135 One Pounds Page B322 (2) HZ63 832717 and HZ63 832718 consecutive numbers. Last series. Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC.
136 One Pounds Page B322 (2) HZ63 832723 and HZ63 832724 consecutive numbers. Last series. Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC.
127 One Pounds Page B322 (3) HZ63 832714 to HZ63 832716 three consecutive numbers. Last series. Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC.
128 One Pounds Page B322 (3) HZ63 832720 to HZ63 832722 three consecutive numbers. Last series. Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC.
376 One Pounds Page. B337. (4) A01 000864 to A01 000870. First series. Some consecutive. UNC.
169 A collection (21) Ten Shillings O'Brien 1955 (2) and Fforde, One Pound (11) includes Warren Fisher L/51, O'Brien 1955 (2), Page HX17 (5, consecutive numbers), Five Pounds Hollom, K29, together with six world notes.
269 Five Pounds Fforde. B314P. Page pair. Consecutive numbers. Fforde 95D 788589. Page 95D 788590. Link notes. Rare. Both UNC.
577 One Pounds Page. B322 (13) HX59 prefix. Many consecutive numbers. All UNC.
2854 One Pounds Page. B322 (12). HZ63 832727 to HZ63 832738. Twelve consecutive numbers. Last series. Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC.
2923 One Pounds Page. B339A (2) 81Z 480547 and 81Z 480548. Consecutive numbered pair. Rare. EF to UNC.
2893 Five Pounds Page. B332 (14) All L last series. Many consecutive numbers. EF to UNC.
2930 One Pounds Page. B341 (3) AN01 001162 to AN01 001164. Consecutive numbers. First series. UNC.
2856 One Pounds Page. B322 (26) HZ57 prefix. All last series. Many consecutive numbers. UNC.
2903 Five Pounds Page. B334 (4) 64Z 052386 to 64Z 052389. Four consecutive numbers. All EF.
135 Five pounds (4) Page BX56, three in consecutive numbers. Light crease to left otherwise unc.


