Why Do Those 'Clever Fools' Write Useless Texts?
There has been a great deal of recent public discussion about the need to improve the teaching of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools. But it has concentrated almost entirely on ways to attract competent teachers, while overlooking another issue--the poor quality of many mathematics and science textbooks now in use.
An exceptionally good teacher can get good results even with a bad textbook, but the performance of an average teacher is likely to be much better with a good textbook than with a bad one.
I'm not a professional mathematician or scientist; in fact, my formal training in those subjects ended with my graduation from an English high school in the 1920's. But in looking at some of the math and science textbooks in the Montgomery County, Md., schools, which my grandchildren attend, I've made some disheartening observations.
Montgomery County's high-school mathematics textbooks place great emphasis on definitions and terminology and manage to make their subjects both dull and difficult, even though Euclidean geometry was one of the great early achievements of the human mind, showing that an elaborate system could be deduced from a few simple axioms. Euclid's Elements--written 2,000 years ago and found in translation in the local library--very clearly and simply explains theorems that were unintelligible in my grandchild's high-school geometry text.
Another feature of current textbooks is their emphasis on following prescribed procedures; this, they suggest, is as important as getting the right answer. Karl Friederich Gauss, a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the 19th century, got his start in life at the age of seven when his teacher told the class to add all the numbers from one to a hundred. Gauss thought out the formula for the sum of an arithmetical progression and very quickly gave the right answer, while the rest of the class plodded through a laborious addition sum.
The teacher realized that he had a mathematical genius in his class and arranged the late-18th-century equivalent of a scholarship to send Gauss through high school and college. In a modern American school, Gauss might have been reprimanded and told to get the answer in the prescribed way.
There have been important developments in mathematics during the past century, but few, if any, are relevant to the kind of mathematics needed by children through the high-school level--applied mathematics. Nonetheless, half a semester's worth of work in my grandchild's calculus textbook deals with elaborate proofs of the obvious. One example: 5X-1 approaches 4 as X approaches 1.
Anyone who wants to make a career in science, or engineering, or economics needs calculus as a tool; proofs of what is intuitively obvious are really only of interest to those who wish to become pure mathematicians and could well be left for their courses at the university. There was almost nothing in my grandchild's textbook to show that calculus provides a way to solve many practical problems.
Sylvanus P. Thompson's Calculus Made Easy remains in use after 73 years because it fulfills the promise of its title. Its prologue says, "Some calculus tricks are quite easy. Some are enormously difficult. The fools who write the textbooks of advanced mathematics--and they are mostly clever fools--seldom take the trouble to show you how easy the easy calculations are. On the contrary, they seem to desire to impress you with their tremendous cleverness by going about it in the most difficult way." This book, that starts on the first page to explain what a differential is and goes on to relate calculus to actual problems, would be far better as an introduction to the subject than the textbook now used.
A science textbook used at a junior high school contained false statements and examples of gross carelessness. It listed lead as a naturally radioactive element. It described an experiment for finding the weight of air by weighing a balloon, first uninflated and then inflated (this would only show the very small difference in weight between the slightly compressed air in the balloon and the uncompressed air displaced by the inflated balloon). A drawing of a turboprop aircraft engine, showing the propeller, had a caption that read: "Jet engines have no propellers."
A junior-high-school mathematics textbook also contained errors. Some sections implied advocacy of the Pythagorean view that lines consist of a finite number of points. I explained to my grandchild the simple proof that the square root of two is irrational--a proof that destroyed the Pythagorean system. (However large the number of points in the sides of a square, no exact number of points can express the length of the diagonal.) My grandchild showed this proof to her teacher, who said that it was very interesting but that she was stuck with the textbook.
A general weakness of another grandchild's chemistry textbook was that it made chemistry a very abstract and formal subject because it said very little about things that would make chemistry interesting--the processes used to make important chemicals and some account of the development of chemistry.
Students get very distorted ideas of the way in which scientists work and of the nature of scientific knowledge from books that simply present the present state of scientific theories as if they were final and certain. With some understanding of the history of science, students would come to understand that what we learn from scientific theories is not final and certain truth, but only what is reasonable to believe on the available evidence, that though scientific knowledge is objective it is also uncertain because any theory may need revision in the light of new evidence. Teaching that gives students a real understanding of scientific method not only makes them technically competent but helps them think clearly in other fields.
Another weakness of American math textbooks is that they are continually being changed. If someone tries to produce a completely new textbook on an unchanged subject, he or she can only do so by putting in material that is really irrelevant and making the book more complicated and harder to understand.
Euclidean geometry goes back 2,000 years, and there has been no important development for more than a century in the parts of algebra, analytical geometry, and calculus that are appropriate for high-school students. Therefore, there is no real need for new mathematics textbooks. My own children, who attended school in Australia, were given slightly revised editions of the algebra textbooks I had been given in England 30 years earlier.
An official in the Montgomery County Department of Education explained to me that the school system could not find a high-quality textbook and continue to use it because publishers were continually producing new textbooks and allowing the old ones to go out of print. In effect, children are being exploited for the benefit of publishers and authors.
Instead, local education authorities should use the expertise of their staffs and produce their own textbooks; it would be a sound investment, for some texts could remain in use for decades. Local "talent" may, in fact, produce some very good textbooks, for mathematicians from leading universities might well be Sylvanus Thompson's "clever fools"--unqualified to write textbooks because they do not understand how to make fairly simple mathematics intelligible to school-age children.
Michael Lindsay has taught economics and international relations at universities in England, China, Australia, and the U.S. He is professor emeritus of The American University in Washington, D.C., and lives in Chevy Chase, Md., near his grandchildren.


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SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis told fellow members of the S.C. Retirement System Investment Commission Thursday that a lawsuit with Bank of New York Mellon Corp. regarding the SC pension fund had been settled.
The lawsuit dated back to 2009 when the state alleged the bank had lost $200 million of state pension funds through bad investments associated with the financial meltdown of 2008-09. The suit was run through the SC Treasurer's office beginning with Loftis' predecessor Converse Chellis.
Loftis declined to discuss details of the settlement with the commission until all settlement provisions are completed, according to provisions of the settlement.
Senate Advances Ethics Reform
A S.C. Senate sub-committee Tuesday made major changes to an ethics reform bill the House had rushed through last week to meet the May 1 crossover deadline for legislation.
The amended bill would make major changes to the way in which ethics violations against members of the General Assembly are investigated as well as requiring new income source disclosure for public officials throughout the state.
The amended legislation takes investigation of allegations of ethics violations against House and Senate members out of the hands of legislative committees and puts a revamped state Ethics commission in charge of all ethics investigations.
The House bill proposed elimination of the House and Senate Ethics committees, replacing them with a Joint Committee on Ethics, a body that would include eight legislators and eight members of the public chosen by legislators.
Ethics investigations of legislators would have effectively remained in the control of legislators with this committee.
The Case Against Flow Control
A bill that would make flow control illegal in South Carolina currently rests in the S.C. Senate Rules Committee awaiting a majority vote to put it on the calendar for full Senate vote.
Flow control is the term that means establishing monopoly control over the flow of the solid waste stream in an area, in this case a county.
It is illegal for private companies to establish flow control over a waste stream, but, currently, not for county government to do so. Horry County currently has a flow control ordinance in place that makes its Horry County Solid Waste Authority the monopoly arbiter over county waste.
Gingrich, Myrtle Beach, Oil and Interstates
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was in Myrtle Beach earlier this week to push an initiative for oil and gas drilling off the coast of South Carolina.
Gingrich spoke at a forum of oil and gas industry representatives who want Congress to allow exploratory drilling and development of possible offshore oil and gas resources.
One of the issues at the forefront of talks about oil and gas drilling off the U.S. coast is the number of high paying jobs such economic activity will bring to the area.
If those types of jobs would become available, it would certainly help the Horry County area which consistently ranks dead last in average worker income among the 335 largest counties in the nation.
The irony here is that wage levels in Horry County have been consistently depressed because of the tourism industry. It's just over 50 years ago that Horry County business leaders met with then Sen. Strom Thurmond to stop plans for extending I-20 to the coast. They worried an interstate would bring industrial development that would rob them of low wage workers in the hotels, restaurants and tobacco fields in the county.
Myrtle Manor Notoriety
Myrtle Beach's very own Reality TV show 'Welcome to Myrtle Manor' received some unexpected notoriety in the last few days when three of the cast members were arrested in a 48 hour period.
Amanda Adams was arrested for DUI Friday morning followed by the Sunday morning arrests of Lindsay Colbert for DUI and Taylor Burt for Criminal Sexual Conduct with a minor.
