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Oxford Hydrology Group (OHS) Seminar Series and Social Events – Michaelmas Term
The Oxford hydrology group (OHS) and SoGE landscapes cluster have joined forces for our seminar series this term. Talks are held Fridays 11 am in the Desert room (odd weeks), and we have tea together Thursdays 11 am in the East Lab (even weeks). Our seminars this term are:
28 October 2022: Taylor Schildgen (GFZ-Potsdam)
Title/Abstract: Alluvial channels: Signal shredders, or the key to unlocking the stratigraphic record?
11 November 2022: Elizabeth Lewis (Newcastle)
Title/Abstract: TBD
14 November 2022: Gregoire Mariethoz (Lausanne) – 11.30 am, Diversity room
25 November 2022: Stephen Tooth (Aberystwyth)
2 December 2022: Prof. Xihui Gu (China University of Geosciences)
Title/Abstract: Impacts of urbanization on heavy precipitation: Asymmetrical Shift, spatial extent, and the role of heatwaves
For updates and more information, subscribe to the oxford-hydrology-group (oxford-hydrology-group@maillist.ox.ac.uk)or ouce-landscape mailing lists (ouce-landscape@maillist.ox.ac.uk).
October 26, 2022 /by Pan Ei Ei Phyoe
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Surface Water Quality, Modelling and Management
An exclusive river water quality modelling masterclass based on 14 lectures with free software, practical session, support notes and papers by OWN Member Prof. Paul Whitehead with Guest Presentations from Industry and Academia is going to be running soon.
For more information and access to the course go to Oxford Molecular Biosensors (click on video introduction) or contact Paul Whitehead ( paul.whitehead@ouce.ox.ac.uk) Oxford and Water Resource Associates.
See the accompanying poster for more detailed information.
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Current policies cannot stabilise the Colorado River in face of ongoing megadrought
OWN member, Dr Kevin Wheeler, publish a new article in Science Magazine, titled "What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?"
Download the article here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo4452
Read the Oxford Martin School's recent article that featuring this Science publication: Current policies cannot stabilise the Colorado River in face of ongoing megadrought
"An ongoing megadrought, impacts of climate change and systematic overuse have created a crisis for the Colorado River, an essential water source for 40 million inhabitants of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The current policies and international agreements governing this river are insufficient to maintain secure water supplies, concludes a commentary published today in the journal Science from the University of Oxford, Utah State University and Colorado State University."
The New York Times has also recently published a great piece on the topic related to this Science article: A Painful Deadline Nears as Colorado River Reservoirs Run Critically Low
Many Congratulations!
July 25, 2022 /by Pan Ei Ei Phyoe
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OWN Sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting – Now accepting abstracts!
OXFORD – July 2022
The AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall meeting will be held in Chicago and online from 12-16 December 2022. The AGU Fall meeting is the world's most prominent Earth and space science event, bringing together research communities to advance science and create impact. This year the theme of the meeting is 'Science leads the future.' OWN members and collaborators are convening two sessions that focus on pathways for better science-based decision-making. One session will focus on the nexus of water, health and climate change. The second focuses on citizen science water quality monitoring.
Abstract submission is open! Any questions about the sessions can be directed to OWN co-chair Dr Saskia Nowicki (saskia.nowicki@ouce.ox.ac.uk). Note that the conference is hybrid, so presenters will have the option to present in-person or online. The conference registration fee will be waived for residents of lower-income and lower-middle-income countries.
GeoHealth Session GH022 – Water and health in a volatile climate: science-based strategies for equitable well-being in a water secure future
Deadline for abstract submissions: Aug 3.
Submit here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/prelim.cgi/Session/160329
Session description: Global health is inextricably linked to water security, which is jeopardised by climate change. Research is needed to understand the severity and distribution of health risks as water demand and contamination pressures are compounded by the intensifying water cycle. Reliance on groundwater, for example, is central in climate-resilient water supply strategies. Yet groundwater geochemistry, salinity, and pollution risks are not sufficiently evidenced nor accounted for in policy – particularly in lower income settings. This session seeks interdisciplinary research that focuses on the complex intersection of climate change, water (in)security, and health. Following the AGU22 'Science Leads the Future' theme, research presented in this session will support the inclusion of water-related health risk management in key global agendas: for example, those that focus on climate-resilient water services, net zero energy transitions, adaptation financing, and biodiversity restoration. Presentations will also indicate research priorities by outlining the limitations of evidence in this space.
Convened by OWN Co-chair Dr Saskia Nowicki from the University of Oxford, REACH programme collaborators Dr Florence Tanui from the University of Nairobi, Dr Behailu Birhanu from Addis Ababa University, and Dr May Sule from Cranfield University.
Innovation Session – Technologies & Approaches for Decentralized Water Quality Monitoring with Citizen Engagement.
Deadline for abstract submissions: Aug 17.
Link to session description and to submit is here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/prelim.cgi/Session/158916
Session Description: Many citizens have a close relationship with their local water bodies, e.g. they use them for drinking water for themselves and their livestock, for crop irrigation, and for fishing as a source of food or recreation. Therefore, engaging citizens in monitoring their local water bodies can provide them with the knowledge and information to take an active role in preserving water quality at community level, and at national and regional level by providing additional data and information that can support policy and management. Despite significant progress and increased prevalence of citizen science projects for water management, mixed results are still observed. A large question is whether data acquired via CS programs can be of substantial enough quality to serve different purposes from regulatory surveillance to operational decision-making. For CS to be useful, rigor as well as data-validation tools need to be incorporated. Elements of participant social identity (e.g., their motivation for participation), and contextual knowledge (e.g., of the research program itself) can shape participation and resulting data outcomes). As such, the success of the data collection is not solely dependent on the technology, but also on the recruiting strategy and program structure. The aim of the hereby proposed session is to explore technological and institutional success factors to guide the development of decentralized water quality monitoring programs that engage citizens.
Convened by José Monge Castro, a student in the University of Oxford's MSc Water Science, Policy and Management programme, OWN Co-chair Dr. Saskia Nowicki, and Javier Mateo-Sagasta from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
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Good Luck with your exams – WSPM 2021-2022 Cohort
Despite the fact that the year has started in the pandemic, and the Michaelmas and Hilary terms are passed, the Trinity term exam season is approaching. Since 2004, students from all over the world have taken the master's degree examination in Water Science, Policy, and Management (WSPM) every spring/summer.
We understand that studying for examinations might be difficult at this time. As a WSPM alumnus, I recall the stressful moments of revising for the three exams: Water Science, Water and Society, and Water Management. It was challenging and required hard work to go through old questions and brainstorm to answer and frame the arguments by using previous exam sheets, compiling case studies to support the arguments, and structuring the exam essays within the given time frame. But, in the end, we were able to complete the exams successfully. Remember to take a deep breath and believe in yourself, as many alumni have done before you. We all have faith in you.
We wish you the best of luck for the exam week.
