Accessories are everything these days. You can have all of the right things or all of the right fundamentals but still find that you will somehow come up short one way or another due to the fact that you have failed to recognize the fact that accessories will really get to work wonders for you and for the space or the area that you are technically trying to go ahead and redesign one way or another in your home. This can really prove to be a challenge though because there isn't any kind of handbook to check out what works and what does not work in the world of accessories particularly in the world of interior design. You will also not get to have the chance to check it all out on a trial and error basis because it is just far too costly.
Instead, what you can go for are the staple accessories that are sure to work with just about any kind of setup that you are looking into trying out and pulling off. An American Standard integral seat is just one of those. Nothing else will get to dress up or pretty up your toilet bowl better than a seat like this one. It is usually cushioned and made out of high quality vinyl so you are guaranteed of its durability and high quality as well.
A corner spa shower kit is something that you can add on to the shower stall that you may already have in hand. More often than not, this technically comes in with the necessary racks and shelves that you would need for your personal bathroom essentials and what is great about this is the fact that it is something that is actually pretty easy to install all by yourself even if you do not consider yourself as that much of a handyman.


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/*
 * jsDocFiles is a task for compiling jsdoc api files
 *
 */

'use strict';

var dox = require('dox');
var _ = require('underscore');
var yaml = require('js-yaml');
var marked = require('marked');
var highlight = require('highlight.js');

function JsDocFilesTask(grunt) {
  this.grunt = grunt;
  this.markdown = new marked.Renderer();
  this.dox = dox.setMarkedOptions({
      renderer: this.markdown
    , gfm: true
    , tables: true
    , breaks: false
    , pedantic: false
    , sanitize: false
    , smartLists: true
    , smartypants: false
    , highlight: function(code, lang) {
        return highlight.highlight(lang, code).value;
    }
  })
};

_.extend(JsDocFilesTask.prototype, {
  buildFiles: function(files) {
    files.forEach(function(file) {
      file.src
        .filter(function(filepath) {
          return this.grunt.file.exists(filepath) && !this.grunt.file.isDir(filepath);
        }.bind(this))
        .map(function(filepath) {
          return this.compileJsDoc(file, filepath);
        }.bind(this));
    }.bind(this));
  },

  compileJsDoc: function(file, filepath) {

    var doc = this.grunt.file.read(filepath);
    var json = this.parseYaml(doc);

    json.functions = this.buildFunctions(json.functions);
    json.properties = this.buildProperties(json.properties);
    json.examples = this.buildExamples(json.examples);

    json.description = this.parseDescription(json.description);

    json.constructor = json.constructor || "";

    json.constructor = this.parseBody(json.constructor, 'constructor');

    this.writeJSON(file, json);
  },

  parseDescription: function(description) {
    description = description || "";
    return marked(description);
  },

  buildFunctions: function(functions) {
    functions = functions || [];

    _.each(functions, function(value, name) {
      functions[name] = this.parseBody(value, name);
    }, this);

    return functions
  },

  buildProperties: function(properties) {
    properties = properties || [];

    _.each(properties, function(value, name) {
      properties[name] = this.parseBody(value, name);
    }, this);

    return properties
  },

  buildExamples: function(examples) {
    examples = examples || [];

    _.each(examples, function(example, i) {
      examples[i] = this.parseExample(example);
    }, this);

    return examples
  },

  /**
   * parseBody takes a yaml body, which is either a string or an object.
   * if it's just a string, it assumes it's one dox string, if it's an object it
   * assumes it has a description and examples.
   *
   *
   * e.g
   * foo: |
   *    Foo function is yay
   *
   *     @param wtf
   *
   * or...
   * foo:
   *   description: |
   *     Foo function is yay
   *
   *      @param wtf
   *
   *   examples:
   *     -
   *       name: foo e.g. 1
   *       example: |
   *          show the foo in action
   *          ```js
   *             foo(1,2,3)
   *          ```
   *
  **/

  parseBody: function(value, name) {
    var result = {};

    if (_.isEmpty(value)) {
      return result;
    }

    // Function values have both a description and examples
    // If the function value is a string, only the description was added
    if (_.isObject(value)) {
      result = value;
    } else {
      result.examples = [];
      result.description = value;
    }

    result.description = this.parseDox(result.description, name);

    _.each(result.examples, function(example) {
      result.examples[name] = this.parseExample(example);
    }, this);

    return result;
  },

  parseExample: function(example) {
    if (!example.name) {
        this.grunt.fail.fatal('jsDocFile failed to find example name');
    }

    if (!example.example) {
        this.grunt.fail.fatal('jsDocFile failed to find example for ' + example.name);
    }

    example.example = marked(example.example);

    return example;
  },

  /**
   * parse the dox comment string.
   * We also pluck some tags from the tags property to make it easy to access later.
   * This could probably be moved out into a separate presentation task that www consumes
   *
  **/
  parseDox: function(docString, name) {

    try {
      var doc = dox.parseComment(docString);
    } catch (err) {
      this.grunt.fail.fatal('jsDocFile failed to parse dox at ' + name);
    }

    var tags = doc.tags || [];
    doc.api = _.findWhere(tags, {type: 'api'});
    doc.params = _.where(tags, {type: 'param'});
    doc.paramStr = _.pluck(doc.params, 'name').join(", ")

    doc.params = _.map(doc.params, function(param) {
      return _.extend(param, {
        typeStr: param.types.join(", "),
        description: param.description.replace(/^- /,'') // because dox doesn't parse the - out
      })
    });

    return doc;
  },

  // write parsed api to file
  writeJSON: function(file, json) {
    var prettyJSON = JSON.stringify(json, undefined, 2);
    this.grunt.file.write(file.dest, prettyJSON);
  },

  // read yaml file
  parseYaml: function(file) {
    try {
      return yaml.safeLoad(file);
    } catch (err){
      this.grunt.fail.fatal(err.name + ":\n"+  err.reason + "\n\n" + err.mark);
    }
  }

});

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  grunt.registerMultiTask('jsDocFiles', 'Compile jsdoc files to json', function() {
    var jsDocFiles = new JsDocFilesTask(grunt);
    jsDocFiles.buildFiles(this.files);
  });
}

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The 1991 Paris–Roubaix was the 91st running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race. It was held on 14 April 1991 over a distance of 267 kilometres (165.9 miles). 196 riders started the race, with only 96 finishing.
↑ "1991 Paris–Roubaix". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.


