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How Can Directory Assistance Be Free?
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AT&T and its competitors rake in $7 billion a year from directory assistance, charging 50 cents to $1.75 per call. Google, on the other hand, offers its automated GOOG-411 service gratis. How can the search juggernaut afford not to charge?
A) Get free data. Each time callers to GOOG-411 request a phone number, they're giving Google valuable information. Each call provides voice data representing unique variations in accent, phrasing, and business names that Google uses to improve its service. Estimated market value of that data since the service launched last spring: $14 million. B) Invest in the next big thing. Still, the value of that information hardly compares with potential earnings if Google were to charge $1 per call. Why give away the store? Honcho Peter Norvig has said that GOOG-411 is a test bed for a voice-driven search engine for mobile phones. If it serves ads to those phones, Google's share of that market could be measured in billions.
Chart: Steven Leckart; Chart design: Nicholas Felton; Sources: Jingle Networks, Linguistic Data Consortium, Opus Research
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Science : Discoveries
Douglas Heingartner 03.08.01 | 2:00 AM
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Matrix may be the future of virtual reality, but researchers say the Grid is the future of collaborative problem-solving.
More than 400 scientists gathered at the Global Grid Forum this week to discuss what may be the Internet's next evolutionary step.
Though distributed computing evokes associations with populist initiatives like SETI@home, where individuals donate their spare computing power to worthy projects, the Grid will link PCs to each other and the scientific community like never before.
The Grid will not only enable sharing of documents and MP3 files, but also connect PCs with sensors, telescopes and tidal-wave simulators.
IBM's Brian Carpenter suggested "computing will become a utility just like any other utility."
Carpenter said, "The Grid will open up … storage and transaction power in the same way that the Web opened up content." And just as the Internet connects various public and private networks, Cisco Systems' Bob Aiken said, "you're going to have multiple grids, multiple sets of middleware that people are going to choose from to satisfy their applications."
As conference moderator Walter Hoogland suggested, "The World Wide Web gave us a taste, but the Grid gives a vision of an ICT (Information and Communication Technology)-enabled world."
Though the task of standardizing everything from system templates to the definitions of various resources is a mammoth one, the GGF can look to the early days of the Web for guidance. The Grid that organizers are building is a new kind of Internet, only this time with the creators having a better knowledge of where the bottlenecks and teething problems will be.
The general consensus at the event was that although technical issues abound, the thorniest issues will involve social and political dimensions, for example how to facilitate sharing between strangers where there is no history of trust.
Amsterdam seemed a logical choice for the first Global Grid Forum because not only is it the world's most densely cabled city, it was also home to the Internet Engineering Task Force's first international gathering in 1993. The IETF has served as a model for many of the GGF's activities: protocols, policy issues, and exchanging experiences.
The Grid Forum, a U.S.-based organization combined with eGrid – the European Grid Forum, and Asian counterparts to create the Global Grid Forum (GGF) in November, 2000.
The Global Grid Forum organizers said grid communities in the United States and Europe will now run in synch.
The Grid evolved from the early desire to connect supercomputers into "metacomputers" that could be remotely controlled. The word "grid" was borrowed from the electricity grid, to imply that any compatible device could be plugged in anywhere on the Grid and be guaranteed a certain level of resources, regardless of where those resources might come from.
Scientific communities at the conference discussed what the compatibility standards should be, and how extensive the protocols need to be.
As the number of connected devices runs from the thousands into the millions, the policy issues become exponentially more complex. So far, only draft consensus has been reached on most topics, but participants say these are the early days.
As with the Web, the initial impetus for a grid came from the scientific community, specifically high-energy physics, which needed extra resources to manage and analyze the huge amounts of data being collected.
The most nettlesome issues for industry are security and accounting. But unlike the Web, which had security measures tacked on as an afterthought, the Grid is being designed from the ground up as a secure system.
Conference participants debated what types of services (known in distributed computing circles as resource units) provided through the Grid will be charged for. And how will the administrative authority be centralized?
Corporations have been slow to cotton to this new technology's potential, but the suits are in evidence at this year's Grid event. As GGF chairman Charlie Catlett noted, "This is the first time I've seen this many ties at a Grid forum."
In addition to IBM, firms such as Boeing, Philips and Unilever are already taking baby steps toward the Grid.
Though commercial needs tend to be more transaction-focused than those of scientific pursuits, most of the technical requirements are common. Furthermore, both science and industry participants say they require a level of reliability that's not offered by current peer-to-peer initiatives: Downloading from Napster, for example, can take seconds or minutes, or might not work at all.
Garnering commercial interest is critical to the Grid's future. Cisco's Aiken explained that "if grids are really going to take off and become the major impetus for the next level of evolution in the Internet, we have to have something that allows (them) to easily transfer to industry."
Other potential Grid components include creating a virtual observatory, and doctors performing simulations of blood flows. While some of these applications have existed for years, the Grid will make them routine rather than exceptional.
The California Institute of Technology's Paul Messina said that by sharing computing resources, "you get more science from the same investment."
Ian Foster of the University of Chicago said that Web precursor Arpanet was initially intended to be a distributed computing network that would share CPU-intensive tasks but instead wound up giving birth to e-mail and FTP.
The Grid may give birth to a global file-swapping network or a members-only citadel for moneyed institutions. But just as no one ten years ago would have conceived of Napster — not to mention AmIHotOrNot.com — the future of the Grid is unknown.
An associated DataGrid conference continues until Friday, focusing on a project in which resources from Pan-European research institutions will analyze data generated by a new particle collider being built at Swiss particle-physics lab CERN.
Is Yahoo Right to Resist Microsoft?
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Technology April 8, 2008, 12:01AM EST
Delaying a takeover ups regulatory pressure and gives Yahoo's new ad system a chance to boost the stock, forcing a sweetened bid
by Catherine Holahan
Microsoft-Yahoo: The Privacy Issue
Jerry Yang, Yahoo co-founder and CEO Getty Images
Yahoo's resistance to a takeover by Microsoft looks foolhardy to some investors and Wall Street analysts. But the push-back may prove effective in the end—at least by forcing the suitor to cough up a few more bucks a share.
Executives from Yahoo (YHOO) on Apr. 7 reiterated the reasons for their opposition. The $31-a-share offer, made public Feb. 1, "substantially undervalues" Yahoo, and its stock component is even less attractive in light of Microsoft's (MSFT) slumping share price. "We have continued to launch new products and to take actions which leverage our scale, technology, people, and platforms as we execute on the strategy we publicly articulated," Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock wrote.
The letter was addressed to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, in response to Microsoft's threat to take the proposal directly to shareholders. "The public equity markets and overall economic conditions have weakened considerably, both in general and for other Internet-focused companies in particular," Ballmer wrote in the Apr. 5 public appeal to Yahoo's board (BusinessWeek.com, 4/5/08). "By any fair measure, the large premium we offered in January is even more significant today."
The Fruits of Time
But holding out may force Ballmer to up the ante. Analysts think Microsoft could eventually sweeten its bid to as much as $34 a share. In an Apr. 6 note to investors, Citigroup (C) analysts Mark Mahaney and Brent Thill wrote that they would consider $34 a "reasonable" offer. UBS (UBS) analyst Benjamin Schachter also believes the deal could be raised to $34.
By delaying, Yahoo increases pressure on Microsoft to hike its bid to push the deal through before regulatory conditions grow unfavorable. Resistance also buys Yahoo time to introduce a product or service that stirs investor excitement, thereby raising its share price and making the 62% premium Microsoft offered over Yahoo's Jan. 31 stock price of 19.18 look like a lowball bid.
Microsoft also needs to win global regulatory approval for the deal. Delays give opponents more time to foment antitrust opposition, particularly in China, where an Aug. 1 law gives authorities greater leeway in scrutinizing large mergers that could be deemed anticompetitive. "Yahoo seeks to gain leverage by extending the time for regulatory approval internationally, thereby putting Microsoft in a position to lose the deal altogether," says Lee Westerfield, U.S. Internet analyst at BMO Capital Markets.
New Yahoo products are in the works. On Apr. 7 the company previewed its AMP! advertising management platform. The system unites many of the advertising acquisitions and investments Yahoo has made in the last year, including the $720 million purchase of ad exchange Right Media. AMP! is designed to persuade major publishers to buy and sell their online inventories on Yahoo's system by creating an open market for ads. "The impact is hard to overstate," wrote Yahoo President Sue Decker in a blog post.
Some in the online ad market believe AMP! has the power to substantially increase Yahoo's value in the long term. R. Michael Leo, co-founder of aQuantive, the advertising outfit Microsoft purchased last year for $6 billion, says Microsoft is trying to get Yahoo now—before AMP! has a chance to start generating revenue and increase the portal's value. "The Street isn't taking this into account," says Leo, now CEO of ad management software provider Operative. "[Microsoft] probably thinks it's going to get this on the cheap."
Certainly, some shareholders agree with Yang that Yahoo should hold out for a better offer. Bill Miller of Legg Mason (LM), one of the largest institutional investors in Yahoo, said in February that Microsoft must raise its offer for a deal to go through.
