Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded way back in 1964 in Ohio by Leroy Raffel and Forrest, the owners of a business operating with restaurant equipment. They felt that there was a huge opportunity for businesses that worked as a fast-food franchise apart from the ones operating with hamburgers already. This company's name is based on the initials of the Raffel Brothers who founded the company. The company has grown in leaps and bounds since 1964 and operates with about 3,400 restaurants branched all over the world now. It was acquired by the Toast Capital Group in 2011, and they own 81.5 percent while The Wendy's Company owns the remaining 18.5 percent of the company. They serve beef 'n cheddar, roast beef, salads, sandwiches, Jamocha shakes, and curly fries. If you want to be a part of this company that has developed since 1964 and continues to expand nonstop, then you can apply through the Arby's application online form.
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If you are applying for a managerial position in this huge company, you can expect a lucrative salary along with great benefits if you are hired. The company might ask you to show your certification in the related field and prove your experience with other companies. Therefore, be prepared with all the paperwork. As managers are expected to hire and train other workers, the company expects managers to have strong leadership skills. You will also have to handle customers whenever required. Make a list of questions you want to ask, and don't hesitate to ask them as it only shows that you are serious about the job. Before you attend an interview, make sure you understand how the company works, and also learn more about the company's history. Usually, companies hire candidates who conduct a research and learn more about the company before they attend an interview.
If you are hired, then you can expect some amazing benefits offered by the company. The company offers a good salary and offers job training along with flexible work schedules. They also offer financial and health planning among other employment benefits. Health benefits usually include dental, vision, and medical insurance plans. They also offer retirement plans like 401(k) plans.
This company was founded in 1964 and has grown a long way since then. Obviously, the management of the company is very proud about their success and expects candidates to know more about the company's history. If you take the time to understand the company's policies and history before you apply, it is very easy to be hired.


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Segestrioides is a genus of South American coneweb spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. Originally placed with the recluse spiders, it was moved to the coneweb spiders in 1983.

Species
 it contains four species:
Segestrioides badia (Simon, 1903) – Brazil
Segestrioides bicolor Keyserling, 1883 (type) – Peru
Segestrioides copiapo Platnick, 1989 – Chile
Segestrioides tofo Platnick, 1989 – Chile

References

Araneomorphae genera
Diguetidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling

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What Are Pronouns in English Grammar?
Pronouns are words that replace nouns. In these examples, the pronouns are highlighted, and the nouns they replace are in bold.
Sarah is my sister. She is also my best friend.
(The pronoun "she" replaces the noun "Sarah.")
If Martians exist, they are not "little green men" but tiny microbes.
(Here, the pronoun "they" replaces the noun "Martians.")
Snow is precipitation in the form of ice crystals. It originates in clouds when temperatures are below the freezing point.
(Here, the pronoun "it" replaces the noun "snow.")
Easy Examples of Pronouns
In these examples, the nouns being replaced are in bold, and the pronouns are shaded:
Jack met Jill in Boston. He first saw her in a Chinese restaurant.
(In this example, the pronoun "he" replaces the noun "Jack," and the pronoun "her" replaces the noun "Jill.")
Another example:
Visitors descend on New York's Central Park. They swarm across it like locusts.
(Here, the pronoun "they" replaces the noun "visitors," and the pronoun "it" replaces the noun phrase "New York's Central Park.")
In the last example, the pronoun "it" replaced a noun phrase ("New York's Central Park") not a single noun. Right then, let's update our definition:
Definition for Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that replaces anything functioning as a noun. This includes:
A Noun (a single-word noun).
Playful and curious, foxes like to play with balls, and they often steal them from backyards and golf courses.
(Here, the pronouns "they" and "them" replace the single-word nouns "foxes" and "balls.")
A Noun Phrase (a multi-word noun).
The arctic fox handles the cold better than most animals on Earth. It does not feel the cold until the temperature drops to –70°C.
(Here, the pronoun "it" replaces the noun phrase "the arctic fox.")
A Noun Clause (a multi-word noun with its own subject and verb).
We understand why some people dislike foxes. It is because a fox will decimate a chicken coop.
(Here, the pronoun "it" replaces the noun clause "why people dislike foxes.")
In normal writing, most nouns appear in noun phrases because adding any word (even "a" or "the") to a noun turns it into a noun phrase. (Noun clauses are far less common.)
Here is a video summarizing this lesson on pronouns.
Why Do We Need Pronouns?
Pronouns provide brevity. They prevent us from having to repeat the nouns. Imagine how wearisome a long prose would be if writers had to use the full nouns every time.
The Antecedent of a Pronoun
We can't talk about pronouns without mentioning antecedents. The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun, noun phrase, or noun clause being replaced by the pronoun.
So, in all the examples above and these next ones, the words in bold are the antecedents of pronouns.
Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. (Actress Marilyn Monroe)
(The pronoun "she" replaces the noun phrase "a girl," which is antecedent of "she.")
Here are two more examples:
Maria loves Saturday. It is the day she gets her pocket money.
("Saturday" is the antecedent of "it." "Maria" is the antecedent of "she.")
The 8-mile walk passes through meadows and woodland. It takes in many points of interest including the local airfield, which played an important role during World War 2.
("The 8-mile walk" is the antecedent of "it." "The local airfield" is the antecedent of "which." Unlike the others we've encountered so far, "which" isn't a personal pronoun. As you will see, the term "pronoun" covers many words, some of which do not fall easily under the description "words that replace nouns.")
Different Types of Pronoun
For most of us, the pronouns that leap to mind upon hearing "pronoun" are the personal pronouns (e.g., "I," "you," "he," "she," "they"), but these are just one type of pronoun.
There are nine types:
1 Personal pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we, they
2 Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
3 Relative pronouns which, who, that
4 Demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, those
5 Emphatic pronouns myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves
6 Reflexive pronouns myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves
7 Indefinite pronouns none, several, many, some, any, somebody, nobody
8 Interrogative pronouns which, who, what
9 Reciprocal pronouns each other, one another
Let's look at each type of pronoun in turn. (I have also highlighted the key points for writers for each type.)
(1) Personal Pronouns
A personal pronoun takes the place of people or things. The personal pronouns are "I," "you," "he," "she," "it," "we," and "they."
Man is what he believes. (Russian playwright Anton Chekhov)
("He" takes the place of the noun "man.")
My wife bought some batteries, but they weren't included. (Comedian Steven Wright)
("Some batteries" is the antecedent of the pronoun "they.")
(NB: This quotation plays on the idea that batteries are never included when power-powered items are bought.)
The personal pronouns above are all subjective personal pronouns because they're the subjects of verbs. There's also the objective form of personal pronouns ("me," "him," "her," "us," "them"). The objective form is used when the pronoun is not the subject of a verb (e.g., when it's acted upon or when it follows a preposition like "in" or "near").
Get the facts first, then distort them. (American author Mark Twain)
Conscience is the only incorruptible thing about us. (Henry Fielding)
(Often, the antecedent is not mentioned but understood from context. Here, the antecedent of "us" is the unstated "mankind.")
Why Should I Care about Personal Pronouns?
Native English speakers nearly always use the correct personal pronouns, and there are few serious mistakes associated with them, but here are two noteworthy points.
(Point 1) The subjective pronoun "I" can't be the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
They found my wife and I under a snowdrift.
