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Dutch fashion photographer Rohn Meijer applies a chemical cocktail to old negatives in order to produce stunning effects of surreal color and distortion. This idea occurred to Meijer when he discovered some old negatives that were damaged by moisture. He then decided to concoct his own chemical-water treatment (the specifics of which he'd like kept secret) that would interact with the silver nitrate on the back of the negatives and enhance the effect of crystallization. Though he does like to treat entire negatives with the caustic bath, he will sometimes deliberately apply the cocktail to certain parts of the photograph in order to draw out or deepen the effect.
"What I'm looking for is the way that colors play out, sometimes a bleeding effect, other times more harsh effects," he says. "It's a different kind of developing I'm doing, it's not done in a laboratory."
Meijer claims that 90 percent of each batch he creates is trashed, but apparently, he has a large arsenal of film that he doesn't mind tossing as they were most likely going to end up in the garbage anyway. (via wired)
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Have a look at the upcoming PSP version of Final Fantasy III. The game, which hit both the DS and the iOS, will allow players to play through FFIII with the game's original music. It's also has an "auto battle" feature that doubles the speed of the battles for automatic fighting.
It'll be out in Japan on September 20.
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Albert Shepherd Scorer 1st FA Cup Win 1910 Newcastle United | Mounted Fine Art Print
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High quality mounted giclée fine art print featuring 'Albert Shepherd Scorer 1st FA Cup Win' (1910).
Albert Shepherd, the famous centre forward that gave Newcastle United their first FA Cup win on 28th April 1910, defeating Barnsley 2-0 after a replay at Goodison Park with both goals being scored by Shepherd.
This print has been expertly restored by photographic artist Jan Radwanski from the official NUFC Club photographer Gladstone Adams' photographic plate.
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Candy Bar Ice Cream Sandwiches
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min. + freezing
Makes12-15 servings
- Brownie for Ice Cream Sandwiches
- 4 cups Snickers ice cream, softened
- 1 bottle (7-1/4 ounces) chocolate hard-shell ice cream topping
- Prepare, bake and cool Brownie for Ice Cream Sandwiches according to recipe directions. Cut brownie in half widthwise. Spread ice cream over one brownie half. Turn over remaining brownie half; place over ice cream. Cover and freeze for 2 hours or until firm.
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For those of you confused over the brownie part. The first item listed under Ingredients is:Brownie for Ice Cream Sandwiches. Click on that item and the recipe for the brownie part will appear.My family really liked these sandwiches and I plan on trying some other fillings. Easy enough to make and good.
Jul 19, 2011
Easy and kids love it. Hoteamom, it calls for Snickers ice cream. Hence the name. If you cannot find Snickers ice cream, you can chop up frozen minis or bite sized Snickers and mix them into your favorite vanilla.
Jul 19, 2011
Easy to make and loved by all. Hoteamom, if you read the ingredients, it calls for Snickers ice cream. Hence the name "CANDY BAR ICE CREAM Sandwiches." If you can't find it, you can chop frozen bite size/mini Snickers and add them to your favorite vanilla ice cream.
Jul 19, 2011
I do believe the name of this recipe is deceiving, there are no candy bars involved at all. Browning Ice Cream Sandwiches would be more appropriate. (Did you know that chocolate shell sauce removes hair from cats or dogs if your child happens to pour it on your pet?)
Jul 19, 2011
Sorry, whitedove101, it does not say to use a box of brownies. Put "Brownie for Ice Cream Sandwiches" into the recipe search box - and it will be the first one on the list.
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Because you use a box of brownie mix as it says ....
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Four day festival, fireworks, family and slo-pitch baseball, soap box races, kids activities, goose dump contest and much more.
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It seems that singer Eddie Money not only has two tickets to paradise, but two fists ready to aim at Mr. 'Footloose' himself, Kenny Loggins.
"I'm not a fan of Kenny Loggins to tell you the truth," Money told Cincinnati morning show host Kidd Chris of WEBN. Money went on to say how he never got credit for singing on Loggins' hit record, 'I'm Alright.' "I sang the bridge in that, we were label mates, you know — Kenny Loggins, I mean, how small can a guy be, that he divorces his wife and marries his therapist. Gimme a break!"
It seems the rift is flying on a couple of different levels. Daughters of both Money and Loggins were competing on MTV's 'Rock The Cradle' reality show. "I told [my daughter] that it can be a heartbreaking business," Money explains. "I thought she was gonna win that thing, but the TV people found out that I was gonna be on the road the last week, so they let Kenny Loggins' kid win it, and that kid was a bum too."
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Another version of this scam involves unlicensed dealers who fraudulently purchase cars at wholesale auctions by paying a licensed dealer to use their auction license number. They may also obtain their cars through a title skipping scam in which they target individuals who need to sell their car quickly, pay a low cash price for the car and re-sell it for a much higher price without putting their own name on the title. According to Massachusetts state law, anyone who sells more than three cars in a twelve month period is considered a dealer and must have a Class 2 dealer license.
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Every market has three major dimensions and everyone knows that
1) Technical Analysis 2) Fundamental Analysis 3) Manipulation.
***** FYI: My original post was on medium where it had 274K visitors till Apr-01. It was suspended as per their policy because I was connecting to this steemit post from my Medium post . Check my old medium link here
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As many people are reading this, I would like to remind all — Please take this as an opinion only. I am trying to point out the undercurrents in the water we are swimming in. Undercurrents are never seen, they can ONLY be experienced. I can be proven wrong in the end. Only time will tell — Therefore "Please Validate, Verify and Trade according to YOUR plan". Use it as a "Pause-for-thought".
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Cartel — The 4th dimension of the market
There is 4th dimension that exists in FEW Markets, Its called "Cartel". Its primary Goal is "Price-suppression". Please note — it IS NOT "Manipulation".
Is Cartel Active in Crypto Space?
I strongly feel so. I am presenting my research so you can validate yourself.
I called for Bitcoin correction of 95% before CME opened its doors. Check my Twitter account @Super_Crypto So far 70% of it is already in place. (But don't expect 95% correction to happen in one shot. We will see many Rallies and Dumps in between. Nothing goes in a straight line. 20K is just the first inning. We are in for a long ride of a few years.)
