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A full day private tour that will provide you an unforgettable experience in the centre of Portugal's heart.
Lisbon is undoubtedly a city with high-class tourist points that catch your breath and leave you craving for more.
Ranging from the beautiful splendor that oozes from the Tower of Belém to the Jerónimos Monastery, you cannot help but to steal a sight and extract information as much as your heart can bear.
Lisbon has also a feel of comfort and tradition to it, which are present in its famous neighbourhoods as Alfama and Castelo. While you're there don't miss the chance to get a taste of Portugal's savory cuisine. Try the famous pastéis de nata – a small tart of flaky dough filled with smooth custard- and have a meal at an acclaimed restaurant.
With this Lisbon Full day private tour, you will see:
Tower of Belem
Try our famous custard tarts (pasteis de Belem)
Lisbon downtown
Park Edward VII, top of the park
Old Quarter of Lisbon
Castle's Neighbourhood
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With this Lisbon half day private tour, you will see:
Bottled water;
Wifi on board;
Exclusive and specialized guide/driver;
Personalized transport in a luxury Mercedes vehicle, in safe & comfortable conditions ;
Hotel or address pickup and drop-off;
All taxes;
Public liability and Personal Accidents insurance;
What is Not Included:
Gratuities (optional);
Entrance fees;
Food and drinks;
Our tours are always private
Just your group and our driver or also with a (private guide *extra).
Our Tailor-made tours
If Other monuments may interest you and they are not described here, don't worry our primary goal is to provide you an unforgettable day, we have the flexibility to customize the itinerary according to your preferences and tour length your smile and comfort is very important to us.
Pick you up and Drop off on the agreed spot
The Driver will pick you up at your hotel, airport, cruise terminal or any other address of your choice.
Your Personalized transport will be in a luxury Mercedes vehicle Car or Van, in safe & comfortable conditions we only have the newest models.
We have a private fleet of vehicles:
Mercedes E class (1-3 pax
Mercedes Viano-Vito (1-7pax)
Mercedes V class (1-7pax)
Mercedes S Class (1-3) (for tours extra is applied and upon availabilty)
Mercedes Sprinter(1-8pax)
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Our driver will drive you during your tour, sharing stories and curiosities about the places you'll visit as well as its historical context.
Since our guide is also the driver and in order to provide you with a sensational tour, it's possible that the guide won't always join you on your visits to the inside of the monuments. Due to parking difficulties and restrictions, and there is an option for you to hire a guide that will escort you inside the monuments and will always be with you all the time.
All our vehicles are fully licensed to provide private tours in Europe all fully insured.
We have invested a lot in our chauffeurs which they are full time employed, and they are working for us at least five years. They are well trained, English speaking, courteous and professionals drivers with all the necessary licenses applied by law.
Our chauffeurs they will always be there for you with a smile on their faces.
Discover the beauty of Lisbon in a full day private tour by its monuments and most emblematic neighborhoods.
Explore Portugal with our Native & Professionals Drivers.
Are you still wondering why you should take part in this Lisbon full day private tour?
Tower of Belém
With its unbelievable beauty and magnificent display of brightness, the tower of Belém stands as a world heritage site. It possesses a significant structural design with luscious balconies laced inwardly with ornaments of limestone, which has overtime brought economic dominance to Portugal at large.
Not just that, known as a protective measure for old timers during wars, the Tower of Belém has evolved into a commercial port and is now a fundamental element for the culture and history of Portugal and the world.
This full day tour helps you get a broad awareness and keeps you informed, while increasing your general knowledge even of the business world.
Tower of Belem Jeronimos Monastery
Known as the most visited monument in Lisbon and Portugal at large, Jerónimos Monastery possesses an architectural and structural building that is designed with amazing and stainless beautiful arts. It is a place from where once exotic goods were distributed to Europe. Because it's so highly appreciated, there are exceptional artists employed in the monastery.
Try the famous custard tarts of Belém- Pastéis de Belém
In the meantime you'll need to get some food to feed your soul and your empty stomach, so you'll have lunch at a highly recommended place. And what's there more to ask, you say? To top off a great meal with a dessert. And here comes the sweet Pastel de Belém, the famous pastry filled with custard and sprinkled with cinnamon. It tastes as great as it sounds! You'll find it difficult to have just one and will be left with a desire to eat one for every meal!
Custard tarts of Belém Park Edward VII, top of the park
Edward VII Park- Parque Eduardo VII
This mind-blowing and jaw-dropping Park stands within the Avenida da Liberdade and Marquis of Pombal Square. As a true and rich landmark, it happens to be the biggest and largest Park in the heart of Lisbon. It creates a great engagement between the tourist's mind and the peaceful ambiance. It makes you want to absorb the serenity and coolness of nature one more time. Missing such adventure is like deliberately spitting on knowledge and ignoring maximum relaxation. Make it your choice this vacation.
São Jorge Castle pitches its tent on the hill of São Jorge, that happens to be the tallest hill in the city of Lisbon. That alone is a sight to behold. Viewing this template from afar already presents the tourist with a sense of comfort and a bewildering sparkles. This you cannot miss for anything. It is by far the most alluring view in the whole city of Lisbon. And between the castle's walls lies a a neighbourhood, which gets its name from its site: Castle's Neighbourhood. Wander the neighbourhood and get to know its inhabitants. You're still unsure about your visit? Do that now as it's just the right choice for you.
Sao Jorge Castle Alfama
Alfama is one of the most genuine neighbourhoods in Lisbon with its bright colours and familiar feel. You'll just have to see it for yourself. Take a stroll down to Calçadinha de Santo Estévão and admire the views at the viewpoint with the same name- Miradouro de Santo Estévão. A trip to Lisbon is not complete without a visit to this truly joyful and traditional neighbourhood. Once you step there you can only feel a sense of companionship and closeness between neighbours and only hope you'll have something like this yourself.
Sintra, Cascais, Estoril Private Full Day tour
Sintra, Cascais and Estoril Private Tour is full day tour that will pass by the most important monuments. The tour will start at the medieval village of Sintra where you'll have the opportunity to visit the Famous Pena Palace a 19th century palace, built by the Royal family. You'll also have free time to walk around at the village center and to taste the famous local pastries: Our famous Queijadas of Sintra and Travesseiros. During the afternoon and after lunch we will drive you to Cascais and Estoril on the way to lisbon.
Departure & Return Location
Starting and finishing in Lisbon district
Tour End Time
Your journey to the village of Sintra a UNESCO world Heritage sight begins with our driver that will meet you at desired location hotel, adress or cruise ship. After meet and greet sit back and relax on this scenic journey into the Portuguese countryside.
Once arrived in Sintra, its time to stretch your legs and visit the Famous Pena Palace or Quinta da Regaleira, castles and many more special places. Along the way, your driver/guide or private guide if you choose to hire one apart of the driver will tell you about the history and culture of one of Portugal's most astonishing places, including how Portuguese kings once used it as their royal retreat. To or from Lisbon, you will also have the opportunity to visit Quinta da Regaleira (according to timming), Azenhas do Mar, Cabo da Roca, and the amazing Portuguese beach town, Cascais. After this full day Relax on your way back to Lisbon, where your tour will end.