The show's ratings have reportedly been tanking in the last several weeks prompting some to speculate that these run-ins with the law are publicity stunts. However, it's hard to see DUI and criminal sexual conduct with a minor as publicity stunts.
If attention getting publicity is what the show needs to rebound with viewers, why not bring in the Anna Nicole Smith connection?
After all, cast member Gina Thompson Shelley (the hairdresser) has close ties with the Smith saga that played out after Smith died in a room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Seminole, FL in February 2007.
Making Municipalities Fiscally Responsible
With over thirty municipalities throughout the state in violation of South Carolina's law requiring them to turn in a yearly audit to the State Treasurer, one might say something is not working!
The current law gives municipalities thirteen months to turn in an audit after the end of the fiscal year. If they don't turn it in by the end of the thirteen months, then the Treasurer is supposed to halt all payments to the municipality until they are in compliance.
Obviously, the system is not working and something needs to change.
In light of this problem, Reps. Goldfinch, Clemmons, Hardwick, H.A. Crawford, Loftis, Barfield, Bedingfield, Hamilton, V.S. Moss, Rivers and G.R. Smith are sponsoring H. 4031. This bill seeks to promote more fiscal accountability on the municipal level.
A common excuse that the municipalities use for not having an audit is lack of funding. The bill requires that all municipalities include funding for an annual audit in their budget; that takes care of that!
New Look for Myrtle Beach Pavilion Site?
Nearly seven years after the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park was torn down, a proposal has surfaced to bring rides back to the nearly vacant site.
According to recent media reports, Strates Shows of Orlando, FL is working with site owner Burroughs & Chapin, Inc. to open a three month, summer season carnival on a portion of the former Pavilion property.
On the surface, bringing rides back to that traditional downtown area of the oceanfront seems like a good idea. It always seemed a bad idea that former B&C president Doug Wendel wanted to do away with the Pavilion in the first place.
Awendaw's Missing Money
We are hearing the town of Awendaw may be missing money from its public coffers as important bills are not being paid on time.
According to several sources who have contacted us, the town missed its required payment of approximately $270,000, due March 1st to Charleston County for fire service, and nobody's giving any answers.
Money for the fire service payment comes from a special fire tax district that was set up by town voters to levy taxes, specifically for fire service.
SCDNR Delays International Drive Again
Since International Drive was first proposed, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources has thrown one roadblock after another in the way of the project.
Issues with red cockaded woodpeckers, right of way disputes, bear crossings and chain link fences have all been overcome only to find now the DNR has teamed with the Army Corps of Engineers to discover wetlands that have to be mitigated before permanent road construction can begin.
Two absolutes I quickly learned after moving to Horry County 30 years ago were: there is no such thing as a conflict of interest for politicians and there are no wetlands in Horry County. These were written in stone as the county was transformed by development.
Curtis Loftis Exposes Unreported Pension Fees
It became more obvious Monday why the S.C. Retirement System Investment Commission wants to silence S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis.
Just a few days after his fellow commissioners voted to censure him, Loftis issued a press release in which he detailed an additional approximately $114 million in unreported fees on the commission's annual report and financial statements.
The unreported fees are associated with the approximately $3.3 billion "Fund of Hedge Funds" listed in the report, according to a March 4, 2013 letter Loftis sent to Suzanne M. Bernard, a principal in Hewitt EnnisKnupp, Inc., a consulting firm for institutional investors.
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From the East
Posted on January 5, 2023 by Friar Musings
This coming Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord. In yesterday's post we took a first look at the Magi. Today we will take a second look.
If you have ever been to Petra in Jordan, you were at the heart of the Nabatean Empire. Petra is a historical site of international importance, here in the United States we are more likely to know Petra because of the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Petra was built by the Nabatean people who emerged in the sixth century BC from nomadic people of the Arabian Peninsula. In time, the Nabateans became experts in trading and they were perfectly situated to dominate the commercial enterprises of their day. Enclosed by towering rocks and with its own water sources, Petra not only possessed the advantages of a fortress, but controlled the main commercial routes that passed through it to the port of Gaza in the west, to Bosra and Damascus in the north, to Aqaba on the Red Sea, and across the desert to the Persian Gulf. By the second-century B.C. the Nabateans were a trading empire.
While there is scholarly debate about the origins of the Nabatean people, it is strongly indicated that they share a common origin with the Jewish people – not through Jacob, but through Abraham's son, Ishmael, and via Jacob's brother, Esau. But history also brought them together again with their Hebrew kin.
The Nabatean emerged in the sixth century in the aftermath of the Babylonian invasion of Israel and the destruction of Jerusalem. While many Jews were taken to Babylon, the Jewish historian Josephus records that many more became refugees, scattering into Arabia where they would have been received in the Jewish trading colonies stretching as far south as Medina and Yemen. Key among those cities was Tayma, a center of Nabatean trans-Arabia trading.
After Israel's destruction by Babylon, the Edomites moved west into traditional Judean lands — and the Nabateans expanded their lands to include Edom, Moab and Gilead. In time, many northern Nabatean converted to Judaism, all part of the great melting pot that was the Nabatean kingdom. Family, commercial and political interest were well intertwined between the Nabateans and Judah, so much so that they were allies in the second-century B.C. Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid overlords of Judah. In short, the Nabatean had a political and economic interest in what happened in Judah and who was in charge — and especially so near the time of Jesus' birth since King Herod the Great was definitely not a friend to the Nabateans.
Add to this melting pot, the many religious dimensions. One particularly important element was the fall of the Babylonian empire to the Persian Cyrus the Great. One group that became refugees were the court magi. Many of them fled to Tayma where they settled and were assimilated into Nabatean life. They brought their skills in mathematics, court administration, teaching, and astrology. By the time of Christ, the Nabatean magi had deep exposure to the Abrahamic religion, were neighbors to Judah, and were influential advisors in the court of the King. Meanwhile, the magi of Persia had faded and were no longer influential. They would not have had any reasons to care about a newborn king in Judah.
The Nabatean magi would have had religious, cultural, political, and economic reasons to care – and would be watching the stars for signs in order to advise the Nabatean King. And when the signs appeared, they would have brought gifts for the newborn king. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh? These people are the trading center of Arabia at the height of their economic power – and Jerusalem was on their regular trade route. They knew the way.
St. Matthew only says, "Wise men came from the East." He does not say a long distance, nor does he mention camels. Where is the East? For Judah, it is not Persia, Africa, or beyond. For Judah, the East always has been Arabia. Did magi from Petra visit the newborn King in Bethlehem? I think so. And if true, it makes the historicity of their visit easily viable.
Image Credit: The Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones (1904) | Public Domain
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Perpetua on January 6, 2023 at 5:03 am said:
Speaking of the star of Bethlehem, departing from Jordan after the Holy Land trip, I was saying goodbye to it late at night. I saw a huge star shining. I called my roommate to show it. When she joined me, it was no where to be seen.


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Experienced the tremor at work in the morning. For a moment, I thought I was dizzy again. It was until I checked with a few of colleagues till I realised I am normal.
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Here's what matters to Stewart now that her run as Bella Swan in the hugely popular Twilight film franchise is firmly in the past.
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SubTopic ERP integration
ERP deployments hinge on master data management, says reseller panel
Users at Panorama Consulting Group ERP Boot Camp also seek answers on stemming customizations and choosing implementation partners.
David Essex, Editor at Large
VAIL, Colo. -- Handling the master data management challenges of ERP deployments, choosing an ERP implementation partner and knowing when to customize were issues on the minds of users who peppered a panel of value-added resellers with questions at the ERP Boot Camp held this week at a local ski resort.
Panorama Consulting Solutions, an ERP consulting firm based in Centennial, Colo., puts on the boot camp several times a year for current and prospective ERP purchasers.
One user's question about the most common SAP customization requests led to a discussion about ERP customization best practices in general.
"With almost any ERP system, it's about selecting the right system in the first place, and hopefully there's going to be a certain degree of fit," said Shane Watson, director of solution architecture at the Englewood, Colo.-based office of Illumiti, an SAP reseller. The further afield an ERP buyer goes, the greater the danger, he said. Better to have a firm grasp of the strategic initiatives where customization can have the most benefit.
"If it's not part of that 20% of transactions you're running that are the most important part of your business, try not to touch it -- and try to use the standard transactions wherever you can. If it's not really core to your business, don't do it," Watson said. That approach is easier to follow if senior managers make it clear they won't entertain changes that aren't approved at the highest levels or that are core to the business. It's important to set the tone early, Watson added.
