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Jonathan Ruffer
Trained as a stockbroker and barrister before moving into private client investment management in 1980, with Dunbar Fund Managers. Formerly Chief Investment Officer of Rathbone Bros plc. He established Ruffer Investment Management Limited in 1994, which transferred its investment business to Ruffer LLP in 2004.
Robin Hindle Fisher
Spent over twenty five years in institutional fund management at leading firms including Henderson, where he led the pension fund business and was on the PLC board, and Phillips & Drew Fund Management, where he was ultimately CEO. Robin is a Durham graduate and a Sloan Fellow at London Business School. He now works as a business coach and executive mentor and is a partner at Hay Hill Partners LLP.
Clemmie Vaughan
Joined Ruffer in 2005 and manages investment portfolios for individuals, trusts, charities, and pension funds. She is a Governor of St Mary's Ascot. She completed the Advanced Management Program at IESE in Barcelona in 2017 and holds an honours degree in economics and geography from Exeter University. She became Chief Executive in April 2017.
Henry Maxey
Joined Ruffer in 1998 after graduating from Oxford University with a first class honours degree in economics and management. He became a CFA charterholder in 2003. He managed the LF Ruffer Total Return Fund and LF Ruffer Equity & General Fund between 2001 and 2006. He joined the Executive Committee in 2006 and became Chief Investment Officer in 2010. Between 2012 and 2017 he combined this role with that of Chief Executive. Following the company's growth, he relinquished the CEO role in April 2017 to focus on leading Ruffer's investment strategy.
Myles Marmion
Worked at ED&F Man Holdings where he was Group Chief Financial Officer and previously Head of Corporate Finance and Risk. Myles started his career at Ernst & Young and then worked for Robert Fleming Holdings Limited and Maple Financial Group. He joined Ruffer in 2009.
Earl Ferrers
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Trained at Ernst & Whinney, before working at BICC plc, Viking Property Group and Norseman Holdings Ltd. He joined Ruffer as one of its founders in 1994, retired as Managing Director in 2011 and returned as a Non–Executive Director in 2012. He has been a Director of the PIMFA (formerly WMA) since 2007 and was Chairman of the PIMFA Investment Firms' Committee from 2005 to 2010.
Fleur Meijs
Former financial services partner at PwC, specialising in complex audits and high–profile advisory projects for financial institutions, mainly investment banks. Alongside her corporate non–executive directorships with Ruffer, Fidelity European Values plc and Invesco Asia Trust plc., she is active in the charity sector with United World Colleges (UWC). Fleur joined Ruffer's Management Board in 2018.
Miranda Best
Head of Investments
Joined Ruffer in 2005 after graduating from Durham University with a first class honours degree in economics. She became a CFA charterholder in 2009. She has managed the Ruffer illiquid strategies funds since 2011 and became head of the specialist funds in 2016.
Paula Walter
Joined Ruffer in 2016 from Newton Investment Management, where she was the Chief Technology Officer. She began her career in the technology division of Goldman Sachs in 2000, supporting the equities and investment management divisions. An alumna of the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford, she holds honours degrees in mathematics and linguistics and a DPhil in linguistics.
Luka Gakic
Head of UK Wealth
Before joining Ruffer in 2011, he spent four years at Lehman Brothers, and then Nomura, where he worked in equity financing and delta–one sales. He graduated from Oxford University in 2006 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Omar Kodmani
Head of International and Institutional
Joined Ruffer in 2019 from EnTrust Permal, a specialist in alternative investments. He originally joined what was the Permal Group in 2000 and held a number of roles there including Chief Executive, and Head of International. He holds a BA in economics from Columbia University, an MBA Finance from NYU-Stern, and is a CFA charterholder.
Gillian van Maaren
Previously Global Head of HR at CQS, prior to which she worked in HR at Jupiter Asset Management. Gillian has a wealth of HR experience with roles in asset management, energy and property. She joined Ruffer in 2019.
Ruchir Asnani
Previous work includes six years as an auditor with Deloitte and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, an accounting–based pan–European role in equity research at CFRA/Risk Metrics and two years as a research analyst at AKO Capital. He graduated with a Masters in Business from Oxford University in 2007 and joined Ruffer in 2012.
Marnoch Aston
Joined the Financial Stability Directorate at the Bank of England in 2008, prior to which he was a founding partner of Clematis Capital. He has an MSc in Economics and Finance from Warwick University and joined Ruffer in 2012.
Chris Bacon
Senior Adviser
Worked at the Foreign Office, UBS and Barclays before joining Rothschild in 2007. He holds a first class honours degree in Economics and International Development from the University of Bath and studied marketing at London Business School. He joined Ruffer in 2017.
Hamish Baillie
Joined Ruffer in 2002. He founded and manages the Edinburgh office of Ruffer LLP which opened in September 2009 and is a director of Ruffer (Channel Islands) Limited. He manages investment portfolios for individuals, trusts, charities and pension funds and is the lead manager of the Ruffer Investment Company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a graduate of Trinity College Dublin.
David Ballance
Previously International Equities Head at Rothschild Private Management and European Equities Head at Rothschild Asset Management. He graduated from Oxford and was a Senior Investment Manager at Allied Dunbar, before moving to Threadneedle as Head of European Equities. He joined Ruffer in 2006 and manages a number of segregated portfolios for institutional and private clients.
Toby Barklem
Joined Ruffer in 2017, having spent five years at Standard Life Aberdeen in a variety of business development roles focused on financial advisers. He studied history, initially graduating from Exeter University in 2003 and then latterly Imperial College London. Following this he spent seven years as an officer in the British Army.
Joined Ruffer in 2013, after spending 12 years on the sell side. Began his investment career in Canada in 2000 focusing on healthcare, before moving in 2005 to Jefferies International in Paris, researching pan–European small/mid caps, and then industrials. He is a CFA charterholder.
David Benson
After graduating from Oxford University, he worked at Phillips & Drew Fund Management (1991–1999), predominantly managing UK equity portfolios for pension funds. A consultant for McKinsey & Company from 1999, he joined Deutsche Asset Management in 2004. In 2005, worked as a fund manager at Société Générale, focusing on pooled UK equity and multi–asset portfolios for UK institutions and retail investors. He joined Ruffer in 2010.
Edwina Blackford
Governance Director
Joined Ruffer in 2012 having spent several years working in the financial services industry, principally for Loudwater Investment Partners, a pre–IPO private equity investment business, and Panmure Gordon, an AIM listed stockbroker.
Benjamin Boucher–Ferté
Graduated from ESCP Europe in 1999 and joined the Private Wealth Management group of Goldman Sachs in London after completing his National Service with Renault Financial Services. In 2004, he participated in the launch of Fulcrum Asset Management where he was a Director until 2010, when he joined Ruffer.
Des Brennan
A graduate of City University Business School he worked as an equity research analyst at Sun Life of Canada and ICI Investment Management before joining Clerical Medical Investment Group in 1995. In 2006 he moved to Thornhill Investment Management and joined Ruffer in 2011 to launch the Ruffer UK Mid and Small Companies Fund.
Peter Carew
Previously portfolio manager and Head of Private Clients with Credit Suisse UK Ltd, having been a Divisional Director with Carr Sheppard Crosthwaite. Prior to his career in the City, he was in the Army. He holds an MBA from London Business School and he joined Ruffer in 2002.
Alexander Chartres
Joined Ruffer in 2010 after graduating from Newcastle University with a first class honours degree in history and politics. Alex worked closely with Clemmie Vaughan and Jonathan Ruffer for six years. In 2012, he became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, achieving a merit in the Private Client Advice and Management paper. He specialises in geopolitics and its investment implications, with a particular focus on European and Great Power politics. He is a co-manager of the LF Ruffer Total Return Fund.
Bertie Dannatt
Joined Ruffer as a graduate trainee in 2008, following five years in the British Army. A University of Durham graduate, he qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI) in 2010 and became an Investment Director in 2015.
Jamie Dannhauser
Prior to joining Ruffer in 2014, he spent seven years as a senior economist at Lombard Street Research, an independent macroeconomic research consultancy, with a specific focus on the UK, US and eurozone economies. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2006 with a first class honours degree in Economics. He is currently a member of the IEA's Shadow Monetary Policy Committee.
Hermione Davies
Previously Managing Director of Bessemer Group (UK) Limited, she was Chief Investment Officer of the group's non–US investments. She graduated from Oxford and started her career at NatWest Bank prior to becoming a Fund Manager of a Japanese–Pacific Unit Trust at Guinness Mahon & Co Ltd. She joined Ruffer in 2009.
Jon Dye
Head of Research
Prior to joining Ruffer in 2010, undertook accounting–based pan–European equity research at CFRA/Risk Metrics. Previous roles included Investment Analyst at Dye Asset Management and Newton Asset Management. He has a first class honours degree in government and economics from the London School of Economics and is a CFA charterholder.
Head of Dealing
Joined the IT team at Phillips & Drew in 1996. He worked with Dye Asset Management, a hedge fund start up, in 2000, where he covered a number of roles before concentrating on dealing. After moving to Ecofin in 2007, he joined Ruffer in 2010 as Senior Dealer. He progressed to Head of Dealing in 2012.
Lauren French
After graduating from Oxford University she worked at JO Hambro Capital Management, assisting with the transition of James Hambro & Partners LLP. Joined Ruffer in 2010 and became a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Masters in Wealth Management in 2012, receiving a merit in the Applied Wealth Management paper.
Alex Grispos
Graduated from Imperial College with a first class degree in mechanical engineering. He started in equity research in 1998 at Alpha Trust in Greece and then worked in venture capital for six years. He then joined Top Technology Ventures in the UK, and subsequently became Investment Manager with RTF based in London and St Petersburg, Russia. He joined Ruffer in 2005 and manages the LF Ruffer Equity and General Fund.
James Heal
Worked at Lehman Brothers from 2005 to 2007, where he was Executive Director of the Long Term Value proprietary fund. His previous roles include Head of Technology Research at Commerzbank Securities and Director of Regional Asian Technology Research at Indosuez WI Carr Securities in Singapore. He joined Ruffer in 2008.
Jacques Hirsch
Prior to joining Ruffer in 2011, he spent over ten years in fund management and macro research at firms including Goldman Sachs, GLG Partners and Fulcrum Asset Management. He graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1999, and holds an MSc in Mathematics from Oxford University. He is co–manager of Ruffer Total Return International.
Nick Horder
Graduate of Leeds University, spent several years within the control department of the investment bank West LB AG in London, Sydney and Tokyo. He became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in 2005 following the completion of his CISI Diploma. He joined Ruffer in 2003.
Franziska Jahn–Madell
Director, Responsible Investment
Joined Ruffer in 2014 after working for ten years at EIRIS, a research provider for environmental, social and governance performance, in several positions. Her last role as a Principal Research Analyst at EIRIS mainly focussed on Corporate Governance issues and criteria development. From 1999–2003 she worked at the Moral Theology department at Frankfurt University for the Business Ethics Chair. In 2003 she graduated from Frankfurt University with a MA (distinction) in Theology and a MA (distinction) in Literature.
Joined Ruffer in 2012 from L.E.K. Consulting. He holds a degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School. He has many years of experience evaluating investments across industry sectors and has managed the LF Ruffer Gold Fund since February 2015.
Alex Lennard
Joined Ruffer in 2006 after graduating from Exeter University with an honours degree in economics and finance; he is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. He initially worked as assistant to Jonathan Ruffer and now manages investment portfolios, concentrating on family offices and corporate pension schemes. He is co–manager of Ruffer Total Return International.
Charles Lynne
Joined Ruffer in 2008 after three and a half years at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, including a placement in Asia. He graduated from Durham University with first class honours in Natural Sciences and became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Masters in Wealth Management, receiving a distinction in the Applied Wealth Management paper. He became a Chartered Fellow of the CISI in 2015.
Duncan MacInnes
Joined Ruffer in 2012. He graduated from Glasgow University School of Law in 2007 and spent four years working at Barclays Wealth and Barclays Capital in Glasgow, London and Singapore. Duncan is a CFA charterholder. He is co–manager of Ruffer Investment Company.
Annabel Mackenzie
Worked at F&C Asset Management after graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 2003, with an honours degree in economics. She joined Ruffer in 2006 and became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in 2007, following the completion of her CISI Diploma.
Mary McBain
Investment Director (Asia)
After graduating from Oxford University in 1985, started work at Invesco MIM as a fund manager on the Asian team. After leaving Invesco in 1990, she spent many years living and working in Asia, for GK Goh Securities, Apollo Investment Management and Ballingal Investment Advisors. She joined Ruffer in 2006 and manages the LF Ruffer Pacific Fund.
Sean McCreery
Joined Ruffer in 1999. Manages a broad range of private client, trust, pension, charity, and OEIC portfolios. Previously worked at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank. Prior to that, was part of the institutional team at Cornhill Insurance, having started his investment career at UK Provident. He is a Chartered member of the CISI.
Justine McMullan
Joined Ruffer in 2005, taking on various responsibilities within the Operations and Business Projects departments. She became a Product Manager in 2013. Previous work includes roles at West LB AG (London), Citigroup and Société Générale (Sydney, Australia).
Graduated from Cambridge University then trained as a lawyer at Norton Rose. After three years at Clerical Medical, he joined Gartmore where he spent nine years, latterly as General Counsel for its operations outside the US. He joined Ruffer in 2007.
Lucie Meagher
Joined Ruffer in 2006 after graduating from Exeter University with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics. She became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) in 2009, following the completion of a Diploma in Investment Compliance and the CISI Diploma, receiving a credit in the Private Client Advice and Management Paper.
Philipp Mitterbauer
Head of Tax
Joined Ruffer in 2009 after having worked at law and accountancy firms in the private client tax sector. He graduated in Law from Regensburg University in 2003, and trained as a lawyer in Germany where he qualified as 'Rechtsanwalt' in 2006. He holds an LLM in International Business Law from Exeter University, and is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians. He sits on various working groups at HMRC where he represents the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (PIMFA).
David Moos
Investment Director, Paris
Joined Ruffer in 2019 from Finalpha, where he was the co-founder. He has 18 years of experience acting as the liaison between portfolio managers and French and Italian investors. His previous roles include IT Asset Management, Crédit Agricole and Banque de l'Union Européenne.
Phil Morris
Graduated from Cambridge University then trained as a Chartered Accountant. He then managed his family's farming business before moving into private client investment management with Barclays de Zoete Wedd Portfolio Management (which became Barclays Private Bank), latterly as Chief Investment Officer. He joined Ruffer in 2005.
Simon Mountain
Previously at Bain & Company, having gained ten years' experience as a strategy consultant. Started his career in PwC Transaction Services advising on European private equity deals. Graduated from University of Cambridge with a Master's degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He joined the LF Ruffer European Fund team in 2013, becoming co–manager in 2016.
Kentaro Nishida
Investment Director (Japan)
After obtaining a BEcon in Japan and studying Russian in Moscow he worked as an interpreter in both Russia and the UK. He moved into equity sales in 1988 for James Capel & Company Limited and then SG Warburg Securities in 1989. He joined Ruffer in 2008 to concentrate on Japanese equities and manages the LF Ruffer Japanese Fund.
Jos North
Joined Ruffer in 2012, having graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA Honours in French and Spanish. He became a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Diploma, receiving the highest mark in that year. He manages portfolios predominantly for institutional clients and is co-manager of the LF Ruffer Absolute Return Fund.
Dominic Pearson
A graduate of Manchester University, he was previously at NCL Smith & Williamson for nine years as a research analyst, investment manager and, subsequently, director. He joined Ruffer in 2004 and manages approximately £500m across a variety of client types including private clients, charities, institutional, pensions and private OEICs. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Oliver Pile
Joined Ruffer in 2009 after three years at Gillespie Macandrew as a trainee investment manager. Graduated from Northumbria University in 2006 with an honours degree in Business Studies. He also worked for State Street and is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Emma Potter
Graduated from Royal Holloway University before joining Ruffer in 2004. She became a Member of the British Institute of Facilities Management in 2011 and is Secretary for the Committee of the Catering and Hospitality Special Interest Group. She is Chair of the Victoria Partnership's Sustainable Prosperity steering group which deals with corporate and social responsibility issues for the local community.
Victoria Powell
Regulatory Policy Director
Joined Ruffer in 2016, from the British Banking Association, previous to which she spent nine years in Paris as a Director at the European Securities Markets Authority, the European Commission's regulatory authority and its founding body, the Committee of European Securities Regulators. Prior to this, she worked at the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority and held various positions in Central Policy and in the Prudential Policy Department. She graduated in 1995 with a BA honours degree in East Asian Studies and Korean language from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Christopher Querée
Previously Director at Le Masurier, James & Chinn, now absorbed within the HSBC Group. He spent thirteen years there, with responsibility for offshore private clients, moving to Chiswell Associates in 2001 to focus on charity fund management, before joining Ruffer in 2004 to help develop the firm's charity business. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College and is co-manager of Ruffer's Common Investment Fund, the Charity Assets Trust.
Sabine Remnant
Joined Ruffer in 2005 after graduating from Bristol University. She became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments in 2009 following the completion of her CISI Diploma, with a credit in the Private Client Advice and Management Paper.
Jenny Renton
Joined Ruffer in 2013. After reading politics at Newcastle University, she worked with oil and gas companies on their corporate and financial strategies before joining the fund team at Ingenious Investments. She is a CFA charterholder and co-manager of Ruffer's Common Investment Fund, the Charity Assets Trust.
Cecile Rousseau
Joined Ruffer in 2017, after ten years in various global technology roles at JPMorgan Asset Management. Prior to this, she worked at Accenture as a senior manager for multiple financial services clients. She graduated from ICN, Nancy University in France and holds a MBA from Aston University.
Emma Rutter
Joined Ruffer in 2001 after graduating from Edinburgh University with an honours degree in economics and business studies. She is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, following the completion of her CISI Diploma in 2004.
Steve Russell
Graduated from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and started work as an equity analyst at Confederation Life in 1987, where he became Head of Equities in charge of £5 billion of equity funds. In 1999 he moved to HSBC Investment Bank as Head of UK and European Equity Strategy, before joining Ruffer in 2003. He became a non–executive director of JPMorgan Fleming Continental Investment Trust in 2005 and is co–manager of the LF Ruffer Total Return Fund.
Harry Sevier
Joined Ruffer in 2008 after graduating with an MA Honours degree from Edinburgh University. He became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment on completing the CISI Diploma in 2010, receiving an Outstanding Achievement Award and a merit in the Private Client Advice and Management Paper. He manages investment portfolios for individuals, trusts and charities.
Joined Ruffer in 2011 after graduating from Edinburgh University with a first class honours degree in history and German. He spent 2015 seconded to Ruffer's Hong Kong office as an equity analyst, and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, having achieved a distinction in the Financial Derivatives paper. He primarily manages portfolios for pension schemes and institutions and co-manages the LF Ruffer Total Return Fund.
Joined Ruffer in 2005 after moving to the UK from South Africa, where he briefly worked in the private wealth division of a big four bank. He has an honours degree in finance and is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, following the completion of his CISI Diploma in 2008.
Louise Stanway
Joined Ruffer in 1999 after graduating with an honours degree in accountancy and law and became Ruffer's Compliance Officer in 2007. During 2004, she spent seven months seconded to the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (PIMFA, formerly WMA). Louise has been a Director of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group since 2004 and was appointed as its Chairman on 1 July 2016. She has also chaired the PIMFA Financial Crime Committee since 2007.
Claire Titmarsh
Joined Ruffer in 2005 after graduating with a first class honours degree in economics and finance from the University of York. She joined the LF Ruffer European Fund team in 2011, becoming co–manager in 2016.
Andrew van Biljon
Joined Ruffer's institutional client team in 2010 following the completion of his MPhil in economics at Oxford. He moved to the Research team in 2011 to assist with macroeconomic analysis and derivative strategies.
Emma Varley
Joined Ruffer in 2012 after graduating from St Andrews University with a first class honours degree in History. She is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Masters in Wealth Management.
James Verdier
Graduated from the London School of Economics, then qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He joined Commerzbank as a telecoms analyst in 1999 and subsequently worked on the Special Situations trading desk. In 2005 he joined Lehman Brothers where he worked on the Long Term Value proprietary fund. He joined Ruffer in 2008.
Russell Vickers
Head of Risk, Performance & Reporting
Prior to joining Ruffer in 2010, he worked at GLG Partners as the new business and transitions manager. He brought with him 15 years of operational experience spanning a variety of middle and front office support functions at Prudential Portfolio Managers, Merrill Lynch, BNYM and Société Générale.
Trevor Wild
Worked for BZW from 1983, where he led a number of successful research teams, joining Commerzbank in 1999 to begin his career as a Portfolio Manager. In 2005 moved to Lehman Brothers as Managing Director of the Long Term Value Fund. He joined Ruffer in 2008 and is manager of the Ruffer UK Mid and Small Companies Fund.
Alexander Bruce
Investor Relations Manager
Graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a degree in English Literature. Joined Ruffer in 2003. He has worked in product management and investor communications and became a Fund Relations Manager in 2017.
Alice Brader-Ellis
Graduated in 2002 from Durham University with a BA (Hons) in Chinese and Management, and began her career with Bloomberg in London and Hong Kong. In 2007, while still in Hong Kong, she joined JPMorgan Asset Management, and in 2014 transferred back to London with JPMorgan Private Bank as part of the International Manager Selection team. She joined Ruffer in 2017.
Sophie Burke-Murphy
Joined Ruffer in 2012. Previously at Global Asset Management (GAM) for five years as a Junior Analyst and then as a Portfolio Manager's Assistant. A graduate of Bristol University, she is a qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and completed the CISI Private Client Investment Advice and Management Paper in 2012.
Laetitia East
A graduate of Oxford University, Laetitia joined Ruffer in 2012, completing the CISI Wealth Masters in 2015. Having previously managed a private wealth team, investing separately managed accounts, Laetitia now works on the International and Institutional team and is focused on growing Ruffer's US business.
Edward Donati
Worked at the BBC after graduating from Oxford University in 2007. He joined Ruffer in 2009 and spent four years as an equity analyst in Ruffer's research team, including a period in Ruffer's Hong Kong office, before returning to London to manage investment portfolios. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager.
Kathryn Forsyth
Joined Ruffer in 2016. Graduated with a degree in Spanish and International Management from the University of Bath. She passed both the Investment Environment and Investment Practice units of the Investment Management Certificate in 2016.
Sahil Gaba
Joined Ruffer in 2007 after receiving his MBA from the Said Business School (Oxford University). Prior to that, he briefly worked in India as a technology consultant at Headstrong Corp. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he studied mechanical engineering.
Julien Galichet
Investment Manager, Paris
Previously at Finalpha, he joined Ruffer in 2019. Other roles include co-founding DG Patrimoine, a real-estate asset management company where he managed investments for high net worth individuals. Prior to that he held various positions at IT Asset Management, Deutsche Bank and IFS (Dublin).
Rory Goodman
Joined Ruffer in 2014 having graduated from Durham University with a first class honours degree in Economics. He is a member of the CISI and a Chartered Wealth Manager, having achieved a merit in both the Applied Wealth Management and Portfolio Construction Theory papers.
Joshua Gunson
Joined Ruffer in 2010, working in the Product and Fund Relations teams. He holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Nottingham and an MBA with distinction from Cass Business School, and focuses on building relationships with financial planners and wealth managers throughout the UK.
Joined Ruffer in 2010 after graduating from Bristol University in 2009 with a degree in history. In 2013 he became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments, following the completion of his CISI Diploma, receiving a merit in the financial markets paper. He spent 2015 working as an equity analyst in Ruffer's Hong Kong office.
Charalee Hoelzl
Joined Ruffer in 2014 after graduating from James Cook University, Australia, with a first class honours degree in law and business. She initially worked in the Compliance department and now works within Ruffer's institutional team. She received a distinction in the Private Client Investment Advice and Management paper in 2017 and passed Level II of the CFA Program in 2019.
Rachel Holdsworth
Joined Ruffer in 2013 after graduating from Oxford University with a first class honours degree in biological sciences. She is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Masters in Wealth Management, receiving a distinction in both the Private Client Investment Advice and Management and Portfolio Construction Theory papers.
Ajay Johal
Graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in history and sociology and worked at Barclays Wealth before joining Ruffer in 2014. In 2019, he worked as an equity analyst in Ruffer's Hong Kong office, before returning to the charities team in London as an Investment Manager. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment.
Céline Matuszewski
After a Master's degree in Economic Sciences at Panthéon–Assas University and Postgraduate studies in Wealth Management, she became a bond portfolio manager for Banque Transatlantique in Luxembourg, before moving to HSBC in France. She held several positions during her 12 year tenure, including looking after some of the wealthiest French families, and was ultimately a product specialist in the Wealth Management Group. Joined Ruffer in 2013.
Alexia Palacios
Analyst, Responsible Investment
Joined Ruffer in 2014 after graduating from the University of Cambridge with first class honours in land economy. Having gained experience in responsible investment while working with Ruffer's charity team, she has specialised in this area since 2018. She has completed the PRI Academy Responsible Investment Essentials and Enhanced Financial Analysis courses and is a CFA charterholder.
Othmane Rachedi
Graduated from ESCP Europe with a Masters in Management, Double Major in Finance and Economics. He worked as an intern in several financial institutions, in mergers and acquisitions and asset management before joining Ruffer in 2012. He is a CFA charterholder.
Ian Rees
Joined Ruffer in May 2012 after graduating from the University of Bath with an honours degree in economics. He previously completed a twelve month placement at UBS Global Asset Management. He spent 2017 in Ruffer's Hong Kong office working as an equity analyst, and is a CFA charterholder.
Orlando Roberts
Graduated from University College London before serving in the British Army for five years. He joined Ruffer in 2011 and became a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in 2014.
Tom Saville
Joined Ruffer in 2013. He graduated from University College London in 2009 and completed the graduate training programme at Brooks Macdonald Asset Management. Tom is a Chartered Financial Analyst and member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Oliver Shale
Joined Ruffer in 2016 as part of the graduate programme, he now supports the charities team. He has a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge University and has completed both units of the Investment Management Certificate and the Private Client Investment Advice and Management paper.
Anthony Snowden
Joined Ruffer in September 2010 having previously worked for Barclays Wealth. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Economics. He became a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment following completion of the CISI Masters in Wealth Management in 2012.
Samantha Stiefel–Sevitt
Before joining Ruffer in 2014, she worked as a private banker at Barclays, Wealth and Investment Management. She graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2009 with an honours degree in finance, accounting and management and is a CFA charterholder.
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Mournful Iranians attend funeral of former leader Rafsanjani
By Editor January 11, 2017 January 10, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of mourners flooded the streets of Tehran on Tuesday, beating their chests and wailing in grief for the late Iranian leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died over the weekend at the age of 82.
The crowds filled main thoroughfares of the capital as top government and clerical officials held a funeral service at Tehran University. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held prayers by Rafsanjani's casket, as other dignitaries knelt before the coffin on which his white cleric's turban was placed, reaching their hands out for one final embrace.
Just behind Khamenei was President Hassan Rouhani, whose moderate administration led the recent nuclear negotiations with world powers. Rouhani, who is all but certain to run for re-election in May, is viewed as embodying Rafsanjani's realist vision.
Hard-liners also took part in the ceremony Tuesday, which was a public holiday across the country. Among them was Qassem Soleimani, a general who heads the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, which focuses on foreign operations like the war in Syria.
Both Soleimani and Rafsanjani are from Iran's southeastern province of Kerman and worked together during the 1980s war against Iraq war.
Apparently banned from the funeral was former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist who remains popular among the young but is deeply disliked by hard-liners. State media have banned the broadcasting of any images of Khatami.
Outside, mourners carried posters bearing Rafsanjani's image as his casket slowly made his way through the streets.
"I rarely attend religious ceremonies, but I am here as an Iranian who cannot forget Rafsanjani's contribution to developing political sphere in favor of people in recent years," said Nima Sheikhi, a computer teacher at a private school.
Nearby was cleric Reza Babaei from the eastern town of Birjand near Afghan border. "I am here to say goodbye to a man who dedicated his life to make Iran better," Babaei said. "He founded the university in my city and developed our region when he was in power."
Many in the crowds chanted that they would continue along Rafsanjani's "path."
The semi-official ILNA news agency said that on the sidelines of the funeral ceremony, prominent moderate lawmaker Ali Motahari was asked by several mourners to free opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi from house arrest the two have been under since 2011.
"Our message is clear, the house arrest should be lifted," some chanted. The police and security forces did not react to the chants.
Rafsanjani's casket was heading to the ornate, massive shrine of the late Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. There, he will be buried by the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution that overthrew the rule of the American-backed shah.
Rafsanjani, a close aide to both Khomeini and Khamenei, served as president from 1989 to 1997.
His life mirrored Iran's modern history. He served as the right-hand man of Khomeini. He led the military during the ruinous war with Iraq in the 1980s. He helped launch Iran's nuclear program and then pushed for reconciliation with the West.
In the years after Khomeini's 1989 death, Rafsanjani represented one of an ever-shrinking number of leaders directly tied to the Islamic Revolution.
Internally, however, his legacy remains mixed. He was massively wealthy and a veteran at maneuvering within Iran's opaque political system.
He was considered a protector of the moderates, but many reformers distrusted him because he was such an insider and because of accusations he was involved in killing dissidents during his eight-year presidency, which he always denied. Hard-liners distrusted him because of his support of moderates and sought to sideline him, but he was too powerful and entrenched to be discounted.
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Ryan Playground 16/17
By Kevin Press
Those of us with an aversion to pop music are often quick to associate the genre's production techniques with a lack of musical substance. It's a mistake fuelled by snobbery and a lack of patience. Montreal's Genevieve Ryan Martel, who records under the name RYAN Playground, has a lovely new electro-pop record that illustrates that point.
Tracks like "Prolongation" and "Too Smart" are near Disney-level sweet. Throw in her professional model looks and you've got a compelling package. (Martel is in fact a successful model who has lent her image to Vera Wang, Aldo and others.) She's more than a pretty face, and 16/17 deserves more than a pop music audience.
First, she can play; she's no Nancy Wilson (at least not on this album), but she's clearly been at this for years, despite her young age. Second, she's got style; on 16/17, it's minimalist downtempo. Arguably, that makes the album a tougher sell to a pop audience, but it works. It's a good fit for the material, lending the album a gentle melancholy feel.
Third, this is the album she wanted to make. In addition to her modelling work, she is a respected DJ around Montreal and the downtempo feel on this album comes out of a genuine affection for that music. Martel has a bright future for a bunch of obvious reasons. Musically, her challenge will be to avoid being presented in some form that's not of her choosing. So far at least, she's given us reason for optimism. (Last Gang)
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Federation shuttles
Chaffee-type
The Chaffee was a Federation Chaffee-type shuttlepod that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to the USS Defiant. It was shuttle 01.
In late 2374, Benjamin Sisko, Miles O'Brien, and Julian Bashir used the Chaffee to enter the atmosphere of a class L planet to rescue Lisa Cusak. The use of the pod was preferred because its power systems did not utilize antimatter, and made it possible for the pod to survive travel through the exotic energy field surrounding the planet. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")
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Background information Edit
The Chaffee was designated as Defiant shuttlecraft 1. [1](X)
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 129) stated this shuttlecraft was "named for Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee and was designed by Doug Drexler."
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Apocrypha Edit
According to the Deep Space Nine Mission Gamma novel Twilight, the shuttlecraft Chaffee survived the destruction of the Defiant at the Second Battle of Chin'toka in 2375, as it was mentioned being assigned to the second USS Defiant also. The shuttlecraft Chaffee also appears in the Star Trek: Gateways novel Demons of Air and Darkness and the Star Trek: Divided We Fall comic "Crossfire". The comic also features the Sagan, another Type-10 shutlecraft.
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– One of the first things that came up was Traffic Exchanges.
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E. Nesbit published over forty children's books, from the beloved The Railway Children to The Stories of the Treasure Seekers and Five Children and It. She also had a darker side, as seen in Grim Tales and Fear told in Twilight, collections of horror stories for adults. A writer of many sides, Nesbit had an influence on many writers, including C.S. Lewis, Michael Moorcock, and J.K. Rowling. The panel will discuss her work and why it continues to have an impact today.


