Amazon is hoping for record Prime Day sales and sign-ups to Prime memberships in Australia, even after its website crashed at the beginning of the event.
The online retailer experienced 'technical glitches', as well as some disappointed Australian consumers, during the flash sale, sparking the twitter hashtag, #PrimeDayFail.
Amazon extended Prime Day to 36 hours from 30 hours last year and added four countries, including Australia, in its drive to increase Amazon Prime membership.
Despite the glitches, Amazon claimed the first 10 hours Prime Day grew even faster, year-over-year, than the first 10 hours last year, exceeding US$1 billion in sales globally. Best-selling items included the Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, Instant Pot 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi Use and Echo Dot.
According to various reports, spending jumped 89 per cent in the first 12 hours of the event compared with the same period last year.
Amazon's Black Friday equivalent had been expected to achieve US$3.4 billion of spending, up more than 40 per cent from last year. And despite the tech issues, Amazon's stock gained 1.2 per cent to $1843.93 as of close of trade on July 17.
The impact on Australian retailers has yet to be reported. However, Amazon retail's arrival in Australia late last year proved underwhelming, with many consumers reporting the online retailer as worse than expected according to fresh research undertaken by Starcom. Local consumers were also disappointed when their US accounts were blocked as of 1 July, forcing them to use the Australian version.
Since then, Starcom said Amazon.com.au has made up ground, with its improved pricing, product offerings and two-day distribution.
"It is our belief Amazon's free and fast delivery proposition is core and essential for long term Prime membership, but it is the little bursts of excitement, whether from access to amazing deals or favourite photos and music, that inspire people to take action and actually sign up," Starcom director audience and measurement solutions, Nicole Conroy, said.
"Based on our initial analysis and knowing that in the US more new customers joined Prime on Prime Day 2017 than on any single day in Amazon history12, we believe Amazon Prime Day will be a critical factor in boosting membership numbers in Australia."
Mindshare's research into 'The Amazon effect' in June found overall online shopping traffic has grown 9.1 per cent off the back of Amazon's launch, with local consumers turning away from overseas ecommerce sites in favour of locally based options.
Amazon also grew traffic by 24 per cent post-launch, or between February-April 2018 and February-April 2017, attracting an additional 1.3 million visitors per month. This compared to an 11 per cent decline in Web traffic the previous year.
However, local retailers hurt by Amazon's arrival are commonly operating in categories of traditional strength for the US giant, such as gaming, books and consumer electronics. In Australia, these brands included EB Games, Booktopia, Harvey Norman, Supercheap Auto, Cotton On Group, eBay and Priceline, which all experienced a dip in traffic year-on-year.
Globant VP of technology, Nicolás Ávila, saw Amazon Prime Day as a symbol of how Amazon transformed a great customer experience into a loyalty program.
Avionos president, Scott Webb, said Amazon has continued to evolve its positioning, adapting to changing consumer expectations and retail industry trends.
"What started as basically a flash sale to drive site traffic has now grown into a multi-channel blitz of Amazon's private-label brands and in-store promotions, particularly with Whole Foods in the mix," he said. "Prime Day has now infiltrated the brick-and-mortar market and even looks a bit like sales put on by traditional retailers, like Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale or Macy's Independence Day Sale - just more adapted to today's online shoppers.
"This has been a growing change in Amazon's business model because today, it's not enough for retailers to compete only online. We're seeing Amazon continue to recognize this changing dynamic as it further blurs the line between online and offline commerce offerings. I think this is one of the first of many years that we'll see Amazon expanding its Prime Day offerings into the physical space."
Episerver director of product strategy, personalisation, campaign and analytics, Jeff Cheal, said Amazon has set the standard customers have come to expect from a seamless and convenient shopping experience.
"While Amazon has done well to cultivate strong brand loyalty, our experience and research shows that customers are quick to jump ship if an online shopping experience doesn't live up to these new standards, even with sites they are previously familiar with," he said.


