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St Paul's Missionary College
Its life and history
St Paul's Missionary College
In 1868 Revd W. S. Thomason opened the Burgh Middle School in Burgh-le-Marsh. In 1877, the school closed. Revd J. H. Jowett acquired the school buildings for the purpose of founding St Paul's Mission House, a missionary training college which acted as a feeder to St. Augustine's, Canterbury. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Lincoln, Dr Christopher Wordsworth, on the feast of St Paul in 1878.
After a few years it was recognised as a Theological college with affiliations to Durham University. St Paul's college was open to all with a calling to serve God. Its hood was an Oxford simple in black with a white silk-lined cowl.
On 17 December 1894 the Bishop of Lincoln, Edward King, consecrated a fine college chapel designed by the celebrated architect John Ninian Comper (1864–1960). This chapel would be central to life at the college, even during the First World War (1914–1918), when parts of the college complex were used as an Officers' Mess for the Cumberland and Westmoreland Yeomanry. Students who were eligible to serve joined up and two were sadly killed in action. For those students who were exempted from national service, life went on as normally as it could, with much more limited space due to the military's occupation of the complex. Remaining students were often joined by disqualified men from other colleges when their institutions closed.
Following the end of the war, the number of students at the college gradually increased and they took a full and active part in local life, teaching at the Sunday School and taking services in St Peter and St Paul's parish church.
In 1936, the Committee of the Church Assembly changed its policy for the training of clergy, which made St Paul's College redundant. Upon its closure, the Bishop of Lincoln wrote in a letter;
'…We thank God…for the devotion all the old Burgh men all over the world, and for what they have been aa well as for what they have done. I share with you all the inevitable sorrow that the closing of the College brings…'
The former college buildings were occupied by the military during the Second World War (1939–1945). After the war, it became a girls' boarding school, and from 1957 a Preparatory school for boys, which closed in 1965. The building was demolished in 1969.
The altar, inscription boards and a banner from the college are now in St Peter and St Paul's. The stalls were transported to Sheffield Cathedral. A stone tablet on the edge of St. Paul's bungalow estate stands as a memorial to the college. And a three-light stained glass window by Comper depicting the Conversion of St Paul (1929) was transferred from St Paul's College Chapel to the parish church of St Mary, Manby.
Life at St Paul's College
St Paul's College promoted a 'simple, strenuous, regular and happy life: devotion and discipline, study and exercise, healthy recreation and godly mirth, a plain but amply sufficient diet, and an invigorating sense of fellowship with heroic missionary souls in nearly every part of the world'. It was as inclusive as a clergy college could be and charged £90 per annum in fees.
Many students took the general ordination exam whilst others read for the Licentiate of Theology before undertaking a BA degree at Durham University. Some were ordained to a curacy in England before going overseas, while others followed their calling to spread the Gospel across the world immediately after completing their studies at St Paul's.
Men from the college would go to, among other places;
• Zululand
• Rand
• North China
• New Guinea
• Melanesia
• British Columbia
• New Foundland
• British Guiana
• Nyesa
• Bombay
• Trichinopoly
• Melbourne
• Queensland
• Transvaal
• Kaffraria
• Waiapu
• Johannesburg
• Antigua
• Zanzibar
• Qu'Appelle
• Lebombo
• Alaska
• Shantung
• Tasmania
• Barbados
• St Kitt's
The College and Community
Every year the students at St Paul's would organise a town fete for the people of Burgh le Marsh, which was widely enjoyed and also raised funds for the college.
A typical day at St Paul's
6.15 am: the calling bell begins the day
7.00 am: Chapel for Mattins, Holy Communion and Meditation (7.30 am on Sundays for sung Eucharist)
After breakfast during the summer months: rolling the cricket pitch
9.00 am – midday: lectures
Midday: Sext, followed by manual work, including printing, carpentry and gardening or orderly duty in the chapel or library. Following manual work: cricket or football
5.00 pm: Evensong, with plainsong canticles, and hymns from the English Hymnal
Evening: tennis, croquet, ping-pong
Following supper: lectures and debates
9:15 pm: Compline (night prayer)
Retire to bed
Sundays are usually largely given over to teaching in Sunday School or serving in mission rooms. Saints days are free for rest, rambling and visiting friends.
St Paul's Principals
Thomas Skelton (Principal, 1878–1883)
Thomas Skelton was the first Principal of St Paul's Mission House, prior to its becoming a college. He took up the post having previously served his calling in Delhi and Calcutta.
William Arthur Brameld (Principal, 1883–1890)
Brameld, St Paul's second Principal, enlarged the St Paul's complex. An addition of particular note was the Wordsworth Library, financed by a bequest from the Bishop of Lincoln, Christopher Wordsworth. The library was a place for quiet reading and writing which was always available to students.
Canon Oldfield (Principal, 1890–1896)
Canon Oldfield was the third Principal of St Paul's. It was under his watch that the transformation from Mission House to Theological college took place.
Canon T. H. Dobson (Principal, 1896–1912)
Canon Dobson was the fourth principal of St Paul's. He was a man who expounded the benefits of diligence, firmness and good character. He instilled in his students the notion that the way to success was through prayer, meditation and getting to know both God and self.
Canon Foster (Principal, 1912–1920)
in 1912, Canon Foster retuned to Burgh le Marsh after eighteen years and spells in Capetown, Natal and Matabeleland. Upon his return he became principal of St Paul's and introduced daily Holy Communion and Eucharistic vestments. He spent his own money in support of students and provided a common room for them. The First World War was a difficult time for Canon Foster, who was deeply opposed to conflict. He acted as an unofficial chaplain to the soldiers stationed at Burgh le Marsh and took on the duties of the parish priest, who had left the town to serve as military chaplain. Canon Foster left his position as principal in 1920 following many years of what was described as over work, handing over responsibility to Canon W. E. Boulter.
Canon W. E. Boulter (Principal, 1920–1929)
Canon Boulter was the vicar of the parish church of St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln prior to becoming Vice Principal of St Paul's. He became Principal in 1920.
Revd Cecil Osmund Tabberer (Principal, 1929–1936)
Tabberer was St Paul's final Principal. He joined the college having served in Ardwick in Manchester and South Rhodesia.
The Men of St Paul's College
St Paul's was a missionary college which specialised in training men who felt a calling to spread the Gospel across the world. Many of these men lived remarkable lives. Here are just a few of them and their stories.
Walter Canner and the Hill Murray Institute for the Blind
Walter Canner (1880–1947), from Lincoln, was a joiner by trade, who in the late 1800s took a keen interest in steam locomotion. This led to a job as a shunting engine driver in his local area. Walter's attitude and application prompted his supervisor to comment that he would be well-suited to missionary work. Walter agreed and attended St Paul's Missionary College, Burgh-le-Marsh, for three years and three months between 1902 and 1906.
He was ordained by Bishop Edward King (1829–1910) and dispatched to China in 1907, where he was ordained deacon in north china in February 1907 by Bishop Charles Perry Scott (1847–1927) and then in April 1909 ordained, again by Scott, as priest in the Peking Missionary Church, eventually becoming Principal of the Anglo Chinese Secondary School at Yung Ching.
During and immediately after the First World War, Walter went to France, where he worked as Army Transport Arranger for the Chinese Labour Corps, also acting as a translator and welfare officer, ultimately reaching the rank of Major. He then returned to Lincoln.
In 1921, Walter travelled back to China to establish a school for blind boys in Peking, which was to replace the Hill Murray Mission to the Blind and Illiterate Sighted in North China. A seventeen-acre disused burial site at Palichuang, a village a few miles west of the P'ing Tzu Men gate of Peking was acquired as the site of the new school. Around the site Walter constructed a mud wall, and on the south side of a central, man-made mound he built a one-storey dwelling for him, Ethel, his wife, and their son, John. (In 1923, John would be joined by a sister, Mary. Conditions were fairly harsh and the family relied upon paraffin lamps and candles for light and small stoves for heat during the winter. During the summer, it was extremely hot.
The Canners were joined by a local farmer who had fallen on hard times. He lived in a modest cottage on site and was allocated some land for a kitchen garden. This garden issued peanuts, sweet potatoes, sweetcorn and cabbages, feeding the compound and supplying local shops and traders. Water was drawn from a well, the winch of which was powered by a mule.
Walter found himself the first Superintendent of the newly-established Hill Murray Institute for the Blind, which was housed in a U-shaped structure in the compound. Here the boys would learn how to read Braille before being tutored in mathematics, general knowledge and various trades. They would have the opportunity to become proficient in book binding, carpentry, shoe-making and weaving. The weaving workshop had five looms, which were constructed in the carpentry workshop. Walter would teach his pupils how to operate the looms and weave canvas for kit bags and make towels, which were sold through a shop in Peking. They also built cane furniture, chairs, tables and baskets, all of which sold very well. This income was very important as it helped to meet the running costs of the school.
Demand for places grew quickly and additional buildings, designed by Walter himself for the education of blind girls, were erected in 1923. The girls learnt knitting and sewing, mostly learning to mend and make clothes. They were supervised by Ethel and readily sold their wares for significant sums, which, like the products the boys made, helped to pay for the school's running costs. A gymnasium was added to the school complex in 1924.
Every Christmas the whole school would gather as an extended family in Walter's home. They would sing carols and receive gifts of peanuts and fruit from their beneficent Superintendent. In 1925, a hall was built, which was used as a church, an amateur theatre and a place for general assembly. The annual Christmas festivities were also transferred there.
During an extended visit to Lincoln in 1926, Walter suffered a stroke, which delayed the family's return to China by 18 months. Once back in China, Walter set about expanding the Hill Murray Institute, taking on more pupils. After the school had been operational for seven years, it was providing over forty boys and girls with an education.
In 1938, Walter and Ethel returned to Lincoln due to Walter's continued ill health. He left behind a thriving school which boasted 61 pupils in total, all of whom had either been baptised or were receiving church instruction. Fittingly, Walter was succeeded as Superintendent by Samuel Hill Murray, the son of William Hill Murray, founder of the original Hill Murray Mission.
Right Revd Gordon Tindall, Bishop of Grahamstown (1911–1969)
Gordon Tindall (1911–1969) was born in Burgh-le-Marsh in 1911. He was educated at Alford Grammar School before attending St Paul's Mission House. Following his missionary training he enrolled at Halfield College, Durham, where he graduated with a BA. He was ordained deacon in 1936 and served as assistant curate at Swinton. In 1937 his was ordained priest and travelled to serve the priesthood in Bechuanaland. He became Rector of Vryburg in the Northern Cape Province, Director of the South Bechuanaland Mission from 1942 before moving to Kimberley-Kuruman. He served as the Rector of St Saviour's in East London from 1950 and for the next ten years during which time he was also Canon and Chancellor of Grahamstown Cathedral from 1950–1956; Archdeacon of King William's Town from 1957–1963; Archdeacon of Queenstown from 1960–1962; and Director of Religious Education in Grahamstown until he was elevated to the See of Grahamstown in 1964.
Gordon Tindall was reputedly a man of wise counsel, a dynamic preacher and efficient administrator. A man of great strength of character, intellect and feeling, Tindall also had a wide theological knowledge. He had little time for pomp, preferring a manner of informal dignity in his pastoral and official duties.
Whilst he was a missionary in Vryburg District in South Africa at the beginning of his work overseas, George Tindall typed letters to his family. His words offer great insight into his life at the mission station in the 1930s.
You can read excerpts of some of his letters here
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Groundswell Growing for Regulation of Part-Time Work Schedules
by Chris Schrader | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources, In The News | 0 comments
Lost in July's Jobs Report celebration of the drop in the unemployment rate was the remorseless and grinding continuation of the destruction of full-time jobs. Nearly 800,000 part-time jobs were created while 523,000 full-time jobs were wiped out. A staggering 28 million workers are now engaged in part-time work. A majority of economists see part-time job growth as felicitous since it has historically predicted increased productivity that ultimately leads to full-time job creation. If this were 1974 instead of 2014 I might agree. But it is not. What is going on now is deeply structural and demands a different perspective.
Technology has developed to the point that very many retail and restaurant operations now have a very good handle on customer traffic flows. Unsurprisingly they are using this intelligence to optimize part-time work schedules and limit the risk of paying for labor when it cannot be best leveraged. A by-product of such scheduling is often a hodge-podge collection of non-standard work schedules that plays havoc with the normal rhythms of a household, especially one with young children or elderly relatives in need of care.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 47% of workers between the ages of 26 to 32 receive a week or less of advance notice for their schedule. These workers have very little input on their schedules which can have a wide variability of just a handful of hours all the way up to nearly 30 hours per week. The scheduling issues spill over into earnings. Prior to such variability workers desiring full-time earnings could stitch together two part-time jobs with non-conflicting schedules.
Left on their own to sort it out, either enough labor would adapt and find satisfaction with the arrangement or it would not. Businesses would discontinue use scheduling models if sufficient labor could not be attracted and retained in the scheme. Economists may be behind the curve but government bureaucrats, unions and non-government organizations are dialing in.
Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) introduced the Flexibility for Working Families Act (S 1248) last year. The Act focuses on a "right to request" provision that would bar employers from denying requests from workers with caregiving or school-related conflicts unless they had a "bona fide" business reason.
Representative George Miller (CA-11) plans to introduce legislation that would require companies to pay a penalty of one hour's labor for less than 24 hours' notice and guarantee a minimum of four hours' pay on days when employees are released after 3 hours or less. Retail and restaurant establishments are well known for sending staff home if business is too slow.
The city of SeaTac, Washington, passed a referendum that bars employers in the hospitality and transportation sectors from hiring additional part-time workers if any of their existing part-timers want more hours.
The Center for Popular Democracy is at the forefront of a coalition of likeminded unions and "social justice" groups pressing for regulations that will undoubtedly fly in the face of reality. We certainly need new practices for the burgeoning part-time economy, but they will not be had from antique concepts that were fresh in the 1930's.