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G+T advises eBay on the acquisition by its subsidiary, Gumtree AU, of Cox Australia Media Solutions
G+T's Competition and Regulation team has successfully advised eBay on the acquisition by its subsidiary, Gumtree AU, of Cox Australia Media Solutions. Both parties supply online car classifieds and display advertising within Australia.
The ACCC has granted unconditional merger authorisation of Gumtree's proposed acquisition of Cox Australia Media Solutions (Cox Media), on the basis that it would not result in a substantial lessening of competition in either market.
The matter is novel as it is only the second time the ACCC has used its merger authorisation powers (introduced in November 2018). Merger authorisation is a public process that involves a much higher degree of scrutiny that an informal merger review process but allows for the ACCC's decision to be made on a fixed timetable and for consideration to be given to public benefits, rather than confined to an assessment of likely competitive effects, so allows for a more holistic consideration of the merits of the transaction.
The successful authorisation is strategically important as the parties are the second and third largest competitors in the market and the ACCC has previously opposed a merger within the market on competition grounds.
The parties consider that public significant benefits will result from the transaction, in terms of improved products for users of the platform and a stronger competitive alternative to the largest player in the market: Carsales, as well as providing consumers an alternative to the growing Facebook Marketplace.
Yesterday's decision is a great result for the client as it has provided regulatory certainty to proceed with the merger, in a relatively short timeframe of less than four months from the date of filing to decision. Deal certainty within a short time frame is particularly important in context of current global economic conditions.
The G+T team has led the competition law strategy, prepared public submissions to the ACCC and detailed supporting evidence, including witness statements, and has instructed the preparation of expert economic and consultant reports by RBB Economics and Simon Kucher & Partners.
The G+T team was led by Competition + Regulation partner Elizabeth Avery and special counsel Louise Klamka, with support from special counsel Geoff Petersen and lawyers Sophie Player, Rheya Shah, Johnathon Geagea, Isabel Owen, Jessie-Grace Stephenson. A large cross-practice group team also advised on aspects of Australian law and on the Due Diligence process, including IP, Corporate Advisory, Privacy and Employment teams.
Elizabeth Avery commented "eBay's acquisition of Cox Media will enable Gumtree Motors to significantly grow its audience and inventory reach, making it more competitive against Carsales and Facebook Marketplace, and providing more choice for consumers. We are delighted to have successfully advised and supported eBay throughout the ACCC process and are pleased to receive unconditional authorisation."
Gilbert + Tobin's Competition and Regulation Group is the pre-eminent competition practice in Australia. They are known for achieving outstanding commercial results, through innovative solutions and perseverance even when previous applications for transaction clearance or dispute settlement have failed. The practice group consists of seven partners, five special counsel and over 35 lawyers. The team was named the leading firm in Asia-Pacific for Competition (Who's Who Legal 2018), ranked Band 1 for Competition/Antitrust (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019) and Tier 1 for Competition + Trade (Legal 500 2019).

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Australian Motorcycle Fatalities Drop 10%, According to Report
Revolution Bike Finance, a motorcycle loan company, applauds efforts but calls for more safety and even better numbers.
Revolution Bike Finance
This study is great news, but there is plenty of room for it to be even better. We have been on the record numerous times calling for riders to be more careful. We fully believe that these numbers can drop even more sharply in the coming years.
Australia (PRWEB) November 08, 2012
Recently, the Bureau for Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Economics (BITRE) released the results of its study on Australian road fatalities. The report was released on the first anniversary of the UN's "Decade of Action for Road Safety." There are two sets of numbers pertaining to motorcycles, and they are very encouraging for motorcycle riders. The study gave raw data concerning fatalities, and also computed the number of deaths for each 10,000 motorcycles registered in Australia.
The raw numbers show that deaths declined 10% in 2011, and the 201 total number of deaths was the lowest in 7 years. In the twelve months from May 2011-April 2012, motorcycle deaths decreased by 10.4% from the previous twelve months – 198 deaths were recorded.
When the numbers are computed per 10,000 registrations, the outlook is even better. In 2011, the rate was slightly under 2%, which was a decrease of 12.7% from the previous year. For comparison, motorcycle deaths averaged 5% of each 10,000 registrations from the years 2002-2006. The average decrease over the last ten years has been 6.7% per year.
According to Shaun Lennard, Chairman of the Australian Motorcycle Council, "This number is still way too high. Every single road death represents a tragic set of circumstances…it's a good sign to see the motorcycle toll- now below 200. Below 100 would be far better…Riding a motorcycle or scooter in Australia has never been safer."
Ben Crombie, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Revolution Bike Finance, takes a similar, slightly more aggressive stance than Lennard, but is happy to hear that motorcycle deaths continue to decline: "This study is great news, but there is plenty of room for it to be even better. We have been on the record numerous times calling for riders to be more careful. We fully believe that these numbers can drop even more sharply in the coming years."
Crombie continued, "The numbers don't lie; motorcycle fatalities could be reduced greatly if riders obeyed the speed limit, didn't combine riding with excessive alcohol or drugs, and always remembered to wear a helmet. The Queensland study a couple of years ago has a wealth of information on the subject."
The study to which Crombie referred, conducted by the Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), compiled information from all motorcycle crashes in the state from 2006-2010. In 7% of motorcycle fatalities, the rider wasn't wearing a helmet. In 39%, the rider was speeding. In 30%, the rider had consumed excess drugs, alcohol, or both.
Other causes cited by the study include lack of protective equipment, inability to see a motorcycle as well as a larger vehicle, inexperienced riders, instability of two wheels compared to four, braking difficulties, road surface, and risk-taking.
According to Crombie, most of these causal factors can be controlled by motorcycle riders: "If riders would just remember to wear a helmet, obey the speed limit, and keep the alcohol consumption at an acceptable level, a lot less people would die on the roads. When you add in factors such as risk-taking, it becomes clear that most road deaths could be avoided by simply following the fundamentals of motorcycle safety."
Crombie concluded, "We want to see everyone make it back alive every time, with no exceptions. This means knowing what risks are acceptable and what risks are unacceptable. We think as many as 90% of motorcycle fatalities could be prevented by riding safely."
Revolution Bike Finance specialises in fast and friendly motorcycle loans. They provide finance solutions for used and new bikes.
Visit their website for more information: http://www.revolutionbikefinance.com.au/ or call them at 1300 882 851.
Ben Crombie
Motorcycle Finance


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The gloves have finally come off in the Democratic contest for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat.
Last night, WTAE broadcast a live debate between senate candidates Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, Gov. Tom Wolf's former chief of staff Katie McGinty and former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak. Up until this hour-long forum, the candidates had remained mostly cordial to each other during debates and focused on their policies, many of which were very similar.
And while some similarities were shown last night too (all three candidates said they embraced immigrants coming to U.S. and lifting the Cuban trade embargo), some differences emerged and not in the most polite ways.
The first scuffle involved McGinty accusing Sestak, the current front-runner according to polls, of supporting social security cuts when he backed the template for Simpson-Bowles, a broad budget-deficit reduction plan that included some social security cuts. (The plan never received the necessary votes for implementation and representatives from Sestak's campaign point out that the former Congressman did not back the entirety of the plan).
Sestak denied any claim that he was in favor Social Security cuts, saying that he voted to enhance Social Security 41 times while serving in the U.S. House.
The subject of fracking, or natural-gas drilling, led to the most contentious moment of the debate. McGinty accused Sestak of flip flopping on his call for a moratorium on fracking (which he said was not true and a misleading statement), and Sestak responded by citing McGinty's ethics committee investigation during her tenure as Pa. environmental secretary. Fetterman then insulted McGinty citing her role in supporting fracking while environmental secretary saying "there is no such thing as a green fracker." McGinty responded by touting her endorsements from environmental groups and accused Fetterman of having a higher percentage of financial support from frackers and energy companies than her campaign. Fetterman denied this accusation.
Another contentious moment involved the call to raise the minimum wage. Sestak said he supported an immediate increase to $10.80 an hour, with an eventual ramp up to $15 an hour. Fetterman, who said he is the only candidate to consistently support a $15 an hour minimum wage, took issue with McGinty's stances on minimum wage and said that when McGinty was running for governor in 2014, she supported an increase to a $9 minimum wage for Pa. (the current Pa. minimum wage is $7.25 an hour). McGinty responded by saying she was the first in the contest to call for a $15 an hour minimum wage. CP reported in February 2014 that McGinty favored a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour during the governor's race, however, she also supported that wage for tipped workers and was the only candidate to do so.
The candidates also differed sharply on responses to the fight between the FBI and Apple in unlocking the phone of the San Bernardino shooters. Sestak touted his naval career (he is a retired three-star Navy Admiral) and his support to cut the number of naval ships and focus those resources on cyber crime and McGinty said there should be a compromise between the government and companies like Apple. Fetterman took a stronger stance, saying both Sestak and McGinty gave "non-answers" and said he supported Apple for not wanting to create encryption software to unlock the shooter's phone. He said this could lead to abuses by governments around the world.
The latest poll from Harper Polling, puts Sestak in the lead with 41 percent, McGinty in second with 31 percent, Fetterman in third with 9 percent and 19 percent of pollsters were undecided.
For future political fisticuffs, make sure to tune into WQED on Saturday April 9 at 8 p.m. to watch the three candidates square off again. Pennsylvania's primary elections will be held on April 26 to decide which Democratic candidate will go head-to-head with Republican incumbent Senator Pat Toomey in November.
Editor's note: Information about Sestak's support for Simspon-Bowles has been updated to better reflect Sestak's position.


