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Pyengana is a village in north-east Tasmania, Australia. At the , Pyengana had a population of 123.

It is part of the Break O'Day Council administrative region, with less than 1% in the Dorset LGA. The regional centre is St Helens which is approximately 27 kilometres to the east. Pyengana is a rural farming region with a number of natural and historical heritage sites.

History
Permanent settlement commenced around 1875 with pioneering settlers such as George and Margaret Cotton who raised a family of nine children at the property they called St Columba.

Georges River Post Office opened on 1 December 1885 and was renamed Pyengana in 1888.

The area had several tin mines such as the Anchor Tin Mine and Battery situated in the Pyengana Pass.

Natural heritage areas
Natural heritage areas include St Columba Falls (a cascading waterfall with the highest plunge of 90 metres), Halls Falls, and Blue Tier.

Local businesses

The area is known for its Pyengana Cheese Factory which is run by 4th generation cheese maker Jon Healey and his family. The factory specialises in cloth bound cheddar.

Another local business is the 'Pub in the Paddock' which was established around 1880 and is inside a paddock. It boasted a beer drinking pig which has since passed on, but there is another pig there now that will also drink beer, but only that which is brought to it by the publican.

Anchor Farms began growing organic gourmet potatoes in 1995 and now supply nationwide and export to South East Asia.

Further reading
'Pyengana - A New Country' by Gwen Webb

References

Towns in Tasmania
North East Tasmania
Localities of Break O'Day Council
Populated places established in the 1870s

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I've been very frustrated lately.
Lots of stuff hurts. My knee is better, but my body is really out of whack from being hurt so long. My shoulder is worse than it's been in the past. My hip hurts from getting pulled. It seems like I can't go a week without something hurting.
I also feel weak. I know my absolute weight-moving strength in the gym has gone up, but mostly it's a matter of increased lifting expertise. I'm just not as able to carry heavy stuff, help people move, tote bales, etc. A good portion of this feeling is injuries, but I feel like weights can help fix that.
My body fat has also crept up, slowly. I never had abs (and don't care if I do) but I miss being fairly lean. I'm hardly fat, but by the standards I used to compete at, I'm not in a happy place and carry too much stuff I don't need.
I've also been busy, and my schedule makes it impossible to do MMA more than once a week.
On bright point, really, is that I use what I've got much better. I've had people tell me I feel stronger doing MMA, because I'm just using what I have more effectively. But I'd like some muscle mass to back that up, because I like how I look and feel with a little more muscle.
- I'm going to focus on strength and muscle mass. I want to get back to a baseline feeling of strength. Secondarily, I want to ensure I keep a baseline of cardio so I can roll for 90 minutes each Saturday without being wrecked. To do this, I'm going to do a workout based on Paul Carter's Strong-15 approach.
- I'm going to try to lean out.
- I can't get to MMA more than once a week, so I'm going to focus on lifting to get to my goal. I can get to the gym 6 days a week, if necessary, because I work in a gym. I'll be lifting 3x a week for most of the year.
- I'm going to assiduously avoid injury through careful lifting and training - in fact, I'm setting my goal weights so stupidly low it's funny to write them down. All I care about is getting my baseline, every day, walking around strength up, regardless of how the numbers look or feel. My goal will be to get the most value out of the lighter weights I'm doing.
I don't think these goals are contradictory, except maybe "don't get hurt" and "do MMA." But with proper periodization I should be able to get this done.
So that's what you will see going forward in my workout log.
See, ridiculously low. All stuff I could probably get tomorrow, especially the DL. But better to aim low and demolish the weights and get really good at the exercises again than to aim too high and miss.
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Get those weights, be able to get them consistently, then increase volume to build work capacity and you're way stronger and more fit than 98% of people walking around!
Jungledoc wrote: Get those weights, be able to get them consistently, then increase volume to build work capacity and you're way stronger and more fit than 98% of people walking around!
That's what I am hoping. I figure, I'll lose more by aiming too high than by aiming too low and stomping the weights flat.
Oops, listed my press training max 10 pound too high, so I fixed it.
Have you tried ear plugs to solve the baby crying issue Peter?
Proper Knob wrote: Have you tried ear plugs to solve the baby crying issue Peter?
It's been suggested to me before. But I find I don't sleep well with them in.
He's starting, finally, to cry a bit less. But man, my sleep was terrible for a while.
Well, he'll start sleeping through the night. Then in a few years you'll be awake all night worrying if he's safe, or about the life choices he's making.
Jungledoc wrote: Well, he'll start sleeping through the night. Then in a few years you'll be awake all night worrying if he's safe, or about the life choices he's making.
Spoke too soon - man, did he wake up and cry a lot last night. My sleep was really erratic and not-restful.
Haha! I haven't been following your life too closely for a while, so I just assumed you and the new wife... well, you know. I'll save the parenting comments until they are actually needed!
Jungledoc wrote: Haha! I haven't been following your life too closely for a while, so I just assumed you and the new wife... well, you know. I'll save the parenting comments until they are actually needed!
Yeah, not yet. Our new downstairs neighbors beat us to it. It would easier if he were ours - it's kind of bad because if he's having teething issues or didn't get his nap or something, we don't know. We find out during the night when he cries.


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Top 61 Barbed Wire Tattoo Ideas – [2021 Inspiration Guide]
Next Luxury / Style, Tattoos
by — Brian Cornwell
From the cowboys keeping cattle in line to the soldiers on the battlefield keeping enemies at bay, barbed wire has cut its way into the history books.
When Joseph F. Glidden introduced the perfected invention of barbed wire back in 1873 it quickly took the world by storm.
Though, like all inventions, it took several milestones to reach with the original idea which actually dates all the way back to Englishman Richard Newton in 1845. Over the course of time, adding clusters of sharp spikes at intervals along the thin steel wire would prove to be possible.
Toward to the 19th century, demand for barbed wire soared to new heights. With the American frontier moving westward, the scare availability of traditional fencing materials like wood and stone in the Great Plains meant unfavorably high costs. In comparison, barbed wire was considerably less expensive to purchase and near effortless to install.
Of course, ranchers and farmers weren't the only ones who wanted the cattle retaining technology. So did the railroad companies to keep livestock from wandering on their tracks. Within time, barb wire would also find its way into the battlefield with its first appearance back in the Spanish American war and Russo Japanese War.
When World War I rolled around barbed wire offered a solution to keeping combatants out of the trenches. As a deterrence, it also helped paved the wave for more machine gun and grenade action thanks to the larger distance of separation.
History aside, gentlemen who get barbed wire tattoos get them for numerous reasons. For starters the style can act as a symbol of war with a memorial-based meaning behind it. It can also serve as a reminder of being a prison behind penitentiary bars whether through combat or crime.
Religious gentlemen can interrupt barbed wire as a symbol of the Crown of Thorns Jesus once wore. While, farmers and rangers might just like the idea based upon its heritage in relation to their line of work. In reality, there's a lot of different reasons males go with the traditional design, some of which have far deeper meanings.
With that in mind, go ahead and explore these top 60 best barbed wire tattoo designs for men below. You'll find a handful of cool ideas ranging from realistic to old school. Not to mention, if you think barbed wire is reserved for only armbands you'll be surprised. The truth is, this creative ink style can be placed just about anywhere you'd like on the body.
1. Barbed Wire Hand Tattoos
Instantly visible, traditionally the hands have been some of the last places to get tattooed, although in the age of Post Malone and teens getting face tattoos this has changed a bit. A barbed wire tattoo on the hand, whether across the knuckles, inside the palm or on the back of the hand, is a powerful statement about the wearer's rough and tumble aesthetic and appreciation of all things "tough".
2. Black Ink Barbed Wire Tattoos
Black ink is perfectly suited to create these barbed wire designs that speak to tattoo enthusiasts with scrappier sensibility. Whether they are simple designs that use barbed wire as filler ink to cover blank skin, or as standalone pieces that incorporate interesting elements, black ink and barbed wire go hand in hand.
3. American Traditional Barbed Wire Tattoos
The American traditional style is the progenitor of Western tattooing and it still holds up against contemporary work. The style arose out of the rough world of sailors and this nautical imagery featured heavily in the flash of these original tattoo artists. Skulls and daggers, ships and cannons; barbed wire fits right into this tradition of rum drinking, hardworking tattoo design.
4. Barbed Wire Skull Tattoos
People have been getting skulls tattooed on their bodies for decades and they continue to do so. Perhaps it is the way these macabre elements highlight the temporary nature of life and the sense of irony that is created by permanently inking them on your body. Whatever the reason, skulls make for interesting designs, and are perfectly suited to incorporate with barbed wire.
5. Simple Barbed Wire Tattoos
Sometimes people prefer to keep their designs simple; not every piece needs to incorporate hyper-realistic details to create a successful tattoo and barbed wire is perfect for these simpler designs. With the use of a few precise lines, a talented artist is able to perfectly capture the unmistakable shape of barbed wire, eschewing the details and complexity of other designs.
6. Neo Traditional Barbed Wire Tattoos
Borrowing the bold line work of American traditional tattooing but loosening the reigns a bit when it comes to color, application and subject matter, the neo-traditional style is responsible for some of the most stunning tattoos of the last 10 years. Thanks to the greater freedom that this style permits, it is perfectly suited to incorporate a number of different creative compositions and design elements, like barbed wire. These tattoos are great examples of what is capable with the neo-traditional style and an interesting concept.
7. Minimalist Barbed Wire Tattoos
For some people less is more. There is something to be said about tattoos designs that utilize the minimal number of lines and ink to create interesting designs. Once again we see why barbed wire is an immensely popular subject for these understated tattoos; through the use of only a few lines, the unmistakable shape of barbed wire can be successfully achieved without the need for additional elements like color or shading.
8. Innovative Barbed Wire Tattoos
Good artists are constantly pushing boundaries, and tattoo art is no different. Some artists take an approach that redefines what a successful composition looks like, incorporating photo-realistic elements into abstract, collage like arrangements that can leave an observer's jaw agape.
Other artists use vibrant colors and an interactive placement like in the crook of the arm to create a one of a kind piece of body art. These tattoos are good examples of what is possible in the realm of innovative barbed wire tattoos.
Barbed Wire Tattoo FAQs
What does a barbed wire tattoo symbolize?
Barbed wire has gained a number of different connotations since people started inking it on their bodies decades ago. In the most general terms, barbed wire is often used as a symbol of overcoming hardship, while simultaneously transmitting an air of being unapproachable. However, there are some more specific meanings behind these prickly tattoos.
First off is the association with prison. Barbed wire is an old school prison tattoo that represented time spent behind bars and is a reference to the barbed wire that circles prisons around the world. Barbed wire also holds significance to those in the military, thanks to the historic and continuing role that it plays as a part of the fortification process.
Finally there is the religious association that barbed wire holds regarding Christ and his crown of thorns; barbed wire can be used as a daily reminder of the struggle and sacrifice that Jesus made.
Besides its significance as a standalone piece, when used in cooperation with other elements barbed wire can augment their meanings in interesting ways. A heart on its own is a symbol of love and dedication; when a heart is wrapped in barbed wire an entirely different significance is created. This ability to enhance and alter the meaning of different elements to create unique tattoos, perhaps, is barbed wire's greatest contribution to tattoo design.
Enjoy these barbed wire tattoos but looking for other examples of old school ink themes? Check out the links below for more bad ass galleries
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ISTE Appoints Veteran District Technology and Nonprofit Leader to Board of Directors
Statement from ISTE CEO Richard Culatta on Senate Net Neutrality Vote
Washington, DC - May 16, 2018 - Statement from Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), about the U.S. Senate vote on net neutrality:
"The promise of an open internet is foundational to providing equitable learning opportunities to all students, not just those who can afford them," said ISTE CEO Richard Culatta. "We applaud the Senate for this bipartisan effort to overturn the FCC's decision to end net neutrality. We want to particularly recognize the senators who put aside party lines to do the right thing for educators and students. We are hopeful that members of the U.S. House will show their leadership to ensure access to high-quality educational resources continues to be a national priority."
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit organization that works with the global education community to accelerate the use of technology to solve tough problems and inspire innovation. Our worldwide network believes in the potential technology holds to transform teaching and learning.
ISTE sets a bold vision for education transformation through the ISTE Standards, a framework for students, educators, administrators, coaches and computer science educators to rethink education and create innovative learning environments. ISTE hosts the annual ISTE Conference & Expo, one of the world's most influential edtech events. The organization's professional learning offerings include online courses, professional networks, year-round academies, peer-reviewed journals and other publications. ISTE is also the leading publisher of books focused on technology in education. For more information or to become an ISTE member, visit iste.org. Subscribe to ISTE's YouTube channel and connect with ISTE on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.


