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Східноафриканський шилінг () — грошова одиниця Британської Східної Африки з 1919 року. Була в обігу в Кенії і Уганди, Танганьїці, Сомалі, Еритреї, Занзібарі, Ефіопії.  У Кенії з 14 вересня 1966 року грошовою одиницею став кенійський шилінг, в Уганді з 15 серпня 1966 року — угандійський шилінг, в Танзанії (Танганьїка і Занзібар) – танзанійський шилінг  з 14 червня 1966 року.

Один східноафриканський шилінг дорівнював 100 центам.

Історія
Східноафриканський шилінг введений в 1921 році, замінив східноафриканський флорин в співвідношенні: 1 флорин = 2 шилінги. Східноафриканський шилінг був прирівняний до британського шилінгу, який дорівнював 1/20 фунту стерлінгів. Емісія шилінгів проводилася в Лондоні Валютною радою Східної Африки.

Спочатку, в 1921 році, східноафриканський шилінг був випущений на території Кенії, в окупованій британськими військами Німецькій Східній Африці (c 1922 року - підмандатної території Танганьїка) і в протектораті Уганда.

У 1936 році шилінг був введений в обіг в Занзібарському султанаті, змінивши індійську і занзібарська рупію які були в обігу раніше. Заміна відбувалася у співвідношенні: 1 рупія = 1,5 східноафриканського шилінгу.

У 1940 році, з вступом британських військ на територію Італійської Східної Африки, розпочато випуск шилінгів на території відновленої Ефіопії, а в 1941 році і на інших територіях Італійської Східної Африки (відвойованої британської колонії Британський Сомаліленд і італійських колоній Італійська Еритрея і Італійське Сомалі). В Ефіопії шилінг обертався паралельно з знову випущеними в обіг ефіопським биром. На всій території колишньої Італійської Східної Африки паралельно з шилінгом використовувалися також італійська ліра, ліра Італійської Східної Африки, талер Марії-Терезії. а також єгипетський фунт. 21 березня 1941 року був встановлений курс: 1 східноафриканської шилінг дорівнював: 24 ліри, 1 єгипетський фунт дорівнював 20,5  шилінгів, 1 індійська рупія дорівнював 1,5 шилінги, 1 талер Марії Терезії дорівнював 45 лір.

В Ефіопії шилінг знаходився в обігу до лютого 1946, потім банкноти були викуплені урядом Великої Британії.

В Італійському Сомалі шилінг в 1950 році був замінений на сомало 1: 1.

У 1951 році в колонії і протекторат протектораті Аден (де східноафриканський шилінг обертався паралельно з індійською рупією), шилінг став єдиним законним платіжним засобом.

Шилінг також використовувався в єменських князівствах, що входили в засновану в 1959 році Федерацію Арабських Еміратів Півдня, в 1962 році - Федерацію Південної Аравії і в 1963 році - Протекторат Південної Аравії. У 1965 році шилінг був замінений на південноаравійський динар в співвідношенні: 1 динар = 20 шилінгів.

У 1960 році була проголошена незалежність Сомалі, до складу якого увійшли Британський Сомаліленд і Італійське Сомалі. У 1962 році замість східноафриканського шилінгу і сомало було введено сомалійський шилінг, у співвідношенні 1: 1.

Після проголошення незалежності Танганьїки (в 1961 році), Уганди (1962), Занзібару (1963) і Кенії (1964) Валютна рада Східної Африки продовжувала виконувати роль емісійного центру, але в 1960 році він був переведений з Лондона в Найробі, а до складу ради були включені представники незалежних держав.
У 1966 році були засновані самостійні центральні банки в Кенії, Танзанії і Уганді, що приступили до випуску національних валют, що мали однаковий паритет фунта стерлінгів, 20 шилінгів за 1 фунт стерлінгів.
У Кенії новою одиницею став кенійський шилінг, випуск якого розпочався 14 вересня 1966 року. Східноафриканські шилінги обмінювалися на кенійські шилінги по курсу 1: 1. У Кенії карбування власних монет розпочато в 1967 році, до 10 квітня 1967 року законним платіжним засобом були монети Управління грошового обігу Східної Африки.

У Танзанії з 14 червня 1966 був введений танзанійський шилінг, обмін проводився 1: 1. Монети у східноафриканських шилінгах перебували в обігу до 10 квітня 1969 року.

В Уганді 15 серпня 1966 року введений угандійський шилінг, обмін проводився 1: 1.

Банкноти східноафриканських шилінгів втратили силу законного платіжного засобу в усіх трьох країнах 14 вересня 1967 року.

Банкноти
Випускалися банкноти в 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 200, 1000, 10 000 шилінгів. До 1958 року на банкнотах в 20 шилінгів і більш вказувався одночасно номінал в фунтах (20 шилінгів - 1 фунт, 100 шилінгів - 5 фунтів 1000 шилінгів - 50 фунтів, 10 000 шилінгів - 500 фунтів).

Монети
Карбувалися монети в 1, 5, 10, 50 центів, 1 шилінг.

Посилання
  Omnicoin. East Af
  Каталог монет
  British Colonial Bank Notes. East Africa

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Home Sports Jos Buttler to undergo X-ray scan on left hand
Jos Buttler to undergo X-ray scan on left hand
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will undergo a X-ray scan after he hurt his left hand in the Natwest T20 Blast match between Lancashire and Worcestershire. Buttler was the start of the match, hitting 57, which included four sixes and seven fours as the target of 199 was chased down easily by defending champions Lancashire. This was the fastest T20 Fifty for Lancashire, coming off just 20 deliveries. Buttler also scored an unbeaten 73 against Sri Lanka for England at The Oval, which helped them win the one-off T20I and send the visitors home without a single win on this tour.
"I don't want to speculate, but it's a nasty knock. Once we get it X-rayed, we'll know," said Lancashire head coach Ashley Giles. "He did make a comment that he doesn't use his top hand anyway," Giles told BBC Radio Lancashire. "He played beautifully. He now opens the batting as well. What doesn't he do?"
Buttler recently opened the batting for England against Sri Lanka in the T20I. He is also aiming to win back his Test spot, which he has not been a part of since England's tour of UAE in 2015. In his absence, it is Jonathan Bairstow, who is keeping wickets. With Nick Compton's indefinite break from cricket, we may see Buttler back in the England Test side in the near future, with Bairstow playing purely as a batsman.
England play a Test series against Pakistan beginning from July 14 at Lord's. The match may mark the return of Mohammad Aamer, who last played a Test at the same venue before he was banned for spot-fixing. (Courtesy Cricket Country.com)