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Where Economic Marxism – And LIBERALISM – Truly Comes From: Hostility Toward God And Religion
Few casual liberals realize the fact that the entire economic premise underlying economic Marxism flows from a hostility toward God and toward religion.
Atheism and a spirit of hostility and hatred toward God and toward religion is at the very core of Marxism. In the words of Karl Marx:
The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But man is no abstract being squatting outside the world. Man is the world of man – state, society. This state and this society produce religion, which is an inverted consciousness of the world, because they are an inverted world. Religion is the general theory of this world, its encyclopaedic compendium, its logic in popular form, its spiritual point d'honneur, its enthusiasm, its moral sanction, its solemn complement, and its universal basis of consolation and justification. It is the fantastic realization of the human essence since the human essence has not acquired any true reality. The struggle against religion is, therefore, indirectly the struggle against that world whose spiritual aroma is religion.
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.
Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and pluck the living flower.
What did Karl Marx mean by this?
Basically, Marx taught that the world is divided into the haves and the have-nots – which is everywhere being shouted around us today. And the have-nots were being oppressed by the haves. But rather than the people rising up in rage and seizing what Marx declared was theirs by force as Marx wanted them to, the people were instead happy in their religion, which according to Marx had been invented by the rich to keep the proletariat in bondage. Marx acknowledged that in his day, religion was the order of the world; but he determined – and in fact succeeded – in imposing a NEW world system. Since religion is nothing but an illusion, and materialism is all there actually is, the happiness that the people had in their Christianity was nothing more than a narcotic that kept them in bondage. The only "real" reality is economic reality. And therefore the solution presented by Marx was for the people to set aside their shackles of religion and rise up in a spirit of rage and take what was theirs by force. Only then could the people have actual, "material" happiness.
The eight commandment in the Holy Bible is "You shall not steal," and the tenth commandment is, "You shall not covet." Both ultimately flow from violation of the first commandment, "You shall have no other gods before Me." Marxism – as Marx acknowledged – overthrew this system and imposed one in which the State replaced God. And where God in the Bible had commanded man NOT to covet anything that belonged to his neighbor, Marxism was in fact BASED on coveting. "Hey, look at those damn rich people! They've got everything! Let's take their stuff!" Because apart from that looking over the wall at your neighbor's house and coveting what he had and becoming angry that he or she had things that you did not have, Marxism never gets off the ground.
God said, "Thou shalt not covet. Thou shalt not steal." And Marxists – and frankly liberals and Democrats – declared instead, "Thou shalt covet thy neighbor's possessions, and thou shalt seize them and redistribute them."
The sin of Achan as described in Joshua chapter 7 (especially 7:21) follows this order: first you covet, THEN you steal. And thus economic Marxism, based on atheism and upon replacing God with the all-powerful socialist State, first ordains abolishing God, then ordains materialism and demagogues coveting, and then ultimately empowers the all-powerful government that they have erected to steal in the name of the people.
The book of Ephesians 5:5 identifies coveting with idolatry. And this idolatrous coveting is a root-sin from which all others flow. Covetousness comes from idolatry because you are taking God off the throne and replacing Him with yourself – or in the case of Marxism, with the State – in God's place. We covet what belongs to others because we have a misplaced value system. As our desires and our pleasure are directed more and more toward more material things, we covet and begin to feel entitled to take – or allow the State to take – what others have built and worked for. And many people as a result of this system have a seething anger toward those who have more than they because their unrealistic expectations aren't being met. God created us to find our fulfillment and our happiness in Him, but Marxism – and liberalism – says piss on that. God is an illusion, and we can take what we want from others to make ourselves happy.
Glenn Beck featured a Jewish Rabbi named Daniel Lapin who described the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis chapter 11. Lapin says that these nine verses in Genesis 11:
"reveal this dark secret that lies at the deepest recesses of the human soul, which is our susceptibility to become slaves. It's there. It's ready. It can pounce at any moment and transform us into serfs."
Rabbi Lapin points out that King Nimrod didn't actually come out and say, "Let's build a tower." Rather, he said, "Let's make bricks." And united the people in the endeavor of making bricks. And this is important, as Lapin explains:
Bricks are really important things here. Later on in the five books of Moses, ancient Jewish wisdom highlights the fact that that an altar — an altar to God must not be built of bricks, right? It has to be built with stones.
Why? Because this tension between the bricks and stones is absolutely crucial. Bricks and stones are a biblical metaphor for the way people should be stones, and the way we are easily pulled to be bricks.
Two differences between bricks and stones.
Number one, every brick is the same as every other brick. That's the whole point. They're totally interchangeable. If you want to turn people to bricks, you are able to turn them into interchangeable social economic cogs that can be just plugged around society.
The second thing about bricks is they're made by man. Stones are each unique. When we have a tradition in Western civilization that man is created the image of God, what it really means is that just as God is unique, so is every single human being is unique, just like a stone.
Don't allow other people to turn you into bricks, retain the personality of a person for which you are created.
It's a difference between "yes, I can," and "yes, we can." […]
And one way it really works is that in every epoch, there is always going to be somebody who tries to seize power. What these 11 verses — these nine verses in Chapter 11 tell us is here are the things you have to watch out for. Here are the things that a potential tyrant is going to do in order to seduce you.
Number one, he is going to have a tower. Now, a tower means reaching for the skies — appealing to everything that is great in human nature.
Now, look, any leader, whether you're taking care of your family, whether you're running a business, whether you're a military leader — you know, military recruiters don't say: Hey, come join us. The food is horrible. You're likely to get killed and you're going to be a horribly hot — they don't do that. Step forward and play a role to defend your country, be all you could be. You appeal to the highest in human nature.
That's what tyrants learn to do as well.
And we don't need God. We don't need stones. We don't need anything that God created because you are great, people are great. All of this is going to be built with bricks and we're going to make you all interchangeable. That's why tyrants will do exactly that.
Conservative thought emphasizes that individuality of the Bible as told by the God who created us in His image. We're not interchangeable bricks unified by an all-powerful State, we're individual stones. But Barack Obama is firmly rooted in man as bricks. He says of small business owners, the most individualistic people of all, "You didn't build that. Government did." But back in this ancient time, just as they were when Karl Marx emerged onto the scene, people had been worshiping God and content in their religion. But then this King Nimrod came along. The Bible described him as a "hunter of men." Why? Lapin explained:
Why on earth would this one man, Nimrod, be identified as a hunter? Because he hunted, not animals, he hunted people. Not to kill them, he hunted people to seduce them into becoming his subjects and to allow him to become their master.
Karl Marx and Barack Obama haven't presented anything new, as Rabbi Lapin explains:
The new idea is — and is presented as the Babel blueprint. This is not long forgotten story. This is actually something which is as relevant today as it will be tomorrow, as it was when Robespierre was conducting the French Revolution. The principle is always the same.
The two competing ways of organizing human society: One is the Abraham vision of individual independence, individual accountability, God-centric — versus the idea of centralized control.
So, Abraham gives the vision of individual independence, which always has to include economic impendence. That's absolutely crucial. And sure enough, Abraham, first man in the Bible described as a wealthy man, a blessing, a good thing. Not a curse — a good thing.
And what is it that binds all of these interchangeable bricks that Marxism and liberalism want us to become? Mortar. And what is mortar? Lapin again:
Yes now, in Hebrew, mortar is very related — same word really as the word materialism. And you can actually even hear the similarity transfer into the English language. Mortar — M, T, R are the key consonants. Material — matter — same word essentially.
And it's very important because the lesson from ancient Jewish wisdom here is that you can bond people and unify people with a sense of common spiritual purpose, but if you're going to eliminate the spiritual — if you're going to take God entirely out of the picture — then you can unify people through materialism.
Get people in debt, use your credit cards, folks. Buy stuff. Acquire stuff. And then you can rent storage facilities to keep the stuff you bought that you don't need.
But that way, we're all in this together and we can all talk about the great commercials we saw during the football game. And we're all in this great materialistic splurge because it will unite people.
Materialism that flows from the denial of God:
And what any tyrant knows is that you cannot enslave a people that believe in the Boss. You just can't. And so, therefore, any tyranny will always begin to develop a hostility to traditional biblical faith, a hostility to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, a hostility to biblical commitment of any kind at all.
You always find that, whether it's Cuba or the Soviet Union or anywhere else, secularism becomes the religion of the day. In fact, I gave it a name — secular fundamentalism, I think, is the religion of the day.
Now, it usually doesn't begin with religious belief and God-centric thought and then get replaced by atheism. There is, rather, very often a process by which religion is eroded away until it can be overthrown altogether and replaced. And so atheistic Marxism was itself officially repackaged into a pseudo-Christian heresy called "liberation theology" that Barack Obama bought from his pastor for 23 years. I described this movement and its relationship to communism in my very first article:
But even allowing that Obama somehow never heard – and even more amazingly, never heard of – anything offensive ever coming from the mouth of his pastor, anyone even remotely familiar with Jeremiah Wright, Jr. and the Trinity United Church of Christ knows full well that both the pastor and the church are leading proponents of an extremely radical ideology known as "black liberation theology." In short, liberation theology is a giant nut of Marxism covered with a candy coating of Jesus. Liberation theology is a reading of Christianity through Marxist eyes, and very pointedly NOT vice versa. Rather than forgiving its enemies, its adherents all over the world have routinely claimed that oppressors should be overthrown by violent means.
Liberation theology was developed in the early 1970s to pave the way for the communist Sandinistas to infiltrate – and subsequently dominate – Nicaraguan society. The Sandinistas understood full well that they had no hope of installing a Marxist regime in a country that was well over 90% Roman Catholic unless they could successfully subsume Catholicism into their cause of Marxism. And the wedding of Marxism with Christianity was brought about in a clear effort of the former to crush the latter.
Marxism – atheistic though it is – has frequently been characterized as a Christian heresy, in which a glorious new age utopia (a Marxist perversion of heaven) is to be ushered in by a transformation of human nature in a grand historical dialectic. In traditional Christianity, the ennobling of human nature takes place because of the creation of man in the image of God and because of the divine Christ's Incarnation; in Marxism, the State assumes God's place. Marxism offers rival theories of sin (private property) and salvation (collective ownership), a church that dispenses grace (the State), and a litany of saints (the proletariat and their Marxist leadership) and sinners (the bourgeoise and their capitalists enablers). In actual historical practice, in every single case, Marxism in a single century has led to more human slaughter and more degradation than all the religions of the world combined led to throughout all of human history.
Thus we see that it is not too much of a stretch for Christian heretics to embrace Marxism as a creed, since, as G.K. Chesterton pointed out, heresy is often truth gone mad. Liberation theology is the subsumption of one tiny truth (that God cares about the poor) wrapped by so much error that it resulted in a form of insanity that saw "Christians" embrace what clearly amounted to terrorism against governments and the very poor and innocent that they claimed to champion.
That last sentence about "terrorism against governments and the very poor and innocent that they claim to champion" is simply true: Marxism has been responsible for the murder of 100 million of its various regimes' own people in less than a single century. It has crushed the human spirit more than any other system in the history of the world. It offered fantastic promises to create a Utopia for the poor and then ended up taking everything from the poor before ultimately destroying and murdering them.
Marxism was NEVER about the poor; Marxism was ALWAYS about the State.
Liberalism as a movement has LONG realized what hard-core Marxism understood through "liberation theology" in the 1970s. Namely, that you could "Christianize" socialism by taking that little kernel of truth – that God cares for the poor – and then exploiting that to build a gigantic totalitarian nanny state that is itself a massive lie out of that tiny kernel of truth.
Don't tell me that liberalism isn't a close relative of Marxism that is only waiting to be given enough power to become exactly LIKE Marxism. Karl Marx provided a key statement about economic Marxism when he said:
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
What we have here is the grounds for a State to seize wealth from those who produce and redistribute it to those who do not.
And I defy any liberal to explain how ideological liberalism repudiates and denounces this central premise of Marxism.
I have more to say about liberalism and how it has perverted the essence of Jesus and Christianity, and will do so in an article I have yet to write titled, "Why Do Depraved Democrats Deceitfully Distort Jesus To Demagogue Republicans???"
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Three out of jobs after brawl at Gaithersburg-Northwest high school football game
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Three out of jobs in wake of fight at Gaithersburg-Northwest high school football game
Three of the adults involved in the brawl at the football game between Gaithersburg and Northwest high schools last month are out of jobs.
On Wednesday afternoon, Montgomery County Public Schools said in a statement that the positions of the athletic specialist (also known as athletic director) at Gaithersburg High School and the head and assistant football coaching positions at Northwest had been "vacated." It's not known whether the three left of their own accord. [WTOP]
Opponents sue over Maryland plan to add toll lanes to Beltway, I-270
The Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club and three other groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a state plan to widen Interstate 270 and part of the Capital Beltway with toll lanes, saying the proposal's environmental analysis was "deficient." [The Washington Post]
Police have located parents of little boy found in Silver Spring
Montgomery County police have located the parents of a little boy who was found alone in a parking lot early Wednesday in Silver Spring. The boy was found at about 5:45 a.m. in a parking lot in the 700 block of Wayne Avenue, police said. [NBC4]
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The Anton Hotel at 4835 W. 22nd street became the Alton Hotel soon after it's owner, Theodore Anton, was killed by gangsters.
After his death, the gangs still hung around his properties that were now owned by his family. His brother Nick who had problems with immigration, continued to manage these properties under the watchful eye of the old and new Capone mob.
In April of 1926, three squads of detectives raided the Anton Hotel for clues into the McSwiggin murder case.
In September 1926, The (Anton) Alton had been raked along with the Hawthorne Hotel by machinegun fire. The picture below compared to an old photo under it shows that the Alton Cafe was once the Hawthorne Smoke shop. The Hawthorne smoke shop later became the Greyhound restaurant in 1929. At the same time, the Hawthorne Hotel became the Western Hotel while the Hawthorne restaurant kept it's name.
In later years, the Western Hotel became the Suburban Hotel ( for a very short while), and finally became the Towne Hotel before it' burnt down with Joey Auippa at the helm.
The Hawthorne restaurant later adopted the name of the Towne restaurant.
The Anton Hotel became the Alton within 2 years after Theodore Anton's death.
This probably happened after a fire there on February 24,1927, with an estimated damage of $25,000. About twenty patrons of the Hotel were now in the streets. This fire was caused by crossed electrical wiring. Although the gangster types were very often seen there it still had an air of respectablity. A few tenants back then comprised of Doctor, workers and many tourists in for the Hawthorne park races.
These items came for the Alton (Anton) Hotel in Cicero. Top is Alton hotel room card rack and numbers strip for the keys to hang behind the hotel desk. Set of old hotel keys probably from the Anton days. One newer one on a broken plastic red key tag and an old skeleton key on a hard leather / steel type tag. Above that is a microphone used for communication. It was attached to a phone in the hall. Next to that is a billy club wrapped in duct tape and used by the hotel manager to whack the deadbeats and junkies.
(Photos by the great Bill Helmer. Items now in the Mario Gomes collection).
Geraldo Rivera in front of the Alton Cafe and hotel. The cafe was were the Hawthorne Smoke shop once stood.
The Hawthorne Smoke shop, where Capone and other gangsters visited Anton and bought cigars.
In it's later years, it became a seedy transient hotel filled with prostitutes, junkies and drug dealers. Before it's closing, one could find syringes all over the floor. The Alton was finally was brought down by the wrecking ball in January of 1994 and turned into a parking lot.
Gentlemen (men's room) plaque from the Alton Hotel.
Anton's Hotel sign was still visible in masonry.
Interior shots of the Anton / Alton. left in 1920, and right in 1986.
(Left photo courtesy of Mr. John Pappas, Chicago).
Alton Hotel sign by management calling them Altonites, rhyming them with parasites.
Inspection was to be held before it's shutdown.
(Photos by the great Bill Helmer. Items are now in the Mario Gomes collection).
Basement of Anton Hotel. A 1926 raid by authorities claimed it was a torture chamber used by the Capone gang.
Alton sign for no loitering.
The street where Hymie Weiss and the Northsiders poured massive machine gun fire into this block back in 1926.
The Alton Hotel and Cafe finally boarded up and ready for destruction.
This sign says it all! The end of the Alton.