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  const uint8_t* GetScanline(int line);
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  int GetWidth() { return m_OutputWidth; }
  int GetHeight() { return m_OutputHeight; }
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The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism legislation has been in place in New Zealand since 2013 and in addition to applying to your relationship with us from 1 October, will apply to your relationship with any Real Estate Agent you deal with after 1 January 2019.
This reflects New Zealand's commitment to the international initiative to counter the impact that criminal activity has on people and economies within the global community.
From 1 October 2018, accountants will be required to have measures in place to help them detect money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
As an accounting firm, we need to assess the potential risk we face from money launderers and those financing terrorism and must identify potentially suspicious activity. To make that assessment, we need to obtain and verify information from existing and potential clients before we are able to perform certain accounting services for them. This is known as "client due diligence".
To confirm these details, we will need documents that include photo identification like your passport or current driver's licence and also documents that show your address, such as a bank account statement or utility bill.
If you are seeing us about a trust or company, we will need to collect information relating to the trust or company and also the people associated with it (such as directors, shareholders, trustees, and beneficiaries). We will identify these people where possible, but we will be relying on you to help us in identifying all persons for whom we need to carry out due diligence. We will make this as easy as possible by providing you with detailed guidance on what we need.
In some cases, such as where the client is a trust, we will need to ask for information on the source of funds and wealth for a transaction. Again, we will make this as easy as possible by giving you detailed guidance on what we need.
What happens if I've been a long term client of PKF Rutherfords?
Even if you have been a client for a long time, we may still be required to gather documentation and verify your identify.
If you have any queries or concerns about these new requirements, please don't hesitate to contact us.


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What is Schmick and where is it available?
Schmick's SELECT membership has been designed exclusively for the Suncorp Network. Schmick aims to provide their customers with convenient, cost-effective and quality solutions that help keep a vehicle in optimum condition.
The Schmick SELECT membership is available in Brisbane and Melbourne greater metropolitan areas only, for vehicles up to 8 years old.
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It is with great pride that we would like to thank the Southington community for PROMising to keep the young people in our community safe during prom season. Many citizens, from all sectors of the community, came together to take the 'PROMise'—pledging they would not provide underage youth with any liquor or substances on prom night.
Parents held no tolerance parties and local businesses, hotels and package stores PROMised to help keep our prom goers safe.
A special thank you to Homewood Suites and The Residence Inn, both on West Street, where measures were taken to ensure staff knew about prom night and to be vigilant for underage parties.
In addition, thank you to the Aqua Turf, where we lined the entrance with reminders of the 'PROMise' for the youth attendees.
It is with the help of the community that we are able to provide a safety net for our young people to help them make safe, substance-free decisions. Here in Southington, we make substance abuse prevention a priority.


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Tourism in Huaxi, China's richest village takes flight
by RobertFoyle
Enough about Hangzhou or Suzhou, we've found a new holiday destination for anyone searching for a break from monotonous city life. Depicted as a "dystopian" Chinese village, the richest village in China has its villagers working 7 days a week at factories for open access to housing, luxury cars, clothing and even free cooking oil. With its heart set on turning itself into a tourist hotspot, Huaxi has released plans to purchase its own fleet over the next 5 years. With two helicopters in possession, costing them a hefty 90 million yuan, two pilots are set to start trial tourist flights later this year.
"We've waited so long for the low-altitude airspace to be opened. The two helicopters in the village will begin tourist flights in mid December," said Zhou Li, manager of the Huaxi Village tourism company.
The fleet is not limited to tourism, as Zhou Li also elaborates on a pilot training program, which he sees as a "huge but untapped market".
"We plan to train at least 100 people as pilots and we will 'rent' them to other parts of the country," said Zhou.
Huaxi is only 100 km to the west of Shanghai, so you might want to rethink your holiday destination for Christmas. It even provides replicas of famous landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, to ensure that you won't miss Huaxi for the world. If this all sounds too ludicrous to be true there's a video on the village so all you jet-setters can check out what to expect before deciding to take their fleet to the test.