(The subjective pronoun "I" must be the subject of a verb. Here, it's the direct object of the verb "found." It should read "They found my wife and me." Of note, however, the term "my wife and me" grates on the ear of most native English speakers, who prefer the word order "me and my wife." This is also a factor in writers opting for "my wife and I," which for many sounds more natural than "my wife and me.")
I sent condolences from my wife and I.
Keep this between you and I.
(The term "between you and I" is always wrong.)
(Point 2) This is good stuff for learning a foreign language.
Knowing personal-pronoun terminology will help with learning a foreign language. If you're a native English speaker, whether you know it or not, you currently select a personal pronoun having first determined its:
Number. Is the personal pronoun representing something singular or plural?
Person. Is the personal pronoun representing something in the first person, i.e, the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker (I, we), the second person, i.e., the speaker's audience (you), or the third person, i.e., everybody else (he, she, it, they)?
Gender. Is the personal pronoun representing something male, female or neuter?
Case. Is the personal pronoun functioning as a subject or an object?
So, when you say something as simple as "We like him," your brain has whipped through that list twice, making eight decisions on personal pronouns. It's flash processing. However, when you start learning a foreign language (particularly in the classroom), this grammar processing is done far more consciously. If you understand our grammar terms, you'll absorb their language "mucho mas rapido."
Don't use a term like "my wife and I" unless it's the subject of a verb.
Never say "between you and I."
(2) Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun shows possession. The possessive pronouns are "mine," "yours," "his," "hers," "ours," and "theirs."
I always check if the art across the street is better than mine. (Artist Andy Warhol)
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. (Satirist P J O'Rourke)
Be aware that "my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," and "their" (called possessive adjectives in traditional grammar but possessive determiners in contemporary grammar) can also be classified as pronouns because they too replace nouns.
Is that the Queen's hat? No, it's her crown.
("Her" replaces "the Queen." That's why it's classified as a pronoun.)
Why Should I Care about Possessive Pronouns?
Don't put an apostrophe in "yours," "hers," "ours," or "theirs."
By far the most common mistake related to possessive pronouns is including an apostrophe with "yours," "hers," "ours," or "theirs." There are no apostrophes in any possessive pronouns.
There are gods above gods. We have ours, and they have theirs. That's what's known as infinity. (French poet Jean Cocteau)
Key Point
(3) Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun introduces a clause that describes a noun. (The clause is called an adjective clause.) The relative pronouns are "that," "which," "who," "whom," and "whose." The following relative pronouns introduce adjective clauses (underlined) that provide information necessary to identify their nouns. (Note that there are no commas.)
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. (President of South Africa Nelson Mandela)
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. (Canadian politician John Buchan)
The following relative pronouns introduce adjective clauses that give unnecessary but interesting information about their nouns. (Note that there are commas.)
The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. (UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan)
The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues even as his novels exposed the greed and cruelty of the Victorian age. (Author Robert Gottlieb)
Why Should I Care about Relative Pronouns?
Here are the top five questions related to relative pronouns:
(Question 1) Do you put a comma before "which" or "who"?
The answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. This applies to all relative pronouns, not just "which" and "who." (Actually, it doesn't apply to "that," but we'll cover "that" later.) Look at these two examples using "who":
The man who won last week's lottery gave all his money to a donkey sanctuary.
My neighbour, who won last week's lottery, gave all his money to a donkey sanctuary.
These two sentences are nearly identical, but one has commas and one doesn't. It all depends whether the adjective clause (the underlined text) specifies its noun. If it does (like in the first example, where it specifies "the man"), then don't use commas. If it doesn't (like in the second example, where it's just additional information about "my neighbour"), then use commas. Now look at this example:
My neighbour who won last week's lottery gave all his money to a donkey sanctuary.
This is also correct. This time the adjective clause is specifying "my neighbour." We're now talking about my lottery-winning neighbour as opposed to any neighbours who didn't win the lottery. So, you have to think carefully about whether an adjective clause specifies or doesn't.
Good Tip
Treat the commas like brackets. If you'd happily put brackets around the adjective clause, then use commas because the clause will just be additional information. (Similarly, if you'd happily delete the clause, then it must be just additional information.)
"That" is different. Lots of Americans, and increasingly Brits, insist on using "that" instead of "which" without a comma (i.e., when "which" heads an adjective clause that specifies its noun). Look at these examples:
The dog which bit the postman has returned. (but Americans would dislike it)
The dog that bit the postman has returned. (for everybody)
Both are correct, but some find the top one a little awkward. (When a clause specifies its noun, it's called a restrictive clause. When it's just additional information, it's called a non-restrictive clause.)
So, "which" can head a restrictive adjective clause (without commas) or a non-restrictive one (with commas), but, if you're in the US, use "that" for the former.
My dog gives a trust which / that is total.
(Both options work for a restrictive adjective clause, but Americans will hate "which" being used.)
My dog gives total trust, which / that is very endearing.
(Only "which" works with a non-restrictive adjective clause.)
Had the question been "Do you put a comma before that?", the answer would've been quick. No.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? (Charles De Gaulle)
(This translation of De Gaulle's quotation is fine, but for many "that" would've read better.)
Here's a real-life example:
War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. (US President Madison)
(The first adjective clause is non-restrictive (just "additional information" about the people). The second is restrictive (specifies the government). Get it?)
Using a comma before a word like "which" is not an aesthetics thing. It's not a fly-by-the-seat-of-your pants thing. It's a depends-on-the-intended-meaning thing.
(Question 2) Can you use "whose" for inanimate things?
Yes. "Who" is used for people. "Which" is used for things. "Whose" is used for people and things.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. (Author Erma Bombeck)
("Whose" has been used with a person. That's normal.)
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. (French poet Victor Hugo)
("Whose" has been used with something inanimate ("idea"). That's acceptable.)
(Question 3) When do you use "whom"?
Here's the rule: Use "who" when it's the subject of verb (the verb is shown in bold), otherwise use "whom."
Never lend your car to anyone who calls you mum.
("Who" is the subject of the verb "calls.")
Never lend your car to anyone whom you have given birth to. (Author Erma Bombeck)
("Whom" is not the subject of a verb. "You" is.)
Many consider "whom" to be an obsolete word. So, if you're unsure whether to use "who" or "whom," use "who."
(Question 4) Can you use "that" for people?
"That," like "whose," can be used for people or things.
The dog that bit the postman.
The postman that bit the dog. (but not popular)
Try to use "who" instead of "that" with people (especially in formal writing). Some of your readers might find "that" with people a little uncouth.
(Question 5) What's the difference between "whose" and "who's"?
"Who's" is a contraction. It is short for "who is" or "who has." If you can't expand your "who's" to one of those, then use "whose."
A weed is a plant who's virtues have never been discovered. (should be "whose")
If you'd happily put your adjective clause in brackets, then it doesn't specify its noun. Offset it with commas.
(4) Demonstrative Pronouns
The demonstrative pronouns are "this," "that," "these," and "those." A demonstrative pronoun can refer to something previously mentioned or to something in the speaker's surroundings (e.g., something being pointed at by the speaker).
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others. (Groucho Marx)
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That is how rich I want to be. (Comedian Rita Rudner)
Why Should I Care about Demonstrative Pronouns?
