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François René Jean de Pommereul, né le  à Fougères, mort le  à Paris, est un général de division de la Révolution française, qui devient préfet sous le Premier Empire.

Biographie

Sa carrière militaire

Né à Fougères d'une famille bretonne noble mais sans fortune, Pommereul entre en 1765 dans le corps de l'artillerie en qualité de lieutenant. Après avoir été employé au siège de Corfou et à la campagne de Corse (1769), il parvient au rang de lieutenant-colonel au corps royal d'artillerie en 1785. Il est vers ce temps-là, un des examinateurs de Napoleone Buonaparte, à sa réception dans ce corps à l'École militaire.

C'est en 1787 que le ministère l'envoie au royaume de Naples pour y organiser l'arme à laquelle il appartient, et c'est là qu'il obtient successivement les grades de brigadier et de maréchal de camp. Il se trouve dans ce royaume au moment de la Révolution française : il se montre alors partisan de toutes les innovations irréligieuses et politiques proclamées alors. Lorsque le gouvernement napolitain entre dans la coalition des puissances étrangères contre la première République française en 1793, Pommereul sollicite ses passeports pour revenir en France ; mais ils lui sont refusés, sous le prétexte assez plausible qu'il connait l'état des forces napolitaines. De plus, le roi de Naples veut le retenir à son service, mais il s'y refuse.

Pendant ce temps-là, il est inscrit en France sur la liste des émigrés, ses biens sont vendus, et sa femme et son fils aîné sont incarcérés. Dès qu'il en a la nouvelle, il s'empresse de réclamer de nouveau, et dans le mois de juin 1795, il obtient enfin ses passeports.

Il se rend en 1796 auprès de l'ambassadeur français à Florence pour obtenir la radiation de son nom de la liste des émigrés. Pendant son séjour dans cette ville, Buonaparte y vient aussi, et lui offre du service dans son armée : mais Pommereul, qui n'est jamais d'une humeur très belliqueuse, quoique dans la suite il soit parvenu au grade de général de division, ne croit pas devoir accepter ; et ayant obtenu sa radiation de la liste des émigrés (accordée seulement en avril 1796), il se rend à Paris, où il est employé au comité central d'artillerie.

Un préfet anticlérical

De retour en France il reprend du service, et il parvient au grade de général de division. Mis à la réforme en 1798, il y reste jusqu'au retour de Bonaparte d'Égypte. Il entre dans l'administration, et devient préfet d'Indre-et-Loire le 6 frimaire an IX (27 novembre 1800). C'est dans cet emploi qu'il pose un buste dans la chambre où naquit Descartes et fait restaurer vers le même temps le tombeau d'Agnès Sorel au château de Loches. Il remplace l'ancienne inscription latine par une française : « Je suis Agnès, vive France et Amour ! ».

À Tours, il fait publier officiellement un almanach dans lequel les noms des saints étaient remplacés par ceux des philosophes du paganisme et par les figures emblématiques de leurs systèmes. Il fait circuler les listes d'athées publiées par Lalande, sur lesquelles il se glorifie d'être un des premiers inscrits ; il y a fait porter celui du cardinal de Boisgelin qui est alors archevêque de Tours. Cette publication cause un grand scandale : le prélat demande à plusieurs reprises qu'on éloigne un tel préfet de son diocèse, mais il ne peut y réussir. Ce n'est qu'après la mort du cardinal que les plaintes des habitants, relatives à une somme considérable que le préfet a dû employer à la réparation des routes, amènent le déplacement de Pommereul. Il ordonne la destruction de la basilique Saint-Martin, chef-d'œuvre d'architecture, et fait tracer une rue (rue des Halles) à l'emplacement de la nef.

Le gouvernement le transfère dans une des plus importantes préfectures : celle du Nord. Ce changement, loin d'être une disgrâce, lui vaut au contraire une place meilleure. Il passe à Lille le 7 décembre 1805, et administre ce département jusqu'au 30 novembre 1810, époque où il est nommé conseiller d'État et créé baron de l'Empire par lettres patentes du 9 septembre 1810.

Directeur général de l'Imprimerie

Outre son anticléricalisme, Pommereul, sous l'Empire, jouit d'une sorte de renom par sa haine de la noblesse. Quand un gentilhomme est fait chambellan, il s'écrit plein de joie :

Et pourtant Pommereul prétend, et avec raison, être gentilhomme. Il signe Pommereux, se faisant descendre de la famille Pommereux des Lettres de Madame de Sévigné.

En janvier 1811, lors de la disgrâce de M. Portalis, l'Empereur confie à Pommereul la direction générale de l'Imprimerie et de la librairie. On sait que Portalis a perdu cet emploi pour avoir montré quelque zèle en faveur du pape. Napoléon n'a assurément rien de pareil à redouter de la part du successeur qu'il lui donne : aussi celui-ci a-t-il dit souvent que c'était par antithèse qu'on l'avait mis à la place de M. Portalis, qu'il n'avait été élevé aux fonctions qu'il occupait que pour persécuter le pape, et qu'il s'acquittait de sa mission avec une fidélité dont on dût être satisfait.

Il s'attend en conséquence à quitter ses fonctions lorsque son maître se réconcilie avec le pape : mais comme le pontife ne cesse pas d'être persécuté tant que dure la puissance de Napoléon, Pommereul est directeur-général de la librairie jusqu'à la chute du gouvernement impérial, et pendant trois ans, il dirige cette partie importante de l'administration au grand déplaisir de tous les libraires et de la plupart des gens de lettres.

Pendant toute la durée de son pouvoir, il ne manque aucune occasion d'exercer le plus odieux arbitraire, et de faire peser sur une branche de commerce alors très souffrante une fiscalité sans mesure, et qui ne tourne pas toujours au profit de l'État. On a établi, en faveur de son administration, un impôt sur la réimpression des anciens ouvrages, et c'est principalement aux livres de piété et de morale qu'il en fait supporter le poids. Enfin il exerce souvent, contre les gens les plus honnêtes et les plus paisibles, des vexations, et que ne lui prescrit pas le despotisme même de Bonaparte.

La chute du gouvernement impérial

Alors que la régence (l'impératrice Marie-Louise et sa cour), qui a à fuir devant les armées de la sixième coalition, s'éloigne de Paris en mars 1814, Pommereul, devenu gouverneur de la Fère, est contraint de capituler le 26 février 1814 et se réfugie en Bretagne. Remis bientôt de sa première frayeur, il vient à Paris et se présente au gouvernement provisoire pour recouvrer son emploi, mais il ne peut l'obtenir, et reste sans fonctions sous le gouvernement royal de la première Restauration.

Aux Cent-Jours, Lazare Nicolas Carnot, ministre de l'Intérieur, résolu de rendre la presse absolument libre, supprime le poste de directeur-général de la librairie. Napoléon n'abandonne pourtant pas son protégé : le 20 mars 1815, Pommereul est rétabli au Conseil d'État, et est un des signataires de la fameuse délibération du 25 mars destinée à exclure les Bourbons du trône. D'autre part, il est envoyé dans les départements du Bas-Rhin et du Haut-Rhin en qualité de commissaire extraordinaire auprès de la  militaire avec mission de renouveler tous les membres de l'administration locale.

Au second retour du roi, il est compris dans l'ordonnance du 24 juillet 1815, et se voit ensuite obligé de quitter la France par suite de la loi du 12 janvier 1816. Il se réfugie à Bruxelles, d'où il reçoit ordre de s'éloigner en août 1816, après avoir été arrêté et gardé à vue pendant plusieurs jours. Autorisé à rentrer en France en 1819, il meurt à Paris le 5 janvier 1823, à son domicile de la rue Saint-Maur-Popincourt.

Il est à noter que Pommereul joua un grand rôle dans l'organisation du culte théophilantropique en France.