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The William KROLL family in Luxembourg
Preamble [1]
My interest in the Kroll family was prompted by my friend R.M. who, as a child, had met William (Wilhelm, Guillaume) Kroll in the 1950s. William Kroll used to visit his 2 brothers living in the rue des Fleurs in Grevenmacher, a few houses down from where R.M. used to live. When William came to Grevenmacher (in his silver Mercedes car with a "red" Belgian number plate) to visit his 2 brothers Adolphe and Paul, he brought chocolate for the children in the neighbourhood … Adolphe and Paul had been living in Grevenmacher since the 1930s and were well known and respected.
In the course of my initial investigation I found out that I grew up close to William Kroll's laboratory in avenue Gaston Diderich in the Belair suburb of Luxembourg City. William Kroll lived in number 44 (which later became number 54) and I lived in number 132 of the avenue. My school was situated opposite his laboratory and I vividly remember collecting chestnuts from the huge tree in front of the villa William Kroll had lived in. This was after 1952, when William Kroll had already closed his laboratory, so I could not have come across him on my way to school.
Lastly, when I recently visited with R.M. the Kroll family grave in the Cimetière Notre-Dame in Luxembourg and when I found out that as recently as 2018 the Lycée technique of Esch-sur-Alzette had been renamed Lycée Guillaume Kroll, I decided to find out more about William Kroll and his family in Luxembourg.
I started my investigation of the Kroll family with Carl Friedrich August Kroll, William's grand-father.
Carl Friedrich August KROLL
Carl was born in 1808. On 4 August 1835 he married in Münster Regina LAPORTE, born in 1811. The marriage Register in Münster gives a minimum of information on the couple (empty spaces in the Register form), as compared to other marriages celebrated at the time [2] .
The later events show that bride Regina was pregnant at the time of the wedding since her first child Joseph Carl is born only 3 months after the wedding, namely on 8 November 1835. Joseph Carl was declared as being the legitimate child of Carl and Regina [3] .
Judging from the birth records of the successive children, it can be deduced that the family moved around 1841 from Münster to Dorsten (about 60 km away) and around 1848 from Dorsten to Bocholt (about 60 km away) in a triangular region north of Duisburg. A list published on Wikipedia (Liste der Bürgermeister der Stadt Dorsten) confirms that Carl was mayor of Dorsten from 1842 to 1848. He was thus a professional full-time mayor as shown in the 1849 Census report of Bocholt. The composition of the Kroll-Laporte family at the time was the following [4]:
 Mayor Carl (Friedrich August) KROLL's family is composed of the parents and of 7 children. The family employed 2 servants.
 The KROLL-LAPORTE couple had an eight child in 1839 (Ferdinand) who only reached the age of 3.
 The last-born of the family, Hermann, was born in 1852 as can be seen in the Bocholt Census of 1855. This Census also reveals that the 2 oldest children Joseph Carl (aged 20) and Paul (aged 18) had left home, Bertha now being the oldest child in the household [5].
 The genealogical records of the UK show that the oldest son Joseph Carl moved to the United Kingdom where he married Agnes TOOTELL in Manchester on 13 December 1860. In the wedding records Joseph Carl is now referred to as Charles KROLL LAPORTE as he took on the name of his mother to create a double family name. In 1861 the first child born to the couple took on the family name LAPORTE (dropping the name KROLL) and all the children born later took on the name of LAPORTE. Charles himself became Charles LAPORTE in the census of 1881. He was a language teacher.
 Among all the children of Carl and Regina, only Adolph Maria Gustav is to be found in the genealogy databases. The descendants of the other 6 children of Carl and Regina seem to have had little interest in their family tree.
Adolph Maria Gustav KROLL
 Adolph (Maria Gustav) KROLL was born on 7 September 1849 in Bocholt [6].
 Bocholt is a small town in Nord Rhein Westfalen (Germany) about 40 km north of Essen, close to the Dutch border.
 Adolph was the second-but-last of the 9 children of the couple Carl Friedrich August KROLL & Regina Josephine LAPORTE. The LAPORTE family is of French origin and emigrated to Germany under LOUIS XIV. [7]
Nothing more is known about Adolph before the year 1875, other than that
 • he studied in Berlin and Clausthal [7]:
Après avoir suivi les cours du Professeur Wedding à Berlin il vint finir ses études à l'Ecole des Mines très renommée de Clausthal.
 • he was drafted to serve in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, as mentioned in the announcement of his death in 1930:
"Vétéran de la guerre de 1870" (veteran of the 1870 war). [8]
In 1875 Adolph moved to Belgium where he took on a job in the steel industry. He lived in Tilleur (close to Liège) and was an engineer at the local steel plant. He met Laure Joseph GRAFTIAU, the daughter of Jean François GRAFTIAU who was the director of the local mine. Laure was born on 3 March 1849 in Couthuin (Huy).
On 14 December 1880 Adolphe and Laure married in Couthuin.
Soon after, their two oldest sons were born in Couthuin, François (1881) and Adolphe (1882).
In 1882 Adolph was Director of the Société métallurgique de Sclessin-Angleur and in 1884 he moved with his family to Halanzy where he took on the job of Director of the Société métallurgique de Halanzy. Halanzy is situated in the extreme south-east of Belgium, close to France and Luxembourg.
Two more sons were born in Halanzy, Paul (1884) and Lucien (1886).
On 25 July 1887 Adolph, up to then a German citizen, took on Belgian nationality (and nearly lost it for failing to complete the required procedure). [9]
In 1888 the KROLL-GRAFTIAU family moved from Halanzy to nearby Esch-sur-Alzette in Luxembourg, where Adolph took on his next assignment as Fabrikationschef der Luxemburger Hochöfen-Gesellschaft, locally known as "Brasseurs Schmelz".
The Obermosel-Zeitung in its edition of 28 February 1888 reported on a celebration for honouring local alderman and member of Parliament Léo METZ and mentions in passing: [10]
Es gratulierten noch mit je einem Bouquet in der Hand die HH. Kroll, Fabrikationschef der Luxemburger Hochöfen-Aktiengesellschaft …
On 10 August 1889, William Justine Adolphe KROLL was born in Esch-sur-Alzette. [11]
William was baptised on 1 December 1889 in the Saint Joseph Church in Esch-sur-Alzette. His godfather was uncle Wilhelm KROLL (*1848) from Krefeld, and his godmother was Justine MACKEL from Esch-sur-Alzette, whose husband substituted for Wilhelm (absent). Godfather "Wilhelm" and godmother "Justine" gave the first two names to the newly-born. [12]
The use of a female first name like "Justine", as recorded in the civil register, was unusual in Luxembourg but commonly used in Belgium where William's mother came from. The officiating priest at the baptism, however, chose the male Latin equivalent "Justinus". The third Christian name appearing in the Civil Register, Adolph, was not recorded in the Church Register and was never later associated withWilliam.
The first Census sheet in Luxembourg in which the KROLL-GRAFTIAU family appears is dated 1 December 1890 and gives the address of the family as 8 rue d'Audun (Otherstrasse) in Esch-sur-Alzette. It shows the following family composition (all members of the family are citizens of Belgium) [13]:
It is interesting to point out at this stage that the Kroll son born in 1886 as Lucien Adolphe Félicien is referred to as Léon. All later published references mentioning him use the first name Léon.
The Esch-sur-Alzette 1 December 1895 Census adds the last son Théodore born in 1894 to the long family list [14].
The Census also points out that François (aged 14) and Adolphe (aged 13) were absent from home because they were studying in Luxembourg City, giving evidence that they were living at the time in a "boarding" house in Luxembourg City, probably the so-called "Convict", temporary home at the time for many Athénée students living outside the city of Luxembourg [15].
The following table illustrates William KROLL's family tree, including the Luxembourg-born partners of his brother François and his sister Elvire.
 The "presence" of the KROLL-GRAFTIAU family in Luxembourg generated the following "news" as reported in the local press after their arrival in Luxembourg in 1888:
Adolph KROLL.
 In 1890 Adolph was promoted from Fabrikationschef to Directeur-gérant of the Luxemburger Hüttenwerke [16] and in 1892, when the company merged with the Aachener Eisenhüttenverein "Rothe Erde", he was appointed liquidateur of his former company and became Generaldirektor der Aachener-Hütten-Aktien-Gesellschaft, Abteilung Esch, Hochöfen und Grubenbetrieb in the new company [17].
 In later years Adolph Kroll was regularly mentioned in the local press as he had to deal with issues affecting the local community such as:
• a gas explosion in 1895 in one of his factories [18]
• in 1896, Adolph was taken to court by a local publican who sued him for damages, claiming that Adolph had forbidden the workers of Aachener-Hütten-Aktien-Gesellschaft to visit his establishment. Adolph won the case …. [19]
In 1896 Adolphe was obviously not happy with the taxes imposed to him personally by the Administration des Contributions and he filed an appeal against its decision before the Conseil d'Etat (Comité du contentieux). However, the case was taken off the role in 1897, upon demand of both parties [20], presumably having reached agreement in the mean time.
The local steel industry went through more mergers …
In the year 1899 Adolph Kroll was founding member of the Société métallurgique de Sambre et Moselle à Charleroi et Maizières and became its administrateur-délégué. [21] This is the moment when Adolph, aged 50, is no longer involved in the day-to-day management of the local Luxembourg steel works. His name thus no longer appears in the local press.
The Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise of 1973 [22] gives further details about Adolph's history:
En 1890, il passa à Esch-sur-Alzette pour diriger l'usine actuelle de Terre Rouge. C'est grâce à son rapport sur le domaine minier de la frontière luxembourgeoise que l'Aachener-Hütten-Aktien-Verein l'a acquis vers 1900. Adolphe KROLL fut le premier à remarquer l'utilité d'augmenter la teneur en phosphore des fontes Thomas en y ajoutant des craies phosphatées naturelles au haut fourneau. Il fonda la « Phospho-Métallurgique » [23] qui lui assura une situation matérielle enviable … Renversé par une automobile il subit une fracture du crâne dont il ne devait se remettre que pour diriger ses six fils vers la carrière de l'ingénieur qu'il avait tant aimée.
At the beginning of 1900 Adolph bought a villa in Luxembourg City situated on the outskirts of the city park on 12 rue Joseph II. [24] [25]
The Census of 1 December 1900 shows the composition of the family at the time as follows [26]:
Although the Kroll villa was in fact situated on 12 rue Joseph II, it was also referred to as 12 place Joseph II [27]. It was indeed situated on the edge of the parc looking onto the place Joseph II. The Kroll villa was demolished in the 1960s (?) to make place for a large apartment building.
After the year 1900, the local Luxembourg records provide only sporadic news about the Kroll family members (see later).
However the school results of the sons published at yearly intervals give a further insight into their academic development. (In the early 1900s school results of girls are not considered worth mentioning in the press!)
Academic record of the KROLL sons
On 12 August 1895, the Luxemburger Wort reported that the eldest son Adolphe was studying at the Athénée in Luxembourg and that he had been awarded "Accessite" honours in Zeichnen (drawing) and in Turnen (gymnastics) [28]. He was in the Vorbereitungsklasse (first year, Septima). This is the first mention in the local press of the school results of the Kroll sons but not the last one. Their achievements can be summarised as follows:
 François:
 • 1896: Accessite award in Zeichnen (drawing)
 • 1898: Ubergangsprüfung nach Quarta
 • 1902: Reifeprüfung am Gymnasium
 • 1906: Diplomingenieur Berlin Charlottenburg
 Adolphe:
 • 1895: Accessite award in Turnen (gymnastics)
 • 1897: Quinta, 9. Preis
 • 1898: IV class (global), second Accessite award
 • 1901: cours de dessin (drawing), Accesite award
 • 1905: diplôme d'ingénieur des mines Berlin Charlottenburg
 Paul:
 • 1898: Vorbereitungsklasse, Accessite award in Zeichnen (drawing)
 • 1899: third price in Turnen (gymnastics)
 • 1901: Reifeprüfung
 • 1907: Industrie- und Handelsschule, Fähigkeitsexamen
 • 1909: examen préparatoire pour le grade d'ingénieur des mines, Ecole polytechnique d'Aix-la-Chapelle
 • 1911: examen d'Ingénieur, Breslau
 Lucien (Léon)
 • 1902: award in gymnastique
 • 1910: école polytechnique de Berlin, examen de seconde année
 • 1913: Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Charlottenburg , Diplom (Eisenhüttenkunde)
 William
 • 1905: 5. Klasse, award in Freihandzeichnen (drawing)
 • 1906: Übergangsexamen
 • 1911: examen comme candidat-ingénieur à Charlottenburg
 • 1917: Doktor-Examen in Berlin mit Auszeichnung
 Théodore
 • 1914: examen de maturité
 • 1917: Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg , Vordiplomprüfung
 • 1918: Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Diplom "Eisenhüttenkunde"
(It is interesting to note that some of the the Kroll brothers have a gift for "Zeichnen" (drawing) and are good sportsmen).
François KROLL (1881-)
Judging from the Luxembourg patents that François filed he worked as an engineer in the Belgian metallurgical industry:
N° 8.017 (8 July 1909), "Disque conique à vent chaud et anneaux-guides coniques", Fr. Kroll à Régina-Huy.
N° 13.624 (20 August 1921), "Métal d'apport pour la soudure autogène du cuivre", Fr. Kroll à Bruxelles.
On 23 April 1924, François KROLL and Mathilde HAMÉLIUS (born 16 February 1890 in Diekirch) married in Brussels. Mathilde was the daughter of Jean Ernest HAMÉLIUS, a lawyer who became Director of the Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat and occupied such prestigious posts as Président du Conseil d'Etat, Président de l'Administration des Biens de la Couronne … [29]
Mathilde's brother Jules HAMÉLIUS was a notary.
François and Mathilde, having married in Brussels, presumably settled there.
In 1939 Mathilde separated from François and returned to Luxembourg in the rue des Acacias; she applied for "la séparation des biens" (separation of goods) from her husband through a public writ (exploit d'huissier of 10 June 1939) … [30]
François and Mathilde had two sons, Raymond (1925) and Lucien (1927).
Raymond KROLL studied agronomy and moved to the Belgian Congo in 1948 where he worked as a planteur (planter) for the Huileries du Congo Belge. When the Congo became an independent state in 1960 he returned to Belgium. He is the author of several books on the culture of vegetables, fruit and flowers.
In 1997 he published his last book entitled "Un planteur belge au Congo" [31].
Raymond KROLL's eldest child Pierre was born in 1958 in Congo. Pierre KROLL is currently (2020) one of Belgium's best known cartoonists. Wikipedia gives an extensive account of Pierre Kroll's work and achievements.
 Lucien KROLL is an architect of international renown acclaimed for his ecological architecture.
 Wikipedia writes the following:
Lucien Kroll (born Brussels, 13 March 1927) is a Belgian architect known for his projects involving participation by the future inhabitants of the buildings. His most famous work is the Medical Faculty Housing at the University of Leuven, Belgium, from 1970-76. These buildings aroused widespread controversy in the early 1970s, their fragmented and improvisational appearance - the result of a deliberate participatory design process - in stark contrast to the adjacent massive and repetitive hospital, the embodiment of a centralised bureaucracy.
Adolphe Maria Victor KROLL (1882-)
On 22 May 1911 Adolphe applied for his first patent in Belgium ("Processes for agglomerating finely-divided granular or friable materials") and later, for the same invention, in France, the UK and in the US. He was 29 years of age and applied in his own name, as a private inventor. His address was given as 12, place Joseph II in Luxembourg (GB patent 27762/1912), i.e. the home of his parents.
In 1929 he obtained an additional patent in the US on an improvement of the process of the 1911 invention and on an apparatus for carrying out the process. Up to this date he was still registered as living in Luxembourg City, but when Adolphe applied for patents in 1932 and 1934 his residence was Grevenmacher.
When the family home in Luxembourg was sold in 1931, Adolphe moved to Grevenmacher (rue de l'Ecole). His brother Paul, who was also a bachelor and was still living in the family home in 1930, moved with Adolphe to Grevenmacher. Katharina RONCK, housekeeper of the Kroll family in boulevard Joseph II since 1921, also followed the Kroll brothers in their move. [32] [33].
The fact that Adolphe assigned his later "lithium-related" patent rights to the Congolese company Geomines suggests that he worked in the Belgian Congo in the 1920s before settling in the family home and later in Grevenmacher. [34]
He was still living in Grevenmacher in 1938 when housekeeper Katharina RONCK died. Later in the year, however, Adolphe and Paul wished to move house. [35] It is possible that this change of residence took place only in 1941 when the brothers moved to 4 rue des Fleurs in Grevenmacher. [36]
When Adolphe moved to Grevenmacher around 1931, at the age of 49, he engaged in the culture of grapes and wine-making. This is reflected not only through his patent application of 1934 (Stützvorrichtung im Boden für dünne Stäbe, namentlich Weinbergpfähle, see above) but also from a newspaper report of 1935 which mentions that Adolphe provided Muscat grapes to the Neudorf Traubenkurstation [37].
As of 1936 Adolphe presented samples of his wine production to the Committee awarding the Marque Nationale label and earned credit for his Traminer-Riesling, Muscat-Traminer and Riesling-Sylvaner wine production.
 In 1938 he was chosen to supervise the EXID experiment in his vineyard "Wenigfels". [38]
The local vineyards in Grevenmacher, situated close to woodland, were plagued by birds which fed on the grapes. An apparatus by the name of EXID was installed in the "Wenigfels" vineyard. It was a "Schreckschuss-Kanone" which is meant to scare away the birds. The canon emitted an explosive noise at regular intervals thus producing the desired effect. The experiment, under the supervision of Ing. Adolphe Kroll was reported to be successful.
In 1939 Adolphe created a company by the name of Société Commerciale et industrielle d'engrais et produits chimiques "le Volcan" in Grevenmacher [39]. The object of the company was: "Erzeugung und Vertrieb aller chemischer und mineralischer Produkte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Düngern, Insektenvertilgungsmitteln und Farbstoffen" and in 1945 Adolphe published a scientific article under the title: "Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Atombombe". [40] The article is purely of a didactic nature aiming to explain in a simple manner the mechanism of an atomic bomb.
Paul KROLL (1884-)
In 1921 (at the age of 37) Paul obtains a patent in Luxembourg in his own name. The Mémorial of 1922 gives the following information:
N° 12261 - 4 mai 1921 - Procédé nouveau de coulée à lingotières, servant à réduire a) le volume, b) la section, c'est-à-dire la hauteur, de la retassure des métaux et produits coulés, de sorte à obtenir une perte par déchets minimum. - Paul Kroll, ing. dipl. à Luxembourg.
A corresponding patent was filed in Germany where it issued under No 357,966.
Paul Kroll filed two additional patent applications in Luxembourg on non-scientific matters. They are described in the Mémorial in the following terms:
N° 14246 - 25 novembre 1925. - Cerceau protecteur pour cabinets à sièges. - Paul Kroll à Luxembourg.
N° 16949. — 30 août 1929 - Dés-transposeurs interchangeables pour claviers de machines à écrire. - Paul Kroll à Luxembourg.
In 1932, Paul lived in Grevenmacher. This can be seen from an article that he wrote in the Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise (Bulletin de l'Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs et Industriels) in the January/February issue of 1932 under the title "Berechnung und Messung des Lunkervolumens", a terminology used in the diecast industry [41].
Paul bought a vineyard in 1933 in Grevenmacher, in the part known as "in der Loch" for setting up an experimental fruit tree garden. This transaction, including the declared intention of the buyer, was reported in the Luxemburger Wort as well as in the Obermosel-Zeitung [42]. Paul's objective was to test the growth of new types of fruit in the Moselle valley. The interest in this project among the locals was such that the local press reported the successful growth of melons (1935) [43] and (ripe!) almonds (1936) [44], the latter fruits in the "Schiffmühlenweg". The local reporter stated:
Da der Mandelbaum ziemlich reichlich trägt und sozusagen keine Pflege erfordert, ist es nicht ausgeschlossen, daß diese Kultur eine neue Einnahmequelle für unsere Moselgegend erschließen wird.
The Obermosel-Zeitung reported in 1935 [45] that burglars stole grapes in Paul's fenced-in vineyard "auf Wengels"and on two occasions, in 1938 [46], and in 1946 [47], the local paper reports that Paul's weekend home in the vineyards was vandalised. The 1946 publication concluded with the following sentence:
Im Laufe von fünfzehn Jahren wurde mindestens zehnmal eingebrochen und man vermutet, daß es sich stets um denselben Täter handelt.
Lucien (Léon) KROLL (1886-)
Théodore KROLL (1894-)
On 24 May 1892 the Obermosel-Zeitung writes [48]:
Vor einigen Tagen wurde auf den Lux. Hochöfen der neuerbaute dritte Ofen, welcher zur allgemeinen Zufriedenheit ausgefallen ist und seinen Erbauern, Hrn. Direktor KROLL, sowie auch Hrn. Fabrikationschef Gredt, alle Ehre gemacht, in Betrieb gesetzt; vorher hatte Hr. Peiffer den Ofen eingesegnet; das 5 jährige Söhnchen des Hrn. Kroll zündete den Koloss an …
The Kroll son mentioned here must be Lucien Kroll although Guillaume Kroll, in his extensive article entitled "How commercial titanium and zirconium were born" published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute [49] reports a similar experience in the following words:
A far away picture still remains in my mind, when, as a child, in the darkness of a cold morning I was taken out of bed to light a new blast furnace with a - bunch of cotton, impregnated with burning kerosene and fastened to the tip of a long pole.
Guillaume Kroll probably reflects on a later event, similar to the one reported in the press in 1892.
Once Lucien and Théodore had obtained their University degree their names were no longer mentioned in the local press. It is to be noted though that Théodore applied for and received the Luxembourg nationality in 1914 before going off to Germany for his studies. He thereby gave up his Belgian nationality [50]. However, later in life he must have settled in Rhode St Genèse (Brussels) as he was joined there by his brother William in 1961 leaving the US to settle in Europe.
Both Lucien and Théodore, either lead a low-key life in Luxembourg or made their living elsewhere …
Elvire KROLL (1891 - 1967)
Daughter Elvire Kroll was mentioned only once in the local press in 1913 as a tennis player in the newly created local club "Sporting" [51].
In 1918, at the age of 27 Elvire Kroll married Paul CRAVAT, a judge at the Luxembourg Tribunal d'arrondissement (District Court) [52]. Paul was aged 36. The couple had two daughters, Milly and Simone. Paul Cravat later left the magistrature to become a notary. He died in 1947 and did not live to witness the engagement of his daughter Milly to Henri EDINGER in 1948 [53] [54].
Elvire Kroll died in 1967 and is buried in Luxembourg-city in the grave of the Cravat family.
Daughter Simone did not marry and lived in Luxembourg where she died in 1994, aged 70. She is buried next to her mother Elvire.
Milly CRAVAT and Henri EDINGER had two daughters by the name of Christiane and Claudine.
Guillaume (William) Justine KROLL (1889-1973) [55]
As seen above, William was born in Esch-sur-Alzette in 1889, but in 1900, at the age of 11, he moved to the centre of Luxembourg City in the family villa situated 12 place Joseph II (renamed place Winston Churchill in 1973). He followed his secondary studies in the Athénée Grand-Ducal where he passed his Übergangsexamen in 1906 [56] and obtained his baccalauréat in 1909.
In 1910 William Kroll acquired the Luxembourg nationality (thereby resigning his Belgian nationality) [57] and in 1912 he was a founding member of the student association ASOSS (Association générale des étudiants luxembourgeois). [58]
The local press reported his successful examination as candidate-engineer in 1911. [59]
At the end of 1916/beginning of 1917 William filed his first patent applications leading to the so-called "Lurgi-Metall", even before he obtained his doctorate [60]. ("Lurgi" is the name of the research department of the Metallbank und Metallurgische Gesellschaft A.G., William's first employer to whom he assigned his patent rights.)
The Luxemburger Wort reported in February 1917 that William had obtained the title of Dr.-Ing [61]. His doctoral thesis was entitled "Über die Darstellung des amorphen Bors" [62].
In 1917 William filed additional patent applications in his own name relating to alloys of the alkali-earth metals.
William's mother died in 1919. [63]
In the years 1920 to 1923 William gave the following addresses as his place of residence:
1920 Frankfurt, 27 Humboldtstrasse
1920 Luxembourg, 12 place (boulevard) Joseph II (his parents' home)
1922 Luxembourg, 52 rue Schmitz (Hollerich), renamed rue Albert 1er (Luxembourg) in 1925.
1924 Luxembourg, 54 Bel'air Strasse
William Kroll's professional career has been extensively described by himself and by others. His research years in Luxembourg from 1922 to 1939 are described in this article:
William J. KROLL, the inventor, Luxembourg period (1889 - 1939)
The following dates summarise the major steps in his professional life in relation to Luxembourg:
• 1918 Leaves the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg-Berlin [64]
• 1918 Association with "Metallbank und Metallurgische Gesellschaft A.G., Frankfurt am Main" and assignment to Bleihütte Kall GmbH, Eifel
• 1919 Contract inVienna
• 1920 Contract from the Hungarian State to work in Kombinat des Manfred Weiss Werkes, Csepel, Budapest [65] [66]
• 1922 Contract for setting up a foundry in Baden-Baden, development of Alusil, Alsia
• 1923 Return to Luxembourg
• 1924 Purchase of Villa Leclerc (Madeleine) in Belair [67]
• 1931 Consultancy with Heraeus Vakuumschmelze, taken over later by Siemens und Halske [68]
• 1931 (6 March) Trip from Bremen to New York on the ocean liner"Bremen", US visa issued in Luxembourg on 19/02/1931 [69]
• 1937 First work on titanium, basic patent application filed in Germany DE 674,625 (10 July 1937)
• 1938 (13 October) Trip from Cherbourg to New York on RMS "Queen Mary", US visa issued in Luxembourg on 24/06/1938 [70]
• 1938 Titanium is machined in the Cerametal factory in Bereldange
• 1940 (10 February) Emigration to the USA, leaving Rotterdam for New York on the ocean liner "Volendam", US visa issued in Antwerp on 31/11/1939 [71]
• 1942 (17 September) US patents are "vested" (seized) by the US Government
• 1947 Claim filed for the return of property of US patent 1,986,585 (Nickel alloy) and US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium)
• 1947 (July/August) visit to Luxembourg
• 1947 (6 September) Conference in Luxembourg under the title: "Titane et zirconium malléables, deux métaux nouveaux", publication of the text of the conference [72]
• 1948 Offer for sale of laboratory equipment [73]
Sale of villa situated 54 avenue Gaston Diderich to the Luxembourg State [74];
Membership of the Institut Grand-Ducal, section des sciences [74]
• 1948 (13 February) Return to Corvallis on ocean liner "Amsterdam" leaving Rotterdam for New York, US visa issued in Philadelphia on 02/07/1947 [76]
• 1949 Publication in Chroniques des cahiers, Verdienste um das Zukunftsmetall Titan, G. Kroll [77]
• 1950 Resignation from U.S. Bureau of Mines, Oregon and becoming a private consultant in Corvallis
• 1950 US patent 1,986,585 (nickel alloys) court case, first decision [78]
• 1951 (3 April) US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium) court case, first decision
• 1951 (21 December) Return to Corvallis on RMS "Queen Mary" leaving Cherbourg for New York, Luxembourg passport
• 1952 (17 July) US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium) court case, second decision
• 1952 US citizenship [79]
• 1953 (22 October) Return to Corvallis on RMS "Queen Mary" leaving Cherbourg for New York, US passport
• 1953 (1 December) US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium) court case, third decision
• 1954 Publication in d'Lëtzebuerger Land of an extensive article under the title of: TITAN, das strategische Leichtmetall Nr. 1 und sein Pionier, der Luxemburger GIG KROLL, author unknown [80]
• 1954 (30 October) Return to Corvallis on ocean liner "New Amsterdam" leaving Le Havre for New York, US passport
• 1955 Election as honorary member of the Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois
"M. William J. KROLL, ingénieur-conseil à Corvallis (Oregon, U.S.A.), pour ses remarquables travaux concernant la préparation industrielle des métaux rares." [81]
• 1955 Publication of an article by William Kroll in the Journal of the Franklin Institute entitled: "How commercial titanium and zirconium were born" [82]
• 1955 (8 September) Return to US on RMS "Queen Mary" leaving Cherbourg for New York [83]
• 1956 Publication in the d'Lëtzebuerger Land of an article for the attention of the local people entitled "Titan und Zirkonium, ein erlebtes Märchen", signed J.W. Kroll [84]
• 1956 (26 October) Return to US on RMS "Queen Mary" leaving Cherbourg for New York [85]
• 1960 US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium) court case, fourth decision [86]
• 1961 Return to Europe and settling in Rhode St Genèse, Brussels, close to youngest brother Théodore [87]
• 1962 Publication in the d'Lëtzebuerger Land of an extensive article under the title: Luxemburger Wissenschaftler im Ausland, W.J. KROLL, signed S. [88]
• 1963 Publication of an article by William Kroll in d'Lëtzebuerger Land under the title: "Die Krise im Errziehungswesens" [89]
Conference before the Société luxembourgeoise des Naturalistes entitled: "Le titane et ses applications" [90]
• 1964 US patent 2,205,854 (Titanium) court case, last decision [91]
• 1965 Publication of an article in d'Lëtzebuerger Land under the title: Die sozialen Folgen der Automation, signed William Kroll [92]
Publication of an article in d'Lëtzebuerger Land under the title: "Das Experiment und die Schriften", signed William Kroll [93]
• 1969 Dr Honoris Causa des sciences appliquées of the Université libre de Bruxelles [94]
• 1973 Publication of obituary in d'Lëtzebuerger Land, signed Robert Stümper [95]
Guillaume Kroll died on 30 March 1973 in Rhode St Genèse, Brussels [96], and was buried on 4 April 1973 in Luxembourg-city in the grave of his parents [97].
Guillaume Kroll's technical library
In 1970 Guillaume Kroll donated his library of about 500 books to the Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs [98]. This collection was later transferred to the Archives Nationales where it is kept under the section of "Collections privées". The collection includes a very valuable compendium entitled "The Collected Works of William Kroll" which contains complete photocopies of almost all of Kroll's publications.
Guillaume Kroll's bequest to science and industry
1965 Donation of titanium patent royalties (awarded in the final US court decision) to several US and European universities for research and scholarships [99].
1974 Bequest to the Colorado School of Mines for allowing this institution to establish KIEM (Kroll Institute of Extractive Metallurgy).
KIEM defines its mission in these terms:
Today, the mission of the Kroll Institute is to support the minerals, metals and materials industries through the following activities:
 • Maintain expertise and research capabilities important to the minerals, metals and materials industries
 • Perform cutting edge research
 • Train process engineers for industry
 • Develop short courses
 • Develop specialty conferences
Medals and honours [100] [101]
 1954 Francis J. Clamer Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
 1954 James Douglas Gold Medal of the American Institute of Mines and Metallurgy
 1955 Albert J. Sauveur Plaque of the American Society for Metals
 1955 Heyn Denkmünze of the Gesellschaft für Metallkunde, Köln
 1958 Perkin Gold Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry U.S.A.
 1958 Edward Goodrich Acheson Gold Medal of the Electrochemical Society, U.S.A.
 1960 Castner Gold Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry, London
 1968 Platinum Medal of the Institute of Metals, London
Dr honoris causa
 • Oregon State University (1953)
 • Université de Grenoble (1955)
 • University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metals (1958)
 • Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen (1960)
 • Dr honoris causa de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (1969)
Other Honours
1954 Ordre de la couronne de chêne, Luxembourg
1972 Creation of The W.J. Kroll Medal and Prize, Institute of Metals [102]
1975 (?) Creation of the William J. Kroll Zirconium Medal, ASTM International
1987 Creation of the Kroll Medal, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) [103]
2000 Entry into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in the USA [104]
2018 Highschool in Esch-sur-Alzette named: "Lycée Guillaume Kroll" [105]
Creation of the Prix William-Kroll by the Association jeunes scientifiques Luxembourg
Road named rue Guillaume J. Kroll in Luxembourg City
Road named rue Guillaume J. Kroll in Esch-sur-Alzette
1 (The present note is in no way meant to be a historical or genealogical document as I have no qualifications in this respect.)
2 Matricula-online database
4 Census Bocholt 1849 5 Census Bocholt 1855
7 Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise, No 2, 1973, pages 67-68
8 Tageblatt, 09/12/1930, page 3
9 Sénat de Belgique, Séance du 27 juillet 1889, (S.109)
10 Obermosel-Zeitung, 28/02/1888, page 2
11 FamilySearch database
12 Matricula-online database
13 Census 1890 Esch-sur-Alzette
14 Census 1895 Esch-sur Alzette
17 Luxemburger Wort, 05/07/1892, page 3
18 Escher Courrier, 03/10/1895, page 3
19 L'Indépendance luxembourgeoise, 29/10/1896, page 2
20 Conseil d'Etat, Attributions en matière contentieuse, Feuilles d'audience, Numéro 961 du Rôle, (Archives nationales)
22 Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise, No 2, 1973, pages 67-68
23"La Phospho-Métallurgique", company registered in Belgium
25 n° cadastral 713/1466
26 Census 1900 Luxembourg
27 renamed place Winston Churchill in 1973
29 Family tree Mouris-Bernard
30 Luxembourg, quotidien du matin, 14/06/1939, page 6
31 ISBN 2-7384-5225-6
32 Tageblatt 28/03/1931, page 3
35 Obermosel-Zeitung, 17/12/1938, page 15
41 Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise (Bulletin de l'Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs et Industriels) 1932, No 1
42 Luxemburger Wort, 08/03/1933, page 4; Obermosel-Zeitung, 08/03/1933, page 3
49 The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol 260, 1955, page 170
54 Milly Cravat and Henri Edinger married in 1949 and lived in 42, avenue Guillaume, Luxembourg; Henri Edinger held a pharmacy in Luxembourg-city; it would appear that the two daughters of Edinger-Cravat are the last relatives of William Kroll in Luxembourg (in 2021).
58 Robert Stumper, In memoriam W.J. Kroll, d'Lëtzebuerger Land, 13/04/1973, page 3
60 DE 301380, DE 381577, DE 386602
62 William J. Kroll, "A Luxembourg Scientist", Fondation Nicolas Lanners, 1998
63 Luxemburger Wort 18/08/1919, page 2
64 d'Lëtzebuerger Land, 09/03/1956, page 3
66 L'Echo des Naturalistes, No 3, 31 décembre 1962, pages 2-5, No 4, 21 mars 1963, pages 1-3, No 5, 5 décembre 1963, pages 2-4
69 New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957
72 Revue technique luxembourgeoise, octobre/décembre 1947
74 Tageblatt, 03/07/1947, page 6
77 Luxemburger Wort, 08/01/1949, page 14
78 91 F.Supp. 173 (1950)
79 National Inventors Hall of Fame
80 d'Lëtzebuerger Land, Nr 50, pages 3/4 (author was probably Robert Stümper)
81 Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois, 01/01/1955, page 133
82 Journal of the Franklin Institute,Volume 260, Issue 3, September 1955, Pages 169-192
84 d'Lëtzebuerger Land, 09/03/1956, pages 3 & 6
86 276 F.2d 385 (1960)
87 Article entitled W. J. KROLL: "A metallurgist of the unusual: the amphibious and recalcitrant lone wolf researcher", signed John J. Moore
96 21 Drève des Chevreuils, Rhode St. Genèse, Belgique
97 Cimetière Notre-Dame, Grave VI 07 905
98 Luxemburger Wort, 19 mai 1973, page 10; no inventory of the collection has been made
99 Modern Metals, 1965, page 98
100 Luxemburger Wort, 05/01/1947, page 5
101 "William J. Kroll, A Luxembourg Scientist", Fondation Nicolas Lanners, 1978, page 22
102 Metals and Materials, No 6, 1972, page65
103 The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
104 National Inventors Hall of Fame
105 MÉMORIAL A N° 665 du 8 août 2018
Pierre WEYLAND
54 avenue Gaston Diderich (in 2021)