With GibbsCAM, Harmonic Machine Inc. was able to add functionality and drive growth. GibbsCAM was used to program a seven axis multi-tasking Mazak Integrex 200-IV SY, which does simultaneous five axis machining with GibbsCAM MTM eliminating multiple setups and increasing productivity.
In 1997, Gerald Neels purchased an older 356 x 1,016 mm (14 x 40 in.) manual lathe as a teaching tool for his sons to learn about machining. It was the first piece of his future shop, Harmonic Machine Inc., in Chilliwack, BC. The lathe was set up to run effectively for repetitive work, and the boys went into production. Gerald's eldest, Nathan Neels, then in grade 10, continued working in the shop and is now general manager and CNC programmer.
Nathan Neels makes an adjustment on a control for the 7 axis Mazak Integrex machine.
The lathe led to the addition of a turret mill, and in 2000, the shop acquired a CNC lathe, launching Nathan Neels' CNC programming career. In 2001, Harmonic acquired its first CNC mill, which Neels learned to program with G and M codes. As machines were added, Neels continued to program them manually, until 2005, when the shop purchased GibbsCAM Production Milling from 3D Systems-GibbsCAM (formerly Gibbs and Associates), to speed up and simplify the work. It was chosen for its ease of use and extensibility through addition of modules that integrate into a single interface so users need to learn only new functions, not a new system.
Harmonic Machine's facility houses the latest technology and the company practices lean manufacturing to meet customer demands.
Through the shop's growth, which included the addition of several CNCs, Neels continued to program all the machines with GibbsCAM, adding modules as part and machine complexity increased. Over time, he added solids machining, multi-axis machining, multi-task machining, machine simulation, and GibbsCAM VoluMill for high speed roughing.
This is illustrated by Harmonic's desire to reduce setups and operations in making many different parts, which, with available equipment, would require multiple turning and milling operations. It addressed the challenge with a seven axis multi-tasking Mazak Integrex 200-IV SY, which does simultaneous five axis machining. To program it, Harmonic added the GibbsCAM MTM module, which programs multi-axis turning and milling and synchronizes motion. Programming is done in any sequence, then reordered and optimized with MTM's Sync Manager.
A steel scrubber-bottle cap (finished at left, and in GibbsCAM's CutPart Rendering feature, right, for toolpath verification).
Machine scheduling was alleviated. Doing sequential operations requires having machines available. On the Integrex, parts run until the order is complete.
Nearly all the setup was eliminated, primarily because the Integrex holds most of the tools for the parts Harmonic makes on it, and soft jaws on the spindle locate the work piece.
More deburring is done on the machine because it is often easier to reach a feature through an opening subsequently machined. On a vertical mill, this is not possible– imagine deburring a cross bore into which another feature is machined.
Engraving is another benefit. Neels uses a font in GibbsCAM, which the software recognizes as engraving, automatically generating code as part of the program. Since the machine is multi-axis, it can engrave anywhere it's required.
Inspection reports are much easier. Harmonic does first and last part reports. Using multiple operations required tracking the parts and inspecting them after each operation. Since the Integrex drops the part complete, inspection of the part is done in one shot on the CMM.
It takes under 4 minutes to machine this weldment with a single setup and two five axis cuts on the Mazak 7 axis Integrex machine.
These benefits extend through many other jobs on the Integrex, but this example demonstrates Harmonic's continuous, progressive effort to reduce cost and increase quality to benefit its customers.
With continued growth, offering customers inventory service to ensure uninterrupted part availability, Harmonic moved into a new 1,161 sq m (12,500 sq ft) facility in 2013, where 12 employees–Neels, his sister, and three brothers included– run a shift and a half with 12 CNCs and assorted support equipment, to machine and deliver precision parts of all types of metal and plastic for customers in multiple industries, including oilfield, aerospace, medical and firearms.
IMW Industries, where Harmonic founder Gerald Neels apprenticed 35 years ago, is now the largest non-lubricated gas compressor manufacturer in the world, and one of Harmonic Machine's largest customers.


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The Actuarial Postpad
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India and Pakistan Escalate Nuclear Arms Race
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan is intensifying, with new weaponry and more aggressive doctrines that are stoking tensions between two powers at growing risk of confrontation.
Just read: India and Pakistan Escalate Nuclear Arms Race
Why the Patagonia Black Hole Duffel Is the Only Travel Bag You Need
Waterproof and designed to survive a beating, the Black Hole has earned it's place among adventurers. Photo: Benjamin Ditto/Patagonia I like my bags like my architecture: with an open floor plan.
Just read: Why the Patagonia Black Hole Duffel Is the Only Travel Bag You Need
Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years
hristopher Knight was only 20 years old when he walked away from society, not to be seen again for more than a quarter of a century. He had been working for less than a year installing home and vehicle alarm systems near Boston, Massachusetts, when abruptly, without giving notice to his boss, he quit his job.
Just read: Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years
17 Camping Gear Fails You Never Want to Make Again
There's adequate camping gear, and then there's the Poler Napsack. And yet, many people try to sleep in these things outdoors. Why?
Just read: 17 Camping Gear Fails You Never Want to Make Again
How to Read the Weather
How Accurate Is That 10-Day Forecast? "Most TV meteorologists make ten-day forecasts without telling viewers that after the first two or three days, it's probably a crapshoot," says Jack Williams, USA Today's founding weather editor.
Just read: How to Read the Weather
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The Economics of Environmentalism
For some reason, years ago, someone decided that business and environmentalism should be mortal enemies. Well, maybe that's not quite how it happened. But some days, it feels like it.
Just read: The Economics of Environmentalism
The Story of Firefox OS
The Story of Firefox OS I remember at a team dinner once Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's Chairwoman and "Chief Lizard Wrangler", talked about the importance of storytelling. She talked about how telling stories in the open source software community helps us to reflect on shared experiences and learn from them.
Just read: The Story of Firefox OS
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The Man Who Played with Absolute Power
In his 2008 TED Talk, Philip Zimbardo introduced his subject by showing his audience M.C. Escher's Circle Limit IV, a set of black and white tessellated angels and demons. The art, Zimbardo explained, reminds us that "good and evil are the yin and yang of the human condition."
Source: The Man Who Played with Absolute Power
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EIOPA APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS TO ITS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
Frankfurt, 17 July 2018 – The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has appointed new members to the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG). The new members will take up their appointment on 4 September 2018 and will serve a 2½ years term. EIOPA considered 215 applications from 25 European countries, submitted following an open call. New appointments also reflect developments in EIOPA's strategic priorities, demonstrating expertise in sustainable finance and FinTech. Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA said: "Stakeholder groups play an essential role in our work, providing us with valuable input to policy developments and with a vital connection to industry, consumers and beneficiaries of insurance and pension products. Through this continuous dialogue, we can ensure that we are able to take informed but importantly independent decisions in the best interest of European citizens. I would like to express my gratitude to the outgoing members for their commitment as well as for the constructive dialogue and contributions over the last 2½ years. And, I wish our new members all the best for their term."
Flavia Micilotta, Eurosif Executive Director, has been appointed on the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group, effective as of 4 September 2018. Micilotta said: 'I am very pleased about this appointment. We have worked very closely with EIOPA in the past two years to drive forward issues around ESG transparency and sustainable finance. Being part of the OPSG will help Eurosif continue this collaboration and support European regulators in the set up of a more sustainable financial system'.
Other appointees include:
Widemar Wancke, Ann-Marie Sweden Head of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs ALECTA
Gabellieri, Bruno France Secretary General European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP)
Reichert, Sibylle Germany Head of Brussels Office Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds
Lemaire, Christian France Global Head of Retirement Solutions Amundi Pension Fund
Find the full composition of the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group here and of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group here.
The full press release can be found here.
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Q: Flipped characters docx to pdf , java iam using Opensagres XDocReport convert docx to pdf, the result i got is flipped arabic characters
instead of being
السلام عليكم
its showed as