Since When Cartel Is Active?
Cartel entered Crypto space somewhere in Oct-2017. Their presence started showing the HOUR CME-Futures Market Opened it doors for Crypto.
Bitcoin DUMP started exactly at the moment CME opened Doors at 5PM on Dec-17–2017. See this Daily Bitcoin chart (image last updated Apr-01–2018)
Don't believe in Cartel?
I know, its hard to!
In my view, everything that happened since CME opening on Dec-17–2017 has been "Manufactured". Bitcoin is being taken for a Ride with the rookies at CME. We will wait till the "real" players join the table.
This Is How Cartel has Worked Since CME opened
Check this chart. Click on the image and read all NEWS as they were "Released" EXACTLY at the important TA resistances levels.
Please note: The items listed under Jan-30 and Mar-07 below are the NEWS ONLY. This is how cartel uses media-propaganda to break the price. Ex: Mt. Gox did NOT sell on Mar-07 but the NEWS of this sell was released on Mar-07. Also, the Tether subpoena was issued in Dec-6 but the NEWS was released with the other critical news releases on Jan-30 with the objective to start the next dump….Why did they wait 55 days to release the Tether subpoena news and how did it hit with all other Bad news on the same day? Read this - Bitcoin subpoena news smells like insider trading Now you know why.
Do you know there were 6 days of daily dump after March-07 starting exactly at 11:30 ET?
Zerohedge has recorded it here — It's 1130ET, Do You Know Where Your Crypto Crash Is?
A serial DUMP since Mar-24 to Apr-01!!!
Below is another interesting pattern-selling observed from Mar-24 to Apr-01, 2018. What do you see here?
Anytime price tries to recover Dump appears from nowhere
- All these are HIGH Volume DUMPS
- MOST of the DUMPS start Below the Previous DUMP Price
Does it look like a seller who wants higher price for their Bitcoin or a lower price? I see they want a lower price. Why? You tell me.
See what happened Crypto Exchange OKEx on Mar-30–2018?
This is announcement from OKEx: "Dear valued customers, At 5:00–6:30 on Mar 30, 2018 (Hong Kong Time), a number of users performed unusual transactions to manipulate the price of BTC quarterly futures contract, making it deviate greatly from the BTC index. Based on our team's investigation, the user closed a huge amount of positions at market price without considering the cost, causing it to drop to an unusually low level. We will disclose the transactions details in further notice"
Note the words - "without considering the cost"? This is a footprint of the Cartel in my view. Will the Manipulation Stop after it has been caught? I doubt.
Want to See How the FUD is Manufactured?
Do you know on Feb-07 Someone hacked China's central bank mailbox to email a bogus notice about bitcoin crackdown.
Bogus press invitations was distributed to US media organisations claiming that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and People's Bank of China (PBOC) are about to jointly introduce new measures to crack down on "all aspects and services of bitcoin trading in both mainland China and Hong Kong".
Read the above article and ask a question to yourself — Who would do such a thing? Only those who have interest in breaking down the Bitcoin price — Right? Would an ordinary IT guy or a hacker do this? NO — because they cannot benefit from doing this FUD. Only influential cartel who can benefit by creating a FUD would do this.
Let's get into the fundamentals of the "Cartel theory"
What is Cartel?
Here is definition of Cartel from Investopedia
Is Cartel active in all Markets?
Not many. Cartel is active in only few markets. If you look at it, in a way OPEC is also a cartel because they control the supply.
Which are those markets?
It's Gold, Silver, Oil and Bitcoin. Bitcoin was added to the list two months back . (Invisible hand started showing its presence since Dec-2017, even though they entered the market much earlier.) Most people deny Cartel exists, even if they experience the results every day they will continue to deny until 95% REKT. Gold bugs denied it even when Gold and Silver was brought down to earth before their eyes. Gold and Silver was REKT to its production cost ($1200/$14) and many miners went bankrupt. Still there are many Gold bugs that are clueless about Cartel.
— — — The PROOF
Before you read any further let me provide the proof of price-suppression in Precious metals (Gold, Silver, Uranium and all that)
See this 25 years Uranium Chart ?
- Uranium rose from $5 to $130 from 1993 to 2007.
- Futures Market started in May-2007
- See what happened? DROP in Uranium started exactly from May-2007 and it never recovered since then.
Any doubts about what started the precipitous drop in Uranium? Its the Cartel people, and their playground is Futures market.
Lets look at Gold 25 years chart. Cartel started ACTIVELY Suppressing Gold price in Futures market since 2011. What do you see?
(Please note: The Gold futures started much earlier than this — in 1974. In fact Gold rose after futures were introduced in 1974. The reason it was not suppressed in 1974 was — A) there was no need to since Gold was just decoupled from USD in 1971 B) US did not have Debt of 21 Trillion that time. The need arrived with 2008 financial crisis when Gold rose parabolically in 2011 with DEBT. Since then the price-suppression actively started in Gold and Silver markets.)
Lets look at 25 years chart of Silver now. Same as Gold
Can we compare these charts with Bitcoin now? (as of Mar-2018) #
Do you see any Similarities here? What does it tell you? coincidence? Natural-correction? Naaaa. It's Price-Suppression (not Manipulation).
So far Bitcoin has consistently gone down since the day CME futures started on Dec-2017. Will it follow Precious Metals path? I think so.
Still have doubts? See this recent news in the Gold "futures" market:
Jan 29, 2018 — CFTC Files Eight Anti-Spoofing Enforcement Actions against Three Banks (Deutsche Bank, HSBC & UBS) & Six Individuals — for spoofing with respect to certain futures products in Gold and other precious metals traded on the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX)
Again, note the word "Futures" above.
Also read "6 Traders Arrested For Manipulating The Gold Market" — Jan-2018
6 traders that manipulated the Gold/Silver markets were "Currently or formerly employed by UBS, HSBC and Deutsche Bank"
This is just TIP-of-an-ICEBERG. I hope to write a separate post on PM-suppression-scam later.
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Cartel is like an Invisible Hand!! Deal with it
Who are these entities?