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1. Supernatural (2005– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 366,775
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith
3. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
5. Smallville (2001–2011)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.
Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head
7. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.
Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz
8. Charmed (1998–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Three sisters discover their destiny, to battle against the forces of evil, using their witchcraft. They are the Charmed Ones.
Stars: Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Rose McGowan
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
10. The Mummy (1999)
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreck havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
11. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
When a sixteen-year-old high school student finds out she's a witch, her two aunts offer guidance on how to control her newly-discovered magical powers.
Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nick Bakay
12. Dawson's Creek (1998–2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Four friends in a small coastal town help each other cope with adolescence.
Stars: James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson
13. Doctor Dolittle (1998)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt
14. The Master of Disguise (2002)
PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise.
Director: Perry Andelin Blake | Stars: Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin
15. Angel (1999–2004)
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption.
Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
16. Birds of Prey (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, long after the Batman has driven himself into exile, his legacy lives on in the form of the Birds of Prey--Black Canary, Oracle, and the Huntress.
Stars: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten, Shemar Moore
17. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods.
Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith
18. 7th Heaven (1996–2007)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
Stars: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell
19. Bring It On (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union
20. Everwood (2002–2006)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
A widowed brain surgeon from Manhattan moves his two children to the small mountain town of Everwood, Colorado.
Stars: Treat Williams, Gregory Smith, Emily VanCamp, Debra Mooney
21. She's All That (1999)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker
22. 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005)
The Hennessy clan -- mother Cate, daughters Bridget and Kerry, and son Rory -- look to one another for guidance and support after the death of Paul, the family patriarch. Cate's parents lend a hand.
Stars: Katey Sagal, Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, Martin Spanjers
23. A Walk to Remember (2002)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah
24. Pokémon (1997– )
TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Follows the adventure of Satoshi with his Pokemon, Pikachu and his friends to become the Pokemon master.
Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ôtani
25. Reba (2001–2007)
Reba McEntire stars as the titular characater in this smash sit-com about a single mom of three, navigating life in a Houston suburb.
Stars: Reba McEntire, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Steve Howey, Christopher Rich
26. Roswell (1999–2002)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The lives of three young alien/human hybrids with extraordinary gifts in Roswell.
Stars: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino
27. Never Been Kissed (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon
28. Payback (I) (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
29. Final Destination 2 (2003)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes
30. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
31. Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Multicharacter teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night.
Directors: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose
32. Rat Race (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy
A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf
33. Felicity (1998–2002)
A young fresh out of high school girl follows her high school crush to college to be near him.
Stars: Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, Tangi Miller
34. The Iron Giant (1999)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel
35. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
36. Blue Streak (1999)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle
37. Save the Last Dance (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr
38. Osmosis Jones (2001)
A policeman white blood cell, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood
39. The Hot Chick (2002)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.
Director: Tom Brady | Stars: Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence
40. What I Like About You (2002–2006)
When Holly's father is transferred to Japan, she is sent to live with her big sister Valerie in New York City, turning Valerie's life upside down.
Stars: Amanda Bynes, Jennie Garth, Wesley Jonathan, Leslie Grossman
41. Grounded for Life (2001–2005)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Thirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and his carefree brother.
Stars: Donal Logue, Megyn Price, Kevin Corrigan, Lynsey Bartilson
42. Smart Guy (1997–1999)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ten-year-old genius (Tahj Mowry) has skipped six grades into high school. This incredible promotion somewhat aggravates his teenage siblings.
Stars: Tahj Mowry, John Marshall Jones, Jason Weaver, Omar Gooding
43. Stepmom (1998)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
A terminally-ill woman must deal with her ex-husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone
44. Living with Fran (2005–2007)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A mother of two ends up falling in love with a man half her age as she tries to make him part of the family.
Stars: Fran Drescher, Ryan McPartlin, Misti Traya, Ben Feldman
45. Domino (2005)
R | 127 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Delroy Lindo
46. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher
47. Crossroads (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a road trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning
48. Popular (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two girls who despise each other, due to being on opposite sides of the "popularity fence", are forced together upon learning that their parents are getting married.
Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
49. Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Music
A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
Directors: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann
50. Sister, Sister (1994–1999)
Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other's existence and come together as teenagers.
Stars: Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jackée Harry, Tim Reid