When using a demonstrative pronoun, make sure your link to its antecedent is obvious. Typically in writing, the antecedent of a demonstrative pronoun is close by in the previous text. In these two examples, the links to the antecedents (shown in bold) are not ambiguous.
My court case isn't a trial. This is a lynching. (Pathologist Jack Kevorkian)
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. (Playwright George Bernard Shaw)
(The whole previous sentence, i.e., the idea, is the antecedent of That.)
You must ensure your demonstrative pronoun's antecedent is clear. Let's imagine George Bernard Shaw had written this instead:
Liberty means responsibility. That is what most men dread. (ambiguous)
(Is the antecedent of "that" the whole idea as before? It's now less clear because the antecedent could be "liberty" or "responsibility.")
Here's another example with an ambiguous antecedent:
The next intake of recruits will receive four presentations on the new procedures. These are scheduled to start in mid-August. (ambiguous)
(The antecedent of "these" is ambiguous. It could be "the recruits," "the presentations," or "the procedures.")
Such ambiguity occurs because a writer knows what the antecedent is and assumes others will spot it with the same clarity. (Unfortunately though, that clarity doesn't always shine through the words.) Ambiguity most often occurs when a writer has expressed a multi-component idea and then starts a sentence with a term like "This means…," "This explains…," or "This is why…."
If you find yourself starting a sentence this way, ask yourself a question like "What means?," "What explains?," or "What is why?." If the answer doesn't leap out at you, you should consider a rewrite or a demonstrative determiner and a noun to spell it out more clearly.
The next intake of recruits will receive four presentations on the new procedures. These presentations are scheduled to start in mid-August. (clearer)
(Using "These presentations" (a demonstrative determiner and a noun) makes it clear what "These" refers to.)
If your sentence starts with something like "This is…," make sure it's clear what "This" refers to.
(5) Emphatic Pronouns
An emphatic pronoun is paired with another noun or pronoun (shown in bold) to emphasize it. The emphatic pronouns are "myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves."
The Queen herself attended the party.
("The Queen" is the noun being emphasized. "The Queen" is the antecedent of "herself.")
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. ("Weiler's Law")
Learn from others' mistakes. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself. (Anon)
Why Should I Care about Emphatic Pronouns?
Using an emphatic pronoun is far slicker than bolding a word, WRITING IT IN UPPERCASE LETTERS, or underlining it. Yuk! When speaking, you can emphasize a word with your voice, so there's an alternative to using an emphatic pronoun. In writing, however, the alternatives are often unwieldy or ambiguous.
An emphatic pronoun just provides emphasis, but that's a pretty important job. It's often the reason the sentence exists.
She will attend the reception drinks herself.
Note than an emphatic pronoun can be removed from a sentence without affecting the sentence's core meaning.
Emphatic pronouns emphasize. That itself is a good reason to learn about them.
(6) Reflexive Pronouns
A reflexive pronoun is paired with another noun or pronoun to show it is acting on itself. They have a different function to emphatic pronouns, but they're the same words ("myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves"). In these examples, the subject (in bold) is the antecedent of the reflexive pronoun.
Alison does not trust herself.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. (Playwright George Bernard Shaw)
If the world blew itself up, the last voice would an expert's saying it's impossible. (Actor Peter Ustinov)
Why Should I Care about Reflexive Pronouns?
"You" can't do something to "myself"; only "I" can. The most common mistake involving reflexive pronouns is using one when the subject of the verb is not doing something to itself. (In these examples, the subjects, which are also the antecedents of the reflexive pronouns) are shown in bold.)
He did it to myself.
I did it to myself.
He did it to himself.
Most often, writers make this mistake because they think "myself" sounds more formal than "me."
He insulted the doctor and myself.
Please pass any comments to the director or myself.
(This example has the implied subject "you", i.e., "Please [will you] pass any comments…". See also imperative sentence.)
Here are better versions:
He insulted me and the doctor.
Please pass any comments to me or the director.
(Note how "me" now comes first. If it didn't, these sentences would sound awkward, and that also contributes to writers going for "myself.")
Here's the issue. The antecedent of "myself" is always "I." If "I" isn't doing something to "myself," then "myself" is wrong. Ironically, lots of people who mistakenly use "myself," "yourself," etc. do so believing a reflexive pronoun sounds more highbrow than the correct personal pronoun ("me," "you," etc.).
Oh, and don't write "hisself"...ever. It's "himself."
"Myself" and "yourself" are not posh versions of "me" and "you." (Only "I" can touch "myself.")
(7) Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun refers to a person or a thing without being specific. The most common indefinite pronouns are "any," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "no one," "nobody," "none," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone."
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. (Writer Mark Twain)
I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to. (Singer Elvis Presley)
Do not confuse indefinite pronouns with indefinite determiners (also called quantifiers or, in traditional grammar, indefinite adjectives). Here's the difference: An indefinite pronoun stands alone. An indefinite determiner modifies a noun or a pronoun. Here are some examples with indefinite determiners (bold) and indefinite pronouns (shaded).
Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves. (Playwright George Bernard Shaw)
Each one of us alone is worth nothing. (Revolutionary Che Guevara)
(Indefinite determiners can even modify indefinite pronouns.)
More about Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns can be singular or plural. Here's a list:
Always Singular. another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone, everything, less, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, and something.
Always Plural. both, few, fewer, many, others, and several.
Singular or Plural. all, any, more, most, none, some, and such.
Why Should I Care about Indefinite Pronouns?
There are four common issues related to indefinite pronouns.
(Issue 1) "None" can be singular or plural.
Your retiring English teacher might tell you that "none" is always singular, but that's outdated. "None" can be singular or plural.
None of the students is expected to get an A.
None of the students are expected to get As or Bs.
If your "none" best translates as "not one of," go singular. If it best translates "not any of," go plural. That's the usual advice given, but it's not great because "not any of" sounds awkward, which steers writers away from going plural with "none." Here's some more-useful advice. Follow your instincts, but, if you're still unsure, go singular.
There's another factor. If you find yourself treating "none" as singular with a singular "they" or "their" (see Issue 4), go plural throughout.
None of the students has done their homework. (untidy)
("None" is singular (hence "has"). Using "their" is acceptable, but it's untidy.)
None of the students have done their homework. (tidy)
("None" is plural (hence "have"). Using "their" is natural. This is tidy.)
(Issue 2) "Either" and "neither" are singular.
Even though the pronouns "either" and "neither" naturally refer to two things, treat them as singular.
Either of the brothers are welcome to attend.
("Either" is singular. It should be "is welcome to attend.")
Men's anger about religion is like two men quarrelling over a lady neither of them care for. (1st Earl of Halifax Edward Wood)
("Neither" is singular. It should be "neither of them cares for.")
(Issue 3) Some indefinite pronouns (e.g., "all," "some") can be singular or plural.
The indefinite pronouns "all," "any," "more," "most," and "some" are singular when they refer to something singular but plural when they refer to something plural.
More of them were needed.
("Them" is plural; therefore, "were" is correct.)
More of it was needed.
("It" is singular; therefore, "was" is correct.)
This point gets a little more complicated when the indefinite pronoun is used with a collective noun (e.g., "crowd," "team").
Most of the crowd is leaving.
Most of the crowd are waving their national flags.