But that view isn't universally held. "If we were in the midst of a bull market, I would be tempted to let Yahoo have some more rope and demonstrate that it can be more like $40 or $50 a share," says Kevin Landis, chief investment officer at Firsthand Capital Management, which owned more than 1 million Yahoo shares at the end of last year. "But we are not in a bull market. I can take that $30 or $40 and buy a bunch of really great tech companies at pretty steep discounts…I want that deal to go through." Yahoo shares slumped 2.3%, to 27.70 on Apr. 7.
Yahoo will get another chance to prove whether resistance makes sense on Apr. 22, when it releases its first-quarter results. A quarter that outperforms forecasts would strengthen Yang's hand.
Holahan is a writer for BusinessWeek.com in New York .
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By MIGUEL HELFT
SAN FRANCISCO — After their top executives traded recriminations in an exchange of letters, Microsoft and Yahoo continued their stalemate, with Yahoo shareholders expected to play an increasingly large role in the takeover battle.
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In a letter to Microsoft early Monday, Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo, and Roy Bostock, its chairman, once again rejected Microsoft's bid for their company, saying it undervalues Yahoo. But they made it clear that Yahoo remained open to a deal, as long as Microsoft sweetened its bid.
The two Yahoo officials also said that the company was continuing to explore alternatives to Microsoft's offer.
People briefed on the situation said Yahoo was still in conversations with Time Warner about a deal to merge that company's AOL unit into Yahoo.
A Time Warner spokesman declined to comment.
"We are not opposed to a transaction with Microsoft if it is in the best interests of our stockholders," Mr. Yang and Mr. Bostock wrote. "Our position is simply that any transaction must be at a value that fully reflects the value of Yahoo, including any strategic benefits to Microsoft, and on terms that provide certainty to our stockholders."
Yahoo's statements were in response to a letter on Saturday from Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, threatening to begin a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's directors if the two companies had not reached a negotiated deal in three weeks.
Mr. Ballmer also warned that a proxy fight would probably be accompanied by a lower offer for Yahoo.
Microsoft's offer on Jan. 31 was initially valued at $44.6 billion, or $31 a share, but has fallen to just over $42 billion, or $29.36 a share, after a decline in the price of Microsoft's shares.
Shares of Yahoo fell 66 cents on Monday, to $27.70.
With the threat of a proxy fight looming, the two companies are expected to increasingly court shareholders, whose views will prove decisive.
In its letter, Yahoo said that shareholders owning "a significant portion of our outstanding shares" supported the company's position.
For his part, Mr. Ballmer said in his letter that Yahoo's business appeared to have weakened in the last two months. As a result, he said, Microsoft's bid offered Yahoo shareholders an even larger premium than when it was first made. Mr. Ballmer said he believed that a majority of Yahoo shareholders shared that view.
Yahoo rejects the notion that its business has weakened and has recently reaffirmed its forecast for the first quarter, which calls for revenue to grow 8 percent to 17 percent from a year earlier. Wall Street analysts, on average, have pegged the company's growth at about 12 percent.
"The first quarter is absolutely crucial to the credibility of Yahoo's management," said Youssef H. Squali, an analyst with Jefferies & Company. "If they expect Microsoft to sweeten its offer, they need to come in at 12 percent or better. Coming in at the low end of the range won't cut it."
Yahoo is expected to report first-quarter results on April 22, less than a week before the deadline imposed by Microsoft.
In its letter, Yahoo also said that it had raised with Microsoft executives a number of antitrust concerns related to a merger of the two companies, and it complained that Microsoft had failed to respond to those concerns. "To date, you have still not provided any of the requested information," the company said.
Microsoft and Yahoo's Courtship Continues
Another Monday, another round of stories about how this deal is still up in the air somewhere. The latest developments: On Saturday, Microsoft sent a letter to Yahoo's board of directors, telling them to take the offer on the table in the next three weeks or be prepared to get even less for the company in a hostile takeover:
"If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo! board. The substantial premium reflected in our initial proposal anticipated a friendly transaction with you. If we are forced to take an offer directly to your shareholders, that action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal."
Yahoo's board replied to Microsoft today, writing that while the company won't reject a fairly priced offer, it doesn't like Microsoft's proposed deal–especially since it's declined in value since the first announcement–or the manner in which it's been offered:
"Our Board's view of your proposal has not changed. We continue to believe that your proposal is not in the best interests of Yahoo! and our stockholders. Contrary to statements in your letter, stockholders representing a significant portion of our outstanding shares have indicated to us that your proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo!. Furthermore, as a result of the decrease in your own stock price, the value of your proposal today is significantly lower than it was when you made your initial proposal."
The letter also takes a shot at Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer:
"We regret to say that your letter mischaracterizes the nature of our discussions with you. We have had constructive conversations together regarding a variety of topics, including integration and regulatory issues. Your comment that we have refused to enter into negotiations to conclude an agreement are particularly curious given we have already rejected your initial proposal, nominally $31 per share at the time, for substantially undervaluing Yahoo! and your suggestions in your letter and the media that you are considering lowering the value of your proposal. Moreover, Steve, you personally attended two of these meetings and could have advanced discussions in any way you saw fit."
Some industry observers are already sick of this back-and-forth; TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington summarized his reaction as "Someone, please throw a punch already."
I still think a Microsoft-Yahoo combination is a bad idea overall in terms of the costs and benefits for Internet users and the poor track record of most large technology mergers–but that doesn't mean Microsoft won't engulf Yahoo anyway.
What do you think? In the two months since Microsoft popped the question, has anything made you more or less in favor of this merger?
By Rob Pegoraro | April 7, 2008; 12:02 PM ET | Category: The Web
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I have always felt that Microsoft has the worst track record in terms of search engines. I never use it or any of their Internet mail programs. If MS grabs Yahoo!, I think it will go down into an Internet black hole, much like Nextel did.
Posted by: umm.huh | April 7, 2008 1:09 PM
Microsoft built it's success in software on predatory behavior, ranging from wholesale "adoption" of ideas developed by others (notably, Apple) to the contracts they levered PC builders into in order to supply their O/S with PCs built by those companies.
When the Web became an important factor, once again predatory practices were used to insure that Internet Explorer had a virtual stranglehold on market share, a stranglehold broken only by the intervention of governments.
So, why should we trust them now?
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• Yahoo Reiterates Stance After Threat by Microsoft
Search Engine Says Buyout Bid Is Low
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, shown at Consumer Electronics Show, is resisting a threat from Microsoft to accept its buyout offer or be taken over. (By Paul Sakuma — Associated Press)
By Kim Hart
Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Page D03
Yahoo, responding to pressure from Microsoft to accept its buyout offer within three weeks, responded yesterday saying it was open to a deal but was still looking for better alternatives.
In a letter to Microsoft chief executive Steven A. Ballmer, Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock reiterated their position that Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited offer "substantially undervalues" the Internet company. On Saturday, Ballmer sent a letter to Yahoo's board threatening a hostile takeover unless Yahoo agreed to a merger by the end of April.
The latest exchange intensifies the stalemate between the two technology companies and increases the likelihood of a contentious boardroom battle. If Yahoo ignores Microsoft's ultimatum, Ballmer said he "will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders," including a proxy fight to elect an alternative slate of directors for Yahoo's board.
Such action, Yang and Bostock wrote, would be "counterproductive and inconsistent with your stated objective of a friendly transaction," adding that "we will not allow you or anyone else to acquire the company for anything less than its full value."
Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for $31 a share on Jan. 31, in a bid to strengthen its position in online advertising and to better compete against Google, which is the runaway leader in Internet advertising revenue. Yahoo formally rejected Microsoft's offer on Feb. 11 and has been looking for alternative deals.
Since then, worsening economic conditions have depressed each company's stock price. Microsoft held steady yesterday at $29.16 a share. Shares of Yahoo closed down 66 cents at $27.70. While Ballmer suggested that the poor economic environment makes Microsoft's offer "even more significant today," Yahoo responded by pointing out that the fall in Microsoft's own stock price renders the offer "significantly lower than it was when you made your initial proposal."
Since the initial bid, Google has completed its acquisition of DoubleClick, leaving the search giant well positioned to go after the display advertising market.
Marianne Wolk, senior Internet analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group, said Google's continued progress is putting even more competitive pressure on both Microsoft and Yahoo. "Time is working against Yahoo," she said. Microsoft and Yahoo "need to move quickly to build a strong combined branded effort to thwart an increasingly strong Google."
The fact that Yahoo has not found an alternative bidder or partner weakens its ability to negotiate, analysts said.
In a note to investors, Citigroup analyst Mark S. Mahaney said Microsoft's latest advance "may well force Yahoo's hand and bring closure to the negotiations."
In his letter, Ballmer warned Yahoo that resorting to hostile takeover tactics "will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company . . . which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal."
Yahoo has maintained its desire to stay independent and has been developing new products for advertisers and consumers. Yesterday, the company introduced an advertising platform called Amp that will deliver ads based on consumers' surfing habits.