May 10, 2022 /by Pan Ei Ei Phyoe
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Introducing the new OWN Leadership Team
Earlier this year, Louise Slater and Kathryn Pharr, the Oxford Water Network (OWN) chair and coordinator respectively, stepped down from their positions. After three years at the helm, Louise is stepping back to focus on her research on Dynamic Drivers of Flood Risks , while Kathryn has taken up the role of Senior Policy Analyst for International Climate Action with WaterAid. On behalf of OWN, we want to thank them for the excellent work they did shaping and leading the network.
We are pleased to introduce the new team leading the network: Katrina Charles and Saskia Nowicki are co-chairing OWN, and Pan Ei Ei Phyoe has taken up the coordinator role.
Dr Katrina Charles' research focuses on environmental health risks, using interdisciplinary approaches to analyse how we construct our understanding of environmental health risks, and how to communicate those risks to affect change. With her research team, which includes expertise in water quality, health and social sciences, and through partnerships with UNICEF and governments, she is leading work on drinking water quality and climate resilience that will help progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal for safe drinking water quality for all (SDG 6.1). Katrina has a track record in delivering real-world impact advancing water security through large interdisciplinary programmes, such as REACH and Water Security Hub. She aims to ensure that OWN is supporting Oxford's water researchers to achieve impact through strengthening relationships with partners policy and practice.
"I am excited to bring my experience of developing science-practitioner partnerships to the network, to support and promote the role that Oxford research has in tackling global challenges in water security, from the SDGs to climate adaptation."
Saskia Nowicki works on environmental health risks and management trade-offs. She applies an interdisciplinary systems-based approach to research, drawing on her background in environmental science, with specialisation in water security. Her postdoctoral work with the REACH water security programme focuses on drinking-water safety in low-income contexts. She is working on collaborative projects in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh – using mixed-methods to seek insight for systems change at scale. Saskia joined the OWN in 2015 when she arrived at the School of Geography and the Environment (SOGE) for her MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management (WSPM). During her DPhil, she joined the leadership team as the early career researcher representative. Now, with her role as co-chair, she is working to encourage engagement in the network and foster connections across the social and physical sciences.
"Water is an inherently interdisciplinary topic and everyone who works in this space deals with systemic complexity in some form. With the OWN we can foster knowledge exchange and collaboration to better engage with this complexity."
Given her background in engineering, Pan Ei Ei Phyoe is passionate about bridging the gap between water research and technology and broader policy goals, and she is particularly interested in the links between water systems and climate change. She finally completed her MSc in Water Science, Policy, and Management at the University of Oxford, where she focused on the climate communication network and how it affects water management decisions in the Turkwel river basin in Kenya. She also earned a master's degree in water resources engineering from the University of Stuttgart, where she focused on reservoir management, notably numerical modelling of the Schwarzenbach hydroelectric dam's hydrodynamic system. As part of her policy consulting work with the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, she is currently supporting the organisation of the first-ever historical water and climate pavilion during COP26 in Glasgow. She'd previously worked on integrated water resources management (IWRM) projects in Myanmar, the Netherlands, and the UK.
"Water has always been an interdisciplinary subject and a connector that intertwines all sectors. The OWN can serve as a collaborative and bridging environment, with excellent networks and connections, providing access and opportunities to all of the university's cutting-edge science, technology, innovative policies, and practical solutions in water-related research and education."
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Dorset trip- Consolidating Water Science and Management in the field
By Aaron Acuda (WSPM 2020-2021)
This year, unlike the previous years, the residential field trip was at the end of the course. The disruptions caused by COVID were obvious. Nevertheless, having a field trip at the end of the course was one of the silver linings of the dark cloud. It was advantageous because the vast readings, classes, talks, and discussions during the year became clear when we observed their practical applications in the field. No wonder the questions the students asked at various locations were insightful since they were able to integrate the different course themes into the field. Often, the discussions exceeded the planned times. In the trip, there are key things that stood.
Visit to Maiden Castle
Dorset is a unique part of the UK with most of what we require to know about water. It has unique climatic, hydrological, ecological, economic, political, and social dimensions that provide an exciting opportunity to explore water management. For example, the geology composed mainly of chalk provided an important location for groundwater discussions. The geological discussions started off the field trip at a marvellous location at Maiden Castle, one of the largest Iron age hillforts in Europe and a World heritage site because of the unique rock composition.
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Wessex Water groundwater abstraction station
The day got more interesting at the Friar Waddon groundwater pumping station of Wessex water. Since the aquifer where the pumping station is located is mainly recharged through rainwater infiltration, it is liable to contamination from the extensive agriculture in the area. Nitrate and pesticides contamination of groundwater were the major issues. It was interesting to learn how the company (Wessex Water) addresses the issues through catchment-based management (CBM), working with farmers in a win-win approach. For example, they pay farmers for their yield deficit if they give up certain quantities of fertiliser. They combined CBM with engineering solutions such as the multimillion cryptosporidium filtration plant that enables the company to comply with drinking water standards.
Visit to Freshwater Biological Association to learn more about macroinvertebrates
On the second day, there was no other place better than the River Frome and Piddle catchments (both rivers flow towards Poole Harbour) to learn about surface water quality issues, most importantly, the use of macroinvertebrates to monitor water quality. It is also interesting that much of the surface water is abstracted for various uses, including agricultural, industrial, and fisheries uses. Thus, river augmentation schemes are typical in the area to maintain environmental and base flows.
St Augustine's Well
The visit to St. Augustine's Well, a holy well in Cerne Abbas, dating back to the 9th Century, relates more to this year's World Water Day theme of valuing water. Here, water is conceptualised as sacred, a source of fertility, and a place of celebration. It attested to the multiple ways people view, conceptualise, and value water beyond what is delivered in people's taps.
"We can use such narratives behind water to create powerful stories that can foster communication of climate change, environmental, and water issues"—Kevin Greskch, WSPM Course director.
Students at Durdle door, Lulworth
There was no way we could have gone to Dorset and not reached Lulworth Village and the Durdle door. Lulworth (Jurassic coast) is the only English natural World heritage site famous for its distinctive coastline. The Durdle door area has all the geological successions from upper chalk to upper Jurassic. Besides the learning, we also went down on record as part of thousands of tourists that visit the location every year.
Discussions at the coastal management and flood protection schemes
As Grey and Shadoff (2007) argued, water extremes (too little or too much) cause insecurity. Flooding is one of the most common water security risks in the UK, and Poole, a low-lying coastal city, is at high risk. Discussing flood risk and the coastal defence schemes were the activities for day four. Poole council invests heavily on flood protection and coastal defence schemes to protect the property and the people. Poole, according to the city council, is where the most expensive estates are in the UK. It was thus fascinating to explore the issues of justice between the rich and the poor in funding the defence schemes and how best to implement the funding mechanisms.
Pictures at Wessex Water treatment plant, Poole
The last day before leaving for Oxford, we stopped at one of the Wessex Water treatment plants in Poole. The students seemed to agree with one of the professors, David Johnstone, that wastewater is more exciting, and that water treatment processes reveal human behaviour. Clearly, a lot of work goes into ensuring that safe water is delivered to people's taps as well as ensuring that wastewater is treated to a standard that meets the various standards. The issues may not dominate the public discourse on the wastewater side but are crucial, sometimes beyond water supply issues.