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Dragonrider's Nuisance: An Excerpt
On July 28, 2020 December 16, 2021 By Raina NightingaleIn Paths of Fantasy, Publications
Noren saddled Evena, and mounted her. It was a couple hours since sunrise and the realization that the partner of his heart was a member of the persecuted race of dragons, whose existence he had still then doubted. He now understood the source of the change in how Silmavalien had regarded the 'gods,' which he had encouraged, back in Treas. He had attributed it to his own influence, but now it was clear that it was, in fact, due to realizing that the dragons, declared enemies of the gods and of all good, were, in fact, creatures much like everyone else. If her devotion was real – and he knew it was – how the shattering of her beliefs must have disturbed her! In the midst of the hurt that thinking about her, and how she had scorned his trust, he felt a new admiration for how she had handled herself in the midst of such dreadful potential danger and the collapse of her whole belief system and view of the world. His love was an imperfect, yet wonderful, person.
Noren had hidden Elninya among his blankets and scant belongings, in the thickest, most hidden portion of the thicket. He had one empty saddle bag with him, and all his coins. He rode toward the city of Delenois at a good trot, for he meant to cover the remaining several miles quickly.
When Noren got to the gate, the guards stopped him. "What's yer name and where're ye from?" asked one, a bit roughly.
"I'm Noren," he replied. "I'm from Treas, which is in the foothills, east. Why?"
"This is a city an' we need ta' know who goes in an' out," the guard replied. He had a red mustache, which was odd to Noren. "Why're ye here, Noren?"
"To get supplies, like salt, for us. It's my first time doing this."
The other guard had meanwhile written in a sort of book. They waved Noren to go in, and he rode Evena through the gate. What was that all about? he wondered. No one had ever told him that the guards asked questions before allowing one to enter. Has it changed since the last time one of us went to a city, or had the older ones forgotten, or did they not think it worthy of note?
The city was full of people. Noren was sure there were more people crowded around him on the wide flat cobblestone street than lived in Treas. He asked from a lady in a lavender dress – the sort of which in Treas no one owned more than one, but which, Noren soon learned, was not even worn by the noblewomen in that city – where he could find salt, and dried fruit.
"Salt would be the blue shop, two houses past the river, on your left. The dried fruit would be Dorsons' on Lantern Street, seven houses from the First Rose of Spring Inn," she replied shortly.
"Thank you," said Noren. She was already moving away. "Oh – and your dress is very nice."
She looked back at him, with an expression which bewildered him. Was she pleased by the compliment and attention, or did she feel snubbed? What had he said wrong? He rode on, confused, looking for a 'Lantern Street.' Surely the river could not be missed. How could he get along with city-people, in their unknown environment and customs? was the question that occupied his mind.
The salt was very expensive, and he knew that he would have to use it sparingly. He asked the lady in the shop if she had heard of anyone named Silmavalien. She would probably do sewing and knitting, or something like that. He was told, No, why should she know, and what did he want? He replied that he was curious. He had heard of her, even met her, but he did not know where she lived. After that, he left, to look for the dried fruit seller.
He led Evena to the banks of the river, and held the reins while she drank. Then, he remounted her, and wandered around the city, looking for the dried fruit shop on Lantern Street.
Noren had soon spent most of his money, and he knew that he would have to make it somehow, if he wanted to have what he could not hunt. He figured he would sell deer-skins, whenever he passed through a city. He asked around for a lady named Silmavalien, who knitted and sewed, and lived on the edges of the city. When asked why, he replied that he had once met her, and wanted to buy a scarf from her, but had forgotten to ask where she lived.
When the sun began to get low in the western sky, Noren rode out of the city. He stopped by the guards, as everyone had to do. Why he could not imagine. It came into his mind that he would have to ask someone that, someday. He urged Evena – who had done very little all day – into a comfortable canter, and reached the thicket in several minutes. He picketed her under the eaves, where there was still much grass, and slipped with his new-bought supplies into the thickest part, where he had left Elninya.
She had stayed rather where he had left her, and that was a good thing. She was very hungry, and he had been uncomfortably aware of this, even several miles away. It was odd, to have such an intimate bond, against which space was of nearly no account, and he figured that the nearer and more intimate a connection the less time and space can dull it.
Noren fed Elninya all the meat he had, and ate dry bread. If he had to live primarily on what he hunted, he figured that before too long he would miss even this hard, stale bread. He strung his bow, and shot a squirrel, which he boiled, for a breakfast for Elninya. She was so voracious that he was sure that she would eat every bit of it.
Noren snuggled with Elninya under the covers, and contemplated the change that had come over his life. In some subtle way – impossible to point to, invisible when attended to, but always there, hovering on the periphery of his awareness – everything had changed. Tastes, smells, sounds, colors, and contact-feel had all shifted, in some indescribable way, or was everything just wider? Certainly, for his little Elninya, all was incomparable width and freedom, to that of her egg. He glimpsed that she had spent innumerable ages, cramped in the confines of that egg. Yet ever she looked to the sky, and the impression and the yearning it aroused were ever in her mind, and her heart. Noren realized that not till now had he ever really noticed the sky, yet alone understood or contemplated what it might mean. It was quite beyond him to understand what it would be to be a bird or a dragon – a flying creature. Yet, through Elninya, the desire, not only to know what it was like to fly, but to fly, had entered his heart and blood. It was a thirst, which might be satisfied by flight, but never quenched by anything else.
Noren drifted into sleep, thinking of these things, with Elninya in his arms.
He woke very early in the morning, and shot a raven, at first light, for Elninya's dinner. She had awakened before him, to watch the dawn, and devoured the squirrel as soon as he got it for her, which was just after he woke up. She was already noticeably larger and heavier than she had been after hatching.
Noren intentionally entered Delenois rather later than the previous day – he had a strange feeling that he did not want to meet the same guards twice. When he entered the city, he merely told the guards he was looking for an old friend. In the city, he wandered the streets near the wall and gate. Every so often, he knocked on a door. If he was answered – which was often; many of the homes had store-fronts – he explained that he was looking for a friend, who had recently moved. Her name was Silmavalien, she made clothes, and he had heard that she lived right around here. Nobody knew of anyone like that.
It was twilight when Noren rode out of the city, and cantered down the path, to 'his thicket.' Tired, he did not shoot anything for Elninya, but tossed her the raven, and ate a hasty dinner himself. He went to sleep, snuggled with her, warmly enough under all the covers he had.
It seemed to Noren that it would be unwise to remain near the city any longer, though he was not absolutely certain that Silmavalien was not there. He had no idea how strange his behavior might be, or how long it would be before someone wondered what was the matter with him. That was the one thing he hated about being a Dragonrider – of course, he loved Elninya no less for it. One could not afford to appear weird, lest someone should investigate or question one, and one somehow accidentally give the truth away. He abhorred having to hide who he was, like a criminal. The two things that consoled him were that he was not a criminal, whether he would be considered one or not, and his love for Elninya. He would rather have her than anything civilization could offer. He would rather die with her than lose her. Nonetheless, the whole situation was a nuisance.
Early in the morning, Noren shot a couple quail, which he proceeded to cook, before leaving. Thus, it was nearly noon when Noren mounted Evena, rode her to the road and back eastwards. In one saddlebag were all the scant provisions he had, his bow and arrows, and much of his clothes. In the other was Elninya, snug with a couple blankets, and with the tie loosed just enough to admit air more freely. She did not at all like to jiggle and bounce while Evena trotted, so instead Noren alternated between a brisk walk and an easy canter, and they traveled a lot slower.
Noren encountered a few travelers on the road, almost always in groups, and mostly middle-aged or young men. He was surprised at Elninya's knowledge of every single individual. She told him that the men were day-dreaming about selling their wares, or that they were concerned about thugs and his quickly-moving mounted figure aroused their fears, even before he saw them stiffen and put their hands in their clothes, only to relax as he passed. She told him that one woman was going to see the Oracle at Delenois, about the fact that she could have no children.
Elninya, Noren asked her, can they hear you?
No, they could not. She could only hear them think. She did not know them as she knew him, she only heard their thoughts as he could hear them speak.
As the sun prepared to descend in fire behind the world, Noren looked for a place for them to spend the night. He chose a grove of trees about half a mile off the road, and rode through the grasses to reach it. He picketed Evena there, where she could eat the wet grass. He undid the saddlebags, and gently put Elninya's on the ground, for her to crawl out of. He untacked the horse, and went into the grove. Noren and Elninya ate dinner together, and then went to sleep together.
Tomorrow, he would spend the day hunting whatever kind of animals he could find in these savanna-lands, between the Orenial Rivers, before they merged about two days' ride south of Delenois. Two things bothered him: what might a coyote do to a dragon? and, would he find anything whose skin he could sell? If he hunted coyote, probably, and he was pretty sure a dragon could eat coyote, but he would rather hunt deer than small game and coyote.
Noren noticed that Elninya's skin got dry and cracked easily, so he used the fat-oils of the animals they ate to moisten her skin.
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"First, the nature of activity and the hidden currents in it have to be understood, otherwise no relaxation is possible. Even if you want to relax, it will be impossible if you have not observed, watched, realized, the nature of your activity, because activity is not a simple phenomenon.
"Many people would like to relax, but they cannot relax. Relaxation is like a flowering: you cannot force it. You have to understand the whole phenomenon — why you are so active, why so much occupation with activity, why you are obsessed with it.
"Remember two words: one is action, another is activity. Action is not activity; activity is not action. Their natures are diametrically opposite. Action is when the situation demands it, you act, you respond. Activity is when the situation doesn't matter, it is not a response; you are so restless within that the situation is just an excuse to be active.
"Action comes out of a silent mind — it is the most beautiful thing in the world. Activity comes out of a restless mind — it is the ugliest. Act more, and let activities drop on their own accord. A transformation will come to you by and by. It takes time, it needs seasoning, but there is no hurry also.
"Now you can understand what relaxation means. It means no urge to activity in you. Relaxation doesn't mean lying down like a dead man; and you cannot lie down like a dead man; you can pretend only. How can you lie down like a dead man? You are alive; you can only pretend. Relaxation comes to you when there is no urge to activity; the energy is at home, not moving anywhere. If a certain situation arises you will act, that's all, but you are not finding some excuse to act. You are at ease with yourself. Relaxation is to be at home.
"Relaxation is not only of the body, it is not only of the mind, it is of your total being.
"You are too much in activity; of course tired, dissipated, dried up, frozen. The life-energy doesn't move. There are only blocks and blocks and blocks. And whenever you do something you do it in a madness. Of course the need to relax arises. That's why so many books are written every month about relaxation, and I have never seen a person who has become relaxed through reading a book about relaxation! He has become more hectic because now his whole life of activity remains untouched. His obsession to be active is there, the disease is there, and he pretends to be in a relaxed state so he lies down. All turmoil within, a volcano ready to erupt, and he is relaxing, following the instructions from a book: how to relax.
"There is no book that can help you to relax — unless you read your own inner being, and then relaxation is not a must. Relaxation is an absence, an absence of activity, not of action.
"Don't do anything! No yoga posture is needed, no distortions and contortions of the body are needed. "Do nought!"; only absence of activity is needed. And how will it come? It will come by understanding.
"Understanding is the only discipline. Understand your activities and suddenly, in the middle of the activity, if you become aware, it will stop. If you become aware why you are doing it, it will stop. And that stopping is what Tilopa means.
"Relaxation means this moment is more than enough, more than can be asked and expected. Nothing to ask, it is more than enough, than you can desire. Then the energy never moves anywhere. It becomes a placid pool. In your own energy, you dissolve. This moment is relaxation. Relaxation is neither of the body nor of the mind, relaxation is of the total. That's why buddhas go on saying, 'Become desireless,' because they know that if there is desire, you cannot relax.