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In Abbeville, a memorial stands to honor a victim of racial terror
A memorial in downtown Abbeville tells the story of a black man lynched by a white mob. A community effort in Greenville could bring similar memorials.
In Abbeville, a memorial stands to honor a victim of racial terror A memorial in downtown Abbeville tells the story of a black man lynched by a white mob. A community effort in Greenville could bring similar memorials. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2019/10/16/abbeville-greenville-sc-memorial-stands-honor-victim-racial-terror/3986627002/
Elizabeth LaFleur, The Greenville News Published 6:06 a.m. ET Oct. 16, 2019 | Updated 12:26 p.m. ET Oct. 16, 2019
A look inside EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice
People walk past a sculpture at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
A marker noting people who were lynched in Montgomery County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A view of the Regions building at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A worker looks on while putting the finishing touches on the EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A marker noting the lynchings in Phillips County, Ark., at the EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A construction worker puts on the finishing touches on the EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument dedicated to lynching victims in Ohio County, Ky., at the EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A pedestrian walks through the EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Each column is a monument of lynching victims in different counties throughout the US. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A construction worker puts on the finishing touches on EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Lamar County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Marion County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A construction workers put the finishing touches on EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A person stands at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Each column is a monument of lynching victims in different counties throughout the US. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Autauga County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
Monuments to the lynching victims from County's around the U.S. at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
An EJI employee looks at monuments to lynching victims from around the U.S. at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
Members of the media tour EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
Names of lynching victims are set in monuments to them at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Elmore County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Dallas County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Lowndes County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Montgomery County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Phillips County, Ark., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Autuaga County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
EJI employees stand surrounded by monuments to lynching victims at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A sculpture representing the sacrifice of female civil rights activists at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Oldham County, Ky., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
Monuments from Alabama Counties dedicated to lynching victims at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A marker noting people who were lynched in Woodford County, Ky., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A sculpture at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Wilcox County, Ark., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
A monument to the lynching victims from Lee County, Ala., at EJI's National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Albert Cesare / Advertiser
One of the pillars shows Robert White. White was also referred to as Robin in many instances. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
Work continues on The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
The Rising, a sculpture at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
Statues representing the women of the Montgomery bus boycott is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
An obilisk with names of people lynched in Warren County, Mississippi is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
An obilisk with names of people lynched in Pike County, Alabama is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
An obilisk with names of people lynched in Hinds County, Mississippi is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
The slavery statue at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
An obilisk with names of people lynched in Forrest County, Mississippi is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
An obilisk with names of people lynched in Autauga County, Alabama is seen at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
The media is given a tour of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday April 23, 2018. The memorial is scheduled to open on Thursday April 26. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
Abbeville's historic downtown square is surrounded on all sides by shops and restaurants painted in vibrant colors. In the middle, trees stand tall above a confederate monument.
On the eastern side of the square, just in front of the Abbeville Opera House, stands a historical marker for Anthony Crawford.
Crawford, a black man, was lynched by a white mob in 1916 because he refused to sell his cotton seed for less than he believed it was worth.
The marker, placed as part of an effort by the Equal Justice Initiative, spares no detail. It lays bare the most heinous details of Crawford's death.
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He was arrested after an argument with the potential buyer. Following his arrest, he was taken from the jail by a mob of 300 men and dragged behind a buggy, stabbed, beaten, hanged and shot more than 200 times.
Even after his death, his family was not allowed to remove his body from the tree, according to the marker.
In Abbeville, a historic marker tells the story of the 1916 lynching of a planter named Anthony Crawford (Photo: Elizabeth LaFleur/STAFF)
The language highlights the truly brutal nature of the crimes the EJI's Community Remembrance Project is working to memorialize around the country.
The back of the marker tells the story of South Carolina's history relying on a plantation economy.
It notes that enslaved Africans outnumbered white residents.
"Dehumanized, brutalized, and treated as property, black people resisted slavery in ways small and large to survive," the marker reads.
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The blunt language exemplifies the project's efforts to help communities around the country remember and address their legacies of slavery, lynching and racial segregation and see how they are still impacting those communities today.
Now, a group of people who participated in the 2019 Diversity Leaders Institute of the Riley Institute at Furman hopes to similarly memorialize the victims of racial terror in Greenville County.
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The group, in partnership with the Community Remembrance Project, put together a process of commemoration.
Next month, the group will hold an event at Greenville's Long Branch Baptist Church to share the story of George Green, a tenant farmer from Taylors who was killed in his own home following a dispute with his landlord.
Green's death is one of four lynchings the project has identified in Greenville County.
In addition to panel and small group discussions at the November event, the group also plans to conduct discussions on each of the other three lynchings in Greenville County, public soil collection ceremonies and to erect memorials like the one that stands in Abbeville's downtown square.
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Medical Folkways in America – Part Two: What's in Your Bottle?
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Health and Diet|by Barbara Bamberger-Scott
In Medical Folkways in America – Part One: Maggots, Hairballs, and Eels, we looked at how things used to be, way back, when people lived on farms and homesteads and didn't have access to medical miracles like doctors and hospitals. In the late 1800s-early 1900s, most Americans, most people in the world, lived in relative poverty and there were no medical experts to guide their thinking. Any healing remedies that were needed would have been in the form of applying leaves, flowers, moss, animal products, even entire animals like live eels, to a wound or sore spot, or just swallowing something that tasted bad and hoping for a good result.
But in the late 1800s, science entered the picture. In the Old World, science had always been the province of an elite group of educated people with economic resources, not a playground for the unschooled masses. But in America, the unschooled masses had ingenuity, ability, and freedom; the freedom to invent and produce new things, anything that popped into their heads. And especially in America, a particular kind of scientific character developed, combining two important qualities: a scientific bent and an entrepreneurial spirit.
We must applaud the efforts of our forebears to help their fellow forebears; but as this story will show, some of them were as motivated by gain as by generosity. Does the wish for profit/reward take the purity out of the "pure" sciences? Or is it the spur that pushes certain people to try new things that can benefit others? These are thorny questions. We will look at them as we examine the very American phenomenon of how home remedies became patent medicines, from the manufacturing process to the use of increasingly sophisticated forms of advertising to produce and sustain mass awareness of natural/herbal liquids, liniments, lotions, ointments, pills, soaps, and rubs.
Take the long and notable history of Carter's Little Pills. These were the invention of a chemist, Samuel J. Carter, one of the early pioneers in the scientific formulation of American medicinal products. His most famous product was originally called Carter's Little Liver Pills. The pills' only active ingredient was bisacodyl, an organic compound that is still used in modern over-the-counter laxatives. We can guess that CLLPs relieved constipation, in a hurry. Once word got around about the speedy and efficient relief offered, customers started going to Carter's pharmacy in Erie, PA, asking for Carter's Little Liver Pills. An employee made the pills (NOTE: This article will conclude with a recipe for making your own herbal pills at home) to Carter's prescription. Carter was considered a scientist, and therefore his word about the pills was taken as reliable. Carter, like any good snake-oil salesman, might have made a few outrageous claims for his pills, though. For example, he claimed his little pills cured headaches, too. It seems that when marketing creeps in, wild claims always follow. To be fair to Carter, however, relieving constipation can relieve a lot of other discomforts, purging the body of poisons and creating a happy afterglow.