A: Looking into the library's issues, seems like this one is not yet solved :/
I would look into the code and how can you set properties for Apache POI (which is the one underneath) or for FOP (the PDF serializer). SOrry I can't help any further

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Finally, a picturesque little mediterranean market with internet! Lee and I schlepped our laptops ashore through the drizzle in Manhassett Bay, NY. We picked up a free city mooring here this morning after spending last night in the disappointing City Island anchorage. There wasn't much going on there, just the shoreline of the Bronx to look at.
I'll backtrack along our journey here since a lot has happened since my last post. Before City Island we spent 4 nights moored at the Housatonic Boat Club in Stratford, CT. Lee's friend Conor lives down the street from the club and recommended that we stop there. It turned out to be a great place to stay and welcome shelter from the strong winds over the weekend. There was a launch to take us ashore and Conor and Kristin generously shared their house and their shower with us. Conor drove us around on Saturday and helped Lee with some preliminary radar installation (the radar was delivered to Conor's house before we arrived). We had some tasty meals and my mom came to visit on Mother's day since she was in CT for a family funeral.
The sail to Stratford was pretty wild. We left Shelter Island, NY around 9am on Friday, playing the tides in Long Islands bays. After some ferries threatened to run us down we emerged into 20 knots of wind in the sound. We slowly reduced sail, starting with 1 reef in the main, then 2, then a partially furled jib, and finally fully furled jib and some engine power to keep us going through the sizable waves. We should have raised the solent at this point. It would have been perfect but I was feeling seasick and we were waiting to see if the wind would increase more, wince it had gone up to a pretty consistent 25 knots. Lee eventually rigged the solent but by that time the wind had subsided to below 20. I was feeling better in time to increase sail back to full main and full jib. We were almost to Stratford and it was dinner time so I took on my first serious meal prep at sea. I was pretty proud of my vegetable soup cooked on the gimballed stove. I even used the handy straps to hold myself next to the stove, which was on the high side of the boat. We were glad to arrive in Stratford and pick up a mooring just before dark.
Lets see, way back before that leg we spent a night in Sag Harbor, NY and then Shelter Island. Both are out on the end of long island where it splits and breaks up into various land masses. The Hamptons are over there somewhere. Both were pretty nice anchorages. Shelter island was kind of eerie in a deserted, immaculate suburb kind of way. We even swam in the relatively warm water there.
We sailed out to Long Island from Stonington, CT. I remember that being a relatively nice sail, although I think we eventually turned on the engine because we were making no progress tacking upwind against the tide.
Whew, all caught up. Tomorrow we make the run through Hells Gate and New York City, hopefully ending up at Sandy Hook, NJ. I'll take lots of pictures! For now, here's an album of our first few days sailing to Newport and Stonington.
Pics from our first couple days sailing.
sounds devine! what great pics!!!
Sounds crazy! What do you do in lightning storms?
You need to create a map of your journey, including every stop along the way (and each point on the map could hyperlink to the associated blog entry!).
We try not to sail in lightening storms.
Lee is actually working on the map you're talking about. He's been wrestling with google maps to display our tracks from the GPS/chart plotter. I'll be adding a page with the map as soon as we encounter fast internet again!


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Q: $A \in GL(n,\mathbb C)$ be such that $0 \notin \{x^*Ax:x^*x=1\}$ ; then is it true that $0\notin \{x^*A^{-1}x:x^*x=1\}$? Let $A \in GL(n,\mathbb C)$ be such that $0 \notin \{x^*Ax:x^*x=1\}$ ; then is it true that
$0\notin \{x^*A^{-1}x:x^*x=1\}$ ?

A: Suppose $x^* A^{-1} x = 0$ with $x \neq 0$, then we can let $y = {1 \over \|A^{-1} x\|} A^{-1} x$, and then
$y^* A y = {1 \over \|A^{-1} x \|^2 } (A^{-1} x)^* x = {1 \over \|A^{-1} x \|^2 } \overline{x^* (A^{-1}x)} = 0$, and since
$y^*y = 1$, we have a contradiction.