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Watch: South Korean Pop Group 'Girl Generation'
Internet scrolling on a Sunday afternoon offered some very interesting finds. But could you expect anything less these days? One of the more interesting-in-a-good-way finds was South Korea's pop group "Girl Generation." They are an interesting pop mix with undeniable American influences from both the pop and urban markets. Their new "I Got A Boy" video may not be in English, but their style is speaking volumes. It seems as if they are every trend in one, including streetwear, accessorized nails, and colorful hair.
Aside from their eclectic style combos, this group of nine girls is breaking records on the South Korean charts and are beginning to record songs in English to reach the American market. To date, Girl Generation has sold over 11 million albums and singles.
It goes to show that girls are willing to show love to any girl group promoting girl power. They're currently signed to Interscope records in the US, and will most likely debut an American single soon.
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Facebook Engagement Has Plummeted By 20% In 2017
Connor Brooke Last updated: September 5, 2017
If you run social for a brand or create Facebook posts for a publisher you may have noticed a giant dip in engagement in 2017. A new study by the team at Buzzsumo has revealed a 20% dip in user engagement for the first six months of 2017.
Buzzsumo analyzed 880 million Facebook posts published by brands and publishers over the previous 12 months and noticed the average number of engagements fell from 340 to 264.
The Biggest (And Smallest) Drops In Engagement
Image posts and link posts experienced the biggest drop off during that time while video posts saw the least number of engagement fall off.
Buzzsumo put together a chart that highlights the engagement numbers for June 2017.
The company's research examined 100 million Facebook videos for a smaller comparable subset.
So What's With The Decline?
The Buzzsumo study examined both unpaid and paid posts which leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
If brands and publishers are spending less on promotion, engagement is likely to falter. Fewer eyeballs on posts causes less engagement across the board. Some studies, however, have shown an increase in Facebook ad spending, which would negate this possibility.
A more likely reason for the drop is a general decline in organic reach. This occurs when more publishers add content to Facebook, leading the social network's users to engage less with the growing amount of content, it's a simple lesson in supply and demand.
On average, Facebook says 1,500 stories now appear in a typical user's daily feed. With that much competition, there is going to be a natural drop off in engagement.
Keep in mind, the January 2017 readings arrived shortly after President Trump was elected to the White House. Engagement is typically up during a Presidential election cycle because of the divide that leads to discussions and arguments across most social platforms.
How Can This Issue Be Combated?
First, don't publish fake news or headlines that are full of clickbait. Over the previous 12 months, the world's largest social network has taken steps to tweak its algorithm, removing much of the engagement going to posts that offer little or no real value to readers.
Second, place an emphasis on testing different types of posts. Links, photos, videos, they all play a part in engagement numbers and can vary across different niches. Publishers and brands are constantly reminded by Facebook to "boost" certain posts that have typically worked well for other publishers.
Next, create original "social first" posts that speak to your audience. The goal here is to create natural engagement by speaking directly to your Facebook audience. GIFs, videos, posts that are written specifically for Facebook, all play a part in user engagement.
Finally, if you are paying for engagement, test, test, and test some more. For example, if you run a left-leaning political news platform, there are certain demographics you can target through Facebook interest groups, these include people that are "Likely To Vote Liberal" or support "Bernie Sanders." Hyper-targeting has been one proven tactic in the battle to increase Facebook post and page engagement.
Ultimately, organic reach is down and can be at least in part buoyed by paid placements. The Facebook Power Editor, AdEspresso, and other similar platforms can help A/B test dozens and even hundreds of ad variations and post boosts at the same time, and for very little added expense.
We recently wrote an article about 5 Facebook advertising tools that will save you time and money.
The General Decline Of Facebook Engagement
Various publications have warned that Facebook page engagement is continuing to slip.
Socialflow Survey in June 2016: 42% decline in organic Facebook reach.
Marketing Land Survey in August 2016: 52% fall in publisher organic reach on Facebook.
Kurt Gessler of the Chicago Tribune in January 2017: One-Third decline in Tribune engagement.
Facebook page engagement is likely to worsen as thousands of new publications and brands join the social network on a daily basis. At the end of the day, it's quality content that will drive your followers back to your page organically and that will ultimately help you secure more engagement, even as the network as a whole experience a general decline.
At the end of the day, it's quality content that will drive your followers back to your page organically and that will ultimately help you secure more engagement, even as the network as a whole experiences a general decline.