The little pills entered the American folk lexicon, so for a long time (long enough for me to remember) people would say, "he or she or they has or have more [freckles, dogs, shoes] than Carter has pills."
In the 1950s, the Federal Trade Administration, charged with analyzing advertising claims on radio and television, cast its eye on Carter's Little Liver Pills. The commission concluded they could be called little pills, minus the "liver"—since the pills were not made of, nor did they offer any curative effects on, liver of any kind (the medicine had been touted by those who then owned the name, as "increasing the flow of bile to the liver").
Carter's Little Pills are still sold today as a laxative. Their label makes the claim that they are "sodium free" and the price is higher than other products with precisely the same active ingredient: bisacodyl. But there are many who still swear by the Carter brand and will pay extra for the reputation of the name.
Which brings us to a valid point: the longevity of a medicine (a long-standing brand or a familiar generic name) definitely contributes to its success, no matter what it's made of. That is why today, the old medicines have kept or reverted to their old labels, reasoning that the look of something as old, retro, or vintage makes it more attractive to its potential clientele, people who revere the past.
Another medicinal longevity award has to go to Ms. Lydia Pinkham (1819-1883). From a Quaker family, Lydia was a member of an abolitionist organization in her teens. Her husband Isaac was an unsuccessful entrepreneur, but Lydia turned out to be a successful one who saved the family by selling her home remedy for "women's complaints." At first, she bottled this herbal mixture, which significantly contained black cohosh, still in use today by naturopaths for menopausal symptoms, and gave it away. One of her sons suggested turning this charitable endeavor into an industry, and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was born. Over the years, Lydia's liquid has continued to sell, though the ingredients have gradually changed.
As reported by Wikipedia, the original formula for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound consisted of: unicorn root (Aletris farinosa L.) 8 oz; life root (Senecio aureus L.) 6 oz; black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) 6 oz; pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa L.) 6 oz; Fenugreek seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) 12 oz; and—ta da!—18 % drinking alcohol, to make the medicine go down! The current formula was vetted by the federal government and changes were made, as with Carter's pills. Lydia's liquid still includes black cohosh and pleurisy root, but other herbs have been substituted and the alcohol has been eliminated. I found Lydia Pinkham's Herbal Tablets and Lydia Pinkham's liquid supplement at my favorite Mayberry mom-n-pop drugstore, and these remedies are also sold online and at several big box stores.
Another healing liquid that sprang up in that time came to be called "Father John's Medicine." Father John O'Brien was a Catholic priest who, with his brother and fellow priest Timothy, came to the U.S. from Ireland and worked in Lowell, Massachusetts, starting a school for girls and a medical clinic for the poor and oppressed Irish Catholics of the region, battling always against the larger community's prejudice against this immigrant group. According to the archives of UMass in Lowell, "Tradition has it that Father John O'Brien was taken ill in 1855. He made his way to the pharmacy of Carleton and Hovey on Merrimack Street to get something for relief. He was given a tonic that was composed of cod liver oil and had a licorice taste. Unlike many other medicines of its time, the prescription contained no alcohol. It worked so well for the priest that he began recommending folks to visit the apothecary and ask for 'Father John's Medicine'—a legend was born." Carlton and Hovey gave the good father a small kickback for the use of his picture, and we assume he used this for charitable purposes.
To be sure, the company that turned out the good father's syrup also claimed its efficacy in dealing with a large variety of ailments, and like Carter's pills and Pinkham's drink, by government mandate, the original formulation for this cough syrup was gradually altered and its scatter-gun brags of myriad healing powers was snipped back to one: simple cough relief. These days the medicine, still marketed with Father John's picture on the box and on the old-fashioned bottle, contains the original ingredients, listed as "inactive," along with a common modern cough remedy, the only active component, dextromethorphan. In defense of the original syrup, licorice is known among herbalists as a natural anti-inflammatory, and cod liver is vitamin-rich. Like chicken soup, Father John's medicine couldn't hurt you.
Born in 1848, Earl Sloan was the son of Irish immigrants whose father, Andrew, brought the family to Ohio. Andrew was known to have a talent for veterinary doctoring. Legend has it that he got a secret substance from the local Indians and, from it, developed a liniment for horses. When one of his human customers rubbed it on his own aching shoulders with happy results, the medicine was reborn as "fit for man and beast." Earl took on his father's assumed title of doctor and turned the liniment into a very prosperous business during the horse-and-buggy era, making great use of newspaper advertising. Then, as now, the primary ingredient in the Sloan's Liniment was capsaicin, found in chili peppers. The heat generated by this herbal cure often gives relief from muscle pain and is used widely in other modern meds.
It's important to remember that in the late 1800s, most hospitals were grim places where tortures were performed in the name of science; anyone could call himself a doctor; medicines often contained poisons like mercury; and actual cures were unpredictable at best. Many bogus medical practitioners abounded and a lot of people didn't trust them. They were much more likely to trust the claims and cures of someone like Lydia, who answered every letter sent to her personally, or Samuel Carter, whose neighbors vouched for the efficacy of his product. This word-of-mouth advertising was all that the early-science salespeople had to go on for promotional purposes. Consider the power of that simplest of media in preserving the reputation of these healing remedies to the current day. A power based on trust.
But this trust could be abused. In the early twentieth century, no better example of medical chicanery can be found than "the goat gland" doctor, John Brinkley. Born in North Carolina in 1885, his father having been a medic in the Civil War, the unscrupulous Brinkley was determined to become a doctor. He studied at a third-rate medical school, learning just enough about the human glandular system to become dangerous, left the school with unpaid bills, bought a diploma, and finally hit on the idea of transplanting goat glands to the testicles of human males experiencing sexual disorders. Both a bigamist and a kidnapper, Brinkley nonetheless garnered some credibility and popular fame in the 1920s-30s by using the new, exciting medium of radio to tout his "cures." His broadcasts, deemed obscene, were banned in the U.S. by the Federal Radio Commission, and Brinkley lost his license to practice medicine for "charlatanism" after signing death certificates for too many people who had showed up at his clinic in apparent good health. He then moved his operation to the border radio-stations blooming in northern Mexico. These same stations were popularizing country music in the American south/southwest by blasting out the songs of such legendary artists as the Carter Family. Brinkley exploited the Mexican airwaves not only for his medical "miracles" but also, in an dazzling display of chutzpah, to try to run for governor of the state of Kansas, the very state that had pulled his medical license.
The sad truth is that many men, perhaps isolated on farms or small towns in the south, heard the radio broadcasts and wanted to believe that Brinkley's goat-gland scheme could rejuvenate their waning sexuality. Some paid for that simpleminded faith in Brinkley's "science" with their lives. His nefarious actions, though, unfortunately paved the way for others with a bit more polish, who used radio, and then TV, to advertise health products and cure-alls that had little, if any, actual value. The gradual emergence of the TV hucksters and their relationship to the world of legitimate pharmacology will be the subject of Medical Folkways in America, Part Three.
Brinkley and those like him (though only a handful were so outrageous or caused as much damage) gave ample support to this statement: "The medicine man's key task quickly became not production, but sales, the job of persuading ailing citizens to buy his particular brand from among the hundreds offered. Whether unscrupulous or self-deluded, nostrum makers set about this task with cleverness and zeal." (Young, James Harvey. 1961. The Toadstool Millionaires; a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation). You can judge for yourself whether this statement might apply to Big Pharma in the twenty-first century.
Now, as promised, the recipe for making your own "little pills":
Everyone knows that herbal capsules are easy to "manufacture" for those who have the patience to fill the capsules. I take ginger and cinnamon in capsule form, bought from a vitamin wholesaler. Once, in a spice emergency while throwing together some fruit bread, I emptied out a dozen or so of my cinnamon caps into the bread mix.
You, too, can make pills using herbs, just like Carter's assistant in the pharmacy. The only tools you'll need are a grinder and a rolling pin. I have a coffee grinder and a mortar and pestle. Either works fine, though the grinder saves time and would be better for tougher leaves. The other ingredient needed, besides the herbs themselves, is known as an excipient (on medicine bottles this is the "inactive ingredient"). Excipients can include slippery elm and arrowroot, known for their sticky quality. The excipient and water will bind the herbs into a dough.
The website herbaffair.com usefully offers this proportion: 10 T. of ground herbs to 1 T. slippery elm bark powder, mixed together, with water added little by little until a dough-like consistency is reached. Flatten out the dough and cut it into small squares. Roll the squares into pill-sized balls. Preserve them by heating them in the oven. They suggest: "When using your herbs to make pills, the pills will contain about half of the dose that a capsule would, so when calculating dosages and following a dosage schedule, use twice as many pills as you would capsules to substitute."
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Анатолий Васильевич Мальцев (,  Московской обл. — , ) — советский военный дирижёр, педагог, народный артист РСФСР, профессор. Начальник Ансамбля песни и пляски Советской Армии им. А. В. Александрова (1987—1992).