Sintra Pena Palace
The Pena Palace or Palácio da Pena is a Romanticist palace in Sintra. The palace stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town village of Sintra. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.
Queijadas de Sintra
Queijada is a famous pastrie made most famously in Sintra. It is a small round sweet prepared using cheese or requeijão, eggs, milk, and sugar.
Guincho Beach
Praia do Guincho is a popular Atlantic beach located between sintra and the town of Cascais. This beach was famously featured in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, wherein James Bond rescues Contessa Teresa de Vicenzo from a suicide attempt and foils off two attackers in the surf; the beach still looks as it did in 1969. More recently, the beach served as location for the shooting of the film This Side of Resurrection.
In the '90s, Guincho was one of the locations for the windsurfing world cup. Today, several sporting events are held at Guincho regularly, including the Portuguese National Surfing and BodyBoarding Championships.
Stop for Lunch
Lisbon and Cascais are established gourmet destinations.
Local gastronomy blends with the new wave of Chefs and tendencies to give a modern twist on traditional food.
The proximity to the coast also means guaranteed fresh fish and seafood.
With an understated beauty, both in its mediterranean architecture as in its wild beaches, Cascais is one of the most exciting stops.
The sheer authenticity of a town and a people that has been largely unaffected by the times, make it one of the few destinations that feel, as of yet, undiscovered. Stroll the cobblestone roads leading down narrow, winding paths to the beach, watch local fishermen doing what they've done for centuries, and sample the freshest fish you'll find anywhere in Europe, straight from the ocean that unfolds before you. This is the true pleasure of Cascais; the pristine little details that make it so authentic.
Estoril is famed as a luxury entertainment destination on the Portuguese Riviera, as home of the Casino Estoril. Estoril is one of the most expensive places to live in the Iberian Peninsula. It is home to a sizable foreign expat community and known for its luxury restaurants, hotels like Hotel Estoril Palacio. During the Second World War, the region was the centre of spies and diplomatic secrecy, it became an international tourist destination both during and after the Second World War. During that time, several dignitaries and exiles came to Estoril: the Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona father of Juan Carlos I of Spain, also Umberto II of Italy and Carol II of Romania. It was also in estoril that former Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar had a summer fortress house.
Exclusive and specialized guide/driver
Hotel / Cruise Ship or address pickup and drop-off
Public liability and Personal Accidents insurance
Guide Gratuities (If guide hired)
Driver Gratuities
Any Private Expenses
Monuments Entrance Fees
Complementaries:
Our tours are always private (just you and our driver or also with a private guide (extra)).
If There are other monuments that may interest you and they are not described here, don't worry our main goal is to provide you an unforgettable day, we have the flexibility to customize the itinerary according your preferences and tour length your smile and comfort is very important to us.
The Driver will pick you up at your hotel, airport, cruise terminal or any other address of your choice in lisbon district.
Since our guide is also the driver and in order to provide you great tour, it's possible that the guide won't always join you on your visits to the inside of the monuments Due to parking difficulties and restrictions, and there is an option for you to hire a guide that will escort you inside the monuments and will be always with you all the time.
They are equipped with the latest technology in order to offer the ultimate riding experience. For all of our vehicles, we have a non-smoking policy in all our cars.
Relax and enjoy your private tour or transfer, first of all with safety and comfort.
We have invested a lot in our chauffeurs which they are full time employed and they are working for us at least five years. They are well trained, English speaking, courteous and professionals drivers with all the necessary licenses applied by law.
Our chauffeurs they will be always there for you with a smile on their faces.
Our vehicles with our chauffeurs and guides we believe that they are an unbeatable team in providing private tours.
We are sure that one of our vehicles suits your needs, contact us to help you making the right choice for you. Let us cater your transportation.
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Evora Full Day Private Tour
Our Evora Tour is full-day private tour that will pass by the Alentejo region and you will have the opportunity to visit and walk around the city of Évora, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, since 1986, and explore its surroundings.We will visit: Évora, Évora's Cathedral, the Roman Temple, Bones Chapel, a local vineyard can be Esporao or Eugenio de Almeida, its cellars and also a cork factory and store.
The village of Evora a UNESCO world Heritage sight you can visit The Diana Roman Temple, The gothic architecture of the Praça do Giraldo and also the cathedral of evora The region surround Evora in spring is full of colours with green fields dotted with olive trees and flowers blooming before the dry summer.
25th April Bridge
The 25 de Abril Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon to the municipality of Almada on the south bank of the Tagus river. It was inaugurated on August 6, 1966 and a train platform was added below in 1999. It is compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US, because they are both suspension bridges of similar color. It was built by the American Bridge Company which constructed the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, but not the Golden Gate.
Évora Due to its well-preserved old town centre, still partially enclosed by medieval walls, and a large number of monuments dating from various historical periods, including a Roman Temple, Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986.
San Francis Church and Bones Chapel
The Convent of St. Francis in Évora, was founded in the 12th century being the first house of the Franciscan Order in Portugal. The Church of the convent was remodeled at the end of the 15th century becoming an example of Gothic-Manueline architecture.
This church was built in Gothic style with some Manueline influences between 1475 and the 1550s. The Chapel of Bones is one of the best known monuments in Évora. It is a small interior chapel located next to the entrance of the Church of St. Francis. The Chapel gets its name because the interior walls are covered and decorated with human skulls and bones.
The number of skeletons was calculated to be about 5000, coming from the cemeteries that were situated inside several dozen churches.
Évora's Roman Temple
The Roman Temple was built in the early 1st century and is located in the historic city center, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.
The Roman Temple of Évora also referred to be as the Templo de Diana the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt and chastity is an ancient temple in Évora which was included in the classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Represents one of the most significant landmarks relating to the Roman and Lusitanian civilizations of Évora and in Portuguese territory.
Évora's Cathedral
Better known as Sé de Évora, it's the largest medieval cathedral in Portugal. Its construction began in 1186, in granite and marks the transition from the Romanesque style to the Gothic style.
The Cathedral of Évora is a Roman Catholic church It is one of the oldest and most important local monuments, lying on the highest spot of the city.It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988
Local vineyard and winery
Fundação Eugénio de Almeida – Adega Cartuxa Get to know more about wine production with a guided tour in this local winery and at the end have a wine tasting.
Store and cork factory
From the tree: Cork is the bark from the Oak tree (Quercus Suber) and has great isolation features. The first extraction of bark in an Oak tree usually occurs when the tree is 25-30 years old. That bark is called virgin cork and is easily recognized from the reproduction bark of the following years. The 1st and 2nd extractions are not usable for corks stoppers production. The best rated bark is extracted from this point on, always with a minimum 9 year growth period between extractions. Cork has many applications other than cork stoppers such as pavements, thermal and acoustic isolation, decoration and shoes and others. Portugal alone has an area of 730 thousand acres of cork oak trees and is responsible for 50% of the world's cork production.
