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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations
<August 15, 1918.>
From: The Force Commander.
To the Navy Department (Chief of Naval Operations)
Subject: Repair Facilities for United States Vessels in European Waters; Compensation to Great Britain.
References: (a) Cablegram No. 8963, July 24, 1918, from the Chief of Naval Operations.1
(b) My cablegram No. 4550, February 28, 1918.2
(c) Cablegram No. 3641, March 8, 1918, from the Chief of Naval Operations.3
(d) Cablegram No. 3770, March 12, 1918, from the Chief of Naval Operations.4
(e) My letter No. 19727-40.3.2A, June 1,1918.5
1. In accordance with the Department's cablegram, reference (a), I have informed the British Admiralty that the United States Navy Department is unable to agree in the principle of compensation in kind for the repair facilities in the United Kingdom placed at the disposal of the United States Naval Forces operating in European Waters.6 Unless the Admiralty feel it is necessary to make further representations in regard to this matter, no further action is necessary at the present time.
2. In view of the cablegram from the Secretary of the Navy, Simben No. 5, July 24, 1918,7 it appears desirable to set forth at some length the negotiations in regard to repair facilities in the United Kingdom, and the reasons why it appeared necessary to enter into discussions involving the principle of compensation in kind, of which the Department has expressed its disapproval.
3. In the Spring and early Summer of 1917, when American Destroyers and other vessels were first assigned to operation in European Waters, their numbers were small, and the provision of adequate facilities for their docking and re-fit did not present a serious problem. The Admiralty at once put at our disposal in Government dockyards and private plants, sufficient facilities to cover our existing and immediately prospective needs in this respect. Furthermore, these arrangements were made prior to the Russian collapse in November 1917, and therefore prior to the time when a shortage of British manpower became a question of absorbing national importance.
4. In January and February of the current year, after the Department's building program of destroyers, submarines, Eagle boats, and mine sweepers had been settled upon, and was well under way, it became necessary to prepare plans for the maintenance of the large number of new vessels which will eventually be based in European Waters. It was planned to provide for the current upkeep, during active operations, by means of the Repair Ships already put in hand by the Department, supplemented by small semi-portable shops on shore, together with barracks for a sufficient number of men to provide for the operation of Repair Ships and shops twenty-four hours a day. These arrangements did not, however, provide for periodic docking, together with items of overhaul, requiring a longer period than that available during the active operation of the vessels, nor for the repair of major casualty damages, requiring the extended use of docks. The responsible Admiralty officials, charged with the upkeep and maintenance of the British Fleet, were then consulted in regard to this phase of the necessary arrangements.
5. Although their docks and repair facilities were already overcrowded with work, and torpedoed ships were actually awaiting docks before their repairs could be put in hand, and their program of new construction was falling seriously in arrears on account of the ever growing necessity for repairs, the Admiralty was favorably inclined to my proposals for using British Dockyard facilities for extensive repairs and periodic refits, recognizing the propriety and efficiency of the proposed arrangements. They, however, felt it necessary to have <to call attention to the adverse effect which such an arrangement would have> on the question of British manpower, which was, at that date, becoming a pressing one. I accordingly put forward to the Department the outline of these plans, in reference (b) above, drawing particular attention to the manpower question. Referring to a possible adjustment of this question, I stated that it was "probable that it (this arrangement) would necessitate the withdrawal from British Army of artisans to furnish additional dockyard labor needed and this would involve United States making up the drain on British Army". In this connection, it should be noted that the British Government had already publicly committed itself to the policy of withdrawing skilled shipyard mechanics from the army for the prosecution of their building program (about 12,000 have been withdrawn for this purpose) I also understood, at that time, that the President8 had already given approval to the incorporation of American battalions in British brigades, although this policy had not yet been announced either in Washington or in London. The Department, however, in reference (c), disapproved this policy, and reiterated its disapproval in reference (d). I was therefore forced to the conclusion that either the President had withdrawn his approval of brigading American troops in the British Army (the policy was, however, announced and put into effect only a few weeks later), or the matter was considered too confidential to be mentioned, even in discussions with the Admiralty. was therefore precluded from making use of the logic of this policy in my discussions with the Admiralty. It was, unfortunately, just at this juncture, that the Admiralty's failure to maintain the estimated output of merchant tonnage was made a national issue, and very strong attacks were made, both in Parliament and in the press, on the Government for this failure, resulting eventually in fundamental changes in the internal organization of the Admiralty, and in the control of merchant shipbuilding. In view of this strong expression of public feeling, the Admiralty officials naturally were unable to commit themselves to a proposal involving the eventual utilization of 4,000 or 5,000 skilled shipbuilding mechanics, without first exhausting every possibility of a different solution. It was then that the Admiralty put forward, in a letter dated March 26, 1918, the proposal that the United States should build, equip, and operate with American labor, a docking and repair plant in the United Kingdom, as quoted in paragraph 1 of reference (e).
6. I felt that a development of such magnitude under existing conditions was totally inadmissible, and I could not conceive that it would in any way meet with the Department's approval. A very rough estimate of the magnitude of the undertaking is contained in Appendices A and B of the "memorandum in re. repair Situation" dated March 28, 1918, which was forwarded as an enclosure with reference (e),9 indicating that a cost of ten to twenty-five million dollars, and the employment of 4,000 to 5,000 men were involved. I therefore felt in necessary to take up the question, as one of military policy, with the highest authorities in the Admiralty, and for purposes of examining the question from all points of view, the memorandum of March 28 was prepared by a member of my Staff, and was subsequently given by me to the Admiralty Board. In paragraph 6 of this Memorandum, reading as follows: "This last point, however, is a purely national one which could be met by an agreement on the part of the United States to turn over to Great Britain an amount of new tonnage, either Naval or Merchant, which would be equivalent to the amount which would have been turned out in any given period by the number of men employed, on repair work for United States vessels". Was contained the first mention of the principle of "compensation in kind", of which the Department has expressed its disapproval.