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Back and forth ads in Booker-Lonegan battle
CNN's Bryan Koenig
(CNN) - A conservative Super PAC is questioning Michael Bloomberg's new TV spot that supports New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker and touts the Newark mayor's education achievements.
The American Commitment Action Fund says it's spending $130,000 to run an ad that will air across the Garden State, accusing Booker of failing Newark's schools despite a $100 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg to help improve the schools.
The new commercial, which the group says will start running Wednesday, claims that Booker, the two-term Democratic mayor of Newark, used millions of dollars of the money for focus groups and polls while none went to city classrooms.
Bloomberg, the multibillionaire and independent three-term mayor of New York City, earlier this week announced a $1 million ad buy in support of Booker, to put up a spot through his Independence USA PAC that touts Booker's efforts to reform Newark's schools.
NJ Senate debate: attack, attack, attack
The Action Fund quickly fired back.
"Cory Booker's record of failing Newark and its students can't be concealed by a $1 Million misleading ad buy," Action Fund founder Phil Kerpen said in a release.
A new poll released Wednesday indicates Booker leading Republican nominee Steve Lonegan by 12 percentage points in the run up to next week's special Senate election. Booker had larger leads in surveys conducted in August and early September. The winner of the contest will fill out the remainder of the term of the the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg.
In a statement, Booker's campaign called the Action Fund ad "deeply misleading."
"Working with Governor Christie, Newark Public Schools, the New Jersey Department of Education and the Newark Charter School Fund, Mayor Booker moved aggressively on a school transformation agenda," said Deputy Communications Director Silvia Alvarez
"The changes have resulted in an increase in graduation rates of more than 7 percent since 2010 – the highest increase among the state's largest school districts."
Meanwhile, the Lonegan campaign says it's spending more than $150,000 to run a new ad statewide that ties Booker to President Barack Obama.
"Cory Booker supports Obamacare and Obama's trillion dollar tax hike," claims the narrator in the spot.
Last week a Booker campaign TV commercial included a clip of Lonegan describing himself as a "right wing radical."
Filed under: Cory Booker • New Jersey • Steve Lonegan
Booker, saves people and animals and has done well.
this,lonergan has the screecher from AK as his loud mouth piece.
Jeff Brown in Jersey
Who cares? Booker will win...
Hmmmm. 7% increase in graduation rates since 2010, after Zuckerberg gives Jersey school $100 million. I'm sorry to say this, but that's an epic fail. I sourly note that academic performance was not touted by Ms. Alvarez.
Right-wing notions of "education reform", like No Child Left Behind and its almost indistinguishable successor, Race to the Top - wrong-headedly supported by Gates, Zuckerberg, and, sadly the President - are doubtlessly to blame the very poor return on Zuckerberg's investment. If I was Lonergan, I'd definitely hammer on this. Of course, Lonergan's remedies probably involve idiotically dismantling public education altogether, but the criticism is valid in the meantime.
Hey CNN, how about an in-depth investigation of how the $100 million has been spent, and some actual detail of these "aggressive reforms"? Inform us.
it is totally hilarious that people would expect the very people that wrecked the school system with their leftist insanity, to suddenly and miraculously have the solutions to the mess that they themselves created. it is simply another case of liberals rewarding failure with more money, only to fail yet again.
isn't it painfully obvious now, after spending ever increasing amounts of money, that the problem is not a lack of money?! the problem is the failed leftists/liberals/unions that have destroyed what used to be a very good school system, producing educated kids. american has to stop believing the leftist rubbish and start holding them accountable for their failures. of course, the leftists and liberals always blame others, just as they do with everything else.
@just sayin,
Read my post above. "Education reform" is a conservative idea. Gullible liberals have lapped it up.
By the way, you ever been an educator? I doubt it, since you're so misinformed on the subject. Let those of us who have taught in public schools instruct you.
Data Driven asked:
The initial interest by Zuckerberg was because of the severe budget cuts Gov. Christie made to education to pay for his tax cuts. It didn't have anything to do with the addtional $450 million in federal aid that New Jersey lost because Christie's staff didn't fill out the paper work properly and refused to fix, not even after when the mistakes were pointed out to them.
Robert Camacho
Whether you like or not, Mayor Cory Booker will be the next US Senator from NJ.
Booker for Senate !!!
I have nothing against "education reform", but I have always been very wary of charter schools. I think they represent the systematic dismantling of our public education system. It's pretty obvious to me that vouchers will be the means to do it.
Vouchers are money given to parents to pay for education for their kids. Eventually, the right wing is going to call it a handout and will try to cut it from the budgets. It's almost the same thing they're trying to do to Medicare. Turn it into a voucher. Call it a handout, and then cut it from the budget.
@Rudy,
Fascinating info. I hope Buono's been bringing this up in ads and debates!