Un contemporain, dont les jugements ne pèchent pas d'habitude par excès d'indulgence, le général Thiébault, parle du baron de Pommereul en ces termes :

Vie familiale

Fils de Louis François Pommereul (22 mars 1711 - paroisse Saint-Sulpice, Fougères † 2 novembre 1751 - Fougères), sieur de La Gaumerais, procureur du roi à Fougères, François René Jean épouse le 31 mars 1773 à Josselin (Morbihan) Anne Josèphe Martin-Daumont, dont il a :
 Gilbert Anne François Zéphirin (1774 † 1860), marié avec Sidonie Charlotte Marie Novel de La Touche (née le 8 décembre 1806), sans postérité ;
 Louis Frédéric (1776 † 1842), chef d'escadron de cavalerie, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, qui vécut en retraite, dès 1827, à Néant (Morbihan), dont postérité ;
 Jacques Henri François (13 juillet 1778 - Fougères † 9 juin 1833 - Mayenne (commune)), Capitaine de dragons, marié le 4 février 1828 à Mayenne (commune) avec Caroline Élisabeth Marie Novel de La Touche (1808 † 1830). Veuf, il se remaria en 1833 avec Sophie Louise de La Mondière. De son premier mariage, il a :
 Henri Charles Jean (30 mars 1830 - Mayenne (commune) † 1904), baron de Pommereul, propriétaire du château de Marigny (Saint-Germain-en-Coglès, Ille-et-Vilaine), conseiller général d'Ille-et-Vilaine, marié le 9 juillet 1869 avec Sidonie MacDonald de Tarente (1850-1905), fille du  duc de Tarente et petite-fille du maréchal Macdonald. Ils ont :
 Jeanne Flora (1872 † 1942), mariée, dont postérité.

État de service

 Lieutenant dans l'artillerie (1765) ;
 Lieutenant-colonel (1785) ;
 Passe au du Royaume des Deux-Siciles (14 juillet 1787) ;
 Colonel (Royaume de Naples, 23 novembre 1787) ;
 Brigadier des armées (Royaume de Naples), (5 janvier 1788) ;
 Inspecteur général de l'artillerie et du Génie du Royaume des Deux-Siciles (5 janvier 1788 - 13 octobre 1796) ;
 Maréchal de camp (Royaume de Naples), (12 août 1790) ;
 Repasse au service de la France (13 octobre 1796) ;
 Général de brigade (13 octobre 1796) ;
 Membre du Comité central d'artillerie (13 octobre 1796) - 7 novembre 1796) ;
 Général de division (16 novembre 1796) ;
 Mis en réforme (7 novembre 1800) ;
 Admis en retraite (7 juillet 1811) ;
 Gouverneur de La Fère (fin 1813 - 26 février 1814) ;

Campagnes

 Campagne de Corse (1769).

Décorations

 Légion d'honneur :
 Légionnaire (1811), puis,
 Officier de la Légion d'honneur (30 juin 1811).

Titres

 Écuyer, sieur de
 Baron de Pommereul de l'Empire (décret du 15 août 1809 et lettres patentes du 9 septembre 1810 (signées à Saint-Cloud).

Hommage, honneurs, mentions...

 Sylvain Maréchal et Lalande l'avaient placé dans le Dictionnaire des athées, honneur dont Pommereul était digne à juste titre.

Autres fonctions

 Préfet d'Indre-et-Loire (27 novembre 1800 - 7 décembre 1805)
 Préfet du Nord (7 décembre 1805 - 30 novembre 1810)
 Conseiller d'État (en service ordinaire hors section 5 octobre 1810 - 1814, rappelé le 20 mars 1815) ;
 Directeur général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie (5 novembre 1811 - 1813) ;
 Commissaire extraordinaire dans la  militaire (Haut-Rhin et Bas-Rhin) durant les Cent-Jours.

Armoiries

Publications

Parmi les ouvrages qui nous restent de lui, on distingue :
 Histoire de l'Île de Corse, chez la Société typographique, Berne, 1779, tome 1, tome 2
 Recherches sur l'origine de l'esclavage religieux et politique du peuple en France, Londres, 1783 (lire en ligne);
 Des chemins et des moyens les moins onéreux au peuple et à l'état de les construire et de les entretenir, 1781 ;
 Manuel d'Epictète, précédé des réflexions sur ce philosophe et sur la morale des stoïciens, 1783, seconde édition, 1823 ;
 Réflexions sur l'Histoire des Russes, par M. Lévesque, 1783, in-12 ;
 Étrennes au clergé de France, ou Explication d'un des plus grands mystères de l'Église, 1786 ;
 Essais minéralogiques sur la Solfatare de Pouzzoles, par Scipione Breislak, traduit de l'italien 1792 ;
 Observations sur le droit de passe, proposé pour subvenir à la confection des chemins, 1796 ;
 Vues générales sur l'Italie et Malte, dans leurs rapports politiques avec la république française, et sur les limites de la France à la rive gauche du Rhin, 1797 ;
 Campagne du général Buonaparte en Italie, pendant les années  et  de la République française, 1797 (lire en ligne);
 L'Art de voir dans les beaux-arts de Milizia, traduit de l'italien, 1798 ;
 Voyage physique et lithologique dans la Campanie, par Scipione Breislak, traduit de l'italien ;
 Mémoire sur les funérailles et les sépultures, 1801.
 Essai sur l'histoire de l'architecture, précédé d'observations sur le beau, le goût et les beaux-arts, extraits et traduits de Milizia, la Haye, 1819, 3 vol. in-8°.

Il a aussi coopéré à l'Art de vérifier les dates, au Dictionnaire géographique et historique de Bretagne, à l'Encyclopédie (notamment les articles concernant l'artillerie), au Dictionnaire universel des sciences morale, économique, politique et diplomatique, ou Bibliothèque de l'homme-d'état et du citoyen (30 volumes, 1777-1778, en collaboration avec Jean-Baptiste-René Robinet, Claude-Louis-Michel de Sacy et Jean-Louis Castilhon), et traduisit également les Lettres de Virgile de Saverio Bettinelli.

Annexes

Bibliographie
 Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, ou Histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes: Ouvrage entièrement neuf, par Joseph Fr Michaud, Louis Gabriel Michaud, Collaborateur Michaud frères, Publié par chez Michaud frères, 1823 ;
 Dictionnaire historique, ou, Histoire abrégée des hommes qui se sont fait un nom par leur génie, leurs talens, leurs vertus, leurs erreurs ou leur crimes, depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours, par François-Xavier de Feller, publié par chez L. Lefort, 1833 ;
  Mémoires d'outre-tombe, François-René de Chateaubriand (posthume, 1848).

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des généraux de la Révolution et du Premier Empire ;
 Liste des préfets d'Indre-et-Loire ;
 Liste des préfets du Nord ;
 Conseiller d'État (France) ;
 Imprimerie nationale.

Liens externes
 Fiche de François René Jean de Pommereul  sur roglo.eu ;
 Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 290.
 François-René-Jean de Pommereul  sur www.lillempire.fr ;
 Fiche de François René Jean de Pommereul  sur www.taieb.net ;
 www.napoleonica.org.