7. At this time, the United States Government had assigned to, and was then operating in the service of various Allies, several hundred thousand tons of American shipping. Compensation for munitions supplied to the United States Army by France and England, by the replacement of material involving the assignment for the purpose of a considerable tonnage of American shipping, had already been approved by the United States Government, In view of these policies, which involved the utilization for an extended period, if not the actual sale, of American ships, I cannot feel that I initiated a general policy of international character <in> is suggesting that I might submit to my Government for approval a proposition involving the sale to Great Britain of a few ships of American register. In this connection also, it should be noted that the ships involved would still have been utilized in war service as fully under the British flag as under the American. Furthermore, with the present shortage of skilled shipbuilding labor both in Great Britain and the United States, the utilization of large numbers of men for repair work must result in a corresponding decrease in output of new tonnage, and this fact applies equally to the United States and Great Britain. If there-fore, it became necessary to undertake the docking and periodic refits of all of our vessels operating in European Waters in the United States, instead of in Great Britain, there would inevitably be a decrease in the output of new ships in the United States equivalent to the number which it would have been proposed to sell to Great Britain in recognition of their assumption of their burden of our repair work with the corresponding decrease in their own output of new tonnage.
8. Referring to cablegram Simben No. 9,10 I understood at the time that approval of the proposal would require the concurrence of the United States Shipping Board, and I, therefore, consulted the Vice Chairman of that board, Mr. R. B. Stevens,11 who, being in active touch with conditions here, fully concurred in my recommendations on this matter, and concurrently with my letter to the Department, reference (e), wrote to the United States Shipping Board stating the reasons for the desirability of this course.
9. In assenting to my proposals for the docking and refitting of our vessels in British Yards, the Admiralty, in their letter, copy of which was enclosed with reference (e), stated that it appeared to them not unfair to ask that compensation, in kind for these facilities be extended by the United States. As stated in paragraph 4 of reference (e), I simply replied that I felt sure that my Government would give sympathetic consideration to such proposals. I then made full report of these negations to the Department in my letter, reference (e). It should be noted, however, in this connection, that that portion of paragraph 4 of reference (e) which refers to the commandeering of British ships building in American Yards, was simply for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the Department a matter on which it seemed that they should be informed, and which might be of contingent interest in connection with the subject in hand, but did not form a part of my proposals and is a subject on which I have never had any discussion, formal or informal, with any British official.
10. It does not appear to me that the Department can be fully cognizant of the aroused state of public feeling in Great Britain on the subjects of utilization of manpower and the constantly decreasing tonnage of the British Merchant marine, which affects the every day life of every individual in this country by creating the necessity for compulsory rationing of food, fuel and transportation facilities. These factors cannot, however, be ignored by responsible officials of the British Government, and must influence very largely their attitude and action on any proposals affecting their shipbuilding program. I regret that the Department has not been able to approve a procedure which appears to me so eminently fair and just.
Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. Document reference: "R-2-40.3.2A. 29469" and in columnar fashion, "1/3/J/6."
Footnote 1: See: Daniels to Sims, 24 July 1918.
Footnote 2: See: Sims to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1 March 1918.
Footnote 3: See: Benson to Sims, 8 March 1918.
Footnote 4: See: Sims to Sir Lionel Halsey, 15 March 1918.
Footnote 5: Sims' let of 1 June 1918, has not been found.
Footnote 6: See: Sims to Bartolomé, 15 August 1918.
Footnote 7: See: Josephus Daniels to Sims, 24 July 1918.
Footnote 8: President Woodrow Wilson.
Footnote 9: The referred to enclosures were not attached to the document.
Footnote 10: See: Daniels to Sims, 1 August 1918.
Footnote 11: Raymond B. Stevens.
Captain Montgomery M. Taylor to Flag Officers and Naval Bureaus, 8/1/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/1/1918
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Commander, Asiatic Fleet, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/1/1918
Bureau of Ordnance to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/1/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, first cable of the day, 8/1/1918
Navy Department to Commandants, Naval Districts One through Eight, 8/1/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/1/1918
Commander William P. Scott, Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to H. E. Frick, Representative, Emergency Fleet Corporation, 8/1/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 8/2/1918
Proposed Syllabus for Training Seaplane Pilots, Observers, and Radio Gunners, 8/2/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Lieutenant Commander Russell S. Crenshaw, Ocean Convoy Section, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, 8/2/1918
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/2/1918
Captain William V. Pratt, Acting Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Albert T. Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 8/2/1918
Secretary of State Robert M. Lansing to United States Ambassador to Russia David R. Francis, 8/3/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/3/1918
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/3/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/3/1918
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/4/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Walter S. Crosley, United States Naval Attaché in Madrid, 8/4/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of Naval Intelligence, 8/4/1918
Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 8/5/1918
The Mystery Ships: Encounter with a Submarine, 8/5/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Ferdinand de Bon, Chief of French Naval Staff, 8/5/1918
A Brief Summary of the United States Naval Activities in European Waters, 8/5/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations All Navy War Warning, 8/6/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to British Admiralty, 8/6/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Bureau of Navigation, 8/6/1918
Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, and George Rublee, United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 8/6/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Robert E. Coontz, Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, 8/6/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1918
Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the British Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 8/8/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, and Naval District Commanders, 8/8/1918
Captain David W. Todd, Director of Naval Communications, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/8/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Bureau of Construction and Repair, 8/8/1918
Capt. DeWhitt Blamer, Commanding Officer, Seattle, to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 8/8/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, 8/9/1918
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1918
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/9/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Certain Naval District Commandants and Other Officers, 8/10/1918
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/10/1918
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1918
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/10/1918
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 8/10/1918
Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/12/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Navigation, 8/12/1918
Major General Frederick C. Poole, Royal Army, to British War Office, 8/12/1918
Captain Thomas C. Hart, Commander, Submarine Flotilla Two, Anti-Submarine Instructions, 8/13/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Radio Station, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Ordnance, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to P.B. Brill, General Manager, Lake Torpedo Company, 8/13/1918
Captain Richard H. Leigh, Staff of Force Commander, Operations Section, Anti-Submarine Division, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/14/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to All Commandants and All Branch Offices, Office of Naval Intelligence, 8/14/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotilla, 8/14/1918
Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 8/14/1918
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/14/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, 8/15/1918
Commander William P. Scott, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain J. W. Munn, Marine Superintendent, United States Shipping Board, 8/15/1918
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1918
Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, and Mark L. Requa, general Director, Oil Division, U.S. Fuel Administration, 8/15/1918
Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, to All Naval Forces, 8/15/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Charles M. de Bartolme, R.N., The Third Sea Lord, 8/15/1918
Report of the Allied Conference on Minelaying in the Mediterranean Sea, 8/15/1918
Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A.R. Murray, 8/16/1918
George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Étienne Charles Marcel Ratyé, French Naval Representative at the Allied Minelaying Conference, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanders of Submarine Chaser Detachments, 8/16/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Various Officers in United States Waters, second letter of the day, 8/16/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Various Officers in United States Waters, 8/16/1918
Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet, to the Admiralty, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Frank D. Berrien, former Commanding Officer, U.S. Destroyer Nicholson, 8/16/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/16/1918
Force Instructions No. 25, 8/16/1918
Lieutenant Calvin H. Cobb, Commander, Duncan to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/17/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval of Operations to United States Navy, 8/17/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 8/17/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Base, Detachment, Squadron, and Division Commanders, and Certain Ship Commanders, 8/17/1918
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/18/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United Stations Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 8/18/1918
United States Naval Vessels Undergoing Overhaul, 8/19/1918
Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe, 8/19/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to All Naval Forces in European Waters, 8/19/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Congressmen Lemuel P. Padgett from Tennessee, Chairman, House Naval Committee, 8/19/1918
Ensign William A. Martin, Commander, U. S. Submarine Chaser 349, to Commander Charles P. Nelson, Commander, Otranto Detachment, Submarine Chasers, Distant Service, 8/19/1918
Lieutenant Commander John L. Callan, U.S.N.R.F., Commander, United States Naval Air Forces in Italy, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United Stations Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 8/19/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 8/19/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, Commander, Battleship Division Six, Atlantic Fleet, 8/20/1918
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1918
Memorandum for Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1918
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1918
Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting, Commander, First Aeronautic Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/21/1918
Captain Benton C. Decker, Acting Director of Naval Intelligence, Memorandum on Plants doing Naval Work in First Naval District, Boston, Massachusetts, 8/21/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to All United States Naval Forces, 8/21/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/21/1918
Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters., 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Commanding Officers, Sub-Chasers and Destroyers, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain David W. Todd, Director, Naval Communications, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain Charles P. Nelson, Commander, United States Submarine Chaser Base, Corfu, 8/22/1918
Ensign Thomas M. Conroy, U.S.N.R.F., Commander, Submarine Chaser 248, to Commander Charles P. Nelson, Commander, Submarine Chasers, Otranto Detachment, 8/22/1918
Captain Richard H. Leigh, Operations Section, Anti-Submarine Division, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims. Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Planning Section, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to United States Destroyer Flotillas, Queenstown, 8/23/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, Commandant, Fifth Naval District, 8/23/1918
Department of State to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/24/1918
British Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, North American and West Indies Station, 8/24/1918
Chester N. Greenough, Emergency Fleet Corporation, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 8/24/1918
Information Bulletin #189, Prepared by Intelligence Section Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Europe, 8/24/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Allied Forces in Europe, 8/25/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Submarine Chaser Detachments One, Two, and Three, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander, U.S.S. Oklahoma, 8/26/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanders, All Bases and Commands in European Waters, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to General Tasker H. Bliss, American Permanent Military Representative, Supreme War Council, 8/27/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Squadrons Based in France, 8/26/1918
Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/28/1918
Lieutenant Commander Ronan C. Grady, Commander, Submarine Division Five, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1918
Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1918
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Sorry I have not posted for absolutly AGES!!
So Im going to talk about three of my favourite hair products of the moment.
I'm forever switching around my hair styling products but these are some I have been loving lately.
1.) The Pantene Prov-v hairspray.
The one I have is number four,(out of 5)which is extra strong.
The thing I love most about this product is that this particular one is designed for normal-thick hair so this is like a god send for me as my hair is really thick and I have to dump so much hairspray in for it to even think about staying put throughout the day,and this makes my hair feel horrid!!
It also very light and you don't need much of this product for it to do the job.It doesn't leave my hair feeling sticky/crunchy either and it smells pretty good too.
This product retails for around £3.00....so cheap too!
Just because there is always room to improve!
2.) The VO5 smoothly does it,Curl defining mousse.
Ok so I randomly purchased this product quite a few weeks ago,but never actually got round to trying it out.
But when I finally did I really liked it.On the bottle it says that it gives a "frizz free finish,enhances curls & smoothes straight hair." I completly agree that it helps to fight frizz becuase my hair can get quite frizzy so this really reduces it.(but not completly).I also agree that it enhances curls.My hair is naturally wavey and the mousse really defines them and can even create curls.
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Also this product has heat defence in it which is a bonus!
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Mr. Obama Do not tolerate radical Islam, A Letter From India
When I first heard about President Obama's desire to reach out to "moderate" Taliban I wondered what could a "moderate" Taliban be? If a radical Taliban cuts off their enemies head, would a moderate one only slit his neck? I don't mean to sound flippant, but the point is there is no "moderate" Taliban.
In other countries that face terrorism all the time, President Obama is making a big mistake. The article below is written by Tavleen Singh, an Indian who supported Obama. Singh argues that instead of listening to the 'thinkers' and think tanks in Washington Mr. Obama would do better to listen carefully to what the Islamists themselves say loudly and clearly. He would discover that the objective of the worldwide jihad is to convert the whole world to radical Islam.
Read Mr. Singhs entire argument here:
Do not tolerate radical Islam
Tavleen Singh
As a huge fan of Barack Obama and a dedicated enemy of radical Islam it worried me to hear the American President talk of 'moderate' Taliban. I found myself wondering how they would be graded. Would those who burned girls' schools but did not participate in the global jihad be considered moderate? What about those who believe in stoning women to death and marrying nine-year-old girls but not in suicide bombing—would they be considered moderate? By this measure the men who blew the Bamian Buddhas to smithereens would be considered mere pranksters trying to amuse Allah with a spectacular display of idol smashing.
After the American President made his comment about moderate Taliban he got a response from the Taliban themselves. There is no such thing as moderate Taliban, a Taliban spokesman retorted angrily, unless the President meant the lazy old Muslims who sit idly at home instead of joining the jihad against Jews, Hindus and Americans.
Instead of listening to the 'thinkers' and think tanks in Washington Mr. Obama would do better to listen carefully to what the Islamists themselves say loudly and clearly. He would discover that the objective of the worldwide jihad is to convert the whole world to radical Islam. They believe this is what Allah wants and are ready to die fighting to make Allah's wishes come true so that they can spend Eternity frolicking with those seventy-two virgins in Paradise. Odd, isn't it, that it's alright to get up to all sorts of mischief in heaven but a sin to do the same things on Earth?