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PocketGear Acquires Handango, Creating the World's Largest Cross Platform, Open App Store
Even though we could have a lot of fun making possible new company names out of PocketGear and Handango, I will refrain for the sake of decency. I will tell you that the acquisition of Handango by PocketGear will make the open app store and content marketplace that will have "more than 140,000 paid and free titles". This will give the "4 Billion Consumers Worldwide" access to applications for devices with:
I am always fearful that merging companies together only decreases their already marginal customer service. For Handango, it would seem that they only have upwards to go. So what do you think? Have you ever bought apps from either PocketGear or Handango? Let us know what you think of these two companies becoming one with PocketGear buying Handango.
Read the whole press release after the break.
Durham, NC — February 23, 2010 — PocketGear, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Handango, the leading provider of smartphone applications globally, creating the world's largest cross platform, open app store and content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles that are available for discovery and download by the more than 4 billion consumers worldwide using Android©, Symbian OS©, BlackBerry©, Windows Mobile©, Palm©, Linux, and Java© powered mobile devices. PocketGear and Handango are the two largest independent app stores and combined to date have generated over $400 million in mobile application revenues from customers living in more than 175 countries and using over 2,000 unique mobile devices.
With the acquisition, PocketGear's mobile app marketplace has been expanded to connect more than 32,000 developers in the PocketGear Developer Program with over 40 PocketGear-powered storefront and distribution partners, including 4 of the world's top 5 handset manufacturers, 4 of the top 5 mobile operators in the US, 3 of the top 10 mobile operators globally, and leading media and ecommerce companies including Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Research in Motion, Microsoft, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless. The reach of PocketGear's direct to consumer app stores has also expanded to include the largest independent app store, Handango.com, joining PocketGear's app store network that includes PocketGear.com, Mobile2Day.de, SymbianGear.com, AndroidGear.com, RIMGear.com, Smartphone.net, and PalmGear.com. In addition, more than 1,000 app developers are now using PocketGear's developer storefront solutions to market and sell their mobile apps directly to consumers from their own websites and other marketing channels.
Upon closing, Jud Bowman will remain as President and CEO of PocketGear and Alex Bloom, current chief executive of Handango, will become Chief Operating Officer of PocketGear.
"Our vision is to facilitate an open app store ecosystem that supports every mobile device, every application, and every carrier network globally," said Jud Bowman, President and CEO of PocketGear. "By combining the two largest independent app store companies, we're creating significantly more scale and value for all of the stakeholders in the open app store ecosystem."
Bowman added, "Handset manufacturers, carriers, and media companies now have a single marketplace where they can quickly and easily connect with developers, source a catalog of apps developed specifically for their supported devices, and create a branded, revenue generating storefront and app discovery engine that works across all devices, platforms, geographies, and carrier networks."
"This is an exciting time in the app store market and we're thrilled to be joining forces with PocketGear," said Alex Bloom, CEO of Handango. "As we increase our scale, not only can we further accelerate speed to market of new devices and applications in a rapidly changing marketplace, but we're also better positioned to help our distribution and developer partners increase the overall revenues per download from both paid and free apps."
PocketGear was represented in this transaction by Kip Johnson of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.
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Brothers, Chris and Rich Norman, and their team from The Leen, Pembridge, Herefordshire have won the NMR RABDF Gold Cup 2017. Runner-up and recipient of the NMR Silver Salver is James Tomlinson, parents David and Sheila and wife Eleanor, from Bilsborrow, Lancashire.
The Normans have developed a 600-cow dairy herd along with a 200,000-bird broiler unit and an anaerobic digester on their 162-hectare family farm. Average milk yields of 5,536kg, at 4.99% fat and 3.70% protein, are combined with a cell count of 97,000cells/ml and a calving interval of 374 days.
Maximising yield from grass is a priority in this Friesian Jersey crossbred autumn block-calving herd. They target 12.5 tonnes of dry matter per hectare and look to produce 73% of their annual milk production from forage, relying on just 950kg of concentrates per cow per year.
The Normans were nominated for the Gold Cup by their grazing discussion group Wye Graze. Last year, 2017, was the first year that nominations for the Gold Cup were invited from national and regional discussion groups, allowing them to compete alongside milk recorded herds that met the qualifying production, health and genetic merit criteria required for entry.
Runner-up for the third time, James Tomlinson and his wife Eleanor have taken over the day-to-day management of the 260 Holstein pedigree cows. They look to maximise the potential of the Bilsrow herd genetics in a natural way that enhances herd longevity, while providing milk and young stock that meets their customers' requirements.
A high production herd, average yield is 11,386kg, at 4.27% fat and 3.16% protein on twice-a-day milking. They also sell 50 heifers a year and 25 stock bulls. A regular cattle breeding columnist, James has an holistic approach to breeding his cows, focusing on a combination of health, fertility and lifespan traits and production.
Winner of the 2017 Lilyhill Cup, for the highest placed Jersey herd in the Gold Cup competition went to Thomas Dickinson from Scaftworth, Doncaster.
Thomas, with parents John and Susan, runs the 270-cow Thurlstone Jersey herd supplying milk to Longley. A small amount is also sold locally through a milk vending machine. Cows on this 163-hectare unit calve in two blocks, spring and autumn, and yield 5,675kg of milk at 5.6% fat and 4.0% protein. Around 60% of milk is produced from home-grown forage.
The Chris May Memorial Award, for the herd with the highest average lifetime daily yield among qualifying Gold Cup herds, went to Gerald Lambert and herd manager Steve Lee from Darfield Farm, Stockbridge, Hampshire.
A regular award winner in the Hampshire Herd Competitions, this 157-cow Holstein herd, that averages 12,403kg of milk at 3.65% fat and 3.14% protein achieved a herd average lifetime daily yield of 18.56kg/day.
Presentation of the Gold Cup and related awards were made at Dairy-Tech, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on February 7, 2018. Judges for the 2017 award were RABDF chairman and south Gloucestershire-based producer Mike King, NMR's Jonathan Davies, Alvis Bros' Nick Green, and Leicestershire-based producer and dairy consultant Gaynor Wellwood.


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Russia Sends Humanitarian Aid to Syrians Blocked by Daesh
Two Russian Il-76 planes have delivered some 50 metric tons of Russian humanitarian aid for residents of conflict-torn Syria. 11.02.2016, Sputnik International
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© Sputnik / Andrey Stenin / Go to the photo bankRussian EMERCOM plane with humanitarian aid for the people of Syria arrives to Latakia Airport in Syria
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Two Russian Il-76 planes have delivered some 50 metric tons of Russian humanitarian aid for residents of conflict-torn Syria.
Syria's Seventh Largest City Besieged by Daesh Gets Russian-Syrian Aid
11 February 2016, 03:46 GMT
LATAKIA (Sputnik) – The cargo includes food, medicine, clothing, school supplies, as well as toys and treats for children. It will be distributed among residents of cities blocked by militants from terrorist organizations, such as Islamic State (ISIL, also known as Daesh).
Earlier, a new batch of humanitarian aid prepared jointly by Russia and Syria was delivered to the Syrian city of Deir el-Zour (ez-Zor), besieged by Daesh militants.
Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting a number of opposition factions and extremist groups, such as Daesh, which is banned in a range of countries, including Russia.
According to Siege Watch, a joint initiative of the Netherlands-based aid group PAX and the Washington-based Syria Institute, there are well over 1,000,000 Syrians under siege in various locations in the country.
Russia has been launching airstrikes against Daesh targets in Syria at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad since late September 2015. A US-led international coalition has been launching airstrikes against Daesh in Syria since September 2014, without the approval of Damascus or the United Nations.


