We have had a very good Conference; we have heard a great deal of testimony from the servants of the Lord, and that testimony has been true. The building up of the Zion of God in these latter days includes, I may say of a truth, every branch of business, both temporal and spiritual, in which we are engaged. We cannot touch upon any subject which is lawful in the sight of God and man, that is not embraced in our religion. The Gospel of Jesus Christ which we have embraced, and which we preach, includes all truth, and every lawful calling and occupation of man. One subject that we are deeply interested in I wish to say a few words upon. In the first place I wish to give notice in this stage of my remarks to the members of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, that they are requested to meet, at the close of this meeting, at the Historian's Office, to appoint their president and board of directors for the coming season, for the times demand that we should hold a State fair in this city this fall.
Strangers may think this a very strange subject to present in a religious meeting, but we are building up the literal kingdom of God on the earth, and we have temporal duties to perform. We inhabit temporal bodies, we eat temporal food, we build temporal houses, we raise temporal cattle and temporal wheat; we contend with temporal weeds, and with temporal enemies in our soil, and these things naturally give rise to the necessity of attending to and performing many duties of a temporal and arduous nature, and they, of course, are embraced in our religion. In building up the Zion and kingdom of God in these latter days, our agricultural and manufacturing interests are of the most vital importance; in fact manufacturing and agricultural pursuits are of vital importance to any nation under heaven. Show me a nation whose people cultivate the earth, and manufacture what they need, and I will show you a rich and independent nation. Show me a nation that lives entirely by mining and I will show you a poor nation—one that is ready to run out and become obsolete. You see this manifest in the history of all nations under heaven. What gives England her wealth today? Her coal, iron, and the products of her soil, in connection with her prodigious manufactures; and it is so with all the nations of the earth. What makes the United States what she is today? Her products and the cultivation of her soil, and the constant efforts she has made to supply the wants of her people. Not but what mining is all right, there is no fault with the development of the resources of the earth under favorable circumstances. When we came here our position demanded that the very first thing we did was to plant our potatoes and sow our wheat, or we had starvation before us; and I will here say that the Saints and the Elders of Israel have gone before the Lord day after day and week after week, and prayed the Almighty to hide up the treasures of these mountains, lest even the Latter-day Saints, with all the faith they had, should be tempted to turn away from the cultivation of the earth and the manufacture of what they needed; and the Lord heard our prayers, and we dwelt here many years and filled these valleys for six hundred miles with cities, towns, villages, gardens, orchards, fields, vineyards, hundreds of schoolhouses, and places of worship, until we made the desert blossom as the rose, and had a supply of wheat, bread and clothing upon our hands. Then, I do not know but the Elders ceased praying for the Lord to hide up the treasures of the earth—I guess they did, for very soon after mines began to be opened, and now silver mines are being worked in many parts of the Territory. A few years ago General Connor and others, who dwelt here, with soldiers under them, spent very many days in prospecting these mountains from one end to the other for gold and silver, but they could find none; today you may go over the same places, and if you dig into the earth you may find plenty of silver, and you may find it almost anywhere in these mountains. I suppose this is all right, I have no fault to find with it; but I still say that the interest of the Latter-day Saints in these mountains is to cultivate the soil and to manufacture what they use.
Through the influence of President Young we have many manufactories for wool and cotton already established in this Territory. He has done more than any man living in these last days, according to the means he has had at his command, to establish these branches of business in the midst of these mountains. We have now many large factories in this Territory that have to stand still for want of wool. I want to say a few words on this subject to the wool growers of Deseret. Instead of sending our wool out of the Territory, to eastern States to be manufactured into cloth, and purchasing it and paying eastern manufacturers a large percentage for it when brought here by railroad, I feel that it is our duty, and it would be far wiser for us, to sell our wool to those who own factories in this Territory, and to sustain ourselves by sustaining home manufactures.
One of the first commands given to Adam, after being placed in Eden, was to dress the garden; and he was permitted to eat of the fruit of every tree except one. After a while Adam and his wife, Eve, partook of the fruit of this tree, and the history of the Fall is before us and the world. After Adam was cast out of the garden the Lord told him that there should be a curse on the earth, and instead of bringing forth beautiful flowers, fruit and grain spontaneously, as before the Fall, it should bring forth thorns, briers, thistles and noxious weeds, and that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow; and from that time to the present mankind has had this curse to contend with in the cultivation of the earth. In consequence of this the inhabitants of Utah, in their agricultural operations have to fight against the cockle burr, the black seed and sunflower, as well as thorns and thistles and many other noxious weeds, which, if not eradicated, speedily take advantage of us, and to a great extent, mar the result of our labors. It will pay us to pay attention to these things; it will pay us to dress the earth, to till it, to take care of and spend time and means in manuring and feeding it; it will pay us to gather out these noxious weeds, for the earth will then have a chance to bring forth in its strength. This, with the blessing of God upon our labors, has made the soil of Utah as productive as it is today. I wish to see this interest increase in our midst; and I hope, in addition to this, that those who are raising sheep—our wool growers—will pay attention to and carry on that branch of business systematically, and that we will sell our wool to those who manufacture it at home, instead of sending it out of the Territory to be manufactured. I feel that this is our duty, and the course which will promote our best interests, and it is a principle which is true, independent of religion, in any community or nation; it is a self-sustaining principle.
God has blessed us, he has blessed the earth, and our labors in the tilling of the soil have been greatly prospered. As has been said by some of our brethren in their remarks, when the pioneers came here, no mark of civilization or of the white man, was found. If those who are now so anxious to obtain the homes we have made, had seen Utah as we saw it, they would never have desired a habitation here, but they would have got out of it as soon as they could. It was barren, desolate, abounding with grasshoppers, crickets and coyote wolves, and these things seemed to be the only natural productions of the soil. We went to work by faith, not much by sight, to cultivate the earth. We broke almost all the plows we had the first day. We had to let streams of water out to moisten the earth, and by experience we had to learn to raise anything. The stranger comes into Salt Lake City and sees our orchards, and the trees in our streets, and he thinks, what a fruitful and delightful place it is. He does not think that, for twenty or twenty-four years, almost every tree he beholds, according to its age, has had to be watered twice a week through the whole summer season, or they would all have been dead long since. We have had to unite upon these things, the Lord has blessed our labors, and his mercies have been over this people.
If we had not cultivated the earth, but had turned our attention to mining, we should not only have starved to death ourselves, but thousands of strangers, who have passed through, would have shared the same fate. Utah Territory has been the great highway to California, Nevada, and all the western States and Territories, and they have all looked, in a measure, to Utah for their bread. Nobody but Latter-day Saints would have lived here, and endured the trials and afflictions that we endured in the beginning; none others would have stayed and fought the crickets one year, as we had to do year after year. Any people but the Latter-day Saints would have left this country long ago. Not only so, on account of the things I have already named, but I will here say that no other people could have lived here—no, they would have knocked each others brains out on account of the little water they would have had in their irrigating operations. When men saw their crops and trees withering and perishing for the want of water, the selfishness so general in the world would have worked up to such an extent, that they would have killed one another, and hence I say that none but Latter-day Saints would have stood it; but they, by the training and experience they had before received, were prepared for the hardships and trials they had to encounter in this country.
Brethren and sisters, let us continue our efforts in cultivating the earth, and in manufacturing what we want. And I still urge upon our Female Relief Societies, in this city and throughout the Territory, to carry out the counsel President Young gave us years and years ago, and try, as far as possible, within ourselves, to make our own bonnets, hats and clothing, and to let the beauty of what we wear be the workmanship of our own hands. It is true that our religion is not in our coat or bonnet, or it should not be. If a man's religion is there it is not generally very deep anywhere else. But God has blessed us with the products of earth and the blessings of heaven, and his Spirit has been with us; we have been preserved, and the Lord has turned away the edge of the sword, and he has protected us during many years past and gone, and we all have to acknowledge his hand in these things.
I do not wish to detain this Conference. I felt as though I wanted to make a few remarks on these subjects. I hope, brethren, that we will not slacken our hands with regard to the cultivation of the earth. In the prosecution of our labors in that respect we have everything to contend with that man has been cursed with for five thousand years. We should clean our fields, as far as we can, of the noxious weeds, and our streets of sunflowers. These things encumber the earth. We have one difficulty to contend with, unknown save in those portions of the earth where irrigation is practiced. It is true that a man may clean his fields of sunflowers, cockle burrs, blackseed and every other noxious weed that grows, and the very first time he waters his land here will come a peck or a bushel of foul seed from the mountains, and fill every field through which the stream flows. These difficulties we have to fight against, but we must do the best we can. As farmers, we should clean our seed, and not sow the foul along with the good. One man, in a few hours, with a good wire sieve, can sift enough seed for ten acres of land, and perhaps for twenty; while, to pull that bad seed out when grown will cost from one to five hundred dollars, for it will take a score of men days to do it. We should use our time, judgment and the wisdom God has given us to the best advantage in all these things.
I want the brethren to come together this afternoon and elect their officers, for we desire to hold a fair this fall, in which the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the Territory may be represented and interested. Let us not be weary in well doing; let us not slacken our hands, either in cultivating the earth or in the manufacturing of what we need. Cooperate in agricultural and mercantile matters, also in our tanneries, and in the making of butter and cheese. One man may engage in these branches of business with advantage if he have skill and experience to guide him; but in cooperation the wisdom of all is combined for the general good. This plan has been adopted with advantage in other communities, cities, States, Territories and countries, and it can be in this more extensively than it has been hitherto.
I pray that God will bless us, and bless this whole people; and I pray that the testimony which we have received here during this Conference, which is true, may not be forgotten by us. I can bear the same testimony. I know this work is of God. I know Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God. I have heard two or three of the brethren testify about brother Young in Nauvoo. Every man and every woman in that assembly, which perhaps might number thousands, could bear the same testimony. I was there, the Twelve were there, and a good many others, and all can bear the same testimony. The question might be asked, why was the appearance of Joseph Smith given to Brigham Young? Because here was Sidney Rigdon and other men rising up and claiming to be the leaders of the Church, and men stood, as it were, on a pivot, not knowing which way to turn. But just as quick as Brigham Young rose in that assembly, his face was that of Joseph Smith—the mantle of Joseph had fallen upon him, the power of God that was upon Joseph Smith was upon him, he had the voice of Joseph, and it was the voice of the shepherd. There was not a person in that assembly, Rigdon, himself, not excepted, but was satisfied in his own mind that Brigham was the proper leader of the people, for he would not have his name presented, by his own consent, after that sermon was delivered. There was a reason for this in the mind of God; it convinced the people. They saw and heard for themselves, and it was by the power of God.
May God bless you. May he give us wisdom to direct us in all things, and promote all the interests of Zion for Jesus' sake. Amen.