Биография
В 1957 окончил Институт военных дирижеров по классу дирижирования И. В. Петрова, классу инструментовки С. П. Горчакова, классу тромбона А. Н. Седракян.

В 1957—1963 дирижер оркестров Прибалтийского военного округа, в том числе оркестра штаба округа (Рига). В 1963—1968 дирижер, затем начальник оркестра штаба Северной группы войск, одновременно и. о. начальника оркестровой службы Группы войск.

В 1968—1973 дирижер, затем начальник оркестра штаба Московского ценного округа, в 1973—1977 офицер военно-оркестровой службы Министерства обороны СССР.

В 1977—1986 начальник Первого отдельного показательного оркестра Министерства обороны СССР.

В 1986 дирижер, зам. начальника дважды Краснознамённого ансамбля песни и пляски Советской Армии им. А. В. Александрова, С 21 января 1987 года начальник и художественный руководитель Ансамбля.

В 1992 года и до последних дней жизни преподаватель института военных дирижёров.

Воспоминания концертмейстера группы кларнетов оркестра министерства обороны РФ, засл. арт. России, лауреата Международного конкурса, профессора Российской Академии им. Гнесиных Ивана Оленчика:

«Тесная творческая и человеческая дружба у меня завязалась с замечательным дирижером, музыкантом и начальником оркестра Анатолием Васильевичем Мальцевым. Все мои сольные выступления с оркестром министерства обороны, как в стране, так и за рубежом, были под его музыкальным руководством. Этот изумительный человек навсегда оставил в моей памяти светлые воспоминания».

И еще один эпизод из воспоминаний Ивана Оленчика. «Мне вспоминается далёкий уже 1985 год. Тогда, более чем 36 лет назад, Первый отдельный показательный оркестр Министерства обороны СССР находился в гастрольном турне по Сибири. Мы дали несколько концертов в Тюменской области, а затем переместились в город Сургут. Помню, была очень холодная зима (минус 50!), но мы не мёрзли, в коллективе был тёплый климат и прекрасные взаимоотношения между музыкантами и командованием оркестра, это делало все трудности незаметными.

Коллектив оркестра был в зените своей творческой славы. И вдруг, как гром среди ясного неба: сначала в узком кругу, начальник оркестра, полковник А. В. Мальцев заявляет, что получил приглашение Главного Политуправления Советской Армии возглавить Краснознамённый ансамбль песни и пляски имени А. В. Александрова.

Наступила минутная тишина. Наибольшей неожиданностью это стало для начальника военно-оркестровой службы СССР, генерал-майора Н. М. Михайлова. Помню его слова: "Толя, ты что?". Но вопрос (был решён и всякие уговоры не помогли. Николай Михайлович Михайлов был очень расстроен, но понимал, что последнее слово за вышестоящими инстанциями, и он в этой ситуации бессилен». (фрагмент из очерка «Диалоги с Иваном Оленчиком»).

Скончался 12 декабря 2015 года.

Литература
Научно-методический сборник «Духовые инструменты: теория, история, архив. 6 выпуск»- изд. Петрозаводская консерватория, 2020 г. очерк Б. Турчинского «Диалоги с И. Ф. Оленчиком»

Академический Ансамбль песни и пляски Российской Армии. (Полковник МАЛЬЦЕВ Анатолий Васильевич (1934—2016), народный артист Российской Федерации — заместитель начальника — художественного руководителя Ансамбля (с 21 января 1985 г.), начальник Ансамбля (с 1 января 1987 г. по декабрь 1992 г.)