When used with a collective noun, an indefinite pronoun is singular if you envisage it representing a single body but plural if you envisage it representing individuals.
(Issue 4) Words like "someone" and "anyone" (i.e., singular indefinite pronouns that represent people) are gender neutral, but it's not always easy to keep that neutrality.
The singular indefinite pronouns that represent people (e.g., "anyone," "each," "everyone," "no one," "nobody," "someone") are gender neutral. However, many other singular pronouns used for people (e.g., "his," "her," "he," "she") aren't gender neutral. We have the gender neutral "it" and "its," but they're not used for people. It's a gap in English grammar, and it can cause problems.
No one knows what he can do till he tries. (Latin writer Publilius Syrus)
(Why he? This also applies to women.)
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. (Revolutionary Karl Marx)
(Why his?)
This problem is easy to fix. There are two good options:
(Option 1) Reword and go "all plural."
People don't know what they can do till they try.
(Option 2) Treat "they" and "their" as singular.
From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs. (acceptable)
"None" can be singular or plural. Follow your instincts.
"Either" and "neither" are singular. Don't follow your instincts.
(8) Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question. The interrogative pronouns are "what," "which," "who," "whom," and "whose."
Which is worse, failing or never trying?
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. (Dean of St Paul's Cathedral William Inge)
The other, less common interrogative pronouns are the same as the ones above but with the suffix "-ever" or "-soever" (e.g., "whatever," "whichever," "whatsoever," "whichsoever"). They're used for emphasis or to show surprise.
Whatever did you say?
Whomsoever did you find?
The antecedent of an interrogative pronoun is the answer to the question.
Interrogative pronouns can also be used to create indirect questions (underlined).
(The interrogative pronoun "what" heads an indirect question in a question.)
I want to know what this is.
(Here, "what" heads an indirect question in a statement.)
Do not confuse interrogative pronouns with interrogative determiners (called interrogative adjectives in traditional grammar), which look the same as interrogative pronouns.
Which feat is the greater?
(This is not an interrogative pronoun. It's an interrogative determiner. The word "Which" modifies "feat." Therefore, it's a determiner.)
Also, do not confuse interrogative pronouns with interrogative adverbs ("how," "when," "why," "where"), which are also used to ask questions. Interrogative adverbs ask about the time, place, reason, or manner an action occurs. (In these examples, the action, i.e., the verb, is shown in bold.)
When will the game start?
Why is common sense seldom common practice? (Eliyahu Goldratt)
"How" is also used to ask about amounts, quantities, and degrees.
How much coke have you got?
How many skittles have you eaten?
Let's unpick this example:
Who are you and how did you get in here?
I'm a locksmith. And...I'm a locksmith. (from the TV series "Police Squad!")
(The answer to the interrogative pronoun "who" is the noun phrase "a locksmith." The answer to the interrogative adverb "how" is the, albeit unstated, adverbial phrase "by virtue of being a locksmith." The answer to a question starting with an interrogative pronoun will be a noun, typically a person, place, or thing. The answer to an interrogative adverb will be an adverb, typically words that specify a time, place, reason, or manner.)
Interrogative determiners and adverbs have been included here because they too have antecedents (the answers to the questions they ask). Like some other determiners, that makes them pretty pronouny (or pronominal, as they say).
Why Should I Care about Interrogative Pronouns?
Mistakes involving interrogatives (pronouns, determiners or adverbs) are rare, but here are two reasons to think about them.
(Reason 1) Punctuating sentences correctly.
Only questions get question marks. It sounds obvious, but it's not uncommon for writers to use a question mark at the end of a non-question featuring an indirect question (underlined).
Please tell me who told you?
(This is not a question. It's a statement. It should end in a period (full stop).)
Before using a question mark, make sure the sentence is a question.
Can you tell me who told you?
(Reason 2) Creating rhetorical questions.
Interrogatives can be used to ask a rhetorical question (a question for which no answer is expected). Posing a rhetorical question is an efficient and engaging way of making a point or introducing a new idea.
What is a weed? A weed is a plant whose virtues have never been discovered. (American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Rhetorical questions are also useful for making a point in a non-antagonistic or diplomatic way.
Do Europe's royal families pay their way?
A sentence featuring an indirect question might not be a question, so careful with those question marks.
Is a question a good way to introduce a topic?
(9) Reciprocal Pronouns
A reciprocal pronoun is used to express a mutual action or relationship. The reciprocal pronouns are "each other" and "one another."
When two people are like each other, they tend to like each other. (Author Tony Robbins)
Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. (US Secretary of War Henry Stimson)
Laws, like houses, lean on one another. (Statesman Edmund Burke)
Why Should I Care about Reciprocal Pronouns?
There are two common questions related to reciprocal pronouns?
(Question 1) Do you write "each others'" or "each other's?"
Write "each other's" and "one another's." (In other words, put the apostrophe before the "s" when you need the possessive form.)
We drink one another's healths and spoil our own. (Author Jerome K Jerome)
Even though a reciprocal pronoun refers to two or more things, the possessive form is created by adding "'s" (i.e., like for the possessive form of a singular noun). Some writers, sensing the plurality of a reciprocal pronoun, feel an urge to place the apostrophe after the "s" (i.e., like for the possessive form of a plural noun). Whatever. The apostrophe goes before the "s."
(Question 2) What's the difference between "each other" and "one another"?
When the antecedent of a reciprocal pronoun is two things, use "each other." When it's more than two things, use "one another."
My dog and cat love each other.
My dog, cat, and emu love one another.
Under this ruling, the following quotation is wrong:
I think a couple should complete one another, not compete with one another. (Singer Marie Osmond)
It's a little more complicated than that because it depends on what the writer had in mind:
Friends are kind to one another's dreams. (for lots of friends)
Friends are kind to each other's dreams. (for two friends)
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths. (Aphorist Mason Cooley)
("Each other" could be justified if you think of two discrete groups and not lots of individuals.)
If you're picked up for writing "each other" instead of "one another," you might be able to defend your "each other" by claiming you had two people (or things) in mind. If you're picked up for writing "one another" with an antecedent of two, you're toast. Moreover, if you're picked up for either, you're dealing with a grammar pedant.
Write "each other's" and "one another's" (not "each others'" and "one anothers'").
More about the different types of pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Indefinite pronouns Interrogative pronouns Personal pronouns Possessive pronouns Reciprocal pronouns Relative pronouns Reflexive pronouns Pronouns test (find the pronoun in the text) Types of pronoun (drag-and-drop test) Pronouns game (bubble-pop game) Pronouns game (whack-a-word) Pronouns game (fish game) What are adjectives? What are adverbs? What are conjunctions? What are interjections? What are prepositions? What are verbs? What are nouns? The different types of nouns
Games for Learning Pronouns
Here are three games for learning about pronouns:
Pronouns game (bubble-pop game)
Pronouns game (whack-a-word)
Pronouns game (fish game)
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Cause of death of child in swing undetermined after autopsy
By KASEY JONES - Associated Press - Monday, May 25, 2015
BALTIMORE (AP) - An autopsy has been completed on a child who was found dead in a park swing as his mother pushed him, but the cause of death remains under investigation, police said Monday.
Charles County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said that there were no findings on the cause or manner of death of the 3-year-old found Friday in La Plata, Maryland.