the Conference was opened by Professor Philip de Vaal of the University of Pretoria, Chairman of the Conference.
'Shear Induced Effects in Boundary Film Formation on Copper'.
SAIT Secretary, Gill Fuller and Tribology 2015 Conference Chairman, Philip de Vaal, with Plenary Speakers at the conference, Eddie Tysoe and Gwidon Stachowiak.
The Louw Alberts Award was presented to Professor Natasha Sacks of the University of the Witwatersrand in recognition of furthering Tribology in establishing a Wear Laboratory at the University of the Witwatersrand, for promotion of the SAIT and South African Tribology among international wear bodies and her liaison with industry in South Africa in the field of Wear and Tribology.
The SAIT Awards were presented to Natasha and Peter during the Tribology 2015 Banquet by SAIT President, Thomas Surmon.
Speakers were welcomed to Pretoria at a traditional South African barbecue, or braai, held on the University of Pretoria's Uitspan sports grounds.
SAIT Vice President Patrick Swan with Plenary Speaker Gwidon Stachowiak of Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
John Williams of Cambridge University, UK, with Plenary Speaker Eddie Tysoe of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, USA.
Joseph Fotue, Total Cameroun, with Tomasz Woloszynski and Marcin Wolski, both of Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Bojan Podgornik, Institute of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Dineo Lioma, University of the Witwatersrand.
Franco Camera, Evonik Industries, Germany, with Zygmunt Rymuza, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, Rhishikesh Gokhale, also of Evonik Indsutries, Germany, and Patrick Swan, SAIT and Aswan Consulting.
Rhishikesh Gokhale, Evonik Industries; Adrian Velaers, Sasol; Franco Camera, Evonik Industries; and Belinda Harker, Sasol Technologies.
Thomas Surmon, SAIT President, was Master of Ceremonies.
Gill Fuller, SAIT Secretary, and her husband, Trevor, arrived early to ensure that all went according to plan.
Isabel Bradley, SAIT Assistant Secretary, attended with her husband, Leon.
Patrick & Jean Swan with Dr Rhishikesh Gokhale & Franco Camera.
selecting dinner from the hot buffet.


Danielson – Yee M. Cheng, 83, of Waterman St., passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2010, in Regency Heights of Danielson. He was the loving husband of Ngor Y. (Lau) Cheng. Born in Fuzhou, China, he was the son of the late Mui Ng Cheng.
Mr. Cheng immigrated to America in 1978 and in partnership with his family founded the Jade Garden Restaurants of Danielson and Putnam.
In addition to his wife, Yee is survived by his sons, William "Bill" Cheng and his wife Sarah of Danielson, and Sam Cheng and his wife Sau Ching of Brooklyn; his daughter Amy Siow and her husband Dennis of Silver Springs MD, and Mui Wah Chan and her husband Zee Huang of Long Island, NY; his sister, Ying Chu of China; and his grandchildren, Kathy Cheng, Jason G. Cheng, Kyle Cheng and Jaden Cheng.
We were sorry to hear that Bill's dad died. It is always difficult to lose someone you love and losing a parent is especially difficult no matter the age. We hope that memories of all the good times you shared will be comforting.
We send you hugs from Seattle.