Radical Islam is an ugly, dangerous ideology. There is nothing in it that would help solve the world's problems or lighten its shadows. Its fundamental principle is that everything we need to know about life, laws and faith is revealed in the Koran and that we must abide by the interpretation given us by semi-literate, fanatical mullahs. If not we will be punished horribly by bearded mujahideen. Radical Islamists believe they have the right to impose their diktat well beyond faith to politics, culture and every aspect of life. This is where the problem begins.
For us in India it is an especially serious problem. Not only do we have more Muslims than almost any other country but we are also the ultimate idol-worshipping country, bursting at the seams with heathens who indulge happily in such pagan festivals as Holi. We like being heathens and we want India to stay the way it is—full of loose, pub-going women who disdain being told how to behave by priests and other fanatics. The Islamists would like these things to change and for India to become more Islamic. In interviews to magazines and newspapers they have no hesitation in admitting that they think India would benefit from becoming fully Islamic. We must fight them because our way is better and worth fighting for. Freedom of worship is a superior idea to the totalitarian faith that radical Islam preaches.
The religions of India are in their essence atheistic and the opposite in almost every way to the theistic religions that came to us from the neighbourhood in which Islam was revealed to the Prophet. For centuries we have lived peacefully with Islam because of our fundamental belief that everyone has a right to their own faith. But, with the visible radicalisation of Muslims across India under the malevolent influence of radical Islamists, tensions between the communities have grown in recent years. These tensions are compounded by the sad reality that a very large number of India's Muslims live in desperate poverty. They are mostly illiterate and those who are not are often schooled in madrassas that make them unemployable and deprive them of all access to modern ideas. They become easy recruits for the jihad, easy to convince that killing innocent people by killing themselves will get them an extra virgin or two in Paradise.
Even by the standards of radical Islam the Taliban are unspeakable monsters as can be seen from a casual examination of what they did when they ruled Afghanistan and what they are now doing to Swat and Bajaur. In Swat more than 200 girls' schools have been burned in recent months, schoolgirls have been attacked for daring to go to school, journalists have been beheaded for telling the truth and Sufi Mohammad has given interviews saying that democracy is an infidel idea. To accept any of these things as acceptable because Islam has a different set of values to ours would amount to tolerating intolerance. In many European countries this has already happened with dangerous consequences. If Barack Obama continues to search for moderate Taliban to negotiate peace with, the consequences for the world are likely to be even more dangerous.
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Fake it 'til you make it
This queen desperately wanted to be liked by guys seeking "masc" men, so he changed his appearance
By Graham Gremore June 25, 2017 at 10:06am · 2.9K shares · 39 comments
Ben Kawaller desperately wanted to be liked by guys seeking "masc" men on Grindr. So he changed his appearance to better cater to their desires.
"Well, I did it: I'm masc now," Kawaller writes, triumphantly, in a new think-piece. "The men who once ignored me now treat me like a queen."
How did he do it?
It all started last Halloween, when he dressed up as a Mets player. After seeing a picture of himself wearing a backwards baseball hat, he realized "throw a baseball cap on this thirsty theater queen and voila: She's masc!"
Since then, Kawaller says he's been wearing a backwards baseball hat nearly every day. He says it lends him "an air of heterosexuality" and provides him with "an acute awareness of my patriarchal privilege."
While many LGBTQ people are working hard to combat things like straight white male privilege, Kawaller, it seems, would rather embrace it… At least, until he gets his rocks off.
When I'm in a baseball cap my aura is less "Please, God, someone love me" and more "I'm a guy and I like guy things, like the people who play on the sports team on my head." It's not important that in reality I have as much allegiance to the Mets as I do to, say, Rite Aid; what's important is that when you look at me, you see a man. It's a fantastic illusion.
We can't help but think back to an op-ed published last summer by the Washington Post. Writer Jack Rushall argued that modern gay men have become obsessed with projecting a false image of heterosexuality.
"For a lot of modern gay men, a big part of being gay is still seeming straight," Rushall opined. "It's likely that we entertain this demeanor in the hopes of attracting it, as if we're part-time actors waiting for our big break: meeting a masculine dude who will accept our effeminate properties."
Kawaller implies that, for him, wearing the hat has done just that. All those guys looking for "masc" men suddenly want to hookup with him.
Many of the people explicitly seeking "masc" partners are really just looking for a little role-play — more specifically, a chance to enact the fantasy of landing one of the normal, sporty boys from our formative years. If you can only look the part, that can be enough to get your foot in the door.
Of course, this begs the question: Is that really a door you want to step through?
Kawaller concludes by writing:
The way I see it, if the prizing of "masc" men is enough to make you feel unworthy — as it has surely made me feel unworthy — the solution may very well be to take a cue from Grease: Make yourself appear to be the thing they think they want, and do your very best impression of the man you might have been. You'll still be the man you always were.
Will you really, though?
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Mo Bro
This dude could don a hundred backward ball caps, but rest assured that air of self-bestowed "masculinity" will evaporate the moment he opens his mouth and a bouquet of flowers comes springing out.
June 25, 2017 at 10:06am
Orgoglio Masch
Lol agreed. But it's actually quite amusing to see guys like Ben truly feeling like they're pulling it off while everyone around them is thinking "No. Just No."
I wonder why so many fem guys stay so focused on the masc bros (particularly masc Grindr bros). Why not just date another fem that gets and appreciates all their faaaaaabuloussssth femness? It's like they hate "bros"…but very much need to be liked by them as well. Very unhealthy. Lots of rejection junkies in this community.
I am not convinced that you are right. I have literally only ever met ONE "masc4masc" who actually sounded "masc" when he spoke and wasn't a hungry bottom boy* Even then he was a submissive thing who wanted to be completely and utterly dominated by yours truly.
*Being a hungry bottom boy is not a bad thing, in fact it can be quite a delightful thing to come across. And cum across. 😀
DCguy
The fact that you see that as a bad thing just confirms your status as an anti-lgbt troll screename.
Funny how you're fine attacking him for that, but will hysterically defend any GOP Congressman trying to pass anti-lgbt rights.
Neonegro
lol,,,lol well said Mo Bro, he can crossdress as masculine but anyone can see/hear/watch the sissy come out with every word/movement/look.