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At Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers, we always look for new ways to give back to our community in Louisiana. Over time, our law firm has established partnerships with local charity organizations and sports athletes to spread awareness about critical issues in our state and build donation opportunities.
Here are some of the current and previous partnerships we've had over the years.
Partnership with Taysom Hill
In October 2021, our law firm announced on Facebook its new partnership with Taysom Hill, an NFL quarterback and utility player for the New Orleans Saints in Louisiana. With Hill, our law firm plans to award autographed jerseys to prize winners and participate in other charitable opportunities to continue our donation work in the state.
Partnership with Alvin Kamara and the Dreambuilders Foundation
Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers teamed with New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara from September 2018 to July 2021, giving back to multiple local organizations and schools throughout the state. Kamara is an active participant in the Dreambuilders Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by pro athletes to fulfill children's dream wishes.
Together with Kamara, our law firm organized autographed sports jersey and gear giveaways, donation awards, and video shoutouts to promote goodwill in Louisiana.
Partnership with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Alexandria
In 2018, Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers and Kamara partnered with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Alexandria to support positive improvement in the community. Previous donations included funding to purchase new scoreboards and sports equipment for the YWCA athletic complex.
This local organization's mission focuses on eliminating racism and empowering women in the Alexandria-Pineville area in Central Louisiana. Our law firm is proud to support this cause and hopes to continue helping the YWCA guide young girls toward a better future.
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Tahir Rahman, Sarah M. Hartz, Willa Xiong, J. Reid Meloy, Jeffrey Janofsky, Bruce Harry and Phillip J. Resnick
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2020, 48 (3) 319-326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200001-20
Tahir Rahman
Dr. Rahman and Dr. Hartz are Associate Professors, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Xiong is Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Dr. Meloy is Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego. Dr. Janofsky is Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Harry is Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Resnick is Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sarah M. Hartz
Willa Xiong
J. Reid Meloy
Jeffrey Janofsky
Bruce Harry
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Definitions of Overvalued Idea from Psychiatric Texts
Freudenreich12 [Overvalued ideas are] a passionate attitude, also known as 'fanatic' in lay terms. One important aspect of overvalued ideas is that they are shared with other people, making them potentially destructive. Remember that delusions, by contrast, are uniquely false ideas held by individuals and identified by others as erroneous. While most people would not jeopardize their careers or lives for overvalued ideas, some will (and are secretly regarded as heroes by those less inclined to fight for an idea) (Ref. 12, p 6).
Gelder, Gath, Mayou, Cohen13 An overvalued idea is an isolated preoccupying belief, neither delusional nor obsessional in nature, which comes to dominate a person's life for many years and may affect his actions. The preoccupying belief may be understandable when the person's background is known (Ref. 13, p 10).
McHugh14 An overvalued idea is a thought shared by others in a society or culture but in the patient held with an intense emotional commitment capable of provoking dominating behavior in its service. An overvalued idea differs from a delusion in that delusions are false ideas unique to the possessor, whereas overvalued ideas develop from assumptions and beliefs shared by many others. An overvalued idea differs, too, from an obsession in that, although it dominates the mind as an obsession does, the subject does not fight an overvalued idea but instead relishes, amplifies, and defends it. Indeed, the idea fulminates in the mind of the subject, growing more dominant and more resistant to challenge (Ref. 14, p 243).
Winokur and Clayton15 [The definitive test of a delusion is] whether an unusual belief is shared by members of the patient's subculture. Delusions must also be differentiated from overvalued ideas, which are fanatically maintained notions, such as the superiority of one sex, nation, or race over others … (Ref. 15, p 376).
Sims16 The background on which an overvalued idea is held is not necessarily unreasonable or false. It becomes so dominant that all other ideas are secondary and relate to it: the patient's whole life comes to dominate around this one idea. It is usually associated with a very strong affect that the person because of his temperament has great difficulty in expressing … (Ref. 16, p 147).
American Psychiatric Association4 An unreasonable and sustained belief that is maintained with less than delusional intensity (i.e., the person is able to acknowledge the possibility that the belief may not be true). The belief is not one that is ordinarily accepted by the other members of the person's culture or subculture (Ref. 4, p 826).
1 A 35-year-old man with no prior psychiatric disorder plants bombs at a factory that builds computers. He is arrested before anyone is harmed. After his arrest, he tells the police that he believes that computers are ruining the planet and the ecosystem. He is an avid environmentalist and belongs to a group that advocates for the protection of the environment. He regularly attends meetings that advocate violence to "save planet Earth" from total destruction. He believes that others in his group will follow his lead and that he is a hero for doing this. No past psychiatric history or current symptoms are found, and the exam is notable only for increased speech volume when explaining the reasoning for his actions. (Extreme Overvalued Belief)
2 A 27-year-old male graduate student is questioned by police after he tells a new friend that he struggled with "weird thoughts of shooting a lot of people." On exam, he is anxious and stated that he never wants to harm anyone. He hates guns and has never owned one. If he sees a knife or a gun, he is "afraid of what might happen." Since his late teenage years, he has had repeated, intrusive images of people getting shot or killed and unwanted thoughts that weapons could hurt him as well. These images and thoughts cause him severe anxiety and distress, and he avoids crowds because it makes these thoughts worse. He has panic attacks at times and was treated in an emergency room for them five years ago. (Obsession)
3 A 40-year-old man with unclear past psychiatric history is arrested after stabbing his neighbor to death. He tells police that his neighbor was a space alien and that the "world is now safe" because he stopped the alien. On exam, he is disheveled and has disorganized speech. His home is found to be unkempt, littered with cigarette butts, with all the windows and vents covered with plastic trash bags and duct tape. (Delusion)
4 A 38-year-old man is detained and questioned by airport security after he is seen with religious books on an airplane that frightened another passenger. Security discovers many prayer books in his luggage. He appears anxious and states that he cannot refrain from praying because he has recurrent thoughts of the plane crashing and believes that reciting his prayers 15 times every time the clock lands on the hour will keep him safe. He states, "This probably sounds ridiculous to you, but I can't help it." These thoughts have bothered him for many years, and he is only able to stop them with the prayer routine. As a child, he always had to look under his bed three times before he went to bed. (Obsession)
5 A 42-year-old male is arrested after violent behavior during an anti-government protest. During and after his arrest, he challenges the legitimacy of the U.S. government and the entire criminal justice system. During his arraignment, he shouts out odd and what appear to be nonsensical statements to the court. After the courtroom proceedings, he exhibits organized, rational, sequential, and coherent thought processes. Further collateral information is obtained. He is neatly dressed, has no hallucinations, no prior psychiatric treatment, and no grossly disorganized behavior. He belongs to a group called "Freedom Rights" who refuse to pay income taxes and believe that they are free of any legal constraints because they don't recognize the legitimacy of the U.S. government. He has also delivered speeches to crowds espousing such beliefs. (Extreme Overvalued Belief)
6 A 40-year-old man is arrested after carrying Sarin nerve agent on a subway in a major metropolitan area. Witnesses tell police that a toxin took effect in a matter of seconds, leaving several people dead. The man states to police that "people must die to elevate their souls" and that "their souls would reach the planet Jupiter." After further investigation, it is determined that he belongs to a "new age church" in which all members believe that their souls will be saved after they die and that their souls will travel to the planet Jupiter to meet a prophet from centuries ago. He smoked marijuana as a teenager but became religiously devout and stopped using all drugs after he joined his church. He has no other psychiatric history. (Extreme Overvalued Belief)
7 A 32-year-old man with a history of prior psychiatric hospitalizations is arrested after a mass shooting in which he opened fire on 12 people attending a multicultural event, resulting in five dead and seven wounded. He has been hearing voices since adolescence. On exam, his speech is found to be grossly disorganized. He believes that he is a "superhero here to do good work," that all the people he shot are "future devils," and that he can tell "good people from bad people by looking into their souls." He has been treated with antipsychotic drugs in the past but stopped taking them two to three years ago. (Delusion)
8 A 24-year-old man with chronic mental health problems is arrested after killing his parents. He stated that his parents are actually "undercover government agents" who are harassing and spying on him. He tells the examiner that he knows that these individuals are not his parents, but rather imposters. He is certain of this because "my real parents walk and talk differently." He has a previous mental health admission for threatening his parents and assaultive behavior toward them. On exam, he is disheveled and unkempt, and requires repeated questioning because he frequently goes off on tangents. He was seen responding to auditory hallucinations by staff. (Delusion)
9 A 19-year-old woman is seen by police after she tells her neighbor that she has thoughts of stabbing her parents. She is visibly upset when evaluated and states that she loves her parents and would never want them harmed by anyone. She reports images of seeing her parents being stabbed that will not leave her mind. She tries to distract herself by singing or walking around. By the end of the interview, she is calmer and feels her thoughts are "silly" but very intrusive. She has some insomnia but denies all other symptoms and is willing to seek help for this problem. (Obsession)
10 A 43-year-old man shoots and kills a police officer during a routine traffic stop. An investigation reveals that he had formed many odd beliefs after several years of Internet use. It is determined that he and others he interacted with online believe that the U.S. government was originally set up by the founding fathers but was secretly replaced by a new government system based on admiralty law, the law of the sea and international commerce. He believed in the process of "redemption" and began filing multiple complex, legal-sounding documents to tap into a secret U.S. Treasury account that he and others believed had been set up for him at birth to draw on at any time. He was routinely rejected by the courts, his house was foreclosed on, and he was about to be evicted. On forensic evaluation, he spent much time talking about his redemption ideas, had no other symptoms, and said he "snapped" when he was pulled over by a government official. Upon a review of the Internet sites, it is determined that his beliefs match those of many others in videos devoted to this topic. (Extreme Overvalued Belief)
11 A 38-year-old woman is arrested after she stabs and kills her gynecologist. She recently found out that he that also performs abortions. She believes that the doctor is trying to kill her unborn baby by forcibly performing an abortion on her. She is taken to an emergency room after her arrest because the police cannot understand her speech patterns and she is so upset about her "unborn baby being harmed." A pregnancy test is found to be negative, yet she insists that she is carrying "the first cousin of God" in her body. She can hear voices of many gods and demons telling her she is a bad person who must stop her doctor from killing her unborn baby. On exam she is disheveled and has grossly disorganized speech. A newspaper story the next morning reads, "Abortion doctor killed by crazed fanatic." (Delusion)
12 An 18-year-old woman is detained by security for trying to jump over a barrier into a secure area. When questioned, she is quite upset and tearful as police are called to investigate. She states that the lotion she uses to keep her hands clean was accidentally left in her luggage and she was trying to get it back. On exam, she has numerous lesions from skin picking all over her body. She washes her hands 50 to 60 times a day. The skin on her hands is cracked and bleeding. She has intrusive, unwanted thoughts of getting "the AIDS virus from someone." She knows it is not how people get the virus, but she can't seem to control these intrusive thoughts. The lotion she has in her luggage is what she likes to use to prevent getting sick. (Obsession)
Definitions for Workshop Survey
Delusion A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly held despite what almost everyone else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary. The belief is not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture (i.e., it is not an article of religious faith) (Ref. 4, p 819).
Extreme Overvalued Belief A belief that is shared by others in a person's cultural, religious, or subcultural group. The belief is often relished, amplified, and defended by the possessor of the belief and should be differentiated from a delusion or obsession. The belief grows more dominant over time, more refined, and more resistant to challenge. The individual has an intense emotional commitment to the belief and may carry out violent behavior in its service (Ref. 3, p 2).
Obsession Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e., by performing a compulsion) (Ref. 4, p 826).
Interrater Reliability of Definitions
Estimated kappa (95% CI)
1 0.91 (0.85, 0.98)
10 0.90 (0.83, 0.97)
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#MeToo, Times Up Feminists: Wage Inequality Is 'Violence'
By Corinne Weaver | January 15, 2018 3:34 PM EST
Feminists and activists are always eager to build a victim narrative.
So it should come as no surprise that the feminists behind the trends "Times Up" and "#MeToo" have decided to re-define terminology in order to better fit their narrative. Activists Tarana Burke, Ai-Jen Poo, and Monica Ramirez wrote, in a guest-column for the Hollywood Reporter, that "While Hollywood is trying to address its problems with sexual violence, we want to underscore that that failure to pay women fairly is another way of exacting violence on women workers by devaluing their worth and contributions."
These words came in response to the controversy surrounding the respective paychecks for actors Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams for the reshoot of the film, All the Money in the World. Wahlberg made 1,000 times more than Williams for the re-shoot, and even though Wahlberg donated his 1.5 million dollar paycheck to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, he was still the subject of criticism from the three activists.
"Gender-based injustice is pervasive, and comes in all forms and sizes," the women pontificated. And the column that could have focused on either violence against women or social discrimination against women went both ways and turned the pay-gap between genders into "violence on women workers."
The column was definitely more focused on the wage gap in Hollywood than it was anywhere else, which made it difficult to relate to. Actress Michelle Williams has a net worth of 16 million. Hollywood may have a wage gap problem but the more glaringly obvious problem has to do with rape and assault perpetuated throughout the industry.
"The Golden Globes felt historic," gushed the activists. They would know: they were actually there. Tarana Burke was a guest of Michelle Williams, while ironically, Ai-Jen Poo was Meryl Streep's guest. Anything to make up for the sin of referring to Harvey Weinstein as a god.
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A $40 million-plus sports, entertainment and hospitality complex in Greenwood proposed by Indy Fuel owners Jim and Sean Hallett and Indianapolis-based developer Gershman Partners has been called off, Mayor Mark W. Myers announced Tuesday afternoon.
A statement from the mayor said the Hallett family had informed him of its decision not to proceed with the Greenwood Sportsplex, which was to be built at the southeast corner of the Interstate 65 and County Line Road interchange.
The $25 million, 175,000-square-foot Sportsplex was expected to anchor the overall sports, family entertainment and hospitality complex on 60 acres along Interstate 65. Without the Sportsplex, the rest of the development isn't viable, officials said.
The Halletts had originally planned to build a slightly smaller ice skating and hockey facility in Freedom Park, about five miles southwest of the current site, but dropped that proposal when nearby residents and members of the Greenwood Common Council expressed concerns about the location.
Jim Hallett said the latest proposal hinged on the developers' ability to get a sizable, one-time rebate from Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
"After switching from the initial site to another site and then after months of negotiation, with the incentives that we were getting, at the end of the day, it wasn't viable to make the financial commitment," Jim Hallett told IBJ on Tuesday afternoon.
The Halletts said they sought a rebate from IPL of up to $2.7 million for a $5 million energy-saving system that would cut the facility's annual power usage 40 percent. They said IPL offered just $150,000.
In January, Sean Hallett told IBJ the two sides had been at an impasse for more than three months and were still miles apart.
The Halletts had planned to install an Eco Chill ice-making and chilling system for two full-size ice rinks at the proposed complex. Plans also called for five basketball courts, a fitness and training facility, pro shop, locker rooms and food service facilities. The turf fields would be convertible into two additional ice rinks and the basketball courts would be convertible into 10 volleyball courts.
The Halletts and co-developer Gershman Partners said in June 2017 that they had signed letters of intent with Greenwood to develop the project and were seeking an incentive package worth $8.5 million from the city.
Gershman said it planned to spend an additional $15 million on the initial phase of the overall development, which would have included another 125,000 square feet of entertainment, dining, retail and hospitality projects.
The developer said it had early agreements in place with Xscape Theatres and Main Event Entertainment to serve as anchors for that portion of the development. Xscape operates multi-screen movie theaters, and Main Event operates bowling-alley entertainment facilities that also offer laser tag, billiards, bars and dining.
Ten outlots at the development were planned to include a 200-room hotel, convenience store and restaurants. The site also could have included medical and office space.
Myers said the city would continue attempts to attract development to the site.