Other resellers suggested being open to tweaks that aren't strictly customizations. Stuart Blumenthal, ERP sales manager in the Phoenix-area office of RKL eSolutions, which offers Sage software, said it is important to understand the difference between personalization -- which is easier to do with today's more flexible user interfaces -- and customization. One way to get control over the number of customizations, he said, is to let people vote on requests put forth by others.
The same user asked how flexible SAP is about tweaking or configuring its ERP products without customizing them. Peter Orton, an Illumiti vice president, said SAP provides an extensive implementation guide that can help with the process. Such requests vary widely by department, according to Orton. Sales and distribution tend to strive for establishing an identity and personality through their sales materials, while procurement and inventory more often follow standards. Change management can also help minimize customizations by helping people get used to the processes employed by the new ERP system, he said.
Watson sees the improvements in ease of use led by companies such as Amazon and Google as having an impact on the amount of personalization ERP vendors are now willing to provide. SAP, for example, has more tools for personalizing look and feel while maintaining the integrity of the underlying business logic, he said. "People don't have the patience for big, complex screens anymore."
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An IT manager from a food maker wondered how best to manage master data migration during the switch to a new ERP system, including how much old data to bring over, who should do the work and whether to establish a cutoff point.
Watson said master data management is usually the most important part of an ERP project, despite most users' focus on developing the best configuration.
"If you are going to put in a lot of your own data, make sure it's really well-scripted, so that every time you put it in, the same set of sequential steps are gone through," Watson said. This will eliminate variations and improve the dependability of the data.
Another key step is testing with real, converted data as early as possible. "Don't test with made-up data," he said.
Richard Garraputa, vice president of sales and marketing at brij, a Greensboro, N.C.-based reseller of Oracles JD Edwards software, emphasized the importance of having repeatable data processes in place before testing begins. But it is important also to bring some historical data forward; without it, forecasting isn't possible.
"Making sure your data is clean and thorough as it comes across is critical to success," he said.
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Another user, who is currently sorting through 18 ERP vendors, said he has faced a barrage of sales calls from some vendors' implementation partners and wonders how to go about choosing one.
Orton advised looking for cultural fit and alignment with the purchaser's priorities, such as cost or upgrade frequency. The choice often determines success, he said, citing a Deloitte study in which people ranked partner selection far down the list of ERP priorities but moved it to the top after a couple of years of experience with an ERP project.
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The product-demo stage is usually when buyers get to know their prospective partners, said Allan Bloom, director of client services at Panorama.
"You get the feel for them and you see how serious they take your company," Bloom said. "That's where you start to be comfortable or not comfortable with those partners."
References from the same industry are important here, according to Blumenthal.
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Bloom agreed, saying prospective partners that don't have the right industry track record can probably be ruled out right away.
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Common Heritage Shared by California Sister Communities
John Woolfenden Freelance Writer/ Herald Weekend Magazine August 31, 1975
Early Monterey clipper hull being launched at the G. E. Siino boat shop and ramp in Pittsburg. In the background is the F. E. Booth Cannery. Siino's brother, Angelo, founded the Monterey Boat Works in 1916.
Common Heritage Shared by
California Sister Communities
Montereyans Founded
Pittsburg, Then Her
Fishermen Founded
Monterey Industry
Isola delle Femmine in Sicily, Pittsburg, Calif., and Monterey. What do they have in common?
Why do stories with a Pittsburg dateline appear periodically in the Monterey Peninsula Herald? Most of them are obituaries of persons with Italian names. and the name of that small resort on the northern Sicilian coast, Isola delle Femmine, crops up in them with great regularity. What are the special links between Isola and the two California cities"
The links, of course. are the families with roots deep in the rocks of Sicily, but whose branches extended first lo Pittsburg and then to Monterey the Cardinales, the Ferrantis, the Balbos, the Lucidos, the Collettos, the Russos, the Melicias and many other families whose blood ties still join the two California cities, one to the other. and both to the ancient heritage of the island at the toe of the Italian boot.
The story begins in 1849, the year of the Gold Hush, the year when soldiers o [ the Regiment of New York Volunteers were being sent from Monterey to Benicia, on the northern shore of Suisun Bay, to staff a barracks built there by the U S. government. The regiment had been sent to California originally to keep the peace after Commodore John Drake Sloat had occupied Monterey and seized a new western empire for the United States on July 7, 1846.
In "No Tears for the General," a book discussed previously in the pages. of Weekend Magazine, LL Alfred Sully of the New York Regiment tells of being sent from Monterey to Benicia, "the meanest, most uncomfortable place in California. You may ask perhaps why we are sent here. It is known that Commander Jones has lots in the place and it is well known that some officer, or officers of the Army have them also. They hope that by spending government funds here they may enrich their own pockets and maybe they will succeed in it, in spit e of all that is against them."
Col. Jonathan Drake Stevenson, commanding officer of the regiment, had other ideas, however. He had been told ln 1848 by John C. Fremont, that enigmatic, controversial figure who had explored a great section of the American West, that a place on the opposite side of the bay at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers was bound to be a great commercial center in years to come.
With Dr. William C. Parker, regimental physician. Stevenson bought Rancho Los Medanos, at the site of modern Pittsburg, nearly 10,000 acres which had been a grant from the Mexican government to Jose Antone Mesa and Miguel Jose Garcia in 1838.
Col. Stevenson hired a young lieutenant who had been with him in Monterey, William Tecumseh Sherman. to survey the property and lay out a town to be known as New York of the Pacific. Sherman was to be paid $500 and was also to buy 50 town lots. Whether any cash changed hands is a moot question.
Though today the project. might call for a congressional Investigation, it seems to have caused no leak to Jack Anderson predecessors in 1849. (Lt. Sully supplemented his meager Army pay with assignments as a surveyor of town lots in Monterey.}
Most or the buildings in the new town were erected by Joseph and W.W. Smith, who were also hired by Col. Stevenson. The Smiths, according to the-Pittsburg Historical Society, built a house for their two families and called it "New York House." It later became a family hotel. With the discovery of gold in California, "the little community became an overnight slopping place for miners on their way to the gold fields and sailing vessels enroute to inland towns with supplies."
Among the men who had sailed to San Francisco by way of the Horn and who, legally or illegally, were immigrants determined to find gold, were a number of former Italian fishermen. As laborers in New York City, they had heard of gold in California and were on their way to find it by way of New York of the Pacific.
But having arrived there and seeing the hordes of silver salmon in the rivers, they reverted to their original trade. Daily, they saw and talked to men returning empty-handed from the diggings. Why spend their last pennies to outfit themselves for a trek into the Sierra and a gamble on gold, when there was a livelihood right in front of them al a business they understood?
In the Alta California, one of the first newspapers the area, Stevenson. advertised lots for sale and had agents in San Francisco meeting the ships, urging new arrivals to settle in "the new Industrial empire." But as the first real estate developer in Contra Costa County, he enjoyed less than complete success. Competing with Gen. Mariano Vallejo to establish a new capital for California at his New York of the Pacific. Stevenson lost out. Vallejo promised more, and the town named for him Vallejo was selected.
Vallejo in turn lost out to Benicia. The name "New York Landing" had become the popular designation for Stevenson's town and with that name, tile county's first post office was established. Its founder however, decided to sell out, even though some 800 arrivals had made the future of the place seem promising. He sold to a banking firm in San Francisco and returned East to continue his Army career and play a role in the Civil War, though possibly less spectacularly than his surveyor, William Tecumseh Sherman.
In addition to Italian and Sicilian fishermen, Scandinavians, Greeks and Chinese had seen possibilities and a future livelihood at New York Landing, all from rivers. On land, though, there was a new discovery in 1885. Coal was found in the foothills of Mount Diablo, three miles south of New York Landing. '
Soon there were more coal miners than prospective gold miners in the town, many of them of Welsh extraction. A vein of coal which became, known as the Black Diamond Vein, was opened. The Cumberland Mine followed. A railroad was laid from the mines to the river, the cars drawn at first by horses.
Coal mining became one of the most important industries in Contra Costa County and four towns grew up around the mines: Somersville, Nortonville, New York Landing and Antioch. In 1903, the town of New York Landing changed its name and was officially incorporated as Black Diamond.
By 1882, however, Black Diamond had become a canning center for salmon, fruits and vegetables. A company named Sacramento River Canners was formed with Titus Hale, George A. Smith, Sidney Booth, J.P. Haller, W.S. Gage and F. E. Booth as directors. ln addition to canning, it built warehouses, wharves and piers, built and chartered boats, bought and sold real estate and was affiliated With the Bristol Bay Packing Co. in Alaska (later the Alaska Packers Association.)