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NBA Eastern Conference Showdown: Hawks vs Cavs
Published April 11, 2016 by Sol FH
The Atlanta Hawks travel to the Q Arena to face LeBron and the Cavs live at 00:00 GMT.
The Cavs and the Hawks have both secured their spot in the post-season, but tonight's Eastern Conference showdown will be a good foreshadow into possible matchups in the later stages of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in first place in the Eastern Conference, but have lost two-straight games allowing the Toronto Raptors in second place, and the Atlanta Hawks in third place, to close the gap. The Hawks will not be able to better their third place spot in the conference, but they must make some room between themselves and the fourth place Celtics and fifth place Heat. The Hawks have won three-straight, including a huge victory against the Celtics 118-107 on Saturday night, but the real test will be tonight.
LeBron and the Cavaliers are in need of a win, and there couldn't be a better time to do so other than tonight. With just three games left in the regular season, the Cavs need momentum going into the playoffs. The Cavs will likely make it to the later stages of the playoffs and could easily be in the Finals when all is said and done, but not being able to beat teams like the Bulls, the Pacers, while on-the-road like in their last two losses, could widen the obvious holes in the Cavs' depth, which the Hawks could easily take advantage of tonight.
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Figuras de um banquete (Figure da un banchetto, em italiano) é uma obra a lápis sobre papel do artista italiano Giambattista Pittoni, de 1720. Atualmente, a obra figura na coleção Museu de Arte do Condado de Los Angeles "LACMA", em Los Angeles, nos Estados Unidos.

Ver também
 LACMA,Museu de Arte do Condado de Los Angeles

Bibliografia
 Zlatohlávek, Martin. Anton Kern, 1709-1747. Prague : National Gallery, 2009.
 F. Zava Boccazzi, Pittoni, L'opera completa, Venezia, 1979

Links externos
 Giovanni Battista Pittoni "Group of Figures from a Banquet Scene"; Los Angeles County Museum of Art "LACMA", em Los Angeles, accession number 53.20.3, artsandculture.google.com
 Giovanni Battista Pittoni "Group of Figures from a banquet scene"; Drawings Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper Sheet, Los Angeles County Museum of Art "LACMA", em Los Angeles, accession number 53.20.3, Google Arts and Culture, artsandculture.google.com

Pinturas de Giambattista Pittoni
Pinturas de 1720


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Uganda Women MPs Joined Forces with Men to Make Their Voices Heard
Uganda's female parliamentarians are challenging the country's male-centric political system. They are doing so by collaborating with, among others, fellow male parliamentarians.
Changing the patriarchal nature of Uganda's political system, which has systematically excluded women from meaningful participation, is a daunting task. But Uganda's women MPs have scored a number of victories, including the successful introduction of gender-sensitive laws and policies. These were achieved through collaboration with other women's groups and working with fellow male parliamentarians.
We studied the workings of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association, one of the essential components of Uganda's women's movement, the association is a women's caucus that admits male legislators as allies.
Our research examined how women parliamentarians enhanced their voices in Uganda's Parliament, and how collaborations with nongovernmental women's organisations and male legislators furthered that cause. We interviewed 14 long-serving members of the Ugandan parliament, and the women's association – 10 women and four men.
Members of the association attributed their successes to caucusing as well as developing a collective women's voice. They also argued that partnerships with male legislators were essential to their success.
A turning tide
Women in Uganda's Parliament have had to fight hard for their voices to be heard. This is because the marginalisation of female legislators goes back decades. Under the oppressive regimes of former presidents Milton Obote as well as Idi Amin all power became vest in the president. This weighed heavily on the political representation of women in Uganda's political structures.
The tide appeared to turn in 1986 when the National Resistance Movement came to power. Later, the promulgation of the 1995 constitution also gave women hope for political equality. Initially, the constitution was referred to as the most gender-sensitive in Uganda's history. This was thanks to a robust affirmative action policy.
Three decades later the policy is criticised for its tokenism .
While the number of women members of parliament increased under the National Resistance Movement, they were denied any real power. Women gained in numerical representation but struggled to match this with impact. An example is the events leading up to the passing of the 1998 Land Act. Efforts by women legislators to introduce a clause that would allow spouses to co-own property was dismissed and subsequently deleted from the final document.
These and other challenges led to the formation of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association.
Amplifying women's voices
The association's activities range from lobbying and advocacy to networking, training, and capacity building. The aim is to give women members of parliament space to discuss issues and share experiences from different areas such as politics, economics, science and technology.
To enhance women's voices and pass pro-woman legislation, members of the association have to actively seek collaboration with male legislators. This includes allowing male legislators to move their bills on the floor of the house as a means to gain broad consensus.
Some of the women parliamentarians we interviewed acknowledged that one of their main roles was to mobilise and lobby the male legislators. Through collaboration with male legislators, women parliamentarians where able to gain support for legislation such as the Domestic Violence Bill , the Children's (Amendment) Bill, and the bill against female genital mutilation.
To gain support against some of these detrimental patriarchal practices, women needed to work with men legislators to convince their counterparts about the benefits of criminalising such acts.
All the women parliamentarians we interviewed acknowledged that collaboration with male legislators was necessary because there were so few women in Parliament. Men hold 65.3% of all parliamentary seats.
The approach of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association draws from the feminist theory of Bell Hooks a feminist author, professor and social activist who has called for a resurgence of male feminist thought. Men must also be committed to the fight against sexism and patriarchal privilege.
A voice in itself
Our case study shows the power of convincing men to see the value in supporting pro-woman legislation. This is a voice in itself – not just the ability to speak and be heard, but also to influence decisions. Further observation revealed that women's voices were also enhanced by the type (formal) and post-graduated level of education that women held.
So while some may argue that women collaborating with men is a new dimension of male supremacy. The truth is that in a world made up of men and women, significant progress won't be made without collaboration.
This article was originally pbulished by The Conversation
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Facebook apologizes for translating Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name as 'Mr. Shithole'
February 1, 2020 /in Global Voices /by Kodao Productions
Facebook issued an apology after a technical error translated Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name as 'Mr. Shithole'.
The error was noticed when the official Facebook page of Myanmar's state counsellor posted updates regarding the official visit of Xi in Myanmar on 17-18 January 2020. The post, which was written in Burmese, cited several important trade and other bilateral agreements signed by Xi and the Myanmar government.
Xi's visit highlighted China's increasing economic and political influence in Myanmar. Its investments are both welcomed and criticized because of their social impact.
Journalists were the first to highlight the wrong translation of Xi's name. They also noted that this was only on Facebook because Google Translate yielded a correct translation.
It took more than 24 hours before the error was corrected. Facebook also offered its apology:
We have fixed an issue regarding Burmese (Myanmar) to English translations on Facebook and are working to identify the cause to ensure that it doesn't happen again…This issue is not a reflection of the way our products should work and we sincerely apologise for the offence this has caused.
Poppy McPherson, the Myanmar bureau chief of Reuters, posted screenshots of the translation errors:
Umm. Facebook seems to be translating "Xi Jinping" written in Burmese as "Mr Shithole".
This is a post on Aung San Suu Kyi's official page, recounting her meeting with him yesterday… h/t @felizysolo
"kingdom of Mr Shithole" pic.twitter.com/B4V2cYjPJw
— Poppy McPherson (@poppymcp) January 18, 2020
From @IrrawaddyNews… pic.twitter.com/DlqZmDwx83
Facebook has temporarily disabled the translation of Burmese to English posts. As of this writing, the translation option has not been restored.
Aside from the error in translating Xi's name, a Facebook bug also prevented Kachin users from posting updates in their native language. There was initial speculation that this was related to Xi's visit in Myanmar but it was reported as a purely technical problem. Many Kachin residents are opposing a China-funded dam project in their region.
Facebook has been previously criticized for its slow response in addressing the spread of hate speech targeting ethnic minorities in Myanmar. It has since then adopted measures aimed at combating disinformation perpetrated by state-backed accounts. #
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•D1940. Pair of Polychrome Figures of Seated Putti with Grapes
Home » •D1940. Pair of Polychrome Figures of Seated Putti with Grapes
Each putto finely delineated and accented in blue, and with manganese hair and facial features, modeled affronté, each raising toward his mouth a bunch of blue grapes held in one hand, and seated on a polychrome-marbleized shaped and sloping rockwork base.
Heights: 13.5 cm. (5.3 in.)
Provenance: Salomon Stodel Antiquités, Amsterdam, 1997; Dutch Private Collection
Note: These figures probably reference the bacchanalia, a festival that honored Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility. Bacchanalia ceremonies were introduced in Italy around 300 B.C., and were originally celebrated in secrecy on the 16th and 17th of March. The celebration later became public and was celebrated in Greece, Egypt and Rome. The mythological bacchanalia theme became a popular source of inspiration for artists, including Dutch Golden Age painters and decorators who often depicted the procession of Bacchus. These processions often included bacchantes, centaurs, fauns and joyful children, which were a recurring subject. Bacchic putti were often represented while playing, dancing, drinking, or sometimes harvesting. When holding grapes, Bacchic putti can be interpreted as an allegory of autumn, the season when grapes were harvested.
Similar examples: An identical pair of white-glazed figures at the Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, is illustrated in Vormen uit Vuur, vol. 229, 2015/3, p. 68, no. 118. A pair of the same models, but without the grapes, is illustrated in Lavino, p. 104 (upper right).