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Johnny Ramone of 'The Ramones' Dies at 55
Lance Fiasco September 16, 2004 • 12:00 am
Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55.
Ramone, who had been fighting a five-year battle with prostate cancer, died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family, said the band's longtime artistic director Arturo Vega.
"He was the guy with a strategy. He was the guy who not only looked after the band's interest but he also was their defender," Vega said in a telephone interview from New York.
Ramone, whose birth name is John Cummings, had been hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Johnny Ramone was one of the original members of the struggling Ramones, whose hit songs "I wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned them an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
Johnny Ramone co-founded "The Ramones" in 1974 in New York along with singer Joey Ramone, bassist DeeDee Ramone and drummer Tommy Ramone, who is the only surviving member of the original band. All four band members had different last names, but took the common name Ramone.
Joey Ramone, whose real name is Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer. Dee Dee Ramone, whose real name is Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in 2002.
Clad in leather jackets and long black mops of hair, the group started out in legendary New York clubs like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, where they blasted their rapid-fire songs.
Since its debut album in 1976, the band struggled for commercial success, but they left a formidable imprint on the rock genre. Though they never had a Top 40 song, the Ramones influenced scores of followers, including bands such as Green Day and Nirvana.
Even Bruce Springsteen was moved. After seeing the Ramones in Asbury Park, N.J., Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" for the band. His manager, however, swayed him to keep the song for himself and it became a hit single.
The band had encounters with other big names, including producer Phil Spector, who collaborated with the band in 1980. During the session, the late bassist Dee Dee Ramone said Spector pulled a gun on the band.
"The Ramones had it rough," said Vega, who's worked with the band for 30 years. "The band almost had to be protected from people who were taking advantage of them. There was never any money made."
Johnny Ramone changed that by demanding more money for performances, but still kept a close watch on the band's budget; Vega recalled how Johnny Ramone would insist that the band drive nonstop between Boston and New York for shows instead of spending the night in a hotel.
In addition to his financial conservatism, the guitarist was politically conservative – the late Ronald Reagan was Ramone's favorite president, Vega said.
Fans have remained loyal to the Ramones, and the Ramones over the years have been loyal to their fans. In 1979, while shooting scenes for the film "Rock 'n' Roll High School," the Ramones – ignoring the director's order – played a concert-length session for fans who had paid to be extras, Vega said.
"The Ramones never ever lost their image, their aura of being the ultimate underdog, the voice of the angry young man," Vega said.
A tribute concert and cancer research fund-raiser was held Sunday in Los Angeles to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. It featured performances from Los Angeles punk band X, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Henry Rollins and others.
Along with his wife, Linda Cummings, Johnny Ramone was surrounded at his death by friends, including Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder, singer Rob Zombie and others. Other friends who gathered at his Los Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley, Pete Yorn, Vincent Gallo and Talia Shire.
He is survived by his wife and his mother, Estelle Cummings. He will be cremated during a private ceremony.


