mini-box. Never having seen this before, I wondered in amazement if everyone in Canada ate out of little one-meal boxes!
Don Bapst, arrived from the United States of America, 2007
I came to Canada from the U.S. in 2007 after a more than two-year intake process that began shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized at a national level in Canada.
Lynn D. Fairweather, arrived from England, 1946
I once said "Mom, you were so brave to come to Canada as a war bride." "No", she replied, "Not 'brave' darling...just stupid.
Betty Bursey, arrived from England, 1948
Heads or tails" father said as he balanced the coin on his fingertips. "Tails", mother said without hesitation. The coin flipping ceremony was decided upon after many hours of heated discussion, ending in a stalemate. They had agreed to emigrate, the choice was between Australia and Canada. Mother opted for the former because her sister had emigrated to Free mantle in the late thirties. She married an Aussie soon after her arrival; her letters were filled with glowing commentaries of life down under. Father, on the other hand, had relatives in Canada, who also wrote urging him to take advantage of the many opportunities waiting in Canada. They agreed to let the coin decide.
As time passed we came to grow in this land, and, if the truth be known, the land came to grow in us. Wy binne gelokkich (we are blessed).
- Kenneth Robert Vandenberg, 1953
My brother still talks about the wonderful soft white bread buns that were served – they were so delicious.
…Our first house was near Botanical Gardens so guess where we went for walks on Sunday afternoons?
Gertrude Froese (Friz), arrived from Poland, 1951
With all the hardships we went trough, my parents never complained. Every year got better and better. Canada is a great country. We all love our new homeland, its people and open spaces. From the seven people that arrived on Pier 21 on May 15th, 1951, we are now 57 proud Canadians. Thank You Canada!!!
Irene Chambers, arrived from England, 1949
It was the Canadian Red Cross that came to our aid when our house in London was bomb damaged during the war. I was 11 years of age and vividly remember the boxes of clothing and food they delivered to our door. I promised myself that I would go to Canada one day.
The Netherlands is our country of birth and always will be our homeland but now we are Canadian. We will be forever grateful to the staff and all who were, and are now, associated with Pier 21
- Gerard Veldhoven, 1954
Cape Breton War Brides, with Beryl and Winnie Barnett. Image courtesy of the Barnett Family.
Berthold Schaefers, arrived from Germany, 1952
Coming to Canada was the best thing that could have happened to me. "Thank You Canada!" for the opportunity and the many flavours along the way.
Your anthem dearest Canada we sing with pride and thanks
From the heart of all the immigrants who landed on your banks.
Our family came aboard the ship they call the Volendam
In nineteen hundred fifty one, a Canadian to become.
- Hemmina Hartzema-Comeau
Trans-Atlantic Wives Club, 1947. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Carmen Larsen-Grijalva, arrived from Venezuela, 2007
I arrived in Canada on July 1st, on Canada Day and it was very, very meaningful. In South America, we believe in signs and for me was a good sign that, that everything was going to be okay.
Ewald (Ede) Koops, arrived from Germany, 1956
At that time we had 3 choices for immigration: Australia, South Africa and Canada. We decided on Canada because it was closer and a return trip to Germany would have been less expensive. It also seemed more interesting than the other two countries.
I moved to Canada when I was two years old. We came from the Netherlands - the memories I have are sitting in the airport in Toronto and refusing to move, and the mud in our new home in Fox Creek, Alberta
Luigi Antonucci, arrived from Italy, 1954
My father had left everything and everybody that he knew to give his family an opportunity at a better life. It worked.
Second World War Canadian nurses, with Vera M Ruth Sullivan. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
...I have no recollection of the trip over, but one bit of definite feedback I got years to come was of the Cotton Bread (Pumpulileipa), as a reference to the unbelievably fluty texture of the white Canadian bread.
Coming to Canada was the best thing that could have happened to me. Thank You Canada! for the opportunity and the many favours along the way.
– Berthold Schaefers, 1952
Samina Tabassum, arrived from Pakistan, 2001
As soon as we landed at Toronto airport, that was amazing the peace and the comfort, I had in my heart, in my body, I cannot explain, I was just standing outside the airport and I was just shivering, like oh my God, so finally we are in Canada.