'Vasco da Gama' bridge
The Vasco da Gama Bridge it is the second longest bridge in Europe after the transcontinental Crimean Bridge, and the longest bridge entirely within Europe. Construction began on February 1995; the bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.
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Lisbon South Bank Tour with Wine Tasting
We will take you to one of the most beautiful places in Portugal.
The south bank of Lisbon, Arrabida Natural Park Considered one of the most amazing places in the contry for the landscape and natural beauty.
Fatima, Batalha, Nazare & Obidos Tour
On our Private Tour of Fatima, Batalha, Nazaré and Óbidos Western area of Portugal, we will offer you an unforgettable experience. Discover the typical crafts, the gastronomy, the traditions and aromas in a day of unique atmosphere that characterizes the West region Nazaré with the amazing cliffs and the "Biggest waves in the world " (Nazaré North Beach).
Fatima – The fourth biggest Catholic pilgrimage site in the world, due to the apparitions of Virgin Mary to three little shepherds in 1917
Batalha – The best example of the late Gothic architecture in Portugal
Nazaré – The most typical fisherman's village in Portugal.
Óbidos – UNESCO's world heritage site Obidos is known as the 'Town of Queens' because of a tradition in which kings used to offer it to their wives as a marriage gift.
Shrine of Fátima annually welcomes hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and tourists. Many come to participate in the celebrations of the apparitions of Our Lady to the three witnesses of Fátima.
Dates May 13th (the first apparition) and October 13th mean a rise in the numbers visiting the Sanctuary – built on the site of the first apparition – and the places where the three children lived in Aljustrel, a village located around two kilometres away.
Aljustrel, where Lúcia de Jesus, aged 10, and cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged nine and seven respectively, declared they saw the Angel of Our Lady of Fátima.
Between April and October 1916, the three children bore witness that they saw the Angel on three occasions with them being invited to join in prayer and penitence.
May 1917, the children were tending a small flock of sheep in Cova da Iria, within the parish of Fátima, in the council of Vila Nova de Ourém. Around mid-day, after saying the rosary as was their custom, they set about building a small construction out of loose stones on the spot where there now is the Basilica.
Suddenly, they saw a brilliant light and above a small holm-oak tree (where the Chapel of the Apparitions now is) appeared a «Lady more brilliant than the Sun». The Lady told the three shepherds that much prayer was required and invited them to return to Cova da Iria at the same time on the 13th of each of the five following months.
The children did just that and on the 13th of June, July, September and October, the Lady again appeared before them and talked to them.
On 19th August, there was an apparition at Valinhos, some 500 metres from Aljustrel, as, on that 13th, the children had been taken by the Council Administrator to Vila Nova de Ourém.
For the final apparition, on 13th October, around 70,000 people were in attendance, the Lady told them she was the «Lady of the Rosary» and that they were to build a chapel there in Her honour.
After the apparition, all those observed the miracle, promised to the three children in July and September: the sun, resembling a silver disc, could be looked upon without difficulty. It then began rotating, taking the form of a wheel of fire, seeming to disappear into the earth.
Later, in Spain, Lúcia, who joined the order of Saint Dorothy, experienced a further three visions of Our Lady (10th December 1925, 15th February 1926 and during the night of 13th to 14th June 1929).
The vision called for the five first Saturdays to be devoted to the conversion of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
This final request was part of the «Three Secrets of Fátima» – a set of revelations made to Lúcia by Our Lady. Lúcia later wrote to Pope Pius XIIth to inform him of what had been revealed to her.
On 13th October 1930, the Bishop of Leiria gave the seal of church approval to the apparitions, officially authorising worship of Our Lady of Fátima, declaring it «Divine Providence».
13th May 2000, Pope John Paul II visited Fátima to beatify the witnesses Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Monastery of Santa Maria de Vitória, constructed in 1386 to keep a vow by Portuguese King Dom João I to the Virgin Mary that he would build it if Portugal defeated Castile at the Battle of Aljubarrota on 14th August 1385. Extravagant celebrations commemorating this victory are held next to the monastery in August of every year.
The Monastery of Batalha, a masterpiece of Portuguese Gothic, is a magnificent piece of architecture that combines various influences from its lengthy period of construction, which lasted several reigns.
Outstanding in the interior are the Founders' Chapel with its fine stained-glass windows, the cloisters, the Unfinished Chapels with their Manueline and Flemish Gothic features and the Chapter House.
Nazaré is nowadays a busy summer village, where side by side with the crowds of tourists, one still sees all over the streets of the town the fish-sellers, and the carapaus (horse mackerel) laid out to dry. The Sítio district, at the town's highest point (accessible by a funicular), is without a doubt the best viewpoint in the area. But it is also associated with the cult of Our Lady of Nazaré who, according to the 12th-century legend, was invoked by the alcaide (commander of a fortress or castle) Dom Fuas Roupinho who, while stalking a deer, was about to fall down into an abyss with no possible salvation. As a sign of gratitude for the mercy he received, Dom Fuas Roupinho ordered a small chapel to be built – the Ermida de Memória. A little way away, in the 18th century the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré was built, in whose honour grandiose festivals are held in September.
The Nazaré people's connection with the sea is reflected in the local handicrafts, in particular the nets, buoys, baskets and traditional puppets dressed in the typical costumes of seven skirts, as well as in the cuisine, with its emphasis on fish and shellfish dishes, such as caldeiradas (fish casseroles), soups, açorda (purée of bread, herbs and garlic) and the dried horse mackerel.Nazaré's major attractions are the waves and surfing, thanks to the "Nazaré Canyon", a submarine geomorphological phenomenon that allows the formation of perfect giant waves. It is the largest underwater canyon in Europe, about 170 kilometres along the coast, reaching a depth of 5,000 metres.
The Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara received worldwide publicity when, in 2011, rode the biggest beach-breaking wave in the world, about 30 metres high, at Praia do Norte. He won the Billabong XXL Global BigWave Award and entered the Guinness Book of World Records. Like him, surfers from around the world visit Nazaré every year to venture into the sea. The beach also attracts sunbathers, who provide a great audience to appreciate the stunts of the young surfers.
Town of Óbidos, with white houses adorned with bougainvillaeas and honeysuckle, was captured from the Moors by the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, in 1148. D. Dinis later presented it to his wife, Queen Santa Isabel. From then until 1883, the town of Óbidos and the surrounding land was always the property of the queens of Portugal.
Encircled by a ring of medieval walls and crowned by the Moorish castle rebuilt by D. Dinis, which is now a pousada, Óbidos is one of the most perfect examples of our medieval fortress. Its in olden times, the town is entered through the southern gate of Santa Maria, embellished with eighteenth-century azulejo decoration.
Inside the walls, which at sunset take on a golden colouring, one can sense a cheerful medieval ambience of winding streets, old whitewashed houses bordered with blue or yellow, Manueline embrasures and windows, reminding us that King D. Manuel I (sixteenth century) carried out major works here, and masses of colourful flowers and plants.