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Quinta Brunson (* 21. prosince 1989, Filadelfie, Pensylvánie, Spojené státy americké) je americká scenáristka, herečka a producentka. Do popředí se dostala díky produkci svého vlastního pořadu na Instagramu Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date. Poté pokračovala v produkci a účinkování pro BuzzFeed Video a vyvinula dva seriály s BuzzFeed Motion Pictures.

Je tvůrkyní, výkonnou producentkou, scenáristkou a představitelkou hlavní role seriálu Základka Willarda Abbotta (2021–dosud). Na 74. ročníku udílení cen Emmy se stala první černošskou ženou, která byla nominována ve třech komediálních kategoriích. Obdržela nominace za nejlepší scénář pro komediální seriál (kterou vyhrála), nejlepší komediální pořad (jako výkonná producentka) a nejlepší herečka v hlavní roli v komediálním seriálu. Časopis Time ji v roce 2022 zařadil na seznam 100 nejvlivnějších lidí světa.

Brunson hrála v seriálech iZombie, Single Parents a Nebe s.r.o.; dabovala postavy v animovaných seriálech Lazor Wulf a Magical Girl Friendship Squad a účinkovala v první řadě komediálního pořadu Black Lady Sketch Show společnosti HBO.

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Brunson se narodila a vyrostla v západní Filadelfii. Její jméno znamená ve španělštině "pátá" a znamená, že je nejmladší z pěti dětí. Její matka, Norma Jean Brunson, je učitelkou v mateřské škole. Byla vychována jako svědkyně Jehovova.

Už od doby, kdy navštěvovala Charter High School for Architecture & Design, popisovala samu sebe jako "posedlou" komedií a svůj zájem rozvíjela navštěvováním improvizované třídy. Brunson navštěvovala Temple University ve Filadelfii a ve druhém ročníku navštěvovala kurzy na Second City v Chicagu. Krátce poté školu opustila, aby se mohla věnovat komediální kariéře.

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Držitelé ceny Emmy za nejlepší scénář (komedie)
Držitelky ceny Zlatý glóbus za nejlepší ženský herecký výkon v seriálu (komedie / muzikál)
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Владимир Иванович Лебедев (псевдоним Александров; 13 января 1885, Ростов-на-Дону — 30 марта 1956, Нью-Йорк) — эсер-боевик, лейтенант французской армии, помощник А. Ф. Керенского, управляющий Морским министерством (1917), член Военного штаба КОМУЧа, политэмигрант, писатель, редактор.

Биография

Ранние годы. 1905. Эмиграция. 1914
Версии ранней биографии Владимира Лебедева рознятся: по одним данным он родился в грузинском Ахалцихе в 1884 году, по другим — в 1883 (или 1885) в Ростове-на-Дону. Владимир окончил Тифлисское пехотное училище, стал членом Партии социалистов-революционеров (ПСР): во время Революции 1905 года он входил в Военную организацию партии, участвовал в эсеровской деятельности в Севастополе. Был участником Русско-японской войны.

После 1908 года Лебедева находился за пределами Российской империи: был в эмиграции во Франции. Являлся одним из редакторов эсеровского журнала «За народ».

После начала Первой мировой войны Лебедев вступил добровольцем во французскую армию (Иностранный легион) — за боевые отличия он стал лейтенантом французской армии и воевал на Салоникском фронте в составе экспедиционных сил Антанты в Греции. Был военным корреспондентом ряда французских и русских газет.

1917. Помощник Керенского. КОМУЧ
После Февральской революции Владимир Лебедев вернулся в Россию и поступил на государственную службу: с мая 1917 года он являлся помощником военного и морского министра А. Ф. Керенского, а в июле — августе того же года — управляющим морским министерством России.

После Октябрьского переворота и разгона Всероссийского Учредительного собрания (1918) Лебедев стал одним из организаторов Народной армии в Самаре. 19 июня 1918 года он был назначен членом Военного штаба КОМУЧа. Участвовал в боях против Красной армии, в частности, участвовал во взятии Казани, откуда захватил и вывез золотой запас Государственного банка.

Лебедев участвовал в Государственном совещании в Уфе, но уже в 1919 году повторно эмигрировал (по другой версии — был откомандирован во Владивосток и США) и перебрался в Париж, где стал соредактором журнала «Pour le Russie». С 1921 в он проживал в Праге, где был членом редколлегии журнала «Воля России» (1921—1932). Подолгу находился в Болгарии и Югославии.

Белград. Женева. Париж. США
Затем Лебедев жил в Белграде, где стал организатором и директором журнала на сербохорватском языке «Руски архив» (1928—1939), а также одним из руководителей белградского Объединения земских и городских деятелей за границей (Российский земско-городской комитет, Земгор). В 1929 году Лебедев совершил нелегальную поездку в СССР.

Лебедев участвовал в работе Нансеновского офиса помощи беженцам в Женеве. В Париже он основал Societe Nouvelle d'Editions Franco-Slaves.

В начале 1930-х годов Лебедев снова жил в Париже, где участвовал в собраниях «Кочевья» и «Дней». В 1931 году он получил французское гражданство. В 1933 году участвовал в открытии в Париже Культурно-просветительного клуба «Труд», выступал с докладами на его собраниях, вошел в правление Оборонческого движения в Париже. Публиковался в газетах и журналах: «Paris soir», «Le Peuple juif», «Excelsior», «La Vie socialiste», «Vu et lu», «Journal des Nations» (орган Лиги Наций), «Политика» и «Руски архив» (Белград). Был одним из редакторов парижского сборника «Проблемы» (1934—1936).

В 1933 году Владимир Лебедев являлся членом парижской масонской ложи «Космос» № 288 в составе Великой ложи Франции. В 1936 году он вошёл в группу «Воля России» и тогда же переехал в США, где редактировал газету «Рассвет» (Чикаго), а также был сотрудником редакции газеты «Новое русское слово» (с 1938). Принял американское гражданство. В 1942 он стал основателем и бессменным председателем Общества приехавших из Европы.

Владимир Иванович Лебедев скончался 30 марта 1956 года в Нью-Йорке и был похоронен на Свято-Владимирском кладбище в Кэсвилле (штат Нью-Джерси).

Семья

Жена (с 1908, Бельгия): баронесса Маргарита Николаевна (урожденная Спенглер; 1885—1958) — врач, член ПСР, близкая знакомая семьи георгиевского кавалера А. А. Гамбурцева и семьи поэтессы Марины Цветаевой.

Дочь: Ирина (род. 1916) — в замужестве Колль.

Произведения

Примечания

Литература

Седых А. О книге «Памяти В. И. Лебедева» // Новое русское слово.— Нью-Йорк, 1958.— 2 ноября (№ 16663).— С. 8.
Троцкий И. Вечер памяти В. И. Лебедева // Новое русское слово.— Нью-Йорк, 1957.— 4 апреля (№ 15986).— С. 3.
Слоним М. В. И. Лебедев // Новое русское слово.— Нью-Йорк, 1956.— 4 апреля (№ 15621).— С. 2.
К кончине В. И. Лебедева // Новое русское слово.— Нью-Йорк, 1956.— 1 апреля (№ 15618).— С. 1: портр.
Слоним М. Памяти В. И. Лебедева // Новое русское слово.— Нью-Йорк, 1956.— 1 апреля (№ 15618).— С. 3.