Zoratti family on board the S.S. Homeland, June 1952. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Pier 21 airing gallery. Origins unknown.
Riad Hassan, Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, 2005
You imagine how, how it's going to look, the land. You start looking from the window of the airplane, see a big land, you say for sure I'm going to fit somewhere in this
...At the train station my mom was told to buy some bread and a can of meat.
The bread was soft and spongy and packed in wax paper, the butter was all salty, there was only soft process cheese, instead of smoked and cured hard sausage they only had what they called baloney and peanut butter, and many other novelties that we didn't even understand. Welcome to Canada..
Uma Jillellamudi, arrived from the United Arab Emirates, 2011
It was a nervous and exciting experience to enter the new world with lots of hopes and countless confusions. The confusion was how will this country be for us, is it worth leaving everything back, the settled life, luxury and employment to face an unknown world of no one known to us. Going through rigorous immigration procedures and exploring the city to get the PR card, SIN card, opening bank accounts, housing and schooling relying on the internet and immigration flyers was an amazing experience, the smooth completion of all these procedures made us understand that Canada is no more a land of unknown. We are a diverse family here living in harmony. People here are very warm and friendly offering every help they could. Government trying its best for quick settlement of immigrants and strengthening the ties of humanity is highly commendable. Now we feel we are in the land of our own.
I believe that Canada has given us the opportunity to become something meaningful of ourselves and contribute to the success of the community and to the Great country of Canada.
- Constantine (Alex) Foroglou, 1957
Children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, 1941. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Michael A. Supino, arrived from Italy, 1954
To Canada, we are also grateful, for allowing us the opportunity to become part of this great nation; for accepting us for what we were and for allowing us to become what we are, proud Canadians.
...I remember the first time I had Canadian bread. I rolled it up and tried to bounce it.
When the server came around with this bread, we didn't know what to think. We surely thought we would not be able to swallow it since we couldn't crunch it in our teeth. We thought it may get stuck in our throat!..."
Aljas Peep, arrived from Estonia, 1949
I was also highly amazed at the way Corn Flakes was packed and served in individual cut-open boxes. Finally I was diagnosed as having measles and released from quarantine and "landed" on Apr 5,1949. A long train trip brought us to Ajax to what seemed to be a POW camp with barbed wire around it. From there we were directed to our destinations, my mother and I to Orillia in Ontario. Thus, my arrival to Canada, never to be regretted.
Olaf E. Kraulis, arrived from Latvia, 1948
I thank God for Canada and the life my family has enjoyed here. It has been a terrific country to grow up in and to live. There's no place on earth I'd rather live.
I give thanks for Canada because Canada helped me and family to start life again and also thanks to everyone who helped the Syrian people to stop bloodshed. I hope with all my heart to live in Canada lasting peace and getting stronger ever time.
Mohammad October 13, 2016
Margherita Facchin writing about her grandfather Vincenzo Armenti, arrived from Italy, 1953
The year was 1953 as the ship pulled away from the docks of Naples. Leaving family, friends and possessions; Vincenzo Armenti said goodbye to his homeland. He also left behind memories of unemployment and destitution in a country still suffering from a devastating war. He set out for Canada in hopes of finding prosperity with a chance to work and earn money so his family could have a better life other than the certain poverty they faced in Italy.
Annette Petrovich, arrived from Poland, 1950
We are grateful and thankful that we immigrated to Canada. If we had stayed in post-war Europe, none of us would have had the opportunities that Canada offered. As soon as it was legally possible, we became Canadians. Canada became our country and we love Canada.
Doppenberg family on board the S.S. Ryndam, 1960. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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I would bring my family because they mean a lot to me.
Destiny Bercier Moose Jaw, SK
Pakistan High Commissioners in Montreal, QC, September 1960. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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Doris Peter, Margaret Burt, and others in Toronto, 1940. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