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 Дирижёры СССР
 Дирижёры России
 Дирижёры XX века
 Дирижёры XXI века
 Выпускники Московской консерватории
 Академические музыканты СССР
 Военные дирижёры и капельмейстеры Российской Федерации
 Народные артисты РСФСР
 Руководители Ансамбля песни и пляски имени А. В. Александрова

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FACTCO connects Liverpool's leading space for creative and digital industries to a fully funded 10 gigabit capable connection
Liverpool based ISP, The Fibre & Communication Technology Company (FACTCO) has successfully designed, built, installed and is now supporting a full fibre network that delivers an Ultra-fast 10 Gbps capable broadband connection to each business based at Baltic Creative CIC, in the Baltic Triangle. FACTCO has installed a system that provides some of the city's best digital creatives a secure future and the bandwidth they need to grow.
FACTCO has supported Baltic Creative CIC by facilitating the funding for the businesses in their buildings with a new full fibre network across their estate, which currently spans across 5 sites (120,00sq/ft) in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle. The businesses within Baltic Creative created a Community Fibre Project to utilise the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme, which is provided by The Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS).
The funding from DCMS has allowed FACTCO, a local independent ISP, to invest in the latest technology and internet solutions, that would ordinarily cost tens of thousands of pounds. As a result, they have designed a bespoke connection that the businesses in Baltic Creative have complete control over – a state of the art connection that provides 1000 Mbps up and down for the 180+ companies and its 600 plus workforce.
During the process FACTCO's technical challenge was to ensure that all businesses in the Baltic Creative buildings remained on the same network and that the connection throughout the process was reliable, quick and provided minimum disruption – whilst maintaining the highest level of service.
Mark Lawler, Managing Director at Baltic Creative CIC described their experience with FACTCO – "We currently house over 180 creative and digital businesses across our estate and it's absolutely vital to them, that we have the most efficient and quality service of internet. The install of this new connection has been a large and complex job for FACTCO and even when their team has been presented with challenges along the way, they have gone above and beyond to provide support ensuring that our service has remained unscathed. As an organisation, we champion collaboration and It's brilliant to work with a local suppler, like FACTCO, that's based right on our doorstep."
Companies like Baltic Creative CIC rely heavily on grants, funding and outside support in order to flourish. FACTCO has helped improve and secure Baltic Creatives' tenant's connectivity for many years to come. By offering the businesses in the Baltic Creative buildings to apply for funding that will support their business. They now have a connection that matches their growth plans for the future.
Mark Lawler said, "The funding we received from DCMS has been immeasurable. As a CIC we require this kind of support so that we can concentrate on giving back to the creative and digital community we exist to serve. We have big plans to expand across the Liverpool City Region in the next few years and, by working with FACTCO in establishing this type of infrastructure, we can grow confidently knowing that our internet connection is safeguarded for the business community"
Through the new connection, Baltic Creative CIC and the businesses they support have the capability to upgrade to a 10 Gbps connection – a connection that will allow the digital and creative sector which they support to develop without any setbacks due to limited bandwidth. DCMS encourages projects like this to be led by registered suppliers such as FACTCO; smaller projects that ordinarily larger providers would overlook or would heavily charge for. It will be a complete game changer for some.
We spoke to Lee Murphy, Managing Director of FACTCO – "Delivering a service like this to Baltic Creative CIC and the businesses they support is what we specialise in. FACTCO utilises the funding from DCMS to allow us to deliver projects like this and improve SME's connectivity. We now support a wide range of creatives, all of which had different needs and requirements that were considered and managed within the one installation.
Our networks are funded, designed, built, managed and supplied by us. We work hard to deliver full fibre networks that are reliable, secure, powerful and have the ability to be upgraded so no business gets left behind. As a Liverpool based ISP we're proud to be involved in this project, Baltic Creative CIC are doing great work for the city and we look forward to supporting them further in the future"
To find out more about FACTCO's work, please visit www.factco.co.uk where you can receive further information regarding funding and support with fibre network installations. Alternatively, you can contact the FACTCO team directly by calling 0333 305 7560 or via email hello@factco.co.uk.


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Q: Finding averages from reading a file using Bash Scripting I am trying to write a bash script that reads a file 'names.txt' and will compute the average of peoples grades. For instance, names.txt looks something like this.
900706845 Harry Thompson 70 80 90
900897665 Roy Ludson 90 90 90

The script should read the line, print out the ID# of the person, the average of the three test scores and the corresponding letter grade. So the output needs to look like this
900706845 80 B
900897665 90 A

Heres what I have
    #!/bin/bash
    cat names.txt | while read x
    do
         $SUM=0; for i in 'names.txt'; do SUM=$(($SUM + $i));
         done;

         echo $SUM/3
    done

I understand the echo will only print out the averages at this point, but I am trying to atleast get it to compute the averages before I attempt the other parts as well. Baby steps!

A: Like this maybe:
#!/bin/bash
while read a name1 name2 g1 g2 g3
do
   avg=$(echo "($g1+$g2+$g3)/3" | bc)
   echo $a $name1 $name2 $avg
done < names.txt

Output:
900706845 Harry Thompson 80
900897665 Roy Ludson 90

A: The ID#s and averages can be obtained as follows:
$ awk '{sum=0; for(i=3;i<=NF;i++) sum+=$i ; print $1, sum/3}' names.txt
900706845 80
900897665 90

Guessing at how to compute grades, one can do:
$ awk '{sum=0; for(i=3;i<=NF;i++) sum+=$i ; ave=sum/3; print $1, ave, substr("FFFFFDCBA", ave/10, 1) }' names.txt
900706845 80 B
900897665 90 A

The above solutions work for any number of tests but names are limited to 2 words.  If there will always be three tests but names can be any number of words, then use:
$ awk '{ave=($(NF-2)+$(NF-1)+$NF)/3; print $1, ave, substr("FFFFFDCBA", ave/10, 1) }' names.txt
900706845 80 B
900897665 90 A

A: Customize gradeLetter for your own needs:
#!/bin/sh

awk '
  function gradeLetter(g)
  {
    if (g >= 90) return "A";
    if (g >= 80) return "B";
    if (g >= 70) return "C";
    if (g >= 60) return "D";
    return "E"
  }
  {
    avgGrade = ($(NF) + $(NF - 1) + $(NF - 2)) / 3;
    print $1, avgGrade, gradeLetter(avgGrade)
  }' names.txt

A: With a awk one-liner:
awk '{ AVG = int( ( $(NF-2) + $(NF-1) + $(NF) ) / 3 ) ; if ( AVG >= 90 ) { GRADE = "A" } else if ( AVG >= 80 ) { GRADE = "B" } else if ( AVG >= 70 ) { GRADE = "C" } else if ( AVG >= 60 ) { GRADE = "D" } else { GRADE = "F" } ; print $1, AVG, GRADE }' file

Let's look at the details:
awk '{

  # Calculate average
  AVG = int( ( $(NF-2) + $(NF-1) + $(NF) ) / 3 )

  # Calculate grade
  if ( AVG >= 90 ) { GRADE = "A" }
  else if ( AVG >= 80 ) { GRADE = "B" }
  else if ( AVG >= 70 ) { GRADE = "C" }
  else if ( AVG >= 60 ) { GRADE = "D" }
  else { GRADE = "F" }

  print $1, AVG, GRADE

}' file

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After cataract surgery, the living lens cells sharing the space inside the lens capsule with the new intraocular lens implant may continue to multiply and spread throughout the lens capsule. This is known as posterior capsule opacification, "secondary cataract," or "aftercataract." It is an essentially normal healing response and may occur at any time from one day until decades after the cataract surgery, although it tends not to bother most patients until around three years on average after the cataract surgery. It results in symptoms similar to the original cataract – glare, blurring, haloes, etc.
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I had never been in the back seat of a police car. I was not cuffed or restrained. However, my hunch is that was largely due to the catatonic and therefore seemingly cooperative state I was in. I had been escorted from the Amtrak Police Department office, out into the public terminal under the watchful eye of hundreds of passengers thinking I was anywhere from a thief to a terror suspect to an unruly passenger being escorted from the building as we passed through a labyrinth of hallways to an underground parking garage. That is when I was placed in the back seat, complete with the "Watch your head" command, and the reaching around me to seat belt me in (as if I was cuffed).
In hindsight, I'm guessing the drive was likely in the 15 minute or so range. Guessing this because upon my release from the hospital my wife and I would actually walk the same path in about that amount of time. However, traffic was heavy. And this was midday Chicago. Regardless of the 'actual' time it took, it seemed like hours. Long enough for my mind to pass through a number of different scenarios, not necessarily in this order.
…I know what thoughts dominated the majority of the trip though. My plan had been undone. That plan. The one I had put together to kill myself. And now, exhausted and lacking what it would take to navigate a cover-up. Without the energy to launch a Plan B.
Once again I had overcomplicated such a simple task and failed. Fucked up my own death. And was now the one thing I most definitely did not want to be, alive.