They consist of CERTAIN Traders, Agencies, Big Financial institutions & Media (I can list many more but let's keep it limited). They all work in a perfect synchronization to pull coordinated attacks to attain the goal of price-suppression. See what happened on Jan-30–2018 and Mar-07–2018? (many bad news hitting the market within hours of each other as Bitcoin was sitting on a critical support at 10K). Once 10K was broken the Cartel took over and started shoring Bitcoin like HELL. today we almost hit 8K. (and we are again below 8K when this post was updated on Mar-18)
Why do they do this?
It's all about money control. Financial elite has recognized that Bitcoin and Crypto in general is a threat to their existence. What do powers do when they see anything as a threat or enemy? You got it, they try to destroy the enemy (by all means). Therefore, It is extremely important for the Financial-elite to stop bitcoin's rise so their show can continue.
What do they do to stop the RISE of Bitcoin? They first let it rise to unimaginable height (20K first stop). Then they drop it to unimaginable lows. They will do this many times. They have trillions of dollar to maintain the show going, UNTIL the RETAIL investor gives up in frustration. What you are seeing since Mid-2017 is just the 1st inning of 9 innings Bitcoin game.
Bitcoin has been placed into Geopolitical chessboard since Mid-2017. Most of the Bitcoiners have NO IDEA how big this game is. Crypto space is just a pawn on this chessboard and there are elite-fingers moving these pawns (Gold, Silver and now Bitcoin).
Why only Gold, Silver & Bitcoin? Why not Stocks, Bonds, ETF, Index funds, Mutual funds etc?
See this chart. If this does not explain to you why Gold/Silver must be suppressed then nothing will
Everything is about money control under unsustainable Debt load.
When money flows into Gold, Silver and Bitcoin it shows that powers are bankrupt and their "Fiat" money is worthless. If these assets rise, all the money supply will dry up and move into these assets. World will know the King has no cloths.
When money stays in Stock and bond markets it supports Fiat Currency trade. Therefore, it is very important that stock and bonds markets remain intact and have been kept elevated artificially.
In fact, you know what? There is a counter-party to Cartel in stock market and it is called — Plunge Protection Team — PPT.
Cartel's job is to keep Gold, Silver and Bitcoin markets suppressed while PPT's job is to keep the stocks and Bond markets elevated.
Here is the definition of PPT from Ivenstopedia
Here is the job description of the PPT in Stock and bond markets
To keep the Stocks and bond markets artificially elevated using the printed (Helicopter) money so that the dream of fake-prosperity continues for ever as the nations go bankrupt.
Why not Simply Ban Bitcoin (& Gold) and get over with it?
It does not work that way folks. There are severe consequences and repercussions of banning any asset, more so in the world of a social media.
Lets look at the history first
Most of the people don't know uncle Sam had banned and confiscated gold in 1933 using presidential executive order. See this Gold confiscation order
Two things happen when a particular asset is banned 1) Govts and politicians have to face people's anger and 2) the banned asset gets people's sympathy (and people tend to hoard it even more). It did happen to Gold since 1933.
There is another option: Price suppression
This works far better than banning anything. When price suppression happens 1) most of the people reject there is anything wrong or malicious about the price drop (even though the fundamental are strong in favor of the asset). In fact, those point out the suppression are called "conspiracy theorists" 2) As price keeps dropping people start despising the asset. See what happened to Gold and Silver since 2011. The more it dropped the more people hated it. Many Gold bugs sold precious metals at the bottom and switched over to Bitcoin and Crypto (when it was at the top.) This exactly what "they" want the retail investor to do as "they" collect more of it at the lower prices.
Therefore, in the 21st century the easiest option is to manipulate the price of an asset so people themselves want to get rid of it without politicians or govts having to face the consequences of banning an asset. Govts and banks have realized that this works far better than banning anything.
Therefore, in my view, bitcoin will not be banned as long as it can be controlled. But its price will continue to drop (with many rallies in between) so the average Joe remains a bag holder in the end, starts despising Bitcoin & sells it at the bottom as Cartel collects more of it at a lower cost average. Bitcoin will be banned (selectively initially) ONLY if the crypto bull rages out of "their" control.
You have a choice
a. Recognize the threat
b. Keep dry powder ready for possible "unimaginable" lows (for years like gold?)
c. Buy Bitcoin DAMN cheap if it hit there
d. DO not sell your Core position (I am still hodling 70% of my position because I cannot tell when it will turn)
Do anything but please DO NOT sell your Bitcoin to the Cartel. In fact, ADD more as they DUMP it on the market.
This is a game of "Wealth-transfer-from-Plebs-to-Elite". Here is my pinned tweet written on Dec-02–2017 (I warned Well before it started, thank me later)
What is the Strategy I am using?
I understand: Trading is difficult. If you cannot handle anxiety, then just Buy DIPS and HODL.
- Less of HODL, Less of BTFD
- STFR — Sell the F** Rallies
- BTFDD — Buy the F** "DEEP" Dips.
"DEEP" is extremely important word here. The DIP must be so DEEP (or bad) that everyone must have given up by this time. Buy ONLY that time.
Please note: Tax filing is very painful when you do too many trades. I myself plan to do more of HODL in 2018 than STFR.
I am not claiming I bought/sold at these points. I am just explaining the strategy with this image.
Where will the price suppression take place?
It will be at the Futures Markets and Futures trading at Crypto exchanges.
How did they do it so far?
Cartel heavily bought Bitcoin at the exchanges starting from 2K all the way unto 12K. They let the market fly until 20K. CME opened on 17th December and they started selling on exchanges. (See one month before and after CME). Since then the price has gone down tracing about -70% so far.
This is from someone on the Gold/Silver side explaining how Bitcoin is being manipulated down. We can learn it from those who have experienced it first-hand for 8 years - this is by TFMetals - twitter.com/TFMetals/status/979733775633575937
How will they do it in the future?
Initially Cartel will continue to suppress the Crypto prices at exchanges until futures market volume builds (track futures Volume here). Once enough volume is built at the futures market will take over. They will not need cartel to work at exchanges anymore. At this point, cartel will move to futures market, which is their home ground anyways. In simple terms, Bitcoin will be sold as Soybean when volume like Soybean is built at CME.