Wessex Water Treatment Plant, Poole
Of course, it was also a fun trip, where the students got more chances to bond with their peers and the professors, play a couple of games, and as water students, swim. It was also an opportunity for the students and the staff to reflect on the year and the future.
"The field trip reinforced the course learnings, but more importantly, it reminded me of the bond we shared, as a collective part of something greater. It was the perfect way to come together one last time, and celebrate each other, before we embarked on our individual quests for making the world perhaps a slightly better place"— Medha Mukherjee
Credits to all the professors, facilitators at the various locations we visited, and the students who went for the field trip and made the experience worthwhile.
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Welcome to WSPM 2021-2022 Cohort
Although the year has begun in the pandemic and the COVID-19 is still current, we are excited to welcome the new batch of students with strong enthusiasm for water, whether in person or online! Every autumn since 2004, a new group of students from around the world has arrived at the University of Oxford to pursue a master's degree in Water Science, Policy, and Management (WSPM). Dr Kevin Grecksch, Course Director, and Dr Katrina Charles, WSPM Academic Lead, are especially looking forward to this cohort's Induction on the week (0) of the Michaelmas Term.
This year's class is the largest in the WSPM's history, with a total of 29 students. These students hail from 19 different countries and have a variety of backgrounds, with some having recently completed their undergraduate studies and others returning to academia after working for a while. They have already visited Farmoor on the 1st of October as part of the course. They come from various sectoral backgrounds, enriching discussions and fitting perfectly with this interdisciplinary course, cross-cutting themes in economics, climate and catchment processes, governance, water quality, water and health, and water policy and management. This year-long MSc course enables students to develop a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded understanding of sustainable water management. Including this group, almost 400+ students have enrolled in WSPM since it began in 2004.
2019 marked the 15th anniversary of the programme, and to celebrate; an Anniversary Fund was created to help WSPM students pursue overseas work for their dissertations.
We cannot wait to see the WSPM 2021-2022 cohort's Oxford Journey. Welcome to Oxford!
October 7, 2021 /by Pan Ei Ei Phyoe
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Passing of Dr Jill Crossman OUCE (2010-2017)
Co-Director of the NERC Macronutrients Programme – Oxford Directorate
I'm writing today to share some very sad news. As some of you already have heard, our friend and colleague Dr Jill Crossman passed away suddenly and far too young on last Saturday, September 11.
Jill was a driving force in Oxford helping me to direct the NERC funded Macronutrient Cycles Programme. This programme involved 12 university groups and 4 NERC Institutes with over 120 Staff involved ranging from senior Professors to Post Docs and PhD Students, plus many Policy People from DEFRA, the UK Environment Agency and the Scottish and Welsh Governments. There was also an international advisory committee and a team from NERC. Jill helped coordinate the programme and organize many fascinating science meetings and policy groups, held mainly in the SoGe Department or in St Peters College. Despite her young age at the time, nothing fazed her and she was super-efficient and incredibly helpful to all the researchers and staff involved.
Jill was a funny and lovely person and an astute scientist. She was preparing the paperwork for promotion to associate professor at the University of Windsor in Canada, had won some major grants for environmental research in the areas of microplastics and eutrophication. Jill published widely (see her last publication https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/5/723 – a major intellectual and multidisciplinary contribution). Many of her colleagues and friends have been shocked at her early passing. Jill was always happiest surrounded by a bunch of scientists, talking non-stop and enjoying the odd glass of wine. The world will not be the same without her.
RIP Jill!
Prof Paul Whitehead
Macronutrient Cycles and School of Geography and the Environment
September 22, 2021 /by OWN Coordinator
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Dr Kevin Grecksch as new WSPM MSc Course Director
It is with pleasure that we celebrate that Dr Kevin Grecksch is the new WSPM MSc Course Director. Kevin is excited to take on the course directorship and to meet the students and new colleagues. He is keen to share his interdisciplinary research and teaching experience and to strengthen the bridges between disciplines.
Kevin holds a doctorate in (Ecological) Economics and an M.A. in Political Science, English Literature and Communication Science. He is a social scientist who specialises in governance, particularly water and climate change adaptation. His research interests include (multi-level) environmental governance, water governance, climate change adaptation, governance of societal transformation processes, property rights and the governance of natural resources, and sustainability. Before joining SoGe, he was British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. His project dealt with sustainable underground space governance in the UK. Other work at the CSLS included the multi-disciplinary ENDOWS (ENgaging diverse stakeholders and publics with outputs from the UK DrOught and Water Scarcity programme) and the MaRIUS (Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of drought and water Scarcity) projects. Kevin recently published a monograph with Palgrave Macmillan on 'Drought and Water Scarcity in the UK. Social Science Perspectives on Governance, Knowledge and Outreach'.
Kevin is passionate about public engagement with his research and research impact. For example, he has organised drought walks. He recently contributed to the widely reported British Academy evidence review 'The COVID decade: Understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19' and the accompanying policy analysis 'Shaping the COVID decade'.
Water governance is a 'glocal' issue and in his role, Kevin will be keen to provide WSPM students with a holistic and integrative perspective on water governance. His previous positions and experience have given Kevin a unique perspective on water issues ranging from political science, ecological economics to socio-legal, a perspective he is eager to pass on to students thereby equipping them with methods and approaches to make a difference in their future professional roles and beyond.
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Introduction: Easter has a lot of great things about it that mark it in our minds and hearts. But do we really remember the greatness of the gift of Easter or is it just another holiday with gifts for kids and a day off of work. Let us today unwrap the gift of Easter.
I Cor. 15:55-57 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 10:10… I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What gift will you rejoice in today?
Man's Gifts–Who speaks of and participates in, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, Easter cards, and Easter banquets.


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How do family businesses survive and thrive in the modern drinks industry?
By Rob Brown
28-Jun-2019 - Last updated on 03-Jul-2019 at 09:12 GMT
Punching above their weight: the foundation of the on-trade is based on family businesses
It's not all about the huge multinational companies when it comes to brewing and pubs – family-run businesses are the base of this great trade and they are more than capable of taking on the big guns
The drinks business is a land of giants. Britain's biggest pubco, Ei Group, owns about 5,000 of the country's 48,000-plus pubs. Star Pubs & Bars, the leased pub business of the world's second biggest brewer Heineken, owns around 2,700. Mitchells & Butlers has just shy of 1,800.
But family businesses are the foundation of the hospitality sector, delivering more than £72bn to the economy each year (Source: UKHospitality), and 60% of that comes from family-owned companies, says Institute for Family Business (IFB) director general Elizabeth Bagger.
"Family businesses in the hospitality industry turn over £43bn a year and employ well over a million people," says Bagger. "They're our economy's backbone and the heart of our communities. The families behind great pubs really understand their customers."
But all operators – large or small, publicly or privately owned – are facing the same challenges. Punters are drinking less, pubs are closing at an alarming rate and inflation and the rising beer duty, business rates and the national living wage are squeezing profits for all.