Rex Huskey
amen…. I see DCGurl, the grande duchess of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, is back on the attack….
November 14, 2017 at 9:11am
ChuckF
Those of us who came out in the 70s dressed like the men we admired in movies, the cowboys and blue collar workers. We didn't do it to get laid. We did it because we were the first gay men who weren't ashamed of who we were and said, "I'm gay." loud and proud. Why not be the men we wanted to be? If I learned anything in my sexually active career it's being true to myself that's the most appealing to other men. We're born naked, everything else is drag.
Sotzume
So true!!! I'm disappointed that so many young gay men seem to be hooked on the fake concept of masculinity…the whole insistence on declaring oneself as a bottom or a top is part of this. I have always liked all types of men and I have had a hot time with all of them!!!
THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST HONEST RESPONSE:
https://youtu.be/bffRaCpkz1s?t=3m19s
Klaatu1220
It is just amazing how true his words are, then and now! Agree, the best and most honest response.
Heywood Jablowme
Masc. Yes! All it takes is the cap, a cute beard and an ability to perform as a top. (Viagra/Cialis if required.)
That, and just keep quiet so they don't hear the "gay accent"!
KaiserVonScheiss
"straight white male privilege"
Collective guilt/blame works so well historically. It's typical of the post-modernist left to want to tear down everything.
Against masculinity.
Against monogamy.
Against free speech and open dialogue.
Godabed
If you are pointing out a broken system that works for a select few, so you're saying that is wrong? For a society to openly and blatantly discriminate against people because of their sex, race, creed, nationality, etc (general difference from the norm)… that's okay?
So if society is built by and around the ideals and beliefs of heterosexual white males, and those same heterosexual white males, set the standards for masculinity, gender roles, appropriate sexual orientation, beauty and sexual norms. That's also okay too? So when people point out the problem of that sociey's views on the minority, and that those minorities should have a say in how they live their own lives, that's wrong in your view? And if that society created by heterosexual white males perpetuated all over the world, that gay white males still exert a great amount of privilege from perpetuate those same societal norms created by their heterosexual counterparts, in your eyes that's okay too? (that's where this particular problem comes from)
this isn't a left or right issue, because life isn't just binary choices, where you only have two choices. Life is complex, and generally the decisions that have to be made are complex too. But what can't be argued is that if your right to believe whatever you like to believe or how you choose to live your life, should infringe on others and how they choose to live theirs. That's wrong, and in America that's against the constitution which the country was founded on. If you choose to follow those belief and cash in on that straight white male privilege, fine that's your right to do that. But don't expect people not to call you on it.
@Godabed
There is no straight white male privilege. It's nonsense made up by neo-Marxist/post-modernist loons.
And who the hell said anything about infringing the rights of others?
How is white privilege not racist? Look up the actual definition of racism, not the social justice on made up by neo-Marxists.
How is male privilege not sexist? Again, look up the real definition of sexism.
How is straight privilege not discriminatory to heterosexuals?
June 25, 2017 at 12:06pm
How did "white" get dragged into this.
Like there aren't a lot of black guys, and especially Latino guys who make a big deal out of acting "masc"! Latino guys are the stereotype, they are the best (worst) at all of that macho stuff.
Charlie in Charge
Ooh, get her.
I pulled out a dictionary. The -isms are all based in the belief that someone is superior to someone who is inferior. No one is arguing that masc gays are inferior to fem gays. The argument is that society gives masc people too much power when no one is inherently superior or inferior to others. Masc privilege, white male privilege, straight passing privilege exist, because these people gain power in a world where they shouldn't.
jkthsnk
You're not attracting masculine men, you're attracting macho ones. Machismo is fear based.
vonric
The most femme man I know was married and had a (dykish) wife and a batch of kids, so I know they got it on more than once. knew this man well – no covert looks at other guys in public, no sly references… straight femme
When I was training as an Infantry officer, I observed one of the training officers leaving a "gay friendly" bar. over time, we started to talk, until we both found it safe to identify. One of the most macho men I met.
Who the hell am I to judge when some guy wants to play with his visual "metrics"? more power to him as he explores the texture and nuance of his gender and his gender focus.
Danny595
As I noted below, there are many studies on this, and they all show that effeminacy only manifests in a minority of straight and gay males. While effeminacy is more common in gays than in straights, because the straight male population is much larger than the gay male population, there are actually more effeminate straight men than gay men. So it isn't surprising that you would come across a straight fem guy in your life.
I must live in some alternate universe from most of the guys posting under this article, because I have *never* in my life save for ONE time run into a gay or bi man who ACTUALLY carried himself in a butch manner who cared if his target of interest was butch or feminine (and he was a total submissive and wanted a man who would dominate the hell out of him).
EVERY "masc4masc" that I have met has either seriously lacked self awareness about their own speech patterns and mannerisms or was a serious slavering b*tch boy in the bed room. I have certainly never met a dominant butch guy that was just aching for another butch guy. Absolutely never. I only ever see that in porn. Authentically butch men where its not forced and just comes naturally don't care one way or the other. That has been my LONG personal experience. Reading the comments above I guess I should count myself as blessed. Because that
sh*t is annoying as f*ck and is a straight up boner killer to me. I think its because I see it as a ridiculous "put on" that is even more pathetic than putting on a baseball cap backwards.
LucasH
"EVERY "masc4masc" that I have met has either seriously lacked self awareness about their own speech patterns and mannerisms or was a serious slavering b*tch boy in the bed room"
YES!!!! This. I would disagree on your earlier point in that I've met a ton of butch queens who you almost wouldn't even know were gay unless they told you, but I totally agree with your main point here.
Yeah I've noticed about the speech patterns, a lot of these self-described "masc" guys are delusional about their own speech patterns. They seem totally unaware of how stereotypically GAY they sound and have apparently never heard a recording of their own voice, or at least not one longer than a voice mail greeting. It's a peculiar delusion!
On the subject of 'lacking self awareness':
I can't seem to find it.. but there is/was a Youtube vid of some Young Republican type being interviewed at some event (perhaps semi drunk) disparaging gay men as 'effeminate' and all that.
He did this all while having a noticeable lisp and very limp and gesturing wrists. His mannerisms are even the descriptor of the vid. Seriously self-unaware.
PretenderNX01
All those self-identified "Masc" guys are only masculine until they get angry, then it's "sweetie" "honey" "I don't know her" queens. LOL
Oh well, we all have our fantasies! Some are never realized!