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"Ten marinas in St Petersburg have been sold off and closed during the past five years," said Alexander Uralov, spokesman for St Petersburg City Hall. The new owners have built premium cottages and hotels on the land. As a result, the total number of berths in St Petersburg shrunk from 3,222 in 2012 to around 2,700 in 2017, according to Uralov, even though some new marinas have opened in the city during this period.
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Meaning -I pray to thee O Lord, who has a curved trunk and a strong body, the shine of a million suns, to remove all the hurdles that may block me from all the tasks I intend to perform.
Meaning -The sun to Mother Parvati's lotus face, I worship Lord Ganesh, with the elephant face, the one who grants a lot of wishes, the one with the single tusk, I salute thee to grant my wish.
Meaning -Oh elephant-faced Lord, who is served by all the Ganas, who consumes the essence of Kapitta and Jamboophala, His favourite fruits, who is Uma's son, who destroys the gloom of His devotees, who handles hurdles, we worship your lotus feet.
Meaning -We meditate on the great power, we call upon the single tusked Ganesh, who grants wishes.


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"All comes out even at the end of the day." —Winston Churchill
In 1752, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, which was already widely used across most of Western Europe. To get its dates in alignment with neighboring countries, Britain had to remove 11 days, September 3–13, from both its calendar and history. These are now ghost days that forever haunt historians and genealogists as they deal with the confusion of "Old" and "New" dates.
The Whole Bushel
For 11 days in September 1752, no one was born and no one died in the British Isles or in any of the English colonies. In fact, nothing happened at all. This wasn't due to a cosmic wrinkle in time or some other such phenomenon but because a calendar was rearranged. Yes, in 1752 the days of September 3–13 were omitted from British history when the country switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Those days simply don't exist.
As we might imagine, the adoption of a new calendar caused a bit of disorder and not all were happy about making the switch. According to some accounts (although these tales might be exaggerated), villagers even rioted in the streets with complaints that the government was stealing days of their lives. Not only did the citizens have to give up 11 days in 1752, the year 1751 was also about three months short. This was because, in preparation for taking on the Gregorian calendar, England also had to change its New Year's from March 25 to January 1. So, December 31, 1751 was followed by January 1, 1752 (instead of remaining 1751 until March 25, as usual).
Despite all the complaints and the hassle of getting rid of their old calendar, the Parliament felt it had no choice but to make the change, as the British were quite literally falling behind in time from neighboring countries.
Britain's lag in time was due to the fact that most of Western Europe had accepted the Gregorian calendar 170 years earlier, when Pope Gregory XIII declared that all Catholic countries should use his new calendar. The problem with the Julian version was that it calculated a year as being 365 days and six hours long, when in actuality it's closer to 365 days, five hours and 49 minutes. While that 11-minute difference might not seem like a big deal, over time it really started throwing things off. Most importantly, at least to the Pope, Easter had drifted 10 days too far away from the spring equinox, an error that was unacceptable to the Catholic Church. So, in 1582 the Pope eliminated 10 days from the year and decreed that all should use the Gregorian calendar.
The English of 1582, however, felt they were too powerful to yield to the wishes of the Pope, and on top of that, they weren't on the best terms with the Catholics considering they had just broken off from them around 50 years prior when they formed the Church of England. It took another 170 years before they finally succumbed to the Gregorian calendar, after they were thoroughly fed up with using two calendars, double-dating documents, and having two New Year's Days.
Still, getting their dates in line with the rest of Western Europe didn't totally eliminate the confusion. Even today, historians and genealogists have to pay careful attention to what system was used when a document was recorded, and double-dating still persists when it's unclear whether a date was under the "Old Style" or "New Style." Some people at the time even took the liberty of converting documented dates to the New Style. For example, George Washington was technically born on February 11, 1731, but, after the calendar change, he amended his birthday to February 22, 1732. This also had the side benefit of making him seem a year younger than he really was (at least on paper).
Nowadays, the only chance we have to manipulate days in time is on a leap year when we add a day onto February. Of course, leap years only happen every four years—assuming the number of the year is divisible by four and not divisible by 100 (unless it can also be evenly divided by 400). The bottom line: Time is confusing and always relative.
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Eureka, Utah, unearths a toxic legacy just as its only hope for rescue, the federal Superfund cleanup program, blows away. Also in this issue: Thousands of park and forest jobs could go to private contractors.
Life in the wasteland
Eureka, Utah, a struggling former mining town, was named a Superfund priority site in September, but the Environmental Protection Agency is running out of funds for cleanup, and the Bush administration shows no interest in replacing them.
Lolly Merrell Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Superfund: On the Hill… on the ground
Timelines trace the birth, life and decline of the Superfund law, both on Capitol Hill and on the ground in the West.
Staff Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Brownfields program makes cleanup profitable