Richardson said further investigation and toxicology tests are needed. The 24-year-old mother was taken to a hospital Friday. Richardson said she remained hospitalized Monday. Officials haven't identified her. They've said she may have been at the park for hours before the boy was discovered.
Richardson says detectives are working to establish a timeline of the days before his death. Previously, she said there were no obvious signs of foul play but that it hadn't been ruled out.
Meanwhile, a woman who identified herself as the child's maternal grandmother to a TV station, told the broadcast outlet that her daughter ordinarily "would never harm my grandson in any type of way."
Vontasha Simms also told WUSA-TV that her daughter had been diagnosed with a mental illness a few months ago and was seeking help. She didn't give specifics.
Police have not commented on details of the investigation or whether mental illness played a role.


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The day 'the sky became smoke white'
A sleepy Svay Rieng village bears the burdens of chemical warfare
By Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson Friday, September 8, 2017
When Va Savorn was around 10 years old, he stepped outside of his home and watched three planes swoop low over the flatlands of Svay Rieng province, leaving behind a trail of white dust.
"The land around my house was very flat so I could see very far and very clearly," Savorn recalled recently, adding that the planes were about 20 kilometres away.
"Our village elders did not tell us it was a chemical; they thought it was just gasoline or water," said Savorn, now an elder himself in the village of Svay Ta Plauk, in Svay Chrum district's Bassac commune.
Only years later would Savorn come to realise he was likely witnessing an American defoliant spraying mission, similar to the thousands of flights that crisscrossed Vietnam and Laos over the course of a decade – the effects of which, more than 40 years later, are still being felt.
During America's war in Vietnam, millions of gallons of the defoliant Dioxin, also known as Agent Orange, were dumped across the Vietnamese countryside. The chemical, and others like it, were sprayed as part of Operation Ranch Hand, which took place between 1962 and 1971. The official purpose of the operation was to kill trees and crops, depriving guerrilla Viet Cong soldiers of forest cover and food sources.
The unintended consequence, however, was the exposure of 4 million Vietnamese citizens to a chemical nobody fully understood, and one which has now been linked to severe birth defects in the children and grandchildren of those exposed.
Official US government records from Operation Ranch Hand show that the herbicide spraying missions crossed over the border into Cambodia's Svay Rieng province, although very little research has been done on the effects.
Pov Soun, 73, an ex-soldier looks out of the Bassac commune chief office. He remembers the sound of the spraying as 'tearing of clothes'. Sahiba Chawdhary
Pov Soun, the village chief in Svay Ta Plauk, was a soldier in his 20s at the time, stationed in the neighbouring district of Svay Tiep.
"Three airplanes swerved overhead, dipping down, and we saw some white powder pour out of the airplanes," Soun recalled.
"We were hiding in dug-out trenches. Around 500 metres from us, we saw the spray. It was so white," he said.
"We didn't know what exactly it was, but based on our assumptions, no one ever dumped water, just chemicals."
Soun said the chemical had no smell, but the airplanes sounded like tearing clothes.Immediately after spraying the area, bombs were dropped.
"The trees burned," Soun said, explaining that the village had been evacuated before the spraying, and no people were allowed to return for over a month.
Defects in Koki Som
In Svay Tiep district, an uncharacteristically well paved road leading to the Vietnamese border gives way to familiarly bumpy side streets. One of these narrow lanes ushers visitors to the home of Kim Khen, the 68-year-old chief of Koki Som commune.
As a pair of surly dogs stalked up and down the driveway, surrounded by the green of banana trees, Khen sat with his wife and other villagers and described the day Koki Som took a direct hit from a mysterious substance during what he called the "American war".
"I saw it myself, the spraying. In the morning, when we got up, we saw it on the leaves like dewdrops. It irritated our eyes and the leaves fell off the trees," Khen remembered.
"We drank water from the well; we didn't really think about hygiene at that time. The leaves fell off after three or five days. I think it was in 1970," he continued.
Susan Hammond, founder and director of the War Legacies Project (WLP) research organisation, described the spraying of Agent Orange in similar terms the day before Post Weekend visited Svay Rieng.
Vietnamese government map showing the concentration of spraying in the region. Photo supplied
"If the area itself was sprayed you would hear stories from the population about planes that came in low and sprayed chemicals (often 3 or 4 planes at a time)," she said via email.
"[T]hey may have been accompanied by a spotter plane that was armed to hit ground fire. Then several days later the leaves would drop," she said via email.
Hammond also supplied Post Weekend with photographs of deformities typically associated with Agent Orange.
When shown Hammond's photographs of common deformities, the gathered villagers began nodding excitedly and talking over each other. Khen instantly pointed to the photo of a child suffering from hydrocephaly – an abnormal buildup of fluid in the brain. Within moments, Noy Saroeun, a bubbly, giggling 4-year-old boy with a head deformity, was carried over.
"My grandson, I had no idea what happened to him. I don't know what the reason is, whether it's natural or a previous life," Khen said, referring to a common Buddhist belief that birth defects are a karmic punishment for transgressions in a past life.
While young Saroeun revelled in being the centre of attention, climbing on tables and posing for photos, phone calls were made inviting others to the gathering.
Minutes later a young woman with a similar head deformity and an underdeveloped left hand pulled up to the house on a motorbike. Dauk Paris, 22, introduced herself, but left almost immediately, returning with 16-year-old Soun Chantrea, who also suffered from a head deformity.
In total, Post Weekend spoke to seven villagers born after the spraying with deformities commonly associated with Agent Orange. Soun Sopheak was born without a right arm. Sor Leakhena had an underdeveloped right foot, and her son had only three fingers. Another young boy had a cleft lip.
Dauk Paris, 22, was born with a head deformity and an underdeveloped arm.Sahiba Chawdhary
Chantrea and Saroeun both had surgery to relieve swelling in their heads. Chantrea's forehead had swelled so large when she was young that her eyes were almost entirely obscured.
Sopheak wears a prosthetic, which she keeps covered with long sleeves.
Leakhena's clubbed foot ends with a single toe in the centre. Her mother was born just months after the spraying, and her grandparents all remembered the white chemicals. Leakhena's son was born with three fingers on the left hand, raising questions of a genetic mutation, although the members of her family vehemently denied any previous conditions.
In an email, Hammond explained that the way dioxin works in humans is still debated, and it is virtually impossible to prove that a defect is a result of Agent Orange without a complete family history and medical testing. Even tests, she said, can be inconclusive.
Many of the deformities could be attributed to another source. Hydrocephaly, for example, can be caused by the Zika virus. Cleft lips are common regardless of the presence of Agent Orange. Chantrea's father is cousins with Paris' mother, and so their deformity could be genetic too.
Soun Chantrea looks out. Sahiba Chawdhary
However, all of the families insisted there was no presence of deformities within their lineage prior to 1970. All of the subjects with birth defects were born after Koki Som was sprayed, and all of them had either parents or grandparents exposed to the chemicals.
It is worth noting, too, that researchers sometimes find inconsistencies in anecdotal evidence of spraying from villagers. There were no such variations in Koki Som. Three different groups of five or more villagers separately interviewed all reported 1970 as the year the village was sprayed. Nobody reported any other year.
Hammond also explained how defects caused by Agent Orange can affect future generations of offspring.
"In animal studies it does cause epigenetic changes that cause birth defects especially neural-tube defects. We suspect it is doing the same in humans," Hammond said.