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1) For example, the makers of antidepressant Prozac and cholesterol treatment TriCor switched from capsule to tablet form, while anxiety-treating Buspar was switched from tablet to capsule.
Because of the severity of Bella's behavioral problems, such as having tantrums, she was prescribed Risperdone, Buspar, and Intuniv.
Jon Hamilton's story on Morning Edition featured a man who has had numerous medications to treat his major depression, which he rattled off: "Klonopin, Ativan, Valium, Xanax, Re-meron, Gabapentin, Buspar, and De-pakote.
Shrink rap news: is Ketamine on our radar yet?
New York) paid $290 million to Schein Pharmaceutical to delay the sale of a generic version of the Bristol-Myers anxiety drug Buspar.
Willis took medication, including Paxil, Buspar, Wellbutrin, and Zoloft.
So I finally understand the "impact rule" but why does It still exist?
Tanton identifies some 374 different mental conditions that were given definition to justify the use of Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Zyban, Remeron, Serzone, Effexor, Buspar, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon, Depakote, and Adderall.
She indicated that she has a bi-polar diagnosis that is controlled by the medications, Risperdal, Prozac, Buspar, and Xanax.
The very next time you see your doctor you'll ask for a prescription for Lunesta, Ambien, Cialis, Nexium, Lipitor, Lamisil, Buspar or whatever the latest magic pill may be.