The "Brownfields" program, an offshoot of Superfund, is designed to redevelop contaminated sites into real estate, but critics say it is not always up to the challenge.
Laura Paskus Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Like Butte, a lonely dog hangs on
A mysterious, mangy, half-wild dog known locally as "The Auditor" has made the moonscape of the Butte's Berkeley Pit his home for 16 years, hanging on to life as stubbornly as the town of Butte itself.
Matt Vincent Essay Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
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Welfare Ranching's authors, George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson, are romantics who ignore the threat of sprawl and the studies of scientists in their quest to ban all cattle grazing on the West's public lands.
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Camouflage for consumers; SWAT team busts dog; saving Smokey's job; New Mexico "most stupid" state; turning a mine into a tourist attraction; and hermit "Dugout Dick" lives in a cave in Idaho.
Betsy Marston Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
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Jamie McEvoy Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
The push is on to privatize federal jobs
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Cosmo Garvin Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Cowboys fight oil and gas drillers
Fed up with energy companies and the BLM, several ranchers in northwestern New Mexico have locked their gates, blocking private roads to natural gas wells.
Gail Binkly Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Condit Dam removal hits snags
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A U.S. Geological Survey study, suppressed by the Interior Department in October, says that recreation adds more than agriculture to the economy of the Klamath River Basin.
Joshua Zaffos Dec. 9, 2002 From the print edition
Fish and wildlife have rights, too
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I bought my first pendulum a little over a decade ago, and I quickly decided it was an unreliable source of information.
It smacked of Ouija boards. When I was a kid, I had a scary experience with a Ouija board, and I swore them off after that (that's another story…).
I didn't understand what makes a pendulum swing, and I didn't trust things I couldn't explain or see. I also felt like the pendulum was just moving to give me the answer I was thinking about, and I was not too comfortable with the idea of "Leslee The Telekinetic" (eewwww!).
Last year, I decided to give pendulums another try, after a friend suggested them as a way to connect with our spiritual guides. This time, I specifically requested that the pendulum only transmit pure enlightened energy, that it only reveal beneficial information, and that I receive protection from negative influences.
So I felt safe, and started asking yes/no questions.
I had that familiar feeling of the whole process being rigged, until one day, as I was meditating, I received an image of an alphabet chart. I figured, what the heck, and created the chart I had seen in my meditation. What I understood was that yes, I was getting information from my spiritual guides (and they were many!), and that they had more to tell me than I was asking about. The chart would allow them to spell out messages to me.
As an aside: anyone can learn to use an alphabet chart the same way I do.
It just takes consistent practice, time, and patience. I worked in yes/no mode for about 60 hours before I was ready for the alphabet chart. It takes time for those neural pathways to get set up.
I began working with the alphabet chart, and at first it was painfully slow going. The pendulum began spelling out words to me, one letter at a time. I had to write down letter by letter, because it was so slow that I would forget the previous letters as I was focusing on the current one. At the end of a word, the pendulum would swing in a circle. At the end of a sentence, it would swing in a circle and then stop.
The slow, spell-it-out mode lasted for another 60 hours or so of effort.
Then, one day, I noticed that after a receiving the first few letters, I began to get an intuition of what the rest of the word was. I found that I could then move the chart away and use "yes/no" to confirm if my intuition was correct.
Things began to speed up. This mode only took about 48 hours of practice… Whoohoo! I was on a roll!
I met the next phase with much resistance. It was getting dangerously close to that Ouija-freaky-feeling, and (to be honest) I still struggle with it at times.
The next phase was to abandon the chart, just tune in with pure intuition, and use the pendulum only periodically, for confirmation. Am I getting this right? Yes… no… or if it swings in a circle, I know I need to whip the chart out because I am just not getting it.
I'm still in that phase, and I don't expect it to change any time soon.
I've accepted that I need the pendulum (at least for now) to filter out the extraneous and accomplish mental clarity, whether I'm receiving an intuitive message, or performing a simple (or complicated) task.
The pendulum acts as a filter, a compass, and a lightning rod. It eliminates the psychic clutter while focusing my attention on the message (or task) at hand.
As I sit and write, draw or create digitally, I keep a pendulum within hand's reach. It makes things go so much more quickly, and the clarity of focus is rather intoxicating.
My friend Maureen, who coaches people with attention issues, uses this pendulum method as well, and recommends it frequently.
I've come to an understanding of the mechanics of how this works energetically, and I share that in this post: Your Method Out Of The Madness.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! I have been using the pendulum for over three years. My experience has been very similar to yours. It just takes lots and lots of dedication and practice. I also agree with your comment regarding the inducement of a hypnotic state similar to what is achieved in EMDR. I don't know if you are familar with the use of EMDR to promote Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) by Dr. Allan Botkin. But, I have also considered that the principle behind EMDR is related to what I have experienced.