Four-year-old Noy Saroeun's grandmother was directly exposed. Sahiba Chawdhary
"Epigenetic changes" are changes in the way genes express themselves. While these changes do not affect DNA directly, they can still become hereditary.
Hammond said to "keep an eye out for clusters of birth defects in one village where spraying is reported", which was certainly true of Koki Som, where seven deformities were found in a village with only 172 families. Khen claimed at least two other deformed villagers had already died.
"Most definitely they could be related to Agent Orange/Dioxin," Hammond said of the deformities in Koki Som after reviewing photographs of Saroeun and the others. "And the stories the villagers are telling about the spraying is spot on."
Uncertainty and US denialism
Official US military records show that herbicide spraying crossed the border into Svay Rieng. And while none of the recorded routes match up with the year reported by the villagers, Hammond said it was likely the military didn't document some runs because of their illegality.
There was a mission flown in March, 1970, just across the border that was noted to be aimed at an "alternate target". The official records do not show the planes crossing into Cambodian territory.
While there is no debate that Svay Rieng was sprayed by herbicides, the effects of the chemicals used remain shrouded in uncertainty.
Vietnam-based researcher Andrew Wells-Dang, who studied Agent Orange in the early 2000s before going on to join the WLP as a board member, repeated Hammond's warnings that he could give no definitive answer, but said the circumstantial evidence was certainly there.
"As there is evidence [Koki Som] was sprayed, the villagers were exposed," said Wells-Dang in an email, after also reviewing the photos of villagers. "The disabilities your pictures show look like some that [the] Vietnamese who were exposed also think are linked to Agent Orange . . . There is a circumstantial case that [Koki Som] villagers' disabilities could be linked to their exposure to herbicides, but there's no way to be sure."
Paris's grandfather Khen Sarun and his wife were directly exposed. Sahiba Chawdhary
The United States government has long toed the line of this uncertainty in regards to potential victims. America has continued to deny that birth defects – except for spina bifida – in the Vietnam theatre are related to Agent Orange exposure, all while offering benefits to female veterans who have children with specific deformities.
Under the "Agent Orange" section of the US Department of Veterans Affairs website, there is a link to another page on birth defects. The page confirms that birth defects are grounds for compensation, but insists the defects are "not related to herbicide exposure".
Despite American protestations, Dam Morn, the grandmother of little Saroeun, has already made up her mind. Morn, who was exposed in the 1970 spraying, has long held American chemicals responsible for her grandson's disability.
"I have always been angry with the war and the Americans. I was always angry: 'Why are the other sons fine; why just my grandson?' I really hate the war – they destroyed us; they destroyed our house," Morn said.
"The sky was very black, not from rain clouds, but from gas falling. It made our eyes water."
US aircraft cropdust in Vietnam during Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971). US National Agricultural Library (Public domain)
Repeated attempts to reach Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unsuccessful, but government spokesman Phay Siphan said he was aware of "unofficial rumours" of Agent Orange in Svay Rieng.
He called America's presence in Cambodia during the Vietnam War a "lesson learned", and turned the conversation to America's recent criticisms of Cambodia's current political climate.
"They pushed and violated our neutrality," Siphan said, claiming Cambodia became a pawn in a Cold War geopolitical conflict.
"This is why my prime minister and my government decided we don't want the third hand or US agents to intervene in our internal issues, especially during an election," Siphan added, referring to Prime Minister Hun Sen's recent accusations that the US was behind a conspiracy to topple his government.
The US Embassy in Cambodia, meanwhile, expressed its concerns about the deformities without addressing the question of American responsibility directly.
"The Embassy empathizes with the medical challenges of the Cambodians you have described. However without more specific information, we can't comment further. As we have said before, the U.S. remains committed to addressing our war-time legacy, and over the past two decades has spent more than $120 million here removing the remnants of war," deputy spokesman David Josar said in an email.
A mother's struggle
Paris's family lives just down the road from Saroeun's, and her grandfather too remembered the day when white powder fell from the sky. Khen Sarun sat shirtless in the shade, a broad traditional tattoo stretching across his chest.
"It happened in 1970," he said, repeating a sentence that echoed around Koki Som that day.
"The spraying was at the forest. The leaves fell down. It was so irritating in our eyes that we mixed water with onion to wash them out."
Paris explained that she dropped out of school in grade 10 because she found riding a bicycle to class too difficult and exhausting. Eventually she was able to learn how to drive a motorbike.
"I feel very sad because I am not like the other kids. And I am pretty sad that I cannot work or do the jobs that other people can do," she said.
Paris' mother, Khoun Chanthy, told Post Weekend about the difficulties she had raising a child with disabilities.
Sor Leakhena's was born with an underdeveloped right foot and her son was born only three fingers.US National Agricultural Library (Public domain)
"During my pregnancy I just wanted to have my daughter born healthy and complete. I never killed anyone or ate anything weird, so why is my daughter strange like that?" Chanthy asked.
"My daughter has a very high temper, she is easily angered. Raising a disabled kid is not easy, we need to raise her and take care of her mental state . . . She is very different from my other four daughters."
Chanthy also asked why neither the American nor the Cambodian government has offered her any assistance.
"Apologies do not make any difference; I want help raising my daughter as she cannot go to school or work . . . an official from the Ministry [of Health] came to document the disabled. They wrote her name down, but after two years we have not seen anything," she said.
Officials at the Ministry of Health said they were not aware of the possibility that Cambodians had been affected by Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Tung Rathavy, the director of the National Maternal and Child Health Centre, did not even know what the chemical was, and refused to answer questions about it.
Ly Sovann, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said he wasn't aware of any health problems in Cambodia caused by Agent Orange, but vowed to investigate if there was credible evidence of a problem.
"I do not have any data for that yet in my department," said Sovann, who is also the head of the Communicable Disease Control Department.
"If there is any evidence of abnormalities, we will send an expert to investigate it . . . Please report that if any people have any abnormal health, please send information to 115 so we can investigate," he added, referring to the Ministry's free public hotline.
Chanthy, however, is tired of waiting, but knows she has no other choice. She told Post Weekend a story, recounting that when Paris was first born, a Thai factory worker offered to adopt her. Fearing that she would be used as a beggar, Chanthy refused.
"I would be full of remorse if my daughter became a beggar. No matter how hard it is I want to raise my daughter myself," she said fiercely.
"When I was delivering her, the doctor told me my daughter's hand was disabled, but what can we do? She is our daughter. She was very sick often. She has many headaches. When she was 2 months old, she had to stay at the Kantha Bopha hospital for two weeks," Chanthy added, before admitting to being plagued by an ongoing worry.
"People with these problems in the village very often die," she said.
Lead photo: Sahiba Chawdhary


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Rivington And Blackrod High School Chapel, Bolton
This window celebrates the life of Alan Jenner a much loved former Headmaster of Rivington and Blackrod School. The theme of the window is taken from Mr Jenner's favourite Psalm. There is a bible open at Psalm 121 showing the opening lines, "I lift up mine eyes unto the hills." The backdrop for the window is a view of Rivington Pike, a distinctive landmark that lies behind the school.