Backlash provides opportunity
So how can family businesses not just survive but thrive in this land of giants? Is there anything about their ownership structure that gives them an advantage? And what examples are there of innovative family businesses in the trade?
The backlash against big corporations fermented by the craft brewers suggests there is a real opportunity for independent family players, particularly in light of a 2017 study by Edelman that found consumer trust in family companies is significantly higher than it is for businesses in general (75% v 59%).
There's an abundance of family businesses, new and old, that are capitalising on the trust consumers have for products that are made by passionate individuals that can demonstrate true provenance, heritage and craft.
Take Dunnet Bay Distillery, the business behind the Rock Rose Gin and Holy Grass Vodka brands set up by husband and wife Martin and Claire Murray back in 2014 on the north coast of Scotland. It now exports Rock Rose Gin as far afield as the US.
"When we started, the plan was to simply create two jobs for myself and my wife, but the business has just exploded since then," explains Murray. "We now employ 16 people in a village of 300. Every recipe we produce is created by us, every bottle is filled by us and we use locally sourced botanicals as much as possible. It's really struck a chord with people."
Of course, ownership structure can only ever be a contributor to performance. Murray puts his success down to product quality, the opening of the North Coast 500, a tourist route that TV motoring show host Jeremy Clarkson has called 'the best drive in the world' passes the distillery's doors, and the gin boom, but says the autonomy of being a family business has been a factor.
Smart families use their heritage and independence to cultivate a certain romance about their businesses. "No other brewery has a story quite like ours – it resonates with people," says Jo Theakston, sales and marketing director at the Black Sheep Brewery, which his father Paul founded in 1992 after walking out on family business Theakston Brewery in 1987.
The split was the culmination of a fractious few years at Theakston, which came to a head when Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) took a controlling stake in the business and shifted production of best-seller Theakston Best Bitter out of its spiritual home Masham, where the company had been brewing since 1827, to Tyneside.
"It was the beginning of the craft beer story," adds Theakston, whose brother Rob is now managing director at Black Sheep, which is owned by 1,000 shareholders, with the family controlling the largest share, of 15% (Paul's cousins took back control of Theakston Brewery in 2003).
"Cask beer was having a tough time in that period in terms of quality and there was a lot of keg stuff like John Smith's out there. Dad has beer in his blood, and he wanted to bring quality and flavour back to cask.
"It was pitched as a David and Goliath story.  at was dad's idea. He always wanted to keep it in Masham (where S&N, then Britain's biggest brewer, was making beer) because as a family we have been here for 500 years. We have a huge sense of responsibility to the community and we employ about 100 people at the brewery and visitor centre."
In the following two decades, cask beer enjoyed a dazzling revival. But fashions come and go, and the rise of craft keg beers has since helped take the wind out of cask's sails. This has called for innovation from cask brewers, many of which are family owned.
Thwaites director of Pubs and Brewing Andrew Buchanan says: "A regional brewer is small enough to care and big enough to matter.
"Generally, we know all of our tenants and build solid relationships with all of them – some have been with us for generations, for up to 50 years through a number of members of the same family.
"The heritage, longevity and family values that are core to family brewers like ours give people the confidence and reassurance to take a long-term approach to their business, knowing they are with a supportive, sustainable and attractive business partner."
"You don't get to be a 180-year-old family business without being able to move with the times," says Oliver Robinson, managing director (beer division) at Robinsons Brewery, the Stockport business founded by his great, great, great grandfather Frederic in 1838. His cousin, William, is managing director of Robinsons' pub division, and the business is owned by the family.
"Trooper, which we developed with [rock music band] Iron Maiden, has been a real success. We have just launched Helles lager and a stout to compete in the new craft keg market and compensate for some of the losses we are seeing in the cask market. We've launched Dizzy Blonde in chilled casks to try and stop people migrating from cask to lager in the warm weather."
Examples abound. Shepherd Neame – a PLC that still has Neame family board members who are hands-on in the running of the business – brews US craft lager Samuel Adams at its Faversham brewery and launched craft keg spin-off brand Bear Island last year.
Black Sheep has launched craft brand My Generation Beer Co and an eponymous session pale ale to tap the keg trend. It's also embarked on the ambitious 5 Barrels Project, which has seen it launch beers that sound more like desserts, such as Raspberry & White Chocolate Milkshake IPA and Peanut Brittle Imperial Stout.
Who makes the beer?
Authenticity is crucial for many drinkers in this age of craft beer. And, in light of Edelman's findings, many drinkers may be more likely to trust family brewers' craft offerings than those of the multinationals, such as Diageo's Hop House 13 or Heineken's Maltsmiths. Last year, SIBA (The Society of Independent Brewers) said drinkers deserved to know if a craft beer had been made by a multinational.
Punters don't just care about who made what they're buying. "People really care about who they're buying from – they recognise the difference between managed and family-run pubs," says Vicki Almond, director of Almond Family Pubs, a family-owned business that operates six pubs in Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Three are leased from Robinsons.
"Family pubs are essential to the community. There are many benefits to being family-owned. Me, my dad and my brother make decisions over lunch. I'd assume with larger companies the decision-making process is slower because you have to go to the board.
"Our staff retention is above average. Many of our managers say they like working in a family business and knowing the owners. We have an excellent relationship with Robinsons built on trust and sustainability. There's a great history between our families. My dad used to work with the former chairman Peter and my brother and I know William very well."
It's a familiar story. All of the family businesses we spoke to for this article described a less corporate, more personal way of doing business is often based on the ethos and personality of the company's founder.
Personality is a valuable commodity in a market dominated by big business, so it's crucial families distinguish themselves from the competition. "We're trying to create brands that are local heroes and are clearly differentiated," says Alex Salussolia, MD of the Foundation Group, owner of pub and restaurant operator Glendola Leisure and Carlton Hotel Group.
Salussolia points to Bar & Beef, a Glasgow restaurant specialising in gin (it has more than 120) and quality steaks, and the 10 four-star hotels in the Carlton portfolio as proof of how the company is differentiating itself. The business, founded by Alex's father Peter 45 years ago, now turns over £80m a year and has net tangible assets of £100m.
"The growth has been a combination of acquisitions and building businesses from the ground up," he adds.
"Our focus is generational. When we develop concepts and look at sites we are looking at it for the long term. We don't have an exit strategy or a refinancing event to worry about in the next five years.
"When you wake up in our hotels, you know what country you're in. It isn't just another Marriot or whatever. It's so important that we bring our personality and culture into our hotels, brewpubs, artisanal coffee houses, etc. Our mission comes from my father: to create the very best, unique hospitality experiences tailored to their market places."
Meanwhile, Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) chairman Rick Bailey reveals: "Family brewers have the vision and patience to make very large investments and try new things with the confidence that they are deploying long-term capital – this allows us to take risks and invest ahead of the market in all sorts of areas, and not just limited to pub concepts, but also support services, IT infrastructure and training.
"As a family brewer, we are not overburdened with layers of management – the ability to reach high up into the management and ownership of the business makes for fast and agile decision making. It helps create very dynamic businesses.