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The Health Department has a new Medicaid provision that requires certain providers to provide coverage for their employees to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Earlier this month the government announced it was considering removing the mandatory vaccine from the public health system. The Supreme Court decided against the ruling and ultimately agreed to support the ruling. This mandate has been adopted as part of the Medicare-certified facility's vaccination mandate.
Staff at all health care facilities covered by the regulation to have received, at a minimum, the first dose of a primary series or a single dose COVID-19 vaccine prior to staff providing care, treatment, or other services for the facility and/or its patients.
The U.S. Supreme Court reinstates the COVID-19 vaccine rule
The federal government has approved the continuing COVID 19 vaccine requirement by the Congressional Research Service (CRS.) Biden, and others. Missouri and the United States. 21 A240. No. 2 A240 (14 January 2020). CMS is able to impose an interim rule that requires many Medicare and Medicaid providers to provide coverage for employees with COVID19 vaccinations in all 24 countries.
The cases return to the respective courts of appeals that were hearing challenges to the rule, but the Supreme Court's decision means those challenges are likely to be dismissed. The Supreme Court determined that CMS had the statutory authority to impose the vaccination rule in an effort to ensure that the healthcare providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients' health and safety.
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Covered providers and suppliers must implement mandatory vaccination policies that include a process by which staff may request an exemption from the vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons in accordance with applicable federal law; There is no test-out option; Only religious or medical exemptions are permitted; Covered providers and suppliers must track and securely document the vaccination status of each staff member, including those for whom there was a temporary delay in vaccination;
Home News Senate votes to stop CMS vaccine mandate Mar 03, 2022 - 03:56 PM The Senate last night voted 49-44 to approve a resolution calling for congressional disapproval of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule that required workers in most health care settings that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Feb. 28.
The rule applies to nursing homes, hospitals, outpatient rehab facilities, federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, and home health agencies, among other provider types. Residents and staff of other HCBS providers, such as group homes, assisted living facilities, and day habilitation programs, face an increased risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19, similar to their counterparts in nursing homes.
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Hospitals and health systems will continue to struggle to maintain the workforce necessary to battle the virus while also maintaining the essential health services that patients and communities depend on each day. "Lastly, we urge any health care providers that are not subject to the CMS requirement to continue their efforts to achieve high levels of vaccination.
Support or suppliers that are regulated under CMS standards, including hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation clinics, and many other facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. The CMS rule applies to all current and future employees at covered facilities, regardless of whether the employee holds a clinical or non-clinical position, and reaches anyone who provides treatment or services to the facility under contract or other arrangements.