Général de la Révolution française promu en 1796
Naissance en décembre 1745
Naissance à Fougères
Décès en janvier 1823
Décès à Paris
Famille de Pommereul
Baron de l'Empire
Préfet du Consulat ou du Premier Empire
Conseiller d'État français
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
Préfet du Nord
Préfet d'Indre-et-Loire
Décès à 77 ans
Naissance dans la province de Bretagne

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ANTWERP CIRCA 1630 - 1696 LONDON
inscribed on the verso of the canvas: John Wilmot / Earl of Rochester
inventory number 101 etched into the reverse
oil on canvas, unlined
126 by 102.5 cm.; 49 5/8 by 40 3/8 in.
Bequeathed by the sitter's mother, Anne St John, Countess of Rochester (1614–95), to her granddaughter, the sitter's daughter, Lady Anne Wilmot, who married, as her second husband, the Hon. Francis Greville (d. 1710), in 1683;
By descent to their second son, William Greville, 7th Baron Brooke (c.1694–1727);
By descent to his eldest son, Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick (1719–1773);
Thence by descent.
Manchester, Art Treasures, 1857;
Leamington Spa, Art Gallery, Art Treasures of Warwickshire Exhibition, 29 May – 3 July 1948;
London, Royal Academy, The Age of Charles II, 10 December 1960 – 26 February 1961, no. 175 (as Unknown Artist);
Milan, Palazzo Reale, The British Council, British Painting 1660–1840, 1975;
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, on long term loan.
T. Pennant, List of Paintings at Warwick Castle, Ms., 1776 (Warwickshire Record Office CR2017/TP10), n.p.;
W. Kendall, Inventory of Warwick Castle, Ms., 1853, in the Passage and Staircase Landing, as Portrait of the Earl of Rochester with a Monkey;
Anon., Inventory of Warwick Castle, Ms., circa 1860, in the Passage and Staircase Landing;
F. E. Warwick, 'Warwick Castle', in The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. XI, January–April 1897, p. 40 ('John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester'), in the Corridor;
C. H. Collins Baker, Lely and the Stuart Portrait Painters, London 1912, vol. I, pp. 212–213 and vol. II, p. 154;
D. Piper, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery 1625–1716, Cambridge 1963, p. 298;
G. Greene, Lord Rochester's Monkey. The Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, London 1989, reproduced on the front cover;
K. Walker, 'Lord Rochester's Monkey (again)', in N. Fisher (ed.), That Second Bottle. Essays on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Manchester 2000, pp. 83–87.
By W.N. Gardner, 1794.
This famous painting is the best known portrait of the great Restoration wit, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–80); a man who might be considered the English Marquis de Sade. A notorious libertine, poet and favoured courtier of Charles II, Rochester was the wildest and most notorious of a group of young men who flourished at court for about fifteen years after 1665; the 'merry gang', 'ballers', or 'rake-hells' as they were alternatively and colourfully known. A onetime lover of Nell Gwyn, before she became the King's principal mistress, Rochester was the embodiment of the riotous immorality so characteristic of the Restoration Court. He was also possibly the finest satirist of his generation and a poet of startling originality and introspection whose work, having been supressed and censored by subsequent generations, has only been recognised for its true genius in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Born in April 1647, at Ditchley in Oxfordshire, Rochester was the son of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester and his second wife Anne, daughter of Sir John St John, 1st Bt., and the widow of Sir Francis Henry Lee. His father was the legendary cavalier and royalist officer who had commanded Charles I's cavalry at Edgehill, and later rescued Charles II after his disastrous defeat at Worcester in 1651. Rochester's father died when he was just ten years old, and his upbringing and precarious inheritance were closely supervised by his mother at Ditchley, his early education being conducted through a series of private tutors. In 1660, just before the Restoration, he was admitted as a fellow-commoner to Wadham College, Oxford, where his mind was first opened to the experimental philosophy of John Wilkins, warden of Wadham. It was also at Oxford that Rochester first met the poet Robert Whitehall, a fellow of Merton College. A 'bumptious, redfaced, rhyming Falstaff', Whitehall 'devoted himself to drinking' and is credited with initiating Rochester's introduction to debauchery.1 Graduating MA in 1661, Rochester embarked on a three year period of travel in Italy with a governor, Dr Andrew Balfour, all expenses of which were paid by the crown. Returning to England via Paris in 1664, Rochester served with distinction in the fleet commanded by the Earl of Sandwich during the Second Dutch War, though his bloody experience at sea would shake many of the religious convictions that had been instilled in him as a child. His conduct, however, fulfilled the desire he had expressed to the King 'to be known By daring loyalty your Wilmot's son'.2
In 1666 Charles II appointed Rochester a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, with lodgings at Whitehall and an annual salary of £1000 for life. At court Rochester quickly established himself as a leading figure among a group of young rakes, including George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, Sir Henry Savile, and Sir Charles Sedley, renowned for their vivacious conversation, extravagant frolics, and licentious lifestyle. The King appears to have taken a paternal role in Rochester's life out of respect for the memory of his father. With his ready wit and extravagant behaviour Rochester alternately enthralled and enraged Charles II, who regularly banished him from court, only to recall him shortly afterwards. In one such incident, related by Samuel Pepys in his diary, the eighteen year old Rochester induced the King's rage when he kidnapped a great court beauty and heiress, Elizabeth Mallett, from her grandfather's coach whilst she was returning from a dinner in London, with the intention of forcing her to marry him. Charles had Rochester locked in the Tower, only to release him when he received a grovelling, comically pathetic petition for mercy. Following his return from sea service Rochester renewed his courtship of Elizabeth and, defying her family's wishes, the couple eloped again and were married in 1667. When she became pregnant in 1668 Lady Rochester retired to Adderbury, the Wilmot family estate in Oxfordshire. For the next twelve years Rochester's life was divided between his wife in the country and the court in London, and he was often 'wont to say that when he came to Brentford [on the road to London] the devil entered into him and never left him till he came into the country again'.3
In London Rochester had a number of high profile mistresses, including the actresses Nell Gywn, Sarah Cooke and Elizabeth Barry, by whom he has a daughter called Elizabeth Clerke born in 1677. Describing these years in his own words Rochester declared that 'for five years together he was continually Drunk… [and] not … perfect Master of himself… [which] led him to… do many wild and unaccountable things'4, and his numerous indiscretions included fighting, duelling, cavorting nude in public, and libelling the King. After wine and women Rochester's main interest was the theatre, and he patronised a number of playwrights, including John Dryden, Elkanah Settle, Nathaniel Lee, John Crowne, Sir Francis Fane and Thomas Otway. He wrote prologues and epilogues, as well as a comedy and a tragedy, and was represented on stage in numerous productions. As a poet he expressed a liberalism unmatched by his fellow Restoration wits. Heavily influenced by Hobbesian materialism he wrote bluntly about body parts, flirted with atheism and attacked monarchs and monarchy in a monarchical age. His most famous poem, A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind, written in 1675 and one of the few poems he published, is a scathing denunciation of rationalism and optimism that contrasts human perfidy with animal wisdom. In 1676 Rochester fell from favour a final time, following a late night scuffle with the night watch in which one of his companions was killed by a pike thrust. Banished from court, he died four years later, in 1680, at the age of just 33, from suspected venereal disease and alcoholism.
The composition of this portrait, almost certainly of Rochester's own devising, reflects a typical conceit found in his writing. A light-hearted quip suggestive of the self-depreciation of the man himself, it also carries a deeper message, serving to highlight the perfidy and vanity of man. It portrays Rochester, manuscript in hand and resplendent in silk, bestowing the poet's laurels on a jabbering monkey which tears the pages from a book and hands them back, crumpled, to the poet. Monkeys feature prominently in Rochester's writing, along with other animal metaphors, serving to point up the folly and presumption of man. The imagery in the picture echoes the opening lines of Rochester's A Satyr against Reason and Mankind: 'Were I (who to my cost already am / One of these strange, prodigious creatures, man) / A spirit free to choose, for my own share / What case of flesh and blood I pleased to wear, / I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, / or anything but that vain animal, / Who is so proud of being rational.' Like many noblemen of his time Rochester also kept a pet monkey, who probably served as the model for this painting, which he allegedly trained to defecate on people.
One of the great images of seventeenth-century British painting, this spectacular portrait has never been on the market in the three hundred and fifty years since it was painted. Remaining in the hands of the sitter's descendants it was part of the famous collection of portraits formed by the 2nd Earl of Warwick, at Warwick Castle in the late eighteenth century. For many years, however, it has been one of the star attractions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it has been on loan since the late 1970s. A copy of this portrait, by an unknown hand, is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
A Flemish born painter, probably from Antwerp, Huysmans is reputed to have been a pupil of Gilles Backereel, and may be associated with the Jacques Huysman listed in the registers of the Academy of St Luke as an apprentice in the workshop of Frans Wouters in 1649-50. Attracted by the rich seam of patronage on offer for portrait painters in England, he came to London shortly before the Restoration in 1660, and swiftly emerged as one of the leading portrait painters at the court of Charles II. A Catholic, he was a particular favourite of Queen Catherine of Braganza, Charles's wife. In 1664 the diarist Samuel Pepys noted seeing two full length portraits of the Queen in Huysmans studio, one of the Queen as a shepherdess (Royal Collection, London) and another of the Queen as St Catherine of Alexandria (of which there are two versions, both in private collections), which he though 'exceed Lilly' and were 'as good pictures I think a I ever saw'.5 Indeed the number of portraits Huysmans painted of the Queen and her maids of honour, as well as their quality, suggest that that he worked as her principal painter. Huysmans portraits demonstrate an affinity with the Baroque style practised by contemporary continental painters, and unlike the more simplified treatment of his principal rival Sir Peter Lely, his more elaborate compositions from the 1670s and 1680s often feature his sitters in fantastical guises, be they allegorical or mythological. The highly sophisticated composition of this painting, so personal to the sitter, is one of the finest examples of such work. Wonderfully preserved, with its reddish lights in the flesh tones and the highly keyed colours of the shimmering silks so typical of the artist's unique approach to painting, Huysmans' enigmatic portrayal of the brightest flame of the Restoration court is surely one of his greatest portraits.
1. J. W. Johnson, A Profane Wit. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Rochester 2004, p. 33.
2. F. H. Ellis, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: The Complete Works, 1994 p. 1.
3. Quoted in F. H. Ellis, 'Wilmot, John, second earl of Rochester (1647–1680), poet and courtier', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition.
4. Quoted in F. H. Ellis, ibid., online edition
5. Pepys Diary, 5.254, p. 276, no. 30.
Estimate 400,000 — 600,000
The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: Structural Condition The canvas is unlined with an inscription on the reverse. There are two very small repairs on the reverse of the canvas in the upper left and the upper right quadrants. It is obviously most encouraging to find the canvas in it's original unlined state and inevitably there are areas of slightly raised craquelure and visible stretcher-bar lines. The structural condition is however very good and I would be confident that localised structural consolidation would ensure overall stability and that lining should not be required for the foreseeable future. The rather raised and brittle craquelure is most pronounced on the sitter's right sleeve in the upper left of the composition. Paint Surface The paint surface has a discoloured varnish layer and should respond very well to cleaning. Inspection under ultraviolet light shows very small scattered retouchings including two small spots on the monkey's face and also confirms how well the painting should respond to cleaning. Summary The painting would therefore appear to be in exceptionally good condition with minimal intervention in the past and it is obviously rare to find an unlined canvas of this period. The painting should respond very well to localised structural conservation, cleaning, restoration and revarnishing.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

