August 28, 2009
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By Charles D. Brunt
Journal Staff Writer
Four New Mexico veterans who survived the Bataan Death March and imprisonment at the infamous Camp O’Donnell POW camp say the caption on a historic photograph of prisoners carrying bodies of men who purportedly died during the Death March is inaccurate.
The photo, distributed worldwide by The Associated Press for decades, is actually a shot of prisoners carrying the bodies of comrades who died at Camp O’Donnell to a mass grave days or weeks after the Death March ended, the men say.
“I debated long and hard about getting involved in this,” said John Love of Albuquerque, an 88-year-old Death March survivor who says he wants the historical record corrected before he passes on. “But history needs to be accurate.”
Love and another local survivor, Pete A. Gonzalez, said their Japanese captors would not allow prisoners to carry the dead or those who could no longer walk.
“If they couldn’t walk, they’d bayonet you or shoot you and dump you by the side of the road,” said Gonzalez, who served with the Army Air Corps’ 19th Bomb Group at Clark Field.
“They wouldn’t stand for anything that slowed up the march,” Love said, including prisoners who tried to leave the dirt road to scoop up a handful of dirty water from nearby rice paddies or artesian wells.
The Associated Press is considering revising the caption.
“First of all, we greatly appreciate the veterans’ concern,” said Jack Stokes, manager of media relations for the AP.
“The Associated Press’ archives clearly show that the photo caption is based on war-era information reviewed by the U.S. military at that time,” Stokes said in a statement Thursday.
“The AP’s caption echoes the veterans’ recollection that the location shown in the photo is Camp O’Donnell, the internment camp located at the end of the Bataan Death March.
“We will look further into the matter,” Stokes said.
The caption from the AP reads in part: “Nearing the end of the Bataan Death March, a thinning line of American and Filipino prisoners of war carry casualties in improvised stretchers as they approach Camp O’Donnell, a new Japanese POW camp, in April 1942 during World War II.”
Love has seen the photo in newspaper articles, books, magazines and even on fliers for veterans events. Only one book, “Ghost Soldiers” by Hampton Sides, got the caption correct, Love said, by identifying it as a burial detail at Camp O’Donnell, the prison at end of the 65-mile Death March that claimed an estimated 10,000 lives.
In 1942, Japanese captors marched about 78,000 prisoners of war — 12,000 Americans and 66,000 Filipinos — for six days on the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine island of Luzon to a prisoner-of-war camp known as Camp O’Donnell. Many were denied food, water or medical care, and some were stabbed or bayoneted along the route.
Among the American defenders of Bataan were some 1,800 soldiers from New Mexico, many with the New Mexico National Guard’s 200th and 515th Coast Artillery Regiments. More than 800 of those captured Guardsmen didn’t live to see the war end, according to the Bataan Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico.
Along with Love, three other Death March survivors from Albuquerque — Thomas W. Barka, 89; Evangelisto R. “Evans” Garcia, 96; and Gonzalez, 88 — all agree that the photo caption is wrong.
“It wasn’t the Death March,” said Barka, who served with Battery F of the New Mexico National Guard’s 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. “They’re carrying the dead to the burial ground. They used to march right alongside our camp.”
Barka said he’s not sure whether the photo shows Americans carrying their dead from Camp O’Donnell, or Filipinos carrying their dead from a prison camp across the road.
Regardless, he said, the photo is not of the Death March.
Garcia, whom the Japanese put on the burial detail for about a month, agrees the photo had to be taken after the Death March ended at Camp O’Donnell.
“But that photograph, that’s a burial detail,” Garcia said.
“I decided after about a month of that that if I didn’t get off that detail, I would be one of those guys, so I volunteered for another detail,” he said.
Gonzalez said he remembers seeing Japanese photographers all along the Death March route.
“The Japs used to ride in trucks and cars up and down the Death March, and periodically they’d stop and take pictures,” Gonzalez said. “I must have seen three or four do that.”
Gonzalez said another historic AP photo, showing a ragtag collection of American prisoners leaving Miravales, contains an image of him.
“A guy named Vince Taylor who was a prisoner of war — he was an attorney in Texas after the war — he sent me that photo and I recognized myself. I recognized the hat I’m wearing. I was 20 years old there.”
Gonzalez also said the dark trousers he’s wearing in the photo were ones he absconded with as he was making his way to an airfield near Miravales where the Japanese were rounding up American and Filipino captives.
“I don’t know how far along we were when that photo was taken, but I would say it was maybe a day” since leaving the airfield at Miravales, he said. “Along the side of the road there aren’t any bodies, so I’d say it was pretty early in the march,” Gonzalez said.
Love knows more about the burial details than he cares to, having carried what he estimates to have been 1,500 fallen comrades to their graves.
“I was one of the first 300 or 400 off the march to enter Camp O’Donnell, and they (prisoners) began dying that same day,” he said. “And the dying got ahead of us.”
As the bodies stacked up, the Japanese assigned those who were well enough to walk to work on burial details — either digging the mass graves or transporting the dead.
“This went on early morning until late evening,” for two months, Love said.
The haphazard graveyard was in an old rice paddy about 1,000 feet north of Camp O’Donnell, he said.
To those imprisoned at Camp O’Donnell, he said, the photo itself disproves the caption.
“See these rags around their mouths?” Love said, pointing to the photo. “Those were to keep the blowflies from getting into our mouths and spreading dysentery. Many (prisoners) died from open wounds, which were infested with blowflies. I can’t begin to describe the thousands of swarms of blowflies on the bodies.”
Prisoners photographed on the Death March, Love noted, are not wearing masks, nor are they carrying bodies.
He’s not surprised the photos eventually surfaced, he said.
“When we would come out of the camp (carrying bodies to the graveyard) there were Japanese photographers all along the route, taking our pictures,” he said.
Though it’s been 67 years since the photos were taken, Love, Gonzalez, Garcia and Barka say it’s important that details of the infamous Death March be etched in history — but accurately.
“I think we owe that to our buddies,” Love said.
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Why were they abandoned?
The millstone industry in the Peak District had been hugely successful for hundreds of years; there is reference to a millstone quarry at Alderwasley, on the edge of what is now the Peak District National Park, as far back as 1257. Right up until the 18th Century millstones made from millstone grit were in great demand and business was brisk.
Then, two things changed.
Firstly, at the start of the 18th Century white bread became more and more popular, which required finer, whiter flour. Unfortunately, the millstones made of Peak District gritstone often left tiny fragments of stone powder in the flour, which made it undesirable for use in a finer, whiter product. To address this issue, composite millstones made up of separate blocks of chert (a type of quartz) were introduced, and the Peak District stones suddenly had significant competitors.
Secondly, in the late 19th Century machines became more commonplace in the mills. They allowed high speed grinding and thus subjected the millstones to more wear. The millstones made from Peak District gritstone wore down quickly and required re-cutting regularly. Again, the chert composite stones proved to be far superior.
The chert composite stones are often referred to as ‘French stones’, although they were actually made throughout England as well as in France. It’s also sometimes claimed that they were cheaper than gritstone millstones, whereas actually they were more expensive; it’s just that they lasted longer and required much less maintenance.
The introduction of these composite stones sounded the death knell for the Peak District millstone. In many areas the industry died out very swiftly; so quickly that the half-finished stones were simply left in their incomplete state on the moors, or abandoned where they lay awaiting transport to their destinations.


Shchedryk Fest is our history.
The history reveals that in distant 1904-1908 Mykola Leontovych lived in the settlement Grishino (now Pokrovsk), where he worked at the railway school, taught music and singing, and created the first working choir of railway workers in Ukraine. Here he wrote one of the arrangements of ‘Shchedryk’. Today there are a lot of places in Pokrovsk to remind on Mykola Leontovich, such as children’s music school named after M.Leontovych, a sculptural composition in honor of the composer and the first stone of the future museum ‘Shchedryk’.
The history reveals that Dmytro Leontovych (father of Mykola Leontovych) presented his son a carved wooden vase for rusks made by himself. The father made small picture of a little swallow (shchedryk) on a vase that is a symbol of awakening and new life. Today the vase is carefully preserved in Pokrovsk Historical Museum, and the author’s image of a bird (shchedryk) is represented on the emblem of the All-Ukrainian Choral Contest ‘Shchedryk Fest’.
The history reveals that 100 years ago the Ukrainian People’s Republic fought for state independence and international recognition, and for this purpose mobilized a new ‘cultural army’ – the Ukrainian National Chorus (Capella) leaded by Olexandr Koshyts. In 1919-1924, the Chorus made an unprecedented world tour through Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Poland, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago. About 1000 concerts in 18 countries of the world. And every time the Chorus performed ‘Shchedryk’, raising ovation of thousands of spactators. This was the first project of cultural diplomacy in the history of modern Ukraine. Today Ukraine faces the question of preserving independence and international recognition again. Therefore, the choir-winner of the All-Ukrainian Choir Contest ‘Shchedryk Fest’ will become a new agent of the cultural diplomacy of Ukraine and will make a world concert tour along the Chorus route, as it was 100 years ago.
The tour aims not only to popularize Shchedryk’s history, but also to promote Ukrainian economic interests under support of cultural diplomacy. A presentation program of the tour is being developed with the help of industry and entrepreneur representatives of Ukraine. The program includes promotion of Ukrainian brands and goods on the world market, search for international partners to attract investments into Ukrainian economy and restoration of infrastructure, creation of new working capacities for the population living in Donbass (territories controlled by Ukraine), and after the establishment of peace – on the territory of the entire Donetsk region.
Shchedryk Fest is our identity.
Choirs from all over Ukraine are invited to participate in the Contest. These are dozens of collectives, hundreds of singers of all ages. These are the most talented Ukrainian conductors. Highly-honored international Jury. Ukrainian and European choral associations, state institutions, patronage entrepreneurs, media representatives. Powerful Organizing Committee. Broad audience. Shchedryk Fest will bring together all these people to say by means of music that we are Ukrainians – strong singing nation with rich culture, generous soul, open heart and aim to live in peace.
Shchedryk Fest is our future.
There is no future without the past. Respectful attitude towards our history and creation of significant events today will build up the way of our nation to future. One day Shchedryk Fest will also become a history. That will mean that we managed to show our children a worthy example of respectful attitude and love towards our Ukraine, our song, our Shchedryk.