Эсеры
Масоны ВЛФ
Персоналии:Народная армия КОМУЧа
Русские эмигранты первой волны во Франции
Русские эмигранты первой волны в Югославии
Русские эмигранты первой волны в США
Мемуаристы русского зарубежья
Участники Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Солдаты Французского Иностранного легиона
Члены КОМУЧа
Похороненные на Свято-Владимирском кладбище


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Democrat Gonzalez, Republican Guerrero headed…
Democrat Gonzalez, Republican Guerrero headed for state Senate runoff
Lena Gonzalez, 33rd State Senate District candidate, greets the crowd after the first round of election results showed her in the lead on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Long Beach. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
By Kevin Modesti | kmodesti@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: March 26, 2019 at 1:25 pm | UPDATED: June 28, 2019 at 3:13 pm
Democrat Lena Gonzalez and Republican Jack Guerrero were first and second atop a big pack of candidates Tuesday night and headed for a runoff in a special election for the California Senate in Long Beach and other cities south of downtown Los Angeles.
As poll workers wait for voters to trickle in, volunteer Pam Homhuan gives students from Gethsemane Baptist Christian School a quick lesson on the voting process in Long Beach on Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2019. The students didn't travel far for their field trip since the polling place was set up at their school at Gethsemane Baptist Church. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
The election in the state's 33rd Senate district was held to replace Ricardo Lara, a Democrat who left the Senate when he was elected insurance commissioner last November. Lara had two years remaining in his four-year term.
With all 185 precincts reporting, results on L.A. County's election website showed Gonzalez, a Long Beach city councilwoman, with 30.6 percent of the votes, and Guerrero, a Cudahy city councilman, with 14.86 percent. Ten others were below 10 percent.
It's significant that the leaders were well short of 50 percent. A candidate had to get a majority to win outright. Since nobody did, the top two advance to a runoff on Tuesday, June 4.
Gonzalez campaigned as an advocate for environmental protection, more science and technology education, and a "more inclusive economy." An independent expenditure to support her bid made by oil and gas interests led opponents to question Gonzalez's commitment to the environment. But she received the most major endorsements and led the field in fundraising.
Guerrero, a Stanford and Harvard-educated CPA and economist, campaigned by touting his private- as well as public-sector experience.
"I can confidently say I will make it to runoff and continue to spread my message of government reform," Guerrero declared about an hour after the polls closed, saying he believes most voters would be willing to consider an alternative to Gonzalez in a runoff.
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With Democratic voters outnumbering Republicans by a ratio of more than 4 to 1 in the district that runs from Long Beach north along the 710 Freeway, the seat has been expected to remain in Democratic hands, where it has been since 1996. But it's not unusual that with votes were divided among the many Democratic candidates, a Republican like Guerrero would make it into a runoff.
The district has 426,703 registered voters. Turnout typically is less than 10 percent in special elections like this. Usually, more votes are cast by mail than in person.
Although 100 percent of precincts reported by early Wednesday morning, a complete vote count isn't expected for several days. New tallies are scheduled to be announced Friday, March 29, Tuesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 4, if necessary. After the county certifies results April 4, candidates have five days to request a recount.
The contest in the 33rd District was one of two California Senate special elections Tuesday. The other, in the 1st District, covering the state's northeast corner, was held to replace Ted Gaines, a Republican who had two years remaining in his Senate term when he was elected to the Board of Equalization in November. A runoff appeared likely.
The elections weren't expected to shift the balance of power in California government. With both seats vacant, Democrats hold 28 seats and Republicans hold 11. That gives Democrats more than the 27 needed to claim a two-thirds supermajority, allowing the party's senators to approve taxes and some other kinds of legislation without the acquiescence of Republican members.
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Kevin Modesti is a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Southern California News Group, covering the political scene in Los Angeles County. An L.A. native, he was a sports writer, columnist and editor for most of his career, and later an editorial board member, writer and editor in the Opinion section. He lives in the San Fernando Valley and is based in the Woodland Hills office.
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The distance to the gravitational lens is roughly 6 billion light-years (1.8Gpc). The distance to the object being lensed is over 10 billion light-years (3Gpc).
This image is 53 arcseconds across.
This image was created from HST parallel observations of the HUDF from proposal 9803: R. Thompson (U. Arizona), R. Bouwens (UCSC), M. Dickinson (NOAO), D. Eisenstein and X. Fan (U. Arizona), M. Franx (U. Leiden), G. Illingworth (UCSC) , M. Rieke (U. Arizona), and A. Riess (STScI).
The science team for this image release includes: J.P. Blakeslee (JHU), K.C. Zekser, and N. Benitez (JHU), M. Franx (STScI), R. L. White (JHU/STScI), H.C. Ford (JHU), R.J. Bouwens (Lick Obs./UCSC), L. Infante (U. Catolica de Chile), N.J. Cross (JHU), G.Hertling (U. Catolica de Chile), B.P. Holden and G.D. Illingworth (Lick Obs./UCSC), V. Motta (U. Catolica de Chile), F. Menanteau and G.R. Meurer (JHU), M. Postman (JHU/STScI), P. Rosati (ESO), and W. Zheng (JHU).
Like a photographer clicking random snapshots of a crowd of people, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken a view of an eclectic mix of galaxies. In taking this picture, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys was not looking at any particular target. The camera was taking a picture of a typical patch of sky, while Hubble's infrared camera was viewing a target in an adjacent galaxy-rich region.
The jumble of galaxies in this image, taken in September 2003, includes a yellow spiral whose arms have been stretched by a possible collision [lower right]; a young, blue galaxy [top] bursting with star birth; and several smaller, red galaxies.
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Gravitational lenses can be seen throughout the sky because the cosmos is crowded with galaxies. Light from distant galaxies, therefore, cannot always travel through space without another galaxy getting in the way. It is like walking through a crowded airport. In space, a faraway galaxy's light will travel through a galaxy that is in the way. But if the galaxy is massive enough, its gravity will bend and distort the light.
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Renzo Rossellini (né le  à Modesto, en Californie) est un producteur et scénariste italien, fils de Roberto Rossellini.

Biographie

Renzo Rossellini a produit 64 films depuis 1964. Il a réalisé un segment du film L'Amour à 20 ans, qui est entré à la Berlinale 1962. Renzo Rossellini a produit Prova d'orchestra avec Federico Fellini. Le , quelques minutes avant l'enlèvement d'Aldo Moro, il annonce à la radio qu'un attentat se prépare contre lui.