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According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, Barry Diller has resigned from his post as chairman of Live Nation Entertainment. Diller will maintain his board seat with the company while director John Malone has been named interim chairman.
Rumors of Diller's departure had been swirling for weeks before he officially stepped down at a board meeting last Thursday. Diller directed the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger in January, however he and Malone had conflicting ideas on the direction of the new company.
Live Nation said Malone will remain in the interim position while the company searches for a new chairman.


Forward: The Books of Romans and Galatians have always been looked upon as being among the most profound of all Paul's writings, for they deal with the cessation of the Mosaical Law and the liberty and responsibility of the Law of Christ. This is heavy reading for many who are unfamiliar with the Old Testament. The Judaizing teachers are not dead! Neither are their errors and false doctrine. The church is under attack by ultra conservatives and ultra-liberals. Both positions are wrong and the great truths of Romans and Galatians are relevant and revealing, and the enemies of all false teachers everywhere. When we understand the gospel's demands and all men's amenability to it, many of the current errors in the church would vanish, especially those concerning Christ's law and marriage and divorce. When men understand the difference between Moses' law and Christ's law they would not teach that "Grace only" saves and deny the essentiality of obedience in order to be saved. God in His infinite wisdom has provided us with "all things that pertain to life and godliness." God knows our needs and has supplied it. He has given us the Truth to destroy all false doctrine and fortify us to meet their errors in every age. Romans and Galatians are powerful weapons for God's soldiers who fight in the Great Wars of Life. May God bless these lessons to His glory.
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NYU Tisch Summer Arts Program
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
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New York University Tisch School of the Arts offers high school students remote courses with asynchronous and synchronous components. Students earn college credit, have an opportunity to access professional artistic training with our world renowned faculty, and collaborate with students from around the world.
HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE PROGRAMS: July 12 – August 8, 2020
The following programs are open to high school sophomores and juniors. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until June 24, 2020.
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The program includes improvisation, master classes in contemporary styles, and repertory. Students will also be introduced to college-level pre-professional dance practice in dance theory and choreography with an emphasis on technologies for online and filmed dance. Learn more about Dance.
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Students will get to train with master faculty who will help students develop as a professional theatre artist. Students will have 28 hours of conservatory training and take a theatre studies seminar. Learn more about Drama.
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Students will enter the world of dramatized storytelling and learn what it takes to be a professional writer for the stage or screen. Students will write an outline and partial scripting of a full-length screenplay and a ten-minute play.
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Auchenheath is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill, and Lanark.

Auchenheath House is a category B listed Italianate house. Originally built around 1842, it was extended and a chapel added later in the 19th Century.

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List of places in South Lanarkshire

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Exclusive: Queens school outfitted with free high-tech security
By Tim Fleischer
OZONE PARK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News is getting the first look inside a safe school, outfitted for free with high-tech security to protect students and staff in the event of an attack.
But the school doesn't feel like a fortress. The safety features blend right in.
As parents came to pick up their children at St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy they could take comfort in knowing this PreK school is now one of the safest in the city.
"One of the reasons it drove me to this school was because of the security system. We don't know of another that has it, this is really a plus," said parent Jorge Beltran.
Jorge Beltran and other parents are seeing extraordinary safety measures that have been installed here, making each of eight classrooms a "safe room" against a potentially dangerous intruder.
"When you take a closer look each lock is reinforced with ballistic steel," said operations manager Adham Kaawar.
The teacher then takes charge of their classroom protection. "Any intruder comes in, all you would have to do is actually close the door. Dead bolt the top and the bottom. No key is necessary," said marketing representative Evan Dettig.
The teacher then ushers the students to a corner where the wall has been reinforced.
"Nothing is going to penetrate this wall, To the naked eye you really don't see anything," said Dettig. The wall protection, he said, is military certified ballistic steel.
The new security measures are offered free of charge to 4,000 schools and districts by Alert, Inc. a not-for-profit. John Scotti is the founder.
"There's no visible change to the school at all. Yet ever classroom in this school is a safe room," said Scotti.
"I was very apprehensive. Why would somebody come in and put in all this security for free?", said Principal Bill Ferguson.
Assured that the school would not have to pay the $150,000 cost, installation took two weeks.
And it includes an alarm and surveillance system with 39 cameras installed by Alan Kovacs' Security Company.
"They are covering all the entrances and exits, hallways and corridors," said Kovacs. "Any threat to the building can be known about and spotted right away, and of course protecting children."
In the event of an emergency school officials can also see all the cameras on any smart phone.
"We have to do things like this but the way John did it in setting this up it really is not noticeable," said Ferguson.
It gives Nene Spellman peace of mind knowing her daughter is safe.
"I believe it is good. I think all schools should have it, yes," said Spellman.
Other schools are now seriously looking at the free safety offer.
A second school building will be outfitted and other schools are now seriously looking at the free safety offer.
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Puffins in Iceland
Approximately two million pairs of the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) nest in Iceland - or about 40% of the global population - making it Iceland's most common breeding bird. 18 puffin colonies or aggregations (Westmans and Breiðafjörður islands are counted as colony clusters) around Iceland contain over 10.000 pairs and are therefore recognised as being of international importance. Approximately 74% of the Icelandic puffin population breeds within designated "Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)" which have been recognised as being internationally important for biodiversity conservation.
The IUCN Red List Categories.
The Atlantic Puffin was listed as "Critically Endangered" on the Icelandic Red List of Birds in 2018, which is the latest inventory of threatened bird species in Iceland. This means that the species is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in Iceland, in contrast to the last ranking as "Least Concern" in the year 2000.
European Red List of Birds
On the European Red List of Birds in 2017 the Atlantic Puffin is listed as "Endangered". This publication aims to help national governments to easily identify the species that are in urgent need of attention and protection. Read more: BirdLife: Red List
The Atlantic Puffin was listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 2015. This means that the species is likely to become endangered on a global scale unless circumstances improve. With over half of the world's Atlantic Puffins nesting in Iceland we therefore have a responsibility to protect them.
Read more: IUCN Red List: Puffins
The hunting of an endangered species
The inclusion of a species on the red list does not confer automatic legal protection, such as a hunting ban. Hunting in Iceland of an endangered species like the puffins is legal.