Peles Castle from Sinaia (Romania), is nested at the foot of the Bucegi Mountains, in the Prahova Valley and is one of the most beautiful castles in all Europe and in the world.
Short history of Peles Castle
The magnificent Peles Castles, with its fairytale turrets and pointed towers rising above acres of green meadows sprinkled with haystacks, was built as a summer residence by Romania’s longest serving monarch, King Carol I, who died and was buried here in 1914, just months after the castle’s completion.
The building of the Peles Castle began in 1873 under the direct order of the Viennese architect Wilhem Doderer and was continued in 1876 by his assistant, Johann Schultz de Lemberg. During 1877-1879 because of the war they abandoned work. The castle was inaugurated on October 7, 1883. The location for the Peles Castle was chosen by the prince Carol I de Hohenzollern, who was to become a king and it draws its name from the neighboring brooks which passes through the courtyard.
Peles Castle was the first castle in Europe to have central heating and electricity. During Ceausescu’s era, its 160 rooms, each furnished to reflect a different European country, were used as a private retreat for leading communists and statesmen from around the globe as US president Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
Peles Castle´s architecture and design
Inaugurated in 1883, Peles Castle is not only a pleasant place during the summer day; it has been conceived to be also a national monument, meant to keep the trophies of the Plevna victory, which explains the castle´s majestic style.
Peles Castle was built in wood, stone, bricks and marble and comprises more than 160 rooms. The representative style used is German Renaissance, but one can easily discover elements belonging to the Italian Renaissance, Gothic, German Baroque and French Rococo style.
Peles Castle is surrounded by seven terraces decorated with statues (sculptured by the Italian, Romanelli), stone-made-wells, ornamental vases and Carara marble. The architects used an abundance of wooden decoration, both for the exterior and for the interior of the castle, which confers a very special quality to the building.
Peles Castle´s courtyard in Bramantes style with a fountain in the middle, in the most accurate Renaissance style, pleasantly surprises the visitor. The courtyard has a merry decoration, made out of plants and flowers; all round, the building’s facades are animated by elegant drawings. The interior of the castle is a true wonder, due to the beauty and richness of the sculpted wood and the stained glass windows. As you get in the vestibule, you are on the Honor Staircase, in front of the most important rulers of old Romania: Holy Stephen the Great, and Michael the Brave.
Peles Castle’s interiors are an opulent display of elegant design and historical artifact. Its 160 rooms are adorned with the finest examples of European art, Murano crystal chandeliers, German stained-glass windows, walls covered with Cordoba leather, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, ebony and ivory sculptures.
Peles Castle most outstanding rooms are the Big Armory Room, the small Armory Room, the Florentine Room, the Reception Room (where paintings and wooden sculptures depicting 16 castles of the Hohenzollerns are exhibited), the Moresque Room, The French Room, the Turkish Room, the Council Room, the Concert Room as well as the Imperial Suite.
Other exquisite attractions at Peles Castle are the statues, the ceramics, the gold and silver plates, the Meissen and Sevres porcelain, as well as the extensive weapon collections are worth mentioning. It is also important to know that Peles Castle shelters one of the most important and most valuable painting collections in Europe, almost 2.000 pieces.
Rembrandt reproductions line the walls of the king’s office at Peles Castle while rows of books in the library conceals a secret passage leading to the 2nd floor of the castle. There is a gallery of mirrors and the dining room has a leather clad ceiling. Scenes from age old Romanian fairytales adorn the stained glass windows in the poetry room.
In the Florence hall, Michelangelo’s reproductions hang below a ceiling carved from glide linden wood. The Venetian room is equally impressive.
Several other buildings, annexed to Peles Castle, were built simultaneously: The Guard’s Chambers, The Economat Building, The Foisor Hunting House with 42 rooms designed in Swiss style, The Royal Stables, and the Electrical Power Plant. The Sipot Villa was constructed later. This would serve as the work site of architect Karel Liman. Liman would later supervise the building of Pelisor (1889-1903, the future residence of King Ferdinand and Queen Mary of Romania). as well as of the King’s Ferdinand Vila in the Royal Sheepfold Meadow
Almost adjacent to Peles Castle is Pelisor (“Little Peles”). King Ferdinand, who succeeded Carol I, intended to use Peles Castle as a summer residence. Supposedly he found Peles too big and overwhelming, so he commissioned the smaller, art-nouveau style, Pelisor Castle. Pelisor’s 70 rooms feature a unique collection of turn-of-the century Viennese furniture and Tiffany and Lalique glassware.


|ROSS A. FILLMORE
My grandmother's maiden name. Our branch of the Sorensens are of Danish
descent, and they came from Schleswig-Holtstein to the United States in the late
1800's. They settled in Port Clinton, Ohio. My great grandfather eventually
moved to Iowa where he met my great grandmother and started a family before
moving back to Ohio. He was known around town as the Great Dane because I
guess he was kind of tall. This flower has a good strong stature, and as you can
see, it is quite yellow! Scandinavian blonde does run in our family!


In 1980, Armstrong County PA deployed a fleet of experts in architecture and history to scour the region looking for historic structures, including buildings and bridges. Nearly 30 historic structures in Apollo PA were included in their analysis (including the Simon Truby farmhouse!), and a dozen more in North Apollo.
Check out these blog posts to see examples of Apollo-area houses and buildings included in this county sites survey:
- Apollo & the Historic Sites Survey of 1980-81
- Apollo/North Apollo Interactive Historic Sites Map
- Apollo’s “folk-type” architecture
- Apollo’s Historic House Styles: Bungalow & Upright-and-Wing
- Architectural Old Gems in North Apollo PA
- Commercial Break: Apollo’s Historic Business Buildings


A new hotel opened in a historic downtown Cleveland building to critical acclaim, thanks to the members of the Cleveland Building Trades.
In late April, the Drury Plaza Hotel Cleveland Downtown officially opened for business in a building constructed in 1931; formerly owned and occupied by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education.
The three-year, $52 renovation turned the neglected structure originally built as part of the city’s original Group Plan development, into a stunning hotel.
Throughout the project, members of the Cleveland Building Trades used their expert training and experience to not only preserve the structural and historical integrity of the building, but to also modernize it to meet today’s safety codes and 21st century amenities standards.
Cleveland.com reported the project had drawn interest from a large following of people interested in the building’s history.
Area of the building that have received praised during tours include the marble-lined, two-story
lobby containing Depression-era murals and massive arched windows and chandeliers; the two-story auditorium featuring wall murals and intricate ceiling stenciling; and the former board room, now an executive suite.
Krisandra Lippert, Development Project Manager for Drury Southwest, credited the hard work of the Cleveland Building Trades for the property’s dramatic and beautiful transformation.
“This is the most skilled labor force I’ve ever seen,” Lippert told Cleveland.com. “Everybody wanted to be here. Had it not been for them, we would not be open yet.”


afternoon with Kathleen. We went to the Cantor Museum at Stanford University
There was an exhibit of Chinese exhibit called Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future
Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China. Kinda interesting. I enjoyed more the artifacts and art from the Stanford Family collection.
After lunch we went over to
for a latte and pastry at
Yesterday was the pits and I won’t bore anyone with TMI about doctors appointments at Kaiser.
Finished the bulky socks and am working on a new sock with one of the yarns Carrie gave me for my b’day.


Lazy Ike started business in the late 1930's...but even so...there isn't much demand for their older lures.
That said...a much more modern lure they made can be...called the Natural Ike.
These lures were the very 1st lures with "natural / photo-finish" paint patterns. Other companies like Heddon, Bagley, Bomber and others were scrambling afterwards to produce similar paint jobs
Russell Lewis states in the 8th Edition of Old Fishing Lure Collectables that these were only made from 1980-1982.
I know this isn't correct...as I've seen mention of them in a November 1977 issue of Field & Stream...and in 2 more issues in early 1978.
I also purchased some directly from the company in 1986.
That said...see the attached pic