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John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field (October 17, 2019)
December 24, 2019 / Austin Mystery Writers
Originally posted on Ink-Stained Wretches. https://inkstainedwretches.home.blog/2019/12/23/john-le-carre-agent-running-in-the-field-october-17-2019/
Okay, you already know I'm hooked on le Carré. Never did I think any of his characters would buy my allegiance more than George Smiley, the nearsighted brilliant cuckold, a scholar of German romantic poetry, capable of thinking many chess moves ahead. Smiley can spin a web to catch a traitor. Smiley's heroic.
But now, Nat's got me. Nat, 47-year old field man from the British secret service or "Office," has returned to his London home from Europe, at loose ends. He has proudly served his Queen, his country, his Service. He's a jock, loves running, loves to play ferocious strategic badminton at the Athleticus, a club near his home. He's Club champion. He loves his wife Prue, who as his spouse actually served the Office when they were stationed together in Russia. Prue now handles big pro bono legal cases and Nat likes to drop in to watch her courteous destruction of the opposition. Nat, with his German-Russian-English-Scots background, speaks Russian like a native. Now he's expecting to be made "redundant," put out to pasture, offered dead-end private sector jobs in, say, security.
Meanwhile, at the Athleticus he is challenged by a tall, bespectacled, socially awkward guy, Ed Shannon, who demands a match with the Club champion. Nat assesses this approach:
And the voice itself, of which by now I have a fair sample? In the time-honored British parlour game of placing our compatriots on the social ladder by virtue of their diction I am at best a poor contestant, having spent too much of my life in foreign parts. But to the ear of my daughter Stephanie, a sworn leveler, my guess is that Ed's diction would pass as just about all right, meaning no direct evidence of a private education.
How deft is that description? So deft. Part of le Carré's genius is to compose sentences which effortlessly expand the characters and scenes he's building. Here Nat describes himself using (italicized) info from his own employment file:
I possess rugged charm and the accessible personality of a man of the world.
I am in appearance and manner a British archetype, capable of fluent and persuasive argument in the short term. I adapt to circumstance and have no insuperable moral scruples.
What a great ploy, letting the narrator use other peoples' descriptions to present himself. Nat's voice is irresistible.
Nat's at a turning point. Now at home, waiting for some assignment from the Office and wondering about his future, he suspects his college student daughter thinks dad's job performance is mediocre, far outshone by Prue's legal career. It grates that his daughter doesn't even know what he's done:
I'd like to have told her why I'd failed to phone her on her fourteenth birthday because I knew it still rankled. I'd like to have explained that I had been sitting on the Estonian side of the Russian border in thick snow praying to God my agent would make it through the lines under a pile of sawn timber. I'd like to have given her some idea of how it had felt for her mother and me to live together under non-stop surveillance as members of the Office's Station in Moscow where it could take ten days to clear or fill a dead letter box, knowing that, if you put a foot out of place, your agent is likely to die in hell.
When Nat goes in for the interview where he expects to be put out to pasture, we get an eyeful and earful of the infighting and sharp elbows within the Office. To our pleased surprise, Nat seems well able to handle those elbows. Furthermore, Nat wins the badminton match against the importunate Ed. When they drink a beer later, and after subsequent matches, Ed inveighs passionately against Trump, Putin, and the parlous situation of post-Brexit Britain. Meanwhile, instead of being terminated, Nat is asked to manage the Haven, a London sub-station of the Office, including supervising an intense agent named Florence who's pressing the Office to approve Operation Rosebud. Operation Rosebud would insert eavesdropping equipment into the lush English home of a Ukrainian oligarch with well-documented links to Moscow Centre and Putin. Here's Nat's description of Florence:
And in Florence, as Giles [whom Nat's replacing] was at pains to inform me over a nocturnal bottle of Talisker whisky in the back kitchen of the Haven, Rosebud had found an implacable if obsessive champion…
With Operation Rosebud about to begin, a sleeper Russian agent––currently acting as a double agent for the Office––requests an emergency meeting with Nat. It may be possible, the agent says, for Britain to capture a very big fish…well, no spoilers. Nat travels to Karlovy Vary to meet an informant who can identify the fish. The informant grills Nat, in dialogue so sharp on current world politics it hurts:
"So what are you?"
"A patriot, I suppose."
"What of? Facebook? Dot-coms? Global warming? Corporation so big they can gobble up your broken little country in one bite? Who's paying you?"
Like a set of Matryoshka dolls, le Carré's plot holds secrets within secrets within secrets. Le Carré fans know his plots, in hindsight, seem prescient: he brought us big pharma in Africa and disaster in Chechnya before those issues hit the world stage. Now he zeroes in on the Europe of today's news broadcasts, with Putin looming to the east, Trump to the west, and Britain bent on Brexit. I found myself wondering––fearing––how real the most treacherous plot in this Matryoshka might turn out to be.
Meanwhile, I know Nat's got hidden depths. I'm rooting for Nat––and Prue––all the way.
John le Carre. Agent Running in the Field. Viking, October 2019.
Cover photo of Agent Running in the Field via Amazon.com
Image of Matryoshka dolls by Schwoaze, via Pixabay
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The Kingston Way Unit Factory Estate. Picture: Google Maps
Million-pound industrial estate sold at auction in Hull
Categories: Business, News, Regeneration
Tags: Councillor Daren Hale, Kingston Way Unit Factory Estate, NPS Humber, Tradepark Ltd
An industrial estate located just outside of Hull city centre has been sold by Hull City Council for more than £1 million.
The Kingston Way Unit Factory Estate constitutes 12 purpose-built units situated over nearly two acres. Acting as property consultants, NPS Humber Ltd helped the council secure the sale of the £1.36m site.
The estate was part of a substantial portfolio of industrial properties owned by Hull City Council, comprising more than 180 units across 13 industrial estates.
Most of these sites are let to small businesses, encouraging greater opportunities for employment and new enterprise in the region.
NPS Humber chartered surveyor Shaun Haynes acted for Hull City Council on the sale of the property, which exceeded its guide price of £950k at auction.
"The Kingston Way Unit Factory Estate was originally built in 1979. Its sale is part of the council's strategy to streamline its property portfolio, to reinvest within its wider functions," he said.
"The sale reflects a perception amongst purchasers that industrial assets can be a relatively safe investment at this current time of uncertainty."
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The firm unveiled an outstanding set of financial results last January, including a striking 61% growth in City revenues .
A number of key cases settled in Quinn's favour in 2018, with the $3bn Court of Appeal Eurobonds dispute between Ukraine and Russia being a major highlight. Quinn successfully represented Ukraine in the case, instructing Fountain Court Chambers' Bankim Thanki QC and Blackstone Chambers' Ben Jaffey QC.
The firm also struck a big victory against Banco Popular in October 2018, representing a number of clients suing the bank for a loss of shares following its £1 sale to Santander in 2017.
The robust financial results come from a UK disputes market that appears to have softened somewhat in the last 12 to 18 months. As an example, after similarly above-trend revenues and profits in 2016/17, Stewarts saw turnover dip by over 20% to £62.4m after a swing in contingency fees.