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OSCE: Belarus vote was 'not transparent, free or fair'
"Massive" rights abuses and torture in Belarus have been condemned by an election-monitoring organisation with calls for a rerun of the country's August presidential polls in which President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory.
A report looking into the election and subsequent crackdown by authorities, published by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, said human rights abuses "were found to be massive and systematic and proven beyond doubt".
The vote was "not transparent, free or fair" and it recommended the result to be annulled "due to irregularities at all stages of the process", urging Belarus to "organise new genuine presidential elections based on international standards".
Lukashenko claimed victory in the election but tens of thousands of opposition protesters have since taken to the streets in a wave of protests.
The 66-year-old leader, backed by Russia, has refused to step down despite the mass gatherings demanding he resign and hand power to main opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has taken refuge in neighbouring Lithuania.
The report was produced at the request of 17 countries, including France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
It is based on 700 submissions of evidence but the rapporteur, who produced the report, however, was not able to travel to Belarus as Minsk refused to cooperate with the inquiry.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the report's finding was "a damning indictment of Lukashenko's regime".
The US ambassador to OSCE, James Gilmore, said it was "shocking that the Belarusian security services would treat their fellow citizens in such an unacceptable manner, and even more shocking that such lawlessness and brutality is occurring with total impunity".
The report said, "Some 1,500 persons were arrested before the election and more than 10,000 after the election in the repression against peaceful protests."
Among the cases of abuse cited is one of a couple who went to a police station to search for their son and were detained, beaten and forced to undress.
The report says women have been "tortured by way of beating and threats of sexual violence".
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Vicky Jepson: Let's raise the roof off Prenton Park
In her latest column, Liverpool FC Women manager Vicky Jepson previews Sunday's Women's Super League clash with West Ham United at Prenton Park.
It goes without saying we are looking forward to being back on home turf again after a few tough away fixtures against Arsenal and Manchester City. Although we lost both those games 1-0, we can take a lot from both of those games and we could easily have got something out of both of them. Sometimes scorelines are a false reflection of a performance, which can obviously be very tough to take.
It is a result-driven environment and it has been tough to take that we are not taking points from games when we've achieved so much during those 90 minutes. Arsenal won the Women's Super League last year, they had a big win against Bristol City in their last game and we knew what they are capable of with the quality they have in their squad. We really did frustrate them and it was unfortunate we didn't go ahead when Sophie Bradley-Auckland was so unlucky to hit the post.
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In last Sunday's game at Manchester City our second-half performance was outstanding and I was really impressed with that. The last 30 minutes of the game we really pushed on and were unfortunate not to score. We are just missing that spark in the final third of the field at the moment to put the ball in the back of the net, but there's no added pressure on the players, I see every day in training we do have some really clinical finishers.
We were really disappointed to concede the way we did from a set-piece and we know we have to be better than that. Defending from set-pieces is something that we are usually quite good at and, such is the way, it had to be our former captain Gemma Bonner who got the goal. We watched the goal back in our post-match review and we were really disappointed with it and, to be fair, the players held their hands up.
Sunday's opponents West Ham scored from three set-pieces during their win against Manchester United in their last game so we have to be aware of that. We are really looking forward to the game and we know how tough a test West Ham will be. I know last season we took six points off them but they weren't given to us and we had to work so hard for them. Matt Beard is a very good friend of mine so it will be great to see him as always but for us, we will be very focused and make sure we manage ourselves at the best possible level to compete and get the right result.
We are looking forward to playing at home and it's our first home game since we got that wonderful opportunity to play at Anfield in front of 23,000 supporters who were incredible. We have three home games now in succession before the end of the year, with Durham in the Continental Tyres Cup on Wednesday night and then Chelsea on the Sunday, but our only focus is West Ham. Hopefully we can see a few of those supporters come and see us on Sunday and really raise the roof off Prenton Park.
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Yesterday my neighbor Mrs. Peyton gave me this incredible old mixing bowl. Knowing that I had hundreds and hundreds of hydrangeas begging to be cut I decided to hit the garden and I knew I would design in my new antique bowl. I have 10 to 15 varieties of hydrangea on the property and the blooms are starting to peak. A quick run through the garden produced this mound of hydrangea.
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Powerball Lottery Jackpot Rises Past $200 Million
Published February 1, 2017 by Arthur M
The jackpot for the Powerball lottery game has just crept past $200 million and the next opportunity to win it is on Wednesday 1st February.
The US Powerball often has the biggest jackpot in the world and that's certainly the case this week, as it's gone over the $200 million level again.
With an estimated prize of $206 million up for grabs on Wednesday 1st February, this massive prize could be won by US residents, or thanks to ticket services such as The Lotter, the jackpot could go worldwide.
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The jackpot was last won on December 17th by a mystery ticket holder from Delaware and it's been rolling over since then, leading to this huge prize. While the headline value is around $206 million, players have the option to take it all at once in cash, which would mean a payout of about $124 million.
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Nancy Pelosi's Pin Had a Powerful Underlying Message at the Impeachment Vote
It spoke volumes.
By Barry Samaha
Dec 19 2019, 3:02 pm EST
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In an act of true democracy, Nancy Pelosi, in her own words, "solemnly and sadly" opened the debate for the impeachment of President Trump. It is only the third time in the nation's history that such proceedings have been enacted on a federal level for the head of the executive branch of the U.S. government. And Pelosi, as the speaker of the House Representatives, appeared characteristically coolheaded throughout the voting process. If anything, she let her attire speak volumes.
Dressed in a black three-quarter sleeve suit with a mandarin collar, the congresswomen from San Francisco conveyed a sense of solemnity befitting her office and for the case at hand. She eschewed the bright hues—usually white, cobalt, cardinal red, fuchsia—that are purportedly part of her modus operandi for the gravest of colors. Indeed, nothing says seriousness more than black.
To highlight her patriotism and role as an upholder of the U.S. Constitution, Pelosi wore a sizable gold pin in the shape of the Mace of the United States House of Representatives (sometimes referred to as the Mace of the Republic). As reported by the New York Times, the adornment was created by Ann Hand, a jewelry designer based in Washington, D.C, and retails for $125.
The design consists of an eagle with spread wings, perched on a globe atop bundled shaft of 13 rods. According to the historical archives of the House of Representatives, it is the symbol of authority of the Sergeant at Arms—Pelosi's role. It is also a marker of strength and unity, which seems to have fallen by the wayside in this divisive political climate.
Though there is hoopla surrounding the pin, this isn't the first time that she's worn it to a political function. She donned it at President Trump's first State of the Union, and at the celebration for her re-election win as speaker of the House. Then again, a presidential impeachment is an occurrence that is comparatively far more momentous, and with all eyes on Pelosi, the pin took on new life.
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Smokescreen
I don't usually listen to the World Tonight, but I happened to turn the radio on tonight in time to catch Chris Mason introducing the BBC's version of what's been happening on the Gaza border.
His introduction took me aback. This is a late-night post, written in haste. Make allowances.
"When you hear, or use the word smokescreen, the chances are the speaker is indulging in a spot of imagery about a ruse designed to disguise someone's real intention.
But along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip today a smokescreen was a literal description of the tactic deployed by Palestinians; the choking black clouds, the result of burning tyres, had a simple purpose - make it harder for Israeli soldiers on the other side of the border to shoot protesters in Gaza.
This was the second week of a planned six week protest set to end on 15th of May, the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe in which more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces in the Arab Israel war of 1948."
Before I go any further, that short introduction is stuffed to the gunwales with with malign insinuations and the most blatant falsehood came last.
If the BBC sincerely believes that 750,000 Arabs (not Palestinians - the brand hadn't been invented in '48) were 'forcibly displaced by Israel forces' they are factually wrong and they really need to check with reliable, non partisan sources. Most credible historians recount that most of the Arabs who fled in 1948 did so following instructions to 'get out of the way' issued by warmongering antisemitic Arab leaders who intended to demolish the nascent Jewish state and mistakenly assumed this would be quick and easy.
'Israeli forces' is hardly a suitable way to describe hastily trained, armed Jewish pioneers and Holocaust survivors fighting for their lives. In other words, Chris Mason is regurgitating Palestinian propaganda based on wishful thinking and racist hatred of the Jewish people. So who's been using a smokescreen as a tactic?
Doesn't the phrase "making it harder for the IDF to shoot protesters" imply that the trigger-happy IDF takes pleasure in shooting Palestinians? I thought so; but then I would.
Next, we were treated to Yolande Knell chatting with her pet refugee, who probably still has the deeds to his mother's house, which the family lost when five Arab armies tried and failed to eliminate the Jewish state and all who sailed in her. Now he thinks it's his 'right' to march back to his ancestral home taking his twenty five grandchildren with him. Pity; they should have stayed put and accept Israel, like the ones who made the sensible choice.
Yolande Knell then urged him to deny that Hamas had orchestrated this planned protest. Why? Hamas's plans have surely been documented and widely publicised by all, including Hamas themselves.I suppose she thought it was worth a try - some people might not have seen it on t'internet.
My point is that the BBC is openly inciting hatred. One-sided, factually erroneous reporting only encourages the pro-Palestinians and the anti-Zionists to believe they're supporting a good and righteous cause, and that there is a realistic possibility that Israel will be eliminated.
This gives the haters false hope, and is tantamount to openly inciting, nay, whipping up antisemitism.
Then, to add insult to injury, the BBC reverts to full smokescreen mode, effecting pretend outrage at Corbynistic manifestations of antisemitism. It's a disgrace. Thank you and goodnight.
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Monkey Brains 7 April 2018 at 21:44
Chris Morris has managed to work his way into the top flight of BBC Bias by dint of hard work if not natural intelligence. He may not yet be a challenger to Mark Easton as Ideologue-in-Chief but this brazen piece of lying bias certainly puts him in the top league.
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Sydney FC has launched a Community Partnership with Children-s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) to raise awareness of research that offers real hope for the one in 20 children born with a genetic disease or birth defect.
Children-s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is one of the nation-s most highly regarded independent medical research institutes, and Australia-s first dedicated paediatric research facility. Based in Westmead NSW, the Institute employs more than 100 fulltime scientists and PhD students.
CMRI is an international pioneer in genetic research, focussing on four main areas of medical research: embryonic development and birth defects, cancer, neuroscience, and gene therapy.
While the research work of CMRI does not receive the same levels of attention enjoyed by equally deserving Children-s Charities, Sydney FC has formed the Community Partnership with CMRI to hopefully help save families from going through the pain and heartache that serious illness brings.
"Sydney FC is proud to announce a Community Partnership with Children-s Medical Research Institute, which undertakes incredible medical research with enormous implications for the future health of every man, woman and child, in Australia and worldwide," said Sydney FC CEO Dirk Melton.
Sky Blues fathers Brett Emerton and Liam Reddy have also become CMRI Ambassadors and spent a day with the scientists at Westmead last week learning about the research being carried out by CMRI.
"As players we get a lot of pleasure in spending time with sick children but to be able to try to raise awareness for an organisation that is trying to stop the illness is just as important," said Sydney FC goalkeeper and father of two young boys Liam Reddy.
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by: Alex Ceneviva
Posted: Nov 19, 2018 / 10:04 AM EST / Updated: Nov 19, 2018 / 10:04 AM EST
Police are investigating after a 30-year-old man was shot and killed in East Hartford on Sunday evening.
Police say that at around 5 p.m., officers responded to the home at 48 Suffolk Drive for an unresponsive man when they found Dominic Marino, of East Hartford, deceased.
Detectives then responded to the scene where a further investigation indicated that Marino had been shot.
The shooting remains under investigation at this time. Police say that this appears to be isolated incident and that there isn't any danger to area residents or to the public.
Anyone with information is urged to contact detectives at 860-291-7640.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been stabbed to death and police say the suspect is his younger brother.
Police say 33-year-old Quinton Neal, of Hartford, is being held on $1.5 million bond on murder and carrying a dangerous weapon charges.
Teenager escapes detention center through 2nd floor window
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut teenager who escaped a juvenile detention center by dropping 30 feet out of a window has been recaptured and now faces new charges.
The Hartford Courant reports that the 17-year-old boy broke a second-floor window at the detention center in Hartford and jumped shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday.