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AGM wins funding to further expand inhouse capabilities
Applied Graphene Materials (LSE:AGM), the producer of specialty graphene nanoplatelet dispersions, is pleased to announce the implementation of a key component of its technology roadmap following a successful grant application supported by the Tees Valley Business Growth Fund (TVBGF), which supports SMEs in the Tees Valley to grow their business, improve productivity and stimulate local growth.
After a decade in business, AGM has seen growth in many areas and has expanded its inhouse capabilities to meet increasing demand for its graphene nanoplatelet technology. The installation of a new paint and coatings spray booth facility using the funding secured will facilitate accelerated internal research and customer developments, offer additional specialist training opportunities for staff, and enable AGM to complete projects even more efficiently and with a broader scope.
Growth Fund grant programmes can provide a significant contribution towards the expansion of regional SMEs and can help them to compete on a national and an international level. The funding opportunity identified by AGM through the Tees Valley Combined Authority has resulted in around £47,500 being awarded to the Company.
The Tees Valley Business Growth Fund is managed by Tees Valley Business, which is the local growth hub for the Tees Valley, established by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority. The fund is receiving support from the European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.
Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, said:
"It is brilliant that the Tees Valley Business Growth Fund is helping this innovative manufacturer to accelerate its world-leading research and development, and to create sustainable solutions for graphene use in the industrial products of the future.
Once again our local businesses are at the cutting edge of industry and AGM, based on the Wilton site, is the latest in a long line of firms to share good news on the ground-breaking work going on right here in Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool."
The latest addition to AGM's facility based at The Wilton Centre, Redcar, will supplement AGM's existing comprehensive coatings capabilities and rigorous testing processes. AGM customers have direct access to its graphene dispersion expertise through its innovation accelerator programme, offering a unique end-to-end service for customer project development.
For more information on AGM's capabilities, contact the team on +44 (0)1642 438214 or email info@appliedgraphenematerials.com
Read the full article by clicking on the link below.
External URL: https://www.appliedgraphenematerials.com/agm-wins-funding-to-further-expand-inhouse-capabilities/
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A wolvendaali templom (hollandul: Wolvendaalsche Kerk) a Srí Lanka-i főváros, Colombo holland gyarmati korból fennmaradt református temploma. Ez az ország első református temploma, és a város egyetlen holland kori építménye, amely ma is ugyanazt a célt szolgálja, mint építése idején.

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A templom neve onnan származik, hogy ezen az akkor még jórészt beépítetlen területen évszázadokkal ezelőtt sakálok kószáltak, a portugálok pedig, farkasnak hívén az állatokat, "farkas-völgynek" nevezték el a vidéket, az elnevezést pedig később a hollandok is átvették, és saját nyelvükre fordítva a Wolvendaal névvel kezdték illetni a területet.

A templomot a Holland Református Egyház kezdte el felépíttetni a Holland Kelet-indiai Társaság segítségével 1749-ben, majd 1757. március 6-án szentelte fel Mattias Wirmelskircher tiszteletes. Úgy tartják, hogy az ezen a helyen korábban állt portugál Guadalupei Szűzanya-templomot a hollandok lebontották, hogy helyére felépíthessék saját református templomukat.

1856-ban kupolájába villám csapott, aminek következtében megsérült, ezért fel kellett újítani. Ugyancsak felújításon esett át 1783-ban, 1969-ben és 1992-ben is. 2017-ben értékes régi üvegablakait a holland kormány pénzügyi támogatásával konzerválták.

Régi orgonáját, amelynek csövei még ma is megvannak, 3426 rúpiáért vásárolták, a Cave és Társa pedig 100 rúpiáért szerelte fel a hangszert.

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A templom Colombo Pitakotuva nevű városrészében, a Vivékánanda nevű dombon található egy három utcával körülzárt kis háromszög alakú területen. Alaprajza görögkereszt, magassága körülbelül 30 méter. Alapzata nagy gránittömbökből áll, míg falait lateritből, boltíveit égetett vörös téglákból, kupoláját pedig téglából és cementből készítették. Falai nagyjából másfél méter vastagok.

Az épület helyiségeiben számos régi sírkő található, többek között lelkészeké, de öt holland kormányzó is itt van eltemetve. A sírok közül 37-et a templom padlójára rögzítettek, míg néhány a külső részekben található. Némelyik sír nem tartozott eredetileg ehhez az épülethez, hanem más templomokból hozták át őket ide. A legrégebbi sír 1607-ből származik, és vannak köztük tamil feliratosak is.

Értékes bútordarab az egykori holland kormányzó fából készült széke, amelynek faragott díszítései között a háttámlán két páva is megjelenik. A szószék közelében a fal mellett elhelyezkedő, feltűnően magas faszékek rabok székei voltak. Egy "legenda" úgy tartja, létezett egykor egy alagút, amely a kikötőből a templomkertig vezetett, és amelyen keresztül a raboknak megengedték, hogy az istentiszteletre járjanak.

Az ezüstből készült úrvacsorakészlet egy Schroter nevű, jálppánami asszony ajándéka, míg a fából készült keresztelőkutat Rijckloff van Goens kormányzó adományozta, miután Esther Ceylonia nevű leánya itt részesült áldozásban. Egyesek úgy tartják, ez a keresztelőkút egyetlen jálppánami tamarinduszfából lett kifaragva.

A templom egyik, üvegből készült gyertyatartójához is tartozik egy legenda. A történet szerint egyszer egy holland jegyespár fiú tagja nem sokkal az esküvő előtt visszakozott, a lány viszont elkeseredésében bírósághoz fordult, akik 50 font kártérítést ítéltek meg neki. A lány a pénz egy részéből egy üveg gyertyatartót vett, amit a templomnak ajándékozott, azt kérvén, hogy a jövőben a friss házasokat ennek a gyertyatartónak a sugárzó fényében áldják majd meg.