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President Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act into law. Looking on, left to right: Senator Spark Matsunaga, Representative N (Photo credit: Wikimedia)
By Guest Contributors: Tsuya Hohri Yee, Co-Chair New York Day of Remembrance Committee (Facebook: @nydayofremembrance); and Joseph Shoji Lachman, Co-founder of Never Again (Facebook: @NeverAgain9066)
August 10th marks the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which granted a presidential apology and monetary reparations to living Japanese American families who had persevered through WWII incarceration for simply looking like the enemy. Over 120,000 people were removed from their homes and imprisoned in concentration camps in remote areas of the country. The majority were US citizens and were children. While no amount of money could ever undo the damage to Japanese American families and our democracy as a whole, the Act was a landmark piece of legislation, and represented decades of grassroots organizing across the country. Many Japanese Americans, young and old were inspired to join the Redress Movement by the work of Civil Rights Movement activists of the 1960s, and mobilized our communities to come together to fight for an apology and reparations. Allies in the Black and Latinx communities came to the aid of Japanese Americans, recognizing the commonalities of our struggles, and through this powerful coalition work Japanese Americans finally saw some semblance of justice for our families.
What the Redress movement achieved went beyond the Civil Liberties Act. Our community is not monolithic and there was significant debate about how to "right this wrong," including the view that demanding compensation would bring negative attention to our community. Others felt that creating a Commission to study the incarceration, including prisoner testimonies was demeaning and unnecessary. But those disagreements didn't stop us from moving forward and when it mattered most, we rallied our support around the Civil Liberties Act. Painful divides between individuals and groups who had chosen different paths during the war that had once seemed fixed in stone, now see the possibility of eroding. As part of the healing process the Redress movement started, annual Day of Remembrance programs were organized across the country giving communities an opportunity to reflect, learn, and join together in solidarity around our common history. Japanese Americans also began journeying back to camp sites on pilgrimages to reclaim the stories of their parents and grandparents and to begin piecing together what was lost. Today we look back with admiration at what we fought for and accomplished as a community.
As younger generation Japanese Americans, however, we recognize that this work did not end with the passing of the Civil Liberties Act thirty years ago; rather, we should view this anniversary as the beginning of a new chapter in our fight for justice. Three decades later, we see the struggles of Black and Indigenous communities who were never able to secure reparations for their communities despite the even greater hardships they have persevered through. We see Japanese Latin Americans who were excluded from the Civil Liberties Act. The state-sponsored racism that led to Japanese American incarceration during WWII lives on today in the administration's cruel zero tolerance policy and Muslim Ban. We see Muslim families in the U.S. fighting the same fight for equal rights and to be recognized as Americans in the face of deep prejudice, not unlike what our communities fought to overcome. We see migrant families, in particular many Latinx families fighting a system that splits up families and imprisons children in what are the modern day American concentration camps, some even built disturbingly close to previous sites of WWII concentration camps for our Japanese American families.
It is with this in mind that we are calling on all Japanese Americans and our allies across the country to both commemorate the legacy of the Redress Movement, and also carry the torch forward by standing with communities who today fight much of the same anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner bigotry. The fight for Redress did not end 30 years ago, and it continues until we have justice for all, not just ourselves. This is why we say "Never Again" IS NOW.
We are sharing our own families' Redress stories, how the Redress Movement has inspired us, to truly let the entire nation know that #NeverAgainIsNow — and we hope you'll join us.
William Hohri, 1981, Washington DC
Tsuya Hohri Yee: My introduction to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII was as a child immersed in a family fighting for Redress. I had grandparents who talked about camp and my mom, Sasha Hohri, was a leader in the Redress movement on the East Coast. Our family did not shy away from speaking about it, and speaking about it loudly. As part of the Redress movement, my grandfather, William Hohri, sued the US government for $27 billion,or $220,000 for each prisoner and did not hold back during his testimony before the Commission:
We seek compensation for injuries and damages suffered by the evacuees, the detainees, and the internees, or their heirs. We want reparations for the deprivation of our civil and constitutional rights; for wrongful evacuation, detention, and imprisonment and the suspension of due process; for our loss of income, property, and education; for the degradation of internment and evacuation and for the psychological, social, and cultural damage inflicted by our government. – William Hohri
I grew up hearing terms like "sovereign immunity, mass incarceration, reparations, No-No boys, and Day of Remembrance" around our New Year's dinner table every winter in Chicago. The central Japanese American story taught to me was the Redress fight, which established resistance to injustice as the starting point for learning about the incarceration of Japanese Americans. This led to a much more empowering telling of our history. The early and candid exposure to the issue throughout my childhood shielded me slightly from internalizing the shame, confusion, and humiliation of the incarceration but nothing could lessen my grief and rage at the camps. Our family was just as hurt as the others and our losses were devastating – my Great Grandfather Daisuke Hohri and Great Uncle Sam Hohri both suffered untimely deaths in camp. In 1945, my grandfather at 18 years old, was given an individual exclusion order from the State of California and ordered out of the state at gunpoint.
For this 30 year anniversary, I reflect on the important lessons from my grandfather, modeled through his words and actions – stand up, speak up, build coalitions, be curious and engaged in the world. Also, tell children the truth.
Samuel T. Shoji speaking at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981.
Joseph Shoji Lachman: As a fourth/fifth generation Japanese-American, the story of Redress is a very personal one for my family. My mother's father's side of our family first came to Seattle, Washington from Akita Prefecture in Japan in 1907. My Great-Grandfather Gennosuke Shoji served as an Episcopal Reverend for the local Japanese immigrant population, and did his best to try to bridge gaps between immigrant and nonimmigrant communities. However, like virtually all other West Coast people of Japanese descent our family was forced to move to a concentration camp after the announcement of Executive Order 9066. He continued be both a father and faith leader during our families' period of imprisonment. But in the end, incarceration traumatized our family in a way that no piece of legislation could ever truly heal. Great Grandpa's youngest daughter, Florence was severely disabled from a childhood illness, and died as a teenager in the Idaho State Hospital during the period of incarceration as a result of the inhumane conditions in the Minidoka concentration camp, and poor medical care for those with disabilities. My family was never able to be whole again after their incarceration experience.
My Great Uncle Samuel Tasuku Shoji (Uncle Sam, as I called him growing up) was the closest thing I had to a grandfather ever in my life. (My actual Jichan passed away when my mother was only 28.) Uncle Sam led a life in service of his community. It was only recently as I began to rediscover my Japanese American identity that I read his more than 16 pages of testimony he gave to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. I could never have guessed how profoundly forward-thinking Uncle Sam was in his speech to the Commission. He recognized the need for an apology and reparations to address the harm done to the Japanese American community, and focused on speaking up for those who were unable to present their grievances – mainly Uncle Sam's little sister Florence, and Great Grandpa Gennosuke. Great Grandpa passed away in 1968 at the age of 89, long before the Redress Movement gained momentum, and before he could ever see any form of apology for the injustice that forever traumatized our family. Uncle Sam realized that many Japanese Americans were never able to see justice, and he wanted to speak on their behalf to make sure that their stories were not forgotten.
Uncle Sam also saw the Civil Liberties Act as something even greater – a precedent to fight future attacks on vulnerable communities in our country. Uncle Sam made this clear in his testimony to the Commission when he said:
Not only must the United States Government admit to this error, but there must be a guarantee to all that such an act will never be repeated to any people in the United States in the future without the due process of the law and the protection of the Constitution."
Uncle Sam confirmed his commitment to justice for all oppressed communities when the Seattle Times asked him to comment on the passage of the Civil Liberties Act in 1988. He replied to them:
Hopefully, this will teach a lesson so the country can't do this again. If something like this could happen to us, it could happen to anybody.
Uncle Sam realized that Japanese Americans couldn't view the Redress Movement selfishly. Japanese Americans are part of a larger history of immigrants and communities of color fighting systems of oppression in this country. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and likewise a victory for our community to him meant a victory for all oppressed communities. Uncle Sam embodied a progressive view of Redress that we must preserve and pass on to future generations.
The heroes of the past — Grandpa William, Uncle Sam, activist/author Michi Weglyn, activist/researcher Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, and artist Miné Okubo (to name a few) — are speaking loudly today, urging us to renew that fire and reminding us that we can't rest in the face of injustice. We're here to amplify their voices and lift our own. To mark this anniversary we're flooding the internet with these and other stories of resistance and solidarity, and we want to hear your story too!
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Tsuya Hohri Yee was born and raised in New York City. She is a yonsei, fourth generation Japanese American on her mother's side and a third generation Chinese American on her father's side. Her family was incarcerated in Manzanar, California and Jerome, Arkansas during World War II. She co-chairs the New York Day of Remembrance Committee which promotes educational and healing efforts related to the U.S. incarceration of Japanese Americans and others and protecting civil liberties.