The design is split into two panels:
The left panel depicts aspects of Alan Jenner's academic, school and spiritual life. The colours of the border, blue, red and white are the school house colours. There is a stack of textbooks and a mortarboard showing his great learning. He was the Choral Master so some sheet music is shown with the music to the school's leaver's hymn. The bible with psalm 121 is shown atop the stack of books and the School Badge is pictured bottom left.
In the right panel the colours of the boarder are from Jesus College, Mr Jenner's University. The design depicts aspects of Mr Jenner's sporting and leisure interests. There is a rugby ball, a cricket ball, bat and wickets, a golf ball and a fly fishing lure. Mr Jenner was keen Rotarian and the Badge of the Rotary Club is shown in the bottom right.
A second window was designed and made for the Association of Old Rivingtonians to celebrate their centenary in 2004..
The window was designed by Andrew Seddon, Stained Glass Artist, and is inspired by the beautiful landscape of The Rivington moors and reservoirs.
Click here to read more about the stained glass windows and the Association of Old Rivingtonians.
The old stained glass windows in the school were also restored and cleaned before being protected with clear unbreakable polycarbonate sheets.


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In August about a week before 9 year old Chelsea started 4th grade this year, Chelsea woke up with a swollen eye lid. What was originally thought to be a sinus infection was diagnosed as a very rare cancer, alveolar rhabdomayosaromca high risk, stage 4. Since this is a rare cancer, we are thankful that one of the few physicians in the world that treat this type of rare cancer is located at MD Anderson. Chelsea underwent an immediate biopsy, extensive testing and has begun daily chemo, radiation and blood transfusions at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Last week, due to treatment, Chelsea lost her hair, something that is unimaginable for most all of us, especially a 9 year old girl. Chelsea knows that God made her beautiful inside and out and so we are encouraging her to focus on her wonderful sweet inside beauty and gorgeous eyes now. Chelsea's mother, Michelle Everett, is a divorced single mother and the sole provider for Chelsea. Michelle has always been a fulltime hardworking employee, but has not been able to return to work since the daily trips and inpatient stays that Chelsea is currently experiencing. In order for Michelle to be able to retain their medical insurance through her job while she is driving Chelsea daily to MD Anderson for treatment, she must pay the premiums and still pay their regular monthly bills and food, in addition to the enormous medical bills that are building. Chelsea's uncle has set up a gofundme page for Chelsea to assist in these expenses. Chelsea's cancer treatment requires daily trips Monday through Friday to MD Anderson where just parking fees are $15.00 per day. These are long exhausting days for Chelsea and Michelle, generally beginning at 6:00 am until 4:00 pm. Cards of encouragement, meals, food and gas gift cards are welcomed, appreciated and needed and are being coordinated through Sandy Bolton (sandyLbolton@gmail.com) and Lisa Bruno (lisabruno2@hotmail.com). We appreciate and covet your prayers, encouragement and any assistance for Chelsea as she fights this battle with the strength of our mighty God. Please check in on Chelsea and leave her notes of encouragement and prayers, as updates will be posted as our Great Physician accompanies Chelsea, her family and friends on this current path. God bless you for joining her page and praying for her healing. Chelsea has a gofund me account that has been set up, please visit the link attached under the how to help tab.


Bye everyone....school starts tomorrow...gotta sleep easrly..bye.......and btw(i shall continue my steps to VICTORY hopefully tomorrow) see ya!
Capt. Man, i think we defeated her!
capt. Man and Kid Danger defended successfully the Queen's throne from the greedy members of Camelot (im from Royality, so Rosala dont complain that i also tried to take over camelot territory once). The queens throne is safe......for now.
anyways, good luck at 10th grade, Rosala!
this is good for channel 21 news!
Heather, get back on air! Weve been waiting for you since forever to make a news report!
Ok ok! Geez calm down Titanium!
Rosala your summer holiday has ended?
Mines hasn't even started ... 16days left.
yes it has.....new session started....its funny yours havent even started!


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Posted by House of Lords Labour 0pc on January 18, 2017
Plan of inaction
Roy Kennedy on getting ministers to focus on housebuilding rather than legislating for peripheral planning concerns
The Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which this week had its Lords Second Reading, is the sixth piece of legislation in six years that makes changes to the planning process in England. A piecemeal attitude to public policy development that is not only damaging but fails to develop systems that will stand the test of time.
The failure to include the proposal to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory footing, despite a commitment in the last Queen's speech, is worrying. And with our country in the midst of a housing crisis, the Bill does nothing to build a single house – seeking instead to focus on issues that local government and industry consider to be peripheral.
While everyone seems to be agreed that we need to build more homes, the consensus breaks down when ministers fail to move from their affordable housing model, which provides unaffordable units for many people in our communities.
A key concern is the failure to get new homes built on sites where planning permissions have already been granted and nothing in this Bill to seeks to address this problem. Neighbourhood planning which enables local people to be more fully involved in influencing the planning process is to be welcomed, and we will back amendments to promote neighbourhood rights of appeal and strengthen the weight given to neighbourhood plans.
With the latter needing to be approved by referenda, it is vital that a minimum threshold needs to be achieved on the turnout. Otherwise, we risk plans being approved with a derisory vote that undermines the proposal and calls into question the validity of referendum based approvals. We also need the government to make progress in supporting Planning Departments, which are chronically underfunded after years of public spending cuts but also faced increased demands.
The pre-commencement planning conditions highlight a problem with government thinking. They are not the reason for homes not being built, and if ministers fail to address the real issues they are doomed to fail on their stated objectives to build thousands of more homes. So we must address why are developers in certain areas are not building on land they own and for which they have obtained the required permissions. And we must protect against inadvertently encouraging inappropriate development by lowering standards of acceptable development.
The Bill makes provision for permitted development to be recorded on the planning register. This is yet another requirement that places further burdens on Planning Departments without any further financial provisions.
The Bill also streamlines compulsory purchase powers, including the temporary possession of land to enable schemes to store equipment and machinery; and allowing councils to capture the value from increased land prices to invest in the infrastructure needed to compliment and facilitate new housing schemes. But there are also gaps, particularly in respect of Mayoral Development Corporations and Transport for London.
Labour will try to persuade ministers of the merits of our case as the Bill passes through the Lords, and amend their proposals. If they choose not to, the subsequent legislation will not lead to the delivery of one single social home, help the struggling SME builder or tackle the growing skills crisis in the construction sector.
Lord Roy Kennedy of Southwark is Shadow Housing and Planning Minister in the House of Lords. He tweets @LordRoyKennedy
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Bad Schmiedeberg, Germany. Language: German. Publisher: F.E. Baumann. Editor: F.E. Baumann, then Karl Heise.
6/1, January 1927-1928. 12 pp., 3 Marks a year.
This was the organ of the Gral-Orden (Grail Order) in its last days as it attempted to make up for the lack of "Masters" by printing the inner teachings of the order that had been written by Parsival Braun and T.K. (John E. Richardson) and formerly reserved for students as they advanced through the degrees. See the note under Mitteilungen des Neuen Gral-Ordens. At the beginning of 1927 the journal announced that Heise had become head of the order and that a loose regional structure of "grail friends" was to replace the formal, ritualistic organization of the order. The last issues are filled with a discussion of the journal's financial plight and suggestions on turning the order into an actual school, like those begun by Rudolf Steiner and Otomar zar Adusht Hanish. These desperate attempts came to naught. ZDB: Berlin SBB Haus Potsdamer Str; Halle/S UuLB; Leipzig DNB.