How long will it continue?
Look at the Gold/Silver Markets for the answer. Price-suppression (manipulation) started actively in 2011. Its still going on in 2018
He told "We Will TAME Bitcoin" even before CME started
Do you think Leo Melamed made this comment casually? I think he meant it and you can see it every days since Dec-17–2017 (CME-future's market Open)
How will this end?
One day Cartel will lose control of the markets. That day will be EPIC. The prices of Bitcoin (and Gold/Silver) will rise astronomically.
My Bitcoin path is 20K to "VERY-LOW-PRICE" to 100K
Many people ask me do you think it will go to 1K? Here is what I suggest
You want to OWN lot of Bitcoins when it ends
Here is my tweet about why.
Why I think Cartel will lose the game eventually, you ask?
See this tweet
So, can the Cartel be defeated?
"I don't think so"
Most of the Crypto community does not believe Cartel exists or there is any kind of coordinated attack going on at Bitcoin. At the most they think it's Whale or manipulators. They consider everything as "Coincidence", and that is because it follows Technical Analysis (TA). Of course it will follow TA. The Cartel is investing trillions of dollars behind such efforts, do you think they don't have highly paid chartists on their payroll? They pay $700 pa for their chartists. How many Twitter-TA-Experts have that income level?
So why did Bitcoin start going down exactly on the evening CME opened? It's "Coincidence" according to the Bitcoiners. At 20K they were pitching for 100K, but now they say the correction was due anyway and we are seeing that normal 50% dip. This correction will soon be over and we will be going to 20 first and then the moon…so they say.
First they said the correction is because BCH was listed at Coinbase, then they said its Tether subpoena, then they said No, No its Mt. Gox selling. Later on Mt.Gox changed his dates of selling. No its because of facebook ban, then Google ban, then Twitter ban. Market is still falling. What is the next excuse, people?
Therefore, the crypto community as a whole CANNOT come together against Cartel until it's too late. What is too late? That is the time when most Crypto owners will start hating Bitcoin (see Gold/silver for reference)
Anyways, I wish I am wrong and this does not happen and we will go to 20K and then moon soon.
This is one of my tweets on Dec-10–2018. It's so true event today.
Here is the image of that "CME-is-just-a-coincidence" in terms of Market cap. Please note the Bitcoin started going down exactly from the evening of CME opened on Dec-17–2017.
So far, 200 Billion Dollars have been wiped out from the Market Cap. ($327B to $130B as on Mar-18–2018). Does this look like a Natural-Correction to you? Let's hope so.
Why am I doing this?
More at my twitter @Super_Crypto
My post is based on assumption that Gold & Silver prices have been suppressed for last 7 years. If you feel Precious Metals have NOT been manipulated-down then my entire argument falls down. Feel free to throw my theory in the dustbin. Disagreements are welcome because everything is just an "opinion" including mine.
Jury-is-out. Time is the ONLY Answer. Thanks all for a great support.


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BALTIMORE – Riding a six-match win streak, the UMBC volleyball team travels to West Virginia this weekend for the Gold and Blue Players Challenge hosted by West Virginia University. The Retrievers play a doubleheader on Saturday, Sept. 21st, first facing against Liberty at 1:00 p.m. and then Georgetown at 5:00 p.m. On Sunday, UMBC takes the court against the host Mountaineers with the match scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at WVU Coliseum.
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions have 13 takeaways this season — three less than all of last season — and the defence isn't the only unit pleased with the performance.
"It's huge. Our whole defence has been making plays; every facet of it," quarterback Matthew Stafford said Tuesday. "The d-line, the linebackers, the DBs — everybody is getting their hands on footballs and turning them back over to us, and as an offence, you love it."
That's one of the reasons the Lions have already matched last season's win total.
The Lions have 10 interceptions in this season's first six games, including two by linebacker DeAndre Levy in Sunday's 31-17 win at Cleveland. Levy is tied for the league lead in interceptions with four — the most by a Lions linebacker since 1989 — and the team shares the league lead with Buffalo and Kansas City.
Add three fumble recoveries and Detroit is in the upper third of the league in total takeaways.
Coach Jim Schwartz isn't surprised by the number of interceptions — especially with a defensive line that includes Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley.
"I think a lot of it has to do with the guys up front," he said. "I think a lot of good things happen when you put pressure on the quarterback and some of those good things are turnovers. It was an area we lacked in last year and we've seen some good things in the first six games.
"We still have a long way to go, but when you look at our four wins, when we win the turnover battle, it puts us in good position to win the game."
Detroit has returned an interception and a fumble recovery for touchdowns this season and set the offence up with short fields after other takeaways.
"Game-changing plays like that, chances to have great field position, is all you can ask for," Stafford said.
Cornerback Rashean Mathis said the Lions take the field hoping for at least three more takeaways than the opposing defence. He's glad to be part of a unit that's done its part so far.
"It always feels good to get our hands on a ball as a defensive unit," he said. "If we can top that total or double that total, it's going to be a plus for us at the end of the year."
The fast start has prompted talk of a post-season berth, but several players deflected such buzz with the old "one-game-at-a-time" mantra. Still, Mathis said Detroit expected to be in contention when it broke camp.
"That was our expectation at 0-0," he said. "We knew we had the capability, we knew we had the talent — it's just a matter of how we execute."
The Lions, who played four of their first six games away from home, welcome Cincinnati on Sunday and play host to Dallas on Oct. 27 before taking their bye week.


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DLR (Docklands Light Railway)
The Docklands Light Railway (known as the DLR) is part of the London Underground network. Two of the stations, Custom House and Prince Regent, are on our campus. Trains pull up at a covered walkway leaving visitors with less than a two minute's walk to the entrance.
Check your event listing for the entrance for your event. Alight at Custom House* for the west entrance and Prince Regent for the east entrance and ICC London.
London Underground
The Jubilee Line and the DLR are the quickest routes to ExCeL London.