It's all costuming anyways. Articles like this one, based on some offshoot of cultural studies, are — in the words of the bard — much ado about nothing, since the goal is to end up wearing that much.
Graham Gremore only writes about 2 things: gender deviance and promiscuity. And it is his life's mission to normalize both. Don't fall for it. They are tickets to a shorter, sadder, less healthy life.
As for this piece, it's ridiculous. There are 4 decades' worth of research on this question of the relationship b/t sexual orientation and gender deviance (or what some call "gender nonconformity"). Every single study on this has shown that, while gender deviance is more common among gay males than straight, it only manifests in a minority of each group. The large majority of gay men fall in the middle of the bell curve, just as their straight counterparts do. And this is true whether they are studied in early childhood, late childhood, adolescence or adulthood. In other words, most gay men really are normal. We aren't pretending or performing like the clown featured in this piece. Graham Gremore wishes other gay men were effeminate like he is, because as the saying goes, misery loves company. But the truth is, poor Graham is a minority within a minority and he will have to find some way to cope with his manhood failure which does not involve smearing other gay men.
jonasalden
Oops, I meant "stay" with me…
Daniel-Reader
It's like the fat girl complaining about not getting a dude because she's fat. Not realizing that plenty of fat girls get the dude – she's not getting the dude because in fact she's annoying but needs to blame it on being fat since she can't handle that it's her personality that's failing to seal the deal. Man up if you can't handle that some guys are masc and sleep with other masc guys. Some sleep with fem guys. But most avoid sleeping with b*tchy queens regardless. And many find drag a complete turn-off.
I'm disappointed to see so many ignorant comments under this article. First of all, masculinity is subjective and somewhat arbitrary. I can understand why closet cases are concerned with it; hell, they're still coming to grips with their own orientation. But for out and proud gay men to be worried about their machismo is almost absurd. Not because masculinity is absurd, or that gay men can't be masculine, but because most evolved gay men should be able to recognize that it is superficial. The guy who wrote this article proves it is just another form of drag. Frankly, I think "masc4masc" gays are most often bottoms who are looking for a more dominant top.
Or the answer could be much more simple.
Maybe he has a stupid haircut or just looks better with a cap on.
Or he's balding.
Whenever I see someone older than college age wearing a backwards cap (or a winter beanie not in winter) as a style-choice, I think they just might be balding.
Can't we please come up with some new topic on Queerty? We have covered all of this territory SO many times. I would never be so banal as to write "masc4masc" on a hook-up site, and honestly my partner isn't really all that "masc", but honestly WHO CARES? Do what you have to do to be happy. Have sex with whoever you like. Don't waste energy fretting over this or that 'privilege' or anyone's perception of what it means to be gay. I was kept in the closet for many years partially by the perception that to be openly was to be a caricature. We can all be whoever we want to be, and date whoever we want to date – no hand-wringing or self-doubt required.
Why is my comment still awaiting moderation?
Let's just ignore the fact that Black, Latino and Asian men are all "guilty" of false masculinity and make the backwards wearing of a baseball cap a "White Male Privilege" thing. Also, as a not-so-masculine guy myself who really doesn't care, there are gay guys out there that are just naturally masculine. They seem to be getting more common and have no problem with their feminine guy friends.
I wonder how long it will take for some of the blog writers to realize just how dramatically out of touch they are with the gay community today. Perhaps they already know and are trying to shape reality to fit the way they think the world should be?
Now, false masculinity in Black, Latino, and Asian culture is a good point. Hence the need to the Down-Low. Another branch of the same topic, but good point.
What next ? A plaid flannel shirt , jeans and work Boots ? Change your name to Butch ? Stop trying so hard. Sometimes the one you want isn't the one you really wanted all along …
July 1, 2017 at 9:07am


The Yorkie Angel Patrol is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization comprised of dedicated people who are concerned with diseases that primarily affect the toy dog breeds. Our mission is to provide general information on the toy dog breed and help pet owners with questions concerning genetic diseases and assist them in finding the right resources.
One of our goals is to provide individuals with the tools they need to make wise decisions regarding the money they donate to charities and to help these individuals ensure that their donations are used properly.
We are also dedicated to raising money in support of the University of Tennessee Angel Fund (Liver Shunts) , the University of Tennessee Fancy Fund (Collapsing Trachea), and the North Carolina State University CREATE Fund (GME). Your donations to the Yorkie Angel Patrol are tax deductible.
The Yorkie Angel Patrol Chat is a group for people who are owned and loved by toy dogs. It is a place to share stories, prayers, and to work together to help stamp out the genetic diseases in the toy dog breed. We are a 501c organization dedicated to raising money for the University of Tennessee Angel Fund (Liver Shunts), the Fancy Fund (Collapsing Trachea) and North Carolina State University CREATE Fund (GME). Anyone who is interested in these diseases and interested in supporting our fund raising efforts is welcome to join. All we ask is that there be no flaming, no selling of puppies, no solicitations for personal businesses or other causes without prior approval from moderators, and to treat each other with respect and courtesy. We will need your full name, address, phone number and email address. This information will be held confidential. The purpose for collecting this information is to prevent people from signing on with false credentials.


I ran away to the beach at Burleigh Heads for a few days last week for my birthday. A nice apartment with beach views, two days teaching rulers on a domestic machine classes, and a relaxing time.
The beach was wonderful, a little cool to swim just yet, but I did have a paddle.
The reason I went south was to teach the classes, but decided to take a midweek holiday and have a day off for my birthday in the middle.
The classes were such fun! a steep learning curve for some, most of the quilters ended up with a fantastic portfolio of ideas and designs for further reference and many ideas to go home and expand on.
Ruler work is a different mindset, and can allow the quilter to achieve consistent straight or curved lines with minimal marking. I have had a lot of fun with the rulers and am really looking forward to my next Bernina work at the Brisbane Craft Fair.
Only one Farmers Wife block this week.
It was a bit fiddly and I was tired, so the points are not perfect.
The view from my apartment. Perfect.
My group are working towards an exhibition of works inspired by Margaret Olley, this is the start of one of my larger pieces.
Another piece for the Margaret Olley inspired pieces. In an attempt to use up fabric that I have, I am appliqueing these flowers onto some satin for an installation.