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The Stober family farm has been in existence for over 100 years near Goodrich, North Dakota, where flax seed has been grown for many generations. Today’s Stobers represent the 5th generation to grow up on the family farm.
In 1901, the patriarch of the Stober Family escaped from Eastern Europe and came to America – traveling by hay cart – eventually landing and settling in North Dakota. As a homesteader, he began farming the land, and flax seed was the first crop grown! He also began growing other staples like barley, wheat, corn, oats and more. As time passed, the Stober family introduced new crops and continued building and expanding until it became the 1500 acre farm it is today. During difficult economic times, when many farms and families lost everything, the Stober Family’s entrepreneurial spirit, character and grit manifested itself and kept the farm alive against all odds.
This entrepreneurial spirit led to the creation and formation of Flax USA – a company which revolutionized the selling of milled flax to people and families all around the country, and eventually the world. The Stobers began selling flax at a network of trade shows all around the country on a one-by-one basis, but soon found that they could not keep up with the demand at that scale. Buyers for some of the most prominent retail chains in the country came calling, and the under the direction of the Stobers, the business exploded. The Flax USA product went from being packaged by hand to necessitating the creation of all new processes and technologies in order to meet demand!
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This learning opportunity will prepare you to initiate the important discussions and respond to the toughest questions your students have about the Holocaust. The why. The how.
Through this program, educators will:
* Explore a sound pedagogy for the planning and implementation of Holocaust education in the classroom;
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* Enhance personal knowledge about the Holocaust, including the history of antisemitism, and
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What is Echoes and Reflections?
Echoes and Reflections is the premier source for Holocaust educational materials and dynamic content, empowering teachers and students with the insight needed to question the past and foresight to impact the future. We offer a variety of ways to examine critical themes of the Holocaust, including lesson plans, online videos, printable documents, and survivor testimonials that can be used individually or as a larger course of study.
“The ultimate job of a teacher is to make connections to your students with the curriculum. You want them to walk away with a personal sense of responsibility. Echoes and Reflections helps me do that.” – Social Studies Educator
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Admiral Yi Sun-Shin by no doubts, the greatest figure in Korean history. To the Korean people, he is their greatest hero who saved the Korean kingdom from the brink of collapse when the Japanese forces under Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea in 1592. As a way to show how important he is, a national poll was conducted in 2005 in Korea, and Admiral Yi was chosen as the greatest figure in Korean history by 43.8% of the vote (The Chosun Daily, April 15, 2005). Admiral Yi was a military genius of his time for his success in naval combat. He drew comparison to two of the world’s greatest naval minds: Admiral Horatio Nelson of Britain and Admiral Heihachiro Togo of Japan. But further arguments were made that proved Admiral Yi was a different class above Togo and Nelson. All three men fought for their country, but Yi was in a different situation. Yi’s greatest military achievement was winning the Battle of Myeongnyang, which was considered to be a miracle because Yi and the Korean Navy came out victorious against 330 Japanese ships with merely 13 ships. Nelson’s most notable battle at Trafalgar and Togo’s most notable battle at Tsushima were not considered to be at the same level as Yi’s battle at Myeongnyang due to the fact that Togo and Nelson both were from nations that had a strong naval tradition as well as almost equal number of forces at the battle. Yi had to fight an impossible odd with a navy that did not have much experience or tradition. His deployment of the Crane Wing formation was also another genius tactic of naval combat.
Yi was a military genius of his time, thus, he played an incredible role to save his country that was corrupt and weak. While the Japanese forces were victorious battle after battle on land, Yi did all he can to defeat the Japanese at sea and to disrupt the supply lines to prevent supplies from Japan from arriving to Japanese ground forces stationed in Korea. Battle after battle, Yi destroyed as many Japanese ships as he can to ease the pressure on the Korean ground forces. Because Admiral Yi controlled the sea, he is the very reason why the Koreans were able to win the Imjin Wars. Why this is significant is because Unified Japan under Hideyoshi was ambitious enough to attack China with newly acquired weapons called “matchlocks” which were early predecessors to the modern gun. Using this newly acquired weapon, Japan wanted to conquer Asia 300 years earlier before the Meiji Era. I believe because of Admiral Yi’s actions, it changed how history would have played out in East Asia. If Admiral Yi was not victorious, then the Japanese would surely have conquered Korea and then moved onto the weak Ming Empire that was weakened internally as well as externally. If Japan conquered both Korea and China 300 years earlier, history would certainly have played out differently.
- Early Life and Career (slee39.wordpress.com)
- The Start of the Imjin Wars (slee39.wordpress.com)
- Admiral Yi’s fight to save his country (slee39.wordpress.com)
- Significant Battle #1: Battle of Hansando (slee39.wordpress.com)
- Significant Battle #2: Miracle at Myeongnyang (slee39.wordpress.com)
- Significant Battle #3: Battle of Noryang (slee39.wordpress.com)


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Fort Lee is a thriving multicultural community with a rich history, established as a military encampment during the Revolutionary War, from which George Washington staged his defense of New York City. For a time in the early 1900s, Fort Lee was known as the motion picture capital of the world before the rise of Hollywood.
Today, approximately 36,000 have made Fort Lee their home, gravitating to its stunning cliffside views, diverse culture and convenient location. Its proximity to the George Washington Bridge, as well as I-95, the Palisade Parkway and Routes 4 and 46 provide ready access to the surrounding area, including shopping malls, sports arenas, museums, Broadway theaters and world-class restaurants.
Fort Lee real estate
The Fort Lee housing market can be roughly divided into the palisades high-rises and townhouses overlooking the Hudson River, and the single-family homes and duplexes that sprawl across the western part of the town.
Contact Nicole for insider information about the advantages and tradeoffs of various properties to find the best fit for your needs.
Attractions & Shopping
- Downtown Fort Lee offers a wide range of restaurants, shopping areas, parks and professional services
- Fort Lee Historic Park (open 8AM to dusk)
- Hiking trails and picnic areas along the Hudson River at the Palisades Park
- Nearby shopping malls – Garden State Plaza, The Shops at Riverside, Paramus Park Mall
- The Original Pancake House
FERRY: Edgewater and Port Imperial ferry terminals are a short ride away (more info)
AIRPORT: Newark (35 mins), JFK (35 mins), LaGuardia (25 mins), Teterboro (small craft, 20 mins)
- Fort Lee municipal government
- Fort Lee school district (Edgewater receiving district)
- GreatSchools.org report
Find more local services here.


This month we celebrate his and many others achievements in the Civil Rights Movement, giving black people the right to live free, as we all deserve! Born and Unborn I may add....
I especially love his message of peace, Dr Martin Luther King Jr taught that "We must meet hate with love" and "If pushed, do not push back, if struck do not strike back"
Martin Luther King Jr was born Jan 5, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He loved to learn and quickly learned that he was just as good as anyone else and created for success! By the age of fifteen he attended college and by the age of eighteen following in his fathers footsteps he became an ordained minister on Feb 25, 1948.
By 1955 he was finished with his studies and was then called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, that same year he lead the bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama 1955-1956, that event lead to a change in the law giving blacks the right to sit any ware they wanted on a bus, blacks could no longer legally be forced to give up their seats to white passengers.
Aug 28, 1963 Dr King gives his famous "I have a dream" speech in Washington D.C.
"I have a dream, that one day, in our nation, people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Dr Martin Luther King Jr won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, that same year the Civil Rights Act was passed and the next year the Voting Rights Act of 1965 protecting the rights of people from all races and religions.


History of The Club
The Sailfish Club of Florida began in the early 1900’s and is the story of the rise of a great club from a dream that came to a small group of men.
That dream became reality and the Sailfish Club of Florida was organized on the 28th day of February, 1914 in Palm Beach, Florida with its first President, John D. Crimmins (see photo). It is the oldest continuously operating private club in the town of Palm Beach.
Club meetings and gatherings were maintained at the Breakers Casino in Palm Beach until January 1932. At that time, the Members, wanting more privacy and their own docks, built a beautiful clubhouse and dock on the property where the Club sits today, in a most choice location along Lake Worth in the north end of Palm Beach. The Club has survived two World Wars and other national emergencies including the great Depression of the 1930's which saw the demise of many clubs nationwide as a result of financial hardship.


Unitarian Universalist History
Both Unitarianism and Universalism grew out of the Jewish and Christian traditions. Unitarianism as an organized movement can actually trace its roots to liberal religion in Transylvania in the 16th century, during the Reformation. As its name implies, Unitarians believed in the unity of God and also in the inherent goodness of people. Universalist theology had English roots and, as its name implies, Universalists believed in a universal salvation for all.
John Murray is considered the founder of Universalism in the United States, and William Ellery Channing, for whom the church is named, is credited with having most successfully articulated Unitarian thought in the early 19th century. Later in the century, Transcendentalist thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore Parker emphasized the natural dimension of religion over the supernatural and, in the early 20th century, religious humanism gained prominence in Unitarian thought.
In 1961, the Unitarians and Universalists formally merged and established the Unitarian Universalist Association. Today, Unitarian Universalism embraces the liberal religious traditions of both heritages and welcomes all who search for a community of religious freedom.
Read the famous 1819 speech on Unitarian Christianity by William Ellery Channing..


Sardik was established in 1947
We were established by Frank Dickson in Sydney, on the back of much growth after world war II.
We tried our hand at many industrial and commercial products, including a fruit juicer and fire engine pumps.
We sell our first mixer. Industrial gearboxes were not readily available, so these mixers used differentials from cars.
Mixers took off on the back of growth in all industries, such as drinks, pharmaceuticals, food, water treatment, and mining.
We opened a second factory in Queensland solely to assist in the manufacture of mixers as they grew in popularity.
We began supplying custom mixers to big international companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Colgate, and Coca-Cola
We shifted all our manufacturing facilities to our Queensland office and closed our Sydney factory.
Our Brisbane factory submerged in about six to seven metres of water, during the 2011 floods.
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On 19th May 2002, at the second Athonian monastery for monks of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, near the mountain Beshtaou and the city of Pyatigorsk, a mass took place in memory of the victims of the genocide of the Pontian Hellenism in the period of 1916-1923. Among the people who attended the memorial service the majority were Greeks from nearby places in Stavropol.
At the future iconostasis of the church of the Assumption, which will be built there, Abbot Siluan officiated the mass and his words in memory of 353.000 innocent victims, moved the attendants very much.
The president of the Greek businessmen of Russia, mr Elias Elias Heliades, made a speech on the chronicle of the tough years for the Pontian Greeks and to this man we owe the idea of performing the mass in the monastery.
The president of the Greek Community of Pyatigorsk, mr Touzanides Constandinos, as representative of the Stavropol communities, made a speech for the unforgettable events of that era and launched an appeal to the Turkish government to recognize the genocide of the Pontian people.
In the end of the mass the monks asked the guests to dinner, during which a mention was launched to innocent victims of that era.