It's tempting to starting thinking of each scarf as being "married" to (or at least going steady with) a particular outfit that you own, and moreover, to always reach for the same scarf when you put on a favorite outfit. I do this often, and I'm trying to break out of this habit, and shake up my scarf/clothing combos a little bit. So I took one outfit that I wear a lot (this sweater is linen, so it can be worn through all but the hottest summer months) and tried to see how it would pair up with a variety of scarves.
I show Hermes scarves here, but PLEASE bear in mind that this exercise is true of any scarves you own. Vintage from a thrift store, hand-crafted from a street fair, or heritage scarves that you have owned for decades – all are equally valid, and equally capable of finishing off an outfit to perfection.
But I like to mix silver and gold – my wedding ring is a mixture of metals, and so is my watch. So why not choose a scarf that has both gold and silvery accents, and toss a bit of gold into my shoes and earrings?
Everything so far has been sort of dark and serious, but grey is a great color with which to wear pastel colors. Pearls lighten things up too, and pewter ballet flats both complement the sweater, and keep the softer and more feminine theme going.
Janice this is an interesting post as it puts FOOTWEAR in the firing line a bit. To really make this thing work you need to shake up accessories. What is your take on ESSENTIAL shoes without compromising either style or adding bulk to a core wardrobe ?
unrelated but how on earth do you flat lay these outfits ? do you use a particular software programme ? I'd love to do the exact same thing with my actual wardrobe so I can play around with it, print out the outfits that work and pinup in my wardrobe for reference.
PowerPoint! Surprisingly versatile, with lots of tools for resizing, editing and arranging objects.
Did NOT see that one coming. New found respect for PP.
Me, too. Was expecting some fancy illustration software. There's hope for me!
This is indeed a great excercise, as I have too most often worn my scarves with certain outfits. Another plus of a basic wardrobe, right? The second and third scarves are becoming more and more the ones I am zeroing in on as my first H. purchases.
I was proud of myself yesterday. I must have seen this post coming. I wore the same outfit two days in a row (!) but changed my scarf. The first day I wore my Hermes (black) Les Clefs. The second day I wore my Hermes The Blues de Afrique (sp). Both looked great with a white tunic blouse, black slim pants and black flats. I own these scarves because of you and Duchesse!
Thanks, Susan! I too have many scarves that are not Hermès but none that are "in the style of Hermès": copies or "inspired by" look sad and are unsatisfying.
I have other scarves too, Duchesse. Among them as a Doncaster and a Worth NY scarf.
They are very pretty but not as beautiful as the Hermes scarves. But then, I have a gorgeous Chinese scarf given to me by my future daughter in law. While not quite as heavy as an Hermes, it is very bit as luxurious and beautiful. AND, depending on which direction you start the diagonal fold, the look is quite different.
I agree with you Duchesse. a scarf in the style of Hermes or copies would do nothing for me. The real thing is a piece of art and a thing of beauty. I love my three.
I also have scarves from Banana Republic, Talbots, etc–and enjoy them also.
There is a great online scarf store – headcovers.com. They have hundreds, if not thousands of large square scarves at extremely reasonable prices. Scarves come in silk as well as a nice lightweight cotton. I'm only recommending this site because the company was started by a cancer survivor to provide beautiful and practical headcoverings for women who experience hair loss due to medical reasons. Of course I hope no one in this community is in need of scarves for such a reason. Happily, you don't need a medical excuse to purchase one of their scarves and why not support a small business that helps those in need?
Janice, I hope this recommendation is not out of line. If it is inappropriate, please remove and accept my apologies.
This is the most appropriate suggestion ever! I'm going to check out their site and do what I can to help promote their work also.
Anything that supports women and small business is something that I think most of us can get behind!
Wow, I visited the site and they have beautiful cotton woodblock scarves! And the prices are unbelievable.
I am so in love with these scarves! I wish I could find similar ones on the affordable side! The footwear in this post is perfect for me since I do not wear heels…and I love the first shoes! For me, I will put a Dr. Scholl's insert into all of my flats and then they are much more comfortable to wear and walk in. Great job as always, Janice!
I have really enjoyed following your blog and I've learned so much! I wonder if you would consider doing a post on how exactly you wear the scarves you show. I'm new to scarves in my wardrobe and though I love them they sort of get in my way when I'm working, or get tighter and tighter until they choke me and I have to constantly readjust them. I'm sure I'm not doing something right! I'd love some real life examples of how you wear / tie your scarves for everyday! Thanks!
I'll second that! I have become addicted to scarves since finding this blog, but I feel I don't get the most out of them because of having limited knowledged of how to wear them.
PS Hope the new life is going well – I'm delighted that you're going full time!
"I show Hermes scarves here, but PLEASE bear in mind that this exercise is true of any scarves you own. Vintage from a thrift store, hand-crafted from a street fair, or heritage scarves that you have owned for decades – all are equally valid, and equally capable of finishing off an outfit to perfection."
A real eye-opener. Thanks once again for a lot of inspiration and good common sense. Thanks to Virginia, too, for the scarf site.
Very nice combinations! If I may, I suggest peep toe shoes for warmer weather. I find they break up the solid line of trousers a bit and make the ensemble look more weather appropriate, not to mention feminine. I personally like a small peep toe with not much actual toe showing.
What's most amazing about this post is the way the perfect pair of socks makes the outfit–and everybody can afford socks!