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Lee Lawson, president and CEO of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, left, passes the gavel as EDAA president to Patrick Murphy, vice president of Business, Sales and Economic Development at Alabama Power. [Photo Credit: Michael Tomberlin /Alabama NewsCenter]
The head of economic development at Alabama Power has been named the new president of the organization representing those who practice the profession that is behind job growth and investment in the state.
Patrick Murphy, vice president of Business, Sales and Economic Development at Alabama Power, received the gavel Wednesday as president of the Economic Development Association of Alabama at the organization's 2018 Summer Conference. Lee Lawson, president and CEO of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, is outgoing president.
Murphy said he steps into the role at a time when he feels it's important to emphasize the work that economic development professionals do throughout the state.
"Economic development is a local issue," Murphy said. "It is done, performed locally and regionally, by people in the communities. Our goal this year is to highlight that a little bit better."
Murphy said Alabama's economic development success over the past couple of decades has been due in large part to the teamwork among the state, regional, local and private-sector economic developers.
"This is not a weekend job and it's not something you can do after hours," Murphy said. "We can't create the demand, but it's important for us to create the awareness."
Jim Searcy is the executive director of EDAA. He said the organization is made up of 475 professionals throughout the state. He said EDAA seeks to represent those professionals with networking, education and advocacy that support the important work they do for the state.
"Economic development used to be kind of a 'mother and apple pie' issue and it's obviously something that is critical for the future of the state," Searcy said. "One of the things that has been kind of disconcerting to us is that economic development has taken some hits to the meaning of that term and it's been kind of lessened."
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Searcy said EDAA will be leading a public relations effort to improve and capture the true meaning of economic development. He said it's not incentives and ribbon cuttings, it's the work that goes into convincing business leaders that they will have the most success in a community in Alabama.
"When you ride by an industrial facility or you ride by a commercial facility and you see all of those cars in the parking lot, they're not just cars, those are lives that have been changed through economic development," Searcy said.
One key issue the organization faces is the need for legislation preventing economic developers from being listed as lobbyists in the state. While they were successful in getting such language passed in this year's legislative session, that law sunsets in April 2019, putting pressure on EDAA to get a permanent fix early in the new session.
"We've got to get a permanent fix," Searcy said. "If we do not fix it, it will hurt Alabama's competitiveness."
Should economic developers be defined as lobbyists, they would lose the confidentiality that comes with working with companies conducting site searches in multiple states, putting Alabama at a disadvantage.
"Our competitor states – whether it's Georgia or whether it's Tennessee or whether it's Ohio or California – were starting to use that against us," Searcy said. "It just goes without saying that economic developers aren't lobbyists. We advocate for better schools. We advocate for better infrastructure – transportation, broadband. We advocate for all of that because that makes the communities, it makes the state more competitive to go after projects. But we're not lobbyists and that's the clarification we're looking to do legislatively in the next session."
In addition to Murphy as the new president, EDAA voted Megan McGowen-Crouch, city of Auburn Deputy Economic Development director, as second vice president; Brooks Kracke, president of NAIDA, as secretary and treasurer; and added board members Jeff Rabren of Regions Bank, Mike Swinson of Spire and Tanya Maloney of the city of Heflin.
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Спахбед ( <  > ) — среднеперсидский титул, означающий «военачальник», используемый основном в Сасанидской империи. Первоначально существовал единственный спахбед, называвшийся Эран-спахбед (), который выполнял функции генералиссимуса войска Сасанидов. Со времен Хосрова I (годы правления 531—579) должность была разделена на четыре части в соответствии со сторонами света. После арабского завоевания Персии спахбеды Востока сумели сохранить свою власть над труднодоступным горным регионом Табаристан на южном берегу Каспийского моря, где титул часто использовался в исламской форме испахбад (;  ʾiṣbahbaḏ), сохранившийся в качестве царского титула до монгольских завоеваний 13 века. Эквивалентный титул персидского происхождения, sipahsālār, получил широкое распространение в исламском мире в X-XV веках.

Титул также переняли армяне (, sparapet) и грузины (, spaspeti), а также Хотан (spāta) и согдийцы (spʾdpt) в Средней Азии. Это также засвидетельствовано в греческих источниках как aspabedēs (ἀσπαβέδης). Титул был возрождён в XX веке династией Пехлеви в современной персидской форме sepahbod (سپهبد), что эквивалентно трёхзвездному генерал-лейтенанту, занимающему место ниже артешбод (полный генерал).

Использование в доисламском Иране
Этот титул засвидетельствован в Ахеменидской империи и в виде  (от *spāda- «войско» и *pati- «начальник»), что означает «военачальник». Этот титул продолжал использоваться при Аршакидах, где, по-видимому, он был наследственным положением в одном из семи великих домов парфянской знати.

Сасанидская империя, пришедшая на смену Аршакидам, сохранила титул, который засвидетельствован в серии надписей 3-го века, записанных по- [spʾhpty] (spāhbed) и  [spʾhpt] (spāhpat) и по- [ʾspʾdpty] ((а)spāδpat) и  [spdpty] (spāẟbed).

До начала 6-го века был единственный обладатель титула, Эран-спахбед, который, согласно списку старшинства, предоставленному мусульманским историком 9-го века Якуби, занимал пятое место в придворной иерархии. Два спахбеда, оба названные Рахш, упоминаются в надписях Шапур-КЗ и Пайкули.

В византийских и сирийских источниках упоминается ряд старших офицеров, которые могли иметь этот чин в начале VI века. Так, во время Ирано-византийской (502—506) некий Бос (Bōē), который вел переговоры с византийским магистром оффиций Флавией Целером  и умер в 505 году, в сирийских источниках упоминается как астабид (также пишется астабид, астабад, астабад). Его неназванный преемник на переговорах также носил этот титул. Некоторые современные ученые интерпретируют астабед как новую должность, соответствующую византийскому магистру оффиций, предположительно учрежденному Кавадом I незадолго до 503 г. с целью ослабления авторитета вузург фрамадар. Но вполне вероятно, что это сирийское слово — просто искаженная форма спахбед (которая обычно записывается как аспабид на сирийском языке) или, возможно, асп (a) бид («начальник кавалерии»), поскольку в греческих источниках упоминается имя второго человека как Аспебедес (лат. Aspebedus), Аспеведес или Аспетиос (лат. Aspetius). Опять же, во время Ирано-византийской войны (526—532 гг.) Появляется человек по имени Аспебедес (то есть Бави), согласно историку Прокопию Кесарийскому, дядя по материнской линии Хосрова I (годы правления 531—579). В 527 г. он принял участие в переговорах с византийскими посланниками, а в 531 г. он возглавил вторжение в Месопотамию вместе с Чанаранджесом и Мермероэсом. Он был казнен Хосровом вскоре после его вступления на престол за заговор с другими дворянами с целью свергнуть его в пользу своего брата Замеса.