First known as Irvine Settlement and nicknamed 'City of Rocks,' the settlement was founded in 1832 by retired British officer Capt. William Gilkison.
He named the place Elora after his brother's ship, which in turn had been named after the cave temples of Ellora, India. Roswell Matthews built a house at the site in 1817.
He had been commissioned to build a mill, but after floods swept away a number of his efforts, he abandoned the project. The fIve-story limestone mill built in 1859 now is a posh inn.
Long-time resident Charles Clarke (1826-1909) was a prominent fIgure in the radical reform movement in Ontario. He played a major role in drafting the Clear Grit platform in 1851, whose policies included representation by population and secret ballot.
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Arts and Culture in Memphis - From Museums to Ballet
Memphis is one of Tennessee's highly historic and culturally diverse cities. Today, you can experience its rich culture through a multitude of art museums housing works by American artists and famous Impressionists. The city's vibrant past, from ancient times to the Civil Rights Movement, comes alive at its top history museums. As for performing arts, world-class opera and ballet are showcased in venues across the city.
Memphis's impressive collection of art museums display everything from works by Impressionist masters to ornamental metal masterpieces. You can view works by Pissarro and Monet at Dixon Gallery & Museum or see 20th-century American and Italian Renaissance pieces at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. A less-traditional museum, the National Ornamental Metal Museum, the only one of its kind in the United States, houses stunning examples of decorative metalwork.
Housed inside a 1916 building in downtown, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is the city's premier art museum. You can browse its permanent collection of works by American masters, as well as European masters like Renoir and Van Dyck.
1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis 38104Tel: +1 901 544 6200
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art website
National Ornamental Metal Museum
This one-of-a-kind museum is dedicated to the art of decorative metalwork. It affords you the opportunity not only to view exceptional pieces of art, but also to see art being made by master blacksmiths.
374 Metal Museum Drive, Memphis 38106. Tel: +1 901 774 6380
National Ornamental Metal Museum website
Spanning the centuries from ancient times to the present, the history of Memphis is vast and diverse. You should plan some time to learn about the city's past through its history museums, which explore ancient peoples who shaped the Mid-South and the city's pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, among a multitude of other subjects.
Chucalissa archaeological museum
Established after the discovery of a Mississippian mound complex in the 1930s, C.H. Nash Museum contains a reconstructed Native American village as well as an active archeological site.
1987 Indian Village Drive, Memphis 38109. Tel: +1 901 785 3160
Chucalissa archaeological museum website
Located in the South Main Historic District in downtown, this informative museum is housed inside the refurbished Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Exhibits focus on civil rights pioneers and the events surrounding the King assassination.
450 Mulberry Street, Memphis 38103. Tel: +1 901 521 9699
National Civil Rights Museum website
Memphis is known for its live music on Beale Street, but it's also home to a thriving performing arts scene. Each year, Opera Memphis performs a season of classical works by composers like Mozart and Verdi, and Ballet Memphis showcases its classical repertoire. Both groups perform in various venues throughout the city.
Opera Memphis
Established in 1956, Opera Memphis brings classical opera to the city of Memphis and the Mid-South region. The company performs at the Germantown Performing Arts centre and The Playhouse on the Square.
6745 Wolf River Parkway, Memphis 38120. Tel: +1 901 257 3100
Opera Memphis website
Ballet Memphis
Ballet Memphis was founded by Dorothy Gunther Pugh in 1986. Today, the company performs classic ballets like The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet at the Orpheum Theatre and other Memphis venues.
7950 Trinity Road, Memphis 38018. Tel: +1 901 737 7322
Ballet Memphis website
The city of Memphis is home to multiple performance venues, including the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown, the Playhouse on the Square in Midtown, and the Germantown Performing Arts centre. Not only do Opera Memphis and Ballet Memphis call these venues home, but they also host a variety of concerts, musicals, and special performances throughout the year.
Once a venue for vaudeville acts, this historic theatre was rebuilt in 1928 following a fire. Today, it hosts Broadway shows, live performances, and special movie series.
203 South Main Street, Memphis 38103. Tel: +1 901 525 3000
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We promote safety for women, youth and others at high risk of violence and harassment. Through Safety Audits, research and policy work, we build safer neighbourhoods, schools, campuses, workplaces, institutions and public spaces for everyone.
Key factors explored
Fear of violence, risk factors for sexual harassment and assault, risks for those at higher risks (e.g. women, youth, LGBTTIQQ2S communities)
Safety Audits and assessments
For neighbourhoods and living spaces
For college and university campuses
For workplaces and institutions
Best Practice, UN-HABITAT's Safer Cities Campaign (2008-2013)
Vital Idea, Toronto Community Foundation (2004)
Recommended for every neighbourhood, City of Toronto's Task Force on Community Safety (1999)
METRAC's Safety Audit Process is an action tool to build safer neighbourhoods, schools, campuses, workplaces, transit systems, living spaces and public spaces. It combines best practices of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) with culturally competent, community development approaches, Participatory Action Research and a gender-based violence analysis. It is a catalyst to reduce sexual violence, assault, harassment and discrimination against women, youth and others at high risk and makes spaces safer for everyone.
Major outcomes from our audit includes:
Designated Waiting Areas and Request Stop Program in Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) system
parking garages well-lit in the City of Toronto, as well as other by-law improvements
safer living spaces through partnerships with Toronto's Tower Renewal program and other urban/community planning projects
assault prevention programs and services for women and LGBTTIQQ2S communities on campuses
better safety policies and practices in hospitals and other workplaces
Local and global impact: METRAC's Safety Audit
(Photo credit: "40MP Toronto Night Skyline Panorama", by Anton Bielousov is licensed under CC BY 2.0)
A City of Toronto Safety Audit Initiative was established in partnership with METRAC in 1999 as a response to one of the recommendations of the final report of the Task Force on Community Safety, "Toronto, my city, a safe city: a community safety strategy for the City of Toronto". It proposed that Safety Audits be conducted in every neighbourhood.
Kid Safe is METRAC's special adaptation of the Safety Audit for primary school-age children. The Toronto Star distributed 350,000 copies of Kid Safe materials in their "back to school" edition in 1999.
UN-Habitat adopted METRAC's Safety Audit tool in African cities including Durban, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, translating it into local languages. The audit contributed to upgrading of city spaces, such as pedestrianisation of streets, re-organisation of transport nodes and installation of streets lights. In Tanzania, women "felt empowered in actually being consulted as the experts" and "took implementation of some of the recommendations into their own hands."
In its 2011 report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, The American Association of University Women named METRAC's Safety Audit "a promising model for how a community group
can help address sexual harassment in local schools".
(Photo credit: from Developing a Response to Sexual Violence: A Resource Guide for Ontario's Colleges and Universities, Ontario Women's Directorate)
METRAC's Safety Audit model directly informed the Ontario Women's Directorate publication, "Developing a Response to Sexual Violence: A Resource Guide for Ontario's Colleges and Universities".
(Photo credit: Jagori Safety Audit in progress, Jagori)
Jagori, an organization based in New Delhi, India, adapted METRAC's Safety Audit to identify infrastructure issues that make spaces unsafe for women and gain insights into women's perceptions of safety. They led over 25 audits in a variety of communities and, based on findings, launched the Safe Delhi Campaign to promote freedom from harassment in public places and on transit. "The audit has been a very effective tool to work with local communities and service providers," says an organizational representative. "Jagori has also used the tool to understand safety concerns in the context of delivery of basic services."
(Photo credit: from "Tower Renewal Accomplishments 2011-2013", City of Toronto)
The Safety Audit was integrated into the City of Toronto's Tower Renewal Project in four Toronto neighbourhoods to contribute to revitalization plans of large apartment complexes.
Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments (WISE) in Ottawa, Canada, adapted METRAC's Safety Audit. As a result, one community successfully advocated with their school board to have bus drivers pick students up from a safer location closer to their homes. Youth-led audits resulted in the removal of offensive graffiti, and following the murder of a young woman on Ottawa Recreational Pathways, the audit led to expansion of pathway patrol.
"METRAC's women's safety audit has been used widely both nationally and internationally. It has been disseminated and adapted by groups of women all over the globe." ("Women's Safety Audits: What Works and Where", Women in Cities International, UN-HABITAT)
"Over the past twenty years, the women's Safety Audit has been used in communities and neighbourhoods from Petrozavodsk, Russia to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Safety Audit has been adapted to multiple settings and groups, carried out jointly with local government representatives, and evaluated, such that this tool is now internationally-recognized as a 'best practice'." (Ask Questions About Women's Safety in the City, UN Women)
METRAC pioneered the first Women's Safety Audit in 1989. In 1992, we partnered with the Council of Ontario Universities and Colleges to launch a Campus Safety Audit Process. In 1994, we partnered with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to audit public transit.
Ever since, our audit has been used and adapted across Canada and around the world. Chances are you've been in a space made safer by METRAC's Safety Audit.
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Weekly Brief: Automakers Must Stop Marketing 'Dangerous' Automated Tech