Joseph Shoji Lachman was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and is fourth/fifth generation half-Japanese American. In 2017 he helped co-found Never Again, a social media page meant to engage and activate Japanese Americans and allies to speak up about Japanese American history and speak out against modern attacks on human rights and civil liberties. His current advocacy work focuses on building political power in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in solidarity with other communities of color. He is also passionate about strengthening Japanese American community ties with American Muslims and undocumented immigrant communities.
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The re-opening of golf is a welcome change, but there are striking the differences between how private clubs and public courses are doing it.
The municipal courses in Pleasanton (Callippe Preserve) and Livermore (Las Positas) have limited tee times to one person. The restriction of no golf carts was just lifted—a move that will open up the courses to more of the golfing population.
That contrasts with private clubs that are allowing everything from singles to foursomes (Blackhawk and Castlewood). All have tight limits on how soon to show up (10 to 25 minutes early) and requests to leave immediately after the round without any socializing, let alone handshakes on the 18th green. And you're handling your own bag no matter where you play.
The stringent public course rules, which are tighter than those in other counties, eliminates one of golf's unique charms—the social aspect of spending four hours in fellowship with others enjoying the challenging game.
Apparently, Dr. Erica Pan, Alameda County's health chief, didn't care about that aspect. It is great that people can get back out and play the game they love after weeks of what amounted to semi-house arrest.
Two of my favorite Truckee area golf courses, Old Greenwood (May 15) and Gray's Crossing (May 22), announced their opening days this week under the Nevada County health department rules. That means no golf carts or push carts, no water on the course and no bathrooms other than at the start and after nine.
Among the bullet points the club issued for players was the following:
"Please take all your garbage with you after your round. There are no bathrooms on the course. Please be courteous of the viewpoints from houses if exploring course surroundings."
In other words, when looking for a convenient tree, check for nearby houses that are on both courses. That's not a view a homeowner would appreciate.
The San Francisco Business Times' Wednesday evening newsletter showed just how badly the COVID-19 shutdown has hurt Stanford Health Care, which operates ValleyCare here in the Tri-Valley.
Reporter Brian Rinker interviewed CEO David Entwistle who said that losses for March and April would be at least $135 million. That reflected the loss of all elective surgeries as well as emergency room volume that dropped by 40 percent. Elective surgery resumed this week, but he's still expecting a difficult May. His hope for 2020 financially is to break even by year's end.
He also clarified that 14,000 employees were asked to either take a 20 percent pay cut for 10 weeks (something few did) or use 12 days of paid-time-off in the same 10-week period. Because the paid-time-off counts on the books as it is earned that request put the hospital on better financial footing.
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Different counties, different rules. Philosophies and scientific opinions differ too along with personal opinions on golf outings. It doesn't make sense.
Sacramento & El Dorado counties golf courses allow foursomes. They also allow drive carts, one per person per cart unless you are living together.
I played golf up at Apple Mountain twice last month. They enforce social distancing & contact precautions and we still have fun playing golf in a foursome.
Posted by Ross , a resident of Birdland,
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There are striking difference between private and municipal courses because the private ones are stuffed full of entitled man-children who think the rules of civil behavior don't apply to them.
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Plundering the future: Why the IMF must quantify grand corruption
By Tom Cardamone and Maureen Heydt
As the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group kick off the 2019 Annual Meetings this week, government officials, central bankers, academics, civil society and journalists will descend on Washington for a week of strategizing solutions to pressing issues in global economic development. Crucially, corruption is one of the topics to be addressed.
In her first major address as Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva on October 8, described fighting corruption as a key component to unlocking resources to fuel key investments in people, noting that "unless we deal with how countries are governed, we won't reach the Sustainable Development Goals."
The IMF estimates about $1 trillion in tax revenues could be realized globally every year, if corruption were curbed. That is a staggering sum; nearly twice as much is needed to help 49 low-income countries achieve the SDGs by the 2030 deadline.
Grand corruption – "the abuse of high-level power that benefits the few at the expense of the many" as Transparency International defines the term – is one of the principal contributors to illicit financial flows that bleeds countries dry of desperately-needed resources annually.
Take a world tour of grand corruption and you will visit nations as diverse as Equatorial Guinea, Ukraine and Malaysia, to name just a few, where rapacious politicians have decimated economic growth, and consequently, the lives of their citizens.
For example, earlier this month 25 luxury automobiles were auctioned off as part of a money laundering probe into Equatorial Guinea's Vice President (and son of the current president) Teodoro Obiang, fetching some $27 million. That is a fraction of the sum Obiang is suspected of pilfering from the state, with a US Senate investigation estimating the value at $110 million. Meanwhile, the World Bank estimates 76.8 percent of Equatorial Guineans live in poverty.
During his tenure, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is estimated to have stolen $7.5 billion from the state, where the average annual household income is less than $1,700. In Asia, the specter of the 1MDB scandal, in which $4.5 billion was stolen, continues to haunt Malaysia.
Money lost to corruption is notoriously difficult to claw back, as much of it can be hidden in tax havens, or tied up in litigation for years, as Uzbekistan knows all too well. Indeed, a 2010 World Bank study noted "only a fraction of the amount lost to developing countries through corruption" is ever returned.
When we talk about grand corruption, we are talking about the plunder of the future. Grand corruption is jobs that won't be created, hospitals that won't be built, textbooks that won't be distributed and roads that won't be laid. A thoroughly corrosive crime, it occurs on the macro level, but is felt acutely at the micro level, inhabiting the difference between a rising quality of life- or a deteriorating one.
If the IMF wishes to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, it must undertake two analyses that would change the conversation on grand corruption. First, it should conduct an annual assessment of grand corruption in all countries and publish the dollar value of that analysis. While the IMF has done fine work on corruption in the past, there is no recurring, country-level dollar estimate of grand corruption. The business adage that "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it" holds true. Quantifying grand corruption would put corrupt leaders on notice that the world is watching and could potentially generate political will to change the system.
Second, the IMF should conduct an opportunity cost analysis of the stolen assets. How many hospitals might have been built had the money not been pilfered? How many teachers could have been hired, or vaccines purchased? While the Fund cannot dictate how a sovereign country spends its money, this dual analysis would provide valuable information to citizens and media on the magnitude of the problem and, perhaps, spark a rallying cry for deep social change.
While a focus on trade wars, national debt levels and financial stability is important, highlighting the rot at the top of the governmental, social and economic pyramid is imperative to changing the way the world works in far too many places. Among the tasks at the top of her priority list, the new IMF Managing Director should commit herself to stemming the suffering of people resulting from the avarice of their leaders.
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ERBIL, Kurdistan – Boosting its military presence, Russia is deploying advanced Kamov Ka-52 helicopter gunships in Syria to protect its Latakia airbase and take part in combat rescue operations.According to IHS Jane's, a website specialized in defence and aerospace news, this will be the debut for Russia's newest military helicopter, which will provide security for the Russian air base in Syria's western province of Latakia.
That is the base for many of the advanced Russian jets that are carrying out air strikes across Syria against various armed groups opposed to the Moscow-backed Syrian President President Bashar al-Assad.
A defense source told the Russian TASS news agency that the gunships will "also conduct combat search-and-rescue operations.
"As with much of the newer equipment the Russians have deployed in Syria, this will be an opportunity for Moscow to test out its newest helicopters in a real war zone for the first time.
The gunships will be equipped with advanced counter measures aimed at defending against guided surface-to-air missiles.
When a Russian attack plane was shot down by the Turkish air force over the Syrian-Turkish border on November 24, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter attempting a search-and-rescue operation of the pilots was also destroyed by ground fire.
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For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remem
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Re-animating campus
Following the recent series of lockdown periods, the London College of Fashion wanted to celebrate the return to campus for their staff and students. Understanding that everyone has had an anxious time recently, and many will be traveling to campus for the very first time, the College wanted their buildings to be welcoming, inspirational and hopeful.
Using key social and circulation spaces we were tasked with developing a narrative supported by a series of design interventions that were prominent in the activation and uplift of their buildings.
The concept was a visual conversation that responds directly to the question, 'why are we back?'
Through the notion of 'Life of an Alumni' we presented a series of responses reminding staff and students of the many opportunities that will present themselves beyond these current times. The spaces 'speak' to the students and remind them of all the positive things of being back on campus and inspiring them in continuing their courses.
Showcasing activities that can only happen on campus and which cannot happen at home on a tablet or laptop, we celebrated the experience of working with leather, textiles, fabric, dye and pattern-cutting.
Using a series of quotes and bite size statements, we aim to inspire students by celebrating Alumni such as Caroline Andrew who made a name for herself as the first woman to take over a tailoring workshop in London's Mayfair, or Ioana Ciolacu who received a Designer for Tomorrow Award from Stella McCartney, and has now founded her own sustainable fashion label.