I came to Canada 2013. I lived in Regina. I am happy to visit in Moose Jaw Museum. There are a lot of interesting histories, I'm glad to know that. I am proud to live in Canada I am from Somalia.
Refugees from the S.S. Walnut. Origins Unknown.
Ukrainian family on board the R.M.S. Aquitania, December 1947. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Life is hard for newcomers in Canada, but we enjoy every minute we spend together here. Now we have a lot of friends and we are helping new immigrants with their adaptation in Vancouver.
- Olesya Aleksandrova, 2007
I am so happy to live in Canada, in Halifax, Thank you!
Wazhma Sahle-Mohammad, arrived from Afganistan, 2007
My brother was waiting for me in the airport, so. It was nice to see him after 17 years and then we came here and I got sick because it was so cold, and yeah that was one of the happiest day in my life, I think. And I never forget the day.
Yolan Bencsik, arrived from Hungary, 1947
After 12 days of just being sea sick, losing weight on my already frail frame, we pulled into Halifax, January 1957. The army cadet band greeted us. We were then ushered into the immigration building to be examined by doctors. We watched TV and ate corn flakes for the first time without milk as one would eat potato chips. My parents were very enthusiastic, full of life, and had plans for the future.
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Passengers on board the S.S. Conte Biancamano, August 1954. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
When we passed customs and boarded the train they gave us two loafs of bread. Not knowing what it was I used it to play accordion as it was soft and flexible..
Milan V. Gregor, arrived from Czechoslovakia, 1951
We were lead to other tables and received our fist nourishment on Canadian soil. Many were still seasick and the texture of the nourishment did not help. Compared to European wieners, the hot dogs were tasteless and the mustard too sweet. Along with the hot dog came a slice of white, square pieces of tasteless sponge. All of us, used to European rye bread or white rolls, did not recognize it as a standard Canadian bread.
I was 15 when my parents and closest brother crossed the border on a hot, sunny August day at North Portal, Saskatchewan. We were landed immigrants, Americans from Wisconson. I'm not sure I thought I was staying in Canada. We were no strangers to being expatriots, and in 1972, I had spent most of my life outside of the U.S.A. After four years back in the States, Moving to Canada was another adventure. It was all so clean and Fresh in my mind. So much the same, but different never the less. By 1979 I was a Canadian, what a good decision.
Pier 21, 1963, by photographer Ken Elliot. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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One thing I can smell even today was the Wonder Sliced Bread
I would bring my family album, learn more about my country so I can share with my new Canadian Family
It takes a lot of humility. I invite you to find refuge in love, and share who you are. Welcome!
S.S. Queen Frederica, March 1958. Image courtesy of the Brana family.
Mels van der Laan, arrived from the Netherlands, 1955
I never found those gold nuggets, however, Canada gave me more than gold. A place where freedom surpasses ones' wildest dreams, where you can look at yourself in the mirror and be thankful for what you have accomplished. This is an immeasurable country, full of opportunities. God Bless this land. In 1955, I crossed the Atlantic Ocean, landed at Pier 21 with a small suitcase, a one way train ticket west and $50 bucks in my pocket. Canada is home, what more can I say "O' CANADA" thank you.
Thank-You Canada for making this Beautiful country my Home for me and my beautiful family. And Thank You for making it all possible
- Rudy Alonzi, 1951
I came to Canada from Brazil when I was 5 years old. I remember I had to leave all my xmas gifts and friends behind in Rio. It was very hard. Also, we arrived in winter and found it hard to breath the cold air. I had to teach myself how to inhale short breaths to be able to take in the cold!
...Eventually the Customs and Immigration people were done processing us and we were free to leave the area.
I look back on how Canada has changed me and my values. I think the hardest part of emigrating was changing the way I believed things should be done. I was brought up to understand that the British knew how to do things correctly.
– Adrienne Brown nee Drought, 1961
My grandparents immigrated to Canada in '56 from Hungary. It was during the Hungarian Revolution, and the fled with the clothes on their backs. They built a family here with many happy times.
R.M.S. Ascania, December 1947. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
We feel lucky that they are all growing up in the most wonderful country in the world. I will always remember where I came from but it is who I am now that matters.