Who we are
La Ca’ del Puldin comes from wanting to enhance the traditional country origin that has characterized our territory.
Our great-grandparents lived in an economic, social and cultural context very different from the present, in a historical period of transition;
The house was entirely built by his great-grandfather Leopoldo (the diminutive “Puldin”, recalling the dialect) , that he’s a farmer, born, lived and originally from Albiolo around the end of 1800, that with the cart and the horse has procured a building material locally known as “Moltrasio stones” just because it can be found at Moltrasio, village on Lake Como.
Despite the past years, the building remains almost unchanged in its original form and, at the death of Leopoldo, is handed down to his sons Romilda, Isolina, Maria and Giovanni. Uncle Giovanni (“Giuanin”) will keep it in time.
Subsequently, to keep the structure in the family, a few years ago we bought the main part of the structure in memory of our grandparents and great-grandparents as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Today it has been decided to start and continue this new activity characterized by simplicity and rurality.
With a wish for a good stay,
Chiara & Alberto
LA CA’ DEL PULDIN Staff


The History of the Baker Family - as we know it
Henry John Baker [Connie's great
grandfather] first came to the US in 1894 [Ellis Island] and in 1898 applied
for immigration. We can't find them from that point until the 1910 census,
even though we know they had children born in New York during that time. He
and his wife were actors and used the stage names of "Ma and Pa Hearn".
The lore is that they were instrumental in Maurice Chevalier coming to the
US [we have an original autographed picture of Maurice Chevalier from their
keepsakes]. We know they were in a tent show called "The Madcap Players"
that traveled through the southwest, however, don't have specific locations
and dates. As new resources become available we keep trying! We would love
to know what they were doing and where they were. Since Jeannette found our
site we know a lot more about the artistes and artists that were the Baker
family. All pictures here are courtesy of Jeannette.
Thomas Henry Charles Baker, Jeannette's grand father changed his name to Thomas Elder-Hearn early in the 1900's - that's why we couldn't find him. He's understood to have raced cars at the Brooklands circuit before discovering the airplane, flying the Bleriot monoplane in the London-Paris air race in July 1914 with his wife as a passenger. He wasn't successful in this venture and had to retire from the race, these details are recorded in the July 1914 issues of 'Flight' magazine.
Thomas was a pilot in World War I and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps - the forerunner to the UK Royal Air Force.
The family 'lore' was in some ways true, Thomas was the manager of Maurice Chevalier for a time and we have a photograph of Thomas, Maurice and Maurice's future wife Yvonne Valee taken in London just before their marriage. This photograph is not published on these pages. Thomas and Maurice travelled the Atlantic many times and on one occasion the passenger listed next to Maurice was a Professor from Poland - Marie Curie.
The English family prospered with Augustus taking the name of Gus Chevalier after Maurice Chevalier, who he knew while growing up in Paris. Gus married a dancer, Ethel Pearcy, from the Folies Bergere and they had one son - Valdor, Valdor married and had 3 children - one of these, Howard Baker found our site in September 2011 and filled in some blanks.
Finette Baker, the only daughter of Henry Thomas, born in Berlin married Rudolph Treharne James and had a daughter Lois.
Finette moved to York after separating from Rudolph and ran the Castle Hotel and later the Lowther Hotel.
Thomas married Frances Wheeler at the Blacksmith Anvil in Gretna Green, Scotland in 1912, they didn't elope - 'it was just a romantic thing to do'. They had a daughter Cherie in 1921, sadly Frances died only 3 years later.
Henry John Born London July 21 1877 - died Dallas, Texas October 28 1944
Thomas Charles Henry Born Lambeth, London May 21 1879 - died Barnes, London June 25 1954
Finette Phoebe Born Berlin, Germany 1883 - died York, Yorkshire about March 1963
Augustus Born Paris, France 1885 - died November 20 1947 in Barnet London


High Street, Broseley - opening soon
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The Ironmaster is a newly refurbished 8 bedroomed hotel with bagloads of history. If you are looking for somewhere to stay in Broseley, make sure you book with us at The Ironmaster for a relaxing and friendly stay.
The restaurant & bar has a warm and welcoming feel with fresh homemade food and a great selection of different drinks. Perfect for the whole family. We also have a small function room, that is available for small, intimate parties
The building dates back to the mid 18th century with additions made from the mid 19th century.
Broseley is a small town in Shropshire just south of Ironbridge. The first ironbridge in the world was built in 1779 across the Severn linking Broseley to Coalbrookedale and Madeley. It was part of the Industrial Development in Ironbridge Gorge which is now part of a world heritage site.
The legendary ironmaster John Wilkinson who appeared on the old halfpenny coin and constructed the worlds first iron boat lived in the town. Abraham Darby I who developed the process of smelting iron using coking coal is buried here.
Local attractions include, Ironbridge, Buildwas Abbey, Broseley Pipeworks & The Jackfield Tile Museum
If you're preference is for sport then The Ironmaster bar is perfect for you, showing live football & other sports. Darts players – if you’re looking for a venue, get in touch.


Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey he was the son of the late James and Sarah Ellen King and the husband of the late Frances (Jolly) King. Mr. King attended The University of North Carolina and Michigan State where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Urban Forestry. After graduation, one of Mr. King’s first jobs was managing a 5000-acre rubber tree plantation in Liberia for Firestone as it geared up for America’s anticipated entry into World War II. While in Liberia, he met the late Frances Jolly who was a missionary engaged in building schools and educating young children. During her time in Liberia she was approached and enlisted by the OSS to covertly track the timing and volume of German shipping. The two were married while still in Liberia. Upon their return Mr. King joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts where he headed up the two year Arboriculture and Park Management Program at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, a positon he held until his retirement in 1983. Prof King, as he was thereafter known, took a keen interest in his students and became a dear friend and mentor to countless individuals over the years. He and his wife Frances would often entertain students at their home in Leverett and provide them with a welcome break from the academic rigors of their studies. The extent to which both Professor King and his wife Frances had endeared themselves to his students was evident in the countless friendships that endured, long after graduation day. Following Frances passing Gordon became very close to Barbara Hamilton, a long time friend.
Professor King had a strong sense of civic responsibility as well and served as the volunteer Fire Chief in Leverett for over 35 years. He also helped to found the Rattlesnake Gutter Trust to help preserve open space within the Town of Leverett. In 2010 he was honored by the Trust for having formed and led a group of volunteers that collected over a million returnable bottles and cans that raised more than $50,000 dollars over a twenty-year period. These funds were used entirely to support the groups land preservation efforts.
Professor King is survived by a son, John King of Alva, Florida and a daughter, Muriel Laverty of Nicaragua. Another son, James King, predeceased Professor King. His granddaughter Elizabeth Walter of Schodack, New York who along with her husband Paul provided loving care for him in his later years, also survives him. Numerous other grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews mourn his loss.


I DON'T BUY MILITARY COLLECTIBLES / MILITARIA
My Private WW2 Collection is For Sale
In the late 1990's I finished my Militaria collecting hobby and accepted offers, bids from those interested in buying items from my collection. I sold my WW2 Allied collection and WW2 Allies uniforms mannequins, WW2 USA & British combat- and camouflage uniforms, US Paratrooper US 82nd & 101st AB Div jump suits etc;
I also sold an important part of my German collection incl my WW2 German Panzer- and Panzerjäger uniforms, several Waffen-SS camouflage- and Wehrmacht Heer, Luftwaffe etc uniforms, 25 WW2 uniforms Mannequins included.
ww2collection.blogspot.com shows a part of my collection I decided to keep, this WW2 Collection is for sale:


The Sacro Monte was born from the idea of Father Bernardino Caimi, towards the end of the 1400s, to allow a greater number of people to visit places related to the history of Jesus, remaining in Italy. Thus the Jerusalem of Italy was born, in a context of peace, tranquillity.
Here is the Hotel Restaurant La Casa del Pellegrino, surrounded by 45 chapels. In 1491, the first chapel of the Holy Sepulchre was born, which can still be visited in the square in front of the hotel.
A few years later, in the area where the hotel is currently located, stood the church of the Sleeping Virgin, and it is precisely in this church that the miraculous healing of Donna Agnese Botta, sister of Ludovico il Moro, took place on 22 August 1498.
Around 1600, since the church of the Sleeping Virgin was too small to accommodate the large number of faithful who came to visit the Jerusalem of Italy, they decided to build a new church next to it, the present-day Sanctuary dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (Our Lady of the Assumption) .
In 1772, the Old Church was completely demolished, and a building for the Spiritual Exercises was built on this area, which corresponds to a part of the present-day hotel.
A few years later, in 1778, the new structure was inaugurated, which corresponds to a part of the present-day Casa del Pellegrino, from the entrance to the fresco room.
In the 50s of the last century, it was enlarged, incorporating the adjacent chapel from the 1500s, where the statuary representation of "The Last Supper" was located (which is now located in a chapel in the square, under the portico), this is currently one of the restaurant rooms, precisely the Sala Cappella.
It should also be remembered that one of the important figures for the Sacro Monte is San Carlo Borromeo, and it is just to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of San Carlo, on 3 and 4 November 1984, that pope John Paul II came on a visit, celebrated the Itinerarium Crucis (The Way of the Cross) and had dinner in the Fresco Dining Hall at La Casa del Pellegrino.


Some might say the creation of Mississippi First (MSF) started long before its launch in 2008. Sanford Johnson and Rachel Canter met riding the school bus in elementary school over 20 years ago. They formed a friendship that would last beyond their years as public school students in Starkville, Mississippi. As time passed, their paths continued to cross. They both became teachers in the Mississippi Delta, and later both went to school to study public policy–Rachel at the Harvard Kennedy School and Sanford at the Clinton School of Public Service. While they shared many experiences, their strongest commonality is that they both have a deep desire to improve education in their home state. This desire led Rachel and Sanford to the idea of Mississippi First.
In 2008, Rachel and Sanford founded MSF as a nonprofit organization dedicated to moving Mississippians forward through education reform. In March 2009, MSF officially formed its first Board of Directors and joined the PIE Network in order to receive support in the process of education advocacy at the state level. In 2010, MSF played a major role in helping the Mississippi Department of Education apply for the new School Improvement Grant program, which brought Mississippi $47M in grants for low-performing schools. During these first few years, Mississippi First worked diligently on issue education and advocacy for state-funded pre-K and charter schools. In 2013, this work came to fruition. The Mississippi Legislature passed the Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act, which was based on recommendations from MSF. The Legislature also passed the Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013, modeled after a report published by Mississippi First titled Leaving Last in Line. That summer, MSF received two capacity grants to expand their work in Mississippi.
Today, Mississippi First is an organization of 9 Mississippians dedicated to improving pre-K-12 education and teen health in Mississippi.