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Hurricane Dorian - 090119
By V.T. Eric Layton, September 1, 2019 in The Restaurant at the Edge of the Universe
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Now a Category 5 Hurricane With 160 mph Winds
I do hope this storm follows the predicted path. If it doesn't, and actually makes landfall somewhere on Florida's east coast, it'll be very, very bad. It's already going to be devastating for the Bahamas.
Fingers crossed for Florida... and the rest of the U.S. eastern seaboard.
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Good luck. I have been through a few storms and they suck. Hopefully it will diminish or head a different direction.
Its projected path is a northward sweep up the eastern coast of the U.S. If it stays out there, I'll be fine and dandy on my side of FL.
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it seems all forecasts are for Dorian to decrease to Category 4 if not 3 when it hits USA land mass, which still might be FL North East Coast.
I've been through a few. Even a CAT1 can be devastating. A CAT5 is apocalyptic in regards to the damage it can do. Houses, trees, power poles, etc. just aren't meant to go 180mph.
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It's me, plodr
Three hurricanes stand out in my mind: ( I live 130+ miles/209+ km from the Atlantic coast line)
We usually have more water damage than wind damage.
Hazel 1954 "the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season." Cat 4
I was young and remembered the flooding a few blocks from where we lived. Fortunately, we lived on higher ground.
Agnes 1972 - I just returned from overseas and bad weather followed me every leg of the journey. I was to teach at a different school and remember seeing the watermark line on the school stage back wall that showed how much water was in the building.
Irene 2011 "first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season." This was the year 4 trees fell on our roof from all the soaking rain. A week later tropical storm Lee came through with 6" - 14" of more rain.
We had a tarp on the roof that couldn't be repaired because it was raining through most of September. So they built a knee wall to keep the roof from collapsing. We had industrial fans on the first floor to dry the plaster walls and ceiling from the rain that came in through the hole in the roof. We had our own fans in the basement to dry the water that came in from tropical storm Lee.
I was thankful that Hurricane Sandy in 2012 didn't affect us because we were still recovering from the previous year's two storms.
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Floyd - dropped two trees on my house.
Sandy - dropped a tree on my wife's car.
In both cases, it occurred after the worst winds had abated. It appeared that saturated soil had more to do with the trees coming down than wind velocity.
When I lived in Daytona Beach we got hit by Charlie, Frances and Jeanne all in 2004 one after another. The city looked like a war zone when it was over with.
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One story I read mentioned a woman in a hardened house with hurricane resistant glass who had her windows break and water fill her first floor. Someone else described being "in an aquarium" with water outside almost to the top of their hurricane resistant first floor windows, which were at least holding at that point. I'm assuming they were somewhere near the coast in the Bahamas. Terrible. :'(
I rode my bicycle in the midst of Agnes.
Yeah, you literally need to be in a steel re-enforced concrete bunker to deal with a CAT 5. It's like a huge 300 mile wide bulldozer blade scrapping across everything in it's path. This is what homes looked like in Homestead, FL after Hurricane Andrew (a CAT 5) went by a few years back...
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That looks mild compared to pics I saw from Bahamas yesterday where no walls were left standing anywhere. Poor Bahamans.
Looks from the last forecast track like this storm is heading for rejean on Cape Breton island. Hope it's lost its punch over the colder water before it gets there.
Hurricane Dorian made landfall at 8:35 a.m. Friday at Cape Hatteras, N.C.
The most up to date info I could find for the Canadian Maritimes was from 16 hours ago.
https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/hurricane-dorian-expected-to-bring-heavy-post-tropical-storm-to-cape-breton-349034/
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The Business Times article "String of public agencies lease offices at Funan"
The article highlighted the public agencies which will be moving over to the revamped Funan, one of which being AGC. AGC's partial move to Funan is in line with our need for more office space in order to accommodate the increased headcount to manage the Government-wide increase in demand for legal services.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Mr Li Shengwu's appeal against the High Court's refusal to set aside service of the contempt papers on him in the United States of America. The contempt proceedings against Mr Li now move into the substantive stage.
The article revolves around the mountain climbing passion of two civil servants and their dreams of scaling Mount Everest – one of whom is Mr Anandan Bala, AGC's senior state counsel. Mr Bala is also the first Singaporean to scale Mt Manaslu in Nepal in October 2018.


MILWAUKEE – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin, and the law firm of Covington & Burling have served reports by three experts regarding the Milwaukee Police Department's ("MPD") stop-and-frisk program, in the class-action lawsuit Collins v. City of Milwaukee. All three experts agree that the MPD promotes stops made without reasonable suspicion as required by law, disproportionately subjecting people of color to stigmatizing police encounters. The reports are being released publicly to ensure that the information and analyses they contain is available to Milwaukee residents as they move forward with community conversations regarding MPD policies and practices.
Records of more than 350,000 stops conducted between 2010 and 2017 failed to show that Milwaukee police had reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or a traffic or vehicle equipment violation, as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
These violations encompassed both pedestrian stops and traffic stops. For example, 48 percent of traffic stop and 59 percent of pedestrian stop records from 2010 to 2017, from one of MPD's primary stop databases, lack information establishing any legal justification for those stops.
MPD fails to collect information about frisks, leading to a lack of documentation of the reasons for frisks that prevents MPD leadership and supervisors from ensuring that officers only frisk people when they have an objective, individualized, and reasonable suspicion that a person is armed and dangerous, as required by the Fourth Amendment.
Traffic stops in Milwaukee are concentrated in predominantly Black and Latino police districts. The rate of traffic stops in predominantly Black Districts 3 and 5 and predominantly Latino District 2 are more than triple the rate of traffic stops in predominantly white District 6.
Black and Latino people are more likely than white people to be subject to traffic stops across Milwaukee, including in police districts in which the residential population is predominantly white. For example, in Districts 1 and 6, Black and Latino people experienced traffic stops rates that were over six and over three times the white stop rate, respectively.
The traffic stop rate for Black drivers in Milwaukee is more than six times the traffic stop rate for white drivers, even after controlling for non-racial factors that might account for such disparities. The same is true of the pedestrian stop rate for Black people as compared to white people across Milwaukee.
Black people are also far more likely to be searched during traffic stops, even though the overall rate of drug or weapon discovery is very low overall and lower for Black and Latino people than for white people.
Traffic stop searches of Black and Latino drivers are more than 20 percent less likely to lead to the discovery of drugs than traffic stop searches of white drivers, even after controlling for non-racial and non-ethnic factors that might account for such disparities.
Finally, Prof. Emeritus Samuel Walker of the University of Nebraska-Omaha Department of Criminal Justice, a nationally-known expert on policing practices, concluded that the MPD's stop and frisk practices are deeply ingrained in the MPD and show a failure of supervision and oversight to ensure constitutional stop practices.
These exhaustive reports make clear what hundreds of thousands of Black and Latino people—including the nine Plaintiffs in this case— know from their everyday lives: MPD stops and frisks are routinely conducted without legal justification and on the basis of race and ethnicity.