Frank E. Booth, son of Sidney Booth, owned 31 shares of the company by, 1894. Branching out on his own, he concentrated on the mechanical processing of fish, with a machinist named Nielson who invented what became known as the Iron Chink.
Because it cut and cleaned the fish automatically, Nielson's invention, replaced many of the Chinese cannery workers thus the name.
Booth built an addition to the cannery for the use of the new machines, then began looking around for other places to introduce them. Fishing, then as now, was a seasonal undertaking, with the boats heading to Alaska for salmon in the spring, returning by way of the Columbia River and the Oregon Coast in July or August, gill-netting in the rivers near Pittsburg in the fall, then moving to Monterey Bay for trolling during the balance of the year and through the following February.
The date when Booth built his first cannery in Monterey is still open to debate. Most Monterey records say 1902 or 1903. Jack Aiello, president of the Pittsburg Historical Society, believes 1905 is nearer.
At any rate, Pittsburg (still Black Diamond at the time) had the reputation of providing the best fishermen on the Pacific Coast. It had a large Italian settlement, which began to grow in the 1850's, plus the aforementioned Greeks and Scandinavians; who also tended to form their own communities. The Chinese were known for their skill in fashioning cans by hand from sheet metal, using tin snips soldering irons.
In addition to canneries on the Sacramento River and at Monterey, just west of the present Fishermen's Wharf, Booth built a fruit and vegetable plant at Watsonville and moved his workers around as needed. In Monterey and Black Diamond he was selling fresh frozen fish and shipping mild-cured salmon to England and Germany his best customers. And he was constantly trying to recruit fishermen to build up the Monterey end of the business. He used his greatest powers of persuasion on the Sicilians, who were reputed to be the hardest workers.
According to Pittsburg Historical Society records, the first Sicilian to arrive there from Isola delle Femmine was Peter Aiello, who came to New Orleans with his brother, Rosario in 1867 or '68, bringing a shipment of lemons, then went to work in the oyster beds. But fever was raging in New Orleans, the inhabitants were dropping like flies and the brothers Aiello made their way to San Francisco, where a Scandinavian fisherman told them he had heard of wonderful salmon fishing at Astoria, Ore.
The three traveled there, obtained an old boat and a net asked for a second, net and fashioned deep-water gear, thus becoming "high boat" for the year on the Columbia River. The superintendent of the company which had loaned them the equipment gave them a $25 bonus and promised a new boat and net the following season.
Back in San Francisco, the Aiellos moved in with the Italian-Sicilian colony long enough to learn of the excellent fishing at New York Landing. So in 1870 or thereabouts, Peter took the train, found that it did not stop at the landing, threw himself off, arose unscathed and soon resumed his fishing after sending for his brother. Striped bass. salmon, shad, sturgeon and catfish were plentiful in the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers.
This is the sprit-rigged sailboat that was developed on the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and introduced both in Monterey and in the Pacific Northwest by Pittsburg fishermen. It had a retractable keel for shallow waters and a rudder that could be removed so that gill nets could be hauled over the stern.
Col. Jonathon Drake Stevenson, commanding officer of the Regiment of New York Volunteers, stationed in Monterey, was told in 1848 by John C. Fremont that the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers would one day become a great industrial and commercial center. Stevenson and his regimental physician, Dr. William C. Porker, bought nearly 10,000 acres at the site of modern Pittsburg, and helped make the prediction come true.
The original of this treasured picture, taken in 1920, belongs to the Pete Aiello family of Pittsburg. It shows relatives in Sicily dressed in their traditional and colorful best. Running water invites the trio to refresh the burro and fill their amphora (pitcher) with cool water, according to Jack Aiello, president of the Pittsburg Historical Society.
Said Jack Aiello of the Historical Society, a descendant of the same family, "It was the custom of these people to live in floating shacks on the river, scows. the antecedents of the present houseboats. They did not build a home on land until they had saved. enough money to send for their families. In the case of Peter Aiello, this look four years. Then he went back to Isola delle Femmine and brought his family here.
"At that time there were probably 300 inhabitants of Isola. Over the years, a large number of them emigrated to what is now Pittsburg.
"Some of the other early Italian families, whose descendants are still here today, include Davi, Cardinalli (also spelled Cardinale), DiMaggio, Gatto, Lucido, Caruso, Russo and many others."
It was a Sicilian named Pietro Ferrante, also from Isola delle Femmine, who was to become a leader among the fishermen or Black Diamond and eventually revolutionize the fishing Industry in Monterey. Ferrante arrived from Isola in 1888. It took him 11 years to make a sufficient stake to build a two-story house and then go back to Sicily to claim his bride. Meanwhile, Black Diamond was undergoing many changes.
The total value of 42 years of coal production in the area, from 1860 to 1902. has been estimated at more than $20 million, but in the 1890's local production began to fall off due to the discovery of a much better grade of coal in Oregon and Washington. Formally, Black Diamond could not compete and the last of its mines was closed in 1902.
Fishing and canning, however, continued to flourish and in 1901 the Carquinez Strait was crossed by its first electric power line) nearly a mile long.
This was the turning point for the development of industry. C.A. Hooper's Redwood Manufacturing Co. was the first factory. The Bowie Rubber Co. moved from San Francisco to Black Diamond in 1906 to manufacture hose, belting and sheet rubber. That same year, Columbia Geneva Steel had its inception and by 1910 had a 30-acre plant in operation. Now a subsidiary of United States Steel, the plant at present covers more than 1,000 acres and employs more than 3,000 persons.
"The impact of the steel mill brought about a change of name for our town." the Pittsburg history recounts, "By popular vote on Feb. 11, 1911, the name was changed from Black Diamond to Pittsburg, after the Eastern birthplace of the steel industry hut dropping the 'h' for simplified spelling.
ln August of that year, the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce was founded, the prediction of Gen, Fremont to Col. Stevenson was coming true. A great industrial complex was beginning to grow at the meeting place of the two. rivers.
This had little effect at first on the fishermen, who were getting 2 1/2, cents per pound for salmon on the Sacramento, but could get 5 cents on the Columbia or in Alaska, where the success of the season hinged on the arrival of-the Italians and Sicilians with their knowhow.
Other Italian colonies had sprung up near Black Diamond in such places as Martinez and Crockett, as men who had made a stake wrote to their relatives in the old country and urged them to come to the West Coast of the United States, where the living was easier. Usually these letters contained the passage money.
A unique fishing boat had been developed on the Sacramento, a sprit-rigged sailboat from 26 to 32 feet long and with an 8- to 12-foot beam. It had a retractable keel for shallow waters and a rudder that could be removed so that gill nets could be hauled over the stern. Disliking the primitive boats in use in Oregon and Alaska and saying that the cemeteries up there were full of the men who had used them, the Pittsburg Sicilians led the way in taking their own boats north.
Said Jack Aiello, whose father and grandfather were both fishermen, "Each cannery in Alaska was a city in its self. The boats from here took everything from coal to canning materials to the Chinese who cut the cans. The round trip might take six to eight months.
Around the year 1900, when Pittsburg had a population of approximately 1,000 salesmen from San Francisco were coming into town, promoting engines for the boats. Antonio Davi who had been in Alaska, was probably the first to experiment with an engine installation. It made gill-netting much faster. He had a double-ender built for him as his first power boat. Other young men followed suit or took their sailboats and had engines installed.
Just about this time, Pietro Ferrante had returned here from Isola delle Femmine, followed by his bride. My father. Tony Aiello, and his cousin, also Tony (they were known as Big Tony, and Little Tony), were members of Pietro's crew. William Croxon, who was superintendent of the cannery, told Ferrante that F. E. Booth wanted somebody to look into the sardine situation at Monterey and determine if there were enough sardines in the bay to make a sardine cannery worthwhile."
Though there is still some difference of opinion as to exactly when Pietro Ferrante followed up the suggestion, it was his arrival here from Black Diamond (soon to be Pittsburg) which changed the life style of Monterey and for the next four decades was to make it one of the premier fishing ports of the world.
"The Sicilian language," said Frank Enea Lucido of Monterey, "is called a dialect by Italians. But to Sicilians. who have a little French, a little Spanish, Arab, Greek and. Italian blood in them, it's a national tongue. "When I was visiting Isola delle Femmine, I went into a barber shop and could hear the customers debating whether I was a German or a Swede. In Monterey I'm an Italian. In Italy I'm an America. In Isola they weren't sure.