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Jacqueline Chirico Savva '16Pharm.D. and Dimitrios Savva '16Pharm.D. give full credit to St. John's University when they describe how their romance blossomed. The couple met in 2011 when they entered the University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) to launch their six-year quest for Doctor of Pharmacy degrees.
"If it weren't for our time together at St. John's, we probably would not have met," said Mrs. Savva. "Spending six years together on the Queens, NY, campus gave us a chance to get to know each other and decide that we wanted to spend our futures together."
Mr. Savva, who today is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager specializing in pediatric critical care at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, recalls that they began their relationship as friends. "We both had similar interests and goals, so we would lean on each other for support when our classes got tough."
"Going through a challenging academic program together kept us close and allowed our relationship to grow," added Mrs. Savva, who is a Pediatric Pharmacy Operations Manager at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
"We were able to balance our free time with our schoolwork by studying together, seeing each other between classes, and setting aside moments to decompress from school-related activities."
The couple married on November 7, 2020. Due to the pandemic, they had a small wedding ceremony at that time but were able to host a full reception party last year on November 12.
The Savvas are active alumni, which reflects their continued commitment to the institution that brought them together. They are involved in the St. John's chapters of Mr. Savva's fraternity, Phi Delta Chi, and Mrs. Savva's sorority, Lambda Kappa Sigma. They also serve as guest speakers and panelists for a variety of CPHS organizations and volunteer as alumni mentors, assisting CPHS students to meet their goals or help guide them as they discern which professional path they should take after graduation.
"Our intention with these engagements is that our stories will resonate with students," said Mr. Savva.
The Savvas are also enthusiastic supporters of the Doctor of Pharmacy White Coat program. The White Coat Convocation is an annual rite of passage for the students, who formally receive their white lab coats as they pledge their commitment to their chosen profession and to the health of their patients.
"We try to give back as much as we can. We both would not be where we are today if others had not done the same for us," Mrs. Savva said. "We recognize that the field of pharmacy is competitive, and having a strong, supportive network through CPHS is one of the best indicators of success. We are happy to be a part of this support system, and we hope that others will also see the benefit of paying it forward."
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Tattoo Tat*too", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tattooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tattooing.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).] To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
Tattoo Tat*too", n.; pl. Tattoos. An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.
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Nestled in the Appalachian mountains of central Pennsylvania, Thistle Creek Farms has been producing high-quality grass-fed beef for more than a quarter century.
Our main goal is to raise grass-fed beef on the best grasses from around the world. Our grasses come from The Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, and Romania. They provide a great tasting product as well as the health benefits of beef raised on grass.
We plant grasses with root structures that reach deep into the soils….
Our cattle are raised outside all year, we move them to new grass a minimum of once a day but usually twice. We enjoy being out in the elements with them every day, from the golden beams of early morning sunrise to the last rays as the sun disappears behind the mountains to the west. They spend their lives grazing big areas just as they were created to do.
More and more research indicates that beef raised on grass pasture has incredible health benefits, click here to read more about the benefits of grass-fed beef.
We have always been quite concerned about the health of our soils and our livestock. For more than three decades we have not used an insecticide on our farm. We quit using chemical fertilizers at nearly the same time. What we got in return were soils that became alive with earthworms and microbial activity….


Excellent product images are extremely important in eCommerce as visuals form a large part of a potential customer's first impression in the buying process.
Blurry, inconsistent and small product images can have you lose potential sales.
Here are some tips on product images that eCommerce owners should consider before launching their eCommerce store.
A simple, white background will give any eCommerce store a professional and consistent look. It will draw attention to what's being sold and match any colour, so if the eCommerce store owner chooses to change the site theme in the future, their product images won't need replacing. Alternatively, if your are selling the same products on other eCommerce marketplaces (for example Google Shopping, eBay or Amazon), or if you publish your eCommerce product images on your social media platforms, a white background won't clash with any other website design.
What determines the size of an image? When it comes to product photography, the bigger the better. The image that you upload to your eCommerce store acts as the base image. An eCommerce template will have pre-set dimensions for the size of the image on the product's listing page (the catalogue view), as well as the thumbnail that appears on the shop page (mostly the home page of your eCommerce layout). It is uncommon for ecommerce product templates to be larger than 450 pixels on the longest size, but when you consider that the size of an average 13 inch laptop screen is about 1,300 pixels, that's actually really small. Unless you've changed the settings or are using an extremely old device, most smartphones, point-and-shoots, and DSLRs will produce a much larger image.
A lot of store owners make the mistake of resizing their images to the template size before uploading them, thinking the base image must be the same size of the template. Don't fall into this trap! As long as the ratio of a product image's dimensions match those of the template, our eCommerce templates will automatically resize and display the product image in the correct size of the template location (home page, catlogue view, detailed product view) without any awkward cropping or blocks or space around the side, preserving the size of the base image.
Why is this important? One of the best ways to improve the user experience of a customer is for your client to install a zoom feature. Regardless of whether it's a click or hover zoom function, when the customer zooms they are actually just viewing the image at its full size – it's not a magnification or 'zoom' as the name suggests. This means that if your base image is the same size as your template, the zoomed image will be the same size as that displayed on the product listing. It is recommended that your product base image should be anywhere between 1,200px and 1,600px on the longest side. One additional consideration is the need to have the customized, resized images produced on the server side before displaying them to avoid long page loading times that just would penalize your eCommerce store rankings in the search engines.
A white background is just the first step to giving your eCommerce store a clean, consistent look. You, or your designer, may want to create a picture template on photoshop or GIMP; it will save time cropping, resizing, and judging the consistency of your product images by eye.
On the catalogue view (i.e. the product listing view) the picture display can be fine-tuned by adding programmatically colored frames, shadows or some flipping effects to your product pictures. The white background approach has as well its limits if you are primarily selling products in light colors; imagine wedding dresses on a white background. Your eCommerce platform should be able to provide custom catalogue views that will allow you to maintain the consistency on your catalogue level.
When it comes to online shopping, one of the biggest causes of consumer purchase resistance is the inability to well visualize a product. Take multiple photos of your product; you will appear confident in what you're selling and as a result, the customer will be confident in what they're buying. Products that don't meet the customer's expectations for whatever reason can be damaging to your reputation and you're likely to lose the sale, lose the customer and get more returns.
Start off with a 'hero image'. This photo will be the first of a series under your product detail view and represent the product itself on the 'shop or home' page. Usually, the hero image is a front-on shot of the product. Some exceptions would be shoes that are usually taken from the side, plates from above, and chairs from a 45° angle.
Under the hero image, it's important to add a series of photos (we call them poplets) that will help online shoppers visualize the entire product from all sides, most importantly close-ups of special features or textures and shots from alternative angles.
A good idea to end a series of product images is an in-context picture.
Flick through a furniture catalogue see the piece of furniture in-context and suddenly want to buy the entire room? Or searching for a T-Shirt, you flick through a clothing catalogue and realise you need that entire outfit? An in-context shot is a well-composed photo of the product complemented with people, nature, food, a textured background or even other products. Combining elements to create an in-context photo will help you convey a certain quality, tone, or mood that will influence the viewer's perception of your product and ultimately your eCommerce store.