- Paul Francis Callaghan, 2002
My parents, brother and I would like to thank the Canadian government and its people for allowing us to be part of them, and we are. May God Bless this beautiful land called Canada
- James Tufex formerly Dimirios Toufexopoulous, 1955
Bring your open spirit, love of life and tolerance of all peoples. Share your culture, history and story to enrich Canadian fabric and society.
Stephen Cheng, Toronto via Montreal and Taiwan, Halifax, NS
Zahra Al-Harazi, arrived from Yemen, 1996
It was very different coming here in the way you got treated. I remember just being totally shocked by how welcoming and open people were.
The light of the bright moon illuminated the cemetery walls. At this point my eyes were dimmed with tears. I kissed my son on the forehead and I whispered. Son, I promise you that in Canada I'll do my best to help my family. I'll work hard to bring a piece of bread to our table and some day, we'll have our own home.
Adjusting to life in Canada was a bit challenging in the first couple of months but I soon started meeting people and learning about the culture, going to university and being part of the community,
- Mayse Al-Haboobi , 2009
Wartime bread was grey and heavy and tasted like cardboard. Everything here was delicious.
...I know it was hard for most of us coming from a strictly rationed country to adjust to all that lovely Canadian food.
Kevin, Yip, arrived from China, 1999
I came to Canada to visit my uncle and it didn't take me long to fall in love with this great Nation after stepping off the airport. The air, the environment, the people, the culture and the lively vibe of the city, things I have never experienced before.
Tehseen Ahmed, arrived from Pakistan via Afghanistan, 2010
The airport doors opened and oh my God, the breeze of air, the cold breeze, it felt like it pierced through my body like I was like, oh my God, I'm not even wearing anything like for suitable for this, this climate and I came right back in and just sat down, I was very cold, I was, I was, like I wasn't prepared, like I wish I would have brought like something, something warm with me, but I wasn't really resourceful in Afghanistan either.
We are grateful and thankful that we immigrated to Canada. If we had stayed in post-war Europe, none of us would have had the opportunities that Canada offered.
– Annette Petrovich, 1950
R.M.S. Ascania, 1953. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Li Lei, arrived from China, 2002
The door was opening and like I was curious, like let me breathe the air from Canada, okay and I feel like, hmm yeah the sky is blue, you know and the air is so fresh, I feel okay, you know, I'm in Canada now, it's different.
We have had our share of sorrows, but also lots of joy. Life has been wonderful here in this marvelous country. I am thankful and grateful that I have had the opportunity to live here. Canada, in my opinion, the greatest country and the most generous, fine people to be found.
– Kathleen Udell nee Mummery, 1945
Aileen Ratz Scrapbook. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Cathy Bos, arrived from the Netherlands, 1953
We had our first corn flakes and potatoes with the skin on (my mother always peeled the potatoes). Bacon and eggs, Canadian style, went down very well. My mother insisted we eat all the food, to show our appreciation.
I felt like a small grain of sand washed up on the shores, with many thousands of others. Many had stories, similar to mine, coming for refuge and with high hopes, to Canada. Fortunately my story has a happy ending.
– Fedor Szugalew, 1951
We were grateful for the roof over our heads and no one complained…
Edith (Bette) Naylor, arrived from England, 1946
One of my funniest memories," Bette continued, "was the day we landed at Halifax. We were so eager to get off the boat but they told us that the train had already left. When we finally departed, every time the train stopped we all jumped off and mailed letters to our husbands to let them know we were coming. We thought the letter would arrive the next day same as in Britain! We had no idea.
...They went to buy bread. No one was able to speak English, and the store owner didn¹t speak Italian.
When my father escaped to Canada during WWII, his 9 year old sister became lost. The situation was dire and they could not turn back to look for her. All they could do was cry and pray that a kind family would help her. Two weeks later, a man who was asking them to share their meagre food told them of a young girl in the yard with newspaper wrapped around her shoes. It was my dad's sister. Needless to say, all were joyful to share supper that night…and many since.
…January 1, 1953. Our agreed time to work and save as a family was up. I began saving for my wedding.
...Before boarding the train, my mother went to a nearby convenience store to purchase some food.