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[Sir William Adams (from 1825 Sir William Rawson), oculist.] Autograph Note in the third person to 'Mr Bartley', stating 'his fee for operating upon his Eyes & attendance'.
Sir William Adams [from 1825 Sir William Rawson] (1783-1827), oculist
26 Albemarle Street [London]; 17 December [1819].
1p, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and creased, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf, which is addressed, with seal in red wax and postmarks, 'To | Mr Bartley | 8. Shacklewell End | Nr. Kingsland Turnpike'. The note reads: 'Sir W Adams presents his Compts to Mr Bartley & informs him that his fee for operating upon his Eyes & attendance is sixty Guineas. -' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library.
OCULIST
George III and Lord Liverpool, Prime Minister (as Secretary of State for War).] 'Blind Signature' of George III, with seal, and signatures of 'Liverpool', Robert Lukin and Thomas Butts, to commission of William Adams as Surgeon to the Forces.
George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain; Lord Liverpool [Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool] (1770-1828), Prime Minister; Thomas Butts (1757-1845), patron of William Blake; Robert Lukin
'Given at Our Court at Saint James's the Fifteenth day of June 1809 in the forty ninth Year of Our Reign'.
On one side of 23.5 x 34 cm piece of vellum. In fair condition, with the usual discoloration of ageing in the vellum. Folded twice vertically. The king's 'blind signature' ('George R') is in the customary place at top left, with the seal in red wax under paper below it, and slightly obscuring it. The document is a printed form, filled out in manuscript, beginning: 'George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &ca.
JENKINSON
LUKIN
[ Henry Gardiner Adams ('Nemo'), juvenile author. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('H G Adams') to 'Mr J S Lamb' [ regarding contributions to his 'Cyclopaedia of Poetical Quotations' ].
H. G. Adams [ Henry Gardiner Adams ] (c.1811-1881) of Kent, druggist and author, writer of juvenile literature under the pseudonym 'Nemo'
Rochester [ Kent ]. 29 September 1852.
2pp., 12mo. On bifolium of grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged. The letter would appear to be addressed to a contributor to Adams's 'Cyclopaedia of Poetical Quotations' (1853). It begins: 'Sir | I have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt your obliging communications, and in thanking you therefore: the extract on Love I shall endeavour to find room for'. As it is 'a subject on which so many beautiful things have been said', he cannot include everything.
CHILDREN'S
[ Edgar Tarry Adams, collector of maritime instruments. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Edgar T. Adams') to 'Mr Justice Harington' (i.e. Richard Harington)
Edgar Tarry Adams (1852-1926), Essex brewer, artist and collector of maritime instruments [ Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington (1861-1931), 12th Baronet ]
On letterhead of Downing College, Cambridge. 1 February 1909.
2pp.,12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. He has been informed by 'Mr. Hill of the Victoria & Albert Museum' that Harington has 'a Backstaff'. Adams has been 'looking out for one for some years' without success and would like to purchase Harington's if he has 'no use for it. 'I think Mr. Hill mentioned to you that I had a collection of old navigating instruments & he has very kindly been trying to find a backstaff for me'. He ends in the hope that Harington will 'excuse the zeal of the collector'.
BACKSTAFF
MARITME
TARRY
[ William Bridges Adams, locomotive engineer. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W Bridges Adams') regarding the reprinting of a forthcoming Spectator article by him in the Mechanics Magazine.
William Bridges Adams (1797-1872), locomotive engineer, author, inventor of the Adams axle
1 Adam Street, Adelphi [ London ]. 22 June 1854.
2pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Adams' handwriting is difficult, and the name of the recipient is unclear. The letter begins: 'I expect the Spectator will have the article in on Saturday next - as I have returned the proof with the title which I composed to day | The Mechanics Magazine will I dare say be glad to copy it from the Spectator [...]'. He gives the address at which he will be staying for the following week: 'The Crouch | Lidford | Nr Lewes | Sussex'.
[ Geraldine Knight, sculptor. ] 15 black and white photographs by Gilbert Adams of Knight at work on a sculpture for the new Whitbread brewery at Magor at Newport. With accompanying autograph text by Rosalind Thuillier.
Geraldine Knight (1933-2008), English sculptor, wife of the artist Mark Churchill (1935-2011) [ Gilbert Adams (1906-1996), photographer; Rosalind Thuillier (1939-2015), critic; Magor Brewery, Wales ]
Each photograph with stamp on reverse of Gilbert Adams, East Stowell, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Thuillier's text on her Wiltshire letterhead. Undated, but circa 1979.
All items in good condition. The photographs range in size from 21.5 x 14.5 cm. to 18.5 x 16.5 cm., and show Knight at work on the sculpture, with her husband Mark Churchill present in one. Thuillier's text (1p., 12mo) reads: 'Geraldine Knight seen with her giant 10 ft. fibreglass and resin (GRP) Hinds Head which has been commissioned by Whitbreads for their new Brewery at Magor near Newport. The work has taken her a year to complete. She lives and works in a converted Bakery at Woodborough in Wiltshire where she has 4 large studios.
THUILLIER
WHITBREAD
[ Ern Shaw, British cartoonist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Ern.') to 'Dear Marcus' [ the photographer Marcus Adams ]
Ern Shaw (1891-1986), cartoonist and illustrator from Hull, Yorkshire [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959)), children's photographer, patronised by the British Royal Family ]
On his letterhead, Hassall House, 29 West End Road, Cottingham, Hull. 4 January 1954.
1p., 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. He is enclosing 'Squeaker Toys', which are 'a few of a large series which I designed for a toy Firm'. He thinks they may assist Adams 'to get interesting "expressions" on the faces of some of your less sophisticated sitters!' He concludes: 'They would be a variation of the old request to "Watch for the dickey bird."' Adams was Britain's foremost children's photographer, patronised by the Royal Family, and was famed for his Dover Street studio disguised as a children's playroom, complete with toys.
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL
[ Connie Christie, writer and illustrator. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Connie Christie') to 'Mr. Adams' [ Royal children's photographer Marcus Adams ]
Connie Christie [ Constance Mary Charlotte Christie ] (1908-1989), Australian children's writer and illustrator [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959)), children's photographer patronised by British royalty ]
9 Millah Road, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia, on her illustrated letterhead. Undated.
1p., landscape 12mo. In fair condition, on lightly aged and creased paper. Letterhead in brown and black, with childlike self-portrait with dripping pallette. She is enclosing 'a few of my small picture books', thinking that they 'would be entertaining in a waiting room' Adams was Britain's foremost children's photographer, patronised by the Royal Family, and was famed for his Dover Street studio disguised as a children's playroom, complete with toys. From the Adams family archive.
[ Pamphlet poem. ] The Mass of Christ, by the Late Francis Adams.
Francis Adams [ Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1862-1893), Australian radical nationalist poet ]
No publication details. Undated. [ Manchester? 1890s? ]
14pp., 12mo. Disbound without wraps. In good condition, lightly aged. Poem of seventy five-line stanzas, arranged in four parts.
[ George Adams, English sculptor. ] Autograph draft of invitation by 'Mr. George S. Adams, Sculptor' to a private view, with separate piece of paper carrying autograph transcription of poetical quotation.
George Adams [ George Gammon Adams ] (1821-1898), English sculptor
Both items undated. Draft invitation giving address 126 Sloane Street [ London ].
Draft invitation on both sides of landscape 12mo (11 x 18 cm) piece of paper. In fair condition, lighly aged. A rough draft, apparently for the design of a printed card. The main effort, on one page, reads: 'Mr. Geo. G. Adams, Sculptor, | Solicits the honor of a call, from | [wavy line] | to inspect his | [two wavy lines] | Private view on the [wavy line] | 126, Sloane Street.' There is the start of another attempt on the reverse. The poetical quotation is on one side of a 5 x 18 cm strip of paper, laid down on a paper backing. In fair condition, aged and worn.
[ Joseph Quincey Adams junior, Shakespeare scholar. ] Typed Letter Signed ('Joseph Q Adams'), thanking Henry Guppy, Librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, on behalf of the trustees of the Folger Shakespeare Library, for various favours.