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MADELEINE SIMS-FEWER AND DUSTY MANCINELLI'S
In Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli's feature debut, VIOLATION, Miriam (Madeleine Sims-Fewer) and her husband Caleb (Obi Abili), visit her younger sister Greta (Anna Maguire) and brother-in-law Dylan (Jesse LaVercombe), at their secluded lakeside home in the Canadian woods. Troubled from a past trauma and on the edge of divorce, the family reunion takes a dark turn for Miriam when a slip in judgement leads to an act of betrayal. Fearing that her sister is in danger she commits an act of violent revenge, but she's unprepared for the emotional and psychological toll.
In conversation with FRIGHTFEST, Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli spoke about their personal experience of abuse and trauma, and the film as a safe space to discuss it.
FRIGHTFEST: Why film as a means of creative expression? Was there an inspirational or defining moment for you personally?
MADELEINE SIMS-FEWER: I've always been interested in the arts, and it was always something I wanted to do. I could never settle on something I was not passionate about. Film is a way to combine my love of music, visual art, performance and photography in this one medium, and so it's the perfect expression for me.
DUSTY MANCINELLI: I've always wanted to be a filmmaker. My earliest memory is my dad with this old VHS camcorder, my being obsessed with it and trying to capture the world.
There's something safe about being on the other side of the camera, being able to build worlds and create spaces. You learn very early on as a filmmaker that the more personally connected you are to the material, the better the work is because you care more about it, and you're more passionate.
For us it has been a natural progression of trying to find ideas, topics and characters that we feel an emotional connection to, and have something to contribute to the conversations about those topics. Our friendship is founded on our shared histories of abuse and trauma in our past, and our short films together have dealt with very similar themes of power dynamics between men and women, abuse and trauma.
VIOLATION was the culmination of us trying to explore this idea of residual trauma, and how we can capture the visceral experience of post-traumatic stress for the audience - the manifestations of that in terms of the physicality, and the impact it has on someone's emotional and psychological unravelling. The inspiration for us was trying to talk about our own unique experiences and letting the film be a space for that.
We're huge fans of revenge films, we love what that genre does. It's cathartic to go on this emotional journey where you feel elated by the end of the film, in the moment when the hero of the story enacts this gruesome revenge, but we're more interested in its true nature.
MSF: What would it be like for myself or for you to get revenge? What would that look like? What does the grisly nature of revenge give you?
DM: What's the toll that it takes on someone's morality? What's the impact that it has on their relationships? This is what fascinated us, and why we were drawn to telling the story the way we told it.
FF: For the audience, a film can open doors to our memories, allowing us to understand ourselves more fully. Do you view cinema as a form of talking therapy for not only the filmmaker, but the audience as well?
MSF: It's so integral to what we're trying to do with all of our work. When we have watched revenge films and got something out of them, it's because we're seeing somebody, or a situation expressing something we feel deeply as people who have gone through trauma. To see that trauma on screen, to see it so open and bare, makes you feel you aren't alone.
DM: One thing we kept coming back to, and the reason why this is an anti-revenge film is that when you experience a trauma like this, it's very easy to fantasise about wanting to exact revenge. It's tantalising, but it's also a coping mechanism to ease the suffering that you feel.
The real consequence of revenge was something we felt we needed to focus our minds on, because it's so easy to get lost in this problematic idea that revenge will bring you closer to finding closure, and will heal your trauma, which is not true. It's a false prophecy of the traditional revenge film. We love them, but it's not providing the best remedy for resolving your own internal turmoil, and for us the film was about that discovery.
MSF: What interests us is if film can make you think about not just stories and images, but about how you would deal with a situation. If a film can provoke some sort of argument in your own mind as an audience member, then that's effective.
DM: When we think of art and film as therapy, and just as an audience member, when you're able to connect with a character that otherwise you would never be able to connect with, or understand, it broadens your own perspective of the world.
MSF: And your capacity for empathy.
DM: At the heart of it, that's what we hope to do. Even if you've never experienced abuse in your past, or something traumatic, the film can hopefully simulate the experience in a safe setting, so that you can understand that level of anxiety and distress, and you're more understanding towards someone in your life who has. Sometimes it's alienating when you've not experienced certain things, and that's the beauty of film. It's transformative and it allows us to connect with others on a human level.
FF: VIOLATION reflects on how none of us are impervious to the pressure and stresses of life experiences, and each of us has a breaking point. We're defined by our memories that cannot be erased. Vengeance is an impulsive act, a naïve attempt at ridding ourselves of hurt, that empowers the past trauma to define our future.
MSF: What does that amount of pressure do? What we were interested in exploring with Miriam and Greta is that they've both reached that point of too much pressure, and it brings different things to each of them.
DM: We're drawn to Greek tragedy and the irony of it all is that the revenge doesn't create closure, but it now compounds things in a way that creates a new kind of trauma for Miriam. The act of actually going through with disposing of the body, what is the emotional and psychological toll that it takes on someone's psyche? It's something that's left out of the genre simply because it's otherwise hard to sensationalise and romanticise the blood lust that we feel, and its celebration.
MSF: It feels like the revenge is the sigh of relief, that it's all over, and like at the end of a fairy tale where the princess finds her prince, it's not the end, it's the beginning. We see revenge in the same way. It's the beginning of this awful unravelling and compounding of trauma that just takes on a new level, and it's just going to continue to perpetuate.
DM: Returning back to tragedy, there are all these instances in the film where you've seen the possibility of this going in a completely new, in a safe and positive direction. She [Miriam] leaves room for her brother-in-law to admit and acknowledge what he has done. There's room for reconciliation in the tool shed when they're talking, but because he gas lights her, denying it and belittling her, we see the escalation, and the same is true with Greta. We see this moment where she's looking for support and she doesn't get it. She feels betrayed, and again we see how we could have gone a completely different path.
We're drawn to the tragedy of Miriam not learning. She's so mad, and she comes to this moment of clarity and realisation that she's completely destroyed her sister's life. It's not going to fix her trauma or her in any way, and now she has a new problem. There's something really sad, but I find those stories to be fulfilling, simply because as an audience member you don't have to suffer in your own life, and you can hopefully recognise that revenge is not worth the consequences.
MSF: There's also this idea that every action, however small that these characters take, sets them on a path. Dylan mentions free will being an illusion and in a way it is, but we still have to live in that illusion, and we have to feel we're making choices. Every choice that they make just sets them on this path to tragedy and instability.
Paul Risker.
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Last year I photographed some action and portraits at the 1st Annual Kick & Roll Classic which is a 3 on 3 basketball tournament that showcases fly sneakers and raises awareness for colon cancer. George Kiel III and company will hold the 2nd Annual Kick & Roll Classic in Austin later next month. In the months following the first Classic, there have been smaller pick up hoops events gearing up to the main one. I dropped by one in May to see what it was all about.