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Access control systems vendor Al-Salwa Computer Devices will be on the hunt for new resellers and customers during its third consecutive outing at GITEX Technology Week.
By Administrator Published September 24, 2008
The UAE-based company already boasts a number of high-profile customers in the region, including the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices of Oracle International, Alpha Data, and Al Ghandi Auto.
Osama Ahmed Bader, general manager of Al Salwa says expanding the company's customer base is its top priority at GITEX 2008.
"We are hoping to do deals with new resellers and end-users based in the Emirates and from across the region," he says. "At previous instalments, we have been very successful in this regard."
The company offers a full range of time-attendance systems and biometric access control devices. With the region's burgeoning real estate sector, Al Salwa has also recently branched into home automation technology.
Al Salwa is headquartered in Sharjah, with a branch office in Qatar. While the company is mainly keen to discuss opportunities with Middle East-based distributors and resellers at GITEX, Bader says he has also received calls from parties located in the UK and the United States.
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In an area steeped in tradition, a new tradition has been established in Sharon where each summer the Hotchkiss Library invites 30-plus authors and illustrators to bring their books to an en masse Summer Book Signing on the town green.
They are gathered from throughout the tristate region - and occasionally from beyond - and bring everything from children's stories to cookbooks, biographies to books on gardening, summer reading to serious tomes on political science.
Thirty-two are slated to be at this year's signing on July 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event takes place under tents, where attendees sample wine and hors d'oeuvres while searching out their favorite authors. Admission is $30.