"If you are looking for a partner that is straight forward, experienced and reliable – family brewers have it in spades."
Another key consideration for any family business is the issue of succession planning, a crucial issue if the accumulation of a family's reputation and wealth is to continue to be maintained through the generations.
"In family businesses, succession planning is a constant consideration," says William Robinson. "You have to keep an open mind. You can't become transfixed and you can't force the next generation to go into the family business. That could be bad for them and bad for the company as well."
And, ultimately, 60% of the hospitality industry too.
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An Overview of the McMorran Collection
Castleisland District Heritage has recently acquired a selection of papers from the collection of the late historian, Russell McMorran, courtesy his brothers, Chris and Clare McMorran. The material, which has been added to the Castleisland District Heritage archive, includes photographs, journals, Financial Reports of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (1957) and a copy of the rare booklet, The Chestnut Tree.
The McMorran Collection: Illustration of material donated to Castleisland District Heritage by the brothers of the late Russell McMorran. Photograph in the centre shows Chris McMorran (seated left), who travelled from the UK to Ireland with his nephew, David (seated right), and attended the offices of Castleisland District Heritage with the donation. On the right (standing) is Tomo Burke, Treasurer of Castleisland District Heritage
The material also includes a copy of A Pictorial History of Tralee, produced by Russell McMorran and Maurice O'Keeffe in 2005, a wonderful source of reference to the capital town of Kerry. The publication covers the prehistoric landscape to the founding of Tralee in the thirteenth century, and continues to modern times wherein lies an intimate portrait of streets, buildings, businesses and associated families. One good example is an illustrated account of Revingtons drapery store, which operated in the heart of Tralee for over a century until it was sold to Brown Thomas in 1965.[1]
Revingtons had premises in Denny Street and The Mall (above left). In the centre, a portrait of Georgina Martha Benner née Revington, which hangs above the fireplace of Benner's Hotel, Dingle, image courtesy Gordon Revington
A set of scrapbooks, one dating to the early 1900s, is also included in the McMorran Collection, containing photographs, postcards and newspaper cuttings. By way of illustration, one page of the latter relates to the 'Valentia Astrolabe,' and provides a colourful account of a rare sixteenth century nautical instrument found on Valencia Island in the nineteenth century.
This adds another link to the relationship between Castleisland and Valencia – as recent articles on this website show, Castleisland man Peter Browne is the owner of the historic Telegraph Field on the island.[2]
The scrapbook reveals that the late Caherciveen-born, Dublin-based teacher Sean O'Shea, who 'persistently unearthed old documents' from which he created 'new-style large-scale maps full of out-of-the-way information,' tried to discover the whereabouts of the astrolabe, found by a boy on an overhanging rock on the north side of Coombe Hill in 1845.
His enquiries led him to the London Science Museum:[3]
O'Shea reminded the London Science Museum, where, according to an old document he had probed out, it had been sent. They have dug it out, cleaned it and sent him pictures of the astrolabe, a beautiful brass instrument of about seven inches in diameter. The museum had done research on it and it appears that it belonged to the Spanish Armada vessel, Rosario, which foundered near Valencia's Bay.[4]
'The Valentia Astrolabe' remains in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.[5]
Above left: The Valentia Astrolabe from the McMorran Scrapbooks. In the centre, Coombe Hill near Glanleam where the astrolabe was discovered by a boy (whose name does not come down to us) in 1845. On the right, the astrolabe depicted in The Mariner's Astrolabe An Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh 1972 by R G W Anderson, Department of Technology
The late Russell McMorran was a keen photographer, and a number of his photographs dating to circa 1960s form part of the collection. Their subject matter, as shown below, testify to his interest in the history of the county.
Depictions of Dromore Castle, Templenoe, Kenmare. Russell's photograph on the far right, which probably dates to circa 1960s, offers, with the illustration beside it, a 'then and now' view of the castle
In the photographs below, we are left to wonder if the vehicle parked outside Killowen Church of Ireland belonged to Russell or perhaps a friend who joined in his researches. His depiction of Derrynane House was undoubtedly the result of an enjoyable day out visiting the ancestral home of the Liberator. The image on the right, which dates to the late 1970s, shows a ruined castle atop of which stand two young men – the man on the right identified as Noel McMorran – in pre-health and safety times.
Russell McMorran's photographs of Derrynane House (left), Killowen Church of Ireland (centre) and an unidentified ruin (right)
Postcards and newspaper illustrations, such as those shown below of Ballyheigue Castle, Cahernane House and Killarney Manse, have their own particular value, while the extraordinary photograph of Ardtully House, Kilgarvan (right) shows the house – which is now in ruin – in its glory.
The McMorran Collection will be digitised and available to view on this website in the near future.
[1] A Pictorial History of Tralee, pp150-151.  See also 'Revington's of Tralee' in the Irish Independent, 18 September 1957 which includes a number of images of the Revington family, and 'The Revingtons of Tralee' by Joe and Gordon Revington in The Old Kerry Journal, Volume 6, Winter 2019-2020.
Thomas Revington, a Limerick draper, opened a branch of his firm in Denny Street, Tralee, in 1857.  Two years later he sent his relative, Joseph Revington, to manage the enterprise.  Joseph Revington Esq of Prince's Street, Tralee, married Georgina Martha Revington (born 1834) and they had a large family including sons (1) John Revington (1860-1931) who married Emma Letitia (1864-1941) daughter of Robert Taylor White and had issue Captain Thomas Le Blanc Revington (1887-1927) of the South African Forces who died at Perth, Dr Georgina Revington (1889-1961), Elise Marjorie Revington (born c1892) and Second Lieutenant John Huleatt Revington (1894-1916), Devonshire Regiment, who was Killed in Action in France on 4 September 1916 during the First World War; (2) Joseph Huleatt Revington (1862-1930), who married into the Watson family and had Joseph Revington (1903-1954) – journalist and writer Gordon Revington, co-author of A Century of Politics in the Kingdom (2018) descends from this branch of the family; (3) William Revington (1873-1934) who married and had William J Revington (born 1904, Chairman of Board of Revingtons in 1957) and (4) Henry Revington (1875-1951) who died in South Africa.  The daughters of Joseph and Georgina were (5) Mary Elizabeth Revington (born 1868) who married Philip J MacKim Esq, of Rooske House, Dunboyne, Co Meath, eldest son of (late) P G MacKim Esq, Branchfield House, Co Sligo on 5 February 1896 St George's Church Dublin; (6) Georgina Martha Revington who married Robert Ainslie Benner (1867-1901) in Tralee in 1896.  Georgina Martha Benner died at her residence, Benner's Hotel, Dingle, on 22 November 1950.  A portrait of her hangs over the fireplace there; (7) Alice Huleatt Revington, who died unmarried in 1893 and (8) Hettie V Revington, who married American artist, Henry Shriner.