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In 2017, Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY had a population of 125k people with a median age of 40.4 and a median household income of $65,974. Between 2016 and 2017 the population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY grew from 124,303 to 124,783, a 0.386% increase and its median household income grew from $64,047 to $65,974, a 3.01% increase.
The population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is 62% White Alone, 20.7% Hispanic or Latino, and 11.7% Black or African American Alone. 19.3% of the people in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY speak a non-English language, and 95.4% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are Orange County Community College (851 degrees awarded in 2016), Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program (55 degrees), and Beauty School of Middletown (45 degrees).
The median property value in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is $238,600, and the homeownership rate is 68.1%. Most people in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY commute by N/A, and the average commute time is 32.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is N/A per household.
Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY borders Pike, Wayne & Susquehanna Counties PUMA, PA, Ulster County (East) PUMA, NY, Sussex County PUMA, NJ, Orange County (Southeast) PUMA, NY, Greater Newburgh City PUMA, NY, and Sullivan & Ulster (West) Counties PUMA, NY.
The economy of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY employs 56.5k people. The largest industries in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are Elementary & secondary schools (4,268 people), Hospitals (3,438 people), and Construction (2,957 people), and the highest paying industries are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($117,998), Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers ($104,797), and Architectural, engineering & related services ($103,335).
Median household income in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is $65,974. Males in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $50,106. The income inequality in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY (measured using the Gini index) is 0.456, which is lower than than the national average.
Households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have a median annual income of $65,974, which is more than the median annual income of $60,336 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $64,047 in 2016, which represents a 3.01% annual growth.
Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
In 2017, full-time male employees in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY made 1.33 times more than female employees.
This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY by number of full-time employees.
In 2017 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY workers was White. These workers were paid 1.09 times more than Black workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.
This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY by number of full-time employees.
In 2017, the income inequality in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 0.456 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2016 to 2017, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even.
The 2017 the GINI for Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2017, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY with a value of $144,878, followed by Hempstead Town (East Central) PUMA, NY and Westchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY, with respective values of $137,183 and $135,118.
The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 13.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
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From 2016 to 2017, employment in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY grew at a rate of 2.01%, from 55.3k employees to 56.5k employees.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,681 people), Registered nurses (1,618 people), and Retail salespersons (1,539 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY.
The most common jobs held by residents of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,681 people), Registered nurses (1,618 people), and Retail salespersons (1,539 people).
Compared to other pumas, Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY has an unusually high number of residents working as Firstline supervisors of police & detectives (5.38 times higher than expected), Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping (4.79 times), and Phlebotomists (4.31 times).
The highest paid jobs held by residents of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, by average salary, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers ($225,573), Physicians & surgeons ($187,504), and Athletes, coaches, umpires, & related workers ($138,910).
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, are Elementary & secondary schools (4,268 people), Hospitals (3,438 people), and Construction (2,957 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, though some of these residents may live in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The most common industries in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools (4,268 people), Hospitals (3,438 people), and Construction (2,957 people).
Compared to other pumas, Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY has an unusually high number of Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing (6 times higher than expected), Recreational vehicle parks & camps and rooming & boarding houses (4.39 times), and Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (4.32 times) industries.
The highest paying industries in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, by average salary, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($117,998), Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers ($104,797), and Architectural, engineering & related services ($103,335).
N/A% of the population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
Per capita personal health care spending in the puma of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was $9,778 in 2014. This is a 4.57% increase from the previous year ($9,351).
Primary care physicians in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY see 1202 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.25% increase from the previous year (1199 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1240 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 393 patients per year.
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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is home to a population of 125k people, from which 95.4% are citizens. As of 2017, N/A% of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY residents were born outside of the country.
The ethnic composition of the population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is composed of 77.4k White Alone residents (62%), 25.8k Hispanic or Latino residents (20.7%), 14.6k Black or African American Alone residents (11.7%), 3.46k Asian Alone residents (2.77%), 2.59k Two or More Races residents (2.08%), 649 Some Other Race Alone residents (0.52%), 288 American Indian & Alaska Native Alone residents (0.231%), and 0 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone residents (0%).
The most common foreign languages spoken in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are Spanish or Spanish Creole (16,133 speakers), French (Incl. Patois, Cajun) (783 speakers), and Italian (761 speakers).
In 2017, the median age of all people in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 40.4. Native-born citizens, with a median age of N/A, were generally N/A than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of N/A. But people in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are getting getting older. In 2016, the average age of all Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY residents was 40.
As of 2017, N/A% of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY residents were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.7%. In 2016, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 10.5%, meaning that the rate has been maintaining.
The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
In 2017, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was Mexico, the natal country of 2,314 Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 1,013 and Jamaica with 929.
As of 2017, 95.4% of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.1%. In 2016, the percentage of US citizens in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 95.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.
The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
In 2017, there were 3 times more White Alone residents (77.4k people) in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 25.8k Hispanic or Latino and 14.6k Black or African American Alone residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.
The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY as a share of the total population.
19.3% of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was Spanish or Spanish Creole. 13.7% of the overall population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are native Spanish or Spanish Creole speakers. 0.665% speak French (Incl. Patois, Cajun) and 0.646% speak Spanish or Spanish Creole, the next two most common languages.
Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in false, N/A times greater than any other conflict.
In 2016, universities in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY awarded 951 degrees. The student population of Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is skewed towards women, with 2,852 male students and 4,212 female students.
Most students graduating from Universities in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are White (623 and 65.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (209 and 22%), Black or African American (77 and 8.12%), and Asian (20 and 2.11%).
The largest universities in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY by number of degrees awarded are Orange County Community College (851 and 89.5%), Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program (55 and 5.78%), and Beauty School of Middletown (45 and 4.73%).
The most popular majors in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are Humanistic Studies (235 and 24.7%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (117 and 12.3%), and Registered Nursing (95 and 9.99%).
The median tuition costs in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY are $N/A for private four year colleges, and $N/A and $N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
In 2015, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was Humanistic Studies with 235 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY according to their major.
In 2016, the Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY institution with the largest number of graduating students was Orange County Community College with 851 degrees awarded.
In 2016, 338 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY, which is 0.551 times less than the 613 female students who received degrees in the same year.
This chart displays the gender disparity between the institutions in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY by degrees awarded.
In 2016 the majority of degrees awarded at institutions in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY were to White students. These 623 degrees mean that there were 2.98 times more White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 209 degrees awarded.
The median property value in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was $238,600 in 2017, which is 1.1 times larger than the national average of $217,600. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $237,300 to $238,600, a 0.548% increase. The homeownership rate in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is 68.1%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have an average commute time of 32.1 minutes, and they commute by N/A. Car ownership in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.
In 2017, the median household income of the N/A households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY grew to $65,974 from the previous year's value of $64,047.
The following chart displays the households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.
In 2017, the median property value in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY grew to to $238,600 from the previous year's value of $237,300.
The following charts display, first, the property values in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY the largest share of households have a property value in the N/A range.
This chart shows the households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.
In 2017, 68.1% of the housing units in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68%.
This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have N/A, followed by N/A.
Using averages, employees in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have a longer commute time (32.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.1 minutes). Additionally, 10.7% of the workforce in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
In N/A, the most common method of travel for workers in Orange County (Northwest) PUMA, NY was N/A, followed by those who N/A and those who N/A.