"...We loved the taste of Canadian white bread, sliced at that! It tasted like cake to us and it was the first of many pleasant surprises..."
Mayse Al-Haboobi, arrived from Iraq, 2009
I immigrated with my family (my dad, mom, and two brothers), we all were thrilled and amazed by the green beautiful nature of Halifax upon the landing of the plane. It was the best day of our lives, our reasons for immigrating were many but mostly, a home! We were looking for a place to settle in a safe, friendly and peaceful place to call home, I'm glad that place was Canada for us.
Fannie, my cat, my mom, my dad, my jewellery, my plushies, my Harry Potter things.
Frédérique Godan August 8, 2017 Halifax, NS
Fedor Szugalew, arrived from Russia, 1951
I felt like a small grain of sand washed up on the shores, with many thousands of others. Many had stories, similar to mine, coming for refuge and with high hopes, to Canada. Fortunately, my story has a happy ending. I fell as though some greater power must have been leading my unpredictable steps to the right places through the years. I am grateful to Canada for giving me the life I now enjoy.
Greek Hellenic youth, 1949. Image courtesy of the Delefes family.
Immigration Officer McFaul at Erin Meeting, Queens Hotel, October 1958.Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
... That evening, my Dad had bought some "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, which he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on top...
Canadian and British naval servicemen on board the H.M.S. Whitehall, circa 1942. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Philip Gunyon, arrived from England and survived the 1939 Athenia Sinking
Arriving in New York harbor on 12th October, shipyard workers re-painted the huge American flag on each side of Washington's hull, advertising her neutral status. Andrew's underpants, hung out the porthole to dry, received a coat of red paint. I never learned which of the original 13 colonies they were baptized by.
My parents immigrated from Poland and Ukraine. I was so lucky to be born in Canada
Hanns Skoutajan, arrived from Czechoslovakia
If Pier 21 could talk it could tell many stories. I am indeed glad that now that the docks are often lined with cruise boats rather than immigrant ships. Our country recognizes the important role in history that it played over many decades. Certainly Pier 21 is an important marker in my life's journey.
Mom and Dad worked had to improve the family way of life
We immigrated to Canada about a year ago and our first impression of the Canadians was how friendly and welcoming they treated us! Canada is such a great country and we are glad being part of it. Laura & Jan
Katy Purget Reider, arrived from Yugoslavia, 1949
I thank God many times for bringing us to Canada.
My mother came from Czechslovakia. They were running from Hitler because they were gypsies. I love Canada.
Heidi Hart on board the S.S. Beaverbrae, March 1949. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Mirja S. Bishop, parents arrived from Finland, 1929
The sights and sounds of Pier 21 will remain with me forever. I felt closer to my parents and grandmother than ever before because I was able to share in this memorable experience. This was truly a great day for Canada and for me. Thanks Pier 21!
Estonian refugees, date unknown. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
"...On the train, we were given Franco American Spaghetti and Blue Bonnet sliced white bread, that my brother called SPONGE. He refused to eat and my mom didn't know what to do for us..."
I would bring my husband and a positive attitude. That's all that's needed to start new anywhere… maybe I'd bring my camping gear, too…
…In 1966 we bought our first house in Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto
Thank you Canada, thank you dear Canadian friends, who helped us to feel here completely at home.
- Irina Ben-Tchavtchavadze, 1951
Lewis Borg, arrived from Malta, 1948
In 1948, over sixty years ago, Canadian representatives of the Immigration and Employment Department came to Malta to select young tradesmen to immigrate to Canada. I, Lewis Borg, was one of the 500 select to immigrate.
Hans C. Andersen, arrived from Denmark, 1957
I was born in Denmark (1931) and raised in Jylland. As a teen-ager I was endowed with an adventurous spirit; as I read stories of pioneering in Canada, I determined that I would someday emigrate to that country.
Hungarian Revolution Refugees in 1956 / Jewish Public Library Archives.
I moved to Canada when I was 16 (2010) It was hard at first, but people here are nice. I am now Canadian citizen. Thank ü Canada. HaHaHa...
Our first house in Canada was a farmhouse 2 km outside of Bowmanville