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Star Wars Queen's Shadow (Hardcover)
By E. K. Johnston
(Series)
As a fan of all things Star Wars, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. Set just a few years after the events of The Phantom Menace, Queen's Shadow follows Padmé Naberrie, the former Queen of Naboo, as she transitions from her role in planetary politics to broader, galactic affairs. Along with her loyal handmaidens, Padmé travels to Coruscant to begin her life in the Senate. Once there, she must learn to navigate this new, more complex political field, allying herself with other senators in order to fight for the causes she believes in. There's a warmth to this story that was refreshing, and though we're spared from the blaster fire and epic space battles of most Star Wars stories, the stakes are just as high! I could not put this book down.
--Gary
— From Gary's Picks!
As a fan of all things Star Wars, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. Set just a few years after the events of The Phantom Menace, Queen's Shadow follows Padmé Naberrie, the former Queen of Naboo, as she transitions from her role in planetary politics to broader, galactic affairs. Along with her loyal handmaidens, Padmé travels to Coruscant to begin her life in the Senate. Once there, she must learn to navigate this new, more complex political field, allying herself with other senators in order to fight for the causes she believes in. There's a warmth to this story that was refreshing, and though we're spared from the blaster fire and epic space battles of most Star Wars stories, the stakes are just as high! I could not put this book down. --Gary
— From E.K. Johnston signs Queen's Shadow
Written by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Ahsoka! When Padmé Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow.
E.K. Johnston had several jobs and one vocation before she became a published writer. If she's learned anything, it's that things turn out weird sometimes, and there's not a lot you can do about it. Well, that and how to muscle through awkward fanfic because it's about a pairing she likes.
You can follow Kate on Twitter (@ek_johnston) to learn more about Alderaanian political theory than you really need to know, on Tumblr (ekjohnston) if you're just here for the pretty pictures, or online at ekjohnston.ca.
Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press
Publication Date: March 5th, 2019
Young Adult Fiction / Media Tie-In
Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera
Young Adult Fiction / Girls & Women