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UPDATED: Arrest Warrants Issued for TX Pound Employees: Multiple Charges Include Animal Torture
CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE – That's the sign hanging on the door at the Klein Animal Shelter in Jacksonville, TX. The "maintenance" appears to be arresting the workers for torturing animals. Director Angela Wallace was arrested on Friday and charged with assault, illegal "euthanasia" and animal cruelty with additional charges pending. She has reportedly bonded out. Arrest warrants have been issued for 3 other pound employees and additional arrests are possible. The arrests come after police were tipped off to criminal activity at the pound and a 6 month investigation was conducted.
It sounds like the staff may have known what was coming and tried their best to hide evidence by hastily killing every animal whose condition could be used against them in court:
Dr. Gary Spence, of Spence and White Veterinary Hospital, says at first, his inspection of Klein Animal Shelter after Wallace's arrest revealed nothing out of the ordinary.
"What I saw was a clean facility. They had obviously gone in and cleaned it with some heavy duty cleaning. We went cage to cage to cage and just saw healthy animals," he says.
But Dr. Spence says that changed when he got to the shelter's freezers.
"I just kind of went blank… I opened the second one and it was full to the top and none of the animals in it were frozen. They had all been in there less than 24 hours," says Dr. Spence.
He says dozens of dogs, cats, puppies and kittens were all hastily euthanized before an inspection by the state.
But apparently there were still some abused animals left after the freezer was full. A chihuahua was found with both his front legs broken, having been left to suffer at the pound for more than a month without care. A dog with a broken back was left untreated in a cage for 7 days, unable to move out of his own waste. The dog will now receive lifesaving surgery but will be paralyzed.
The Department of State Health Services revoked the facility's rabies quarantine certification on Friday:
DSHS issues rabies quarantine certifications to shelters that show they meet minimum standards to assure that animals can be humanely and effectively quarantined.
Obviously the Klein facility no longer qualified as meeting those minimum standards, what with all the animal torture arrests and such.
Even so, there will always be killing apologists:
"I'm not surprised, the Klein shelter has been overburdened for a number of years," says Debora Dobbs, director of operations at SPCA East Texas, "To take on a city the size of Tyler, for them to try and service those animals, we as the SPCA never felt like they were really large enough to do that without a very high volume of euthanasia."
Disgusting. And patently false. Also: totally creepy, considering we're talking about people being criminally charged for torturing animals here.
There are still approximately 100 animals at the pound and private rescues are willing to help. Municipalities that contracted with Klein for AC are taking their animals elsewhere for the time being.
I'm hoping there will be some additional information available on this story today. Please let me know if you see something.
(Thanks Clarice and Arlene for the links.)
UPDATE, added January 20: I haven't seen anything new on the additional arrest warrants that were issued. But a former employee told KETK that when she worked at the Klein pound, she saw many dogs put into cages then killed within 5 minutes, never receiving any opportunity for vet care, behavioral assessment or even a kind word.
Dr. Spence, the veterinarian who discovered all the freshly killed pets piled to the top of the freezer, says there are still 100 living animals inside the pound and the board won't accept help:
"Got their door locked," said Spence. "They wont let the SPCA or Nicholas Pet Haven in. They won't let them in to take some of these animals. Supposedly, their board has been in an emergency meeting for the last three days, so their making it difficult."
"We need to think up some way to explain how we knew nothing of the animal torture and killing going on right under our noses all this time. We're keeping the door locked until we have some sort of defense fabricated to cover our asses. No one's getting in to help the animals. Fuck the animals. That's the last thing we should be worried about." – Three day emergency board meeting, probably.
by YesBiscuit on January 19, 2015 • Permalink
Posted in animal shelter abuse, neglect
Posted by YesBiscuit on January 19, 2015
https://yesbiscuit.com/2015/01/19/arrest-warrants-issued-for-tx-pound-employees-multiple-charges-include-animal-torture/
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And the horrors continue, and the killing apologists keep spewing the same rhetoric. There is NO reason this should have ever happened, I don't care where or when! I'm glad that they checked the freezer – clearly the employees were simply killing the evidence. RIP all of the dogs and cats, puppies and kittens who were abused, neglected and killed at the hands of these "humans". You deserved so much better. Now I hope that things will really change for those left behind.
The fact that there are multiple arrests should be EXTREMELY concerning. There is apparently a culture at this place that endorses abuse and torture. Who was in charge of oversight? And why wasn't this stopped before now?
Pamela C
Lets us also remember to support whistleblowers, both emotionally and financially because this happens when people who you hire are afraid to stand up to you and tell you that a job can't be done on your budget or with you restrictions without all the blame falling back on them. This happens because whistleblowers often to no get the support they need to protect them from community hazing, economic impact of their actions and so forth. So coming from someone who knows better and who has been there all should be punished who enabled this system and cycle of abuse to be maintained.
Nicholas Pet Haven took some and they may have more info as time goes on. They have a facebook page and a web site I believe.
Also, I sometimes feel overburdened, can I get a pass to torture and kill at whim?
Or at all? Somehow I think not.
I hope to live long enough to see the same laws applied to everyone, shelters should have the same rules any other person with animals has. I have to feed, water and give medical treatment as needed. It's not a particularly high bar.
The belly rubs aren't compulsory but I can't resist.
Honestly, these officials don't think, just spew the same old lies and excuses and hope the public shows a similar lack of thought.
You won't get a pass from any compassionate member of the public but I'm guessing that director of the local SPCA would shrug it off pretty easily. Oh and she wouldn't be surprised either. Because overburdened. So torture.
Follow the money-the shelter obviously received money for taking in animals, probably a contract but it sounds like the shelter spent the majority of the money on killing! I hope the authorities investigate the financial part of it also.
I agree with this. Who benefited from the system as it was operating, and how did the money work? As cruel as these people were, I suspect that killing was not their goal, but rather something they were more than willing to do on the way to something else, likely money.
Check to see if funds given for the animals went into a city account; where it could be used for the library, the streets, or any other dept. the city mgr wished to use the money for. Just sayin' from past experience at another city. Expose what is hidden in darkness and truth will prevail.
"Shelters" such as this MUST be shut down. Period. NO board meetings. No administrative leave for directors, none of that. All the animals must be moved to other shelters and all employees should be fired and the agency's license revoked.
Cynthia Motley
Who is on the board of directors at the klein animal shelter in jacksonville?
I found this article and it does list the board, or at least some of them.
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/news/ex-employees-face-animal-cruelty-charges-in-klein-case/article_bad8914a-a24e-11e4-9e39-477ce2168496.html
Where do these low life scumbags originate? Their time is over!
One of the problems with this kind of set up where a shelter claims "non-profit" status is that they really do not have to answer to anyone. The public does not have any rights to look at their operations or budget or paper work. In my small town we have one of these non-profit shelters and they refuse to give out any information about their euthanasia rates, how much they spend on vet care, dog/cat food, or even salaries. They contract with our city for animal control services and the taxpayer is supporting it but there is no accountability if the public cannot scrutinize their records. It is the worst of both worlds b/c they get tax money but they do not fall under any Freedom of Information Act or state sunshine laws. Really a scam in my opinion.
Stephen Pope
Well that's what Jennifer Lee thought when, according to one source I interviewed alleged she told them, "I don't have to show you anything, we are non-profit." This is absolutely false. By reviewing the shelter's 990s I found out the shelter had taken in over 1.6 million dollars from 2009 to 2013 and spent less than $100,000 on veterinary care and medicine. I have investigated a number of non-profits and I always start by looking at their federal tax returns, the Form 990 which is available from sites like Guidestar. Normally, you will not find a smoking gun by reviewing the 990s, but in this case I did. See my post where Lee was paid over $4,000 for "bookkeeping" services in 2013. The returns also include organization's board of directors names and addresses and the highest paid employee, which in this case was Angela Wallace. For example Wallace received a $5,585 raise and making her salary $43,315 while the shelter decreased its spending on vet care a little over $30,000. In 2013 the amount the shelter paid was a little over $25,000
According to the IRS the organization MUST provide upon request its Form 1023, most recent 990 and its Letter of Determination and supporting documents. In this case Lee refused, referring me to their attorney who told me the 1023 and LOD were lost. He promised since October to provide me a copy and he has thus far failed to do so. He knew I was a reporter, I can imagine what he would have told a general member of the public requesting the information.
Linda if you are in Texas submit a written open records act request to the City Manager or clerk requesting a copy of the contract and all invoices and payments pertaining to the shelter for say a two year period. If they fail to provide it to you, complain to the Attorney General who will make them comply with the law. Go to Guidestar and look at the 990s posted. Then request from the shelter's executive the 1023 and LOD with supporting documents. They can charge a nominal fee for copying, but nothing substantial. Here is good resource for reading the 990 http://www.npccny.org/new990/new990.htm
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Tottenham join race to sign Norwich target Phillips
Tottenham have joined Norwich in the race to sign Leeds United central midfielder Kalvin Phillips this summer.
According to The Mirror, Tottenham are interested in a deal to bring Phillips to the Premier League next season.
The report claims that Newcastle are also keen on the Englishman, whilst Bournemouth and Wolves have withdrawn their interest.
Norwich, Aston Villa and Southampton have all been linked with a move for Phillips throughout the summer, after he caught the eye in the Championship last season.
Phillips was named in the Championship Team of the Season for his performances in midfield, with Norwich stars Max Aarons, Jamal Lewis and Teemu Pukki also included in the XI.
The Mirror claim that Leeds are demanding a fee in the region of £30m for Phillips, which is likely to rule Norwich out unless they are able to haggle down the price.
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Ticket to Ryde
The people who live on the Isle of Wight claim this famous Beatles song isn't actually meant to be Ticket to Ride. They claim it is actually Ticket to Ryde, as in The Beatles were actually singing about one of the biggest places there, where most ships come on the island. Whilst McCartney said the title referred to "a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight", John Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. You can take your pick of the meanings.
My mum and I figured out that it had been six years since I last had a ticket to Ryde – my family all went in Easter, but the lack of wifi and the fact my assignment required a face-to-face interview meant I couldn't go. So this was my first visit in a while.
Whilst we were blessed with the temperamental side of the English weather, and forced home a day early because of this, we still managed to cram in a fair bit of adventure. Here's a little taste of what we got up to:
Future house goals
Osborne House was my highlight of the holiday. If you see my second France post, you'll see that I'm into my historic places. This house was especially built for Queen Victoria, who spent a lot of time there, and spent her dying days there. Her surprising attachment to Indian culture was evident in the Durbar wing, and was breathtaking in intricacy and character. But all of it was, really. Even the V and A sculpted into the ceiling just showed it was specially made, and specially loved, by the late Queen. There was even a little cottage which Prince Albert had built for the children, which they grew vegetables outside of – selling their fruitations to the Prince was how they earned their pocket money! Grey clouds could not darken the beauty of this English Heritage wonder.
Photo credit: 6-year-old sister Amy
I had some unfinished history with Black Gang Chine, an amusement park (of sorts). When I went when I was a kid, some boys locked me in one of the dungeons there, and I cried as I was unable to get out. Arriving with a fresh set of adult eyes to the place was quite a different experience. This place is close to celebrating its 177th anniversary, and boy does it show. It's pretty much, some geniuses in the Victoria era thought, "Hmm, what does children like? Pirates, mermaids, nursery rhymes, cowboys and fairies." Hence, there's a section for all of those things. There's only one rollercoaster as well, and you're lucky if that works as it is usually out of order. Fun for the kids, not so much fun for anyone else at all. It certainly wasn't the big intimidating place I thought it was… But hey, on the brightside, there was free wifi.
Pretty shot of Black Gang Chine ft. random gardener
On the last day of the holiday, we headed down to the beach, because the kids wanted to build sandcastles. We clubbed together and made one big one, that was taken away by choppy waters approximately five minutes later. The air was so full of sea, you could genuinely taste salt on your fingers. The coast was a refreshing, scenic walk on the way there, and the cove we arrived at was quaint. The way back? It was a storm. Howling winds, pouring rain. Lovely. Luckily the car wasn't too far away, so we got dried off quickly. National Express by The Divine Comedy blared out as we sped off to the pub. I had a gorgeous lasagna, which was the perfect way to warm up and end the day.
I did take a picture of the sandcastle but it's too blurry
My trip to the island has been short but sweet, but I have enjoyed it thoroughly. This place always reminds me of being a kid again, however now I'm old enough to appreciate the scenery and soak in the quiet atmosphere, I feel like I enjoyed it in a bigger and better way.
I seem to be chasing the sea this summer, don't I? I hope you aren't feeling seasick… As one of next travel posts will be in another beachy location!
Frenching
"The distance is nothing when one has a motive"
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Bernadette Jackson says:
I love this. I grew up in Devon, and it's brought every summer holiday with my cousins flooding back. Devon's great on the liquid sunshine too!
totalfortea says:
So glad you enjoyed it, nothing like the English seaside 🙂 I need to go to Devon!
Dashin' Ash says:
Full disclosure: I've never been anywhere in Europe, let alone England. But you've described this lovely little area just as I imagined every place worth visiting in the UK to be like. With the historical Osborne House, combined with a visit to the salty sea, and The Beatles trivia sprinkled in amongst some amazing photos, I'm really happy to have the privilege of reading your post today.
Ah thank you so much for the lovely comment, it's really made my day 🙂
charcherre says:
Oh gosh, that story about being locked in the dungeon as a kid sounds terrible! I'm glad you were able to return as an adult and make some better memories in that area. (Also, that photo of the storm is absolutely breathtaking, what a fantastic shot!)
Yes it was pretty scary! And thank you, was only good shot I was able to get that day as it tipped it down