However, 2018 was not an unmitigated success for Quinn in the UK. The firm took a substantial PR hit last May when London partner Mark Hastings was sacked following an investigation into 'inappropriate behaviour'. Hastings was dismissed following an independent probe by Alison Levitt QC, instigated by allegations by two members of staff.
In the last boom year in 2008 before the global financial crisis took its toll, the picture was rosy for UK-bred law firms. Riding high on an exchange rate that was more than two dollars to the pound, Clifford Chance (CC) topped the table with revenues of nearly $2.7bn, heading a list of seven $2bn+ firms, of which four were Magic Circle and another, DLA Piper, the result of a headline-grabbing UK/US tie-up.
More details are emerging on associate pay at Magic Circle firms as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has joined the list of firms to announce increased salaries for US associates, as competition to recruit top lawyers intensifies.
The move by Freshfields will see the firm match the rates set by Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, which set the standard for raising the starting salary for new lawyers two weeks ago, with Freshfield's US associates now starting on $190,000 and rising to $330,000 in their eighth year.
Despite matching Milbank's rates, pay is below that the rates announced by Magic Circle counterpart Clifford Chance (CC), which will pay also junior associates $190,000 but this will eventually rise to $350,000 for senior associates. CC also announced summer bonuses starting at $5,000 for junior lawyers rising to $25,000 associates from the 2009 class and more senior.
The issue of associate pay has seen firms begin to jostle with each other, as CC's rates closely-matched those of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which announced a new scale of $190,000 for first year associates to rising to $340,000 for senior associates, as both firms surpass the levels announced by Milbank for mid-level and senior associates.
In addition, Quinn announced a pay hike for junior London lawyers, which sees associates start on £125,000, potentially rising to £245,000 for senior associates. Despite being below New York rates, Quinn's London salary announcement means a sharp hike for associates in many bands, particularly in the class of 2013, who will see a pay increase of £30,000 from £155,000 to £185,000.
The latest pay rises come as City firms wrestle with fee pressure from core blue-chip clients, while expansionist US firms continue to attract Magic Circle talent and inflate the market rate for the best deal lawyers. With good growth predicted for Magic Circle firms this year, the associate pay increases could go some way towards steering young talent in the direction of the established City players as US firms continue to stretch London salaries.
With the disputes market evolving and clients becoming more discerning, it has been a phenomenal ten years for boutique law firms focused on litigation. The pressure on generalist, mid-market dispute teams has played towards this dynamic, leaving true contentious specialists increasingly going head-to-head with the traditional London elite.
A glance at the financial results of some of the main litigation specialists – Stewarts, Signature Litigation and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan – shows dramatic increases in revenue amid a string of major cases.
I am going to take a narrow view of a narrow subject: less of a keynote speech, more of a keyhole speech. Indeed, it is through a keyhole that I will ask you to join me in a voyeuristic peer into the room of what I call broken arbitrations, the room into which I have stuffed myriad examples of how the process of arbitration can too easily become corrupted.
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Disputes powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has seen London revenues rise by a startling 61%, with net profit increasing by the same margin.
The US-based player's revenue stands at £71.9m, up from last year's figure of £44.8m. Net profit also rose from £32.6m to £52.6m. As a result, the firm's profit margin is now a staggering 73%.
The results are even more impressive considering that the office's headcount has expanded modestly since January 2017, with the number of partners remaining static at 18. However the number of other lawyers in the office has grown from 33 to 47.
As alluded to by East, Quinn saw three partners leave during 2017, despite going the previous nine years with no partner exits. In January last year, Martin Davies joined rival US pace-setter Latham & Watkins. Davies had previously acted on the Royal Bank of Scotland's £4bn rights issue litigation .
In May last year, Quinn saw litigation and arbitration specialist Paul Friedman join national firm Gunnercooke. Friedman, who spent the majority of his time at Quinn working in the Middle East, had previously spent nearly 13 years of head of banking disputes and commercial fraud at Clyde & Co.
The third departure of the year came in July, when Latham returned to Quinn for David Berman. Berman was appointed as head of Latham's financial services and regulatory division.
Despite the exiting trio, 2017 did see Quinn hire Clifford Chance's touted tax investigations head Liesl Fichardt.
The results represent an eye-catching return for the high-performing City practice of this bullish disputes firm, which posted 41% revenue growth in 2015 and 33% in 2014, although this growth slowed slightly in 2016 by its own very high standards, at 21%, while profits remained steady.
US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has entered into merger discussions with Washington DC disputes shop Williams & Connolly, Legal Business can reveal.
Negotiations between the two began in the past month. The tie-up would mark Quinn's first full-scale merger with the aim of complementing its existing white-collar and product liability practices, as well as its general contentious coverage in the DC area.
Williams & Connolly now comprises over 300 lawyers and ranks 94th in the latest Global 100 with a turnover of $420m and profit per equity partner standing at $1.6m. In contrast, Quinn – the second-most profitable law firm in the world, which has made a virtue of being one of the premier independent disputes specialists – has a PEP of more than $5m against global revenues of $1.2bn.
A tie-up would give Williams & Connolly lawyers access to Quinn's expanding international footprint as well as US offices in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Silicon Valley. A union also would be a rare marriage of leading US law firms and further cement the dramatic rise to global prominence over the last decade of the iconoclastic Quinn Emanuel.
Williams & Connolly is ranked as tier 1 by The Legal 500 in commercial disputes and product liability, and is listed as tier 2 in corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defence.
It was founded in 1967 by illustrious litigator Edward Bennett Williams and his former student Paul Connolly. Since its formation, it has gained reputation for representing high-profile political clients such as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Tony Blair.
In May, media reports claimed that Williams & Connolly lawyer Brendan Sullivan Jr had made it onto a four-strong shortlist to represent Donald Trump against investigations into alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 US presidential election. The firm can also boast a cross-sector client base including Pfizer, Sony, Samsung, HSBC, Bank of America and Google.
Williams & Connolly declined to comment.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has today (21 July) ruled against certifying one of the first US-style £14bn opt-out consumer damages antitrust class actions, against payment giant MasterCard, in what would have been the UK's largest claim.
CAT president Mr Justice Roth ruled against allowing the collective proceedings application on grounds that potentially disparate groups of claimants could not form a single class action for the purposes of this claim, regardless of the means of payments used or the retailer from whom the purchase was made.
The judgment is a win for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which represented MasterCard.
The applicant, former UK chief financial services ombudsman Walter Merricks, sought damages for 46m consumers in the UK relating to MasterCard's multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) charged to retailers. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan represented Merricks' claim, funded by Burford Capital for up to £43m, with £10m to cover MasterCard's costs if the claim failed.
In what would have been the first collective damages action of its kind, Roth ruled that even if loss had been suffered and could be estimated across the whole class, there was no way of ensuring that a class member would receive distribution of an amount compensating any actual loss suffered.