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Eurovision Song Contest, Entertainment | England's top politicians are furious with Eurovision results: – We have to get out of this joke
– A farewell gift from Europe, says the Norwegian Grand Prix club leader.
As in previous years, Great Britain ended up in a very poor position in the final of the Melody Grand Prix.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, which has gone viral, British politician Nigel Farage highlighted what he thinks about Britain's bottom position.
– I've said it before but we need to get out of this globalist Eurovision joke, wrote the UK's Brexit politician, and attached a picture of this year's placement.
In the comments column, there are many comments, and more than 12,000 have shared their opinions. Many agreed with the politician, and called Britain a great music country.
Will release the country from the competition
Farage, who is a politician in Britain's Brexit party, has been – as his party's name indicates – a major driver of Britain's separation from the EU.
Now he also wants England out of the singing competition.
Club leader Morten Thomassen at the Norwegian Grand Prix club was not surprised by the reaction of politicians.
– I think instead of being angry at Europe, Britain should be angry at its own TV stations. There are great British artists on the radio all the time. But this is not participating in the competition, Thomassen told Nettavisen.
He added:
– When they have to explain why they did so badly in the competition, they blame that Europe doesn't like them, or doesn't like them anymore. But that's also because they don't take competition seriously.
Read also: Eurovision Rocka Italy – Norway win in 18th place
He explained that England have traditionally done very well in the competition, and they ended up among the ten countries with the most points. This is a recurring trend since England joined the competition in 1957.
However, in 1999, the language requirement disappeared. Thomassen believes this has a lot to say as points are starting to drop for England. Previously, different countries were asked to sing in their own language. When this order disappeared, Britain no longer had a big advantage.
– It is clear that "Love is fire" is a phrase that everyone understands. They gave England a big advantage earlier, said Thomassen.
Read also: "Waterloo" named best Eurovision song of all time
A farewell gift from the EU
The UK representative at Eurovision, James Newman, reacted with cheers when he was told he had not earned a single point from the judges or TV viewers.
MGP club leader Thomassen is also not surprised that Europe has given England bottom spot this year.
"Europe gave them zero points as a parting gift," he said, referring to Britain's withdrawal from the EU, via Brexit.
This is the second time in the history of Great Britain to receive zero points in the final. The last time was in 2003.
TIX comes to Europe with a clear message during the Eurovision performance
Nor was he overly impressed by the quality of England's contribution.
– Here we are talking about artists deep under the alphabet. It's not artist A, B or C. Here we have to go down quite a distance, he said.
He believed the reason why they were allowed to participate exclusively was because they were one of the countries that paid their way to the finals with the largest amount.
Furthermore, he believes that many British artists fear being associated with Eurovision, simply because it has become "something" that the UK does very poorly in competition.
– If they withdraw from the competition, it will be important for the competition, Thomassen believes.
For this year's UK contribution, Thomassen said the following:
– For me, the contribution is more like a typical radio song, with a pleasant atmosphere and rhythm that you can have in the background while driving a car. They couldn't make anything out of it on TV, and it became more like a guy who was a little comfortable standing on stage and singing.
Online newspapers want to have a fresher opinion.
Spanish Bloom raises temperature to 14C, but dangerous winds are coming
The Spanish bloom will bring unusually warm temperatures across the UK, but dangerously strong winds are still on their way. Mercury in most countries will hit 14C on Sunday due to subtropical winds coming from Europe. The south-east and southwest
Celine Dion canceled the end of her North American tour due to her health
Photo Files Canadian star singer Celine Dion announced Saturday the cancellation of her North American tour of Courage due to ongoing health concerns. "I had high hopes of being ready to return to the stage now, but I realized I
Xabier Madariaga: "This program is a mirror for us to see the prejudices we work with every day"
Xabier Madariaga will challenge viewers to see the prejudices that dominate our lives. Wednesday's appointment at 'Abiapuntua' This is a program that reflects some of the prejudices we believe or say we don't have; a social test that will help
Prince Harry Demands Pay for British Police Protection – NBC Los Angeles
LONDON – Prince Harry has called for a review of the British government's decision not to allow him to personally pay for police protection while in Britain. The Duke of Sussex's legal representative said on Saturday that Harry wanted to
Prince Harry Demands Pay for British Police Protection – NBC 7 San Diego
Xabier Madariaga will challenge viewers to see the prejudices that dominate our lives. Wednesday's appointment at 'Abiapuntua' Donostia – This is a program that reflects some of the prejudices we believe or say we don't have; a social test that