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Unidentified evacuee children on board the S.S. Bayano, August 1940. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Canada allowed me to become a Canadian Citizen, gifted me a future, one of freedom of speech and religion, the opportunity to make choices, allowing me to determine my future! I am eternally grateful to Canada for all of these gifts and privileges!
– Ausma Rowberry nee Levalds, 1949
Red Cross nurses during the Second World War. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
…In early March, 1970, I attended a meeting on co-op housing in Sackville, and came home a member of a Co-op shortly after that, we were assigned a building lot, allocated $14,000, and we were on our own.
My father and his friends built our first house in 1953.
I came to Canada 4 months ago: when arrived to Canada I was scared. Specialy when I heard about the snow, but now I found is nice & comfortable Country. I am happy to live in Canada.
JW Edmonton, AB
Baltic refugees on board the Parnu. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Mary Yacano, arrived from Italy, 1953
Canada was part of our greatest journey on this earth, being welcomed in this land gave us the freedom to shape us into individuals that have contributed much, and so therefore, the sacrifice of leaving our native land, facing many trials and overcoming many hurdles, says it all for us and our posterity.
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Finn Sander, arrived from Denmark, 1953
My mother decided that our first meal would simply be wieners and mashed potatoes, since, indeed, we had problems locating ingredients for a fancier meal. The wieners seemed rather short, and when we got home and boiled them, we also discovered that they were neither as tasty nor as firm as Danish wieners. However, our greatest disappointment was with the mustard, which looked exactly like European mustard, but which was probably the worst brand of mustard that we had ever encountered. In fact, we were totally baffled by its taste and consistency, and the beastly stuff certainly didn't go very well with the wieners either. As we were later to discover, that was our first introduction to peanut butter.
Maria Grace, arrived from Italy, 1957
The day was cold and grey. Finally, there was Canada on the horizon and we were soon going to go ashore to our new country. For a child, it couldn't get better then this - the adventure and excitement just kept coming. If I ever make it back to Halifax, there's no way that I'd miss visiting Pier 21. Thanks for the site!
Red Cross, 1963. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
With all the hardships we went trough, my parents never complained. Every year got better and better. Canada is a great country. We all love our new homeland, its people and open spaces.
– Gertrude Froese (Friz), 1951
In 1963 we bought our first house in West Vancouver
Luigino Zanatta, arrived from Italy, 1957
What I remember most about the trip is the dolphins following the ship, there was so many of them. One day I was on deck looking over the side when one the ship crew who was on the bow called over to me. The area was roped off, but he said it was ok to come and see. You could see all the dolphins missing the bow by inches, maybe leading our ship not following us to the new land, I wondered what was waiting for us on the other side.
My father fled Romania in 1988 while my mother was pregnant with me. He was captured in Yugoslavia and spent time in prison there before being accepted as a refugee in Canada. It was two years before my mother, older sister and I were all able to join him. My family chose Calgary because they had Romanian friends in the city. The adjustment was difficult for them having to leave behind their friends, family, good jobs and the sense of security that comes from being surrounded by people who understood their native language and shared a culture with them. I am in awe of their bravery, positivity and resilience. Even though my father's engineering degree was not recognized in Canada, he was able to prove his aptitude as an elevator repairman and work his way up. My sister and I have both gone to school, gotten married and made lives for ourselves here in Canada. I am so grateful for the sacrifices my parents made to bring us here!
Schultz family on board the S.S. Fairsea, 4 Dec 1951. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Laszlo Galambos, arrived from Hungary, 1957
My first feelings about Canada, Halifax and the new world, were a mixture of confusion, terror and curiosity. While on board the Britannic waiting to dock I became aware of the requirement that upon arrival we were to be taken to a "hall". To my Hungarian ears that notion sounded unusual. You see in Hungarian, "Hal" with one "L" means "fish", so I imagined that we were all to be taken into a giant fish! And the smells upon arrival at Halifax did not do much to convince me otherwise.