Last week, a major FaceTime bug that can be a potential threat to users' privacy made rounds online. The bug was first found by a teenage boy from Arizona, which was immediately reported by his mother to Apple.
Now the Cupertino brand might pay the boy for his discovery.
Grant Thompson, 14, discovered the eavesdropping bug when he contacted his friends via FaceTime and noticed that he could hear one of them even though his call wasn't yet answered. His mother, lawyer Michele Thompson, immediately tried to contact Apple Support to report the said problem.
However, Apple failed to respond immediately to the report. Worried that this could be a major security issue, Michele took to social media to alert the company. It took about a week — when major media outlets picked up the story — before Apple finally recognized and confirmed the bug. After which, it took down the Group FaceTime servers as a short-term fix.
Apple has since apologized for the bug.
A report from CNBC said that a "high-level Apple executive" flew to Arizona to meet with the Thompsons last Friday, Feb. 1.
According to Michele, the unnamed executive thanked them for their bug discovery and for informing the company about it. The executive also mentioned that Grant is actually eligible for Apple's bug bounty program and that they "would hear from their security team the following week in terms of what that meant."
As for where the bounty will be used, Michele said that it'll be for Grant's college funds, as she "think he's going to go far, hopefully."
Apple's bug bounty program started in 2016. It aims to reward people who will discover flaws and vulnerabilities in its products. It's usually by invite only and is limited to certain security flaws. Reward amounts start at $25,000 and can go as high as $200,000, depending on the level of the flaw discovered.