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Affiliate Group: Souhegan Valley, 2004/2005
School District: Milford, NH
Grade Level: 10-12
Intended Audience: Teachers
22.214.171.124 Discuss the nature, importance, and potential impacts on world affairs of political, demographic, environmental, pathogenic, economic, technological, and cultural developments, and identify and examine possible responses to these developments.
126.96.36.199 Analyze the assertion that constitutional democracy is fragile and that it requires the participation of an attentive, knowledgeable, and competent citizenry.
188.8.131.52 Analyze historical documents, artifacts, and other materials for credibility, relevance, and point of view.
184.108.40.206 Discuss the origins, political ideas, and worldwide effects on society, politics, and economics of the European ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries including Conservatism, Liberalism, republicanism, social democracy, Marxism, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, and nationalism.
English component in writing
·Students will examine issues in the Weimar Constitution that allowed for the ascension of the Nazi party and Adolph Hitler to complete power.
·Students will read and analyze primary sources and decide what resulted from the fire.
·Students will create a “web” of the effects of the Reichstag fire.
·Students will recognize the fire and subsequent limitation of civil liberties, their impact on the German people and the suppression of opposition to the Nazis, particularly from the Communist party.
The focus of this lesson is to direct students toward understanding how a legally constructed republic with duly elected representatives can disintegrate into fascism. The results of the Reichstag fire and how they influenced the lives of individual Germans, members of the Communist party and Hitler’s elevation to dictator through the Enabling Acts need to be examined. Students need to piece together how the faulty Weimar Constitution allowed all of this to occur, how such limitation of rights affected the German people and why the populace seemed accepting of these restrictions. As with so many occurrences with the Nazi party, students need to note and understand the progressive nature of the Nazi rise from “fringe” party in 1924 to legitimacy and power in 1932. By creating a web, students will be able to recognize this progression as well as the interconnectedness of events.
90 minutes of classroom time
On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, caught fire and burnt to the ground. Just two weeks before the anticipated election of representatives to the Reichstag on March 5, the fire would prove to be Chancellor Adolph Hitler’s next step on his rise to eventual dictatorship of the former Republic of Germany. Hitler and the leaders of the Nazi party immediately accused the Communists of setting the fire. A few minutes after the fire had begun, Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist at the scene, was arrested for arson. What caused the fire, however, was not nearly as important as what resulted from the fire.
This lesson is part of a semester-long history course on the Holocaust and follows lessons that explain the 1932 Reichstag election, the election of President Otto von Hindenburg, the appointment of Adolph Hitler as Chancellor and the respective constitutional roles of both president and chancellor. This lesson should serve as a bridge to understanding how the legal election of 1932 devolves into the rigged election of 1933 that allows the Nazi party to gain control over the Reichstag. This lesson may be used in any history class, however, to explain how Germany deteriorated from a republic into a fascist dictatorship.
1.Ask students what would have happened if, on September 11, another plane made it all the way to Washington and had crashed into the Capital Building. Would members of Congress been asked to remove themselves from office? Would the President have dissolved Congress? Why couldn’t these things have happened? Discuss how and why the US Constitution does not allow the President to dissolve Congress or call for new elections.
2.Give students handouts of selected portions of the Weimar Constitution. How does this differ from the US Constitution? Explain that they are going to take a look at what the effects of the Constitution are on German government and politics as well as on the rise of the Nazi party and Adolph Hitler.
3.Distribute copies of New York Times articles from February 28. 1933 through March 23, 1933 [Reichstag Fire and subsequent events]
4.Students will assemble in groups of three and read the NY Times articles, taking notes on the events that occurred as a direct result of the Reichstag fire. Students will then work together to construct graphic organizers/webs of the results of the Reichstag fire. They need to include the affect on the German public, the Communist party and what new laws resulted from the incident.
Web site with links to NY Times articles and examples of student work
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The Generalife, one of several globe's most famous gardens, Positioned Within the Alhambra, properties a few of the ideal fountain work on the globe. The Alhambra is situated around the outskirts with the Spanish town of Granada. The Moors constructed Alhambra as an easy fort, from the ninth century, overlooking the city and also the mountains. Even though the Alhambra began as an alcazaba (fortress), it had been expanded into an alcazar (palace) and then was, slowly and gradually, developed into a medina (small city). At last, in the 14th century, the Generalife, with its amazing fountain work, was constructed beside the Alhambra.
The Generalife is well essentially the most charming part of the Alhambra. The main courtyard is named Patio de la Acequia this means Courtyard of your Drinking water Channel. It really is from the Generalife's fountain program which the Alhambra receives h2o. It is perhaps this part that led to the development of the other fountains and drinking water regions within the Generalife.
One fountain with the Generalife's gardens that never ever fails to shock may be the escalera del agua, or "water staircase”. Water flows around an intricately carved staircase and banister, which allow the customer to actually stroll on h2o. The escalera del agua is formed by 3 landings divided by teams of stairs. At some time in record, there was after a little oratoria at 1 conclusion of the fountain. This fountain was developed since the Moors wanted water flowing everywhere due to their desert heritage. The beauty of this fountain is solely awesome.
Probably the most notable aspect with the Alhambra and the Generalife may be the Courtroom on the Lions or Patio de los Leones. The patio encompasses a fountain with twelve lions. It absolutely was a present from the Jewish leader to celebrate the good relations in between himself as well as the sultan. The 12 lions symbolize the twelve tribes connected to Israel. The fountain initially functioned for a clock with a unique lion spurting drinking water because the hour altered. There's a poem carved at 1 corner of the fountain which offers compliments into the sultan and Instructions on how the fountain operates. Nonetheless, after a Christian invasion, read more the fountain's clock aspect hardly ever adequately operated once again. It nonetheless continues to be probably the greatest drinking water attributes over the premises.
The perfection of this area was not well identified during record. In truth, it was not right up until 1870 that the Alhambra was regarded a countrywide monument. Right now, though, the Alahambra is fairly well acknowledged. The fountains of your Generalife develop additional stunning with Just about every passing calendar year. These are viewed as one of the most intricate and spectacular buildings in architectural record. The Generalife's beautiful mixture of lush foliage and flowing h2o are wholly unforgettable.


Hua Hin has a number of attractions within a few kilometres that are a must visit if your staying in Hua Hin or Cha Am.
Maruekhathaiyawan Palace like so much in Hua Hin, this summer seaside palace was built in the early 1920's during the reign of King Rama VI. It was designed by an Italian architect with lots of verandas, latticework and covered boardwalks using golden teak from the demolished Hat Chao Samran Palace. Open daily from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM, it is located 9km south of Cha-Am at the Camp Rama VI military compound.
Klai Kangwon Palace
Klai Kangwon Palace - King Phra Plokklao built it in the year 1926. The palace is located 3 kilometers from Amphoe Hua Hin Office. A permit must be obtained from the Royal Household Office prior to a visit Hua Hin Railway Station


Damascus steel blade
We make the Damascus steel in our firm, in the Damascus steel forge. These Laguiole knives come with a forged bee, a hand-chiseled spring and a blade guard. They come with a leather pocket sheath (if you choose one of our other sheaths, we will deduct the value of the pocket sheath from the price for the other sheath). Ask for a cost estimate for a Laguiole knife with a Damascus steel blade with greater personalization.
Damascus steel is the result of a forging technique that goes back more than 2000 years. Its exact origin remains unknown. Archaeological excavations in northern France have uncovered bladed weapons made of "soft" and "hard" metals welded together (dating: Merovingians and Carolingians). For Westerners, Damascus steel seems to have been used since the first Crusades (in Syria, at D....!). Damascus steel has crossed the centuries, continents and eras. Prestigious swords, rifle and pistol barrels, ... these art objects and collectors' items have forged its reputation. There are different methods for making Damascus steel. Our blacksmith makes Damascus steel in our workshop in Laguiole.


In 1991 small breweries started to rise all around Hungary. József Simkó and Csongor Rozsán opened their business at that time as well. After 10 days of traning they made their first beer which was the Jäger (a bayern läger). The name of the brewery comes from its hometown – Békésszentandrás.
You can find their website at: http://szentandrassorfozde.hu
In 1990, the Eagle was re-named the Wychwood Brewery after the Ancient medieval the Wychwood Forest which borders Witney. Paddy Glenny sold his shareholding in 1990 to Ian Rogers, a Regional Manager of Halls of Oxford, the brewery’s biggest customer. Aged only 27, Ian sold his house to become a partner with Chris and set about creating a chain of 40 real ale pubs intrinsically tied to the newly renamed Wychwood Brewery with all its myths and legends imagery.
You can find their website at: http://wychwood.co.uk


The ancient Druids believed that on the eve of November 1st, the spirits of the dead returned to visit the world of the living, and that a lot of these spirits had harmful intent. The priests would wear masks to disguise themselves as spirits to conduct the rituals of Samhain in the hopes of tricking the real spirits, making them believe the Druids were spirits as well and not living humans. In these disguises, the priests believed they would become victims of the roaming evil spirits, or of fairies, or any other nonhuman, supernatural, entity. Disguises were also worn by the average people to confuse the wandering ghosts of ancestors who may want to take them back to the land of the dead; most often this involved wearing the clothes of the opposite gender. In the Middle Ages, and beyond, people wore masks and costumes to gather on Samhain and practice the Old Religion. They wore the costumes so that if seen, they couldn’t be turned in to the authorities and thus be charged with witchcraft.
In medieval Britain, a custom known as “souling” was a common practice. It let the poor beg for food, or soul cakes (oatcakes, or square pieces of bread containing currants), while dressed in disguises. The masked people would travel door to door offering prayers for the deceased in exchange for the soul cakes. The “guisers” accepted just about any food offered, and they also gladly accepted money. The prayers for the recently dead to leave limbo and enter into Heaven increased with the number of donations. As time passed, this custom became less and less serious, and became more a fun event. Children would roam house to house, souling, singing songs and begging for food. They would play tricks on those people who denied them a treat.