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007 Lotus Esprit 'Submarine Car' To be auctioned on Monday, September 9, 2013 Without Reserve
By Nate Truman's starcarcentral 1 Comment
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Tags: BOND, ESPRIT, famous car, james bond, JAMES BOND CAR, Lotus, LOTUS ESPRIT, movie car, Roger Moore, SPY CAR, Star Car, STARCARCENTRAL, Submarine
Used in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
The one and only fully functional Submarine Car
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The 007 Lotus Esprit Submarine Car from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) commonly tops the polls when multiple generations of movie fans are asked to pick their favourite film cars of all time. Like all the best Bond cars, the Lotus was a veritable war chest of weaponry and gadgetry that was designed to fox and foil the enemy whilst also helping Bond to another hard-won victory for Queen and country.
Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign unveiled a concept car at the Turin Motor Show in 1972 that was based upon a stretched Lotus Europa chassis. It was amongst the first of designer Giugiaro's polygonal "folded paper", or wedge-shaped, conceptions, and it caused a sensation in the automotive press. Lotus ultimately developed its Lotus Esprit using this design, and remarkably, little changed from the show car. The Esprit was launched in October 1975 at the Paris Auto Show, and it went into production in June 1976, replacing the Europa in the Lotus model line-up. With its lightweight chassis, mid-engine configuration, and fibreglass body shell, it furthered the reputation for class-beating handling long enjoyed by Lotus. At the time of its introduction, it was indisputably Britain's most advanced sports car.
The Lotus not only impressed the automotive world, but it also impressed film producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who one day found a pre-production model parked directly in front of his office at Pinewood Studios outside London. The car had been conspicuously positioned there, without identifying badges, by Lotus PR Manager Don McLauchlan. McLauchlan had learned that preparations had begun for a fresh 007 adventure, and he wanted to make their extraordinary new car available for the picture. Experience with the vehicles from other films, particularly Aston Martins in prior Bond movies, had proven that the publicity and sales impact could be enormous. So a deal was struck, and Lotus delivered two production vehicles; each of these were equipped with an additional piece of sheet metal beneath the radiator to protect the cars from the rough streets of the Costa Smeralda, in Sardinia, where the surface sequences of the famous chase was to be filmed. Additionally, seven more body shells were supplied, with one of which being sealed all around for underwater scenes and converted into a submarine.
"PAY ATTENTION, 007!"
No Bond car has ever done anything as outrageous on screen as transform itself into a submarine; none except for this Lotus in the epic The Spy Who Loved Me. Breaking with tradition, Q is never given the opportunity to explain the car's features to 007. So, when the Lotus is fired (literally! – see sidebar) off a jetty into the sea, the audience was stunned, and captivated.
The specially prepared body shell was shipped to Perry Oceanographics, a marine engineering and construction firm based in Riviera Beach, Florida. Perry was known for their ingenuity in building all manner of submersible vehicles (including the Reef Ranger, also seen in the underwater battle), and they are world-renowned for their unique capabilities.
With guidance from Special Visual Effects Supervisor Derek Meddings, Perry re-envisioned the Lotus as a "wet" submarine (connoting that it is full of water as it travels beneath the surface). It moves forward via a bank of four propellers, with their electric motors being driven by batteries housed in a water-tight compartment. The articulated fins are adjusted with mechanical levers that are operated by its driver. Underwater, the Lotus has a turning circle of around 20 feet. Its dive and climb performance is regulated by ballast tanks, and it has been described as "crisply argonautic". Contrary to what movie magic suggests, there is no semblance of a road car interior in this Lotus; instead, inside one will find its underwater motors, batteries, levers, and other control apparatus, with only a platform seat for its driver. It was said to have cost over $100,000 to construct (nearly half a million dollars today).
Its driver was Don Griffin, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL who was employed as a technician and test pilot for Perry. As such, he was the obvious candidate to operate the Lotus on location, with the underwater sequences being filmed nearby in the Bahamas.
And Don Griffin was indeed the driver (in full scuba gear with auxiliary oxygen), and in so doing, he assumed one of the greatest anonymous roles in movie history. As the one and only fully functioning Submarine Car especially designed and built for the spectacular underwater sequences, the Lotus appears in the film for the lion's share of the screen time beneath the surface.
Dubbed "Wet Nellie" on the set, the Lotus was used to incredible effect in the film. It was fitted with mechanically operated enclosures that reveal the missile launchers in the front, a smoke screen exhaust in the rear, and a mine hatch on the bottom. When Griffin voiced the need for rearward vision, a prismatic mirror was mounted on the roof, which was sourced from Army surplus and came off of a tank. The stream of air bubbles following the vehicle was actually generated by utilising a giant cache of Alka-Seltzer tablets!
ENDURING ICON
The Spy Who Loved Me was the 10th film in the Bond franchise, and the third to star Roger Moore. At a pivotal moment in the celebrated progression of 007 films, Eon Productions needed a hit after the disappointing box office performance of The Man With The Golden Gun (1974). So, this time they pulled out all the stops by doubling the budget, bringing back Lewis Gilbert (You Only Live Twice) to direct, and giving Production Designer Ken (later Sir Ken) Adam appropriate latitude to create the phantasmagorical and futuristic sets for which he was famous. And then there was the Submarine Car, which was conceived by Adam, a Lotus owner and an admirer of the Esprit's streamlined shape. So, the fuse was lit and the fires of 14-year-old imaginations around the world were re-ignited: the secret agent as super hero (with a little technological assistance)! As a result of this renewed commitment, The Spy Who Loved Me became the highest-grossing Bond film to date, firmly re-establishing the 007 character as a contemporary action hero.