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Newfoundland & Labrador > Business
Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador conference offers look at future for women in workforce
Sam Mcneish | Posted: March 26, 2018, 7:48 p.m. | Updated: March 27, 2018, 8:59 a.m. | 2 Min Read
Hayley Martin, a powerline student at the College of the North Atlantic's Seal Cove campus, tries her hand at welding during the Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador's Annual Skilled Career Day at the Prince Philip Drive campus on Friday. - Sam McNeish
Finding jobs in non-traditional fields of employment for women was one of the highlighted areas of conversation at the Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador's Annual Skilled Career Day held at the College of the North Atlantic's Prince Philip Drive campus on Friday.
A host of female students participated in the day-long competition and information sessions, dedicated to celebrating the work of skilled trades-people and technologists and highlighting the array of rewarding career opportunities available in skilled trades and technologies.
"There is a lot more interest as girls are trying different career paths, things like mechanics, carpentry, welding," said Cindy Fowler, placement co-ordinator for the Office to Advance Women Apprentices.
"By being here and chatting with them, we are hoping to expose them to things they may not normally think about."
Finding a career that has been male-dominated in the past is something Kathryn Cole, a Grade 10 student at Gonzaga High School in St. John's, would like to explore and she hopes to break the mold in doing so.
"Back then, men would go out and have a career and the women would just stay at home," Kathryn said. "In today's society, why stay home? We can get out and do cool things, too."
Attractions of the day included Try-A-Trade demonstrations, a career showcase, guided tours, a partnership luncheon with guest speakers from the provincial and federal governments, a Skills Work for Women conference, an Alumni Connect conference and, most prominently, the Skills Canada Provincial Competitions.
"This is a good opportunity to show girls you don't have to stay at home. There is no reason you can't do non-traditional jobs and even be the breadwinner of the family," said Riley Tucker, also in Grade 10 at Gonzaga.
"I am not sure what I want to be. I am a hands-on learner and getting in here today and seeing and trying different trades gives me a different perspective. Getting to do any of these trades would be cool."
Elin Muskova, in Grade 10 at Gonzaga, saw a lot of interesting trades, several of which drew her interest. One of those included electrical panels and how they worked, in addition to welding and plumbing.
"There were a lot of things here today I didn't know existed," Elin said.
A host of other events took place at various sites on campus throughout the day.
"I am leaning towards a career in television and video production. This conference allows me to see a number of careers and to try a few skills outside of my chosen area," Gonzaga Grade 10 student Madeline Hart said.
More than 350 regional finalists from across Newfoundland and Labrador competed in more than 40 competition areas on Friday.
The gold-medal winners will form Team Newfoundland and Labrador and represent the province at the 24th annual Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton from June 3-6.
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// Forward declare
namespace win32cpp {
    class Frame;
}
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#include <win32cpp/Win32Config.hpp>
#include <win32cpp/Panel.hpp>
#include <win32cpp/ILayout.hpp>