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Q: CloudKit: Order query results by creation date When loading items from CloudKit I would like to order the results by creation date. I believe now it's sorting by the first property of the record.
func loadItems() {
    let predicate = NSPredicate(value: true)
    let query = CKQuery(recordType: "Items", predicate: predicate)
    db.performQuery(query, inZoneWithID: nil) { (results, error) -> Void in
        if error != nil {
            println(error.localizedDescription)
        }

        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) { () -> Void in
            items = results as [CKRecord]
            self.tableView.reloadData()
            println("items: \(items)")
        }
    }
}

A: This is what I was looking for:
query.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false)]

A: Here is an Objective-C solution. It works similarly in Swift.
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"TRUEPREDICATE"];
CKDatabase *privateDatabase = [self.myContainer privateCloudDatabase];
CKQuery *query = [[CKQuery alloc] initWithRecordType:@"command" predicate:predicate];
query.sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:[[NSSortDescriptor alloc]initWithKey:@"creationDate" ascending:true]];

With this, you may get the following error message:

CKError 0x12e874f10: "Invalid Arguments" (12/2016); server message = "Field '___createTime' is not marked sortable"; uuid = 468AC2A4-24D6-4A56-81BB-6A2A8027DC15; container ID = "iCloud.com.xxx"

So, just make it sortable in dashboard:

A: Swift - 3.0
let recordInsertDate = records["creationDate"]!
print("recordInsertDate : \(recordInsertDate)")
let query = CKQuery(recordType: "className", predicate: NSPredicate(format: "creationDate >= %@ " , recordInsertDate as! CVarArg))

A: You can use NSPredicate. You were right.
let startDate = NSDate(timeInterval: -60.0 * 120, sinceDate: NSDate())
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "creationDate > %@", startDate)

But you have to enable the creationDate-field in the CloudKit for querying so that you can use them in a query.