Along with supervision on location by Meddings, underwater cameraman Lamar Boren, himself a veteran of the underwater crew from Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, was also re-enlisted for the filming of Wet Nellie in the Bahamas. So, yet again in a James Bond film, the car was the star, and moviegoers couldn't stop talking about the Lotus.
WET NELLIE SURFACES
In conjunction with the 1977 release of The Spy Who Loved Me, U.S. Lotus (Lotus East) executive distributor Fred Stevenson procured Wet Nellie for display at auto shows, according to correspondence between Stevenson and the location manager for Eon in the Bahamas. Stevenson remembers the Lotus was full of sand and seaweed upon delivery in New York and there was no time to clean it prior to its first public debut at the New York Auto Show! This was followed by appearances at shows in Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles, by which time its custodianship was taken over by Lotus West. Stevenson relates having great fun with the Lotus, discussing its unique features with dignitaries and celebrities who enjoyed having their photographs taken with Wet Nellie.
Eventually, Wet Nellie was shipped to Long Island, New York, where it was kept in an unassuming storage unit in Holbrook, New York. The lease was reportedly for a 10-year rental, paid in advance. Fate later intervened when, in 1989, the rent delinquent unit was put up "blind" at public auction. A modest winning bid from an area couple brought surprise and wonder when the blankets were removed to reveal the iconic 007 Submarine Car. The roof had been damaged, but it was otherwise wholly intact. It's new (and current) owners recount that, whilst towing it home, the CB radios of highway truckers were all abuzz about the sighting of the famed Lotus. After positive authentication, Wet Nellie was cosmetically restored and fitted to a custom-designed display trailer and exhibited occasionally, including a stint at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, but it was mostly kept closely under wraps…until now.
"Of all the Bonds I made", remembers Roger Moore, "The Spy Who Loved Me is the one I like best. The locations were right; the costumes were right; everything on that movie went together".
Sadly, Ian Fleming, the creator of the James Bond character and originator of the first 007 gadget car on paper, is no longer with us. However, Raymond Benson, author of seven "official" posthumous Bond books, had this to say: "I never used an underwater car in any of my Bond novels, but the Lotus in the film is one of my favourite vehicles in the 007 universe!"
Today, Wet Nellie is presented with its restored, museum display quality exterior, whilst inside, the full operational equipment appears to be complete and original. This first-time-ever public offering of the Lotus is accompanied by copies of numerous period photos, rare movie stills, correspondence between Lotus East and the film production team, auto show memorabilia, and authentication documents.
The 007 Lotus Esprit Submarine Car is one of the most inspired creations in the history of filmmaking. As such, we wouldn't want it to fall into enemy hands, so we invite those who can enthusiastically appreciate its technology, ingenious deployment, and legendary screen appearance to attentively consider this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire Wet Nellie, one of the most fascinating and entertaining movie vehicles of all time.
BEHIND THE SCENES: EVOLUTION OF A GREAT SPY CAR
It is believed that Lotus provided two production "road cars", plus seven Esprit fibreglass body shells, to the filmmakers. One of those shells was reported to have been split in half to film Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in their separate seats. The remaining six body shells, delivered bare, were used to initiate and consummate filming the underwater scenes. Each of these shells was modified to perform specific functions in the movie. Here is the evolution of Wet Nellie on the screen:
1. Used for the tyre retraction sequence.
2. Used to portray the side fins protruding from the wheel arches whilst the periscope extends.
3. Featured in the below-surface-to-air missile sequence from the rear hatch.
4. Tethered to a powerful air cannon and jettisoned off the pier and into the water below.
5. The spare unit for the above.
6. The one and only fully enclosed shell used to film the functional Submarine Car.
Once filming was complete, the tyre shell (1) and the missile shell (3) were left behind in the Bahamas and given as souvenirs to Roberts Scrap Metal Company, who assisted with the heavy equipment for the shoot. The tyre shell exists today in poor condition in a Florida museum. The fin shell (2) has seemingly disappeared (with its whereabouts unknown), whilst the missile shell (3) is owned by the Ian Fleming Foundation and is proudly on display as part of the on-going 50th Anniversary of James Bond Exhibit at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum. The first of the pier shells (4) was damaged by the air cannon during filming in Sardinia, and it is presumed to have been discarded. The other pier shell (5) may have been unused or used more lightly; in any event, it was later unofficially retrofitted with mock up gadgets and sold in the late 1980s.
Which leaves the one and only functional Submarine Car (6), which is being offered to the public for the first time ever.
-Doug Redenius
Co-Founder, The Ian Fleming Foundationbond submarine lotus
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Bond underwater car sold at auction
From correspondents in London
THE classic white Lotus sports car driven by Roger Moore in Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me has been sold at auction in London for £111,500 ($262,000).
Bonhams auctioneers said the 1976 Lotus Esprit, which was driven on land and under water in the 1977 film, was bought by a private US collector who was bidding by telephone.
The new owner of the car, one of two Lotus cars driven in the film, described himself as a fan of both Lotus and James Bond and said the car would be going to Atlanta.
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By Brian Freedman on December 13, 2007 2:09 PM
Israel's second largest teacher's union, the Secondary School Teacher's Organization, reached a deal with the government to end its record-breaking, two-month teacher strike, according to Israeli news sources.
Hours before the activation of a back-to-work court injunction, the head of the SSTO, Ran Erez, signed the deal, which includes a teacher wage hike of at least 17 percent, a pledge from the government to fund efforts to reduce class sizes, and the payment of salaries to teachers for wages lost during the strike.
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