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2018 Pittsburgh Penguins Postmortem
Posted on May 14, 2018 by The66thDopefish
Being a fan and a follower of the Pittsburgh Penguins, it is far too easy for myself or anyone in my position to look back at how the team did in the 2017-18 season and come up with words to describe what went right and what went wrong.After all, when I wake up in the morning every day, I don't head to the gym or the practice rink and get ready for the next game. I don't watch tape or go over strategies with my coaches. I don't play ice hockey for and against the best players in the world for ten-plus minutes a night and have to deal with the consequences of my failure from coaches, teammates, and fans on a regular basis. I have it pretty easy in comparison!
So, when I think about writing a retrospective on this year's Penguins team, I have to put things into context. First and foremost, the Penguins went to back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals, a feat in and of itself in the salary cap era. Then add in the fact that they won both Finals, and you've got something extraordinary. That should never be forgotten. Nor should it be forgotten that the Penguins went through massive changes last summer in seeing so many key veterans leave through free agency.
However, with a few exceptions, this Penguins team was still fairly similar to last year's team. Certainly the major contributors – Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Matt Murray – were still here and, until the playoffs, injuries did not factor in to how much they played compared to their careers or even last year. Crosby played a full 82 game season for the first time in his career; Malkin played 78 games for the fourth time in his twelve year career (and led the team in points); Kessel again didn't miss a game; Letang played the second-most games in a season in his career (78 vs. 82 in 2010-11); and Murray played as many games as he did last season. Going down the list further we have Hornqvist at 70 games for the second straight year, Rust with his career-most (69…nice)…in fact, the only major departure was Justin Schultz, who only played 63 games (which was as many as two years ago).
To me, and evidently to the front office, the biggest issue was the bottom six. The top six (Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist, Guentzel and Rust) scored 414 points this year compared to 148 points for the remaining forwards who played (a ratio of 2.8:1); last season it was 365 to 209 (1.746:1) and in 2015-16 it was 325 to 157 (2.07:1). The top six was clearly taxed as they were tasked with carrying the Penguins through the regular season, and they probably would have gotten away with it in the playoffs if they had been at 100%.
(Quick digression: I'm not a fan of coaches settling for less than 80% in the playoffs, but that's what Mike Sullivan did. He was content to let injuries to Malkin, Kessel, Brassard, Simon, and whoever else hamper the Penguins' chances in lieu of subbing in some WB/S guys. I recognize that it's not ideal to have untested young guys come in to replace guys who are typical Hart or Art Ross or Conn Smythe nominees, but at least they were playing at 100% last we knew. If you're gonna lose, at least lose trying. There's no heroics in playing hurt and losing, which seems to be what happens way more than not.)
Defensively, I thought the whole crew did fine. That's not to say they couldn't have been better defensively (oh so many missed coverages and odd-man rushes), but the defensive zone mishaps have some blame amongst the forwards as well. Letang is…Letang. Maybe if he's healthy all year like he was in 2016 he could get more top-ten Norris consideration. That's the other part of the risk associated with having Kris Letang on your team. The bad part? I believe the medical term is "brain farts galore." Brian Dumoulin has become an essential part of this defensive group, but I cringed at the "Larry Murphy" comparisons that were being made in the last few days of the playoffs. Dumo is not known for his offense like #55 was; Letang only just passed Murph for the Penguins playoffs points lead amongst defensemen, and Dumoulin is not anywhere near that list. Maatta and Schultz were limited offensively, which is a further indication that things did not go great for the Penguins as a team.
Ultimately, the Penguins were unable to last in the playoffs because they couldn't help Matt Murray prevent goals, and that was the story all season long. Murray said that he was "empty" when the playoffs were over, and I think that was clear in how dull he played. He was gassed. I'm not going to jump on the same bandwagon that has been wishing that the Penguins had kept Marc-Andre Fleury over Murray; there's no way reversing that decision would make sense in the long term. And those who look at how Fleury performed this year may be thinking that he's turned a corner or experiencing a renaissance, but perhaps it might be because he has had better support in the defensive zone. There's no reason the Penguins couldn't do the same for Murray, but they clearly need to work on it.
In the immediate aftermath of the Penguins' playoff exit, GM Jim Rutherford indicated that he will seek to improve the Penguins roster for next season, which is an obvious thing for most teams' general managers to state in the aftermath of a losing season. Perhaps less obvious is how the Pens' GM will negotiate such improvements. On the NHL squad, Pittsburgh has just one UFA (Carter Rowney, likely good as gone) and five arbitration-eligible RFAs: Tom Kuhnhackl, Jamie Oleksiak, Bryan Rust, Riley Sheahan, and Dominik Simon. Further down the depth chart organizationally there are six UFAs and eleven RFAs, seven of whom are arbitration-eligible. (That list of arbitration-eligible RFAs does not including Tristan Jarry and Daniel Sprong, both of whom had been assumed to be on the NHL roster next season.)
Looking ahead to next offseason, there are four UFAs (Brassard, DeSmith, Hagelin and Ruhwedel) and two RFAs (Aston-Reese and Guentzel), neither of whom are arbitration-eligible. As of right now, there's ~$4.8 million in cap space for the Penguins this offseason (although the cap is expected to go up) and ~$15 million next year (again, based on this season's cap). Long story short, there's not a lot of obvious room to improve for next year, and if Rutherford is going to pull anything off, it's take some fancy dancing.
Such fancy dancing has already been rumored to include a possible pursuit of Islanders UFA John Tavares. I'm not holding my breath that Tavares and the Islanders don't come to terms before the end of June, but Tavares is up there along with Capitals defenseman John Carlson as one of the biggest potential names on the market. Many are already salivating at the idea of Crosby-Malkin-Tavares down the middle in Pittsburgh, but it would come at a considerable cost in terms of money and ignoring the need to improve the organizational depth.
Being treated as an afterthought here is the Entry Draft next month, where the Penguins currently will not have a first round pick for the second year in a row. This isn't the end of the world since the Penguins have a fair amount of talented young guys playing in Pittsburgh and working their way through the organization already, and as I mentioned above there isn't a lot of room in the near future for young blood with few players reaching the end of their contracts. Still, the fairly rapid promotions of players like Sheary, Rust, Guentzel, Murray, Aston-Reese, Simon, and Maatta over the last few years, plus trades that have seen the departure of high draft picks and prospects, has taken a toll on the depth the Penguins had in their system. Such is the price for two straight Cups I suppose.
Back in October in Gameday 01 I remarked on Bill Simmons rule that a championship indemnifies a front office of all criticism for five years. I think Jim Rutherford has earned that, but by all accounts he's not content to sit pat and do nothing. There is room for improvement, to be sure, and he has the difficult task of making those improvements happen. It's not going to happen with moves like adding Ryan Reaves and Matt Hunwick, although I do believe the moves will be marginal in nature such as those. Rutherford will have to find a way to push guys Simon and Hagelin out of the top six, to make the second line more like another first line and the third line like a second line again, to make the fourth line productive and not just a set of bodies to throw out there for less than ten minutes a night, to get some depth defenders who can more ably spell Letang and Schultz, and overall, focus on making the Penguins play as a team again.
Stay tuned to us here at Pens.Hockey during the offseason as we prepare for the draft and free agency. As usual, it will be a fascinating four months as we look to see what the Penguins will look like for the 2018-19 season.
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