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Den här artikeln handlar om hönsrasen. För orten med samma namn se Orpington

Orpington är en tung hönsras framavlad i Storbritannien under 1800-talet, baserad på asiatiska hönsraser. Det är en bra köttras och även en bra värpras. En dvärgversion finns också, framavlad i Storbritannien och Tyskland.

Rasen finns i flera olika färgvarianter. En höna väger omkring 3 kilogram och en tupp väger omkring 3,5 kilogram. För dvärgvarianten är vikten för en höna runt 900 gram och för en tupp 1 kilogram. Äggen från en stor höna har gul till brunaktig skalfärg och väger ungefär 55 gram. Dvärgvariantens ägg har ljusbrun skalfärg och väger ungefär 35 gram.

Hönorna har stark ruvlust och kan ruva fram upp till tre kullar med kycklingar på ett år. Ibland kan det dock förekomma att en del av äggen i kullen har för tunt skal, något som kan leda till att kläckresultatet blir dåligt. Rasen är inte en snabbvuxen hönsras, först vid omkring 10 månaders ålder blir individerna fullvuxna.

Till sitt sätt är orpington en lugn och lätthanterlig ras. Den är en bra hushållsras, då den även är tålig och går lätt att hålla inhägnad.

Orpington har använts i avel för att ta fram andra hönsraser, bland annat australorp.

Färger
Björkfärgad
Blå kanttecknad
Spättad (splash)
Gul
Gul columbia
Gul svartkanttecknad  / Gulsvartsömmad
Ljus columbia
Porslinsfärgad/trefärgad
Rapphönsfärgad/Guldsvartbandad
Röd
Svart
Svart vitfläckig
Tvärrandig
Vit
Gultvärrandig
Gultvärrandig Colombia
Legbarfärgad
Silversvartsömmad
Chokladfärgad
Choklad Tvärrandig
Gulblåsömmad
Lavendel
Blå rapphönsfärgad/guldblåbandad

Referenser
Grandin, Anette. Hönsraser, 2002.