Joseph Quincy Adams junior (1880-1946), Shakespeare scholar and first director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington [ Henry Guppy (1861-1948), Librarian, John Rylands Library, Manchester ]
On letterhead of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. 12 October 1943.
1p., 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with small coffee stain in margin at head. He begins by thanking Guppy for the 'gift of the numerous "Transactions," including the beautiful volume "The English Bible in the John Rylands Library"': 'To our bibliographers as well as to our readers these works will be of the utmost value.' He writes that the war 'has put a temporary stop to our publishing', but that 'we have ambitious plans for the future, and every volume we issue will go promptly to you'. He also thanks him for 'printing my little article on the Shakespeare Signature'.
Rylands
[ Will Till, South African photographer. ] Long Autograph Letter Signed to English royal photographer Marcus Adams, discussing his work, methods and circumstances.
Will Till (c.1893-1971), photographer, 'the greatest South African pictorialist' [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959), English royal photographer ]
On letterhead of Will Till, Hon. F.R.P.S., "Bryro", 3 Grays Terrace, Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 July 1956.
4pp., 4to. In good condition, lightly-aged and worn. Long closely-written letter, friendly and informative. Topics include the breaking of his right arm, the weather in Johannesburg ('I do not take my landscapes in winter - but our Transvaal summer is my time to operate with the camera to record the trees - the clouds & all the mood that goes with it'), Adams's support for 'the London Salon panel of prints'.
[ Minnie Walters Anson, English miniaturist. ] Two Autograph Letters Signed to 'Miss Newcomb' [ secretary of Marcus Adams Limited], regarding miniatures made from photographs of children taken by her brother-in-law Marcus Adams
Walters Anson [ Minnie Walters Anson ] (1875-1959), RMS [ Royal Miniature Society ], miniaturist [ Lambeth School of Art ], wife of artist Chris Adams (1867-1960), brother of Marcus Adams
Both on her letterhead ('WALTERS ANSON, R.M.S.'), 48 Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset. 6 and 11 February 1950.
Both letters 2pp., 12mo. Both in good condition, lightly-aged, the second with the first page lightly crossed through in pencil. The letters relate to work done for the firm of her brother-in-law Marcus Adams (described in his Times obituary as 'the outstanding child photographer of his day and photographer to the Royal Family for more than 30 years'), at 43 Dover Street, Mayfair. She begins the first letter by explaining that she has 'endeavoured to make the Woodall miniature like the snapshot, but unless they are really satisfied I had better do another.
MINIATURIST
[ Will Day, British cinema pioneer. ] Typed Letter Signed ('W. Day | F.R.P.S. FRSA') to firm of royal photographer Marcus Adams, regarding his desire to end a 'film somewhat of a national character' with 'a short length of little Princess Elizabeth'.
Will Day [ Wilfred Ernest Lytton Day ] (1873-1936), cinema historian, showman and dealer in film equipment [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959), royal photographer ]
On letterhead of Will Day, Ltd, Wireless Apparatus, 19 Lisle Street, Wardour Street, W.C., London. 22 May 1928.
1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Ornate letterhead printed in red and black, with engraving of a rising sun ('The Mark of Excellence'). Addressed to 'Messrs. Marcus Adams Ltd. | Child Photographers, | 43, Dover Street, | W.1.' The letter begins: 'I have in hand the production of a film somewhat of a national character, including all the episodes in the reigns of our Royal Family, from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee onwards, and I thought it would be a very nice idea to finish the film with a short length of little Princess Elizabeth.
WARDOUR
[ Bertram Park, photographer. ] Thirteen Typed Letters Signed to royal photographer Marcus Adams, his son Gilbert, and two others, written with rancour regarding their joint business arrangements, and expressing contempt for the photographer's art.
Bertram Park [ Bertram Charles Percival Park ] (1883-1972), British photographer, author and horticulturalist [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959), royal photographer; his son Gilbert Adams (1906-1996) ]
Either on letterheads of 43 Dover Street, Mayfair ('Studios: Bertram Park, Marcus Adams Ltd., Yvonne Gregory, James Vintner.'), or the Old Shooting Box, Eastcote High Road, Pinner, Middlesex. One dated 1950, the rest from between 1954 and 1962.
Thirteen Typed Letters Signed: seven to Marcus Adams, four to Gilbert Adams, and one apiece to 'Miss Farr' and 'Mr Murray'. Totalling 16pp., and with eight on Dover Street letterheads, and five on Park's personal Pinner letterheads. Five signed 'Bertram', one 'B.P.'', the other seven 'Bertram Park'. The thirteen items in good condition, with light signs of age and wear.
[ Walton Adams, Victorian photographer.] Unpublished autograph biographical account, written in his nineties, describing his career as 'the oldest living British photographer', with reference to Queen Victoria, General Gordon and his son Marcus Adams
Walton Adams [ Arthur Walton Adams ] (1842-1934), pioneering British photographer, co-inventor of the dry-plate process, father of Marcus Adams (1875-1959) and grandfather of Gilbert Adams (1906-1996)
Without place or date, but written after May 1932, when he was living in Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
4pp., 8vo, paginated 1-4. On two bifoliums. Aged and worn, but with the text clear and complete. From the Adams family papers, which also include an extensive archive of Walton Adams's papers relating to the British Israelites. An interesting artefact relating to an important figure in the history of British photography. (See also his obituary in The Times, 15 June 1934.) Untitled and unsigned, the unpublished account begins: 'As I am now over 90 years of age I believe that I am the oldest living British photographer, my first Studio was opened in 1864'.
[ Walton Adams, pioneering photographer and British Israelite racist. ] Collection relating to the Second Coming of Christ and the Great War, including typescripts and drafts of 21 articles, autograph notes, cloth map, model of the Great Pyramid.
Walton Adams [ Arthur Walton Adams ] (1842-1931), pioneering British photographer, co-inventor of the dry-plate process [ British Israelites; Knights of Tara; millenarianism ]
Dolwyn, Kidmore Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, and Delamore, Parkstone Avenue, Lower Parkstone, Dorset. One article dated 20 August 1917, and the others from around the time of the Great War.
The collection consists of 21 typewritten articles, with some drafts of the same; two folders of miscellaneous typed and autograph texts, a cloth map, a folding card model of 'The Pyramid' and a diagram of the 'City & Temple to scale'. BACKGROUND: Walton Adams, the founder of a family of notable British photographers and artists, including his son Marcus (1875-1959) and grandson Gilbert (1906-1996), was at his death 'believed to be the oldest professional photographer in the country' and 'the first photographer to use dry plates' (see his obituary, Times, 15 June 1934).
MILLENNARIANISM
[ Printed advertising pamphlet. ] The Authors' Agency for the Criticism, Revision, and Disposal of Manuscript, And all Work Involved Between Author and Publisher.
William A. Dresser [ William Adams Dresser (b.1851) ], Manager, The Authors' Agency, Boston, Massachusetts, est. 1893 [ Mrs Julia Ward Howe; William Dean Howells; Thomas Nelson Page; Noah Brooks ]
The Authors' Agency. William A. Dresser, Manager. P.O. Box 1193, Boston, Mass. Undated.
3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly-aged. Beneath the drop-head title: 'The Agency is authorized to refer to the following well-known writers: | Noah Brooks. | Hezekiah Butterworth. | Mrs. Margaret Deland. | William Elliot Griffis, D.D. | B. O. Flower, [Ed. Arena.] | Mrs. Burton Harrision. | Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. | William Dean Howells. | Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton. | Philip S. Moxom, D.D. | Thomas Nelson Page. | A. D. F. Randolph, Publisher. | Charles Dudley Warner. | Mary E. Wilkins. | William Hayes Ward, D.D., [Ed. Independent.] | J. A. Wheelock, [Ed.
AUTHORS'
MASSCHUSSETTS
[Thomas Francis Kennedy, Scottish Whig politician.] Autograph Letter Signed ('T. F Kennedy'), as Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests, to Mayow W. Adams, JP, regarding a 'warrant' for the killing of a 'Buck from The New Forest'.
Thomas Francis Kennedy (1788-1879), Scottish Whig politician [Mayow W. Adams, JP, of the Old House, Sydenham, Kent]
Dalquharran Castle, Nr. Maybole [Ayrshire], Scotland. 25 August 1851.