[2] http://www.odonohoearchive.com/fifty-two-degrees-north-calculating-castleislands-place-in-longitude-history/  http://www.odonohoearchive.com/foilhomurrum-its-position-in-history/  http://www.odonohoearchive.com/glory-to-god-castleislands-link-to-the-atlantic-telegraph/
[3] https://www.kerryimages.com/sean-oshea/  Sean O'Shea (1916-1992).
[4] Reference: Scrapbook (undated), McMorran Papers, Castleisland District Heritage.  Cuttings probably date to the 1950s/1960s.  The scrapbook also contains a number of letters to the editor from Desmond Brannigan, Director of Marine Research, 37 Mellowes Avenue, Finglas, Dublin 11, and Sean O'Shea, 13 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, in relation to the Armada.  Mr Brannigan wrote: 'While these instruments were in use on ships of the period 1588 and some of the Armada vessels came to grief on the Kerry coast, there is no foundation for the belief that the ship from which the astrolabe came was named Rosario.  In fact, there was no ship of that name in the Armada.  The only vessel coming near to that title was Flagship of the Andalusian Squadron, Nuestra Senora del Rosario.  This, the first casualty of the campaign, was lost off Plymouth.  The Santa Maria de la Rosa, a merchant vessel of the fleet, sank in the Blasket Sound just north of Valentia.  Mr Spotswood Green wrongly calls this ship the Nuestra Senora de la Rosa in his well-known lecture give to the Royal Graphical Society in 1906.  To those, like myself, who have sought the remains of the Santa Maria de la Rosa by exhaustive research and vigorous diving, in the Blasket Sound, the possibility that at some stage parts of it were washing up in Valentia Island many miles to the south, contains little encouragement.  The ship carried a large quantity of gold and silver.  Of course, this instrument could have come from another ship of the fleet, as Caoimhin O Danachair wrote in the Journal of the Military History Society, 'there is some very slight tradition of an Armada wreck about Valentia Island.'  I have in my possession a book, Ships and Ways of Other Days by E Kebble Chatterton, which gives an excellent picture and description of the Kensington astrolobe which, by the way, he describes as being 15" diameter, not 7", as mentioned by Mr O'Shea ... by way of coincidence, this book belonged to the late Mr Ring, of Valentia Island, and was given to me by his son, Diarmuid Ring.'
Mr O'Shea responded: 'I am sorry to say that Chatterton's Astrolabe is not the Valentia one reproduced in the Irish Times, and I shall show why.  I am doing an historical and archaeological mural map of Valentia Island, working mainly in the National Library.  Some weeks back, I encountered a very lengthy letter from one John Lecky in the Kerry Archaeological Magazine (1913) on the Valentia Astrolabe.  It appears that Lecky's father, the Robert John Lecky, FRAS, was a consultant engineer to the Valentia Slate and Slab Co.  The Astrolabe was found by a young Valentia boy, who gave it to Bewick Blackburn, who was resident managing director of the Slate Co in 1845.  He passed it on to Robert John Lecky, who used to commute a lot between Valentia and London.  He deposited it in the South Kensington Museum.'
O'Shea quoted from the legend supplied with the photograph he received from the South Kensington Museum: 'This instrument was used by the earlier mariners for determining latitude, by observations of the sun or of a star.  The example shown, which was at one time the property of Robert John Lecky, FRAS, was found in 1845 under a rock on the north side of Coombe Hill, Valentia, Co Kerry.  This spot is within view of the place where three vessels of the Spanish Armada were wrecked, and it is supposed that the instrument may have belonged to them.  The instrument is 7" in diameter, and a little over five pounds in weight.  The divisions are not figured, suggesting that the instrument was in an unfinished state.  The small circles on the lower part may have been intended to enclose the maker's name, or to be reserved for a compass to be placed there.'
O'Shea continued: 'This alone should prove that E Kebble Chatterton's description of the Astrolabe with numerals cannot refer to the Valentia one' adding, 'Congratulations to Mr Desmond Brannigan and to my old friend, Dermot Ring of Valentia, for dedicated diving in the Blasket Sound in search of the wreck of the Santa Maria de la Rosa.'
The article referred to above, 'The Valencia Astrolabe' by John Lecky, was published in the Kerry Archaeological Magazine, Vol 2 No 10 (Mar 1913), pp75-79.
[5] http://www.show.me.uk/collection/5700-greenwich-valentia-astrolabe


The "big data" era is still very much upon us, ushering in an age of constantly evolving technologies and techniques. Many wonder whether the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) still has relevance in the industry, particularly since many new alternatives exceed the technical capabilities of the traditional EDW at a drastically reduced cost. A year ago, I wrote that the EDW is still a sound concept, albeit one that needs to evolve. That sentiment is still true today; however, the rise of several groundbreaking technologies in the last year makes it clear that meaningful evolution is occurring.
At the core, all EDWs share the central concepts of integration and consolidation of data from disparate sources while governing that data to provide reliability and trust, enabling credible reporting and analytics. But in today's world of high demand for analytics-driven business decisions, is credible reporting enough?
EDWs, many will never achieve ROI or strong user acceptance. EDW failures can largely be attributed to legacy interpretations of the design and traditional waterfall software development lifecycle (SDLC) approach. A current trend that is helping EDW projects succeed is the use of more modern, agile techniques. These techniques allow EDW implementations to grow naturally and be malleable, as the central requirements for both data and business evolve.
Another point of failure is the traditional EDW does not fulfill all of the data analytics needs of a modern organization. Many organizations—particularly large corporations—view the EDW as the sole solution for all data analytics problems. Consumers of data have been conditioned to believe that if they want analytics support, their only choice is to integrate data and business processes into the EDW program. This often leads to a situation in which extreme IT effort is put into modeling and loading new subject areas into a rigid and governed system before the true requirements and value of the data are known.
In many cases, the core design and technology of the EDW alone is simply not effective to solve the business problem at hand. New requirements such as analysis on semi-structured, semi-governed data, or the ability to analyze streaming data from IoT, or network analysis, search, and data discovery and exploration are all ill-served by traditional EDW methods backed by relational database technology.
Years ago, data mostly came from rigid, on-premises transaction systems backed by relational database technology. However, use cases such as those listed above have become more common in the era of big data. The premise-based systems still exist, but many have moved to the cloud as SaaS models. Additionally, many no longer run on relational platforms, and our method of interaction with them is often via APIs with JSON or XML responses.


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Samaritan House is 'a spa for the dying'
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Samaritan House, a property owned by St. Peter's Parish in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, is a home for guests who are expected to die within six months. (Provided photo)
by Peter Feuerherd
What to do with that excess parish property? It's a question afflicting many downsizing Catholic churches.
St. Peter's Parish in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, a part of the Scranton Diocese, came up with a creative answer to that question more than 20 years ago, and as a result some 70 invited guests have lived their last days in an atmosphere of dignity and care.
Samaritan House, a property owned by the parish, is a home for guests, Catholics and non-Catholics, with means and without, who share a common trait. They are expected to die within six months.
It's "a spa for the dying," Jackie Buckheit, a Mansfield, Pennsylvania,* funeral home director, told NCR. She spent three weeks visiting the home regularly while her 75-year-old father, Jack Sackett, spent the last remaining days of his life in 2013.