Lastly, I gave myself a little treat, well my daughter is giving me the book, and I decided to get a template as well- just because! Super fast postage, I am happy.
Farmers Wife block 79- almost there!


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#FamiliesBelongTogether
This statement was written for the #FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Charleston, WV on July 12, 2018.
As leaders in the fight for racial equity in West Virginia, we CARE about keeping families together. We stand with immigrant and migrant communities in West Virginia, Central Appalachia, and throughout the South. We imagine black and brown bodies moving freely, with dignity and joy, across these borderlands.
In our commitment to dismantling oppressive structures, we understand that melting ICE is a crucial part of ending the criminalization of black and brown lives in America. Trump's "zero tolerance" policy has separated over 3,000 children from their parents. ICE agents are detaining children, as young as 5 and under, in jails and centers across the country (Democracy Now). Parents have only two options: reunite with their children in order to be deported together, or be deported alone so their children can stay to pursue asylum (Southern Poverty Law Center).
We recognize that anti-immigration policies like these are just one strategy in the United States' continued history of state-sanctioned violence against people of color. From chattel slavery to the militarization of police forces to the prison industrial complex, the federal government continues to siphon money and resources away from the people – away from affordable housing, healthcare, education, and socio-economic infrastructure, toward more division, more supremacy, and more war. This adversely impacts poor people of color; people like us.
As we combat systemic racism, we believe in the power of our communities – youth and elders, black and Latinx, migrant and indigenous, queer and trans – to change policy and create sustainable futures. We believe that migration is not a crime. We believe that the earth will not heed walls, that its people will not be caged. We believe that families belong together. We ask you, our federal prosecutors in WV, to consider once again the weight of a human life: a child living with the trauma of being forcibly separated from their parents, or a child living the fullness of their life with their family. Which image do you see? Which image will you amplify?
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Tag: Automatic Loveletter
XX is greater than XY (My latest NeXt article)
December 11, 2008 July 28, 2009 blackbyrd
Take out your iPod, select the "Music" option and click on "Artists." Scroll on through from A to Z and count the number of bands that are composed of only males. Male-fronted bands probably make up the majority, correct? It might interest you to know that some females in this world can rock harder than the opposite sex.
The three female-fronted bands that nearly everyone in the teenage crowd has heard of are Flyleaf, Paramore and Evanescence, but there are plenty more out there in this world that are none too popular. While Lacey, Hayley and Amy Lee's voices are indeed beautiful, there are other gorgeous female voices that deserve just as much attention.
A few bands that fans of Paramore might enjoy are: Hey Monday (of West Palm Beach, Fla.), Damone (from Waltham, Mass.), The Material (which started out in San Diego, Calif.), and New Years Day (of Anaheim, Calif.). Cassadee Pope of Hey Monday and Noelle LeBlanc from Damone are sure to gain more fame in the next few years with their voices leading the way.
Colleen D'Agostino of The Material has a beautifully clear voice that is irresistible. One might think that a female singer changes the gender of a band's fans, but both Roi Elam from The Material and Ashley Costello of New Years Day disagree: "I don't really think so," said Elam, "I see an equal amount of guys and girls at our shows."
"Nooo … not at all, and I was surprised by that," exclaimed Costello. "When we play I see just as many guys in the crowd as I see girls. It's really cute." New Years Day has often been described as the female version of Fall Out Boy. Yes, here and there a likeness is detected, but New Years Day is a band all its own. "I feel like a lot of people took more notice of us because there was a girl singer, but it's also very hard," said Costello. "There are so many guy-fronted bands that I feel sometimes the female-fronted band gets pigeon-holed and maybe a label won't look at us."
Many people are skeptical of females being in rock bands, but listen to some New Years Day, and let Ashley change your mind in "Temecula Sunrise" or "My Sweet Unvalentine."
Pretty close to one another in your iPod should be two bands: Fireflight from Eustis, Fla., and Flyleaf of Texas. Both bands are Christian rock, bordering on metal, and are led by females who know what they are doing.
The lyrics that Dawn Richardson and Lacey Mosley sing are powerful and attuned to God. "We all contribute our own parts and help each other to improve upon each other's suggestions," said Dawn. "Both Justin [guitarist/ background vocalist Justin Cox] and I work on the lyrics but I am the main lyricist, I imagine me being a girl does affect the way I write…" Nobody would think Flyleaf and Fireflight are all about God, but listening to their lyrics very carefully can help you realize just how much their faith influences the artists in these bands. "We write about what we have gone through in our lives and how God's love has brought us through," said Richardson.
Think the farthest thing from the music made by Flyleaf and Fireflight and you have a band called Save Ferris from Orange County, Calif. Although they are no longer together, their deliciously quirky sound and clever lyrics do not fail to entertain. Check out "Under 21" or their cover of "Come On Eileen" (originally by Dexy's Midnight Runners) and enjoy some ska. Monique Powell is now a solo artist, but her voice was perfect for the likes of Save Ferris.
Ask me: who is the exact opposite of Save Ferris? I will think about it for a second before I reply with one word: Kittie. Don't let their adorable name fool you — this is a cat you do not want to cross paths with.
Kittie strikes me as the female version of Slipknot — Morgan Lander attacking the listeners with her voice. After many changes over the years, currently rounding out this all-female quartet are Mercedes Lander on drums/vocals/piano, Tara McLeod on guitar, and Ivy Vujic playing bass. Originating in Ontario, Kittie has been around for years, putting many a CD out. Check out "What I Always Wanted" or "Paperdoll" and behold the scarily musical meow that is Kittie.
From Amy Lee to Dawn Richardson, Ashley Costello to Morgan Lander, some females can really rock. So put away the Avenged Sevenfold or Metallica CD and go try something different and new. Found on my iPod is a playlist called "Female-fronted bands." Maybe you should create one as well, and drag all of the music from these bands onto your iPod.
Also worth listening to: Within Temptation, Garbage, Automatic Loveletter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 1997, Meg & Dia, The Donnas, Be Your Own Pet, Letters to Cleo, The Morning Of, Veruca Salt, Lacuna Coil and The Veronicas.
"Being the only girl in a band is awesome. It has just as many pros as it has cons. I'm always protected, but then again I am always picked on by them. It's like a little sister-big brother relationship," said Ashley Costello.