Alight at Canning Town on the Jubilee Line and change onto a Beckton-bound DLR train for the quick two-stop journey to ExCeL: Custom House for ExCeL (for the west entrance) or Prince Regent for ExCeL (for the east entrance or the ICC London).
*ExCeL is approximately 20-minutes walking distance away from Canning Town underground station, download the walking route map here.
*Due to ongoing improvement works, please be advised that there is no step-free access at Custom House. For step-free access, please alight at Prince Regent.
DLR services: All trains towards Beckton/Gallions Reach will stop at Custom House and Prince Regent.
London Overground
The London Overground, part of the London Underground network, serves a large part of Greater London and parts of Hertfordshire with 112 stations on several routes. The Overground is highlighted in Orange on the Tube map.
The DLR and Jubilee Line can be connected from multiple Overground lines such as Stratford, Canada Water, and Shadwell. It's also possible to join the Overground and travel to ExCeL London from Euston station.
Contactless payment
London's public transport network is divided into nine travel zones. Buy a visitor Oyster card, Travelcard or use a contactless payment card to get the best travel value — click to find out more about contactless payment
Tube maps and apps
One very helpful tool available for download is the London Map app available for iPhone and android devices. As an alternative Transport for London provides a number of maps for download on their website: tfl.gov.uk/maps
ExCeL interactive map
We have also created a map tool for our visitors. Showing you the best travel routes from major rail stations into London to the ExCeL London venue — click here to access our interactive map


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Confident Consumer: Find deals before Black Friday
- Shop early to save money and reduce stress
- Black Friday deals are largely public, so you can see what's worth waiting for
- If you're not a Black Friday fan, skip the stores altogether
Conventional wisdom says that some of the best deals of the holiday shopping season are the day after Thanksgiving -- known as Black Friday -- or the following Monday, called Cyber Monday for its online promotions.
And it's often true, depending on what you're buying. If it's a TV or another popular type of electronics, it sure can pay to wait a couple weeks until the post-Thanksgiving long weekend. But for many of the typical holiday gifts, there are great deals to be had now when inventory is plentiful, the stores are less crowded and your stress level isn't so high you'll be making foolish decisions.
Heck, Last Call by Neiman Marcus is selling cashmere gloves right now for $21 plus free shipping. Why wait when you can get that kind of stocking stuffer now?
Many of the big Black Friday promotions have already been announced -- well, "leaked" -- and even more will be on deal websites in the coming days. So if you're worried that early shopping means you'll miss out on deals, you can do your comparison shopping now and decide whether it makes more sense to shop later.
DEALS:Get a jump on Black Friday, check out a preview of sales
UPDATES:See latest updates to retailers' Black Friday deals
"At this point, half the news has already broken," says Brad Wilson, founder of BradsDeals.com and BlackFriday.BradsDeals.com.
That's good news for anyone who's susceptible to what you might call "emotional shopping." And who isn't when the kids will be heartbroken if they don't get the top toy or you want to get your spouse the perfect something -- super cheap?
Psychologists say giving yourself plenty of time to shop -- and think about purchases -- will help keep stress levels down.
"Shopping late can certainly be a problem like anything that makes you feel like you have to have a rising sense of urgency," says David Forbes, a psychologist who heads Forbes Consulting Group, which counts some major retailers among its clients. "
Along with shopping early and not trying to accomplish too much in one outing, Forbes recommends rehearsing the "what ifs?" That is, "If i don't get it, then what? You could get it tomorrow for maybe $5 more, but maybe that's not so bad," he says.
Best of all, if you're not among those who find Black Friday shopping an exciting tradition, feel free to skip the stores.
"You don't have to go stand in line in the parking lot" soon after you've finished your Thanksgiving dinner, says Wilson. "Black Friday is a great day to shop online."
And Cyber Monday is easily the best day of the year to shop online, Wilson says. The number of coupon codes is up 5% that day, he says. If you stick to cyberspace, sure, you may miss some of the very best, very-limited-quantity doorbuster deals that stores have to draw in the crowds. Such as 2010's $3 toasters at Target or the Sharp LCD HDTV which was on sale for $200 last Black Friday. But most of the rest of the deals that day are both online and in stores. Amazon, Newegg and Overstock also try hard to compete with brick-and-mortar retailers on Black Friday as well, says Wilson.
There are more reasons to shop online or in stores ahead of the mobs.
With people talking, texting and checking prices on their mobile devices, any civility that was left in crowded stores is gone, says consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow. Her pre-holiday interviews in malls and on the phone have detected "more dread about in-person shopping than I have any other year," says Yarrow, a marketing and psychology professor at Golden Gate University.
That dread is well placed. When there is stress caused by surroundings, it "sucks resources from the brain in order to bolster the defensive mechanisms of the body," Yarrow says. And those mechanisms "were designed to help us manage the stress of something like a charging boar -- not the stress of holiday shopping."
This makes it harder to remember a budget or calculate a discount and easier to purchase impulsively. All of this is compounded by the more unruly nature of today's crowds -- now more than ever we're shopping under stress. As if all those lights, smells, memories and time and budget constraints weren't enough!
When possible, wait 20 minutes before buying anything that's not on your list, recommends Yarrow. She says, "That's about how long it takes for rowdy crowds inspired autonomic nervous system arousal to abate."
Yarrow is already finished with her holiday shopping. Her philosophy: "Get it done, get it mailed and enjoy the holidays! Nuff said."
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This article is part of an on-going, social media series.
When litigating against a former employee, the Internet can lead to an evidentiary goldmine for an employer. A former employee's social media activity may provide evidence of the employee's breaches, such as a violation of a non-competition provision or breach of confidentiality.
Courts have addressed the litigation strategy of discovering evidence in an employee's communications in cyberspace. Two recent cases make clear that emerging law tends to favor an employer's ability to tap into an employee's social media space as another litigation tool.
In Indiana, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a sexual harassment suit on behalf of several employees who claimed emotional distress resulting from the alleged wrongdoing. As part of its defense, the employer sought to discover information from the plaintiffs' Internet social networking site profiles and other communication from their Facebook and MySpace accounts. The court decided that this information was discoverable by the employer because the plaintiffs already had shared the information with at least one other person through private messages and perhaps a larger number of people through postings.