Suddenly I jumped out of the barber chair, pointed a finger at the barber and said, in Sicilian, 'you pinched me!' The foxy guy had done it purposely to see what. language I would speak,
"So you're Sicilian, "he said, settling the argument among the others."
Sprit-rigged sailboats tow a houseboat toward Suisun Bay as a family from Pittsburg heads for its favorite fishing grounds.
The original of this postcard was brought back from Isola delle Femmine, Sicily, by Frank Enea Lucido of Monterey, as a memento of his visit there 20 years ago. His parents were married there in 1893.
Pittsburg fish cannery employees take a break in 1892 to pose for picture, top. They canned salmon and mild-cured the fish for shipment to England and Germany, via San Francisco, Youngsters testify to the lock of child labor laws. Picture above shows fleet tied up at a Pittsburg packing plant in 1930. Boat hulls me the famous Monterey Clipper type, brought from Sicily, and which evolved from the double-ender, a model of which is held by Jack Aiello, left below, president of the Pittsburg Historical Society.
Jack Aiello, president of the Pittsburg Historical Society


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Bedford Police Department
Arrests – June 5
4:20 a.m. Joshoa Pickett, 28, 1705 Windwood Dr., operating a vehicle while intoxicated, OWI endangerment, unlicensed driver
3:39 p.m. Michael Mynatt, 33, Indianapolis, wanted on a warrant for petition to revoke
5:32 a.m. Zachary Jones, 25, 321 L St., domestic battery resulting in bodily injury
Incidents – June 4
8:04 p.m. Traffic stop at 15th and K streets
7:37 p.m. Request for an officer in the 1110 block of 17th Street
5:54 p.m. Medical emergency at CVS Pharmacy
5:42 p.m. Traffic stop at 16th Street and Plaza Drive
5:32 p.m. Lot cleared of loiters at Thornton Park
4:12 p.m. A person was on station about a protective order violation
4:07 p.m. Found property at the WIC office
3:39 p.m. Wanted person at the probation department. A male was arrested
3:38 p.m. Theft in the 3810 block of Riverbluff Road
3:30 p.m. Traffic stop at 18th and F streets
3:16 p.m. Agency assist at M and 17th streets
3:08 p.m. Traffic stop at 16th and I streets
2:16 p.m. Offenses against a child was investigated
1:58 p.m. Officers made extra patrols at L and 4th streets
12:49 p.m. Domestic fight at Arron Rental
12:44 p.m. Traffic hazard at State Road 37 and Patrick Robbins Way
12:40 p.m. Animal control requested to the 2120 block of F Street
11:51 a.m. Report of an abandoned vehicle at Rural King
11:42 a.m. A utility problem in the 2410 block of K Street
11:39 a.m. 911 hangup at the First Baptist Church on 20th Street
11:30 a.m. Medical emergency at the jail. An AMR ambulance responded
11:16 a.m. Request for a welfare check at Bedford Feed & Seed
7:54 a.m. Report of a suspicious person at the Bedford Boat Club on Pumphouse Road
7:37 a.m. Alarm sounding in the 1500 block of 23rd Street
5:58 a.m. Agency assist at Harrodsburg and Springville Judah roads
5:23 a.m. Fight in the 320 block of L Street. A male was arrested
4:18 a.m. Medical emergency in the 1800 block of O Street
3:59 a.m. Domestic fight at Washington Avenue and 30th Street
3:09 a.m. Officers made extra patrols in the 100 block of Madison Street
2:52 a.m. Information report taken at Wilson Park
2:15 a.m. Traffic stop at 29th Street and Eastern Avenue
1:47 a.m. Medical emergency in the 2110 block of Norton Lane. An IU Health Hospital ambulance responded
1:36 a.m. Medical emergency in the 3710 block of Kenny Simpson Lane. An AMR ambulance responded
1:09 a.m. Medical emergency in the 3710 block of Kenny Simpson Lane. An IU Health Hospital ambulance responded
11:59 p.m. 911 call in the 5940 block of Sand Pit Road
11:42 p.m. Agency assist at Swifty
11:27 p.m. Animal problem at 13th and M streets
10:43 p.m. Medical emergency in the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue
10:28 p.m. Domestic fight in the 2010 block of 29th Street
10 p.m. 911 hangup in the 2020 block of 29th Street
9:44 p.m. Request for a welfare check at WalMart
9:43 p.m. Suspicious person reported int he 3500 block of Pumphouse Road
9:33 p.m. 911 investigation in the 510 block of P Street
Accidents – June 4
4:38 p.m. Property damage accident at Walgreens
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3:30 p.m. Courtney Kindred, 27, Heltonville, wanted on a warrant for petition to revoke, resisting arrest
5 p.m. Ava Lockridge, 39, Paoli, wanted on a warrant for failure to appear
5:25 a.m. 911 call at 29th Street. A young boy was walking in the middle of the roadway
5:48 a.m Traffic stop at State Road 37 and Wesley Chapel Road
5:55 a.m. Alarm sounding in the 990 block of State Road 60 East. The building was secure
7:02 a.m. Traffic stop at State Road 37 at the Oolitic stop light
7:36 a.m. Request for animal control to Sand Pit and Church Camp roads for three black pigs and a dog running loose
8:47 a.m. Deputies made extra patrols in the 1020 block of Wesley Chapel Road
8:57 a.m. Deputies made extra patrols on Bartlettsville Road
9:03 a.m. Traffic stop at Bartlettsville and Younger roads
9:06 a.m. Request for animal control to the 40 block of Indian Trails Ridge for a stray puppy
9:10 a.m. 911 call from Martin County resident. The call was transferred to the Martin County Sheriff's Department
9:11 a.m. Medial emergency in the 810 block of West Brook Street. An 83-year-old was not feeling well
9:16 a.m. Report of an erratic driver in a black Mercedes on US 50 West
9:24 a.m. Request for animal control to the 6010 block of Sand PIt Road for two dogs being aggressive
10:11 a.m. Request for animal control to the 1420 block of Fairview Mundell Road for a stray dog
10:19 a.m. Request for a welfare check in the 1860 block of Buddha Bypass. The caller says the received a text from a 13-year-old female who claims she is duck taped and in the back of a van. Indiana State Police investigated
10:41 a.m. Report of mailbox vandalism in the 750 block of Butterfly Lane
10:55 a.m. A camper at Spring Mill State Park reported her husband left in the car yesterday and has not returned
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11:34 a.m. Request for animal control to the 890 block of Wesley Chapel Road for three cows in the roadway
11:45 a.m. Request for animal control to the 440 block of Meadows Church Road for two cats in a cage. They were taken to the humane society
11:48 a.m. Controlled fire in the 80 block of Bossert Street
11:58 a.m. Medical emergency in the 110 block of Stonegate Court. A male fell and suffered a possible broken arm
12:39 p.m. Traffic stop at State Road 37 at the dealerships
12:41 p.m. 911 call in the 30 block of Church Camp Road. It was an accidental call
1:03 p.m. Report of a male making sexual comments in the 200 block of East Grissom Avenue
1:10 p.m. Assist Indiana State Police at State Road 37 and John Williams Boulevard
1:53 p.m. Request for a welfare check in the 3410 block of South I Street
2:14 p.m. Report of a fight at the Mitchell pool. The juveniles were separated and are going their seperate ways.