Реформа Хосрова I
Чтобы обуздать власть сверхмощного генералиссимуса, Хосров I — хотя эта реформа, возможно, уже была запланирована его отцом, Кавадом I (годы правления 499—531), — разделил управление Шран-спахбеда на четыре региональных командования, соответственно к четырем традиционным сторонам света (куст, ср. Шахрестаниха и Шраншахр): «командующий армией Востока (Хорасан)» (куст и хварасан спахбед), «командующий армией Юга» (куст-и немроз спахбед), «командующий армией Запада» (куст-и кхварбаран спахбед) и «начальник армии Азербайджана» (куст-и дурбадаган спахбед, где северо-западная провинция Азербайджана заменяет термин на «север» из-за отрицательной коннотации последнего). Точное географическое определение каждой команды было взято из географии Анании Ширакаци. Поскольку эта реформа упоминалась только в более поздних литературных источниках, историчность этого подразделения или его сохранение после правления Хосрова I подвергались сомнению в прошлом, но серия из тринадцати недавно обнаруженных печатей, которые дают имена восьми спахбедов, представляют собой современные свидетельства времен правления Хосрова I и его преемника Ормизда IV (годы правления 579—590); П. Поуршариати предполагает, что двое из них могут относиться к правлению Хосрова II (годы правления 590—628). Восемь известных спальных кроватей:

Других обладателей этого звания трудно идентифицировать из литературных источников, поскольку должность спахбеда занимала тандем с другими должностями и титулами, такими как Шахраваз («Вепрь Империи»), которые часто рассматриваются как личные имена. Еще одним фактором путаницы в более поздних литературных источниках является взаимозаменяемость звания с младшими провинциальными разрядами марзбан («пограничник, маркграф») и пейгошбан («окружной страж»).

Исламский период
Табаристан
Во время арабского завоевания Персии спахбед Хорасана, по-видимому, удалился в горы Табаристана. Там он пригласил последнего сасанидского шаха, Йездегерда III, найти убежище, но Йездигерд отказался и был убит в 651 году. Как и многие другие местные правители в бывших сасанидских владениях, в том числе в соседних провинциях Горган и Гилан, спахбед затем заключил соглашения с арабами, которые позволили ему оставаться практически независимым правителем Табаристана в обмен на ежегодную дань. Это положило начало династии Дабуйидов, правившей Табаристаном до 759—761 годов, когда он был завоеван Аббасидами и включен в состав Халифата в качестве провинции. Ранние правители династии плохо засвидетельствованы; они чеканили собственные монеты с легендами пехлеви и системой датирования, начиная с падения династии Сасанидов в 651 году, и претендовали на титулы Гилгилан, Падашваргаршах («Шах   Падишхваргара», старое название гор Табаристана) и Испахбад ( , новоперсидская форма спахбеда) Хорасана.

На титул испахбад претендовали и другие линии местных правителей региона, которые заявляли о своем далеком происхождении из сасанидского прошлого: семья Карин, считавшая себя наследниками Дабуйидов и правившая центральным и западным Табаристаном до 839/840 года, и династия Бавандидов в восточных горах, различные ветви которой сохранились вплоть до монгольских завоеваний 13 века. Этот титул также использовали дейлемиты, соседние с Табаристаном. В некоторых более поздних текстах из этого региона титул стал обозначать просто местного вождя.

В Центральной Азии
В Хорасане титул сохранился в употреблении у местных согдийских князей. Испахбад Балха упоминается в 709 году, аль-Ишканд, испахбад Наса в 737 году, и такое же название используется в связи с королем Кабула в начале IX века. В 1090-х годах оно появляется как личное имя полководца сельджуков Исфабада ибн Савтигина, который на время захватил контроль над Меккой.

В Армении
Армянское царство, которым управляла ветвь парфянской династии Аршакидов, приняло термин сначала в его староперсидской форме, давая армянский спарапет, а затем снова, под влиянием Сасанидов, из среднеперсидской формы, давая форму аспахапет. Титул использовался, как и в Иране, для главнокомандующего королевской армией и передавался по наследству семьей Мамикониан.

В Грузии
Институт грузинского чина спаспет, как и его грубый эквивалент спарапет в соседней Армении, был разработан под влиянием сасанидского персидского спахбеда, но отличался тем, что был ненаследственным чином и включал в себя не только военные, но и гражданские функции.

Согласно средневековым грузинским хроникам, чин спаспета был введен первым царем П'арнавазом в III веке до нашей эры. Офис с различными изменениями сохранился в средневековой и ранней современной Грузии до российской аннексии в начале 19 века.