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Remember that lightbulb moment that I told you about? It seriously changed the way we thought about money. Since the beginning of our marriage we had kept a careful budget and tracked expenses.
Now, instead of simply keeping things even-keeled we had a new goal: to get completely out of debt. Yes, even getting rid of something as commonplace as a mortgage.
being mortgage-free by Dec. 31st, 2018. Won't that be a fun New Year's party?!
We're thankful to have a large family, but traveling can get expensive. We'd like to do a series of U.S. tours as the kids grow older.
We live in Alaska so we need to fly to a starting destination. Flying is necessary unless we do the 3-5 day drive it takes to get to the "lower 48".
The benefit of this distance is that we also have access to Europe (over the ice cap) via an 8 hour direct flight. We can get to Eastern Asia relatively quickly too. These are all tempting options that we dream about when envisioning our post-mortgage life.
I input all of our purchases into our money management software as they occur. At the end of the month my husband and I meet and discuss that month's budget successes and failures. We take note of any adjustments and input the numbers into our net worth spreadsheet.
Twice a year we powwow to adjust budget amounts, take a look at our portfolio, and talk about financial goals. I love those sessions! It's extremely refreshing and encouraging to take a good look in the mirror and plan for the future.
If you feel like you're not making forward progress on your own financial journey, I'd encourage you to do this one simple thing this week: Sit down with your spouse (if applicable) and decide where you want to be in 5 years. What is one specific thing that you can do to get there? If you aren't already budgeting, then building a budget is an ideal first step.
I'd love to hear your action step! Will you be working to pay off your mortgage, just like we are? Are you trying to get out from under school loans, or will you be focusing on building a budget?
Feel free to share your story below, I'd love to hear from you!
What are your financial goals? What tools are you using to get there?


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8 Shows Like Netflix's Bridgerton to Watch While You Wait for Season 2
Get lost in more shows about romance between people with British accents
Tim Surette Jan. 10, 2021, 4:00 p.m. PT
Netflix's Bridgerton didn't premiere until the last week of 2020, but it took only a few days to cement its status as one of the biggest shows of the year. The drama from Shonda Rhimes is set in 1800s London and packed with steamy romance between dapper dudes and gowned gals, all with accents to melt your insides, as they elbow each other on the social ladder of high society. By now you've torn through the first season and wondering when you'll be able to see Season 2, but in the meantime, what should you watch after bingeing Bridgerton?
We've curated a list of shows featuring many of the elements found in Bridgerton, whether it be the sexiness of lustful hookups, copious amounts of scandal and gossip, or the surprisingly modern tone of historical dramas reworked for today's audiences.
Here's what you may have missed this week! TV Guide's weekend editor breaks down the week's best, worst, and weirdest TV moments.
Looking for more recommendations of what to watch next? We have a ton of them! We also have recommendations for the best stand-up specials on Netflix and best comedy shows to binge-watch in a weekend.
Where to watch: Hulu
Elle Fanning, The Great
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Hulu's The Great is a, uhh, great follow-up to Bridgerton, particularly if you're into the unexpected humor of Bridgerton. The series comes from screenwriter Tony McNamara, who previously proved that period pieces could be fun with his Oscar-nominated script for the film The Favourite, and follows a young Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) as she's shipped to Russia to marry Peter III (Nicholas Hoult) and ultimately overthrow him and rule on her own when her fantasies of a royally good time are crushed. It's not as steamy as Bridgerton, but it is a whole lot funnier, especially Hoult, who shines as the spoiled doofus bro emperor.
Where to watch: Netflix, Starz
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, Outlander
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If corsets and puffy shirts (and the process of lustily tearing them off in a fit of horniness) get your juices flowing, then it's hard to top the steamy romance of Starz's Outlander. The adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels was gobbled up by rabid fans when it premiered in 2014, all eager to see pure-chunk-of-hunk Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a Scottish Highlander in the 1740s, grab World War II nurse Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) in his arms and re-enact cover photos of romance novels that you see in the airport. A World War II nurse in the 1740s, you say? Yes, Outlander also has a bit of time-traveling sci-fi thrown into the mix, as Claire and Jamie's romance cannot be contained by the space-time continuum. The whole series (five seasons so far, with a sixth upcoming) is on Starz, while earlier seasons are on Netflix.
Where to watch: HBO Max
Bridgerton is full of sex, scandal, and ladder-climbing, but what keeps it all chugging along is the voiceover from the anonymous Lady Whistledown (Julie Andrews), who ramps up the pearl-clutching by feeding the town gossip in the form of a newsletter that tracks all the lasciviousness and comings and goings of high society. Her ability to influence the actions of the characters on screen is reminiscent of the Nosy Parker of The CW's Gossip Girl, a tittle-tattle who ran a blog that recounted the ins and outs of wealthy high school socialites in Manhattan. Bridgerton was wise to mimic the Gossip Girl device, as it constantly puts pressure on its characters to impress, or fail spectacularly trying to do so, while also providing a sip of mystery in determining who the narrator is. Gossip Girl is also worth a watch as it catapulted its young cast -- Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, and more -- to stardom.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Oliva Cooke, Tom Bateman; Vanity Fair
Robert Viglasky
Jane Austen isn't the only author whose influence is plainly seen in Bridgerton. William Makepeace Thackeray took shots at British high society in his 1847 serial Vanity Fair, which was adapted by Amazon Prime Video in 2018's delightful seven-episode series of the same name. Less about the sex and more about the efforts of advancing among the elite, Vanity Fair stars Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp, an extremely cunning and charming young woman who upends every idea of what a lady should be at the time as she elbows her way to the top, and Cooke is an absolute treasure in the role. Of course, Becky's plans get complicated when her heart gets in the way, thanks to leading man Tom Bateman.
Where to watch: Apple TV+
If Bridgerton was your first binge of a period piece that's been unstuffed from the rigid stuffiness of the typical old-timey drama, then Apple TV+'s Dickinson is like a direct wormhole between today's millennials and 19th century author Emily Dickinson. Emily, played by the wonderful up-and-comer Hailee Steinfeld, has aspirations to become a famous writer, while her traditional parents (Toby Huss and Jane Krakowski) prefer she settle down and be a housewife. The timeless story and era-appropriate clothing and sets are injected with modernity through present-day music (full on blasting tracks, not the undercover string quartet covers that Bridgerton did) and dialogue (pretty sure they didn't say "stoked" back then), adding a fresh coat of paint to a genre otherwise reserved for the olds. Also of extreme importance, Wiz Khalifa appears as Emily's obsession, Death.
Suranne Jones, Gentleman Jack
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Another period drama about love in 1800s England, HBO's Gentleman Jack thankfully shows an alternative to the heteronormative romance and sexuality that dominates many of the other shows on this list. In a stirring performance, Suranne Jones portrays Anne Lister, a real historical figure who was a prominent landowner and industrialist. She also happened to be a lesbian, and courts her fellow landowner Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) while recording the courtship through a series of cryptic messages that only she can decode. The first season premiered in 2019 on HBO, with a second season coming soon.
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If it's sweeping romance with British accents that you're looking for, PBS's Poldark, with its endless sunsets, waves crashing on many rocky shores, and horseback rides along countless beaches, fits the bill. If it's a ridiculously handsome man with ripped abs walking shirtless out of the ocean that you also want, well, Poldark has that too. The series, now five seasons in, stars Aidan Quinn as Captain Ross Poldark, a Revolutionary War veteran who, after he was believed to have perished in the fight, returns home to Cornwall to find his girlfriend engaged to his cousin (oops) and his father dead. The series, based on Winston Graham's novels, moves at a blistering pace as Poldark rebuilds his life and finds new love and more reasons to take his shirt off.
Obviously Bridgerton isn't Shonda Rhimes' first shot at television, but instead of checking into Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, or How to Get Away With Murder, get embroiled in some Scandal. Scandal was Shonda's sexiest broadcast show, starring Kerry Washington as a fixer with her own crisis-management firm whose affair with a governor (Tony Goldwyn) gets even more heated and scandalous when he becomes president of the United States. It's got all the shocks and twists you're looking for, but a little bit more murder and political machinations.
Bridgerton is now available on Netflix.