(originally posted Sep 2008)
This is a little piece I found on the web with some history of the town of Caddo Gap, formerely named Centerville.
Caddo Gap: Caddo Gap was first named Centerville. The area was first settled by Tula Indians and there is a statue here built by the WPA in 1936 recalling the most westward point DeSoto [sic] reached in the States in 1543. The plaque on the base of the statue reads “DESOTO 1541 -A.D. Here Desoto reached his most westward point in the Untied [sic] States. Here was the capitol of the warlike Tula tribe of Indians who fought Desoto and his men. Relics found in this vicinity suggest the romance of past centuries about which history will ever be meager and incomplete. Arkansas State Historical Commission.”
The actual “gap” for the Caddo River occurs just above the Arkansas 240 bridge where the river passes through a narrow opening between the ridges, and so does Arkansas 8 and the railroad. The Caddo River is a good “family outing” float stream and the most popular float is the six-mile journey from Caddo Gap to Glenwood.
In 1851 Balaam Strawn built a grist mil [sic] at the lower narrows on the Caddo River. Adjacent to this was a two story store, a trading store for furs, a blacksmith, a Methodist church and the Centerville post office post. John Shipp was the first postmaster. After the Civil War the name was changed and the post office was moved one half mile west due to the possibility of flooding. Middleton Reynolds had a grist mill here. David Bassinger built a log store, which was also a post office and the New Hope Masonic Lodge No. 42 met on the second floor, beside his large two story house. His daughter was Susan Shuffield and her daughters were Belle and Lue. William A. Hopper moved into the county from TN in 1851 and settled near Buttermilk Springs, later brought 160 acres in the Manfred community then a large bottom farm on the South Fork, later know as Gibbs farm and then the Ira West farm. He built a large house, a grist mill, cotton gin and a small store. After Bassinger died Hopper purchased the store. Reference: Extracted from an article written by the late
Julia Biggers, a former teacher for the Caddo Gap School, for the Glenwood Herald, Aug 19, 1971 and includes a photo courtesy of late Clarence Hopper of the Bassinger store.
Today the pine log Bassinger store built about 1855 is still standing but was moved to its present location in 1910.
Place names–Caddo Gap – Arkansas Gazette p.5F June 29, 1980
Towns vanish, memories cling: Caddo Gap, 1851 to 1906 by Biggers, Julia –
Record (Garland County Historical Society) 26:24-28a 1985 – history and families
Caddo Gap to have a niche in history – Arkansas Gazette p.1C June 5, 1966
Picturesque Caddo Gap by Osra Cobb – Arkansas Gazette Magazine p.1 ; p.3 May 19, ; May 26, 1935
Highways and byways – Arkansas Democrat Magazine p.10 Sept 9, 1962
Caddo Gap, Ark. Small-town basketball – Arkansas Democrat p.1E Dec 7, 1958 – Caddo Gap
The toll bridge on the Caddo by Otto Ernest Rayburn. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 13(2):160-163 Sum 1954. M. M. Chandler and the Narrows; 1870-1884, Chandler built and ran toll bridge at Caddo Gap.
Accessed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armontgo/towns.htm on 2008-09-14


Nov 04, 2015 · Rwandan Refugees Desperate Situation in Zaire This photo was taken in Goma, Zaire in 1997 and shows a young orphan boy that is weak, emaciated, and waiting to be fed. Many Rwandan refugees were living at the village of Biaro and the Zairian Red Cross has been ordered to bury the corpses and count the orphans that remained.
Apr 05, 2019 · In this May 23, 1994, file photo, a Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel walks by the plane wreckage in which Rwanda's President Juvenal Habyarimana died April 6, 1994, in Kigali, Rwanda. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File) 2 / 8. A pickup truck carries Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebels to front line positions. File) 4 / 8. Rwandan refugee
During his interview with MIP, Ambassador Martres, "pointed out that on 4th or 5th October 1990, a combat helicopter of the Rwandan Army destroyed more than ten RPF vehicles and four or Bve trucks carrying petrol and that, according to reports by French soldiers, this operation had been carried out by a Rwandan pilot, and that this pilot had
Aug 20, 2019 · Two Rwandan Tutsis: Paul Kagame and Yoseri Tubuhaburwa a.k.a. ":Yoweri Museveni", the Missing Link! JDLO Foreword: Ladies and Gentlemen: Justice, Peace, Law, and Order is publishing this document on the internet for one main reason: The MISSING LINK in the tragedy that has been taking place in the African Great Lakes region from Uganda through Rwanda onto the Congo-Zaire today …
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Feb 01, 1992 · A February 1991 issue paper for the United States Committee for Refugees (USCR), Exile from Rwanda:Background to an Invasion, recounts how George Kabanda, a 51-year-old cattlekeeper and Tutsi Rwandan, has been a refugee three times in his life. In 1964 he fled Rwanda to escape a massacre by Hutu civilians and settled in Uganda.In 1983 he was
Zaire: IRIN Briefing, 10/26/96 - University of Pennsylvania
On 28 April 1995 the High Council of the Transitional Parliament passed a Resolution in order, ostensibly, to prevent Rwandan and Burundian refugees from acquiring Zairean nationality. The Resolution followed a visit to Kivu by the Vangu commission of inquiry, which had been established to …
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million refugees lived there, initially in three large settlements.There were many other problems.The Zairean central government's authority in eastern Zaire, far from the capital Kinshasa, was weak.The Rwandan génocidaires had allies in the local administration in the Kivus and ex-FAR officers established effective control of the camps.
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Jul 24, 2017 · The initial disruption, predominantly affecting the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, began with the 1994-1995 refugee crisis in the region, spawned by the war in neighbouring Rwanda.
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Mar 08, 2010 · In 1996, the small nation of Rwanda launched an invasion of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko' state of Zaire. The reason of the invasion was to protect the Congolese Tutsies (or Banyamulenge) living the Kivu province, kins-people of the Rwandan Tutsies, who suffered violence at the hands of Rwandan Hutu extremists (mostly the Interahamwe, perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide in 1994).
Several Rwandan refugees interviewed by a UN official during the mission expressed a willingness to go home. It added that Burundian rebel groups have been driven from bases inside Zaire in areas bordering Burundi, by Zairean rebel advances in the east of the country. and another 60 UNHCR/IOM trucks were on their way to the border
Rwandan Genocide Aftermath | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Mar 06, 1995 · By rights, the 18,000 dirt-smeared Hutu men, women and children crowded into the rancid streets of the Cyanika refugee camp in southern Rwanda should want to reclaim that farmland. Most of them arrived in Cyanika from the countryside last summer, fleeing the advances of a Tutsi-led rebel army that now controls the entire country.
Feb 06, 1995 · Tension in Rwanda is rising as UN officials argue about the fate of 1.5 million refugees. attacks on government forces. And they want the civilians back on their farms, growing coffee, tea and other crops rather than waiting for food to be handed to them off the back of an aid truck.
Democratic Republic of the Congo in History (Part 2) - On
May 09, 1995 · Liming Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril military advisor to the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations recommends the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down; Liming The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.; Liming The South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana wins against …
The massacre of Hutus went on concomitantly with the clean-up of gravesites. According to UN investigations (Garretón, 1997), Human Rights Watch (Campbell, 1997), and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Bradol & Guibert, 1997), the perpetrators of the massacre made concerted efforts to conceal the evidence by cleansing massacre sites, burning corpses and killing or intimidating witnesses.
Rwanda History: The 1997 U.S.-sanctioned counter-genocide
The Rwandan genocide and 6,000,000 Congolese and Hutu refugees killed are the culminating point of a long UK's battle to expand their influence to the African Great Lakes Region. UK supported Kagame's guerrilla war by providing military support and money. The UK refused to intervene in Rwanda during the genocide to allow Kagame to take


Chamber concerts given by leading musicians have a long history in Dorchester. It seems that a regular series began soon after the Second World War with artists of the calibre of Victoria de los Angeles, Clifford Curzon and the Amadeus Quartet visiting the town. The venue for what must have been memorable concerts was the Plaza Cinema in its original, single auditorium state. Those of us with long memories will remember it as a most unprepossessing place with little to recommend it either visually or aurally; visiting artists’ spirits must have sunk when they arrived for rehearsal. For this and what seem to have been financial reasons these concerts were discontinued in the late 1960s.
But a taste for chamber music was still in evidence and it was not many years later that a new series was inaugurated with Roger Peers (then curator of the County Museum) as a prime mover. It will of course have been on his instigation that the venue was changed to the Museum’s Victorian Hall which, unlike its drab predecessor, proved to be extremely well-suited to chamber concerts, small enough to create a pleasing intimacy but large enough to enliven the sound. In the early days there was little to be met with in the way of other concerts in the town (apart from those given by local choirs) and so the Dorset County Museum Music Society had the field largely to itself. Artists of the highest calibre continued to be engaged though there was more emphasis on promising youngsters rather than established stars. But musical demography is constantly evolving and the musical life of the town became richer and more varied at the same time as many people sought entertainment at home via television and radio rather than venturing out. Nevertheless the society was able to maintain its presence attracting a core membership of regular subscribers as well as an increasing number of casual visitors.
The proposed rebuilding of the museum was greeted by the Society with somewhat mixed feelings, the main worry being that the architects might seek to ‘improve‘ the Victorian Hall. As it was, while the rebuilding took place we had to move to other venues in the town, none of which came anywhere near matching what we were accustomed to. And then came Covid… All in all live music, along with all other aspects of life, suffered greatly at the turn of the new decade. But imagine our delight when the museum reopened with the Victorian Hall structurally untouched though with physical facilities improved. And so the concerts restarted, maintaining the same intention but operating under a slightly different name and with the advantages of IT systems to help with publicity and ticket sales. The concert-goers of seventy years ago, sinking into their squashy tip-up seats amid the lingering odour of the previous night’s cigarettes would surely hardly recognise the environment of today’s concerts. But it is only the externals that have changed; the intention of bringing to the town chamber concerts of the highest calibre has remained exactly the same.