Similarly, in New York, the court rejected an employee's assertion that her social media activity was private and could not come out as part of the lawsuit. She had sued her employer claiming discrimination based upon her disability. The employer sought to use her Facebook content as evidence that she was not disabled at all. Rejecting the plaintiff's privacy concerns, the court explained there is no right to privacy in social media content, adding that when a person chooses to disclose information on a social media site this act of sharing such information weakens her ability later to claim the information is protected by privacy.
Even if not considered private, how can it be that an employee's entire social networking site activity is relevant to his specific claims in a lawsuit? An Indiana federal court answered this question in a situation where the employer sought access to its employee's entire body of social networking activity on Facebook and MySpace to seek evidence about the employee's emotional distress claim.
The court determined all of the employee's social networking activity must be turned over to the employer, including any profiles, postings or messages, status updates, wall comments, causes joined, groups joined, activity streams, and blog entries that reveal, refer or relate to any emotion, feeling or mental state. Even though the courts' recent actions show a general favoring for the employer when it comes to discovery of employees' social media activity during a lawsuit, employers would be wise to watch their own social media activity. The impact of social media in trials reaches across the courtroom to everyone involved in the litigation, including the employer's agents and key witnesses. Accordingly, employers should view the courts' rulings on social media as a premonition and make sure their own organization is in order with the appropriate social media protocol and policies.
Lori Higuera, a director in Fennemore Craig's Litigation Section, co-authored this article.
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Changes in fossil fuel markets and updates to environmental regulations may result in the retirement of existing coal-fired electric power plants, putting on the order of 40,000 megawatts of generation at risk of retirement. This capacity is primarily located in the Ohio Valley, Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. The investments required for replacing or upgrading these plants would raise electricity rates for all customers.
Customer-side investments in energy efficiency and combined heat and power can replace this capacity at a lower cost, reducing customer rate impacts. Energy efficiency investments by large energy consumers, particularly manufacturing firms, should be the target. Many manufacturing firms are poised to make major new capital capacity investments as the economy recovers and demand for manufactured products increases. These investments would modernize manufacturing, generating local job creation and enhanced environmental compliance for the facilities.
Current utility regulatory and business models do not encourage utilities to make these customer-side investments. A new utility regulatory business model will be needed to encourage utilities to shift a large portion of their investments from the supply-side to the demand-side. Utilities will need to invest ratepayer funds in the demand-side projects and be allowed to earn a preferred return on these investments. If these policies are put in place, customers will benefit from lower electricity rates and a more vibrant local economy with more jobs, while electricity utilities will be motivated to become energy efficiency suppliers, not just electricity suppliers.


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Modeling Project Releng/Releng Module
Template Usage Steps
First, you need to get a copy of the template. Copy /cvsroot/modeling/releng-common/templates/org.eclipse.
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_.releng to
_TOPPROJECTNAME_= "modeling", "tools", "technology", etc.
_PARENTPROJECTNAME_= "mdt", "m2t", etc.
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_is defined below.
NOTE: Some of the variables listed below apply to the .doc (or other) template, not the .releng template. YMMV.
Next, clean up the template for your specific needs:
- Find and rename all files with
_SHORTNAME_in their name, using the project's shortname
- promoteToEclipse.
- templateFiles/
- maps/
- promoteToEclipse.
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_PARENTPROJECTNAME_" with your parent project's name.
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_SHORTNAME_" with your project's shortname.
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_PROJECTNAME_" with your project's name, eg. "Eclipse Web Interface", "Model Query", "UML2 Tools"
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_PROJECTWEBSITE_" with your project's website, eg., [1], [2], [3]
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_VERSION_" with your project's version, eg. 0.1.0, 1.0.0
- Find and replace all occurrences in all files of the string "
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_" with your project's namespace. This can be the same as the shortname, that is
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_ -> org.eclipse.eodm
- but is often different, including .emf or more
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_ -> org.eclipse.emf.cdo
Finally, go through the files looking for TODO markers, and update the scripts as per those instructions (as applicable).
You may also wish to replace "
IBM Corporation" with your organization's name and check the copyright year. (Nick, perhaps this should be another token for replacement?)
Customization Steps
Next, you need to customize the template for your project's specific needs.
- Edit promoteToEclipse.*.properties. Enter the correct projectName / subprojectName, then name / email address:
projectName=m2m subprojectName=atl ... newsgroupPublisherEmail="My Name <email@example.com>"
- Edit repoInfo.properties to use YOUR cvs username
- Edit buildAll.xml
- Ensure that if you are properly configured for the JDK you require (1.4, 5.0) (see TODOs)
- If necessary, you can manually copy files from the SDK into the other zips (see TODO)
- If necessary, you should remove 3rd party jars used at build time from the zips (see TODO)
- Additional changes may be required. For examples, see these projects:
- JDK 1.4: eodm, jeteditor
- JDK 5.0 and JDK 1.4: ocl, query, validation, transaction, jet
- (5.0 used in 1.1/0.8 development streams,
- 1.4 used in 1.0/0.7 maintenance streams)
- JDK 5.0: cdo, net4j
- Edit builder/*/build.properties to ensure they are configured for the correct JDK version (see TODO)
- Edit builder/*/customTargets.xml:
- Ensure all requirements are downloaded and unpacked as needed (see TODO)
- Edit builder/tests/configs/local/customTest.xml to ensure all requirements are downloaded and unpacked as needed (see TODO)
- Edit builder/tests/configs/local/testing.properties to ensure proper JDK and vmflags are set (see TODOs)
- Edit builder/tests/scripts/test.xml:
- ensure all requirements are downloaded and unpacked as needed (see TODO)
- ensure if your test plugin is jarred you (un)comment out the appropriate lines (see TODOs)
Doc Plugin & Feature Builder
Updated: As of 2007-07-12, there's now a full template for both doc plugin and doc feature that you can use to create the required stuff you need for your doc plugin in order to get at least javadoc (if you don't have any other documents available yet).
See releng-common/templates/org.eclipse.