A Tesla driver traveling westbound on US Highway 64 in Nash County, North Carolina, slammed his Model S into a sheriff's car last week.
The force of the impact drove the sheriff's car into a nearby state trooper's car. The sheriff and state trooper were responding to an earlier collision on the highway. Both were thrown to the ground as the three cars smashed together. Neither was hurt and the driver, Devainder Goli, was in stable enough condition to explain that his vehicle had been in Autopilot when it failed to process the police cars parked on the shoulder. As for Goli, he had been watching a movie on his smartphone.
Stories like these have become so commonplace recently as to seem normal. Another month, another collision, another driver placing more trust in Autopilot than it deserves and endangering other people in the process. Autopilot is a Level 2 semi-autonomous driver assistance system. Tesla tells drivers that they need to remain responsive any time Autopilot is engaged. The carmaker simultaneously lulls its drivers into over confidence with its flashy marketing campaign, which calls the $7,000 upgrade that enables Autopilot the "Full Self-Driving" package. The result is what happened in North Carolina last week and what has happened over and over again since 2016, when a Tesla driver using Autopilot T-boned a big rig on a highway in Florida and was decapitated.
NHTSA has now opened 13 investigations into Tesla crashes involving Autopilot. That's an alarming number, yet no recall has resulted and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not been reprimanded. If anything, he's been emboldened to make bigger and bigger promises about the wonders of autonomous technology. His latest promise is that Tesla will deliver full self-driving capabilities by the end of 2020, a misleading claim that continues to indirectly cause accidents like the one in North Carolina last week.
Earlier this month the American Automobile Association (AAA) released a study of six of the top advanced driver assistance systems that claim to safely provide automatic steering and braking. It concluded that the systems were "far from 100% reliable" and found that they disengaged or encountered disruptions on average once every eight miles. That's once every eight minutes if you're traveling 60mph, or about once per scene of the movie you might be watching on your smartphone.
The AAA study analyzed BMW's Active Driving Assistant Professional, General Motors' Super Cruise, Ford's Co-Pilot360, Kia's Highway Driving Assist and Subaru's EyeSight and called on the industry to get its act together before these technologies go mainstream. Just last week Chevy announced that its refreshed Bolt EV, which is due out in the summer of 2021, will come with Super Cruise. Paul Myles has the details.
AAA can offer warnings from the fringes of the industry but little is going to happen until governments step up with stricter regulations for ADAS technologies and the way they are marketed. Don't get your hopes up. The US DOT has suggested that carmakers and tech companies are responsible enough to regulate themselves when it comes to semiautonomous and autonomous technology. Likewise, the UK government is poised to legalize hands-free use of lane-keeping systems on its highways up to 70mph, with Level 2 and Level 3 systems like Autopilot being the technology powering that revolution. The good news is that autonomous technology is rapidly improving with time. The bad news is that distracted drivers will be our primary line of defense in the meantime.
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Naval Artillery
When US Naval forces start slugging it out with the ships of some newly-formed island nation, there have many weapons at their disposal. In the retro-futurist 1950s of Wavy Navy, the primary weapon for ship-to-ship combat is naval artillery (at least until they capture some weapons that are better…). The deck-mounted batteries on the Maine-York are the latest iteration in an arms race that has raged since the first small cannons were mounted on English ships during the Hundred Years War in the 1300s. The continual quest for guns with longer range, greater accuracy, and a higher rate of fire led to weapons capable of wreaking incredible havoc on both other ships and targets ashore. Let's take a quick look at the developments that made the Maine-York's guns possible.
Although there is evidence of ships in the classical era that had catapults, the wide-spread use of naval artillery didn't happen until the late Medieval period. The English ship the Christopher holds the distinction of being the first ship to use cannons in a naval engagement, employing its three cannons against the French at the Battle of Arnemuiden in 1338. As other navies began to follow suit, the placement of the guns dictated their use; large guns in the bow or stern of a vessel were used for shoreline bombardment, while smaller pieces mounted along the sides of the ship served initially to repel boarders. Over the next few decades, shipwrights began to design ships with reinforced decks to support larger cannons. By the late 1400s the broadside volley had become viable, although it remained an anti-personnel tactic.
These guns were primarily mounted on or above the decks of galleys in elevated structures, which limited their size. Larger guns were common on land, but such weapons were powerful enough to cause dangerous rolling unless they were mounted below deck, closer to the waterline. As developments in sailing technique made rowers obsolete, galleys gave way to multi-mast war ships, with batteries of cannon in place of the oars. At this point, the broadside became the primary ship-to-ship tactic.
From the late 1500s through the mid-1800s, the tactics remained fairly static, but everything got bigger. The ships, the batteries, and the guns themselves all grew quite large during this period. For example, in the 1700s most European navies were based on vessels known as "ships-of-the-line", ranging in firepower from 50-gun escorts up to 140-gun command ships. The most common, called "74s" because of the 74 guns on their two firing decks, were about 170 feet in length, and those guns fired iron balls ranging in size from 12 to 36 pounds. This entire armament could be fired 3 times every 5 minutes with a properly drilled crew. These ships dominated sea power until the steam era changed naval tactics.
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WSOP Flashback: The Beth Shak and Phil Hellmuth Idiocy of 2007
15th July 2016 // News, Op-ed, Poker Tournaments
Back when the poker on television was something that people in United States still enjoyed, the World Series of Poker broadcasts on ESPN tended to focus on one of several things: famous poker pros or poker celebrities, outrageous characters, emotional back stories, and tear-filled bust-outs. In 2007, a year that fit squarely in the "we still watched poker on TV" timeframe, the final table of the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event captured the first two of those characteristics in what is one of the stupidest hands in televised WSOP history.
The tournament was down to eight players and Brett Richey opened the pre-flop betting to 80,000 chips with two black Kings. It folded around to Beth Shak, who was technically a poker pro but more of a poker "celebrity," who had two red Aces. She announced a raise and proceeded to wave her hands a couple times, making a motion like she was thinking, "Oh, I don't know what I should raise to, this is such a tough decision."
After counting out some chips and putting on more of that confused act, she moved all-in for about half a million, trying to make it look like she just didn't really know what to do and this was the best move she could come up with. Really, it was quite apparent she was acting.
The action then moved to Phil Hellmuth, who was gunning for his 12th career WSOP bracelet (he now has 14). He just so happened to have the other two Aces. He bolted upright out of chair and yelled all-in. OH DEAR I WONDER WHAT YOUR HOLE CARDS MIGHT BE.
Hellmuth then turned to his rail and bragged that it only took him a quarter of a second to move all-in. SHIT HE MIGHT BE BLUFFING. MAYBE HE DOESN'T HAVE A MONSTER HAND LIKE POCKET ACES OR SOMETHING.
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Beth Shak, though, who greatly enjoyed the fame she was garnering for being a hot female who was fairly good at poker, was not going to come in second in the battle for the most transparent hand. While Brett Richey was figuring out what to do, she joined Hellmuth in his insta-call celebration and gave him a high five. She then turned to her cheering section, which included her then-husband Dan Shak, and did her own little "raise the roof" celebration.
To make matters BETTER (you thought I was going to say worse), she actually quietly chanted, "I got it, got it got it," while she was dancing, finishing up by turning to face Richey – who was still agonizing over his action – and doing a final little dance. Her husband, meanwhile, was flashing a sign for Aces, asking her if she had Aces.
Let's pause right here for a moment and reflect. Both Beth Shak and Phil Hellmuth moved all-in after Brett Richey raised pre-flop. Shak did a little "aw shucks, I dunno" act when she pushed her chips in, while Hellmuth jumped up like there was a tack on his seat. They both celebrated in front of the entire table, Shak even SAYING that she "got it." If there was ever a pair of cellophane-transparent players, it was right then at that moment. Unless they decided to give some wildly obnoxious reverse tells, at least one of them had Aces and as rare as two people have Aces is, it should have been pretty apparent to everyone in the room that they both had rockets.
I'm all for character and personality, but they looked like assholes. Assholes who for some reason did not want their common opponent to call.
But Ritchey did call, which ratcheted the absurdity of this televised hand to unprecedented heights. Did he not SEE Shak and Hellmuth basically TELLING him they had four Aces between the two of them? Did the fact that they did not actually flip their cards over give him that bit of doubt he needed to make the call? What was he doing while Shak and Hellmuth were carrying on? Were his eyes closed? Did the stage lights blind him?
But call Ritchey did and naturally, Beth Shak had to make even more of a production out of her good fortune, picking her cards up, holding them up for the crowd to see, and dancing behind her seat before finally placing the cards on the table. I always thought that you weren't allowed to take the cards off the table, but hey, I've never been at a WSOP final table, so what do I know (I almost didn't include the "WSOP" there, but I HAVE made a poker final table, so there). Hellmuth had calmed down since his initial Hellmuthian display.
Of course, Ritchey was eliminated, ending one of the stupidest hands in televised WSOP history. At least he had outs?
Don't believe that a hand really went down like that? Watch the circus for yourself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbSspZVhxLo