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New Look of 7: Drop-Downs and White Space
The New Look of 7: Icons
A Glimpse Behind the Scenes
Off and Running
Learning New Ways to Count
After the Love is Gone
Getting to the Verse You Want
Featured Module: PhotoGuide
Emphatic Hebrew
The Same Word Translated Differently
New in 7: Hide-and-Go-Details
When we redesigned the Accordance interface for version 6, we wanted to give it a more Aqua feel and make it more intuitive for new users. Rather than having three unlabeled pop-up menus across the top of the Search window, we hid the field and range pop-up menus in a new collapsible section of the window labeled More Options.
We thought long and hard about the More Options section, because we knew it would take away screen real-estate from the text window pane below it. We considered squashing things together a bit more, but we had taken a good hard look at Mac OS X interface conventions and realized that preserving screen real-estate was no longer the virtue it had been in the classic Mac OS. OS X uses bigger icons, thicker buttons, larger text, and wider spacing between icons and other interface elements. This luxurious use of space is deliberate, because it reduces visual clutter and enables the user to focus on the interface elements which are really important. So we followed the Aqua approach and kept the More Options section spacious and clean.
While most people were thrilled with the new look, we did get some complaints that there was now too little vertical space for the actual text of the Bible. Some users even sent mockups of how we could squash interface elements together to save space. Ironically, many of their suggestions approximated the window layout Accordance had used from versions 1 through 5!
Though we were unwilling to take a step backward, we soon realized that there were some people for whom our new layout posed a serious problem. While the More Options section doesn't take up much room when closed, there are some users who prefer to leave it open all the time. If those users also use the tabbed Workspace window and keep the OS X dock at the bottom of the screen along with the Instant Details Box, they don't have a whole lot of vertical space left for the text of the Bible. For users of laptops with 12-inch screens, the problem can be compounded even further.
A while back, someone on our user forums suggested that we save on vertical real estate by getting rid of the Instant Details Box. He suggested we use a free-floating tool-tip window which would appear right beside the cursor whenever you dragged over a Greek or Hebrew word, a word in a Strong's text, an abbreviation, etc. This is, after all, what some Windows programs do.
The problem with that approach is that those pop-up windows which follow the cursor get in the way of the text behind them. When you drag over a word in a text with Strong's numbers for example, do you really want a little window to pop-up and obscure other words in the verse you're reading? You would then have to drag the mouse off the window entirely just to be able to eliminate any chance of this window getting in the way! Another problem is that this constant flashing on and off of instant pop-ups is visually distracting and tiresome. The Instant Details Box avoids these problems by staying out of the way at the bottom of the screen.
When I explained our reasons for sticking with the Instant Details Box, another user came up with a brilliant idea: what if the Instant Details Box itself only appeared when it was needed, fading out of view when there was no information to display? This would free up some vertical real-estate for the user, who could extend his Search window all the way to the bottom of the screen without leaving room for the Instant Details Box. The Instant Details Box might obscure the bottom part of the window when it appeared, but it would quickly fade out of view again. And by subtly fading in and out, it wouldn't accost the user with the constant flashing which is so prevalent in other programs.
It was a great idea, so we decided to implement it . . . though of course we made it a user option. In the Preferences, there is now the option in the Instant Details Box settings to have it automatically fade in and out.
I'm afraid I had no luck trying to get a screenshot of the Instant Details Box in mid-fade, so you'll just have to take my word for it: it's really cool.
As for me, since I keep my dock on the right of the screen and prefer to keep the More Options section closed until I need it, I didn't personally feel much of a need for this feature. Though I've had it available to me for months, I left it turned off after I first tried it out. Lately, however, I've turned it back on, and I find that I really like the effect. What prompted me to try it out again? I found that the auto-fading was a really nice feature to use in conjunction with slideshow mode. . . :-)
By the way, the fading of the Instant Details Box isn't the only feature of 7 that will help with vertical screen space. Tomorrow I'll talk about a sweeping new feature which, among other things, lets you select the options in the More Options section without actually having to open it up.
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A tuile () is a baked wafer, French in origin, generally arced in shape, that is made most often from dough (but also possibly from cheese), often served as an accompaniment of other dishes. Tuile is the French word for tile, after the shape of roof tiles that the arced baked good most often resembles. Tuiles are commonly added as garnishes to desserts such as panna cotta or used as edible cups for sorbet or ice cream.