Примечания

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BRIGHTON, Michigan — Nick Manist is a little nervous about knowing what's in store for his new business, Captains on Mine, when a nearly year-long streetscape project kicks off in downtown Brighton. It is
Mannisto opened a brick-and-mortar pizza and coffee shop at 423 West Main Street in September and soon learned of the project to completely transform the downtown area.
"As a new business owner, getting your name out there and closing roads for a year is much harder," he said. "(It's) going to be tough for small town businesses. Coming out of COVID and then into this is a little rough for everyone."
Led by the city's Downtown Development Authority, the approximately $6.5 million City of Brighton Streetscapes project aims to modernize downtown's roads, sidewalks and infrastructure, bringing many enhancements to the city. The project will affect Main Street between Grand River Avenue and First Street and Grand River Avenue between St. Paul and North Street.
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Thursday 12th January under construction in downtown Brighton.
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Toni Reese, owner of Running Lab, sells running gear, and her business in downtown Brighton is more of a 'destination' location, so she sees no problem during construction. said.
But Reese said he can understand how the next few months could be problematic for other businesses that rely on visiting guests.
"It may be difficult for others not having an easy way to get to downtown Brighton and having to deal with detours and parking constraints," she said. For Running Lab, it's kind of a wait-and-see for now."
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"I think a lot of it has to do with where you are and whether you have a back door entrance, in addition to the construction timeline," she said.
How customers will access their businesses when sidewalk construction begins is a big concern among business owners, Reese said. City officials will work with contractors to ensure access is maintained for all businesses, Corrigan said.
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"I look forward to the beautification of downtown (and) to being able to make it more accessible to all," Reese said. It's pretty outdated with pedestrian crossings, etc. Downtown safety and comfort is great and should bring back pedestrian traffic."
Mannisto and Reese said that to survive the closures required for the project, businesses in downtown Brighton will need to work together to support each other, including advertising, promotions, or even selling merchandise on behalf of other stores. I agree with you.
"[This project]has to communicate more, so I think it definitely brings us together," Reese said. "I think we can bond more[and]we're going to see a lot more cross-promotion."
A rendering of what the City of Brighton Streetscape project might look like.
Background and Future of the Brighton Cityscape Project
Corrigan said the streetscape project has been underway since 2018, when the city of Brighton began researching what needs to be done, and the last time this part of downtown was improved was about 25 years ago. .
The project was developed and approved by the DDA and approved by Brighton City Council. The final design plan he approved in September.
Information on other road closures and construction during the project will be provided on the city's website. For the latest information on the project, please visit the City of Brighton website or the Giffels-Webster website.
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Perdue, Bev. Press Release, 2011-04-27, Gov. Perdue Honors the State's Top Volunteers at the Governor's Medallion Awards
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
April 27, 2011 Contact: Chris Mackey Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Honors the State's Top Volunteers at the Governor's Medallion Awards
RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue honored 21 individuals, groups and teams of volunteers with the Governor's Medallion Awards this week.
At the ceremony in the Old House Chambers in the Capitol the Governor recognized the state's top volunteers for their outstanding accomplishments in a ceremony coordinated by the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. These honorees embody the true spirit of volunteerism through activities such as mentoring, coordinating food drives, offering medical assistance, providing special care and constructing homes in their communities.
"During these hard times North Carolina needs more and more volunteers who are willing to dedicate their time and energy to the needs of our citizens," said Gov. Perdue. "I commend these volunteers for their service commitment to their community."
Recipients each received a medallion and a certificate in recognition of their service.
The recognition is part of the Governor's Volunteer Service Awards program, which honors individuals, groups, teams and businesses that make significant contributions to their communities through volunteer service. Since the program began in 1979, more than 16,000 individuals have been recognized for their service. County coordinators and local selection committees receive and evaluate the nominations. Medallion recipients are nominated at the county level then evaluated by a panel of community service leaders from across the state.
The following are this year's recipients:
Alamance County Dixie Stafford
Beaufort County Jane Alligood
Columbus County Marguerite Lennon
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Full Text BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301 April 27, 2011 Contact: Chris Mackey Office: (919) 733-5612 Gov. Perdue Honors the State's Top Volunteers at the Governor's Medallion Awards RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue honored 21 individuals, groups and teams of volunteers with the Governor's Medallion Awards this week. At the ceremony in the Old House Chambers in the Capitol the Governor recognized the state's top volunteers for their outstanding accomplishments in a ceremony coordinated by the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. These honorees embody the true spirit of volunteerism through activities such as mentoring, coordinating food drives, offering medical assistance, providing special care and constructing homes in their communities. "During these hard times North Carolina needs more and more volunteers who are willing to dedicate their time and energy to the needs of our citizens," said Gov. Perdue. "I commend these volunteers for their service commitment to their community." Recipients each received a medallion and a certificate in recognition of their service. The recognition is part of the Governor's Volunteer Service Awards program, which honors individuals, groups, teams and businesses that make significant contributions to their communities through volunteer service. Since the program began in 1979, more than 16,000 individuals have been recognized for their service. County coordinators and local selection committees receive and evaluate the nominations. Medallion recipients are nominated at the county level then evaluated by a panel of community service leaders from across the state. The following are this year's recipients: Alamance County Dixie Stafford Beaufort County Jane Alligood Columbus County Marguerite Lennon
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History Refreshed: New Perspectives on Old Times
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The Queen's Sister: Cecily, Viscountess Welles
15 Comments	/ Tudor Royalty, Woodville Family / By Susan
Stained glass at Canterbury Cathedral depicting Cecily and her sisters.
Cecily, the third daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville and the second to survive adolescence, was born at Westminster on 20 March 1469. It seems likely that one of her godmothers was her grandmother, Cecily, Duchess of York. Young Cecily was less than a month old when she became the topic of international gossip: Luchino Dallaghiexia, an ambassador in London, reported to the Duke of Milan, "The queen gave birth to a very handsome daughter, which rejoiced the king and all the nobles exceedingly, though they would have preferred a son."
In October 1470, the toddler's comfortable routine was shattered when Edward IV was forced by the rebellious Earl of Warwick to flee the country, causing his pregnant queen, her mother, and her daughters to take refuge in Westminster Abbey's sanctuary. There, on 2 November, Elizabeth was delivered of her first royal son, Edward. The next spring, Edward IV recovered his throne, and Cecily resumed her life as a royal princess—albeit one now overshadowed by her brother.
Nonetheless, royal daughters had their own importance, and on 26 October 1474, Edward IV and King James III of Scotland agreed that Cecily would marry his heir. In 1482, however, when Anglo-Scottish relations soured, Edward IV offered Cecily to James' rebellious younger brother, Alexander, Duke of Albany—although this would require Albany to free himself from his wife. In the end, however, Albany's royal ambitions failed, as did both of Cecily's prospective Scottish matches.
Meanwhile, on 15 January 1478, Cecily, a couple of months short of her ninth birthday, attended the wedding of her four-year-old brother Richard to the five-year-old Anne Mowbray. With her parents the king and queen, her grandmother Cecily, Duchess of York, her brother Prince Edward, and her older sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, Cecily stood under a canopy at St. Stephen's Chapel at Westminster awaiting the young bride.
At some point in her father's reign, Cecily was admitted to the Ladies' Fraternity of the Order of the Garter. Her father ordered Garter liveries on 6 June 1482 for Cecily, her sisters Elizabeth and Mary, and the queen.