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Posted on April 15, 2016 by Anna Cruse
Initial results from our web app indicate that well-known icons such as The Jolly Fisherman and The Lincoln Imp are what Lincolnshire's public considers representative of its collective heritage. The web app, called MyLincolnshireCollection.org, asks users to choose up to ten favourite heritage objects from a range of 100 images taken from around Lincolnshire, then provides a digital map of where each object can be found. The statue of the Jolly Fisherman at Skegness and a brooch held by the Usher Gallery and made by James Ward Usher that represents the famous Lincoln Imp are currently joint top of the leader board for most frequently selected object.
Although the app represents The Lincoln Imp in gold on Usher's brooch, it is more commonly known as the medieval stone figure that sits grinning mischievously high on the wall inside Lincoln Cathedral. Many legends exist as to the origin of the wild-eyed and sharp-toothed imp, the most pervasive being that he was one of two that wreaked havoc on the cathedral, having been set loose by the Devil. It is said that the imp was turned to stone by an intervening angel, whilst his counterpart escaped. The story and figure of The Lincoln Imp are so ancient and renowned, that it is perhaps unsurprising that the brooch he adorns has been so popular with MyLincolnshireCollection.org users thus far.
In addition to finding out what aspects of heritage appeal to Lincolnshire's public, the designers of MyLincolnshireCollection.org also set out to showcase the range of fascinating public objects that reside outside of the county's city centre, such as the Jolly Fisherman statue at Skegness. The statue was made to commemorate John Hassall's famous 1908 poster advertising trips from London Kings Cross to Skegness with Great Northern Railways. The trips cost three shillings per person and were so popular that the campaign ran for five years. Images of 'The Jolly Fisherman' can be seen all around Skegness on bus stops, sign posts and souvenirs, and another statue of him can be seen at the town's train station.
Hot on the tails of the Jolly Fisherman and the Lincoln Imp for position of 'most-picked' heritage object on MyLincolnshireCollection.org is a mutilated 14th century tomb that resides in St Mary's Church in Stamford, a World War II gas mask from The Dambusters Inn in Scampton, and a collection of 18th century agricultural tools from Pinchbeck Engine Museum.
The Our Lincolnshire team hope that people will continue to use MyLincolnshireCollection.org to pick their favourite objects from around the county, and share their thoughts on Lincolnshire's heritage. This will improve understanding of people's perceptions of heritage and what about it is important to them, which can be used to help ensure that people are able to continue to enjoy their heritage, and protect it, in the future.
What do you think of of the Top 2 Lincolnshire heritage objects so far? Let us know by submitting your own collection at MyLincolnshireCollection.org.
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