Filmographie partielle

Comme réalisateur
 1962 : L'Amour à 20 ans
 1962 : Il mondo sulle spiaggie (documentaire)

Comme producteur
 1978 : Prova d'orchestra de Federico Fellini
 1979 : Don Giovanni de Joseph Losey
 1979 : Pipicacadodo de Marco Ferreri
 1981 : Il Marchese del Grillo de Mario Monicelli
 1981 : La Peau de Liliana Cavani
 1982 : La Nuit de Varennes d'Ettore Scola
 1983 : La casa del tappeto giallo de Carlo Lizzani
 1984 : Henri IV, le roi fou de Marco Bellocchio
 1984 : Pianoforte de Francesca Comencini

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Naissance à Modesto (Californie)
Producteur italien de cinéma
Scénariste italien de cinéma
Naissance en août 1941


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800 BBC presenters could face tax investigations, says watchdog
Presenters have accused corporation of forcing them to set up special tax vehicles
Rajeev Syal
Wed 14 Nov 2018 19.01 EST
The BBC's relationship with freelancers remains unresolved, the NAO report says. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
About 800 BBC TV and radio presenters could face tax investigations over their employment status after a failure by the broadcaster to clear up its payments system, Whitehall's spending watchdog has said.
The National Audit Office said HM Revenue and Customs had opened approximately 100 investigations into BBC-related personal service companies (PSCs) after concerns were raised that they may have broken tax rules.
It said the BBC estimated 800 presenters, nearly 300 of whom were hired through PCS entities, were at risk of being challenged by HMRC.
Presenters have accused the corporation of forcing them to set up special tax vehicles to allow it to avoid paying millions in national insurance contributions.
The Radio 4 Money Box host Paul Lewis, the Front Row presenter Kirsty Lang and the DJ Liz Kershaw were among those who told parliament in March that they had been forced to set up such firms, depriving them of employment rights such as holiday and sick pay and pension contributions.
The NAO said many BBC employees were now being pursued by HMRC for unpaid tax bills, some running into thousands of pounds.
"By May the BBC estimated that some 800 presenters, nearly 300 of whom were hired through PSCs, warranted further review as they were at risk of being challenged by HMRC. This could involve tax arrears for the BBC and for the PSCs," its report says.
Meg Hillier, the chair of the public accounts committee, said more needed to be done to ensure certainty for freelancers working for the BBC. "It is worrying that, six years on, the mess of clarifying the employment status for tax purposes of people the BBC hires through PSCs has not been fully untangled," she said.
"The BBC and HMRC must work together to ensure certainty for freelancers, particularly for those freelancers who have been left in desperate circumstances."
In April 2017 the government introduced changes forcing public bodies to become responsible for determining the employment status for tax purposes of all those it hired through PSCs. Assessing such a status is complicated as there is no precise statutory test of what constitutes an employment relationship, auditors say.
"Between April and September 2017 the BBC paid £8.3m of tax (in advance) to HMRC" to avoid any penalty charges for not paying tax, the NAO report says. The BBC has not yet recouped the money from freelancers, partly "because of concerns raised by individuals", it adds.
It says the BBC has taken steps to help affected individuals but its relationship with freelancers remains unresolved and may have financial implications for the corporation.
An HMRC spokesman said: "Presenters are now increasingly paying the right tax and most do. Where presenters have not paid the right amount of tax it is right that we enforce the law so people are treated equally and fairly."
The BBC said it had approached HMRC to discuss the possibility of an alternative approach to resolving historical cases.
A BBC spokesman said: "As the NAO recognises, personal service companies are a legitimate way of contracting for services used by many across the media industry. However, determining whether an individual is employed for tax purposes is complex and in managing this we have always sought to balance the interests of our workforce and the licence fee payer.
"We recognise there are still issues to address and remain committed to resolving them. We are currently in discussions with our presenters and are actively engaged with HMRC to explore the options for resolution."
Lang welcomed the report's recognition that presenters had been put into difficult positions by the BBC and HMRC and called for the two bodies to strike a deal over outstanding inquiries.
"The BBC's clumsy implementation of these changes has had a negative effect on the relationship between management and many of the nation's best-loved presenters," she said. "If HMRC can strike a deal with organisations such as Vodafone and Goldman Sachs over tax, why not do so with the BBC?"
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Rides are now more data-driven than ever, thanks to cheaper technology and apps like Strava and Map My Ride. But with all the products available on the market, how do you know which bike computer will best fit your needs?
We break it down, step-by-step.
First, determine what kind of cyclist you are.
Whether you're just getting into the sport or you're rekindling your love for two-wheeled travel, a beginner generally isn't looking for an abundance of performance metrics. They'd like to track how many miles they've gone, average speed and duration. There are several inexpensive and reliable computers on the market that include these features and are simple to use.
Similar to a beginner, a commuter generally isn't looking for advanced metrics like heart rate or wattage. Commuter cyclists commonly ride similar routes with similar mileage on a daily basis, so a computer with an odometer, average speed and duration capability, plus long battery life, is all they're looking for. Wear and tear is an issue for commuters due to their high volume of miles, so reliability and ruggedness are two must-haves.
A hobbyist, or cycling enthusiast, is someone who rides regularly on the weekends and trains with the intent to get faster and stronger. Naturally, a computer with an odometer, average speed and elapsed time features is important, but a hobbyist can benefit greatly from additional, performance-based data. Heart rate, speed and cadence sensor compatibility are simple cost-effective metrics that can provide huge leaps in performance if used effectively.
A competitor takes the characteristics of a hobbyist one step further. Competitors train often and generally require additional features and connectivity for power meters, WiFi, smartphones, Strava, tracking, navigation, altimeters, temperature and Di2 shifting. If these metrics sound foreign or overwhelming to you, pass. But if you're a serious cyclist looking for any and all performance benefits, you fall into this category.
Second, figure out what tech is best for you.
It's 2018, so it's likely you own a smartphone of some sort. There are several free cycling apps that will track your speed, duration and route and store each ride's data for future analysis. While their ease of use and price points couldn't be friendlier, these apps can eat at your monthly data and battery life. Take note that accuracy is also affected in areas with questionable service.
What tech is best for you?
Wired computers are a great first step into the world of adding metrics to your rides. A magnetic speed sensor is attached to the fork, and a wire winds up the fork and attaches to the computer at your handle bars. These wired options have become less and less prevalent as wireless and Bluetooth technology has become cheaper and more accessible. If you're looking for a quick, cheap and accurate way to keep track of your mileage, a wired computer is a good option. Remember, wired computers are heavier and more cumbersome than their wire-free counterparts.
You guessed it—a wireless computer will track your metrics sans-wires. These relatively inexpensive units will pair with a range of sensors that will pick up your speed, heart rate, cadence and more. While they won't track your route due to a lack of onboard GPS capabilities, they are a reliable and simple way to collect data from your rides.
The most common of all cycling computers, GPS-enabled computers will track your route, speed and distance without the need of any additional sensors. Once uploaded, cyclists can see a map complete with their performance metrics in real time. GPS-enabled computers have taken huge leaps in the past few years in terms of reliability, accuracy and features. Bluetooth and ANT+ compatibility now include power meter, heart rate, Di2, cadence and speed sensors.
While base models generally omit in-depth features like calories burned, turn-by-turn navigation, temperature, training load, altimeter metrics and Strava-live segments, high-end models include everything mentioned and more. Most GPS computer manufacturers have developed smartphone apps that wirelessly pair the device to your phone for immediate uploads, as well as text and call alerts. If you're truly looking to get the most out of your ride (and yourself), a GPS-enabled computer is the way to go.
Now that you've determined your riding style and what kind of computer will best fit your needs, we've listed our favorite product on the market for each option.
Compatible with most GPS-enabled computers and used as a standalone device, Strava is a great way to track your rides, connect with fellow cyclists and compete for KOMs on segments in your area. Simply download from the App Store, set up an account and start tracking your rides—no equipment needed.
This entry-level wired cycling computer from Sigma includes all the basic metrics you'll need (distance, average speed, current speed, ride time, clock) in an affordable and lightweight package.
Known for its reliability, affordability and long battery life, CatEye's Padrone Plus Black is its newest wireless cycling computer. In addition to the basic metrics, the backlit screen is a nice addition to an already successful device. We especially liked the low-profile design.
Want to go all out with every feature under the sun? The Edge 820 is Garmin's performance and racing bike computer that includes a high-resolution touch display and turn-by-turn navigation housed in a sleek, lightweight package. If connectivity and data is a must-have, look no further.