Her father was unable to be treated at home; bone cancer, which he had fought for more than a decade, made him unable to stand. Samaritan House was able to provide full-time care, and a chance for Buckheit and her siblings to visit regularly.
Samaritan House is not a hospice, although it relies on support from the local hospice agency, which provides medical support. It is simply a home for the dying, in which volunteers, rotating in four-hour shifts, with one eight-hour overnight shift, provide basic needs.
"It is the best care a person can receive," said Buckheit, who notes that, unlike at many nursing homes and private homes in which families are unable to provide full-time care, guests at Samaritan House are provided with regular pain relief and attention to avoid conditions like bedsores.
Longtime volunteer Karen Usavage, a nurse practitioner, said Samaritan House provides "safe, comfortable care" at a difficult time. Guests are not charged, and they are encouraged to bring with them the items that make them comfortable, including pets.
Located in a small town with four stoplights and fewer than 5,000 people, Samaritan House has trained more than 100 volunteers to participate in supportive care, one guest at a time. Organizers say it is the only parish-based program of its kind that they know of. Support comes from donations and grants.
The impetus for Samaritan House came around the time Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's death put a spotlight on the church's pro-life stance at the end of life.
"The idea of respecting life at the end of life made sense to us," said Daria Guelig, a volunteer and a retired physician's assistant. Her husband, Ed Guelig, is a physician and serves as medical director. Michael Sullivan, pastor of St. Peter's at the time, provided encouragement and support (he is no longer a priest). The Scranton Diocese provided a seed grant.
The thought was that guests would mostly be those living in extreme poverty or with no family. But they found that support in dying is welcome for those with family and resources as well.
Volunteers and guests include Catholics and non-Catholics. The name Samaritan House invoked a common Christian Gospel story, and was selected to be more ecumenically inviting. They are united in sharing "the special time to be with someone as they die," said Daria Guelig.
The special moments as a volunteer include deep, profound conversations, amid a normal routine. "It's OK, Mom. You can go now" are words Daria Guelig heard from a son at his mother's deathbed.
Priscilla Walrath, a local attorney, is an overnight volunteer at Samaritan House.
Sometimes, the nights are quiet. Other times, guests are active, getting up to wash the dishes and, in one case, preparing for a picnic. Ice chips for parched mouths are an important tool. She is sometimes called upon to insert a catheter or assist with medications.
"People are very different. Some want to talk about death. Others are more concerned about taking care of their families. People don't want to die before everything they want to do is done," said Walrath.
Fr. David Bechtel, St. Peter's pastor for the past two years, said Samaritan House is a visible sign to Wellsboro that the local Catholic parish cares about those beyond the parish rolls.
"It extends the unconditional love of God to the community. We do this without strings attached," he said. "God is a part of this. God is with the person in life. He is there when he is crossing over."
Other parishes should be encouraged by St. Peter's example, said Bechtel. "It's easier than you think. You don't have to have a vast medical training."
Buckheit, a member of a Methodist congregation, said her father at the time of his death was a believing Christian but not a churchgoer.
"It wasn't about religion. It was about care," she said.
For Walrath, her volunteer service at Samaritan House reinforces what she teaches each week at St. Peter's religious education classes. It is a concrete way of helping a single person at a time, a charity that requires personal involvement. If Samaritan House can make the crossing over to the other side easier, it is worth the investment in time, energy and dollars.
"Death is really hard. But it will happen to everyone," she said.
[Peter Feuerherd is a correspondent for NCR's Field Hospital series on parish life and is a professor of journalism at St. John's University, New York.]
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*This story has been updated with the correct location of Jackie Buckheit's funeral home.
A version of this story appeared in the May 19-June 1, 2017 print issue under the headline: To provide comfort and care at a difficult time.
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Mrs. Clinton has been caught in yet another lie. She is claiming "If the administration believes that any, any use of force against Iran is necessary, the president must come to Congress to seek that authority:". Yes go tell that to Slobodan Milosevic(1) and the people of Yugoslavia.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton attacked the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, utterly without justification, provocation or authorization.
The President, as Commander-in-Chief, and consistent with the War Powers Act, can attack any damn country he so pleases. Having spent eight years as co-president and having waged war hersel(2), Mrs. Clinton is a remarkable liar.
Now I am not saying the the President should attack Iran, with or without, congressional authorization. However the President has clear authorty to do so and Mrs. Clinton, she of Clinton's War, darn well knows it.
1. Ok Slobo is dead but Mrs. Clinton had no problem talking to Eleanor Roosevelt.
2. Mrs. Clinton claimed a co-presidency back in 1992, and still claiming a two for one last week in New Hampshire. She brough Bill to the dance, so now she to go home with him as well.


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X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 superhero film based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the seventh installment of the X-Men film series and acts as a sequel to both 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011's X-Men: First Class.
The story, inspired by the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline "Days of Future Past" produced by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, focuses on two time periods and Wolverine going to 1973 to save the future of mankind. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Nicholas Hoult, Shawn Ashmore, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart. Simon Kinberg wrote the screenplay from a story conceived by him, Matthew Vaughn, and Jane Goldman.
The film is a British-American co-production with a budget of US$200 million. Principal photography began in Montreal, Quebec in April 2013 and concluded in August the same year, with additional filming and pick-ups taking place in November 2013 and February 2014. The film premiered in New York City on May 10, 2014, and was theatrically released on May 23.
X-Men: Days of Future Past received critical acclaim, becoming the best-reviewed film in the X-Men series. Reviewers commended its fresh visual style, story, and acting. It is also the highest-grossing film in the series, having earned over $746 million worldwide. A sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse, is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016, with Singer returning to direct.
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The Berlin International Economics Congress 2012" is one of the world leading global conferences combining the fields of International Economics, Nation Branding and International Relations with an interdisciplinary and multinational program. The conference will take place over 4 days and will examine the role of Cultural Diplomacy in the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Bridges, Global Governance and Nation Branding with an international outlook.
In today's world, with the financial crisis ravaging national economies, the importance of regional alliances, strategic partnerships and co-operations among countries is becoming increasingly relevant. Indeed, countries struggling with unemployment and debt have begun to turn to other nations and international institutions for support. The congress will concentrate on current and emerging business opportunities in the market, created through economic bridges.
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The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the ICD is to promote global peace and stability by strengthening and supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD has grown to become one of Europe's largest independent cultural exchange organizations, hosting programs that facilitate interaction among individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world.
Previous events held by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy include the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, May 11th-15th 2011 – www.icd-internationalsymposium.org), which hosted The Hon. Lucinda Creighton - Minister of European Affairs of Ireland; The Hon. Michael Chertoff - Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security; The Hon. Rexhep Meidani - Former President of Albania; The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson - Former United States Senator from Arkansas; The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron - Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; The Hon. Yasar Yakis - Former Foreign Minister of Turkey.