2:29 p.m. Report of illegal dumping no address was listed
2:36 p.m. Report of power lines and tree across the road in the 800 block of Limestone Run
2:39 p.m. Child custody dispute in the 90 block of South Teddy Bird Lane. The caller is wanting an officer because her son's girlfriend has dropped off her child at the home and refusing to come pick the child up. The female no longer wants the child
2:45 p.m. Transport detail at the Monroe County line to pick up a female inmate
3:11 p.m. Follow up investigation in the 110 block of Stove Road. The fire marshall was on the scene
3:21 p.m. Medical emergency in the 2110 block of Logan Donica Road. A 34-year-old female was suffering a possible stroke
4:26 p.m. Domestic fight in the 70 block of Walnut Heights Road. Several adults were screaming at each other and this is a frequent occurance
4:33 p.m. Alarm sounding in the 400 block of South Meridian Road. It was a false alarm
4:40 p.m. Traffic hazard at Standish Steel Road
4:41 p.m. Medical emergency in the 900 block of East Grissom Road. A 91-year-old female was complaining of hip pain
5:11 p.m. Report of an erratic driver in a black Grand Prix southbound on State Road 37 at State Road 58 East
5:16 p.m. Traffic stop at State Road 37 and State Road 58 East
5:29 p.m. Traffic stop in the 3520 block of 16th Street. A citation was issued for a seat belt violation
5:53 p.m. Agency assist at State Road 37 and Main Street in Mitchell
5:54 p.m. Follow up investigation on station
6:18 p.m. Medical emergency in the 610 block of South Mississippi Avenue. A person suffered a possible stroke
6:23 p.m. Report of an erratic driver in a red truck northbound on State Road 37 at US 50 West
6:35 p.m. Traffic stop in the 380 block of Hillcrest Way
6:43 p.m. Traffic stop at East Boyd Lane and US 50 East
6:47 p.m. Citizen dispute over a property line in the 1720 block of Rariden Hill
6:49 p.m. Traffic stop at Doc Hamilton Boulevard and Rabbitsville Road. A citation was issued for speeding
7:12 p.m. Deputies were out with a vehicle at Fifth and I streets
7:33 p.m. Found property in the 8830 block of State Road 60 West. The caller located someone's debit card
7:34 p.m. A resident in the 120 block of West Mississippi Avenue reported her daughter is intoxicated and was causing issues. The daughter left on foot northbound on South Third Street. The callers says her daughter is highly intoxicated
7:41 p.m. Report of state highway crews mowing in an unsafe manner on US 50 East and Shawswick Station Road
7:51 p.m. 911 call in the first block of Laurel Lane. The person was mowing the lawn and it was an accidental call
8:05 p.m. Follow up investigation in the 110 block of Stove Road
8:07 p.m. Follow up investigation in the 1020 block of Lincoln Avenue
8:27 p.m. Traffic stop at State Road 446 and State Road
8:32 p.m. Traffic stop at Casey's General Store
8:58 p.m. Citizen assist in the 5940 block of Sand Pit Road. The caller says they are in a dispute with the neighbor over a private drive sign and his neighbor wants it removed
9:04 p.m. 911 call in the 40 block of Patriot Street. It was an accidental pocket dial
9:26 p.m. Report of a possible intoxicated female at West Brook and 13th Street in Mitchell. The woman is walking west toward the cemetery and yelling and hollering. She is alone. The woman is a blonde in a green tank top and jeans
9:49 p.m. Report of an intoxicated woman at the Dollar General Store in Mitchell. The caller says he was told by a Mitchell Police officer to drop her off at the park if he doesn't want to deal with her
10:12 p.m. Citizen assist in the 320 block of Bartlett Drive. The caller says the neighbor behind him is burning stuff and wanted to know if there was a cut off time for burning items
10:24 p.m. Citizen assist in the 500 block of West Oak Street
11 p.m. A resident in the 220 block of Main Street in Mitchell reported her husband threatened to kill her and her daughter
11:16 p.m. Traffic stop at 16th and H streets
11:26 p.m. Traffic stop at State Road 37 and State Road 58 East
11:28 p.m. Report of a fawn in the roadway in the 1730 block of Pinhook Road. The fawn was removed from the road
11:34 p.m. Report of two suspicious males walking in the 900 block of Judah Logan Road. The caller was afraid they were messing around her home
11:37 p.m. 911 call hangup in the 1000 block of Fourth Street. It was an accidental pocket dial
11:48 p.m. Traffic stop at Mitchell Road and T Street
11:58 p.m. Unwanted person in the 120 block of West Mississippi Avenue in Mitchell. The caller says her intoxicated 30-year-old daughter was in her home causing a disturbance and she doesn't want her there and they have been in a verbal argument. Police say both women seemed intoxicated
11:59 p.m. Deputies made extra patrols on Payton Road
12:10 a.m. Disabled vehicle at State Road 37 and Washboard Road
12:23 a.m. Traffic stop at US 50 East and Leatherwood Road
12:34 a.m. Traffic stop at State Road 37 and US 50 West
12:41 a.m. A resident in the 5940 block of Sand Pit Road reported a person in a vehicle is driving around his property and its lights are shining in his home and they are loud and causing the caller to lose sleep
12:56 a.m. 911 call hangup in the 220 block of Main Street in Mitchell. There was no answer when dispatched called back
1:32 a.m. Theft in the 470 block of County Complex Road. The caller did not need an officer the issue was resolved
3:29 a.m. Traffic stop at Sand Pit Road at the bridge
3:36 a.m. Deputies made extra patrols at Pride Estates
3:46 a.m. Deputies made extra patrols at Trinton Circle
4:26 a.m. Fire alarm sounding at FiberTech
12:26 a.m. Car/deer accident on State Road 60 East at the county line
5:55 a.m. Property damage accident at Harrodsburg and Springville Judah roads
4:06 p.m. Property damage accident in the 970 block of State Road 58 East
10:03 p.m. Car/animal accident at Oak Lane and State Road 37
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Citation: Goh, R.S.M.,Thng, I.L.-.J. (2004). Multiq: A multi-tier multi-list based priority queue structure for stochastic discrete event simulation. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation : 463-468. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: Priority queues have an acute effect in stochastic discrete event simulations for as much as 40% of a simulation execution time is consumed by the pending event set management. This article describes a novel approach to develop a multi-tier multi-list based priority queue which we coin as MultiQ. The MultiQ is shown empirically to be stable and insensitive to priority increment distribution. Furthermore, MultiQ is 100% faster on the average than the current expected O(1) Calendar Queue and its variants in all scenarios and queue sizes. In some scenarios, the MultiQ is more than one magnitude faster. These evidence add justifications for it to be implemented in discrete event simulators.


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Money Purchase Annual Allowance Reduction
By Louise Worden13th June 2017Uncategorised
Discouraging individuals who seek to abuse the flexible pension rules
The Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) reduced from £10,000 to £4,000 from April 2017. Individuals affected will be those who have entered into flexible access arrangements (if they have taken benefits above and beyond their tax-free cash flexibly) to draw funds from their pension savings and continue to make contributions to money purchase pension schemes.
The MPAA was introduced by the Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 on 6 April 2015. It is designed to discourage individuals who seek to abuse the flexible pension rules to avoid tax and potentially National Insurance contributions by introducing a lower alternative annual allowance where flexibility has been accessed.
Tax charge at the individual's highest marginal rate
More than 500,000 people who have accessed pension freedoms since April 2015 will see this applied. Contributions above the annual allowance to a money purchase (defined contribution) scheme will attract a tax charge at the individual's highest marginal rate. The Government estimates the yield from this restriction will be £70 million in 2017/18, rising to £75 million in 2021/22.
Signalling the end of the notion of pension freedoms
This reduction signals the end of the notion of pension freedoms, facilitating a gradual shift from work to retirement where individuals over age 55 facing challenges accessing the labour market could dip into their pension and then return to work and build more pension value.
Individuals considering withdrawals will have to decide whether they are prepared to sacrifice the majority of their pension allowance for doing so.
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Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
They remember to take Kevin this time but then he gets on the wrong plane and ends up in New York!
Director: Chris Columbus
R1 America - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R2 Germany - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R2 Holland - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R2 Italy - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R2 United Kingdom - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R4 Australia - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
R4 Brazil - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Bonus Trailers for "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 3"
English, French, and Spanish
Non-Anamorphic
TV System:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
- the Home Alone: Complete Caper Collection with "Home Alone", "Home Alone 3", and "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House". Re-released on October 14, 2008 as the "Home Alone Collection".
- the Home Alone Triple Pack with "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 3". Later re-released as a standard triple feature.
- the Home Alone 5-Movie Collection with "Home Alone", "Home Alone 3", "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House", and "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist".
- the Christmas Favorites Collection with "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), "Deck the Halls", and "Prancer".
- A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Re-released on October 3, 2017 with different cover art and a slipcase.
Re-released multiple times with different cover art. First in 2010, then on October 6th, 2015 (with a code for a digital copy), and on October 2, 2017.
English, German HoH, and Spanish
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Dutch, English, French, Greek, and Italian
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Bonus Trailers:
- "Home Alone"
- "Home Alone 3"
English, French, Greek, Italian, and Spanish
Also available in a box set with the other "Home Alone" movies (1-3).
Region 2/4 encoded.
English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, and Swedish
- Home Alone: The Complete Collection with "Home Alone", "Home Alone 3", "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House", and "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist".
- a double feature with "Home Alone". Re-released on January 28, 2013 as a Double Pack.
Re-released on October 7, 2013 with different cover art.
Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, and Swedish
Special thanks to Rewind user Movie Mad for providing these specifications.
English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Brazilian title: "Esqueceram de Mim 2: Perdido em Nova York".
Special thanks to Rewind user Percebe for providing these specifications.