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Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown — Lucius B. McKelvey
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Lucius B. McKelvey, photo courtesy of The Vindicator, July 24, 1944
If you have followed my posts, you may know that my father worked at McKelvey's and I worked there during high school and college. During the time I worked there, William B. McKelvey was president of the store, which had already merged with the Higbee Company. Lucius B. McKelvey, who was William's father was a name we heard from time to time, mostly in connection with the Lucius B. McKelvey Society, of which I know little, except that its membership was composed of long time employees of the company.
In the course of the writing of this blog, I've come to discover that Lucius B. McKelvey presided over the store during some of its greatest years. More than that, he was deeply involved in civic and business affairs in the city, and in charitable efforts.
Lucius B. McKelvey was the son of G.M. McKelvey, the founder of McKelvey's. Born in Hubbard on October 5, 1879, he attended Youngstown city schools, playing on the first Rayen High School football team of 1894. He went on to study mining engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He engaged in mining for several years in Idaho but returned to Youngstown in 1903 when his father's health was failing. His father died two years later, but he did not assume the leadership of McKelvey's until 1917, continuing as president until his death.
Due to his business acumen, he was tapped for several roles. In 1920, he became president of the Youngstown Club, a position in which he served for over a decade. In 1922 he became a director of the Mahoning Water Company, and later its president. This included administering the reservoir on the east side that later bore his name, McKelvey Lake. In 1933 he became the president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce.
His popularity in the Valley may well have helped Herbert Hoover win the 19th district's votes for president. He was friends with his rival Isaac Strouss, and served as one of his pall-bearers when Strouss died in 1925. He was an approachable presence in the store, know as L.B., and rarely called "Mr. McKelvey." He made an effort to get to know new employees. On Christmas Eve, he would be the last to leave the store. He was an active member of Esther Hamilton's Alias Santa Claus Shows, winning an award on at least one occasion as the best "candy butcher." He not only raised money for Christmas baskets but personally delivered some of them. This was only one of a number of charitable efforts including raising money for polio victims, and for the Community Chest. He received an award in 1941 for efforts in China relief.
He was in poor health for several months before his death but thought to be improving when he suffered a stroke on the morning of July 24, 1944, dying a few hours later. At the time of his death, the Red Cross has been trying to arrange a furlough for his son William, who was serving in Italy in the war effort at the time.
Lucius B. McKelvey was far more than the approachable, hard-working president of the G.M. McKelvey Company for twenty-seven years. He was a leader in Youngstown's business community in giving back to the city and seeking its development. He unsuccessfully labored to bring airplane manufacturing to the city and believed diversification of its industry vital to its future. He was comfortable relating to the man on the street, the customer in his store, the indigent, and the powerful. I wish I had known him…
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7 thoughts on "Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown — Lucius B. McKelvey"
Joan Nering
Awesome story.
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Priscilla McConnell Donegan
My father was a long time employee of McKelveys working in men's clothing selling suits. He was a member of the L.B.McKelvey Club. I also worked there during the time I was at YSU. Really miss the downtown as it was back then.
Kathie Siudyla
Always enjoy reading your stories about Youngstown. When I was growing up on the eastside, we'd often drive by McKelvey's Lake. My Dad admitted he'd fished there (at night) when he was a young mischievous boy!
Thank-you for this article on McKelvey's and also, Strouss's. Remember going to Sale Days at these two downtown Dept. Stores. Nobody went to "town" looking like you were going to the beach, (we lived at Lake Milton) but when you went to "Town" you got dressed-up. So miss the days of decorum that was prevalent before we came to the "destructive '60's" Thanks again for this very interesting article.
Ruth, thanks for writing. I remember those days as well. You wore dress clothes. Women wore gloves. What a different time.
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This weekend sees Herstmonceux making its way to Railex which is regarded as one of the best shows in the country. As I said in my post back in April, Herstmonceux hasn't been out since last July so much of last weekend was spent cleaning the layout and tidying up bits that needed attention. Rolling stock was checked, fixed where needed and packed away ready.
Yesterday it was the turn of the locos to get a good clean and repair any damage. I usually give them a good run and oil as most of them haven't been used for a while. Wheels are cleaned with a cotton bud and IPA, surprisingly most of the wheels were fairly clean.
Why "Going home"? Well I was born in Aylesbury and grew up going to Railex with Dads trade stand, back when it was in the Civic Centre. One highlight was being lucky enough as 10 yr old to operate Jas Millham's Yaxbury for the whole weekend, must be why I have an urge to build something in S gauge! So this weekend is rather special now that i'm getting to take one of my layouts to my home town show. All thats left is to make sure I've got everything and pack the van tomorrow.
One of the trains in Herstmonceux's timetable is a Summer Special. Various inter-regional specials ran in the summer months. Some bringing holiday makers down to the Sussex coast and others taking people to different holiday destinations like Birkenhead or Blackpool. These usually had a SR Schools or Mogul replacing the loco that had brought the train in from another region although sometimes the loco from the other regions made it onto SR metals like Black 5's, B1's and even the odd 8F!
The idea for the one on Herstmonceux is it is on its way down to Hastings after being split at Three Bridges with the other part going to Brighton. The four coach train is made up of a couple of ex LNER Thompson's, a Gresley and ex LMS Porthole and motive power is usually a Schools, K class or Black 5 if someone brings one along.
I had been looking to get a loco just for this train for a while but didn't want to spend too much as it only runs a few times over a show weekend. So I recently picked up an older Bachmann B1 model for a good price. Being the older model it maybe doesn't have as much detail as newer models but then I didn't pay half as much as what the new ones cost and it gave me a chance to do a bit of modelling.
This was kept fairly simple, the plastic coal in the tender was cut out and a new inner made then some real coal added, new brake rigging made, loco crew added and some light weathering.
I may add a bit more weathering but for less than £30 i'm pretty pleased.
So last month I made a start on hacking about a Classix Austin K2 lorry to make Herstmonceux a new coal lorry. Having finished cutting it about I set about adding some new parts. I filled the holes in the roof and added some mirrors made from wire and microstrip.
A new headboard for the front of the bed was need and this was knocked up from plasticard and microstrip. There seems to be a lot of different styles and I opted for a taller one, using photos for reference.
With that done it was given a coat of primer and then some paint. Coal sacks were added, the cab glazed and then put back together. I still need to add a reg number and lightly weather the body but i'm rather pleased how it turned out.