namespace win32cpp {

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/*! */
enum SplitDirection
{
    /*! */ SplitRow,
    /*! */ SplitColumn
};

/*! */
enum AnchorDirection
{
    /*! */ AnchorTop,
    /*! */ AnchorBottom,
    /*! */ AnchorLeft,
    /*! */ AnchorRight
};

///\brief Used to disable anchor constraints in Splitter
///\see Splitter::SetAnchorConstraints
const int DisableConstraint = -1;

///\brief A Container with two children that can be resized with the mouse.
///
///Splitter works with any two Window derived instances. Adding more
///than two children will result in a TooManyChildWindowsException.
///
///Splitter will automatically expand its children
///
///\code
///Button* button1 = new Button(_T("button1"));
///Button* button2 = new Button(_T("button2"));
///Splitter* splitter = new Splitter(SplitColumn, button1, button2);
///Application::Instance().MainWindow()->AddChild(splitter);
///splitter->Resize(400, 300);
///\endcode
///
///Typically when a Splitter is resized it's preferable to keep one of the
///children stationary or "anchored," while allowing the other to be resized
///to fill the new space. The anchor can be set via Splitter::SetAnchor by
///specifying a win32cpp::AnchorDirection.
class Splitter: public Panel, public ILayout
{
private: // types
    typedef Panel base;

public: // constructors
    /*ctor*/            Splitter(
                            SplitDirection direction,
                            Window* child1 = NULL,
                            Window* child2 = NULL,
                            LayoutFlags layoutFlags = LayoutWrapWrap);

    /*ctor*/            Splitter(
                            SplitDirection direction,
                            LayoutFlags layoutFlags = LayoutWrapWrap);

public: // methods
    bool                IsSizable();
    void                SetSizable(bool sizable);
    Window*             SetChild1(Window* window);
    const Window*       Child1();
    Window*             SetChild2(Window* window);
    const Window*       Child2();
    AnchorDirection     Anchor();
    void                SetAnchor(AnchorDirection newAnchor);
    void                AnchorConstraints(int& minSize, int& maxSize);
    void                SetAnchorConstraints(int minSize = DisableConstraint, int maxSize = DisableConstraint);
    void                SetAnchorSize(int anchorSize);
    void                SetGripperSize(int pixels);

protected: // methods
    void    SetSizeCursor();
    int     AnchorSizeFromMouse(int splitPosition, const Size& newSize);
    void    BeginMouseCapture();
    void    EndMouseCapture();

    // overrides
    virtual bool        AddChildWindow(Window* window);
    virtual LRESULT     WindowProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
    virtual void        Layout();
    virtual void        LayoutFromMouse();
    virtual void        OnResized(const Size& newSize);
    virtual void        OnMouseMoved(MouseEventFlags flags, const Point& location);
    virtual void        OnMouseButtonDown(MouseEventFlags flags, const Point& location);
    virtual void        OnMouseButtonUp(MouseEventFlags flags, const Point& location);
    virtual void        OnMouseExit();
    virtual void        OnMouseEnter();
    virtual void        OnCreated();

private:
    void                InitializeInstance(SplitDirection direction, Window* child1, Window* child2);

private: // instance data
    Window *child1, *child2;
    Frame *child1Frame, *child2Frame;
    int gripperSize, anchorSize;
    int minAnchorSize, maxAnchorSize;
    int sizeFromMouse;
    bool isDragging, isSizable;
    SplitDirection direction;
    AnchorDirection anchor;
    Rect splitRect;

private: // class data
    static HCURSOR sHSizeCursor, sVSizeCursor, sArrowCursor;
};

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

}   // win32cpp