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"The Burden of the Balkans" By M. Edith Durham 1863-1944
in Modern Historians, Modern Macedonian History / by Admin / on May 1, 2008 at 8:59 am /
Page 29-30
…the actual blow of final separation between the Churches did not take place till Io054, they were already practically divided when the Serbs and Bulgars were converted to Christianity by the Greek missionaries from Salonika
When Byzantium was attacked by the Latins, Michael Angelo Comnenus, vaguely related to the imperial family, put himself at the head of the people of South Albania at the beginning of the thirteenth century, and founded a large State called the Despoty of Epirus, which ultimately included Epirus, Thessaly, the Ochrida districts and part of North Albania
To this end he spent much time in Macedonia. 'Macedonia,' be it observed, is a conveniently elastic term, which is made to include all the territory anyone wishes to annex. It is a loose, and therefore misleading term.
I have even met people who believe there is a special race which they call 'Macedonian,' whose 'cause' they wish to aid. The truth is, that in a district which has no official frontiers, and never has had any stable ones, there are people of six races, who, as we have seen, all have causes to be considered.
I shall speak only of the part I have stayed in- the districts of Lakes Ochrida and Presba. Here there are Greeks, Slavs, Albanians, and Vlahs. Of Turks, except officials and such of the army as may be quartered on the spot, there are few. The Albanians, I believe, are all Moslem. Should there be any Christians they would be officially classed as Greeks. A large part of the land near Lake Presba is owned by Moslem Albanians as ' chiftliks ' (farms).
These Slav-speaking peasants in the districts I visited are the lowest and least intelligent of all the folk I knew in the Balkan Peninsula or elsewhere. They are truly pitiable examples of the human race. Less capable than the other peoples, they have fallen undermost of all in the struggle for existence, though in many districts they are numerically superior. Some attribute their degraded condition entirely to oppression. This I believe to be only partially true. They have probably suffered the most because they are the unfittest. Were it not for the fat lands that they inhabit, it is doubtful whether the other nations would hasten to claim kindred with them. The honest, intelligent, and capable with whom I had to do in that no man's land were all either Greek, Albanian, or Vlah. Of the Albanians and Greeks who worked for us I must speak very highly. It is this mass of ignorant, low-typed population that politicians struggle to manipulate, and from them that the Russo-Bulgarian State was to have been largely wrought.
With the appointment of the Bulgarian Exarch in I870 came the Bulgarian propaganda throughout this district. The Christian population, which till then had been united, and called itself Greek, was torn in twain and thereby weakened. The money and energy of the people was used up on party quarrels and political plots
Bulgarian Bishops, under Russian protection, are still able to plan brigand bands to raid Serb and Greek villages, under the noses of the reform officers, and Greek and Serb organize rival bands to defend themselves. And while Austria subsidizes Albanian Beys in Kosovo Vilayet, Russian officers ride round Greek villages and swear they shall have no help unless they say they are Bulgar.
As for the alternative plan, which is favoured by some, and greatly disliked by others of the Christian peoples whose interests are concerned that of appointing a Christian European Governor to a State to be arbitrarily mapped out and called Macedonia-it might stave off for a time the partition of the territories that must ultimately take place, but as it would rest on no historical, geographical, or racial basis, it would do little more. For the crux of the whole matter is not Turk versus Christian any longer. The question now is, how much of the Turk's land shall be occupied by Serb, Bulgar, Greek and Albanian respectively.
And all the time the priest's long, yowling intonation rose above the general talk, the congregation crossed itself, we bowed our heads, were censed and splattered with holy water, and nobody showed the smallest reverence or devotional feeling. Nor was there anything to distinguish the 'Greek' congregation from the 'Bulgarian.' The attendance at one or the other is merely a case of party politics
When Von Hahn visited Ochrida in I868 he found one Slav school and four Greek, and the people expressed their preference for the Greek party
Maria, told me triumphantly that it had consisted of no less than 250 men, who had all escaped. Talk turned on ' chetas.' 'Do you know what they are doing? [Bulgars] ' asked Achilles bitterly. I did not. 'They are killing Greeks,' he said fiercely. ' Killing Greeks! ' said I in amazement. ' Yes,' he replied; 'they are not fighting Turks, but Greeks. They go armed to a village, and they offer the people a petition to sign. It is to ask for a Bulgar priest, and to say they are Bulgars. They do not wish to change their priest, but if they do not sign they will be shot We Greeks have had enough of this. I myself have had to give money to them. Otherwise I should have been shot from behind a wall the first time my business took me outside the town. Now we have sworn an oath we will stand it no longer. We shall organize Greek bands, and for every Greek that is shot we shall kill ten Bulgars.'
Nor has there been another attack upon the Moslems, but the Bulgars have occupied themselves throughout the summer by making attacks upon Greek villages, which the Greeks have continued to avenge
I tried to get it in the Greek, the Bulgar, and the Turkish edition; also in the Albanian and Serb if possible, and there was a perfect library of tales all quite different
But having lived now with the Montenegrins, the Serbs, and the 'Bulgarian Macedonians,' I clung to the idea that somehow or other I must get right into Albanian territories,
That, being Bulgar, neither Serb, Greek, nor Albanian had a good word to say for him was a matter of course
The European intervention which they demanded was to support only Bulgarian claims; 'autonomy for Macedonia' was to be a half-way house to Great Bulgaria.
Maria rushed in: ' The Bishop, the Bishop I ' His Grace entered solemnly, Maria kissed his hand humbly, and retired, so did one widow; the other sat firm and ignored His Grace completely. She was a stout, elderly party, with a good deal of presence. I perceived she intended to sit the Bishop out. The Bishop looked at her. She gazed over his head. For a little while he ignored her. Then he said suddenly to the child: ' What school do you go to? ' ' The Greek,' said the widow. ' That is a pity,' said the Bishop. 'No, it isn't,' said the widow. 'Greek is more useful.' ' Children should learn the language of their father and their nation,' said the Bishop severely. 'This child's father was an Armenian,' retorted the widow triumphantly. 'It is my daughter's child, and I am Greek.'
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William Milligan Sloane – The Balkans : a laboratory of history – 1914
The outgoing Turk : impressions of a journey through the western Balkans (1897)
John Van Antwerp Fine, The Early Medieval Balkans: a critical survey from the sixth to the late twelfth century
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Claire Fishburn (Tenant Support Worker) met with the NCS group on Friday 30th November to discuss how to support our organisation through fundraising and donations. Examples of things many young people need when they first move in to our accommodation are bedding, towels, and cutlery.
Due to the hard work and commitment of the NCS group Community Campus received 8 gift wrapped large boxes consisting of cutlery, saucepans, bowls, toilet rolls and bedding. All of these items are greatly appreciated and will all be used for young people who are in need when they move into to their first tenancy with us. We would like to say a great big thank you to all involved.
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 Богушівка — Рівненська область, Млинівський район.