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Many years ago, I became part of the founding faculty at a new school named in memory of a marvelous Black educator, suffragist, and civil rights advocate, Mary McLeod Bethune. Our K-6 school was on the West Side of Chicago and the student population was 98% African-American. We were thrilled to have entirely NEW books and desks, along with chalkboards that were green, not black. Part of the excitement of opening the school was that it was named after a prominent African-American, unusual in the array of school names at the time. My sixth-grade students joined me in learning about Mary's life and work as we helped prepare for the school's opening ceremony.
By describing some of the things we did—some actually that you, our readers, and your children/grandchildren could enjoy— I hope to help you get acquainted with a noble woman and perhaps make her a more memorable person.
Our class, 34 students and I, learned her story by listening to a read-aloud book and discussing the struggles that Mary went through. We found out that she was the fifteenth of seventeen children born to former slaves, Patsy and Samuel McLeod (pronounced muh klawd), in 1875. And when Mary died, in 1955, she was known for her lifetime of tireless work on behalf of education, women's rights, and civil rights for all. She had been an advisor to Presidents Coolidge, Hoover, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and was Eleanor Roosevelt's dear friend.
Some highlights of her life between 1875 and 1955 include that she:
Worked in the fields until, at age 10, she went to school for the first time.
Attended Moody Bible Institute, planning to be a missionary, but instead . . .
Married Albertus Bethune and moved to Florida.
Fulfilled her dream of opening a school for African-American girls.
Led the school and then helped it grow to become a prominent college.
Was chosen president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
Opened a hospital during World War II.
Worked to bring about civil rights and voter registration.
Fought against lynching.
Because Mary sold sweet potato pies in order to start her school for Black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida, we studied the recipe for sweet-potato pie. Then, as part of our Math studies, we expanded the measurements that would be needed to make multiple pies. Mary's startup school later became Bethune-Cookman Institute, a large institution that was a model for subsequent Black colleges. Many of us made the pie at home to enjoy with our families. Sweet potato pie has long been a delicious treat well-loved in many African-American and Southern homes.
We also got to decorate the walls of the school with life-size cutouts of sixth graders dressed in school clothes. The kids made them as an Art project by tracing themselves on sheets of butcher paper, painting on colorful school clothes, and cutting them out with care. Then we stuck them on walls throughout the hallways with small circles of duct tape. Mary would have been proud of their attention to detail, industry and creativity. In addition, a small committee used an opaque projector, a common machine from that era, in order to trace and color a large picture of Mary onto butcher paper to hang on our classroom wall.My sixth graders also wrote paragraphs about why they thought it was a good idea to name the school after Mrs. Bethune. We found that some of her famous quotes were inspirational, including "The whole world opened to me when I learned to read," and "Knowledge is the prime need of the hour," as well as "Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist." My eleven-and twelve-year-olds were particularly glad that Mary McLeod Bethune was Black and her hard work and ingenuity had brought her into leadership roles for the entire United States.
We were all well-prepared to enjoy the opening ceremony on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Families, friends, and dignitaries from the Chicago Public Schools headquarters downtown came to shake hands with founding principal Emmerine Clarkston, hear speeches, listen to students sing the beautiful "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and roam the halls to visit classrooms during the Open House.
I hope you will take some time out to open your house and heart and add Mary McLeod Bethune to your list of famous Americans you know and admire. Here are several links that can help you learn about Mary and share some activities that will help make her more memorable for your family.
A story of Mary's life can be found at this site for the National Women's History Museum (NWHM). Just click on the link to read a piece with details about MMB. Also, you may not know that the NWHM—now in Alexandria, VA—is quite possibly going to become the next Smithsonian museum on the National Mall. There is a movement afoot. Stay tuned! Mary McLeod Bethune | National Women's History Museum
A children's book that comes highly recommended was written by Eloise Greenfield, a prolific, award-winning children's author who writes about the lives of Black families, often through children's eyes. https://www.amazon.com/Mary-McLeod-Bethune-Crowell-Biographies/dp/0064461688
Here is a recipe, one of many online, that you could use to make sweet potato pie. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12142/sweet-potato-pie-i/
Here is a link to the lyrics and story behind "Lift Every Voice," sometimes called The Black National Anthem. https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/black-authors-spoken-word-poetry/lift-every-voice-and-sing/
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Torr Vale Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton mill located in New Mills, Derbyshire, England on a small rocky outcrop at the bottom of the Torrs gorge in a bend of the River Goyt.

The mill was built in the late 1780s, by Daniel Strafford and was known as Stratford's mill. It was powered by two waterwheels to spin and weave cotton. It was rebuilt in 1856 and a steam engine was added. It continued to be driven by steam and water till the 1940s when electricity took over. It was still in use producing towelling products until December 2000, the longest continuous period of cotton production in the UK. Since 1998 there have been various plans by the new owner, Chemquip Ltd., to renovate and develop the mill. This is now well underway and the new events floor has been used extensively by the community for a wide range of events.. The Torr Vale Mill Preservation Trust in May 2001 and The Princes Regeneration Trust has also been seeking a solution.

In 2000 Torr Vale Mill was depicted on Royal Mail postage stamps to commemorate the Millennium Walkway in the Torrs Gorge. From this walkway, on the opposite side of the Gorge, dramatic views of the Mill may be had. In 2001 a fire destroyed one of the buildings of the mill. The mill remains in a lamentable state and, though now better secured, is at risk of further fire and vandalism.
In 2010, Chad Bevan, a New Mills resident, won the Munro Trophy in the Derbyshire Open Arts Competition for his painting of the decaying Torr Vale Mill, the title being 'Lowes Mill'.

The Mill is on the English Heritage Heritage at Risk Register of Listed Buildings at risk through disuse and disrepair.
The local Heritage Centre Trust is actively engaged in trying to secure the future of this abandoned building.

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History of the textile industry
Industrial Revolution in England
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Grade II* listed buildings in Derbyshire
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