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Industry buzz 4 November 2019
Forever 21-owned beauty chain Riley Rose to close all stores
Riley Rose - the beauty-store chain owned by fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 - is reportedly closing all its freestanding stores, stopping orders on its web site and moving the brick-and-mortar beauty concept into existing Forever 21 locations.
The news follows the bankruptcy of its parent company Forever 21, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in October, closing 200 stores in an effort to get back on solid financial footing. According to sources, a letter was sent out this week to brands sold at Riley Rose, informing them of the news.
A post by Riley Rose via Instagram, 2017. (Photo: © Instagram / @rileyrose)
A notice has also been posted on rileyrose.com which states: "We are moving! As of 10/28, we welcome you to our new home located on the Beauty by Riley Rose tab at forever21.com, where you can continue to purchase your favorite products and on 10/15, we'll stop taking orders at rileyrose.com."
Riley Rose - which operates as a "beauty and lifestyle universe" - opened its first store in 2017, offering a curated selection of new and cult beauty brands, and the latest in home décor and accessories, and (to-date) has sold numerous brands via its bricks-and-mortar and online stores, including: Juicy Couture, Dermalogica, DKNY and Ariana Grande Fragrances.
It's not yet known how many Riley Rose shop-in-shops will open inside Forever 21 stores, although the first shop-in-shop opened in July, in the New York Penn Station store.
AFP/Relaxnews
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Jake is a GIS Research Assistant supporting WRI's Energy Access Explorer team in the Washington, DC (United States) office. He is involved in compiling, processing, and organizing geospatial datasets related to expanding energy access in developing countries, along with stakeholder outreach and program support.
Prior to joining WRI, Jake worked on several transportation related research projects in the Washington, DC area. He also has previous experience as a project manager in electronic medical records implementation.
Jake completed his B.A. in Geography and Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and holds an M.A. in International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he concentrated in Energy, Resources, and Environment.
Jake lives in Washington, DC and enjoys riding his bicycle, playing soccer with friends, birdwatching, and finding new and interesting maps in his spare time.
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In continuing rare book & manuscript news, the Bibliothque Nationale wants to repatriate the manuscript for De Sade's 100 Days of Sodom, surely one of the filthiest and most depraved works ever written. Below is Elaine Sciolino's article on the fracas. Of interest to us is Ms. Sciolino's assertion that "There is nothing erotic about it." Is that true? Probably not, even as a general claim; but certainly not for those who are turned on by filth and depravity – a topic on which I remain more or less agnostic (I mean, at my age, I'm willing to be turned on by whatever works; but, somehow….). Read on:
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
PARIS The 120 Days of Sodom, by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most perverse works of 18th-century literature.
It tells the story of four rich libertines who lock themselves in a remote medieval castle with 46 victims (including eight boys and eight girls, ages 12 to 15). The men are assisted by four female brothel keepers who arouse their hosts by recounting their outlandish (and embellished) experiences.
The work describes orgies and acts of abuse sexual and otherwise including pedophilia, necrophilia, incest, torture, rape, murder, infanticide, bestiality, violent anal and oral sex acts and the use of urination and defecation to humiliate and punish.
Sade called it the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began.
There is nothing erotic about it.
Even Bruno Racine, director of the Bibliothque Nationale de France, the National Library, calls it depraved.
But that hasnt stopped him from negotiating long and hard to buy Sades manuscript. He has convinced the Foreign and Culture Ministries of its importance. He has argued in front of the Commission of National Treasures to declare it provisionally a national treasure that needs to be preserved in the library. And he is ready to pay more than $5 million to get it.
The document is Sades most atrocious, extreme, radical work, Mr. Racine said. But we make no moral judgment about it. A rambling, unfinished draft, 120 Days has been praised and vilified. Simone de Beauvoir defended it as an important contribution to the dark side of humanity in her essay Must We Burn Sade?
The American feminist writer Andrea Dworkin branded it a vile story written by a woman-hating pornographer. In a 1975 film Pier Paolo Pasolini set the story in an imaginary Italian republic as a condemnation of Mussolinis Fascist regime.
Sade wrote the draft in 37 days in 1785 in the Bastille, where he had been imprisoned under a royal order initiated against him by his mother-in-law. (In his youth he had been repeatedly arrested for acts of sexual mistreatment, sodomy and violence.) He wrote in tiny script on both sides of a sheaf of narrow paper, whose sheets he attached into a single 39-foot-long roll. Fearing that his work would be confiscated, he hid the roll in a crevice in a stone wall of his cell.
Days before the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, Sade was transferred at night to a prison for the insane. He wrote that he wept tears of blood over the manuscripts loss, and he went to his grave in 1814 without knowing its fate.
But it was recovered, sold, resold and then published for the first time by a German doctor in an error-filled version in 1904.
In 1929 Viscount Charles de Noailles, whose wife, Marie-Laure, was a direct descendant of Sades, bought the manuscript. The couple, wealthy and passionate patrons of the arts, handed it down to their daughter, Natalie, who kept it in a drawer at the familys estate in Fontainebleau. She would sometimes unroll it and show it to guests; the Italian writer Italo Calvino was one of them.
My mother showed me the manuscript when I was a boy, Carlo Perrone, an Italian newspaper publisher who is Natalie de Noailless son, said in a telephone interview from Rome. I remember the handwriting was so small, and that there were no corrections. It gave you the impression that paper was very scarce and precious for him, and that he had to fill up every space.
Ms. de Noailles eventually entrusted both that manuscript and the manuscript of Stravinskys ballet Les Noces to a friend, the publisher Jean Grouet.
Mr. Grouet turned out to be a swindler. In 1982 he smuggled the Sade manuscript into Switzerland and sold it to Grard Nordmann, a Swiss collector of erotica, for about $60,000.
Ms. de Noailles sued. After a long legal case, Frances highest court ruled in 1990 that the work had been stolen and must be returned. (The family was able to retrieve the Stravinsky manuscript, which had remained in France.)
Since Switzerland had not yet signed the Unesco convention requiring the restitution of stolen cultural objects, Ms. de Noailles was forced to sue again in that country. In 1998 the Swiss federal court ruled in Mr. Nordmanns favor, saying that he had bought the manuscript in good faith.
Afterward, the manuscript was kept at a cultural foundation in Switzerland.
Then, last January, Mr. Nordmanns heirs offered to sell the manuscript to a French collector. Mr. Perrone intervened.
Anyone who wants to buy the manuscript in France needs my consent, he said in the interview. My mother had a very strong wish that one day the manuscript would be given to the Bibliothque Nationale, which is my wish as well. Its an important historical document, a piece of French history.
Enter Mr. Racine. Since taking over as director of the Bibliothque Nationale in 2007, he has sought to have important manuscripts classified as national treasures in order to acquire them for the library.
Among other purchases, he has bought Casanovas memoirs with $9.6 million from an anonymous donor; the archives of the French philosopher Michel Foucault; and the archives of the French Marxist theorist, writer and filmmaker Guy Debord (preventing them from leaving the country and going to Yale).
I dont know of any director of a world-class library today who is making the kind of brilliant strategic acquisitions that Bruno Racine is making at the Bibliothque Nationale, said Paul Le Clerc, the former head of the New York Public Library and the director of Columbia Universitys programs in Europe.
Now Mr. Racine is negotiating with Mr. Perrone and the heirs of Mr. Nordmann to buy the Sade manuscript and give each party a cut. The estimated sale price more than $5 million would be raised from private donors.
Mr. Racines goal is to put the manuscript on display, along with other Sade works in the librarys collection, for the 200th anniversary of Sades death next year.
It is a unique, exceptional work, and a miracle that it survived, he said. It is part of our cultural heritage. Whether we like it or not, it belongs in the Bibliothque Nationale.