In company with her sister Elizabeth, Cecily inscribed the Estoire del Saint Graal (British Library Royal 14 E III). Both sisters signed themselves as "the king's daughter." The book was also signed by "E. Woodville," possibly their uncle Edward Woodville or their mother Elizabeth Woodville before her marriage, and by a cousin's wife, Alianore Haute. Elizabeth and Cecily's signatures also appear in the Testament de Amyra Sultan Nichemedy, Empereur des Turcs; the title page is dated 12 September 1481.
Signature of Cecily on Royal 14 E III, f. 1
In 1482, Cecily's older sister Mary, two years her senior, died. As Mary was the closest sister to Cecily's age, it seems likely that her death must have been a particular blow to Cecily.
Cecily's fortunes underwent another downward turn when her father died in April 1483. Amid the turmoil that followed, Elizabeth Woodville again fled to sanctuary, once more with her children in tow. This time Cecily did not emerge until March 1484, when the new king, Cecily's uncle Richard III, pledged that he would provide for Elizabeth's daughters—all of whom had been declared illegitimate based on the alleged invalidity of Edward IV's marriage to their mother—and would arrange respectable marriages for them to "gentlemen born."
In the event, Richard had time to arrange for only one such marriage—Cecily's. Probably in early 1485, Cecily was married to Ralph, a younger brother of Thomas, Lord Scrope of Upsall. Born around 1465, twenty-year-old Ralph was four years older than sixteen-year-old Cecily. The marriage, however, was short-lived. Henry VII's victory at Bosworth brought him the hand of Cecily's sister, Elizabeth. Cecily's marriage to Scrope was annulled, and before 1 January 1488, she had married John, Viscount Welles. John was a younger son of Lionel (or Leo), Lord Welles, who was slain at Towton in 1461. Through his mother, Margaret Beauchamp, duchess of Somerset, the widow of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, John was a half-brother of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, mother to Henry VII. He had rebelled against Richard III in 1483 and had joined Henry Tudor in exile in Brittany. John's manors were centered in Lincolnshire, where he sat on commissions of the peace.
As the queen's oldest sister, Cecily was a prominent figure at court ceremonies. On 24 September 1486, she bore Prince Arthur to the baptismal font, assisted by her uncle Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset and by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. The ceremony complete, Cecily bore the prince to his proud parents.
The following year, on 24 November, Cecily bore her sister's train as Elizabeth left her chamber to ride from the Tower to Westminster in preparation for her coronation. Cecily and her aunt Katherine, Duchess of Bedford and Buckingham, rode behind the queen in a chair "covered with rich cloth of gold, well and cleanly horsed." Farther back, Cecily's gentlewomen rode in their own suite. On the day of the coronation itself, Cecily again carried the queen's train. She and her aunt Katherine sat on the left side of the queen's table at the banquet that followed. Cecily was also present at the New Year's ceremonies on 1 January 1488; at this time, she was identified as sister of the queen and as Viscountess Welles.
Elizabeth Woodville, Cecily's mother, died on 8 June 1492. Cecily's younger sisters, Anne, Katherine, and Bridget, attended the funeral, while Cecily did not. The reason for her absence is unknown; perhaps Cecily was attending Queen Elizabeth, who was confined due to her latest pregnancy. Cecily's husband, however, did attend the ceremony.
Three years later, Cecily's grandmother and namesake, Cecily, Duchess of York, died. In her will, dated 31 May 1495, the Duchess of York left Cecily two "portuouses," which were breviaries or daily service books, one of which had silver and gilt clasps and was covered with purple velvet.
By 1492, Cecily and John Welles had two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne, whom John, preparing to go to France, mentioned in his will. Sadly, neither survived childhood. Elizabeth, who had been promised in marriage to the heir of George Stanley, Lord Strange, died in 1498, and Anne had also died before John Welles' death on 9 February 1499. With these losses in such rapid succession, it was no wonder that Cecily was styled "not so fortunate as fair" by Sir Thomas More.
Cecily and John's marriage has been portrayed in some novels as an unhappy one, but there seems to be no historical basis for this. John made Cecily an executor of his will, along with Sir Raynold Bray, a clear sign of his trust in her. He left his "dear beloved lady and wife" a life estate in all of his property and the residue of his goods. John asked that Cecily, the king and the queen, and Margaret Beaufort decide where he was to be buried, and left the making of his tomb to their discretion as well. He was buried in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey.
On 14 September 1499, Cecily received a dispensation to have masses and other services celebrated in her chapel if she should happen to be staying in the diocese of Lincoln.
Cecily continued to play a role at court after her husband's death. At the wedding of Prince Arthur to Katherine of Aragon on 14 November 1501, Cecily had the honor of bearing the bride's train. The wedding was followed by days of festivities, during which the guests were treated to a series of elaborate pageants. Following the third pageant, Prince Arthur and Cecily led off the dancing by performing two stately basse-dances, followed by Katherine of Aragon and one of her ladies, then by the Duke of York (the future Henry VIII) and his sister Margaret.
But Cecily's days at court were drawing to a close. Sometime in 1502, Cecily married Thomas Kyme of Friskney, a Lincolnshire esquire, without royal license. This Thomas Kyme was the son of John Kyme, and appears to have had at least one son, Thomas, from a previous marriage. Cecily's marriage to a man far below her rank infuriated Henry VII and resulted in the seizure of Cecily's estates. Fortunately, Cecily had a powerful friend and advocate: the king's mother.
Margaret Beaufort and Cecily had long been on friendly terms. Henry Parker, Lord Morley, recalled that on New Year's Day 1496, when he was a fifteen-year-old employed in Margaret's household, he saw Cecily sitting by Margaret's side under the cloth of estate. Now Margaret intervened on Cecily's behalf. She allowed Cecily and her husband to stay at her house at Collyweston while she brokered a settlement involving the king, Cecily, and the coheirs to the Welles estates. By 1503, Cecily agreed to surrender certain manors in Lincolnshire to the king; she was to hold the other manors for life, after which they would revert to the crown for ten years before being distributed to the Welles heirs. Her husband was allowed to retain the revenues he had received from the Welles estates. Although it has been suggested that the validity of Cecily's unlicensed marriage was never recognized, the parliamentary petition for approval of this arrangement refers to Cecily as Kyme's wife.
While all this wrangling over Cecily's estates was occurring, Cecily's sister Queen Elizabeth died on 11 February 1503, of the aftereffects of pregnancy. If she had approached the king on Cecily's behalf, it is not recorded. Cecily had been in Elizabeth's company at some point before 18 May 1502, when she was repaid the 73 shillings and 4 pence (3l, 13s, 4d) she had lent the queen. Cecily does not appear to have attended her sister's funeral, where her younger sister Katherine served as chief mourner. Presumably she was still out of favor. Nonetheless, she was remembered by the young Thomas More in his verses commemorating the queen's death:
Lady Cecily, Anne, and Katherine
Farewell my well beloved sisters three
O lady Bridget other sister mine
Lo here the end of worldly vanity
A story has arisen that Cecily's husband was a native of the Isle of Wight and that the couple lived there; however, Rosemary Horrox finds this tradition, and an accompanying one that gives Kyme and Cecily children, to be unfounded. (Cecily's inquisition post mortem for Essex mentions no children.) Probably Cecily and her husband spent their time on his estates and on the estates Cecily had recovered from the king, which included Gaynes Park, Hemnalls, and Madells in Essex. She was in Herefordshire before 11 December 1506, when Henry VII paid a messenger for riding to her. Cecily and her husband also continued to spend time with Margaret Beaufort, who in 1506 set aside a chamber at Croyden for Cecily's use. During their visits to Margaret, Cecily, her husband, and their servants were charged for their board, as were other guests. Margaret gave a "fine image" to Cecily in 1503, and owned a "printed legend" purchased from Cecily.
At the age of thirty-eight, Cecily died at Hatfield in Hertfordshire on 24 August 1507; she had been staying in that house, then a possession of the Bishop of Ely, for three weeks. (Horrox notes that the tradition that Cecily was buried at Quarr Abbey on Isle of Wight is disproved by Margaret's accounts.) Cecily was buried at a place identified only as "the friars," with Margaret Beaufort paying most of her funeral expenses.
Thomas Kyme appears to have survived his wife; a Thomas Kyme of Friskney figures in litigation, both as a plaintiff and a defendant, in the first few decades of the 1500's. It may have one of his descendants who married the ill-fated Anne Askew.
Update: A novel published in 2014 depicts Cecily as the lover of her uncle, Richard III. There is no historical basis for this depiction of Cecily.
Marie Axton and James P. Carley, eds., "Triumphs of English": Henry Parker, Lord Morley, Translator to the Tudor Court.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, vol. 3.
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan – 1385-1618.
James P. Carley, "Parker, Henry, tenth Baron Morley (1480/81–1556)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Emma Cavell, ed., The Heralds' Memoir 1486-1490: Court Ceremony, Royal Progress and Rebellion.
James L. Gillespie, "Ladies of the Fraternity of Saint George and of the Society of the Garter," in Albion (Autumn 1985).