Between the R2 and R4 releases for the anamorphic transfer.
R1 America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R2 Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R2 Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R2 Italy- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R4 Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
R4 Brazil- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
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Did the Catholic Church added books to the Bible?
Needless to say, the Church disregarded the results of Javneh. First, a Jewish council after the time of Christ is not binding on the followers of Christ. Second, Javneh rejected precisely those documents which are foundational for the Christian Church -- the Gospels and the other documents of the New Testament. Third, by rejecting the deuterocanonicals, Javneh rejected books which had been used by Jesus and the apostles and which were in the edition of the Bible that the apostles used in everyday life -- the Septuagint.
The Christian acceptance of the deuterocanonical books was logical because the deuterocanonicals were also included in the Septuagint, the Greek edition of the Old Testament which the apostles used to evangelize the world. Two thirds of the Old Testament quotations in the New are from the Septuagint. Yet the apostles nowhere told their converts to avoid seven books of it. Like the Jews all over the world who used the Septuagint, the early Christians accepted the books they found in it. They knew that the apostles would not mislead them and endanger their souls by putting false scriptures in their hands -- especially without warning them against them.
There are a couple of examples of women receiving back their dead by resurrection in the Protestant Old Testament. You can find Elijah raising the son of the widow of Zarepheth in 1 Kings 17, and you can find his successor Elisha raising the son of the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4, but one thing you can never find -- anywhere in the Protestant Old Testament, from front to back, from Genesis to Malachi -- is someone being tortured and refusing to accept release for the sake of a better resurrection. If you want to find that, you have to look in the Catholic Old Testament -- in the deuterocanonical books Martin Luther cut out of his Bible.
One by one the sons die, proclaiming that they will be vindicated in the resurrection. "The mother was especially admirable and worthy of honorable memory. Though she saw her seven sons perish within a single day, she bore it with good courage because of her hope in the Lord. She encouraged each of them . . . [saying], 'I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you. Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the beginning of man and devised the origin of all things, will in his mercy give life and breath back to you again, since you now forget yourselves for the sake of his laws,'" telling the last one, "Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God's mercy I may get you back again with your brothers" (2 Macc. 7:20-23, 29).
This is but one example of the New Testaments' references to the deuterocanonicals. The early Christians were thus fully justified in recognizing these books as Scripture, for the apostles not only set them in their hands as part of the Bible they used to evangelize the world, but also referred to them in the New Testament itself, citing the things they record as examples to be emulated.
The early acceptance of the deuterocanonicals was carried down through Church history. The Protestant patristics scholar J. N. D. Kelly writes: "It should be observed that the Old Testament thus admitted as authoritative in the Church was somewhat bulkier and more comprehensive than the [Protestant Old Testament] . . . It always included, though with varying degrees of recognition, the so-called Apocrypha or deutero-canonical books. The reason for this is that the Old Testament which passed in the first instance into the hands of Christians was . . . the Greek translation known as the Septuagint. . . . most of the Scriptural quotations found in the New Testament are based upon it rather than the Hebrew.. . . In the first two centuries . . . the Church seems to have accept all, or most of, these additional books as inspired and to have treated them without question as Scripture. Quotations from Wisdom, for example, occur in 1 Clement and Barnabas. . . Polycarp cites Tobit, and the Didache [cites] Ecclesiasticus. Irenaeus refers to Wisdom, the History of Susannah, Bel and the Dragon [i.e., the deuterocanonical portions of Daniel], and Baruch. The use made of the Apocrypha by Tertullian, Hippolytus, Cyprian and Clement of Alexandria is too frequent for detailed references to be necessary" (Early Christian Doctrines, 53-54).
The deuterocanonicals teach Catholic doctrine, and for this reason they were taken out of the Old Testament by Martin Luther and placed in an appendix without page numbers. Luther also took out four New Testament books -- Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation -- and put them in an appendix without page numbers as well. These were later put back into the New Testament by other Protestants, but the seven books of the Old Testament were left out. Following Luther they had been left in an appendix to the Old Testament, and eventually the appendix itself was dropped (in 1827 by the British and Foreign Bible Society), which is why these books are not found at all in most contemporary Protestant Bibles, though they were appendicized in classic Protestant translations such as the King James Version.
In later years they even began to propagate the myth that the Catholic Church "added" these seven books to the Bible at the Council of Trent!
Protestants also try to distort the patristic evidence in favor of the deuterocanonicals. Some flatly state that the early Church Fathers did not accept them, while others make the more moderate claim that certain important Fathers, such as Jerome, did not accept them.
It is true that Jerome, and a few other isolated writers, did not accept most of the deuterocanonicals as Scripture. However, Jerome was persuaded, against his original inclination, to include the deuterocanonicals in his Vulgate edition of the Scriptures-testimony to the fact that the books were commonly accepted and were expected to be included in any edition of the Scriptures.
He wrote, "What sin have I committed if I followed the judgment of the churches? But he who brings charges against me for relating the objections that the Hebrews are wont to raise against the story of Susanna, the Son of the Three Children, and the story of Bel and the Dragon, which are not found in the Hebrew volume, proves that he is just a foolish sycophant. For I was not relating my own personal views, but rather the remarks that they [the Jews] are wont to make against us" (Against Rufinus 11:33 [A.D. 402]). Thus Jerome acknowledged the principle by which the canon was settled -- the judgment of the Church, not of later Jews.
Other writers Protestants cite as objecting to the deuterocanonicals, such as Athanasius and Origen, also accepted some or all of them as canonical. For example, Athanasius, accepted the book of Baruch as part of his Old Testament (Festal Letter 39), and Origen accepted all of the deuterocanonicals, he simply recommended not using them in disputations with Jews.
It is thus a complete myth that, as Protestants often charge, the Catholic Church "added" the deuterocanonicals to the Bible at the Council of Trent. These books had been in the Bible from before the time canon was initially settled in the 380s. All the Council of Trent did was reaffirm, in the face of the new Protestant attack on Scripture, what had been the historic Bible of the Church -- the standard edition of which was Jerome's own Vulgate, including the seven deuterocanonicals!
It is ironic that Protestants reject the inclusion of the deuterocanonicals at councils such as Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), because these are the very same early Church councils that Protestants appeal to for the canon of the New Testament. Prior to the councils of the late 300s, there was a wide range of disagreement over exactly what books belonged in the New Testament. Certain books, such as the gospels, acts, and most of the epistles of Paul had long been agreed upon. However a number of the books of the New Testament, most notably Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 & 3 John, and Revelation remained hotly disputed until the canon was settled. They are, in effect, "New Testament deuterocanonicals."
Mga kaibigan ba natin ang magkapatid na si Mang-Alipusta at si Mang-Mayabang?
Ang kutob ko ay hindi nila sinasadya with right conscience ang pagyayabang. Parang nadadala lang sila sa kanilang mga emotion kaya nagawa nila ang mga ganon. Katulad din natin, may mga panahon na nadadala din tayo sa ating mga emotion, kaya may mga panahon, na makakagawa din tayo ng mga hindi mabubuti. Ibig sabihin, kahit na nasa original tayo na simbahan, magkakamali pa rin tayo personally. Magdasal lang tayo ng taimtim, na sana dami sa atin na, ang magpagabay sa buong katotohanan na nasa ating Magisterium ng Simbahan.
Minsan din, kutob ko, na parang pinahintulotan din ng Panginoon, na may mang-alipusta at magyayabang, para, maturuan tayo kung paano ang magpakumbaba. Kaya, isang PAGKAKATAON pala ang hindi magandang asal ng iba (pagyayabang), para matuto tayo kung paano magpakumbaba.
At matuto din tayo, kung paano maging UNDERSTANDING sa weakness o pagkukulang ng ibang mga kapatid natin. Nasa labas man sila ng simbahan o nasa loob man.
Protestants are blind to the fact that divorce and remarriage is unlawful because Protestantism itself is an unlawful divorce from the Catholic Church.
There may have been several areas within the Catholic Church that needed change at the time of the Reformation, yet problems within the Church, like problems within a marriage, do not merit a divorce.
Ano ba ang Santo sa Bibliya at ang Santo sa Katoliko?
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: MGA SAINTS SA BIBLE MGA BUHAY HINDI MGA PATAY. SA CATHOLIC TEACHING MAMATAY KA MUNA BAGO KA NILA GAWING SAINTS, MALI ATA."