The CAT concluded, however, that if it had allowed the collective proceedings to proceed, it would have authorised Merricks to act as class representative.
The application was one of the first to be filed under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, designed to allow US style 'opt-out' group damages claims to be brought in the UK CAT.
The damages claim bid related to consumers who bought purchases over an 18-year class period from 1992 to 2008 and to whom retailers allegedly passed on MasterCard's MIF overcharges.
The claim, if certified, would have been the first major case under the new framework for class action law suits on behalf of a large number of claimants.
In a statement, Merricks said he was now considering with his advisors and funders if he could appeal. He said he was 'surprised and disappointed' that the CAT rejected his application to bring collective proceedings against MasterCard.
'The new collective action regime was introduced by the Consumer Rights Act to overcome the difficulty for consumers seeking to recover losses from competition law infringements. I am concerned that this new regime, designed to benefit consumers, may never get off the ground', he said.
'It is disappointing that the Tribunal determined that even if I could identify accurately the loss suffered by all 46 million consumers, the fact that I could not precisely calculate the individualised loss for each of those 46 million consumers, means consumers should get nothing at all,' said Merricks.
The case followed an European Commission (EC) probe into MasterCard. Its 2007 decision found MasterCard overcharged MIFs and lacked 'procompetitive benefits or proven efficiencies'.
Covington & Burling partner Elaine Whiteford told Legal Business that 'from a perspective of funding of claims, the judgment is encouraging as it clarifies a funders' uplift can be paid from undistributed damages', one of MasterCard's arguments, which would have made funding much more difficult had it succeeded.
A Freshfields spokesperson described the judgment as 'an important development for the UK's collective actions regime,' adding that 'additional clarity has been given as the criteria to be satisfied and the evidence required to grant certification of collective actions in the UK. The judgment also addresses the terms of funding arrangements that can be used by those bringing collective actions'.
Quinn partners Boris Bronfentrinker and Kate Vernon, instructed Paul Harris QC of Monckton Chambers and Marie Demetriou QC of Brick Court Chambers.
Freshfields' Jon Lawrence, Mark Sansom Jonathan Isted, Mark Sansom and Nick Frey, instructed Brick Court's Mark Hoskins QC, Ben Williams QC, and Tony Singla.
Recent cases rooted in the 2007 EC decision against MasterCard include Sainsbury's claim against MasterCard in 2016, an antitrust damages action which resulted in a £69m award and substantial interest after the CAT ruled its UK and Irish interchange fees were unlawful.
This year, Humphries Kerstetter also launched a series of new £300m competition damages claims relating to alleged losses against MasterCard and Visa, on behalf of a group of 27 UK high street companies, related to their MIFs, which form part of 'merchant service charges' retailers pay banks on card transactions made in store or online.
Earlier this year, however, in a separate claim by a group of UK high street retailers against the company, the High Court ruled that MasterCard's cross-border interchange fees were lawful, necessary to its business operation and 'below any objectionable level', dismissing the £450m damages case. Asda, Morrisons, Arcadia, and Homebase/Argos are currently seeking permission to appeal the judgment.


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We have this puppy that is more like a garbage disposal, landscaper, gardener, shredder, and maybe even half goat, but actually is a rottweiler mix. Anyway, last night at around 9 o'clock, she (Kali) brought into the house several branches from a tree type plant we have out back. I am not sure of the type of tree or even plant it might be, but it does have pretty flowers when they bloom. So to hopefully keep her from bringing anymore of the plants branches into the house, because this morning she brought in about half as much as last night, I think she would have brought in more if I had not gone out to make coffee and caught her.
So after I got the coffee going, I grabbed some pruning shears and the trashcan and proceeded to clean everything off of the plant that was from about 4 feet and below. This plant stands about 7 feet or more as it is. Hopefully now available in more because I did get rid of a lot of dead stuff also. I also found a rope/heavy string that was tight around the bottom of this plant to keep the branches closer together but evidently at one point it had fallen and was not doing what it was supposed to, so I retired it around the heavier branches so would bring them more together and turned it up a little bit more after that and hopefully it will look a lot better in the next couple of weeks as this thing grows. Plus I hope it will keep Kalli from bringing in any more of those branches because she cannot quite reach them.
Okay, time for me to go outside before it gets too hot, which will probably be around 98 according to the weather info on the internet, more than likely though, it will reach triple digits. So until later, you all have a good day and I will write back to us after noon.


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module Ruboty
  module Handlers
    class Hitozuma < Base
      on( /.*/, name: "magi", description: "Whimsical Magi system", all: true)

      private

      def magi(message)
        if rand(100) == 0
          answer = (rand(10) != 0) ? "はい" : "いいえ"
          from = message.from_name
          return if from == message.robot.name
          if from
            message.reply("@#{from}: #{answer}")
          else
            message.reply("#{answer}")
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Baronius, Cæsar
, an eminent ecclesiastical writer, and a cardinal of the Roman church, was born at Sora, an episcopal city in the kingdom of Naples, October the 30th, | 1538, of Camillo Baronio and Porcia Phebonia, who educated him with great care. He went through his first studies at Veroli, and afterwards applied himself to divinity and civil law at Naples. But the troubles of that kingdom obliged his father to remove him in 1557 to Rome, where he finished his studies in the law under Cesar Costa, afterwards archbishop of Capua, and put himself under the discipline of St. Philip de Neri, founder of the congregation of the oratory, who employed him in the familiar instructions which his clerks gave to the children. After he was ordained priest, St. Philip de Neri sent him, with some of his disciples, in 1564, to establish his congregation in the church of St. John the Baptist. He continued there till 1576, when he was sent to 8,t. Mary in Vallicella, and in both houses he was much admired for his pious zeal and charity. St. Philip de Neri having, in 1593, laid down the office of superior of the congregation of the oratory, thought he could not appoint a more worthy successor than Baronius, and pope Clement VIII. who knew his merit, in compliance with the desires of the founder and his congregation, approved the choice, and some time after made him his confessor. The esteem which that pope had for him, increased as he had an opportunity of growing more intimately acquainted with him, and induced him to appoint our author apostolical prothonotary in 1595, and to advance him to the dignity of cardinal, June 5th, 1596, to which he afterwards added the post of library-keeper to the see of Rome. Upon the death of Clement VIII. m 1605, Baronius had a great prospect of being chosen pope, one and thirty voices declaring for him; but the Spaniards strongly opposed his election on account of his treatise, "Of the Monarchy of Sicily," in which he argued against the claim of Spain to Sicily. His intense application to his studies weakened his constitution in such a manner, that towards the end of his life he could not digest any kind of food. He died June the 30th, 1607, aged sixtyeight years and eight months, and was interred in the church of St. Mary in Vallicella, in the same tomb where his intimate friend cardinal Francesco Maria Taurusio was buried the year following. Dupin observes, that "an