Since 2003, the Institute of Budo Studies has been dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Japanese martial arts in the Western world as they were developed by the ancient warriors of Japan, the samurai.
Kendo, the way of the sword, is a modern martial art based on ancient kenjutsu. The word Kendo is made of the characters ken (sword) and do (way or path); a way of life following the practice of Kendo.
Iaido, the way of the sword, is a martial art that began as on offshoot of Kenjutsu, arts of swordsmanship. It was developed as a defensive method to counter surprise attacks in 15th and 16th century Japan.


As you know, Casino Hall of Fame was created in 1979 and during that year, there were several best players got featured there as the legends in this game. There are so many great players in card game but not all of them are acknowledged by many players in the world. Though there are many greatest gambling online players, it doesn’t mean all of them are featured inside Hall of Fame.
This place was created in 1979 and during that year, there were some players who were featured inside it and you need to know them and the history of each best player there.
Players Inside Gambling Online Hall of Fame in 1979
Back in 1979, there were some people featured inside the link alternatif casino Hall of Fame such as:
- Johnny Moss
Moss is known as one of the best players all the time. He can be called as the road gambler and he played this game in Texas before this game became legal there. During his career, he has won 3 WSOP back in 1970, 1971 and also 1974. He played the heads-up tournament which was infamous against Nick the Greek and Moss is the charter members in Hall of Fame.
- Felton McCorquodale
He was known as Corky and he was also the man who brought Texas Holdem directly to Las Vegas back in 1963. Though holdem was not popular and it took so much time for it to become the most played and popular card game in Vegas, somehow Holdem can make it and it becomes the most popular game.
Those are 2 people who were featured in the casino Hall of Fame in the same year which was 1979 but not only them whom you can find in the hall of fame.


You know what Moda is today — modern, elegant living. But there’s also a bit of history here that began in the early part of the 20th Century.
In 1930, on this very location, the Central Library Building of the Queens Borough Public Library opened. The interior was designed in the Italian Renaissance style with marble walls and floors, and classic-style detailing. After 36 years of serving their local community, the Central Library Building outgrew its space and moved to a new facility on Merrick Boulevard.
By 1970, the library was completely renovated into the Queens Family Court, which was constructed with a grand brick and stone façade. Enter Moda, 40 years later. As we open our doors, a piece of history remains, with the original courthouse façade as the main architectural feature of the Moda building.
The former Queens Family Courthouse was originally constructed in 1928-30 as the Central Library Building of the Queens Borough Public Library. Robert F. Schirmer and Junius W. Schmidt designed the Classical Revival-style building. The Queens Borough Public Library expanded the building in 1941 with a large addition to the rear (west) facade. In 1968-70, the building was further renovated and converted to the Queens County Family Court. As part of that renovation, another addition to the rear and side facades was built, and a three-story, modernist annex was constructed to the west. Kiff, Boss & Franklin, Architects, the Office of York & Sawyer were the architects of the conversion and annex. The former Central Library Building was the system’s central facility for approximately 35 years. The building has been altered, most significantly on the interior where little or no vestiges of the original layout and finishes remain. Alterations to the exterior include reconstruction of the parapet and main entrance and the two rear additions.
In 1901, three years after the consolidation of Greater New York, the Long Island City Library joined with four other local libraries at the prompting of New York City to form the Queens Borough Public Library. Chartered in 1896, the Long Island City Library consisted of the Long Island City, Steinway, and Astoria libraries, and the four other original members of the Queens Borough Public Library were those of Hollis, Queens Village, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park. Consolidation of the independent libraries was pushed by the City of New York to ease the management of city appropriations, and the state charter of the new system extended service to the entire borough of Queens.
By 1928, the site at Parsons Boulevard and 89th Avenue had been acquired and the Board of Trustees had selected Robert F. Schirmer and Junius W. Schmidt to design the new Central Library Building.


EMIL J. KAPAUN MEMORIAL
AT THE KANSAS STATEHOUSE
"He inspired people by truly accepting and undergoing their hardships and trials, which to say the least were very, very trying at this time."
An Unnamed Soldier about Father Kapaun
A MEMORIAL TO A KANSAS HERO
Father Emil Joseph Kapaun was a humble Catholic Priest and courageous Army Chaplain who gave his life serving his troops in the Korean War. A national and religious hero, he was awarded our nation's highest honor, the Medal of Honor, by President Barack Obama in 2013.
This farm boy from Pilsen, Kansas was shaped by the soil of the Sunflower State and enabled to bring the light of faith and love to the darkest of places on earth: the battlefields and prison camps of Korea.
An exemplary model of the courageous and persevering spirit of Kansans, this memorial statue will honor Father Kapaun at the heart of our great State, and ensure his legacy lives on for generations to come.
You can help honor a great Kansan!
The bill passed through the Kansas Legislature with unanimous support and was signed into law on March 22, 2024.
A committee of Kansans will meet to discuss the design of the statue, and fundraising will begin in the near future. All funds for the Kapaun Memorial will come from private donations.
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Between 2005 and 2009, local artist Valerie Irwin undertook the mammoth task of documenting the demolition and re-development of Cranfield's Mill on Ipswich Dock. Attending the site nearly every day with unprecedented access, Valerie complied a vast selection of observational drawings in charcoal, reflecting the nature of the work.
This 'Change in Charcoal' collection comprises over 4750 charcoal drawings, sketchbooks, digital images, diaries and oral history.
The Suffolk Record Office has identified this unique artistic collection as a valuable addition to the existing Cranfield’s Mill archive, safeguarding the heritage of the changing industrial landscape of the Ipswich Docks.
Bridget Hanley, Collections Manager at the Suffolk Record Office stated in April 2017 "It struck me as vital to protect the story that Valerie was telling. We agreed that the Suffolk Records Office would like to take this unique collection and preserve it for future generations."
This project will fund the preservation, cataloguing, digitisation, oral history and ultimately the deposit of this collection into the Suffolk Records Office archives.
This archival collection will offer public access to this valuable collection of local heritage, via the records office and through their on-line catalogue. Interest may also come from people who worked at the docks but also builders, architects, artists and students wishing to study this fascinating record of the colossal change in the town’s history.
" Every day becomes history, Valerie Irwin's four years of drawing done on the spot, records momentous changes to Ipswich's Waterfront for posterity"
Des Pawson MBE, Footrope Knots, Museum of Knots & Sailor's Ropework, Ipswich Maritime Trust
Studios from Silos
Drawings by Valerie Irwin
from the Change in Charcoal Collection
Whistler Gallery, DanceEast, Foundry Lane,
Ipswich, IP4 1DW
24th July - 6th September 2019
Open daily 9am to 6pm except for dates below


Monday, September 05, 2011
Swedish national TV (SVT) has done it again. Last night SVT broadcast another documentary about the war in Bosnia, this time attempting to convince its viewers that a large number of Mujaheddin fighters arrived in Bosnia in order to use Bosnia as a haven from which to unleash unprecedented terror throughout the West. While no one is denying that volunteers from the Arab world fought alongside the Bosniak fighters, the assertion that Bosnia is now harboring countless Islamic extremists from the Arab world is ridiculously preposterous and completely unfounded.
SVT has argued that the purpose of the documentary is to offer a more balanced account of the war in Bosnia. A mere glance at their primary sources seriously undermines the credibility of this documentary. SVT has used exclusively Bosnian Serb sources and RTS TV in their futile effort to blame the Bosnian Muslims not only for the war in Bosnia but also for their "religious zealotry", apparently completely oblivious to Noel Malcolm's outstanding study of religious secularism among the Muslim population in Bosnia. Why not include reliable sources in the documentary instead of using notoriously pro-Serb ones?
Also, there was no mention in the documentary of the countless Russian and Greek mercenaries who arrived in Bosnia to side with Bosnian Serbs. If the principal objective of SVT was to show a fair and balanced account of the war in Bosnia, failure to include this fact is indicative of spurious and grossly biased journalism.
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Netflix has built a reputation for its library of documentaries and it feels like a perfect match of form and service. After all, many average moviegoers aren’t able to seek out non-fiction movies in theaters but will happily watch them once they’re streaming. This means amazing movies that used to lurk on the fringes are now front-and-center on the most popular movie service on the planet.
Their latest documentary series has pedigree to spare and the first trailer is here. Based on the book by film journalist Mark Harris, Five Came Back chronicles the stories of Hollywood directors who served during World War II, with Meryl Streep and five acclaimed filmmakers lending their voices to the series.
The series tracks the war careers of directors John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens, focusing on the documentary films they made overseas, which blended news, propaganda, and entertainment into fascinating and often profound packages. While Streep provides the larger voiceover narration, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo Del Toro, Paul Greengrass and Lawrence Kasdan all appear as talking heads, providing context to the directors and their work.
Harris wrote the film, which was directed by Laurent Bouzereau, a filmmaker with hundreds of making-of documentaries and shorts to his name. Here’s how Netflix described it in their official press release:
Adapted from Mark Harris’ best-selling book, Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, and directed by Laurent Bouzereau, the three-part docuseries tells the extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five filmmakers who interrupted their successful careers to serve their country, risk their lives and bring the truth back to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. To guide viewers through the different personalities, interweaving chronologies and globe-trotting locales, the Five Came Back team turned to the voices of five modern cinematic masters: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo Del Toro, Paul Greengrass and Lawrence Kasdan. Three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep provides the narration for Five Came Back.
And here’s the trailer itself:
This looks amazing, right? While I haven’t read Five Came Back, I have read Harris’ Pictures at a Revolution, which is one of the finest film books I’ve had the pleasure of reading. This could be something special.
And in even cooler news, 13 of the documentaries that play a role in the series, including Ford’s The Battle of Midway, Wyler’s The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, Huston’s Report from the Aleutians, Capra’s The Battle of Russia, Stevens’ Nazi Concentration Camps, and Stuart Heisler’s The Negro Soldier, will arrive on Netflix alongside Five Came Back.
All three episodes of Five Came Back will drop on March 31, 2017.
The post ‘Five Came Back’ Trailer: Five Hollywood Directors Go to World War II appeared first on /Film.
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Sites and activities: Nature
The island of Sainte Marguerite is a small piece of Esterel in the open sea:
«A real paradise of freshness and serenity.».
- By the "boat of the islands" departing from La Napoule Port, (Open from April to 30 September, approximately 30 minutes).
To discover on Ste Marguerite island:
- Fort Royal Historical Monument.
The prisoners who occupied got through a lot of ink:
the Iron mask, Marshal Bazaine, ...
- The Museum of the sea,
installed in the beautiful vaulted rooms of Roman origin. It contains Ligurian, Greek, Arab and Roman archaeological remains, found on the site and the nearby seabed.
- The island's beaches
- A botanical trail arranged which allows you to identify the different kinds of pine trees, eucalyptus trees and a wide variety of plants.
- The Ornithological Park, on Batéguier pond, where sea water and fresh water meet.