4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He requests him to have 'a warrant issued, in my favour, for a Buck from The New Forest, as soon after this letter reaches you, as may be convenient - and that you will give the instructions for its disposal'. He gives three numbered instructions regarding the warrant's packing and dispatch, adding 'going by the Luggage train is essential, in order that the expence may not be excessive'. In a postscript he asks that the buck be 'killed & dispatched ' when the weather is 'suitable'.
DALQUHARRAN
MAYOW
[Printed 'University of London Institute of Education' pamphlet.] John Adams. A Lecture in his Memory. Being the Second John Adams Lecture given in the Institute.
Sir Michael Sadler, K.C.S.I., C.B., Litt.D., LL.D., Master of University College, Oxford [University of London Institute of Education; John Adams Lecture]
[University of London Institute of Education.] Published for the Institute of Education by Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. 1935.
18 + [1]pp., 4to. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn wraps. Stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Ministry of Education Reference Library, London. Seven copies on COPAC.
SADLEIR
[Printed 'University of London Institute of Education' pamphlet.] Tendencies in University Education. Being the First John Adams Lecture given in the Institute.
Edwin Deller, LL.D., Principal of the University of London [University of London Institute of Education]
[University of London Institute of Education.] Published for the Institute of Education by Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. 1933.]
19 + [1]pp., 4to. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn wraps, with minor indentations to cover and title leaf. Stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Ministry of Education Reference Library, London. Eight copies on COPAC.
DELLER
[Printed pamphlet.] Guide to the Scholarships of Bristol, by Wm. Avery Adams.
Wm. Avery Adams [William Avery Adams] [scholarships in Victorian Bristol]
Bristol: Scholastic Trading Co., Ltd., 34, Bridge Street. 1895.
31pp., 12mo. In yellow printed wraps. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusting to staples and stamp and label of the Education Department Library, London. Giving details of 27 scholarships, from 'Abraham Birkin's Charity' and 'Alice Coles' Chairty' to 'Training College Scholarships' and 'University College'. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.
['Gordon Adams' The "Kensington" Pianoforte and Music Warehouse and Theatre Box Office.'] Attractive Victorian advertising booklet [by Banbury printers Cheney & Sons], with gold border on blue and pink paper.
[Gordon Adams, Music Library, 100 High Street, Kensington; John Cheney, 'Printer in Gold, Silver, and Colours'; Cheney & Sons, General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury]
['Music Library. Gordon Adams, 100, High Street Kensington, opposite station.'] Undated [circa 1889].
8pp., landscape 12mo. Unbound stapled pamphlet. Printed in blue ink on paper which is blue on one side and pink on the other. Nearly fine. Blue covers, printed in fancy type, with the text on the front within a decorative gold border, reading: 'Music Library. | GORDON ADAMS, | 100, High Street, Kensington, | OPPOSITE STATION. | Tickets for every Theatre. Seats on Sale. | And at 9, Old Bond St., and 137, New Bond St.
Two sets of printed 'Plans of the New Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Broad Street, London, W.C.2.' by Adams, Holden & Pearson.
[Charles Henry Holden (1875-1960), English architect; Adams, Holden & Pearson, London architects; The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Broad Street, London, WC2.]
Without date or place. [London, c.1926.]
The two plans are both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper: each printed in black ink on one side only of a piece of white paper, and both folded twice. The first is landscape, 28 x 40.5cm, and carries the 'FIRST FLOOR PLAN' on the left, and 'GROUND FLOOR PLAN' on the right. The second is portrait, 40.5 x 29.5cm. It has two 'TYPICAL WARD PLANS' (third and fourth floors) above two 'SECTIONS A.B. & C.D. OF ELEVATIONS'. The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital was established on High Holborn in 1816.
MOORFIELDS
Manuscript Inventory, docketed 'Account of Linen in 1732 of Bn. & Eliz Adams.' [of Northumberland, England.]
Benjamin and Elizabeth Adams of Northumberland [Eighteenth-century inventory; Georgian fashion; Hanoverian clothes]
[Northumberland, England.] 25 September 1732.
1p., 12mo. On laid paper with 'Pro Patria' watermark. In good condition, lightly-aged and dusty. Headed 'September 25th 1732' and docketed on reverse 'Account of Linen in 1732 of Bn. & Eliz. Adams.' Thirteen items, beginning with 'There is eleven pair of Linneng [sic] sheets' and ending with 'There is 1/2 a dozen of Dypers naptkin for night Caps'. The Northumberland origins of the Adamses is not referred to in the document, but is clear from one which accompanied it. The document derives from the papers of Benjamin Adams's descendant, the Alnwick solicitor Thomas Adams.
Early eighteenth-century manuscript list of 72 men and women to be given gloves and hatbands at the funeral of Benjamin Adams of Northumberland.
Benjamin Adams of Northumberland [Eighteenth-century English funerary practice; Georgian mourning; Hanoverian undertakers; death]
Without date or place. [Northumberland, England, 1720s?]
On both sides of a piece of 8vo paper, folded vertically to make a bifolium with 31 x 9.5 cm leaves. In fair condition, aged, worn and with a short central closed tear unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. Docketed 'Acct. of the Funeral of [blank'], and elsewhere in another hand 'Benja Adams | Benja Adams'. A total of 78 individuals are named (including six deleted) over three narrow pages, with 32 (including three deleted) on the first page, 6 on the second, and 40 (including three deleted) on the third.
Manuscript 'Licence for Elizabeth Adams to Lett to Robert Adams' premises in Longhoughton, Northumberland, signed by Hugh Percy, Earl (later Duke) of Northumberland, and his wife ('Northumberland' and 'Elizabeth Northumberland').
Hugh Percy (1714-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland; his wife Elizabeth Percy (1716-1776), née Seymour, Duchess of Northumberland] [Longhoughton, Northumberland]
Folio, 1 p. Bifolium. Text on recto of first leaf; docketed on reverse of second leaf. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Headed 'Longhoughton | Northumberland'. Signed at foot by the Earl and Countess. Begins 'Licence is hereby Granted to Elizabeth Adams to Lett Lett or Assign over to Robert Adams All That Messuage or Tenement and the Lands thereto belonging with the Appurtenances Lying and being in Longhoughton held of us by Lease for Twenty One yeares from Ladyday One thousand Seven hundred forty and Nine'.
LONGHOUGHTON
Grammatical Sketch and Specimens of the Berber Language: preceded by four Letters on Berber Etymologies . . .Read October 2nd, 1829.
William B. Hodgson (1801-1871), scholar-diplomat
Offprint, "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society", vol.iv, New Series, brown paper wraps, 48pp., 4to, two one-word corrections in Hodgson's hand, some foxing, marginal chipping of page edges, fair. INSCRIBED "To President Adams | With the hommage | of W B Hodgson". Note: Hodgson served in the State Department through the influence of Henry Clay who, when secretary of state in Adams's administration, "assigned Hodgson to the Barbary States . . ."
BARBARY
Women's Corona Society in association with the Ministry of Overseas Development. Report of Conference on "Women's Education: A Challenge". Held at Marlborough House.
Women's Corona Society [Margaret F. Adams; C. R. V. Bell; Freda Howitt Gwilliam; D. H. Ennals; Corona Worldwide; feminism; feminist; women's education]
[Privately printed, London.] 18th to 20th May, 1965.
4to, [viii] + 26 pp. In blue printed wraps. Good, on lightly-aged paper, in slightly dogeared wraps. Introduction by Gwilliam; opening address by Ennals; summaries of speeches and notes on speakers. Two copies on COPAC (not major libraries).
ENNALS
GWILLIAM
HOWITT
Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments, between the American, French, British, Italian and Japanese governments, signed by eleven of the plenipotentiaries, including three prime ministers (Macdonald, Briand and Wakatsuki).
J. Ramsay Macdonald; Aristide Briand; Reijiro Wakatsuki; Charles F. Adams III; Dwight W. Morrow; [London Naval Conference, 1930; Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments]
London; 27 April 1930.
8vo, 34 pp + blank last page. Unbound and stapled. Fair, with central vertical fold, on slightly-aged paper, with light staining to the first and last pages. Signed on the first page by [three Americans] Henry L. Stimson; Charles F. Adams III; Dwight W. Morrow; [one French] Aristide Briand; [two British] J. Ramsay Macdonald; A. V. Alexander; [one Italian] Giuseppe Sirianni; [and all four Japanese representatives] Reijiro Wakatsuki; Takeshi Takarabe; Tsuneo Matsudaira and Matsuzo Nagai.
Military and Naval History
REJIRO


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