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Big things going on for me with the Richmond Tour Guys. First off, tour season has restarted! I finally get to give tours again. I've even brought on 2 guides so I can have some weekends off occasionally. One of them is a recent VCU Grad with a degree in History and the other is long time Church Hill (the oldest neighborhood in Richmond) resident who will be doing 2 tours of Church Hill per month.
That reminds me, I have added a tour of Church Hill which will take place on Saturdays at 3:30 PM and Thursday evenings at 5:00 PM. I'm very excited for these as Church Hill has so much rich history share and the tour ends around a pub, so I may be able to have a pint or two with some of the more interesting tour attendees.
I was also contacted by Taylor's Classic Travels that has a trolley that they rent out for private events, wine tours, brewery tours, and weddings. They have been hired by The Brownstone and Butler's Unique Catering to do a tour of Church Hill and are using me to guide the tours. I'm very excited to make this connection and work with Terra and Joe.
If you want to buy tickets to this all-you-can-eat brunch, ride a trolley, and witness me blow your mind with my awesome tour guiding, the link is here.
After I get back from visiting family and friends on the West Coast in June, I'm going to start charging for tours and see if this has legs as a full-fledged business. So if you want to come on the free tour, get it while it lasts!
I've also had a ton of other opportunities come my way as well that I'm working on, but can't mention yet on such a public forum…..
Entrepreneur On Fire: Since the tour business has been going so well, I have decided that I need to update my business IQ. Since I have no formal business training and I am too busy to read any non-history related books since I'm writing and developing two new tours; I get it in during my morning cleansing ritual (shower, shave, getting dressed, etc.) and driving time (which I have much of) via Podcasts.
Entrepreneur On Fire has given me some, as the host John Lee Dumas would put it, "mind blowing insights" into my business. Basically, he spends a half-hour interviewing various entrepreneurs about their business, how they built it, and finding out their habits. I have gained more insight into how to run, market, and view my business than I could possibly have otherwise.
Ironically enough, the first one that I listened to was an interview with a guy who started Museum Hack which gives entertaining tours of museums in New York.
Now I listen to the almost every podcast Lee puts out. If you are an entrepreneur, side-preneur (me!), or want-repreneur, this is a great Podcast to check out. It has quickly risen to the top of my podcast Queue.
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One Google search later, lo and behold, What the Speak comes up. It really put what I do into perspective. Even without being able to see myself giving tours, I can already see things that I need to work on and improve.
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Actually, learning about Thomas Jefferson and all that he accomplished in field literally ranging from A to Z (he even knew how to tie arteries!) will really make one feel intellectually inferior.
Wrestlemania 31 is coming up and I'm not super thrilled about the card.
Triple H vs. Sting will be good. They are both incredible in-ring storytellers. Seeing Sting in action in front of 80,000 people again will be nuts. He's been in small arena's with TNA for the last 12 years. It's hard to say who's going to win, but my money is on Sting to fit with the Wrestlemania hero's win narrative. The match will be very good.
John Cena vs. Rusev is a feud that I have really been enjoying. There's just something so old school and nostalgic about a Russian talking smack about the US and the hero standing up and fighting for the country he loves. (Rusev's actually Bulgarian, but WWE doesn't have much regard for the geographic knowledge of their audience). They had a really good match at Fastlane and I think this one will be good as well. Cena goes over for the feel good moment.
Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar…. eh.. the build up to this has been atrocious. I mean it's basically Paul Heyman giving awesome promos and Roman Reigns fighting off the Authority. I like Roman Reigns, but I don't buy him as a Wrestlemania main eventer. Not yet at least. Lesnar has officially re-signed with WWE, so I think he wins since Reigns is proving to be a non-starter for much of the WWE Universe. I still think Rollins is going to cash in Money in the Bank at WM 31.
By the way, that crowd is going to be very ruthless to Roman Reigns.
The Intercontinental Title Ladder Match is going to be a fun match, but there are better ways to use the guys who are going to be in it. Daniel Bryan was main-eventing Wrestlemania last year and now he's been jammed into a match with 6 other guys who have nothing else to do on that Sunday night. The build up has been somewhat amusing, mostly thanks to R Truth's antics, but overall it's a real non-starter. I say Bryan captures the title in order to bring some prestige back to it.
The Bellas vs. AJ and Paige is also a real non-starter, mostly because I do not like the Bella Twins. Nikki is so sloppy and unbelievable as a credible threat. Paige and AJ can wrestle circles around them. Either way, it' a Divas match, so the WWe will probably either give them 3 minutes or just bump them when Sting/Triple H goes too long. Because that's what WWE does to Divas at Wrestlemanias. Paige and AJ for the victory.
Andre The Giant Battle Royal: Who knows? After Cesaro won last year and was summarily buried, it doesn't feel like this Battle Royal matters as much as it did last year when it was new and could potentially be a stepping stone to greater things. I don't rightly know who will win; or care for that matter. So…uh… let's jut say that…uh…. Curtis Axel wins and gets pushed to the stars! Axelmania!
A few months ago, I decided to watch Star Trek, the original series on Netflix. I had never watched it before and had a much different idea of what it was in my mind prior to watching it…..
Zounds! What an incredible show! I mean the production value isn't incredible, but the messages and morals are mind blowing. Spock's insights into humanity from a purely logical perspective and his verbal exchanges with Captain Kirk are highly entertaining. The show really makes one think about humanity and society's faults as well as our greater qualities such as a soul and free will. Things that we take for granted are put on display in different species that lack these things.
I'm almost ashamed I hadn't given it a chance before. I'm smack dab in the middle of season 2 right now.
I was at Sweetfrog by the theater the other day waiting for my beautiful girlfriend to meet me and ventured over to see what was playing and realized I had never heard of any of the movies that were playing. You see, Melanie and I cut our cable cord a year or so ago and have not looked back since. Between the internet, Netflix, and Hulu, we don't miss anything AND we get to save money and not watch all of the commercials. The commercials we see are not the same as they are on actual TV so we never see movie previews. I'm pretty sure they're all going to be terrible anyway. Anything that's grandiose enough to win awards is not worth paying to see in theaters anyway when it will be out on VOD and DVD in 2 months.
Light beer is disgusting. I use to drink it if it was present at a gathering. I liked it okay. I accidentally bought Yuengling Light the other day and was severely disappointed to taste that flavorless beer when I was expecting delicious Yuengling.
Yuengling, for my West Coast compatriots who haven't heard of it, is a great East Coast beer. It's like a step above Bud/Coors/Miller in terms of taste and maybe $1 more expensive for a 6-pack, but not quite as expensive or heavy as craft brews. I had never actually heard of Yuengling until I moved to the East Coast, because apparently it isn't distributed West of the Mississippi. It is the oldest brewery in the country, by the way.
I want to have a Podcast in the worst way…. soon…..


Zitat According to Screamscape sources this will be another custom GCI creation, and following the success of InvadR at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, I'm told that this one will also feature an all steel support system. Also like InvadR, this coaster will re-purpose the two remaining Millennium Flyer trains leftover from Gwazi that were not used on InvadR.
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