Iba po ang ibig sabihin sa canonized o declared saints sa simbahang katoliko. Hindi po ibig sabihin na ang saints ay yong na canonized lang. Saints means ay ang mga taong namumuhay ayon sa mga katuroan ng Dios. Ang Dios lang ang nakakaalam sa mga tunay na santo, dahil siya lang ang nakakaalam sa tunay na nilalaman ng puso sa mga tao.
Subalit dahil ang tunay na iglesia, ay may gabay sa kanya, na Espiritu Santo, na kung ano ang pahintulotan niya ay pahintulotan din ng Dios sa langit (Mat18:18), so may kapangyarihan ang tunay na iglesia sa pag-canonized o pag-diklara sa mga taong nakilala niya na walang alinlangan ang kanilang pagka-santo.
Pero hindi ibig sabihin na ang santo ay yong na-canonized o nadiklara lang ng simbahan. Sa unang siglo, ikalawang siglo at ikatlo ang daming mga kristianong martir na hindi na nakilala ng simbahan kaya hindi na sila na-canonized.
Katulad din nitong Bible natin, na-canonized ng Simbahan ang 73 books lang ang buo nito. Pero, hindi ibig sabihin na ang WORD of GOD ay yon lang nasa loob nito. Dahil ang sabi ni St Paul sa 2 Thessalonians 2:15 hindi ang lahat ay nasusulat. Ganon din ang sabi ni St John sa John 21:25, hindi daw ang lahat nasusulat nila. Ganon din sa Deuteronomy 29:29 may mga hindi ini-reveal o ini-hahayag pa ng Dios. Ang sabi may mga SECRET THINGS pa daw ang Dios na hindi niya ini-reveal sa tao.
Mamamatay ang Magsasabi ng Katotohanan!
May isang INC-1914 na nagyayabang sa kanilang "PAG-KAKAISA."
"At ang tungkol naman sa pagkakaisa ninyong mga INC-1914, hinahangaan ko iyan sa inyo. Pero, dapat lang nating tatandaan, na HINDI LAHAT NA PAG-KAKAISA ay tama o totoo. Dahil may samahan din ng mga magnanakaw, na nagkakaisa din sa pagnanakaw. At mayroon ding nagkaka-isa sa maling doktrina."
Dapat lang malaman ng publiko ang deception ng MALING PAG-KAKA-ISA. Dahil, parang mag-mumukhang tama, ang mali, kung, walang magsiwalat sa mga kamalian-nila. Ating tatandaan, si San Juan Bautista, pinugutan ng ulo, ng DAHIL LANG SA PAG-SASABI NG KATOTOHANAN.
Natatakot akong mamatay sa pagsasabi ng katotohanan. Subalit, ang anghel ng langit ay nagsasabi sa akin, na wag daw akong matatakot mamatay. Dahil, ang sabi niya, "Ang Bawat patak ng Dugo, ninyong mga kristiano, ay nag-sisilbi itong liso o BINHI ng kristianismo."
"Ng pinatay ang Panginoong Jesu Cristo, unti-uting dumami ang mga kristiano."
The product of Sola Scriptura or Bible Alone doctrine is DIVISIONS in Christianity. While the product of the Bible + Magisterium is ONE CHURCH, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
"I do believe that many people will understand – maybe not now, but in the future..."
Bakit pinugutan nila ng ulo ang mga kristiano, kung ayaw nilang dadami ang mga ito?
"Kung magpatawag daw ang Pope, ng panibagong krusada, sasali daw sila."
"But the new covenant most effective weapon is no longer our anger. It is our very DEEP love to them... loving enemies (unconditional love)..."
This title has been almost literally copied from Tertullian, who in the year 197 wrote: "The blood [of martyrs] is the seed of Christians". The same idea was already to be found in the mid 2nd century in a speech by an unknown author made to the pagan Diogneto: "Do you not see that [the Christians] thrown to the wild beasts - that they may recant the Lord - do not allow themselves to be beaten? Do you not see that the more they are punished, the more the others increase in numbers?" (7, 7-8). One of Tertullian's contemporaries was Ippolito Romano, who, during the persecutions organised by Septimius Severus, wrote that a large number of men, attracted to the faith by martyrs, also became God's martyrs (see Commentary to Daniel, II, 38).
This belief of the first Christians was well-founded, because referring to His redeeming death, Jesus said: "unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit" (John 12, 24). The martyrs simply follow the path shown by Jesus, who speaking of Himself said: "I am the way, and the truth and the life" (John 14, 6).
The martyrs gain through losing their lives in bearing witness to Jesus – they gain eternal life. But this is also positive for the Church, that receives new believers, encouraged to convert thanks to the example set by the martyrs, and she also sees a renewal in existing believers. John Paul II showed us that he was convinced of this when, during the year of the Great Jubilee, in his speech at the Colosseum for the commemoration of 20th century martyrs he said: "in this new century and new millennium, the memory of these brothers and sisters of ours must remain alive. Indeed, may it grow! May it be passed down from generation to generation, that it may germinate a profound Christian renewal!" (Teachings, 23/1, 776).
To better understand how the death of martyrs is the seed for Christians, it is well worth remembering that in the parable of the seed "the seed is the word of God", and not only His revealed words, but even more His Word, with a capital letter, the Son sent by the Father and that the Holy Sprit allows to germinate in the hearts of Christians, identifying it with Christ. The testimonial deaths of martyrs are in fact identified with Christ. However, the Holy Spirit also works in the hearts of those who welcome the testimony of the martyrs, which become of special eloquence. As recited in the Preface for the holy martyrs: "they bore witness with their blood to Your miracle".
Martyrs help us understand the great value of this testimony rendered to Christ by totally giving one's life. This is a donation that can be at a certain moment asked of some; but that we are all asked day after day, hour after hour. As Saint Ambrose said, when speaking of his times, during which external persecutions had come to an end: "How many today are Christ's secret martyrs, bearing witness to the Lord Jesus!" (Comment for psalm 118).
Palaisipan para sa INC-1914 !!!
If Simon in the Bible named Peter is one person and not two different persons. Then, by that simple logic, the Church of Christ in the Bible, named Catholic is ONE CHURCH, not two different churches.
If the church founded by Brother Felix Manalo, named Church of Christ. That is absolutely misleading and totally a lie!


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Uses pure oxygen to enhance the body's natural ability to heal.
Encompasses 100% oxygen under 2-3 times greater pressure than atmospheric pressure.
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Born in south Wales, Emma graduated from Bath Spa University in 2010 with a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing. After that, she went on to complete a MA in International Journalism at Cardiff University, graduating with distinction. In 2016, she was nominated as Culture Writer of the Year at the Words by Women Awards, which she gracelessly lost. Her greatest career highlight came in 2017, when Jay Kay from Jamiroquai left her a voicemail saying that her review of their comeback tour – in which she described him fondly as "a guy from Stratford" – made him "laugh".
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AK-46 is a hybrid cannabis strain with more Sativa genes than Indica ones, which means that it is a good choice if you have chores to do or work to get done. Sativa-dominant strains are energizing and motivating. The genetic origins of AK-46 are unknown, but its effects are popular among medical cannabis patients for a variety of well-known reasons.
These buds are a stunning lime green in color, with heavy, crystalized trichomes visible all over them. They are sticky and fluffy, and users love the piney flavor of AK-46. This strain is suitable for both daytime and evening use, and because it is such a social experience, it is a great option to share with friends too. AK-46 is a sought after strain among medical patients.
People enjoy AK-46 because it makes you laugh. You will giggle for two hours straight, feeling relaxed, carefree, sociable, and energetic. The Sativa genes are cerebrally uplifting, yet toward the end of the experience, the Indica genes kick in to make users content and sleepy. This strain has the reputation of being sociable, which makes it suitable for events, functions, and other types of gatherings.
AK-46 gets a 7 out of 10 rating. The buzz lasts about two hours, with a relaxed, sleepy comedown.
THC levels can range between 16 percent and 18 percent.
This plant has a flowering cycle of nine or ten weeks.
Most grow AK-46 indoors under LED lights. It thrives in a Sea of Green setup and can do well outdoors.
This is a medium-sized plant. It typically grows around four feet high.
AK-46 yields a nice harvest. In the right conditions, buds grow long, heavy, and dense.
This is a suitable strain for beginners. It grows easily and resiliently.
In overly humid conditions, bud rot and mold sometimes attacks this plant.


April 1 will be my first official retirement day! Plans? Why yes! Approximately eight retired friends and I plan to hike the Holbert Trail in South Mountain Park. The hike is to celebrate my retirement after 26 years with a particular Company!! We plan to hike this trail and then have a leisurely lunch at a near-by restaurant after the hike. My first day! Yipee! Stay tuned for photos!