Preparation
Tuiles are thin cookies named for and curved like the tuiles, or tiles, that line the rooftops of French country homes, particularly those in Provence. To get a curved shape, tuiles are usually made on a curved surface, such as a wine bottle or rolling pin. In France, tuile molds are also sold. Tuiles must be curved while hot; otherwise, they will crack and break. Tuiles can also be left flat after baking. The traditional tuile batter consists of flour, white sugar, melted butter, and almonds. Modern variants include a wide variety of bases and flavours (see gallery).

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Screenshotting someone sending you a DM remains to be one of the corniest things someone can do. Though sometimes they do provide comedy for the timeline, some DMs are super harmless and make girls look like plain snitches for posting them for everyone to see. Sure, there's A LOOOTTTTT of thirsty dudes sending risking messages that just shouldn't be sent, but that's not always the case.
Of course, celebrity DMs are a gold mine, and the latest dude being screenshot is Justin Bieber. A fitness page (with 73 followers at the time Bieber somehow discovered them) posted this video of the girl who works the front desk at their gym.
After that, Justin Bieber quickly hopped in their messages to find out who she is. Biebz didn't ask anything crazy, but she decided to post the screenshots to her Twitter page.
Ok girl, congrats. Bieber probably isn't too phased by the screenshot being posted, seeing as he really didn't say anything out of line. The poor boy's just looking for a love connection with a receptionist. Go on, Jus, I'm sure there's tons of blonde gym employees that will be delighted to go out with ya pasty self.