In the first part of XVIII Century a sheep-farming family left Maggia Valley (which takes its name from river Maggia) in Switzerland to settle in Pettinengo, Piedmont. Since in Piedmont they were used to call families with the name of their birth places, these Swiss people were called Maggia.
In Pettinengo a well organized system of local wool supply had established, thus knitting took the place of cloth processing and began to take an original shape. The new family decided to focus on pasturing and wool processing, as many other locals used to do. Also in Maggia Valley there was an ancient tradition of wool processing, which is even shown in a Milan customs tariff dated back to 1317.
In the first years of 1800 the old knitting and manufacturing technique was revolutionised by the first weaving looms and carding machines. It was in those years that the fortune of Maggia family grew thank to the actions of Francesco, son of Giovanbattista and Gaspare’s grandchild, who was a wool merchant and measurer (the equivalent of a modern surveyor). Francesco – born in the last quarter of the XVIII century – was both knit and cloth worker. In 1800 he already owned many knitting machines, but soon he bought a carding machine from France.
Around 1830 the first knitting handlooms began to spread out in France and since they resulted to be particularly suitable for the production of Pettinengo’s sweater, Francesco Maggia decided to buy two of them. After a few years Francesco’s son, Eusebio (1819-1870) began to work with his father, founding the business name “Francesco Maggia and Son” which lasted for over a century.
After the war of 1866 the Italian Army introduced knit doublets made through the brand new mechanical looms by the French company Fouquet. With the aim of keeping up with the times, the company improved its spinning technique thank to these new mechanical looms by Fouquet and the innovative spinning jenny (a multi-spindle spinning frame, 1870).
After Eusebio’s death, Francesco took over the family business. Even though his young age (he was only 13 year-old at the time), he proved his great entrepreneurial spirit by solving the lack of engine power in his factory. He achieved this goal when he bought a steam engine machine from Switzerland; it seems it was the first steam engine machine set up in the district of Biella.


In case we hadn’t harped on about it enough, National Day is upon us. From the pigeon lockdown to the closure of your favourite venues, the siren drills to the military parade, Beijing loves to celebrate its leftist heritage. If you were wondering what exactly that means and where you can really come face to face with China’s communist past, look no further, we’ve gathered the best of the best on the capital’s red trail.
Chairman Mao Memorial Hall
A stop at the founder’s mausoleum might seem obvious, but the Chairman’s memorial hall is easily looked over by those who don’t like crowds, queues or brief encounters. Speaking of brief encounters, don’t count on having a lot of facetime with Chairman Mao, as you’ll only have enough time to pay your respects before being ushered along by the crowd you’ve been squished in for the past hour. To make sure you catch a glimpse of the father of the PRC get in line before 11am because the hall is only open in the morning.
The Writer’s Bar, Raffles Hotel
The Writer’s Bar at Raffles Beijing (formerly the Beijing Hotel) may hark back to the era of colonialism, but it was the venue of choice for the Great Helmsman and the PLA until the Great Hall of the People was built in 1959. Unfortunately, it’s frowned upon to sip on an Old Fashioned in the Great Hall, but who wants to drink there when you could make like Mao and drink in this classy establishment instead?
Sun Yat Sen Memorial, Fragrant Hills
The Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall sits in Biyunsi temple, Fragrant Hills, housing a statue of the PRC’s first president. The temple’s innermost hall also holds some of his books, notebooks and a lead coffin which was provided by the Soviets to help preserve his body. (Un)fortunately the small coffin remains empty, so there’s no need to worry about ghosts of revolutionaries’ past. Make sure you get out there before the leaves turn, or you’ll be drowning in waves of autumn-crazed tourists.
Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution
From China’s first atomic bomb to Chariman Mao’s limo, some huge missiles to a whole garage of tanks, the Military Museum is as insightful as it is intimidating. And if you’re not a military history buff, learn more about what really sparked the deep dislike and distrust between China and Japan, the Sino-Japanese war. And if you’ve been to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre or the Unit 731 museum in Harbin, you’ll know it’s not for the faint of heart.
798 Art District
While modern Beijingers know it as the bright, colourful playground where you can fill your grid with aesthetically pleasing pictures, 798 is also boasts a whole host of relics from the heyday of communism. The decommissioned 1950s factory still houses a variety of Party slogans and showcases the best of industrial architecture, making it one of the most exciting places to come face to face with China’s Red past.
Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park
Torn down in a revolutionary frenzy, the Yongle Emperor’s legacy is less impressive than it would have been. Thankfully, what is left of the Ming dynasty walls is still worth a look. While it’s not easy to find the well-manicured gardens are home to the last 1.5km of wall, giving a slight indication of the feat of ancient engineering they once were, and if nothing else show the grit and determination of the people who saw to the end of imperial rule. If you’re disappointed by this site, you can always check out the Ancient Observatory, or head to the Red Gate Gallery for some candid shots from the start of the 20th century.
Gate of Heavenly Peace
Perhaps dethroned by The Pants as the most iconic building in Beijing, but a longstanding symbol of communism, how could we leave the gate to the Forbidden City and the Chairman’s portrait off this list?


Jeff Pinchbeck – Railway Drawings
The clinic will be an introduction on railway drawings, document names and purpose. The presentation will cover different types of drawings, document chains and the information that can be found on them. While the discussion will centre on CPR railway documentation, documentation from other sources will be demonstrated to show the similarities and broad categories of information that is available. The discussion will conclude with an introduction of archives and museums that have materials available for the researcher.
James Whatley – Building a Prototype-Specific Freight Car from a Generic Kit
The clinic covers making a Canada Southern covered hopper from a Tichy USRA twin hopper kit. The prototype started out as a NYC twin hopper, which the NYC converted to a covered hopper and later transferred to the CASO, so the project actually represents a “prototype kitbash” as well. The clinic emphasizes the tools and techniques required including painting and weathering and is therefore applicable to any similar project.
John Brown – A Trip to Chicago, 1960
John will present a slide show of a trip he took to Chicago in 1960 while serving his apprenticeship.
This trip was from Union Station to Winnipeg on the Dominion as I was a CPR fan. Stayed overnight in Winnipeg then the NP to St Paul. Stayed overnight then headed to Chicago on the CB&Q. Stayed in the YMCA for a couple of nights which was near the main Passenger stations. Then home on the GTW-CNR.


Historical Moex market-data source.
The class to obtain data by the Best Private Investor contest results.
Results of the Best Private Investor contest for the specified year.
The class for access to the historical daily data of the FORTS market.
The source for download of historical trades from RTS.


The Ancient Egyptians saw their land in Egypt as a source of their strength. This region saw predictable annual flooding of the Nile, which created excellent sources of food for farming and hunting. It is on this fertile ground that the most powerful civilization in the world prospered for thousands of years.
“Kemet” is the name the Ancient Egyptians had for their land. It literally translates as “black land” – for the black soil made fertile by the annual flooding of the Nile.
“Kemet” stands in contrast to their word “Deshret” , meaning “red land” – which has become our modern word for “desert.” “Kemet” referred to the lush lands – the lands that weren’t barren and sandy desert.
Among their many strengths, the Ancient Egyptians had excellent healthcare. Some of the oldest papyrus we have from the Egyptians describe surgical techniques and medical remedies – some of which we still use today. Leaders of other empires were often sent to Egypt to receive the very best healthcare. And most important, they had universal healthcare. If a farmer or laborer fell sick, they were given treatment
and time off to heal.
We see the Ancient Egyptians as a powerful example: if an ancient people could succeed on a global scale while taking care of their own – we can find a way too. They are the inspiration for our name.


Thursday, August 11, 2011
When Jerry Burchard was stationed in Italy during 1953-54 as a Navy Photographer, he attended a circus and took photos with a borrowed 35mm camera. During that time Jerry was using mostly 4x5.
Years later Jerry stumbled across these little over-exposed grainy negatives, printed them up, and they were part of the bases of a new way of thinking about photography for him. These are probably his first 35mm images.
Jerry mentioned that "the Navy Jazz musicians friends took me to a circus. They took me to hear the clowns. They told me that the clowns were the best musicians they had ever heard. And they were right."
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