In March 2011 the ICD hosted the Berlin International Economics Congress 2011 (Berlin, March 9th - 12th 2011 – www.biec.de ), which hosted The Hon. Nahas Angula - Prime minister of Namibia; The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam - Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles; The Hon. Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon - Minister of Finance of Nicaragua; The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi - Former Prime minister of Sudan; The Hon. Akua Sena Dansua - Minister for Tourism of Ghana; and The Hon. Edmund Bartlett - Minister of Tourism of Jamaica.
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Dissecting dishonesty
By Gino Dal Pont
While expedience may tempt lawyers to falsely certify the witnessing or execution of a document, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that behaviour of this kind is dishonest.
Precepts of lawyer honesty are crucial to the confidence the public can place in the legal system and legal processes.
Lawyers found to have behaved dishonestly are accordingly candidates for professional discipline.
While "degrees" of dishonesty often translate to disciplinary responses, dissecting dishonesty in this fashion may not necessarily be apt.
It is trite to observe that lawyers owe an obligation – to their clients, to the court, and to the broader community – to act in a scrupulously honest fashion. The reasons for this are obvious, and indeed impossible to surmount. Dishonesty is punished by the criminal law, and forms a foundation for multiple causes of action in civil law too. Legal systems and processes of few, if any, civilised societies condone dishonesty, in turn reflecting longstanding social and religious mores in this regard.
That members of the legal profession, in a substantial way, provide the key to unlock (what for many are) the mysteries of the legal system and legal processes, and serve as a conduit to this end, makes it hardly surprising that lawyers are expected to uphold the law and the processes underscoring it. This in turn explains why, whether in a private or a professional capacity, dishonesty by lawyers in any form presents one of the greatest threats to public disrespect for the law itself. After all, if those charged with upholding the law – which at its core fosters honest behaviour – are seen or perceived to behave dishonestly, anarchy may not be a step too far removed.
It is curious, then, that repeated public polls inquiring into perceptions of lawyer ethics and honesty consistently rank lawyers relatively poorly (albeit, with not much in the way of consolation, well above journalists, politicians and car salespersons, and slightly above public opinion pollsters).1 Of course, the statistics deriving from public polls of this kind may be fickle. The fact that judges score much better than lawyers in this context, and yet are sourced almost invariably from the practising profession, speaks of the potentially capricious nature of poll outcomes. That Australian society does not, stemming from supposed poor perceptions of lawyer ethics and honesty, display a fundamental lack of respect for the law may present as a further compelling reason to query whether the polls do in fact reflect the reality.
Of course, the foregoing is not to say that lawyers are, whether inherently or by osmosis, inculcated with the demands of honesty. Every year lawyers are disciplined, and not infrequently struck off, for dishonest behaviour, both within and outside of legal practice. Indeed, if there is a singular feature of lawyer behaviour that is more likely to generate disciplinary sanction than any other, it is dishonesty.
There are, it seems, degrees of seriousness when it comes to lawyer (and other) dishonesty. In this sense, the Catholic distinction between mortal sin and venial sin appears alive and well here. For example, lawyers who tell lies to the court, or who steal client money, fall into the mortal category, and in a disciplinary context ordinarily receive a one-way ticket out of the profession.2 At the same time, it appears that falsely certifying the witnessing or execution of a document may, at least if the ostensible leniency of the disciplinary response provides any guide, lie more on the venial side of the moral equation.
In the seminal Australian case, Fraser v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales,3the New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that a solicitor who certified that he had explained mortgage documents to the mortgagors but had neither met the mortgagors nor communicated with them, should be fined rather than struck off, viewing his behaviour as an isolated error of judgment. There are multiple other disciplinary decisions to the same end.4 While expediency, as opposed to any personal benefit or an ultimately dishonest objective, may well tempt (and sometimes drive) lawyers to falsely certify the witnessing or execution of a document, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that behaviour of this kind is dishonest at its core, whether or not it has prejudiced anyone. As a consequence, it may be that in future lawyers who engage in this form of behaviour will not necessarily avoid a protective disciplinary order.5
Gino Dal Pont is Professor, School of Law, University of Tasmania.
1. The 2017 Morgan "Image of Professions" survey found that only 35 per cent of respondents rated lawyers "high" or "very high" in ethics and honesty, lawyers ranking 13th out of the 30 "professions" listed: see <www.roymorgan.com>.
2. See, for example, Council of the Queensland Law Society Inc v Wright [2001] QCA 58 (knowingly misleading the court); Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Trimarchi [2003] NSWCA 385 (stealing from client).
3. CA (NSW), Kirby P, Handley and Cripps JJA, 7 August 1992, (unreported).
4. These are catalogued in GE Dal Pont, Solicitors Manual, LexisNexis Butterworths, Looseleaf, Vol 1, [35,040.20].
5. See, for example, Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Merhi [2017] VCAT 1054.
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The owner of the W&D factory fired some 1,200 employees … after protests demanding improved conditions.
The factory issued an ultimatum – supported by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court – that the striking workers return to their jobs within 48 hours or be dismissed.
Factory representative and defence lawyer, Taing Meng, told … that factory owners had merely followed legal procedure.
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Father-in-law of murdered Florida mother facing new charge
By Sydney Cameron
Father-in-law of murdered St. Cloud mother facing new charge
During a motion hearing Thursday morning, the judge released him on his own recognizance on the murder charge for Nicole Montalvo. But he's still being held on abuse of a dead body charge.
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - A man accused of murdering his daughter-in-law is set to appear in court Thursday afternoon on a new charge related to the case.
Angel Luis Rivera is scheduled to have a first court appearance in Osceola County at 1 p.m. on a charge of abuse of a dead body. The State Attorney's Office filed the new charge late Wednesday afternoon.
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has already arrested Rivera for first degree murder in the killing of Nicole Montalvo. Investigators found the Osceola County mom's remains on Rivera's property in October.
During a motion hearing Thursday morning, the judge released him on his own recognizance on the murder charge for Nicole Montalvo. But he's still being held on abuse of a dead body charge. Rivera will have a first court appearance on that charge at 1:00 p.m. The judge is also unsealing the arrest affidavit.
His attorney Frank Bankowitz said it has been more than 30 days and prosecutors have not formally charged his client in Montalvo's murder.
(MOBILE USERS CAN WATCH THE HEARING HERE)
Rivera's son, Christopher Otero-Rivera, was also arrested for first degree murder in Montalvo's case but has so far avoided being charged with murder on the same grounds. Otero-Rivera is being held in jail without bond on a violation of probation charge.
Bankowitz said he does not know why prosecutors have not filed formal charges against his client and he cannot get to the court file because it is sealed. "It's got to be because it's an on-going investigation process," Bankowitz said. "Possibly other people are going to be charged, maybe there's other people mentioned in it. I don't know."
Bankowitz said he plans on asking the judge to completely unseal the case files or at least unseal them for attorneys "for purposes of proper preparation and preservation of our client's rights."
"It makes our job more difficult because it's kind of like trial by surprise," Bankowitz said "You know, we go in there [Thursday] and the state starts arguing facts that I don't have or haven't been available to me. It's trial by surprise and the Florida rules of criminal procedure specifically prohibit that."
Rivera is also facing a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charge with bond set at $10,000.


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