Mary Anne Everett Greene, Lives of the Princesses of England.
Michael Hicks, "Welles, Leo , sixth Baron Welles (c.1406–1461)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Rosemary Horrox, 'Cecily, Viscountess Welles (1469–1507)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Rosemary Horrox, Richard III: A Study in Service.
Gordon Kipling, ed., The Receyt of the Ladie Kateryne.
Michael Jones and Malcolm Underwood, The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby.
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Arlene Naylor Okerland, Elizabeth of York.
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England.
Vivienne Rock, 'Shadow Royals? The Political Use of the Extended Family of Lady Margaret Beaufort' in Richard Eales and Shaun Tyas, eds., Family and Dynasty in Late Medieval England.
Alison J. Spedding, "'At the King's Pleasure': The Testament of Cecily Neville," in Midland History (Autumn 2010).
Surtees Society, North Country Wills.
Anne Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs, The Royal Funerals of the House of York at Windsor.
Malcolm Underwood, 'Politics and Piety in the Household of Lady Margaret Beaufort, in Journal of Ecclesiastical History (January 1987).
15 thoughts on "The Queen's Sister: Cecily, Viscountess Welles"
Celia Parker
Margaret Beaufort gets accused of all sorts of unsympathetic behaviour, everything from being the third person in her son's marriage to murdering the princes in the Tower, oh and let's not forget 'betraying' Richard III. So it's always pleasant to read something showing a different side. Lord Welles, Cecily's first husband, being Margaret's brother, it might be expected that she would be as annoyed as Henry by Cecily's misalliance, but if she was, she responded in a spirit of Christian charity, by helping the couple. Which is also good to know- you're often given the impression (particularly in novels) that her religious concerns weren't really genuine, more a matter of show.
boswellbaxter
Very true! She seems to have been close to her extended family as well, contrary to her portrayal as virtually friendless.
Sonetka
Nice to get a glimpse of Lord Morley in the early days before he became Jane Boleyn's father :). I wonder if Margaret Beaufort was both being charitable and reminding her son that she was a force to be reckoned with? I've never thought her piety was put-on — it seems very uncharacteristic of the age — but there's no contradiction being being pious and still having very strong opinions of one's own.
Jim Welles
Does anyone have any info on ther ancestry of Robert Welles (b, 1484), who apparently was raised by John Welles and Cicily? No one ever mentions him.
Jochanan Ver Walensis
Yes, I can tell you that Robert Welles married and had a son who carried their line into colonial America as part of the Connecticut colony. A daughter married into the descendants of the D'Abrichecourts of whom one was a founding knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. In fact, the Welles' along with eight other families of founding knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and one King Edward III descending apart from Edward IV can be counted as ancestors of several large colonial families. One Welles daughter married Dabridgecourt Belcher's son, and both families ended up being merged into another old line descending from Normandy. These founding families of Connecticut flourished having founded Norwich (co-founder Major John Mason's daughter married into the noble Norton Family which lent its name.) There are still branches of the Plantagenets as strong as ever among those extra sons who came to the colonies for land. Of course as strong as these histories appear, one still has to be very judicious in researching apart from ancestry websites whose pedigrees are incredibly errant. In any event, nobility is a seed planted long before history came to be recorded, that grows randomly in the choices all make when presented.
Very interesting, but do you know that Robert was the genetic son of John Welles and/or Cicely, for that matter?
Hmmm, As all things are subject to controversy and change—these links are now questioned by several sources.
For now, they must be seen as inconclusive until someone proves either way.
EWWWW obviously all writers think Richard III, is or a "dreaming" prince that no woman can resist * snort * or a pervert. poor Cecily her too! no!
It looks as if Robert was Cecily's illegitimate son, probably not the son of Ralph Scrope or John Welles, and he was born in circa 1484 or 5, having been conceived not long after Cecily came out of Sanctuary. He's mostly
ignored by historians because of the double standard of sexual morality. Cecily would have been embarrassed by her wild oat. Her father was proud of his.
forgotten bfo
What evidence is there of this?
Dan Raab
I know of no objective evidence that Robert, 1484, was a child of Cicely's – by any father. This appears to be a wild goose chase in the genealogy and has been well documented as such.
Robert Welles, 1484 seems to have been hatched as there are no credible data sources for his parents of which I am aware.
For all those of us looking to make that connection to Royalty – I think we need to keep searching!
If anyone has any objective evidence regarding Robert's parents please e-mail me at txfromwi@swbell.net.
I THINK Robert's father was Thomas Kyme–Cicely's long-time love. Robert named his first son Thomas and his first daughter Cicely. That's the nearest thing to proof I have. It is nice to think that Cicely married Thomas for love, and it explains the introduction of the name Thomas into the family history.
If anyone wants to check records, go to Richmond, England and look for the birth of a Robert Kyme 1484-1485. That is where Cicely was at the time, but there would be no record of a Thomas Welles.
Sharee Schultz
I think Lady Margaret Beaufort or Margaret Regina would have been a lovely lady as long as she was in power. If it made her look like she was the person granting the permission/or item than she would be happy to do this. I think she was also about keeping family close.
I am certain she minded the King (her son) that she was the main reason he sat on the throne!
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Veteran actor Jon Finch is Bob Woods, the sinister record producer under whose influence Kate slowly falls. Roxy Music bassist Gary Tibbs is featured in a supporting role alongside other band members, Mark Wingett, Peter-Hugo Daly and Jonathan Pryce.
Efficiently directed by Brian Gibson from his own original screenplay, this hopelessly dated musical is completely formulaic on the rags-to-riches front, yet intriguing from a New Wave nostalgia perspective.
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Every day Scottish Water—the only publicly-owned water utility in Great Britain—pumps about 304 million gallons of drinking water to about 2.5 million households and 153,000 businesses across the nation. That's enough water to fill more than 500 Olympic-size swimming pools. The utility also handles the resulting waste water, taking away and treating about 204 million gallons daily. The whole job engages the efforts of some 4,000 employees—everyone from customer service agents to sewer workers to infrastructure planners.
To stay competitive and keep customers—not to mention regulators—happy, Scottish Water is raising its game. The utility is redoubling efforts to modernize its back office and unify the business on a single technology platform. "There were a lot of manual jobs, too many handoffs, and too much customization," Strathie says, adding that the utility's on-premise applications couldn't keep up with the latest industry functionality.
The journey led Scottish Water to the cloud, with the utility choosing Oracle ERP Cloud applications to run core back-office functions, including financials, procurement, billing, and project management. Other applications for CRM and analytics (among others) rounded out Scottish Water's cloud environment. Then the company built an integration layer based on Oracle Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to connect their cloud applications to the few systems that would remain on premises, including HR, telemetry, and GIS systems.
Strathie says that adopting a "keep-it-vanilla" approach to its enterprise apps was one of the keys to success. "We insisted on zero customization as much as possible in our SaaS environment," says Strathie. "Our strategy was to adapt to best practices in order to adopt Oracle features." By taking this approach, he says, Scottish Water could keep its apps up to date and create a "platform of the future" that was simplified, integrated, and scalable.
However, convincing the business to embrace standardization wasn't easy. "To push vanilla across multiple lines of business was a big cultural challenge in the beginning," Strathie says, but the effort succeeded in the end and was easily worth the pain of changing entrenched work habits.
Scottish Water's cloud-first strategy is paying off. By connecting all its apps and data on a common cloud platform—and thereby establishing a single source of truth—the utility is generating tremendous operating efficiencies. Order lead time has shrunk significantly, meaning the utility is serving customers faster and visiting customer sites less frequently. As a result, customer complaints have plunged 85 percent over the last 10 years and overall customer satisfaction levels have soared 21 percent. "Our strategy of putting the customer first is working but we need continuous improvement enable by the cloud to maintain this momentum," says Strathie.
Automated and integrated financial processes in the cloud have helped the utility close its books 40 percent faster and cut invoice processing costs. Today managers are tracking project spending in real time and doing it 12 percent more accurately. Meanwhile, the IT department is on track to lower its total cost of ownership by 15 percent.
Watch the Scottish Water cloud transformation story.


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