high regard ought to be paid to the memory of Baronius, who was a man of sincere religion, probity, learning, and extensive reading, and laboured with success for the service of the church, and the clearing up of ecclesiastical | antiquity. But it were to be wished that he had been exempt from the prejudices which his education and country inspired him with*" In a book of lather Parsons, printed in 1607, and entitled "I)e sacris alienis non adeundis qusestiones du; ad usum praximque Angliae breviter explicate," is published the judgment of Baronius, together with that of cardinal Bcllarmin and others, declaring that it was absolutely unlawful for the Roman Catholics to be present at the religious worship of the Protestants in England. The work for which Baronius was most celebrated, and which is certainly a wonderful monument of industry and research, was his "Ecclesiastical Annals." He undertook this work at the age of thirty, and laboured for thirty years in collecting and digesting the materials for it, by reading over carefully the ancient monuments of the church, as well in printed books as in manuscripts, in the Vatican library. He published in 1588 the first volume, which contains the first century after the birth of Christ. The second, which followed after, contains two hundred and five years. These two volumes are dedicated to pope Sixtus V. The third, dedicated to king Philip 11. of Spain, comprehends the history of fifty-five years immediately following. The fourth, dedicated to Clement VIII. contains the history of thirty-four years, which end in the year 395. The fifth, dedicated to the same pope, as well as the following volumes, extends to the year 440. The sixth ends in the year 518. The seventh contains seventy-three years. The eighth extends to the year 714. The ninth, dedicated to king Henry IV. of France, concludes with the year 842. The tenth, dedicated to the emperor Rodolphus II. begins with the year 843, and reaches to 1000. The eleventh, dedicated to Sigismond III. king of Poland, and published in 1605, continues the history to the year 1099. The twelfth, printed under the pontificate of Paul V. in 1607, concludes with 1198. So that we have, in these twelve volumes, the history of the twelve first ages of the church. Henry Spoudunns informs us, that Baronius had left memoirs for three more volumes, which were used by Odoricus Kaynaldus in the continuation of his work. The first edition of Baronius' s Annals, begun in 158S, and continued the following years, was printed at Rome, where the first volumes were reprinted in 1593. It was followed by some others, with alterations and additions. The second edition was that of Venice, and was begun in 1595. The third was | printed at Cologne in 1596, and the foil owing years. The fourth at Antwerp in 1597, &c. The fifth at Mentz in 1601, The sixth at Cologne in 1609. There were several other editions published afterwards, at Amsterdam in 1610, at Cologne in 1624, at Antwerp in 1675, at Venice in 1705, and at Lucca in 1738—1759, by far the best. Before this, the best editions, according to the abbe Longlet de Fresnoy, in his "New method of studying History," were that of Home, as the original, and that of Antwerp, and the most convenient for study, is that of Mentz, because the authorities of the ecclesiastical writers are marked in it by a different character from the text of Baronius, and the impression is in two columns. The edition of Cologne has the same advantage, though ill printed.
Baronins's design in these Annals was, as he tells us himself in his preface, to refute the Centuriators of Magdeburg, or rather to oppose to their work, which was written against the church of Rome, another work of the same kind in defence of that church. "It were to be wished," says Monsieur Dupin, "that he had contented himself with a mere narration of facts of ecclesiastical history, without entering into controversies and particular interests. However, it must be owned that his work is of a vast extent, well digested, full of deep researches, written with care, and as much exactness as can be expected from a man who first undertakes a work of such extent and difficulty as that. It is true that a great number of mistakes in chronology and history have been remarked in it; that many facts have been discovered not at all known to him; that he made use of several supposititious or doubtful monuments; that he has reported a considerable number of false facts as true, and has been mistaken in a variety of points. But though, without endeavouring to exaggerate the number of his errors with Lucas Holstenius, who declared that he was readyto shew eight thousand falsities in Baronins's Annals, it cannot be denied that the number of them is very great; yet it must be acknowledged that his work is a very good and very useful one, and that he is justly styled the father of church history. It must be remarked, that he is much more exact in the history of the Latins than in that of the Greeks, because he was but very indifferently skilled in the Greek, and was obliged to make use of the assistance of Peter Morin, Metius, and father Sinnond, with regard to the monuments which had not been translated imo Latin. His | style has neither the purity nor elegance xvhich were to be wished for in a work of that nature-, and it may be saidj that he writes rather like a clissertator than an historian; however, he is clear, intelligible, and methodical.'"
Cardinal de Laurea drew up an index to this work for his own private use, which he afterwards left to the public "Index alphabeticus rerum et locorum omnium memorabilium ad Annales Cardinalis Baronii. Opus posthumum Rev. Cardinalis de Laurea," Rome, 1694, in 4to. This is a posthumous work, for being put to the press during the author's life, the impression was not finished till after his death, which happened November the 30th, 1693. These annals were begun to be translated into various languages, but probably owing to the vast expense, none of the translators proceeded farther than the iirst volume. Several abridgments, however, have been published. The most extensive is that of Henry Spondanus, Paris, 1612, 1622, 1630, 1639, and often afterwards. They were also abridged byAurelio, Bzovius, Bisciola, Scogli, Sartorius, Schuhingius, &c. &c. and in various languages. The continuators are also numerous. Bzovius published a continuation from 1199 to 1572, Rome, 9 vols. fol. 1616 1672, which, however, are rather the annals of the Dominicans than of the church. Raynaldns' continuation from 1199 to 1567, also 9 vols. folio, is said to be worse than the former; the best is Spondanus, extending to the year 1639, and printed at Paris in that year, 2 vols. folio. The great fame of Baroaius excited the attention of many Protestant writers, who criticised his work with acuteness. Among the best of these is Isaac Casaubon, in his "Exercitationes contra Baronium," London, 1614, folio, but perhaps Dupin's opinion, which we have quoted, is sufficient to point out the leading errors of the work. Besides these annals, Baronius wrote, 1. "Marty rologium Romanum restitutum," 1586, folio. These notes on the Roman martyrology, for these are all which Baronius contributed, were intended as a prelude to his Annals. This work was often reprinted, and as often corrected by the author, but it is still erroneous in many points. 2. "Tractatus de Monarchia Siciliae," Paris, 1609, 8vo. 3. "Parsenesis ad RempublicamVenetam," Rome, 1606, 4to, written on occasion of the interdict of Venice. 4. "Contra ser. Rempublicam Venetam Votum," not published by Baronius, but containing his opinion in the consistory. 5. "Historica relatio de Legatione | Ecelesise Alexanclrinse ad Apostolicam sedem," 1598, 8vo, respecting the re-union of the church of Alexandria to the see of Home, which did not last long. And some other works of less reputation. 1
Gen. Dict. vol. X—Moreri.—Dupin.—Baillet Judgements, vol. II. and VI. —Fabr. Bibl. Grace, vol. XII. p. 165, an excellent article on the annuals and their history.—Saxii Onomasticon.—Blount's Censura.
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Baron, Hyacinth Theodore (?–1787)
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Thiepval is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert.
The Cemetery (signposted in the village) is on the edge of Thiepval Wood near the Ulster Tower, about one kilometre north-west of Thiepval on the Thiepval-Hamel road (D73).