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_.doc and releng-common/templates/org.eclipse.
For EMFT, look at an existing project such as EODM and compare their build/ and references/ folders to those in your doc plugin, along with your toc.xml.
See org.eclipse.emft/eodm/doc/org.eclipse.eodm.doc
Note that the Modeling template does not include images; if you're missing these, you can copy them from the EODM doc example.
Template Variables
This is a checklist of all the customizations required to move from generic template to custom implementation. Ideally, much of this could be replaced with an Eclipse-based Wizard.
- JDK version (1.4, 5.0), $JAVA_HOME / $javaHome flags/variables, JVM option flags (-Xmx, -Xms...)
- email name/address for newsgroup posts
- files in SDK that need to be copied to runtime/examples for completeness, etc.
- test plugin jarred/not-jarred
- cvs username(s) (usually set to nickb; doesn't need to change)
- included namespaces (usually just org.eclipse.
_PROJECTNAMESPACE_, but can include more -- see EMFT Transaction project, which includes .workspace as well as .transaction)
- upstream dependencies (usually just Eclipse + EMF, but sometimes more)
- 3rd party jars used only for building (but not publishable) (usually none)
- additional extra customizations (if any)


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Alexander Ludwig Gossip
Alexander Ludwig gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
This isn't Four, it's Peter
For those of you - all of you -- who don't remember, his name is Alexander Ludwig and he played Cato in The Hunger Games. It appears as though he's working from the book of Jena Malone and Sam Claflin -- this is turning out to be a rather enterprising cast, isn't it? -- and self-starting a campaign to be selected for the coveted role of Four in Divergent. Full Story
Better in chairs
I know you know what I mean. I know I don't have to explain.Here are Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Alexander Ludwig (he plays Cato) on The Marilyn Denis show in Toronto this morning to promote The Hunger Games, obviously. Hutcherson and Hemsworth were paired - and seated - during the junket, and have been, for the most part, assigned on press together. Full Story


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N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday that he intends to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to require reduced emissions from coal-fired power plants in 13 states that he says pollute North Carolina's air
Nov. 20N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday that he intends to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to require reduced emissions from coal-fired power plants in 13 states that he says pollute North Carolina's air.
The threat came after the EPA failed to act on Cooper's petition in March to tackle what he says are Clean Air Act violations. The EPA had until Thursday to respond, but instead it asked the state for more time so that it could see whether a new rule it plans to implement across the Eastern United States would solve the problem.
"Our people, our environment and our economy all need clean air in order to thrive," Cooper said in a statement. "Every day our petition is delayed is a missed opportunity to make a real impact on pollution."
Cooper sent a letter to the EPA that serves notice he will sue in federal court to compel the EPA to act. The letter, as required by law, gives the EPA 60 days to act or deny the request.
EPA spokesman John Millett said the threat of a lawsuit did not change the agency's position. On Thursday, EPA Assistant Administrator Jeffrey R. Holmstead said in a letter to North Carolina officials that the proposed Clean Air Interstate Rule would force power plants in eastern states to clean up their air.
EPA officials say they hope to introduce the new rule within the next 60 days, and say it would reduce smog and soot from smokestacks by as much as two-thirds over the next 10 years.
The Southern Environmental Law Center joined with Cooper, sending the EPA a similar 60-day intent to sue notice on behalf of N.C. Environmental Defense, a nonprofit environmental group.
"EPA has dragged its feet for eight months while the health of 8 million North Carolinians is threatened every day by air pollution that doesn't recognize state lines," said Marily Nixon, an attorney for the center. "Cleaning up power plants in the upwind 13 states will go a long way toward reducing this health threat."
The power plants are in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Cooper and environmental advocates say the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions are the single largest source of air pollution in the region. The law center says that more than 1,000 people in North Carolina die each year due to exposure to power plant pollution the ninth highest rate in the country.
Hundreds of thousands more suffer asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. That includes about 170,000 children, the law center says, adding that it costs an estimated $100 million annually to care for them.
Cooper also says it hurts the tourism industry in Western North Carolina, contributing to a haze that obscures mountain views throughout the region.
Earlier in the week, Cooper announced he also intends to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority, a publicly owned utility, contending that several of its coal-fired power plants contribute to North Carolina's dirty air. TVA officials say the suit lacks merit because they have greatly reduced emissions and are on course to cut them further.
Cooper charges that out-of-state polluters make it difficult for the state to meet national air quality standards. North Carolina adopted a "Clean Smokestacks" law in 2002 that is stricter than federal regulations on power plant emissions.
Under the state law, utility power plants are required to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide year-round by 78 percent by 2009 and make a 74 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide by 2013. Nitrogen oxide is the main cause of ozone and contributes to acid rain. Sulfur dioxide is the main cause of fine particles, haze and acid rain.
North Carolina was required to make improvements to its power plants as a result of a similar petition brought by northeastern states in 1999.
Tom Mather, spokesman for the N.C. Division of Air Quality, said the 14 coal-fired power plants in North Carolina are in compliance with EPA standards.
To see more of The News & Observer, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.newsobserver.com.
© 2004, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News


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Dr Yupin Chung, Department of History of Art, University of Glasgow
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An old Chinese proverb says, 'Good luck comes after the survival of a terrible disaster.' This happened to Frank Partridge, 42, art dealer of 26 King Street, London and 741 Fifth Avenue, New York. On 1 May 1915 the Lusitania sailed out of New York and was torpedoed on the 7th by a German submarine U-20 off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. The ship sank within 18 minutes. From 1,959 passengers and crew, Partridge was one of the 761 survivors.1 This dramatic scene was recorded in his memoirs, 'The return I expected to be a lonely journey, so it was with pleasure that I accepted the invitation of eight dealer friends I met in New York, who asked me to make up a party with them on the ship they were taking back to England. It seemed as if the voyage would be more entertaining than I had originally thought. I was wrong. The ship we had chosen was the Lusitania. I was the only member of our party rescued when the ship went down.'2
The news report of Frank Partridge's narrow escape from the 'improbable event' described it as like a miracle and attracted Sir William Hesketh Lever's3 attention.