Emily Steves is a sophomore at Gowanda
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Employee Benefits: New CRA Guidance Clarifies Difference between Cash & Non-Cash Taxable Benefits
EI premiums attach to cash-taxable benefits, but not to non-cash taxable benefits.
Distinguishing between non-cash taxable benefits and cash taxable benefits has been a perennial challenge for HR and payroll. After all, every taxable benefit involves cash in one way or another.
Example 1: An employer buys a TV and then gives it to an employee. The TV constitutes the benefit. Result: The benefit is non-cash taxable.
Example 2: An employee buys that same TV and is reimbursed by the employer. The reimbursement rather than the TV constitutes the benefit. Result: The employee receives a cash-taxable benefit.
THE THIRD PARTY WRINKLE
The distinction between cash taxable and non-cash taxable benefits becomes particularly difficult when the "benefit" is a service or insurance coverage provided by a third party rather than the employer. In these situations, the CRA looks at who is primarily responsible for the "benefit" cost. If this is the employee, any employer payment is treated as a cash taxable benefit. But if the employer is primarily responsible, any such payment is treated as non-cash.
NEW CRA GUIDANCE
The good news is that recent CRA guidance in the form of a response to a request for a Technical Interpretation offers more clarity. Caveat: A Technical Interpretation is a formal statement by the CRA of its administrative position that's not binding in all cases. Even so, the new Technical Interpretation does provide key clues into 2 aspects of the cash v. non-cash treatment issue.
Employer Payment of BC MSP Premiums = Non-Cash Taxable
First, the CRA has clarified that the employer payment of BC Medical Service Plan (MSP) premiums is a non-cash taxable benefit. Before June 2017, it took the opposite position. Since the responsibility to pay provincially-levied medical premiums fell on each BC resident, the CRA argued that employer-paid MSP premiums were the equivalent of the TV reimbursement above, i.e., that the payment was the benefit, not the health coverage provided.
Now, after further thought, the CRA is changing its position. The new interpretation is based on (Section 32 of) the BC Medicare Protection Act requiring employers that to remit MSP premiums where they have established a group plan. Relying on this language, the CRA reasons that a group MSP transfers the responsibility to pay from the employee to the employer, which makes such employer payment a non-cash taxable benefit. Sticking with the TV example, this would be the equivalent of an employee's use of a company credit card to buy a TV for personal use. Since the employer is required to pay off the card balance, the TV is the benefit.
Employer Payment of RRSP Premiums = Non-Cash Taxable
Of course, the BC MSP scenario is a very narrow one. But the Technical Interpretation also addresses the broader issue of employer-paid RRSP premiums.
The default treatment is that this would be a cash taxable benefit based on the understanding that the funds in an RRSP plan are effectively the equivalent of cash, termed "near-cash." However, it's always been understood that when an employer did not permit withdrawals out of a group RRSP (other than under the Home Buyer's or Lifelong Learning Plans or on retirement), the same employer-paid RRSP contributions lose their "near-cash" status. The term used for such restricted plans is a "locked-in RRSP." Employer contributions to a locked-in RRSP are not insurable earnings.
The recent clarification is that when the employer permits employees to transfer funds out of a group RRSP into another RRSP held by the employee as an individual using a T2033 form, this is not considered a "withdrawal." Where a group RRSP permits such transfers, but not cash withdrawals, employer-paid RRSP contributions are non-cash and not EI insurable earnings.


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for "three to four more days" and is also likely to send notices to Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and his second-in-command Debjani Mukherjee, said sources.
Kumar's interrogation is going to continue for the third consecutive day on Monday while the Home Minister has directed the West Bengal government to start departmental proceedings against five top IPS officers for purportedly flouting rules and sitting at the protest alongside West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Meanwhile, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – who sat on dharna in protest against the CBI in Kolkata – will be in the capital in Delhi. The TMC chief will join forces with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to hold a protest against the centre at Jantar Mantar.
In all this, the CBI's focus has been on attempting to recover key evidence that they suspect was destroyed or hidden by the state police. Earlier, News18.com had reported that the agency was looking for CCTV footage that might help them in pinpointing "influential persons" involved in the scam, said sources.
Sources in the CBI said that during the interrogation, Kumar denied all allegations of tampering with evidence and also maintained that "the incidents outside his house" when the CBI was allegedly roughed up by officers of the West Bengal police "had nothing to do with him".
The CBI, sources said, is likely to send notices to Sen and Debjani Mukherjee and bring them into the interrogation. "Kumar has said that he has no idea about the missing evidence and has shifted the blame elsewhere. This is exactly what other officers questioned in the past have also done," said a CBI source.
Kumar, meanwhile, had asked the CBI on Saturday to conclude the interrogation by Monday and cited the need to be in Kolkata by Monday, said sources. The CBI, at the time, had not responded to his demands.
Kolkata police refused to comment.


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Posts Tagged 'The Glass Key'
Posted: January 13, 2011 in Crime Writers
Tags: Black Mask, Crimezine, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, THe Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Tony Bulmer
Maltese Falcon in Black Mask
If you ask James Ellroy who the big swinging cheese in the world of the hardboiled detective story is, he will tell you in no uncertain terms that Dashiell Hammett is the man. Hammet has been called , one of the finest mystery writers of all time. His work has been and still is, influential to writers of hard hitting detective fiction. In a similar way to his accolyte Raymond Chandler, Hammett has much to thank Humphrey Bogart for. In Hammet's case it was Bogart's legendary portrayal of Detective Sam Spade in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon. A genre defining performance, that became a cultural reference point when thinking of the world of the private eye.
Hammett wrote a lot of short fiction for pulp magazines like Black Mask, but only five books: Red Harvest (1929), The Dain Curse (1929) The Maltese Falcon(1930) The Glass Key (1931) and The Thin Man (1934) A paltry legacy when you consider the positively prolific output, some would say too prolific, of certain modern writers.
One has to remember however that Hammett worked for the world famous, Pinkerton Detective Agency where he got much of his material for his later books. He then got wrapped up in World War two and then got embroiled in in the McCarthyist anti-communist brouhaha of the post war years, ultimately landing in jail, because of his political views. Hammet also had other hobbies besides communist sympathy, namely drinking and smoking himself to death, which he succeeded in doing in 1961, with the aid of tuberculosis. Had there been more time, there would almost certainly have been more books. But the tragedy of early death often makes legends greater. Hammett is a legend and through his work that legend lives on.