BLUFF CEMETERY, AUTHUILE, 800 metres North of Authuile village, contained 43 British graves of July and September, 1916.
The vast majority of the burials are those of officers and men who died in the summer and autumn of 1916.
David Harkness Blakey, M. M.
Son of Henry and Isabella Blakey; husband of Sarah Blakey.
1st July 1916, aged 43.
Husband of Bridget Canavan, of Cellar, Rosmuck, Co. Galway.
Son of Daniel and Mary Jane Ledson, of Liverpool; husband of Annie Ledson, of 31, Dorrington St., Everton, Liverpool.
Ernest Cecil MacLaren, M. C.
Husband of Primrose Mountain, of 17. New Strawberry Rd., Pendleton, Manchester.
3rd July 1916, aged 44.
Husband of Alice Newcombe of 24 Mornington Rd., Regents Park, London. Twenty three and a half years service in Royal Horse Guards (Blue).
Only Son of William E. and Ellen Oldham, of 116, Short St., Heaton Norris, Stockport.
On November 13, 1916, he died of wounds received while bombing a German trench.
Picture courtesy of Geraldine Chase, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Job and Lydia Plant (stepmother), of 40, Anchor Rd., Longton, Staffs. Native of Cheadle, Staffs.
3rd September 1916, aged 22.
Son of Arthur Senior, of Manygates Park, Sandal, Wakefield, Yorks.


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National Science Foundation celebrates do-it-yourself engineers, tinkerers and inventors everywhere
On National Day of Making, NSF emphasizes continued support for grassroots innovators and STEM educators, commonly known as "makers"
Makers represent an independent-minded community of people who create DIY tech solutions.
Today the first White House Maker Faire highlights youth, entrepreneurs and others across the country who use scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) skills to empower themselves by designing and making just about anything. Many of the organizations and technologies featured at the faire are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Part of the tech explosion in recent years, the "maker movement," an independent-minded community of people who create do-it-yourself tech solutions, has grown nationwide to spur new educational approaches, manufacturing innovation, and economic development. Making is a broad term that includes interests as diverse as 3-D printing, customized robotics, remixing electronics and expressions of STEM and art, so long as it is grounded in open access to tools and expertise. Makers often work in makerspaces and hold maker events to share what they've created and learned.
NSF joins other federal agencies, companies, academic institutions, nonprofits and communities nationwide in an effort to provide students and entrepreneurs access to tools, spaces and mentors to participate in making and to study the impact of making on learning.
A legacy of innovation
NSF funds millions of dollars in making-related research each year across fields, from engineering to computer science to STEM education, both in and outside the classroom.
In coming months, NSF will release a list that highlights funding opportunities from across the agency that support the best and brightest making ideas. Within the next year, NSF will convene a makers summit, inviting key members of the making community to explore broadening participation in making, among other topics.
The can-do attitude of makers and their focus on creative and inventive solutions aligns closely with NSF's core mission.
"NSF invests in frontier, outside-the-box fundamental science and engineering ideas. But more precisely, NSF invests in people with outside-the-box thinking," said NSF Director France Córdova. "Makers put innovative thinking into practice as they design and test their ideas."
The White House is also offering the event as an opportunity for people to voice their support. NSF joins other federal agencies, private partners and hundreds of academic institutions in its support for the new generation of creative, tech-enabled thinkers.
"NSF applauds the commitment shown by the multitude of colleges and universities that have joined together to support the nation of makers," Córdova said.
"As members of the science and engineering community, we want to support and encourage the making grassroots efforts," added Dan Arvizu, chairman of the National Science Board. "Makers are innovators who build on great science and engineering to make things useful in everyday life."
Are you a maker? Participate in the National Day of Making. Tweet a photo or video of your creation using the hashtag #NationofMakers and follow the action live at WhiteHouse.gov/MakerFaire. Makers with 3-D printers: Instructions for printing a 3-D model of the NSF logo are now available on NSF.gov.
A mobile fabrication laboratory run out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Bits and Atoms is at the faire itself today on the White House lawn. "Fab lab" started in 2003 as an NSF-funded outreach project. According to the center's director Neil Gershenfeld, the model has since become viral, with similar makerspaces popping up all over the world. Hear more from Neil in an NSF Twitter chat and video soundbites at the NSF YouTube channel.
Beyond the White House, NSF-funded making and making research activities are happening now all across the country.
Some examples of include:
Shawn Jordan, Micah Lande, Arizona State University, College of Technology and Innovation
Jordan and Lande work with makers to create "Rube Goldberg machines," elaborate contraptions that perform simple tasks via complicated (and entertaining) processes. Together, they are working to determine whether making could represent a new pathway for young people and adults to enter STEM careers. Having worked with more than 1,000 makers, including students in the Navajo Nation, Jordan and Lande are proponents of the "STEAM" movement, which seeks to combine traditional STEM topics with art, humor, and storytelling.
Margaret Honey, President and CEO, New York Hall of Science
The NY Hall of Science is a leader in the informal science education field with respect to making and maker spaces, research on learning that results from making, and convening diverse groups to envision the future of making and to support making in diverse communities. The NY Hall of Science works closely with representatives from formal and informal education, academia, engineering education, government and industry. The NY Hall of Science hosted the 2010 World Maker Faire.
Marjorie Bequette and Gina Svarovsky, Science Museum of Minnesota
The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) is a leader in the informal science education community with respect to making. SMM focuses on designing and researching how to engage and sustain the participation of families from underrepresented groups in making. SMM approaches making as a do-it-yourself, grassroots entry point to designing and constructing real things through creativity, problem-solving and tool use, thereby broadening participation in STEM and, specifically, the engineering workforce.
Jamie Bell, PI and Project Director for Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), Association of Science/Technology Centers
CAISE, based at the Association Science Technology Centers, works with informal science entities around the nation to build the knowledge- and evidence-base for how making works in a variety of environments. CAISE connects with researchers representing the range of NSF-funded informal science education projects.
Kimberly Sheridan and Erica Halverson, George Mason University
Halverson and Sheridan take an ethnographic and design-based approach to understanding how and what people learn from participation in maker spaces (physical locations where people get together to make things) and explores the features of those environments that can be leveraged to better promote learning.
Paulo Blikstein, Stanford University
Digital fabrication and making is a new chapter in the process of bringing powerful ideas and expressive media to schoolchildren. Yet the making that happens in classrooms is usually disconnected from what is known about promoting learning from such making. Blikstein is organizing a series of activities aimed at better understanding what is needed so that teachers will be better able to use making activities to promote learning and what research and development needs to be done to meet those needs.
Sarah Bates, NSF, (703) 292-7738, email: sabates@nsf.gov
Maria C. Zacharias, NSF, (703) 292-8454, email: mzachari@nsf.gov
White House Maker Faire: http://www.whitehouse.gov/maker-faire
Advanced manufacturing: Made to order: http://www.nsf.gov/eng/special/madetoorder/
Engineering for all: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131735&org=NSF
Learning through making: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131761&org=NSF