On 12 May 1915, five days after the tragedy, Partridge wrote to Lever: 'It is indeed kind of you and your letter cheered us up. While I thank God for having spared me my heart aches for those dear souls that have gone down.'4 One of those was Edgar Ezekiel Gorer (1872-1915), a renowned international dealer of Chinese art. Having survived the terrible disaster, Frank Partridge further stepped into the Chinese art market, took Gorer's leading role, and became a regular dealer of Chinese works of art to Sir William Lever.
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Frank Partridge (1875-1953) was born in Hertford and grew up in a family of ten children, of which he was the ninth (Fig.1).5 His father Robert, a boot-maker with an excellent reputation for his craftsmanship, enlarged the small shop over the years and added departments for the sale and repair of ready-made shoes. He died when Frank was six. Frank's eldest brother, Robert, 21, kept the shoe business going, but after two busy years he decided to go to Australia to try his fortunes there. The eldest sister Emily decided to continue the business. Inspired by her customers' taste or her female intuition, she added an antique department next to the big front window where she displayed the boots and shoes. In a small glass case she kept a changing array of small antique china and jewellery pieces.
Fig 1. Frank Partridge as a young man. © Partridge Fine Art Ltd.
Frank was now about eight and, leaving his small private school, he might have been impressed by his sister's business idea. However in 1883 Frank's mother, Eliza, sent him to the London Orphans' Academy at Watford. Would the high expense of a private education pay off? He stayed for six years until he was 14 years old and later recalled: 'To me practice of knowledge is as essential as a knowledge of practice if a theory is to be understood and a job done well. To emphasise theoretical knowledge to the exclusion of practice, as they did at Watford, seemed to me to be useless. Something of each I thought to be required, a little theory and a lot of practice through which to thoroughly learn the theory.'6
In 1889 Robert returned from Australia after six years. He had tried many jobs, but none had satisfied him as he had hoped they would. He met Doris Cohen who was the daughter of two London dealers and she introduced him to her family's shop where Robert learnt about antiques. Shortly after they were married, Robert and Doris took a small shop in Great Portland Street, where they quickly attracted attention through the fine quality of their goods. Doris understood the way the markets went much better than Robert did, because she had made contacts in the trade through her parents. Robert was serving a form of apprenticeship, first with the Cohen family, and then with his wife.
Looking for a job with a 'knowledge of practice', Frank joined Robert around 1891-1892. In his memoirs he noted, 'I had to work hard with Robert. … From morning to night I was kept busy in the shop and in the store-room, brushing the shelves, fetching trays, carrying exhibits and lifting and shifting cases of china, which Doris had managed to buy cheaply at one of the sales.'7
'One important aspect of antiques which I was fortunate enough to discover right at the beginning is that their genuineness can always be ascertained by he who has a real knowledge of the colours used on the originals, by the first craftsmen. It is a knowledge which can be acquired through personal experience, and not through theory; through one's own eyes and not by the books of others.'8
After the youngest brother, Leonard, came to join Robert's business, Frank had some time to get out and see London and to experience himself as a 'young blooded dealer'. The most vivid memory he later described was going to the Caledonian 'Cattle Market'9 with his brother and trying to sell things there, but without financial success. In 1893 Frank was offered a job by an American dealer from Chicago who came one day to Robert's shop and asked him if he was interested in a new career. The Chicago of 1893 was a city of superlatives.10 It hosted the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which was much bigger than London's Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, and even bigger than the 1889 Paris Exposition. Encouraged by Robert, Frank decided to go to Chicago to make his American dream come true and was happy to accept the conditions: ten dollars a week and free board.
Back to the top Unfortunately the dream soon turned into bitter reality. Frank didn't get paid as promised, and sadly he had to leave the shop, trying to survive in several jobs such as polishing furniture for an Italian and performing as 'England's Leading Comedian' for one night in a local theatre. He convinced a German antiques dealer of his skills and reliability by cleaning his horses and worked in his shop for a while, but when Frank's sister sent some money for the passage home he left America. Emily was waiting for him in Liverpool. 'I would not be seeking out a park bench to rest on, but that instead I would be going to sleep in the bed I had always known.' Young Frank Partridge started working again with Robert and Doris, but he had sworn one day to be a dealer himself.
Fig.2. Frank Partridge's first business card. It reads, "Frank Partridge, Dealer in Works of Art, 4 King Street, St James's, London, SW. Valuations Made. Collections Purchased.
Frank, who was now 19 years of age, met Minnie, who became his wife in 1894. They both worked for Robert and Doris until Leo, their eldest son, was about six. They decided to take the plunge and started their own business in 1900. Their premises consisted of a small shop in 4 King Street, St. James (Fig.2), an excellent area with Christie's auction house just a stone's throw away, but they had to put some of their own furniture in the shop to make it look full and impressive.
GB Spencer, The Memoirs of the Late Frank Partridge, Essex, 1961, p. 34. Partridge's wife used to go with him to New York. Fortunately, she decided to stay in London and helped in welfare work. Partridge's family were waiting for him at home.
William Hesketh Lever was created a baronet in 1911 and became Sir William Lever.
Letter from Frank Partridge to William Hesketh Lever, 12 May, 1915, Partridge Papers, Lady Lever Art Gallery (LLAG) Archives, 17.4/A. Partridge 3959, hereafter cited as Partridge Papers. Five boxes are labelled: 17.4/A (1904-15), 17.4/B (1915-17), 17.4/C (1917-19), 17.4/D (1919-22) and 17.4/E (1922-26).
According to published sources: The Times, Obituary, 11 August 1953, p.8 and 13 August 1953, p.8. GB Spencer, The Memoirs of the Late Frank Partridge, Essex, 1961. UK 1881 Census On-line.
GB Spencer, 1961, p.p.12-13.
GB Spencer, 1961, p.19.
G. B. Spencer, 1961, p.19.
In the early 20th century, as the trade in live animals diminished, a bric-a-brac market developed which after the Second 10 World War transferred south of the river becoming the New Caledonian or Bermondsey Market. The markets finally closed in 1963.
C. M. Rosenberg, America at the Fair: Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, p. 62.
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