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Founded over 2,500 years ago, the town of Civita di Bagnoregio is now an endangered town. Through the course of the 20th-century, the town's population has dwindled, with few residents left in the town, making it, for all intent and purposes – a ghost town.
Despite its stunning views and robust medieval masonry, the town's location proved to be disastrous. Local earthquakes and land erosion turned the town into an island throughout the 17th-century, and the locals started referring to it as il paese che muore ("the town that is dying").
The cliffside-erosion caused several buildings to collapse down the hill, prompting many families to leave. By the year 2000, the town's population was a mere six people.
Thanks to a recent revival, prompted by a tourism boom, the population doubled, with 12 residents living there during the winter and almost 100 during the summer months.
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execution, is probably very much exaggerated. Those who, like the Cavaliers, had been mulcted of a portion of their estates had an additional reason for detesting a government which had used them so ill, and there must have been a certain number amongst the crowds who read the Eikon Basilike—the little book in which Charles's vindication of his life was supposed to have been written by his own hand—who were permanently affected by that sentimental production of Dr. Gauden. If, however, it is argued that Cromwell and his allies might possibly have succeeded in establishing a government to their taste if they had abstained from inflicting the last penalty on the King, it can only be answered that other causes made their success in the highest degree improbable. I Their plans for the benefit of the people were on the one hand too far advanced to secure popular support; and, on the other hand, too defective in fair-play to their opponents to deserve it. I Puritanism was not, and never could be the national religion, and though it made more enemies through its virtues than through its defects, those who strove to enforce its moral and social precepts needed a strong military force at their backs. The irritation caused by the interference of the army in religion and politics, and by the demands on the tax-payer which the maintenance of the army rendered necessary, would surely have been fatal to any government resting on such a basis, even if Charles had been suffered to
prolong his days. If there remains any interest in Cromwell's career after the execution of the King it arises from his constantly renewed efforts to throw off this incubus, and his repeated failures to achieve his purpose.
THE LAST YEARS OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT.
During the last weeks of Charles's life, the army, in co-operation with some of the Levellers, had drawn up an enlarged edition of The Agreement of the People, a task which was completed on January 15. In accordance with Cromwell's wish, this proposed constitution was laid before Parliament on the 20th for its approval, instead of being imposed on Parliament by a previous vote amongst the so-called well affected. Parliament being sufficiently busy at the time, laid the proposal aside with a few well-chosen compliments. The members had no wish to engage, at such a moment, in the uncertainties of a general election.
There can be little doubt that in this matter Parliament was instinctively in the right. That mutilated Assembly to which modern writers give the name of 'the Rump,' though no such word was employed by contemporaries till its reappearance on the scene some time after Cromwell's death, was in possession of the field. It now contented itself with proclaiming England to be a Commonwealth without King or House of Lords, and with electing an annually renewable Council of State to perform executive functions under its own control. The first political act of the sovereign Parliament was to order the execution of the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Holland, and Lord Capel, who, having taken the King's part in the last war, had been condemned by a High Court of Justice, similar to the one that had sent Charles to the block. For the moment the most serious danger to the young Commonwealth arose from the opposition of Lilburne and the Levellers, who, not content with asking, on the ground of abstract principles, for the immediate foundation of a democratic Republic in the place of the existing makeshift arrangement, extended their propaganda to the army itself, appealing to the private soldiers against the officers. Lilburne and three of his supporters were summoned before the Council. Lilburne, having threatened to burn down any place in which he might be imprisoned, was directed to retire. From the outer room he listened to the voices in the Council chamber. "I tell you, sir," said Cromwell, "you have no other way of dealing with these men but to break them, or they will break you; yea, and bring all the guilt of the blood and treasure shed and spent in this kingdom upon your heads and shoulders; and frustrate and make void all that work that, with so many years' industry, toil and pains you have done, and so render you to all rational men in the world as the most contemptiblest generation of silly, low-spirited men in the earth, to be broken and routed by such a despicable, contemptible generation of men as they are, and therefore, Sir, I tell you again, you are necessitated to break them." We can sympathise with Lilburne now in his desire to establish government by the people, to confirm individual right, and to restrain the commanders of the army from political power Yet, after all, the practical necessities of the hour were on Cromwell's side.
It was not long before the mutinous spirit to which Lilburne appealed showed itself in the army. A regiment quartered at Salisbury refused obedience to its officers, and roamed about the country seeking for other bodies of troops with which to combine Fairfax set out from London in chase, and on the night of May 14 Cromwell, by a forced march with his cavalry, overtook the mutineers at Burford. Three were executed, and the remainder submitted to the inevitable.
It was the more necessary to keep the army in hand, as there was renewed fighting in prospect. The eldest son of the late King, now claiming the title of Charles II., was about to make an effort to seat himself on his father's throne, and hoped, as his father had hoped before him, to have on his side the


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