Directed by Chris Robinson and A$AP Rocky himself, the video for "Wild For the Night" kicks off with the fast-rising rapper quizzing a youngster on the sheer dominance of his crew–the A$AP Mob. As soon as the Harlem native is satisfied with his friend's answers, the video properly begins.
Rocky and the rest of his crew–which for today includes dubstep deity Skrillex–are intermittently glimpsed riding scooters and enjoying the fruits of the region, when they're not dancing on rooftops. Since he isn't near his instruments, the producer just kinda stands around doing high kicks, looking psyched but underutilized. That is, until the last minute of the video, when Skrillex looks at home behind the decks at a huge party.
Bonus: This extended clip includes one of Skrillex's bass drops not heard on the album version of the song. If you're into that sort of thing. Watch another video from A$AP Rocky's debut album below.


According to the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness, consciousness results from the global broadcast of information throughout the brain. The global neuronal workspace is mainly constituted by a fronto-parietal network. The anterior insular cortex is part of this global neuronal workspace, but the function of this region has not yet been defined within the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness. In this review, I hypothesize that the anterior insular cortex implements a cross-modal priority map, the function of which is to determine priorities for the processing of information and subsequent entrance in the global neuronal workspace.
Conscious, Preconscious, and Subliminal Processing: A Testable Taxonomy.Stanislas Dehaene, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Lionel Naccache, Jérôme Sackur & Claire Sergent - 2006 - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 10 (5):204-211.
Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness: Basic Evidence and a Workspace Framework.Stanislas Dehaene & Lionel Naccache - 2001 - Cognition 79 (1):1-37.
Interoceptive Inference, Emotion, and the Embodied Self.Anil K. Seth - 2013 - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 17 (11):565-573.
Paradox and Cross Purposes in Recent Work on Consciousness.N. Block - 2001 - Cognition 79 (1-2):197--219.
A Spiking Neuron Model of Cortical Broadcast and Competition.Murray Shanahan - 2008 - Consciousness and Cognition 17 (1):288-303.
A Neuronal Model of a Global Workspace in Effortful Cognitive Tasks.Stanislas Dehaene, Michel Kerszberg & Jean-Pierre Changeux - 2001 - Pnas 95 (24):14529-14534.
A Software Agent Model of Consciousness.Stan Franklin & Art Graesser - 1999 - Consciousness and Cognition 8 (3):285-301.
24 Neuronal Mechanisms of Consciousness: A Relational Global-Workspace Framework Bernard J. Baars, James Newman, And.John G. Taylor - 1998 - In Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak & A. C. Scott (eds.), Toward a Science of Consciousness Ii. MIT Press. pp. 2--269.
The Unfinished Theatre.J. W. Dalton - 1997 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 4 (4):316.
Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model.Harald Atmanspacher - 2006 - Acta Biotheoretica 54 (2):157-160.
Are We Explaining Consciousness Yet?Daniel C. Dennett - 2001 - Cognition 79 (1):221-37.
Commentary on Bernard Baars'In the Theatre of Consciousness'.J. G. Taylor - 1997 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 4 (4):337-339.
Is Global Workspace a Cartesian Theater? How the Neuro-Astroglial Interaction Model Solves Conceptual Issues.Samuel Bellini-Leite & Alfredo Pereira - 2013 - Journal of Cognitive Science 14 (4):335-360.
Consciousness.Ned Block - 2004 - In R. L. Gregory (ed.), R. Gregory Oxford Companion to the Mind, Second Edition 2004. Oxford University Press.
Neuronal Mechanisms of Consciousness: A Relational Global Workspace Approach.Bernard J. Baars, J. B. Newman & John G. Taylor - 1998 - In Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak & A.C. Scott (eds.), Toward a Science of Consciousness II. MIT Press. pp. 269-278.


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UPDATE: Hereford headteacher pays tribute to 10-year-old boy
The boy was a pupil at St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England in Hereford
A HEADTEACHER has paid tribute to one of her pupils who died suddenly this week.
The 10-year-old who was found unconscious at a private address in Hereford on Wednesday evening was described as a "very popular member of his class".
Pippa Lloyd, the headteacher at St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England School, said the boy was loved by all dearly.
She added that all the school's pupils have been told the sad news and that someone is available at all times to speak to any children needing support.
"No-one knows the circumstances at this point," explained Ms Lloyd.
"We are in contact with the family and we will respect their wishes at all times during this very difficult time and trust that the media and others will also provide the family with the privacy needed at this time.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this very difficult time."
The Bishop of Hereford, Richard Frith, also offered his condolensces to the 10-year-old's family.
He said: "My prayers are with his family and with all members of the school community at this very sad time.
"A death like this always touches a huge number of people, who I hope will support each other.
"I am glad that the school, one of our family of Church of England Schools, has already put help in place to support all those affected, especially the pupils."
The county coroner has been made aware of the death and it is understood that an inquest will be opened next week.
West Mercia Police confirmed that they were contacted by the ambulance service at 6.20pm on Wednesday as they were "taking a 10-year-old boy to hospital after he had been discovered unconscious at a property in the Widemarsh area of Hereford".
"He was sadly later pronounced dead at Hereford County Hospital," a police statement read.
"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.
"Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased and we will work with partners to ensure support is put in place for them."


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House Highball – Baltimore Spirits Co.
The Highball should be respected. We recommend making it carefully and thoughtfully.
Fill ice cold collins glass to brim with cracked ice, and pour the whiskey over the ice from the highest point of the ice. It should travel as much on the ice as possible. Pour the soda water down the side of the glass, careful to touch as little of the ice as possible. Gently insert a bar spoon down the side of the glass and gently mix. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel.


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Contwoyto Lake is a lake in the Kitikmeot Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located near the border with the Northwest Territories. With a total area of , it is the territories' tenth largest lake.

Lupin Mine is located near Contwoyto Lake. The lake is also the terminus of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road from Tibbitt Lake in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut's only currently existing road access to the rest of Canada. In 2005, there was a proposal put forward to extend the winter road to a possible port at Bathurst Inlet.

Climate

See also
List of lakes of Canada

Further reading
 Tremblay, Leo Paul. Geology of northern Contwoyto Lake area, district of Mackenzie. Ottawa: Information Canada, 1976.
 Steele, Peter. The Man Who Mapped the Arctic:The Intrepid Life of George Back, Franklin's Lieutenant. (2003), pp. 132ff.

References

External links
Contwoyto Lake at The Atlas of Canada
Case Study: Bathurst Inlet Port and Road Project - Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Lakes of Kitikmeot Region
Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region


The O'Donnell Lectures in Celtic Studies were established in 1954 in honour of Charles James O'Donnell. Under the terms of his bequest the lectures can examine British or Celtic elements in the English language or in the existing population of England.
Copies of the transcripts of the lectures are held by the Bodleian Library.


Bal Harbour is a city in Miami that almost needs no introduction. This municipality is known the world over for its many luxury retailers and residences.
With quiet streets and lush foliage, Bal Habour is one of South Florida's most well-maintained, peaceful and exclusive areas. Many of the condominiums in Bal Harbour, such as the world famous St. Regis Bal Harbour, have breathtaking ocean views and direct beach access.
With the ocean in your backyard, it's hard to imagine needing anything else to fill your days here in Bal Harbour. But what Bal Harbour is best known for is its legendary upscale shopping.
Fishing and fitness classes are also offered. There's plenty to do here and plenty to explore just outside Bal Harbour where the rest of Miami inlanders dwell.
Ever heard of Collins Avenue? The main thoroughfare through your new town happens to be one of the most exciting streets when it comes to Miami nightlife. It seems everything is located on bustling Collins Avenue, from top-rated restaurants to swanky bars and lounges.
The whole street is a diverse array of restaurants — from Cuban to Asian to halal — and shops. With so many upscale hotels in the area, you'll never be short of a fancy lounge to drink in. Collins Avenue is also the address to almost all of the luxury condos found in Bal Harbour.
Bal Harbour got its name when the developers created a new word to encompass its geography. The "B" stands for "bay" and "al" stands for the Atlantic Ocean because the city touches them both. In this town, you'll be living on the water no matter where you decide to call home.
And there's a reason they call a portion of Collins Avenue "Millionaire Row," too. Pick one of the ritzy high-rise condos to call home and you'll be sandwiched between some of the biggest and best hotels in the world. Oceana at Bal Harbour is one of the most recent additions to the skyline and the last major beachfront property sold for development in 2012.
Many neighborhoods have pockets of Bal Harbour amenities, such as shopping in the Arts District or luxury condominiums just about anywhere. But for ocean or bay views, you might try Key Biscayne, Golden Beach or Sunny Isles Beach.