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Богушівка () — село, Підкарпатське воєводство, гміна Бірча.


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The power and pitfalls of championing emerging surf cultures
This article is from Edition 14: Emergence
Written by Sam Bleakley
As a professional longboarder, geographer, writer and filmmaker, Sam Bleakley is a passionate seeker and champion of emerging surf culture. How can the surf community empower people doing things differently?
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When thinking about the state of surf storytelling, Sam says, it's important to place dominant Western narratives in the context of a rich, ancient history of global waveriding that emerged long before American surf culture took root in the early twentieth century and boomed in the 1960s.
People have been surfing in the South Pacific since pre-modern times, and in Hawaii for at least 1500 years. There is evidence of wooden river-board riding on China's Hangzhou bore around 1000 years ago, and a long culture of waveriding in East and West Africa. "There was huge suppression in the European colonial period of aquatic narratives, particularly in West Africa," Sam explains. "Early accounts speak very positively about West Africans' ocean coastal skills, swimming, riding canoes, riding wooden boards. But obviously the whole history of slavery completely changed the power base of the coastline: as a place of danger, as an outpost of the slave trade, as a place of slave kidnappings. The impact white Europeans have had on coastal cultures around the world has been really derogatory and damaging for waveriding."
'The impact white Europeans have had on coastal cultures around the world has been really derogatory and damaging for waveriding.'
These histories have been largely displaced in today's surf-media landscape, which generally champions elite shortboard riding. Much more needs to be done, Sam thinks, to reconnect with these narratives. But surf storytelling today is rich in other ways. Although print media has suffered, there is more content than ever thanks to the internet. There is fantastic work to be found among the whitewater. He references Tim Winton's Breath, William Finnegan's Barbarian Days and Easkey Britton's Saltwater in the Blood and Mami Wata's Afro Surf.
There is also more diversity and criticality. Women are much better represented (She Surf by Lauren Hill), as are academic perspectives connecting surfing to 'blue health', mental health (he cites Jamie Marshall), mindfulness, conflict resolution and sustainable tourism (Jess Ponting) and the long history of aquatic culture in Africa (Kevin Dawson). Nick Ford's sociology work, meanwhile, has provided a "template which many writers have now followed up with."
Photo courtesy of Sam Bleakley/Brilliant Corners
Sam's storytelling - magazine pieces, books and the film series Brilliant Corners - sits in this landscape. Its undercurrent is his desire to broaden our understanding of what surf culture is. Throughout our conversation Sam champions people surfing and being surfers in new ways: adaptive surfers, longboarders taking surfing in more dance-like directions, Lucy Small demanding (and winning) equal prize money for men and women.
Far from a homogenous culture focused on elite athleticism, he envisions a culture of local difference. "Why not reframe grassroots surf culture as putting on carnivals and exhibitions at your local beach environment, knowing that you're developing lifeguard culture, beach tourism, beach safety and you could put on your own exhibitions at your own level?" he asks rhetorically. 'There's more to surfing than performance shortboards!' his work shouts.
'Why not reframe grassroots surf culture as putting on carnivals and exhibitions at your local beach environment, knowing that you're developing lifeguard culture, beach tourism, beach safety and you could put on your own exhibitions at your own level?'
Sam's main interest in the emergent, though, is geography, and specifically the intersection of landscape, surf culture and sustainable development in developing and often overlooked places. This is the subject of Brilliant Corners, through which Sam has travelled to Madagascar, Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados, Liberia, China, Sierra Leone, Oman, Ghana, the Philippines, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, India, Senegal, Algeria and Zanzibar.
Cultural exchange is a fantastic and natural process, Sam says, "but it's about a balance of empowering indigenous wisdom." Surfing must avoid the dynamic of "the outsider - the well-educated white saviour - going into a community with what they believe to be superior ideas and technology." The starting point must always be curiosity and humility.
Sam cites Papua New Guinea's Surf Management Plan as a fantastic example of this balance. Under the plan, surf areas in Papua New Guinea are subject to visitor quotas and visitor fees, determined and managed by traditional clans. Income is channelled into community and environmental initiatives, and the rights and expertise of indigenous clans is respected. The model was spearheaded by Andrew Abel, who remains the President and Co-Founder at Surfing Association of Papua New Guinea.
Photos courtesy of Sam Bleakley/Brilliant Corners
There are many aspects to creating sustainable, resilient, locally led surf cultures, says Sam, who lectures in sustainable tourism at Falmouth University. Local business ownership and employment, a thriving domestic tourist market (Covid has exposed how international travel isn't a given), good infrastructure and a clear sense of an area's carrying capacity are all crucial.
The key, though, is local stakeholders leading as much of this as possible. "Locally led initiatives have massive local benefits around education, health care and sustainability," he says, "and empower communities to be stewards of their coastline as the people who, over time, are going to be most precious and passionate about it."
But what about in a storytelling context? Given the colonial history of surfing, there is a danger that Western storytellers perpetuate that domination when telling stories about developing communities. What are the risks here, and how does Sam avoid them?
The uncomfortable truth, he says, is that his privilege as a professional surfer and educated storyteller specifically puts him in position to secure the funding required to tell these stories. Ironically, given Brilliant Corners explicitly places surfing in broader cultural contexts, its budgets are low; the market for culturally minded surf stories simply isn't as large as that for big-wave surfing or shortboard competition (although the WSL worked with Sam producing the most recent season of Brilliant Corners). This means the team is small and light. Although Sam says would love to see, for example, a West African surfer fronting their own travel series, it's not that simple given the resource constraints as waveriding continues to grow.
As well as making sure the budget is spent within the communities he travels to, and not on excessive production, Sam places great importance on portraying surf communities in a positive light, and exploring how surfing connects to different aspects of local cultures. In a nutshell, he sees this work as re-addressing Western misrepresentations.
He is the first to admit that he doesn't always get it right. He references his first Brilliant Corners film, about Haiti - a country he did his PhD on. Because the episode was made just before surf culture there really started blossoming, "the film lacks integrity, because it needed that local surf community to really balance my role as an outsider. So I look back on that with a little bit of embarrassment."
This kind of self-reflection, and Sam's drive to diversify the stories told about surfing, is welcome. His work is a model for adventure journalism that connects adventure sports to wider cultural issues and contexts, stepping outside usual, performance-focused narratives. "A lot of my stuff is kind of the antithesis to war correspondents," Sam says. "It's places that are so used to being shared in times of need through environmental, social or political crises, but it's about finding and celebrating positives in those places that don't normally get in the news stories."
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Sam Bleakley
Dr Sam Bleakley is a writer, geographer, adventure activist, associate lecturer (in sustainable tourism at Falmouth University), presenter, filmmaker, surf contest commentator and former multiple European Longboard Champion from Cornwall in the UK. He curates and delivers creative and intellectual work on surfing, sustainable tourism and geography through books, films, articles, workshops, lectures, events and educational programs. You can learn more about his books, his film series Brilliant Corners and his wide-ranging work at his website.